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[Q] Stuck on Boot Animation on Custom Kernel

hey guys, my phone was working fine overnight with ICUP-speedy2. i checked my messages, left it alone then went back to it after breakfast and i saw that all these processes were stopped.
so i powered off the phone to reboot and i'm stuck on the bootscreen (aka google nexus square animation)
i'm able to get into recovery. i tried fixing permissions and wiping the dalvik and cache. i tried uploading the kernel again. still no go.
any help? i really do not want to do a factory reset and lose data. i forgot to do an nandroid backup.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

also, my superuser is up to date with the ICS binaries and i'm currently running CMW 5.0.2 with the install-recovery.sh renamed.

i bit the bullet.
i wiped data and just did a factory reset. all is well in the world again.

zaiuss said:
i bit the bullet.
i wiped data and just did a factory reset. all is well in the world again.
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This has been happening to me on various roms and kernels. As soon as I get a working combo, I back it up.
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zaiuss said:
i bit the bullet.
i wiped data and just did a factory reset. all is well in the world again.
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You know you could have made a nandroid after messing it up, then wiped your data and manually restored some of your settings? CWM Recovery only tar's files and makes a MD5 hash check. A copy/paste is nearly as effective.

The same thing just happened to me as well. I'm using Speedy 3 by eugene. I received a text messaged then my phone rebooted randomly, after that all the apps had a bunch of errors when the phone loaded. After rebooting it cycled the boot animation over and over again. Is there anyway to recover from this state?

calisoldier83 said:
The same thing just happened to me as well. I'm using Speedy 3 by eugene. I received a text messaged then my phone rebooted randomly, after that all the apps had a bunch of errors when the phone loaded. After rebooting it cycled the boot animation over and over again. Is there anyway to recover from this state?
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Reflash the rom your using
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Esteway.619 said:
Reflash the rom your using
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
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How do I do that if I don't have the rom zip on my phone anymore? I do have a restore of the stock rom that came with the phone, but would that conflict with the current kernel? I'm seeing there are ways to use the shell once in recovery, but I do not know all the commands, as to sending the zip.
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I downloaded adb shell, trying to figure out how to push the rom to the device. any commands would be helpful.
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got it 10 char

CM10 + MMS

As the title states, I have my skyrocket with cm10 and mms is not working. I'm using the pta apn that's included. I searched via Google to see if there were any mistakes with the apn settings and didn't see anything... Any suggestions??? It acknowledges that an mms was sent to me but will never download it.
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Assuming you're on att that apn us fine. Did you do a clean flash of the CM? And also do you have the auto retrieve enabled in your sms settings?
I'm sure you've messed with it enough and it still didn't work so I recommend a clean reflash if the latest CM with the latest UCMC1 radio and you should be fine
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

Do u have droidwall installed? Or any other app that allows modifications of IP tables or perhaps permissions?

oh man...I am seriously having the same issue here...
Rom: SlimBean 4.2.2.build.6-official
Kernel: 3.0.72+Marla-2.0.7+
Modem: i727UCMC1
So I've gone through multiple iterations of Beanstalk and Slim, and not yet have I been able to get MMS working...I've Odin'd clean and installed from scratch, redownloaded the roms to make sure I got a solid DL, tried various APN settings, and none of it seems to work. Going to try and odin to stock, and flash tomorrow, but I get the feeling it's not going to work...
in the instances that I have not odin'd to stock, I have wiped the appropriate cache, and formatted and reset...still to no avail
any suggestions? this is really starting to drive me crazy...and I feel like I'm the only one. Every stinkin thread I read says it's a bad dl, try again. Done that more times than I can count and still nothing...

pyrplhaze said:
oh man...I am seriously having the same issue here...
Rom: SlimBean 4.2.2.build.6-official
Kernel: 3.0.72+Marla-2.0.7+
Modem: i727UCMC1
So I've gone through multiple iterations of Beanstalk and Slim, and not yet have I been able to get MMS working...I've Odin'd clean and installed from scratch, redownloaded the roms to make sure I got a solid DL, tried various APN settings, and none of it seems to work. Going to try and odin to stock, and flash tomorrow, but I get the feeling it's not going to work...
in the instances that I have not odin'd to stock, I have wiped the appropriate cache, and formatted and reset...still to no avail
any suggestions? this is really starting to drive me crazy...and I feel like I'm the only one. Every stinkin thread I read says it's a bad dl, try again. Done that more times than I can count and still nothing...
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I see no mention of you checking the md5 or making sure your apn is correct.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

APN s have been messed with, and I've tried various ones. Found them somewhere here on xda, and verified that my phone reflects them. **edit...my phone reflects the correct art apns....not some random stuff I found...just wanted to clarify
Md5 is another thing though....I've never checked them before, and due to that, I havent clue how to verify md5. I'll do some reading and see. I can tell you that when I flash it will say "no md5 found, skipping verification" or something to that effect. I presume this could be the issue?
Thanks!

