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[Q] galaxy s2 stuck

hey everybody,
first of all, you need to know that im a noob.
today i tried installing another rom on my galaxy s2. everything went fine until i tried to find the rom on clockworksmod to get it installed. it was not there.
i placed the rom on my external sd card in stead of my internal storage. when i found out i tried restoring to a backup i had made. this failed as well. it said that android_secure.img was not found.
now when i try to boot up it stays on the galaxy s2 screen with the yellow triangle.
so basically all i can do know (to my knowledge) is boot clockwork or enter the downloading mode.
i think that there are three things i can do:
1. somehow install the miui rom from my sd card.
2. somehow get the rom onto my internal storage.
3. somehow fix the backup so i can boot my old rom(place android_secure.img in the right directory).
at this point i would prefer the third option.
do you guys have any idea on how to do any of these three options, preferably the third?
thomas

I'm a noob as well, but if you can get it into download mode, shouldn't you be able to install something like lite'ning rom into it through Odin?
Edit: now that I think about it you should also be able to flash the stock ROM into it, though I've never done that.

seems like it might work. i really don't want to completely brick my phone though, so im going to wait to see if there is another solution. thanks a lot though, that is at least something i can try. anyone got experience with this or knows another solution?

how might i do that? and where can i find the stock ROM?

I'm guessing here somewhere: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

never mind that, i tried flashing lite'ning using odin and it worked!
i now have acces to my internal storage again, so now i can continue flashing miui.
you, my friend, are a lifesaver!
thanks for the quick responses.
thomas

[Q] [CM9] (status 7) installation aborted...

Good day everyone.
I've run into a rather frustrating issue I haven't seen anyone solve, especially for this specific phone.
I'm running CM9-alpha5 right now, and I'm trying to flash one of the newer versions but I keep getting this "(status 7) installation aborted" no matter what ROM I attempt to flash now, even when I try to flash alpha-4 in which I was previously running.
I've made sure the permissions are set to read and write for everyone from within my computer(running pangolin ubuntu right now) and alas, the status remains 7.
Luckily I'm able to still re-flash alpha 5 and use my phone but... what gives?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

I feel I should clarify that I've been downloading these from get.cm like I have been, and transferring them directly to my sd card.
It feels like an odd permission screw-up, but I'm wondering if either that's not it or if there is any easier route to take than backing up and completely formatting my sd..

You didn't mention what recovery you're on, but I'd suggest trying a different one. There have been issues with some of the ROM Manager versions. We've had good success with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24085665&postcount=1

cschmitt said:
You didn't mention what recovery you're on, but I'd suggest trying a different one. There have been issues with some of the ROM Manager versions. We've had good success with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24085665&postcount=1
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Thanks for the reply! I'm running CWM non-touch v.5.0.2.7 right now. The strangest thing is I came home, downloaded the 6-20 Nightly, and flashed it with success! so I guess the previous point is kind of null now, but I still feel I should update my CWM. Do you have any suggestions as to how I should go about updating from my old non-touch to the new touch? Thanks again for the reply!

barbrastreisand said:
Thanks for the reply! I'm running CWM non-touch v.5.0.2.7 right now. The strangest thing is I came home, downloaded the 6-20 Nightly, and flashed it with success! so I guess the previous point is kind of null now, but I still feel I should update my CWM. Do you have any suggestions as to how I should go about updating from my old non-touch to the new touch? Thanks again for the reply!
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Sure, there are instructions in the post that I linked describing how to flash a recovery tar via ODIN.

cschmitt said:
Sure, there are instructions in the post that I linked describing how to flash a recovery tar via ODIN.
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Installing on linux... not so fun. I said forget it and came to use my parents windows machine to just easily use ODIN real quick. I wasn't sure if I had to do any specific backups or anything before flashing but, nope, it was simple enough. Thanks again for your help!

[Q] Help with Flashing Linkify fix to CleanRom 6? (Solved)

Yes, I'm a noob,to XDA, but I am pretty tech capable otherwise.
Yesterday, I unlocked the bootloader on my OneX, installed TWRP 2.3.x recovery, flashed CleanRom, ended up with a soft bricked the phone (still not sure what happened, but I think it was my stupid ancient work computer), tried to reinstall it, but the zip file was no longer in the SD card, tried to mount in recovery, but it was unsuccessful, tried to reinstall the 2.20 RUU, but it failed (all of these were probably B/C my work computer again). Gave up and came home. Got home to my modern PC, reformatted my SD, transferred Zips again and was finally able to get CleanROM to install correctly. All seems good, I setup the phone last night.
However, I have a problem with hyper-links that Scott has already acknowledged here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38936130&postcount=9922
I would have just asked this in that thread, but I don't have enough posts to write in Dev forums.
So, does anyone mind directing me to some basic instructions for 'flashing' the Link Fix Zip that Scott mentioned? I am assuming it is not the same method as installing the ROM.zip from TWRP, or is it?
After soft bricking yesterday, I'd really prefer some hand holding on this so that I don't mess up the successful CleanROM install.
Thanks in advance.

flash it in recovery just like the rom

jerrycoffman45 said:
flash it in recovery just like the rom
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Thanks! That took all of 30 seconds plus reboot. Links working now.
Problem Solved.
Thanks Jerry!

please add solved and give thanks

DvineLord said:
please add solved and give thanks
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Done, unless there is a tool for marking the thread "solved". I looked but didn't see anything.

