MAIN Q: NO osh partition, ONLY a webtop partition. Is this usual? Do i have stability problems because of that?
While going back to stock I erase many partitions in fastboot (boot, recovery, system, cache, userdata).
I want to erase the osh partition too, but this partition doesnt exist. fastboot erase webtop works.
I know that the osh partition is the webtop, but is this a problem that this partition has the wrong name?
I ask because after flashing an sbf with rsd lite (i tried nonEFIGS OLE 31.1 = failed to boot 1 and nonEFIGS OLE 31.20 = no errors, works), the ROM works very unstable (many bootloops (freezes while booting), random reboots, frezzes after a few seconds and webtop doesnt work).
Have you any other tipps for going back to stock via rsd? Did i forget to do sth.?
Before i want to go back to stock i run AtrICS and cm10, are there maybe some conflicts (maybe with the filesystem)?
PS: Sorry for my -maybe- bad english.
Have no one any idea or tipps?
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Hey all, just a quick question. I'm unlocked ran a few roms (Alien v2, Aurora ect), now when I try to flash something else it won't flash, it just goes through the steps and acts like it installs but boots up to the same rom just like it was when I powered it down and booted to CWR. I've done factory resets and wiped everything, but when I try to manually format /data it has an error. I'm not sure if this is because I used Faux's kernel and it's converted to ex4 or something? Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Clienterror said:
Hey all, just a quick question. I'm unlocked ran a few roms (Alien v2, Aurora ect), now when I try to flash something else it won't flash, it just goes through the steps and acts like it installs but boots up to the same rom just like it was when I powered it down and booted to CWR. I've done factory resets and wiped everything, but when I try to manually format /data it has an error. I'm not sure if this is because I used Faux's kernel and it's converted to ex4 or something? Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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Which recovery are you using?
Solution that worked for me
I ran into the same problem after trying to do a restore with Rom Manager's CWM. As it turns out, I guess CWM has a bug that will corrupt your data partition whenever you attempt to restore the data partition.
If you have an unlocked bootloader, this is easy to fix. Wipe your data partition and start over with fastboot with the instructions below. If you do not have an unlocked bootloader, unlock it with these instructions. This will override the formatting tool which CWM uses and fix the problem.
WARNING: THIS PROCESS WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON THE PHONE'S INTERNAL MEMORY.
Connect your phone in Fastboot mode and run fastboot with the following options:
fastboot -w
then run
fastboot reboot
and the device will restart, completely factory reset and ready to go as long as you have a functioning ROM installed. To avoid this issue in the future, avoid doing normal restores with CWM. Instead do an advanced restore and restore only the boot and system partitions. Not the data partition.
Long story short:
I'm a purist of the 'clean flash'...making sure my phone has NO leftover data from my last flash cycle.
Thing is, I've been wondering what the fastest and easiest way to get the cleanest flash is.
I've usually ended up flashing the pudding preroot SBF then clearing user data-y things through the recovery afterwards.
Is there a fastboot command that will completely wipe my phones data? And SBF?
Thanks for the input.
+1 i am wondering the same thing, i cant make my mind up with roms and have a new one on every hour haha
Fastboot -w
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marko! said:
Fastboot -w
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I've tried that.
When I...first time after booting up...checked the file manager...I still found remnant folders from dropbox and swiftkey keyboard.
Thoughts?
boot to recovery
Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory reset/data
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery
Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory reset/data
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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xyrovice said:
I've tried that.
When I...first time after booting up...checked the file manager...I still found remnant folders from dropbox and swiftkey keyboard.
Thoughts?
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Do what CaelanT said, for sure. That's the most full wipe you can do.
But those "leftover" files you're talking about are a product of not formatting your SD card(s) however. After you wipe and everything and boot into recovery, go to Mounts and Storage (I think...) and format your SD cards. Make SURE you have backed up all of this data, first.
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery
Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory reset/data
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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Thanks. Quote for later use as well.
Can this be done to do a clean install of the stock rom?? as if its a yes, is it the same process??
