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I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i relized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
Try reflashing Clockwork Mod Recovery.
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Do that, and if you have the means, try to check out the external sd on some other device to see what's going on. I'd start with pulling the battery for a bit and try flashing the backup again.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong but if you didn't flash anything because of misfiling xboarder's rom, there was no reason to use the backup in the first place.
dachinaman said:
I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i realized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
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Where did you put your nandroid - internal or external SD? They would have been determined by the recovery option you chose - Internal or External SD. Your stock ROM would download the Xboarder ROM to internal in any case, but your nandroid location depends on the choice above.
Since you did a total wipe, you do not have a ROM installed, so you will not be able to boot up, but you DO NOT have a brick.
You could flash the Recovery again with the Oneclick Recovery tool and choose internal, and then you could flash the Xboarder ROM. After that, see if you can find your backup (in the clockworkmod folder).
gaww said:
Since you did a total wipe, you do not have a ROM installed, so you will not be able to boot up, but you DO NOT have a brick.
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I didn't know that a wipe from cwm clears out the rom. I only ever wiped before flashing something else so I assumed it was more like a factory reset.
heysharon said:
I didn't know that a wipe from cwm clears out the rom. I only ever wiped before flashing something else so I assumed it was more like a factory reset.
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As far as I know, the wipe data/factory reset is exactly that.
There's also a wipe system function, which wipes the entire ROM also. It seems he did that also.
As for fixing the phone, what gaww said haha. If xboarder's mod isn't there, then in recovery while the phone is plugged in, mount the sd card, and put a rom on there using windows explorer or whatever, then disconnect and you should be able to flash it.
dachinaman said:
I have a updated g2x (gingerbread via Lg updater) installed NVflasher was able to boot into recovery performed a nandroid back up did a full wipe and was going to flash Xbroarders rom until i relized i put it on my internal instead of external so i then tried to flash my back up and got "no file found"did a reboot and all im getting is a black screen wit flashing keys. plz help
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Boot into recovery, go down to mount, and mount usb. Then find the file on your internal sd and move it over to the external sdcard. I have had to do that a few times when I forgot to move the file.
So, to make the long story short...
basically, I have no cache partion.
I was rooting my nexus s and flashing a rom everything was fine until I retardedly pressed wipe cache partition in clockwork recovery so now i can still boot up normally but i can't do anything as you all no, the nexus s doesn't have an external card slot, so my phone says that I haven't got an sd card inserted.
Is there any way to bring back the cache partition and how could i make it recognise it as the sd card?
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The problem above seems to have fixed itself but now I have another problem. I have flashed MIUI rom and I don't know where the superuser app has gone since I rooted it. So now I can't flash a newer version of CWM and I'm stuck with this rom. I have downloaded the CWM 5.x.x.x.x from the other thread but I am not able to flash it even with update.zip. I seem to be unable to flash anything at the moment because in CWM it just aborts everything because the 'cache' partition is not there. Also when I go boot up normally into MIUI, I can't turn wifi on, everytime I change it to on, it just won't let me and it says error below the switch. Is there anyway to fix this at all?
I think you need to go back into clockwork mod recovery, go to mounts menu, make sure sdcard is mounted. If you can't mount it, you'll have to format it. If you can mount it, then do it, then go to mount usb, and hook up to a computer and back up everything you have in your sdcard folder just to be safe. You can now flash your ROM again.
If you have nothing in your sdcard folder when you connect to the computer, download an undelete program that works with flash drives, and see if it can restore your files.
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bedalus said:
I think you need to go back into clockwork mod recovery, go to mounts menu, make sure sdcard is mounted. If you can't mount it, you'll have to format it. If you can mount it, then do it, then go to mount usb, and hook up to a computer and back up everything you have in your sdcard folder just to be safe. You can now flash your ROM again.
If you have nothing in your sdcard folder when you connect to the computer, download an undelete program that works with flash drives, and see if it can restore your files.
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thx for the suggestion, but I have tried that already and in clockworkmod it says that I can't mount or format the partition as because they don't exist so I don't have any idea what to do.
Also I am able to boot my phone into the rom I have flashed but when I try to turn on the wifi, it gives me and error and turns off, is there a way to solve this at all?
can you use SD partition in CWM to create it again?
Just throwin it out there, not sure if it would work or not?
blackhemi4x4 said:
can you use SD partition in CWM to create it again?
Just throwin it out there, not sure if it would work or not?
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I have CWM 3.0.0.0.0 so I am not sure about the other versions and this one only allows me to partition up to 4gb so not really useful on the nexus s.
thx anyway
Flash cwm 5.0.2.0 ?
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Flash recovery thru fastboot. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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vabeachfc3s said:
Flash cwm 5.0.2.0 ?
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vabeachfc3s said:
Flash recovery thru fastboot. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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do you mean flash recovery through fastboot with cmd? I tried that but in cwm or in MIUI it doesn't flash, it just says waiting for device, so I am guessing the usb connection is not working properly either. I can transfer files though if that is any help...