NM, I figured out how to change the header.

[Q] Mishandled ROM Upgrade

I am relatively new at ROMs and I installed CyanogenMod 10 on my AT&T HTC One X (US) a couple of months ago. Recently, I tried upgrading to the M2 release of CM10.1 using the evita package which I understand is the US version of the ROM. I followed the same instructions I used to install 10.0 for 10.1. However, the installation froze and did nothing for a few minutes and gave me the message "no MD5 file found". I shut the phone down and restarted, but the phone would no longer start. I did a "system wipe" to get ride of the OS so I could re-install it, but now, my computer won't recognize my phone when I connect them and I can't move the CM10.1 zip file from my desktop to my phone. I have nothing already on the phone I can flash besides Team Win Recovery Project which is what I use for Recovery. I have no recovery files.
Did I just paperweight my phone, or is there a way to salvage this situation.

sliceroo said:
I am relatively new at ROMs and I installed CyanogenMod 10 on my AT&T HTC One X (US) a couple of months ago. Recently, I tried upgrading to the M2 release of CM10.1 using the evita package which I understand is the US version of the ROM. I followed the same instructions I used to install 10.0 for 10.1. However, the installation froze and did nothing for a few minutes and gave me the message "no MD5 file found". I shut the phone down and restarted, but the phone would no longer start. I did a "system wipe" to get ride of the OS so I could re-install it, but now, my computer won't recognize my phone when I connect them and I can't move the CM10.1 zip file from my desktop to my phone. I have nothing already on the phone I can flash besides Team Win Recovery Project which is what I use for Recovery. I have no recovery files.
Did I just paperweight my phone, or is there a way to salvage this situation.
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Are you able to get into recovery?

joelrwise said:
Are you able to get into recovery?
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Yes. I can get into recovery and the screen that tells you the root status of the phone.

sliceroo said:
Yes. I can get into recovery and the screen that tells you the root status of the phone.
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If you can get into recovery then you aren't bricked just yet! If you have an sd card reader on your computer or know somebody who does thats one way you could get a new rom on your phone to flash. Most recoveries have a way to let you connect your phone to your computer for file transfer while in recovery. I believe in TWRP the option is in the Mount are. I could be wrong though. You just need to figure out how to get a new Rom on your phone. If none of the above work, one trick that has always worked for me, would be to put your sd card into someone elses phone, and download a known working rom onto your sd card via theyre phone, and just put it back into your phone. Hope i helped. Let me know how it goes man. I've been here before haha

joelrwise said:
If you can get into recovery then you aren't bricked just yet! If you have an sd card reader on your computer or know somebody who does thats one way you could get a new rom on your phone to flash. Most recoveries have a way to let you connect your phone to your computer for file transfer while in recovery. I believe in TWRP the option is in the Mount are. I could be wrong though. You just need to figure out how to get a new Rom on your phone. If none of the above work, one trick that has always worked for me, would be to put your sd card into someone elses phone, and download a known working rom onto your sd card via theyre phone, and just put it back into your phone. Hope i helped. Let me know how it goes man. I've been here before haha
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I went into TWRP Mount and it allowed me to mount the phone. I went ahead and did that, but Windows told me that I had to format the disk. I agreed and Windows formatted it. Afterwards, I successfully copied over the CM10.1 Evita M2 zip file and the lates Gapps zip file. I then went to TWRP's install section and flashed both zips. TWRP told me both happened succesfully. However, while flashing over the CM10.1 file, it told me that no MD5 file was found and that it was just going to skip that. Then, it formatted some mke5 partition and then went ahead and finished. I wiped the Dalvik cache and the system Cache and restarted the phone. It is currently stuck at the "HTC Quietly Beautiful" intro screen and won't boot past that. Is there something I missed?

If that 10.1 already failed because of an MD5 problem, I wouldn't have tried to flash it again - the file probably has some problems in itself and either needs to be re-downloaded or just won't work.
Just flash the stock firmware or something - and use an MD5 checking program.

Pennycake said:
If that 10.1 already failed because of an MD5 problem, I wouldn't have tried to flash it again - the file probably has some problems in itself and either needs to be re-downloaded or just won't work.
Just flash the stock firmware or something - and use an MD5 checking program.
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The thing is TWRP returned the status as successful despite missing the MD5 file. I'll try flashing over another package and if that doesn't work, I'll try flashing over CM10. If that still doesn't work, I'll just do stock firmware if I can find it somewhere, I guess.

In the future, making a backup is really awesome. Not saying that like "I told ya so" - but I've used them so many times myself, it's really great to say, "oops, I overlooked something" and then be able to just go back to a perfect snapshot of how things were before.
Also, how long did you let the phone sit at the boot screen ? It can hang for quite a while on the first boot.

