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[Q] How manytimes we can install rom in nexus one

I tried 5 different roms and i feel cyanogenmod 6 rc2 version is stable. but i am worrying if i try one more custom rom then will it break my phone?. Please tell me how many time we can install roms in the phone.
Will it create a bad sector on my phone.

dlcsboop said:
I tried 5 different roms and i feel cyanogenmod 6 rc2 version is stable. but i am worrying if i try one more custom rom then will it break my phone?. Please tell me how many time we can install roms in the phone.
Will it create a bad sector on my phone.
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Well as long as you're wiping between different ROMs you should be fine. And even if you are there won't be any permanent damage. The only way you can brick your phone is by installing a bad/old radio.

Even if there's a limited number of "flashing" the phone you won't reach it before you get a new phone.

Likely in the millions of times.
Don't worry about it.

Its the same question like "how many times can you write data on a sd card", you already got a new one when you reach that number

Flash memory has a certain number of read write times until it fails. But that number is so high that it will be years from now.

how can i know if i have a bad sector??

Amritttt said:
how can i know if i have a bad sector??
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You have to wipe/install a new rom and copy logs to sd card from either other or advanced menu, havent used amon_ra recovery in forever

So, how do we get to the answer of how many times one can flash their phone?
That is such an interesting question. The answer must be had!

androidcues said:
So, how do we get to the answer of how many times one can flash their phone?
That is such an interesting question. The answer must be had!
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Lol, I may be able to tell you soon, flashing nightlies every day

How many stars are there in the Galaxy?

Flippy125 said:
Lol, I may be able to tell you soon, flashing nightlies every day
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EVERY DAY ISN'T ENOUGH!!!!!!!1111oneeleven

Flippy125 said:
Lol, I may be able to tell you soon, flashing nightlies every day
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Hey, I am a total newbie but I would like to flash the nightlies as well. I usually backup all my apps and settings using Titanium Backup, do a Nandroid backup, wipe and then flash the new ROM. However, backing up all apps and settings using Titanium Backup and restoring them after flashing the nightly is quite time consuming. Even worse is arranging the application short cuts / widgets on the desktops after a fresh install.
Nandroid will allow me to go back to backed up version after I have played around with the nightly for a few hours. But then I lose all the features of the nightly once I am back to my old ROM. As I am carrying only a single phone, it becomes mandatory for me to restored the Contacts, Messages, Applications and Settings after flashing a new ROM.
It may sound stupid but is there a better and faster way of doing things without having to restore all applications/settings from the backup so that I also could try out the nightlies? How do you manage this?

For the most part, you can flash nightlies without a wipe, if you're going from CM to CM. If you see weird behavior after flashing, then go back and wipe, and if that doesn't work do a complete wipe and flash.
If you're on another ROM, then I would definately wipe...
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Exactly 6.3 times. That is all. But nobody mentions it.

danger-rat said:
For the most part, you can flash nightlies without a wipe, if you're going from CM to CM. If you see weird behavior after flashing, then go back and wipe, and if that doesn't work do a complete wipe and flash.
If you're on another ROM, then I would definately wipe...
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Thanks, danger-rat! I'll give it a shot

meechto said:
Thanks, danger-rat! I'll give it a shot
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I strongly suggest wiping cache and dalvik-cache prior to flashing a new nightly, it prevents **** and doesn't affect your settings/files

Haven't been on CM for awhile, but if you use Launcher Pro or ADW they have Homescreen backups. Have had good luck with MyBackUpPro too.
Ken

3 times. 1...2...crunch...3. Haven't you all seen the tootsie pop commercial?

androidcues said:
So, how do we get to the answer of how many times one can flash their phone?
That is such an interesting question. The answer must be had!
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How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? LMAO, that's what I WANNA KNOW!

