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[Q] What to do when CWM ROM flash hangs during install?

Hi all. Yes I am a Noob first ever post in fact. I am however good at following directions and reading first. So far found nothing to address my issue.
Intro: First time flashing a Custom ROM although I did previously successfully install Cf-Root and Stock ICS from Sam Mobile using excellent instructions found here.
Background: 1) Decided to move from Rooted Stock ICS to new Aliance ICS -- spent all weekend reading up before developing courage to attempt. 2) Today Successfully downgraded to Gingerbread (Flashing the Darky Resurrection rom and following instructions exactly). 3) Uninstalled DarkyOTA and Cleared app data as specified in instruction 4) Installed Alliance OTA and ROM Config as specified 3) Successfully flashed a XXLPY repack via ODIN per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27199210&postcount=4instructions 5) Copied the Alliance ICS Rom Zip to external SD 6) Went into CWM as instructed and flashed file.
Result: received notices -- Preparing for Installation ... Cleaning the phone etc -- through to "Installing Extra Apps" ----- Have been staring at this part for 45 minutes now as no progress has been made.
Current situation: Staring dumbly at phone with fading hopes that the process will complete. Wondering how long my Mugen battery will hold out while I wait. Utterly clueless what to do next. Regretting my courage in attempting this.
Can someone help please?

Where did u come up with DARKY ICS it should be Alliance ICS, just recheck because DARKY ICS is for S2 did u flash S2 rom on Note......

bhasg1007 said:
Where did u come up with DARKY ICS it should be Alliance ICS, just recheck because DARKY ICS is for S2 did u flash S2 rom on Note......
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You make a very good point --- but i can confirm that the zip was the following:\AllianceROM_N7000_ICS-v1.zip
Still hung (80 minutes now) on "Installing extra apps"

mutineer33 said:
You make a very good point --- but i can confirm that the zip was the following:\AllianceROM_N7000_ICS-v1.zip
Still hung (80 minutes now) on "Installing extra apps"
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Download the Alliance rom again and reflash it, you might have a corrupted rom.

gee2012 said:
Download the Alliance rom again and reflash it, you might have a corrupted rom.
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Thank you ---- I will try --- but first how do I get out of this hung install --- no button works --- if I just power down or pull the battery out before this flash has finished , will my phone still be usable?

mutineer33 said:
Thank you ---- I will try --- but first how do I get out of this hung install --- no button works --- if I just power down or pull the battery out before this flash has finished , will my phone still be usable?
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Haven`t you made a cwm recovery (backup) before you went to flash the rom.
If so pull the battery, wait 30 seconds, insert the battery and go in recoverymode and restore your backup. If there is no backup go in downloadmode and reflash a stock rom and reroot this rom and start over.

gee2012 said:
Haven`t you made a cwm recovery (backup) before you went to flash the rom.
If so pull the battery, wait 30 seconds, insert the battery and go in downloadmode and restore your backup. If there is no backup go in downloadmode and reflash a stock rom and reroot this rom and start over.
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OK will try --- Thank you and "Thanks" added

gee2012 said:
Haven`t you made a cwm recovery (backup) before you went to flash the rom.
If so pull the battery, wait 30 seconds, insert the battery and go in recoverymode and restore your backup. If there is no backup go in downloadmode and reflash a stock rom and reroot this rom and start over.
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Ok -- and thanks again. The Good News is after pulling and reinserting the battery the phone booted up and into Alliance (it looks fantastic by the way) and appears to be working. A bit scary as the Flash process itself never actually completed. Since I am as of yet unfamiliar with the ROM I have no idea if I am missing anything (mostly just the wall paper and google search, play store, and Nova settings are displayed --- but app drawer has 49 apps and 36 widgets). So now I would be very interested in opinions as to ---
1) Anyway to validate whether EVERYTHING that was supposed to have flashed on this Rom is in fact there? Or can I assume that since the phone has booted up and is working in terms of voice and data connections that I have been lucky and all has gone well after the initial panic?
2) Related to the above should I reflash this ROM over itself to see if it fully completes this time?
Thank you again.

