Malfeasant
Well-Known Member
Okay so here we go....
Yesterday my phone started experiencing a lot of force closes of the com.android.phone process. This isn't the first time a program started acting up so I thought I'd just do what I always do when force closes start happening and do a factory reset which always seems to do the job (at least for a while i.e. a month or two). So I do this and all is well. But I start thinking that the force closes are starting to get really annoying and that a re-flashing of the ROM is in order. I research the matter a bit and it seems a clean-flash is in order so I google "guide to clean flashing" and the first result (this one) appears to be exactly what the doctor ordered. I backup all the essentials, make sure that the ROM.zip file is on my SD card and proceed to do the wipes as explained by the aforementioned guide. Everything goes smoothly, and I prepare myself to do the install.zip function. However, I find that I cannot boot into recovery. In fact, I can't boot at all. Whenever I try booting it just takes me to the startup screen and hangs there. Forever.
When I plug in the charger it just shows the small loading circle but it doesn't go into the green battery screen. I dunno what I could've done wrong. DId I make some glaringly obvious mistake somewhere? Or does wiping /boot literally mean that you're wiping the bootloader or something? Thankfully my phone is still able to enter download mode and I've heard that your phone will always be salvageable if this is the case. Odin is ready on my PC and I'm of the mind to just try and redo the whole flashing thing from the VERY beginning. However I first wanted to consult the experts before I proceed just in case I end up fsking up my device further into seven hells.
So, any ideas as to what I should do?
Please? Anyone?
Yesterday my phone started experiencing a lot of force closes of the com.android.phone process. This isn't the first time a program started acting up so I thought I'd just do what I always do when force closes start happening and do a factory reset which always seems to do the job (at least for a while i.e. a month or two). So I do this and all is well. But I start thinking that the force closes are starting to get really annoying and that a re-flashing of the ROM is in order. I research the matter a bit and it seems a clean-flash is in order so I google "guide to clean flashing" and the first result (this one) appears to be exactly what the doctor ordered. I backup all the essentials, make sure that the ROM.zip file is on my SD card and proceed to do the wipes as explained by the aforementioned guide. Everything goes smoothly, and I prepare myself to do the install.zip function. However, I find that I cannot boot into recovery. In fact, I can't boot at all. Whenever I try booting it just takes me to the startup screen and hangs there. Forever.
When I plug in the charger it just shows the small loading circle but it doesn't go into the green battery screen. I dunno what I could've done wrong. DId I make some glaringly obvious mistake somewhere? Or does wiping /boot literally mean that you're wiping the bootloader or something? Thankfully my phone is still able to enter download mode and I've heard that your phone will always be salvageable if this is the case. Odin is ready on my PC and I'm of the mind to just try and redo the whole flashing thing from the VERY beginning. However I first wanted to consult the experts before I proceed just in case I end up fsking up my device further into seven hells.
So, any ideas as to what I should do?
Please? Anyone?
