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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billchen0014:
its the same thing as rooting phones, just follow the steps here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766475

its as easy as pressing a button that says unlock and root
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderbolt:
Thanks for the replys n does it work for the newer software or should I stay on 4.1.1 to root
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
It will work with any version. I'd upgrade to 4.1.2 then unlock, root, and flash a rooted 4.2 custom ROM.

The toolkit helps for first timers. Pretty simple process.

Make a backup of all your stuff cause everything will be deleted during the process. I recommend DataSync. It backs up data to Dropbox or Box.net. Does a bunch of other cool stuff.

Getting drivers installed is the big part. After that it just clicks.

I'm using Paranoid Android beta6 cause its 4.2.1 with tablet mode.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Hi guys I decompiled framework.jar of sense 4 build 2 after some changes I did in it then compile it I got bootloop

I replaced bluetooth server files to fix bt
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
did u flash it or... how did u replace the files
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
I've been using the euphoria ROM for a few months now with no incident. The phone has never given me problems of any sort, well the bad GPS, but that's a known issue.

Anyhow the other night went to bed without charging my phone. In the middle of the night I woke up and realized it was not charging, so I connected the charger and went back to bed. However by that time my phone has fully discharged so I got the battery graphics.

In the morning when I tried to turn the phone on I got the spiral boot icon and then a black screen.

I've tried to get the recovery mode but to no avail. I know the phone is somewhat working because i get the spiral boot animation and the charging graphics but i cannot get the phone to turn on. Did anybody know a fix, any advice will help.

Thanks in advance

=X=
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I like your name, X (thats my nickname around here :P)

Anyways, when you plug it in, does the charging stuff come up? (if yes, how much battery do you suppose its at?)

Have you tried download mode? (take out battery, plug in USB, put battery back in while holding... I think its vol up and down + power, after it says VIBRANT let power go)

I'm not sure if your phone even goes that far.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
Likewise I like your nickname.

My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too

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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Just curious, what ROM/kernel were you on?

Also, by the spiral graphics are you talking about the bootanimation?

Are you on Froyo bootloaders or Gingerbread bootloaders?(if you don't know and have never messed with bootloaders its froyo)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10

Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.

I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaultException:
Well the bootloader doesn't really use a GUI. You might be talking about the recovery, the one with "reboot system" and "install zip from sdcard"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.

Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.

However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one

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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Wait.. so when you tried my method your phone actually booted all the way up??

I was planning for you to go to Download mode and ODIN, but err..

Next time you go to recovery

*make sure you have a ROM in your sd card that is safe to flash, even if its chimera*

wipe data/factory reset

mount/storage > format system

flash your ROM in sd, then reboot
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
:l, pretty sure you're confused, and the bootloader is not corrupted. If bootloader was corrupted, your phone would never start without a JTAG again.

Anyways, get into recovery, and flash chimera or any other safe rom you have, and see if it boots up. I think it may be something with Chimera.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
Wouldn't be the first time :)

I'll reinstall the ROM thx
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Just a suggestion, don't re-install Chimera... Or at the very least, don't use it as a daily driver. I stand by that for two reasons. For one, Chimera may have been the reason you got into this problem in the first place. The second reason being... Well... Er... Chimera v2.2 isn't the best ROM out there, and it's kinda dated... I'm sure there's others that would agree. I mean there's plenty of other ICS ROMs available that run much better. Jellybean ROMs have also reached a point of stability, so there's some good Jellybean flavored options to choose from as well. Personally, I'm running ParanoidAndroid (JB) and I'm lovin' it.

Just my two cents... But if you like Chimera, then stick with it. It's definitely a usable ROM.

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.

I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).

Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).

EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
No it did not work. I thought all was good. It seemed to work when I performed a soft shutdown. Then I tried a cold boot: shutdown the phone, pulled the battery and on startup the phone would not work.

Awesome thanks for the links. It sounds like paranoid android will for my likes. I'm going to update my phone with that rom.

I'm still having problems with my phone however.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =X=:
So I've upgraded my phone to the latest ParanoidAndroid but I'm still getting the same problem.

