Okay...so I had the Cyan ROM and I went into Recovery and wiped everything. Does that mean that I don't have a ROM installed? Or is it just like a factory reset...but instead it resets it back to the original Cyan ROM?
I did do a full wipe and then flashed what I thought was a ROM but I guess it turned out to just be an add-on.
So, I guess my other question is...when I flash an addon/theme to a ROM...it becomes a part of that rom...even after a complete wipe?
Factory reset/wipe wipes everything. You don't have a ROM to boot up with anymore.
Add-ons go on top of ROMs. Add-ons alone = nothing to boot with, either.
You can still boot after doing a factory reset, to my knowlege it just wipes all your settings and internal data.
It does? Admittedly I haven't tried that for a while, but the last time I wiped in recovery and rebooted, it didn't really boot up.
I understand the factory reset under Settings -> Privacy is different, though.
When I woke up this morning...I tried the wipes under Recovery just for the heck of it...and it booted up. Now I'm just what exactly is on the ROM? All the addons and themes? It looks that way.
I guess since the only real danger of Bricking the phone would be to interrupt the flashing of the radio...so I guess I'll go into trial and error mode for the next couple of days.
Yeah, during my "let's try everything and flash different ROMs twice a day" phase, I kept expecting the phone to die and never wake again. Looks like the only real ways to brick it are flashing radio and SPL.
Okay...so if you use the Factory Reset under settings...it seems to do nothing but reboot the phone.
If you wipe through Recovery...it just resets your settings and apps. All addons are still intact. So I'm assuming that when you flash an Addon...it becomes fused with the main ROM?
I don't understand why the ringtones that I pushed to the system/media folder are still there after a wipe and reflash of the same rom? Shouldn't reflashing overwrite everything?
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Phone: CDMA Hero
ROM: Freshhh2.0d
Recovery Image: 1.5.2
Well the story begins:
Last week installed Freshh2.0d rom everything worked perfect...... until I tried to screw with the lock screen (tried to install vanilla lock screen and for some reason it messed the rom soon I assign password to lock screen!!) To even realize it was the lock screen I had to reboot and flash the rom several times (maybe like 8-10!!!) then finally it started working!!!
But after the last flash, I started having force close issues with several core apps, like touch screen, google apps etc..... so this morning decided to reflash the rom one last time and see if it fixes the issues.... but I feel like I have done more than just that..... here is what I have done....
1. Re-flashed Freshhh2.0d rom, after reboot got stuck at "htc" screen that comes up after all the animations
2. I wiped or did a factory reset and flashed again..... same result
3. Wiped again and this time I wanted to download the rom again and while downloading rom, I stumbled up on new recovery image 1.6.2
4. I applied new recovery image with wiped or factory reset phone, rebooted in recovery and flashed rom
5. Again stuck under htc screen after all animations....
6. Went back to recovery image 1.5.2 and flashed rom
7. After all this the net result is still same...... stuck in htc screen....... not booting the phone!!!!
Can somebody point me to the right direction???? I am even thinking about trying a different rom and see if that comes up!!!
Ok, first go back to the 1.6.2 recovery.
Next, wipe the following:
Factory Reset
Dalvik Cache
SD: EXT (if you were using apps2sd this will nuke your apps, so be sure you have a backup).
Then reflash Fresh 2.0d (or whatever ROM you want to use).
If you still have problems I recommend doing the RUU to return it to stock and start over.
Same with me I have been trying to flash fresh 20d. On my first reboot it always gets stuck on HTC screen. I'm comming from Fresh 2.0b2. Don't know what else to try. Though I can do Nandroid and get back to Fresh2.0b2
smw6180 said:
Ok, first go back to the 1.6.2 recovery.
Next, wipe the following:
Factory Reset
Dalvik Cache
SD: EXT (if you were using apps2sd this will nuke your apps, so be sure you have a backup).
Then reflash Fresh 2.0d (or whatever ROM you want to use).
If you still have problems I recommend doing the RUU to return it to stock and start over.
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I do not have back up of my apps and I am using apps2sd, is there a way at least I can get a list of apps in my sd? I tried to do cd /data/app under shell and it won't let me ......
bigd1231 said:
Same with me I have been trying to flash fresh 20d. On my first reboot it always gets stuck on HTC screen. I'm comming from Fresh 2.0b2. Don't know what else to try. Though I can do Nandroid and get back to Fresh2.0b2
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When in doubt, always wipe before going to a new rom. When NOT in doubt, wipe anyhow.
