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REQ: Guide to switch from CM9 4.0 to nightlies

My GF has the NS4G, and currently she's using CM9 4.0, the latest listed on XDA, but I want to get her on the nightlies route, but I really don't want to wipe her phone if I don't have to. I was planning the following, and was wondering if someone could verify that it will or won't work for me.
USB latest nightly to her phone
Boot in to CWM, to a full backup
Wipe dalvik
Flash nightly.
I'm hoping that CM9 4.0 is new enough that I won't have to wipe anything else & all her apps & whatnot will stay. Am I missing something, or should I be good? Thanks!
Oh, I was also thinking of going the ROM Manager Premium route, but I've never had much luck with it. Mostly just looking for advice. Thanks again!

I've had problems in the past with trying to do something regarding from manager and CMR. Most of the times things work correctly though . I have the premium version. I'm not sure, you can take a risk if you want and wipe dalvik cache and flash a nightly but its best to make a nandroid backup of her current rom before you do so. To be honest i don't know if you can do that and not have an issue. Titanium Backup Pro(I don't know if free version can do this) can pull data settings and apps from another nandroid and restore them to the newer build(if you wipe everything after you backup her rom.) So that's another option
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Just got Galaxy S3! New to rooting, ROM, etc....

Hey guys! I just bought the Galaxy S3 and I'm really loving it so far. However, it is my first Android device, so I'm still pretty new to all this rooting, flashing, ROM, etc. All I know is that rooting is similar to jailbreaking in iPhone (which I understand pretty well and use to do all the time) in that it allows you to do things you wouldn't originally been able to do. Because of that, I decided to root my Galaxy S3 following a Youtube video, which turned out really well and was pretty simple. After that, I watched another video to "flash a rom" (I think that's how you say it...) and installed CyanogenMod 10. I wanted Jelly Bean over TouchWiz ICS, so I'm liking it so far. Everything runs smoothly and that Project Butter is uh-mazing! However, I think I've noticed some bugs. For example, the camera's exposure settings don't work and every once in a while, my home button doesn't respond when I'm trying to wake it up from lock! I actually had to pull my battery out yesterday because it wouldn't respond and just froze ...Is there anyway that I can fix this? My Dolphin Browser doesn't play flash anymore too, but that's a little fine with me, since the stock browser is able to. And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
Sorry for making this post so lengthy! I'm just really excited and curious about how all of this works. It's definitely a lot more complex (but a ton more fun and interesting! ) than just jailbreaking an iPhone. I've looked around the forum and have read some 101 Basics, but it's still quite a lot to understand all in one day. Anyways, if anyone can please provide some feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! :laugh:

I was using SynergyRom v1.7 for a few days but was really laggy on my device. Ive since switch over to CleanRom 2.0 SP1 running CleanKernel 1.0, using CWM 6.0.1.0 recovery, and so far seems to be running alot smoother and faster than Synergy. The only problem ive found with it is the Rom comes with the cpu set up to 1.9 Ghz even when I have it set at 1.5 on SetCPU, and if im putting a heavy load on my device, the back gets pretty warm. There is a post I remember seein something about that issue but cant find it.
If you would like to give this ROM a try, you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070

The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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fr8cture said:
The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?

lilaznandyx said:
So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?
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I'm not using cm 10 anymore but try waking it with the power button, I'm currently using paranoid android and don't have the problem and its based off cm10
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lilaznandyx said:
And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
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welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!

pyunny said:
welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?

lilaznandyx said:
Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.

an IMEI is a code unique to your device that allows your phone to be identified by your provider. Without it you won't have a phone signal nor data. You should back it up as it has been reported that rarely users can lose their IMEI upon flashing a rom.
The devs have been hard at work at learning what triggers this to happen and ways we can get rid of the problem altogether but until then, it's wise to backup the IMEI and save the backups in a safe place.

