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[MISC] Desire S instructions to achieve custom ROM

could someone with a big heart tell me the instructions on what should i do after achieving S-OFF? can you post it as step by step? what should i install first? Recovery? Radio? flash? sorry for this question but im a bit confuse on what to do first after s-off until i flashed a cooked rom.. please do help me...

After root, firstly you flash a Recovery then you flash a Rom of your choice. Either with ROM Manager from the market or Manualy. You ll find more detailed instruction at the Recovery thread and the Rom thread.

when should i do a nand backup? flashing the radio? and sir whats the difference of clockworkmod recovery from ext4? because the thread of CWM says it is much better to go to ext4 thread? can you ellaborate to me?

yerfdes said:
when should i do a nand backup? flashing the radio? and sir whats the difference of clockworkmod recovery from ext4? because the thread of CWM says it is much better to go to ext4 thread? can you ellaborate to me?
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As soon a you instal recovery perform backup
ext 4 is simply CWM base with extra additions...go with ext 4
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ben_pyett said:
As soon a you instal recovery perform backup
ext 4 is simply CWM base with extra additions...go with ext 4
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so sir are you saying that ext4 is the one that i should choose instead of CWM only?

yerfdes said:
so sir are you saying that ext4 is the one that i should choose instead of CWM only?
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that is what I have done....
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ben_pyett said:
that is what I have done....
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So here is the order? S-off > root > flash with ext4 > full wipe > then install custom rom?

yerfdes said:
So here is the order? S-off > root > flash with ext4 > full wipe > then install custom rom?
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As it's your first time (I'd suggest)
(although as with any advice that you read on here it is given with best intention only and not necessarily correct....do this at your own risk)
1)
S-off (if by XTC this will also perform factory reset of your device so ensure you've sync'ed/ backed up data first)
2)
Download and run ginger break (to get root (then reboot)
3)
download and install the free application rom manager from android market
4)
Use rom manager to flash CWM (very simple option and it will do it for you)
5)
Use rom manager (gui - very easy) or CWM to perform your first full (Nandroid) backup
6)
follow wipe instructions that come with the custom rom installations instructions that you're planning on installing, if installing LBC rom (personally I've suggest this one) then there is a specific wipe script to run
7)
Download and Install custom rom
good luck
You can update to ext4 recovery at a later time when all the above has worked
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If he uses the original CWM to do a wipe he will end up with an ext3 partition.
Better off installing cwm through rom manager and booting into recovery and flashing ext4 recovery. Then backup rom and flash custom rom.

MarylandCookie said:
If he uses the original CWM to do a wipe he will end up with an ext3 partition.
Better off installing cwm through rom manager and booting into recovery and flashing ext4 recovery. Then backup rom and flash custom rom.
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O yer , good point, although if he installs ext4 afterwards won't it convert the ext 3 to ext4 for him?
Anyway I was suggesting that he runs LBC wipe all script that I believe will only make ext4 partitions
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Thanks guys for all your help i would really appreciate everything...
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Sure. In my country, There're many forums about HTC or Smartphone, and many people exchange their experiences through the forum. Then I'll give you a useful website:
after you click it, choose HTC Desire S section.
It's a chinese forum. You can get some help of language from Google Translate.

Starfine said:
Sure. In my country, There're many forums about HTC or Smartphone, and many people exchange their experiences through the forum. Then I'll give you a useful website:
after you click it, choose HTC Desire S section.
It's a chinese forum. You can get some help of language from Google Translate.
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Can you send me the link? And can you teach me how to use google translate?
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let me up this question.. whats next after s-off using alpharevx? what should i do first? root? install what? flash what? can you give me a step by step process upto flashing a custom ROM? hope someone is patient enough to provide me a instruction...

yerfdes said:
let me up this question.. whats next after s-off using alpharevx? what should i do first? root? install what? flash what? can you give me a step by step process upto flashing a custom ROM? hope someone is patient enough to provide me a instruction...
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Did you install CWM recovery after getting S-OFF (alpharevx tool asks whether you want to)?

guyz little help here.. whenever i try to flash rom, it keep say error *****.zip(bad) ... how do i fix this? new to all this >.<
edit: okay nvm i guess its bad img .. is flashing now ~

actually im waiting for alpharevx windows version... i just want to know the step by step procedure on what to do first upto the last in order so i would not end up bricking my device..

