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[General Questions and Answers] Jack26:
[Q] Do reboot from recovery or power down and restart after flashing?

Howdy,

Do you folks reboot (soft boot) from recovery or power down (hard boot) and restart after flashing a ROM?

Is there a downside to powering down and restarting instead of rebooting?

I'm getting ready to flash MeanROM v3.6 over v3.4 and see a lot of people are having problems with boot loops after flashing. Could it be the soft boot causing the loops?

I powered down and restarted (by mistake) after flashing MeanROM v3.4 over v3.0. So far I have experienced no problems. I'd appreciate your opinions.

This is what I normally do.

1) Charge Battery to 100%

2) Turn OFF any Screen Lock

3) Do a Nandroid backup ( I do two and keep one on my hard drive).

4) ADB backup up of all APPS.

5) Backup the SD card.

6) Plug USB in (Charging Only)

7) Copy ROM zipfile to SD card using ADB.

8) Boot into Recovery

9) Wipe Cache

10) Wipe Dalvik Cache

11) Unplug from USB power

12) Flash the new ROM

13) Reboot? (or) Power Down and Restart? ***

Thanks, Jack26

Device: hTC EVO 3D [CDMA]

ROM: MeanROM v34

Kernel: AnthraX 2.6.38.8

Radio: 1.06.00.1216

PRI: 1.42_003

PRL: 21079

HBOOT: 1.40.1100 ENG

Recovery: CWM v4.0.1.4
[General Questions and Answers] la_poigne:
I had tested the two different way and haven't see any difference between them.

Why two nandroid backup ? You can make just one and copy it on your hard drive.
[General Questions and Answers] stamatis:
there is no difference after flashing a custom rom, the soft bricks is not due to this

can i ask you sth? why do you charge to 100%??? it is the first time that i hear about this....!
[General Questions and Answers] Jack26:
I make two backups so I can do a checksum with MD5 for comparison. I use MD5 Checker 2.31 to validate. What do you use?
[General Questions and Answers] Jack26:
Just a precaution. I have a UPS on my computer, but sometimes you get brownouts here at the worst possible moment (like when I'm fix'n to flash). I always unplug from the computer before I flash a ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] b1ue:
Your method seems as good as any...I don't think that there its any difference between powering it off and rebooting tho...I always just reboot from recovery after the flash and I've never had any problems

Swyped from my inspire 4g using xda premium
[General Questions and Answers] la_poigne:
sésulta 126.

I'm confident with the backup program :)
[General Questions and Answers] Jack26:
Thanks Guys! That's what I needed to know. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
Either way is fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhurk:
Anybody help me to add BLN
[General Questions and Answers] BILLARAS.T:
Hey Guys I Was Just Wondering If The Windows Phone LG Jil Sander Can Play High Graphic Games like iphone 4 or if its worse tell what exacly its capable of (like if it can play BulletAsylum Or Hard Blade Without getting stuck at all).

THX
[General Questions and Answers] lamborg:
Well it can play BA as the app doesn't list an special requirements. Angry birds, pretty well and I think HB too as fruit ninja runs smooth and I think its same oer maybe more resource consuming than HB.
[HTC One X] bamserl:
For those who have forgotten to make a backup :-)

http://db.tt/E6X6LvLZ
[HTC One X] a2k3:
Thanks!
[HTC One X] a2k3:
Is this dump done with CWM? I am not able to recover by choosing the recover option in CWM. Could you perhaps give me a heads up on how to proceed on the recovery process. I would very much appreciate it :)!
[HTC One X] max676:
I did not download that file, but since the title sais "system dump", i assume its an image (.img) of the system partition. You can flash this with fastboot.

Its exactly what i needed some days ago with an empty sd card and no rom in flash... Btw. theres no RUU for H3G AT, but i found out that H3G UK is the same. I flashed that without any problems.
[HTC One X] a2k3:
Thanks for the info. However the file was a .tar . Nevertheless thanks for the information on the Hutchinson UK RUU!!!
[HTC One X] max676:
To save some austrian butts: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41629009/RU...Radio_1.1204.90.13H_release_251403_signed.exe

The China Mirror is incredibly slow.
[HTC One X] endursa:
thx :)

i know that this is an old thread, but what is the newest update 3 Austria released for the one x?
[HTC One X] sinlooser:
1.29.771.11 i dont knwon why 3 UK is still getting the update, the have the same software build like 3 AT, does anyone have ruu 2.17.771.3 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kensim781:
I was soooo NOOOOOOBBBBBBB !!! I didn't know my GNex could take screenshot with the 'vol -' and 'pwr' button...

Hahaha Ultracool !!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ray3andrei:
Haha I didn't know it either its pretty nice :)

Sent from my Samsung GNexus <3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
I didn't know this needed its own thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Boooooo.

