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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
I'm running twrp 2.7.1 and have quite a few problems but I'll just start out with the backup and restore options.

The tutorials I've reviewed instructs to simple backup your stock rom and to reinstall, choose the file and restore.

Why isn't the wipe and factory restore procedure performed?

I followed the instructions and attempted to restore the latest backup but when I hit reboot I get the no OS installed warning, this is without any wipe. I doubled check the checksum of this backup for accuracy.

If I choose the earliest file from the restore list, I get no OS warning and am able to reboot back to the "older" flash of the stock rom. I actually performed the same procedure after a failed install of a custom rom with wipe. Got the OS warning after loading the latest backup but no warning with the oldest.

This only scratches my problem but I'd like to address and hopefully fix this first.

Thanks for any suggestions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If the nandroid was made with a different version of twrp, maybe try reflashing that version and try again.

Alternatively, you could just flash whatever rom is backed up, then try to only restore the data portion.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
Just tried your suggestion choosing latest backup and restoring data only. Now after the splash screen it wants to setup language, email etc. again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
What I meant was flash whatever rom it was that you were trying to restore. If its the sane rom in another backup that's fine though. Did the data restore pass the md5 check?

You can try again, but afterwards go to twrps advanced menu and copy log to SD. It may provide some clue as to what's wrong. Attach it here if you want me to take a look.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
Well I'm starting to think twrp is corrupt.

I tried to load the ndroid backup I made yesterday but the log showed it was done in 8 seconds. I attempted to flash back to the original image I made 2 months ago which I have been successful doing..I thought everything was flashing when I noticed the screen is now says...

Could not do normal boot.

ODIN MODE

Product Name: SGH-1747

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:Yes (3 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Custom STATUS: Custom

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: Enable

Downloading....

Do not turn off target!!!

It's been stuck on this screen for a while.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Sounds like something got corrupted, or you need to try with a different recovery. Either way its in download mode for flashing with Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Have you tried using Philz Touch? I was using TWRP but ran into problems flashing ROMs. I switch to Philz and the problems went away.

Unfortunately, Philz can't restore TWRP nandroid backups.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
Could I please get some advice on what to do next?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
Okay, I was able to pull the battery and boot into twrp, restore the old stock rom and safely reboot but this is one of many problems.

I haven't been successful installing any roms. I've downloaded Liquid Smooth, Gummy, Carbon and Slim 4.4.4 versions and encounter the following error message.............E: Unable to open zip file

Error flashing zip / external_sd / custom rom / "file name"

I'm using a 64 gb card but am not sure how it's formatted. I've created files with the roms in the internal card but twrp doesn't see it.

I've read tutorials and researched some of the blogs and I assure you that I'm not doing anything haphazard but the amount of problems I'm having is absurd.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
the only thing i can think of (and hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in) is if in twrp settings see if 'md5 check ' is checked. if it is then uncheck it and try to flash again. srry thats all i got right now. (or bad idea doc ?)

good luck.

err on the side of kindness
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Try flashing from internal SD. Don't know why but its worked for a couple other people so far. If it still doesn't work, please use the copy log to SD option and attach it here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I suggest Philz Touch as a substitute for TWRP. I was having problems with TWRP until I switched to Philz.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
I noted that I tried to flash from the internal card but twrp could't find the folder I created.

Twrp still didn't see the files after i moved them out of the folder and placed them among the other folders.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] marknoll:
Open a file explorer like es file explorer..create a new folder and put the ROM zip in the external SD..I had to do that and I use cwm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
I created files with Astro file manager but twrp still doesn't see them on the internal card just the external but won't open the zips.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Challenged_101:
I'm just not getting much feedback on my problem. Will posting on a different forum help?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If the external sd is formatted as exFat, recovery may not be able to read it correctly. Since its a 64gb card, I bet this is the problem.

Have you gone into the mounts menu and remounted your internal sd and/or /data? Maybe its just not mounted...

You might also want to try twrp 2.6.3.1 or 2.8.0.1. You can get them from the link in my sig.

Or try philz recovery as suggested before.
[Off-topic] warface123:
Would it not be great to get help using chat or teamspeak 3?

Maybe a chatroom would be nice :D. If enough is interested I'd buy a teamspeak server for help. Every language is welcome! :)

Is this a good idea yes or no :(?
[Off-topic] om22:
I think it's a very nice idea to have a temspeak server. But only if enough people are online. With various language channels.

And teamspeak has also the ability to chat so the chatroom wouldn't be needed then.

