When i flashed VanirAOSP 4.4.2 on my xcover 2 everything else worked like it should but sim card stuff.
I lost imei and baseband was unknown.
Cant make a phone call or anything else related to sim card but got those back when restored old backup of stock rom.
I did just like instructions said but everytime when i flash vanir i lose those.
Tried efs backup and restore but it didnt help.
If someone knows what im talking about and knows how to fix this skomer would be more than grateful (dead) :fingers-crossed:
Same problem here. Flashing stock rom will fix that.
Are you using the correct version of CWM that the developers suggested on their thread? It's most likely that or you have a mismatched baseband. You should be able to use Odin to install the latest one for your region to bring back your service. This is why it's often suggested to back up your EFS before installing custom rom. Seems to happen a more on Samsung devices with non TouchWiz based roms. Luckily, this seems like an easy fix, but there's a chance of losing your EFS partition with stuff like this, and that's a whole new world of trouble.
es0tericcha0s said:
Are you using the correct version of CWM that the developers suggested on their thread? It's most likely that or you have a mismatched baseband. You should be able to use Odin to install the latest one for your region to bring back your service. This is why it's often suggested to back up your EFS before installing custom rom. Seems to happen a more on Samsung devices with non TouchWiz based roms. Luckily, this seems like an easy fix, but there's a chance of losing your EFS partition with stuff like this, and that's a whole new world of trouble.
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i did use correct cwm and tested others but wont get efs things working =( thanks for reply =)
Did you reflash the modem yet?
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Cant do it right now because i shipped it to warranty repair =) the chargers hatch didnt stay closed =)
the same probl
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Cant do it right now because i shipped it to warranty repair =) the chargers hatch didnt stay closed =)
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I got the same problem except I flashed the cm10.1/10.2/11.0... lost sim, IMEI, baseband (I´m a noob btw).
Went back to stock (rooted with cwm), works fine though. But sure as hell would like to cm 11.0 to run with a working phone,
it was really smoothe...
pattwall said:
I got the same problem except I flashed the cm10.1/10.2/11.0... lost sim, IMEI, baseband (I´m a noob btw).
Went back to stock (rooted with cwm), works fine though. But sure as hell would like to cm 11.0 to run with a working phone,
it was really smoothe...
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its nice to know that im not the only noob in here, keeping fingers crossed and dreaming about the day when we get our skomers working perfectly.
I'm stricken as well. I tried both Vanir and CM and had no signal on either of them.
I'm using CWM 6.0.4.6, wiped all filesystems I dared (/system, /data, all the caches I found). I haven't flashed modem fw though (how, is there any link for firmware?).
After the flash, I can see IMEI in phone information, but I don't have any mobile signal. Flashing back to stock firmware resolves the signal issue (well, last time I just used CWM's backup functionality and it worked like a charm).
same here
has anybody a solution for it? my imei is empty after flashing something. i tried to backup my efs partition but dont know if its right. Just create a tar file of my efs partition.
Hello there.
It's the same for me. Every time, I install vanir, my device looses it's IMEI. I install it with the modified CWM by the Dev without any errors. Everything seems to be OK except the IMEI. If I go back to XXAND2 by Backup, everything is OK again. I also tried an efs backup, but in vanir I have problems to get it back, "error, empty archive" it says. I'm really confused about that.
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5n00p3r
Got my phone back from repair couple days ago and its brand new xcover2 but still the same when flashing =( ... i tried efs backup and restore but said it cant be found or something like that. And im 100% sure i had the backup on my sd and its still there but it is what it is. Im going to wait for someone smarter than me to figure it out and keep the stock**** for now.
Holy cow! I did it.
I got everything working exept baseband it says now xxxx but that doesnt bother me cause i can now make phone calls and messages.
Dont know about how right my method was but it worked, i copied efs folder and modemfs folder from stock rom to my ext sdcard and flashed vanir then with root browser i deleted everything from those folders and replaced with copies i made... sounds weird but im happy :good:
Hm, seems to be a solution. This is my biggest problem, too. What about updating Vanir to a newer built, when you have vanir already installed? Have you tried it too? Do you have to copy the efs again?
5n00p3r said:
Hm, seems to be a solution. This is my biggest problem, too. What about updating Vanir to a newer built, when you have vanir already installed? Have you tried it too? Do you have to copy the efs again?
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Yes i did update it and there was no need to copy/paste again. But im confused about baseband : XXXX, could that do harm later on?
Its good to keep the copies on extsd cause if messups happen u dont have to fight with them backup things which didnt work for me.
