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[Q] ROM Flashing Question

Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?

Signature Beats said:
Okay, So I have a Galaxy S III for VZW(SCH-I535) and I was wanting to flash a ROM but I do not know how. I read guides but I really don't wanna ruin my phone. Is there any ROMs that I can use with Odin that would be easier. I want to use the Latest Liquid Smooth ROM. Is there any way I can do this easily WITHOUT worrying about screwing up my phone?
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no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.

Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
no way to do this without rooting and unlocking your bootloader. which if you use casual, is fairly fool proof.
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I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.

Signature Beats said:
I did that already. I have root and Teamwin Recovery.
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Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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joshua5683 said:
Go and flash your ROMs now, you're good to go. You won't regret Liquid Smooth, it's my favorite SGS3 ROM and I've flashed almost all of them.
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How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.

Make sure you backup your imei.
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bobAbooE said:
Make sure you backup your imei.
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I did a nandroid backup.

@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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Signature Beats said:
How do I do this without screwing up? Can you make a step by step guide? I cannot seem to find one. And if at all possible please make it simple. Thank you.
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That's not really necessary it's very easy. To flash roms you flash zip files, then your recovery does the work to copy all the files in that zip to the correct place, then when you reboot you have your ROM. So for liquid smooth here is my tutorial: 1. Download Liquidsmooth, the download link is in the OP of the LS thread, also download Google apps, you'll see download links for that in the LS thread, it's something you need for AOSP ROMs. 2. Both will download as a zip file, don't extract it and copy the 2 zips to your phone's SD. 3. Boot into recovery, select Wipe and choose the options data, system, cache, and dalvik. You will always check these 4 before flashing any ROM. No more and no less. 5. Choose the flash option, in the file manager find your liquid smooth zip, confirm flash, and let it finish. You are now on liquid smooth hooray but you are not done. 6. Since you're on AOSP you do not have Google apps which you need or you won't have a play store app. So now flash the Google apps zip the same way you flashed liquid smooth. Now reboot and voila. That is how you flash any ROM. But for touch wiz ROMs you do not flash Google apps.
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Signature Beats said:
I did a nandroid backup.
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Your imei is different and you should back it up. It's easy to do and it really sucks when you lose it without a backup.
edfunkycold said:
@Signature Beats Here this thread has videos on everything you should watch them several times and read as much as you can on anything that you are trying to do. Until you feel comfortable knowing that you can do it without the guide and comfortable on your personal knowledge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41823572
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Dang I wouldn't have posted that huge thing if I knew this was gonna come up lol
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@jmxc23, I know that. I am just new to flashing in general. It has been a while since I did it on the GalaxyTab 7 with GB. Plus, I am not used to Teamwin just yt but am getting the hang of it. Also how do I back up my imei?

Signature Beats said:
Also how do I back up my imei?
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Download terminal emulator off the play store, open it and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
wait for it to finish and that's it
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@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?

Signature Beats said:
@joshua5683, Okay did that. Now Do I wipe system, dalvik cache, cache and data? or can system be ignored?
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Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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joshua5683 said:
Yup those 4. I think the ROM will wipe system for you but I like to wipe it anyway. Make sure you don't accidentally select "internal storage" cause that will wipe your SD card. Then after that you'll have nothing installed and that's when you install your ROM. Don't forget to install the gapps zip too after.
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So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?

Signature Beats said:
So I wipe Dalvik, cache and data AND system, correct? Then install ROM from SD card then Gapps after that? in that order?
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Correct
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@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.

Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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chris_marsh said:
Looks like gapps issue. try other gapps packages or different ROM maybe
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Which ROM do you recommend?

Signature Beats said:
@joshua5683, Okay, I did that. Still having the same issue with the keyboard not working and voice search not working and browser not working.
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What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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joshua5683 said:
What was the name of the gapps zip you installed? It should be called "gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip" you might have gotten a bad download with your ROM or your gapps or both. You can check the md5 to see if it matches. It if doesn't match you have a bad download.
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I used the same Gapps as posted in the Liquidsmooth post.

