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Although I only had the phone for a day now, I've been reading the forum for a month trying to get the info I needed so that when it arrived, I'd be able to load up froyo, wifi calling and be done quickly. I set it all up and downloaded ryan's OCLF, ran it, rooted, installed the ext files, then the v2 lag fix it said to. Everything was great.
Later I downloaded a few apps and titanium backup, but didn't back up yet. I ran the battery down low. Went into the clockwork app that I downloaded and did a backup restore.
About an hour later the battery finally died. I read that you should turn it on until it won't anymore before finally plugging in to charge and wiping the battery settings. Problem is it wouldn't boot up again. Hung on the Galaxy S screen with the shining S.
I could still reboot into recovery and into download. Was going to ODIN back, but my PC was giving me trouble. I pulled the micro sim and thre the ASOP 2.2 rom on it from another laptop dragged it to card removed and popped it back in. I tried to reboot to recovery which worked, then reinstall, nothing. Tried to get to the SD card, but it doesn't find it.
Finally gave up and went back into recovery and did a factory data wipe reset or whatever it is called. When the phone rebooted it all booted fine, no problems at all however I lost every setting account etc..
So here's where I'm at now, i mounted it as USB and looked at the phone from the PC, in the clockwork folder is my backup I just can't get it to load.
I went back to the market and redownloaded the ryan OCLF and removed the lag, ext and root and I'm back to stock. Phone will turn off and back on.
What now? Where did I go wrong, it doesn't make any sense, I followed every instruction exactly as it was written.
I'm a little concerned to root again, but I want to backup settings, accounts etc.. in case this happens again.
first...welcome to XDA...the baddest forum on the planet...
second....this is the wrong section for this topic....should be in Q & A section...but a Mod will take care of that....
third....read this.....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
the author worked hard on this to become a sticky so noobs will see it first...if u need more info....there is another sticky in the general section...good luck!!
Thanks, I'll read through it now. I thought I had a good idea to drag the new rom to the sd card and fire it up from there, but it failed. Happy I didn't brick the phone. I saw a lot of posts saying ODIN was the only way back, guess I got lucky with the data wipe.
I've had iphones for 2 years and when this happened it would be a conflict with programs, is there a list like that for android like there was for cydia in the iphone info?
I don't know.... but make sure you read carefully before you flash... in a nutshell the steps for ROM flashing is.
1. Root
2. Download and install ROM Manager from market
3. Flask clockwordmod recovery
4. Nandroid (backup)
5. Backup SD card to pc(just in case)
6. Flash your ROM from clockworkmod recovery.
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Here's a question I don't think is answered after reading the post. So rooting via OCLF without installing the lag fix v2 is exactly the same as rooting by dragging and dropping.
Rooting in itself can't cause the phone to not reboot, but if you flash incorrectly or apply lag fix and flash over them you could run into trouble. I just can't seem to figure out where the error was. I didn't delete the update zip after rooting, thats the only error I see.
Other issue I noticed is that on mounting to USB after booted I can see the backups, but I can't locate the ROM zip I put on the SD card or the SD card at all.
So let me get this straight... you rooted via OCLF.. but did not apply the lagfix?
Edit: oh I see... u tried to flash a froyo Rom then go back to stock?...
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No I rooted then applied the lag fix it had available which was version two I believe
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Ok... try ODIN back to stock...make sure you have the correct drivers
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Let me correct what I'm saying, the phone went into the stuck glowing S screen when trying to turn it back on after I ran the battery down to nothing. It wouldn't boot past that point. I tried reinstall, reboot, etc..from the menu in clockwork recov in recov screen as that was all i could get to. When that failed I tried just loading a 2.2 ROM to the sd card direct from my laptop, thought I could just flash from that screen right over everything, didn't work either. Thats when I tried delete all info as a last effort, but then it magically booted back 100% stock, but still rooted. So i reloaded OCLF and unrooted because I don't know what caused the phone to be stuck in the S screen, I didn't flash anything, just did the root and oclf all from ryan's OCLF app
I tried to reroot manual, didn't work, lots of issues, wouldnt root. Went back for OCLF gone. Went for the z4 gone. Found links for both, tried the z4 didnt' work, superuser continiously popping up for permissions, went back removed that and reloaded oclf from web, ran and fixed boot and rerooted, all good. Went back and downloaded and flashed Vibrant AOSP ish JK2 1.1 Official FROYO. Absolutely love it so far. I've been waiting for wifi calling for a long time, it actually works. Problem is I'm not really sure if I rebackup everything now or leave the backups I have from clockwork for stock. I keep reading everything and feel like I'm missing something. I have Vibrant AOSP ish JK2 1.1 Official FROYO saved so I guess if it crashes I just reflash that and don't need a backup, but should titanium backup the whole thing instead now? Sorry if no one replies i get it. Two years of iphone jailbreaking is a waste, nothing like this at all! I will say I never bricked an iphone, feel like i'm gonna brick this thing.