That just means you have md5 verification turned off, it doesn't affect anything. You need to check the md5 yourself before you flash the files on your phone. If they don't match the files are incomplete or corrupted.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Thanks. I've downloaded a Checksum utility from CNET, and redownloading the rom right now. Will also re-download modem and verify as well. I noticed on the CM site that UCLI3 is now the recommended modem, so I'll go ahead and change to that instead of using UCMC1.
I plan on flashing to stock, and going all the way through it, just to ensure everything is cleared out this time, instead of just wiping/formatting via TWRP this time around.
Appreciate your help. Will report back any issues.
Thanks.

pyrplhaze said:
Thanks. I've downloaded a Checksum utility from CNET, and redownloading the rom right now. Will also re-download modem and verify as well. I noticed on the CM site that UCLI3 is now the recommended modem, so I'll go ahead and change to that instead of using UCMC1.
I plan on flashing to stock, and going all the way through it, just to ensure everything is cleared out this time, instead of just wiping/formatting via TWRP this time around.
Appreciate your help. Will report back any issues.
Thanks.
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That is outdated, you want to use ucmc1 radio.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Thanks for confirming. Just finished re-downloading everything, and that modem link on the CM site was kinda odd, so I decided to stick with UCMC1. I literally just finished all my downloads, and now am going to begin the stock-recovery-modem-rom flashing process. Hoping to be able to report back success within the next hour! All md5/sha hashes checked out, so here's hoping!!
Thanks for your help through all of this.
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OK! flashed to stock successfully, and was able to send MMS via stock rom...now onto the fun stuff...
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RIGHT ON!
I have no idea where the issue was in my prior process (likely MD5 checking, because that's the only thing I did differently) but we are up and running now.
Totally appreciate your help through all of this...now I shall crawl back into my hole, and likely not return til I get another phone, and a whole new set of problems
THANKS!!!!!!

pyrplhaze said:
Thanks for confirming. Just finished re-downloading everything, and that modem link on the CM site was kinda odd, so I decided to stick with UCMC1. I literally just finished all my downloads, and now am going to begin the stock-recovery-modem-rom flashing process. Hoping to be able to report back success within the next hour! All md5/sha hashes checked out, so here's hoping!!
Thanks for your help through all of this.
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OK! flashed to stock successfully, and was able to send MMS via stock rom...now onto the fun stuff...
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RIGHT ON!
I have no idea where the issue was in my prior process (likely MD5 checking, because that's the only thing I did differently) but we are up and running now.
Totally appreciate your help through all of this...now I shall crawl back into my hole, and likely not return til I get another phone, and a whole new set of problems
THANKS!!!!!!
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Haha, glad you got it all done. Enjoy!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

just wanted to update this, in case anyone else experiences this issue....
I installed a few extras (an addon package, and cLock, and a few other things off the Slim Roms site) and all of a sudden I wasn't able to send MMS again. No idea what did it, because I didn't check before installing each .zip package, just installed them all at once.
I presumed everything was good, then tried to send an MMS that evening. Didn't work. AHHH! SO FRUSTRATING!
Decided to charge it up all the way and prepare to reflash everything. UGH. Not again. This **** is getting old.
So I thought, well, let's just do a full wipe, and see what that does. So I went into TWRP, did the "full wipe" option that wipes cache, dalvik cache, .android_secure, and Factory Reset. Figured if it borked everything, I'd just start from square 1. Got nothing to lose, right?
Well, it worked. Did that reset, and phone booted up. Once everything was up, I tried to send MMS, and success! Haven't had a single issue since then.
Thanks.

I've noticed that if I'm using a thrifty party messaging app my mms won't send but using the stock app it sends with no problem...
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Skyrocket on Tapatalk 2

(HELP) Stuck on Bootloop, no issue...

Hey guys, today I don goofed.
I went full flashing frenzy mode after week and weeks of restraining myself in fear of doing irremediable damage to my phone. I rooted it and unlocked boot loader without changing the recovery because I wanted as much as possible "stock" root (don't ask why, this is stupid I know).
So I Updated Binaries, Installed Xposed framework, installed a bunch of modules (I can list them if you need), then I installed all the lollipop apk's I could get my hands on (GPL, Google Play Store, Google Search, Music) and I decided, this isn't enough. I then flashed Franco Kernel R27, and things were going great. As that wasn't enough flashing, I flashed the Smooth Scrool Mod and finale Vomer Tweaks. I think this is where it went south, because I didn't find the file for Vomer (that I was supposed to install), so I flashed It once again. After that, my phone started to bug a bit, so I rebooted, and at first I would get no signal, would not detect my SIM card etc. I tried a factory reset and now my phone is booting, getting to the setup screen, and booting again. At this point I still have access to TWRP, Fastboot etc. I then decided to do I full complete recovery using THIS GUIDE to get "100 stock". I'm still getting the reboot at setup screen. I am know trying THIS METHOD
AND IT ****ING WORKED. Holy ****. I'm leaving this post so I can thank all the great guys that help me save my ass... I learned my lesson and do a Nandroid before doing stupid **** like that (i Know i'm gonna do it again...). I was scared ****less. I'm still curious as towhead happened though. Any clue ?

