Hello, I am new to the forum when it comes to posting but I have done lots of research and can not figure out the solution to my problems. A little about my device: VZW sgs3 SCH-i535, currently on version 4.2.2 running CM version 10.1.2-d2vzw.
I originally ran 10.1.1 and worked fine (except I had no notification sound) and have been having multiple problems ever since I tried updating to different versions. here they are:
1. after update I no longer am able to connect to google play store.
2. Unable to open and view messages and rom manager due to immediate force close.
3. I no longer have superuser app on phone but some apps (like titanium backup, LMT, EZ-Unlock, and AdAway) still request superuser access when phone reboots.
4. Lock-screen displays "no data ? tap to refresh".
I have tried multiple things to try and fix like, clearing cache and dalvik cache, restoring system from a previous backup, restored apps and system data. I was unable to find this problem anywhere else on this forum so I decided start a thread. My next step is to wipe my phone and start over unless I can get some help from you guys/gals. Any help is appreciated.
forgot to mention, when I updated the last time to the 7-24 build my phone got stuck in a bootloop which is why I ended up restoring the phone from a previous backup.
Thanks
So I'm on the gNex(toro) and searched but mostly found old threads (even the similar threads listed as I type this are from 2010). Wondering if there's anything new, sorry if these are repeats.
1. Is CarbonROM based on CM or do they pull some things from CM? I know Carbon has a changelog, but should I also follow CM's changelog for changes in CarbonROM?
2. I mostly dirty flash, but would like to clean flash more often if there's an easier way. Right now I factory reset, flash Carbon, GApps and kernel. Then Titanium from Play Store (and stop auto downloading) to restore apps so that I'm not downloading a couple GBs from the Play Store every time. Is there a better way? I'm using TWRP 2.7.0.0 if that helps.
Thanks.
Hi,
I was on Cataclysm and tried today to move to PureNexus and Chroma, but when I finished I only got 5 apps installed. In both methods I made a clean install: system, data, dalvik, cache. I checked sum5 when I downloaded twice the files needed for installating. The reason I move to a new room is because Cataclysm is not supported anymore and I wanted to have the last Google security patches.
When I boot and appear the pop window detailing the apps installing, I can see that some of them are not installed because it goes from app nº1 to nº4, for instance. I´m in TWRP 2.8.0.3.
Any idea why this is happening?
Thanks.
Done, it seems it was the TWRP version. I updated to 3.0.2 and solved it.
I was getting sporadic crashes of various apps on my old custom ROM, so I decided I would update to the latest Sultan's ROM since everyone seems keen on it. I followed the instructions exactly, including installing the CM snapshot linked in that thread. Upon booting for the first time I get the message "Android System There's an internal problem with your device, and it may be unstable until you factory data reset." (I've reset the device in this fashion from within TWRP, and then reinstalled everything, to no avail.) And then I get constant "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped." messages. Installing just the Sultan ROM without Open GApps does not produce these errors. I tried the latest Cyanogen OS release for my One and it produces the same errors. Thinking there might be some configuration file or something that is leftover from a previous install, I deleted almost all of the files associated with older apps from the "data" folder on my Internal Storage partition and tried reinstalling again, still with the same result.
In the past, I had to perform a number of tweaks to get the phone to work correctly with the previous ROMs I had installed. For example, the proximity sensor was broken for a long time until I incorporated a fix. Is it possible that I tweaked something that has not been reset by the usual wiping process? I find it curious that it is some aspect of the Google apps that causes the phone to have these issues-- maybe the wrong version of Google Play Services is being installed? Is there some really deep wipe / reinstall process that can ensure that any such tweaks are deleted?
Incidentally, I have ADB working fine and have created a TWRP backup of a usable install of Sultan's ROM (without gapps). This gives me basic functionality, but without Google services I don't have access to (for example) my contacts, which is no fun at all.
Edit: I just tried again with the open gapps "pico" package and still get the error. Is there some subset of "aroma" that I can install that is even smaller? Trying to figure out exactly where the failure occurs.
