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[Q] Issues booting up...

Hello everyone. It seems like the issue is getting worst and I think I've narrowed down the problem... Now I just need a solution and we can all be happy
So sometimes my phone decides to restart itself and it will not boot back up. The only solution is to remove the battery and try again. It could be solve after a couple tries in the past, and now I find myself sitting for half an hour + trying to get this phone running again. I do have clockwork installed, and it seems like my issue is with my SD card. When trying to mount/unmount my SD card via clockwork, there is an error doing do. Sometimes I can't access my pictures because of the same problem. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to remedy this situation?
Thanks!

ritzbits said:
Hello everyone. It seems like the issue is getting worst and I think I've narrowed down the problem... Now I just need a solution and we can all be happy
So sometimes my phone decides to restart itself and it will not boot back up. The only solution is to remove the battery and try again. It could be solve after a couple tries in the past, and now I find myself sitting for half an hour + trying to get this phone running again. I do have clockwork installed, and it seems like my issue is with my SD card. When trying to mount/unmount my SD card via clockwork, there is an error doing do. Sometimes I can't access my pictures because of the same problem. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to remedy this situation?
Thanks!
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are you using a custom rom or kernel?

I used to, but now it is just stock rom rooted
Edit: I lied, seems like when I restored, the kernal stayed the same.... I assume I can just flash a stock kernal over my modded one?

ritzbits said:
I used to, but now it is just stock rom rooted
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have you tried redownloading the rom and reflashing it?

Note the edit above. Just checked my settings and it looks like I still have my old kernal..( non stock) I dont seem to be able to find a stock kernal anywhere... Do you happen to know where I can find one?

theres probably a version of the stock rom floating around with the stock kernel already included. check the developement threads.

Stock rom, check stickies in General section.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

I reverted everything back to stock with the exception of the bootloader still being unlocked. I thought the issue was fixed, and I have not had issues with the phone since. Until today when I decided to restart it. Same issues as before not being able to mount the sd card, which seems to be required to boot. Any ideas? Is the sd card in the nexus s actually there? Maybe it came loose?

[Q] Phone keeps rebooting. Help please!

Hi guys,
I know there's been lots of cases such as this but I am frustrated and don't know what to do. Been searching for answers but couldn't find an exact answer pertaining to my problem.
I recently flashed Coredroid to my Inspire 4g and for some reason, every time the screen times out, my phone hot-restart's by itself.
Anyone know what's going on?

youngblood90 said:
Hi guys,
I know there's been lots of cases such as this but I am frustrated and don't know what to do. Been searching for answers but couldn't find an exact answer pertaining to my problem.
I recently flashed Coredroid to my Inspire 4g and for some reason, every time the screen times out, my phone hot-restart's by itself.
Anyone know what's going on?
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what did you have on there previously? did you full wipe? data/cache/dalvik? are you overclocking or undervolting?which version of coredroid? and what did you use to flash the rom?

Darunion said:
what did you have on there previously? did you full wipe? data/cache/dalvik? are you overclocking or undervolting?which version of coredroid? and what did you use to flash the rom?
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I had LeeDroid V5.1.1.
I did full wipe/data/cache/dalvik. Not overclocking or undervolting. (Don't like to mess with them)
I'm currently using Coredroid v9.4
Used ClockworkMod for flashing.

anything installed aftermarket? like battery mods or boot screens or stuff from the kitchen?
possibly a corrupt install or download, but wanna get as much info before guessing starts

Darunion said:
anything installed aftermarket? like battery mods or boot screens or stuff from the kitchen?
possibly a corrupt install or download, but wanna get as much info before guessing starts
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Nope. Everything is CoreDroid stock. Can I safe to assume that it's the Rom itself?

youngblood90 said:
Nope. Everything is CoreDroid stock. Can I safe to assume that it's the Rom itself?
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i would give a redownload and reflash a try first

Darunion said:
i would give a redownload and reflash a try first
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I recently just switched roms to Android Revolution and it works just fine. I redownloaded and reflashed CoreDroid and it's still doing the same thing. Could it be that there's something wrong with the Rom itself or the tweaks?

What radio are you using? Haven't really heard of radios causing crashes like this but it is possible.
Did you format your SD card too? Files from a previous OS on a SD card can cause this issue.
You mentioned that the ROM is all stock. Did you use any apps to restore apps and files?

