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Hey I was just browsing the market and decided to invest in Rom manager (used it religiously on my old Droid 1). Lo and behold we don't even have a cwm listed!
What needs to be done to have some of these roms I see on this board listed in that App?
Thanks and sorry for the noob question. (We need a Q and A board.)
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You really should've looked a little as it's mentioned a billion times, BUT...
Just install CWM for the Galaxy S i9000, works perfect.

tight686 said:
Hey I was just browsing the market and decided to invest in Rom manager (used it religiously on my old Droid 1). Lo and behold we don't even have a cwm listed!
What needs to be done to have some of these roms I see on this board listed in that App?
Thanks and sorry for the noob question. (We need a Q and A board.)
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We use Samsung galaxy S i9000 it is compatible to infuse. Check gtg465x post on the new ROM he made on DEV topic.
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I really hate to be that 'ass' to ask the obvious questions. Thanks team.
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You gotta remember many of us have been here since the phone came out. We were noobs once, it.happens.
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Thanks man.
Q: MTD recovery or the other one? I can't seem to install this rom. I keep getting errors.
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tight686 said:
Thanks man.
Q: MTD recovery or the other one? I can't seem to install this rom. I keep getting errors.
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do not use the MTD version

tight686 said:
What needs to be done to have some of these roms I see on this board listed in that App?
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This thread did not answer all the parts of the orginal post

kleeman7 said:
This thread did not answer all the parts of the orginal post
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Answer: Nothing. My ROM is already in ROM Manager.

just install galaxy S version

SiL3nTKiLL said:
just install galaxy S version
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I will be eventually putting mine up there as well. I'm trying to do a complete overhaul for the next version of Refuse.

Yeah after a little newbie hiccups I am rocking a custom rom.
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Would it be hard to add infuse to the cwm list in rom manager? So that way only infuse Rome would show up for people?
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kleeman7 said:
Would it be hard to add infuse to the cwm list in rom manager? So that way only infuse Rome would show up for people?
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would have to work with Koush on that one. Don't see why not, we just need to get them separated... (Wouldn't be a bad idea seeing that really noobtastic people may pseudobrick their devices and need us to walk them through Odin restoral....)
I'm always one for lack of headaches. Keeps the real devs from having to field noob questions and pseudo-devs like myself with more free time to try and step up to full dev status....

bedwa said:
would have to work with Koush on that one. Don't see why not, we just need to get them separated... (Wouldn't be a bad idea seeing that really noobtastic people may pseudobrick their devices and need us to walk them through Odin restoral....)
I'm always one for lack of headaches. Keeps the real devs from having to field noob questions and pseudo-devs like myself with more free time to try and step up to full dev status....
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I asked Koush today if he could add it...but he seemed busy with something. After looking at his twitter, I think he's still working on the Optimus series.

Noob question, When it prompts me,back up existing rom and wipe data and cache do I also select wipe dalvik cache? Thanks in advance. Aslo must usb debug be on? soarry for the noob q. First time flashing a rom.

UZR10278 said:
Noob question, When it prompts me,back up existing rom and wipe data and cache do I also select wipe dalvik cache? Thanks in advance. Aslo must usb debug be on? soarry for the noob q. First time flashing a rom.
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You would want to check all 3 if it is your first flash, that way if something goes wrong you have a backup to restore, and the other two need to check because they are cache for your original rom, not the new one.

It's worth doing the backup of your stock setup.
Wiping the data isn't necessary unless you are a stickler about starting "fresh".
Dalvik cache wipe never hurts.
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tight686 said:
It's worth doing the backup of your stock setup.
Wiping the data isn't necessary unless you are a stickler about starting "fresh".
Dalvik cache wipe never hurts.
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If you are coming from stock, you need to wipe all. It can cause issues, i have seen it. You get lots of force close, stuff that is removed from stock would still be there, which could also cause problems. Its better to do a full wipe when going from stock to a custom rom, and when switching custom roms.