Congrats on getting past the hanging issue - it is always a nervous time when that happens. I would recommend you reboot the phone and check that it starts up again. If all is good, run with current system for a few days. If you start to notice anything wacky then would be the time to reflash ROM.
I'm a firm believer in "If it ain't broke don't fix it" Hopefully your Note will just work now.

Just before reflashing just confirm if you are fully rooted, install root explorer and check if u can paste in system if yes then for safety purposes just flash abyss 4.2 redpill kernel boot into the kernels cwm and perform wipe and reinstall the rom

TempusFudgeIt said:
Congrats on getting past the hanging issue - it is always a nervous time when that happens. I would recommend you reboot the phone and check that it starts up again. If all is good, run with current system for a few days. If you start to notice anything wacky then would be the time to reflash ROM.
I'm a firm believer in "If it ain't broke don't fix it" Hopefully your Note will just work now.
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Thank you for the feedback. As it stands I Re-flashed again ---- and the flash hung again (this time @ "Cleaning phone". Started over a 3rd time and it went through perfectly.
No idea why the first two attempts failed -- but it looks like I am good to go.

bhasg1007 said:
Just before reflashing just confirm if you are fully rooted, install root explorer and check if u can paste in system if yes then for safety purposes just flash abyss 4.2 redpill kernel boot into the kernels cwm and perform wipe and reinstall the rom
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Thank you for the suggestion. Per my post above, I think I am sorted out now.

I've got the same problem, are you on speedmod kernel???
Try to mount system and data from the mount menu.
I hope this can help you

I have the same problem... First I installed successfully the ROM but then i messed up something and my phone started to restart and then I went to recovery, Wiped Cache, Dalvik and then Wiped data, then i mount Data, started installing and it went to Installing extra apps and just froze... I hold the power button and it booted alliance rom only with nova launcher... No other launchers... I want to do this again but im afraid if it is going to get even worse Should I try again of doing this? I'm sure that the rom wasn't corrupted because the first time it worked... Shall i try flashing HydraCore and then flash alliance rom again?
EDIT: I've just flashed it again and it worked.. I have no idea what exactly happend, but it doesn't matter - it worked

[Q] Help !! My SGN wont Turn on !!!

Hello everyone
My phone isnt working turning on , its stuck on the samsung logo !
I was using Ultimate jb rom when suddenly my phone turned off and it was stuck on the samsung logo , i tired flashing the another rom Angry v3 4.1.2 at first it the phone turned on and then the same happened , after that i tired flashing to stock ICS and now its again stuck on the samsung logo , what should i do now ? Please help asap
Thanks in advance

Have you tried to flash back with Odin PC?

Kortxero said:
Have you tried to flash back with Odin PC?
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Yeah i flashed stock ICS using pc odin !

xp3rto said:
Yeah i flashed stock ICS using pc odin !
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You should use a wipe stock ROM when flashing through Odin.

Since struck at logo, battery may be ok, nevertheless as a blind shot, why don't you try with another battery.
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after installing the ICS rom, install a safe kernel and do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik.
dont you have any nandroid backups?

i have this problem b4
try flash safe kernel (example hydracore), reboot
then go to download mode flash any type of ROM
and do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik

pods71 said:
i have this problem b4
try flash safe kernel (example hydracore), reboot
then go to download mode flash any type of ROM
and do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik
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If you install ICS, the its not safe to do a wipe till you install a safe kernel...

Thanks for the help everyone The phone turned on finally after doing this
nokiamodeln91 said:
after installing the ICS rom, install a safe kernel and do a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik.
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Thanks everyone
Happy New Year !!

xp3rto said:
Thanks for the help everyone The phone turned on finally after doing this
Thanks everyone
Happy New Year !!
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having the same issue right now.. i rooted my stock rom, and used speedmod 15 version. This morning the screen started flickering and occasional power offs. Then the battery reading was incorrect - first 60%, then it went to 65%. After a restart it went to 12% after which I just recharged the phone as usual. No problems until this evening again it went bad and couldn't restart. I can however restart in CWM recovery and luckily have a NAND backup and Titanium backup of everything that is important to me.
I also managed to recover the /sdcard partition with adb pull command. Right now the phone will not boot past the startup animation. I already tried CM 10.1 31.12 nightly and also 9.1 stable, and have the exact same issue.
Anyone know how to fix this except for wiping? Because I already wiped everything while trying the CM builds.