Sounds simple. I'll try it next time. But do I have to clean the Dalvik cache too before installing vanir or should I just do the wipe?
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Sounds simple. I'll try it next time. But do I have to clean the Dalvik cache too before installing vanir or should I just do the wipe?
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i wiped =)
It's like someone doesn't want me to use this ROM ? I tried your hint and copied efs and modemfs to SD, installed Vanir and GAPPS, copied efs and modemfs back with Total Commander, restarted and all was the same as before - no IMEI.
5n00p3r said:
It's like someone doesn't want me to use this ROM ? I tried your hint and copied efs and modemfs to SD, installed Vanir and GAPPS, copied efs and modemfs back with Total Commander, restarted and all was the same as before - no IMEI.
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did u delete everything from efs and modemfs before putting new ones in?
No, I just overwrote it. Don't tell me that's it. ? Dammit, I didn't even think about it. I'll try this next time.
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Everything have worked fine until now..
Latest things i did was update firmware on the camera, then rebooted and the camera worked just as fine as before.
I had two framework-res.apk's that i have moded from my own frameworkfile in kitchen, i did try both out and they worked just fine before, i did rename them and hade both in my bluetooth folder on the phone.. one circle and one guage battery framework modfile.
I wanted to go back to the guagefile, so i copied the file (it was renamed framework-res..guage.apk) and pasted it in the framework folder on the phone, renamed it and now it seamed i had two framework-res.apk files... thought one would overwrite the other, but no it didnt. So i checked what file was oldest and deleted that and rebooted, now i cant get by the samsung logo have tried everything and it just wont go any further
Could anyone help me with what to do pleeeeeease ? i can flash with odin, and i have tried flasing kernels unsecure and original with no effect, please help me !! i really hope this phone isnt bricked now
Put phone in download mode or cwm and flash a rom. Use a stock rom made for your phone.
I would prefer not to flash a new rom as there is many things on my phone that i dont want to get wiped away. I have some movies in the camera folder that i havent made a backup for yet and i just cant live without them, if they are lost i could just as well throw away the phone
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I would prefer not to flash a new rom as there is many things on my phone that i dont want to get wiped away.
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root it , then buy titanium backup from the market and backup what you want , then flash rom , then install titanium again , then reinstall back up , easy peasy
your phone will have what you want on it still and hopefully be working again
have a good day
flashing a rom shouldnt clear your mass memory mate , your videos etc should remain unless you use the android restore function in settings or format it via pc
buxz777 said:
root it , then buy titanium backup from the market and backup what you want , then flash rom , then install titanium again , then reinstall back up , easy peasy
your phone will have what you want on it still and hopefully be working again
have a good day
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It is rooted, and i cant get past the bootlogo.
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It is rooted, and i cant get past the bootlogo.
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sorry didnt read post properley my fault :-(
still flashing a new rom wont delete your mass memory files
it never has on mine , as the other user said , wipe , wipe cache , wipe dalvik cache , if this still doesnt boot then flash a rom of your choice it may bring it back fine and your mass memory should be intact
leomar2.4 / 2.5 / 2.6 / doesnt touch the mass memory files anyways so your videos would be fine and you would have one of the best roms going
No worries
As it is now i can only get into odin mode.. down volume,home button,power button and get connected to the odin flashprogram, that is the only thing i can do
So even if my pictures and movies are on phones internal sd-card it wont be deleted ?? i just need to know this before i do something major like new rom.
I have a external sd-card to and i guess that wont be effected, but i dont know about the internal sd-card
Can i flash a rom without do those wipe cleaning stuff i read about that seams to be important to do before flashing a new rom ?
If it is just the framework-res.apk file thats wrong, cant i flash a new framework file with odin ? if for some reason there was something wrong there.
What rom do you use now? Wiping data wipes everything, wiping cache and dalvik cache shouldn't delete any personal data.
Im running original stock rom with unsecure kernel..
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Im running original stock rom with unsecure kernel..
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Just flash a stock ROM with Odin.
It won't remove anything, it'll all br there.
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Wipe will only wipe /data and /system which will be user and system apps and data.
You wont lose anything on the internal sd card and ext sd card.
You can always flash the same rom as you had before over the top which should fix the framework.
just flash non wipe rom from intratech topic, it will fix it for you
or boot into recovery, do backup there, flash new rom and then restore advenced only data in recovery
and as was mentioned before, reset/wipe/new rom through odin will not touch pictures/movies/music on internal sd card only apps and app setup with data will be erased
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Thanks everyone for your help, you are really a great bunch of people here, so fast and very helpful, thank you all so much !
