Root Boot animation looping with Custom ROMs

[peenapple390]

So I've tried to flash like 3 different ROMs onto my Nexus One and every time I reboot, it just loops the boot up animation.

And now when I do a Nandroid Restore, it says wi-fi unable to start...

I have no idea what went wrong...

Anybody offer any type of insight??

Thank you!!

 

[grainysand]

List the steps you took to flash. Did you wipe before flashing?

 

[peenapple390]

List the steps you took to flash. Did you wipe before flashing?

As in Data wipe/Factory reset? If so, then yes.

Is there any way that i can somehow reverse the steps or anything??

Also now, when I do a Nandroid Backup, i've lost the ability to use wi-fi...

Thanks for all your help!

 

[grainysand]

I assume you also wiped dalvik-cache.

Kay, tell us which ROMs you flashed and whether you checked the MD5 to make sure it matches and that the file's not modified/corrupted. Also, have you tried redownloading the ROM, wiping, then reflashing? Did you flash a radio image?

 

[peenapple390]

Well i went back through the process again, and this time it worked.

These were my steps:
-Start phone in Fastboot
-Bootloader
-Recovery
-Wipe data---complete
-Wipe Dalvik-cache---complete
-Flash zip from SD
-Choose ROM---complete
-reboot---complete

For some odd reason, last night I did the same exact thing and it didn't work and I have no idea.

What were the other things that you listed above about MR5 and what not? I'd really like to know what that is exactly..

Thank you so much!!

 

[grainysand]

MD5 = checksum. It's a series of characters that lets you know the file you've got is the genuine article, so to speak. Typically a ROM developer will give you the MD5, and you can verify your file against it. This page explains all about it.