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My phone is stuck in the CyanogenMod 10 booting animation.
I did the following:
1. Installed RUU (after changing radio and wanted to go back) , unchecked fastboot in the power setting and checked the USB debugging from
the DEVELOPER OPTIONS.
2. Rooted the phone.
3. Installed TWRP2.2.2.0 recovery.
4. Backed up the stock sense 4.0 rom.
5. flashed the CM10 Nightly 20/9/2012. flashing went well (no errors or anything of the sort)
6. fastboot the boot.img from the rom.
7. After 25 min of waiting in the boot animation of the CyanogenMod 10 I rebooted and restored the backup ,during the restore ,in the part of the boot restoring, it took around 400sec(i'm not sure if its bad) - after the restore was done the phone did not boot past the first HTC screen (with the red warning ).
8. I installed Viper One rom and now its working fine.
Does any one have an idea of what went wrong?
I wanna be able to flash the CM10 nightlys...
Thanks
Bad CM10 download? MD5?
Bad Boot flash?
What hboot version you on--
Not really sure--did you do full wipe including System on both flashes. I usually wipe 3X on new/different roms--
rugmankc said:
Bad CM10 download? MD5?
Bad Boot flash?
What hboot version you on--
Not really sure--did you do full wipe including System on both flashes. I usually wipe 3X on new/different roms--
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I flashed the boot twice and two different CM10 nightly and I did not flash the system at any time.
I had Hboot 1.06 before the RUU installation, now i have 1.13, could this be an issue?
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with .13 you probably need to fastboot boot image anyway
i always wipe System 3x unless just updating nightlies or a rom with a minor version cahnge
try cm10 again with System wipe
rugmankc said:
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with .13 you probably need to fastboot boot image anyway
i always wipe System 3x unless just updating nightlies or a rom with a minor version cahnge
try cm10 again with System wipe
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Well I have Hboot 1.13 and I just cant flash the CM10 nightly or mount the SD card cant be mount (i tried the guide didn't worked).
when i go in to the CWM recovery i see these messages.
can it be the problem?
I think i need to make a video of what Im doing because ever since i updated the Hboot (by mistake) i just cant flesh CM10 nightlis.
You might want to try TWRP recovery from Market
Hi Folks.
Ok here is my situation, I have a rooted and unlocked TF700.
I flashed Zeus 4 and all worked well, then flashed (after full wipe) PARANOIDANDROID 2.15 and again everything was great,
Yesterday I flashed Baked Bean 4 (again after a full wipe) and apart from some SD issues all seemed ok,
I then decided to restore my TWRP backup of Zeus as I needed to use my 64gig msd card.
After a full wipe and restore Zeus started up but the dpi was messed up (160) I think (way small)
I was seeing loads of FC's and file manager showed my internal SD as being empty. Rebooted to recovery and tried the "Format Data" option
It failed right away with this message "E: Unable to format data."
I have tried flashing the stock .26 rom via TWRP and I have the same issue, dpi set to 160 and internal sd not mounted.
It seems my Internal sd is corrupt
What is the procedure to reformat it via ADB or fastboot? (I have searched but the results I found relate to other devices and I dont want to simply follow instructions that might cause further harm to my TF700)
I have followed the NVflash brick proof procedure and have all relevant files backed up (I did this before flashing the last 2 roms)
Please can some one point me in the right direction
Thanks a lot
Jules
I always wipe cache, system, internal, davic and then do a factory reset.
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When you said that you tried to flash the stock .26 you meant installing not restoring a backup, right? What rom you have on your device right now?
Pretoriano80 said:
When you said that you tried to flash the stock .26 you meant installing not restoring a backup, right. What rom you have on your device right now?
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Yip extracted the zip from the zip file and copied it to my ext sd and flashed it via TWRP
I have an unusable Zeus4,
Im about to try a full wipe again and then flash .26 again
EDIT
After flashing .26 and selecting reboot I get the "No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" message
Looks like the system partition is corrupted, but i'm not sure. I think you should come here on IRC and maybe someone with more experience will help you - - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=asus-transformer
Thanks so much Pretoriano80!
With his help on IRC I was able to solve the problem,
In the end I had to return to complete stock, It seems CM10 caused some problems,
You are a a legend dude Thanks!!
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ZaJules said:
Thanks so much Pretoriano80!