I must admit that my heart stopped for a moment when i couldnt get it restarted, forgot to breath but i did as you said only thing is i didnt flash a stock rom, i flashed a very nice rom called lightning and im much more happy with my phone now then i was before... in the end it was a good thing maybe that this happen to me today, otherwise i would probably never have gone from stock rom, now im glad i did it's faster and everything is better, and i could just now flash a new bootanimation that i couldnt do before, i tried the cool pc bios boot and im very happy with that, overall it feels like a new improved phone
Thanks everyone !!! Have a great eavning !
All you had to do was boot in recovery, and adb a stock frameworkres.apk to the phone and it wouldve booted fine! Or made a flshable zip that copies the stock frameworkres.apk and flash that through clockwork!
...and on the 8th day he created the SGS II!
Hi,
I've a big problem with my note 3 (SM-9005).
Root and under Foxhound Diamonds ROM 1.2
All worked perfectly during one month and I don't do any modifcation last month.
Just i flashed Faux's recovery 2 days ago.
After that, Note3 works perfectly. But I had needed to do a reboot. But after reboot I had many problems. PIN code was not query after reboot, I have no signal and after several seconds it's show me "system process doesn't respond" wait or close?. Then the phone reboot and reboot until I removed the battery.
I tried to reflash the rom but I had still the same problem. I also tried to reflash a Samsung firmware with ODIN. Flash was OK, but problem is still there. No signal, and reboot after system process crash...
Any idea? My Knox counter is at 0x1...
Sorry for my poor English.
pystolero said:
Hi,
I've a big problem with my note 3 (SM-9005).
Root and under Foxhound Diamonds ROM 1.2
All worked perfectly during one month and I don't do any modifcation last month.
Just i flashed Faux's recovery 2 days ago.
After that, Note3 works perfectly. But I had needed to do a reboot. But after reboot I had many problems. PIN code was not query after reboot, I have no signal and after several seconds it's show me "system process doesn't respond" wait or close?. Then the phone reboot and reboot until I removed the battery.
I tried to reflash the rom but I had still the same problem. I also tried to reflash a Samsung firmware with ODIN. Flash was OK, but problem is still there. No signal, and reboot after system process crash...
Any idea? My Knox counter is at 0x1...
Sorry for my poor English.
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Hi, from the sounds of it you had the same problem I had, I followed what this guy said in this thread and it worked perfectly again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540822 Hope it works for you too
danielsf said:
Hi, from the sounds of it you had the same problem I had, I followed what this guy said in this thread and it worked perfectly again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540822 Hope it works for you too
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Thank you for your answer. But Root was done Two month ago by myself. So...
And I had flashed a stock Rom with ODIN. But when we flash a stock ROM with ODIN, we lost the root. Why I Still had the same problems after flashing a stock rom?
pystolero said:
Thank you for your answer. But Root was done Two month ago by myself. So...
And I had flashed a stock Rom with ODIN. But when we flash a stock ROM with ODIN, we lost the root. Why I Still had the same problems after flashing a stock rom?
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Because you corrupted your EFS partition flashing either a kernel that didn't like the phone or a ROM that had issues, (Samsung Note 3 is prone to EFS issues currently). And it needed rebuilt. Re-Flashing stock in most cases won't rebuild it but sometimes it does, then you have you use this to fix. No need to go back to stock or wipe or anything, just flash it and voila! fixed
radicalisto said:
Because you corrupted your EFS partition flashing either a kernel that didn't like the phone or a ROM that had issues, (Samsung Note 3 is prone to EFS issues currently). And it needed rebuilt. Re-Flashing stock in most cases won't rebuild it but sometimes it does, then you have you use this to fix. No need to go back to stock or wipe or anything, just flash it and voila! fixed
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Really thanks. I'll try this soon! And thanks for the explication. I hope it will work!
Ok, I've not my note 3 with me. I tried to return it to after-sales services. But Samsung said that I had flashed the device and that warranty is broken...
I'm waiting the estimate but I think it will be too expensive. I want try to repair it by myself but they have not brought back the phone yet.
But the last solution :
radicalisto said:
Because you corrupted your EFS partition flashing either a kernel that didn't like the phone or a ROM that had issues, (Samsung Note 3 is prone to EFS issues currently). And it needed rebuilt. Re-Flashing stock in most cases won't rebuild it but sometimes it does, then you have you use this to fix. No need to go back to stock or wipe or anything, just flash it and voila! fixed
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needs to have a custom recovery. But it seems to me that after i had flashed the stock firmware, I didn't have the custom recovery but only the stock... How I can flash the file? Is it possible with the stock recovery?