After Root

OK yesterday I rooted my nexus 5 using chain fire. I then installed the ROM manger app to install CWM. Does this mean I can now flash ROMs or zip files (eg. Beats audio) straight away or am I missing steps.
Sorry and thank you in advanced
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You need to head to CWM recovery and then flash the rom.zip files...
Make sure you do a complete wipe before installing a new rom...

dec1153 said:
OK yesterday I rooted my nexus 5 using chain fire. I then installed the ROM manger app to install CWM. Does this mean I can now flash ROMs or zip files (eg. Beats audio) straight away or am I missing steps.
Sorry and thank you in advanced
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Dude, uninstall Rom Manager asap and never use it again, this has always been a terrible app and now its real terrible. Flash a custom recovery with Flashify (Play) or in fastboot (fastboot flash recovery namerecovery.img). Rom Manger is not a solution but a problem.

Sorry I don't understand!!! I have been using CWM for a very long time. I am just asking now that I am able to flash ROMs?
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dec1153 said:
Sorry I don't understand!!! I have been using CWM for a very long time. I am just asking now that I am able to flash ROMs?
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Rom Manager is unstable and buggy mate, if you have a working recovery then you`re lucky. Make sure to backup your current rom before you start flashing and backup your EFS folder and store it on the PC to be sure.

gee2012 said:
Rom Manager is unstable and buggy mate, if you have a working recovery then you`re lucky. Make sure to backup your current rom before you start flashing and backup your EFS folder and store it on the PC to be sure.
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I have done a nandroid backup through CWM which functiond fine. Thanks anyways. One question, after root my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on while rooted because I heard people are getting bootloops when they do this.
Thanks

dec1153 said:
I have done a nandroid backup through CWM which functiond fine. Thanks anyways. One question, after root my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on while rooted because I heard people are getting bootloops when they do this.
Thanks
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ART is still experimental atm and some apps are not optimized for it yet. That can cause bootloops in some cases. If that should happen restore the backup.

dec1153 said:
... Thanks anyways...
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Dude, @gee2012 is just trying to help, and is right about RM. I used it back in the day on my Nexus One running CM before there were any alternatives. Over time, RM got wonkier and wonkier, ending up an app that is best avoided. I recommend that you take the advice of a recognized contributer, and don't continue to be loyal to a has-been app that could bork your system.
PS. Welcome to the forum!

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Dude, @gee2012 is just trying to help, and is right about RM. I used it back in the day on my Nexus One running CM before there were any alternatives. Over time, RM got wonkier and wonkier, ending up an app that is best avoided. I recommend that you take the advice of a recognized contributer, and don't continue to be loyal to a has-been app that could bork your system.
PS. Welcome to the forum!
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Hi I only used ROM manger to install CWM. I don't plan to use it for anything else. I plan to boot into CWM and flash a .zip from there. Is this not safe?

dec1153 said:
Hi I only used ROM manger to install CWM. I don't plan to use it for anything else. I plan to boot into CWM and flash a .zip from there. Is this not safe?
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Sure it is. I was talking about Rom Manager, please don`t ever use it again. Just for your sake mate.

Everything said about Rom Manager is 100% correct; it's long been known to brick some phones, due to the recovery files it lists not being compatible with a lot of devices (and poorly defined).
Great advice, @PhilipTD and @gee2012.

Haha OK. I just like CWM so I used it to install it. How do I boot into CWM without using the app? So I can delete ROM manger after

dec1153 said:
... my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on...
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Further to @gee2012's response, rather than switch to ART, and thereby forego the use of Xposed, check out the optimized Dalvik library.

dec1153 said:
Haha OK. I just like CWM so I used it to install it. How do I boot into CWM without using the app? So I can delete ROM manger after
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Download it from here https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and flash in fastboot or with Flashify (Google Play.)

PhilipTD said:
Further to @gee2012's response, rather than switch to ART, and thereby forego the use of Xposed, check out the optimized Dalvik library.
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I don't need closed framework. So uninstalling and then switching ART should work? I'm scared it will go into a bootloop!