[Q] soft boot loops after installing more than 150 apps!!

as the title says,I'm getting boot loops after installing many apps,my research shows that this is not app related,I didn't checked with another rom or kernel,I checked both intern sd and extern sd and results are the same.I'm using Rocket rom V 22 with AbyssNote kernel V 4.2 and ThunderBolt script v2.6.1 with addons.so the question is how to fix this restart loops,and to be more specific,these r soft boots,meaning the screen goes black and then just the boot sound with no animation and the lockscreen appears after that.any help is so appreciated.

how do you know it isnt app related? you are using the same apps on both internal and sd ad getting the same issue
hard reset and reflash the rom and see if it occurs then or try a different rom/kernel

becuase I tested -the hard way,installing 1 by 1,and different combinations-and hard reset dosen't solve the problem,may be I test with stock rom and kernel.

Richy99 said:
how do you know it isnt app related? you are using the same apps on both internal and sd ad getting the same issue
hard reset and reflash the rom and see if it occurs then or try a different rom/kernel
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full wipe and stock rom and-rooted-stock kernel is no go!!

amir_s_m said:
full wipe and stock rom and-rooted-stock kernel is no go!!
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if this is happening on stock and custom rom.....then this should be one of the app problem. Some app is interfering with the system and making to to stop unexpectedly resulting in soft boots ! You will have to check every app and identify the one causing problem!

abhisahara said:
if this is happening on stock and custom rom.....then this should be one of the app problem. Some app is interfering with the system and making to to stop unexpectedly resulting in soft boots ! You will have to check every app and identify the one causing problem!
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yes that's my conclusion too,but I think it's more that just one app,it might be apps not able to coexist with each other,and hard to find out witch.

amir_s_m said:
yes that's my conclusion too,but I think it's more that just one app,it might be apps not able to coexist with each other,and hard to find out witch.
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Try installing one app at a time. And see if that gives the problem. If not then move to the other one. Wait for sometime after installing each app so that you get to know whether that app is the culprit. Hope you get to catch it .... !!

abhisahara said:
Try installing one app at a time. And see if that gives the problem. If not then move to the other one. Wait for sometime after installing each app so that you get to know whether that app is the culprit. Hope you get to catch it .... !!
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how can I read logs and where can I find them to go the easy way instead!?

amir_s_m said:
how can I read logs and where can I find them to go the easy way instead!?
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This boot loop is my problem too. Too many apps. Android says can't manage that much appsa and suggests to get rid of some apps I definitely need, like k-9-mail, whatsapp... Every time different apps. Rooted or not. Newest stock rom.
Happens again and again after put off the phone.
When I deinstalled a couple of them there is a chance the boot loop passes.
Any idea beside deinstall most of the apps? Please help.
64GB sd card inside - my way out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27264351#post27264351

[Q] S Plus (i9001) Problems

Hey there,
I use the cyanogenmod 10.1 since Alpha 1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094554
This version was just good. I only got problems while using bluetooth...
Yesterday I installed the new version Alpha 2 and only got problems since then. Freeze while using bluetooth, browsing and after finishing a call.
I reinstalled it with Teamwin, but it didn't change anything.
Does anybody know how to fix this?
Greetings
Scarecrow666

Scarecrow666 said:
... This version was just good. I only got problems while using bluetooth...
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Hi!
CM 10.1 has known issues with bluetooth, and more precisely, with bluetooth headsets and car audio. You can't help that. You can also read their forums, where lots of people complain about that.
Also, you are installing beta 2 and not alpha 2, right? Because beta 2 is the newest.

Also, you are installing beta 2 and not alpha 2, right? Because beta 2 is the newest.
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Yeah of cource... my mistake. I read about the problems with bluetooth...but that has nothing to do with my problems of this beta 2.
Browsing is impossible and I have to restart my phone after every call because it freezes.

