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[Q] Nexus S 4g official ICS problems

So I know there are various other threads similar to this out there, but none of them have solved my problem so here it goes. Yesterday, I restored back to my Official 2.3.7 from CM9. I had heard the the official ICS had come out and wanted to do a proper update from stock rom. So I did this and the tried to update, but the update failed half way through. Since then, I haven't been able to connect to usb and I haven't had a cell signal. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?
Edit: So now I tried, stupidly, to just reformat everything. I'm sure you could see how that was a problem because now I'm stuck in bootloader or clockworkMod Recovery unable to install any operating system whatsoever...

go into clockworkmod
How to Update or Clean Install Roms and Kernels
Clean Installing Roms:
1) format /system /data /cache /boot
2) wipe dalvik cache
3) flash rom and gapps
4) Boot up for the first time and it should work
5) Optional: Only do this after you booted up once. Flash the kernel.
Updating Roms and Kernels:
Wipe Dalvik Cache and Cache before updating
That should solve it. make sure you wipe ALL of those.

pokefan213 said:
Edit: So now I tried, stupidly, to just reformat everything. I'm sure you could see how that was a problem because now I'm stuck in bootloader or clockworkMod Recovery unable to install any operating system whatsoever...
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how CWM unable to install any ROM? any error message?
might not be relevant, which CWM version you're using?

[Q] No ROMS are working

I have CWM 5.0.2.7. I want to upgrade from 2.3.6 Gingerbread to Android 4(PACMAN ROM preferred). I tried at least 50 - 75 times flashing >5 different ROMS, almost once bricked my phone... I found stable Gingerbread 2.3.6 and I am using it right now. I really want to upgrade to version 4, because I develop apps in Buzztouch and they will now support Android devices with Honeycomb or later. My question now is: how can I really upgrade to Android 4, because every ROM I flash is stuck at the first boot. Any help?

There is absolutely zero possibility of bricking your phone in flashing custom ROMs unless you do it in a wrong way (flashing other phone's ROM ). Same thing goes for bootloop. Wipe data,cache, dalvik cache and even format /system before flashing and also do wipes after flash. This way u can view a new dimension to the android world

swat4samp said:
There is absolutely zero possibility of bricking your phone in flashing custom ROMs unless you do it in a wrong way (flashing other phone's ROM ). Same thing goes for bootloop. Wipe data,cache, dalvik cache and even format /system before flashing and also do wipes after flash. This way u can view a new dimension to the android world
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I already knew everything you said, even more, but thanks for idea of formatting /system. Maybe that is the main problem. Thank you so much!

UPDATE! Nothing is working. I think I will give up on ROMing.

Lol which baseband are u on? Try to flash latest stock rom ie DXKT7 and then flash a custom rom.

swat4samp said:
Lol which baseband are u on? Try to flash latest stock rom ie DXKT7 and then flash a custom rom.
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I cannot find any with DXKT7 baseband. I am on XWKTI.

I got the same problem. Flashing from stock 2.3.6 XWKTI to any other cm 10.1 rom is not working. Clearing caches etc. does not help.
Any solution to this?
The latest rom I tried is cm-10.1-20130907-NIGHTLY-beni.zip. No luck so far.
What is wrong here?

Solved. I used the wrong CWM. beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar does the trick.

Junnix said:
Solved. I used the wrong CWM. beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar does the trick.
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How did you solve the problem?

AleksaSavic said:
How did you solve the problem?
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Did u ever successfully used ny custom rom b4.. or is this ur 1st chance...??

AleksaSavic said:
How did you solve the problem?
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The CWM you use might be a one which is not working. At least I used a CWM 5.0.2.7. But it was rfs which is not compatible with the S5670.
So install CWM beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar and you will be able to install any custom rom without problem.