You might like Philz, btw. (With a nod to @rootSU)

dec1153 said:
I don't need closed framework. So uninstalling and then switching ART should work? I'm scared it will go into a bootloop!
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You might want to read the first 5 threads in the General section well, this will give you the basics knowledge you need to not to brick your phone

gee2012 said:
Download it from here https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and flash in fastboot or with Flashify (Google Play.)
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I already have CWM installed? Do I have to install it again? If so can you take me on a step by step guide, I'm a utter noon! Thanks
So step 1) download ROM manger
Then.....

dec1153 said:
... can you take me on a step by step guide...
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Wouldn't you rather learn it yourself? It's so much more rewarding.

dec1153 said:
I already have CWM installed? Do I have to install it again? If so can you take me on a step by step guide, I'm a utter noon! Thanks
So step 1) download ROM manger
Then.....
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If it works for you, it works. Don`t have to flash it twice. Look above @PhilipTD`s post for Philz Touch CWM, which is even better and has more options than CWM. Its a zip and you can flash it in CWM.
And its noob, not noon

Corrupted userdata partition

Basically, my userdata partition keeps getting corrupted every couple of flashes. I have to factory flash to get everything working again. It just started happening recently(A few hours ago). What is going on? Thanks!

While flashing the stock images make sure you have also Erased cache partition and formatted it using stock recovery.. I was exactly in the same spot as you were few weeks ago and a cache partition format solved it completely!

Koopa777 said:
Basically, my userdata partition keeps getting corrupted every couple of flashes. I have to factory flash to get everything working again. It just started happening recently(A few hours ago). What is going on? Thanks!
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I had the same problem as you. I used this guide and now it works great. Just follow the steps. Good luck.

prabs99 said:
I had the same problem as you. I used this guide and now it works great. Just follow the steps. Good luck.
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I can actually confirm that it is an issue with ParanoidAndroid. It always corrupts the data partition following boot. I repeated it with continued success.
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Koopa777 said:
I can actually confirm that it is an issue with ParanoidAndroid. It always corrupts the data partition following boot. I repeated it with continued success.
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You're the only one saying such things. If there was a problem with the ROM we would have heard it from others and the team would see the same issues.
The ROM ships with stock Google kernel. The ROM doesn't do anything in itself that could corrupt your userdata
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Pirateghost said:
You're the only one saying such things. If there was a problem with the ROM we would have heard it from others and the team would see the same issues.
The ROM ships with stock Google kernel. The ROM doesn't do anything in itself that could corrupt your userdata
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I've come to the conclusion, after 4(!) factory images, that the ROM DEFINITELY corrupts the recovery. I have a 100% success(failure?) rate when flashing PA. Clean md5, after first boot the ROM functions properly, but recovery fails to mount the userdata partition, every time. Flash a new recovery, or adb shell and attempt to repair don't work. I understand that it doesn't make sense, but it's obviously something that's happening with the ROM. After 4 factory images, the only other factors are the recovery(PhilZ, TWRP, AND CWM all fail) being borked from the start, or the ROM. It's obviously not the recovery(all 3 have clean md5s, are transferred with adb push, and function perfectly otherwise).....
Again, in the ROM I can r/w to the /data, so the partition is fine, but the ROM borks the recovery.

But there is nothing in the ROM that would cause that. Are you restoring anything from previous versions? Are you installing an app that does this?
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Pirateghost said:
But there is nothing in the ROM that would cause that. Are you restoring anything from previous versions? Are you installing an app that does this?
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No and no. I don't even install Gapps. The ROM alone still triggers it. I just boot into system then boot to recovery.
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Koopa777 said:
No and no. I don't even install Gapps. The ROM alone still triggers it. I just boot into system then boot to recovery.
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This sounds like you have a hardware issue. Did it do this on stock image with custom recovery?
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Pirateghost said:
This sounds like you have a hardware issue. Did it do this on stock image with custom recovery?
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No. I can flash different ROMs, kernels, etc. Just not PA. The only thing of note was that my stock backup bootlooped when restoring with TWRP, but other than that no.
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Nevermind, I just flashed liquidsmooth+Elementalx with PhilZ and it happened again. So what exactly is going on?