Sure you can go to a new rom sometimes without a wipe...but 80% of the time you do much better going clean.
Also, how long have you waited on the HTC screen? I've seen that take upwards of 10 minutes.
I have waited as much as an hour. Also, I did do a Factory reset many times. I just don't know what else to try.
if none of that works. just use the right ruu for your device.
bigd1231 said:
I have waited as much as an hour. Also, I did do a Factory reset many times. I just don't know what else to try.
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Did you wipe dalvik and SD: ext as well?
You should wipe everything there's an option for.
NO I actually didn't do that I'm going to try right now and post back THANK YOU Didn't wipe SD: ext
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NO I actually didn't do that I'm going to try right now and post back THANK YOU Didn't wipe SD: ext
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Wipe all 3 again, then reflash.
Factory
Dalvik
SD: ext
Then let us know how it goes.
Your problems are caused by apps2sd... plain and simple. Fresh 2.0d's release notes tell you that you are going to have to wipe your sd:ext (as well as data wipe). That is because there were several versions of apps2sd floating around before and they aren't all compatible.
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-20d/
Secondly make sure you are using ext3 and not ext2.
http://geekfor.me/faq/apps2sd/
Yes It worked Finally. I wiped all Three and reflashed it and waited 15 mins and it worked.
yes it worked. I wiped all 3 and worked
smw6180 said:
Wipe all 3 again, then reflash.
Factory
Dalvik
SD: ext
Then let us know how it goes.
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Great! that did the trick!!!
Flipz, there is one shortcoming with 2.0d (not sure if its something inherent to the original rom itself!) When I use my corporate email on my Hero it forces me to assign password and when I do that and lock my screen phone stops responding there after. This happens when I am using vanilla screen lock update.... I can't unlock for anything.... any idea how to fix this?
Glad to hear you're both up and running.
I am going to be selling my Hero to someone who would like it rooted (as it is now).
His plan is to use it in WiFi mode only and won't be activating it with Sprint.
Is there a way to clear all my private data (logins, bookmarks, contacts, calendars, etc.) without unrooting?
Will he then be able to enter his google account info and gain access to the Market though WiFi?
Thanks!
Eph
The "Factory Reset" feature does the trick. But if you are really paranoid, you could wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery.
Won't factory reset unroot me?
Will he still be able to access the net and the market via WiFi?
What ROM are you running?
andythegreenguy said:
What ROM are you running?
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Nfinite's Stock.
cephraim said:
Nfinite's Stock.
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Factory reset should bring the phone back to the state it was in when you first installed the rom. If you really want to be safe, boot into recovery, wipe everything and reflash the rom. You will still be rooted. Remember to either remove and keep your sd card or to format it to erase the data on it, THEN create a nandroid for whoever is buying the phone. Yes, they will be able to run the google setup via wifi if they choose to do so.
Weird.
After I do a factory reset (either from settings or from recovery), it stays in a boot loop. I have to pull the battery and restore the Nand.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Eph
Tried many different factory resets last night.
Tried from recovery mode and from settings>privacy.
In each case, I got stuck in boot loops.
Also tried to wipe data, cache, dalvik and resintall the ROM from recovery. Same thing - boot loop.
All I could do was pull the battery and do a nand restore.
Any ideas?
go here and download the ruu. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800586 . follow the instructions. this WILL take away root and will flash you black to stock. then, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-743289.html and follow those instructions to re-root your phone. it is very easy. then flash your rom of choice again. that will erase your data AND get rid of your bootloop. idk why the othere way isnt working for u though
OR, you should try to take out your sdcard or format it before you reflash the nfinite's stock. i had this problem once because some of my data was on the card and so when it tried to boot it got stuck.
Thanks guys. I tried the factory reset a couple more times, and for some reason it booted.
Thanks again!
Reminder:
If you installed CWM and Rooted zip from recent updates,
DON't DO EVEN Factory Reset from "Privacy" Tab of the OS.
It is clear that you should not do that in recovery menu,
just a reminder that you should not even do it from Privacy tab within the system menu.
It will reboot, and brick your device.
I am at work, I will restore my DS7 later when I am at home.
