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Hi, I'm having a lot of issue with my Nexus S so I want to reflash with full 2.3.3 image... The thing is when I mount the phone and copy the file, after I reboot the Nexus S to go in recovery... The update.zip is not there. I tried to create a folder and put some files on it... When I unmount the phone and remount it ... everything is gone except "LOST.DIR | .android_secure | Android | DCIM. The rest is gone .... Looks like the phone memory is corrupt ...
Looks like everytime the phone use the memory everything begins to crash (force close of all application) and even the phone just freeze and I need to remove the battery.
Is there any way I can save my phone? Probably a bad flash or something cause this issue (I flashed to gingerbread 2.3.3 from the file found on this forum)
If anyone is able to help.... it will be appreciate.
Thanks.
Here's something to add:
Looks like the whole storage is read-only (at some point) I'm changing some settings and after a reboot it's not kept ... backgroung is default, google account is not configured .... Even tried to factory-default again and it gives me a unable to format /system or /data I don't remember the whole line ... I was kinda stuck in the custom recovery where you can flash from /sdcard/update.zip ... I look at the mount with "adb shell" and it looks OK.
I can provide adb logcat if needed ... But any help will be appreciate ...
Thanks!
Put the phone in download mode then reflash using Odin after it boots go into settings and wipe your SD and then do a hard reset. That should fix any problems.
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if you have CW recovery installed, you can use it to fix the permissions issues
Hi,
I tried the odin flash and no good... now I installed the CW recovery and tried the fix permissions... looks like it's hang... is this procedure long?? I'll leave the phone like this...
Tried to wipe to factory default and reflash... same issue has before, update.zip is not staying on the usb storage... Is there another way to fix this issue...
Thanks for your help, appreciate!
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Ok, fix permissions done, still not working... tried to factory default... No good.... Any ideas?
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SpOuK-3- said:
Here's something to add:
Looks like the whole storage is read-only (at some point) I'm changing some settings and after a reboot it's not kept ... backgroung is default, google account is not configured .... Even tried to factory-default again and it gives me a unable to format /system or /data I don't remember the whole line ... I was kinda stuck in the custom recovery where you can flash from /sdcard/update.zip ... I look at the mount with "adb shell" and it looks OK.
I can provide adb logcat if needed ... But any help will be appreciate ...
Thanks!
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I have the exact same issue... were you able to fix it?
in the worse case scenario, in CWR advanced menu you can format the internal SD card
I'm very interested to hear how you get on with this, sounds like the infamous freezing problem that the Nexus S seems to suffer from.
Please let us know how you get on and if the suggestion above to format the internal SD with cwm works.
xspyda said:
I'm very interested to hear how you get on with this, sounds like the infamous freezing problem that the Nexus S seems to suffer from.
Please let us know how you get on and if the suggestion above to format the internal SD with cwm works.
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Tried it... it doesn't work ... SpOuK-3- said he sent his phone to samsung
legojj said:
Tried it... it doesn't work ... SpOuK-3- said he sent his phone to samsung
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Bugger! I was hoping there would be another way. Out of interest, had either of you recently performed an update either ota or manual?
try fastboot oem lock and then fastboot oem unlock.
unlocking the bootloader will wipe and format ur sd card
deeren said:
try fastboot oem lock and then fastboot oem unlock.
unlocking the bootloader will wipe and format ur sd card
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Yea i have tried that, no success.
And yes I did a nightly update (build 39)
legojj - as above had you recently performed an update when you ran into this problem?
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legojj - as above had you recently performed an update when you ran into this problem?
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Yes, i went from cyanogens nightly build 38 to nightly build 39.
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Yes, i went from cyanogens nightly build 38 to nightly build 39.
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I figured that would be the case (though not necessarily cyanogenmod related). This seems to be the common factor with all Nexus S phones suffering from the freezing issue - the problem always starts pretty soon after an update.
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I figured that would be the case (though not necessarily cyanogenmod related). This seems to be the common factor with all Nexus S phones suffering from the freezing issue - the problem always starts pretty soon after an update.
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Do you know if there is any way of fixing it, cause I have even used odin and still nothing. Do you know what the re partition check box in odin does?
As far as I can tell there is no way to fix it, not for us users. Not even sure Samsung fix the issue, seems they just give replacements which is quite worrying.