Or maybe also a gaming channel would be nice to play bf4, csgo or any other multiplayer with xda people :P
[Off-topic] warface123:
Gaming channels is a very good idea too :D
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Teamspeak, now there's nostalgia... Miss my old clanmates :(

TS server might not be a bad idea, maybe do something like help-rooms too for people who just can't work with written text. (I'm overthinking this, I know.)

As for chat, anyone still use Xfire?
[Off-topic] warface123:
Very Nice idea! :)

Will order 1 ASAP for 30 people :D
[Off-topic] Thymo:
Nice idea.

Sent from my One Plus One
[Off-topic] synius:
I have the ability to host servers for ts3 I have a hosting providers licence, ( linux, desktop, hard-line)

I can run multiple instances running different ports for privacy ( if you want you OWN server )

Or a general instance with private boardrooms for specific groups of people

Anything is possible

Services are not free but fairly cheap depending on maximum slots

Uptime is 99% of the time. The 1% is ISP downtime when they do maintaince.

(Basically paying for bandwidth) 10 slots for 1$ canadian

Can provide domain name www.anything.tk for connect instead of IP address

And my personal contact info in case things need fixing on the fly

Paypal is an option

Online banking
[Sprint LG G2] :
If you are stuck in boot loop or you just have the LG logo showing on the screen with green LED then I have one solution for you to try out before giving up on the Great G2.(Works for just LG G2 LS980)

Prerequisite files :

1. TWRP recovery (or CWM)

2. ZV8 radio file ("lgls980_zv8_radi0.zip" google it)

3. Cyanogenmod 11 zip file ( worked for me, any other roms might work may be )

I got myself soft bricked when i flashed a modded camera app file on a custom G3 rom for G2. The phone was booting up but nothing happened after LG logo.

The actions which lead to soft brick:

1. Installation of Kitkat baseband for LS980

2. Inatallation of G3 ported rom

3. Flashing of Moddedcamera app via zip

If you are also ended up in bootloop after similar steps then this method will 99.99% should work for you.

In other cases give it a try as CM11 is very safe rom and also zv8 flash is required to make CM11 to work.

The solution I tried out unsuccessfully were,

1. Clear dalvik /cache (using recovery) and reboot

2. Get into recovery and flash Stock backup (Stock 4.2.2) from TWRP

3. Flash Cyanogenmod Nightly after clearing dalvik, cache, system and data. (NEVER WIPE INTERNAL STORAGE in G2)

4. Flash the Custom G3 ported rom again.

all of this failed and I was still either stuck at LG logo or bootloop and then I realized I had ZV8 radio file on my phone and I thought of giving it a try.

Steps I did and that worked for me:

1. I did full wipe :dalvik+cache+data+system (NO INTERNAL STORAGE)

2. I flashed Cyanogenmod 11

3. Flashed ZV8 radio

4. Reboot and it gave the big CM logo for a minute and booted up nicely.

I think the problem was with flashing of Kitkat baseband (one of the steps in flashing G3 ported rom on G2) it might have messed up something for Cyanogenmod not to work and flashing ZV8 fixed it for CM 11.

Hope this info help some G2 owners and save few G2's from turning into a brick.

Even if this does not work for you there are few ways to go back to "stock firmware" those might help you out.
[Sprint LG G2] skybluedream:
Can you pls tell if your Sprint LS980 is working with any local GSM with mobile data after flashing CyanogenMod 11 & ZV8 radio?
[Sprint LG G2] Dethkid2008:
i have the same setup i will throw my brothers at&t sim in and see. that will be later this evening. but i believe it might still need to be unlocked
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20phileagles:
Samsung Galaxy Note 3

SM-N900V

4.4.2 NC4

TowelRoot SafeStrap complete

I'm mostly looking for a rom that will remove ALL bloatware and is safe as a daily.

I guess just the most basic
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riorancho:
Installl rom tool box pro and just delete the bloartware
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20phileagles:
thanks but would kinda like a rom but just confused on which ones I can and cant flash
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scolex1:
If you prefer a stock look I would use: BeansTown106's Stock deodex ROM

If you want a bunch of extra tweak just pick one of the following whichever you prefer the looks of, they are all pretty similar other than looks.

AllianceROM

Hyperdrive

Got BigginsROM

Or if you want a S5 style ROM go with JasmineROM

Any of them will work on NC4.