Grab TWRP or CWM recoveries and ODIN, boot the phone into download mode - when it is off. Load up one of your custom recoveries in to PDA - hit start and let it install. Once it's done your phone will still bootloop, so take the battery out. Put back in - hold volume up, power button and home button - it'll boot into recovery, then just flash your efs fix zip via the install button
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Great! I'll try as soon as they brought me back the phone.
I didn't knew how to flash custom recovery with ODIN.
THX!
radicalisto said:
Because you corrupted your EFS partition flashing either a kernel that didn't like the phone or a ROM that had issues, (Samsung Note 3 is prone to EFS issues currently). And it needed rebuilt. Re-Flashing stock in most cases won't rebuild it but sometimes it does, then you have you use this to fix. No need to go back to stock or wipe or anything, just flash it and voila! fixed
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+1. This is because EFS partition is corrupted
Just flash that script radicalisto linked to, it will fix your phone
Ratata82 said:
+1. This is because EFS partition is corrupted
Just flash that script radicalisto linked to, it will fix your phone
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I'm hopeful! I'll test it as soon as i've recover my phone from the after-service.
pystolero said:
I'm hopeful! I'll test it as soon as i've recover my phone from the after-service.
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Did you manage to get your phone back up and running again?
Best regards
Ratata82 said:
Did you manage to get your phone back up and running again?
Best regards
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I'm still waiting for the after-service.
Samsung refuse my device. Warranty is broken because I flashed it. They saw Knox's counter of course...
They asked 250€ ~ 340$ to repair it. I refused I prefer to try your solution and i'm waiting. The phone will be back in average the 15th january.
Ratata82 said:
Did you manage to get your phone back up and running again?
Best regards
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radicalisto said:
Because you corrupted your EFS partition flashing either a kernel that didn't like the phone or a ROM that had issues, (Samsung Note 3 is prone to EFS issues currently). And it needed rebuilt. Re-Flashing stock in most cases won't rebuild it but sometimes it does, then you have you use this to fix. No need to go back to stock or wipe or anything, just flash it and voila! fixed
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Some news!
I just recover my phone!
I have immediately flashed the recovery, and flash the file you got me. And.... it's running!!!! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
I'm so happy!!! What a shame for Samsung! They said in the estimate 340$ to repair it with a change of motherboard while just a little flash was enough.
If you have a paypal adress, radicalisto, I buy you a beer!
Glad you got sorted - I cannot take credit for that script I'm afraid.. If you head over to the thread it was posted in you can thank the guy who made it
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radicalisto said:
Glad you got sorted - I cannot take credit for that script I'm afraid.. If you head over to the thread it was posted in you can thank the guy who made it
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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It makes me happy, but you're right, i will thank the man who made the script!
Hi there.
I have a big problem with my G2. When I changed ROM LG-Flex CM My phone is stuck on the bootlogo and started up again. After installing the LG-Flex does not recognize the internal memory, IMEI and baseband.
Please help me.
dunda92 said:
Hi there.
I have a big problem with my G2. When I changed ROM LG-Flex CM My phone is stuck on the bootlogo and started up again. After installing the LG-Flex does not recognize the internal memory, IMEI and baseband.
Please help me.
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Flashing back to stock will fix those issues.
Flashing "stock" europe open D802 does not repair that, still baseband unknown, now I'm downloading and try to flashing my real stock rom, via LG Mobile Support Tool.
If that not help, I don't have more ideas...
unfortunately, after restore real stock firmware, baseband is still unknown.
Please, help me repair my phone. I can't unlock developer options, when i tap on firmware version, my phone is freeze and restart.
Now I root G2, and flash TWRP, but flash new modem, nothing change.
I think at this point you either need to restore a efs backup (if you have one). Or use LG's pc software and try an 'emergency' repair/recovery. But for that you'll need to at least know your IME number. As the software asks for it.
No ROM's contain efs data. As it's unique to each phone.
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Yeah i think nomad is right, you somehow have completely lost your EFS partition...i had the sam isuue as you and flashing to stock fixed it, but i probably still had my EFS. Did you make a back up of the stock rom at any point? Because if you restore back to that it should restore the EFS and fix your problems.
Unfortunately normal backups don't backup the efs partition(s). So they would have had to have done a specific backup just for that using a 3rd party backup script in recovery.