All works fine once it's running but I have to use the USB and three finger boot to get the phone to start, once I'm in the recovery mode selecting her restart launches the OS .

However trying to start the phone from a cold boot does not seem to work...any ideas anyone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richcar:
May be you need a new battery how long you have the current battery.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidat24:
It's probably not bootloader-related, but for what it's worth, froyo bootloaders don't work well with ICS Roms.

Chances are it's just a ROM issue, but if that fails just ODIN to default, re-root, install GB bootloaders, etc. (Basically, start over)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
I have run many ICS and JB ROMs without issue running froyo boots. It was mostly GB ROMs that had issue and needs GB boots. I don't suspect that to be the issue however, it won't hurt to try it.

I am Jack's smirking revenge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
For those of you who would like to run stock kernels with the builds

here is repacked FK23 kernel with my recovery and some init.rc edits.

SD card read speed.

Custom boot animation support

init.d support

Link:

AGAT_FK23_repack.tar Flash with ODIN or Mobile ODIN.

Did some edits in initramfs and run some tests.

Moved couple of apps to sd. After few reboots apps still working.

Moved apps to sd and flashed kernel separately. Apps were recognized on SD.

Tried to connect to pc in recovery.

ADB shell - works

Mount USB storage - not working. Will try to look into it more.

Hopefully it will work for all of you as well.

Don't have updater-binaries and updater-script for JB so can't make flashable zip yet.

If anyone has working JB flashable zip let me know and I'll try to make zip as well.

Installation instructions:

1. For best results copy tar file to root of your sd card

2. Use mobile ODIN to flash.

Phone will reboot.

It looks like any other method gives some problems with apps 2 sd.

Enjoy the kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
nice!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
Awesome!!!!! How can I flash it so ot doesnt trigger yellow triangle etc
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
Use mobile ODIN.

It never triggers yellow triangle.

Or use triangle away after flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ttittoo:
Cool
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
Awesomeness right here...:beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bordermadman:
Agat, I modined the kernel, now market doesn't allow me to install to sdcard :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
You modified the kernel?

Can you be more specific?

What app did you try to install?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL. SIR.

Sent from the Normandy SR2 via Quantum [Universe JB v02] Entanglement
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
how exactly do I install this im confused.:confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] STRETCH3535:
Thanks for this Agat! Cheers :beer::D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I think he meant he used mobile odin to flash the kernel and now he cannot install to the SD

Where people come up with these short hand ways to say things boggles my mind... smh. :banghead:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bordermadman:
Sorry, that was very vague of me, i installed via mobile odin, i was trying to install romtoolbox pro and tapatalk, it is worth mentioning that most apps that i had installed before flashing the kernel disappeared. :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
I flashed using mobile odin and for some reason I lost access to all my purchased apps!!:crying: Gonna try the stock kernal one click and see if that fixes it. It tells me " Couldn't install on USB." I have the same problem as bordermadman.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I have only 4 apps on sd and I moved them for testing purposes only.

gps status, root explorer, home switcher, titanium back up.

All 4 are working and I was able to move them back to device and then to SD again.

Apps mentioned above are paid apps. I don't want to buy them just to test if I can download.

Do you have any free app in the list that I can try.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I'm having ZERO issues downloading apps or accessing my purchased apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
One clicked back to full stock kernel and all my paid apps show back up.:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick4mitch:
Working really good over here, thanks a lot Agat.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I have few paid apps on the phone.

root explorer, beautiful widgets, Triangle away, Mobile odin.

I always use mobile odin to flash/test kernels.

All my paid apps are present and working without any problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdavis429:
I didn't have any problems with the free apps. Mobile Odin was one of the apps I lost access too. I did run a mD5 check before flashing.

I moved the file to my sd card and will try again in the morning. I'm pretty share I did some wrong on my end. If not, will try and capture a adb log for you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
I'd thank you but Tapatalk is denying mw :( thanks for everything good sir! :beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] butwhydoitalk2u:
My issue is different. I am able to do it all on mobile odin but when it completes I lose the ability to acess my external sd card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evo3d6:
Thank you I got denied aswell
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
Funny you say that.