I want to run the OCLF v2, but concerned it's going to cause issues as it's running so smooth right now.
It works fine
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version 2 isn't an option, i'm running lag fix one, seems ok I'm having some other issues, but its running
If your still having problems odin back to stock and start over it always safer and will cause less problems
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All my issues were because busy box was messed up, all good now
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Just to throw it in there... you should always backup your current ROM and all apps using both ROM Manager AND Titanium Backup. It makes it THAT much easier if you do, by chance, have to use ODIN or run a recover, to get your settings, apps, saved data, etc. back without much hassle.
I run a Titanium backup on all of my apps I have loaded (NOT SYSTEM APPS as they are backed up by ROM manager I believe) once a month or so, just to keep fairly recent. It makes it to where, if it does need to be restored, the apps all get re-installed at once including saved data within the app (saved game progress, etc.). This is handy because you don't have to remember what all you had installed and you don't have to go searching through marketplace to get those apps back.
If you are running a custom homescreen (Launcher Pro, etc.), you should also use their backup option to save your homescreen settings.
In short, backup everything you can... it makes 3 hours worth of reloading things condense into a nice little 10-15min "install", "ok" button pressing fiesta!
And, to let you know, I've (as just about 100% of XDA users) flashed, and ODIN'd nearly a thousand times and have yet to brick a phone. These things are crazy indestructible. There's 3 or 4 different ways to get into Download Mode if you get the computer!phone screen... so don't worry about it. The only thing you really lose is time spent getting things back to normal if you screw up. But read up on everything, which it sounds like you already do, before you even attempt anything that could kill the phone. I don't post much on here because just about everything is already answered... you just have to search a little bit.
I just used ODIN to flash to stock ROM and modem in attempt to solve my problem with adding gmail account to my phone. It worked. I added my gmail account no problem and I was finally able to visit Android market. However, I have new problem now.
When I go to Market and download applications, I see bubble with "Your item will be downloaded" after I click on install button and then nothing happens. Application is not installed. No errors - nothing.
Does anyone have a solution? It would be much appreciated.
settings >> applications >> manage apps >> go to 'all' tab >> look for market >> clear data
after that re-login to market and see if that fixes it
Thank you xtone. I tried that to no avail. In addition to clearing cache on Market I also cleared it from Google Talk as I read they are somehow connected. Then I erased cache of all my apps and still it didn't get me anywhere.
Last thing I tried was to uninstall Market update. After that I have slightly different issue. Now it says 'Starting download....' and it never goes away. Also, it looks like Market re-updated itself to the new version! Is it possible?
I'm having the same exact problem. My issue started with Nero v2 and did not get fixed when I flashed Nero v3. Today, I tried PepperKake to see if that fixed the problem, but that didn't work either.
Even after a fresh install (after wiping and re-flashing, and before restoring my backups from Titanium), I try installing things from the market but nothing works.
If you look closely (at least on my phone), it will say "Downloading..." for a second or two, then FLASH "Download unsuccessful" and disappear almost instantly.
Somebody PLEASE help :'( This is very frustrating.
This happens to me on "occasion" where it says starting to download then nothing happens. The only way I get it to work, is if I cancel the current "download in progress" or whatever it says, then click "Install" once again, and then it starts immediatelly.
Also, I noticed that it was giving problems when I was using the older version of the market. Once updated it went away.
