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[Q] Flashing Mods

Ok yes I am a noob at this and after much searching I have not found an answer to my question so I decided to make a thread.
Can anyone explain to me the process of flashing mods to your ROM? More specifically do you have to wipe data and everything to flash a mod to your ROM or can you just flash it on top of your ROM and keep it moving ?

To flash a mod usually you download a file in. Zip form. You then flash it in recovery the same way you flash a rom. (Install zip) make sure you know where the file is external or internal. Wiping anything should not be necessary unless the dev specifies. And you flash it at anytime after the rom has been installed. Check versions and make sure its compatible. Hope this helps
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roughneckboren said:
To flash a mod usually you download a file in. Zip form. You then flash it in recovery the same way you flash a rom. (Install zip) make sure you know where the file is external or internal. Wiping anything should not be necessary unless the dev specifies.
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Thank you so much ! I have been searching for an answer for weeks now.

No problem man.
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Beast to wipe cache and Dalvik immediately before flashing the zip.
But, most important (other than reading the flash instructions) -- Nandroid BACKUP -- with CWM Recovery prior to flash so you can restore your ROM if you don't like, have issues etc with the mod just flashed.
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Thanks
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UpInTheAir said:
Beast to wipe cache and Dalvik immediately before flashing the zip.
But, most important (other than reading the flash instructions) -- Nandroid BACKUP -- with CWM Recovery prior to flash so you can restore your ROM if you don't like, have issues etc with the mod just flashed.
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U don't need to wipe data or cache if ur just flashing a mod. Those are only needed if ur flashing a rom

QuantumFoam said:
U don't need to wipe data or cache if ur just flashing a mod. Those are only needed if ur flashing a rom
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Sorry, you are incorrect. Flashing certain mods and apps you should most definitely.
This guy explains it simply, and better than I could put it:
http://androidforums.com/4287822-post4.html
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UpInTheAir said:
Sorry, you are incorrect. Flashing certain mods and apps you should most definitely.
This guy explains it simply, and better than I could put it:
http://androidforums.com/4287822-post4.html
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I stand corrected

Recovery
Most mods (if not all) will require root access and a custom recovery tool like CWM and 4EXT. To get the recovery tool the phone will need S-Off mode enabled (Security Off). If you are on 2.2, S-Off wasn;t around then so you shouldn't have that problem, but startgin with 2.3 it was introduced, so you will need to get S-Off in order to get the recovery tool installed.
Getting into Recovery mode is another thing that depends on your phone. My Samsung uses Power + Volup and Vol Down togheter, then Vol Up plus Vol Down after it turns on forseverl aseconds. I have an HTC that is the same, but just with Vol down (no Vol up required). Of course to do anything there you need the S-Off plus root plus custom recovery tool.
You can also get a USB driver and adb (plus dll) toolkit to access the phone via yoru USB cable (this requires turning on USB debugging under phone settings). From there you can get into recovery by issuing commands in DOS.
> adb reboot bootloader
You can even flash some img files (mods) from the command line also ...
> fastboot flash radio radio.img
and then reboot the phone to normal
> fastboot reboot

[Q] How to take Bakup of ROM & Re-Install ???

Heyy Guys...
I want to know How can I take Backup Of My current Rom and How to Re-Installed that Rom again....???
Describe me the whole procedure..please....!!!!
I m waiting here...Please REply soon... Thanx in Advance...