Was going thru my file storage and noticed the my FI27 repack has been downloaded over 3000 times.

But the thread shows only 30 thank you points.

I guess one out of 100 find that thing useful. :silly:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shadow_God:
That's basicly how it goes.....smh :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
or 30 people have had to download it 100 times because they thought they had bad downloads, LOL! I downloaded to phone 2X and to 3 different computers trying to get my paid apps to work :( I wish you could repro. It's all good though. I can make back ups and install zips! Thanks again Agat!!!!

Elite Tester for Mijjz Goodness
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
I thanked this as well out of habit.... Obviously didnt work. I'll Mae it up tomorrow :good: :beer: :good:

Oh hell it works now!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
What you mean "you wish I could repo"?

Didn't understand that..

And I was talking about FI27 not this one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jlear3:
Look Back a couple pages and try the method Agat used to flash it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Hey agat, I don't really know why this is happening... maybe you can explain.

While flashing my ROM using the FK23 repack, everything in the preload partition does not get flashed properly. It appears the symlinks are created in the system but when you navigate to the preload apps, which all appear to be there and correct file sizes, if you try to install one, it cannot parse the package.

However, flashing the same ROM with your source built 0.6.8 everything is flashed correctly, symlinks are created, preload apps work as intended.

I'm confused... :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I would have to compare ramdisks of both kernels and try to figure out what is different.

Right now I'm still trying to go to the bottom of the problems of this repack.

May be it will fix your problem all along.

If not I'll take a loot at it tomorrow.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eQuanoX:
I used the same method and have had no issues. Thanks again Agat.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Pulled the current one from first post and will test again...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thebabilonias:
agat rec instructions

Im really sorry Im having trouble downloading the recovery is there a video or step by step process of how to do this without me killing my s2? again my apologies in advance thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
So far as promised when following the recommended instructions. No triangle, Wi-fi working, backs up.

Will note any further issues if they arise. Thanks again Agat!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
I made many attepts yesterday and made quite a few repacks trying to get to the bottom of this.

When ever I was flashing repack over any other kernel except stock I was having apps2sd problems. However all my paid apps were present and were working.

It's easy to check for me because first thing I see when phone is booted is Beautiful Widget Home and it's a paid app.

To make sure it's not my edits I did make a repack without any changes. Just extracted the ramdisk from stock zImage prowided by garwynn and then packed it right back.

It worked exact same way as my other repacks.

Flashed over other kernel will break apps2sd and flashed over pure stock doesn't break anything.

This let me to think is that repack process itself makes some changes to kernel and it needs a stock base to work properly.

For now I can't say more and I would try to enlist some help from other dev's to see if they can help me to figure out something.

Just flash the repack over stock kernel and that should work if not for all at least for most of you guys.

I'll put a stock kernel tar file link in my OP for easy access tonight when I get home.

Sorry couldn't do more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JSnively:
Thanks for spending more time looking into this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sloth:
No need to be sorry you are awesome sir :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] colonel.shepard:
Doesn't for me hopefully source will help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TrayLunch:
Repro, as in reproduce. It would be a lot easier for you to fix the issues some of us are having if you were experiencing them yourself. Alas, if you can't, that's a good sign. It means there is a successful route somewhere. We just need to isolate the anomaly in the two processes.

And I gotta say, I'm guilty of downloading from the rwilco's repo rather than coming to the thread and thanking you proper. :( And I dunno how many times I've had to download that between mine and the wife's phone. Sorry!

I did, thus the 2X to the phone. Before that, I tried downloading to the computer and transferring the files over via card reader/adapter and USB cable to both internal and external storages, roots and specific folders. I'm a tester, so I'm used to trying several avenues before reporting issues.

Elite Tester for Mijjz Goodness

---------- Post added at 03:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:34 PM ----------

Apologies are the last thing you need to offer up! Your tireless efforts have our eternal gratitude! Without your kernels, development would be at a standstill. I press the "thanks" button for the posts I see, but truly, it isn't enough. Imma have to start donating after the holidays.

