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[Q] Katkiss upgrade question.

Does anyone know how long katkiss rom upgrade take? I flashed my tf101 with rogue rom and installed katkiss 4.3.25 & gapps-katkiss and upon reboot i can see the dog/circles animation on screen. However this has been going on for more than 35 mins now. Can someone please advise if this is normal or if anything went wrong? I didn't see any error message during root & installing custom rom's. How long does the whole upgrade take?
I started the whole process while battery % was around 50 and now with the upgrade still going on, not sure how long the battery will last. Is there anyway i can bypass the reminder of upgrade and still boot into a functional tablet?
Thanks in advance.

Doesn't take that long, sounds like you have a boot loop,
My advice, flash TWRP recovery with Easyflasher, then flash KatKiss ROM and Gapps again from TWRP

Actually it did finish after about 2-3 hrs i think. Not sure if my tablet itself is slow (TF101), low memory or something else. But i can boot into 4.3 now . I can definitely see a boost in performance now, earlier tablet used to drag like a snail, now it's quite nippy Hope it stays this way.
Is 4.4 in the works ?
Thanks for your help.
*Detection* said:
Doesn't take that long, sounds like you have a boot loop,
My advice, flash TWRP recovery with Easyflasher, then flash KatKiss ROM and Gapps again from TWRP
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Tim was working in 4.4 but hit some road blocks. He is back on 4.3 but said when he gets time he will resume 4.4.
So far I haven't heard anyone else working on 4.4 for the TF101

mubharad said:
Actually it did finish after about 2-3 hrs i think. Not sure if my tablet itself is slow (TF101), low memory or something else. But i can boot into 4.3 now . I can definitely see a boost in performance now, earlier tablet used to drag like a snail, now it's quite nippy Hope it stays this way.
Is 4.4 in the works ?
Thanks for your help.
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Do you have like 2000 apps installed or something ?
Never heard of first boot taking 2-3 hours before
Glad it booted in the end though

No, I had only about 20 apps or so. Initially i did a factory reset before flashing but for some reason it didn't go well so after reboot all my apps got downloaded. Subsequently in the 2nd attempt i got the root working and able to install custom rom, but i didn't do factory reset, maybe that could've delayed it. But no 2000 apps for sure
Thanks for the reply.
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Do you have like 2000 apps installed or something ?
Never heard of first boot taking 2-3 hours before
Glad it booted in the end though
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When I try to flash my tf101 with KatKiss 4.3.1, I got 'E:signature verification fail' problem, can anyone help? TIA.

Disable the signature verification in TWRP. Can't remember exactly where it is, but I think it's in the options/extras/settings menu.

Nexus 5 random reboot

My nexus 5 reboots on average every 15 minutes during use.
It runs android 4.4.2 stock not rooted. It freeze for 5 seconds and then it reboot.
I tried do the factory data reset, but it still randomly reboots.
I got some last_kmsg files and there are 3 different "last boot reason":
- kernel_panic View attachment kmsg.txt
- wdog_reset View attachment kmsg2.txt
- wdog_bite View attachment kmsg5.txt
Please help me, what should I do?
Thanks

francesco9696 said:
My nexus 5 reboots on average every 15 minutes during use.
It runs android 4.4.2 stock not rooted. It freeze for 5 seconds and then it reboot.
I tried do the factory data reset, but it still randomly reboots.
I got some last_kmsg files and there are 3 different "last boot reason":
- kernel_panic View attachment 2516007
- wdog_reset View attachment 2516008
- wdog_bite View attachment 2516009
Please help me, what should I do?
Thanks
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so your device is completely stock and locked with no custom rom or kernel ever or currently applied?
your kmsg's all point to issues i've seen with users on a custom kernel. specifically a user on one version of android and a kernel on a different decimal version (i.e. 4.4.2 firmware and 4.4 kernel, etc).

xBeerdroiDx said:
so your device is completely stock and locked with no custom rom or kernel ever or currently applied?
your kmsg's all point to issues i've seen with users on a custom kernel. specifically a user on one version of android and a kernel on a different decimal version (i.e. 4.4.2 firmware and 4.4 kernel, etc).
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Yes, I didn't installed any custom rom or anything.
Maybe it's an outdated kernel (Nov 20 1013)? View attachment 2516120
If it is outdated, please tell me how I can update it (I just recived my first Android phone, I'm quite a noob (now))
Thanks
Edit:
I just got a new reboot reason: Last boot reason: hw_reset View attachment kmsg8.txt

Should I root it and install Franco kernel? Will this stop the rebooting?