TBH I've never used Linux before but just run Ubuntu from disc and it was pretty easy
I used this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=138
Just dont follow steps 13, 14 (since this is for another phone)

Wew! finally I was able to S-off my Desire S! but my question is what's next?
Sorry I'm a total noob on this. Btw, After the s-off process, alpharevx said if I want to install clockwork recovery, I typed "Y" then it says "downloading clockwork for saga" but after that nothing happens. It's just stuck there so I disconnected my device and rebooted it.
How can I install clockwork and how can I root my device? thanks

ghuk said:
Wew! finally I was able to S-off my Desire S! but my question is what's next?
Sorry I'm a total noob on this. Btw, After the s-off process, alpharevx said if I want to install clockwork recovery, I typed "Y" then it says "downloading clockwork for saga" but after that nothing happens. It's just stuck there so I disconnected my device and rebooted it.
How can I install clockwork and how can I root my device? thanks
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Download ext4 v1.1.1 and folliw the instruction in thread. Its easy.. Btw ghuk sorry if im not to active today when soff is available our thread. I am a bit busy on more important matters but later night i will be active.

4Ext Recovery

Hi, I am trying to install the Revolution HD ROM...it says to install 4EXT recovery. I downloaded the updater and installed the program on the phone. However, when I boot into recovery (volume down/power), it stills boot into clockwork recovery.
Can I flash that ROM from that? or should it show 4EXT recovery? Do I have to uninstall Clockwork or something?

Sounds like you forgot to flash the recovery.

Rhiannon224 said:
Sounds like you forgot to flash the recovery.
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Sorry for off topic but i always see you on topic related whit 4ext any particular reasons ?
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shahkam said:
Sorry for off topic but i always see you on topic related whit 4ext any particular reasons ?
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It's smooth as butter, I love the fact that you have more control over what you are backing up, ie not backing up Davik or cache, saves room and time, faster backup and restore than CWM and it has themes. Stability. I've been using it since it's first release, it was the first Touch Recovery.

Oh...sorry for being dumb...but how would you flash the 4EXT recovery? I couldn't really find a clear guide to install it...I just downloaded the apk file as instructed and then install the program from the app....I haven't seen anywhere about flashing the 4EXT.
Appreciate your help!

newr said:
Oh...sorry for being dumb...but how would you flash the 4EXT recovery? I couldn't really find a clear guide to install it...I just downloaded the apk file as instructed and then install the program from the app....I haven't seen anywhere about flashing the 4EXT.
Appreciate your help!
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Easy, just open up the 4ext app that you downloaded and click online install, make sure you have internet and just follow the on screen directions.

newr said:
Oh...sorry for being dumb...but how would you flash the 4EXT recovery? I couldn't really find a clear guide to install it...I just downloaded the apk file as instructed and then install the program from the app....I haven't seen anywhere about flashing the 4EXT.
Appreciate your help!
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Open the app, there should be an option for installing recovery. I am on paid app so I am not certain where it's located in the free version. Should be up at the top I would think.

You can flash without 4Ext but with 4Ext it's better and have more options,like instaling diferent kernels and Sony Bravia engines.You will like 4Ext better once you have it.
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An APK of 4EXT free can be downloaded at their website at 4ext.net or you can follow the link in my sig

Flash the ROM, it includes 4Ext Recovery in it.

Rhiannon224 said:
It's smooth as butter, I love the fact that you have more control over what you are backing up, ie not backing up Davik or cache, saves room and time, faster backup and restore than CWM and it has themes. Stability. I've been using it since it's first release, it was the first Touch Recovery.
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Sweet ! Does it flash roms faster aswell ??
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[Q] Do i need S-off ? CWM

Yesterday i rooted my phone, using the all in one tool. My phone is still S-on i do have superSU installed. When i use the bootmenu from my Sensation i also can go to CWM recovery program. No heres my question will custom ROMS work using the install zip from SD card or will it not work because it is still S-ON.

baleno_467 said:
Yesterday i rooted my phone, using the all in one tool. My phone is still S-on i do have superSU installed. When i use the bootmenu from my Sensation i also can go to CWM recovery program. No heres my question will custom ROMS work using the install zip from SD card or will it not work because it is still S-ON.
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Which firmware are you on? Did you update to Sense 3.6 + ICS with official update?
Did you unlock your bootloader through HTCDev ?
If you're on the latest firmware, flash the latest ext4 recovery. Before flashing a ICS / JB rom, on 4EXT, go to Tools - Enable Smartflash. You need this to flash custom roms with S-ON.
My sensation is S-ON and so far it's been a flawless feature. No need to flash kernels and boot.imgs through apt anymore