But using the lg software and knowing your imei you might be able to recover it. Well recover is the wrong term. What the LG software will do. Is recreate that partition using your imei.
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Had the same issue with the same Rom. I tried a bunch of things for a few days but couldn't find a way to fix mine. I got a replacement.
I did this with my new G2 and only flashing Roms for my phone now.
EFS Partition Backup and More [All G2 Variants]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390
sweets55 said:
Had the same issue with the same Rom. I tried a bunch of things for a few days but couldn't find a way to fix mine. I got a replacement.
I did this with my new G2 and only flashing Roms for my phone now.
EFS Partition Backup and More [All G2 Variants]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390
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Where you able to Unroot it before returning it for warranty? Thanks
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mrm43 said:
Where you able to Unroot it before returning it for warranty? Thanks
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I flashed back to stock but think I was still rooted. I talked to a few long term T-Mobile customers and they said it doesn't matter. I just took it into the store and played dumb. hehe
dunda92 said:
Hi there.
I have a big problem with my G2. When I changed ROM LG-Flex CM My phone is stuck on the bootlogo and started up again. After installing the LG-Flex does not recognize the internal memory, IMEI and baseband.
Please help me.
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Did you manage to get a solution as am to stuck with same issue, tried restoring to stock , it boots the phone and after 1 min stuck and gets restarted not able to root .twrp..etc..
IMEI and baseband still shows blank
But i have a backup of twrp full stock Root Rom which i had copied it in my PC which has EFS too, will that help , if yes how do i restore it..
Kindly help if you find any suitable solution
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Did you manage to get a solution as am to stuck with same issue, tried restoring to stock , it boots the phone and after 1 min stuck and gets restarted not able to root .twrp..etc..
IMEI and baseband still shows blank
But i have a backup of twrp full stock Root Rom which i had copied it in my PC which has EFS too, will that help , if yes how do i restore it..
Kindly help if you find any suitable solution
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I am hiaving the same problem... Flashing my original KDZ two times and still baseband unknown and IMEI Null
Hello All,
I am hoping the XDA community can help me out.
My current situation is that I am rooted, runnig Madhi 4.4.2 rom. I also have TWRP installed, with backup for stock rooted rom, and a backup for
my current Madhi Rom. Here lies my problem. I can't flash any other rom, nor can I flash my stock backup rom.
When I try to flash a different rom I get bootloops causing it to constantly restart, which is the same thing that happens when i try to flash my stock
backup. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what I am doing wrong (before i was able to restore my backup to stock), and what do i need to
do to be able to change out my rom. Hopefully there is a way to do so without having to bring my phone completely back to stock, then rerooting.
I've searched the threads but i wasn't able to find the answer.
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
JD
jdizzle316 said:
Hello All,
I am hoping the XDA community can help me out.
My current situation is that I am rooted, runnig Madhi 4.4.2 rom. I also have TWRP installed, with backup for stock rooted rom, and a backup for
my current Madhi Rom. Here lies my problem. I can't flash any other rom, nor can I flash my stock backup rom.
When I try to flash a different rom I get bootloops causing it to constantly restart, which is the same thing that happens when i try to flash my stock
backup. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what I am doing wrong (before i was able to restore my backup to stock), and what do i need to
do to be able to change out my rom. Hopefully there is a way to do so without having to bring my phone completely back to stock, then rerooting.
I've searched the threads but i wasn't able to find the answer.
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
JD
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What version of TWRP are you running and how are you wiping? Make sure you go into advanced and wipe cache, dalvik, data AND system.
Do this 3 times! Because sometimes it doesn't work. Flash your rom then wipe cache and dalvik and restart.
scottdanpor said:
What version of TWRP are you running and how are you wiping? Make sure you go into advanced and wipe cache, dalvik, data AND system.
Do this 3 times! Because sometimes it doesn't work. Flash your rom then wipe cache and dalvik and restart.
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Thanks for the tip. I am running 2.6.3.3 TWRP.
I normally do the full wipe, but i took your advice and went into advanced wipe and wiped dalvik, cache, system & data but unfortunately still the same result.
do you have any idea of what boggered up my phone? for right now, im stuck on Mahi Rom. I can restore back to Mahi Rom, and flash Mahi Rom, but that's the extent of it.
I do recall that when I originally flashed Mahi Rom, i had to flash a patch for the Sprint version of the G2. Do you think that has something to do with my problems?
i didn't have this problem before...just kinda baffled that now its giving me issues....