I have somewhat the same problem although my device doesn't reboot every 15 minutes but rather 2 times every day.
I have the same android and kernel version so I thought I'd bump this post.

I also am experiencing similar behavior. It reboots maybe twice a day. I was on CM11 and was getting frequent reboots suddenly one day. Tried the Franco kernel with no better results. I switched back to stock everything except TWRP, now they are fewer, but still annoying. Could it maybe be an app that we have in common? I did not experience these reboots when I first got the phone, nor for months with CM11, so it stands to reason that it is something that changed recently.

kernel_panic
My phone has never been rooted and it's running stock 4.4.2 with various apps installed.
I've had occasional random reboots and some were before the 4.4.2 update. I've been unable to work out why but if I had to guess, it would be that it's Wifi related. Previously, it's happened when the phone was on the table, apparently doing "nothing". Today it happened when I was clearing a notification.
The last reboot before today was twelve days ago and the "bugreport" contained no "boot_reason". The bugreport I generated after the reboot today, shows "bootreason=kernel_panic". Not really sure what that means so maybe someone can tell me? I'd really like to know whether this is a hardware or software issue.
I did ring Google support after the reboot twelve days ago. The support person suggested I run the phone is "safe mode" or reset it and run it for a few days without installing any apps to confirm that the cause is not an app that I've installed. I haven't done that because the phone isn't very useful without any apps installed. I told the Google support person that I'd generated a bugreport but he didn't know what I was talking about and had no idea where he could forward it to if I was to send it to him.
In contrast, I also have a Samsung Galaxy S3 that has rebooted itself once in 18 months so I'm not impressed with the Nexus. Not sure what to do, next.

Random Reboot on Lollipop 5.1

Hi, I've got some random reboots after upgrading on stock Lollipop 5.1 on my Nexus 5.
I've used Android 5.0.1 without any reboots or problem, but after upgrading on 5.1 I'm facing many random reboots when I switch from an app (like a game or Hangouts) using Recents or Home button from NavBar (it also happens randomly when I'm using my phone, like writing a message on Hangouts).
The reboots I'm talking about are not "soft" but "hard", because bootloader's logo (Google) appears and restarts my phone, so it is caused by Kernel Panic (as you'll see in my last_kmsg) and they occured on both stock and custom rom.
Here is a "last_kmsg" when it occured on stock Lollipop 5.1: http://pastebin.com/80dDgzae (attached too).

The_Wolf91 said:
Hi, I've got some random reboots after upgrading on stock Lollipop 5.1 on my Nexus 5.
I've used Android 5.0.1 without any reboots or problem, but after upgrading on 5.1 I'm facing many random reboots when I switch from an app (like a game or Hangouts) using Recents or Home button from NavBar (it also happens randomly when I'm using my phone, like writing a message on Hangouts).
The reboots I'm talking about are not "soft" but "hard", because bootloader's logo (Google) appears and restarts my phone, so it is caused by Kernel Panic (as you'll see in my last_kmsg) and they occured on both stock and custom rom.
Here is a "last_kmsg" when it occured on stock Lollipop 5.1: http://pastebin.com/80dDgzae (attached too).
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Flashed Android 5.0.1 and no random reboots (as I also said when i wrote my first post).
I don't know if the "question" is clear, but can you help me reading the "last_kmsg" which I attached in first post? Thanks

Same exact thing happening to me also.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

The same is happening to me. And it looks like a hardware problem cuz when the phone reboots it keeping reboot until I keep pressing the power button while boots.
I have a bad experience about it. In my Nexus S when updates to Jelly Bean the same occurs until phone suddenly die. (I live in Brazil so, guess what? I have now a wonderful paper weight)

No luck with 5.1.1
You guys found any fix?
I was waiting for 5.1.1 update from Google (5.1.1 code is already available on AOSP and I tested it on Chroma), but unfortunately it didn't solve this problem: it keeps rebooting after a long daytime doing the same things I already wrote in first post. I'll wait for factory Google factory images, but I'm pretty sure it won't fix this.
P.S.: I tested Chroma on 5.0.2 bootloader and modem.
Anyone can read "last_kmg" I posted in first post? Any other has the same trouble?