With his help on IRC I was able to solve the problem,
In the end I had to return to complete stock, It seems CM10 caused some problems,
You are a a legend dude Thanks!!
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This same thing happened to me with my Prime when I was getting ready to send it off for RMA because of a broken HDMI port. Since I was unlocked I was advised to restore to stock before sending it in. However, before I got the chance to do that I started getting the "E: Unable to format data." error that you were. I ended up erasing all partitions from fastboot and putting a note in the box that it wouldn't boot after an OTA. I managed to get away with it and wasn't charged for fixing it
For future reference it would be really helpful to know how you fixed this. Did you do something like what is in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803343.
Did you ever figure out how CM10 messed up your Infinity? I was running CM9 on my Prime when I got this error. Thanks!
It's hard to say if it was CM10 (or any other custom rom) or TWRP to mess the things up but we managed to get back to stock by replacing the twrp with CWM recovery and installing a modified .30 update package. Was a tricky one but we didn't had to mess with the partitions and that's good.
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It's hard to say if it was CM10 (or any other custom rom) or TWRP to mess the things up but we managed to get back to stock by replacing the twrp with CWM recovery and installing a modified .30 update package. Was a tricky one but we didn't had to mess with the partitions and that's good.
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Why did you switch to CWM? Do you have any thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of TWRP vs CWM?
paddycr said:
Why did you switch to CWM? Do you have any thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of TWRP vs CWM?
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Switched to CWM just to make sure it wasn't twrp recovery that somehow was failing to flash the partitions correctly. Tbh so far both do their job and both share the same limitation so far, meaning both fail to restore the boot partition (kernel) so in order to restore successfully (from a nandroid backup) you need to flash the right kernel after restoring is done. Otherwise i like TWRP better and never had issues with it, but i miss the advanced option from CWM, the one that let you format each partition individually.
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Switched to CWM just to make sure it wasn't twrp recovery that somehow was failing to flash the partitions correctly. Tbh so far both do their job and both share the same limitation so far, meaning both fail to restore the boot partition (kernel) so in order to restore successfully (from a nandroid backup) you need to flash the right kernel after restoring is done. Otherwise i like TWRP better and never had issues with it, but i miss the advanced option from CWM, the one that let you format each partition individually.
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I'm not certain what you're referring to here. I've restored many times from different TWRP backups (for each custom rom that successfully boots and is half-decent, I make and keep a backup in case I want to jump around and try new things) and I've never had any issues. I am still on the .26 firmware update because I plan to do the nvflash thing. Are you saying that between Zeus v4 (ICS) and various Jelly Bean roms I've been on the same kernel? I gues I just haven't checked.
Anyway, I really love the TWRP recovery and use it with Xoom and Nexus 7 as well. It's so easy to use and always has been reliable.
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I'm not certain what you're referring to here. I've restored many times from different TWRP backups (for each custom rom that successfully boots and is half-decent, I make and keep a backup in case I want to jump around and try new things) and I've never had any issues. I am still on the .26 firmware update because I plan to do the nvflash thing. Are you saying that between Zeus v4 (ICS) and various Jelly Bean roms I've been on the same kernel? I gues I just haven't checked.
Anyway, I really love the TWRP recovery and use it with Xoom and Nexus 7 as well. It's so easy to use and always has been reliable.
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For me moving between various roms by just restoring a backup never worked like it should. Let's say i'm on CM10 and i want to restore from a stock rom backup, the restore process is done, after reboot the device gets stuck to the first Asus screen and will stay there. Now if i get back to recovery and flash an update. zip containing the stock kernel the device will boot just fine, so definitely the boot image doesn't get restored in my case (with . 26 bootloader ).
Edit: @okantomi: You are using the internal storage or a MicroSD for backup / restoring? I'm really curious how this could work for some and not work for others, i mean same device, same recovery, same bootloader version...
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For me moving between various roms by just restoring a backup never worked like it should. Let's say i'm on CM10 and i want to restore from a stock rom backup, the restore process is done, after reboot the device gets stuck to the first Asus screen and will stay there. Now if i get back to recovery and flash an update. zip containing the stock kernel the device will boot just fine, so definitely the boot image doesn't get restored in my case (with . 26 bootloader ).
Edit: @okantomi: You are using the internal storage or a MicroSD for backup / restoring? I'm really curious how this could work for some and not work for others, i mean same device, same recovery, same bootloader version...
