I screwed up and am stuck - Probably a newbie question - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everybody, I’m new to Andriod flashing and I screwed up!
I finally become very frustrated with CyanogenMod on my OPO so I decided to switch over to Oxygen to see if it was any better.
I followed this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-2-1-4-t3299062
It was going well until I got to the install section. I select “install from internal storage” and selected my zip file, but after a few moments I get “Installation Failed”.
At this point I tried clearing data and cache again. It may be worth mentioning that when I clear cache it doesn’t quite behave how I expect it would. When clearing data, once it finishes, there is a screen that tells you it is complete and you can select Done. When clearing cache, after 20 minutes or so or sitting on the progress bar, it just goes back to the main menu. It does not say complete and I do not have to select Done. Might not matter, but the directions make me feel like there should have been a completion screen.
Anyway, here is where I screwed up…
While fiddling around with this thing I went into the Advanced options and selected Format, because that seems like a good idea, right?!
Now of course my .zip file is no longer on my phone.
So my question is, what is my best course of action from here? Should I reinstall CM and try this guide again? If so how exactly do I go about getting CM installed and running again?
I’ve found a lot of guides and forum posts that I’m not sure I should really be following, or that have a lot of dead links/downloads. If you have a working up to date guide for how to proceed I would appreciate it greatly!
Thanks

If your TWRP version's above 3.0 i think when you connect your phone to a computer in TWRP you can see your device as a media storage device and can normally transfer stuff to your phone and go ahead with the flashing process.
Or Else you should check out the adb push guides, should do the trick!
Be carefully man

TheBallstene said:
Hi everybody, I’m new to Andriod flashing and I screwed up!
I finally become very frustrated with CyanogenMod on my OPO so I decided to switch over to Oxygen to see if it was any better.
I followed this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/oxygen-os-2-1-4-t3299062
It was going well until I got to the install section. I select “install from internal storage” and selected my zip file, but after a few moments I get “Installation Failed”.
At this point I tried clearing data and cache again. It may be worth mentioning that when I clear cache it doesn’t quite behave how I expect it would. When clearing data, once it finishes, there is a screen that tells you it is complete and you can select Done. When clearing cache, after 20 minutes or so or sitting on the progress bar, it just goes back to the main menu. It does not say complete and I do not have to select Done. Might not matter, but the directions make me feel like there should have been a completion screen.
Anyway, here is where I screwed up…
While fiddling around with this thing I went into the Advanced options and selected Format, because that seems like a good idea, right?!
Now of course my .zip file is no longer on my phone.
So my question is, what is my best course of action from here? Should I reinstall CM and try this guide again? If so how exactly do I go about getting CM installed and running again?
I’ve found a lot of guides and forum posts that I’m not sure I should really be following, or that have a lot of dead links/downloads. If you have a working up to date guide for how to proceed I would appreciate it greatly!
Thanks
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Did you unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP?
Also,the OOs that you were flashing is an old one,here's the new port,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/rom-oxygenos-3-1-2-t3470907

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[Q] Inspired Ace - need some help