Most have lost their Imei when flashing aosp roms but not all. Some have reported it with touchwiz roms as well.
The are 3different methods to back it up though not 100% .
All are featured in development section.
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lilaznandyx said:
Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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International Mobile Equipment Identity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity

CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070

nighthawk34691 said:
CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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How's the new rom? And if I want to install this new rom, do I just do the same thing I did with CM10 (flash, backup, recovery, etc.)?

fr8cture said:
Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.
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Where is everything backed up to? Like say I want to flash a bunch of roms, and later decide to go back to my stock rom, what do I do?

All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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annoyingduck said:
All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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Ahhh ok. So I'm pretty sure that I did a nandroid backup. So if I want to go back to my old rom, do I just reboot into recovery and click restore or something like that?

That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!

annoyingduck said:
That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!
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Oh ok. But if flash the stock rom, will it wipe my phone clean, or will I stay rooted? And do roms take up a lot of storage? I had quite a lot of free space, but after CM10 I lost about 1-2 gb I think.

Yes, roms do take up alot of storage, so its a good idea to put the zip files on your external sd card to keep your internal as free as possible, especially if you have multiple roms that your playing around with. As far as flashing stock, if you mean restoring your stock rom from a backup in recovery mode, then the answer is yes to staying rooted, and no to wiping it clean. It will be in the same state that your phone was in when you made the backup. However, if you flash on an original stock rom it can unroot you and wipe everything depending on how its flashed in. This method really should only need to be done if a backup was not made of your stock rom, or if you have bricked your device in some manner.

Oh okay. So I should be fine then. Which rom do you recommend for this S3? I'm trying to find one that is really stable and is hopefully jelly bean. I'm looking at CleanRom right now, because I like how it incorporates some touchwiz, but I think it's ICS?
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[Q] n00b seeking help with custom ROM installation

Long time lurker (though I can't say I always understood everything I read), first time poster.
I've had several iPhones in the past and I finally decided to try the other option. I got a Verizon GS3 last November and I couldn't be happier.
However, like many others, I'm looking to get more from my phone. I do like TouchWiz (I have used a Nexus 4 for a week and didn't like the stock android), so I want to stay with about the same UI that I have now. I did some research and found that Synergy is probably the best option for me in terms of getting a bit more from my phone but still staying with (mostly) the same UI. Of course, getting rid of all the annoying Verizon apps is a huge bonus too.
This is what I have done already:
Used this method to root and unlock my bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
Used TWRP to make a full backup of my phone to an external SD card
Used Titanium Backup to make a full backup of my apps to an external SD card
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
What kind of wipe should I perform before I flash to Synergy? Should I take my SD card out for the wipe or leave it in? Do I even need to wipe?
Can I install the ROM from ROM Manager or should I always use recovery mode and TWRP?
Is it recommended to just restore my Titanium full backup after the wipe? Should I have backed up everything except verizon apps if I don't want these? Should I just restore those apps where I want my old data (like game progress)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have learned a lot from these forums but I feel I need a bit more clarifications before I proceed with a task that may be damaging for my device.

Slartibartfast_ said:
Long time lurker (though I can't say I always understood everything I read), first time poster.
I've had several iPhones in the past and I finally decided to try the other option. I got a Verizon GS3 last November and I couldn't be happier.
However, like many others, I'm looking to get more from my phone. I do like TouchWiz (I have used a Nexus 4 for a week and didn't like the stock android), so I want to stay with about the same UI that I have now. I did some research and found that Synergy is probably the best option for me in terms of getting a bit more from my phone but still staying with (mostly) the same UI. Of course, getting rid of all the annoying Verizon apps is a huge bonus too.
This is what I have done already:
Used this method to root and unlock my bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
Used TWRP to make a full backup of my phone to an external SD card
Used Titanium Backup to make a full backup of my apps to an external SD card
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
What kind of wipe should I perform before I flash to Synergy? Should I take my SD card out for the wipe or leave it in? Do I even need to wipe?
Can I install the ROM from ROM Manager or should I always use recovery mode and TWRP?
Is it recommended to just restore my Titanium full backup after the wipe? Should I have backed up everything except verizon apps if I don't want these? Should I just restore those apps where I want my old data (like game progress)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have learned a lot from these forums but I feel I need a bit more clarifications before I proceed with a task that may be damaging for my device.
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1 - You can roll back to MB1, or flash a kernel that supports the camera w/MF1. The camera not working seems to be the primary issue. I know Ktoonsez kernel works as do a couple of others.
2 - Wipe system, cache and Dalvik. You don't need to do anything with your card.
3 - At least the first time, I'd recommend using TWRP in recovery mode to flash your new ROM. Someone else may have a different opinion, but you'll already be in TWRP to wipe everything.
4 - Different people have different experiences with TiBU. Most would recommend not restoring system data, but apps(non-system) and app. data is usually okay.

