A couple of months ago, I was getting bored of my phone so I decided to upgrade to android 2.3.3. I like it, but I felt like I should root my phone too. Heres the problem, I couldn't get unrevoked to work so I used revolutionary instead. They didn't have my hboot version so I proceeded with one of the hboot versions listed.
Everything went smoothly, my phone was now rooted, and I was able to free up more internal storage. I really wanted to flash a new rom though, so I commenced with the MIUI rom, and ended up getting stuck in a bootloop. I tried cynogen and the same thing happened. I tried a couple of other roms too, but none of them worked. I was just continuously getting stuck in a bootloop. (Yes, I cleared dalvik cache, wipe data etc..)
Has anyone else on the Desire done the same thing as I have? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Hard to say what goes wrong on your end. First, I would suggest you to go ahead with stock hboot from http://alpharev.nl/ and flash a newer recovery tool, e.g. this one (4EXT Touchrecovery).
Then try one of VJ's JB roms and post the results.
have u ext patition on ur sdcard for the a2sd scripts?
jmcclue said:
have u ext patition on ur sdcard for the a2sd scripts?
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I'm sorry I have no idea what you mean by that.. can you noobify it for me? LOL
k3v1ng1994 said:
I'm sorry I have no idea what you mean by that.. can you noobify it for me? LOL
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a2sd is a script that allows you to install apps onto your sd card (specifically an ext partition). This is very useful since the desires internal memory is pretty bad, and with a2sd you can have around 1gb of space for apps. Some roms need an ext partition to work properly/boot.
Follow this guide to make the partition.
chromium96 said:
a2sd is a script that allows you to install apps onto your sd card (specifically an ext partition). This is very useful since the desires internal memory is pretty bad, and with a2sd you can have around 1gb of space for apps. Some roms need an ext partition to work properly/boot.
Follow this guide to make the partition.
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Thanks, but will this solve my main problem which is not being able to flash roms?
k3v1ng1994 said:
Thanks, but will this solve my main problem which is not being able to flash roms?
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It's worth a try. I've seen a lot of people not being able to boot into a freshly installed ROM because they don't have an ext partition.
chromium96 said:
It's worth a try. I've seen a lot of people not being able to boot into a freshly installed ROM because they don't have an ext partition.
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Didn't work unfortunately Oh well I'll just go back to using stock. Thank you anyway dude! Really appreciate your help.
k3v1ng1994 said:
Didn't work unfortunately Oh well I'll just go back to using stock. Thank you anyway dude! Really appreciate your help.
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I spoke too soon! I installed the rom that you're using and it worked haha AWESOME!
chromium96 said:
It's worth a try. I've seen a lot of people not being able to boot into a freshly installed ROM because they don't have an ext partition.
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I have another problem now, I've lost pretty much everything =/ How do i restore my apps etc?
k3v1ng1994 said:
I have another problem now, I've lost pretty much everything =/ How do i restore my apps etc?
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You should have used titanium backup for backing up your apps.
If u still have a nandroid backup of stock, you could restore it, backup apps with tb, flash the new rom, and finally restore the apps with tb.
Its quite a bit of work though...
chromium96 said:
You should have used titanium backup for backing up your apps.
If u still have a nandroid backup of stock, you could restore it, backup apps with tb, flash the new rom, and finally restore the apps with tb.
Its quite a bit of work though...
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I have infact backed up with Titanium, but how do I go about restoring it if the application is not in the app drawer?
k3v1ng1994 said:
I have infact backed up with Titanium, but how do I go about restoring it if the application is not in the app drawer?
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Download it from the play store...
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Download it from the play store...
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I don't have a playstore anymore. I tried downloading it but it wouldn't open. And sorry if I'm annoying you with my stupidity with the whole flashing process :L You have been great help though and I thank you for that.
I'm going to try flashing that gapps to get it back, hopefully.
k3v1ng1994 said:
I don't have a playstore anymore. I tried downloading it but it wouldn't open. And sorry if I'm annoying you with my stupidity with the whole flashing process :L You have been great help though and I thank you for that.
I'm going to try flashing that gapps to get it back, hopefully.
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u dont have playstore coz u havnt flashed gapps (google apps) play store is google app
jmcclue said:
u dont have playstore coz u havnt flashed gapps (google apps) play store is google app
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I flashed the Gapps zip file and all it gives my is the news and weather.. which i dont even use! Ffs I give up...
k3v1ng1994 said:
I flashed the Gapps zip file and all it gives my is the news and weather.. which i dont even use! Ffs I give up...
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No play store? Are you sure? Look in system/app. Is there a Vending.apk there? Does it have the right permissions?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
No play store? Are you sure? Look in system/app. Is there a Vending.apk there? Does it have the right permissions?
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Erm I don't think so. Hmm at this point in time I'm not really keen in wasting more time sorting this out. Thanks anyway though.
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I flashed the Gapps zip file and all it gives my is the news and weather.. which i dont even use! Ffs I give up...