First check if the battery is good. Also try a different battery.
Also this time installing the rom, try in cwm, mounts & storage, format/system, format/data, format/cache and then flash the rom
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just a quick update, I ran in recovery mode and did an fsck on the 9 and 10 partitions, i got a lot errors that got "fixed" by fsck. After that I just reflashed the CM10.1 nightly and it made it past the boot screen. Not for long though. After restarting it didn't get past the boot screen again.
I gave up yesterday night and just started downloading the latest official GB. This morning I flashed it with odin and it kind of worked, until i got force closes in the wifi settings step of the setup wizard.
Now it boots into android but doesn't get past the wizard screen. I will try flashing the GB rom once more through odin, maybe that fixes some things.
any other suggestions? If it is the battery, would it make any difference if it was plugged into the wall charger while starting the phone?
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another update: I did a factory reset on the GB rom and am using it while connected to the wall charger. It seems to be working OK like this. So I guess I need to find a battery and try to restore my apps and settings

Another update, I ordered a brand new genuine battery and now it seems to work stable again. I just used it as a mp3 player and to surf for a few hours and no instability issues anymore, boots up perfectly.
Original battery was dated november 2011. The new one (also genuine samsung) is from october 2012 I believe.

please help! i want ics!

hello my friend!!
i have a problem with my OB!!
when i use with zeus 7.06 and diana 2.7 kernel everything works.
but i want to upgrade to ics or JB and when i upgarde to V30B/nesmiss X/cm 10/cm 10.1 it's work but when i connected to wall charger
or to usb is write to me on the lockscreen "low tempratur!! unable to chrge the phone!"
and i use withe zeusgrafitity.. kernel.
what i can to do? just with zeus the charger works o.k
please help me!!
i think that the problem in zeusteawker but i not sure.
thank you very much to all answers.

Needed more info, but it seems you're using a GB kernel on a ICS/JB Rom, as usual try 3 wipes before flashing

what is mean "try 3 wipes before flash" ?
i make one full wipe and than i install a new ics rom and then kernel of ics ( i install [ZeroGravityKernel v 1.0)..

ErnuB said:
Needed more info, but it seems you're using a GB kernel on a ICS/JB Rom, as usual try 3 wipes before flashing
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You cant use a GB kernel on ICS Well I dont really know, what the problem is, but please try to wipe data, cache and in advanced wipe dalwik cache. Then flash the ROM and try again. Maybe use my ROM, since it is stock with CWM support. zerogravity has got OC and UV and those two features may cause issues.
But I've never seen a battery getting to cool Are you sure it says LOW? And not high?

[Q] Help needed with my phone.. please suggest..

i installed AVATAR 4.2.2 on my optimus 2x. Now after installing that ROM, a lot of applications crash. the battery backup has decreased drastically and sometimes when phone goes to sleep, the power button doesent work in getting the phone off sleep. i have to take off the battery and then start the phone..
I tried installing a ROM based on 4.0 but its not installing now. everytime i install it, i again get the AVATAR ROM

always do a full wipe before flashing a new rom....this is how i do
1. Save all my work from the phone to the computer and al the files that I will need in the future
2. In recovery I go to Mounts and I wipe cache, data, sd card, system, dalvik cache
3. FLash the rom and then in the advanced menu select Fix Permisions
4. Copy back the saved files and data from the computer to the phone
I never had problems when I flashed new roms