Junnix said:
The CWM you use might be a one which is not working. At least I used a CWM 5.0.2.7. But it was rfs which is not compatible with the S5670.
So install CWM beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar and you will be able to install any custom rom without problem.
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It is this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339640

BRO F U WANT TO UPDATE TO 4.+ THEN FOLLOW THESE STEPS
BOOT TO RECOVERY
WIPE DATA
WIPE CACHE
ADVANCE>>WIPE DALVIK CACHE
MOUNTS AND STORAGE>>FORMAT SYSTEM
INSTALL THE ROM U WANT
WIPE DATA
WIPE CACHE
REBOOT
WAIT FOR 5-10 MINS AS IT TAKS TIME FOR FIRST BOOT
STILL NOT HAPPENING
THEN UR DOWNLOADED FILE MUST BE CORRUPTED SO DOWNLOAD THE FILE AGAIN

Galaxy_Rohit said:
Did u ever successfully used ny custom rom b4.. or is this ur 1st chance...??
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Flashed custom ROMs at least 75 times. I am not a newbie.

Junnix said:
The CWM you use might be a one which is not working. At least I used a CWM 5.0.2.7. But it was rfs which is not compatible with the S5670.
So install CWM beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar and you will be able to install any custom rom without problem.
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I already have CWM 5.0.2.7. Can I install it again via Odin or not?

ZmisiS said:
It is this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339640
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I flashed that already(I think).

vinayaksuresh said:
BRO F U WANT TO UPDATE TO 4.+ THEN FOLLOW THESE STEPS
BOOT TO RECOVERY
WIPE DATA
WIPE CACHE
ADVANCE>>WIPE DALVIK CACHE
MOUNTS AND STORAGE>>FORMAT SYSTEM
INSTALL THE ROM U WANT
WIPE DATA
WIPE CACHE
REBOOT
WAIT FOR 5-10 MINS AS IT TAKS TIME FOR FIRST BOOT
STILL NOT HAPPENING
THEN UR DOWNLOADED FILE MUST BE CORRUPTED SO DOWNLOAD THE FILE AGAIN
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/system - ext4
/data - rfs
/cache - rfs
/db-data - unknown
I am using this apk:
CF-Root-ext4-v1.3-Addon.apk from Chainfire, but it is not made for my phone.
It has options for converting ext4 to rfs and rfs to ext4, but I am scared to do that. How can I manually convert from rfs to ext4? And, will my system even boot after doing that?

Possible solution...
Hi,
I have successfully flashed cm-10.1-20130914-NIGHTLY-beni.zip using ClockWorkMod 6.0.2.7. I initially had problems getting cm 10.1 to boot, it would just stop at the cyanogenmod logo. I got this ROM to work by first flashing ╰☆╮ [ROM][CM7.2] JellyBread v5.0 | SURPRISE! UPLOAD COMPLETE! ╰☆╮. then flashing the nightly.
Good luck:fingers-crossed:.
Regards,
jemail

I wouldn't recommend installing ICS on a Galaxy Fit. The phone doesn't really stand that much of the ROM itself.. I use a rom that'll look exactly alike it, that's basically it. But I tried Lenio vQuattro. it seemed pretty nice If you really need to then try this rom. And it wouldn't be such a bad idea tp update CWM, or try another Recovery.

AleksaSavic said:
/system - ext4
/data - rfs
/cache - rfs
/db-data - unknown
I am using this apk:
CF-Root-ext4-v1.3-Addon.apk from Chainfire, but it is not made for my phone.
It has options for converting ext4 to rfs and rfs to ext4, but I am scared to do that. How can I manually convert from rfs to ext4? And, will my system even boot after doing that?
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Good question.
I really got no answere to that question. But as far as I know there are CMW for rfs and for ext4/ext3 filesystems.
If you use the wrong CMW than the phone will hang in a boot loop after flashing. That's what I had.
So I suggest you should try different CMW. For rfs and ext4. Better to flash them with Odin. I used Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.42.exe.
As CWM try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24719114&postcount=1387 or this CWM http://androidlegend.com/dl/beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar
One of these should work for you.

[Q] [HELP] Install CM12 from OFFICIAL 5.1

Hello guys, I have a XT1033 converted to GPe in stock 5.1. What can I do to get CM12.1?