Which recovery do you have?
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1. Download rom manager.
2. Press flash clockwork mod recovery.
3. Press reboot into recovery
4. Press backup/restore and just do a normal backup - you can navigate up and down via the volume button and select with power.
5. Once down you can reboot and that will be it.
6. To restore boot back into recovery and select restore and press the backup you made and once the restore is done simple reboot.
P.S you can also reboot into recovery by pulling out the battery and then reinserting. Then hold the volume up button and power one to boot into fast boot and navigate to to recovery using the volume buttons and select recovery using g the power button again. I prefer the from manager method but I use this if it doesn't work.
Hope I helped.
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jimam said:
Which recovery do you have?
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4EXT

Go into recovery then go to back up back up your Rom.when you want to reinstall it just go to restore install it and then reboot your phone.I hope that I helped you out.
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4ext is really easy, you go into recovery go to manage backups press new to backup the rom, to restore first wipe data factory reset, wipe cash and dalvik this cleans out what you had installed then go to restore . You can choose your ROM from your backups. Hope this helps. Dont forget to wipe first.
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realsis said:
4ext is really easy, you go into recovery go to manage backups press new to backup the rom, to restore first wipe data factory reset, wipe cash and dalvik this cleans out what you had installed then go to restore . You can choose your ROM from your backups. Hope this helps. Dont forget to wipe first.
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1) Backup
2) Restore
3) Advance Backup
4) Advance Restore
I choose the first one...The Backup is created around 1265MB...Is it the Full Rom Backup ???

hunt007 said:
1) Backup
2) Restore
3) Advance Backup
4) Advance Restore
I choose the first one...The Backup is created around 1265MB...Is it the Full Rom Backup ???
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Yes it is a full rom backup with all user apps and data, to restore just simply click restore and select the backup (nandroid).

Rooting Questions

I'm considering rooting my G2x. I've downloaded Super One Click v2.3.3 and have installed the t-mobile driver.
So, I simply need to plug my phone into my computer and open SOC and click 'Root"???
What can I expect after rooting, if it works? Will I need to install a rom? Which I believe is more-or-less an operating system? If so, where do I get one?
Will there anything left on the phone?
If I need, say, an app for my contacts how will I install it on the phone?
Any help will be appreciated. I've never done this before.
James

You can gain access to apps that need root you can flash ROMs which the best thing and after you root your device if you didnt do a full wipe (factory reset) everything should be the same. but here is a tip back up your currwnt ROM because youll need it in case you want to get baxk to stock ROM or if a ROM you flashed didnt wprk
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I don't quite understand. I thought rooting removes most things form your phone.
What is the flash rom? And how do I back up my current rom?

I've rooted the phone, I believe. I have a new app called 'Super User'. When I tab 'Super User' it only lists 'ROM Manager' which I installed. But now I'm totally lost. What would be my next step? I don't seem to have any more permissions to do anything than I did before.
James

Flashing ROM is like changing the OS version you do it after you install a Custom recovery like ClockWork Mod (CWM) you can install it using ROM Manager by clicking on flash recovery
You access the recovery menu by turning off your device then holding down the power/lock key for like 10 second untill you get two icons thr download and recovery you choose the recovery and navigate through the recovery menus using the volume up and down buttons and the power key to click on an option.
For back up you get down to back up and restore then click the power/lock to open it then choose back up and click on it now wait till the back up is done of you want to restore it click on restore instead of back up
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JamesJoey said:
I've rooted the phone, I believe. I have a new app called 'Super User'. When I tab 'Super User' it only lists 'ROM Manager' which I installed. But now I'm totally lost. What would be my next step? I don't seem to have any more permissions to do anything than I did before.
James
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Install Titanium Backup, backup apps, uninstall bloatware.
Anything you want! There are many apps that do things but require root on the Market, so just search around!
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yuseiatlas said:
Flashing ROM is like changing the OS version you do it after you install a Custom recovery like ClockWork Mod (CWM) you can install it using ROM Manager by clicking on flash recovery
You access the recovery menu by turning off your device then holding down the power/lock key for like 10 second untill you get two icons thr download and recovery you choose the recovery and navigate through the recovery menus using the volume up and down buttons and the power key to click on an option.
For back up you get down to back up and restore then click the power/lock to open it then choose back up and click on it now wait till the back up is done of you want to restore it click on restore instead of back up
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I turned off the device then held the power/lock but the device booted normally. Now, though, when I tap ROM manager it brings up a list of what I believe are ROMs. The title bar reads "Download ROM". Should I try to bring up the recovery menu again??
I want to thank you for this assistance. I am learning.
James