I started a thread about the freezing issue to gather info and hopefully to find a pattern / solution to the problem. Apart from establishing that the problem seems to occur after an update in.every case, so far no dice.
I'd be delighted to hear of a fix as I feel like I'm waiting for a time bomb to go off with my Nexus S!
Ok... so after doing some reserch i decided to use adb shell to delete the sdcard partition and remake it inorder to hopefully find the error. Everytime i tried deleteing the partition, nothing happened. So i tried resizing it and then i got the error that saying
" /.../clockworkmod/backup/.../data.img is corrupt run scandisk or chkdisk. "
Two things that dont exisist or i dont know how to use on adb shell. Anyways, it seems the corrupt file was created by my clockworkmod before i updated to the new cyanogen.
That's interesting although from my own research I'm not convinced cwm is the cause of the freezing issue as there are many reports of people running into problems without having ever flashed a custom rom or recovery.
I'm glad you're trying to get to the bottom of this though, it wiuld be great for us to be able to find a solution.
I refuse to believe the only sulolution is to replace the phone - can't see this being anything but software related.
Please keep us posted.
I have not received the OTA update from Verizon on my phone yet. I continue to check for it but the popup screen that says its checking for a new update just disappears and nothing happens. I do not even get the error message that the servers are unavailable. I do not know if something is wrong on my phone with the check new option but im not having a lot of confidence in receiving the update OTA. So I would like to install the update manually through HBOOT and recovery. can somebody please help me through the process? I have downloaded the OTA file onto my computer. Do I need to rename is update.zip or PG05IMG.zip? i have already tired update.zip and i get a operation error and my phone just reboots. I would like to do this without having to wipe my device in the process. My phone is not rooted and is running stock. Thanks in advance for the help.
Unless you want to have random reboots, don't install it. The update doesn't do **** and just causes more problems than it solves.
Where did you download the update from?
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The random reboots were not related to the update. it was related to the cell towers and network. Myself and others that have installed it are running fine.
You cannot put the update in without losing all phone internal data, such as apps, screen setups, email settings and so fourth..
If you want to install it, download the file and rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put it on the phones memory card(not in any folders).
Power off the phone & then hold volume down and power together at the same time and it will boot into Hboot and see the file and then ask if you want to update. Just follow prompts and you will be fine. Once it gets to the thunderbolt animation screen, it will sit there for a couple of minutes (up to 5) dont panic, just wait and it will boot up.
This will delete all phone internal data and make it like its straight out of the box when it was purchased except it will now have the updated firware and radio. Your sd card will be fine, it shouldnt delete anything off the sd card but always back up the card in case.
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Where did you download the update from?
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It's in the development section.
Gotcha, thanks.
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Jrocker23 said:
The random reboots were not related to the update. it was related to the cell towers and network. Myself and others that have installed it are running fine.
You cannot put the update in without losing all phone internal data, such as apps, screen setups, email settings and so fourth..
If you want to install it, download the file and rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put it on the phones memory card(not in any folders).
Power off the phone & then hold volume down and power together at the same time and it will boot into Hboot and see the file and then ask if you want to update. Just follow prompts and you will be fine. Once it gets to the thunderbolt animation screen, it will sit there for a couple of minutes (up to 5) dont panic, just wait and it will boot up.
This will delete all phone internal data and make it like its straight out of the box when it was purchased except it will now have the updated firware and radio. Your sd card will be fine, it shouldnt delete anything off the sd card but always back up the card in case.
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So there is no way to do this without having my phone wiped clean? There must be something wrong with my phone with the whole software update process. Everytime I hit the Check new under Software update, the pop up box comes up saying Checking for new Software available now. but after a few seconds, it just disappears and nothing happens. I do not even get a message saying that your phone is up to date or no update is available. Is this normal? This has been doing this since day 1. Has anybody experienced this and is there s fix for it? Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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The random reboots were not related to the update. it was related to the cell towers and network. Myself and others that have installed it are running fine.
You cannot put the update in without losing all phone internal data, such as apps, screen setups, email settings and so fourth..
If you want to install it, download the file and rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put it on the phones memory card(not in any folders).
Power off the phone & then hold volume down and power together at the same time and it will boot into Hboot and see the file and then ask if you want to update. Just follow prompts and you will be fine. Once it gets to the thunderbolt animation screen, it will sit there for a couple of minutes (up to 5) dont panic, just wait and it will boot up.