lvgdgts said:
1 - You can roll back to MB1, or flash a kernel that supports the camera w/MF1. The camera not working seems to be the primary issue. I know Ktoonsez kernel works as do a couple of others.
2 - Wipe system, cache and Dalvik. You don't need to do anything with your card.
3 - At least the first time, I'd recommend using TWRP in recovery mode to flash your new ROM. Someone else may have a different opinion, but you'll already be in TWRP to wipe everything.
4 - Different people have different experiences with TiBU. Most would recommend not restoring system data, but apps(non-system) and app. data is usually okay.
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I appreciate your detailed response!
I'm probably going to attempt this tomorrow. Will report back with what my results. It looks like BoneStock might be another good option for me + save me the kernel replacement or firmware flash. I have some reading to do now

Slartibartfast_ said:
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
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Just to add onto lvgdgts' post: files ending with ".zip" are flashed in recovery, files ending with ".tar" or ".tar.md5" are flashed via Odin.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Just to add onto lvgdgts' post: files ending with ".zip" are flashed in recovery, files ending with ".tar" or ".tar.md5" are flashed via Odin.
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Thanks!

I decided to go with BoneStock 3.1. Whole process took less than half an hour. Used TWRP manager to wipe+install the ROM. Restore from Titanium restored 95% of my stuff, only needed to manually restore my text messages.
Thanks for the help!

[Q] Wondering what to expect by an overwrite of a ROM?

I was tinkering with my TF101 and sort of accidentally (lol) overwrote my installation of Timduru's KatKiss-4.3.1_029.zip with his KatKiss-4.4.2_016.zip without wiping anything before doing so. (Actually didn't have any data to speak of - as I formatted and wiped in proper fashion on the install of KatKiss-4.3.1_029), and it hadn't been run for more than a couple of days.
I've developed a severe addition to ROM experimentation, and so may install and backup every few days it seems. Don't have a nickname for that habit yet, but I sense that they are many similar addicts around this site.
What I would like to know, since all seems, at least to this n00b, to be just fine - what "might" happen w/ my TF101 since the overwrite of a newer ROM?​
Staying put, until I hear from a forum guru, or at least anyone with more experience than me (and that will include most all members).
Thanks,
Cal

If you overwrite a ROM with a different one (different android version, or by a different developer) you may run into issues where it will not boot, or it may run poorly, random reboots, sleep o death.
When changing ROMs it is HIGHLY recommended to wipe the system, caches and the data partition (wiping data is not the same as FORMAT DATA in TWRP). There are some system settings stored in the /data/ partition that may conflict with different ROMs.
Most of TimDuru's KatKiss ROMs you can forward flash (even to new versions of Android) but you CANNOT go backwards. I flashed from 4.2.2 to 4.3 without wiping data and had no issues. However, if you tried to flash from 4.3 to 4.2.2 without wiping data, it will not boot until you wipe the data partition.
I have not tried this with the 4.4 version of his ROM (I am still on 4.3 for now.)
Oh, and yes, the addiction is called CrackFlashing.
Always ALWAYS make a backup in TWRP before flashing a new ROM or even an upgrade to the current ROM. If you want to go back to 4.3, make a backup and then use Titanium Backup Pro version to extract any apps and data from the 4.4 version and restore to 4.3. Do not restore any system settings or apps.