Elite Tester for Mijjz Goodness
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elniper:
Thanks Agat. Everything worked the first time for me. I'm running the Universe FK23 ROM since you posted your repack. I flashed according to his directions then flashed your repack. I was coming from Blue Kuban FI27, if it helps anyone. I feel that some people are doing to many mods and restoring certain aps messing with governors undervolting and such, that no one really wants to take the time to read the Op, start from scratch and take it slow with a new rom.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
So, got my hopes all up and let down again. So I flashed the kernel again, this time it worked and I was able to download apps and the world was beautiful once again. Then I rebooted in to recovery... After just booting to recovery to make sure that was working and rebooting back to system I noticed tapa talk was gone. And when trying to reinstall it I got the USB sd card error again. I'll try a fresh install of everything and make a backup then restore to ICS and restore back and see if that does it for me. Think I was to excited when I first flashed the kernel and had a moment of success.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
For some reason downloading apps from the play store the rebooting to recovery will cause this...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
Yeah I've tried with your rom and two others. Letting my phone charge be for I give it one more go at the last in tried method I've read about. Which is the flashing it then backing up and restoring to ICS and then restore back. Sounds crazy, but I'll try anything to have a working kernel with recovery. If not then I guess I'll just live with the awesomeness that these great ROMs has given us until it all gets sorted. Wish I could be of more help other then thanking people and donating, but my PC died and the iPad and phone are not possible for working on these kinds of things period.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
I understand that some people are having issues and others aren't, but seriously people, quit your *****ing. Stop and consider for a moment how difficult it is to keep up with all these demands, to work with an unfamiliar code ( yes, jellybean is a pain to work with!) and to hear about issues that you yourself can not reproduce.

The issues are known, the man is working on them, and he doesn't even have this phone anymore! Hit the thanks button, try his ****, and shut up. If it doesn't work try reading the OP, other users posts, and any known issues threads or posts. If you run into something new then posts your issue. It drives me nuts seeing entire pages of the same post whining about the same problem, I can only imagine what its like for Agat.

So please people, try to be a little more compassionate and understanding for an over worked and under appreciated ( seriously only 30 thanks out of 100 times that many downloads?) developer who's doing this out of the goodness of his heart and taking time out of his personal life for people like you.

OK, my vent is done, if its too much mods go ahead and delete:beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elwood:
Best workaround I've found so far is if you are losing apps is to back those certain apps up with titanium backup while on the fk23 kernel, mobile Odin agats repack fk23 tar and if your apps are gone reinstall them thru titanium backup. I haven't had a problem with any apps since doing that. I've tested going into recovery a few times and doing nand's, rebooting phone and every apps still shows and works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
I've downloaded the kernel at least 6 times, but I can only thank him once from the OP :(. Or else I would have :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t4d73:
I don't even understand what the point of having a working recovery matters. Correct me if I'm wrong but we don't even know if the jb kernel has the emmc bug removed or not so u would be insane to even flash to another rom with it anyway lol. What then do u guys actually want to do with it? What we really need is source so we can pull it apart, under and over clock it, and add governors. Just my two cents.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
It works for flashing other ROMs... But I don't recommend it lol. I got FC's at the setup screen and couldn't do anything until I got to a computer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t4d73:
Doesn't sound like it worked that good lol but to each his own. I'll wait for source. :) I know these guys r trying hard but it's so risky.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
There's always the 'donate' button. :P
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattweed9:
I do donate, no worries there. But anyways, the last possible method I could try didn't work. No Biggy, I'm sure it will all be shorted over time. Just means I'll be sticking with one rom a little longer then normal, not a huge fan of mobile Odin. Thanks to Agat62 and everyone else for tips and suggestions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SASQUATCH:
For people having the play store problem just one click fk23stock kernel and your problems are gone u just wont have a recovery. Id rather see people without a recovery than coming here and reading page after page for the same reason. :D