I thought the privacy reset is just to wipe USER data. But apparently, it wipes more than that.
By the way,
Restore from CWM wont help in this case.
Re-install dj336.zip wont help in this case.
Wipe cache/wipe user data/ re-install dj336.zip wont help in this case.
Seems the only way is to flash original boot and recovery and then do everything over again.
I am a little disappointed that the restore in CWM did not help at all. besides using it to flash dj's rom, what the hell other benefit we are getting from this CWM anyway?
Nothing. Lol. Its bs but hey least there is a recovery there
sent from somewhere
hu... took me a good hour to recovery from an almost brick situation.
Thanks for all reference posts in this forum. =)
Hi, im having problem with my o2x. Frirst phone started to behave strangely and every application has stop working. Error was
"uids on the system are inconsistent you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable"
and then every time i restarted the phone it was the same error again so i decided to reinstall rom. Than error was gone but other problem appeared, now after 3 min of use phone get frozen and than i reinstall rom again and phone get frozen agan.
Please if someone can tell me what is the problem and how can i fix them.
You have mentioned reinstalling (reflashing?) the ROM but you haven't mentioned a factory reset so I have to ask... Have you tried a factory reset?
Should i do factory reset on rooted phone? if yes how can i do that. I read somewhere that factory reset should not be done on rooted phones. is that true?
In CWM, You always have to Wipe your Data,Cache,Dalvik Cache,Battery stats.
Optional : Format System.
For a rom to function well, else it will get all kind of problems, like you have.
Of course if you install a update for a ROM, you only have to wipe the cache/Dalvik Cache.
Remember to make a Backup of your apps with Titanium Backup.
I didnt wipe Dalvik Cache and Battery stats. I'll give it a try. What does Format System do?
The factory reset basically resets your phone to as it came from the factory. It erases all your settings and apps, and is recommended that you do that when you change from a stock ROM to a custom ROM.
Having root has nothing to do with it.
Me personally I like backing up my apps and doing a factory reset each time I change/update my ROM. This way I make sure I always have a clean system each time. Of course this might not be convenient if you like flashing a new ROM twice a week
Wipeing Dalvik Cache, Battery stats and factory reset didnt do the trick. I flashed cyanogenmode nightly now and its ok for now. Could it be problem with the rom?
"Factory reset" (/data wipe) doesn't wipe system apps. If you had on your old ROM some "broken" system app, you most likely still have it. First thing i would do is full device wipe (/data and /system partition wipe). If you dont know how to do this here is the script and how-to. Be aware of that this script can brick your phone (ofc then you can fix it with smartflash) is you won't follow instructions.
After that wipe and ofc flashing clean ROM (btw. which is it?), it still isn't working, it's most likely ROM's fault. It could be Baseband<->RIL problem eaither but i've never saw RIL problem which has influence of system stability.
Are you flashing back to stock or a custom ROM?
If you are flashing to a custom ROM, you need do all the wipe-steps and then do BacktoEXT3 before flashing the custom ROM,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021549
I upgraded to 6.0 a day or two ago and had quite a few booting problems trying to get it going, something I have not had upgrading on a Nexus ever before. Anyway, after reinstalling TWRP just to make sure, re-downloading a couple ROMs and kernels again to my phone (even though MD5 checked out) and reinstalling everything about 3 times I finally got the phone to boot. So at least my phone works again, but my problem I am wondering about now is that my phone will not boot and gets stuck on the ROM splash screen every time I turn the phone on. IN order to fix it I have to go into recovery and wipe dalvik and cache to get the phone to boot. Is this normal behavior for Android 6.0 right now? I dont feel like it is... Does anyone know what could be wrong?
Did you wipe data or did a factory reset? Unless it's a minor change, you always need to wipe data too. In TWRP factory reset does that without deleting your photos and such, but always do a full backup nevertheless.
Another question, did you upgrade the bootloader and the radio from the official factory image? (MRA68K or MRA58N)
Yep I did a 100% wipe like I always do when installing any new ROM.
Bootloader is on the M preview version 2. Didnt see any download links for a newer bootloader version. Radio is the M radio as well. MRA68K I believe.
I went and downloaded the official OTA and extracted the bootloader and radio from that. I think they are the same versions, at least for the bootloader. I will install them when I get home tonight anyway and see if it fixes the issue.