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Ok, I only flash a new zip from the internal storage...made myself a "Flashworthy" folder which I keep stocked with newest versions of roms/gapps. I save my TWRP backups to my external microsdcard, as well as my TiBu backups. I have never had a problem restoring from TWRP this way, honestly.
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Ok, I only flash a new zip from the internal storage...made myself a "Flashworthy" folder which I keep stocked with newest versions of roms/gapps. I save my TWRP backups to my external microsdcard, as well as my TiBu backups. I have never had a problem restoring from TWRP this way, honestly.
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Well, in this case i really have no clue why restoring works for some users but not for all.Dees_Troy, the dev behind Twrp recovery told me that .26 bootloader is to blame for the recovery failing to restore the boot partition, but looks like you have that bootloader version and restoring works good for you... interesting.
Pretoriano80 said:
Well, in this case i really have no clue why restoring works for some users but not for all.Dees_Troy, the dev behind Twrp recovery told me that .26 bootloader is to blame for the recovery failing to restore the boot partition, but looks like you have that bootloader version and restoring works good for you... interesting.
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It is a mystery. Is there any other info that might be relevant to see why the difference in results? I ask because I would like to understand this device better, as well as potentially help others.
okantomi said:
It is a mystery. Is there any other info that might be relevant to see why the difference in results? I ask because I would like to understand this device better, as well as potentially help others.
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I don't know, maybe the twrp version and the backup options, like if you are using compression or not, which partitions do you backup (boot, system, data, recovery, cache)...
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I don't know, maybe the twrp version and the backup options, like if you are using compression or not, which partitions do you backup (boot, system, data, recovery, cache)...
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I'm using TWRP 2.2.2.1, I back up boot, system and data only, and I don't use compression.
Last night I flashed Slim-Kat to my phone. I had a few issues and bugs one of which was no cell service, so went back to paranoid android after doing a full wipe.
I'm using paranoid android 4.45 non beta, and my baseband version in about phone is unknown. No mobile networks are seen, and adding an APN manually does not help.
I've searched around a bit and it seems my radio might need to be flashed, but I don't want to damage the phone by doing it incorrectly.
What should I do?
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Last night I flashed Slim-Kat to my phone. I had a few issues and bugs one of which was no cell service, so went back to paranoid android after doing a full wipe.
I'm using paranoid android 4.45 non beta, and my baseband version in about phone is unknown. No mobile networks are seen, and adding an APN manually does not help.
I've searched around a bit and it seems my radio might need to be flashed, but I don't want to damage the phone by doing it incorrectly.
What should I do?
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Wipe your cache. Should clear it up.
Glutender said:
Last night I flashed Slim-Kat to my phone. I had a few issues and bugs one of which was no cell service, so went back to paranoid android after doing a full wipe.
I'm using paranoid android 4.45 non beta, and my baseband version in about phone is unknown. No mobile networks are seen, and adding an APN manually does not help.
I've searched around a bit and it seems my radio might need to be flashed, but I don't want to damage the phone by doing it incorrectly.
What should I do?
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Two ways: track down a radio flashable via recovery (a .zip), or flash a stock radio via fastboot. The most recent stock radio .img I have on hand is radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.img
Download the stock image here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Extract all the files until you find the radio .img and put it into whatever folder you have your fastboot file located.
Put your phone into fastboot mode, navigate a command prompt to that folder, and use the following command to flash the radio:
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.img
You'll need the Android SDK for fastboot, FYI.
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Wipe your cache. Should clear it up.
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It didn't, one of the first things I tried.
About to flash the radio and bootloader images from factory
Glutender said:
It didn't, one of the first things I tried.
About to flash the radio and bootloader images from factory
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If you flash recovery, keep that command prompt open and be ready to re-flash your custom recovery, whether it be CWM or TWRP.
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It didn't, one of the first things I tried.
About to flash the radio and bootloader images from factory
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Do you have a backup of your efs partition? If so, restore it.
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Do you have a backup of your efs partition? If so, restore it.
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I don't, not even sure what that is.
Tried flashing the radio image from stock 4.4 factory image which is radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16 and the version my fastboot reports which was radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.
Both have resulted in paranoid android going in a boot loop.
Going to reflash paranoid android and see what happens
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I don't, not even sure what that is.