Thanks for your time, much appreciated. Hope someone can help me get to the bottom of this
JD
jdizzle316 said:
Thanks for the tip. I am running 2.6.3.3 TWRP.
I normally do the full wipe, but i took your advice and went into advanced wipe and wiped dalvik, cache, system & data but unfortunately still the same result.
do you have any idea of what boggered up my phone? for right now, im stuck on Mahi Rom. I can restore back to Mahi Rom, and flash Mahi Rom, but that's the extent of it.
I do recall that when I originally flashed Mahi Rom, i had to flash a patch for the Sprint version of the G2. Do you think that has something to do with my problems?
i didn't have this problem before...just kinda baffled that now its giving me issues....
Thanks for your time, much appreciated. Hope someone can help me get to the bottom of this
JD
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I'm baffled as well, I would say it's time for a .tot restore. The rooting doesn't take long really, I think you'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot than it takes to wipe and restore your apps with TBU.
Are you by chance using the zva radio?
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scottdanpor said:
I'm baffled as well, I would say it's time for a .tot restore. The rooting doesn't take long really, I think you'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot than it takes to wipe and restore your apps with TBU.
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Thanks for taking the time out to help me out. I'm afraid you might be right. It's just the the files for the .tot restore are huge! One file was over 2.1 gb, which sucks for me cause my internet is really slow. funny thing is i was dl'ing that file took like 5 hours, and when it got to 2gb downloaded, the site froze and i wasn't able to pause/resume my download. it was very frustrating.
Dshook1979 said:
Are you by chance using the zva radio?
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I don't think i ever updated my radio. is this something i should do in order to flash or restore?
jdizzle316 said:
Thanks for taking the time out to help me out. I'm afraid you might be right. It's just the the files for the .tot restore are huge! One file was over 2.1 gb, which sucks for me cause my internet is really slow. funny thing is i was dl'ing that file took like 5 hours, and when it got to 2gb downloaded, the site froze and i wasn't able to pause/resume my download. it was very frustrating.
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Most roms are around 1.5gb. If you are getting disconnects it could also be causing what you see with the other roms you're flashing. Unless they are the same ones that you flashed successfully before of course.
Either way having a .tot restore file backup up on your PC is really handy to have.
scottdanpor said:
Most roms are around 1.5gb. If you are getting disconnects it could also be causing what you see with the other roms you're flashing. Unless they are the same ones that you flashed successfully before of course.
Either way having a .tot restore file backup up on your PC is really handy to have.
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Thank you again...thats what im going to do tonight after work.
Hello everyone. I've tried really hard to DO NOT create this thread. As it happens I have used all I know (which isnt much) to try to fix this problem but got no success.
So I've got a S4 GT-I9505. I've recently decided to root it mainly because I wanted full External SD-card access to some apps. Here are some facts about my rooting:
- I used TWRP;
- I used SuperSU;
- I kept the stock ROM. I personally dont have anything to complain about it so I didnt install any custom ROMs.
- I had a problem with Knox afterwards, the phone was rebooting and freezing. I made a backup on Titanium and then uninstalled every Knox-related app.
- The system worked nicely for days.
Then I decided to clean some garbage that I knew was present in my device, like ghost folders and foster files and such.
- I installed SD-Maid and Clean Master.
- On the same day, I switched my SIM card because of some personal issues. I'm brazilian but now living in Deutschland. The change of SIM cards (if it matters) was as follows: bought the phone > inserted brazilian SIM > inserted deutsch SIM > inserted brazilian SIM (due to a personal problem) > back to deutsch SIM. I'm telling you this because I'm not sure of how relevant it is. Just trying to give as much info as possible.
- I cleaned some **** with SD-Maid AND Clean Master.
What happened next:
- WhatsApp was broken. I couldnt receive any media (voice recordings, videos, images, nothing at all).
- I tried re-installing the App
- I tried to restore my WhatsApp backup from Titanium. No success*.
- I tried to restore my backup from TWRD. No success.
- I tried to change WhatsApp folder (on data/media) permissions to r-r-r---- and then back to 00775. No success.
- I tried re-registering my phone to whatsapp network. No success.
- I tried deleting whatsapp folder on data/media (WhatsApp FAQ recomendation). Thats when WhatsApp stopped also SENDING media. I couldnt simply send or receive through the app.
- I tried re-creating the WhatsApp media folder on data. No success.
- I tried a factory reset followed by a TWRD backup restoration. WhatsApp was once again SENDING, but NOT RECEIVING media. When my phone finished booting and the launcher loaded, I was immediately prompted by a WhatsApp message saying something like "Conection failed! Please verify your phone number. WhatsApp can only be installed in one device per phone-number" even though everything else internet-related was working just fine.
