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Issues with running any custom ROM

Hello guys,
I wonder if somebody can help me. I bought a new Nexus 7 few days ago. As usual like with any other new device, I unlocked and rooted the device with the nexus root toolkit. After that I flashed via recovery a custom ROM. Everything worked fine, but after few hours, I wanted to try another rom, so I rebooted into recovery and the mistake I made was, that i wiped the inernal storage instead of cache. I was not able to get the custom ROM to the internal storage and the ROM was deleted, so the only option to bring the tablet to work was flashing original ROM via the toolkit or fastboot. Now I'm running on the original ROM, because when I try to flash any custom ROM, the insallation finishes fine, the tablet restarts and it gets stuck on the bootanimation.
I already tried 3 different ROMs, but the problem still persists and I have always to flash back the original ROM to get the tablet working.
Does anybody know, how to solve this problem? I really want to have a custom ROM running.
I appriciate your help!
Thanks for any ideas!
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Re download the rom of your choice to the tablet. Goo manager is my preferred method Keeps from adb push to the device...
Then Boot into recovery.. TWRP is what i use..
Wipe dalvik cache and system...
you can also in twrp .. copy your rom to usb/sd media boot into twrp with a connected usb media.. do full wipe and flash the rom from usb storage.. Great for those who have issues with internal storage. This way you can wipe it as well...
Good Luck....

Hello Erica, of course iI didit this way. As I wrote, I tried 3 different ROMs and the problem is always the same. I stucks on bootanimation.
First time I flashed custom ROM without any problems, but after flashing original ROM via the root toolkit, I am not able to get any custom ROM running.
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Wipe caches and if it gets s stuck at the boot screen sometimes you just have to turn it off for a bit and try turning it on in a couple minutes

sunman277 said:
Wipe caches and if it gets s stuck at the boot screen sometimes you just have to turn it off for a bit and try turning it on in a couple minutes
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did you flash a custom kernel? you are not suppose to before the first boot

Sunmann, I will try.
billchen, In the custom ROMs I tried was always a custom kernel. So it flashed kernel as well.
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Hello guys, I'm back again. It still doesn't work flashing any of the custom ROMs. Does anyone, please, have any other idea, what could cause the problem?
Thanks a lot!

HELP Needed to flash rom

I have a retail XT907 on 4.1.2 that I got rooted, unlocked and twrp installed
I want to try the Energy rom and have it downloaded.
Where do I place the zip on the phone to install it in recovery?
I have backed up my system to the sd
Do I need to partition my phone? How to do it?
Can I instal the rom on my phone running 4.1.2?
Thanks

khalilcr said:
I have a retail XT907 on 4.1.2 that I got rooted, unlocked and twrp installed
I want to try the Energy rom and have it downloaded.
Where do I place the zip on the phone to install it in recovery?
I have backed up my system to the sd
Do I need to partition my phone? How to do it?
Can I instal the rom on my phone running 4.1.2?
Thanks
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Energy is 4.1.1 and right now can only be installed via safe strap.
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jco23 said:
Energy is 4.1.1 and right now can only be installed via safe strap.
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How do I flash safestrap? I currently have TWRP.
I downloaded safestrap.md5 but do I flash it through TWRP or rename .apk?

khalilcr said:
How do I flash safestrap? I currently have TWRP.
I downloaded safestrap.md5 but do I flash it through TWRP or rename .apk?
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see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979383
and then this:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/11600-installing-custom-rom-to-stock-using-ss-312/

safestrap.md5 is NOT the flashable/installable file. You want the .apk file.
And why can you not install Eclipse on CWM or TWRP?

I got energy Rom to flash just fine on twrp
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TWRP would not allow me to create a partition.
I renamed the md5 to apk and installed it just fine, but now I have 2 recoveries
Installed the Energy ROM and its awesome but camera app fc every time :crying:
I want to try the PAC rom next.
To do so I assume I need to delete the current partition where I have the Energy ROM installed?
Can I install the PAC rom on the stock ROM slot?
If so how do I get rid of safestrap and keep only TWRP?
Thanks to the Razr M community for all the help, I only had Sammy experience before getting the Razr M and been trying to learn it all over again