Tried flashing the radio image from stock 4.4 factory image which is radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.1.16 and the version my fastboot reports which was radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.
Both have resulted in paranoid android going in a boot loop.
Going to reflash paranoid android and see what happens
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Flash your custom recovery via fastboot and use it to clear caches (or, if necessary, a reset) and see if that would do it.
Fixed this by flashing the radio image from 4.4 and then reflashing paranoid android after wiping.
Thanks everybody.
So I was using Calkulin's stock 33R with AK kernel, which has been running fine. I deciced that I should try PA, so i did my regular thing of making a nandroid backup, wiping /data, /system and /cache. Flashed PA and the relevant Gapps, and got stuck on PA bootscreen. So I tried it again, and upon closer inspection, in, the flashing of Gapps failed because it was unable to find build.prop.
So I tried it all over again just with PA, no Gapps, no anything else. Same result, just the PA boot animation staring at me for over 20 minutes.
I then tried flashing Clakulin's stock again, and no luck, still stuck on OPO logo screen. I thought perhaps my partitions were messed up, so I wiped everything and flashed stock 33R from CM. Well, at least that booted and my EFS data was intact. I then tried reverting to Calkulin's stock by sideloading, and it never went past the boot screen.
Bottomline: I cannot use any ROM apart from stock 33R. Installing a kernel on top bootloops, installing root bootloops, installling a ROM bootloops, almost anything I flash bootloops. This is driving me nuts.
I am using the latest Philz recovery and my BL is unlocked. I am also a very seasoned flasher and I know what I am I am doing. Yet, this issue is boggling the crap outta me.. I know the solution is probably simple, yet I'm overseeing it.
PLS DON'T KILL ME FOR NOT PROVIDING A LOGCAT. I'll provide anything requested by those helping.
EDIT 1: When I say flash stock 33R, I am referring to the factory image provided by CM on their site. Also, remmeber the nandroid backup I made? That failed to restore. Yea, it failed hard on me.
EDIT 2: I remmeber reading in another device forum where his recovery was mounting the wrong partition when flashing, which makes sense since Philz's recovery produces an error where gapps can't find build.prob. I checked the recovery settings and the only mount I can change is SD from /media/0 to /media/
EDIT 3: I want to shoot the phone, and then myself.
Perhaps try using TWRP, just to rule it out?
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Perhaps try using TWRP, just to rule it out?
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Tried TWRP, no error on flashing the Gapps, but still stuck on boot animation.
If you flash the stock factory image does that work? I know you say you can 'use stock' but you don't say whether that was your backup or the factory image
EddyOS said:
If you flash the stock factory image does that work? I know you say you can 'use stock' but you don't say whether that was your backup or the factory image
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I meant the stock factory image. My nan droid failed to restore.
I'm stumped cause if the factory image works so should everything else. Bizarre!
Hope you get it fixed soon, bud!
One last thought - I assume the md5s matched on the files you tried to flash, correct?
EddyOS said:
I'm stumped cause if the factory image works so should everything else. Bizarre!
Hope you get it fixed soon, bud!
One last thought - I assume the md5s matched on the files you tried to flash, correct?
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All md5s matched with the files. It IS really bizzare indeed. I searched about this problem for several hours, even on other devices. But no luck!
Try an older factory image and let it boot and do all the ota updates and try then that's what i did
gavin-phelan said:
Try an older factory image and let it boot and do all the ota updates and try then that's what i did
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Tried that too. Started off from 25, moved to 30 and still no luck.
Please help me how to back from Oxygen to CM11s or CM12 ? Oxygen is't better. i've root my Oneplus and have twr
I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS MYSELF:
I would say make a back up, wipe all partitions except for your internal storage, and then try flashing cm12 via twrp.
I went from oxygen back to stock rooted CM11s no problem. I heard Oxygen installs a modified TWRP, though, so you could reinstall the latest version just to be safe before re-flashing CM.
Edit: I didn't have to reinstall the recovery.
The hard is if you got no partition backups. If that is the case you will have to download stock cm11s XNPH05Q latest signed build. Unzip put OPO into fastboot mode. Find the file flash-radio.sh open it and manual flash every command that starts with fastboot. Then flash boot,cache,system, and depending on which data amount you have flash userdata images. Don't worry with the recovery you have twrp. Be ready to start over. Remember friends don't let friends flash CO2 OS. Good luck.