The_Wolf91 said:
You guys found any fix?
I was waiting for 5.1.1 update from Google (5.1.1 code is already available on AOSP and I tested it on Chroma), but unfortunately it didn't solve this problem: it keeps rebooting after a long daytime doing the same things I already wrote in first post. I'll wait for factory Google factory images, but I'm pretty sure it won't fix this.
P.S.: I tested Chroma on 5.0.2 bootloader and modem.
Anyone can read "last_kmg" I posted in first post? Any other has the same trouble?
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Try another (custom) kernel.

beekay201 said:
Try another (custom) kernel.
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I just flashed ElementalX kernel but no luck, random reboot happened on 5.1.1 too. By the way it was quite obvious because it happened already on 5.1 Google's factory image (stock kernel so)..

I have exactly the same issue with nexus 5 since upgrading to 5.1.0.
I went back to 5.0.1, which solved it for a few days, but now this happens with 5.0.1 as well.
also, before random reboots happen, the power button becomes extra sensitive, so one keypress causes the screen to turn on and off again, or to display the shutdown menu.
this does not happen when the phone is stable.

Hey guys i have the exactly same problem since i upgraded to 5.1.1 i am non-rooted please need help
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noob424 said:
Hey guys i have the exactly same problem since i upgraded to 5.1.1 i am non-rooted please need help
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Same here.
LG Nexus 5 - Lollipop 5.1.1 LMY48B
Unlocked bootloader;
Rooted;
ClockWorkmod 6.0.4.5 (not flashed - just boot on image when used);
Wipe factory reset (in cwm). Flashed 5.1.1 image files (boot, radio, bootloader, system and cache).
Random reboots, and sometimes with apps optimizing.

I have the same problem with N5 since upgrading to 5.1.1 - never had any problems before. Doing it several times an hour now. Trying a cache clean next, after I wait for the optimising apps to finish yet again!

Hi all,
I had the same problem. Everything stock, up to datę, no root. Phone was rebooting itself several times in a row.
Right now it seems that problem dissapeared. Reboots in my case was caused probably by application Autoguard Dash Cam Blackbox. After removal no reboots for 2 months and no memory leak.

cleared cache and it happened again within a minute...
Does seem to be linked to the power button

There's a long thread about this issue over at Google Groups. It's affecting a lot of users and not just Nexus 5 users. Some in the thread are 4 and 7 users having the same issue. Some have replaced the battery and it has resolved the issue, at least temporarily. Others, like myself, saw success in rooting and replacing the kernel or using a new ROM. Users who have downgraded to Kit Kat report the issue goes away, so despite the power button triggers, it seems to be a software issue. Anyone have any insight? It's getting feisty in Groups thread.
Google Groups reboot thread

simbapenn said:
There's a long thread about this issue over at Google Groups. It's affecting a lot of users and not just Nexus 5 users. Some in the thread are 4 and 7 users having the same issue. Some have replaced the battery and it has resolved the issue, at least temporarily. Others, like myself, saw success in rooting and replacing the kernel or using a new ROM. Users who have downgraded to Kit Kat report the issue goes away, so despite the power button triggers, it seems to be a software issue. Anyone have any insight? It's getting feisty in Groups thread.
Google Groups reboot thread
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I have N5 kit kat 4.4.2 in Chrome watching videos randoms reboot its happens

This is happening to my fiance's N5. It happens when she's using it and also when it's not being used. When it reboots, it optimizes the apps and says the battery is at 0 when it was a full charge. Only way to turn it back on is to connect it to a charger. Frustrating.

FYI the update to 6.0 did not solve the restart problem. It's either hardware related, app related or a bug that's still in the OS.

I'm selling my Nexus because of this, has been happening for a few months now.
It's not software related, it has to do with the actual power button. Some people had success changing it out, soldering it etc., but I don't have that time or knowledge.
Google wouldn't help, as I'm out of warranty. So I guess it's goodbye Nexus. Really unfortunate given that the phone works fine, it's just a quality issue.. will have to re-evaluate buying another Nexus in the future.