I have tried them all and still haven't settled on which I like best cause they are all pretty close other than I didn't like some of the S5 changes of Jasmine strictly due to personal preference it is a solid ROM though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neopolotin75:
Don't forget if you run anything other than Jasmin 1.9 or 2.3.2 you will have to odin the NC2 kernel. The Jasmin stuff will work with a straight flash. E-A-G-L-E-S.....EAG LE S!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] whimsical1987:
Hi,

I currently have Graviton v3.1 in safestrap v3.72. I am planning to install cynogenmod. I wanted to know if I can install cynogen mod on AT&T NC1 with safestrap v3.72. I tried to search but couldn't find an exact link anywhere. Anyone who has done can help me out ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
No Cyanogen or any aosp with a couple exceptions here in forum. No custom kernels/roms--:(
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] waled moner:
hey every one i have installed [LINARO 4.8.3] [DUAL-SIM] [APP2SD] CyanogenMod 11 [Update 20140813]

from the link http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-grand-duos/development/rom-cyanogenmod-11-t2827007

everything is ok i think ,,but the font of all system seems to be very very smal

is there any way to enlarge the font

i'm talkin about system font like app name and notificationbar not the message font i cant see any thing from this font help me plzzz
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SVR:
Change the DPI to 240 using textdroider app from here. After changing DPI to 240, If u want the fonts to be still bigger Goto-Settings-->Display-->Font-->Increase the size according to your needs.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drich290195:
Hi guys I'm looking to debrand my LG G2 D802. I have a question of have been reading the return to stock thread and there appears to be two versions of the UK Open Firmware d80210 vs d80220. Which is the one i should install on my 16gb one and whats the difference. Thanks
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Art Vanderlay:
D80210 is 4.2.2 jellybean

D80220 is 4.4.2 kit Kat

I think Kit Kat is what you want
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drich290195:
Brilliant thanks mate
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drich290195:
Does flashing effect OTA updates
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jaydakid222:
Hi all,

on my o2 xda mini s / wizard. the today screen has a menu bar on the left part of the screen with shortcuts etc, which i really dont like.

ive been searching through the forums to find out how to get rid of this and but have only come up with changing the Rom on my phone to an unbranded one.

is there a way to get rid of this menu bar, without having to change my ROM from the o2 preset one, as messing with ROMS seems a little daunting to me.

thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Ixtana_ran:
What you have there is O2 active (Not the web version), That comes in the O2 ROM. I did a basic install after a hard reset and it only shows up if I press the O2 active icon in programs, if i soft reset it goes. Might work for you? if not perhaps it is starting up after a soft reset? look in the \windows\startup folder to check. If so move it and if it works after another soft reset then delete it.

Hope this is of some use.

This forum is the best place to look for advice, just requires a lot of reading and bookmarking.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jaydakid222:
perfect! exactly what i was looking for.

thanks a lot!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
Hello, my phone was booting to bootloader, or to CWM recovery only.

i think there is some hardvare error because recovery cant mount any partitions.. but it can be some kind of BRICK. here is what i have in my phone.:

***TAMPERED***

***UNLOCKED***

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.57.0000

RADIO-4T.27.3218.14

OpenDSP-v32.120.274.0909

OS-

eMMC-boot 2048MB

and here is getvar:

getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: HT34HW91****
(bootloader) imei: 35443**********
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3776mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.043s

ive get it like this, but with error message "Active Cmdline Overflow" and fixed it by using this guide,, than my phone started to boot but it boots infinitely a.k.a. hang on white HTC POWERED BY ANDROID logo... thats all iwe goot...

i have tried to flash this stock RUU.exe

RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed

but it always end up with ERROR that this is wrong ruu file... but CID in GETVAR shows HTC__001 so this firmware fits...

i still can enter or flash recovery, now im on CWM v6.0.2.8

when im tryin for egsample WIPE DATA i get many errors like this:

-- Wipping data...
Formatting /data
Error mounting /data!
Skipping format. . .
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ex...
Formatting /sdcard/ .android_secure!
Error mounting /sdcard/ .android_secure!
Skipping format...
Data wipe complete.

and i cant change my cid to supercid 11111111 i get some king of java card error... maybe because im S-On..

any help?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzephi:
It looks like the ruu you are trying to flash is an older version than what is on your phone. Only way to downgrade is with s-off.

If you are on 6.x.x.x firmware, I don't think there is an ruu out yet for s-on phones.

Have you tried flashing stock recovery img and factory reset? It sounds like your partitions are messed up. I don't know if a stock recovery reset will fix that issue, but it is worth a shot. Only other method to fix partition errors is with an ruu
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
ok, i search an internet for what OS version i have because i dont know, not bootloader screen nor getvar showed it,

but depending on what RADIO and HBOOT and CID i have,

i find out that my os version should be 5.11.401.10

so i downloaded stock recovery for this and flashed,, and done a factory reset,,,

But nothing changed at all, only recovery..

i still have same bootloader and getvar results..

what more i should try ?

by the way, i cant s-off becaue my phone wont boot OS,, it shows that there is no os,,
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzephi:
If you are on 5.11.401.10, have you tried finding an ruu for that version? It seems that is your only hope.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
find out only .zip so far, but its OTA zip. i dont even know how to flash ota zips when im s-on... so since this is OTA there is no chance to get an .exe ....?

