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[Q] Can someone check my rom-flashing plan, just to make sure that I don't brick?

Hey guys, I've been reading XDA for about a month now, and I think I'm ready to flash CM7. I've already rooted with superoneclick, but I don't have the money now to get a new phone if I brick, so I was hoping someone could just check my plan to make sure that I'm good to go? I've read the tutorials, but I want to be positive that I'm ok. I think that if I generate a list [without looking at the tutorial], rather than just copying theirs, I'll be sure that I understand the steps 100%.
Procedure:
-Root the phone (done)
-install nvflash on computer, and then clockworkmod to phone
-backup the NAND with clockworkmod (is that like the wii, where the NAND is specific to the device itself?)
-move the NAND to the computer for safe keeping
-install titanium backup > backup all apps > move to computer for safety
-flash rom from SD card
I've flashed a few roms onto an android tablet before, but I didn't backup the NAND when I did...
Will give "thanks" to each reply

You pretty much have it down the main thing to remember is to nvflash BC if not you will not be able to get into recovery. Also before flashing the rom you have to wipe data/cache/and dalvic cache. Let me know if this makes sense I'm at work so I don't really have time to go into detail lol
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dnguyen1988 said:
You pretty much have it down the main thing to remember is to nvflash BC if not you will not be able to get into recovery. Also before flashing the rom you have to wipe data/cache/and dalvic cache. Let me know if this makes sense I'm at work so I don't really have time to go into detail lol
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Ah, yeah, I forgot about the clear cache bit- I remember doing that when I flashed the tablet. Thanks a bunch man, I just finished, and it worked great!

I'm glad everything worked out lemme know if there's anything else u need
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also if u want to just install a kernel after the rom is installed just wipe cache then dalvik then install kernel....no need to wipe data

Also, depending on the rom, you also may need to flash gapps. With Faux or CM, you will. I believe with Bionix and Eagleblood it is included (someone correct me if I am wrong).
After flashing, it is always best practice to run a fix permissions in clockworkmod.

sryan1983 said:
Also, depending on the rom, you also may need to flash gapps. With Faux or CM, you will. I believe with Bionix and Eagleblood it is included (someone correct me if I am wrong).
After flashing, it is always best practice to run a fix permissions in clockworkmod.
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Ah, yeah, I figured that one out. I couldn't figure out where the market was! And then I read...
What's the fix permissions thing? Is that the option in the CM settings that said something like "don't turn this on and then report bugs, because it'll break some apps" ?

Fix permissions is in the advanced menu in cwm recovery.
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squish099 said:
Fix permissions is in the advanced menu in cwm recovery.
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yup, i usually do this after installing the rom, kernel and gapps just for good measure

I'm a newb at this, and I've been looking around. Your steps are really basic and atually the simplest, I will actually be printing out that plan so I don't get confused with all of the confusing terms that I've seen floating around that I am not used to! Haha

squish099 said:
Fix permissions is in the advanced menu in cwm recovery.
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Got it, thanks!
Mikeglongo said:
I'm a newb at this, and I've been looking around. Your steps are really basic and atually the simplest, I will actually be printing out that plan so I don't get confused with all of the confusing terms that I've seen floating around that I am not used to! Haha
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Sweet man, glad it helped
Don't forget to clear the cache before you flash

CM7 rc1

Quick question guys... I was reading that cm7 RC 1 can be installed by only rooting your phone and then using rom manager. Is this true or are there other steps required? I know there used to be other things that needed to be done but maybe with the new RC is got easier?
Thanks for the help
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phantasybm said:
Quick question guys... I was reading that cm7 RC 1 can be installed by only rooting your phone and then using rom manager. Is this true or are there other steps required? I know there used to be other things that needed to be done but maybe with the new RC is got easier?
Thanks for the help
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Well, even though you could do it with only ROM manager and root it is highly recommended that you flash CWM recovery just in case anything goes bad you can always bring the recovery and reflash or restore.
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^^^^^ agreed. The plain-jane method of rooting/RomManager/CWM works but if something happens where you can't get into RomManager (aka bootloop) then your SOL.
Do yourself a favor and spend 3 seconds and NVFlash. You only have to do it once and you will be forever able to save your skin if something goes bad.

Thanks guys.
So I root first (already done), NVFlash (done some reading but still not 100% sure what exactly this does or how to do it) and then set up cement recovery?
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I haven't used the rom manager app once on the g2x.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!

tackleberry said:
I haven't used the rom manager app once on the g2x.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!
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me neither, lol and to the other guy nvflash u want because say your phone goes into a bootloop what u gonna do? u cant do nothing but pull battery out then when u turn your phone on it just keeps bootlooping not letting u into the phone ever, well thats what would happen if u got a bad download or flashed the wrong thing by accident , dude accidents do happen, rom manager is what they call a fake flash, ..........now nvflash really puts recovery on your phone it over writes your stock recovery, and if your going into a bootloop u can pull battery put back in then hold vol down and power and bingo your in recovery, it looks the same as rom managers recovery, but with this one u can actually get into it and if your bootlooping u would just restore a nandroid or reflash another rom and your good, ....kinda a failsafe i live by it and dont use rom manager , and if u want to see your backups and rename them use astro zip in market its free too

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....kinda a failsafe i live by it and dont use rom manager,
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That is all you need to know... NVflash is the only way to go if you absolutely want to be sure you can save your phone...
I don't know why people question that...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
How to setup and use NVflash.
Thanks for the heads up. I was just about to dive in with Rom Manager alone. REALLY don't need new problems.