The_Wolf91 said:
You guys found any fix?
I was waiting for 5.1.1 update from Google (5.1.1 code is already available on AOSP and I tested it on Chroma), but unfortunately it didn't solve this problem: it keeps rebooting after a long daytime doing the same things I already wrote in first post. I'll wait for factory Google factory images, but I'm pretty sure it won't fix this.
P.S.: I tested Chroma on 5.0.2 bootloader and modem.
Anyone can read "last_kmg" I posted in first post? Any other has the same trouble?
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Im getting them as well on 5.1.1. I hope its fixed in the 6.0 ota update.
---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 PM ----------
I have been using this awesome app on my nexus 5, just so I don't have to use the power button here is the play store link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree

maccboy2010 said:
Im getting them as well on 5.1.1. I hope its fixed in the 6.0 ota update.
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Confirmed the update will NOT fix this issue.

SM-N920p Keeps rebooting after root on marshmallow . Have i bricked my phone?

Hello all. I am from the UK and recently purchased a sprint model phone. I wanted to remove handsfree activation. In order to do that i need a root. I rooted 5.1.1 with kernel SpaceX-Kernel-v0.1_N920P(official).tar and all seemed ok. Then i noticed that you could root marshmallow. I followed a tutorial on youtube and flashed two files through twrp no-verify-opt-encrypt.zip and SuperSU zip. I rebooted the phone and now i have a persistent problem. After around 15-30 seconds my phone shuts off and reboots itself. I have tried reflashing stock roms and the problem still persists. I have no idea if i have broken the phone as its usable until it shuts off . I went into the about phone section and it tells me the baseband and software versions are unknown aswell. Is there anyway to recover this?

Known issue. Drain battery until it is dead and charge again.

tdunham said:
Known issue. Drain battery until it is dead and charge again.
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Thank you very much for responding. That has solved the issue completely! Using MOAR rom on 6.0.1 with no issues. Thanks once again!

Downgrade from Nougat 7 to Oreo 8 G955FD

First thing i searched everywhere and find out am the only one with this problem....
The problem start after Oreo update first with random restarts and finally freezing screen.
i am now on Oreo update U4 september and the phone is very unstable with rabdom restarts and freezing on a black screen THAT EVEN DONT RESPOND TO FORCE RESTART !!!
So i need to wate till the phone loss all is battery then charging it, power it on to be able to flash official rom again and agian everytime this happen.
the phone can hold sometimes for 400-600 hours after flashing the offical rom and the the problem occure again
i start to believe theres something wrong with Oreo on this phone..So the last thing to do to make sure there is nothing wrong with Hardware i need to Downgrade to Nougat 7 but when i do that using Oden (flashing AP and BL) it show me error ..So i hope someone can help me with another method to downgrade to Nougate or even figure out whats the main problem that cause all this...
sorry for my bad english hope you can help

heider.raheem said:
First thing i searched everywhere and find out am the only one with this problem....
The problem start after Oreo update first with random restarts and finally freezing screen.
i am now on Oreo update U4 september and the phone is very unstable with rabdom restarts and freezing on a black screen THAT EVEN DONT RESPOND TO FORCE RESTART !!!
So i need to wate till the phone loss all is battery then charging it, power it on to be able to flash official rom again and agian everytime this happen.
the phone can hold sometimes for 400-600 hours after flashing the offical rom and the the problem occure again
i start to believe theres something wrong with Oreo on this phone..So the last thing to do to make sure there is nothing wrong with Hardware i need to Downgrade to Nougat 7 but when i do that using Oden (flashing AP and BL) it show me error ..So i hope someone can help me with another method to downgrade to Nougate or even figure out whats the main problem that cause all this...
sorry for my bad english hope you can help
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Since your on bootloader version 4 (u4) you won't be able to downgrade to nougat which is why you are getting errors in Odin. When flashing firmware do you use CSC or home CSC.
Not sure if it's hardware related or not but if you are getting up to 400 - 600 hrs out of it I would say it:s software related. There are some apps on playstore for hardware test to try if you like. One issue I have had is the processor running to hot and causes me some issues to the point you can't do anything until it cools down.

