Hey,
I've flashed hydro 4 in the past but my wifi didnt work, so I used CWM to restore ICS.
I now wish to flash cm10;
do I just boot into cwm, do wipe data, dalvik, factory reset etc
then flash cm10zip?
Is that all; I just dont wanna brick
One other thing, could I make a backup of the actual ROM once installed so I can go back and forth two restores without having to use titanium backup to reinstall everything?
Thanks a lot, reply greatly appreciated (and thanked )
chaza01 said:
Hey,
I've flashed hydro 4 in the past but my wifi didnt work, so I used CWM to restore ICS.
I now wish to flash cm10;
do I just boot into cwm, do wipe data, dalvik, factory reset etc
then flash cm10zip?
Is that all; I just dont wanna brick
One other thing, could I make a backup of the actual ROM once installed so I can go back and forth two restores without having to use titanium backup to reinstall everything?
Thanks a lot, reply greatly appreciated (and thanked )
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1) Always use titanium to backup your app data before flashing new rom.
2) Download and save to internal sd CM10 and gapps.zip.
3) boot into recovery. (I use cwm as I'm used to it)
4) under backup and restore, backup your current ROM. Just in case you know.
5) wipe, wipe, wipe.
6) install CM10.zip
7) install gapps.zip
8) reboot and enjoy.
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Ok first of all, this is my dad's phone he wanted rooted with a custom ROM. I'm not new at all to flashing but I have the Droid X and Droid Bionic so I only know MOto. SO I performed the root (*****) and installed CM7 build on his Evo. A week later he was experiencing ploblems with gmail and GPS and not wanting to constantly hear complaining, I opted to install a new ROM that had an RC build . I chose Synergy with god mode (wanting to wipe it twice) and proceeded with the dalvik and cahce wipes only. I didn't format sys because the op didn't state that I had to.....well I left his house letting the ROM settle and now its in a bootloop. He's telling me via gtalk that it trys to come on but says "storage is full" and "android.acor" has stopped. Any solutions that I can give him to get him back up and running?
Did you nandroid...if so just restore that
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You'll have to flash a new rom or restore a previous backup (if any was made).
jboyer0000 said:
Did you nandroid...if so just restore that
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I made a CWM back-up but how do I get back into CWM recoovery to flash?
Theonew said:
You'll have to flash a new rom or restore a previous backup (if any was made).
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How do I flash the new ROM? It's bootlooped and I have no idea how to get to his CWM recovery from a bootloop.
jkoldha said:
How do I flash the new ROM? It's bootlooped and I have no idea how to get to his CWM recovery from a bootloop.
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Turn off the device, hold down the volume button and then the power button.
make sure you follow the 3 main steps before flashing/ restoring any rom or backup
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. go to advance->wipe dalvik
then proceed, and even though your motorola, it's the same through out all the phones
(have a photon and an evo3d)
A2CKilla said:
make sure you follow the 3 main steps before flashing/ restoring any rom or backup
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. go to advance->wipe dalvik
then proceed, and even though your motorola, it's the same through out all the phones
(have a photon and an evo3d)
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Yea I should've data wiped but it said it would....
I always just restore to my previous rom the when I go to flash a new one I use amon ra recovery and wipe everything 3X before flashing.
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Hi, i read that when you flash an ics rom, there are problems going back to a gingerbread one...Is it possible to try ics, and then restore a backup? which version of clockwork is needed? is another recovery needed? thanks in advance!
I installed ICS and then restored my Gingerbread backup with no problems using CWM.
So I can just flash for example the newest NexusBeam (4.1.0) with CWM and Im still able restore my old CM7 Backup?
All this threads about bricks with bootloader etc. made me unsure :S
Lxus said:
So I can just flash for example the newest NexusBeam (4.1.0) with CWM and Im still able restore my old CM7 Backup?
All this threads about bricks with bootloader etc. made me unsure :S
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Yes. Im always doing this step before recovering backups
1 wipe data factory reset
2 wipe cache partition
3 wipe dalvik cache
4 restore backup
5 fix permissions
100% recovered.
Nexus S + CM9 kangs = Awesomeness
mixtapes08 said:
Yes. Im always doing this step before recovering backups
1 wipe data factory reset
2 wipe cache partition
3 wipe dalvik cache
4 restore backup
5 fix permissions
100% recovered.