According to Cyanogenmod's wiki you can flash recovery from ROM Manager, it says nothing about this NVFlash. I did this and rebooted into Clockwork and flashed CM7 RC1, and now I can't get back into Clockwork, just the default one, and ROM Manager can't execute anything, I can't connect to wifi and, I get various Force Close messages at start up. So is the wiki lying to me?

Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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jonnyboyca said:
Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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It made a huge difference. Things are running much more smoothly now that I used nvflash and reinstalled CM7.1-RC1.

Awesome enjoy
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jonnyboyca said:
Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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It's almost like people don't read the threads about rooting. Every one that I read said, in no uncertain terms, you NEED to use NVflash if you want permanent root....
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The thing is there is incomplete information all over the place and it changes constantly, and it's difficult to keep up on what is needed or not. Cyanogen's wiki doesn't say it's needed, and I figured that meant the problems with ROM Manager and Clockwork had been resolved in the most recent versions.

jonnyboyca said:
Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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Same **** I said in cm7 rrc thread. Yet I get laughed at and ridiculed.
U arr correct
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KeithLM said:
The thing is there is incomplete information all over the place and it changes constantly, and it's difficult to keep up on what is needed or not. Cyanogen's wiki doesn't say it's needed, and I figured that meant the problems with ROM Manager and Clockwork had been resolved in the most recent versions.
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That's why I advocate, when in doubt, research some more. I didn't get the feeling that info was incomplete, everything I read said nvflash for permanent root and you can bet that the threads where people were asking for help because they were in a bootloop the first question asked was did you use nvflash... maybe cyanogen just figured that everyone already got recovery with nvflash, because you should have, and THEN it is safe to use RM...
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[Q] Getting Infuse into CWM

First off, i'm sorry if there are posts on this. I searched this site and Google to find my answer. I tried flashing the Infused rom first, the flash didn't work, I was stuck in boot loop. I eventually used Odin to get back to stock. I decided to go with the SuperCM7 instead to try my luck with that. I am rooted and have installed CWM through rom manager(galaxysi9000 as im sure you all know. I'm trying to follow the steps on infinitybiff's post(directions for flashing....) Anyways when i try to go into CWM recovery, i'm taken to the standard android <3e> recovery screen. Should I try downloading CWM to my sdcard and trying that? Any suggestions would be great!

Just manually replace the recovery file.

Could you guide me through that? Sorry im a noob.
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What file do i replace. I know how to find my recovery file(system/bin/recovery). Do i replace that?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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Thanks... Although for some reason my phone wasn't booting up. Now trying Odin again, but its getting stuck at factory.fs.rfs or whatever it is. Hopefully didn't brick my phone.

no soup for you.
sorry had to do it. Seinfeld was a good show.

Hahaha, yes Seinfeld was a good show. No worries got my phone up and running, now to try this flashing crap again... OK, update.zip is on my INTERNAL SD CARD and still not booting into CWM. On the verge of giving up.

Did you try to manually replace the recovery file yet? ROM Manager doesn't always seem to work for it.

My method :
Flash the kernel+cwm by sgs kernel flasher apps.
if your rom.
Froyo > Community kernel v8
GB > Infuse-GB 1.0 kernel

verticae said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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I prefer method 1 in that thread. Always works for me.

update phone first before custom ROM

ok, so i've read what i think i need to root and install a custom ROM (i think i want to try eagles blood 2.8 first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124522)
just got my G2x on Monday and it has GB 2.3.3 but i have not checked if it has an update and not sure i want to update it first, but that is my question.
should i do an update first before i do anything else or does it even matter? i mean i will root, then do a backup, then install the ROM, right? so it shouldnt matter if the phone is the latest and greatest from LG or T-Mobile as i will be overwriting it anyway...at least that is how i think it works
also i have seen where people are saying to wipe everything (or at least a few folders), how is that done? just delete what is in the folders or is there a tool to wipe said data?

