I recently bought a nexus s and once rooted the keyboard dissapered. It was fine until i flashed a rom unsuccessfuly, then turned the phone off. Once turned back on the keyboard was no more. If anyone could help me find a zip. to flash or a way to put a new keyboard on the phone I would appreciate it. the phone is basicly useless without the keyboard now, ive tried recoving to factory condition, flashing from an earlier point, and so forth. Please help!!!
You probably didn't flash gapps, you can find them on www.goo.im
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jojoost said:
You probably didn't flash gapps, you can find them on www.goo.im
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i never knew keyboard was in Gapps, i thought it's included in all ROMS since its absolutely necessary as the OP stated.
here is a dump
UPDATE: uploading
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Billchen0014 said:
i never knew keyboard was in Gapps, i thought it's included in all ROMS since its absolutely necessary as the OP stated.
here is a dump
UPDATE: uploading
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Dictionary http://db.tt/3echUtSP and IME: http://db.tt/EUAXXcsR
re: i flashed gapps
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I flashed a gapps zip from the site you linked me to and now when the phone turns on it says setup wizard is not responding and give me the option to force close. Nothing happens from that point its just stuck in a force close loop. I hope to god i didnt brick this thing. Is there a way to fix this problem? I didnt backup before flashing gapps and ive tried to restore the phone and wipe it clean but no luck. Any help would be greatly appriciated because i just got the phone, mainly to use it as a fun project seeing as smartphone customization has become my new hobby, and Im usually very good at it but now I am just afraid ive bricked the phone and I bought it unlocked so i paid a fair amount of money for i. Please help if there is a solution. Thank You,
Do you still have access to CWM? Can you make a clean install of any ROM? Wipe dalvik, cache, factory reset, format boot, system, data, cache and install ROM.
Download another ROM (and follow instructions from OP) which is not the one you initially had problems with (or download again - might be a corrupt zip file).
Thank you
Oogway13 said:
Do you still have access to CWM? Can you make a clean install of any ROM? Wipe dalvik, cache, factory reset, format boot, system, data, cache and install ROM.
Download another ROM (and follow instructions from OP) which is not the one you initially had problems with (or download again - might be a corrupt zip file).
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Thank you very much, I followed and executed your instructions and now im running ice cream sandwich 4.0.4. not bad from going from almost a bricked phone to running one of the best versions of android. I downloaded offical roms this time instead of custom ones, first a version 2.3.4 and a 4.0.3, flashed the ics rom first and worked like a charm. Thank you very much, even got an update 5 min after i flashed the rom. You saved me 200$ and the embaracement of having a worthless phone. Im sure ill have more questions in the future, so glad there are ppl out there with the same passion for smartphone customization that i have. Much obliged. Omar
Hello Everyone,
Im new to this forum as a poster, I do have read quite a few tutorials on here on how to unlock/root/s-off my device but now Im stuck again and can't seem to find a solution.
I have a HTC Sensation Z710e and I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1-20130309-Albinoman887-pyramid. Now whenever I watch a movie I there are no troubles BUT when I scroll in the movie or pause it or whatever I get an error. I looked it up and found out my version is an unstable one. So a friend of mine explained to me I could update via Goo.im, and here's the problem. It says there are no updates for my device even though that friend of mine updated to 10.1-20130601-Albinoman887-pyramid in the same way.
I did get a message like 2 weeks ago there was an update available for my device but when I clicked the notice nothing happened.
Now my biggest question is, is there some way I can download an update zip in stead of the 10.1-20130601-Albinoman887-pyramid Rom and have to start all over again with all my apps, or am I just ****ed and need to start backupping what I want to backup and start over again?
Thx for any and all insights,
Marius
well if the rom is just an update from the same rom, get it from another repo (download it from your phone or pc) and flash it with TWRP/CWM
It should work, I've done many rom upgrades without wiping my system.
Daniel120201 said:
well if the rom is just an update from the same rom, get it from another repo (download it from your phone or pc) and flash it with TWRP/CWM
It should work, I've done many rom upgrades without wiping my system.