Not sure what happened.
In ROM manager I chose boot to recovery or whatever that is. Now it seems to be stuck on the Android system recovery utility. I'm able to move the selection at the top betweene:
'reboot system now'
'apply sdcard:update.zip'
'wipe date/factory reset' and
'wipe cache partition'
Nothing happens when I'm on reboot system now and press the Power/Lock button .
Also on the screen:
'Finding update package...'
'Opening update package...'
'E:Can't open /cache/updatye.zip (bad)'
'Installation aborted.'
'Formatting MISC:...
It's been like this for the past 5 minutes.
Any suggestions?
James

Its the first option flash CMW not any other choice try removing the battery? Or reboot it
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yuseiatlas said:
Its the first option flash CMW not any other choice try removing the battery? Or reboot it
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Yes I did remove the battery and it booted.
The fact the the installation aborted isn't a problem, it's normal?
Also, I see no option that you speak of.
The only options I see are:
'reboot system now'
'apply sdcard:update.zip'
'wipe date/factory reset' and
'wipe cache partition'

I mean on the ROM Manager App the first option is flash CMW
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yuseiatlas said:
I mean on the ROM Manager App the first option is flash CMW
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I don;t see that option either in the ROM Manager app.
Do I need to buy Buy Premium for this option to be there?

JamesJoey said:
I don;t see that option either in the ROM Manager app.
Do I need to buy Buy Premium for this option to be there?
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No its at the very top...
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gagdude said:
No its at the very top...
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At the very top I see:
'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery' which I've done already.

Ok then now go to the recoveey menu now you should have an option named back up/restore
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yuseiatlas said:
Ok then now go to the recoveey menu now you should have an option named back up/restore
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Ok. I see backup and restore in the recovery menu. When now?
I've already backup the system when I tried to install a new rom but the rom didn't isntal but my system backup on the reboot.
I'm missing something.

JamesJoey said:
Ok. I see backup and restore in the recovery menu. When now?
I've already backup the system when I tried to install a new rom but the rom didn't isntal but my system backup on the reboot.
I'm missing something.
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Did you download a ROM that is made for your device ? And you install a ROM by going to 'install Zip from SD Card' then you navigate to the file you have your ROM in and you should do a full wipe if the ROM require to (factory reset and wipe cache partition) if you do so all the data on your device will be deleted (like apps and phone numbers....) but not if the data is on your SDCard, but again make sure the ROM is for your device example if you have i9100 SGS II download a ROM for i9100 SGS II not any other device
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I see what you mean now. There are footnotes below the rom.
I'm going to conitue this in the morn. My brain hurts.
James

I finally installed a rom. I then tried to install another. Cynger, or something like that. It went through the process of installing but now when it boots it gets to LG and stops. I need to take the battteryb ou but upn putting the battery back in the same thinng happens.
It won't boot!
I tired only 2 roms and I've already bricked this thing???

then go back to recovery and restore your backed up ROM (and you have to wait for like 30 minutes sometimes for it to boot)
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Steps before installing a custom ROM ?

I just rooted my Samsung GT-S5830i
I installed clockwork recover and made a backup too
I would like to install a custom ROM on my phone.. what are the necessary steps to follow before doing so ?

First, make a backup of you current rom. Then I would just go a head and follow whatever directions are supplied for the rom you want (some roms require special work). If no instructions are presented, do a wipe (factory reset or whatever) through cwmr, wipe the dalvik cache (under advanced), and install your rom!
Good luck I'll gladly answer any questions/problems you have.
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scottbot95 said:
First, make a backup of you current rom. Then I would just go a head and follow whatever directions are supplied for the rom you want (some roms require special work). If no instructions are presented, do a wipe (factory reset or whatever) through cwmr, wipe the dalvik cache (under advanced), and install your rom!
Good luck I'll gladly answer any questions/problems you have.
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i didnt do a factory reset, and installed jelly blast.. my phone got bricked, i had to flash through odin.. i was the only person who had the problem, you think it might have been because i didnt factory reset ?

