came from epic 4g touch due to lack of JB with decent battery life, have been running stock locked NS4G for about a week and a half. Now that I know I'm okay with stock and can return to it if custom ROM silliness ensues, I am going to start flashing, a couple questions first.
No SD card caught me by surprise. Is it necessary to move pics/music off, will those get wiped too? Or does that only happen when unlocking? I have no app data that I'm worried about, just don't want to have to move music/pics on/off the internal SD over and over again.
Most E4GT JB roms required flashing back to GB, getting a GPS lock, then flashing JB, or GPS wouldn't work. Are there any things like that to deal with? Not referring to cache and dalvik wipes, I'm comfortable with those. That said, will those wipe the music/pic files too? It has been at least 8 years since I've had a phone w/o and ext card, still getting my head around the implications.
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There are no implications. The nexus S has an internal sd card. It acts the same as an external sd card with the exception of not being replaceable. Wiping data only wipes rom data and not internal sd card data.
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When u unlock your boot loader, it will wipe your internal SD card. So I would back up what u wanna keep on your computer. After that u don't have to worry about it.
What rustyjay said. You'll have to move stuff off & back to sd once and gps not an issue. & when you wipe between flashing, wipe data, cache & dalvik. This is proper & will not wipe sd.
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Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
If it's not broken now, it's probably fine. If you run into problems though, do the wipe.
As for the SD, I use a Linux boot CD (Ubuntu Installer CD) to partition and copy the SD contents. I just used 2 SD readers and copied directly between the cards. It worked very well for me and the phone didn't know the difference. Doing a nand+ext, partitioning the new card, then restoring would likely work for apps and such, but /sdcard (the FAT32 partition) won't be restored. You can use just about anything to copy that partition though.
thanks man. gonna go get new microSD today. I hear sandisk is best quality for accuracy in class claims. any other suggestions? people always tell me microSD's over ebay from generic manufacturers in china rarely match their advertised class ranking. Any one agree that notion?
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Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
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Holy crap.. it worked! Thanks for posting that you tried it w/success. I just flashed Super D's 1.10.3 w/out any issue.
Now to mess around with Super D for the 1st time
remind me how this is android development
Well part of developing is finding out different ways to do things, so he found a compatibility. Good enough?
Flashin cyan over superD isnt suprising since its basically a themed rom to flash over the rooted defanged roms
Same TREE branch
in theory any rom based off Cyanogen's git tree would flash over CM just fine
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shawndaivari said:
Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
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The best way for me is to turn off the phone, put new SD in and if your have RA-amon's recovery you can partition with that, and then toggle USB. Plug your old SD into your computer with SD-reader or the like, I use a USB-reader. Then you copy old SD to new. Remember once you partition your card it becomes the life of your phone, your apps are stored in your partition. So' everthing that was on the old card needs to copied to the new one or your going to have problems. Nandroid backs up your rom state, not your SD. As for SD's I would go with kingston, I've tried quite a few and kingston's have never let me down. Trust me I've been with this root thing from the beginning, when we rooted through Telnet and partition from console in recovery and ADB. I've root over 20 phones. I just rooted my moms Samsung Moment. Follow instuctions and you don't have problems. I would'nt make a habit of flashing without a wipe, I wipe data, dalvik and ext, just to be safe. Use Backup for root users, and then you can restore on your new rom, so you don't have to go through installing all your apps.
shawndaivari said:
Hey guys,
Seeing how cyanogenmod and Super D kinda use the same guts to an extent, I flashed Super D 1.10.* over Cyanogenmod 4.1.15.1 without a wipe and it's running fine. Is this something I'm going to regret later and should wipe and reflash, or is it a non issue?
Also I'm looking to upgrade to a larger (posibly faster) microSD card. What is the best way of doing this without losing any data/apps? Would it be nand+ext backup from recovery, then partition new microSD same way, and drag over nand+ext file and restore? Or is it going to be a two step process, of partitioning and reflashing new microSD, and using a third party app like mybackup to restore apps?
thanks
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wait wait wait...your tellin' me...we can flash superD over cyanogen without doin; the whole partition thing!...without any problems? or do i have to do all that before?...