khalilcr said:
TWRP would not allow me to create a partition.
I renamed the md5 to apk and installed it just fine, but now I have 2 recoveries
Installed the Energy ROM and its awesome but camera app fc every time :crying:
I want to try the PAC rom next.
To do so I assume I need to delete the current partition where I have the Energy ROM installed?
Can I install the PAC rom on the stock ROM slot?
If so how do I get rid of safestrap and keep only TWRP?
Thanks to the Razr M community for all the help, I only had Sammy experience before getting the Razr M and been trying to learn it all over again
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Camera will not work on energy if you install it on top of a 4.1.2 ROM.
SS can been cleanly uninstalled without impacting twrp.
I'm now on pacman, and it is great except for camcorder not working.
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So if I erase system on twrp, restore to stock backup, all the changes made on ss and energy will be gone? Than just click flash and choose PAC.zip and gapps?
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khalilcr said:
So if I erase system on twrp, restore to stock backup, all the changes made on ss and energy will be gone? Than just click flash and choose PAC.zip and gapps?
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I'm not sure if wiping system/factory reset will undo the partitions made via SS - but otherwise, I think you are correct. you don't need both SS and TWRP going forward. however, the only reason to have SS is to install the awesome Energy ROM (although Brandon claims to get Energy installed via TWRP just fine - so you might want to check with him). however, that ROM is based on 4.1.1. all ROMs going forward will be flashable via TWRP.
if you don't mind camcorder not working, then go with PACman.
i would recommend once you download the 5/24 PACman ROm and GApps, go into TWRP, mount everything, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, factory reset, system wipe, mount everything again, install PACman ROM, install GApps, then reboot.
if you cannot deal with camcorder not working, then you can install the base 4.1.2 component, posted on droid-hive:
http://droid-hive.com/index.php?/topic/1767-98161-base-components/
go into TWRP, mount everything, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, factory reset, system wipe, mount everything again, install 4.1.2, then reboot
once you are at a good spot, then you can uninstall SS

Thanks, finally got PAC flashed and am loving it. Camcorder not a big deal for me as long as camera works.
Thanks again for the help
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[Q] Sprint S4 and Custom Roms

Ok I believe I'm having a huge issue but it might be something very simple.
I've rooted my stock rom through Odin using Chain fire, no problem.
I've installed Phils Touch Recovery, Still no problem.
But if I go to install any custom rom when it finally boots up I have absolutely no data whatsoever.
Can I not use any of these roms for sprint or is there some file I should be porting over so I can have this work??

guitarjockey said:
Ok I believe I'm having a huge issue but it might be something very simple.
I've rooted my stock rom through Odin using Chain fire, no problem.
I've installed Phils Touch Recovery, Still no problem.
But if I go to install any custom rom when it finally boots up I have absolutely no data whatsoever.
Can I not use any of these roms for sprint or is there some file I should be porting over so I can have this work??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2272
the link above wil have Roms for Sprint variant
Hope this helps
Incase after flashing the rom does not boot u cab wipe cache / dalvik / fix permissions will boot up from recovery u have installed

Thanks man that is exactly what I needed
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[Q] Stuck Boot with any custom Kernel

Hi!
I have a EU i9505, rooted with Jamal GE ROM, September update.
I tried installing KTOONsez, both version, but the phone just stays tuck at the Galaxy boot logo
si I have to clear both cache and reinstall the ROM
I tried with Chronic Kernel, same issue...phone stuck at Google 4 circles boot logo.... so I cleaned cache and reinstalled rom... BUT now the phone is not booting anymore
As soon as the boot finishes I see for a while the desktop (with the STD wallpaper and wrong time/date) andthan it reboots....
HELLLP!!!!!

Sounds like something has gone wrong with the installation process and now nothing works. I personally would now install a stock Rom via Odin and get the phone working again. Then start again installing your rom of choice. Ensure that you use an old stock firmware as newer versions have the fuse security feature. What recovery did you use. I had similar issues with Philz so now I use official CMW.
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HANDSY said:
Sounds like something has gone wrong [...]
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Thank you, I give it a try! I did a full wipe and reinstalled Jamal AOSP GE. Now it is working again.
I will remove PhilZ, put CWM, than flash OMEGA + new kernel

theluke79 said:
Thank you, I give it a try! I did a full wipe and reinstalled Jamal AOSP GE. Now it is working again.
I will remove PhilZ, put CWM, than flash OMEGA + new kernel
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New ROM, same issue...if I install a new kernel, the device just reboots... I will try Cwm vs philz

Bootloop regardless of what rom I flash

I've tried installing the d3rp rom and optimus rom using twrp and cwm. It installs fine according to either recovery, but upon reboot I just get a loop of the sprint logo. I can restore back to my original recovery with no problem. Does anyone know why I just don't get to use custom roms? I have the v8 ota as well

I was able to flash the furnace kernel fine as well.

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When you flash roms, you have to wipe everything EXCEPT internal memory. I *hope* you made a backup of the stock rom before trying to flash. Also, which version of recovery are you using?

I'm using twrp 2.6.3.3 installed through freegee. I backed up my stock rom and have no problem recovering to it after it bootloops. I just don't understand why none of the custom rom flashes will take. I've wiped everything but system and internal storage every time before flashing, multiple times on some attempts, but every time I just get a loop. However, flashing the furnace kernel on stock worked fine and did not cause a loop

I had the same problem. I tried 4 different rooms and only the flex one took.
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duffmcwhalen said:
I'm using twrp 2.6.3.3 installed through freegee. I backed up my stock rom and have no problem recovering to it after it bootloops. I just don't understand why none of the custom rom flashes will take. I've wiped everything but system and internal storage every time before flashing, multiple times on some attempts, but every time I just get a loop. However, flashing the furnace kernel on stock worked fine and did not cause a loop
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Your problem is you need to whipe system and data.
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mchlbenner said:
Your problem is you need to whipe system and data.
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You are correct. I figured that out yesterday. Thanks for the help though.