i tinkered a little too much. im on Perception 10.1, and had a great theme, but just wanted to mess with an icon or two. seeing as how i'd done it before, i didnt even bother backing up. just switched files from framework and twframework over and moved em over with Root Explorer. well i did so and rebooted. phone started up, then as it loaded my homescreen, EVERYTHING FCed, until the phone rebooted, and then repeatedly did so.
is it possible to push the original framework and tw-framework back to the phone without starting it ALL the way back up into that sequence (if so, tell me how please - i have the fw and tw-fw on my laptop)? or if not, is there a way that i can Titanium Backup all my apps without booting into that sequence so that i can just flash to stock and reflash the ROM.
im prepared to Factory Reset or flash to stock then reflash my ROM, but i havent ran a TiBu backup in a few weeks now, so id lose everything - trying to figure out if theres a way to fix my phone while AVOIDING losing everything.
put your phone into recovery mode and get into clockworkmod recovery. use adb on your laptop to push the files to the /system/framework/
adb push C:\path\to\working\fw-twfw\files /system/framework/
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I wanted to download the new update for our phone, so last night, I backed up with Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Then, I used SL4A to undo the ext4 lagfix, as I was told that I had to do. Now, my phone won't boot. It gets to the S screen, pulses for while, and goes dark.
This is what I backed up for, right? But I can't seem to boot into ClockworkMod recovery. Pressing power+volume keys just gets me into the normal Android recovery screen. And since I don't want to reinstall packages, try another reboot in vain, or delete all user data, I'm kind of at a loss.
Can anyone help me?
If i've understood correctly, Clockwork doesn't play well with ext4, so that may be what you're running into. Shouldn't be too big of a deal, just use ODIN3 to reflash JF6 (DON'T MASTER CLEAR- just flash JF6). You should be able to do this by 1. Starting ODIN3, 2. Get your phone to the stock recovery screen and then hooking up your USB cable, 3. Start up an ADB Command Line and type in 'adb shell' (enter) and then 'reboot download' (enter). Your phone should reboot into download mode (big yellow triangle) and be picked up by ODIN3. Click 'start' on ODIN3 and wait for it to reflash JF6. When it's done, try downloading the update again. If it doesn't take (don't be surprised) just download it from the development forum and flash it using Clockwork. (You'll have to re-root, re-download and install Clockwork). Once you have JH7, re-root, re-download and install Clockwork and Titanium again, and then use the batch method to put your apps and settings back on. Let me know if you run into anything and I'll see if I can help.
-ok, just double checked, and you'll run into permission issues if you try to type 'adb shell' and then 'reboot download'. Instead, just type in 'adb reboot download' at the C:\...\tools> prompt. It gave an 'error: protocol fault <no status>' message in the command window, but the phone went into download mode 3 out of 3 tries.
had a similar issue last night. went from cog 2.1 back to JH7 and didnt fix the voodoo issue which left me in the same position. you just have to reflash to JF6 with Odin and you'll be set.
1. make sure you have the usb drivers installed
2. open odin
3. turn phone off (pull battery if needed, and replace)
4. hold both volume keys while inserting usb cable to phone (will put phone into download mode, huge yellow triangle on screen)
5. odin should now recognize the phone/com port.
6. hit 'Start', not Master Wipe or w/e the other button is.
after all said and done you'll have flashed JF6. Now re-root phone, download rom manager and restore one of your backups and you're back in business. good luck.
I just found myself in this same position, but I removed the EXT2 lagfix via SL4A and ended up with a phone that had to be reflashed - it went dead, wouldn't get past the glowing S, then black screen. Reflashed, I then recovered later via Titanium backups.
Then get this... once I flashed with Odin, I got hit with an OTA update... which I cancelled. Then I was dealing with an almost bricked phone. So I had to finagle my way into getting to where Odin would reflash the phone (I was lucky) and then I went straight to Cognition 2.1 to avoid the OTA, and I've been setting up everything else since. I've recovered my apps, et al... and tweaked it like I once had it.
There should be a way to avoid this in the future - I hate setting everything back up - but I got hit with a SL4A issue too.
Thanks a lot, guys. I'm going to use Odin3 as soon as I get home from work! Then, should I just try SL4A again to un-lagfix, or what? It's my understanding that the update doesn't play well with ext4.
Nope, once you've reflashed JF6 with ODIN3, you should be back to stock with no SL4A if i'm not mistaken. If your goal was to just have JH7, i'd make sure to delete any folders SL4A might have put on your INTERNAL SD card storage (don't know if it does, never used it), and don't do a nandroid restore- that will put you back to where you were right before the problems started. Your apps and settings should be ok, just get to JH7, reload your apps and settings, THEN do a nandroid backup before you try anything else so that you basically have a fresh JH7 install with all your apps and settings as a starting point for future tinkering.