Scarecrow666 said:
Yeah of cource... my mistake. I read about the problems with bluetooth...but that has nothing to do with my problems of this beta 2.
Browsing is impossible and I have to restart my phone after every call because it freezes.
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After that much updating it is recommened you do a factory reset and a full system wipe. Then install the rom + gapps. issues should be fixed then

mrjraider said:
After that much updating it is recommened you do a factory reset and a full system wipe. Then install the rom + gapps. issues should be fixed then
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Ok thank you
I'll try that later and post you the result

did as you say,
now, I can say that browsing is working. But after I put the calendar on the home screen the phone crashed again.
now it even freezes while booting

Hmm a clean install is recommended. Meaning:
Start from stock android from sammy and flash back to CM 10

mrjraider said:
Hmm a clean install is recommended. Meaning:
Start from stock android from sammy and flash back to CM 10
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I did.
But still some problems:
- freeze while browsing (turned flash etc off and it worked...)
- face unlock
But that's fine. I can make calls with my mobile phone again and I can move the widgets
Thank you for your help so far!

sense has stopped lop ofter uninstaling framework

Hy
Unfortunately after I uninstalled the framework and sense toolbox my phone had the "htc sense has stopped"loop
ever since I unlocked my one and installed the revolution rom all of the problems came.
Now here I am stoke with a new phone that is like a 10 years old phone.
I can't install a Ruu because I have a international phone
what can I do about the "htc sense has stopped"?

ori.amuday said:
Hy
Unfortunately after I uninstalled the framework and sense toolbox my phone had the "htc sense has stopped"loop
ever since I unlocked my one and installed the revolution rom all of the problems came.
Now here I am stoke with a new phone that is like a 10 years old phone.
I can't install a Ruu because I have a international phone
what can I do about the "htc sense has stopped"?
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Just reflash your ROM. I would try a dirty flash first, but if you encounter problems, you should do a factory reset.

Marc199 said:
Just reflash your ROM. I would try a dirty flash first, but if you encounter problems, you should do a factory reset.
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By factory reset you mean flashing the rom with wipe?
and what is dirty flash?
and by the way the factory reset won't solf my battery problem. tried it before.

ori.amuday said:
By factory reset you mean flashing the rom with wipe?
and what is dirty flash?
and by the way the factory reset won't solf my battery problem. tried it before.
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Yes that is what i meant.
Dirty flashing means, that you flash the ROM without wiping first.
Regarding your battery problems, you can always try different kernels. But make sure you let the system settle, before you jump to conclusions. How is your battery life exactly?

or try this...
use your pc to install another launcher from Google Play (nova, apex etc). let it install, then press the home key. your phone will ask which launcher to use. select whatever it is that you got from Play. don't select 'always use'.
then go to settings>apps and wipe data/cache for htc sense. reboot, press home and select sense. see if that helps.
if not, dirty flash is the way to go.

cr1960 said:
or try this...
use your pc to install another launcher from Google Play (nova, apex etc). let it install, then press the home key. your phone will ask which launcher to use. select whatever it is that you got from Play. don't select 'always use'.
then go to settings>apps and wipe data/cache for htc sense. reboot, press home and select sense. see if that helps.
if not, dirty flash is the way to go.
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That actually worked thank you all much
Thank you to marc. I think that my buttery life is fine but she gets to a temp of 36c after 6 minutes reading news in an app for instance

ori.amuday said:
That actually worked thank you all much
Thank you to marc. I think that my buttery life is fine but she gets to a temp of 36c after 6 minutes reading news in an app for instance
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Check out Elemental X Kernel. It supports thermal throttling.