Then u need to install the proper drivers for your device
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ok i have rooted the phone unlocked the bootloader got the adb drivers on computer and have the synergy rom on my sd card now how in the heck do i flash the rom there are 2k pages and i have been searching how to simply flash the rom and cant find a thing on how to do it any help would be nice thanks
Search on YouTube how to flash ROM on s3. Doesn't matter what ROM comes up for the video, the process is exactly the same.
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Boot into recovery, make a backup, wipe data/cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe /system, choose to install zip in your recovery, find the syngeryrom zip and choose to flash it
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joshua5683 said:
Boot into recovery, make a backup, wipe data/cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe /system, choose to install zip in your recovery, find the syngeryrom zip and choose to flash it
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In addition to this, make sure the rom is in the external sd card and that you have a custom recovery (twrp or cwm) installed before hand.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439. Follow this guide and install TWRP, then use twrp to BACKUP TO YOUR EXTERNAL SD, wipe the cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, then install the rom.
cvbcbcmv said:
Why si importantly do you back up to an external? What if you don't have one?
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Because roms like to wipe the internal memory, which is why I don't use it.
cvbcbcmv said:
The internal memory is wiped if you wipe internal memory, and only then...
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From my experience, anything can go wrong when installing a rom, especially if you are inexperienced. I like to be extra careful and backup to external. Not everybody is as cautious as I, but not everybody has encountered as many dumb issues that I have.
Hmm maybe you accidentally chose to wipe SD card memory in twrp in the advanced wipe menu? I think that's the only way that could happen. Unless something just went majorly wrong while flashing
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ok thanks for all your input really appreciated ,all i wanted to do was to increase my audio output to my bluetooth stereo headset ,I started researching that yesterday 3 hours later my phone was rooted and i was so confused with all the pages of different input i got a stomach ache lol still have not been able to boost volume yet cause default audio config file was not where they said it should be .Anyways would like to tweek phone nothing to serious so any help on what root i should go would be nice im just glad i did not brick it so hard part is over i think thanks to all for your help ...Tom
I was going nuts cause i could not boot into recovery on the video he goes thru it so fast when actually its different than booting into odin mode thats when i saw this ....
As soon as the phone vibrates, let go of the Power button but keep holding Volume Up + Home
When you see the "Samsung Galaxy S III" logo (not just the word "Samsung"), right after that, the next screen you should see is your recovery
Don't let go of Volume Up + Home until you see your recovery
that fixed my recovery boot issue thanks
Hello all,
I've installed cromi-x 5.1.2 one month ago, without any problems. But today, after a night in charge (tablet off), I can't boot on cromi-x, I'm blocked on cromi-x logo with waiting cursor which turns, turns, turns
I can access to twrp only but I never do a backup. Numerous reboots done without effects.
Any help will be heplfull :good:
Thx for your help
tanis73 said:
Hello all,
I've installed cromi-x 5.1.2 one month ago, without any problems. But today, after a night in charge (tablet off), I can't boot on cromi-x, I'm blocked on cromi-x logo with waiting cursor which turns, turns, turns
I can access to twrp only but I never do a backup. Numerous reboots done without effects.
Any help will be heplfull :good:
Thx for your help
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I believe that you have a bootloop... Can you tell us what is your bootloader version or firmware version? What is your TWRP version also? You may need to wipe your system to get it up and running again...
Thx LetMeKnow,
I'm using twrp 2.6.1.0. Bootloader number is 10.6.1.14.10-20130601.
When you tell about a wipe, full wipe with full install of the rom again? I will have to do a backup, data only is enough for apps installed?
thx
tanis73 said:
Thx LetMeKnow,
I'm using twrp 2.6.1.0. Bootloader number is 10.6.1.14.10-20130601.
When you tell about a wipe, full wipe with full install of the rom again? I will have to do a backup, data only is enough for apps installed?
thx
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Your TWRP and firmware are good... I think that your data partition is corrupted and these are my suggestions..
1. In your TWRP, go to Advance and file manager, copy all your personal stuff to your external SD so you will not loose them when you format your data partition.
2. In your TWRP, do a nandroid backup of system, data, and boot
3. Try this first, Wipe everything except your system and your external SD and reboot...:fingers-crossed: If your device is up and running then it is telling you that you have a data partition corruption.. So your data backup from TWRP is useless..
4. If step 3 did not work, then your system is corrupted..You may want to do these.
--Format your data partition
--Wipe everything except your external SD
--Reinstall Cromi x and reboot so you a totally clean installion...
--Now you can restore your data backup and hope that it is not corrupted
--Good luck ....:fingers-crossed:
LetMeKnow said:
Your TWRP and firmware are good... I think that your data partition is corrupted and these are my suggestions..
1. In your TWRP, go to Advance and file manager, copy all your personal stuff to your external SD so you will not loose them when you format your data partition.
2. In your TWRP, do a nandroid backup of system, data, and boot
3. Try this first, Wipe everything except your system and your external SD and reboot...:fingers-crossed: If your device is up and running then it is telling you that you have a data partition corruption.. So your data backup from TWRP is useless..