-Ok, just read a post from Rajendra82 in the Development forums discussing this type of thing. It's the "Noob needs your help to understand" thread, and on page 2 he discusses this same situation in pretty good detail. I'm pretty sure I read that SL4A gives you two choices to lagfix- ext2 and ext4. If you chose ext2 you'll probably be ok, but if you chose ext4 you may infact still have issues with trying to use ODIN3. Go read that thread for more info, maybe even PM Rajendra82 since he seems to have a pretty good understanding about this. Good Luck.
Thank you, samoled! It's all fixed. Good lord, what a pain in the backside.
I (eventually) managed to flash a fresh JF6 install with Odin3. Tried the update the regular way; it failed. So I rooted, then used ClockworkMod to load the update from my SD card. Rooted again, got Busybox, enabled app sideloading, got Titanium backup, and finally ran the batch and restored everything. Phew.
I hear voodoo's a much less buggy way to do the lagfix (I used the Tayatumi update.zip last time). I think I'll use that - after backing up, of course!
No problem at all man, just glad I could help. Happy Modding!!!
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Hello,
I am hoping somebody can give me a little advice on my issue.
I updated to the OTA 2.2 via the full SBF file, i then rooted using the one click root. I then installed the 928 black glass theme that deodex's at the same time.
Everything was running fine. I them wanted to change some of the icons by modifying the framework file. I booted into recovery and created a back up before attempting to change the framework file. I them made the changes to the icons i wanted to in the framework file. a sent it back to the phone via ADB. However the phone was stuck in a boot loop. I then pulled the battery and it rebooted into recovery. I selected my backup and it started to load. The problem is it gets to where it says "Restoring Data" and it just hangs there. I let it sit at that point for over 20 min with no change. I also have tried to go into the advance recovery and just restore the data file on its own, but it also freezes.
Anyone know what might be the issue here?
Thanks
Copied this from Reddit, having some issues and can't figure this out.
Here's my situation: yesterday I managed to one-click root my phone, no problem. Computer detected the device, I installed Titanium Backup, backed up my files, installed the kernel flasher (SGS Kernel?), backed up my stock kernel, and then installed ROM Manager and install Clockwork Recovery. I then flashed a new kernel to the phone which seemed to cause a problem, so I flashed back to the stock kernel and, brick. I don't think the Clockwork Recovery worked because I could never get the setup file to work when I tried to boot from recovery mode because basically when I tried to do the button-pushes ... it just gave me hash errors, I believe. I followed instructions on XDA to flash back to stock (from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204), and after much tinkering, did get a chance to recover, and even got around the problem of showing I had no space available.
I have two problems now:
1) SMS messages won't send or receive as far as I can tell.
2) I'm in USB Debugging Mode but the phone is not being detected by the computer.
My problem with the latter is I'm trying to re-root my phone so I can get Titanium Backup to get all my stuff back on the phone and can get rid of some bloatware and then NEVER ROOT AGAIN because I was terrified of bricking my phone and just want to have a fully functional stock phone and never do this again. Can anyone point me in the right direction (I've done a little bit of "let me google that for you" and haven't had much luck) or provide me with some advice? Thanks in advance!
I installed "Battery Icon Mod v1.01", applied the mod, restarted, and I do see the AT&T screen, then I see the Galaxy moving screen, and after, I see the black screen, and nothing else, and I feel the phone vibrates (almost the same way, when the program crashes). I need to get back on the phone somehow, without restarting from scratch. Any way without loosing all of it?
Can you get into recovery with battery pull and up + down volume + power?
If so try reflashing or flashing a different battery mod and see if it works
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR does not work when battery is out.
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR works when battey is in
and i get the following choices
reboot system now
reinstall package
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd-card
zheka1 said:
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR does not work when battery is out.
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR works when battey is in
and i get the following choices
reboot system now
reinstall package
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd-card
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Looks like youre running stock recovery which = stock ROM. How did it even flash without failing verification? (not asking you, whoever else)
IMO you're hosed and need to odin back to completely stock (everything is lost) Unless someone else can think of a way to fix system files with stock recovery
I did flashed my phone with froyo 2.2 when I got the phone, and it was back in September or something. It was also rooted, so maybe that why it allowed to mod? I'm not too good with the phones and stuff, as i am more of a computer IT.
zheka1 said:
I did flashed my phone with froyo 2.2 when I got the phone, and it was back in September or something. It was also rooted, so maybe that why it allowed to mod? I'm not too good with the phones and stuff, as i am more of a computer IT.
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If you're really in IT you'd know that information is key to solving any problem. Stock 2.2 or a custom 2.2 ROM?
What I was trying to say, is I am not good with phones, and phone software and stuff
If you had usb debugging checked , you can use adb to push your original framework back to the phone. If you did a backup you can just install the backup. Otherwise your only recourse is to reflash the rom.
no i dont have any back and stuff. is there anyway to get the SMS? or my MEMO's?