This will delete all phone internal data and make it like its straight out of the box when it was purchased except it will now have the updated firware and radio. Your sd card will be fine, it shouldnt delete anything off the sd card but always back up the card in case.
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Since when does updating the radio wipe data/cache?
I've flashed multiple radios and it doesn't delete anything.
He is not just wiping the radio, he wants to install the new update maually. If it was just radio, he would be fine.. The update will flash the new radio and new firmware... The firmware part will wipe it
I'm in the exact same situation as the OP, but my phone is running perfectly without the update. I have read a lot of complaints here relating to reboots as well as the gps getting worse. So I plan to avoid the ota like Steve Jobs avoids calories. But I am wondering if not having the update will be an issue when Gingerbread rolls out for the TBolt? I don't want to be left out for that one!
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The random reboots were not related to the update. it was related to the cell towers and network. Myself and others that have installed it are running fine.
You cannot put the update in without losing all phone internal data, such as apps, screen setups, email settings and so fourth..
If you want to install it, download the file and rename it to PG05IMG.zip and put it on the phones memory card(not in any folders).
Power off the phone & then hold volume down and power together at the same time and it will boot into Hboot and see the file and then ask if you want to update. Just follow prompts and you will be fine. Once it gets to the thunderbolt animation screen, it will sit there for a couple of minutes (up to 5) dont panic, just wait and it will boot up.
This will delete all phone internal data and make it like its straight out of the box when it was purchased except it will now have the updated firware and radio. Your sd card will be fine, it shouldnt delete anything off the sd card but always back up the card in case.
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He is not just wiping the radio, he wants to install the new update maually. If it was just radio, he would be fine.. The update will flash the new radio and new firmware... The firmware part will wipe it
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Gotcha. My bad man.
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So there is no way to do this without having my phone wiped clean? There must be something wrong with my phone with the whole software update process. Everytime I hit the Check new under Software update, the pop up box comes up saying Checking for new Software available now. but after a few seconds, it just disappears and nothing happens. I do not even get a message saying that your phone is up to date or no update is available. Is this normal? This has been doing this since day 1. Has anybody experienced this and is there s fix for it? Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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Updating should fix the issue with you getting the manual update to work properly or you can just do a factory reset. Either way you will wipe the data...
There is no way right now to update the phone without wiping, sorry...
If you have your contacts as google contacts, once you sign back into gmail. The phone will verify your account and resync your contacts and redownload any apps (paid & free) that you got from the market... its not that bad really
Jrocker23 said:
Updating should fix the issue with you getting the manual update to work properly or you can just do a factory reset. Either way you will wipe the data...
There is no way right now to update the phone without wiping, sorry...
If you have your contacts as google contacts, once you sign back into gmail. The phone will verify your account and resync your contacts and redownload any apps (paid & free) that you got from the market... its not that bad really
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How does the OTA update not wipe your phone when updating using Check now on your phone?
Curious about this as well. Updating via the menu didn't wipe my phone. My firmware was updated along w/ the radio.
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Wondering the same thing here.....
One possible reason for some not receiving update Ota is that verizon may be rolling it out to certin groups of thunderbolts at a time. I know they did this with my original droid. But I could be wrong and have no info to back it up.
Mine popped up asking me to update but i didnt accept cause im rooted
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How does the OTA update not wipe your phone when updating using Check now on your phone?
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All I can say is if you update throught he verizon notification you will be ok. From what I know, there is something in the package from verizon that puts it as an update and keeps most data and settings. When you flash it any other way, the update part is not seen by the phone, rooted or not rooted.
If you are that worried, wait for the update to show on your phone. Updates usually roll out over 2 weeks in no particular order. Also some others said they had the same issue when they checked for an update but they kept trying it that way and it eventually connected to it.
There really is not more I can say, your options are wait for the over the air update or just flash it now and take a few minutes to setup your phone..
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Mine popped up asking me to update but i didnt accept cause im rooted
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When your rooted and accept an update, it shouldn't install anyway. most roms have it blocked from installing because the signature doesnt match
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When your rooted and accept an update, it shouldn't install anyway. most roms have it blocked from installing because the signature doesnt match
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Indeed
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I have a strange issue with my samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket AT&T, it keeps on rebooting every one or two minutes, by itself.