I've read this thread and I'm a bit confused really. Oxygen/color/cm are all the same. So to swap between them just make sure you format system/data/cache before you flash....simple as that,no need to format SD! Also None of these install a different recovery so don't worry about that but do have cm11 and cm12 firmware file's somewhere on you're SD card as color will need cm11 firmware file's and let's say cm12 will or course need cm12 firmware file's.
I state this as I've used all of the above in the past week and have returned back to cm12 without a problem. But I did have to work through SD to clear rubbish installed by color and oxygen that's not needed.
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andrewwright said:
I've read this thread and I'm a bit confused really. Oxygen/color/cm are all the same. So to swap between them just make sure you format system/data/cache before you flash....simple as that,no need to format SD! Also None of these install a different recovery so don't worry about that but do have cm11 and cm12 firmware file's somewhere on you're SD card as color will need cm11 firmware file's and let's say cm12 will or course need cm12 firmware file's.
I state this as I've used all of the above in the past week and have returned back to cm12 without a problem. But I did have to work through SD to clear rubbish installed by color and oxygen that's not needed.
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The oxygenOS zip installs a boot loader version that doesn't play well with CM11. If a person were to attempt to flash CM11 or restore a CM11 nandroid with that boot loader present it could cause serious complications.
To go back using recover one would need to flash a file that contained a good firmware/bootloader. CM12 from the CM website contains such a configuration. There are other files around that also apply non-bricking firmware. Fastboot flashing CM11S also would work if the device isn't bricked yet.
Once "bricked", recovery is possible but problematic and frustrating.
Flashing via TWRP straight from OxygenOS is not a good idea without preparation.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
xdoncam said:
Please help me how to back from Oxygen to CM11s or CM12 ? Oxygen is't better. i've root my Oneplus and have twr
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You need to flash the right firmware and modem first and then you can flash whatever you like.
andrewwright said:
I've read this thread and I'm a bit confused really. Oxygen/color/cm are all the same. So to swap between them just make sure you format system/data/cache before you flash....simple as that,no need to format SD! Also None of these install a different recovery so don't worry about that but do have cm11 and cm12 firmware file's somewhere on you're SD card as color will need cm11 firmware file's and let's say cm12 will or course need cm12 firmware file's.
I state this as I've used all of the above in the past week and have returned back to cm12 without a problem. But I did have to work through SD to clear rubbish installed by color and oxygen that's not needed.
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Not the same at all. Oxygen uses completely different firmware, if you fail to flash the right firmware before going back to CM you'll fail dismally.
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If you want oxygen you use cm12 firmware
For cm11 you use cm11 firmware
For cm12 you use cm12 firmware.
Formatting system and data and not using tb would help to. I did state this in my first post. Also the bootloader...turns first boot screen red....it works OK on cm12. Had no problems booting
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But I did get what you two are saying but people on xda should know this already really. Flashing is easy...fixing is not
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If you want oxygen you use cm12 firmware
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Oxygen doesn't use CM12 firmware, it uses firmware specific to Oxygen. This is why there are countless posts from people (who tried flashing CM12 after Oxygen without first flashing the right firmware) complaining that CM won't flash and their ROM won't boot, or that they're bricked.
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SAFE way move back from oxygenos to CM11s
For those who havnt shifted back to cm11s.(and still on oxygenos) and want to move back to CM11s ofcourse not hardbricked your phone. THIS GUIDE Is FOR ONEPLUS ONE 64GB VARIANT . (ALSO VALID FOR INDIAN USERS)
This guide will happily and SAFELY get you back to cm11s(XNPH05Q. OTA Safe).
people have hardbricked their phone by simply flashing cm11s through fastboot, which ofcourse is not the appropriate procedure.
NOTE: MY PHONE WAS NOT ROOTED BUT I WAS RUNNING OXYGENOS WITH TWRP RECOVERY INSTALLED(BUT I PREFERRED FASTBOOT METHOD). ONLY DRAWBACK IS YOU NEED TO TAKE BACKUP FIRST . ELSE THIS METHOD IS SAFE.
You need to have the following files:
1. mediafire.com/download/78r7kes21exsnbh/Calkulin's_Stock_OPO_XNPH05Q_ROM_v1.0.zip
2. mediafire.com/download/94o0lb0pzdg1drw/XNPH05Q_Extras.zip
-Extract the first zip. Again extract the zip from the extracted folder.