hunk from jalandhar said:
i installed AVATAR 4.2.2 on my optimus 2x. Now after installing that ROM, a lot of applications crash. the battery backup has decreased drastically and sometimes when phone goes to sleep, the power button doesent work in getting the phone off sleep. i have to take off the battery and then start the phone..
I tried installing a ROM based on 4.0 but its not installing now. everytime i install it, i again get the AVATAR ROM
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ilooze said:
always do a full wipe before flashing a new rom....this is how i do
1. Save all my work from the phone to the computer and al the files that I will need in the future
2. In recovery I go to Mounts and I wipe cache, data, sd card, system, dalvik cache
3. FLash the rom and then in the advanced menu select Fix Permisions
4. Copy back the saved files and data from the computer to the phone
I never had problems when I flashed new roms
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i did a full wipe only, wiped cache, daivik cache and fixed permissions

hunk from jalandhar said:
i installed AVATAR 4.2.2 on my optimus 2x. Now after installing that ROM, a lot of applications crash. the battery backup has decreased drastically and sometimes when phone goes to sleep, the power button doesent work in getting the phone off sleep. i have to take off the battery and then start the phone..
I tried installing a ROM based on 4.0 but its not installing now. everytime i install it, i again get the AVATAR ROM
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my friend,
wipe cache and dalvik
wipe data
format system
check for the right boot loader version....I have personally tested and used the Avatar 2.11b version from 18th may....check my New Boot Loader Versions thread in the developers section....I had no issues
Try a complete wipe again....and if possible try to format the InternalSD and then re-flash

SREEPRAJAY said:
my friend,
wipe cache and dalvik
wipe data
format system
check for the right boot loader version....I have personally tested and used the Avatar 2.11b version from 18th may....check my New Boot Loader Versions thread in the developers section....I had no issues
Try a complete wipe again....and if possible try to format the InternalSD and then re-flash
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i read in a few threads that where updating the bootloader solved the issues related to battery.. i am enw to this and am not sure how to change the new bootloader

hunk from jalandhar said:
i read in a few threads that where updating the bootloader solved the issues related to battery.. i am enw to this and am not sure how to change the new bootloader
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read the thread called AIOT...you will find the link in my signature my friend.....you will have all the answers there....
But, the battery related issues are mostly from LG ICS versions....but, yes Kowalski Kernel sloves quite a few issues of battery drain

[Q] Help me understand whats going on.

okay, first of all i will say that im sorry if what im writing is full on faulty language. enlgish isnt my best. aaaanuslut i got my brothers old gt n7000 with a broken touchpad and screen for free. i repaired that with 160€ and my brother said that the phone was rooted. i found out he had allso overclocked the device. But after a few restarts to the phone it just said something what i think was in spanish or something "bla bla bla dos sistema". After that came not your old samsung logo, but purple blueish circles just circling. Ant thats it, it would not start. So i read about bricked devices, and as much as i understood i had a soft brick. so i was looking aroun the forum for some easy fixes becasue im totally stranger to this kind of hacking. i finaly found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97qo1moAR4 and i downloaded custom jb N7000XXLSZ_N7000OPSLS6_N7000XXLSO_HOME.tar. it did work but again after i tried to restart the phone it was stuck.
So since i dont want any custom stuff i think to my self why not stock rom. so i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. But since i dont like JB as much as ICS i will try ICS. Her is the question: i allready did the factory reset and cache wipe but this instruction says not to FROM ICS.
Warning :
Don't wipe anything from stock ICS recovery
Don't factory reset/Hard reset on stock ICS.
Don't flash any Wipe version of ICS ROM
Does that mean that i have allready gone wrong or does that mean that you have to have ICS on youre phone and then you cant do any of those things? its really confusing and i dont want to fk up my phone.