EDIT. it seems that i was trying to flash .zip tht ws only less than 100mb, now i find out OTA almost 700mb zipped.. ok will download and try now...

http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ota_m7_...19-401-11_release_372404wj19h95c0x6oa19n-zip/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
ok, i cant flash OTA,, i get many errors of cant mount cache... so i need to find how to fix it...

maybe somebody know for what version RUU.exe is this OTA made ? 5.11.401.10 or what ruu.exe can be newer than this ota? so i can try older or newer ruu.exe
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
you can't flash OTAs and there are no RUUs available at the moment above 4.xx, so with S-ON, you can't use RUU.

in either case, if you have now fixed the "Active Cmdline Overflow" error then you need to update recovery.

use TWRP 2.6.3.3 (or possibly 2.8.0.1) and follow instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228274&page=3

in particular Point D, about truly formatting /data /system and /cache, once you format those, and reboot to recovery, you should be able to access the partitions again, then push or sideload a ROM as mentioned in Point E
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
Done everything except install rom otg... what ROM i have to chose? because i cant install those:

RUU Zip M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed.zip

and

OTA_M7_UL_K44_SENSE60_MR_HTC_Europe_5.11.401.10-4.19.401.11_release_372404wj19h95c0x6oa19n.zip

so what file i should chose?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
neither, the first one is a decrypted RUU.ZIP which is lower than your current version so you can't flash that

the second is an OTA (Over The Air) update <- an update expect a certain version to already be on the phone, eg you cannot apply a Windows 8.1 patch on Windows XP

get yourself a ROM from: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one#romList

the Development section, General section or wherever, and push it, then install it.

if you just want stock 5.11.401.10, you can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2759000
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dainius87:
ok, no custom roms vorked until i tested ViperOne, this one worked perfectly,, now i will go back to 100% stok after i will s-off..

thank you!
[Lenovo K900] asratxda:
I have a 2-in-1 USB OTG Card reader. I formatted my 16 GB strontium micro sd card with NTFS. But when I connect the card via USB OTG card reader, phone says "USB card is either blank or format not supported." But it works when formatted as FAT32. Does K900 support NTFS formatted internal storage and external (via OTG) storage. Has anyone tried connecting a portable HDD via USB OTG??
[Lenovo K900] PutUpWet:
Can't Read NTFS USB...

Try formatting it FAT32, that'll take care of your problem.
[Lenovo K900] iamdawalrus:
i have the same problem...fat32 is working...NTFS is not working...any solution??NTFS is better then FAT32
[Lenovo K900] userone912:
You can use paragon ntfs&hfs. Get it from playstore. Root access needed. I always use it to access files from my 500Gb external HDD :D
[Lenovo K900] asratxda:
Thanks for your reply. I have not rooted my phone, but it will be useful for my other phone. :cool::cool: ... ... ... (I actually download a lot of torrents and I don't want to keep my PC running. I use "Flud" torrent app to download torrents, developed by a xda member.)
[Google Chromecast] seanvree:
So I've been using my Chromecase for about a month. I came back from a business trip and found that the Chromecast light is a white/pinkish color. I get no picture on the TV whatsoever. I've tried holding down the reset button for 1 minute and nothing happens. Tried multiple power adapters.

I'm assuming it's dead?
[Google Chromecast] lecorbusier:
I think it has a white and a red led, I saw only white so far, my CC is showing me its backside. Both must be on now, my Popcornhour's manual calls the resulting color wrongly "orange".

An firmware update went wrong, but could probably be resumed somehow, or it died from heat, if it's powered on 24-7, via power supply.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Try firmly pressing and gently wiggling the reset button - on some units the button can get stuck down.

Also try a different power supply if you can.

Otherwise yeah, it's probably dead and needs RMA-ing, which was pretty easy in my experience at least.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapyhin:
Hi all,

I want to know whats the best kernel to use ( battery-friendly, performance, etc ) in a S5 themed ROM..

Thx.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
I'm using Alucard kernel in my I9505 on CM11 and it's very good, I'm happy with it

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
mate , best type thread are not allowed
[Sony Smartwatch] dabizstan:
I also have problems when pairing.

For me the only workaround is to pair the watch directly after restarting the phone to factory settings (dont even run the google welcome assistant!) and then it will pair correctly. after wards you can install all the stuff
[Sony Smartwatch] Theelichtje:
I had this problem aswell, for me, it eventually just went away, after t flashed a few roms, not specifically for the watch.