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HERO to CYANOGEN?

G1 is stuck on T-Mobile G1 screen for over 10 mins HELP! I wiped everything.

If you want help, I recommend telling us specifically what you did (what Hero you were on, what version of Cyan you flashed, what recovery you're using)
But without knowing any of that, I'm going to suggest (assuming you have Amon_Ra's latest recovery) that you boot to recovery and wipe everything a couple times, then flash Cyan. By everything, I mean Factory Reset, Wipe EXT, Wipe Dalvik-Cache, and to be safe, Repair EXT. And do all those at least once, factory reset again, and flash.

guitargler said:
If you want help, I recommend telling us specifically what you did (what Hero you were on, what version of Cyan you flashed, what recovery you're using)
But without knowing any of that, I'm going to suggest (assuming you have Amon_Ra's latest recovery) that you boot to recovery and wipe everything a couple times, then flash Cyan. By everything, I mean Factory Reset, Wipe EXT, Wipe Dalvik-Cache, and to be safe, Repair EXT. And do all those at least once, factory reset again, and flash.
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Yes Amon RA latest recovery. I wiped all that but i didnt do the repair part. Im trying to flash the latest cyanogen.

Well it's best to be safe rather than sorry, so wipe, wipe, and wipe again. afaik, wiping will do you no harm

guitargler said:
Well it's best to be safe rather than sorry, so wipe, wipe, and wipe again. afaik, wiping will do you no harm
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Hahah alright thanks for the quick reply and i was on mlign 3.3

Don't forget the Htc Recovery first also

JAguirre1231 said:
Don't forget the Htc Recovery first also
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Yup! Thanks i was trying to figure it out all night i wiped and wiped like he stated. Then i flash the HTC recovery and got cyanogen to work again. BTW how do i delete a thread? Like this one for instance. Keep it clean and less cluttered on XDA

androidboi209 said:
Yup! Thanks i was trying to figure it out all night i wiped and wiped like he stated. Then i flash the HTC recovery and got cyanogen to work again. BTW how do i delete a thread? Like this one for instance. Keep it clean and less cluttered on XDA
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You don't mods will, and it wasn't flamed or anything so it'll probably stay for awhile

[READ] [GUIDE] How to perform a FULL wipe. (Yes it matters)

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quick question, if you do a factory reset with odin and start from scratch, should you delete everything that is on your internal SD? Would that be a full complete wipe?

That is a FULL wipe but thats not what im talking about. Just the internal phone stuff.

what is formatted when you click to format /boot? for some reason I always thought that formatted the boot loader so I dared not touch that, but now I'm realizing how stupid it would be to even put that option there and how many more phones would have been bricked at this point. anyway when I install a new rom I pretty much wipe everything (including dalvik) except for /boot and /emmc ( I even formated the external recently but moved back images, efs backup, and avatar), then mount /sdcard, insert rom then flash, fix permissions.

formats the boot animation?
or after the VIBRANT logo

it's a ritual for me whenever i install a new rom to go through this installation method. I also notice that i tend to experience far less "bugs" then others.
Odin to Stock JFD
using the update.zip flash CWR
flash ROM (bootloops after updating CWR)
3 button into recovery
mounts and storage menu
format the following
-System
-Cache
-Data
-Data/Data
advanced Menu
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Flash Rom Again
Fix Permissions
Reboot
wait 5 Minutes
Reboot
complete the 1 time google setup
Install your apps Without data
reboot to recovery
Clear Cache/Dalvik fix permissions
Reboot
Play
I use this method from everything from 2.2-miui-ics never a hickup!

Format system wipes the internal sd basically?

juniorkid95 said:
Format system wipes the internal sd basically?
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Noooooo!!! It wipes the ROM!
If you wanna wipe SD then "format SD"
Updated OP please read!
Sent from the effnn TITAN!!!

VeryCoolAlan said:
Noooooo!!! It wipes the ROM!
If you wanna wipe SD then "format SD"
Updated OP please read!
Sent from the effnn TITAN!!!
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Now I understand. Thanks Alan. How come most ROM flashing instructions don't advise Format system?

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What about clearing Dalvik Cache?

nirogu325 said:
What about clearing Dalvik Cache?
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Cleared in the process...
Sent from the effnn TITAN!!!

VeryCoolAlan said:
Cleared in the process...
Sent from the effnn TITAN!!!
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Just being curious because some say it isn't cleared in the Factory Reset. Some ROM and kernel devs do suggest clearing Dalvik Cache after doing a Factory Reset because it prevents some apps giving FCs after flashing a new ROM.

Side note: I wipe dalvik about once every two weeks whether I am flashing or not. Helps with cleaning up corpses and getting better RAM usage. Thanks for the info Alan.

extra post :/

Nice find!
..now bend over.