I have been busy with this for two days without success, I tried the following:
- unstalling apps: not working, after any reboot (automatic or manual) the apps reappear again.
- using Odin to install another rom. Not working, even after a green success signal in Odin, the phone reboots and nothing has changed. All (many) apps that I installed still are present, the same settings etc, everything is the same. I tried to install different ROMS with Odin, without any effect.
- deleting all folders and files when the phone is plugged in the pc,...after phone reboot all folders and files re-appear again, nothing changed.
Assistance with this issue is very welcome.
Thank you
I've seen this issue before with it rebooting because of a stuck power button. Not sure if that would be the culprit in your situation or not. Especially with folders re-appearing and what not.
sounds like the same as this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751338
possible fix Using loop devices to workaround corrupt eMMC partitions
Had the issue before. Never pinpointed the exact cause, but I moved all my pics/music/crap I wanted to keep to my external and went ape chyt on wiping. Formatted internal via the comp, then went into mounts & wiped everything! Fresh install & only reinstalled apps (no data) with titanium. Been smooth sailing since.
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vincom said:
sounds like the same as this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751338
possible fix Using loop devices to workaround corrupt eMMC partitions
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This ^^^^^ Is what fixed mine
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This ^^^^^ Is what fixed mine
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The workaround in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646 is too complicated for me. I'm not a programmer, just a regular user that knows how to use Odin and install a custom ROM, but that's it. I guess I have to return it under warranty by AT&T
Although I would like to erase everything (i got a backup). At the moment all data, apps, email and phone numbers are visible when booting up (at least for 1 or two minutes before it reboots by itself) and I don't like them at ATT checking that out.
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The workaround in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646 is too complicated for me. I'm not a programmer, just a regular user that knows how to use Odin and install a custom ROM, but that's it. I guess I have to return it under warranty by AT&T
Although I would like to erase everything (i got a backup). At the moment all data, apps, email and phone numbers are visible when booting up (at least for 1 or two minutes before it reboots by itself) and I don't like them at ATT checking that out.
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then try bricking it, use odin and check repartition and see what happens, also see if a factory reset will wipe your data
vincom said:
then try bricking it, use odin and check repartition and see what happens, also see if a factory reset will wipe your data
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I tried to brick it without success yet.
Odin repartitioning gives this message:
"Can't open the specified file. (Line: 1876)"
and give a FAIL
Factory reset has not effect whatsoever, all stays the same. By the way, gives this message
Error mounting /sdcard/ .android_sercure!
Any other bricking methods/tips are welcome
Thanks
orfeo.one said:
I tried to brick it without success yet.
Odin repartitioning gives this message:
"Can't open the specified file. (Line: 1876)"
and give a FAIL
Factory reset has not effect whatsoever, all stays the same. By the way, gives this message
Error mounting /sdcard/ .android_sercure!
Any other bricking methods/tips are welcome
Thanks
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try mount the sdcard, flash a tar file from another phone or a zip file from another phone like the i777, i know that it didnt write to the nand before but you never know. or learn how to use adb, maybe it can delete stuff, but i never used it so cant help u there.
u can also try to short out the usb port by touch wires inside the port as it may fry something up in the phone so it cant turn on
If you installed an app that seems chair than what it should be worth or from a random website, you could have a virus...first try uninstalling the culprit, if not, you may need to do a factory rest
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raynan said:
If you installed an app that seems chair than what it should be worth or from a random website, you could have a virus...first try uninstalling the culprit, if not, you may need to do a factory rest
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I've gone through all that, factory reset, uninstalling apps etc..nothing works since after the auto reboot all changes appear to have no effect. I.e. new pictures taken are not stored after the reboot. I'm stuck with all settings and files of one particular time a week ago, that keeps on reappearing. As far as I understand this is a corrupt partition issue. But thanks for replying anyway..this issue doesn't seem to happen very often.
So I've been noticing my GPS takes a while to connect and when it does get a signal it constantly loses it and connects again.
Causing my GPS to think I'm turning down streets that I'm physically not, facing different directions and thinking I'm 5 blocks away from where my actual position is.
All my toggles are in the on position for GPS and I have the High Accuracy option selected.