(* when I say NO SUCCESS, I refer to the fact that WhatsApp still not receiving/sending media, not that I failed to implement that given fix)
Now, when I wiped my phone to factory defaults, I noticed that in TWRD prompt it said something like "Wiping Data, EXCEPT data/media". My knowledge of the subject isnt great but I think it might be something with this folder.
Any thoughts?
Thank you very much in advance!
Do nothing. Delete your account from whatsapp and recreate it with the number you wish to use
My whatsapp works fine with a different no. And has a diff sim for calling.
Maybe to much of backup.. restore...bla bla..made it crash.
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Venorian said:
- I tried re-registering my phone to whatsapp network. No success.
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DeepankarS said:
Do nothing. Delete your account from whatsapp and recreate it with the number you wish to use
My whatsapp works fine with a different no. And has a diff sim for calling.
Maybe to much of backup.. restore...bla bla..made it crash.
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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It was not very clear in my post, indeed, but yes I have tried that as well. Thanks for trying!
I would just take the shortcut.
- Backup the apps you want to backup with Titanium.
- Make a backup of Whatsapp from within the app.
- Wipe from TWRP recovery (I assume that's what you mean by TWRD). Use the option prepare for rom flash (don't know the excact words, but you understand when you see the option).
- Reflash the rom you are currently on with Odin (or flash a custom rom).
You can also just skip the wiping part and just flash the rom with Odin again. I always like to start from scratch if something goes wrong, but it should probably work without the wipe.
Then restore the apps you want to restore. Whatsapp should probably be working now.
You can spend many more hours finding a solution, but my guess is that SD-maid or Clean Master deleted something it should not have. Always be carefull with those kind of apps. I don't really like those apps because the benefit you get from them is limited.
GOT A FIX!
After 2 days of hitting my head on the wall with this, I came up with a solution.
My girlfriend has the exact same phone as me (though I think any rooted android with WhatsApp installed would do).
I entered her data/media/whatsapp folder and created all the folders that were missing on my own folder (deleted by CleanMaster just for being empty). Then I gave all the folders the exact same permissions (rwxrwx--x or 0775) as my girlfriend's device and voila! It's working perfectly!
Now just for future reference and to feed my curiosity: why does factory reset through TWRP do not also wipe data/media? If this folder were wiped, I would get a fresh WhatsApp install and the problem would have been gone sooner. I kinda dont understand the folders' structure in my phone. Sometimes it looks like I can get to the same very place using diferent paths (like /data/ OR /emulated/ OR /0/ OR /sdcard/).
Anyway, thanks people! Though I figured it all by myself, this forum still rocks!
Venorian said:
GOT A FIX!
After 2 days of hitting my head on the wall with this, I came up with a solution.
My girlfriend has the exact same phone as me (though I think any rooted android with WhatsApp installed would do).
I entered her data/media/whatsapp folder and created all the folders that were missing on my own folder (deleted by CleanMaster just for being empty). Then I gave all the folders the exact same permissions (rwxrwx--x or 0775) as my girlfriend's device and voila! It's working perfectly!
Now just for future reference and to feed my curiosity: why does factory reset through TWRP do not also wipe data/media? If this folder were wiped, I would get a fresh WhatsApp install and the problem would have been gone sooner. I kinda dont understand the folders' structure in my phone. Sometimes it looks like I can get to the same very place using diferent paths (like /data/ OR /emulated/ OR /0/ OR /sdcard/).
Anyway, thanks people! Though I figured it all by myself, this forum still rocks!
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Good that you found a solution.
It would be bad thing if the custom recovery would standard wipe data/media because that would wipe your entire internal sd. People that flash roms don't want that to happen. You can still wipe it from the recovery, it's just in a different place then the standard wiping.
Lennyz1988 said:
Good that you found a solution.
It would be bad thing if the custom recovery would standard wipe data/media because that would wipe your entire internal sd. People that flash roms don't want that to happen. You can still wipe it from the recovery, it's just in a different place then the standard wiping.
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So basically its just a matter of keeping your apps and app data? Not something system-damaging or system-related at all?
And thanks for your answer!
Venorian said:
So basically its just a matter of keeping your apps and app data? Not something system-damaging or system-related at all?
And thanks for your answer!
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No your apps and data will be wiped. Basically every part that could interfere with a new rom is wiped. It's only the data on your internal storage that is kept. So apps (like Whatsapp) also write data to your internal storage and that won't get wiped.