I have read the entire forum on this ROM and haven't been able to find any info on my issue....
My network still shows HSDPA
My network coverage (icon) flips between H+, 3g & E...with no coverage at all sometimes.
I've received a couple calls where only a couple numbers show up in the caller id? Once it just showed the number 6 and another time just 107?
It's also been freezing up and have to reboot...the back button won't work.
Thanks in advance for everyone's help...I'm new to this
Have you tried reflashing the ROM? Make sure you do a full wipe, dalvik.. etc... before flashing the ROM.
I know I wiped everything the first time around. I've thought about doing that...I guess that may be the end result. thanks
jimiyarb said:
I know I wiped everything the first time around. I've thought about doing that...I guess that may be the end result. thanks
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Do you flash it from rom manager?
The thing is, even though that's the dev's preferred way of doing it, and the way I did it, I've since come to learn from a post by Mudknot2005 in his guide that's stickied to this section, that rom manager has a bug where even though you choose to wipe, it doesn't actually wipe.
This is the first I'd heard of it, and I don't have additional info yet, but it's kind of left a question mark in my head about the integrity of my flash, via the suggested rom manager route.
Maybe someone with more insight will visit this thread and shed some light on this.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
I did flash from ROM manager...It makes me a little less nervous to do it that way! I did read somewhere that you may need to flash back to an older version of ROM manager to avoid some of the bug possibilities. But like I said, I'm new to this and it can be a bit intimidating to a beginner. I def hope some more experienced members can get on here and help us out. Thanks Scott!
Scott_S said:
Do you flash it from rom manager?
The thing is, even though that's the dev's preferred way of doing it, and the way I did it, I've since come to learn from a post by Mudknot2005 in his guide that's stickied to this section, that rom manager has a bug where even though you choose to wipe, it doesn't actually wipe.
This is the first I'd heard of it, and I don't have additional info yet, but it's kind of left a question mark in my head about the integrity of my flash, via the suggested rom manager route.
Maybe someone with more insight will visit this thread and shed some light on this.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
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I try to avoid Flashing from ROM Manager, it just seems to be (for me anyway) cleaner to boot into recovery and flash from there that way i know for sure that Dalvik and cache got wiped and if required i know that a full wipe has actually been done.
For me the method listed below works best
1. boot into recovery
2. choose advanced and the wipe dalvik cache
3. choose go back and then do a factory reset delete data
4. optionally go into the mounts and storage menu
5. format system and format data and format cache
6 flash ROM of choice.
cstayton said:
I try to avoid Flashing from ROM Manager, it just seems to be (for me anyway) cleaner to boot into recovery and flash from there that way i know for sure that Dalvik and cache got wiped and if required i know that a full wipe has actually been done.
For me the method listed below works best
1. boot into recovery
2. choose advanced and the wipe dalvik cache
3. choose go back and then do a factory reset delete data
4. optionally go into the mounts and storage menu
5. format system and format data and format cache
6 flash ROM of choice.
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Thanks for this. It always helps to have concise steps, and I for one am still a bit intimidated by cwr.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
Yes...many thanks!
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App

twitter/facebook/rom manager errors

Sorry if this isn't the right forum ahead of time
I just loaded Android Revolution 5.1.9 on my Inspire, I keep getting errors from Rom Manager, Twitter, Facebook, and it force closes everytime it tries to load. I've tried updating to no avail. Help would be great because I'm tired of seeing these FC messages
Try flashing the ROM again and clearing everything....factory reset and wipe dalvik-cache
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what would be the best method of flashing a new rom, since isn't rom manager the way to do it? (I'm really new on the rooting scheme since I migrated from the iPhone)
That was probably your problem, as it's a known bug that wipes don't work when initiated from ROM Manager. Put the ROM's zip file on your SD Card. reboot into recovery. Choose factory reset. Then choose advanced>wipe Dalvik cache.
After that, choose 'install zip from sd card'. Just navigate to your zip and select it.
kiesan88 said:
what would be the best method of flashing a new rom, since isn't rom manager the way to do it? (I'm really new on the rooting scheme since I migrated from the iPhone)
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Check the stickied guide in this general section, by mudknot2005, it has an excellent step-by-step, with pictures even, of the "non ROM manager" way of flashing roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
It doesn't look like that link is linking, or something. I'm using XDA app, so links are a PITA.
You'll find it.
Thanks guys. Will try to get into recovery. I think when I tried switching roms from Core Droid, it went straight into bootloader, and didn't let me choose to go into recovery
edit: still having the issue of not being able to go into recovery. It loads the first screen, won't let me select anything, then goes into fastboot
Found a work around, taking out the SD card, then going into recovery. Works great so far. Did the cache clearing also.
Thank you for reporting the fix! Getting ready to pull the trigger here. Lurked n read n lurked n read ...gotta evidently update net.framework ... anyway you did good. Stuck with it and then reported the work around. I try to operate that way.
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Running Android Revolution is nice....except that it freezes constantly on me. Bout to dump this rom and move onto the next

Completely Bricked Phone (?)

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.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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.
justintheshark30 said:
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.
Волк said:
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!
Волк said:
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?
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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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...