Thankz, i did the HTC dev unlock method and i have the latest official updates from HTC. i have flashed only the CWM image using the all in one tool for sensation.So if i understand you correctly i only have to flash the EXT4 image to the sensation which is part of the all in one tool for sensation.And i can install custom roms without using S-off?.

baleno_467 said:
Thankz, i did the HTC dev unlock method and i have the latest official updates from HTC. i have flashed only the CWM image using the all in one tool for sensation.So if i understand you correctly i only have to flash the EXT4 image to the sensation which is part of the all in one tool for sensation.And i can install custom roms without using S-off?.
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yeap that's all you need
edit:but don't forget to enable smartflash from it before flashing any roms

do i use smartflash also in the all in one tool or do i use from instal zip from sd =cart and where can i get smartflash?

baleno_467 said:
do i use smartflash also in the all in one tool or do i use from instal zip from sd =cart
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once you flash the 4ext recovery the all in one tool is no longer necessary
then from recovery go
tools
and at the bottom of the menu you will see the smartflash feature
enable it
after that go back
choose zip from sdcard
install zip from sdcard

thank you very much

Okay mow a little question how can i adjust my cpu frequenti (overclock) because the atuntu cpu master wont go further then 1188mhz.I found a zip file named Overclocked_kernel_v1.5.2_by_SebastianFM but when i want to install this file using the clockwork mod recovery it says that the installation failed.

Because i am trying to copy the url from xda app and i can' t do it ok then
Use the search and write(if your error is status 7)
Assert failed status 7 sensation
Download and flash the insecure.img
After that flash the kernel
Edit:it is better to install it with 4ext recovery
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Just to summarize what rzr86 told you with links, to help you.
Flashing roms with S-ON: Click here
Fix Status 7 Error on assert raw write: Click here

matekaneve said:
Just to summarize what rzr86 told you with links, to help you.
Flashing roms with S-ON: Click here
Fix Status 7 Error on assert raw write: Click here
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exactly
i couldn't paste the url link from xda app before
i could copy it to clipboard but after that ididn't know how to paste it
nevermind

ok i installed ext4 after that unsecure.img and overclock kernel went well now

baleno_467 said:
Okay if i flash the EXt4 recovery do i have to remove the CWM recovery or will this automaticly be removed. Using the CWM recovery with the unsecure zip file to fix status 7 errors, didnt work out when installed the overclocked kernel.
Everything went wll when installing the unsecure zipfile, it said it was okay. But when i installed the overclocked kernel it still keeps giving status 7 error.
Thats why i want to install the EXT4 recovery.
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once you have flashed 4ext yeap it will remove automatically cwm recovery

Well everything worked out fine thank you all for your help, my cpu speed is now on 1,5ghz the same as an sensation XE.
Okay now another short question if in time i do want to change my original ROM to an custom ROM al i have to do is put the custom ROM on the SD Card and install the rom using the EXT4 recovery. Or do i have to change the system partition just like with the HD2
And if i want to go back from Custom to original all i have to do is place the original ROM on a SD card and instal it from EXT4 ??

baleno_467 said:
Well everything worked out fine thank you all for your help, my cpu speed is now on 1,5ghz the same as an sensation XE.
Okay now another short question if in time i do want to change my original ROM to an custom ROM al i have to do is put the custom ROM on the SD Card and install the rom using the EXT4 recovery. Or do i have to change the system partition just like with the HD2
And if i want to go back from Custom to original all i have to do is place the original ROM on a SD card and instal it from EXT4 ??
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yes put the rom on sdcard and then flash from 4ext
but before flashing any rom always enable smartflash
and i suggest to have a nandroid backup just in case

Thank you U i still have the original ROM from htc so that won't be any problem. Thank you very much for your quick response
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Cyanogenmod 10.1 installation

Hi there,
I am currently installing Cyanogenmod 10.1 for my HTC Sensation. I'm stuck in the blue circle loading screen. (image below)
I don't know what should I do.
Help will be highly appriciated.
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idomohr25 said:
Hi there,
I am currently installing Cyanogenmod 10.1 for my HTC Sensation. I'm stuck in the blue circle loading screen. (image below)
I don't know what should I do.
Help will be highly appriciated.
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probably you are on S-ON am i right?
if yes use 4ext recovery
enable smatflash from it
flash the rom
done
otherwise flash the boot.img of the rom via fastboot command

My device is S-OFF.
I am trying to flash firmware again, and clear cache and dalvik.

idomohr25 said:
My device is S-OFF.
I am trying to flash firmware again, and clear cache and dalvik.
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Most of the time there is no need to re-flash firmware. Did you wipe data beforehand? maybe you can try another build (the from an earlier/later date). This might help.