One question Alan.
Can I Odin to stock from ICS passion just like we go from gingerbread or froyo from? Or is there a special way to get back to stock jfd? I want to try out jcc from but I don't know if I could just Odin to stock from passion. Thanks
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk

boystuff said:
it's a ritual for me whenever i install a new rom to go through this installation method. I also notice that i tend to experience far less "bugs" then others.
Odin to Stock JFD
using the update.zip flash CWR
flash ROM (bootloops after updating CWR)
3 button into recovery
mounts and storage menu
format the following
-System
-Cache
-Data
-Data/Data
advanced Menu
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Flash Rom Again
Fix Permissions
Reboot
wait 5 Minutes
Reboot
complete the 1 time google setup
Install your apps Without data
reboot to recovery
Clear Cache/Dalvik fix permissions
Reboot
Play
I use this method from everything from 2.2-miui-ics never a hickup!
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What you using to reinstall apps and/or app data? Everytime I install a new ROM, I lose all my data connected to an app. For example, I play Drag Racing and you have to create a new login name everytime I install a new ROM. I would like to at least save the data related to that app.

wavestar92 said:
One question Alan.
Can I Odin to stock from ICS passion just like we go from gingerbread or froyo from? Or is there a special way to get back to stock jfd? I want to try out jcc from but I don't know if I could just Odin to stock from passion. Thanks
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk
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Yep just ODIN to stock , wipe and flash
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

nirogu325 said:
Just being curious because some say it isn't cleared in the Factory Reset. Some ROM and kernel devs do suggest clearing Dalvik Cache after doing a Factory Reset because it prevents some apps giving FCs after flashing a new ROM.
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Yea I do it as well just in case....
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

[Q] CM7 bootloop initial boot

Well, i am stuck at bootlooping after flashing CM7.1 onto my friend's device, we've tried many times flashing it with different ways, but it seems to get stuck everytime at the bootscreen, i know the initial boot can take up to something like half an hour but after 2,5 hours we gave up, downgraded to 2.3.4 again using odin, and tried again on a different way (different recovery)
this is how we flashed it:
-made sure we had 2.3.4
-wiped data and cache with CWM 4.0.0.idk (the odin package for this CWM was included in the thread)
-installed CM7, everything went smooth
-rebooted, and then it got stuck
I really want to get this to work for him, any help from you guys?
is it because i wiped after flashing ?

Well the process should be like this :
1. Wipe data - Wipe cache - Wipe Dalvik-cache - Wipe Battery stats
2. Flash ROM
3. Wipe data - Wipe cache - Wipe Dalvik-cache - Wipe Battery stats

So twice?
He's not here right now with the device, but i want to gather enough info for tomorrow to retry

`leon said:
So twice?
He's not here right now with the device, but i want to gather enough info for tomorrow to retry
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Yeah, it is safe to wipe before and after flashing.
And you're sure you did wipe dalvik-cache right ?

errrrmm, i don't remember, i think i did tho, i will, as again, retry tomorrow with also wiping dalvik

Well, as for me, when something went wrong, i flashed my device back to stock froyo first.
Then flash GB, Flash CWM, clear data and cache, flash the rom, clear data and cache again.
Reboot.
That's it
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K, he's not here, i will give it a try now, fingers crossed :x
i know though what went wrong before

`leon said:
K, he's not here, i will give it a try now, fingers crossed :x
i know though what went wrong before
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Always explain what went wrong, if someone with the same issues is reading the thread they'll know what not to do then.
So, what went wrong before?

[Help]Stuck up with Recovery!!

Hi all,
Got a strange problem.. I'm using Nik project x v4.1 with .11 radio...today i got poor network signal, so I flashed radio again n it's working fine.
Then I planned to flash xcs kernel 2.2 and faceunlock for this Rom.
When I am recovery, I got message like. "You are in safe mode, please wipe cache. If u flashed hboot.img then format system"
I took nandroid and
1. fixed permission
2. Wiped cache
3. Format system
4. Flashed both zip files
When everything got over and upon clucking power menu->reboot got alert
"You are In safe mode. Unable to access system partitions. Please format system partition except sd. Reboot in recovery. Yes or no"
I clicked no and followed steps to install new Rom (wipe data factory, wipe cache n dalvik, format system, format partition except sd )restored my nandroid backup and again got same message that
"You are In safe mode. Unable to access system partitions. Please format system partition except sd. Reboot in recovery. Yes or no"
Please help me. Worrying that my mobile will be bricked. Please guide me to get rid off this..
Edit: I clicked reboot and my mobile booted normally. But under power menu, on clicking reboot, got into same problem. Please help me to avoid this. Worry something wrong in my mobile!!