Are you not able to repair the corrupted partition as explained in the linked thread?
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Pirateghost said:
Are you not able to repair the corrupted partition as explained in the linked thread?
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Nope. Adb shell in Philz says repair failed. I found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/unable-to-mount-data-issue-t2723993
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/recovery-mount-data-t2639945
But neither helps. Recovery still can not mount /data.

I would RMA it.
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I would try LG Flashtool it worked for me.

maxal said:
I would try LG Flashtool it worked for me.
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Seriously? I have the LGFT installed(G2 owner) too. Hm......So basically get the tot and dll, and flash? COM41 and all that jazz?

Koopa777 said:
Seriously? I have the LGFT installed(G2 owner) too. Hm......So basically get the tot and dll, and flash? COM41 and all that jazz?
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Yup, here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...orial-how-to-flash-factory-images-lg-t2713833

I just called Google. RMA is inbound. It just kind of sucks, this phone was solid. No light bleed, no dead pixels, etc. Except for a loose power button.
Anyway I think it is definately a hardware issue, as my phone has been getting crazy hot lately. I know it's supposed to get hot, but this phone was scorching...Might have fried something.

4.4.3 Released, I'm on a 4.4.2 ROM. (Noob Question)

Hey folks, here's a really nooby question for you. I apologise in advance, this is my first android phone, and I'm a little confused and paranoid about updating my ROM with a new version of android.
I want to get Paranoid Android on 4.4.3 on my phone, I'm currently using Slimkat on 4.4.2. How would I go about installing PA on 4.4.3 on my phone? Is it as simple as a quick flash of the PA ROM, or is it more difficult then that?
What I'm trying to ask is, how would I go about installing Paranoid Android that is built for KitKat 4.4.3 on my phone which is currently running SlimKat built for KitKat 4.4.2.
Thank you in advance for all answers
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Just wipe and flash. After a backup of course.
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CRIME INC. said:
Just wipe and flash. After a backup of course.
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Really? Thought it would be harder then that. Cheers, can anyone confirm?
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@ProVickers
Wipe everything (cache, dalvic, data), format /system and then flash the PA.zip followed by the gapps.

Yes sir.
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vin4yak said:
@ProVickers
Wipe everything (cache, dalvic, data), format /system and then flash the PA.zip followed by the gapps.
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Not too keen on wiping data. Any better way then that? Cheers.
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Would it work if I flashed the PA 4.4.2 version on my phone, then used the built in PA OTA thing to get the 4.4.3 update for me? I don't know. Just an idea
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ProVickers said:
Not too keen on wiping data. Any better way then that? Cheers.
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Backup your apps with app like Rom toolbox or titanium backup and wipe data. If you don't, there will most certainly be errors and crashes all over the rom.
And don't confuse data with internal storage. You can keep your storage, but it is also recommended to format it when switching roms.
So yeah...backup, throw on PC, flash. It's the most safe and fast way, otherwise you may be wasting time flashing again and again while cleaning of any mistakes.
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Dawnut said:
Backup your apps with app like Rom toolbox or titanium backup and wipe data. If you don't, there will most certainly be errors and crashes all over the rom.
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Thinking about it now it sounds a little better. Use TiBu to backup my apps and make a backup of my internal storage on my computer to drag and drop back later. This wouldn't break root or re-lock bootloader will it?
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ProVickers said:
Not too keen on wiping data. Any better way then that? Cheers.
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Factoring reset/data reset from a custom recovery won't touch /sdcard. All your personal files will be fine.
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Would it work if I flashed the PA 4.4.2 version on my phone, then used the built in PA OTA thing to get the 4.4.3 update for me? I don't know. Just an idea
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Why do you want to lengthen the process?? Wipe, format system, flash PA, gapps. Done!