[Q] Introductory help

Wanting to get rid of bloatware I didn't want in the first place and explore more on the Android mobile operating system I decided to make the jump towards a custom ROM and here I am. I have been impressed with my first flash of CyanogenMod 12 so far but unfortunately have run into a various amount of problem which I have tried to explore before coming here. The only problem I've sorted so far is the normal "install core Google apps without additiona bloatwarel"... But that was easy.
I have the following problems:
1. No LTE.
I'm on o2 PAYG and have entered what I think are the correct settings for use of the Internet, but unfortunately I still have no Internet capabilities beyond WiFi. When going on search for networks it will spend time before going "error while searching for networks".
2. Audio and video.
-Most noticeably on Snapchat, when I record a video the phone goes haywire and may spend 5 seconds vibrating before spending the remainder of its time being generally slow until I restart it.
-When I bring up the music playing app, I press to play a song and the audio doesn't work, nor is the song actually playing. The track bar may go to 0:01 with no sound before going back to 0:00. The device also lag once again, but not as bad as SnapChat instance. The system audio works fine as button response audio is fine and calling works fine with ringing and hearing the recipients voice.
I have gone through a couple of threads to try and find answers so far, but unsuccessful. Any help would be appreciated.
My current set-up is:
Phone: Sony Xperia SP
Android version: 5.0.2
ROM version:12-20150120-UNOFFICIAL-Ibhuashan (would be happy to change up ROM if advised so)
Kernal version: 3.4.0
I would be happy to supply additional information to help.
I'm hoping to get to know my phone and start contributing in some what possible way on the forum, but for now I just want to find my feet in this exciting new adventure
Many thanks for all help given.

kiladu said:
Wanting to get rid of bloatware I didn't want in the first place and explore more on the Android mobile operating system I decided to make the jump towards a custom ROM and here I am. I have been impressed with my first flash of CyanogenMod 12 so far but unfortunately have run into a various amount of problem which I have tried to explore before coming here. The only problem I've sorted so far is the normal "install core Google apps without additiona bloatwarel"... But that was easy.
I have the following problems:
1. No LTE.
I'm on o2 PAYG and have entered what I think are the correct settings for use of the Internet, but unfortunately I still have no Internet capabilities beyond WiFi. When going on search for networks it will spend time before going "error while searching for networks".
2. Audio and video.
-Most noticeably on Snapchat, when I record a video the phone goes haywire and may spend 5 seconds vibrating before spending the remainder of its time being generally slow until I restart it.
-When I bring up the music playing app, I press to play a song and the audio doesn't work, nor is the song actually playing. The track bar may go to 0:01 with no sound before going back to 0:00. The device also lag once again, but not as bad as SnapChat instance. The system audio works fine as button response audio is fine and calling works fine with ringing and hearing the recipients voice.
I have gone through a couple of threads to try and find answers so far, but unsuccessful. Any help would be appreciated.
My current set-up is:
Phone: Sony Xperia SP
Android version: 5.0.2
ROM version:12-20150120-UNOFFICIAL-Ibhuashan (would be happy to change up ROM if advised so)
Kernal version: 3.4.0
I would be happy to supply additional information to help.
I'm hoping to get to know my phone and start contributing in some what possible way on the forum, but for now I just want to find my feet in this exciting new adventure
Many thanks for all help given.
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do you have UBL ...if you want a stable and with almost no bugs lollipop ROM you have to Unlock you Bootloader

flash- said:
do you have UBL ...if you want a stable and with almost no bugs lollipop ROM you have to Unlock you Bootloader
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Hi, I had a check and retraced my steps of unlocking and rooting before I installed CM12. The device is unlocked but is not rooted any more. The rooting method via towelroot no longer works for me and ends in constant rebooting.
Hope this helps!

kiladu said:
Hi, I had a check and retraced my steps of unlocking and rooting before I installed CM12. The device is unlocked but is not rooted any more. The rooting method via towelroot no longer works for me and ends in constant rebooting.
Hope this helps!
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For root: goto settings, about phone, klick several times (8-10) on build number, goto settings, developer options, root acces, choose apps and adb. Done.

