[Q] Android Newbie in desperate need of help...

danaber11 · 07:03 PM

[Q] Android Newbie in desperate need of help...

I recently received a Nexus One from a friend. The bootloader is unlocked and I believe it is rooted. When I got it it kept generating some sort of process error and the phone randomly rebooted. I tried reinstalling a ROM and then the phone just sat with the "X" boot screen. 3 days later and I managed to find a ROM that makes the phone usable (22607-ERD79-update-nexusone-stock-signed). The phone ran fine with that but it is now 2 generations old and I want to update to Gingerbread. Every attempt I have made has ended with the phone just sitting there with the "X" screen after 20 mins. Clearly the updates aren't working. I'm completely confused by all of this.

I'm coming from an iPhone that I was able to jailbreak and hack with no problems. I also have experience with WinMo phones. Never had these issues.

Most of the updates seemed to install correctly. The log screen completes all the steps and ends with "Install from sdcard complete."

Running RA-nexus-v1.5.3

Please help me with this. I want Gingerbread!

Obsy · 11th February 2011, 09:07 PM

First, what versions of Radio and HBoot you use?

danaber11 · 11th February 2011, 10:40 PM

How would I tell? Where would I find this info?

Clarkster · 11th February 2011, 10:47 PM

Sounds like you are not wiping data.

Whenever you change to a different rom (other than upgrading the same rom) you need to wipe the data partition, otherwise you could get bootloops, stuck at X, unstable systems, etc.

Sometimes not wiping works out okay, but in this case it sounds like it didn't.