---------++++---------

iPhone. helping computer illiteracy become popular since 2007.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinkXDA:
Welcome to xda-developers forums... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] drei4stein:
Checked sammobile, but the German one is not there. Thx!
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] THE-E:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1467128

greets

THE-E
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] yewsiong:
Check here.

http://samsung-updates.com/gt-i8150-galaxy-w/
[Wildfire General] Browndroid:
Hi guys, I recently rooted my HTC Wildfire and flashed Cyanogenmod-7.1.0.1-buzz and everything went fine until my friend sent me a text and the phone didn't vibrate when I got a notification. The system vibrate is on and the "Vibrate when receiving a notification" box is check in both messaging and in Go SMS Pro.

Can anyone help? Anything will be much appreciated :)
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Check this post and make sure both are enabled:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16311693&postcount=3
[Wildfire General] huston8:
Check profile

Check whether you are in silent profile...

Goto Settings -> Profiles
[Wildfire General] Browndroid:
thanks for all the help, I have fixed it by installing Sound manager and going menu > vibrate settings > and checking vibrate whenever possible under notifications
[HTC Wildfire S] danlivesey:
My friend has a problem with his wild fire s, when you wake the phone the screen comes on but the display freezes for about 4 seconds and it does this all the time and is really annoying. the wild fire s is on stock and never been modded. its just had a new digitizer fitted. Is there any way i can re flash the stock ROM like Sony Ericsson companion suite that lets you repair your phone. so that i can tell if its the hard ware or software related. or do i have to root and unlock my bootloader to do this? i don't want to mod the phone if i can help it due to the owner of the phone being totally clue less about root or anything else lol

thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] mstfkaratas:
Try my tutorial it should solve your problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21955821
[HTC Wildfire S] danlivesey:
Thanks for this as soon as they drop there phone of with me il test it and post back... nice work...

i don't need to unlock my bootloader for this do i or root?
[HTC Wildfire S] mstfkaratas:
no, you dont need root or unlocked bootloader
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Danzano:
Hey guys I loved Team Rogue recovery it was the best recovery for my tf. Now cwm touch is out I really like that but only supporting internal SD among other things I guess you can't really have the best of both worlds.

Do you guys think there will be a rogue type project or version of the new touch recovery?

Do you think if there was it could even have some new goodies like backup/restore from external HDD support(sounds out of reach but you get my drift)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] horndroid:
Why can't you just put your files on internal SD and flash?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Danzano:
What do you think im currently doing? I didn't buy the 32gb version for no reason lol

In saying that I have alot of music and games etc and using the micro SD has always been a great recovery feature.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Goatshocker:
I agree so much with this. Thats why Im using the version that supports external SD.

If something goes wrong and the device wont start or something, its always easier to just plug the SD card into the PC than messing around with adb etc.

Personally I dont see the reason the external SD support isnt there in all versions... Could someone shed some light on that :)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] myeepad:
Me too, I can't see why the use of the external MicroSD card is not included in all.. and I switched to Rogue because of it gives me the choices..:o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ygvuhb:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1463113

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1545165

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=994940

auto sign

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=997180

i try to follow these info to create a CWM flashable zip

to place apk in /data/app

i created a folder /data/app/ in the zip

and place the apk in the /data/app/ folder

and the updater-script in

META-INF\com\google\android

add following script,

ui_print(" PLACE YOUR TEXT HERE ");

ui_print("----------------------");

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");

show_progress(1, 15);

ui_print("Copying files...");

package_extract_dir("data", "/data");

unmount("/data");

ui_print("Unmounting system...");

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");

ui_print("Installation complete!");

totally noob on this

but it is work now
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kevin77450:
Hi All

Recently i've tried to root my xperia x10 mini pro with the latest versions of flashtools, universal androot, superoneclick and z4root but all of these programs freezes at differents steps of rooting process...

Someone could help me???

Thanks!

Sony Ericsson x10 mini pro SK17i

SIMlocked FR ORANGE

Androïd 2.3.4

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9

Build 4.0.2.A.0.62
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] TheAlexVae:
Model

A X10 mini pro has a model number like u20i or u20a and some more. I think the SK17i is a Xperia mini pro. Go to that forum mayby you find a way to root there. Here is a link. Here you find the forum. Hope this help.:)

Sorry for my bad English:D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] sahniana:
btw, does simlocked affect root?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] TheAlexVae:
No, I don't think that.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Shimizux:
Usb debugging mode on?
[Motorola Photon 4G] djsumdog:
I can't post in the CM9/Photo dev thread yet and I tried leaving comments on Jokersax's wordpress page to make him/devs aware of the issue. I'm not sure if it's a Photon/CM9 issue or just a CM9 issue.