kiladu said:
Hi, I had a check and retraced my steps of unlocking and rooting before I installed CM12. The device is unlocked but is not rooted any more. The rooting method via towelroot no longer works for me and ends in constant rebooting.
Hope this helps!
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the device is unlocked,,, that is good ......flash t-kernel with twrp or philz from here and then flash ROM ....cm12 is too old man there is now cm12.1 and a lot of lollipop ROMs ...the one that i suggest it for you will be good
good luck:good:

flash- said:
the device is unlocked,,, that is good ......flash t-kernel with twrp or philz from here and then flash ROM ....cm12 is too old man there is now cm12.1 and a lot of lollipop ROMs ...the one that i suggest it for you will be good
good luck:good:
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Sorry for the late reply, I had only found the time to start this today.
What benefit do I gain from changing up my kernel? Is the ROM previously mentioned alongside the kernel update only available for devices running a particular kernel?
Many thanks for all help so far!

kiladu said:
Sorry for the late reply, I had only found the time to start this today.
What benefit do I gain from changing up my kernel? Is the ROM previously mentioned alongside the kernel update only available for devices running a particular kernel?
Many thanks for all help so far!
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the benefit is like faux sound ...you can control your cpu and gpu and a lot of things ....last update of the ROM that i gave you is only working with costume kernel (t-kernel) so yes you have yo flash ROM then t-kernel and then reboot ....if want there are like cm12.1 ...it doesn't need a costume kernel ...just flash cm12.1 and reboot......so you can choose .....happy flashing
good luck :good:

Soft-bricked the device after I wiped,attempted to install the 12.1 ROM but failed due to it saying its not the right device, and then accidentally restarted not paying too much attention to the yes and no's of CWM. Sony logo starts up but nothing else at present. Trying volume{up, down} + USB but nothing at the moment vibration or light wise. Hopefully this is fixable, not too worried at this point in time unless I should be?
Currently following this thread for instructions. Unless you can advise me on better or even if you have to tell me its straight up gone...

kiladu said:
Soft-bricked the device after I wiped,attempted to install the 12.1 ROM but failed due to it saying its not the right device, and then accidentally restarted not paying too much attention to the yes and no's of CWM. Sony logo starts up but nothing else at present. Trying volume{up, down} + USB but nothing at the moment vibration or light wise. Hopefully this is fixable, not too worried at this point in time unless I should be?
Currently following this thread for instructions. Unless you can advise me on better or even if you have to tell me its straight up gone...
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don't be afraid ...you tried to flash cm12.1 that mean you are UBL....flash t-kernel v2.2 twrp via fastboot mode and you will gain recovery to flash again the cm12.1

Fortunately kept calm and have gotten back to having an OS present. I've currently status quo'd back to CM12.
I have PhilZ, can I just use the PhilZ instructions for t-kernal?

kiladu said:
Fortunately kept calm and have gotten back to having an OS present. I've currently status quo'd back to CM12.
I have PhilZ, can I just use the PhilZ instructions for t-kernal?
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yes of course ! .....if you want my opinion> wait until the AICP\ RR \ROMs to be up to date ...they will update it today or tmw(very soon)

Installed t-kernel and AICP. It boots and then gets to optimizing apps. Once it completes the 82 optimizations it goes "starting apps" it reboots... should I faactory reset & wipe the caches and reinstall? Almost there haha.

kiladu said:
Installed t-kernel and AICP. It boots and then gets to optimizing apps. Once it completes the 82 optimizations it goes "starting apps" it reboots... should I faactory reset & wipe the caches and reinstall? Almost there haha.
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do as following
,,,,please do a full wipe and then flash AICP and flash t-kernel v3.0 and then reboot

Wiped data&caches, flashed AICP then flashed 3.0 t-kernel. It reaches starting apps and completely freezes instead of rebooting now. waited 15 mins hoping it was really slow but it's frozen. I then wiped and tried to reflash but that particular recovery setting doesn't like the checksum of the t-kernal so doesn't allow installing, so i flashed back to CM11 and reflashed AICP & t-kernel, completely following the steps given.. but once again freezes at starting apps.
Any more ideas? Thank you for all effort given so far!