spawnlives said:
Since your on bootloader version 4 (u4) you won't be able to downgrade to nougat which is why you are getting errors in Odin. When flashing firmware do you use CSC or home CSC.
Not sure if it's hardware related or not but if you are getting up to 400 - 600 hrs out of it I would say it:s software related. There are some apps on playstore for hardware test to try if you like. One issue I have had is the processor running to hot and causes me some issues to the point you can't do anything until it cools down.
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i use Home CSC ... and i am sure its not the heat that cause the freezing its happen even when device cool.... This weird behavior doesnt have a constant form... most of the time the freezing happen during the first few minuts during setup device ...FORGET TO MENTION ....in TWRP recovery the device is feeling very well and run smooth without any issue at all... is there something to do now in your openion can solve this?
and if not... what samsung can do for the device to bring it life again?... thanks for your replays

heider.raheem said:
i use Home CSC ... and i am sure its not the heat that cause the freezing its happen even when device cool.... This weird behavior doesnt have a constant form... most of the time the freezing happen during the first few minuts during setup device ...FORGET TO MENTION ....in TWRP recovery the device is feeling very well and run smooth without any issue at all... is there something to do now in your openion can solve this?
and if not... what samsung can do for the device to bring it life again?... thanks for your replays
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I would think if it is hardware related than the issues would also happen in recovery and/or download mode. I have heard of other people having issues when flashing firmware with home CSC.
Some things I would personally try are:
1. You could try smart switch and check for latest firmware or recovery option.
2. Run in safe mode see if that makes a difference
3. In recovery wipe cache/dalvik and reboot
4. In recovery factory reset
5. Flash firmware again with CSC not home CSC.
Problems with options 1,4,5 is you will need to backup your apps and data etc. Option 5 you will have to reinstall twrp.
These options aren't in any order so I would start with 3 first see how it goes then 2 see how it goes then ,1,4 and 5 and see how it goes for each step.
Let me know how it goes

spawnlives said:
I would think if it is hardware related than the issues would also happen in recovery and/or download mode. I have heard of other people having issues when flashing firmware with home CSC.
Some things I would personally try are:
1. You could try smart switch and check for latest firmware or recovery option.
2. Run in safe mode see if that makes a difference
3. In recovery wipe cache/dalvik and reboot
4. In recovery factory reset
5. Flash firmware again with CSC not home CSC.
Problems with options 1,4,5 is you will need to backup your apps and data etc. Option 5 you will have to reinstall twrp.
These options aren't in any order so I would start with 3 first see how it goes then 2 see how it goes then ,1,4 and 5 and see how it goes for each step.
Let me know how it goes
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Actually steps 1,3,4,5 all have been tried before without making difference but i never tried to run in safe mode (step 2)... i should tried it.... but now i cant cause one of the freezing form and the most occuring one is when blue screen with android logo at the center that appear befor the samsung logo (trying to erasing data befor the first boot after flashing a new rom)...so i have to download a nother oreo firmware from sammobile to make it run ...sorry if i make it complicated for you but this is how my device acting very weird....
Do you think its somthing wrong with Oreo in this s8+ that can be solved when downgraded to Nougat or Upgaraded to Pie maybe?

heider.raheem said:
Actually steps 1,3,4,5 all have been tried before without making difference but i never tried to run in safe mode (step 2)... i should tried it.... but now i cant cause one of the freezing form and the most occuring one is when blue screen with android logo at the center that appear befor the samsung logo (trying to erasing data befor the first boot after flashing a new rom)...so i have to download a nother oreo firmware from sammobile to make it run ...sorry if i make it complicated for you but this is how my device acting very weird....
Do you think its somthing wrong with Oreo in this s8+ that can be solved when downgraded to Nougat or Upgaraded to Pie maybe?
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Just curious what firmware version are you using.

spawnlives said:
Just curious what firmware version are you using.
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i use now Oreo G955FXXU4CRI5

heider.raheem said:
i use now Oreo G955FXXU4CRI5
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Is it working ok or still same problem

spawnlives said:
Is it working ok or still same problem
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its froze right now it cant even get to samsung logo...and even if i flash the ROM again and get it work it will freez after maximum 600 hours (thats happened 3 times)