I think this was working on the 0.2 betas but after that I've always had this issue. If I search for something on Google maps, leave it and go somewhere else (just press home) and then come back to Google Maps with the overlay still there with my search item, the map goes blank/gray. I can't see anything unless I hit back twice, losing my last search. I then have to go back to the map and search for my item again. It's completely reproducible. I tried a full wipe with some of the latest builds and I still run into it.

Does anyone else have this problem. I tried doing a search in the dev thread but came up with nothing.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rexxxgg:
I tried to recreate this bug that you are having issues with. I have had no luck in getting this bug all my maps work fine even when i press home, start another app, close it then go back to maps. works just fine on 4.5.1. do you have the latest version of maps?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
I had the same problem and I went with Gmaps v5 instead of v6 and this worked. I used Titanium Backup to restore a saved version. Check Joker's GAPPS 9 or earlier for Gmaps v5.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cubanluke88:
Flash joker gapps 9 followed by 11.
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
Ditto. I had the same problem. Plus the compass doesn't work on CM9. My guess is that it's driver related... I went back to a blur based ROM.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mooseman089:
I have also been experiencing this issue but I have only been using gapps v11 so far.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mjtate10:
I am having the same is. I updated to Jokr's latest version 0.5 last night, and my Maps app is still going gray. As has been said earlier, it does not happen every time, just seems to happen when I most need maps to work. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app from the market with no luck.

Has anyone had luck flashing Gapps 9 then 11?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mjtate10:
I just flashed gapps version 9 then 11 and I am still having the same problem. I did not clear cache or anything, so I will try that next.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Phireman:
I flashed 0.4.5 with gapps 11 before a big trip and had that same problem. Now i'm at 0.5.1 and my wife's phone is on 0.4.5 with the same issues.

Did clearing the cache help?
[Motorola Photon 4G] DualSportDad:
i was having that same problem. i just flashed gapps v9 and it is ok now. i dod think it went blank a couple times at first them stopped.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mjtate10:
I have cleared cache to no avail. Deleted all maps files and reinstalled from the market and still have the issue. I just flashed gapps 9 followed by 12 after loading CM0.6.1 and still getting the error sometimes.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jvdv360:
Hi all, coming from IOS I find all this rooting / bootloader unlocking etc quite confusing as apparently there are some restrictions when wanting to go back to the stock (non-rooted) rom.

So here is my question:

I know relocking the bootloader is quite a specific job, I won't touch that.

As far as I know, if you only want to root the stock rom, you don't need to unlock that bootloader. Is that right?

As I'm on .62 with my mini pro, I need to downgrade to an older version, root it and then do an OTA upgrade to .62 again. I will keep my root then.

My question is: can I revert to a non-rooted version easily?

I still want to be able to test the upcoming ICS version.

I don't want to loose DRM etc, but as I understood this has nothing to do with rooting your device, only with unlocking the bootloader. Right?

Can this be confirmed?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BudgyN1:
No, you dont need to unlock yout bootloader yo get root. Rooting your device will have to affect with the bootloader and DRM is only removed from unlocking the bootloader. You can easily un-root your phone if you use Doom Lord's root method as he gives a file to unroot.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jvdv360:
Thx for the info!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] paulo13pdm:
Or you can flash .58 firmware again and root will be gone,
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nahueecai:
Hello, I want to know how I can unroot my cell phone but I don´t understand when you say something about "Doom Lord's root method". I couldn´t find this in the forum. Can you tell me something about this method? Or can you explain me about how to unroot my Xperia Mini Pro.

PD: I am from Argentina and I have a SK17a.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
Unrooting: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18879974#post18879974

For instructions, follow the "All Xperia mini guide" link in my signature :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
Hello guys,

I got a problem see i bought a new s2 the white version and idk what i did but i dont have an imei number or baseband version so he wouldnt recognize any sim card. Ive been reading about efs folder backup and so on but the phone doesnt have that folder :( Although i have another s2 black one wich works perfectly is there any way to get my white s2 working again?

I would appreciate everyones help in this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuitarJim:
What have you actually done or tried to do since you bought the phone?

The efs folder isn't accessible in the normal run. You need root access and I file explorer that can read the system partition in order for you to see the location where the folder should be.

Did you back up the efs folder as soon as you achieved root? Use K-Tool (download from play store) to back up and restore this folder.

If you haven't rooted at all and it came without an imei or baseband then the phone is probably faulty and it needs to go back to a service centre.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
i remember using the phone normally didnt do anything at it, and like 3 days ago it doesnt read any sim card then i saw some people having same problem and i rooted my cellphone with a cf kernel. And i installed Super Manager and when i open it and browse through the file i dont find any efs folder just one called fs.

And what if i backup my black s2 hes efs and restore it on the white one?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Makrilli:
I think there's a guide to restore IMEI in general section, but of course it won't always work, I suggest to contact odia, he might help you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
1) Illegal. IMEI's are particular to that device only. Every device has its own IMEI.