Sometimes a complete wipe is needed...
Hi,
Sometimes when moving from one ROM to another a complete wipe and format of all partitions (except sdcard) is needed in order for it to work. Have you wiped and formatted all your partitions before flashing the ROM? I use Titanium pro to backup my apps before doing this.
You should be able to do this with any of the recovery programs. 4EXT is really good and easy to use for this. Also, if you don't already know this, you should flash the correct GAPPS for your ROM after you install the update. That way you will have everything you need on your first boot after your flash.
Good luck!

when i updated my firmware from 3.32 to 3.33 i got stuck at the same screen. Just booted to recovery and used 4EXT Recovery touch to wipe cache and dalvik, after that everything was fine

Low Internal Storage Problem

hello frnds and experts plz help me I have recently rooted my phone and I'm created two partitions using minitool to increase the internal storage also installed link2sd on my phone first time it's asked for 2nd partition select I chosen "fat32"(i'm in stock Rom so it's only supports fat32).
after that I'm restarted the phone everything goes ok but when I try to link the apps to SD card it's giving me an error like"install..failed...insufficient storage" but my 2nd partition has 1gb free memory it's showing in "storage info".
and I'm unable to link apps to sd card. I'm also done via recovery mode but it's created an ext2 partition and my phone don't support this(I'm using jaggyjags cmw recovery) so plz help me to solve this problem...
I noticed my recovery supports only ext2,3,4. at the sametime my phone support fat32 only.
I'm on stock Rom and also plz don't suggest me to use custom Rom , I don't want use that now. tell me which recovery supports fat32 as 2nd partition.
sorry for my bad English and lengthy matter.....!

mkln786 said:
tell me which recovery supports fat32 as 2nd partition.
sorry for my bad English and lengthy matter.....!
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None..all recoveries support ext partition not fat32, you should flash stock based roms because those roms support ext partition & are already configured that way so you won't need to worry about internal memory if you partition your sdcard right way & flash one of those roms..ateeqrom,jaggyrom,nextgen are stock based roms, flash.

Affangta said:
None..all recoveries support ext partition not fat32, you should flash stock based roms because those roms support ext partition & are already configured that way so you won't need to worry about internal memory if you partition your sdcard right way & flash one of those roms..ateeqrom,jaggyrom,nextgen are stock based roms, flash.
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so 2nd partition not work on stock Rom? and can you tell me factory reset on rooted htc explorer?

mkln786 said:
so 2nd partition not work on stock Rom? and can you tell me factory reset on rooted htc explorer?
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stock kernel does not support ext partition..you can reset your rooted htc thru recovery..bro use stock based custom roms..they are 100% stable & same as stock rom with additional features. Just give it a try.

Affangta said:
stock kernel does not support ext partition..you can reset your rooted htc thru recovery..bro use stock based custom roms..they are 100% stable & same as stock rom with additional features. Just give it a try.
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thanks for the rply but I have few more doubts.
Yeah I know that stock kernel don't support ext partitions also I created fat32 but apps not moving there as I said showing error like "insufficient storage".
I'm using jagyys cmw recovery v5 is it safe to factory reset via recovery mode? will I don't get into the deep boot loop na? I'm a bit scared about this...
planning to flash a stock based Rom but before this I want to change the kernel to see the 2nd partition thing work or not, if it's not work I will flash jaggyjags Rom .

mkln786 said:
thanks for the rply but I have few more doubts.
Yeah I know that stock kernel don't support ext partitions also I created fat32 but apps not moving there as I said showing error like "insufficient storage".
I'm using jagyys cmw recovery v5 is it safe to factory reset via recovery mode? will I don't get into the deep boot loop na? I'm a bit scared about this...
planning to flash a stock based Rom but before this I want to change the kernel to see the 2nd partition thing work or not, if it's not work I will flash jaggyjags Rom .
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it's safe to factory reset thru recovery..no bootloops, just don't wipe system partition & you're good to go.

Affangta said:
it's safe to factory reset thru recovery..no bootloops, just don't wipe system partition & you're good to go.
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there is two factory reset . one is on boot loader and another is on recovery mode so which one i want to use ?? and did you tried partition on 8bg memory card ?

mkln786 said:
there is two factory reset . one is on boot loader and another is on recovery mode so which one i want to use ?? and did you tried partition on 8bg memory card ?
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from recovery..yes I had a 8gb card I used 512mb ext2 partition & it worked perfectly.

