yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] green-gf:
STUCK REBOOTING INTO RECOVERY (TWRP 3.0.2-1-ashyx)

Hi - I downloaded the 25th May update (with 30th March version installed) and went into the installer, (recklessly) expecting as with other lineage ROMs I've used that I'd be able to dirty flash, without wiping. I came to the question about type of installation and backed out. But then my system would only boot into recovery.

Then did a wipe for a dirty flash (i.e. cache and dalvic) and installed the update. Same booting issue. Also tried the boot repair option, same issue.

Now also tried a full wipe (dalvic, system, data, cache) and reinstall with gapps, still stuck. Is this what's called a soft brick?

Would like to understand what's happened here - is there a way of recovering?

Assuming I get up and running again, is there a part of my backup I could restore to avoid reinstalling all my apps - the data partition? Used quite a few ROMs but obviously still some big gaps in my knowledge. I did a backup AFTER first entering the installer (looks like something got corrupted during that aborted install)

Many thanks, Geoff
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] drnightshadow:
Go with odin and flash stock rom than trwp... let it boot at least 1x time wait 5 min(now you can restore your apps and use titanium backup to back up your apps+data). Than in TRWP wipe->advance->all (except sd card and otg) than install ROM... follow the instructions in 1st post. No shortcuts... on the end use titanium backup to restore apps+data ! full REBOOT!! NO soft reboot!!!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
The first app creator (select lang etc.) crushing when try to restore data from google or start clear without restoring so I can't turn on phone to normally using.

Flashed clearly with full wipe
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] pranjal.99:
all right i got 2 bugs..

1: font on lock screen

2:on opening edit in gallery it says unfortunately it stopped working
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] drnightshadow:
Try fulll wipe and no gapps.... when boot is finished finish wizard setup... wait 5min reboot in trwp and install gapps.

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Did you allowed gallery to accesses to storage and all other stuff? Do you use Privacy guard?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] EZEman00:
All working perfectly, just a question... titanium backup doesn't recognize root... have to root again?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] drnightshadow:
It says it could work better with supersu but under developer options you need to activate root access.. no extra root apps needed.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] LaythCullen:
Installed The Latest Build

And It Works Perfect

Jelly Browser

New Gallery App

And improvements ♥

Just A Questiong Guys!

Applications Like Drum Pad And Drum Pad Guru Are Running Slow On This Rom

Help Me Please

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[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
I finally flashed 0525 ;) It's awesome but kinda more lagges than 7.1.1 for me but maybe it caused by kernel adiutor sets. What frequencies do you guys use?

Thank you vl_w. Happy FU user here :)

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Whre can I get this awesome wallpaper?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] pranjal.99:
yes all the permissions are granted... and no i dont use privacy guard... any solution for font on lock screen
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Quá»‘c Tuáº¥n:
How did you get this kind of menu?

Gửi từ SM-A300H của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] LaythCullen:
trebuchet launcher Make The drawer Style Compact

From The Launcher parametre :o

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Here Is It Bro

https://s21.postimg.org/cj5rlgzjb/paper_239042.jpg
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
Do you guys have low battery life with NFC off? Can't get it on :( No deepsleep at all, on FU. Reset, NFC on Wifi can't get on. Pls help me guys :P
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Insomniac-Butler:
Can't comment on that get if your talking about the latest update as I've just installed it this morning an been flat out on my phone all day since installing it, if your talking about the previous version then yes , it has to be switched on, I will comment on the new version battery drain once I feel I can, for now I'm just about to post bugs I've found so far.

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Which version are you referring too
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
I'm talking about newest version. Now I came back for 7.1.1 for some time, I made a backup of 7.1.2 so if the problem will repaired I'll come back to 7.1.2. Older version is more stable for me, I don't use instagram so It's working well
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Jik781:
with 7.1.2 the phone become really hot end slow under charging
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
I see some simillar bugs. 7.1.1 is more stable for me. Even with Nfc its better than 7.1.2

*7.1.2*

I charged phone to 100% and come to job. About 7 hrs after that i have 60%. On older ver. I get about 85-90% after all day.

I rebooted phone after i knew up it's no deepsleep and can't switch on NFC. Now I can switch NFC but no way to switch wifi.

It won't work after even 5 reboots. Still only NFC and NO WIFI.

Apps like XDA get auto logout, loging with google takes much time.

There's some bugs with Root. It show the # on status bar even if no app use it. And the ROM is slower than older.

For now i came back for 7.1.1 and I'm happy with it.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] droika:
Wifi on my A300FU does not work either with the update.

Previously I was using the first Lineage release for A300FU with the custom kernel by [MENTION=5261186]Bulgaricus[/MENTION].