Flash stockrom 5.0.2 and after that twrp. Flash cm12.0 and dirty flash cm12.1 . hope this is correct.

klaymaniaf said:
Flash stockrom 5.0.2 and after that twrp. Flash cm12.0 and dirty flash cm12.1 . hope this is correct.
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After I flash the stock rom, it wont go past the boot logo.
In twrp it will say the flash was successful, but if i reboot into stock it wont go past the boot logo which is still the google logo from the 5.1 GPe. If I go to flash CM over that, I get an error.

wipe dalvik cache/cache

Never mind, i got it to work. I had to flash the correct gpt.bin file, because the partitions are different on stock motorola than to the gpe. After that a full wipe and i could go back to stock and onto cm12.1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57444986&postcount=1
this is the file that worked for me You will have to do a full wipe and reboot to recovery to be able to mount any of the file systems again tho.

r97smith said:
Never mind, i got it to work. I had to flash the correct gpt.bin file, because the partitions are different on stock motorola than to the gpe. After that a full wipe and i could go back to stock and onto cm12.1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57444986&postcount=1
this is the file that worked for me You will have to do a full wipe and reboot to recovery to be able to mount any of the file systems again tho.
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Mate can u step by step explain what you did and downloaded? I am on converted GPE and want to install cm12.1 - funny thing is I didnt get anything online for getting gpe to cm12.1 other than your post Your help is appreciated. Also does your sms work on cm12.1?
Vivek

vivekdeshmukh said:
Mate can u step by step explain what you did and downloaded? I am on converted GPE and want to install cm12.1 - funny thing is I didnt get anything online for getting gpe to cm12.1 other than your post Your help is appreciated. Also does your sms work on cm12.1?
Vivek
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From GPE, I wiped everything in twrp recovery. Flashed the gpt.bin file I had linked to there, and then rebooted to recovery again.
Then I decided to go back to stock 5.0.2, flashed that, then cm12 and then cm12.1. But thats just how I did it anyway.
I had to flash the gpt.bin file to re-partition the system storage, because its different to the stock and cyanogenmod. I flashed stock 5.0.2 just to be sure there wasnt going to be anymore problems when flashing cyanogenmod. Then I flashed cm12 to see everything booted right, and cm12.1 with the 5.1 gapps.
Yes, everything works excellent on cm12.1

r97smith said:
From GPE, I wiped everything in twrp recovery. Flashed the gpt.bin file I had linked to there, and then rebooted to recovery again.
Then I decided to go back to stock 5.0.2, flashed that, then cm12 and then cm12.1. But thats just how I did it anyway.
I had to flash the gpt.bin file to re-partition the system storage, because its different to the stock and cyanogenmod. I flashed stock 5.0.2 just to be sure there wasnt going to be anymore problems when flashing cyanogenmod. Then I flashed cm12 to see everything booted right, and cm12.1 with the 5.1 gapps.
Yes, everything works excellent on cm12.1
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Thanks mate, it sounds bit of a task for a noob like me, but hell i will give that a try
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r97smith said:
stock 5.0.2, flashed that, then cm12 and then cm12.1.
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Our of curiosity, why do we have to go from 5.02 to cm12 to cm12.1? cant we go directly from 5.02 to cm12.1?

vivekdeshmukh said:
Thanks mate, it sounds bit of a task for a noob like me, but hell i will give that a try
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Our of curiosity, why do we have to go from 5.02 to cm12 to cm12.1? cant we go directly from 5.02 to cm12.1?
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For flashing cm 12.1 if you are currently using gpe 5.1 converted, you dont need to do all that **** like flashing stock 5.0.2 then cm 12 and then cm12.1
You just need to do this
In twrp recovery go to wipe and change data partition file system to f2fs
Then wipe every thing in recovery and flash cm12.1

sjandroiddeveloper said:
You just need to do this
In twrp recovery go to wipe and change data partition file system to f2fs
Then wipe every thing in recovery and flash cm12.1
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1st step - wipe and change Data partition to f2fs ONLY or should i change the partition to f2fs for all (data, cache, system, usb)?
2nd step - wipe everything meaning dalvik, data, cache, system BUT NOT internal storage and USB - correct?

vivekdeshmukh said:
1st step - wipe and change Data partition to f2fs ONLY or should i change the partition to f2fs for all (data, cache, system, usb)?
2nd step - wipe everything meaning dalvik, data, cache, system BUT NOT internal storage and USB - correct?
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You have to change file system to f2fs of data partition only ,don't change other, if you do there is no doubt your device will not boot but it may cause several other problems
And after changing file system of data partition you need to wipe dalvik,cache,system and data
No need to wipe internal storage (data/media)
And where does USB come in this ???
Sent from falcon
PRESS THANKS IF HELPED

sjandroiddeveloper said:
And where does USB come in this ???
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USB OTG is an option that comes under recovery in twrp - advanced wipe. Thanks trying it right now!