[Q] chameleon os superuser or root problem

I run chameleon os custom rom on Samsung infuse 4g. Superuser by Clockworkmod got binded/imbedded into rom. Was working fine, then out of nowhere got disabled under superuser settings and will not change back. I select apps only and all other choices but as soon as I select it, it switches back to disable. Google play no longer shows it as an app that I have downloaded so I can't get updates. I have tried installing it again both by just downloading it and by disabling it under app management and downloading it, but both ways when I open it tries to downloading binaries and fails. Same thing happens with any other superuser I try to download. I cannot get it to work. Please help. I no longer want chameleon as my rom because of too many issues with it constantly rebooting and internet only working sometimes. i want to try another rom but can't with superuser not working. Here is my phone info:
> Model #
> SGH-I997
>
> Android
> 4.2.2
>
> Baseband version
> I997UCLB3
>
> Kernel version
> 2.6.35.7-I997UCLB3-CL9997492-g431d68f
>
> CPU
> ARMv7 Processor rev2 (v71)
>
> ChameleonOS version
> 0.7-20130426-unofficial-infuse4g
>
> Build date
> Fri Apr26 16:05:35 AST 2013
>
> Build number
> cos_infuse4g-userdebug 4.2.2JDQ39
> Cng.andros11.20130426 test-keys
robertmlangdon2 said:
I run chameleon os custom rom on Samsung infuse 4g. Superuser by Clockworkmod got binded/imbedded into rom. Was working fine, then out of nowhere got disabled under superuser settings and will not change back. I select apps only and all other choices but as soon as I select it, it switches back to disable. Google play no longer shows it as an app that I have downloaded so I can't get updates. I have tried installing it again both by just downloading it and by disabling it under app management and downloading it, but both ways when I open it tries to downloading binaries and fails. Same thing happens with any other superuser I try to download. I cannot get it to work. Please help. I no longer want chameleon as my rom because of too many issues with it constantly rebooting and internet only working sometimes. i want to try another rom but can't with superuser not working.
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You mean to say you cannot boot into CWM recovery and flash a different ROM? Interesting. I have an HTC, and the steps to rooting it are in a different order... that after unlocking the bootloader, you install CWM, and then optionally root the stock ROM with the SuperUser package (those who don't do the last step are usually flashing a ROM instead of mucking around for another second with the stock OS).
SU shouldn't be needed for custom recovery. But maybe Chameleon does something weird like not give you a custom recovery you can boot into? If that's the case, you could pop the device into download mode and go back to stock with Odin, effectively starting from scratch.
still need help, thank you.
I am starting to believe more than before that the actual problem is that somehow my phone got unrooted. How do I set my phone in download mode and use Odin? I usually wipe the cache, install the rom, install gapps, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache. I have never flashed a rom before. Or even better what is the best way to root my phone again now that I am using chameleon? I believe if I can do that it will fix my problems and I can install cyanfox (the latest rom I have downloaded). Do I use super one click? That is what I think I used before but now that I am not using stock rom I don't know what to use.
robertmlangdon2 said:
I am starting to believe more than before that the actual problem is that somehow my phone got unrooted. How do I set my phone in download mode and use Odin? I usually wipe the cache, install the rom, install gapps, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache. I have never flashed a rom before. Or even better what is the best way to root my phone again now that I am using chameleon? I believe if I can do that it will fix my problems and I can install cyanfox (the latest rom I have downloaded). Do I use super one click? That is what I think I used before but now that I am not using stock rom I don't know what to use.
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If you are unable to get into ClockWorkMod recovery (hold Vol-Up+Vol-Dn keys while pressing Pwr button) and have it do anything (so your wipe, install, gapps, dalvik - that process would be called flashing). Then I would Odin back to stock.
For this, you would need to get into download mode. IIRC (just sold my Infuse), it is (with the device fully turned off) hold both volume buttons in while inserting the micro usb cable (that is subsequently inserted into your PC). The ODIN program comes with the download packages (hopefully), so extract the whole package, and run that.
Odin should pick up the phone in the first column as "COMX" (e.g. "COM5"). You are good to flash. To the right, there are PHONE and PDA buttons, click on each, and select the corresponding file (that was also in the package) for each (so PHONE will have something like PHONE.tgz.md5). Once both files are loaded, make sure re-partition is UN-checked, and press Start (or Go, or whatever the action word is). This will take a few minutes, but the COMX column should highlight green with "SUCCESS" in the end.
That's all there is to it. The reason why I'm shying away from SuperOneClick is that it was designed for stock gingerbread/froyo, so it has the potential of breaking something. Hope this helps.
EDIT:
Alternatively, you could try pushing su to the device with adb (depends on how you lost root):
Code:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
adb push su /system/xbin/
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
... with this file (extracted).
Source (with mount point changed)
new problem
I am now running cyanfox which runs android 4.4 and Google.process.gapps has stopped keeps popping up. To get rid of it I have to do a factory reset but after a few days it always comes back. I have Googled the problem and tried numerous things to try to fix it but everything only works temporary. What should I do besides get another phone? I can't afford that right now.
robertmlangdon2 said:
I am now running cyanfox which runs android 4.4 and Google.process.gapps has stopped keeps popping up. To get rid of it I have to do a factory reset but after a few days it always comes back. I have Googled the problem and tried numerous things to try to fix it but everything only works temporary. What should I do besides get another phone? I can't afford that right now.
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I wouldn;t suggest another phoen is things are working well genrally. The problem could lie in the GApps package or the ROM itself. I use the PA Gapps package. If you are having rouble with that one, try from a different date. Just wipe dlavik in between to prevent any nastyness.
If it still persists, try another ROM, like Carbon.
tried installing the new gapps
So far, so good but I won't know for sure for a few days. I'll keep you up to date. Thank you
what version of android is carbon?
Do you have the link for carbon rom for Samsung infuse 4g? And what version of android is it? My phone runs better with those gapps but I am still getting the same problems. I will give it a try but if carbon doesn't work I am definitely going to have to just get another phone. So far I'm. 0-2 on custom roms for this phone. I thought cyanfox would of worked cause I got it off of xda, which really makes me think this phone has some sort of hardware problem but carbon has been around longer. So maybe it will work better.
Carbon is on XDA as well too, and it is based on CM 11 / Android 4.4 Kitkat:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137800