Installing a deoxed Marshmallow stock rom first did not help.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] vayavalla:
Did you install marshmallow with Odin? I think you have to install an official update, that doesn't update only the ROM, but also other things, like baseband and modem
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] LuChaos:
For me when sometimes WiFi is not working I put out my SD card and reboot. Then its working again. Put in again and after reboot still WiFi working. I use SD card mounted as internal storage. Maybe here is a problem. Deepsleep sometimes also don't work. Push NFC button greyed out then reboot and deepsleep is sometimes working again. My device is the FU variant. Hope it helps. Thx 4 great ROM vl_w and team and sry 4 crappy English.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] droika:
Thanks, I'll try that.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] biohaxor:
after dirty install, WiFi doesnt work, have to load a backup and wait to have enough time for do a clena install
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
It even not work with clean install (After reboot).

And it's no way to put nfc on. Deepsleep sometimes work sometimes no. After reboot there's a nfc but no wifi and still no deepsleep.

I charged phone to 100% and after some minutes of not using it ate 9%.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] jd22:
I had the same problem when installing with "update boot.img only". When I installed the new ROM with option "wipe system" then wifi was working fine. It even remembered the password.

I updated from the previous LOS version with custom kernel for FU model.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
*Update boot.img only* minds it only replace kernel. You should use it if you have custom kernel and you want to go back to stock kernel.

*wipe system* minds it wipes ONLY SYSTEM not your data photos etc. You should choose it if you want to do clean or dirty flash. There's no possibility of flashing new ROM without wiping system. It will cause a bootloop or even hard brick but it happends hardly ever.

Btw. Is wifi working after reboot? Is there a deepsleep? Does the bulgarius kernel for 7.1.1 work with 7.1.2?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Arbain of Indonesia:
Hi [MENTION=7315425]vl_w[/MENTION] also everyone

Please try to instal Need for Speed NO LIMITS and tell to me about issue, cause I get more LAG for this new update ROM 7.1.2 but last update of 7.1.1 No Limits still fine working.

Thanks
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] jd22:
Wifi works even after reboot.

Meanwhile I installed OpenGApps pico because "wiping system" disabled the Google Play Services. That seems to me the easiest way to re-install the Google Play Services.

Deep sleep must work because my battery consumption is the same as with the previous LOS version: around 5 days (GPS and Bluetooth off).

I see no reason to install the kernel of bulgarius as this new ROM has its own new kernel which is working pretty good.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] green-gf:
thanks - your suggestion got me running again. However, the issue recurred, resolved by reinstalling (again) twrp - this seemed to reset the flag that takes you into recovery, so that the system could boot. I might try the 3.1.1 beta version that's just been updated and see if that's better. thanks again, Geoff
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] drnightshadow:
Yap you should use latest trwp 3.1.1. I recently updated mine. So try it and report. I used flashify from google play.

Tip: https://xdaforums.com/samsung-a-series/development/unofficial-twrp-3-1-0-samsung-a3-t3582233

Godspeed :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] vl_w:
Kernel that uploaded Bulgaricus - it was just test kernel from my sources with new commits. NOW this kernel is OUTDATED! Kernel that using in 0525 build is NEWER and contains all commits that was in kernel that built by bulgarucus. I'm NOT recommend to use other kernels with my rom.

For example: WIFI issue was fixed in my latest kernel. If u're using test kernel built by bulgaricus - wifi issue will come back.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] EZEman00:
4 days using 0525

I didn't find bugs yet just some lagg occasionally when unlocking

Everything else is perfect, There was no battery drain or maybe nothing important for me

sm A300M

BTW: Someone had problem with the low brightness screen that flickers? is not a rom bug, happened with the stock firm too

thanks again [MENTION=7315425]vl_w[/MENTION]
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
Ok. So I'll use the stock kernel. But even with it I have wifi issue and no deepsleep. How can you explain that? Is this caused by not wiping internal memory? Maybe I should do dirty flash with wiping only system and then flash pico gapps?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] LuChaos:
Its weird but can you try boot your phone without sd-card. In my case WiFi is working then.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] King-V:
0525 on my phone (A300FU) was buggier than the previous one, for some reason ?.

1. New Gallery app FC when trying to edit pictures.

2. Ringtone volume keeps getting reset to 1 - I always keep it on vibrate. It's really more of a little annoyance than a bug, I guess.

3. Battery drain - about as much as the previous version. Phone won't go into deep sleep. And can't try the old fix with turning on NFC because

4. Can't turn on NFC. Will retry this after clearing caches and what-not and edit this comment, if anything changes.

Everything else seems to be just as fine as last time, though.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] droika:
Sorry for this newbie question, but: How do I overwrite Bulgaricus' kernel?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] King-V:
By flashing a different one (through TWRP), if you have one, which honestly, you probably don't - not one that's gonna work with this ROM, anyway...
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] droika:
So I cannot use this ROM right now? :/
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Kornspeicher:
Try to reinstall the ROM, but select update boot.img only during install. That should replace the kernel.