kiladu said:
Wiped data&caches, flashed AICP then flashed 3.0 t-kernel. It reaches starting apps and completely freezes instead of rebooting now. waited 15 mins hoping it was really slow but it's frozen. I then wiped and tried to reflash but that particular recovery setting doesn't like the checksum of the t-kernal so doesn't allow installing, so i flashed back to CM11 and reflashed AICP & t-kernel, completely following the steps given.. but once again freezes at starting apps.
Any more ideas? Thank you for all effort given so far!
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hahaha i'm sorry man this is weird !! for sure ....please try to flash cm12.1 and see what happen ...how about that
if it boot up and you like it stay on it ....want AICP and you want to try again then reboot to recovery and re-flash like the the steps given to you
just one more thing please quote my post so i can know that you need help or something happened with you

flash- said:
hahaha i'm sorry man this is weird !! for sure ....please try to flash cm12.1 and see what happen ...how about that
if it boot up and you like it stay on it ....want AICP and you want to try again then reboot to recovery and re-flash like the the steps given to you
just one more thing please quote my post so i can know that you need help or something happened with you
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Once again... wiped entire user + cache and first installed 12.1, then gapps core and finally t-kernel 3.0. It gets to starting apps and freezes. I'm able to flash CM11 or CM12, but that would mean the original problems encountered which makes my phone half -useless. I've tried to boot into safe mode, not knowing if you can do that with an un-optimized android.
It's all getting a little bit weird now. Something is going wrong somewhere, but I don't know.

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Once again... wiped entire user + cache and first installed 12.1, then gapps core and finally t-kernel 3.0. It gets to starting apps and freezes. I'm able to flash CM11 or CM12, but that would mean the original problems encountered which makes my phone half -useless. I've tried to boot into safe mode, not knowing if you can do that with an un-optimized android.
It's all getting a little bit weird now. Something is going wrong somewhere, but I don't know.
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man would you do this and let me know....boot into recovery the wipe (data/cache/system/dalvikcache) then flash cm12.1 and reboot....don't flash any thing with it ! ...just flash it and reboot and till what happen

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man would you do this and let me know....boot into recovery the wipe (data/cache/system/dalvikcache) then flash cm12.1 and reboot....don't flash any thing with it ! ...just flash it and reboot and till what happen
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wiped and attempted to reflash and the installation failed. Next I connected it to my pc and went into fastboot mode and wiped data/cache/system and flashed 12.1. It boots (sign of t-kernal is gone) but has so fa yet to do anything else, the current screen is blank b ut it is on.
I hope this information was useful to you. It seems to me to more up the current ROMs I go, the more they seem broken.

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man would you do this and let me know....boot into recovery the wipe (data/cache/system/dalvikcache) then flash cm12.1 and reboot....don't flash any thing with it ! ...just flash it and reboot and till what happen
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retried to flash through the device and the install failed due to :
E: Cannot load volume /misc
finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E: Failed to verify whole-file signiture
E: signiture verification faied
Installation aborted
E: cannot load volume /misc
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hope this helps

kiladu said:
wiped and attempted to reflash and the installation failed. Next I connected it to my pc and went into fastboot mode and wiped data/cache/system and flashed 12.1. It boots (sign of t-kernal is gone) but has so fa yet to do anything else, the current screen is blank b ut it is on.
I hope this information was useful to you. It seems to me to more up the current ROMs I go, the more they seem broken.
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this is far from weird ....the last hope for problems like these ...to start from scratch ....to flash ftf ROM via flashtool and re install recovery then twrp then reflash the ROM (5.1) ..only few users had this problem and solved it with flashing ftf ....sorry man for that but i think you have to do it or stick with cm11 or something
good luck ...if you need any further help i'll help you :good:
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you use twrp last version right ?....boot into any ROM you can go to ...install rashr app and flash via rashr this twrp recovery and from that recovery flash cm12,1
i'm sorry i have to go to sleep now ...but first try to flash twrp ....etc...if that didn't help flash ftf ....
good luck mate :good: ....i will see what happened with you tomorrow