frederuco said:
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When changing ROMs it is HIGHLY recommended to wipe the system, caches and the data partition (wiping data is not the same as FORMAT DATA in TWRP). There are some system settings stored in the /data/ partition that may conflict with different ROMs.
Most of TimDuru's KatKiss ROMs you can forward flash (even to new versions of Android) but you CANNOT go backwards. I flashed from 4.2.2 to 4.3 without wiping data and had no issues. However, if you tried to flash from 4.3 to 4.2.2 without wiping data, it will not boot until you wipe the data partition.
Oh, and yes, the addiction is called CrackFlashing.
Always ALWAYS make a backup in TWRP before flashing a new ROM or even an upgrade to the current ROM. <some stuff snipped>
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Ahh...then the addiction is obviously not curable unless one destroys the tablet, BUT the new ROM may be just fine as is, I take it. That was what I was hoping to hear.
Thanks, and any idea when a new experimental ROM will come from Tim? Just felt a slight twitch. I've tried the other team's creations and seem to only feel really satisfied with Kits - (guess 'CrackFlashing' addiction picks a really hard one to withdraw from).
Many thanks!
Cal

Cal-123 said:
Ahh...then the addiction is obviously not curable unless one destroys the tablet, BUT the new ROM may be just fine as is, I take it. That was what I was hoping to hear.
Thanks, and any idea when a new experimental ROM will come from Tim? Just felt a slight twitch. I've tried the other team's creations and seem to only feel really satisfied with Kits - (guess 'CrackFlashing' addiction picks a really hard one to withdraw from).
Many thanks!
Cal
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I think it will be a while until timduru starts to work in a experimental rom , since there is no Android 5 yet.
But Tim has marked katkiss as stable and for my daily use it is. But you could try 4.4.2.

schwigi said:
I think it will be a while until timduru starts to work in a experimental rom , since there is no Android 5 yet.
But Tim has marked katkiss as stable and for my daily use it is. But you could try 4.4.2.
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Read the original post again -- I've been on the 4.4.2_16 forever now it seems!! The urge to try something new is over-bearing! :silly: :victory:

Ah-Ha! I see that Tim's put up a new 'stable' one. KK 4.4.2_17! Yeah!! This should be a super easy fix for the 'crack-itis' I have developed...as I will overwrite this one also.

[Q] Phone is incredibly slow after re-flashing CM 11

I don't know if I missed a step or not, but every app and settings screen now takes about 20-30 seconds to open, booting takes 3-5 minutes. The phone is set up with the same ROM, kernel, apps, etc. as a few weeks ago when it was running super-fast.
I reflashed this version of CM 11 which had worked perfectly for me for about a month (this is a Samsung Galaxy Blaze S 4G):
cm-11-20150119-NIGHTLY-t769.zip
I was downgrading back to that after trying a nightly that made staticky lines all over my phone and made it lock up constantly...
When I reflashed, here's what I did (after backing up with TiBu):
In recovery I wiped to factory
Cleared the cache and Dalvik cache
Formatted /system and /data
Flashed the zip of CM 11 from my external SD
Flashed the zip of GaPPs from the external SD
Rebooted
Rebooted fine, I installed TiBu and Link2SD and started restoring apps/moving to 2nd SD card partition.
The phone is much much slower than stock. I don't know what the difference is... can someone please give me a checklist to try or tell me what I might have done wrong in the re-flashing process?