Pennycake said:
In the future, making a backup is really awesome. Not saying that like "I told ya so" - but I've used them so many times myself, it's really great to say, "oops, I overlooked something" and then be able to just go back to a perfect snapshot of how things were before.
Also, how long did you let the phone sit at the boot screen ? It can hang for quite a while on the first boot.
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Yeah I would just reflash a ROM that you've used before and that you know works. Chances are if the cm10.1 didn't work the first time its probably not going to the second time. And he has a point. First boot always takes forever. I've flashed a couple ROMs and thought I was bootlooped but I let it sit for a good 5-10 minutes and the setup screen finally came up.

joelrwise said:
Yeah I would just reflash a ROM that you've used before and that you know works. Chances are if the cm10.1 didn't work the first time its probably not going to the second time. And he has a point. First boot always takes forever. I've flashed a couple ROMs and thought I was bootlooped but I let it sit for a good 5-10 minutes and the setup screen finally came up.
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I had no idea that it could take that long. I guess I'll just turn my phone on and see if it wants to start. I'll leave it going for a good five to ten minutes this time. Shutting the phone down while its still in the intro screen doesn't damage the OS, does it? Thanks for the advice so far guys, I really appreciate it.

Asus TF101 - Recovery - Stuck on Boot

Hi
I bought some electronics at an auction and there was a Asus TF101 included in the lot. After reading about the unit I thought it would be great for personal use. I ordered a charger online an I tried it but it gets stuck at the boot screen. If I try switching it off it just switches back on. I think this is a botched root job but I don't know what the previous owner did. I doubt it is hardware related though. It has Clockworkmod Recovery v6.0.1.3 installed and can boot into the recovery but honestly I am a bit lost at what to do next.
Attempts to wipe the data etc to reset the device has all failed. It seems it needs to be flashed so any help will be appreciated. While I am at it I was thinking of going for one of the newer roms here on XDA available for the device.
Update: I wiped the user data and got the unit reset but now it boots straight into the clockworkmod app
Thanks!

Johandj73 said:
Hi
I bought some electronics at an auction and there was a Asus TF101 included in the lot. After reading about the unit I thought it would be great for personal use. I ordered a charger online an I tried it but it gets stuck at the boot screen. If I try switching it off it just switches back on. I think this is a botched root job but I don't know what the previous owner did. I doubt it is hardware related though. It has Clockworkmod Recovery v6.0.1.3 installed and can boot into the recovery but honestly I am a bit lost at what to do next.
Attempts to wipe the data etc to reset the device has all failed. It seems it needs to be flashed so any help will be appreciated. While I am at it I was thinking of going for one of the newer roms here on XDA available for the device.
Update: I wiped the user data and got the unit reset but now it boots straight into the clockworkmod app
Thanks!
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Since you have Clockwork installed and recovery is booting, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/development/rom-t2942560
See the install instructions, upgrading to TWRP and flashing rom and other components.

mb_guy said:
Since you have Clockwork installed and recovery is booting, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/eee-pad-transformer/development/rom-t2942560
See the install instructions, upgrading to TWRP and flashing rom and other components.
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I did see that and I have done some more reading since I posted here. Will I be able to upgrade from Clockwork to TWRP 2.8. if the unit doesn't boot?
Also I got an error saying that the sdcard cannot be mounted. I know this is the internal storage and not the actual sd card.

Johandj73 said:
I did see that and I have done some more reading since I posted here. Will I be able to upgrade from Clockwork to TWRP 2.8. if the unit doesn't boot?
Also I got an error saying that the sdcard cannot be mounted. I know this is the internal storage and not the actual sd card.
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I believe I flashed mine that way. If you have just wiped storage that is the normal error. I would give it go

mb_guy said:
I believe I flashed mine that way. If you have just wiped storage that is the normal error. I would give it go
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That one worry less, was worried something hardware wise was faulty.
This may sound like a stupid question (definitely newbie question) but if I cant access the internal storage how am I going to copy TWRP onto the internal storage and run the install from clockwork?

Johandj73 said:
That one worry less, was worried something hardware wise was faulty.
This may sound like a stupid question (definitely newbie question) but if I cant access the internal storage how am I going to copy TWRP onto the internal storage and run the install from clockwork?
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Sorry it has been a long time since I used Clockwork, but does it not see the external removable sd card? Or try the adb push method if the CM version will support.
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_tf101

No after some blood sweat and lots of foul language I got 4.4.4 loaded just to dicover the lcd has a nice shade of green ..... So LCD = another $30... lol I am so deep in...... Anyway started a new thread just to check if anybody else had the same problem and whether in fact it is the LCD that faulty
Oh just For info... I used EasyFlasher to get TWRP 2.6 onto the Unit with a very nice step by step guide for a newbie like me here
:http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...t/31927-frederuco-s-guide-root-rom-tf101.html
I then Used Kisskat 4.4.4 here at XDA forums to flash the Unit. Lollipop was not happy with the older version of TWRP