The process listed above, which if you do a search anywhere you'll come up with multiple times on this site, should be done to every new ROM you flash.
Fastboot -w only wipes /system and /cache. When you flash a new ROM, make sure to backup your internal storage to external SD card if there's anything you wanna keep and then wipe it using the command in the android operating system in Settings--storage--internal SD card. Just format it from within android, there's less of a chance of erasing the wrong one. For example, in Rom Racer's recovery, if you go to mounts and storage and Format SDcard, which you would think would format the internal sd card since there is a seperate SD-ext format, it doesn't. It will format your EXTERNAL sd card instead. To wipe internal you would have to wipe the EMMC, that's just how he has it set up. Which is why I say just use the format that is within android.
Just be sure you don't wipe you ROM .zip off the SD card if you use cwm to flash... nothing like erasing everything then having to sbf flash because the zip is gone... oh and cm7 doesn't erase SD cards properly, so don't use it, otherwise you can't format the SD card.
I piss excellence
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery
Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory reset/data
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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Really quickly:
So after fastboot reboot I would then be back to the stock moto ROM or...?
Saying I'm back on the stock moto ROM (basically pudding?), I take it the BL is still unlocked, but I don't have root, right?
All I do is root, install recovery (I always DL rom manager then flash romracer's rec.) then flash ROM correct?
xyrovice said:
Really quickly:
So after fastboot reboot I would then be back to the stock moto ROM or...?
Saying I'm back on the stock moto ROM (basically pudding?), I take it the BL is still unlocked, but I don't have root, right?
All I do is root, install recovery (I always DL rom manager then flash romracer's rec.) then flash ROM correct?
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This deletes everything, you won't be able to use your phone until you flash a new ROM with cwm recovery.
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Alcapone263 said:
This deletes everything, you won't be able to use your phone until you flash a new ROM with cwm recovery.
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Okay, so it WON'T delete my current recovery (being romracer's)? Or do I have to somehow install CWM recovery?
And then, at that point, it's just a matter of having the rom.zip on my external/removable SD card and flashing it?
Do I have to worry about root if, for example, I wanted to flash Nottach's Darkside 2.0? Is it prerooted? Do I just 1-click root once I boot into it?
Thanks everybody for the info and patience.
I posted in the noob but didn't get replies so I'll try here since it is related to the question I have
Whenever I flash a blur-based rom -custom or stock (not cm7), it still has some reminiscence of previous setting - most obvious is the main screen.
For example, a quick note widget with content and a whatsapp app shortcut show up on the Home screen even though they should be wiped from system/cache/davik wipe before flashing a rom
My procedure:
Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced in CWM)
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe data/factory reset
fastboot -w
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase user data
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
Install ZIP
Is it normal that some of the previous settings are retained?
is probably not but yea any advice would be useful.
I have a feeling my screen issue is related to this.
beely said:
I posted in the noob but didn't get replies so I'll try here since it is related to the question I have
Whenever I flash a blur-based rom -custom or stock (not cm7), it still has some reminiscence of previous setting - most obvious is the main screen.
For example, a quick note widget with content and a whatsapp app shortcut show up on the Home screen even though they should be wiped from system/cache/davik wipe before flashing a rom
My procedure:
Wipe Dalvik Cache (under advanced in CWM)
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe data/factory reset
fastboot -w
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase user data
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
Install ZIP
Is it normal that some of the previous settings are retained?
is probably not but yea any advice would be useful.
I have a feeling my screen issue is related to this.
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Well, that is probably because you setup your blur account everytime.
Right?
The blur setup restores the icons on the home screens, whichever are installed at the time of the setup.
So probably that's the case with the icons etc coming back.
So what do you recommend as the best way way to wipe clean the internal sd before flashing.? Do it from the pc? or from CWM? or some other way?
Actually I am on cm7 and about to restore my cwm backup of Froyo on Telstra Atrix so that I can OTA Gingerbread. So obviously I want it as clean as possible.
Is this correct way?