If nothing works reflash stock rom via odin and start fresh.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] sopos:
A300FU:

Came from Stock MM, flashed 0330 - clean install, had WiFi issues. Flashed updated kernel, had WiFi issues. Did dirty update to 0525 (wiped just dalvik and cache), installed gapps nano 20170601. Now works fine except for NFC/battery issue. I tried switch NFC off to test it, had problem to turn it back on, after reboot I have NFC switched on and no battery drain. No other issues so far. I did not try bt audio which did not work on 0330.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] drnightshadow:
Well A300FU still have battery issue with NFC off... Need to reboot to switch NFC on, but now with NFC on i got 2 days life :)

Gallery FC on edit... Use 3rd party app..

All other OK for now ....

Anyway thank you OP for update :victory: ...
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Arbain of Indonesia:
Hey everybody, I've an idea

About to make a Whatsapp group for user of Galaxy A3
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Insomniac-Butler:
Same for me with latest update, had battery drain with NFC off,couldn't enable it, rebooted an NFC switched on, no major battery drain now with it enabled, probably the same as last build, all good for me, I'm happy so far, great work
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] badkarim:
Awesome everything ok good work thanks a lot
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] emtepe35:
I had same but wifi didn't worked after reboot :(
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Insomniac-Butler:
If you have WiFi issues best thing to do is start from scratch, stock mm ROM, then twrp then linage os, run for a few mins then install gaps, should be good
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] carlos tdi75:
sim unlocked

HI vl_w,

I already installesd the rom.... great job

I notice this doesnt sim unlocked. Its normal?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] :
Thank you for this rom it's awesome and it has no error for me!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] shhnedo:
A device can be sim locked by a carrier. It has nothing to do with the rom you're using. Ask your carrier for details.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Marecki_:
Finally yes yes!!! Thank you vl_w. Recent stock update to 6.0.1 and now custom Lineage 14. Yes! Finally there's something going on about A-300 FU. Thank you, yes!

I'll test your rom and report bugs with logs.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] petersonldp:
s this rom compatible with A300M? During the aroma installer only shows A300F / A300H. I selected the A300F or other and installed. Initially the ROM is very fast compared to STOCK ROM. But unfortunately now the device restarts constantly, whether it is in use or not.

Any suggestions or why this happens?

Another thing, Netflix does not install from Google Play.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] jhonpellas:
I have A300M and this Rom is 100% compatible no have restart.[emoji6]

Enviado desde mi SM-A300M mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] guiguiolive:
Wifi not working

Hi guys... :)

I installed the 0525 version on a stock rom (A300FU, Android 5.0.2, Kernel 3.10.49).

I did a clean install with TWRP 3.1.1 (wiped: cache, dalvik, data, system).

I rebooted succesfully to LineageOS, but the wifi doesn't work.

It's disabled in the parameters and when I try to enable it, it stay in "enabled" mode for a few seconds (but no wifi network is found), and it goes back to disabled.

The Wifi MAC address reads "02:00:00:00:00:00".

I tried to reflash again, like some people said they did on this topic, but without effect.

Any ideas? :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] kondzioo:
I had a similar problem and was trying same way. Just start from flashing stock 6.0.1 android via odin, then go wipe and install LineageOS.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Bulgaricus:
and i'm back :D gonna update it even more
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] guiguiolive:
Thank you, it worked. :)

I flashed a stock ROM 6.0.1 ( A300FUXXS1CQD5 ) with Odin.

I flashed TWRP 3 with Odin.

I installed this ROM (version 0525) from TWRP (wiped cache, dalvik, data, and system and then I installed).

And everything works as it should. :good:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] dogukans3131:
Thanks wl_v for this rom
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] kondzioo:
No problem :) If you can jusst let me know about battery life. On my phone even with deep sleep working it was rly bad.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] droika:
Thanks.

I flashed a stock ROM 6.0.1 with Odin, installed this ROM (version 0525) from TWRP (wiped cache, dalvik, data, and system first) and Wifi works - at least sometimes. It stops working randomly, especially after reboots.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] King-V:
0525:

With NFC on, battery life is great - rather impressive, I'd say.