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So you're saying I should just "install from sdcard" with my 4EXT and it will not wipe all my settings? Even though its a completely "new" ROM but just an update of the one I have right now? I dont have to invoke something like "update"?
I did already download the file with Goo.im (that did work ) and it was about 157mb, that gives me the feeling its a completely new ROM, that's why Im a bit hesitant
Thx for the info though
MariusJP is right, there's no need for a wipe when you are flashing an update, but it may depend from ROM to ROM and from update to update. Just flash it and look for problems. If there are problems you'll have to wipe.
You should do a Backup via CWM before flashing any new software especially when it's not a stable one.
Flashing this update won't wipe your settings and data.
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Just like Daniel said, because its an update of the ROM Im using it just updates. I was just afraid it would reinstall everything but it didnt
Thx for all the help
hi, i've been experimenting with a samsung gt-i5800 which i was given for free if i could unbrick it (it only needed factory restored) i've successfully rooted it and decided to have a go at installing a custom rom, because i was fed up of having to use a static ip address to connect to wifi.
i used odin to put cyanogenmod 7 on it. it worked, and i'm happy with the mod, but it's showing that there's 0kb of internal storage, and every time it's rebooted it behaves as if it's been factory reset (settings, contacts apps etc are all gone) i've read a few topics about these problems, apparently the solution is to wipe it and reinstall the custom rom.
what i'm not entirely clear about is what is meant by wiping it. i'm assuming it doesn't just mean using the recovery menu to factory restore again? what exactly do i need to delete and how do i do it safely? thanks!
Hi,
I suggest you to go here for find some good help => Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
and at the same time, you can go here and read to find your problem with CM 7 version => Galaxy 3 Android Development
Good luck
thanks, i figured out how to use CWM recovery to properly clear it out, then reinstalled from a zip with CWM, it's now working properly.
Hi long time flasher and now i suddenly stumbled on a problem i have no idea how to fix. It's my internal storage it sais that it's not there but when i start TWRP i can find everything this happened when i went from Android L Preview to EHNDROIX V apperantly there was something wrong with the release because the download links have now been removed. I have tried Flashing the Recovery, and flashed a new Rom with BOOT IMG and a new kernel but the problem stays the same. Any suggestion? I cant get to my nandroid backup either for some reason.
Please help.
Its a common issue if you read the L thread sticky (where all L questions belong]
Basically back up your data and flash factory images to fix
Thanks.
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Yeah found it sorry. I did exactlly that and now it works like it should.
Edit: after thinking about it, just realised that I could have posted this in the main thread of the rom mentioned here... Silly me... Thread move?
Hi everyone
I've recently purchased an Xperia L for my wife, currently running stock rom 15.3.A.1.17 (again), unrooted
I really want to update it to something newer, and looking at the rom list, it's hard to figure out which will be appropriate.
Unfortunately, I'm also not well versed in these sort of things (had my small share of trail and errors though)
Inquiry 1
My main concern is that I want to use the Sony UI. I tried BlissPop but it just didn't do it for me, I simply like the Sony UI and the things that the Sony comes with (particular the camera app)
And though I know I can probably install a lot of those things afterwards, I do also have a lot of Sony products, thus having it all from the get-go is much more convenient than trying to get it all back on
So what I found from the rom list was PrimeXperia - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/development/rom-primexperia-lp-sony-s-official-t3103905
I want to know if there are any other firmwares out there using the Sony UI or not, just for comparisons.
Inquiry 2
Let's say that there's only PrimeXperia, looking at the installation instructions, I see that it uses a recovery menu.
Now, my Xperia L is currently unrooted (and I haven't found a way to root it without having to use vRoot yet (don't want that on my phone)), is it possible to still flash a recovery menu unto the phone?
I have flashtools, and I have tried flashing TWRP (and a Cyanmod one at one point) using Fastboot, and it seemed to run even without rooting my phone first, will it actually function correctly or will the lack of root cause problems?
So my concern is, without having to root my phone, can I use Fastboot mode on Flashtools to flash a recovery menu onto my phone? Which of course, if I can, now I need to find PhilZ Touch Recovery to do so.