Justin_R said:
I was getting sporadic crashes of various apps on my old custom ROM, so I decided I would update to the latest Sultan's ROM since everyone seems keen on it. I followed the instructions exactly, including installing the CM snapshot linked in that thread. Upon booting for the first time I get the message "Android System There's an internal problem with your device, and it may be unstable until you factory data reset." (I've reset the device in this fashion from within TWRP, and then reinstalled everything, to no avail.) And then I get constant "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped." messages. Installing just the Sultan ROM without Open GApps does not produce these errors. I tried the latest Cyanogen OS release for my One and it produces the same errors. Thinking there might be some configuration file or something that is leftover from a previous install, I deleted almost all of the files associated with older apps from the "data" folder on my Internal Storage partition and tried reinstalling again, still with the same result.
In the past, I had to perform a number of tweaks to get the phone to work correctly with the previous ROMs I had installed. For example, the proximity sensor was broken for a long time until I incorporated a fix. Is it possible that I tweaked something that has not been reset by the usual wiping process? I find it curious that it is some aspect of the Google apps that causes the phone to have these issues-- maybe the wrong version of Google Play Services is being installed? Is there some really deep wipe / reinstall process that can ensure that any such tweaks are deleted?
Incidentally, I have ADB working fine and have created a TWRP backup of a usable install of Sultan's ROM (without gapps). This gives me basic functionality, but without Google services I don't have access to (for example) my contacts, which is no fun at all.
Edit: I just tried again with the open gapps "pico" package and still get the error. Is there some subset of "aroma" that I can install that is even smaller? Trying to figure out exactly where the failure occurs.
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See if google play services permissions are checked. Go to settings/apps/google play services/permissions and turn them on.
I have a galaxy S9 which I find perfect for what I do, everything.
But I usually reset the phone to install new custom ROMs and I have about 30 email registered in my Gmail app and in my phone. I need the most of then everytime I reinstall a Rom to my phone so adding them every time is annoying because I need to put email and password for each one.
Is there a solution to backup and restore them every time I install a rom? Is there a system file where they are stored?
Pierfranc said:
I have a galaxy S9 which I find perfect for what I do, everything.
But I usually reset the phone to install new custom ROMs and I have about 30 email registered in my Gmail app and in my phone. I need the most of then everytime I reinstall a Rom to my phone so adding them every time is annoying because I need to put email and password for each one.
Is there a solution to backup and restore them every time I install a rom? Is there a system file where they are stored?
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ROMs don't play well with data that was created/restored from a different ROM. That won't work if you are flashing ROMs that are different from the one you have installed, but, it may or may not work when flashing updates of the ROM that you already have installed. For example, if you have a LineageOS ROM installed and then flash a RemixOS ROM, you can't restore data from LineageOS in the RemixOS ROM but if you have LineageOS 16 installed and then you flash an updated LineageOS 16 or a LineageOS 17, then you can restore data from LineageOS 16 in the updated LineageOS 16 or LineageOS 17.
It requires root and some form of app that can backup and restore system data and user data. Titanium Backup used to be what you would use but it is no longer supported, it doesn't work like it used to, you'll have to find an app similar to Titanium Backup.
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ROMs don't play well with data that was created/restored from a different ROM. That won't work if you are flashing ROMs that are different from the one you have installed, but, it may or may not work when flashing updates of the ROM that you already have installed. For example, if you have a LineageOS ROM installed and then flash a RemixOS ROM, you can't restore data from LineageOS in the RemixOS ROM but if you have LineageOS 16 installed and then you flash an updated LineageOS 16 or a LineageOS 17, then you can restore data from LineageOS 16 in the updated LineageOS 16 or LineageOS 17.
It requires root and some form of app that can backup and restore system data and user data. Titanium Backup used to be what you would use but it is no longer supported, it doesn't work like it used to, you'll have to find an app similar to Titanium Backup.
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Thanks. I am moving to an os based on the same rom so I could restore the backup, but the doubt is which system app should I backup to save the email I have registered.
Pierfranc said:
Thanks. I am moving to an os based on the same rom so I could restore the backup, but the doubt is which system app should I backup to save the email I have registered.
