LittlrRedDot

Ok I was running Deck 1.3 stable and heard that the beta "d" version was actually better, and since I'm a flashaholic I decided to flash it. So I did my back up of apps, and a nandroid, wiped thoroughly.... Installed the new rom, then gapps, then kernel (tiamat 3.3.7).... Went to reboot and got stuck at splash screen.... Pulled the battery and went into hboot, then recovery, wiped dalvik & cache and rebooted.... Got past splash but stuck on boot screen...

So I restored the nand, deleted everything I downloaded, re-downloaded everything, and repeated the process with the exact same results.

Any suggestions?

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dustwun77

I am trying out a Deck rom, Liking it too.

I did like you the other day and had the same problem.

I re wiped thoroughly and then just flashed the rom and gapps and booted. then I went back and flashed the kernel after I had it set up.

Been working perfectly since then. don't know if that will help you but you can try it.

LittlrRedDot

Can you link the gapps you used?

dustwun77

http://downloads.tiamat-dev.com/8x50/337/Tiamat_Evo-v3.3.7-sbc.zip

I actually had it on my pc already, but this is the one I used. Oh, you said Gapps,


http://www.mediafire.com/?nsr3gr6wkcgn5nd

That is just the one from the guide, the webpage with all of them just confused me.

Last edited by dustwun77; February 12th, 2012 at 12:56 PM.

MizzouBrent

Odd. Never had that problem

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My "issue" was almost similar I didn't realize I needed to flash dt before reinstalling my apps got low disk space and when into recovery wiped cache and dalvic rebooted and the Setup Wizard was there again Asking me if I had a google account. I rebooted and wiped again reboot same thing I skipped out of it. And phone was a big laggish until I was able to get terminal open and type the a2sd install command. Now that progs are on ext, It's working fine. I'm going to flash tiamat 3.3.7 maybe tomorrow I generally want to give the ROM time to settle.

actually didnt state the start right. I didnt realize that dt was not baked in. or if it is hmmmm anyway it seems to be fine now.

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dustwun77

So, How'd it work out L'ilRed?

LittlrRedDot

Looks like it worked

Thanks for your help mate!

LittlrRedDot

Ok I encountered another issue.... I can install the rom and gapps with no issue, and restore via TB with no issue. From there I have a smooth sailing rom ready to go. But as soon as I flash the kernel (Tiamat 3.3.7) it's like when I first installed the rom, no restore from TB. Ok so I open my app drawer, TB is gone. So I click on the market, and it tells me that it's not installed on my phone. So I wiped and nand back to Deck 1.3 stable... That was last night. This morning I started athe whole process again. Same results after flashing ROM and gapps. So I tried flashing kernel and DT, but now I'm back to no TB recovery done and market not installed.

What's going wrong here?

Oh and I wiped dalvik and cache before tring to flash kernel or DT.

dustwun77

I have not had that problem. Here are my thoughts though. l didn't need to flash dt or run any commands with this version of 1.3. It just did everything itself. Are you sure you have to? Look at it in TB before you do or flash kernel. Got the a2sd line there? If so, don't flash dt.
are you sure your kernel dl is good?

MusicJunkie

I'm running 1.3 now. This hasn't happened to me. One thing I did notice was that after you freshly installed the rom you didn't reboot your phone before installing the kernel. I was told that was a no no some time ago. After a fresh install, reboot to where you can use the phone, then go back to recovery and install the kernel

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Thats more for troubleshooting purposes than anything. NOT rebooting in between flashing your ROM and kernel wont cause problems. It just allows you to narrow it down to either the ROM or the kernel in case you have problems.


I always flash in the same recovery session unless theres issues. If there are any, I go back and reboot in between to see which one caused the problem.

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LittlrRedDot

So accoding to your logic I've narrowed it down to the kernel...and since I'm using the same kernel on the stable build I know the download is good. I'm gonna try flashing a different version of tiamat when I get home tonight.

Also something else I noticed this morning was that its not letting me flash a known good band of mik3.0. I install the nand and it's like flashing the Tom with no customization, so I hit the home button to switch launchers and nothing is installed. Never had any of these issues before.

dustwun77

Almost sounds like you didn't check to backup sd extension when ever you backed up or restored.
Which recovery are you using? Could it be corrupt? I guess the partition could be hosed. Argedion could tell you how to check it.
Hope you get it straight soon. Let us know! Good hunting.

MizzouBrent

If you're seeing an issue with an app disappearing after you know it's installed, I would go into terminal and type

su
a2sd reinstall

and let it do its thing. Also, which DTa2sd script did you flash? I have seen issues at times with the Beta 04 version. Just use the stable one if you have problems. It's ok to flash the stable version if you have already flashed the beta version. The a2sd reinstall command has helped me a couple different times.

I flashed the updated CM7 nightly build that has been compiled and posted on XDA and noticed titanium disappeared on me as well. ran the reinstall command and poof, everything is back.

argedion

If its a known good nand then everything should have been fine. It is possible the partition has gotten corrupted but I not thinking that is the issue. Try out Mizzou's suggestion first and it if gives your partition errors then we can progress from there. Best to leave the partition alone unless we have to mess with it. When you get a chance backup your sdcard to your computer.

dustwun77

In the Amon Ra Style recovery, which I have now, you have to check what you want to restore, you can omit stuff. That is why I asked what recovery he has.