Cyb0rgz said:
Hi all,
Got a strange problem.. I'm using Nik project x v4.1 with .11 radio...today i got poor network signal, so I flashed radio again n it's working fine.
Then I planned to flash xcs kernel 2.2 and faceunlock for this Rom.
When I am recovery, I got message like. "You are in safe mode, please wipe cache. If u flashed hboot.img then format system"
I took nandroid and
1. fixed permission
2. Wiped cache
3. Format system
4. Flashed both zip files
When everything got over and upon clucking power menu->reboot got alert
"You are In safe mode. Unable to access system partitions. Please format system partition except sd. Reboot in recovery. Yes or no"
I clicked no and followed steps to install new Rom (wipe data factory, wipe cache n dalvik, format system, format partition except sd )restored my nandroid backup and again got same message that
"You are In safe mode. Unable to access system partitions. Please format system partition except sd. Reboot in recovery. Yes or no"
Please help me. Worrying that my mobile will be bricked. Please guide me to get rid off this..
Edit: I clicked reboot and my mobile booted normally. But under power menu, on clicking reboot, got into same problem. Please help me to avoid this. Worry something wrong in my mobile!!
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When you formatted the /system partition, you wiped out Nik's ROM and then you only flashed a new kernel and a patch. That is why it you get the Unable to access system partitions.
You need to flash Nik's ROM again, then flash the kernel and then flash the patch.

tpbklake said:
When you formatted the /system partition, you wiped out Nik's ROM and then you only flashed a new kernel and a patch. That is why it you get the Unable to access system partitions.
You need to flash Nik's ROM again, then flash the kernel and then flash the patch.
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Thanks tpbklake. Before formatting systems partition, I have taken nandroid backup. I restored nandroid but after that too, I got same alert.
Ok, I'll start from beginning. After flashing Nik Rom again, can I restore data.img from my nandroid.?
When I am recovery, I got message like. "You are in safe mode, please wipe cache. If u flashed hboot.img then format system"
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Do you have any idea on this? I got this before flashing anything.

Cyb0rgz said:
Thanks tpbklake. Before formatting systems partition, I have taken nandroid backup. I restored nandroid but after that too, I got same alert.
Ok, I'll start from beginning. After flashing Nik Rom again, can I restore data.img from my nandroid.?
Do you have any idea on this? I got this before flashing anything.
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You changed the radio. Either gb -> ics or ics -> gb and this causes some change in the partition layout that's why recovery is asking you to format. What I don't understand is why you didn't just format the cache partition like it told you to. It would have saved us all some time.

Nonverbose said:
You changed the radio. Either gb -> ics or ics -> gb and this causes some change in the partition layout that's why recovery is asking you to format. What I don't understand is why you didn't just format the cache partition like it told you to. It would have saved us all some time.
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I haven't changed the radio of two different versions. Earlier I was in ICS radio .11M and again flashed the same ICS radio..11M) Yes, I did cache format as well as instructed.
While flashing radio which supports same OS version, am I need to wipe cache or its not required?

Cyb0rgz said:
I haven't changed the radio of two different versions. Earlier I was in ICS radio .11M and again flashed the same ICS radio..11M) Yes, I did cache format as well as instructed.
While flashing radio which supports same OS version, am I need to wipe cache or its not required?
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If that's what the recovery is telling you to do, I would be inclined to agree.

[Q] Phone Stuck At Boot Animation Screen

Hello Everybody, My phone is Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and I have an issue.I am the one who is changing rom constantly.I was using the rom named ''Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios'' for a long time.Lately i loaded another rom, 2 hours after i used, The phone was closed by itself, I tried open phone again but it stayed at boot animation screen.After that, I thought that rom is spoilt, I tried other roms but they stayed at boot animation screen as well.I tried all of roms that i have but result was same.I thought that i should try the rom which i was using before all those problems started.So i flashed Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios Rom.Bizarre but it worked.When it opened i have faced with some pop-up ''android upgrading 0/70'' when it finished (70/70) i was at homescreen and all of my apps that i downloaded when i was using this rom at old days was there.It was so weird, And all aplications started to stop itselves and i even havent touched any of them. Like ''Unfortunately Whatsapp has stopped'' ''Unfortunately contacts has stopped'' ''Unfortunately facebook has stopped'' finally they all stoped working and i tried open applications, No application opened even contacts.
Present state: Only one rom is working, Others staying at boot animation screen and the rom which is working actually not working, Only phone is opening, No application working
What is the Problem? What Should i do? I am waiting your answers, THANKS.