Hope this works for you... :fingers-crossed:
problems solved
It appears it was definitely a problem with the ROM. Phone has been operating 100% better. :victory: My cache needs to be cleared frequently and some minor problems with the Facebook back but when isn't there problems with Facebook lol. But as soon as I clean out the cache from my apps, everything is running like new again. I greatly appreciate your help. I can't thank you enough.
Was working great then more problems
Joel,
Carbon was running great for me but then all of a sudden android.process.acore has stopped kept popping up along with all sort of other things stopping then eventually GApps not working again. I have erased my contacts, Erased Media, unchecked all my Syncs, I have tried all sorts of other Gapps packages and even another ROM (cyanogen 11) and they work to begin with then the same problems keep coming back. Is it because I went from Gingerbread right to Kitkat? My phone hasn't worked for about a week now with me trying all different ways to fix it. Do I need to install Ice Cream Sandwich then Jellybean before going to Kitkat or do I just need to try even more GApps? I used to install new ROMs all the time but android has changed so much over the last couple years and when i had to get rid of my old phone and went back to my Infuse 4g the old ROM was just completely outdated and now I can't seem to get this right. The phone itself is still a great phone and I don't understand why I am having these issues. I factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, install new ROM, install GApps, wipe cache again, and wipe dalvik again. I usually don't wipe the cache or the dalvik until after the ROM and GApps install but just lately have been doing the extra wipe just in-case because nothing else is working. But that has failed too. You have been a great help so far and I can't seem to fix this on my own, so again I turn to you for help. Please help me figure this out.
robertmlangdon2 said:
Is it because I went from Gingerbread right to Kitkat?
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It's possible. I mentioned this before somewhere, but this could be the after-effect of a small /datadata partition, which having a separate partition is standard in a KitKat ROM (at least for this phone). When it fills up, there's no telling what happens.
Both BeanStalk and CM11 have /datadata partition alternatives (the separate partition has been abandoned) built in. You may want to try one of those:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55574460&postcount=3801
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56604749&postcount=593
Unfortunately I couldn't find something similar for Carbon.
Thank you!!!!!!
I hate to count my chickens before they're hatched but I truly believe that was the problem. Even Facebook works now. But I thought I had it fixed before then just under a week and it completely messed up and I couldn't even get it to work for a day after that. But it works now. I can't thank you enough. If you ever come across one for Carbon ROM please let me know. This is a good ROM but I liked Carbon better. Again, thank you Joel. :good::good:
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to bother you again Joel but I have a major problem again and I dont even know wht happenned. You have helped me through evrything so far and I couldn't be more thankful. There may be nothing you can do to help me, I don't know. I was using my phone as A Wifi Hotspot when out of know where as soon as i got on facebook on my tablet my phone rebooted on it's own into Clockworkmod recovery. when I reboot it, it goes right back into recovery, it wont read the internal sd card and it wont install any zip off any inserted sd card(it reads them but wont install anything, it always pops up with android guy on his back with a red X and a generic error). it lets me erase cache but won't erase delvik cache or format anything, the screen just flashes and it pops back a screen. I dont think the phone overheated because it wasnt hot to the touch at all. I was only using it as a wifi hotspot for about 30 minutes when it happenned. i had used it as a hotspot many times before with no problems and i dont know how it woud be a virus when i wasnt on any abnormal sites. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to bother you again Joel but I have a major problem again and I dont even know wht happenned. You have helped me through everything so far and I couldn't be more thankful. The phone might be fried and there may be nothing you can do to help me, I don't know. I was using my phone as A Wifi Hotspot when out of know where as soon as i got on facebook on my tablet my phone rebooted on it's own into Clockworkmod recovery. when I reboot it, it goes right back into recovery, it wont read the internal sd card and it wont install any zip off any inserted sd card(it reads them but wont install anything, it always pops up with android guy on his back with a red X and a generic error). it lets me erase cache but won't erase delvik cache or format anything, the screen just flashes and it pops back a screen. I dont think the phone overheated because it wasnt hot to the touch at all. I was only using it as a wifi hotspot for about 30 minutes when it happenned. i had used it as a hotspot many times before with no problems and i dont know how it woud be a virus when i wasnt on any abnormal sites. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
If you can get into Download Mode, I would Odin back to stock. Are you AT&T or Rogers? There are a couple recent threads in this forum with download links, although people have been having difficulties with finding the AT&T variety.
Unfortunately, that's all I can recommend. Good luck.
we'll see how this works out
I just checked and it will go into download mode. So I guess I just need to find the AT&T thread of Oden and hopefully that works. I have never done it that way before but I read your previous response much earlier in this thread on how to do it and it sounds pretty simple so hopefully I can do it. If you can find a link to the at&t version before me it would definitely help but I will see what I can find.
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I just checked and it will go into download mode. So I guess I just need to find the AT&T thread of Oden and hopefully that works. I have never done it that way before but I read your previous response much earlier in this thread on how to do it and it sounds pretty simple so hopefully I can do it. If you can find a link to the at&t version before me it would definitely help but I will see what I can find.
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Looks like you are all set for the files then.
I just PM'ed everyone who I've recommended those packages in the past. Hopefully I get a bite.
found a thread but need your help
I found a thread with links but with what is written on this thread I am confused. The thread link is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
I'm not sure what to download and if anything needs to be changed after downloading it or if this link is a waste of my time. I was hoping you could help. Thanks.
robertmlangdon2 said:
I found a thread with links but with what is written on this thread I am confused. The thread link is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
I'm not sure what to download and if anything needs to be changed after downloading it or if this link is a waste of my time. I was hoping you could help. Thanks.
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I would recommend Option D for what you need, but AFAIK, the links on this page are dead.
If you go to the last page though, there is a link for Option C, which would work for your needs. Hope this helps.