Plz help guys: i've got an inspire 4g & was using the 8g card provided with the device but bought i 16g. I don't have my laptop now so i had to save a few files to internal sd, pop the 16g & copy the files to the card, put the 8g back in, copied some more & did it all again. W/O a cpu i didn't know how else to do it. I used CM7, Absolution, MIUI, VU & never formatted or partitioned my card but i want to on this 16g card, i want ext4 but have no clue how to go about it. Should i have done that before i copied all my data from my 8g to 16? Can someone plz do me the favor of helping me out and/or explain what fomatting does & how tr partition. I will transfer my data the slow way again using root explorer if i have to, i just want ext 4 or is it really necessary? Alot of ROMS are going to it even tho it's a little overkill for a phone. Thanks for any help friends :']
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Plz help guys: i've got an inspire 4g & was using the 8g card provided with the device but bought i 16g. I don't have my laptop now so i had to save a few files to internal sd, pop the 16g & copy the files to the card, put the 8g back in, copied some more & did it all again. W/O a cpu i didn't know how else to do it. I used CM7, Absolution, MIUI, VU & never formatted or partitioned my card but i want to on this 16g card, i want ext4 but have no clue how to go about it. Should i have done that before i copied all my data from my 8g to 16? Can someone plz do me the favor of helping me out and/or explain what fomatting does & how tr partition. I will transfer my data the slow way again using root explorer if i have to, i just want ext 4 or is it really necessary? Alot of ROMS are going to it even tho it's a little overkill for a phone. Thanks for any help friends :']
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geez thats dedication lol! As for going to EXT4, I don't believe it's necessary for all roms, many support both EXT4 and EXT3. I know it used to be a widely covered thing in the changelogs and OPs of ROM threads but lately they've been vanishing. This next bit you must understand is typically what I do before flashing a ROM and I don't believe it touches anything on your SD card but just be cautious if you have anything you really need on the SD card when doing this. I know ARHD's superwipe (found in the ARHD thread) will format everything to EXT4. There is also a full wipe 1.5 (search full wipe 1.5 and you should find the thread) that also formats you to EXT4..Again, be aware this will wipe your phone, I don't think your SD card but will wipe phone and require the flashing of a ROM afterwards. There is probably an easier way to do it but like I said I use the full wipe 1.5 before full wiping and flashing a new rom so my stuff is always EXT 4. hope that helps!
Thank u so much so using the superwipe 1.5 i shouldn't lose anything on my sd card? And i've got a good backup of my ROM if it does wipe my phone so i can just restore my backup, right? But i've also read that partitioning will wipe the sd, is that correct? I've got a junk 1g card i'm tempted to test it out on so i can see what happens in the process. Thank u buddy
Ok, so if do i have to do anything to go to ext4 or will i automatically be using ext4 file system if the ROM I'm flashing is ext4?
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Thank u so much so using the superwipe 1.5 i shouldn't lose anything on my sd card? And i've got a good backup of my ROM if it does wipe my phone so i can just restore my backup, right? But i've also read that partitioning will wipe the sd, is that correct? I've got a junk 1g card i'm tempted to test it out on so i can see what happens in the process. Thank u buddy
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The 1.5 full wipe will wipe the entire phone, it's not the end all wipe you should use when full wiping but it will give you the EXT4 formatting that you want. I use the 1.5 full wipe then I wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and battery stats before I flash a new rom. In principle, yeah everything on your SD card should be safe since I typically delete everything but my photos and back-ups off my SD card before wiping and it's all there afterwards so you should be safe in that regard. I don't goof around with partitions though so someone else who is more comfortable it going to have to chime in here.
Do not do a factory reset with this ROM, unless you want to lose all the data on your SD card.
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I wouldn't really go blaming them right away. Did you select the factory reset option from the rom itself or from in recovery? Its never a good idea to select factory reset or upgrade from with in the rom if you are rooted. It will just mess everything up. Most sense roms you flash will have those options, just do not use them.
Always do your wiping and resets from with in recovery before flashing a new rom.
If you lost everything on your SD card and haven't done anything else to it yet, look online for some programs that will help you recovery your lost data. Sometimes they work sometimes they don't.
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Most likely this happened because that ROM recognizes the sd card as an internal storage and not as an external sd card. So a factory reset would erase the internal storage. Something to remember on those phones that have 16/32GB of storage built in.
Alrighty
Noted. Thanks Will notify my phonemates
Recently i have decided to change roms due to slight stability issues (i need a more stable rom for medical reasons), i decided to opt for JediX14, it looks nice, seems to have everything i would like in a rom and from what reviews ive read, seems like a near perfect rom.
However, I have tried repeatedly to install this Rom, using both Team Win and the Clockwork Mod Recoveries. Every time i install the rom, regardless of wether i select to switch the internal memory and SD card or not. When i check the storage, internal memory is always 0.00B
I'm currently working my way through the (nearly 700 pages) of replies from the JediX14 thread.
Using the search option, i've only found solutions for other mobiles.
My SD Card is currently FAT32, 32GB
Here are my exact steps i take, im typing this as i flash again, so i don't miss any important information, right now:
Reboot into recovery.
Factory Reset.
Wipe Internal Storage.
Wipe System.
Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Wipe Cache.
Install JediX14_Full.zip from SD card.
Wipe Dalvik Cache (again).
Fix Permissions.
