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[Q] First time flashing NS i9023 (serious flasher from SGS,SGS2)

Hey!
First let me say that I know all about flashing SGS and SGS2. Im a proud owner of SGS1 from day 1.
Last week I decided to finally flash my brothers i9023 so I flashed stock 4.0.3 with stock recovery. Then we wanted to flash some XDA stuff and I don't understand these guides...
I found one guide where you get superuser access with one click and usb cable, I did that, then I flashed CWM through Rom manager and flashed 4.0.4 from evilisto (v1.1) and it worked. Now I'm trying to flash some others, like nuhetri reloaded or pixel rom and I'm always getting stuck at boot animation. It just keeps "working" and nothing happens for 5+ minutes.
What am I doing wrong? Please help!
Best Regards
Luka

(in general)in recovery wipe data factory reset, format cache, davlik cache, system, boot. then flash new rom.
with nuhetri i think there is a bug where your not supposed to wipe data coming from another rom only davlik cache and cache then flash nuhetri

sean1984 said:
(in general)in recovery wipe data factory reset, format cache, davlik cache, system, boot. then flash new rom.
with nuhetri i think there is a bug where your not supposed to wipe data coming from another rom only davlik cache and cache then flash nuhetri
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Hey and thanks for such quick reply!
I did all these now, rebooted to recovery (from CWM) and flashed this Fully Touched:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411734
Its stuck at boot image for 5 minutes now.
What now?

your using updated version of cwm? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22044793&postcount=82
steps
put rom on sd card
reboot into cwm recovery
wipe data, cache, davlik cahe, and format system and boot
install zip from sd card
choose rom you put on sd card
should say install from sd complete or something like that
reboot system now
let it boot into new rom (should not take more than 3-5 min)
edit: just seen this post in the rom thread your trying to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23255456&postcount=389 try redownloading again

sean1984 said:
your using updated version of cwm? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22044793&postcount=82
steps
put rom on sd card
reboot into cwm recovery
wipe data, cache, davlik cahe, and format system and boot
install zip from sd card
choose rom you put on sd card
should say install from sd complete or something like that
reboot system now
let it boot into new rom (should not take more than 3-5 min)
edit: just seen this post in the rom thread your trying to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23255456&postcount=389 try redownloading again
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I did all that before... Im going to redownload, maybe its corrupted but I doubt it. Is it maybe because I have locked bootloader or something? Beacause I didnt use that long guide with "android SDK" in General, but some other very quick guide. Just plug USB, enable debugging and run some script and thats it.

devianceluka said:
I did all that before... Im going to redownload, maybe its corrupted but I doubt it. Is it maybe because I have locked bootloader or something? Beacause I didnt use that long guide with "android SDK" in General, but some other very quick guide. Just plug USB, enable debugging and run some script and thats it.
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do yourself a favor, do it the right way the first time and save yourself headaches in the future. its not hard. fastboot oem unlock(bootloader), flash a custom recovery, flash a custom rom(and gapps) via the recovery, then boot up. thats it.

If you are more of a visual type of guy I suggest going on YouTube and search "zedomax". He has some really simple videos on how to root your nexus s, he has a couple videos on how to root but make sure its for a GSM nexus.

Simms got all in a simply way.
Unlock boot loader
Install or flash cwm
install the new stuff from SD card
reboot

Can anyone tell me or please provide a link to what unlocking bootloader does please.
Best Regards

Excuse my ignorance, I'm pretty new to this and I might not be of any help at all... but is it even possible to flash a custom recovery without unlocking the bootloader on the Nexus S?
I followed the instructions found on the NexusShacks.com website (How to root Nexus S or Nexus S 4G on ICS or Gingerbread) without any issues at all (sorry, can't post links due to low postcount :/)
No problems for me, I had zero experience with this sort of stuff but I have flashed a new ROM a every few days now without any issues whatsoever.

devianceluka said:
Can anyone tell me or please provide a link to what unlocking bootloader does please.
Best Regards
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use this link: http://nexusshacks.com/
its complete with the files, pictures, video and some ics roms that you can try. let me know if you have any other question