Don't know what else it could be other then maybe the hardware going out? :'-(
Anyone else have this problem on stock XT926 kitkat?
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So I've been noticing my GPS takes a while to connect and when it does get a signal it constantly loses it and connects again.
Causing my GPS to think I'm turning down streets that I'm physically not, facing different directions and thinking I'm 5 blocks away from where my actual position is.
All my toggles are in the on position for GPS and I have the High Accuracy option selected.
Don't know what else it could be other then maybe the hardware going out? :'-(
Anyone else have this problem on stock XT926 kitkat?
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When you took the OTA to KitKat, did you just upgrade your existing configuration? You might want to look at wiping dalvik and cache first. If that doesn't work, then you might have to resort to a Factory Data Reset, which will wipe out all your settings, and see if that works. Usually, an issue like this points to stale files/settings/cache sitting around and if wiping cache/dalvik doesn't fix it, then usually an FDR fixes it. If the FDR doesn't fix it, then I would assume hardware issues or a bad OTA.
With the official FXD out now (http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=5), you could try flashing that to your phone via RSDLite or SamuriHL's House of Moto tool to see if a fresh flash of the official Kit Kat image will fix it.
If after that, the issue still persists, then I would definitely say it's a hardware issue. I haven't had any issues with the GPS on my phone.
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When you took the OTA to KitKat, did you just upgrade your existing configuration? You might want to look at wiping dalvik and cache first. If that doesn't work, then you might have to resort to a Factory Data Reset, which will wipe out all your settings, and see if that works. Usually, an issue like this points to stale files/settings/cache sitting around and if wiping cache/dalvik doesn't fix it, then usually an FDR fixes it. If the FDR doesn't fix it, then I would assume hardware issues or a bad OTA.
With the official FXD out now (http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=5), you could try flashing that to your phone via RSDLite or SamuriHL's House of Moto tool to see if a fresh flash of the official Kit Kat image will fix it.
If after that, the issue still persists, then I would definitely say it's a hardware issue. I haven't had any issues with the GPS on my phone.
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Thank you for the reply. see when I upgraded i did a fresh flash. Completely wiped the phone and system and used the 183.46.10 fxz file and flashed it with RSDlite.
I'll try the other steps, wiping cache and dalvik. If that doesn't work I'll try flashing the fxz file again.
The thing I didn't do when I flashed the fxz file was regenerate the script with RSD script generator. I figured i just wanted to just save my data on my internal memory (photos, music etc) so I edited the original script my self and took out the (erase user data line)
Everything flashed over fine with no errors. now I'm wondering since I did that if it delete specific files.
I did format everything with twrp before the kitkat fxz update.
I'll try everything you mentioned before ruling out hardware though.
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DireWolfZero said:
Thank you for the reply. see when I upgraded i did a fresh flash. Completely wiped the phone and system and used the 183.46.10 fxz file and flashed it with RSDlite.
I'll try the other steps, wiping cache and dalvik. If that doesn't work I'll try flashing the fxz file again.
The thing I didn't do when I flashed the fxz file was regenerate the script with RSD script generator. I figured i just wanted to just save my data on my internal memory (photos, music etc) so I edited the original script my self and took out the (erase user data line)
Everything flashed over fine with no errors. now I'm wondering since I did that if it delete specific files.
I did format everything with twrp before the kitkat fxz update.
I'll try everything you mentioned before ruling out hardware though.
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No, that should work if you wanted to save data, but I do know that sometimes, that can cause issues and a full wipe is necessary.
When I upgrade from JB to KK, I had issues with not being able to use blue-toot and wifi together. I did a factory data reset (wipes everything, including user data and internal storage as well as the internal sd card) and things cleared up since then.
I back up my applications and their data weekly with Titanium Backup and then I push those to my Google Drive, so whenever I wipe my phone clean, I can restore it back to where it was with the exception of any downloaded data files that are needed (such as offline maps for my GPS app, etc). So, doing an FDR for me is not an issue and it definitely helps with performance.
If you have a way of backing up your application data (and if you need to, your text messages), I would suggest doing that and then doing an FDR before trying to FXZ again. I know FDR sucks in that it wipes everything out and you have to set things back up again (Google account, etc), but it seems to be the one thing that fixes a lot of the issues people see after upgrading to KK.
Good luck!