vivekdeshmukh said:
USB OTG is an option that comes under recovery in twrp - advanced wipe. Thanks trying it right now!
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I know what is USB OTG and where it comes
What I meant was why did you even think of wiping USB

sjandroiddeveloper said:
You have to change file system to f2fs of data partition only ,don't change other, if you do there is no doubt your device will not boot but it may cause several other problems And after changing file system of data partition you need to wipe dalvik,cache,system and data No need to wipe internal storage (data/media)
And where does USB come in this ???
Sent from falcon
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Tried it yesterday night >> BOOM! OS gone! Dont know what happened, did the f2fs no problem but after dalvik, cache, system and data wipe the OS and all files just disappeared - dont know if it was corrupt data partition or me being too sleepy (5.00am) and could have deleted Internal storage. But the point is I ended up with no OS and then tried ADB pushing my cm files to phone, well only to realize that ADB was not recognizing the device inspite of uninstall/install drivers ... slept at 6.00 in morning. Today, finally, copied the cm files by mounting the phone and copying from PC, just to realize after flashing that the cm12.1 still has the same issues of not able to send sms.
But anyways thanks to you I did learn something new and the opportunity to be in a soft brick situation and come out of it
Btw do u hv a converted gpe and tried the cm12.1 simply by changing the partition? EVerything works very smooth for me but just that the SMS doesnt work - which i cant live without.

vivekdeshmukh said:
Tried it yesterday night >> BOOM! OS gone! Dont know what happened, did the f2fs no problem but after dalvik, cache, system and data wipe the OS and all files just disappeared - dont know if it was corrupt data partition or me being too sleepy (5.00am) and could have deleted Internal storage. But the point is I ended up with no OS and then tried ADB pushing my cm files to phone, well only to realize that ADB was not recognizing the device inspite of uninstall/install drivers ... slept at 6.00 in morning. Today, finally, copied the cm files by mounting the phone and copying from PC, just to realize after flashing that the cm12.1 still has the same issues of not able to send sms.
But anyways thanks to you I did learn something new and the opportunity to be in a soft brick situation and come out of it
Btw do u hv a converted gpe and tried the cm12.1 simply by changing the partition? EVerything works very smooth for me but just that the SMS doesnt work - which i cant live without.
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No I never converted to gpe
But the method I told you was absolutely correct
And your OS was deletes because you wiped system partition which was necessary to install cm 12.1 so that was obvious and no need to worry.
And for your information you don't need adb if you are using twrp because it supports mtp
And the sms bug was there but it was solved long ago but I don't know why its not working for you
May be try different kernels
And bro PRESS THANKS instead of saying

can you plz help with the sms bug..
sjandroiddeveloper said:
No I never converted to gpe
But the method I told you was absolutely correct
And your OS was deletes because you wiped system partition which was necessary to install cm 12.1 so that was obvious and no need to worry.
And for your information you don't need adb if you are using twrp because it supports mtp
And the sms bug was there but it was solved long ago but I don't know why its not working for you
May be try different kernels
And bro PRESS THANKS instead of saying
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can you plz help with the sms bug..

Galaxy Ace GT-S7500 CM 11.0: Is It Possible To Provide Backups?

is possible to provide cm11 backup?
Is possible to provide backups?
I'm asking this because the CyanogenMod 11.0 for GT-S7500 rom that i was using got corrupted and my clean backup too, so I was thinking if was possible to provide backups?
I also tried to re-flash but it got in to boot loop.
sorry for my bad english

Had you try to wipe data cache and dalvik ?? Do youe use TWRP or CWM ?

zyxw-androidiani said:
Had you try to wipe data cache and dalvik ?? Do youe use TWRP or CWM ?
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i use twrp and yes i had wiped data cache and dalvik

put on your sd card the cm11, and wipe data, cache, dalvik, boot and system partition (deleting system and boot partition you will haven't no rom so no system) and re-flash the rom, or go on download mode flash stock rom and re-try.

zyxw-androidiani said:
put on your sd card the cm11, and wipe data, cache, dalvik, boot and system partition (deleting system and boot partition you will haven't no rom so no system) and re-flash the rom, or go on download mode flash stock rom and re-try.
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sorry but i didn't understand what you say because i am not very good with english.
so i wipe data, cacha, dalvik , system and boot?but where is boot?
and what happens if it fails?