I think I made a mistake, it reboot into recovery and I guess I was to wipe data and cache then reboot into cyanogen rom, but I did not wipe data and cache, Now it froze on me. What can I do, Did I just brick my phone?

G2x scrubber

Over looked in all kids of threads so if I missed I'm sorry but does the g2x scrubber work for cm7 or is it just for ics and how do you use it sport for the newb ? But I'm string to understand more thanks for all the help
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It's for wiping /system, /data, and /cache. It also converts system back to ext3. It works on Gingerbread also. I don't recommend it. Just manually wipe through CWM Recovery.

Thanks for the info
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No problem.

dw9906 said:
It's for wiping /system, /data, and /cache. It also converts system back to ext3. It works on Gingerbread also. I don't recommend it. Just manually wipe through CWM Recovery.
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Is that ALL it does?
Is that really required?
Have people become so lazy that they need this?
Or am I missing something here?
Before I flash a new ROM, I always (manually through clockworkmod recovery) wipe data, system, cache, dalvik.
Or does this do something else?

OrganizedFellow said:
Is that ALL it does?
Is that really required?
Have people become so lazy that they need this?
Or am I missing something here?
Before I flash a new ROM, I always (manually through clockworkmod recovery) wipe data, system, cache, dalvik.
Or does this do something else?
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It does the same thing.
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daxecutioner24 said:
It does the same thing.
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Thanks daxecutioner24.

OrganizedFellow said:
Is that ALL it does?
Is that really required?
Have people become so lazy that they need this?
Or am I missing something here?
Before I flash a new ROM, I always (manually through clockworkmod recovery) wipe data, system, cache, dalvik.
Or does this do something else?
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Good for you,would you like a cookie?
The app is meant for newcomers who might not know what all to wipe when flashing roms.
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d12unk13astard said:
Good for you,would you like a cookie?
The app is meant for newcomers who might not know what all to wipe when flashing roms.
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Yes please drunk bastard. I'd like a big glass of milk, and some cookies.
I just never knew an app like this existed.
I'm just shocked, that's all. I've not come across it before.

Thanks for this thread, very informative. I was under the impression it did more than that >_>.

sc2ascend said:
Thanks for this thread, very informative. I was under the impression it did more than that >_>.
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Yeah, me too.

so does anyone know who wrote that script? I can't seem to find this answer...

OrganizedFellow said:
Yeah, me too.
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Me three!!!
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Lol, I thought it was either Hell or one of you beta testers.
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Волк said:
Lol, I thought it was either Hell or one of you beta testers.
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lol yea idk.. I just messaged hell to see if he knows too...

Raises hand...
I "wrote" it. Yes, it is really that simple.
The truth is, of course, nothing is done in a vacuum. I was heavily inspired by BackToExt3 for the 2x by PaulOBrien. Of course, the g2x has some differences so it's not the same script, but basically does the same thing.
Yes there are other ways to do the same things, but once you have the script on your sdcard, it's the fastest way to wipe -- even for experienced users.
However, if your file systems were fully converted to ext4 (not just mounted as), and you want to flash to a bone stock rom without ext4 support, this script takes care of all the steps.

I added my thanks because it saves a lot of button pushing and possible errors when doing a lot of rom testing. It sounds like some others had bugs too which scares me. I'm also grateful for not having to do a lot of additional hunting for more info on proper cleaning for the "safest" flash.
So thanks again.

[Q] Formatting /emmc in CWM

I've asked a couple people in threads but after getting down to doing it I've come across various posts throughout XDA and other sites listing issues after /emmc format. One case was that the device bricks unless you can repatriation the internal card and another simply recommending not to.
I'd like to format internal to get rid of all the junk left over after multiple ROM flashes. I'm hesitent due to the aforementioned threads but also curious as to whether /emmc includes everything on the internal memory or if there is a secure partition allocated for things such as CWM. Does formatting /emmc not delete CWM itself? The plan is to put the next ROM on external SD, format /emmc, and immediately flash the new ROM on before booting. Is it correct that I all this can be accomplished within CWM and not require first going back to stock through ODIN?
Thanks!