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The same ROM, not a ROM that is "based" on the same ROM, there is a difference. In other words, you can't restore system data and system settings from a lineageOS ROM in a ROM that is "lineageOS based". Most ROMs are AOSP and LineageOS based, if what you are thinking were possible, we could restore system data and system settings from one LineageOS, ROM in any other ROM that is based on LineageOS, but we can't. Being "based" on the same ROM does not make them "similar enough" to use sysyem data and system settings from one in the other. If you have a lineageOS ROM, you can only restore that system data and system settings in another LineageOS ROM. If you have a lineageOS "based" ROM, you can only restore system data and system settings from that ROM in an updated version of that same LineageOS "based" ROM, not another LineageOS "based" ROM. RemixOS and many other ROMs are all LineageOS based but you can't restore system data and system settings from LineageOS in a RemixOS, this leads to issues, bugs and crashes.
What you are looking to backup and restore isn't a system app. What you want to backup and restore is system data and system settings. But, be aware, this doesn't always work even when restoring that data in an updated version of the exact same ROM.
Am I making this any more clear for you?
This only applies to system data, restoring user data from one ROM to a different ROM is usually not an issue because the system itself being different, generally, has no effect on user data, only system related data.
One thing you can try that sometimes works is to flash your new ROM without doing any of the wipes, this is called a "dirty flash". It leaves all of your data untouched and flashes the new ROM without touching your existing data. But, you might get a bootloop or you might get repeated crashes, force closes and random reboots, which indicates that your data can't be used by the new system.
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Droidriven said:
The same ROM, not a ROM that is "based" on the same ROM, there is a difference. In other words, you can't restore system data and system settings from a lineageOS ROM in a ROM that is "lineageOS based". Most ROMs are AOSP and LineageOS based, if what you are thinking were possible, we could restore system data and system settings from one LineageOS, ROM in any other ROM that is based on LineageOS, but we can't. Being "based" on the same ROM does not make them "similar enough" to use sysyem data and system settings from one in the other. If you have a lineageOS ROM, you can only restore that system data and system settings in another LineageOS ROM. If you have a lineageOS "based" ROM, you can only restore system data and system settings from that ROM in an updated version of that same LineageOS "based" ROM, not another LineageOS "based" ROM. RemixOS and many other ROMs are all LineageOS based but you can't restore system data and system settings from LineageOS in a RemixOS, this leads to issues, bugs and crashes.
What you are looking to backup and restore isn't a system app. What you want to backup and restore is system data and system settings. But, be aware, this doesn't always work even when restoring that data in an updated version of the exact same ROM.
Am I making this any more clear for you?
This only applies to system data, restoring user data from one ROM to a different ROM is usually not an issue because the system itself being different, generally, has no effect on user data, only system related data.
One thing you can try that sometimes works is to flash your new ROM without doing any of the wipes, this is called a "dirty flash". It leaves all of your data untouched and flashes the new ROM without touching your existing data. But, you might get a bootloop or you might get repeated crashes, force closes and random reboots, which indicates that your data can't be used by the new system.
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No I can't do a dirty flash because this rom has bugs and I don't want find again them. I want a clean install.
But also don't want to add again all the email which I am logged in on this rom. So I just want find a fast way to save them. Do you know any alternatives? Maybe a file where these logins are saved in system folder so I can edit it in the new rom.
Also because all these email registered in any Google applications, once you add them in Gmail, you can login with them in PlayStore and other apps. So there should be a general file which store this data.
Pierfranc said:
No I can't do a dirty flash because this rom has bugs and I don't want find again them. I want a clean install.
But also don't want to add again all the email which I am logged in on this rom. So I just want find a fast way to save them. Do you know any alternatives? Maybe a file where these logins are saved in system folder so I can edit it in the new rom.
Also because all these email registered in any Google applications, once you add them in Gmail, you can login with them in PlayStore and other apps. So there should be a general file which store this data.
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You should be able to use something like Titanium Backup or Helium to backup the data for each account and you may be able to restore them that way. It requires root though.
Or, you can do some searching involving using adb backup to achieve this.