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Q Won't boot into rom SOLVED

I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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powerpoint45 said:
I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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If you have the blue recovery it sounds like your running ICS... If its distorted, sounds like you need to update your Bootloaders from froyo to Gingerbread bootloaders.. You can do a simple search and find a thread to do this with Odin or Heimdell..
As for your issue... You just need to flash the ICS kernel with Heimdell found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 - Just put your phone into download mode, open the executable ICS jar file and make sure it says connected and then click flash.. let it do its thing and it should boot just fine.

After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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powerpoint45 said:
After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.

scott.hart.bti said:
Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.
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When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do
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powerpoint45 said:
When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?

bigjoe2675 said:
well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?
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Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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powerpoint45 said:
Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079

bigjoe2675 said:
might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
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Post number three. Heimdall one click

qkster said:
Post number three. Heimdall one click
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Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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powerpoint45 said:
Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details

qkster said:
Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details
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That you all for helping.I fixed it by using one click to get to stock then used one click to go to ics.
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If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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bigjoe2675 said:
If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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powerpoint45 said:
OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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Very welcome
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Please help!!!

Man,
My questions must be so stupid that I can't even get someone to respond!
When trying to flash certain things using CWM, I am prompted to install an “untrusted zip"...
Has anyone experienced this and is it safe to install untrusted ???
Please help
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bajasur said:
Man,
My questions must be so stupid that I can't even get someone to respond!
When trying to flash certain things using CWM, I am prompted to install an “untrusted zip"...
Has anyone experienced this and is it safe to install untrusted ???
Please help
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Try toggling signature verification off.

Thank you. I will try that. Appreciate the response.
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Where do I find that toggle. Sorry
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bajasur said:
Where do I find that toggle. Sorry
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Code:
install zip from sdcard > toggle signature verification

Just tried that. Says installation failed still..
Hmm. This sucks!
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bajasur said:
Just tried that. Says installation failed still..
Hmm. This sucks!
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Is whatever you're flashing stated as compatible with your device/made for your device? Have you tried flashing with a different recovery (If available)?

I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and was trying to flash the nexus 4 boot animation..
This happened a few days ago when I tried to flash some of the android 4.2 system dump.
Both times it says “ install untrusted zip". I just tried to toggle verification and that did not help.
Thanks for helping
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bajasur said:
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and was trying to flash the nexus 4 boot animation..
This happened a few days ago when I tried to flash some of the android 4.2 system dump.
Both times it says “ install untrusted zip". I just tried to toggle verification and that did not help.
Thanks for helping
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You might as well just make a backup and then flash .

I'm such a noob I don't even know how to make a backup, I've been trying to figure this out for days!
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Bizarre, I just flashed the 4.2 clock and it worked via mobile Odin.
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This is due to you having stock recovery. It will not flash anything not signed by samsung
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zelendel said:
This is due to you having stock recovery. It will not flash anything not signed by samsung
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That's true...!
Just use an alternative cwm @OP
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No. It's not safe to run untrusted.zip. It may be contained with viruses and may screw up your phone or PC. Only run files with actual names because you don't know if it's good or bad. It can crash your phone, not to mention your PC.

KamranMackey said:
No. It's not safe to run untrusted.zip. It may be contained with viruses and may screw up your phone or PC. Only run files with actual names because you don't know if it's good or bad. It can crash your phone, not to mention your PC.
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"Untrusted" is not the file name. The recovery is just stating that the file is "untrusted" since its not official from the manufacturer.

Hopefully your phone is rooted, if it's not I can't help ... make sure you have an unlocked bootloader and install Rom Toolkit from Google Play. Rom Toolkit has a bunch of boot animations for free, including the nexus 4 animation. Also, it will install these from the app itself - much easier than doing it in CWR.
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Nothing like v this for me
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Thank you!!
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Jimjk1968 said:
Nothing like v this for me
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Hey rookie, welcome to xda!

While I've got your attention..
Can you guys help me with something else??
I'm running jellywiz RLS12, yesterday I flashed a 4.2MOD pack over jellywiz. After flashing it, I realized I didn't want it. I tried to research how to “unflash" stuff but was unsuccessful, ended up having to do a factory reset and reinstall jellywiz.
Any pointers on how to do this more effectively??
Thank you!
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[Q] Phone will not boot

Hello,
So I was trying to flash back to stock after a failed attempt with cyanogenmod 10.1, and stupid me accidentally hit the phone button in Odin. Now my phone will start up, show me the "galaxy s3" screen and not do anything after that. Furthermore, my suspicion is that my home button does not work (even though it was working perfectly fine this morning). Because of this, I can't enter into download mode. My phone is effectively bricked. Any help or suggestions?

Randomly got it to go into download mode after hooking it up to the wall charger. Fingers crossed.