Did you make a wipe on stock ICS recovery?

zai89 said:
Did you make a wipe on stock ICS recovery?
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My brother said that he had custom ice cream on it when i first made the wipe and tried jelly

orizont said:
My brother said that he had custom ice cream on it when i first made the wipe and tried jelly
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can your phone boot to recovery mode now?

zai89 said:
can your phone boot to recovery mode now?
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Yes i can

flash via recovery phils kernel, (a newer one) reboot in recovery and perform the wipe for new rom option.
That should clean your device good.
Then flash what you want. After that download an emmc check app and check. Shouldnt be needed, but its nice to check.
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baz77 said:
flash via recovery phils kernel, (a newer one) reboot in recovery and perform the wipe for new rom option.
That should clean your device good.
Then flash what you want. After that download an emmc check app and check. Shouldnt be needed, but its nice to check.
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Allright, thankyou, since i am new to all this stuff i will try to locate a tutorial. i dont have any idea for instance, what is recovery phils kernel.

at own risk, here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191. Download zip, keep zipped and put on external sd. Reboot recovery and flash via install from sd option.
Since we are going to wipe latest version will do fine. However if you plan to reflash the original Samsung rom one that is same or likewise version is best to quickly root after flashing rom, so you can flash speedmod kernel (better battery life) after. Find in original dev thread of this forum.
Remember, via factory format on phills kernel recovery(reboot in recovery) you have the option to do a wipe for new rom.
Otherwise on Phills kernel recovery do factory, cache wipe. In advanced dalvik cache, in mounts all(warning take out external sd before so you dont wipe that)
Then your phone is clean, you shouldnt have to wipe efs anyway, so dont tick that option ever in pc odin when flashing rom with odin.
This is the cleanest way to get rid of All leftovers and generally the way to go before flashing any new rom. However risk of loosing photos and whatever you have not backed up. In general backing up is bad as old files/db/etc are put back (risk of unforeseen stuff happening) Check one of my 5 threads for what backups there are. Via my profile you find them
Enjoy!
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Okay, im thankful for all this information, useful stuff, got the PhilZ-cwm6-XXLT6-XSA-5.06.1-signed.zip.

let us know how it went, ok?

OOOKAY! so i finaly did what baz77 described. and rooted with another phils kernel witch i chose after my downloaded rom. Did root it, and after powering down and waiting about 3-5 sec. i started it, and it worked, no more getting stuck on gt n7000 screen and so on. and i also downloaded emmc check app, but unfortunatley it said. Brick bug: YES. Insane Chip.

sorry for double post, how do i delete? all i can do is use edit/delete button but it only edits the post, how can i delte it?

You cant but thats ok.
all n7000 have the brickbug to my knowledge, the test should state if the bug has been triggered, if not then super, if it has, best to secure the broken emmc sectors. Tricky.
I think having it clean now should eliminate earlier issues Enjoy your n7000

Thank you, i will, lately my n7000 has been rebooting randomly, any fix or know issue why this occures?

orizont said:
Thank you, i will, lately my n7000 has been rebooting randomly, any fix or know issue why this occures?
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not sure how that is happening. Maybe a logcat (logfiles) shows whats happening when it happens. Could be app. Maybe rom issue. Method of elimination counts here.
On safe kernel, try dalvik cache, cache wipes and fix permissions in recovery, reboot and check if reoccurs.
Otherwise, updated versions, clean install I would recommend.
You can check also before with that emmc app if there are bad sectors. I dont expect it but you never know

Okay, its been a long time since i did that stuff. And it worked allirght. i got my phone working and rooted. Great stuff here

Sorry for updating old topic. Since people who have helped me with my phone allready are familiar with my case. I was wisiting a friend of mine in england and after i returned home my phone is f**ked. Everything works okay, but when i turn on mobile data or wifi it instantly freezes. Takes about 15-20 sec. and then phone does an automatic restart which restarting gets into boot loop. I have to hold down bower button to reboot again. When it asks me for sim unlock code, i have to be quick when im inserting it because i need to turn off mobiledata/wifi as soon as ia get my phone running again, otherwise it will freeze and crash again. Can it be somekind of virus or something? Is it most likely that i have to again format and install philz kernel and all that stuff? Thanks in advance.

that would be the best way to start..IMO

I really dont have the time or opportunity to format and reflash, but i guess its really difficult, near imbossible to tell whats wrong with my samsung. Bust still, any other suggestions?