Any help would be appreciated
Please Help - Can't get to recovery
Not sure what I have done wrong - I have read everything I can on this and still seem to have wrecked it.
I have done all the fastboot erases as per previous posts in this thread and formatted internal sd card. I have clockworkmod backup on external sd card.
Vol up + power gives me RSD protocol support
Vol down + power gives me fastboot.
Have I done something wrong? How do I boot to cwm recovery?
Edit: Ahhhh search was my friend. I found the answer here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228633
It is funny that I have never seen a reference to "vol down" after getting to fastboot. Went into a complete panic.
Ok I have managed to restore Telstra 2.2 Froyo and am now doing ota gingerbread update for a look at that. Bit of a worry as it now tells me my 32gig sd card is faulty or damaged.
Thanks
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery
Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory reset/data
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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Hello, I recently unlocked the boot of my mb860, and I installed a MROM gingerbread, I have some problems with wifi and I was advised to do a hard reset (the first installation I did a cleaning Wipe Dalvik
wipe cache and factory reset / data.
But I have problems wifi etc.
I would like to follow your procedure
Once you have completed cleaning everything what are the flash to be done in sequence
ps elsewhere (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314607) I found:
- Erase / boot
- Erase / radio
- Erase / system
- Erase / userdata
- Erase / cache
- Erase / webtop
- Erase / preinstall
- Erase / sdcard
- Flash pds image from Atrix devkit
- Flash Romracer's Recovery (6 color options)
But I see him quite dangerous! is that right?
This all started when I was wiping in CWM before flashing a ROM and I seemed to have misclicked something. It resized a partition I think I recall it saying, but I proceeded to install the ROM afterwards. The rom didn't boot, but I was still able to access CWM so I flashed a recovery I had made. I was able to boot into it but the touch screen was horribly off and made it unusable. I spent a while wiping then tried a few different roms to start from scratch. The Boot logo had disappeared and a menu had taken it's place.
I eventually pulled up fastboot and wiped everything. Everything on the phone is wiped and it is now unusable, HOWEVER fastboot is working perfectly and I can flash files from there.
What do I do from here to get my phone back into a functional state? I really need some help here...
Taz3rburned said:
This all started when I was wiping in CWM before flashing a ROM and I seemed to have misclicked something. It resized a partition I think I recall it saying, but I proceeded to install the ROM afterwards. The rom didn't boot, but I was still able to access CWM so I flashed a recovery I had made. I was able to boot into it but the touch screen was horribly off and made it unusable. I spent a while wiping then tried a few different roms to start from scratch. The Boot logo had disappeared and a menu had taken it's place.
I eventually pulled up fastboot and wiped everything. Everything on the phone is wiped and it is now unusable, HOWEVER fastboot is working perfectly and I can flash files from there.
What do I do from here to get my phone back into a functional state? I really need some help here...
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Have u tried these fastboot commands
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
Okay, I've done that and then I flashed CWM Recovery through fastboot. I then booted into CWM and flashed the jokersax's CM9 ROM and rebooted. What I still get is:
No OS detected, going to RSD mode in 5 seconds
Press a key to stop count down
Available Modes are:
1 RSD
2 Fastboot
3 NvFlash
etc. etc.
It isn't detecting an OS still, and I don't get a boot icon just that menu. What would you suggest?
I'm thinking of trying this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421522
Taz3rburned said:
This all started when I was wiping in CWM before flashing a ROM and I seemed to have misclicked something. It resized a partition I think I recall it saying, but I proceeded to install the ROM afterwards. The rom didn't boot, but I was still able to access CWM so I flashed a recovery I had made. I was able to boot into it but the touch screen was horribly off and made it unusable. I spent a while wiping then tried a few different roms to start from scratch. The Boot logo had disappeared and a menu had taken it's place.
I eventually pulled up fastboot and wiped everything. Everything on the phone is wiped and it is now unusable, HOWEVER fastboot is working perfectly and I can flash files from there.
What do I do from here to get my phone back into a functional state? I really need some help here...
