Can't boot MTD ROMS [SOLVED!!!!!]

[flastnoles11]

Ok so recently I odined back to el30 (as I do at least once a week) and now I can not flash any mtd roms... I have tried redownloading and reflashing the recovery and rom(s) multiple times... cm9 as an example, I flash and it reboots to do the mtd conversion, goes back into cwm and boots... it gets to the boot animation (on aosp roms, tw mtd reboots right after the kernel splash screen) goes through it (sometimes makes it through) and then reboots... after flashing and it won't boot I have to pull battery and that's when the next problem begins... phone will not power on, charge, go into cwm... nothing.... I can get to download by using the slide battery in and out trick... its not the battery, after an odin it charges and boots perfectly (until I try to flash another mtd rom)... not bad downloads... I always check md5 before flashing... anybody have any insight as to what may be going on...
Edit- if you're not going to post something useful to try and help, don't post at all... so don't post stupid things like ... shouldn't be odining once a week". Comments like that don't help and are way off base... I know people that odin 2 times as much as me and have been flashing twice as long so please keep the dimwitted comments to yourself!


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[zanderman112]

Maybe its possible your nand storage is going out? It can only handle so much read/write :-\

~ E.R.A.

 

[flastnoles11]

I guess that is possible... but I only started flashing roms and such when I signed up for xda... so november I believe... I know some people that have flashed way more than me... wouldn't that result in bml roms not flashing also?

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[zanderman112]

I guess that is possible... but I only started flashing roms and such when I signed up for xda... so november I believe... I know some people that have flashed way more than me... wouldn't that result in bml roms not flashing also?

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Don't know. Throwing ideas out that are possible. I've seen people where their phone wouldn't run anything than straight up stock :-\

The Epic is finicky lol.

~ E.R.A.

 

[flastnoles11]

I know that's true.... but can it just start being picky out of nowhere... I have ran cm9, miui4, well let's just say every mtd rom this phone has available... odined last week and now no mtd roms will boot... about to odin an e4gt rom and brick my phone and tell sprint it happened when it was updating to whatever the newest stock rom is... I'M AT A LOSS!

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[KennyG123]

You tried Odin with repartition, the odin cwm 5.027 with reboot unchecked, pop battery out and in and then flashing CleanGB MTD?

You also said after trying the TW install it bricks requiring battery cpr. You could bring it right to Sprint at that point since nothing works then. Unless it only takes 1 in and out to get it into download mode.|

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[flastnoles11]

You tried Odin with repartition, the odin cwm 5.027 with reboot unchecked, pop battery out and in and then flashing CleanGB MTD?

You also said after trying the TW install it bricks requiring battery cpr. You could bring it right to Sprint at that point since nothing works then. Unless it only takes 1 in and out to get it into download mode.|

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Its usually only one in and out... and yes I have tried odin multiple times and then tried EVERY MTD rom... I did get clean gb to boot once after this started happening... and then later that day shut my phone off and it wouldn't turn back on... now not even clean gb will make it past the splash screen... usually just rebooting the splash screen over and over... sometimes making it to the boot ani and then shutting completely down with the only way to fix being odin with the battery "cpr"... this phone is going through a wall super soon! I would ask if any devs would want it when I upgrade (probably next week) but I don't know how useful it will be without working mtd partition...

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[flastnoles11]

You tried Odin with repartition, the odin cwm 5.027 with reboot unchecked, pop battery out and in and then flashing CleanGB MTD

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That is exactly the method that I always use... I don't bother rooting stock and then flashing... just odin cwm and flash a prerooted build... and before anybody suggests it, yes I have tried rooting stock and then trying... same results...



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[xboxfanj]

That is exactly the method that I always use... I don't bother rooting stock and then flashing... just odin cwm and flash a prerooted build... and before anybody suggests it, yes I have tried rooting stock and then trying... same results...



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And are you wiping everything (data, cache, dalvik)?

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[flastnoles11]

And are you wiping everything (data, cache, dalvik)?

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Always.... even though its not necessary when flashing most of the time... I wipe EVERYTHING with EVERY flash... redundant and unneccessary? Yes... but it makes me feel better... lol. That and I only have like 10 apps so its not a big deal to redownload for me... lol

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[ÜBER™]

flast your still alive!!!!!

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[flastnoles11]

Haha... and well... other than no mtd... was in the process of buying a house... now I'm in the process of fixing it up... climbing uder the house and jacking it up today to fix the foundation... hope the house don't fall on me!

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[b16flybye]

Probably shouldn't be using odin once a week. You definitely fudged something up.

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[flastnoles11]

Probably shouldn't be using odin once a week. You definitely fudged something up.

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Nah it isn't that, I know that for a fact... my brother has to odin ALL THE TIME and doesn't have this problem... when I say all the time I mean like once a day... its not that... thanks for the, um, insightful information though...

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[ÜBER™]

Yeah used to odin regularly to keep it clean, usually fixes more than destroys. I don't see why mtd won't boot for you. You might have a bad partition table. Your phone must not like mtd. I knew somebody with the same problem, they ended up taking it into sprint and they gave him a new phone.

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[flastnoles11]

Yeah used to odin regularly to keep it clean, usually fixes more than destroys. I don't see why mtd won't boot for you. You might have a bad partition table. Your phone must not like mtd. I knew somebody with the same problem, they ended up taking it into sprint and they gave him a new phone.

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this would make sense... but I have had multiple mtd roms already... could the partition go bad out of nowhere? And if so how would I go about having sprint replace it... stock bml works fine...

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[ÜBER™]

this would make sense... but I have had multiple mtd roms already... could the partition go bad out of nowhere? And if so how would I go about having sprint replace it... stock bml works fine...

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Oh what oops I don't even know* sarcasm*
I don't like to say it often but play stupid. Brick it and play stupid....

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[flastnoles11]

Oh what oops I don't even know* sarcasm*
I don't like to say it often but play stupid. Brick it and play stupid....

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I lol'd! That would be awesome but...... I have an unbrickable phone I guess... odined a et4g rom about 10 mins ago.... didn't boot (surprise, surprise right?) But of course I can jump right back into download mode... anybody got any good ideas on a way to brick this phone? Lol

 

[flastnoles11]

Oh what oops I don't even know* sarcasm*
I don't like to say it often but play stupid. Brick it and play stupid....

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Btw shouldn't you be in school young man!!! (Read that in your mothers tone!) Lol

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[poit]

Did you use the victory_8G_100528.pit file and check repartition? It seems like it isn't properly restoring your boot partition when you odin, if you didn't use a .pit file that could be why. There was also a totally bulletproof upgrade program that samsung posted on it's website a quite a while ago to upgrade to Froyo, it should still be floating around xda somewhere. If nothing else works try that.