You can flash a rom through odin...does not have to be stock...it will not wipe the info you have saved on your internal sd or external. if you sync your contacts with google gmail it will return all your contacts.
With that said, you will lose any programs you downloaded and installed unless you have them backed up (titianium back-up, etc).
It's not the end of the world, your phone will live again...
Just a thought...why not take this opportunity to flash one of the excellent custom roms in the development section?
This is why you will be backing up from now on...if no adb debugging then i dont this you can do adb pull or anything so .just flash another rom bud.we all make mistakes .yours isnt too big of a mistake tho. Sorry
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as long as I can keep my data, I'm not worried about loosing my applications, I can always reinstall them. I remember I tried to flash Froyo 2.2, and it took me forever to get it done. Could someone point me to a good ROM (preferably 1.2OC) where I can keep all my data.
Nope. You're pretty much out if luck with no backup. If you were on stock 2.2 then the reason you're in a bootloop is because you tried to install a mod to your framework that only works in deoxed roms.
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You can flash a rom through odin...does not have to be stock...it will not wipe the info you have saved on your internal sd or external.
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what is this means then?
i guess the solution is to clear cache and factory reset ...
but u will loose ur data....
No roms will delete your internal SD card unless you do a master clear. Without pushing your framework back and having no backup all your data (SMS, memos, call logs) is gone. No way around it. Flashing with Odin still deletes your user data.
can somebody point me to the best 1.2GHz rom?
That's in the kernel. Which can be swapped out on any rom, I believe there is one for stock froyo.
Im kinda confused, I've been googling and searching this thread, and not sure what I have to do next. How do I began from scratch? What do I need to install the very first image? Where do I get it? I keep on searching all the threads this forum has, but its so much stuff here, that I get really confused.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919816
So today i was clearing out some stuff, after deleting all the apk files i downloaded.
i went to the system folder. i see this folder named App, i went in it, i see all these Apk files, so i thought they're just the file you use to install those applications. so i selected all, then deleted everything.
Then, a lot of things popped out, and this one wouldn't go away, it says Android.Phone stopped working. so i took my batteries out, and rebooted it. But it just shows the LG logo, then the loading, then starts over again.
I tried Volume Up + Power key, it just showed a the rest box thing, but after a bit, it just restarted the repeating process.
And i can't connect my phone to my computer because you have to set the USB mode on, while the phone is on.
ANY help?. Please. three year contract, and i have no clue what to do.
leolin000 said:
So today i was clearing out some stuff, after deleting all the apk files i downloaded.
i went to the system folder. i see this folder named App, i went in it, i see all these Apk files, so i thought they're just the file you use to install those applications. so i selected all, then deleted everything.
Then, a lot of things popped out, and this one wouldn't go away, it says Android.Phone stopped working. so i took my batteries out, and rebooted it. But it just shows the LG logo, then the loading, then starts over again.
I tried Volume Up + Power key, it just showed a the rest box thing, but after a bit, it just restarted the repeating process.
And i can't connect my phone to my computer because you have to set the USB mode on, while the phone is on.
ANY help?. Please. three year contract, and i have no clue what to do.
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try the nvflash method to flash a stock ROM....by the way have you rooted your device?on custom ROM?have u a backup if you are rooted?
check in the dev thread if you bare rooted and want to flash the nvflash...
hope it helps
You seem to have root, because without you could not access the system folder. To get in the recovery menue you need to push and hold power + vol down(!) on your off-switched device. From there, restoring a nandroid-backup would be the easyest way. If you didnt made a backup, you can get back to a stock rom with smartflash and nvflash but you will loose your data.
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You seem to have root, because without you could not access the system folder. To get in the recovery menue you need to push and hold power + vol down(!) on your off-switched device. From there, restoring a nandroid-backup would be the easyest way. If you didnt made a backup, you can get back to a stock rom with smartflash and nvflash but you will loose your data.
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I don't think he has CWM, Only a rooted device so it will be hard for him to get his /system back without any Backup...
Try NVFlash method or Smartflash, located in the Android Development section of this Forum.
I fail to understand why would someone be messing in the system folder without having a full backup
SREEPRAJAY said:
try the nvflash method to flash a stock ROM....by the way have you rooted your device?on custom ROM?have u a backup if you are rooted?
check in the dev thread if you bare rooted and want to flash the nvflash...
hope it helps
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I have tried that, and got CWM now, i don't mind losing all my data, but. Is just that i've gotten an external SD card from one of my old phone, and i put a ROM on it. But I can't seem to find the External SD card anywhere on the phone. _ExternalSD has basically nothing in it. Anyway to get it?...
I rooted my phone before i deleted the system files. But does it matter now that I wiped everything?.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
OMG i fixed it, i mounted the USB, then put the ROM in the internal SD card, THANK YOU GUYS