Do you speak italian ?
Sorry, "boot" option don't exist, go on recovery Wipe-->Advance wipe and select "Dalvik Cache", "System","Cache" and "Data". when you will delete them you will not have any thing on the phone just the download mode and recovery so you must flash a rom to boot up the phone, select the cm11 and flash it.

zyxw-androidiani said:
Do you speak italian ?
Sorry, "boot" option don't exist, go on recovery Wipe-->Advance wipe and select "Dalvik Cache", "System","Cache" and "Data". when you will delete them you will not have any thing on the phone just the download mode and recovery so you must flash a rom to boot up the phone, select the cm11 and flash it.
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i don't speak italian
it didn't work, appeared a box saying something about superus

Click "don't install" or something like this go back and reboot, wait 5-10 minutes for the first boot. it's not possible that it didn't work, are you sure that you are making the correct steps for install a rom ?
First make the 4 wipe and after go back on the menu e and install the rom.

zyxw-androidiani said:
Click "don't install" or something like this go back and reboot, wait 5-10 minutes for the first boot. it's not possible that it didn't work, are you sure that you are making the correct steps for install a rom ?
First make the 4 wipe and after go back on the menu e and install the rom.
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i followed this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=ix7rrKS4keI

yes follow this guide you must resolve else flash the stock rom via odin follow the guide in the forum.

zyxw-androidiani said:
yes follow this guide you must resolve else flash the stock rom via odin follow the guide in the forum.
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i couldn't find the stock rom.
can you link the stock rom?

follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563607 you will find the stock rom and how to flash it first see which variant you have GT-S7500, GT-S7500L or GT-S7500W

Am I clean flashing correctly?

Hey guys I'm new to owning this device and just wanted to know if I have to reflash my firmware after clean flash?
This is what I do
Wipe System/Data/Art/Cache
From there I Flash Firmware/ROM/gapps
Is the firmware step required? Or can I just skip that step once I alreday flashed it previously?
I'm asking this question because I've been having some major issues flashing roms where they flash successfully but frankly just don't boot. I'm just not sure if I'm doing this correctly.

ChainFires Son said:
Hey guys I'm new to owning this device and just wanted to know if I have to reflash my firmware after clean flash?
This is what I do
Wipe System/Data/Art/Cache
From there I Flash Firmware/ROM/gapps
Is the firmware step required? Or can I just skip that step once I alreday flashed it previously?
I'm asking this question because I've been having some major issues flashing roms where they flash successfully but frankly just don't boot. I'm just not sure if I'm doing this correctly.
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Clean flash involves wiping
/system /data /dalvik /cache
Then flash ROM + gapps
If you flash current firmware it should show 241 baseband in About Phone. Only need to do it once. No need to do every time you flash. CM nightlies do include firmware in their zips so by default will flash the firmware or at least check if its updated every nightly.
Use TWRP 2.8.6.0 or 3.0.0-1 which are versions known to flash firmware correctly.
If you flashed COS12.1.1 fastboot zip at any point in time your data and cache partitions will be F2FS and only certain ROMs will work with that. AOSP based ROMs most likely won't boot.
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Renosh said:
Clean flash involves wiping
/system /data /dalvik /cache
Then flash ROM + gapps
If you flash current firmware it should show 241 baseband in About Phone. Only need to do it once. No need to do every time you flash. CM nightlies do include firmware in their zips so by default will flash the firmware or at least check if its updated every nightly.
Use TWRP 2.8.6.0 or 3.0.0-1 which are versions known to flash firmware correctly.
If you flashed COS12.1.1 fastboot zip at any point in time your data and cache partitions will be F2FS and only certain ROMs will work with that. AOSP based ROMs most likely won't boot.
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Appreciate the the reply! I'm going to restore to stock, and do it all over and update the baseband/firmware from there. Just to be safe ?