Duce HD2 said:
This happens to me on "occasion" where it says starting to download then nothing happens. The only way I get it to work, is if I cancel the current "download in progress" or whatever it says, then click "Install" once again, and then it starts immediatelly.
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Just tried this, didn't work for me
Things that I found that could fix the problem...
Under settings>applications>manage applica.>running>clear data for "download manager", 'gmail".
Try re-formatting your SD card. Also, Unmount then Mount SD card.
Also, try using either data or WiFi and see if either works.
Do some research on this, there's alot of different threads concerning this issue, with possible solutions.
Duce HD2 said:
Under settings>applications>manage applica.>running>clear data for "download manager", 'gmail".
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Tried, didn't work :/
Duce HD2 said:
Also, Unmount then Mount SD card.
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Also tried, but to no avail.
Duce HD2 said:
Also, try using either data or WiFi and see if either works.
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I've been on and off WiFi, but the problem persists.
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Try re-formatting your SD card.
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I don't mean to sound rude, but why would this affect anything? I feel like the problem must be with either the ROMs (JL5 ROMs maybe?) or the Market? As a test, I downloaded something through the browser with no problem. Also, is wiping much different from reformatting? What about disabling, then enabling voodoo (which I had to do in order to try out PepperKake)? I know they said "don't knock it till you've tried it," but backing up everything, reformatting, and then restoring everything seems like a tedious job and I wanna make sure I know why it's worth a try before doing it...
Also, to the OP: sorry if I'm hijacking your post. I just didn't want to start a new post and have people flame me with "THERE'S ALREADY A POST ABOUT THIS!" and whatnot.
Dude, all the stuff I brought up, I found through research in a couple minutes. Some of things I posted ended up fixing the issue for some people and some not. I do not believe the problem resides in the ROM or JL5 (which I'm running with no issue) but rather mods and what not that was installed previously...."ghost"
In the OP he states he went back to stock, so how could it be the ROM???
You don't want to be rude, nor do some research on the problem judging by your response. You want someone to give you an answer is all. Nobody has an exact answer, you just have to try different things and see what works.
"nuff said...do some research.
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Dude, all the stuff I brought up, I found through research in a couple minutes. Some of things I posted ended up fixing the issue for some people and some not. I do not believe the problem resides in the ROM or JL5 (which I'm running with no issue) but rather mods and what not that was installed previously...."ghost"
In the OP he states he went back to stock, so how could it be the ROM???
You don't want to be rude, nor do some research on the problem judging by your response. You want someone to give you an answer is all. Nobody has an exact answer, you just have to try different things and see what works.
"nuff said...do some research.
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No need to blow up like that...I was simply asking a question since this is the Q&A forum. I've had this problem for probably about two weeks and I have been searching through the forums, but I've never found a post where someone had the same exact problem (outside of the Nero post, but their questions went unanswered).
You bring up a good point about the OP using a stock ROM. However, I haven't installed any mods (I went straight to Nero from stock), so I'm not sure how there can be "ghosts."
Again, I'm not trying to be rude or appear lazy. There was no need for response like that. I'll take my research to solve my problem elsewhere.
I wasn't trying to be rude or anything.....but yes, there are various topics on issues with the market going from 2.2 back to 2.1 back to 2.2 and so on....hope you can find a solution to your problem, and maybe later share the outcome with us...good luck!
Found the cause but still no fix
Thanks everyone for feedback. After few hours of trying different things I found what's causing my Android market to not work.
Thus far, what I was doing when I got into trouble was:
1. ODIN to stock ROM and pda (repartition checked)
2. root using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
3. as soon as my phone is rooted Android stops working
So I tried to install all the apps I really need first: ROM Manager and TBackup (my ultimate goal is to upgrade to nero3. Everything works great. However to use these apps I need root access.
So then I rooted again using same method as always and I get same result - malfunctioning Android Market.
When I root using above method everything works great but I see old icon of superuser application. Is there a newer update.zip to root my vibrant? Or perhaps different way to root my phone? Can I do it manually?
I have two Vibrant phones. One had no problems when I did above steps. One continues to give me grief!
Even when I odin to stock I know not all the folders get refreshed. What actually is untouched when I use ODIN method to revert my OS?