Agoattamer said:
What radio are you using? Haven't really heard of radios causing crashes like this but it is possible.
Did you format your SD card too? Files from a previous OS on a SD card can cause this issue.
You mentioned that the ROM is all stock. Did you use any apps to restore apps and files?
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Radio: 12.56.405.1.
Kernel 2.6.35.14
Yeah, I started making assumptions that it's probably either the radio or kernel but it just doesn't make sense. Everything works perfectly with Android Revolution.
No, I did not format my SD card. Is that recommended for every time I flash a new Rom? (sorry if I'm a bit inexperienced at these things)
Update:
Backed up my SD and reformated it. Still does it.
Rom is in every way, stock. The only app I used to restore my apps is the market, which is not 'google play' or w/e.

youngblood90 said:
Radio: 12.56.405.1.
Kernel 2.6.35.14
Yeah, I started making assumptions that it's probably either the radio or kernel but it just doesn't make sense. Everything works perfectly with Android Revolution.
No, I did not format my SD card. Is that recommended for every time I flash a new Rom? (sorry if I'm a bit inexperienced at these things)
Rom is in every way, stock. The only app I used to restore my apps is the market, which is not 'google play' or w/e.
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It is not needed to format SD card but it is to format System and data before a new rom flash. Mainy when one is build from an DHD port and the other is an Inspire based rom.

[Q] Is flashing bad?

I've flashed my phone about 50 times by now...
but there was this cm9 audio issue, i flashed arhd today and it still has the same issue
it would stutter for a second or keep on pressing next on the song
maybe its the reason why my powerbutton stoped working... i pressed it really hard in the morning today and it started working, but then 10minute later it stoped...
so is this because of flashing?

Flashing is no more dangerous than copying music to an SD card. There shouldn't be any roms on here that would damage your phone.

my phone been starting to skip songs when being played.. i flashed another rom (arhd) and it happens to it now too...

anthonyly said:
my phone been starting to skip songs when being played.. i flashed another rom (arhd) and it happens to it now too...
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Might be a problem with your SD card, it might be a good idea to make a full back backup of your SD card and then do a full reformat of your SD card. I also recommend you do a low level format first, then reformat with Fat 32 as this will give you a very thorough cleaning of your SD card.

will try right now!, does anyone know about the power button issue? I know it still works, because it was working this morning..

Flash away it can only improve the cool Sensation!

galaxys said:
Flash away it can only improve the cool Sensation!
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So long as you only flash in the comfort of your own home! If you flash me or my family I will have to kill you... Lol
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

Cant Flash Any JB Rom????

Cant flash any JB rom always says " installation aborted " install ICS rom works fine though
HELP?

ryanraven said:
Cant flash any JB rom always says " installation aborted " install ICS rom works fine though
HELP?
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That's weird.
Are you s-off or s-on?
Have you tried multiple ROMS? (Bruce'ss CM10, AOKP, that new minimalist CM10?)
If you've just tried one, start by redownloading the ROM. You will get the instalation aborted error if the ROM.zip is bad.
Also, did you do a full wipe (Not superwipe) from 4EXT? You will need to if going from ICS to JB. But that shouldn't prevent the ROM from installing (it just won't work properly).

//nvm

S-OFF, FUL wipe coming from ISC re-downloaded rom like 6 times and iv'e tried them all they wont install yet ICS rom's will

disable signature checking in recovery

Jonny said:
disable signature checking in recovery
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Nope still nothing i personally think its the downloads but all ICS roms install fine

ryanraven said:
Nope still nothing i personally think its the downloads but all ICS roms install fine
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I HATE problems like this because they make absolutely no sense. They are the ones that make you want to lay your phone down on the sidewalk and bash it repeatedly with a cinder block. So I understand your pain!
The worst part is that they almost always have the simpliest sollutions imaginable.
Are you using 4EXT or CWM?
Has a JB rom ever worked on your phone?
Can you install a fresh ICS ROM from scratch (meaning not just restore a nandroid) just to make sure recovery is working properly?
No matter if ICS installed fresh or not, you might try reflashing recovery. Maybe that's what's borked up somehow. Plus it' sone of those thigns that can't make it worse so why not try it?

Skipjacks said:
I HATE problems like this because they make absolutely no sense. They are the ones that make you want to lay your phone down on the sidewalk and bash it repeatedly with a cinder block. So I understand your pain!
The worst part is that they almost always have the simpliest sollutions imaginable.
Are you using 4EXT or CWM?
Has a JB rom ever worked on your phone?
Can you install a fresh ICS ROM from scratch (meaning not just restore a nandroid) just to make sure recovery is working properly?
No matter if ICS installed fresh or not, you might try reflashing recovery. Maybe that's what's borked up somehow. Plus it' sone of those thigns that can't make it worse so why not try it?
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recovery is fine flashed basic CWM then 4EXT then TouchCWM all work fine installing ICS from scratch but these JB rom's done work and yes i installed Bruce's JB rom last week and worked fine i might just shoot my phone with my Silenced Air Pistol

ryanraven said:
Nope still nothing i personally think its the downloads but all ICS roms install fine
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check the MD5 then...