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i just looked at the gapps for that rom and it has play store (phonesky.apk) u sure u downloaded the right one?
pa_gapps-full-4.2-201330202-bravo_signed, and its 172mb
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i just looked at the gapps for that rom and it has play store (phonesky.apk) u sure u downloaded the right one?
pa_gapps-full-4.2-201330202-bravo_signed, and its 172mb
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Hey, it did turn out to be the wrong one. Thank you.
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I have my dalvik on my sd card on an ext partition. I reboot my phone every day and this morning when I rebooted my phone I noticed that everything that was on the ext partition is missing. The apps I have installed on the sd card is fine. I have apps missing that was installed to ext partition as well as the market app.
One thing that may have impacted this was that there was an update to Busybox yesterday and I installed that. Not sure if that was it or not, just wanted to mention it.
Is there a way to get this corrected other than another flash of Cyanogen?
What method of a2sd+ are you using?
Dark Tremor a2sd? Simple2ext?
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What method of a2sd+ are you using?
Dark Tremor a2sd? Simple2ext?
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I used the S2E app from the market. That's missing from my apps too.
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I used the S2E app from the market. That's missing from my apps too.
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If you re-install it (does it let you)? can you then select dalvik to be moved also?
Do any other 3rd party apps work?
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If you re-install it (does it let you)? can you then select dalvik to be moved also?
Do any other 3rd party apps work?
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I can't get to the market, it's missing.
outbackpaul said:
I can't get to the market, it's missing.
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Dodgy. Can you reflash GAPPS? have you a titanium backup?
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Dodgy. Can you reflash GAPPS? have you a titanium backup?
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Titanium Backup stops at checking license and I ROM manager is missing. I guess that's how I can reflash Gapps?
So it's sounding like I need to reflash my ROM huh?
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Titanium Backup stops at checking license and I ROM manager is missing. I guess that's how I can reflash Gapps?
So it's sounding like I need to reflash my ROM huh?
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Its no bad thing that rom manager is missing. Flash gapps from recovery (you know, Vol down plus power from off).
Sounds like an issue with your ext partition.
If s2e creates a link to ext then migrates itself over there thats pretty crap for reasons like this.
Would suggest perhaps using dark tremor a2sd script next time...
I ended up deleting the partition and re-partitioning in recovery and reflashed.
I need help today with Restoring all my apps and widgets from backup after I Flashed new rom. can someone point me to the right direction.
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I need help today with Restoring all my apps and widgets from backup after I Flashed new rom. can someone point me to the right direction.
Thank you,
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Titanium Backup
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I need help today with Restoring all my apps and widgets from backup after I Flashed new rom. can someone point me to the right direction.
Thank you,
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If you have a google account,google will restore your apps during set-up,but not the settings.Like the guy above said,Titanium Backup does the trick.
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If you have a google account,google will restore your apps during set-up,but not the settings.Like the guy above said,Titanium Backup does the trick.
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I downloaded Titanium back up and I am unable to locate the app. I saw it in my Application, but can't access to it.
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I downloaded Titanium back up and I am unable to locate the app. I saw it in my Application, but can't access to it.
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What rom are you running?and recovery?
Diablo67 said:
What rom are you running?and recovery?
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I am still running stock 2.2 rooted. and ClockWorkMod recovery.
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I am still running stock 2.2 rooted. and ClockWorkMod recovery.
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Thats strange,all i can tell you is update your recovery and you might need to do a full wipe and partition your sd card and start over,make sure you use Darktremors Apps2sd tweak.
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Thats strange,all i can tell you is update your recovery and you might need to do a full wipe and partition your sd card and start over,make sure you use Darktremors Apps2sd tweak.
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WHen I run the emulator on it said Can't install "to" SD card..
Now I saw the titanium update. I will see if I can restore from backups..
You have to backup the apps with titanium backup to restore them u can't just restore apps from a nandroid with it
We are legion, for we are many.
Hey guys, I was thinking about flashing a new ROM via CWM and I've been looking at alot of videos and tutorials online, and they all say, that when you install the new ROM you must "factory data reset" your phone from CWM. So my question is, what will that erase? Will it erase anything on my SD Card? And what programs should I use to backup my stuff, in case it does get deleted?
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Hey guys, I was thinking about flashing a new ROM via CWM and I've been looking at alot of videos and tutorials online, and they all say, that when you install the new ROM you must "factory data reset" your phone from CWM. So my question is, what will that erase? Will it erase anything on my SD Card? And what programs should I use to backup my stuff, in case it does get deleted?
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when you do a factory reset it will wipe internal storage not external(sd card). if you want to backup your apps etc. use either titanium backup or rom toolbox to do so.
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when you do a factory reset it will wipe internal storage not external(sd card). if you want to backup your apps etc. use either titanium backup or rom toolbox to do so.
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Thank you very much!!! But then how do I get them all back after I flash my new ROM?
