Cyanogenmod version 4.2.3 then 4.2.4 were running great on my G1 for a couple of weeks. Recently, I noticed the Cyanogenmod Updater saying the 4.2.5 stable was available. I went ahead downloaded it, did a Nandroid backup and then flashed it. However, on reboot, the Android splash screen kept freezing then trying the reboot. I could not get past this screen. I tried reflashing a couple of times with the same frozen results.
I did a factory reset. I can fully reboot, but now it appears I have regressed back to Kernel version 2.6.29. I also, don't think I have root anymore since I tried to sudo on terminal and it told me I don't have permission. What happened?
When I go to recovery mode, (pwr + home) I get a triangle with an exclamation point. I get the "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" I only have four options: reboot system, apply sdcard:update.zip, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition.
I'm guessing that Apps to SD is not working because I might have some vanilla recovery image taking over that is not Cyanogenmod so it does not see the cache on the SDCard partition that I have.
I also noticed that I can get the "Fastboot" screen if I do the Pwr + Camera btn. I've seen posts that I should be able to get everything back that way, using but I haven't found a step-by-step on how to use if for noobs.
Can anyone suggest how I can get back everything? I still have all my data including backup files and apps on the sdcard.
Thank you.
try posting this in the 4.2.5 thread and not starting a new thread just for your problem.
Not only did you fail to flash your phone correctly but you also failed to post on the correct forum!
Currently, the CyanogenMod thread has over 5,000 replies. Could you imagine how cluttered this forum would be if everyone was as inconsiderate and selfish as you, and felt the need to open a new thread whenever an issue with CyanogenMod occurred?
jay652 said:
Currently, the CyanogenMod thread has over 5,000 replies. Could you imagine how cluttered this forum would be if everyone was as inconsiderate and selfish as you, and felt the need to open a new thread whenever an issue with CyanogenMod occurred?
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Hi smart people!
Just to throw it out there, I am not very tech savvy so excuse me if I misuse terms and such.
I believe I completely bricked my phone (I hope I'm wrong). After I downloaded Cyanogen through ROM Manager, my finger stumbled on the "continue" or "next" button or whatever WITHOUT checking the boxes to clear data, etc. I believe this is where I went wrong as I think I followed all other steps correctly (fyi I used the one click recovery flasher and made a back up).
Now when I turn on my phone, it goes from the stock LG loading screen to a modified LG loading screen (Cyanogen's I'm assuming) but it gets stuck there.
I've been searching on the different threads for quite a while and pressing the different combinations of volume up/volume down/power don't seem to do anything. I cannot get to the recovery screen.
Please help! I will forever be indebted to all of you. I am stupid and shouldn't have tried to do this on my own. Thanks in advance
What you will need to do is flash CWM via NVflash then boot into CWm and install your ROM.
If you flash CWM via ROM Manager it causes problems like what you're describing, I know from my own experience of following a friends instructions and doing that then having that exact issue. After getting my phone working again I then started to frequent the boards here.
As soon as I read the first couple lines I saw rom manager and saw the problem, you to search something that you have typed out all within this thread... I'm not near a computer but you should just search through these threads and you find your solution in detailed description. You need to get recovery from nvflasher just search that
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thanks for your replies
thank you to both of you for your prompt replies. i will try doing this within the next couple hours and post any results. this is the thread i found with the information you guys gave: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058649
thanks again
No, that's not for G2x. Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Ya it needs to be the one that gunnman wrote out for people.
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Hey guys...on step #10, it says to "select 'have disk'" but i do not see that option in the list.
Thanks
okay now i realize i should have been doing the cwm recovery. sorry guys and thanks again
reboot error
hey guys,
I successfully was able to boot into cwm and then i restored a backup from yesterday. however when rebooting, it displays the LG logo and then the screen goes black and the back light flickers on and off. not quite sure what to do now...if you guys could let me know what i should do or post a link to another thread, i'd really appreciate it. i honestly have been going through other threads but i guess i'm just not competent enough to know which directions apply to my problem.....
thank you..hopefully this is the last time i'll have to bother you!
The back-up could be corrupt and since the one time I had a problem with a nandroid was when it was created after ROM Manager sent the info to CWM, that's likely the case. Just redownload CM7 to your SD card, along with Gapps, wipe system, data and cache then flash CM7 followed by Gapps.