Inquiry 3
In the instructions, it says to Wipe Cache Partition and Dalvik/ART Cache, will this wipe data, settings, apps, etc also? Or does it only wipe the system stuff so that when I install the new firmware, it'll simply operate as normal with my apps and stuff still on?
Reason I ask this is because I remember something (from a long time ago) about only wiping/flashing certain things to ensure that user related things are still intact - just want to make sure
Inquiry 4
And just to make sure I know what I'm doing, as per instructions, I'm still within the recovery menu where I select the rom (zip file) and choose to install it, right?
Inquiry 5 - last one
Finally, it says that users reported wifi to not work and the solution was to flash ThunderZap, where is that? Is that within the download link (currently not home so unable to check)?
Sorry for the hassle and thank you for the help in advance
bitsnpieces said:
Edit: after thinking about it, just realised that I could have posted this in the main thread of the rom mentioned here... Silly me... Thread move?
Hi everyone
I've recently purchased an Xperia L for my wife, currently running stock rom 15.3.A.1.17 (again), unrooted
I really want to update it to something newer, and looking at the rom list, it's hard to figure out which will be appropriate.
Unfortunately, I'm also not well versed in these sort of things (had my small share of trail and errors though)
Inquiry 1
My main concern is that I want to use the Sony UI. I tried BlissPop but it just didn't do it for me, I simply like the Sony UI and the things that the Sony comes with (particular the camera app)
And though I know I can probably install a lot of those things afterwards, I do also have a lot of Sony products, thus having it all from the get-go is much more convenient than trying to get it all back on
So what I found from the rom list was PrimeXperia - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/development/rom-primexperia-lp-sony-s-official-t3103905
I want to know if there are any other firmwares out there using the Sony UI or not, just for comparisons.
Inquiry 2
Let's say that there's only PrimeXperia, looking at the installation instructions, I see that it uses a recovery menu.
Now, my Xperia L is currently unrooted (and I haven't found a way to root it without having to use vRoot yet (don't want that on my phone)), is it possible to still flash a recovery menu unto the phone?
I have flashtools, and I have tried flashing TWRP (and a Cyanmod one at one point) using Fastboot, and it seemed to run even without rooting my phone first, will it actually function correctly or will the lack of root cause problems?
So my concern is, without having to root my phone, can I use Fastboot mode on Flashtools to flash a recovery menu onto my phone? Which of course, if I can, now I need to find PhilZ Touch Recovery to do so.
Inquiry 3
In the instructions, it says to Wipe Cache Partition and Dalvik/ART Cache, will this wipe data, settings, apps, etc also? Or does it only wipe the system stuff so that when I install the new firmware, it'll simply operate as normal with my apps and stuff still on?
Reason I ask this is because I remember something (from a long time ago) about only wiping/flashing certain things to ensure that user related things are still intact - just want to make sure
Inquiry 4
And just to make sure I know what I'm doing, as per instructions, I'm still within the recovery menu where I select the rom (zip file) and choose to install it, right?
Inquiry 5 - last one
Finally, it says that users reported wifi to not work and the solution was to flash ThunderZap, where is that? Is that within the download link (currently not home so unable to check)?
Sorry for the hassle and thank you for the help in advance
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1. - use "stryflex" rom... Its the latest sony UI version for XL (same dev like PrimeXperia... Less bugs)
2.you need to unlock your bootloader first! For that have a look at general section (much guides are there)
3.first installation of a new rom will need a "clean" install... So you need to factory reset
4. yea if you are at this point... But you need a unlocked bootloader otherwise the phone wontn boot
5. www.thunderzap.in
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SdtBarbarossa said:
1. - use "stryflex" rom... Its the latest sony UI version for XL (same dev like PrimeXperia... Less bugs)
2.you need to unlock your bootloader first! For that have a look at general section (much guides are there)
3.first installation of a new rom will need a "clean" install... So you need to factory reset
4. yea if you are at this point... But you need a unlocked bootloader otherwise the phone wontn boot
5. www.thunderzap.in
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Just to add to 3.