Jonny said:
check the MD5 then...
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MD5 is fine totally wiped phone and memory card and seems to install fine now -.- memory card fault ? but it installed ICS fine

ryanraven said:
MD5 is fine totally wiped phone and memory card and seems to install fine now -.- memory card fault ? but it installed ICS fine
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That's a thing!
It's stupid, but it's a thing. Formatting the SD card has been known to solve a variety of ROM problems, app problems, and help with male pattern baldness. It's the goofiest thing, but it works randomly.
Glad you're fixed up.

Skipjacks said:
That's a thing!
It's stupid, but it's a thing. Formatting the SD card has been known to solve a variety of ROM problems, app problems, and help with male pattern baldness. It's the goofiest thing, but it works randomly.
Glad you're fixed up.
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Thanks man kind of annoying wiping the card though i had to back up everything now send all my stuff back not bad though only 2GB of data i will also say i had a 16GB Class 6 the other week which im not joking burnt out randomly using HyperNonSense :/ hard doesn't get recognized by computer or phone anymore.

ryanraven said:
MD5 is fine totally wiped phone and memory card and seems to install fine now -.- memory card fault ? but it installed ICS fine
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I've not seen this before but maybe tinky1/ganeshp/malybru or any other RC has so it might be worth asking on the #helpmenow IRC channel or posting here
Edit: @Skipjacks was faster...

well after reading all the above
i m confirmed its boot.img issue
try to flash insecured boot img n then flash JB
i had exactly the same issue
then i flashed insecured boot img
if u want i can attach that file in here
cant do it now coz m on my work desk sorry

Can't Get SD Card to work

Well, I am trying to get a 64GB SanDisk Ultra Mobile card to work, when I put it in my laptop with the adapter it sees it, I can format it and even copy files to and from it. However once I put it in my phone, it get's corrupted or as the phone calls it, damaged. The phone does read the 16GB card I still have from my OG Droid but I want to use the 64GB card, anyone have any clue what's going on here?

bose301s said:
Well, I am trying to get a 64GB SanDisk Ultra Mobile card to work, when I put it in my laptop with the adapter it sees it, I can format it and even copy files to and from it. However once I put it in my phone, it get's corrupted or as the phone calls it, damaged. The phone does read the 16GB card I still have from my OG Droid but I want to use the 64GB card, anyone have any clue what's going on here?
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Have you try to format the card using your phone?

buhohitr said:
Have you try to format the card using your phone?
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Yes, but it just soft reboots. I am using aerovan's CM10.1 build, I wonder if that's the problem.

bose301s said:
Yes, but it just soft reboots. I am using aerovan's CM10.1 build, I wonder if that's the problem.
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Now you're talking, cm10 is very tricky and depended on how and what's on your phone during the install. Either reflash back to stock or reflash cm10 definitly will resolved your issue.

buhohitr said:
Now you're talking, cm10 is very tricky and depended on how and what's on your phone during the install. Either reflash back to stock or reflash cm10 definitly will resolved your issue.
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Well, flashed back to a TW based ROM, it worked, reflashed 10.1, damaged again. Definitely the ROM.

bose301s said:
Well, flashed back to a TW based ROM, it worked, reflashed 10.1, damaged again. Definitely the ROM.
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hahaha, I told you so. cm10 is...very tricky, some time you may lose contact with your sim card...all kind of weird issues. Well atleast you know what's up.

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Ok, so still having problems. Even formatted on PC or through a TW ROM it won't recognize the SD Card in TWRP, CWM or any CM ROMs. TW ROMs will recognize it and format it and use it. Not sure what the issue is, the weirdest part is TWRP and CWM not seeing it but having TW ROMs work fine with it. Oh well, will keep at it.

external sd cards
I was wondering why these custom roms and external sd cards don't seem to get along well, though I haven't tested smaller sd cards, because all I have right now is a sandisk 64gb, but is it across the board for all sd cards for all roms, or just high capacity cards, I have a gs3 verizon and have tried the superchargewiz, and the liquidsmooth jellybean, neither of them read my 64gb card, but conversely when I rolled back to my stock rooted rom I got the insufficent space error. (frustrating) so any information to help out a noob thank you

From what I remember, you need to format as FAT32 for CM roms, as they can't read exFAT. Windows either has trouble or will not format a 64 GB sdcard as FAT32 natively. Google and download SDformatter, and use it to format to FAT32.