hujjaini said:
i didnt do a factory reset, and installed jelly blast.. my phone got bricked, i had to flash through odin.. i was the only person who had the problem, you think it might have been because i didnt factory reset ?
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It wasn't that.The only thing you must do before installing it is to root your phone, after that you just follow the custom rom's specific installing instructions.

unfragable said:
It wasn't that.The only thing you must do before installing it is to root your phone, after that you just follow the custom rom's specific installing instructions.
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Last night, I tried it again, I downloaded the ported jelly blast v 3 for s5830i, made a back up of my current ROM, wiped my data, wiped dalvik cache, placed the jelly blast in my sd card and flashed it through clock work recovery, I still got stuck in a boot loop..

Hello,
Try toggling signature verification and then flash custom ROM. Hope this solves ur problem.
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vivek_p08 said:
Hello,
Try toggling signature verification and then flash custom ROM. Hope this solves ur problem.
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how do i toggle signature verification ?

You can see option for toggling in your recovery mode. Select that and then flash Rom.
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vivek_p08 said:
You can see option for toggling in your recovery mode. Select that and then flash Rom.
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There was no toggling option in my recovery mode..

Please do search properly. Usually u can see option for toggling signature verification when u select apply update from sdcard option....
If u can't find then try installing recovery mod again.
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vivek_p08 said:
Please do search properly. Usually u can see option for toggling signature verification when u select apply update from sdcard option....
If u can't find then try installing recovery mod again.
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I installed recovery again, I found the toggle signature verification option, could you tell me how toggling signature verification makes a difference?

By toggling signature verification, verification of digital sign of your zip file is skipped. Thus allowing to use/ flash ROMS( most of them are unsigned)
Did that work??
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I haven't tried it yet.. I'll let you know what happens when I try it though..

Thanks for all the info! Flashed my first couple roms (including CM10) and I am loving it compared to stock!

jokesonme said:
Thanks for all the info! Flashed my first couple roms (including CM10) and I am loving it compared to stock!
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Don't just say it.... hit THANKS

The last couple of times I experienced this
The last couple of times that I got stuck in a bootloop, what fixed it was a re-wipe of data, cache and dalvik after the installation of the ROM. Don't know if that helps at all but hope that it does. That could be ROM specific, but it might be worth a shot (easier than restoring to stock again).
Examples of where developers have suggested wiping cache/dalvik after flashing the ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957348
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822409
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964339
Can't find where I saw the wipe data section, it was somewhere.
Also, I use SMS backup, which syncs SMS's with gmail, so you can back those up and restore should you change again. Available in the play store.

[Q] Changing Rom

I am currently running CM 10 and I want to switch roms but I am not sure how... I have 4EXT recovery and I'm not sure how to re-flash the rom.. Can someone help me?

Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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sepsep 21 said:
Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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Thanks, so I don't have to do anything else like I did the first time round?

Michael_Considine said:
Thanks, so I don't have to do anything else like I did the first time round?
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You said you are running cm10 so its not the
first time that you change your rom. So you can flash the ROM without any problem.
But if your device is s-on you must flash
The rom with smartflash method. You can choose it in recovery. Sry for my bad English.
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sepsep 21 said:
Put the ROM zip to SD card. Go to recovery and do a factory reset. Then select the ROM zip and flash it.
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No.
Do not do a factory reset. This will just delete your user data. It will not delete the system data so if you try to install a new ROM overtop of an existing one that's different things could get messy. You want to do a full wipe, not just a factory reset.
The FIRST step is to make a backup of your currenr ROM. That way you can easily revert back to it as if you never left. This is valuable for many reasons. You may decide you don't like your new rom. Your new rom may have problems and not work properly and you'll want to go back to a working phone quickly. You may forget to back something up and will want to be able to extra some data from the backup (That's easy to do, but only if you have a backup). The list goes on and on.
Backing up your rom is super easy with 4EXT. You just tell it to back up your ROM and it will do the rest. It takes about 5 minutes.
Then you'll want to back up certain data that you'll want to use on your new ROM. Contacts, wifi access points, app data, text messages, etc etc etc. Whatever you want. Use Titanium Backup. It's super easy to use and works great. It will let you take all your apps and data off one ROM and put it onto another.
After you back up your rom, boot into recovery and do a full wipe using "format all partitions (except SD card)". The option is written exactly like that in the menu. You can't miss it. This will format the data and system files so you'll have a blank slate to install a new ROM from.
NOW flash the new rom. Then flash GApps if required. Boot the phone.
Download Titanium Backup from teh Play Store and use it to restore apps and data you want. (Your saves Titanium data will be ready to use when you install Titanium on the new ROM)
Enjoy your new ROM.

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Skipjacks said:
No.
Do not do a factory reset. This will just delete your user data. It will not delete the system data so if you try to install a new ROM overtop of an existing one that's different things could get messy. You want to do a full wipe, not just a factory reset.
The FIRST step is to make a backup of your currenr ROM. That way you can easily revert back to it as if you never left. This is valuable for many reasons. You may decide you don't like your new rom. Your new rom may have problems and not work properly and you'll want to go back to a working phone quickly. You may forget to back something up and will want to be able to extra some data from the backup (That's easy to do, but only if you have a backup). The list goes on and on.
Backing up your rom is super easy with 4EXT. You just tell it to back up your ROM and it will do the rest. It takes about 5 minutes.
Then you'll want to back up certain data that you'll want to use on your new ROM. Contacts, wifi access points, app data, text messages, etc etc etc. Whatever you want. Use Titanium Backup. It's super easy to use and works great. It will let you take all your apps and data off one ROM and put it onto another.
After you back up your rom, boot into recovery and do a full wipe using "format all partitions (except SD card)". The option is written exactly like that in the menu. You can't miss it. This will format the data and system files so you'll have a blank slate to install a new ROM from.
NOW flash the new rom. Then flash GApps if required. Boot the phone.
Download Titanium Backup from teh Play Store and use it to restore apps and data you want. (Your saves Titanium data will be ready to use when you install Titanium on the new ROM)
Enjoy your new ROM.
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Hello
ust to confirm, instead of using 4EXT im using CWM recovery. I have read that 4EXT and CWM actually does the same job(recovery) so using CWM does not affect the subsequent steps right? (ie using Titanium Backup to back up messages and contacts and doing a full wipe). it will be the same process just using different recovery tool right?

alakaz0om said:
Hello
ust to confirm, instead of using 4EXT im using CWM recovery. I have read that 4EXT and CWM actually does the same job(recovery) so using CWM does not affect the subsequent steps right? (ie using Titanium Backup to back up messages and contacts and doing a full wipe). it will be the same process just using different recovery tool right?
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In theory, yes. But some roms don't install properly from cwm and some absolutely require 4ext due to the use of aroma installer.
Just switch to 4ext. Takes 2 seconds to switch. The app doss all the work to install the recovery.
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In my opinion 4ext is better than cmw but cmw show the aroma installer and install everything. But 4ext is better at all.
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ah i see . alright i shall follow the changing cmw to 4ext recovery thread and change the recovery thingy. thank you all!

alakaz0om said:
ah i see . alright i shall follow the changing cmw to 4ext recovery thread and change the recovery thingy. thank you all!
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You don't even have to do all that if you're willing to buy the $3 4EXT app.
The guide you'll find will have to flash 4EXT with a PM58IMG file in the bootloader. It's easy enough. But you'll lack the app that goes with it that lets you manage your backups, control the recovery module, and update the recovery quickly and easily when new versions are available.
Just buy the 4EXT app on the play store, then from within the app tell it to install the 4EXT recovery module and it'll install the recovery for you quickly and easily.
Plus you're giving $3 to a developer who made a REALLY fantastic recovery and app for you.