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Root Boot loops, or FLASH loops. What's worse?

Boot Loops, or FLASH Loops. What's worse?


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messenger13

Android Expert
Dec 8, 2009
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Cleveland, OH
To clarify...

A Boot Loop is when your phone just continually keeps trying to boot.
The only cure, the dreaded battery pull. And then ... you run to the nearest computer trying to find out how the heck you're going to UNdo what YOU just did to your precious little baby.

Or...

A Flash Loop is when a geek obtains an Android phone, roots it within mere hours of ownership, then combs the internet forums each and every day trying to find a new ROM to flash to their precious little baby! :eek:


Hint: There is NO fixing the second condition. Sure, there are support groups. But they only offer temporary help. And then ... sooner or later ... y'all just find yourself flashing ROMs like a bunch of heroin junkies lying in the gutter in some poorly-produced foreign film. :eek:
 
And I've been phoneflashing-free for 6 days now. (Only 5 of which are with the Bionic.) My hands are only shaking a little. I keep reminding myself that it's fast on it's own, and I've already gotten rid of the bloat. I keep telling myself to explore the stock stuff before wandering off to newer pastures. I think, I should wait until there are at least two compete ROMs before I flash anything...oh who am I kidding. WANNAFLASHWANNAFLASHWANNAFLASH!

Ahem....OK, I'm back. I just turned on my OG and looked at all the nandroided ROMs that I uselessly kept on there. I can wait. I'm sure. Well, pretty sure. Fifteen percent positive?
 
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