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Thank you very much!!! But then how do I get them all back after I flash my new ROM?
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once you back up your stuff. install titanium back or rom toolbox (whichever you used) from play store and select the restore option.
Edit- read this link for more detailed instructions..google is your best friend if you are not sure about something
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...-backup-restore-apps-system-data-new-rom.html
Ok. And what will this restore? Contacts? Apps? Pictures?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
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Ok. And what will this restore? Contacts? Apps? Pictures?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
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yes it will backup the whole system (apps,music,contacts,etc)..read the link i posted in the post above yours
Ok, thank you very much, you have been of very much help Now I feel more confident in flashing ROM's.
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Ok, thank you very much, you have been of very much help Now I feel more confident in flashing ROM's.
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one last advice before you flash read ALL the instruction 2-3 times and ONLY flash when you understand them completely. follow that advice and hopefully you will never brick or harm your phone. good luck
Ok, thank you very much, you have been of very much help Now I feel more confident in flashing ROM's.
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Ok, thank you very much, you have been of very much help Now I feel more confident in flashing ROM's.
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no problem. if you need help with anything else just PM me..if i can help with it i definitely will
Oh, and one more thing, how do you get it to show all the stuff you have when you post? Like yours. Is that just a signature?
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Oh, and one more thing, how do you get it to show all the stuff you have when you post? Like yours. Is that just a signature?
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yes it is a sig. you can set it in user cp
Ok, thank you again, haha I can't thank you enough times
Khizar said:
when you do a factory reset it will wipe internal storage not external(sd card). if you want to backup your apps etc. use either titanium backup or rom toolbox to do so.
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Titanium backup only does your apps and app data......I recommend Easy Backup cuz that will get your SMS, MMS, Contacts, Calender, call log and even your apps
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Ok. And what will this restore? Contacts? Apps? Pictures?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
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For photos, i recommend using G-Photos Sync feature. for apps, titanium backup, for contacts (the best you can do is export them to a vcf file transfer it to your pc then import from vcf file)
(For music i contain all the sound files on the ext-sd since factory reset doesn't touch ext-sd).
But if you have lost any of your important files, your best chance of getting them back is using hiren's boot on your pc with the undeleter tools.
I am getting a force close when I try to get into 3G hotspot settings, this is most likely related to the fact that I can no longer use my phone as a hotspot with ease.
Okay.....
What ROM are you using? Are you rooted?
Need more information.
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Okay.....
What ROM are you using? Are you rooted?
Need more information.
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Rooted, running andi bones.
it use to work fine, now I restore some backups but none cure the problem.
I have tried factory reset, and every backup I have and the problem is still there.
OK, I ended up going back to stock and installing the original rom I was running, now it's working, I think this got messed up when I tried UKB rom, and all my backups newer than stock would not take care of the problem.
Now I want to delete some of the backups and save a new backup, but I have not found the location of the backup files.
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OK, I ended up going back to stock and installing the original rom I was running, now it's working, I think this got messed up when I tried UKB rom, and all my backups newer than stock would not take care of the problem.
Now I want to delete some of the backups and save a new backup, but I have not found the location of the backup files.
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If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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Thanks I got it.
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If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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4ext backups to cwm folder
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...
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Thanks I got it.
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Do you mind posting your solution in case someone else has the same question?
Hi
I am unable to download any very little apps (1.5 to 2MB! ...) on GTab 3 7" sm-t 2105
Yet I have 1.4GB free !!
I tried to download a large app (~ 500MB lego city), and it worked!
But tiny ones dont pass. (GL to SD etc...)
Do you have any idea?
I did a wipe cache / Dalvik, clearing the cache of the playstore, re-install playstore, nothing works ..
Thanks for your help!
@néonaloj Try to clean everything up by doing a factory reset then followed by flashing stock firmware. This will restore your device into factory state. Or see flashing a custom rom see if its help.
Thanks @Jacker31 !
I know it's my last solution.
I wished I could find something less drastic before... but dont seem so..
néonaloj said:
Thanks @Jacker31 !
I know it's my last solution.
I wished I could find something less drastic before... but dont seem so..
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It seem to be a bug, so clean up would be the best and your last. Have you tried to install .apk files? does it works? and your 1.4gb free on sd card or internal storage?
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It seem to be a bug, so clean up would be the best and your last. Have you tried to install .apk files? does it works? and your 1.4gb free on sd card or internal storage?
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Yes I tried, and I can not load .apk files, like Xposed installer or modules (average 700Ko to 2Mo), and another app I dont remember. Doesn't work.
Space free I talked about is on internal storage of course, I do have a ext/sdcard of 32 G, so I have lots of place there (with partition of 5Go in Ext2, the rest in FAT32)
Hm...Just clean up ur tab by flashing it. The fastest and easiest way.
Jacker31 said:
Hm...Just clean up ur tab by flashing it. The fastest and easiest way.
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Thanks for your help!
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Thanks for your help!
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Anytime Dont forget to press thanks button