2) Won't work even if you could.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
You can use your other phones efs.. but this will give you a generic imei but your phone will be working again

also you will need a file called keystr to copy over to the efs folder from your working phone to the broken phone or just make a new file .. guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1476753

guide here on my google plus to restore efs and have your phone working

https://plus.google.com/?gpcaz=331200e1#107335959710263043900/posts/JHwvK3T1aPu

---------- Post added at 08:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 PM ----------

will work .. but the broken phone will have a generic imei

you wont have two phones with the same imei even though you are using the same files.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
Well imma try everything you guys said. Ill post after that with the results. And btw who is Odia seen that name before on other threads about efs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Its very very simple return the phone to the seller if you have done nothing .Otherwise you will end up with a no warranty paid for repair and or find the phone is blacklisted or stolen .

If you have done nothing how do you know it has no EFS folder .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
as i said i have been looking around for like 3-4 days and found that most people having problem with this was cuz of the efs folder, to access the folder u need root so i rooted my phone with cf kernel i couldnt find that efs folder maybe i didnt look right or something as i dont know the files directory, using super manager btw..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
Never heard of a phone blacklisted with a generic IMEI

but may be possible depending on carrier .. may do a google search on that if i get REALLY bored lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
Tried what u said bought root explorer and saw the efs folder i deleted it and used k-tool to restore the efs from my black s2 on the white one then i opened root explorer again and saw the efs folder filled again (with the black s2 efs) then i did reboot and still no signal or anything. Also in emei i already had that keystr.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Rooted phone is void warranty remove and return to seller is my advice .

jje

---------- Post added at 01:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 PM ----------

No i said the phone may be stolen or on a blacklist the OP actually said no IMEI which rather suspects the provenance of the phone to me .

I use an IMEI checker to check the number .

http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
i used that imei checker and when i removed my battery i see this code standing as imei 359959/04/258897/4 but when i dial *#06# i dont get any number
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
The number under your battery is the correct and original IMEI that belongs to that individual phone .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
i guess with a generic imei the phone should work also right?

how i get a generic imei then cuz my white s2 has no imei at all
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
can you provide a screenshot of your imei folder from root explorer?

---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 PM ----------

Ah .. ok that makes sense

well checking the imei he provided it seems ok

Information on IMEI 359959042588974

Type Allocation Holder Samsung
Mobile Equipment Type Samsung GT-i9100 Galaxy S II
GSM Implementation Phase 2/2+
IMEI Validity Assessment

>|<

Very likely

Information on range assignment

Est. Date of Range Issuance Around Q3 2011
Reporting Body British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT)
Primary Market Europe
Legal Basis for Allocation EU R&TTE Directive

Information on number format

Full IMEI Presentation 359959-04-258897-4
Reporting Body Identifier 35
Type Allocation Code 35995904
Serial Number 258897
Check Digit 4
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
yes sir heres my screencaptures
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
You can delete the keystr.bak

Sorry, I meant the EFS folder not the IMEI folder

Looking for the files and sizes of

nv_data.bin

nv_data.bin.md5

.nv_core.bak

.nv_core.bak.md5

.nv_data.bak

.nv_data.bak.md5

.nv_state

imei is stored in the nv_data.bin

---------- Post added at 01:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:27 AM ----------

there is also anonther method here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
i saw that method yeah but that is only if you have a generic imei already wich i dont have at all here screencapture of what i have at efs folder.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
hmmm.. ok well you have all the correct files for the imei to work .. you are missing some files that i have but it may be because u r using gingerbread?

the only thing i can suggest is try to flash a new rom ..

your phone rooted with cwm, right?

try stock ics lp4 here if you want http://dl.dropbox.com/u/70804550/EUDEMONY.XWLP4.OPTUS.STOCK.DEODEXED.NOBLOAT.zip

or if you have any other roms saved try them

enter recovery mode .. make a backup (so u can go back ..lol)

then install from zip .. if downloaded from your phone it will be in the sdcard/download directory

if you downloaded on ur pc .. you will need to copy it across to your phone first

after thats done id suggest doing a full wipe (Factory data reset +wipe cache + advanced>wipe dalvik + advanced>fix permissions

seeing you have the nv_data.bak files you should be able to get your imei back to .. but first u need ur phone working
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
I will try it as soon as it is downloaded i also thought maybe another rom should fix it or atleast give me a generic imei i dont care as long as i can make calls.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
good luck! fingers crossed for ya
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
Nope no luck at all it says no simcard/no network i got no baseband and no imei

And the problem is i have no imei at all damn this drives me crazy

Ahh when i did restart phone it wont start anymore stays at galaxy s2 screen guess imm go further with it tomorrow
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eudemony:
you did make a backup so you can go back?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shurensly95:
backup didnt work said m5 not correct or something so i just flashed back the stock rom through odin 2.3.5 for netherland downloaded from sammobile and it still aint working