Duce HD2, what is the best way to eliminate 'ghosting' without bricking my phone? I also believe that it's caused by some mod that was done previously - I bought my phone used.
If reverting to 'stock' image is not good enough what else could I do to clean up my phone? I know for example that efs folder is unaffected by going back to 'stock' as my phone remains SIM unlocked when I do it.
Market problem
I'm having the same problem Nero v3 + voodoo. If you find a solution, please let me know,
Thanks!
ekloc said:
Thanks everyone for feedback. After few hours of trying different things I found what's causing my Android market to not work.
Thus far, what I was doing when I got into trouble was:
1. ODIN to stock ROM and pda (repartition checked)
2. root using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
3. as soon as my phone is rooted Android stops working
So I tried to install all the apps I really need first: ROM Manager and TBackup (my ultimate goal is to upgrade to nero3. Everything works great. However to use these apps I need root access.
So then I rooted again using same method as always and I get same result - malfunctioning Android Market.
When I root using above method everything works great but I see old icon of superuser application. Is there a newer update.zip to root my vibrant? Or perhaps different way to root my phone? Can I do it manually?
I have two Vibrant phones. One had no problems when I did above steps. One continues to give me grief!
Even when I odin to stock I know not all the folders get refreshed. What actually is untouched when I use ODIN method to revert my OS?
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I still use the Super User that you have and have no problems....
ODIN back to JFD
Root
reboot into CWM recovery
Wipe cache partition
Advanced
Wipe Davlik
go back
Factory Reset/Restore
and you should have gotten rid of everything
There is an update.zip root on the cynanogenmod ailing page for Vibrant.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Vibrant:_Rooting
Don't know if its the new one.
Sent from THE Vibrant......
ekloc said:
Duce HD2, what is the best way to eliminate 'ghosting' without bricking my phone? I also believe that it's caused by some mod that was done previously - I bought my phone used.
If reverting to 'stock' image is not good enough what else could I do to clean up my phone? I know for example that efs folder is unaffected by going back to 'stock' as my phone remains SIM unlocked when I do it.
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The best way ,"I" know, is to ODIN back to stock true (JFD), check repartition. Go through the usual process - root, rom manager, etc. Flash new custom ROM, "important" while it's still in recovery after installation is complete don't rebooot yet, this is where you'll perform these steps:
Wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, fix permissions, perform factory reset. Then finally reboot phone.
I never ran into 1/10 of the problems that I see people having with their devices.
Also, after reboot make sure to leave your phone on idle for at least 15 minutes, so everything can properly get installed. Reboot, log in to gmail, give it 5 minutes, then reboot once again. Good to go.
Just like jmcghee1973 posted.
Give it a try and see if it works for you. Good luck.
Try using one click root as well. Never hurts to try...
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Market working again
I followed the odin instructions, went back to stock, re-rooted, then re-installed nero3. This time I didn't restore system apps + data. My market is working. Hope this helps.
It worked for me too when I installed nero3 - market issues were gone.
I am actually not so sure any more that rooting caused the problem. What I observed was that my phone was downloading 'stuff' on its own soon after I reverted to stock image. I know that because I saw few 'download unsuccessful' messages. I also tested this theory - I reverted to stock. Immediately after I could use market but then 20-60 after my Market was not working, even when phone was un-rooted!
I don't know how these automatic downloads were triggered but my latest theory is that they have a lot to do with not working Market app.
Anyway, Nero 3 is not downloading anything automatically and I am really happy with it. Thank you guys for everything. You guys rock!!!
I rooted my Atrix Friday night and all worked well. I rooted after Gingerbread. Now, I was goofing around with Blade Buddy and also froze a few apps through Titanium Backup and after I rebooted my text is all small and almost every app crashes, including multi touch keyboard and phone. So, I can't do basically anything. I don't know if I froze an app I shouldn't have (I didn't freeze anything system just like motorola services like the social networking stuff and some downloaded apps).
I think I need to reflash my phone, but I'm not sure how to do this. Can anyone please give me guidance?
Luckily I have a blackberry as an old phone so I put my sim card in there for backup. I have a backup of the flash with ROM manager, but ROM manager is crashing as well as TI Backup.