kanjigirl said:
I don't know if I missed a step or not, but every app and settings screen now takes about 20-30 seconds to open, booting takes 3-5 minutes. The phone is set up with the same ROM, kernel, apps, etc. as a few weeks ago when it was running super-fast.
I reflashed this version of CM 11 which had worked perfectly for me for about a month (this is a Samsung Galaxy Blaze S 4G):
cm-11-20150119-NIGHTLY-t769.zip
I was downgrading back to that after trying a nightly that made staticky lines all over my phone and made it lock up constantly...
When I reflashed, here's what I did (after backing up with TiBu):
In recovery I wiped to factory
Cleared the cache and Dalvik cache
Formatted /system and /data
Flashed the zip of CM 11 from my external SD
Flashed the zip of GaPPs from the external SD
Rebooted
Rebooted fine, I installed TiBu and Link2SD and started restoring apps/moving to 2nd SD card partition.
The phone is much much slower than stock. I don't know what the difference is... can someone please give me a checklist to try or tell me what I might have done wrong in the re-flashing process?
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Hi
There are newer versions of CM11 t769 up already.
You should wipe cache and dalvik after restoring your apps. If it doesn't help, make a clean installation of cm and try if the speed is better. Restoring apps via Titanium Backup while using Link2SD can easily cause errors. May be you have reinstall apps without restore. Also new partitioning of your sd card could help.

LS.xD said:
Hi
There are newer versions of CM11 t769 up already.
You should wipe cache and dalvik after restoring your apps. If it doesn't help, make a clean installation of cm and try if the speed is better. Restoring apps via Titanium Backup while using Link2SD can easily cause errors. May be you have reinstall apps without restore. Also new partitioning of your sd card could help.
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How do I choose a version of CM to use?? This is new to me, just rooted for the first time last month. I don't know how to choose... I was using that one I mentioned above for a month with zero issues, then upgraded to a new nightly, but had to downgrade back due to problems and that was where my issue here started...
I did wipe cache and Dalvik after restoring my apps, and I did repartition my SD card as Link2SD wasn't working for me after reflashing (I got a new beta version of Link2SD from the developer that worked perfectly).

kanjigirl said:
How do I choose a version of CM to use?? This is new to me, just rooted for the first time last month. I don't know how to choose... I was using that one I mentioned above for a month with zero issues, then upgraded to a new nightly, but had to downgrade back due to problems and that was where my issue here started...
I did wipe cache and Dalvik after restoring my apps, and I did repartition my SD card as Link2SD wasn't working for me after reflashing (I got a new beta version of Link2SD from the developer that worked perfectly).
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The CM11 builds are sorted by date. Newest build CLICK HERE are always on the top. Latest is 02/23. Keep in mind that CM is still under develpoment and may not run stable.

LS.xD said:
The CM11 builds are sorted by date. Newest build CLICK HERE are always on the top. Latest is 02/23. Keep in mind that CM is still under develpoment and may not run stable.
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Should I pick the newest build then, and reflash with that? I see there's a stable one for CM 10 for my phone, but it's from 2012...
Should I go with something other than CM? I'm just confused at this point. I like Kitkat and would like to stay with that if feasible (my stock phone was ICS).

kanjigirl said:
Should I pick the newest build then, and reflash with that? I see there's a stable one for CM 10 for my phone, but it's from 2012...
Should I go with something other than CM? I'm just confused at this point. I like Kitkat and would like to stay with that if feasible (my stock phone was ICS).
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I haven't tested the builds as i don't have the phone, its usefull to read the CM11 thread for your phone to check out bugs. You can try newer builds, but theres no guarantee that everything works. All in all you should go for newer versions from time to time

LS.xD said:
I haven't tested the builds as i don't have the phone, its usefull to read the CM11 thread for your phone to check out bugs. You can try newer builds, but theres no guarantee that everything works. All in all you should go for newer versions from time to time
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Hmm. My build was stable, I upgraded to a new one, and my phone stopped working. Going back isn't working either.
CM 10.0 is listed as a stable release, I'm wondering if that would be better (i.e. less time spent wiping and reflashing repeatedly) than a new nightly for CM 11?