Talha10 said:
Hello Everybody, My phone is Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and I have an issue.I am the one who is changing rom constantly.I was using the rom named ''Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios'' for a long time.Lately i loaded another rom, 2 hours after i used, The phone was closed by itself, I tried open phone again but it stayed at boot animation screen.After that, I thought that rom is spoilt, I tried other roms but they stayed at boot animation screen as well.I tried all of roms that i have but result was same.I thought that i should try the rom which i was using before all those problems started.So i flashed Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios Rom.Bizarre but it worked.When it opened i have faced with some pop-up ''android upgrading 0/70'' when it finished (70/70) i was at homescreen and all of my apps that i downloaded when i was using this rom at old days was there.It was so weird, And all aplications started to stop itselves and i even havent touched any of them. Like ''Unfortunately Whatsapp has stopped'' ''Unfortunately contacts has stopped'' ''Unfortunately facebook has stopped'' finally they all stoped working and i tried open applications, No application opened even contacts.
Present state: Only one rom is working, Others staying at boot animation screen and the rom which is working actually not working, Only phone is opening, No application working
What is the Problem? What Should i do? I am waiting your answers, THANKS.
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Are you do a full wipe, before flashing another custom rom?

I did Wipe data factory reset, Wipe cache partition, Advanced>Wipe Dalvik cache

Talha10 said:
I did Wipe data factory reset, Wipe cache partition, Advanced>Wipe Dalvik cache
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I suggest you install the stock rom using odin. It seems you have some corrupted files. Before flashing the stock rom, do Format Data/ Factory Reset, Format Cache Partitions, Mount & Storage> Format /system, Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Battery Stats. Once you have flashed the stock rom, go to recovery mod and do Wipe Data/ Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition (otherwise bootloop might occur). After that install root and CWM from the recovery mod. Now you can install any other custom rom without any problem. Do post your results. Hope I Helped

When i connect phone to the computer, connecting text under phone logo is occuring in kies, But not connecting
And neither in download mode nor not in download mod odin can't see the phone at all

Talha10 said:
When i connect phone to the computer, connecting text under phone logo is occuring in kies, But not connecting
And neither in download mode nor not in download mod odin can't see the phone at all
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Uninstall kies, and then download driver for galaxy ace.
Maybe, there is something wrong with your recovery, what recovery do you use?
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Talha10 said:
When i connect phone to the computer, connecting text under phone logo is occuring in kies, But not connecting
And neither in download mode nor not in download mod odin can't see the phone at all
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Uninstall kies, and then download driver for galaxy ace.
Maybe, there is something wrong with your recovery, what recovery do you use?
And, try redownload, and flash that rom again. Maybe, it's corrupted.

i unistalled and nothing happened.
And there is no problem about driver because pc is recognizing the phone which means it's was already updated.
ClockworkMod Recovery version is v4.0.0.9
And i flashed many times

Talha10 said:
i unistalled and nothing happened.
And there is no problem about driver because pc is recognizing the phone which means it's was already updated.
ClockworkMod Recovery version is v4.0.0.9
And i flashed many times
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Try installing CWM 5 from the recovery mod. CWM 5 is much more stable than CWM 4. Once you have installed CWM 5, do Format Data/ Factory Reset, Format Cache Partitions, Mount & Storage> Format /system, Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Battery Stats. Then try to flash any working rom with it. Here is the link,
CWM 5.0.2.6 fix for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
Do post your result. Hope I Helped

i did all of the things that you said but result is same
edit: Yeeeesss now i istalled Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios but it wasnt like old instalations, Old applications didn't come.Rom was opened like new phone, There is no problem now, Everything in phone are opening.
But why could'nt i install other roms.Of course i can continue with this rom it's better than none i mean at least i can use phone without problem.It is perfect but if can we solve the problem for other roms it will be very perfect, By the way thank you for your helps

Talha10 said:
i did all of the things that you said but result is same
edit: Yeeeesss now i istalled Xperiance-Ace-v4_Sky_Walker_Studios but it wasnt like old instalations, Old applications didn't come.Rom was opened like new phone, There is no problem now, Everything in phone are opening.
But why could'nt i install other roms.Of course i can continue with this rom it's better than none i mean at least i can use phone without problem.It is perfect but if can we solve the problem for other roms it will be very perfect, By the way thank you for your helps
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Bro, are you sure you can't install any other rom with CWM 5? Never forget to do Format Data/ Factory Reset, Format Cache Partitions, Mount & Storage> Format /system, Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Battery Stats before you install any other rom. Also click the Thank button to thank us for our time. Do post the results. Hope I Helped

mahithm said:
Bro, are you sure you can't install any other rom with CWM 5? Never forget to do Format Data/ Factory Reset, Format Cache Partitions, Mount & Storage> Format /system, Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Battery Stats before you install any other rom. Also click the Thank button to thank us for our time. Do post the results. Hope I Helped
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Yes im sure i do all of them always