Still seems like a possibility to me. Awaiting his answer.

argedion

Yes Its still a possibility however the kernel and rom were on the same partition the apps are stored in the ext partition yes but if there was a problem with that partition he shouldn't have any apps coming up and notice so very serious lag on the phone. and more than likely some serious FC'ing going on.

Yes I have amon ra syle 3.11 on and I know what you mean I have to always make sure I have it checked.

dustwun77

I just wish he would fix it already and tell us what the problem was!

LittlrRedDot

Haha I know how frustrating it is when you give out all this advice and the OP up and disappears and never tells you how it worked out!

Ok the known good nand DID work once I remembered to check the sd ext, but I still havent got deck1.3d to work right, gonna try again right now.

LittlrRedDot

Ok I flashed the ROM, gapps, kernel, then DT... It went into boot loop for a few cycles then finally loaded... I went through the setup, then it shut off and botlooped for a few more cycles...then it booted, I went through setup again and made it to my home screen...

Then I hit the market and dl'd TB, but when I opened it it said I wasn't rooted and didn't have busy box... so I dl'd BB and installed v1.8.2 and re-opened TB... Still said I wasn't rooted, so I rebooted in recovery and fixed permission and wiped dalvik and cache... Now I got TB to recognize root and am running the batch restore.

Will keep you posted...

LittlrRedDot

And it all restored but contacts, sms, and calendar entries...

dustwun77

Yeah, almost as if he had a life or something. Lol.
Glad that part worked out.
I am on that very same rom. I did not have to flash any stripe or flavor of dt to get a2sd to work. It just did it's thing out of the box.

LittlrRedDot

maybe flashing DT is the issue? And I still don't know how TB restored everything but sms, contacts, and calendar entries?

dustwun77

I think it is possible. Try without it? Think there is an a2sd repair command. Not sure. Or if it would apply

TB doesn't backup SMS and calendar and contacts should be hooked to your Google account.

LittlrRedDot

Hmmmm..... I wonder why I had to do the gapps setup twice, then it didn't work at all. I think I'm done fooling with this and just gonna let the 1.3 stable settle out with the Tiamat 3.3.7 and see how it works out. There's only so many times I can flash the same thing and not get it right, it's frustrating.

LittlrRedDot

Ok I tried again (I know I need a sponsor) and this time agter the setup I have contacts but NO sms and No clendar entries. I think this is why I prefer My Backup Pro to TB cause I can back that stuff up. And yeah I have to merge contacts and calendar entries with a fresh flash but I'd rather do that then not have the stuff at all. Is there a setting I can change that lets me back up all this vital stuff?

dustwun77

I know that's right. Too bad too. Set it up like MB said and with the conniptions tweaks, and it is very impressive.

MizzouBrent

Man I've talked all these people into running Deck AOSP, and here I am restoring back to MikG after running Deck again for like a day. I've been all over the place lately on what I like. I guess I have just ran deck and AOSP so much over the last 6 months, I just need change.

That's weird that you're having all this trouble though. Maybe try redownloading the rom or something and verify the md5 sum. I never have any trouble with anything when I run deck.

LittlrRedDot

I'm new to md5, ccan you point me to a guide?

dustwun77

I don't know of a guide, per se, the idea though is it is a method to insure you get an accurate download. When you have this large file, you run it through a program and it calculates stuff about it and comes up with a checksum. The developer, or whoever, posts that checksum.

When you dl a file, you run it thru an app that makes the same sort of calculations and gives you a checksum as well. If they are the same, then you have an accurate dl.

I haven't used it much but there are apps in the market and stuff. Hope this helps.

MizzouBrent

Do you have root explorer? just long press and select "info" or "properties" or whatever, it will be one of the things it lists. There are also some md5 checkers in the market.

argedion

Yeah I had my share of issues with it as well part of it I think was Operator Error I got it all set up and then turned around an deleted all data thinking it was cache so then I reran titanium and did data only things were ok but market wouldnt' let me download. So I went Wiped Cache and dalvic then I go the press here to start wizard tried to exit out it wouldnt let me so I did a battery pull cleared cache and dalvic again rebooted and got the window again but was able to escape out of it. Market still shutdown every time I accepted to start downloading so I shutdown (quick boot) wiped everything flashed again reset everything up went to market it did the same thing so I gave up with it and went back to Xplod.

MizzouBrent

One time I kept getting market fc's on deck after restoring a nandroid with the new amon ra style recovery. Never any issues with 2.3 though. Yada Yada Yada, I'm still using 2.3.

argedion

probably was a freaky thing but getting ready to go on vacation and visit my mom. so I wanted to have a setup I know works. I will have to try it again when I come back. I also told diablo I would try his when I get back. I'm sure erasing the data was a big part of my issues with the first install. I still can't believe I did that. I was like wtf did you do you big dumb ass. But oh well live and move on. I think I will redownload gapps for the next time could have been a bad market copy.