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hey guys,
I successfully was able to boot into cwm and then i restored a backup from yesterday. however when rebooting, it displays the LG logo and then the screen goes black and the back light flickers on and off. not quite sure what to do now...if you guys could let me know what i should do or post a link to another thread, i'd really appreciate it. i honestly have been going through other threads but i guess i'm just not competent enough to know which directions apply to my problem.....
thank you..hopefully this is the last time i'll have to bother you!
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Have you wiped everything before restoring your backup through CWM? If not, boot into CWM, wipe data/factory reset, go to mounts and storage, format system, then go into advanced options, wipe delvik cache, then restore your backup.
I'm guessing you did a backup through rom manager, so if this doesn't work, you'll have to download a rom of your choice from the development section of this forum, load it onto your sd card through CWM although this is not recommended but you won't have any other choices, (to mount your sd card in CWM, go to mounts and storage, mount sd card), then wipe everything as mentioned above, then flash the new rom.
Or you can follow the instructions on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 to flash 2.3.3 via nvflash to get a working phone for now until you learn how to properly flash custom roms.
Hope this helps
P.S. for future reference, you did not brick your phone, you got stuck in a boot loop, you know your phone is bricked when you don't see anything on the screen when you turn it on, usually it's just a software issue, but sometimes it could be hardware, for example I burned the motherboard on my previous android phone trying to customize it lol
jj_z1 said:
Have you wiped everything before restoring your backup through CWM? If not, boot into CWM, wipe data/factory reset, go to mounts and storage, format system, then go into advanced options, wipe delvik cache, then restore your backup.
I'm guessing you did a backup through rom manager, so if this doesn't work, you'll have to download a rom of your choice from the development section of this forum, load it onto your sd card through CWM although this is not recommended but you won't have any other choices, (to mount your sd card in CWM, go to mounts and storage, mount sd card), then wipe everything as mentioned above, then flash the new rom.
Or you can follow the instructions on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 to flash 2.3.3 via nvflash to get a working phone for now until you learn how to properly flash custom roms.
Hope this helps
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He's already flashed CWM the right way, and tried to restore from a nandroid. I already mentioned getting a different ROM, he's already stated that he got this all started trying to flash CM7. Please read the posts which have already been made, we don't need the same information being posted again, if someone already posted something and you feel it needs clarified then clarify but from what I can tell you read one post and that was it.
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He's already flashed CWM the right way, and tried to restore from a nandroid. I already mentioned getting a different ROM, he's already stated that he got this all started trying to flash CM7. Please read the posts which have already been made, we don't need the same information being posted again, if someone already posted something and you feel it needs clarified then clarify but from what I can tell you read one post and that was it.
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I really hate posting anything that doesn't have to do with anything phone related but I just couldn't stop myself from replying to your post!
1) I actually read all posts in the thread!
2) I did not in any way suggest that he didn't flash CWM the right way, I merely asked if he had done a full wipe before restoring his backup!!
3) Your reply was submitted while I was typing mine, so I'm sorry I didn't check the thread again before submitting my reply!!!
4) I'm well aware of what he tried to do already, but thanks for repeating it!!!!
5) If YOU read all previous posts you'll notice that my post does not exactly replicate any other, there's some new information in there that the OP might find useful!!!!!
6) From what I can tell, you need to work on your english and comprehension skills!!!!!!
To the OP, sorry for trolling your thread with this post, but I just couldn't help it, and to Bonk I hope you'll be the mature one and not reply to this post.
Is that to say you're immature? If one were to judge by the number of exclamation marks you have I'd say yes.
The only "new" thing was asking if he wiped before the restore, which, at this point, would be useless to ask as I already told him to make sure to wipe.
To the OP: How goes everything thus far?
thank you
that's what i ended up doing and it worked. thank you so much for all your help!
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The back-up could be corrupt and since the one time I had a problem with a nandroid was when it was created after ROM Manager sent the info to CWM, that's likely the case. Just redownload CM7 to your SD card, along with Gapps, wipe system, data and cache then flash CM7 followed by Gapps.