[Q] Unable to flash CM10 nightly and restore issues

My phone is stuck in the CyanogenMod 10 booting animation.
I did the following:
1. Installed RUU (after changing radio and wanted to go back) , unchecked fastboot in the power setting and checked the USB debugging from
the DEVELOPER OPTIONS.
2. Rooted the phone.
3. Installed TWRP2.2.2.0 recovery.
4. Backed up the stock sense 4.0 rom.
5. flashed the CM10 Nightly 20/9/2012. flashing went well (no errors or anything of the sort)
6. fastboot the boot.img from the rom.
7. After 25 min of waiting in the boot animation of the CyanogenMod 10 I rebooted and restored the backup ,during the restore ,in the part of the boot restoring, it took around 400sec(i'm not sure if its bad) - after the restore was done the phone did not boot past the first HTC screen (with the red warning ).
8. I installed Viper One rom and now its working fine.
Does any one have an idea of what went wrong?
I wanna be able to flash the CM10 nightlys...
Thanks

Bad CM10 download? MD5?
Bad Boot flash?
What hboot version you on--
Not really sure--did you do full wipe including System on both flashes. I usually wipe 3X on new/different roms--

rugmankc said:
Bad CM10 download? MD5?
Bad Boot flash?
What hboot version you on--
Not really sure--did you do full wipe including System on both flashes. I usually wipe 3X on new/different roms--
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I flashed the boot twice and two different CM10 nightly and I did not flash the system at any time.
I had Hboot 1.06 before the RUU installation, now i have 1.13, could this be an issue?

ok
with .13 you probably need to fastboot boot image anyway
i always wipe System 3x unless just updating nightlies or a rom with a minor version cahnge
try cm10 again with System wipe

rugmankc said:
ok
with .13 you probably need to fastboot boot image anyway
i always wipe System 3x unless just updating nightlies or a rom with a minor version cahnge
try cm10 again with System wipe
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Well I have Hboot 1.13 and I just cant flash the CM10 nightly or mount the SD card cant be mount (i tried the guide didn't worked).
when i go in to the CWM recovery i see these messages.
can it be the problem?
I think i need to make a video of what Im doing because ever since i updated the Hboot (by mistake) i just cant flesh CM10 nightlis.

You might want to try TWRP recovery from Market

[Q] Where to get carbon rom?

i unlocked my bootloader just to be able to flash the carbon rom on my xt925.
i downloaded the rom from various site(including goo.im)
but when i flash it i cant get it to work.
when i flash it and boot into carbon rom i just get a black screen.
i wipe the cache of the partition i am flashing the rom.
i am flashing via twrp by the way.
anybody got any idea of what i could do?

hugodefcon said:
i unlocked my bootloader just to be able to flash the carbon rom on my xt925.
i downloaded the rom from various site(including goo.im)
but when i flash it i cant get it to work.
when i flash it and boot into carbon rom i just get a black screen.
i wipe the cache of the partition i am flashing the rom.
i am flashing via twrp by the way.
anybody got any idea of what i could do?
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Have you try Format system?
Factory reset, wipe cache/dalvic, format system, flash rom, flash gapps, then reboot... let it sit for a good few minutes just in case it's tkaing a long time to get through first boot.
I'm about to try carbon myself so curious to see how it goes for you... currently using PAC but it's incorrectly reporting my RAM as 675mb.

tzlot said:
Have you try Format system?
Factory reset, wipe cache/dalvic, format system, flash rom, flash gapps, then reboot... let it sit for a good few minutes just in case it's tkaing a long time to get through first boot.
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This process should work for you and this is the ROM you should probably use. Official support w/ nightlies (Also it runs like a dream.)
Definitely just backup what you want to keep and factory reset, wipe all that stuff, and you should be fine

[Q] Accidentally wiped system, how to revert back to stock without losing root?

