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gapps stuffed my phone

hey everyone sorry to be a noob
i just rooted my wildfire using unrevoked and installed cyanogenmod7 and all was fine untill i tried to install gapps so i could get the android market..
after the phone rebooted i get the infamous "stuck at touch the android to continue" problem ive read so much about the last couple of hours, but no solutions specific to my problem... i wiped the phone data/factory reset and wiped the cach and tried to reinstall cyanogenmod 7 but its doing the same thing.. ive noticed the bootloader is telling me security is on, im guessing i need it to be off but how do i get s-off when the phone wont boot.. is there a way to use unrevoked from the phones recovery menu? shouldnt it have stayed s-off after using unrevoked the first time?
pleease help, thank you

I'm not sure if I can really help, but which gapps are you installing? Which date?
I use gapps-gb-20110307 and it works for me but I'm on a captivate. I did have problems with other ones so I just stuck with that one. Wish I could be more helpful

Root/Install ROM first time - I think I screwed up.

The basic deal is I got bored of the software and decided that I should root an install some custom ROMs on my Nexus S.
I used the One click method posted I believe in the general forum and everything went smoothly. I downloaded the latest AOKP and CM zips, put them onto my phones memory and went on with my day.
So today I began to put on the AOKP ROM and it got stuck at the initiating swagger screen. And was stuck there for a good 20minutes. I didn't know what to do, so I battery pulled.
I thought I had some backup saved from the day before, but that wasn't the case. So now I'm essentially stuck in thee boot menu for clockwork and my phone has been rendered useless. If any of you guys know what I should do, please tell, I'm extremely pissed off at myself for letting this happen.
I deleted the Cache partition and Dalvik thing when I was first getting ready to put on the ROM. I didn't to a factory wipe, so that might be an issue? I don't know. I've also tried plugging the phone into my computer, but because I cant turn on USB mass storage, I can't look through that either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi,
If ur in the bootloader screen scroll down until u see recovery. Then press the power button.
From recovery scroll down to mounts and storage to connect to computer via USB.
From here u have a few options bjt i would just download another ROM and its gapps or a ROM that already contains them.
Just be careful to get the correct zips for ur type of phone
Good luck
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Wow. Thanks a lot. Do you think I should do a factory reset before I install a new rom?
EDIT: Hey vidaljs, thanks for the help! I got the CM10 ROM up and running, apparently I was running some really old version! That USB mount thing really helped!!

Chillingly Based said:
Wow. Thanks a lot. Do you think I should do a factory reset before I install a new rom?
EDIT: Hey vidaljs, thanks for the help! I got the CM10 ROM up and running, apparently I was running some really old version! That USB mount thing really helped!!
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No worries
Next thing u should do is make a backup of this working ROM so u can always go back to it in a pinch.
And always follow what the developers suggest in their thread since they created it.
But when I go to a new ROM, I always do a factory reset, wipe cache and wipe Dalvic.
If u haven't found it yet, use titanium backup for ur apps so its easier to apply them to ur newly flashed ROM. The free version is fine but I've heard that paid version has some extra useful benefits.
Good luck and happy flashing.
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vidaljs said:
No worries
Next thing u should do is make a backup of this working ROM so u can always go back to it in a pinch.
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Yeah I should have done it first
Hi guys,
Almost same stroy, I tried to Root & install Cyanomodgen 10 on my Nexus S, but boot isn't working quite well, and I'm stuck at a circling image preparing the launch.
Recovery isn't working I got stuck at the image with the robot and the back and the exclamation mark on top of it and like 5 minutes later it launch the cyanomodgen ring again - and can't get in download mode.
I pretty don't get what I should do.
Any idea?
I feel I lack some info on my problem, I'll create a fresh post for it
thanks

[Q] Tmobile OTA Update LG G2

Hey everyone,
I just saw my phone said there was an update and with out thinking hit download and install. After a little while my phone turned off and rebooted but went into twrp. And when ever rebooting my phone goes straight into twrp. Im on stock and rooted with just a few things uninstalled. Can anyone help me out with what to do thanks!

magestic1995 said:
Hey everyone,
I just saw my phone said there was an update and with out thinking hit download and install. After a little while my phone turned off and rebooted but went into twrp. And when ever rebooting my phone goes straight into twrp. Im on stock and rooted with just a few things uninstalled. Can anyone help me out with what to do thanks!
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Just had this happen to me to lol, spent the last three hours fixing everything and lost all my music because I didnt have a nandroid backup . Anyways just use this guide and revert back to stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476. You'll lose root and I think I've also lost recovery but its better than just have a $600 brick.