Even after this, it still won't boot correctly.

yodadude5454 said:
Even after this, it still won't boot correctly.
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What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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kintwofan said:
What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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I plugged the phone into my computer and chose the correct file under pda. Then once everything seemed ready, I hit start. Odin gave me a "pass" and everything.

kintwofan said:
What did you do after you got it into download mode? You're going to need to Odin back to a full stock ROM
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I can only find stripped roms, have you any idea where I can find a full one?

yodadude5454 said:
I can only find stripped roms, have you any idea where I can find a full one?
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Section 5 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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kintwofan said:
Section 5 here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Alright I'm giving it a go as we speak.

yodadude5454 said:
Alright I'm giving it a go as we speak.
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Thank the freaking lord, it worked. Thank you for your help!

yodadude5454 said:
Thank the freaking lord, it worked. Thank you for your help!
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Glad it worked!
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problem booting into recovery

i have been trying to boot my phone into recovery mode but to no avail. i hold the volume up & down and power then release the power button when "samsung" appears but i just keep getting this screen. Also i cant get past this other screen to get into the phone to access anything.
PLEASE DONT WASTE TIME MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MESSED UP MY PHONE IS. I SEE IT EVERYDAY, THANK YOU!

shwes said:
i have been trying to boot my phone into recovery mode but to no avail. i hold the volume up & down and power then release the power button when "samsung" appears but i just keep getting this screen
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I'm sure somebody knows an answer to this, but I'm just gonna say it. You need a case.

Way to respect the OP by still making the useless reply and besides don't you think it's a little late for a case?
And do a search
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I
So first register at www.sammobile.com, then search SGH-T769 under firmware and download the August 2012 ICS or The Feb 2013 ICS Firmware, wait for the download to finish (took me 30 minutes) then extract which ever firmware zip you downloaded then using Odin click on PDA and select the .md5 file which is located in the extracted ICS Firmware Folder that you've downloaded from sammobile.com
Download the PIT file here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
Click on PIT in Odin and then select the one downloaded from the link above
then make sure re-partition isn't checked and start the flashing process after it is done flashing and reboots you'll have stock ics to root it simply follow the instructions over at the root ics stock thread found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919228
This will flash a custom recovery and once the recovery is flashed using Odin reboot into recovery and flash the superuser.zip then you'll have Rooted Stock ICS Firmware or if you want you could just skip flashing superuser.zip and just flash a custom rom.
*BOOT LOOP MIGHT OCCUR*
To fix boot looping after flashing stock ICS just boot into stock or custom recovery and wipe data and cache then reboot and you're good to go.
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Jserrano56 said:
I swear.... I have answered this on five different threads... I'll edit this comment later when I'm not busy (probably in an hour or so) I'll provide you full instructions on how to get your phone back to working order.
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THANK YOU

Ah. The Christmas lights as I like to say. I had this but I booted to recovery.
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shwes said:
i have been trying to boot my phone into recovery mode but to no avail. i hold the volume up & down and power then release the power button when "samsung" appears but i just keep getting this screen. Also i cant get past this other screen to get into the phone to access anything.
PLEASE DONT WASTE TIME MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MESSED UP MY PHONE IS. I SEE IT EVERYDAY, THANK YOU!
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Check my comment from earlier I've edited it and provided instructions if you have any questions post them here and I'll try to answer them to the best of my knowledge.
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Check my comment from earlier I've edited it and provided instructions if you have any questions post them here and I'll try to answer them to the best of my knowledge.
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Okay, i believe it has worked and rooted but now it keeps rebooting and i keep receiving these pop ups

shwes said:
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Okay, i believe it has worked and rooted but now it keeps rebooting and i keep receiving these pop ups
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Reboot into recover and wipe cache and dalvik cache
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Jserrano56 said:
Reboot into recover and wipe cache and dalvik cache
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THANK YOU!!

Ah, I did this once . I believe I tried flashing a rooted kernel while I still had stock ICS installed even though the OP clearly said it would only work with GB, lol scared the crap outta me!

shwes said:
THANK YOU!!
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There's a thanks button you know?
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shwes said:
THANK YOU!!
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No Problem, any questions comments or concerns?
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Jserrano56 said:
No Problem, any questions comments or concerns?
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yes, so im currently on the 4.0.4 android version, i want to update to 4.1.2, ive seen many post about how to update it but thats how i bricked my phone the first time. do you have any suggestions or links i could use to do this process.