No need to go back to stock. You can format emmc or sdcard through settings-storage. Or connect to PC then click on mount USB storage and delete from PC.
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gs2usr said:
No need to go back to stock. You can format emmc or sdcard through settings-storage. Or connect to PC then click on mount USB storage and delete from PC.
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I'm pretty sure the former is a no-no on the Skyrocket, recall coming across that when I was first rooting a while back. The PC approach should be similar to CWM, thanks.

wheres my brain??,.. lol your right about the settings approach. thanks for the reminder

Why would they put it in there if it's a no no?
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gs2usr said:
Or connect to PC then click on mount USB storage and delete from PC.
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^ this
I don't see why people have all that buzz around cleaning(formatting) the "internal" sd card ...
Just mount USB storage in cwm and while the device is connected to the PC , delete everything from the PC and call it a day ... also you can even put any ROM you like to flash in the meanwhile
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stoopendis said:
Why would they put it in there if it's a no no?
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Try it and brick. You haven't read about this? Ics and wiping in the settings is a no no. Do it in recovery.
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I may the exactly same thread 2 days ago. And I actually did try to format from setting, no brick yet nothing at all happened. It claimed to have worked but no files were missing from anywhere.

kishke said:
I may the exactly same thread 2 days ago. And I actually did try to format from setting, no brick yet nothing at all happened. It claimed to have worked but no files were missing from anywhere.
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Just went through your thread, thanks. I was searching for emmc / format so definitely wouldn't have picked it up.
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kishke said:
I may the exactly same thread 2 days ago. And I actually did try to format from setting, no brick yet nothing at all happened. It claimed to have worked but no files were missing from anywhere.
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It may happen the first time, it may take a bunch of times, but you're playing with fire.
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xcrazydx said:
It may happen the first time, it may take a bunch of times, but you're playing with fire.
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most roms on ics have disabled the erasing/formatting of emmc from within phone, it may say succeeded, but its a false positive

xcrazydx said:
Try it and brick. You haven't read about this? Ics and wiping in the settings is a no no. Do it in recovery.
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Ya...I have read about this...what's your point? I was asking why Samsung/google would put such a dangerous option in the phones user menu. Can something be accomplised using this option?

stoopendis said:
Ya...I have read about this...what's your point? I was asking why Samsung/google would put such a dangerous option in the phones user menu. Can something be accomplised using this option?
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Samsung/Google have not released ICS for SR.
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lnfound said:
Samsung/Google have not released ICS for SR.
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Oh really? So I guess Rogers just built it from scrap.

stoopendis said:
Ya...I have read about this...what's your point? I was asking why Samsung/google would put such a dangerous option in the phones user menu. Can something be accomplised using this option?
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Because they made a mistake. A brick can be accomplished.
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xcrazydx said:
Because they made a mistake. A brick can be accomplished.
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the brick problem was for aokp and cm9 roms, a dev bricked his phone using said procedure , since then they disabled that feature(pretty sure they did), it might b visable in the menu but it doesnt do anything.
if you are on stock rogers ics it should be fine (i cant see samsung releasing it as that is a major flaw, lots of returned phones), if u r on it try it, it should b safe, if it bricked it, tell rogers what happen and u will get another one.
custom rogers ics should also b safe, im on skyics 4.2f based on rogers ics, but im not willing to chance it, dont need to since i can use cwm or my pc to accomplish the same thing