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1. Re: CWM wipe and spazzed out touch screen: Sounds like you erased your PDS partition. If you made a back up, flash it. Otherwise search for a thread titled PDS Partition Fix (or something similar) here in the Q&A section for an alternative fix.
2. I don't recall if doing the PDS fix will also fix the missing boot logo. If not, you can find a stock replacement in the Themes section. You're looking for logo.bin.
That fixed it, thanks! I did a full wipe of those partitions then restored from my CWM restore. That didn't fix the screen but I tried that fix you suggested and everything is perfect now. Thanks for the help.
Hi all.
I need some help with the neutrino rom. I used to be on darkside ROM previously and it worked fine. Decided to move over to neutrino.
The problem im having is that everytime it boots, the boot animation keeps looping. The screen shows Neutrino ROM ..system loading and it starts to flash the same thing over and over. Have tried battery pull too.
Dalvik cache and cache have been wiped. Tried with 2.2GT and GT+.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Try full system format and reapply the ROM. That what helped me when I jumped from the stock 2.3.4 directly to Neutrino 2.2 (CM7 based).
It started to behave bad so I made a full system clean up, reflashed and cleaned again (probably for nothing). Now stable (GT, not GT+ which I didn't try).
P.S. Backup better to be actual...
sms2000 said:
Try full system format and reapply the ROM. That what helped me when I jumped from the stock 2.3.4 directly to Neutrino 2.2 (CM7 based).
It started to behave bad so I made a full system clean up, reflashed and cleaned again (probably for nothing). Now stable (GT, not GT+ which I didn't try).
P.S. Backup better to be actual...
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Thanks for the reply man.
I just tried that now and got the same results. Did a full wipe of the onboard memory and got the same loop again. The only exception is that the indicator light is blinking light blue.
Any suggestion?
Try "fastboot" wiping all the partitions, like so:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
There is a batch script that will do this for you also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421261
dunnoX said:
Thanks for the reply man.
I just tried that now and got the same results. Did a full wipe of the onboard memory and got the same loop again. The only exception is that the indicator light is blinking light blue.
Any suggestion?
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This happens sometimes, I have no idea why. Try a completely clean reflash, by erasing via fastboot and then reinstalling the ROM.
Also, store the ROM onto the internal SD and install from there.
Notorious544d said:
Also, store the ROM onto the internal SD and install from there.
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Yeah, that's mandatory.
I was able to unlock my bl after the OTA update to 141. However during it I must have corrupted something on my phone and now I cannot boot into any OS.
I've tied severl CM9 Kangs as well as the stock 141 sbf and the offical CM7 ROM.. and i get stuck in a reboot cycle.
Every time either my phone reboots right after the boot screen (att or cm9 or cm7) or it just hangs on the boot screen.
I've tried several solutions including: factory reset, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache, wipe /system & /cache & /data. Trie fastbooting 91 boot and system partition. Also tried flashing the 141 sbf that's been floating around *ooops*...
The good news is that I still have the ability to get into RSD or Fastboot and can hide the Unlocked msg by flashing back to the 141 sbf (in case I have to warranty the phone out)... but i'm hoping to figure this out instead... all i want in a CM9 kang
Any help is appreciated,
THX
-Alek
anyone the right way to wipe everything and re-install... and/or proceed here?
maybe your sd card is corrupted... You can try to download the rom again and use another micro sd card, and then start the role process again...
Tried two SD cards already, no luck. What sucks is that I can flash the whole stock sbf for 141 but that doesn't HELP!
i gave up and exchanged my phone. told them it's been rebooting after the 4.5.141 upgrade. got me a new atrix now... probly won't fk w/ this one
Just to let other people know who may have this problem, but I believe this requires an unlocked bootloader. Not sure.
I've seen it fixed by erasing data using fastboot itself. Fastboot does a more thorough job at it than any recovery.
To do so, type this for fastboot:
Code:
fastboot -w
Then follow romracer's instructions for installing his recovery here. (Again, requires unlocked bootloader. I know this one does)
Basically you want to fastboot wipe and then reinstall the recovery, then attempt to reinstall a rom.