4. If step 3 did not work, then your system is corrupted..You may want to do these.
--Format your data partition
--Wipe everything except your external SD
--Reinstall Cromi x and reboot so you a totally clean installion...
--Now you can restore your data backup and hope that it is not corrupted
--Good luck ....:fingers-crossed:
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It's not a bootloop if he's stuck on the boot animation. If it keeps booting back - then yes, but getting stuck on the boot animation has happened to me numerous times (and always when I was on a Hund's kernel - sorry LMK, but Hund's just doesn't work on my tab), which a simple Factory Reset (the default option in the TWRP "Wipe" menu) took care of.
If that doesn't work, then yes - you will have to format data.
berndblb said:
It's not a bootloop if he's stuck on the boot animation. If it keeps booting back - then yes, but getting stuck on the boot animation has happened to me numerous times (and always when I was on a Hund's kernel - sorry LMK, but Hund's just doesn't work on my tab), which a simple Factory Reset (the default option in the TWRP "Wipe" menu) took care of.
If that doesn't work, then yes - you will have to format data.
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The only way to diagnose the cause of "stuck at boot animation" (i.e. to gain insight instead of trying random things involving data loss) is to read the logcat.
Hello guys
Thx for all these infos. Finallly, it was the data...
Just before your answers, I've tried a wipe of cache and dalwik cache. Android's apps updated, and stuck again on logo animation.
So I've tried to update to 5.2a, with no format of data, the same arrived.
I've reinstalled the 5.2a with full wipe, and now it's ok (I will have to do it again, some options unselected are finally necessary. I will go back on 5.1.2 one if no update of 5.2a in the week.)
How can the data be corrupted? I remember, I've had installed an apk from googleplay, this apk can be faulty?
Thx
I seem to be having the same issue with the same version of CROMI and TWRP 2.4.4.0 so I wiped the tablet and put the ROM on a microsd to reflash. For some reason, I'm not seeing the zip file in the file manager or the install option. Please help.
tkdftw said:
I seem to be having the same issue with the same version of CROMI and TWRP 2.4.4.0 so I wiped the tablet and put the ROM on a microsd to reflash. For some reason, I'm not seeing the zip file in the file manager or the install option. Please help.
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Try with a microsd formated in fat32, this should help.
TF700 with Chrimi-x 5.2a
Hi Guys,
First post. I installed Chromi x 5.2a to my TF700 and it was working great.
I was looking at the options and it said I was using the 4.1 JB theme but I could switch to 4.2 Theme of JB. I did, and when my tablet restarted, I get a black screen and a bunch of errors once in a while.
Is there a way I can change it back to 4.1? I can't access the OS only TWRP.
Thanks!
ColomboD said:
Hi Guys,
First post. I installed Chromi x 5.2a to my TF700 and it was working great.
I was looking at the options and it said I was using the 4.1 JB theme but I could switch to 4.2 Theme of JB. I did, and when my tablet restarted, I get a black screen and a bunch of errors once in a while.
Is there a way I can change it back to 4.1? I can't access the OS only TWRP.
Thanks!
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Weird. I would re-flash the rom. It installs to the 4.1 launcher by default - but something is off... That shouldn't have happened.
Did you clean install CROMi-X?
Hi All,
I got into this frustrating situation, I was on holiday and my Nexusus 5 went into upgrade mode to 4.4.4 I left it there after 4 hours it was locked on the boot logo with that 4 circle animation. It won't pass that screen. I decided to wait till I get home to try to do a manual update so I downloaded the
c08cce45be6d759d6fd29480f01128b18f7d4a11.signed-hammerhead-KTU84P-from-KTU84M.c08cce45.zip
And did via adb an upgrade from the device it said it was successful but it still won't boot.
I have all my photos from my holiday on the phone and that is preventing me to factory reset.
Is there anything I can do? or is really losing all my data and factory reset the only option? Maybe with a sdcard recovery tool I could try to recover the photos?
Cheers
Did you have a custom recovery before this?
All options are listed in my nexus 5 data recovery thread. Click signature to find it...
But if you don't have an unlocked bootloader, recovery is massively impaired
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A factory reset does not touch the Internal SD Card. Your photos are safe. Factory reset should get you to boot. You will have to download your apps again but anything on the Internal storage like photos and music are safe unless you wipe internal storage in recovery (not an option in stock recovery)
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Sandman-007 said:
A factory reset does not touch the Internal SD Card
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Yes it does! In stock recovery, everything in /data is wiped including/data/media/0 or /sdcard if you will
Only custom recovery reset ignores /data/media/0
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rootSU said:
Yes it does! In stock recovery, everything in /data is wiped including/data/media/0 or /sdcard if you will
Only custom recovery reset ignores /data/media/0
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Oh Sh!t thanks for the save rootSU! Havent messed up that bad since my OG Droid days. Completely forgot. Sorry OP :/
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