The liquidsmooth rom never booted after install

After install of the LS rom, the farthest it got on boot up, was the "Liquid smooth" Logo screen. I went back and reloaded 4.1.1. What could I have done wrong
Verizon I535
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pbman1953 said:
After install of the LS rom, the farthest it got on boot up, was the "Liquid smooth" Logo screen. I went back and reloaded 4.1.1. What could I have done wrong
Verizon I535
Thanks
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U talking about the 4.2 liquid ROM right??
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jpeezy1986 said:
U talking about the 4.2 liquid ROM right??
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yes

pbman1953 said:
yes
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After you install the zip,trying doing a wipe data/factory reset,its always worked for me.
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ali87va said:
After you install the zip,trying doing a wipe data/factory reset,its always worked for me.
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If there would be a reset involved , I guess I'd wait for a rom that don't have to reset. It' so time comsuming to bring the phone back to where you were. Not so much the loss of picture sor music , it's more of the emails and contact merging.
Unless you really feel it's worth it then I'll consider
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sorry to hear that about ur device but wouldnt it help u better to ask that question on that roms page,i understand ur problem but i dont use liquid, so best advice i can give is to get ur phone into recovery mode and use a different rom and before u add the rom wipe ur cache

4.2 ROMs are still in beta mode. Expect little hiccups when you flash them. OK took me a few times of flashing before it worked for me.
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pbman1953 said:
If there would be a reset involved , I guess I'd wait for a rom that don't have to reset. It' so time comsuming to bring the phone back to where you were. Not so much the loss of picture sor music , it's more of the emails and contact merging.
Unless you really feel it's worth it then I'll consider
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gmail should automatically sync contacts and emails unpon phone set up. (cant take more then 5 minutes)
also look into titanium backup for individual app data.
wiping data and factory reset is a MUST for installing new ROMs.
if you think you "dont have the time for it", then i highly recommend you stay on your rom and read comments from others using the rom to see if it is worth the reset or you could just give up and go buy an iphone.

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wiping data and factory reset is a MUST for installing new ROMs.
if you think you "dont have the time for it", then i highly recommend you stay on your rom and read comments from others using the rom to see if it is worth the reset or you could just give up and go buy an iphone.
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Honestly, I just had to say this is absolutely not true in all circumstances. Yes you should do so 8/10 times, but I can say personally that I've flashed over another ROM many times with no issues. Granted usually it was a new build of the same ROM and never going from say 4.0>4.1.2 or 4.1.2>4.2
Best of luck, I had some serious issues with Liquidsmooth (via a clean install) so I dumped it but hopefully it works out for you.
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Ok, I'll resolve to fact that the LS Rom is in development and I should wait for a true version down the road. . Due to the situation I went back to the stock Rom and re-routed the phone. Since then, any Google search or Nav search, I get a Google error that Google has stopped working. I'll get the alert but the program will still work
Any ideas on what could of happened? Before the LS install, I had the recent stock Rom ( 4.1.1- I535VRBLK3) and was routed with no errors
Also, has anyone seen a tether app that works with JB. It seems that none of the tether apps work. I've noticed that on web searches of other forums and from the comments from users of the GNU.org program
Thanks for any help

Yeah.. So when is it okay and not okay to wipe? Between updates on the same ROM sure...
But I feel like your just gambling another 30 minutes of seeing or not a wipe is needed.
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michaeldizzowns said:
Yeah.. So when is it okay and not okay to wipe? Between updates on the same ROM sure...
But I feel like your just gambling another 30 minutes of seeing or not a wipe is needed.
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So I should use the factory reset feature

Nandroid swap?

Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from another device if it's the same model.
Ie backup my nexus 5 in twrp copy it to my friends nexus 5 storage and restore it twrp?
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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So which is it lol?

what if i just backup and restore the /data partition? that's guaranteed to work or is it better to restore /system with it also?

I've done this switching between mytouch4g, captivates, and gs2s. No problems at all...
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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Lol sorry didn't mean to sound like that, I sometimes forget that things like tone/facial expression etc are lost when writing. Good advice, appreciate your help!
It's a bit complicated but basically I'm buying the phone off him, so it's for my personal use so I have no problem troubleshooting if anything goes wrong.
I'll give or a shot then, thanks for all the answers