Boot and leave for quater of an hour or so...
Re-boot.
If i run a restore via TWRP, my internal memory shows as normal (a little over 10 GB free).
How can i fix this?
Any help is very much appreciated, thanks in advance, again, thank you!.
Try to format it from the settings.
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Recently i have decided to change roms due to slight stability issues (i need a more stable rom for medical reasons), i decided to opt for JediX14, it looks nice, seems to have everything i would like in a rom and from what reviews ive read, seems like a near perfect rom.
However, I have tried repeatedly to install this Rom, using both Team Win and the Clockwork Mod Recoveries. Every time i install the rom, regardless of wether i select to switch the internal memory and SD card or not. When i check the storage, internal memory is always 0.00B
I'm currently working my way through the (nearly 700 pages) of replies from the JediX14 thread.
Using the search option, i've only found solutions for other mobiles.
My SD Card is currently FAT32, 32GB
Here are my exact steps i take, im typing this as i flash again, so i don't miss any important information, right now:
Reboot into recovery.
Factory Reset.
Wipe Internal Storage.
Wipe System.
Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Wipe Cache.
Install JediX14_Full.zip from SD card.
Wipe Dalvik Cache (again).
Fix Permissions.
Boot and leave for quater of an hour or so...
Re-boot.
If i run a restore via TWRP, my internal memory shows as normal (a little over 10 GB free).
How can i fix this?
Any help is very much appreciated, thanks in advance, again, thank you!.
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I have a SCH-R530U US Cellular GS3 running on JB 4.2.2 with AOKP's mr1 build 5.
Kernel: 3.0.67-aokp-00038-g5a02406
I'm bored of this ROM and want to try Liquid Smooth for the features and hopeful battery life extension. I have been trying to get my phone back to stock EVERYTHING every couple weeks for the last few months now, and have not found any stock rom/kernel files that do anything other then brick my device into a hard boot loop. I have a NANDROID backup, so all is not lost, but I'm just so sick of not being able to find ONE file that will give me stock kernel and stock ROM so I can try a new ROM with new features and speed. I would flash LS over the AOKP build, I just haven't found any info on whether or not the ROM is compatible with my kernel, or if that's even an factor and Iv freaked out too many times over thinking my phone was F$*!ed to be that ballsy in trying something without having exact instructions or some sort of literature/video. So Id rather be safe then sorry and start completely fresh.
Also to get rid of all the non-sense i have on my phone from flashing tons of files to get rid of AOKP, and not knowing how to delete them.
The other issue. My SD card isn't recognized by anything. I cant move apps to my SD card with any app out there, the file is emulated and what i think happened was somehow, I ended up with two SD card files, and they have mixed files in them. So being as newb as I am, idk what files i need to keep in order for proper functioning of my phone and which I can delete, so i can move apps to the SD card and pictures and all that stuff to free up space on my phone. Im more then willing to delete everything on the card, but that wont fix my unorganized internal file clusterf$!*#.
Iv seriously being looking for months, downloaded ADB toolkit to try and get stock back that way, but just another boot loop.
TL;DR
1. Need stock ROM/kernel files for my version that will actually work and not bootloop me.
2. Can any ROM be flashed over any kernel, or are there restrictions with specific ones?
3. How can I fix my SD card problem (not recognizable by any App2SD app; literally none -says my SD card is emulated), with messed up internal files?
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Through your recovery do a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik) Sounds like you want to wipe your internsl sd too? Depending on where you keep your info you can wipe your internal SD but it's not necessary.
When you flash a ROM it will come with it's own kernel so you don't have to worry if a ROM is compatible with your kernel. Just make sure you flash a ROM that is compatible with US Cellular.
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Thank you for your reply, honestly.
I vaguely remember doing a full wipe (system, cache, delvik, and data) and it not fixing the issue. But, I will try again. I'm more concerned about my SD card issue and all the messed up files. Will wiping all this fix that? Using ES explorer, I have about six /0 files... Idk if you know much about that, but from what I've learned, within that ONE /0 file, there should be storage for my SD card (data/media) and of course, there's nothing there. So, do you think or do you know that doing a full system wipe will remedy the problems? No tone intended, not trying to be a jerk, simple curious for the future.
Just format the SD card. Wipe everything off if your comfortable with losing the info. You can save important stuff top your CPU if necessary.
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Won't formatting the SD card just erase everything anyway? This would fix my "corrupt" file issue though, correct? The multiple files and unoraginzation?
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Yes formatting it will completely wipe it.
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And that's something I can do through my recovery, yes?
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I'm using TWRP and it can be done though recovery.. wipe > advanced > check sd card
Just backup anything you want to save
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Will responded with results later tonight. This stuff always scares me... Gatta risk it for the biscuit though.
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