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Flashing rom fail

When I try to flash a new rom I get an error (fail) or sometimes recovery freeze and reboot.
I don't understand why this happen, sometimes I can't flash any rom, other times I can flash some roms like cm10.1 and other roms fail.
Now I flashed pac-man rom and I can't flash any other rom, so I restored backup of cm10.1 but I can't flash any rom for now.
I'm using TWRP 2.6, but I got similar problems also with CWM.
I don't know why flash roms with my photon Q seems so difficult, with desire z and g1 I never had similar problems.
Anyone has got similar problems?

I never had any problems, and I flashed my Q a lot with TWRP... Are you using internal or external SD? If external, do you have any issues with the card? Is it old, bad sectors, etc?

arrrghhh said:
I never had any problems, and I flashed my Q a lot with TWRP... Are you using internal or external SD? If external, do you have any issues with the card? Is it old, bad sectors, etc?
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My SD is a samsnug 32gb class 10, no problem with sd card. I'll try to use internal SD card for flash roms

Now it works, with flashable zip on internal memory :silly:

nagash91 said:
Now it works, with flashable zip on internal memory :silly:
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Sure your sdcard has no problem ?
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j_rivers said:
Sure your sdcard has no problem ?
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I think! Never had problem with sdcard, I have 18gb of music, and a lot of photos.. no file corruption or similar

nagash91 said:
I think! Never had problem with sdcard, I have 18gb of music, and a lot of photos.. no file corruption or similar
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Try another brand of sdcard like sandisk, see what happens ... Sometimes no file corruption doesn't mean your sdcard is in good status.
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[Q] About CM11

Hello, me again
I have 2 q's now
First, I installed cm11 but there is no camera app. I flashed gapps too
Second, device says there is no internal sd. I wrote the code given in thread to terminal with su permissions but it says device or resource busy. Can anybody help?
Edit: First q solved but another one appeared. Camera is stopping.

fix
copy it on the external sd and flash by cwm and ready
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yijok29vy58jqxr/Storage_fix_on_boot_4.zip

noetrejo said:
copy it on the external sd and flash by cwm and ready
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yijok29vy58jqxr/Storage_fix_on_boot_4.zip
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Oh, that's another problem. I don't have an external sd Can I flash thunderzap cwm and flash this, and back to cm kernel?

that using cm11

noetrejo said:
that using cm11
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I have to wait till I find an sd card I think
What about camera? Do you know something about why it is stopping?

No, but hopefully in the next update fixes
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Because it can't access the internal storage

ooo thanks

I think you can flash any zip from adb sideloader. You don't need sd card for that purpose.

Problem solved, thanks I flashed camera and torch zip files, and ran the command on the thread

Titanium Backup "insufficient free storage space"

Since moving to 4.4.3 with the updated firmware, titanium Backup won't run... I get an error stating, "insufficient free storage space." I've tried both ext SD and internal SD with same error. Also tried changing prefs from using TiBu busybox to the ROM busybox--that worked for one time but now getting the error again.... Am using ViperRom 2.5.0. Anyone else seeing this problem? Any ideas? Thanks for any help.
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I know when I tried to backup to my sd card it said the same thing, but after running an app that grants you access to write to the sd card it worked fine. As for it not working backing up to the internal I have no idea.

tomglass said:
Since moving to 4.4.3 with the updated firmware, titanium Backup won't run... I get an error stating, "insufficient free storage space." I've tried both ext SD and internal SD with same error. Also tried changing prefs from using TiBu busybox to the ROM busybox--that worked for one time but now getting the error again.... Am using ViperRom 2.5.0. Anyone else seeing this problem? Any ideas? Thanks for any help.
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I saw that error message one time. I cleared cache and data in TB and corrected it.

Thanks. Clearing data and cache didn't work... Although it seems to be working on the internal SD card now. Anyone have any other ideas?
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tomglass said:
Thanks. Clearing data and cache didn't work... Although it seems to be working on the internal SD card now. Anyone have any other ideas?
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You need a kernel that removes write-protect to the removable sdcard. Most of the custom 4.4.3 ROMs have that as a feature, but stock doesn't.

hgoldner said:
You need a kernel that removes write-protect to the removable sdcard. Most of the custom 4.4.3 ROMs have that as a feature, but stock doesn't.
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Thanks. I'm on ViperOne rom and am pretty sure that is built into the ROM... Never had this issue on 4.4.2 but now on 4.4.3...
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tomglass said:
Thanks. I'm on ViperOne rom and am pretty sure that is built into the ROM... Never had this issue on 4.4.2 but now on 4.4.3...
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I just took a quick spin through the Viper thread (very quick, I don't run that ROM). I saw a recent post from after the 9/25 version of the ROM stating that Viper uses stock kernel. So, unless it fixes read/write of sdcard2 another way, not sure it's working on 4.4.3.
I run the Elite Lunar kernel which definitely removes writeprotect on sdcard2. Not sure how that flies with Viper, though.

[Q] How to change the backup custom rom directory from Int storage to SD?