Nexus S + CM9 kangs = Awesomeness
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Thanks. Then there is nothing holding me back to flash it
Helllo everyone, I have problem in restoring nandroid backups generated by CWM 5.0.2.0
When I restore backup, I get boot loops and cleaning up dalvik cache and cache wont help. First i thought it maybe a random error but it has happened even after lot of tries. I dont have a faulty sd card.
The backup i was trying to restore was of oxygen 2.3.2 with a theme installed + some apps
Can anyone suggest a a solution?
If you are getting bootloops then sorry to say the backup is not a healthy one, you need to reflash ROM. I also had problems with themes installed, now I made a backup keeping everything stock with apps.
Oxygen has inbuilt app2sd script. This causes problems many times. I would recommend restoring the system first, boot it up den restore both data and sdext.
sarus_b said:
Helllo everyone, I have problem in restoring nandroid backups generated by CWM 5.0.2.0
When I restore backup, I get boot loops and cleaning up dalvik cache and cache wont help. First i thought it maybe a random error but it has happened even after lot of tries. I dont have a faulty sd card.
The backup i was trying to restore was of oxygen 2.3.2 with a theme installed + some apps
Can anyone suggest a a solution?
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Switch to twrp or amonra(if I'm not mistaken amonra can restore cwm backups).
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if Im not mistaken, we can flash a recovery within a recovery right?
sarus_b said:
if Im not mistaken, we can flash a recovery within a recovery right?
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Yes, just download xxx.zip and flash, no problems, also they are very stable if you are wondering...
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You could have an error, like bad block, in your internal memory. To rule that out, install some other ROM fresh & see if you get errors.
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If the backup isn't restoring, then you should try restoring the backup, then reflashing the rom. I would recommend switching to amon ra recovery or twrp since they don't have that problem and imho they're better.
It seems the theme I installed had some problems since they replace system files such as framework-res.apk , settings.apk etc.
I flashed clean oxygen, installed lot of apps, created and restored the backup and it seems to work flawlessly now.
post-mortem said:
You could have an error, like bad block, in your internal memory. To rule that out, install some other ROM fresh & see if you get errors.
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Thats not the case, if it was i would have phone's PCB replaced by now.
bluespoon4 said:
If the backup isn't restoring, then you should try restoring the backup, then reflashing the rom. I would recommend switching to amon ra recovery or twrp since they don't have that problem and imho they're better.
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This solution may also work i think.
I am currently running CM 10 and I want to switch roms but I am not sure how... I have 4EXT recovery and I'm not sure how to re-flash the rom.. Can someone help me?
Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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sepsep 21 said:
Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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Thanks, so I don't have to do anything else like I did the first time round?
Michael_Considine said:
Thanks, so I don't have to do anything else like I did the first time round?
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You said you are running cm10 so its not the
first time that you change your rom. So you can flash the ROM without any problem.
But if your device is s-on you must flash
The rom with smartflash method. You can choose it in recovery. Sry for my bad English.
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sepsep 21 said:
Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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No.
Do not do a factory reset. This will just delete your user data. It will not delete the system data so if you try to install a new ROM overtop of an existing one that's different things could get messy. You want to do a full wipe, not just a factory reset.
The FIRST step is to make a backup of your currenr ROM. That way you can easily revert back to it as if you never left. This is valuable for many reasons. You may decide you don't like your new rom. Your new rom may have problems and not work properly and you'll want to go back to a working phone quickly. You may forget to back something up and will want to be able to extra some data from the backup (That's easy to do, but only if you have a backup). The list goes on and on.
Backing up your rom is super easy with 4EXT. You just tell it to back up your ROM and it will do the rest. It takes about 5 minutes.
Then you'll want to back up certain data that you'll want to use on your new ROM. Contacts, wifi access points, app data, text messages, etc etc etc. Whatever you want. Use Titanium Backup. It's super easy to use and works great. It will let you take all your apps and data off one ROM and put it onto another.
After you back up your rom, boot into recovery and do a full wipe using "format all partitions (except SD card)". The option is written exactly like that in the menu. You can't miss it. This will format the data and system files so you'll have a blank slate to install a new ROM from.
NOW flash the new rom. Then flash GApps if required. Boot the phone.