[Q] [NOOB] Can't get phone out of the M logo XT925

Here's a step-by-step of what happened:
Two days ago (I think) the KitKat update for XT925 was released. When the download was done, as I was playing CoC on my phone, my handset asked for permission to instal it. Right after I allowed it, I left for lunch or w/e, and when I came back my phone was on this boot image, with the motorola "M" logo sitting there, laughing at me. Went the rest of the day without my phone because I thought it was still finishing the installing. When I finally got home at night, still the same screen.
I DID root it, but no such things as CyanogenMod or anything else were flashed to it, so I got no backups. Bootloader is still locked. Already tried wiping cache and a factory reset from the recovery mode. After googling it for some good time now, this is my last hope. What am I supposed to do? I encrypted it if that helps in anything. Complete newbie here.

phmrr said:
Here's a step-by-step of what happened:
Two days ago (I think) the KitKat update for XT925 was released. When the download was done, as I was playing CoC on my phone, my handset asked for permission to instal it. Right after I allowed it, I left for lunch or w/e, and when I came back my phone was on this boot image, with the motorola "M" logo sitting there, laughing at me. Went the rest of the day without my phone because I thought it was still finishing the installing. When I finally got home at night, still the same screen.
I DID root it, but no such things as CyanogenMod or anything else were flashed to it, so I got no backups. Bootloader is still locked. Already tried wiping cache and a factory reset from the recovery mode. After googling it for some good time now, this is my last hope. What am I supposed to do? I encrypted it if that helps in anything. Complete newbie here.
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being locked, i believe the only way to "try" and fix it would be to re-flash the kk sbf for your region with rsd. however, if the update is just rolling out, i doubt that is available yet.
im pretty sure you are stuck until you find this stock file, or it is released.

What was your battery at when you started the update?
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[Q] Recovery Disappears After Reboot

Hello!
Im not really new to rooting and custom roms. Had the Nexus 4 until about a year ago, so been away from Android for about a year! Got the Nexus 5 a couple weeks ago, but been too busy to get around to doing anything with it. So, well, now its time! Ive unlocked the bootloader, and installed ClockworkMod Recovery (Only cuz thats what I used to use, and I like it! The installation goes fine, and the recovery works fine! So, I restart my phone so I can see if the phone is working fine before I install a rom. Everythings fine! So, I resart and go into recovery and that's where the problem is! When I go into recovery, it shows a picture of a Android under service. Well, I did some research, and from what I can tell it looks like there is no custom recovery on the phone. I repeated this a couple times, same problem! can anyone help me out? Someone here mustve faced this problem too... or maybe Im just screwing up somewhere and I dont realize it.
-AGZ

It happens with stock lollipop and maybe some aosp ones too. Flash latest SuperSU from recovery or delete recovery-from-boot.p (I think in system folder)
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AGZ98 said:
Hello!
Im not really new to rooting and custom roms. Had the Nexus 4 until about a year ago, so been away from Android for about a year! Got the Nexus 5 a couple weeks ago, but been too busy to get around to doing anything with it. So, well, now its time! Ive unlocked the bootloader, and installed ClockworkMod Recovery (Only cuz thats what I used to use, and I like it! The installation goes fine, and the recovery works fine! So, I restart my phone so I can see if the phone is working fine before I install a rom. Everythings fine! So, I resart and go into recovery and that's where the problem is! When I go into recovery, it shows a picture of a Android under service. Well, I did some research, and from what I can tell it looks like there is no custom recovery on the phone. I repeated this a couple times, same problem! can anyone help me out? Someone here mustve faced this problem too... or maybe Im just screwing up somewhere and I dont realize it.
-AGZ
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Fastboot boot cwmrecovery.img
Flash supersu in recovery
Then
Fastboot flash recovery cwmrecovery.img
Btw, I recommend you use twrp
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+1 for TWRP, CWM is practically ancient.
Live boot TWRP, flash SuperSU, then use Flashify (root) to install TWRP.

bm19981217 said:
delete recovery-from-boot.p (I think in system folder)
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This. This is the key for maintaining your custom recovery after a reboot.
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