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[Q] Constant Boot Loops when trying to install new ROMs

I have CWM 4.00.15 installed and I tried to install Ryyu's Rom (Wipe) by putting it on the SD card and rebooting into recovery, then selecting the zip file and hitting apply. When the installation tried to update my kernel, it just froze and rebooted. I was then stuck on a boot loop between the Galaxy S screen and the CyanogenMod boot screen. I know that Ryyu's did not install correctly because the CyanogenMod boot screen was still there. I had to use 3 button recovery and erase cache, davlik cache and user data before trying to install AOSP Essence, but same problem happened. Installation dies and phone keeps rebooting in loops. Finally, gave up and went back to CyanogenMod Nightly and it worked.
Why can't I seem to install any other ROMs besides Cyanogen? I know I am doing something wrong, but not sure what. Any advice/help appreciated. Thanks.

Have you tried starting from a clean install?
Try starting with a stock rom and then to activate Cwm flash a modded Kernel.

Br1g0 said:
Have you tried starting from a clean install?
Try starting with a stock rom and then to activate Cwm flash a modded Kernel.
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Hi,
this is what I initially did to get Cyanogen on:
1. Used Superoneclick root to root phone
2. Check that 3 button recovery and download mode works. Recovery version was 3e, so installed superlagfix from android market. This automatically installed ClockworkMod Recovery as well.
3. Use CWM and flashed recovery for Samsung Galaxy S i9000
4. Reboot into recovery and select the CyanogenMod zip file and click apply to install.
To install subsequent ROMs, I just put the zip file on my SD card, reboot into recovery and repeat step 4 above, after clearing cache and user data. It is after that I get stuck on boot loops.
I did do a Nandroid backup before my initial Cyanogen install so I can go back and restore it, but it would be Froyo.

when coming from CM / MIUI - Samsung based ROM
you MUST flash a 3 file firmware with pit and re-partition.
Cyanogen and MIUI use different partitions than samsung ROMs so this is why you are having issues.

Ok, just managed to flash Darky's EE 10.2 using Odin. Not sure if Odin is the ideal way, but it worked. Really enjoying Darky's. Thanks folks!

[Q] Black screen when trying to boot safe system

Hello, guys. I have ICS leak on my device, installed safestrap successfully, but after first time boot (boot recovery or system), when I can choose what system I wanna boot, the phone shows only black screen with led backlight. Tried to wait about 15 minutes, but no luck. Busybox was updated, safestrap works, but safe system doesn't want to boot. Any advice? I tried to wipe all and install safestrap in clean system, still no go.

Can you boot into unsafe system, recovery? If you can get into recovery, I'd try a factory reset.
If all else fails, I'd reflash 219 --> ICS 213 and start over.

Did you install a ROM on your safe system?
Sent from my Droid 4

kwyrt said:
Did you install a ROM on your safe system?
Sent from my Droid 4
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yes

I was having the exact same issue. You can't enable safe system and boot in to a non-safe system ROM. If you enable safe system, you have to install a custom rom. If you haven't yet wiped or made any changes in CWM/Recovery, then you can just disable safe system and you should boot in to stock, which is what I did. Although I did later on install the AOKP ICS leak. I'm currently waiting for there to be a release of the .213 Moto ICS rom.

[Q] Custom Roms not booting on my ZR

I unlocked my ZR's bootloader and tried installing these roms:
Carbon Rom
Beanstalk
LiquidSmooth
But after installing any of these, my phone wont boot completely.
It goes past the SONY screen and loads the animation of the rom that i flashed, the animation still goes on - it is not stuck.
This goes on for like half an hour and still does not go any further.
I will explain the steps i followed.
1. Unlocked bootloader
2. flashed the boot.img of the corresponding rom
3. booted to recovery -- vol up
4. Wipe data/ fac reset
5. wipe cache partition and Dalvik
6. installed the rom and rebooted
Is there anything else i am missing here ?

ajeesh.m said:
I unlocked my ZR's bootloader and tried installing these roms:
Carbon Rom
Beanstalk
LiquidSmooth
But after installing any of these, my phone wont boot completely.
It goes past the SONY screen and loads the animation of the rom that i flashed, the animation still goes on - it is not stuck.
This goes on for like half an hour and still does not go any further.
I will explain the steps i followed.
1. Unlocked bootloader
2. flashed the boot.img of the corresponding rom
3. booted to recovery -- vol up
4. Wipe data/ fac reset
5. wipe cache partition and Dalvik
6. installed the rom and rebooted
Is there anything else i am missing here ?
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go in mounts & format system with all othe wipes
& try
+1 if the ROM animation is shown then rom must boot up
plz try again

You have to boot the stock firmware first.
Flash a stock rom
Boot it properly
Turn off the phone
Flash the custom rom kernel using fastboot
Do your wipes
Install the custom rom zip
The phone should boot properly now

FreaKHead said:
go in mounts & format system with all othe wipes
& try
+1 if the ROM animation is shown then rom must boot up
plz try again
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abdozoon said:
You have to boot the stock firmware first.
Flash a stock rom
Boot it properly
Turn off the phone
Flash the custom rom kernel using fastboot
Do your wipes
Install the custom rom zip
The phone should boot properly now
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I followed your instructions.
I flashed a .310 rom first and rooted it.
then unlocked my bootloader -- i got a bootloop
I powered off the device and flashed the rom's kernel and wiped everything except external sdcard
booted to recovery and flashed the rom and rebooted.
I am getting the same issue.