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No, that should work if you wanted to save data, but I do know that sometimes, that can cause issues and a full wipe is necessary.
When I upgrade from JB to KK, I had issues with not being able to use blue-toot and wifi together. I did a factory data reset (wipes everything, including user data and internal storage as well as the internal sd card) and things cleared up since then.
I back up my applications and their data weekly with Titanium Backup and then I push those to my Google Drive, so whenever I wipe my phone clean, I can restore it back to where it was with the exception of any downloaded data files that are needed (such as offline maps for my GPS app, etc). So, doing an FDR for me is not an issue and it definitely helps with performance.
If you have a way of backing up your application data (and if you need to, your text messages), I would suggest doing that and then doing an FDR before trying to FXZ again. I know FDR sucks in that it wipes everything out and you have to set things back up again (Google account, etc), but it seems to be the one thing that fixes a lot of the issues people see after upgrading to KK.
Good luck!
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Just wanted to thank you for the help and suggestions.
Backed up my internal memory, flashed the fxz file again (this time I left in the erase user data line), booted up and did a factory reset, restored my apps with titanium, restored my important files to my internal memory and like magic the GPS is working again.
Took a drive around the city for a bit testing it. I also turned it on and off and it's still finding the signal.
Thank you very much
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Just wanted to thank you for the help and suggestions.
Backed up my internal memory, flashed the fxz file again (this time I left in the erase user data line), booted up and did a factory reset, restored my apps with titanium, restored my important files to my internal memory and like magic the GPS is working again.
Took a drive around the city for a bit testing it. I also turned it on and off and it's still finding the signal.
Thank you very much
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Glad that fixed it for you. Usually, if nothing else works, FDR is my final resort and it hasn't failed me yet when things like this occur after updating.
I had just downloaded the latest firmware to upgrade to lolipop, I did a titanium backup, then a nandroid with TWRP.
Upon reboot I can only get to the default recover screen (The one with the android on the skateboard). I can boot into TWRP and have tried clearing cache and delvik cache, and now doing a factory reset but I'm still having the problem. sometimes when rebooting from TWRP the phone boots to the lock screen (or to setup screen after factory reset), then a few seconds later reboots back to the screen with the android on the skateboard.
I haven't even started installing the new firmware, all I did was backup with TWRP and it seems to have semi bricked the phone.
I also tried restoring the backup and I get an error "E:\ No Partition selected for restore."
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I had just downloaded the latest firmware to upgrade to lolipop, I did a titanium backup, then a nandroid with TWRP.
Upon reboot I can only get to the default recover screen (The one with the android on the skateboard). I can boot into TWRP and have tried clearing cache and delvik cache, and now doing a factory reset but I'm still having the problem. sometimes when rebooting from TWRP the phone boots to the lock screen (or to setup screen after factory reset), then a few seconds later reboots back to the screen with the android on the skateboard.
I haven't even started installing the new firmware, all I did was backup with TWRP and it seems to have semi bricked the phone.
I also tried restoring the backup and I get an error "E:\ No Partition selected for restore."
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You flashed twrp either by twrp manager or allowed flashify to download the image for you. Try flashing the firmware zip I posted in tigerstowns thread that has twrp in it. If that doesn't work you will need to ruu and then install twrp and restore. Do not use twrp manager.
dottat said:
You flashed twrp either by twrp manager or allowed flashify to download the image for you. Try flashing the firmware zip I posted in tigerstowns thread that has twrp in it. If that doesn't work you will need to ruu and then install twrp and restore. Do not use twrp manager.
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I beleive I flashed twrp origionally from fastboot, that was months ago though when we got the 4.4.4 update.
Do you mean I need to flash that zip from fastboot?
I'm worried about trying to flash firmware with the phone in a strange state. I'm almost thinking that something went bad inside the phone, but not convinced yet. It has been doing strange things lately, constant searching for location, pausing itself durring playback of music, and some random restarts. I haven't been messing it it so it seems strange to all of a sudden have these issues after many months.
Justintoxicated said:
I beleive I flashed twrp origionally from fastboot, that was months ago though when we got the 4.4.4 update.
Do you mean I need to flash that zip from fastboot?
I'm worried about trying to flash firmware with the phone in a strange state. I'm almost thinking that something went bad inside the phone, but not convinced yet. It has been doing strange things lately, constant searching for location, pausing itself durring playback of music, and some random restarts. I haven't been messing it it so it seems strange to all of a sudden have these issues after many months.
