• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Root stuck in boot loop hell? never seen this before

Lock-N-Load

Lock-N-Load

Android Expert
So, trying a new Chevy kernel I went into boot loop. No biggie, I just booted into recovery and went back to my goto kernel. BUT, now that causes boot loops and in fact, any kernel I load - I have tried 4 - causes a boot loop. even my stable goto.

any ideas?

I tried an 800, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 by Chevy - prvoen to be stable for me - and my goto kernel and all cause a boot loop. this is so strange. never seen such a thing before.
 
I backed up the current ROM - even though it did not boot - just to be safe. then, rolled back to a few days older ROM and booted up fine.

any ideas here?
 
i was going to suggest you do that lol. hmm was this your regular rom or did you also flash a new rom?
 
trying a new kernel - chevy 1.25

yep, regular rom, never changed that

bizzare. flashing back to my last backup is the same rom and kernel that did not boot now, booted fine from backup. I have read all kinds of posts, never read one like this.
 
nope.. same old process I have always done. test a new kernel. if it fails, boot into recovery and bot back into one of the 3-4 I keep on my SD card. tried them all, ones that have always worked, and none worked.

just rolled back to an old ROM from 5 days ago, it booted fine and the goto kernel that did not boot above booted fine as usual.

so odd....
 
...another thing to check might be your battery. My Droid was rebooting, and I kept flashing back and forth between ROMs. One day the battery icon changed to a "?" and would not charge. Put a new battery in (thank you verizon) and all is well again.
 
yeah, it's fine now that I just flashed back, but I still like to have answers as to how what happened was even possible.

my battery is 100% fine. not a battery issue. and the flash back to ROM and booting up proves that fact.

it must be something in that Chevy's kernel I tried.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom