I am needing advice with backing up my Cyanogenmod 11 stuff. How do you guys do your backups, enabling you to flash a newer version etc and not lose your data and setup preferences?
I flashed CM11-0303 (and appropriate kernel), then did un update to 0307 and re-flashed the kernel again. This causes major issues and I had to reflash 0303 again from scratch. I was going to only start updating with official CM updates but apparently you can't install an official release update over a nightly install. Is this true?
Thanks, my phone is an S4 i9500. Hope you guys can help because I now want to reflash a new official release without losing my data and setup preferences.
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Sorry, I just realised I posted this in the wrong section!
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My quick and hopefully simple question regards installing the CM updates that are available directly on my phone. I am running 10.2 with no issues. Nearly everyday I get the icon stating there is an up to CM10. I simply click on it and install. Again, so far so good but I would like to know if simply installing these updates this way is "endangering" my phone. Is there a better way I should be installing these? I am assuming not otherwise the updates would not be present and as simple to install. Thanks for your input!
kcoop99 said:
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My quick and hopefully simple question regards installing the CM updates that are available directly on my phone. I am running 10.2 with no issues. Nearly everyday I get the icon stating there is an up to CM10. I simply click on it and install. Again, so far so good but I would like to know if simply installing these updates this way is "endangering" my phone. Is there a better way I should be installing these? I am assuming not otherwise the updates would not be present and as simple to install. Thanks for your input!
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It is perfectly safe to use the built in cmupdater every day. For piece of mind it may be a good idea to occasionally make a backup manually using your recovery of choice (either TWRP or CWM).
If you ever encounter a problem after upgrading to the latest nightly, and nightlies do sometimes break features, just boot into recovery and manually flash the previous day's file (located in the /cmupdater folder)...no need to wipe anything.
I've been dirty flashing cm nightlies since June. You're fine. A clean flash doesn't hurt once in awhile though!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I dirty flashed for a year with no problem at all untill a few days ago. I went from the 8/16 to the 8/17 to the 8/14 and lost my imei and eri once the 8/14 booted. Ive been trying everything with no luck to get the eri back. make sure you do a full (not just imei) NV back up and do a normal rom/data backup like once ever week or two. Im regretting not doing a NV backup as the only tool to fix my problem has been removed from the site due to infringing the ToS.
First off, like many others here, I would like to thank all the CM devs, the xda devs, and everyone else who has made it possible to run CM on the Skyrocket. I came from stock GB and the upgrade made it a new phone. You guys rock!
My question may be simple and I apologize in advance, but I am somewhat of a newb and I have made it this far without having to post a question. I have been able to search and find all my answers about installing a custom recovery, radio install, CM upgrade, and everything else associated with flashing a new ROM so I don't feel too big a newb.
Now that I have a clean install of 10.1 up and running along with the associated Gapps package, CM is telling me that 10.1.3 is available for download. My question is this...Is it safe to upgrade within CM? I am assuming it verifies the md5 hash to prevent a corrupt file from being installed? And when CM reports that 10.2 is available, how would I go about updating Gapps, since that requires a different Gapps package? Would you have to flash the new Gapps from recovery? Would it install over the older Gapps package? What about 10.2-would it have to be flashed in recovery, or would it be safe to upgrade within CM (once it becomes available)?
Thanks in advance for your replies, and thanks again to everyone who has made it possible to extend the life of the Skyrocket.
I would change CM Updater to show "Stable Only" updates for now until you become more familiar with everything. In a nutshell, yes you can use CM Updater to upgrade to CM 10.1.3.
For CM 10.2, it's currently in Nightly status and the upgrade process is more involved than just allowing CMUpdater to do the work. Go read the thread for more info. Short answer: CMupdater is perfect for nightly/stable updates of the same version (ie CM10.1.x to CM10.1.x). Don't use it for upgrading to release versions (ie CM10.1.x to CM10.2).
Hey all,
I'm pretty new to this whole rooting and putting on ROMs thing, so I wanted to double check something.
I am running Cyanogen mod 10.2 right now and if I go into settings -> about tablet, it says I can update to nightly builds. If I do this, will it install just like an OTA update or would updating be the same as flashing a new ROM and I would lose everything? Thanks for the help in advance!
Anyone?
You wont loose anything if you will update it this way. BUT ! nightly updates are not really stable
I recently flashed my HTC One M8 with [ROM][4/13/14] GPE for M8VZW. Curently the rom is a little laggy and the camera is really slow. How will I be able to update the rom? Will it update OTA? Any idea when the lag issues will be fixed?
Thanks
timothyl88 said:
I recently flashed my HTC One M8 with [ROM][4/13/14] GPE for M8VZW. Curently the rom is a little laggy and the camera is really slow. How will I be able to update the rom? Will it update OTA? Any idea when the lag issues will be fixed?
Thanks
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It's all on the ROM developers... I would suggest you post this question in that ROM's thread for best response. Custom ROMs will not update "OTA" since you have a custom recovery on your phone. You will have to rely on the Devs to provide new ROM versions with the OTA updates "embedded" in them. (Though, I think if there is a Firmware update, you can manually apply it once someone posts a process for doing so on S-Off/Unlocked M8's)
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It's all on the ROM developers... I would suggest you post this question in that ROM's thread for best response. Custom ROMs will not update "OTA" since you have a custom recovery on your phone. You will have to rely on the Devs to provide new ROM versions with the OTA updates "embedded" in them. (Though, I think if there is a Firmware update, you can manually apply it once someone posts a process for doing so on S-Off/Unlocked M8's)
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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you should not have to if youre just flashing a newer version over the same ROM but just an older version, UNLESS the dev says to wipe, in which case you will have to go through setup all over again.
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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Ideally, it's always better to do a clean install when you flash any ROM, just to prevent any possible issues from coming up. However, it's not always necessary when you're just flashing an update to a ROM you're already running. Though if the update includes a new version of Android, it's usually highly recommended to do a clean install. And if you're running one ROM and decide to switch to another, a clean install is recommended again, if not absolutely necessary.
I would recommend checking out Titanium Backup or Helium. They're both app backup solutions (if you decide you want to start checking out different ROM's more often, you'll be very happy you have this) that will let you restore your apps and app settings after a clean flash/wipe.
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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As Abe and sfreemanoh have already stated, that too is up to the Developer. If you are changing ROMs (Example: Have Stock ROM that's S-Off/Rooted and decide to flash ViperOneM8), you really need to Factory Reset your phone. Titanium, Helium, or MyBackup are three ways to save your Application/System data before your wipe.
If you are merely updating your current ROM version (Example: ViperOneM8 v1.0 to v1.5), the Developer should always post what needs to happen. In many cases, if there are just minor updates, the Devs will say it's OK to "Dirty Flash" without a wipe. Sometimes Devs always tell you to wipe and do a clean install. (ViperOne actually has "OTA" update files, which is basically a smaller update file that you can dirty flash.)
Thanks guys for the answers.
Hi. After I posted this message, the problem seems to be that my ROM is hopelessly old. But after following the recommendations, I still couldn't update.
I tried to install "cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-moto_msm8960.zip" from ClockworkMod recovery. Got this error message:
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This package is for device: moto_msm8960, xt907, scorpion_mini, smq, xt926, vanquish; this device is xt925.
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
But I was told (and the message on the CM wiki confirms it) that builds have been unified.
What should I do?
Looking for installs for xt925 specifically, the last stable is the one I have, and the few nightlies are very old as well and I doubt would solve the problem.
There is the CM12 nightly for xt925 released today, but since I'm highly dependent on my phone functioning while traveling next week and can't afford things going wrong, I'd rather avoid nightlies and experimental versions unless I have absolutely no alternative to have my phone encrypted.
Advice?
Thanks a lot.
By the way, I prefer to not make a factory reset unless it's necessary.
Is it necessary? Do I have to wipe cache? Wipe dalvik? Some sites say yes, some sites say not needed.
Is the answer different depending on whether I would be upgrading to a more recent version of CM 11 or to CM 12 nightly?
Thanks!
@taylortm Please read again what I wrote to you here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58132610&postcount=2
You can't use moto_msm8960 CM11 builds nor xt925 CM12 build unless you update your device to stock KitKat firmware by Motorola first.
While your device is still using JellyBean bootloader/modem firmware, you can update only to moto_msm8960_jbbl CM11 builds.
That's right, I overlooked that, thank you. Was able to upgrade now.
I thought that because my Android stock was KitKat before I flashed CM11, that the bootloader would also be KK. It was a jbbl, because now it worked.
Everything seems to be working just fine, was no need to clear caches or data or anything. My compass is also now fixed.
I just started encryption and it wasn't locked in the robot anymore, it booted and now shows a progress bar with 4% complete.
Thanks, kabaldan!
Just one more question, will there be CM12 for moto_msm8960_jbbl later, or if I want to upgrade to CM12 I will have to do this kkbl workaround you mentioned?
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@taylortm Please read again what I wrote to you here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58132610&postcount=2
You can't use moto_msm8960 CM11 builds nor xt925 CM12 build unless you update your device to stock KitKat firmware by Motorola first.
While your device is still using JellyBean bootloader/modem firmware, you can update only to moto_msm8960_jbbl CM11 builds.
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