ajeesh.m said:
I followed your instructions.
I flashed a .310 rom first and rooted it.
then unlocked my bootloader -- i got a bootloop
I powered off the device and flashed the rom's kernel and wiped everything except external sdcard
booted to recovery and flashed the rom and rebooted.
I am getting the same issue.
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flash .310 again then flash a custom kernel and the send me screenies of about phone

I flashed .310 and flashed the kernel of "beanstalk" rom and flashed "beanstalk" rom without wiping anything.
the device booted completely with no issues.

problem after uninstalling xposed

HI, I installed xposed on my s2 using twrp recovery, and every thing worked fine, untill I found a problem after updating my rom automatically it gets stucked in cm boot screen I tried updating using another recovery but didn't work so I restored my last cm12.1 build , I uninstalled xposed also using twrp recovery and wiped cash and dalvic but when the phone complete it's boot all the apps installed on sdcard are not shown even it was shown when the phone was saying ''optimizing system apps", the only fix is to do wipe data which is a thing I don't wanna do offcourse.
Any help.guys I realy need to update my rom.

muhammad mujahid said:
HI, I installed xposed on my s2 using twrp recovery, and every thing worked fine, untill I found a problem after updating my rom automatically it gets stucked in cm boot screen I tried updating using another recovery but didn't work so I restored my last cm12.1 build , I uninstalled xposed also using twrp recovery and wiped cash and dalvic but when the phone complete it's boot all the apps installed on sdcard are not shown even it was shown when the phone was saying ''optimizing system apps", the only fix is to do wipe data which is a thing I don't wanna do offcourse.
Any help.guys I realy need to update my rom.
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Did you re-flash Xposed after you updated your ROM? Updating a ROM will overwrite files which are required for Xposed. So basically you should do the following:
update your ROM, boot into recovery, re-flash Xposed, wipe cache&dalvik, reboot.

orville87 said:
Did you re-flash Xposed after you updated your ROM? Updating a ROM will overwrite files which are required for Xposed. So basically you should do the following:
update your ROM, boot into recovery, re-flash Xposed, wipe cache&dalvik, reboot.
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It doesn't even boot after updating.
It stuck in cm boot screen
You meen that I should flash xposed anyway even if it didn't reboot?

muhammad mujahid said:
It doesn't even boot after updating.
It stuck in cm boot screen
You meen that I should flash xposed anyway even if it didn't reboot?
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Yes. Then wipe cache&dalvik and reboot.

orville87 said:
Did you re-flash Xposed after you updated your ROM? Updating a ROM will overwrite files which are required for Xposed. So basically you should do the following:
update your ROM, boot into recovery, re-flash Xposed, wipe cache&dalvik, reboot.
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Yeah ?, thanks ovrille87 I fixed it using the way you explaind
1-updated the rom
2-booted into recovery and flashed xposed
3-wiped the cash and dalvik
Thanks man, you made my day.

LP always boots in recovery - is my SGSA screwed?

what i'm trying to do is installing lollipop on my s advance
i was coming from CM11 by epirex, and i decided to try his SlimLP; did all the wipes, flashed rom and gapps with no error at all, and then the phone endlessly rebooted into TWRP
so i did a deep clean installing jb with odin; then rooted, installed cwm, flashed MaxiCM this time without gapps and... again the phone only boots into recovery.
what can i do? can this mean that my phone is dying?

TheSteve87 said:
what i'm trying to do is installing lollipop on my s advance
i was coming from CM11 by epirex, and i decided to try his SlimLP; did all the wipes, flashed rom and gapps with no error at all, and then the phone endlessly rebooted into TWRP
so i did a deep clean installing jb with odin; then rooted, installed cwm, flashed MaxiCM this time without gapps and... again the phone only boots into recovery.
what can i do? can this mean that my phone is dying?
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Try to flash roms kernel after flashing the zip

madkita said:
Try to flash roms kernel after flashing the zip
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how do i make it in a flashable zip?

TheSteve87 said:
how do i make it in a flashable zip?
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Extract the roms zip your will find boot.img
After installing the rom install the kernel

just tried, no errors flashing, still stuck in recovery

TheSteve87 said:
just tried, no errors flashing, still stuck in recovery
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Try to write every thing including SD card

Wipe data, system, cache, dalvik cache and preload. I had same problem and it disapeared after i have wiped preload partition.

i wiped every single thing i could select included android secure, flashed the kernel afterwards and i'm still stuck in TWRP every time i reboot...

TheSteve87 said:
i wiped every single thing i could select included android secure, flashed the kernel afterwards and i'm still stuck in TWRP every time i reboot...
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Flash stock with original bit file

madkita said:
Flash stock with original bit file
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already done twice... i'm trying again

ok i finally got SlimLP to boot :crying: i had to flash the rom's kernel on JB and then rom+gapps, everything seems fine
thank you @madkita and @emirm990 for the suggestions

Hi. I have same problem as TheSteve87 but i try all options also this one which author of topic fixed it but for me nothing work. Help me pls.
Edit: I want too install SlimLP.

TheSteve87 said:
what i'm trying to do is installing lollipop on my s advance
i was coming from CM11 by epirex, and i decided to try his SlimLP; did all the wipes, flashed rom and gapps with no error at all, and then the phone endlessly rebooted into TWRP
so i did a deep clean installing jb with odin; then rooted, installed cwm, flashed MaxiCM this time without gapps and... again the phone only boots into recovery.
what can i do? can this mean that my phone is dying?
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Even I had the same problem . to fix this go back to stock jb using Odin then root then flash a ROM whose android version is 4.4.2[no need to install gapps] then flash the lollipop ROM it will boot up fine
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