So i accidentally wiped the system using twrp. But i got it to work by using a usb flash drive n flashing a custom rom from there (paranoif android) And now ive been getting random reboots and crashes. I also flashed franco kernel. Also some system apps will not work properly, such as the calendar app. And i was thinking maybe thats because i wiped the system. Now i want to revert back to stock kikat without losing my root and unlocked bootloader. Im quite new to flashing roms and i find it easy using twrp. So how do i go about reverting back to stock, to see if those random crashes and reboots will go away?

xfranchize said:
So i accidentally wiped the system using twrp. But i got it to work by using a usb flash drive n flashing a custom rom from there (paranoif android) And now ive been getting random reboots and crashes. I also flashed franco kernel. Also some system apps will not work properly, such as the calendar app. And i was thinking maybe thats because i wiped the system. Now i want to revert back to stock kikat without losing my root and unlocked bootloader. Im quite new to flashing roms and i find it easy using twrp. So how do i go about reverting back to stock, to see if those random crashes and reboots will go away?
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Try re-flashing another rom, as PA is a beta ROM, and thats where you may be having your crashed apps

xfranchize said:
So i accidentally wiped the system using twrp. But i got it to work by using a usb flash drive n flashing a custom rom from there (paranoif android) And now ive been getting random reboots and crashes. I also flashed franco kernel. Also some system apps will not work properly, such as the calendar app. And i was thinking maybe thats because i wiped the system. Now i want to revert back to stock kikat without losing my root and unlocked bootloader. Im quite new to flashing roms and i find it easy using twrp. So how do i go about reverting back to stock, to see if those random crashes and reboots will go away?
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You can always flash the factory images here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
You can flash any ROM and that should fix your issue
You will not lose your unlocked bootloader unless you flash the stock one which is in the factory images

Your bootloader will not relock unless you lock it yourself using fastboot. Flashing roms or factory images won't lock it by themselves.
And even if it somehow did, one fastboot command and you're unlocked again.
And as far as root goes....it takes 5 minutes to reroot.
So just flash whatever factory image you need and then custom recovery, and you're done. Maybe need to download superSU from play store after.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

justinisloco said:
Try re-flashing another rom, as PA is a beta ROM, and thats where you may be having your crashed apps
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So i just flashed purity rom, and im still having the same issues, but the crashes and reboots are less yet their still there. Maybe reverting back to stock rom will do the trick?

xfranchize said:
So i just flashed purity rom, and im still having the same issues, but the crashes and reboots are less yet their still there. Maybe reverting back to stock rom will do the trick?
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The crashes and reboots are because you didn't wipe data/factory reset and also didn't wipe dalvic/cache...
If you're keen on using a custom rom follow these steps:
1. Head over to recovery and wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvic/cache
2. Flash rom.zip and gapps.zip
3. Reboot!
Initial boot can take upto 10 minutes sometimes so be patient...
If you want to go fully stock then follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701

vin4yak said:
The crashes and reboots are because you didn't wipe data/factory reset and also didn't wipe dalvic/cache...
If you're keen on using a custom rom follow these steps:
1. Head over to recovery and wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvic/cache
2. Flash rom.zip and gapps.zip
3. Reboot!
Initial boot can take upto 10 minutes sometimes so be patient...
If you want to go fully stock then follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
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Sorry if i did not include this on the op, but everytime i were to flash a rom or gapps i would wipe data/factory and dalvic/cache, since i had those issues i even wipe internal memory just to see if the problems were there.

xfranchize said:
Sorry if i did not include this on the op, but everytime i were to flash a rom or gapps i would wipe data/factory and dalvic/cache, since i had those issues i even wipe internal memory just to see if the problems were there.
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Maybe your flashing a bad version of GApps since the force closes are on google Calander?
Are you using a 4.4.2 GApps?