ProVickers said:
Thinking about it now it sounds a little better. Use TiBu to backup my apps and make a backup of my internal storage on my computer to drag and drop back later. This wouldn't break root or re-lock bootloader will it?
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No, when done flashing the rom, if the rom comes rooted, I recommend installing SuperSU from the play store. It is a standart root app and pretty good one too. Otherwise, it won't affect neither your root or bootloader.
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ProVickers said:
Thinking about it now it sounds a little better. Use TiBu to backup my apps and make a backup of my internal storage on my computer to drag and drop back later. This wouldn't break root or re-lock bootloader will it?
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No Sir, it won't!
Edit: Ugh.. Getting ninja'd a lot of times recently

vin4yak said:
Factoring reset/data reset from a custom recovery won't touch /sdcard. All your personal files will be fine.
Why do you want to lengthen the process?? Wipe, format system, flash PA, gapps. Done!
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oh, really? Awesome! What do you mean by format system? I've never came across this. Cheers
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ProVickers said:
oh, really? Awesome! What do you mean by format system? I've never came across this. Cheers
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Boot into recovery > Wipe > Format system. The path should be something like this. It wipes EVERYTHING, including internal storage. So backup!
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ProVickers said:
oh, really? Awesome! What do you mean by format system? I've never came across this. Cheers
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If you're using Philz, Go to mounts and storage and format system from there. It won't wipe your sdcard.
Dawnut said:
Boot into recovery > Wipe > Format system. The path should be something like this. It wipes EVERYTHING, including internal storage. So backup!
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Formatting /system doesn't wipe internal storage. It just formats the /system partition.

vin4yak said:
Formatting /system doesn't wipe internal storage. It just formats the /system partition.
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Um, sorry about that, got a little carried away [emoji28] Thanks for noticing.

Dawnut said:
Um, sorry about that, got a little carried away [emoji28] Thanks for noticing.
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Hah, happens! I see everybody's loving the new SwiftKey app! ?
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vin4yak said:
Hah, happens! I see everybody's loving the new SwiftKey app! ?
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I am using the integrated swype thing in the AOSP keyboard, but guess it's the same

The PA zip will actually format /system before it install the new ROM over your system. I'm old school and still format system manually through recovery but if you don't know where that is in the recovery version I wouldn't sweat it. If you have problems after boot you may need to go in and figure out how to do it yourself but like I said most ROMs on the forum format /system before installing new system.
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Beamer9408 said:
The PA zip will actually format /system before it install the new ROM over your system. I'm old school and still format system manually through recovery but if you don't know where that is in the recovery version I wouldn't sweat it. If you have problems after boot you may need to go in and figure out how to do it yourself but like I said most ROMs on the forum format /system before installing new system.
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Yes it formats system but if there is anything in addon.d directory it will bring over some undesirables at times. Best to manually wipe system to keep it clean.
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(TWRP) Swipe to factory reset or even wipe dalvik cache always failed, reads 0MB

Good day,
as i mentioned above, can someone help me please. im planning to update the new version and to flash it since it requires to do so. i can do wipe cache
but when i try to wipe Dalvik cache and even data, it says FAILED. says unable to mount storage,data. most of all my internal memory reads 0mb
would like to know how to fix this and what's causing this thanks!

Flashed boot image without decryption / formatted data already?

1), 2)

Pfeffernuss said:
Flashed boot image without decryption / formatted data already?
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I'm trying to save my files, but if there's no any other choice then I'll have to format it. I don't have any choice right?

link77kz said:
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Thank you so much, your instructions are very clear.
I liked how you help by having images attached on it. Keep up the good work. Thanks!

Don't panic,...Change your TWRP with early versions (2.8.x), I tought you already using newest versions of TWRP (3.x.x) which only working if you already in marshmallow.
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Reflash it.
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jabo9379 said:
Don't panic,...Change your TWRP with early versions (2.8.x), I tought you already using newest versions of TWRP (3.x.x) which only working if you already in marshmallow.
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I'm using twrp v 2.8.7.0 is this ok?
If possible I want to save all files and applications, to have less hassle on downloading them again.
If not possible then, I don't have any choice to format the data.

Kramned015 said:
I'm using twrp v 2.8.7.0 is this ok?
If possible I want to save all files and applications, to have less hassle on downloading them again.
If not possible then, I don't have any choice to format the data.
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Kramned015 said:
I'm using twrp v 2.8.7.0 is this ok?
If possible I want to save all files and applications, to have less hassle on downloading them again.
If not possible then, I don't have any choice to format the data.
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