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And dalvik cache for good measure, even though it is stored on the cache partition and will probably get wiped when you wipe cache. Sometimes it's good to overdo thing's.
Unable to do anything!
Well i was playing with the phone, rooted and kept playing with different ROMS till i would have found a good stable one, but something happened, I ended up not being able to use any functions in cwm (apply update from..., backup and restore, install from zip). I wiped data/factory reset, cache partition, dalvik and i have the ROMS inside, i can see them in CWM. just can't read them. or any zip i use. what happened? is this bricked? if so do i have to go from scratch with the phone and use SDK?
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Well i was playing with the phone, rooted and kept playing with different ROMS till i would have found a good stable one, but something happened, I ended up not being able to use any functions in cwm (apply update from..., backup and restore, install from zip). I wiped data/factory reset, cache partition, dalvik and i have the ROMS inside, i can see them in CWM. just can't read them. or any zip i use. what happened? is this bricked? if so do i have to go from scratch with the phone and use SDK?
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Start over. Do what it states here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
efrembarrow said:
Well i was playing with the phone, rooted and kept playing with different ROMS till i would have found a good stable one, but something happened, I ended up not being able to use any functions in cwm (apply update from..., backup and restore, install from zip). I wiped data/factory reset, cache partition, dalvik and i have the ROMS inside, i can see them in CWM. just can't read them. or any zip i use. what happened? is this bricked? if so do i have to go from scratch with the phone and use SDK?
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Did you battery pull and start over?
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UNROOT help
Hello again smart people,
I was hoping we would never meet again (for the better) but unfortunately i must unroot my phone to receive work emails. I have tried unrooting my LG G2x multiple times but to no avail thus far.
Here is the process I have tried:
1) boot into recovery - wipe cache/data factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache
2) restore - using stock rom i found online
3) flash stock recovery image using nvflash
4) (attempt to) unroot using superoneclick - AFTER GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE STEPS, IT SAYS "TRUE" UNDER "CHECKING IF ROOTED". (also, i know it is rooted because it says the phone already appears to be rooted when i try to root again).
Do you guys have any idea what the issue could be?
Thank you in advance...
Hello. I just intalled new ROM by Bronu from this forum It is working fine, only on 1st start. When I turn the phone off and then on. It will stuck on infinite loop. I have waited for more then 40min and nothin happend. So I had to remove battery.
Is there any wa how to fix it? When I do delete cach and data the phone will start again. But only on that 1st start. Again when I turn it off and on it will stuck. But that is not the solution since I would have no data everytime I want to turn phone on.
The phone is ZTE V970. Thank you
Not able to post in that thread huh?
Anyway i've linked this thread in that rom thread, maybe someone will come by and say hello.
thank you
roofrider said:
Not able to post in that thread huh?
Anyway i've linked this thread in that rom thread, maybe someone will come by and say hello.
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Thank you. Yes, I cant post in there yet. Hopefuly someone will notice. Cheers
ratlik said:
Hello. I just intalled new ROM by Bronu from this forum It is working fine, only on 1st start. When I turn the phone off and then on. It will stuck on infinite loop. I have waited for more then 40min and nothin happend. So I had to remove battery.
Is there any wa how to fix it? When I do delete cach and data the phone will start again. But only on that 1st start. Again when I turn it off and on it will stuck. But that is not the solution since I would have no data everytime I want to turn phone on.
The phone is ZTE V970. Thank you
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Hi, so did you talk about Brunos ROM for Chinese MT6577 V970 ZTE..right!?
If yes, please post in right ROM Thread here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856578
But first of all some important Questions: Did you install via SP Flashtool Brunos Recovery? Did you try to flash the ROM for a second time and before flashing did you done FullWipe!? (means format data and system, clear cache and dalvik) and after all this you tried to install Brunos ROM again!?
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Petteri said:
Hi, so did you talk about Brunos ROM for Chinese MT6577 V970 ZTE..right!?
If yes, please post in right ROM Thread here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856578
But first of all some important Questions: Did you install via SP Flashtool Brunos Recovery? Did you try to flash the ROM for a second time and before flashing did you done FullWipe!? (means format data and system, clear cache and dalvik) and after all this you tried to install Brunos ROM again!?