Im on cataclysm now, and i believe no gapps needed since their included in the zip. Have had about 3 reboots, i believe their because of playstore downloading an update or something, and one caused by either bluetooth or hello messaging app. But who knows. Just one more thing, by me accidentally wiping the system shouldnt be the cause of my random crashes and reboots?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

xfranchize said:
Im on cataclysm now, and i believe no gapps needed since their included in the zip. Have had about 3 reboots, i believe their because of playstore downloading an update or something, and one caused by either bluetooth or hello messaging app. But who knows. Just one more thing, by me accidentally wiping the system shouldnt be the cause of my random crashes and reboots?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Why don`t you backup your user apps and data with TB and start fresh by flashing the stock image, reroot and reflash a custom rom in recovery. This will eliminate all errors and reboots.

gee2012 said:
Why don`t you backup your user apps and data with TB and start fresh by flashing the stock image, reroot and reflash a custom rom in recovery. This will eliminate all errors and reboots.
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Sorry but how do i do that? Im really new to this, i had someone else root and unlock my bootloader for me. How do i flash the stock image then root?

xfranchize said:
Sorry but how do i do that? Im really new to this, i had someone else root and unlock my bootloader for me. How do i flash the stock image then root?
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Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905 well and all should be pretty easy.

gee2012 said:
Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905 well and all should be pretty easy.
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Okay cool, do i just skip the bootloader part right?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

xfranchize said:
Okay cool, do i just skip the bootloader part right?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Yes, just flash the factory image (flash-all.batt) in fastboot, reboot and setup the phone. Flash a custom recovery and flash the superSU.zip (1.94 is the latest).

gee2012 said:
Yes, just flash the factory image (flash-all.batt) in fastboot, reboot and setup the phone. Flash a custom recovery and flash the superSU.zip (1.94 is the latest).
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Okay ill give it a shot, thanks alot. Ill update here if im successful.
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How to perform a clean install?

How to do a clean install(no rom installed just recovery)? I want to format everything and flash my rom thru otg. Shud I wipe everything when I boot to recovery?

I think internal storage is the correct option then though it also removes all media on the device. Otherwise clear system, data, cache, bootloader, dalvik. Then install the rom from external source.

Should I flash from fastboot the recovery(twrp)? It might get wiped once the wipe everything.

I have same doubts....

Mord0rr said:
I have same doubts....
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So do I... You necro'd a 8 month old thread...

I tried to go through few thereds however I was unable to find an answer.
I'm still on 5.11 oreo a d official TWRP. I would like to update to newest pie, however I would go for clean flash.
How should I do it?
I already backed up all app+ data using titanium.
Should I just go to TWRP
1. Factory default
2. Wipe all
3. Wipe system. Data, davlik and cache
4 flash latest pie and don't reboot
5 reboot to twrp
6 flash twrp
7 reboot to TWRP and flash magisk
It it right?
Thank you

netgar said:
I tried to go through few thereds however I was unable to find an answer.
I'm still on 5.11 oreo a d official TWRP. I would like to update to newest pie, however I would go for clean flash.
How should I do it?
I already backed up all app+ data using titanium.
Should I just go to TWRP
1. Factory default
2. Wipe all
3. Wipe system. Data, davlik and cache
4 flash latest pie and don't reboot
5 reboot to twrp
6 flash twrp
7 reboot to TWRP and flash magisk
It it right?
Thank you
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Swap 5 and 6

Flashing this phone looks like sorcery....
Miss all days we could go to TWRP, erase all **** and then just flash rom. Period.
Now, doing this can even brick the dam phone.
It sucks!
EDIT*
Did Nuke 9.0.5 and install fresh 9.0.3.:angel:

Mord0rr said:
Flashing this phone looks like sorcery....
Miss all days we could go to TWRP, erase all **** and then just flash rom. Period.
Now, doing this can even brick the dam phone.
It sucks!
EDIT*
Did Nuke 9.0.5 and install fresh 9.0.3.:angel:
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That also happened to me. I do not know how to go to another custom ROM from another custom ROM without going to MsmDownloadToolV4 to unbrick my device. Actually i did unbrick my device twice already because of trying various custom ROM.
Also, is there a way to just restore from recovery then flash another custom ROM. Then if we want to change custom ROM again we can just restore from recovery again then flash another custom ROM?
Please help us guys. Thanks.