No OTA updates are available, but is unnecessary anyway. Also, no need to root if you want to flash these roms as they already have root access. Flash clockworkmod (search for the thread on that) then flash the rom you want. All the instructions are there.
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thanks, i didnt even want to try the update, but since you said there isnt one, i tried and sure enough, i have the latest already
OTA=over the air? i've seen that one a few times, some new acronyms here i need to learn
this is what i was going to do first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214

1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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chrisram88 said:
1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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e4e5nf3nc6 said:
No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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gotcha, so that thread is the one i need to follow?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
This one. It's actually linked as the first step in your thread. This is the important one. Read it over a couple times first, and maybe watch some videos too.
Everything after that step in your thread is basically how to flash a custom rom. They are just choosing a rooted version of stock as their example.
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root first if you want to backup any of the apps on the phone.
i rooted , clockworked , backed up the phone then copied the int and ext sd roms to my pc. installed titanium and backed up all the apps in the stock rom i thought i might want to keep. ( mostly the nova demo and need for speed) . copy your rom contents over so if you mistakenly format your sd card you can still return the phone to stock. ( don't ask i did it ) tryed cm7 stable. liked it but had sleep of death issues. returned the phone to stock . messed with the stock apps and root explorer backed everything up again. and now im ruing weapon r and love it. no stutter and smooth as a hot knife going thru butter and no sleep of death! and USB works every time. even love the loader he used.

ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top

that looks good. don't for get to copy off the internal and external sd chips and keep that data safe. when you made your backup in clockwork it stored it on the internal chip. titanium by default i be leave uses the external. if any thing goes wrong, as long as you have access to those backups and can boot to clockwork you can get your phone working.

dodgefan67 said:
ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top
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The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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e4e5nf3nc6 said:
The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?

dodgefan67 said:
yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?
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Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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DOH! yup that was it, reboot brought it back. thanks!
so like i posted before it shows an H instead of 4G so i'm assuming that stands for HSPA?

Yeah that's it. How are you liking the rom? Bear in mind that now you have root access you can do all sorts of customizations. You can flash kernels that allow for overclocking or underclocking, use titanium backup (recommended) to preserve all apps and app data, modify boot animations and status bar icons, basically anything you want. Enjoy!
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im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?

dodgefan67 said:
im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?
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Yea you flash it in recovery.
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now that yore rooted and have clockwork you can flash things safely
just remember to backup, and to wipe the davik cache its in advanced menu.
try weapon r and then add the update new clip to it , its smooth and no bugs so far fro me.

[Q] Help please

Hello, I am brand new here and I have to a serious problem with my galaxy s3 (verizon). Today I rooted and installed clockwork recovery and created a backup within the app everything seemed to well and I rebooted. Then I noticed I could get custom roms in clockwork mod and tried getting cyanogen mod for it. Downloaded and continued to install. Then when it booted I got a cyanogen mod boot screen loop . So I said ok and went to recovery and tried to restore my phone from the backup I made only to find that "no files were found" in clockwork recovery. So at this point I just want my phone to boot up and work with my data on it. Is there a way to remove cyanogen mod or even use my backup that was created and in fact does take up space on my sd card but can't seem to find. I thanks in advance .

Ok after some searching it seems that I have forgotten to do something with the boot.img file in the zip. If someone could give me instructions on what to do with it I would really appreciate it. Lol I know most of you are pulling your hair out about my mistakes but hopefully this can be resolved soon.

Nothing with a boot.img that's for HTC devices
Did you clean wipe/facotry reset before installing cm?
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I have not. But if I do that that means I lose everything correct and cannot get it back? Or is there a way I can do a restore after I wipe and I get it back? After looking at this question I realize it sounds dumb lol. Also I just did this using a download from clockwork mod and after I did it I looked back at cyanogen mods website and there are more steps involved such as flashing certain files (which was not done because I did not know) I though if I downloaded it from clockwork mod that was the only step I had to take.

staplehead said:
I have not. But if I do that that means I lose everything correct and cannot get it back? Or is there a way I can do a restore after I wipe and I get it back? After looking at this question I realize it sounds dumb lol. Also I just did this using a download from clockwork mod and after I did it I looked back at cyanogen mods website and there are more steps involved such as flashing certain files (which was not done because I did not know) I though if I downloaded it from clockwork mod that was the only step I had to take.
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You have to clean install you can't just flash roms over each other. That was the reason for your bootloop and nope bud you've most likely have to clean install now. That backup should be somewhere if just click restore and it should find your backup?
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Ok that got me to boot tyvm . So am I good to go now? And I just start off new?

staplehead said:
Ok that got me to boot tyvm . So am I good to go now? And I just start off new?
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Yup you have sorry next time make sure to back up try the app titanium backup on the play store to have backups of your apps with data
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ok im up and running now except neither the home button nor the keyboard work. i have googled some results but none of which work .

Which rom did you flash exactly?
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Official stable release for the Verizon gs3 from http://get.cm/?type=stable

staplehead said:
Official stable release for the Verizon gs3 from http://get.cm/?type=stable
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Did you flash gapps?
If not flash these
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
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No sir. You must be VERY frustrated right now with me lol. Could you tell me where I can get the gapps file and how to flash it please. I would really appreciate it.

Ok flashed now everything works... Except the keyboard still .

SUCCESS! I Reflashed everything but between flashing I cleared delvik cache before and after flashes

staplehead said:
SUCCESS! I Reflashed everything but between flashing I cleared delvik cache before and after flashes
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Bingo. Always clear delvik cache and cache when flashing. It's also good to wipe data when upgrading a Rom and a must when going to a different Rom.
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans

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