-Extract the XNPH05Q in the same folder where the all above files were extracted .
-The folder should have fastboot cmd. and you should have fastboot drivers installed .
-put your device in fastboot mode by turning the phone off and pressing volume up+power key simultaneously .
-open cmd in the folder where all of the above files were extracted . press shift and right click in the flder and open command prompt .
- look whether your device is detected by fastboot. type fastboot devices
-You need to have unlocked bootloader.(if not, type fastboot oem unlock)
-TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS IN THE COMMANDS IN THE ORDER AS GIVEN :
IMP: DONT REBOOT IN BETWEEN COMMANDS
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn
fastboot flash dbi sdi.mbn
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn
fastboot flash tz tz.mbn
fastboot flash LOGO logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata_64G.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot reboot
You are all done. Sit back and relax.
Lock the bootloader again. After you are done with setting up. type fastboot oem lock
timmaaa said:
Oxygen doesn't use CM12 firmware, it uses firmware specific to Oxygen. This is why there are countless posts from people (who tried flashing CM12 after Oxygen without first flashing the right firmware) complaining that CM won't flash and their ROM won't boot, or that they're bricked.
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People are getting "stuck" not a hardbrick. because they won't wipe system and data. That's my only thought here as oxygen bootloader boots cm12. Also cm12 bootloader flashes/boots oxygen without issue my end...but I formatted system/data. If people want to mess about with fastboot when recovery does the same thing is up to them. People just need to use recovery in the right way for a successful flash.
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andrewwright said:
People are getting "stuck" not a hardbrick. because they won't wipe system and data. That's my only thought here as oxygen bootloader boots cm12. Also cm12 bootloader flashes/boots oxygen without issue my end...but I formatted system/data. If people want to mess about with fastboot when recovery does the same thing is up to them. People just need to use recovery in the right way for a successful flash.
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CM boots because the firmware is built in to the ROM zip, so it overwrites the firmware that Oxygen previously flashed. You're not booting CM with the Oxygen firmware, that's impossible. The Oxygen firmware is being overwritten. For every ROM other than CM you need to first flash the right firmware zip because the firmware isn't built into those ROM zips. Not one did I mention fastboot either, it isn't needed. I'm talking about the recovery flashable firmware zip.
And of course you should wipe system and data (along with cache and dalvik cache) when flashing a ROM, that's standard procedure for any ROM flash.
Where can I obtain the needed flashable zip files to revert back to cm11s?
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Here:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!ooViWJYB!DWSVZpEJRQb-zpurGyM-mg
Both cm11 and 12 are in there. Flash in recovery then reboot recovery then flash ROM/gapps
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Here:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!ooViWJYB!DWSVZpEJRQb-zpurGyM-mg
Both cm11 and 12 are in there. Flash in recovery then reboot recovery then flash ROM/gapps
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I actually had it done already by the time I saw this but very much appreciated. I am sure it will come in handy for others.
timmaaa said:
CM boots because the firmware is built in to the ROM zip, so it overwrites the firmware that Oxygen previously flashed. You're not booting CM with the Oxygen firmware, that's impossible. The Oxygen firmware is being overwritten. For every ROM other than CM you need to first flash the right firmware zip because the firmware isn't built into those ROM zips. Not one did I mention fastboot either, it isn't needed. I'm talking about the recovery flashable firmware zip.
And of course you should wipe system and data (along with cache and dalvik cache) when flashing a ROM, that's standard procedure for any ROM flash.
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Just to clear this up I had to find out why this is happening. Okay so my home brew cm12 builds don't compile firmware file's. I didn't know this but now I do. So this must have been the reason why I was able to keep oxygen bootloader on cm.
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somehow I could just revert to cm12.1
FYI,
In case it helps someone, I tried out OxygenOS last night and while it is stable I dislike many things (email client, text client) and the biggest beef of all is neither text nor email show on my Mazda.
Soooo this is a nono I believe, but I could restore CM12.1.
I just did a backup in TWRP of OxygenOS> then I did a clean wipe> then was able to restore CM12.1 nightlies from June1 I think it was and it seems just fine.
I believe it is because the modem etc in 12.1 is the same as OxygenOS had all along?