I have a Mac, but I had to use a friend's pc to root so I might have to use the pc to re-flash, but I wasn't sure.
Thanks in advance for the help!
As long as you didn't unlock a simple sbf flash will fix everything. You can also try blade buddy to set the density back to normal. This can fix some apps crashing.
If you are unlocked make sure the sbf has pudding.
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Can you tell me how to do a SBF flash? I didn't unlock the phone, just root. It has an unlocked bootloader now because I had Gingerbread, but that isn't what you mean is it?
Thanks! I'm going to try Blade Buddy one more time to see if it won't crash on me. So, the lcd density is probably what crashed it?
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Okay, I can get into Blade Buddy and change the density back to default (230) but I can't save it. Everytime I hit the menu button to save it crashes. Is there anything I can do to get around that?
Okay, I uninstalled Blade Buddy because it wouldn't save anything. I have Root Tools so I changed the LCD Density to 230 with it and rebooted however nothing changed. Am I going to have to do that SBF flash or is there something else I can try?
Can you get into Titanium back up and defrost everything you have frozen? Or maybe get into Rom Manager and do a "Fix Permissions" I take it you don't have CWM installed to do a Fix Permissions
No I can't, but I did a SBF flash because I was researching and it seemed like the only way. The build.prop file got messed up somehow. But it is in warranty so I'm sending it back to Motorola. It'll be free or might be alittle bit, but either way cheaper than new phone. Thanks!
im havin root issues, im trying to undervolt via setcpu but its not working so i started looking at why, its not grabbing root access somehow. so i tried another program that uses root access, titanium backup, thats not working right either anymore due to not having root access!
so i ran 1 click root, says it completed successfully, still dont have root. tried manually doing it, flashed the img onto my device go to adb to complete the procedure and it says that the img i just flashed isnt there.
im not sure what to do anymore, im running cm7 and i just flashed faux's 1.45ghz kernel today, which is when i started noticing it.
bump, please help me.
Installed apps also dont appear in my app drawer until after a reboot.
I attempted top flash to faux's gingerbread kernel instead of the cm7 one and it didnt boot, neither did the non overclocked cm7 or GB kernel, only the faux 1.45oc one works? im confused.
Get root checker from the market and check for sure you have root. Also, reboot cos after flashing a kernel you sometimes need a reboot for everything to work.
Also, try flashing the cm7 1.0GHz stopgap kernel and wait for reboot, then wait 5 minutes, then reboot again. DO NOT pull battery after flashing. Sometimes can take 7 or 8 mins to boot up after kernel flash.
Always do a nandroid before flashing so you can get back where you were if you need to.
Worst case, flash CM7 again and start over.
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root checker tells me i dont have root, id reflash everything but i cant use titanium backup to backup my data because i dont have root! ive rebooted it a ton of times since everytime i install an app i need to reboot to have it show in the app draw. ill look for that kernel and try it.
edit: if i install a new kernel do i need to re-root the phone
edit#2 i reflashed cm7 and faux's 1.3ghz kernel and my root permissions are back! thank you for your help, but newly installed apps still dont show in my app draw, i figured out if i restart ADW launcher they appear, is there a fix to this, or is it a bug? this never happened before.
If you have ROM Manager, fix permissions from that. If you don't, reboot to CWM and fix permissions from there. This may help.
I say use ROM Manager 1st because it does a better job of fixing permissions for me than Romracer's CWM. Don't ask me why........it just does.
thank you for your help, my phone seems to be working again except for the app install issue which i can deal with
Apparently, i've just rooted my phone using GingerBreak 1.2, and everything seems to be ok. However, i'm about to install CM7 on it, and i wanted a Nandroid backup (ClockworkMod ROM Manager, right?) of my original rom first. Seems like i'll have to install ClockworkMod Recovery first to be able to make a backup. Ok, let's go, but wait, something is wrong. Seems like the CWM doesn't gain root access, and can't continue. I've been looking for some permission controls in GingerBreak, but can't find anything like that. Why do i experience this?
Oh, BTW, this is on a LG Optimus Black...
EDIT: Never mind, i didn't get the timed question in the end of the process, lol.