Restore stock op7 pro

Hi i wiped all in my op7 pro with the twrp :silly:
And now i want to reinstall a full rom stock but how?
please help me
Easiest option is download the fastboot rom for whatever version you need and run the flash-all.bat through command prompt while in fastboot mode.
Here is the relevant thread.
Maybe already lessons learned. But seems like you ignored several "best practices" for phone modding, which I'm constructively posting for your consideration and information:
1) First thing that should be done after installing TWRP, and before messing with anything (wipe, root, mods, etc.) is to make a TWRP backup of your stock ROM. Doing so would have given you a simple way to restore from the current situation. Or alternately, read up and understand how to restore to stock with stock recovery image (such as that posted in the previous reply). And have the needed files ready to go. In short, you have know how to return to stock before messing with the phone. Give yourself an escape plan always. Otherwise, you're metaphorically jumping into a deep hole, without having any plan on how to get out.
2) Don't mess with the "advanced" wipe options in TWRP unless you know exactly what the result will be. It's called "advanced" for a reason. And it says right on the TWRP main Wipe screen that the default wipe (data, cache, Dalvik) is the only wipe you need most of the time". Again, it says for a reason. I've seen far too many posts on these forums along the lines of "I wiped system and now the phone won't boot to OS" when such a result should have been obvious (system is the OS, after all). And if the result is not obvious to you, don't wipe it!
Simply said, a little reading and knowledge, and a bit of planning, will prevent a lot of headaches when modding these devices.
Now on a side note, is there some problem of issue you were trying to address when you did the TWRP wipe?

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