Sonething I noticed is that it just seems to sometimes hang and lag for no apparent reason... no running apps that would cause that much lag, and no heavy background processes... weird, really, but oh well, it's not really a big deal.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] rlukz:
NFC

I can not activate nfc! Help
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Marecki_:
As someone mentioned before, fm radio acts weird. On Spirit2 app the sound is overdriven and cant set it quiet. On the stock radio fm app it is better but the sound is with heavy reverb effect. Apart from that this rom (25/05) is just great. I was coming from stock 6.0.1 so, I had the right baseband so no problems here.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Insomniac-Butler:
Try to turn it on, if you have already then just restart the phone, let it boot an it should be enabled now, if not try again, try to enable an reboot, once it kicks in disable beam an leave NFC on, still gives me much more battery life even though the update was fixed, still works the same for me as the previous version
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] guiguiolive:
So, after 24h of use, here is what I can tell about the battery life.

It's not very good in use, as it was with the stock ROM android 5.

But in idle, it's not bad. It's way better than it used to be with the stock rom.

I don't have any problem of battery draining for no reason. Under heavy use, it's draining fast (sceen on, and 3g/4g usage).

But with a light usage, it lasts the day, and that is better than with the stock rom for me... :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] tHesTx:
Hy, great job with this last build: LineageOS 14.1 #0525

Still got some issues with CSR2 game:

- Sometimes I get kicked out of game with no error

- I get this error which also kick me out: "android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication is having trouble with Google Play services. If the problem persists, please contact the developer for assistance." - which can be an problem with the game itself and not the OS

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1. Battery life seems to be improved

2. If I install stock version of Gapps, which include GBoard - when I try to deactivate type vibration(go to settings and preferences or so) I got an error that kicks me out of settings(I don't have the error because I've reinstall the OS with Gapps mini pack and install GBoard from store separately)

3. Also get too hot on charging in the same time with running a game
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] eurofiles:
everything nice ..flash over stock via twrp

few random&rare lags on lockscreen (i saw someone did experience it already),

wifi ok, batt ok great "unofficial" LineageOS

coming from official LineageOS htc m8 ..present experience is perfect only smaller phone :)

keep up the good work!

note about custom kernel .. if everything is fine now

should i flash custom Bulgaricus?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] vl_w:
NO! Use search! It is not custom kernel. It is just my kernel, but NOW it is OUTDATED!! U're shouldn't use other kernels. I support work only on my kernel, coz built-in kernel was build with rom and include all latest features at this moment.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Giuskiller:
Hi, i don't know if i am the only one to have this issue...but i cannot access external SD card. Well, i can view files but i cannot delete them or cannot save anything on my External SD card. Tried different apps but when they ask me to choose Ext SD card and give permission nothing happens or the app crashes. It's like i cannot really use my ext storage. P.s i made a clean install and all the other things works fine, i use A300 FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] guiguiolive:
Did you format your card on your computer or in the phone?

Check the format you're using, and maybe reformat in something Android uses easily, like exFAT or FAT32.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Giuskiller:
I was already using the SD card with stock Marshmallow so i think it's useless to format, right? Also, what happens is that the screen where i need to choose the SD card to give permission doesn't happear. When i try to delete something in my ext SD (for example with Solid Explorer or RAR) those apps ask me to concede authorization to write on Ext SD card to delete or modify files. When i tap "give permission" nothing happens. The expected screen where i need to authorize the apps doesn't show up. And in the worse case the app crashes. That's my problem. I'm sorry if previously i didn't explain well. And sorry for my poor English...

P.s i cannot even format the sd card from the phone, when i tap on the SD card in Settings/Storage/sdcard1 the app crashes. Everytime i try "Settings has stopped"
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] beastuct:
Maybe your card is malfunctioning. Try to format the SD card as external storage and not as internal. This what I did and I see no problems

A300FU power

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Nice work on this rom! It works flawlessly and there are no major bugs. Why does Samsung not go with stock Android in their phones? Anyways, I've noticed that it gets more hot while on than before, the radio is malfunctioning and the ambient display does not turn on when I lift the device up, but other than that I'm more than happy, thank you
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Giuskiller:
I will try to formatt sd card when my father came back from work, it's not my phone i'm using an Honor 8.

P.S he never used Exrernal as Internal memory, so the card always worked as external storagw
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] aydinbahadir88:
Runs very reliably and stable

Many Thanks Dev :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] sangalaxy:
Doea volte works on this...

If not could you please add that in the next one
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] Bobbler200:
Has with the latest version Trebuchet launcher been reintroduced? :o
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] vl_w:
No. BTW A3 moden doesn't support volte
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] InfamousMykol:
Hi I'm downloading this Rom to flash it in my Galaxy A300FU. I Have stock kernel. Should I flash some kernel?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] vayavalla:
Come on guy, you only have to read the previous page! Or search a little bit!!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] InfamousMykol:
There are some bugs?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Android Development] [GS]:
No bugs if you install in right way?