I'll be mush thankful if you guys tell me how to do it, because every time i make a backup for my ROM it directly goes to the internal phone storage which is can't take more than the backup files of the Rom and it stop since the internal memory stops responding...
Any suggestions!??
thank you in advance..

hlabbad said:
I'll be mush thankful if you guys how to do it, because every time i make a backup for my ROM it directly goes to the internal phone storage which is can't take more than the backup files of the Rom and it stop since the internal memory stops responding...
Any suggestions!??
thank you in advance..
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See in the recovery .
If there is an option to back up to external storage.
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*Problem Solved* BUT!
Vivek_Neel said:
See in the recovery .
If there is an option to back up to external storage.
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Hi Vivek., thanks for the reply
and i found out a solution to it which to restore the phone to factory reset and made some minimal custom and it worked, but there is no option like External Storage on my recovery boot cwm... no matter, i faced another problem after i made the custom rom and when started to flash the custom rom once again it shows me error at the end of the process... i don't know why, i made everything right and accurate...
any suggestions??

hlabbad said:
Hi Vivek., thanks for the reply
and i found out a solution to it which to restore the phone to factory reset and made some minimal custom and it worked, but there is no option like External Storage on my recovery boot cwm... no matter, i faced another problem after i made the custom rom and when started to flash the custom rom once again it shows me error at the end of the process... i don't know why, i made everything right and accurate...
any suggestions??
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What error did u get?
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Data File Copy Error
Vivek_Neel said:
See in the recovery .
If there is an option to back up to external storage.
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Vivek_Neel said:
What error did u get?
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The error says (copy /data file error - copy /data file error - copy /data file error).
and the process ends
Thanks for your replies

Replace Marshmallow with CM 12.1???

OK...I hate Marshmallow. I never should have upgraded. The SD management and inability to move apps to the SD card (even with Titanium Backup) is killing me. I'm thinking of going to CM 12.1. So, a few questions:
1) Is there any way to move apps to the SD card with Titanium Backup (or another method) as in versions prior to 6.0?
2) If not, has anyone gone from Marshmallow (Motorola OTA from 5.1) to CM 12.1? Any problems?
Thanks!

You can use ES File Explorer to "backup" (copy the apk files without their data) to your internal SD Card and just flash CM 12.1 or any CM 12.1 based ROM. If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, move the backup APKs to your external SD card or else they'll get wiped (internal SD card gets wiped entirely).

ajinkya.nazare said:
You can use ES File Explorer to "backup" (copy the apk files without their data) to your internal SD Card and just flash CM 12.1 or any CM 12.1 based ROM. If you haven't unlocked your bootloader yet, move the backup APKs to your external SD card or else they'll get wiped (internal SD card gets wiped entirely).
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So it would be safe to go from OTA Marshmallow to CM 12.1 (based on 5.01)? I've read horror stories of people trying to go back. I've already been able to make backups using TWRP and TiBu, so that isn't an issue.
Thanks!

Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine

ajinkya.nazare said:
Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine
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Alrighty...I'll give it a shot.

fleapower said:
OK...I hate Marshmallow. I never should have upgraded. The SD management and inability to move apps to the SD card (even with Titanium Backup) is killing me. I'm thinking of going to CM 12.1. So, a few questions:
1) Is there any way to move apps to the SD card with Titanium Backup (or another method) as in versions prior to 6.0?
2) If not, has anyone gone from Marshmallow (Motorola OTA from 5.1) to CM 12.1? Any problems?
Thanks!
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Watch this https://youtu.be/92aS5Nh7cFw

ajinkya.nazare said:
Yup, just make sure you clean flash everything. Should work fine. I moved from OTA Marshmallow to Resurrection Remix 5.1.1. Worked just fine
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Worked perfectly.
ExHamza said:
Watch this https://youtu.be/92aS5Nh7cFw
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Thanks. Looks like it is no longer available from their site.

fleapower said:
Worked perfectly.
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I spoke too soon. CM12 has started showing some issues (will start slowing down significantly and will require a reboot). I've tried uninstalling apps and going bare min for what I need, but doesn't help.
So, does anyone know how to go back to the stock 5.1 after a 6.0 update? I've found the posts about restoring Moto G 2015 to stock, but from what I've read (and experienced), this doesn't work for a downgrade (I get the "Preflash validation failed" error).
Thanks!

What about CM 13 ? At that point, try CM 13, then you'll try to go back to stock 5.1.1.

Nojevah said:
What about CM 13 ? At that point, try CM 13, then you'll try to go back to stock 5.1.1.
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I'd like to try it, but there is no official CM13 build for the Moto G 2015.

Tbh, I planned to use Optimized rom from Lost101, but it does not work yet, so I've tried CM13 (last 05/03 build), and I don't have encountered issues. But I'm not a heavy user so I can't tell for sure. And I don't have SD card to test behavior...

Nojevah said:
Tbh, I planned to use Optimized rom from Lost101, but it does not work yet, so I've tried CM13 (last 05/03 build), and I don't have encountered issues. But I'm not a heavy user so I can't tell for sure. And I don't have SD card to test behavior...
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Where did you get the CM13 build?

xda-developers > Moto G 2015 > Moto G 2015 Original Android Development > Unofficial CM 13 by Alberto97.
My answer is too simple. I guess you meant something else. Maybe you meant "official" ? In case, it is not official, but it will become at some point.

Hmm...I may try the CM13 unofficial build. Worst thing that happens is I go back to stock.

my personal opinion and what I have is
MM stock - rooted - customized with squid kernel - xposed
CM 12.1 I don't like it prefer stock MM

bobby0724 said:
my personal opinion and what I have is
MM stock - rooted - customized with squid kernel - xposed
CM 12.1 I don't like it prefer stock MM
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Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.

fleapower said:
Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.
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My phone is 16gb of internal memory right now I have no need to move apps to SD
but
give me 1 day I will make some tests
seems that Link2SD is the solution but requires the SD to have 2 primary partitions
I will test this today at night

fleapower said:
Given the setup you have, are you able to move apps to the SD card? That is my biggest complaint w/ MM - the inability to move apps to the SD card.
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Nop Link2SD is not a good option, is hard to setup and have lot of ads
I will keep searching for other options

bobby0724 said:
Nop Link2SD is not a good option, is hard to setup and have lot of ads
I will keep searching for other options
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Have you tried Apps2SD?