Download Titanium Backup from teh Play Store and use it to restore apps and data you want. (Your saves Titanium data will be ready to use when you install Titanium on the new ROM)
Enjoy your new ROM.
CWM
Skipjacks said:
No.
Do not do a factory reset. This will just delete your user data. It will not delete the system data so if you try to install a new ROM overtop of an existing one that's different things could get messy. You want to do a full wipe, not just a factory reset.
The FIRST step is to make a backup of your currenr ROM. That way you can easily revert back to it as if you never left. This is valuable for many reasons. You may decide you don't like your new rom. Your new rom may have problems and not work properly and you'll want to go back to a working phone quickly. You may forget to back something up and will want to be able to extra some data from the backup (That's easy to do, but only if you have a backup). The list goes on and on.
Backing up your rom is super easy with 4EXT. You just tell it to back up your ROM and it will do the rest. It takes about 5 minutes.
Then you'll want to back up certain data that you'll want to use on your new ROM. Contacts, wifi access points, app data, text messages, etc etc etc. Whatever you want. Use Titanium Backup. It's super easy to use and works great. It will let you take all your apps and data off one ROM and put it onto another.
After you back up your rom, boot into recovery and do a full wipe using "format all partitions (except SD card)". The option is written exactly like that in the menu. You can't miss it. This will format the data and system files so you'll have a blank slate to install a new ROM from.
NOW flash the new rom. Then flash GApps if required. Boot the phone.
Download Titanium Backup from teh Play Store and use it to restore apps and data you want. (Your saves Titanium data will be ready to use when you install Titanium on the new ROM)
Enjoy your new ROM.
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Hello
ust to confirm, instead of using 4EXT im using CWM recovery. I have read that 4EXT and CWM actually does the same job(recovery) so using CWM does not affect the subsequent steps right? (ie using Titanium Backup to back up messages and contacts and doing a full wipe). it will be the same process just using different recovery tool right?
alakaz0om said:
Hello
ust to confirm, instead of using 4EXT im using CWM recovery. I have read that 4EXT and CWM actually does the same job(recovery) so using CWM does not affect the subsequent steps right? (ie using Titanium Backup to back up messages and contacts and doing a full wipe). it will be the same process just using different recovery tool right?
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In theory, yes. But some roms don't install properly from cwm and some absolutely require 4ext due to the use of aroma installer.
Just switch to 4ext. Takes 2 seconds to switch. The app doss all the work to install the recovery.
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In my opinion 4ext is better than cmw but cmw show the aroma installer and install everything. But 4ext is better at all.
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ah i see . alright i shall follow the changing cmw to 4ext recovery thread and change the recovery thingy. thank you all!
alakaz0om said:
ah i see . alright i shall follow the changing cmw to 4ext recovery thread and change the recovery thingy. thank you all!
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You don't even have to do all that if you're willing to buy the $3 4EXT app.
The guide you'll find will have to flash 4EXT with a PM58IMG file in the bootloader. It's easy enough. But you'll lack the app that goes with it that lets you manage your backups, control the recovery module, and update the recovery quickly and easily when new versions are available.
Just buy the 4EXT app on the play store, then from within the app tell it to install the 4EXT recovery module and it'll install the recovery for you quickly and easily.
Plus you're giving $3 to a developer who made a REALLY fantastic recovery and app for you.
Do i just download the new version and flash over the existing? Would that wipe my apps out to where i would have to download them again? Thanks
king750 said:
Do i just download the new version and flash over the existing? Would that wipe my apps out to where i would have to download them again? Thanks
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It's always recommended to wipe before flashing, but dirty-flashing shouldn't wipe out your apps.
You have two options though.
You can use titanium backup to backup all of your apps and data and do a clean wipe and restore them.
Or you can make a backup using TWRP/CWM and try dirty-flashing the new version. If anything goes array then just revert back to the old build and do option 1.
unnymbasecond
fadac said:
It's always recommended to wipe before flashing, but dirty-flashing shouldn't wipe out your apps.
You have two options though.
You can use titanium backup to backup all of your apps and data and do a clean wipe and restore them.
Or you can make a backup using TWRP/CWM and try dirty-flashing the new version. If anything goes array then just revert back to the old build and do option 1.
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I wiped everything and flashed. Thanks
It's always best to do a full wipe. Less issues /bugs that way especially when going to a new build. 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. There were a lot of changes.
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