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Hmm. My build was stable, I upgraded to a new one, and my phone stopped working. Going back isn't working either.
CM 10.0 is listed as a stable release, I'm wondering if that would be better (i.e. less time spent wiping and reflashing repeatedly) than a new nightly for CM 11?
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CM10 = Android 4.1.2
CM10.1 = Android 4.2.2
CM10.2 = Android 4.3.1
CM11 = Android 4.4.4
CM12 = Android 5.0.2
CM10 means you have NO bugs, everything runs stable at the cost that you have a really old rom. If you don't like maintain your phone continuisly its a good choice. I really like trying new stuff, so i flash nearly every new build of used roms / kernels for my phones. So I would stay at CM11. But thats just my personal opinion. By the way you don't need to create backups with Titanium Backup all the time. Just make a backup with your recovery. After installing a new rom, use Titanium Backup with the option "Extract from nandroid backup" to restore your apps. On previous phones I also used tools like Link2SD or Int2Ext, but after some time it always caused problems and never ran 100% stable and fast, so think about if you really need it.

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CM10 = Android 4.1.2
CM10.1 = Android 4.2.2
CM10.2 = Android 4.3.1
CM11 = Android 4.4.4
CM12 = Android 5.0.2
CM10 means you have NO bugs, everything runs stable at the cost that you have a really old rom. If you don't like maintain your phone continuisly its a good choice. I really like trying new stuff, so i flash nearly every new build of used roms / kernels for my phones. So I would stay at CM11. But thats just my personal opinion. By the way you don't need to create backups with Titanium Backup all the time. Just make a backup with your recovery. After installing a new rom, use Titanium Backup with the option "Extract from nandroid backup" to restore your apps. On previous phones I also used tools like Link2SD or Int2Ext, but after some time it always caused problems and never ran 100% stable and fast, so think about if you really need it.
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Ack. Well... I like Kitkat a lot. I might get the latest CM11 nightly and new GAPPS and try that first.
I have so little memory, kept running out of space and that's why I use Link2SD. But thanks for the advice on TiBu, I did make a Nandroid backup last night from CWM.

kanjigirl said:
Ack. Well... I like Kitkat a lot. I might get the latest CM11 nightly and new GAPPS and try that first.
I have so little memory, kept running out of space and that's why I use Link2SD. But thanks for the advice on TiBu, I did make a Nandroid backup last night from CWM.
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PA GApps are quite good and still up-to-date. Use "PICO" to save some space.

LS.xD said:
PA GApps are quite good and still up-to-date. Use "PICO" to save some space.
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That looks great, thanks very much!
I'll post back here once I get my phone straightened out in the next couple of days to say what happened, in case it helps someone later.

Possibly stupid question - do I need to do anything with the kernel or pit if I'm just installing a new ROM? That was only for rooting, right?

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Possibly stupid question - do I need to do anything with the kernel or pit if I'm just installing a new ROM? That was only for rooting, right?
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Kernel is always included in the new "rom". So everytime you flash a rom, you automatically flash the kernel with it. PIT is the partition table of the phones partition. As long its not clearly necessary, DON'T ever change it!

Got it, thank you for your help!

So last night I wiped the phone and flashed the latest CM 11 (from yesterday) and the Pico package from PA-GApps. The phone is now super-fast again. I restored a few key apps to try out for the next day or so before restoring the rest, but so far so good, everything is back to normal. Thank you so much for the help.

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So last night I wiped the phone and flashed the latest CM 11 (from yesterday) and the Pico package from PA-GApps. The phone is now super-fast again. I restored a few key apps to try out for the next day or so before restoring the rest, but so far so good, everything is back to normal. Thank you so much for the help.
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Sounds great

Quick question - if this thread is still open. The phone's been fine since I flashed CM 11 and Pico GApps, until this morning, when it now does 'Android is Upgrading' every time I boot and every user app crashes as soon as it's opened. I have all auto-syncs and auto-updates disabled, and haven't added any user apps to the phone since Wednesday.
Do I need to flash again, and then have to go through the restore process all over? Or could it be an app causing this? I'm not sure where to look for a source of the problem.