/system
/data (excluded /data/media)
/cache
and a few more will be wiped.
(There are more parts that don't get wiped, but that are parts that neither an app or you will ever touch.)
Now the problem is back. I can't really understand what happened.
I rebooted my phone just to check if everything was OK and then to do a new backup in TWRP.
Checked WhatsApp and the problem was back. Then I went to see the files and some folders that I've just copied were gone! The WhatsApp main folder on data/media was still there, but some subfolders were simply missing. I also noticed that my copy of that folder on my External SD-card was also gone! Like WTH?!
Any help will be much appreciated.
P.S.: and to my happiness, copying the files once again (as I've done before) simply doesnt work. This is driving me crazy, seriously.
this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin
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this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin
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Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!
Venorian said:
Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!
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Do as I suggested. Start from a blank sheet and stay away from those rom cleaners for now.
You could just take a clean custom rom, then you don't have to worry about deleting those knox stuff and rerooting again.
Venorian said:
Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!
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i honestly didn't attempt a factory reset because i wanted to keep all my stuff, so i just flashed the stock rom on odin and everything worked out fine, was the only way i was able to fix it
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i honestly didn't attempt a factory reset because i wanted to keep all my stuff, so i just flashed the stock rom on odin and everything worked out fine, was the only way i was able to fix it
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By doing this I'll have to reroot, right? Do you think it is a problem if I recover my backup from TWRP after flashing the stock rom?
Dont wanna go through the configs and app installing all over again.
Venorian said:
By doing this I'll have to reroot, right? Do you think it is a problem if I recover my backup from TWRP after flashing the stock rom?
Dont wanna go through the configs and app installing all over again.
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you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.
-Ric- said:
you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.
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Here is your stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33568
Tkkg1994 said:
Here is your stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33568
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This is for switzerland, isnt it? A Brazilian version would be most welcome! I'm currently downloading one from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
-Ric- said:
you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.
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Sure! Thank you for your help!
Just a side note: while downloading the stock rom, I found this and installed the given app (Folder Mount) just to check. As soon as I opened it, it pop'd a message saying that he identified a crucial problem with my /bin/sdcardwhatever file. So yes, I'm confident that your solution will be the one to fix my problem. Let's see...
Also thanks for Lennyz1988 for your suggestion. Your fix seems a little bit... harder?... for me, but if this one doesnt work I'll try yours and post the results. BTW, where do I find a clean custom ROM? Thank you!
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This is for switzerland, isnt it? A Brazilian version would be most welcome! I'm currently downloading one from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Sure! Thank you for your help!
Just a side note: while downloading the stock rom, I found this and installed the given app (Folder Mount) just to check. As soon as I opened it, it pop'd a message saying that he identified a crucial problem with my /bin/sdcardwhatever file. So yes, I'm confident that your solution will be the one to fix my problem. Let's see...
Also thanks for Lennyz1988 for your suggestion. Your fix seems a little bit... harder?... for me, but if this one doesnt work I'll try yours and post the results. BTW, where do I find a clean custom ROM? Thank you!
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Cause you want a Brazil version, here you go : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31097
Lennyz1988 said:
I would just take the shortcut.
- Backup the apps you want to backup with Titanium.
- Make a backup of Whatsapp from within the app.
- Wipe from TWRP recovery (I assume that's what you mean by TWRD). Use the option prepare for rom flash (don't know the excact words, but you understand when you see the option).
- Reflash the rom you are currently on with Odin (or flash a custom rom).
You can also just skip the wiping part and just flash the rom with Odin again. I always like to start from scratch if something goes wrong, but it should probably work without the wipe.
Then restore the apps you want to restore. Whatsapp should probably be working now.
You can spend many more hours finding a solution, but my guess is that SD-maid or Clean Master deleted something it should not have. Always be carefull with those kind of apps. I don't really like those apps because the benefit you get from them is limited.
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this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin
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I just realized both solutions are the same, LOL.
ODIN just finished flashing the stock rom. Will update soon with the preliminary results.
Apparently it did NOT work. Not completely at least.
WhatsApp is now once again making voice recordings and receiving them as well, but is not handling any other kind of media. Mushroom Wars (the game I talked about earlier) is also not loading.
The system looks just it was before, only without root (I know that was expected).
Don't know what to do now.
Just one more question: how much of a problem is it restoring a backup using TWRP? I mean, in a scenario in which I get this problem fixed, I couldnt simply restore any backup due to the possibility of screwing my internal storage thing all over again?