shwes said:
yes, so im currently on the 4.0.4 android version, i want to update to 4.1.2, ive seen many post about how to update it but thats how i bricked my phone the first time. do you have any suggestions or links i could use to do this process.
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We don't have official 4.1.2 from T-Mobile or Samsung but what we do have is custom roms which are built on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, have you ever flashed a custom rom or are you new to rooting and custom roms?
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Jserrano56 said:
We don't have official 4.1.2 from T-Mobile or Samsung but what we do have is custom roms which are built on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, have you ever flashed a custom rom or are you new to rooting and custom roms?
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Still pretty new to custom roms but ive rooted my phone before

shwes said:
Still pretty new to custom roms but ive rooted my phone before
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Do these rom names look familiar CyanogenMod, AOKP, PACman Rom, ParanoidAndroid?
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Jserrano56 said:
Do these rom names look familiar CyanogenMod, AOKP, PACman Rom, ParanoidAndroid?
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yes i just got the cyanogenmod on my phone

shwes said:
yes i just got the cyanogenmod on my phone
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Which cyanogenmod are you running? 9 is the ICS 4.0.4, 10 is the JB 4.1.2, 10.1 is still being worked on its 4.2.2
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jparnell8839 said:
Which cyanogenmod are you running? 9 is the ICS 4.0.4, 10 is the JB 4.1.2, 10.1 is still being worked on its 4.2.2
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i believe jb but on my phone my andriod version says 4.1.1

ERROR 7

Hi.
I have problem ERROR 7. I try flash some ROMS, and last flash crashed and write ERROR 7. I found some solutions, but every time you need copy some files to memory on phome. BUT.. my System doesnt start, then I have no chance to copy files to phone. When system start, every time go to recovery
How can i fix it?
PLS help Mi..
THX..

If I'm right, error 7 is an issue with the updater-script. Try redownloading the ROM, because it could be a bad download, but if it still doesn't work, switch recoveries
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htcmartin said:
Hi.
I have problem ERROR 7. I try flash some ROMS, and last flash crashed and write ERROR 7. I found some solutions, but every time you need copy some files to memory on phome. BUT.. my System doesnt start, then I have no chance to copy files to phone. When system start, every time go to recovery
How can i fix it?
PLS help Mi..
THX..
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If you were trying to flash KitKat without CWM 6.0.4.3 or a wrong ROM for your phone you'll get this message.. It is generally due to the updater script..
What phone do you have, and what rom were you installing?
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Setting.Out said:
If you were trying to flash KitKat without CWM 6.0.4.3 or a wrong ROM for your phone you'll get this message.. It is generally due to the updater script..
What phone do you have, and what rom were you installing?
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Now i have nexus s, an i want flash cyanogen 11. But, phone dont start. When start up, everyttime back to recovery.
Sorry for my Eng

beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
If I'm right, error 7 is an issue with the updater-script. Try redownloading the ROM, because it could be a bad download, but if it still doesn't work, switch recoveries
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But, nexus dont have sd card, i not chane to copy any file to phone

htcmartin said:
Now i have nexus s, an i want flash cyanogen 11. But, phone dont start. When start up, everyttime back to recovery.
Sorry for my Eng
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Cm11 is kikat and needs CWM recovery as stared above...
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Setting.Out said:
Cm11 is kikat and needs CWM recovery as stared above...
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Yes have, latest 6.0.4.3.

htcmartin said:
Yes have, latest 6.0.4.3.
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Full wipe? (Everything minus SD)
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Setting.Out said:
Full wipe? (Everything minus SD)
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YES..
Now. System start.. BUT, whan y want flash CM11, every time i have error_7
How can i FIX?
And I see, when som go to recovery, "Warning: No file_contexts"

htcmartin said:
YES..
Now. System start.. BUT, whan y want flash CM11, every time i have error_7
How can i FIX?
And I see, when som go to recovery, "Warning: No file_contexts"
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Which nexus s?
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Setting.Out said:
Which nexus s?
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internation i9023

htcmartin said:
internation i9023
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Hmmm.. That doesn't make any sense as to why it's not working...??
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I try unroote phone and back to stock rom amd setting.
Now a I again go make new root an i try flash rom again.
I write later, when i have someting new

Setting.Out said:
Hmmm.. That doesn't make any sense as to why it's not working...??
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Hmm, not good, every time when i flash some rom, like 4.4 i have error/status 7. And when i want go back ans restart phone i have this: root acces possibility lost. FIx, yes fix root (system/xbin/su
I dont know what i do next

htcmartin said:
Hmm, not good, every time when i flash some rom, like 4.4 i have error/status 7. And when i want go back ans restart phone i have this: root acces possibility lost. FIx, yes fix root (system/xbin/su
I dont know what i do next
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Try a 4.1,4.2, or 4.3 ROM... If you get the same message reflash a new download of CWM and try again..
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Setting.Out said:
Try a 4.1,4.2, or 4.3 ROM... If you get the same message reflash a new download of CWM and try again..
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What clockwordmode i must use? Latest?

htcmartin said:
What clockwordmode i must use? Latest?
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If you want 4.4 yes, your errors may have been recovery related (a bad download) for 4.1/4.2/4.3 the latest isn't nessesary...
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and latest is 6.0.4.3 ? 6.0.4.4 is not for nexus s ?

htcmartin said:
and latest is 6.0.4.3 ? 6.0.4.4 is not for nexus s ?
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They may have 6.0.4.4 for crespo, but either one will work..
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