Yep @markbencze guide has saved my A$$ more than once.

i am having bootloop issue, tried many roms, erased partition too, still no use. continuous bootloops
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S M G said:
Yep @markbencze guide has saved my A$$ more than once.
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i am having bootloop issue, tried many roms, erased partition too, still no use. continuous bootloops
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i am having bootloop issue, tried many roms, erased partition too, still no use. continuous bootloops

[Completed] [Q] Sprint GS3 Alive,,,but Nearly Useless

OK, here's the history:
I bought my Sprint Galaxy SIII from Craigslist. It was almost new and came with factory firmware. I'm pretty certain that it had never been flashed, rooted...etc.
I activated it on FreedomPop and went through their activation process.
Then I rooted with Odin.
Everything went well and worked well enough, except that I was unhappy with the battery drain. I was getting <10 hours on a full charge. My research said that the FP apps were the culprit.
Skip ahead two months to yesterday...
I decided to install a new ROM and get rid of all FP apps. My plan was (still is I hope) to use the free data from FP and use Hangouts for all voice and text. I'm not a heavy user, so the data usage should be minimal. I'm mostly interested in using the plan strictly for data.
I found a ROM called LiquidSmooth and installed it along with Philz touch recovery. I also did a Nandroid backup of my working ROM.
It installed fine, but I started having random reboots.
I decided to go back to full stock, rooted. I d/l'ed ND8 Stock Rooted Odex and flashed it (after making a Nandroid of the working (mostly) LiquidSmooth). The flash went fine, but the phone will now not reboot.
I've left it for 30+ minutes with fingers crossed, but it just keeps flashing the blue LED. The hardware buttons do nothing. Only a battery pull shuts it down.
I can get back into Recovery, no problem.
I re-flashed including full reset/wipe/Dalvik wipe at least 4 times with the same result. It never boots.
I tried to reinstall my Nandroid of LiquidSmooth, but it fails on MD5 check (probably because I brilliantly changed the filename after creating it.
If I disable MD5 checking though Philz, it still fails. The error is Error while restoring /system.
I haven't yet found my original working Nandroid on the system. It's not in the same folder as the LiquidSmooth backup. It was created by CWM, not Philz if that helps anybody help me.
I cannot connect to the phone via my PC to load another ROM on it. It does not show up in My Computer.
I assume ADB is unlikely to work too, but I'm a complete newb in that area.
Please hit me with some suggestions. Am I SOL?
The phone's not a brick, I just can't seem to make it recognize a ROM.
Thanks for reading. I'll look forward to any replies.

Hi,
Asking here in your device section would be the best place to find help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help-i9305
Good luck!
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Actually, Here is the sprint specific section,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-sprint?nocache=1&z=7804959418717772

Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up using Samsung download mode and flashing a stock rom with Odin. Now back up and running. Let's see how the battery lasts now.

Thank you. Thread closed.

After restoring OxygenOs 5.1.9 with flashable .bat files, OP6 performing strangely

Hello all,
I just tried upgrading to android P on my OnePlus 6 using the beta program... it was fairly buggy so i decided to revert back when things went horribly wrong. Long story short, i lost not not only all of my internal storage but even my operating system; I was left in TWRP with no way to flash oxygenos because it doesn't support flashing like that anymore. After hours of digging I found this post on XDA that helped me flash these .bat files and I got my phone up and running finally. however, there are still little issues. I don't understand how they are there considering my entire phone was wiped, I mean the ENTIRE thing gone leaving ONLY TWRP. The problems are, but not limited to, no "hidden space" in the app drawer, failing safety-net despite having no root and literally being on untouched stock oxygen os 5.1.9, hindered performance (speed, network), etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Who told you you can't flash OOS from twrp? I've done it many times.

have you tried msm downloader tool????

Did you do all your re-setup work on a FULL battery ? . . . . I low battery reinstall can cause all kinds of weird $hit.

This is EXACTLY what happened to me yesterday - I lost everything!
I used the Bat file restore method from the brick megathread seems to be fine though for me.
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iElvis said:
Who told you you can't flash OOS from twrp? I've done it many times.
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You can't access storage to put the OOS.zip on the storage to flash.

Vivasanti said:
You can't access storage to put the OOS.zip on the storage to flash.
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There is a version of twrp with mtp working. Install that, then flash.

iElvis said:
There is a version of twrp with mtp working. Install that, then flash.
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Yep - this is true, im only on 3.2.2.0