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Nah man. Just reflash the firmware zip that contains twrp and report back. The older twrp are not safe to use on the newer firmware. I have a pda thread stickied in the general section that explains. Phone is likely fine.
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Nah man. Just reflash the firmware zip that contains twrp and report back. The older twrp are not safe to use on the newer firmware. I have a pda thread stickied in the general section that explains. Phone is likely fine.
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Ok, yea, I flashed the new firmware (with twrp) using fastboot , I'm still stuck on the same screen though. I did not install lolipop because I need to get the phone to USB mode to copy it over, which I cannot do because it will not start up.
Justintoxicated said:
Ok, yea, I flashed the new firmware (with twrp) using fastboot , I'm still stuck on the same screen though.
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Ok...so follow me...if you flashed what you thought was cache on the new firmware but using an older twrp you wiped system instead.
Do you have your stuff backed up?
dottat said:
Ok...so follow me...if you flashed what you thought was cache on the new firmware but using an older twrp you wiped system instead.
Do you have your stuff backed up?
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I don't know, I made a nandroid to my external memory card and immediately after that I was no longer able to start up... I tried to restore the nandroid and I cannot. So I would say no I am probably not backed up. I do still have RDKN rom on the memory card for 4.4.3, should I try to re-install that?
TWRP is now version 2.8.5.0, so apparently it updated correctly (I think before it was 2.8.1)
Justintoxicated said:
I don't know, I made a nandroid to my external memory card and immediately after that I was no longer able to start up... I tried to restore the nandroid and I cannot. So I would say no I am probably not backed up. I do still have RDKN rom on the memory card for 4.4.3, should I try to re-install that?
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No. Your best bet to get your stuff back would be to downgrade firmware back to 4.4.4 and reflash the latest twrp img only and then restore your nand.
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No. Your best bet to get your stuff back would be to downgrade firmware back to 4.4.4 and reflash the latest twrp img only and then restore your nand.
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Ok my internet is not working on my laptop at work (only of the PC I'm on and no way to transfer files without my phone), so I guess I will try to do this when I get home. At this point I don't even care about my data, I wanted to save my text conversations but other than that everything I need should be saved in my titanium backup.
Justintoxicated said:
Ok my internet is not working on my laptop at work, so I guess I will try to do this when I get home. At this point I don't even care about my data, I wanted to save my text conversations but other than that everything I need should be saved in my titanium backup.
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And that's what I figured. So flash 4.4.4. Flash latest twrp. Restore nand from ext sd. Boot up. Install this app.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934537937
Run it and link to your Google account and make it perform a backup.
It will do your apps/email accounts/texts/even home screen layout. And it will do it once a day for you automatically or on demand whenever.
Once you get a good backup on this app you can simply flash the new ruu and use this app to restore.
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And that's what I figured. So flash 4.4.4. Flash latest twrp. Restore nand from ext sd. Boot up. Install this app.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934537937
Run it and link to your Google account and make it perform a backup.
It will do your apps/email accounts/texts/even home screen layout. And it will do it once a day for you automatically or on demand whenever.
Once you get a good backup on this app you can simply flash the new ruu and use this app to restore.
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Update, restarted the computer and I was able to restore the old firmware. I re-installed the old rom afterwards (not my nandroid) and I am unable to get into the OS. Well technically I get prompted to select a language, after which the phone reboots back to the S-off androids with skateboards bootloader. Does this mean my phone is toast?
Hey guys, should I S-on the phone load the stock bootloader and try to return it? It is over a year old so I think I will need to use my insurance ($100). What is the best way to go about doing this?
Also when I get my replacement phone will there still be a way to S-off?
Thanks,
- Jusitn
The problem appears to be something wrong with my micro SD card! I removed the micro SD card and I can boot up fine. I guess I need to find another way to copy the rom to the micro SD install the rom then remove the micro SD card.
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Oh this is worse than paying $100 for a new phone. It appears that creating a backup instead of creating a backup, actually corrupted my memory card. Now all the photos are backed up to the cloud but it will take me hours and hours to get all my apps back to the way they were. Some Security camera settings, Rifle target hand load development all gone. Audio book place holders, all notes taken etc. Nothing life or death but those security cameras will take me forever to figure out. I know I know, why not create a backup right? Well that's what I was trying to do!