If you wipe cache/dalvik cache, it doesn't wipe your whole system, apps, settings or any other thing. It just wipes the cache.
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SdtBarbarossa said:
1. - use "stryflex" rom... Its the latest sony UI version for XL (same dev like PrimeXperia... Less bugs)
2.you need to unlock your bootloader first! For that have a look at general section (much guides are there)
3.first installation of a new rom will need a "clean" install... So you need to factory reset
4. yea if you are at this point... But you need a unlocked bootloader otherwise the phone wontn boot
5. www.thunderzap.in
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Ah yes, sorry, forgot to mention that the Xperial L is already unlocked
And thanks for letting me know about StryFlex
Previously, I unlocked my phone, and it got caught in a boot loop, so I used Flashtool to try and flash a stock rom I found again.
I then tried rooting using vRoot, and installing TWRP Recovery via their app, but it would never install. Thus, I did Fastboot and installed it via img file (https://twrp.me/devices/sonyxperial.html - twrp-2.8.7.0-taoshan)
However, when booting into the recovery menu, there was a graphical glitch the menu was flipped around, and text information all duplicated and overlaid itself.
Is this due to the fact that I'm not rooted when I did this? Let alone the method of installation may not have been correct?
Nevertheless, I did the standard wipe (basically picked wipe and then slid the slider over to wipe) that's in there to prepare installation for BlissPop. When going to Install and choosing the BlissPop zip file, it would give me an error - thus... I my phone could not boot anymore and BlissPop wouldn't install.
I then downloaded Resurrection Remix LP, thinking maybe it was a bad file I had, zip had the same error.
I read somewhere about flashing the kernel and the files they talked about involved downloading X firmware and flashing the boot image file, so I extracted the RRLP to my computer, and flashed the boot image file in there - the phone turned on and went straight into recovery mode, this time, with the Cyanogen Recovery.
I did the wipes that were available in it again, then did the BlissPop again, and this time, it worked.
Of course, not liking BlissPop because I want the Sony interface, I'm back to the standard stock rom, looking to update - however, do I need to?
Given that 4.2.2 is all the Xperia L officially got, compared to the 5.1.1 that's out now, I'm just wondering about performance in general - would installing LolliPop actually run better than JellyBean? Or is JellyBean the technical limit of the Xperia L, which is why, alongside the fact that it's older now, that Xperia L only lasted to 4.2.2?
EDIT: Just found my answer from a different post you made:
SdtBarbarossa said:
Use stryflex rom... But then you will get lower performance... The more ram you use the less you have left...
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This is an interesting statement... Could potentially downgrading the firmware give a performance boost? For example, maybe 4.1.2 - though may not have the same updated features or look of 4.2.2, as long as it still can do just about everything, and possibly use less RAM, does it technically mean it should run faster? Etc - basically, which Android would be the optimal spec that the Xperia L is suited to? Just a general inquiry this one.
Xperia_L said:
Just to add to 3.
If you wipe cache/dalvik cache, it doesn't wipe your whole system, apps, settings or any other thing. It just wipes the cache.
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So, on the assumption that LolliPop would perform better and the android versions should have improvements in each one and it isn't phone specific, if I was to install StryFlex, it says to use the TWRP Recovery. If it's like anything mentioned in my above experience, will I have any issues installing StryFlex? Or would I do it as a one-two combo again? Using TWRP to wipe the things mentioned in the installation instructions, then flash in the Cyanogen Recovery kernel to run the zip and install StryFlex?
What you've also mentioned is that wiping the cache and dalvik cache won't affect apps and settings, in the instructions for StryFlex, it says to change filesystem, then change only system (filesystem?), data and cache partition (without having the phone with my right now, I can't quite imagine what this is, let alone what the instructions are talking about right now), when I swipe to confirm and format these partitions, will I lose data? Will it be as SdtBarbarossa mentioned... it needs a clean install? ...
Sorry for the questions... Really thinking this should have been in the other post lol...
Downgrading is not logically... 4.4 and newer roms need lower ram then old roms (if you want me to explain google... No time for this... But its the truth)
I pmed you
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