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Yes I was talking about that Brunos ROM. I wanted to post it there. But since I am new here, I had to have min. 10posts. Now I finaly have it. So Ill repost it.
1st: I reinstalled recovery for the one Bruno posted. (Original one work poorly and didnt support to install Brunos ROM and was all in Chinese)
2nd. Full wipe/format etc before installing
3rd. installed from SD card ('Brunos ROM - tried both of them)
4th 1st start with no problem. ICS works nice.
5th. Turn off and turn on. Infinite loop.
The only way is: wipe and format in recovery then start it again. And this solution wont work for me, since it will delete everything.
Now going to post it to the right thread.
So I was able to successfully root my AT&T HTC One X and decided I wanted to install the CM 10 ROM (1st ROM install). I did all the data backups with Titanium, downloaded the latest zip files from cyanogenMod (both the 12/13 and 12/14 nightly versions), transferred them to my phone, booted into recovery (TWRP), did a back-up, did a system wipe, flashed the ROM and then did a reboot. However, when it boots it gets stuck in the boot-up screen (bootloop) and doesn't do anything. I have read on this and it keeps saying to wipe system data again and flash the ROM again and it keeps doing this. I want to install this ROM, but I need some help. Any suggestions on what I did wrong?
Note: I accidentally posted this in the Android Q&A section, so I apologize for the double post. I just think this is probably the best place to get my answer.
Did you flash the boot.img?
I did, but incorrectly the first time. I flashed it the right way and everything is working good. Then only problem I have now is when restoring from Titanium Backup it gives me an error from a process called com.android.phone (I think that is what it said). So I wiped it again and rebooted and everything is fine. I can reinstall all the apps, but what could cause that? Could it be some of the data backed up doesn't cooperate with this ROM? Either way I love the CM10 ROM.
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I did, but incorrectly the first time. I flashed it the right way and everything is working good. Then only problem I have now is when restoring from Titanium Backup it gives me an error from a process called com.android.phone (I think that is what it said). So I wiped it again and rebooted and everything is fine. I can reinstall all the apps, but what could cause that? Could it be some of the data backed up doesn't cooperate with this ROM? Either way I love the CM10 ROM.
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if they are backups from sense, that *MAY* cause problems, but don't quote me on that. I don't use sense, can't say for sure
OK, maybe that is why. Not a big deal since I haven't had the One X too long. Thanks for the help guys.
Good to know
I just rooted my phone, restarted made sure it was working (not the first time I've rooted), then I installed a few zips, restarted my phone a couple times and it was all working fine. I then made a nandroid backup with TWRP, and restarted my phone and it's suddenly running really slow, and I have the constant message saying "Storage Space running out" even though I have over 8GB free. I even just restored my phone to this backup, but as I expected, same error. Any ideas?:crying:
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I just rooted my phone, restarted made sure it was working (not the first time I've rooted), then I installed a few zips, restarted my phone a couple times and it was all working fine. I then made a nandroid backup with TWRP, and restarted my phone and it's suddenly running really slow, and I have the constant message saying "Storage Space running out" even though I have over 8GB free. I even just restored my phone to this backup, but as I expected, same error. Any ideas?:crying:
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Did you wipe /cache in TWRP?
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Did you wipe /cache in TWRP?
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Yup, had no effect at all.. I resorted to flashing the factory image and re-rooting and installing zips. Still interested in a fix for this though, on the small chance it happens again[emoji16]
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Yup, had no effect at all.. I resorted to flashing the factory image and re-rooting and installing zips. Still interested in a fix for this though, on the small chance it happens again[emoji16]
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The next step I was going to suggest was to flash /system again. Some people posted wiping /cache was enough for them, but others had to reflash /system.
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The next step I was going to suggest was to flash /system again. Some people posted wiping /cache was enough for them, but others had to reflash /system.
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Ah that makes sense now that I think about it.. I flashed the entire image (boot, recovery etc.) but should have just done system, would have been quicker. Easy solution right there
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Ah that makes sense now that I think about it.. I flashed the entire image (boot, recovery etc.) but should have just done system, would have been quicker. Easy solution right there
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Yep, glad it worked.
Could you please just add "[SOLVED]" to the thread title? Thanks