Hi guys...... I'm using Jellybean Revolution Lite V3 [stock] and it's really stable and good battery life... I would just recommend you to use it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951086
Don't be shy Hit thanks if I was of any Help!!!
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Affangta said:
from recovery..yes I had a 8gb card I used 512mb ext2 partition & it worked perfectly.
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i'm getting little scare to factory reset from recovery mode ., is it delete all phone data na? without any problem? did you used the 512 mb ext 2 partition on stock rom ?? or any other rom?

mkln786 said:
i'm getting little scare to factory reset from recovery mode ., is it delete all phone data na? without any problem? did you used the 512 mb ext 2 partition on stock rom ?? or any other rom?
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it deletes phone data only..make a nandroid backup to restore if anything goes wrong..I used ext2 partition with custom roms..stock rom doesn't support external partition.

Affangta said:
it deletes phone data only..make a nandroid backup to restore if anything goes wrong..I used ext2 partition with custom roms..stock rom doesn't support external partition.
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But I saw some users using 2nd partitions on a stock Rom how they do that? which custom Rom you have used ?

U can use ext4 partition and stock based custom ROM..... it has always worked for me
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mkln786 said:
But I saw some users using 2nd partitions on a stock Rom how they do that? which custom Rom you have used ?
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it would be a stock based custom rom..I used jaggyrom,ateeqrom,nextgen..all those roms are bugless and support ext partition.

rgurung86 said:
U can use ext4 partition and stock based custom ROM..... it has always worked for me
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yeah I know it will work on stock based custom Rom, but I'm trying partition in stock Rom but it's not working as I seen in some partition tutorials. is it not possible in stock Rom? also suggest me good stock based custom Rom and which Rom u are used?

mkln786 said:
yeah I know it will work on stock based custom Rom, but I'm trying partition in stock Rom but it's not working as I seen in some partition tutorials. is it not possible in stock Rom? also suggest me good stock based custom Rom and which Rom u are used?
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Yes u can use partition on stock ROM..... u can follow this thread with almost same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169857
I am using PX recovery and created partition using it.. ROM im using is Jellybean Revolution Light V3 Stock based custom ROM.. I am using it since yesterday first time using stock based ROM as I really need battery life for few weeks on phone..
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Affangta said:
it would be a stock based custom rom..I used jaggyrom,ateeqrom,nextgen..all those roms are bugless and support ext partition.
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so partitions not work on stock Rom? but I'm sure I would work because jaggyjags also said in his rooting tutorial in lastsly like "after rooting make fat32 partitions with mini tool partition wizard to move apps to sd" . he saying about in stock Rom.

rgurung86 said:
Yes u can use partition on stock ROM..... u can follow this thread with almost same issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169857
I am using PX recovery and created partition using it.. ROM im using is Jellybean Revolution Light V3 Stock based custom ROM.. I am using it since yesterday first time using stock based ROM as I really need battery life for few weeks on phone..
Don't be shy Hit thanks if I was of any Help!!!
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thanks for the link but he is trying to install a custom Rom and I want fat32 partition to work on stock Rom , I will factory reset my phone via recovery mode and create partitions again too see it will work or not. just tell me one thing I have "wipe data/factory rest" on recovery mode is it the correct option to factory reset my phone? and m using yanno recovery.

mkln786 said:
thanks for the link but he is trying to install a custom Rom and I want fat32 partition to work on stock Rom , I will factory reset my phone via recovery mode and create partitions again too see it will work or not. just tell me one thing I have "wipe data/factory rest" on recovery mode is it the correct option to factory reset my phone? and m using yanno recovery.
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Before flashing the ROM I always wipe cache.. wipe data( factory reset ) ..Wipe SD-ext.. wipe Dalvik cache... then mount system.. mount data.. mount SD-ext and then install the update zip... I have never experienced any issue in flashing ROM after following these steps.... let me know if it works!! Cheers :
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rgurung86 said:
Before flashing the ROM I always wipe cache.. wipe data( factory reset ) ..Wipe SD-ext.. wipe Dalvik cache... then mount system.. mount data.. mount SD-ext and then install the update zip... I have never experienced any issue in flashing ROM after following these steps.... let me know if it works!! Cheers :
Don't be shy Hit thanks if I was of any Help!!!
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I'm not going to flash a Rom now I just want to factory reset my phone , for this I want choose "wipe data/factory reset" from recovery mode right? and is it safe to factory reset from recovery mode? also is it delete my sd data?