So I was able to get back some data using some recovery software, unfortunately I was not able to retrieve the nandroid or the titanium backup files. Pictures were backed up to the could and music licenses and other hting I can add back on from the PC. Very time consuming though.
Anyways, what should I do now? Should I just reformat the SD card and continue to use it or should I assume that this happened because the card is bad and replace it with something else?
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So I was able to get back some data using some recovery software, unfortunately I was not able to retrieve the nandroid or the titanium backup files. Pictures were backed up to the could and music licenses and other hting I can add back on from the PC. Very time consuming though.
Anyways, what should I do now? Should I just reformat the SD card and continue to use it or should I assume that this happened because the card is bad and replace it with something else?
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I don't know what file system you're using but assuming it's one that windows can read, connect it to a PC and run chkdsk on it. If you don't know how to do that from a command prompt, right click on the drive in windows explorer and choose properties. Then tools and then click on the check now button under Error-checking. A small window will open. A line that says automatically fix file system errors will be checked by default. In your case, I'd suggest also checking the line that says "scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors". It'll take a while for it to complete with that line checked so be patient. If you're lucky, it might just fix your problem. No promises but it's worth a try.
When it's done you can look in your event viewer to see what it found, if anything. If it finds bad sectors, I wouldn't trust the card. It can be used but there's no guarantee that more problems won't pop up. Maybe, maybe not.
To get to your event viewer, in Win 7 (not sure about Windows 8) click start and in the search box type event.vwr. I'm not sure what category you have to look under in there but perhaps under Winlogon. That's where you'll find it if it requires a reboot to check the card but that's not likely so I'm not sure.
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I don't know what file system you're using but assuming it's one that windows can read, connect it to a PC and run chkdsk on it. If you don't know how to do that from a command prompt, right click on the drive in windows explorer and choose properties. Then tools and then click on the check now button under Error-checking. A small window will open. A line that says automatically fix file system errors will be checked by default. In your case, I'd suggest also checking the line that says "scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors". It'll take a while for it to complete with that line checked so be patient. If you're lucky, it might just fix your problem. No promises but it's worth a try.
When it's done you can look in your event viewer to see what it found, if anything. If it finds bad sectors, I wouldn't trust the card. It can be used but there's no guarantee that more problems won't pop up. Maybe, maybe not.
To get to your event viewer, in Win 7 (not sure about Windows 8) click start and in the search box type event.vwr. I'm not sure what category you have to look under in there but perhaps under Winlogon. That's where you'll find it if it requires a reboot to check the card but that's not likely so I'm not sure.
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exFat for the card, and yes I am on windows 7. I tried to run a check as it was detected as having problems when I plugged the card into my laptop. Then it said I needed to dismount the drive and I said ok. Then it would just hang up. I reformatted the card and then ran the checkdisk again and it tells me that there are no problems now. I guess the card is ok and the issue was caused by TWRP? Not very cool when creating a back delete all your titanium backups and your nandroid that you were trying to create. Unfortunately I have to start from scratch on everything now. I even tried restoring to an older nandroid from May that was saved on my computer but that failed as well. for different reasons.
Justintoxicated said:
exFat for the card, and yes I am on windows 7. I tried to run a check as it was detected as having problems when I plugged the card into my laptop. Then it said I needed to dismount the drive and I said ok. Then it would just hang up. I reformatted the card and then ran the checkdisk again and it tells me that there are no problems now. I guess the card is ok and the issue was caused by TWRP? Not very cool when creating a back delete all your titanium backups and your nandroid that you were trying to create. Unfortunately I have to start from scratch on everything now. I even tried restoring to an older nandroid from May that was saved on my computer but that failed as well. for different reasons.
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What reason did the restore fail for? And don't ever s-on unless you have let me have a crack at a phone. Not one thing you have said so far makes me think its phone. Unfortunately I have ended up with corrupt exfat discs before too. Sucks.
dottat said:
What reason did the restore fail for? And don't ever s-on unless you have let me have a crack at a phone. Not one thing you have said so far makes me think its phone. Unfortunately I have ended up with corrupt exfat discs before too. Sucks.
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I don't remember, probably missing a file or something.