Hey guys!
I'm coming from a OP3T, my clean flash procedure consisted of wiping dalvik, system, data and cache, so that I didn't lose all userdata.
I'm looking at custom ROMs for the Pixel 4A, in all of the flashing instructions it says to do a Factory Reset from the recovery - which I assume also gets rid of all of the userdata?
If that's the case, is there any way to do a clean flash/try out a different ROM without having to wipe all /data/media?
Wtf
There is no such thing as performing a clean flash without wiping the /data partition aka performing a factory reset
What you can do is taking a backup with Titanium or Migrate and then restore the backup in the new rom
tthalheim said:
Wtf
There is no such thing as performing a clean flash without wiping the /data partition aka performing a factory reset
What you can do is taking a backup with Titanium or Migrate and then restore the backup in the new rom
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Yeah there is, just the way I described it lmao
But I guess the answer is no then, based off the last line of your message.
That would be a dirty flash when not wiping data..........LoL
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After my last flash of Beans13 ,I messed up my contacts import.can I factory reset without losing the rom?do I need to reflash the rom?
Have you tried wiping your caches. I would try that first also try deleting you google account and setting it up again. If those don't work I would just reflash the rom. I'm not sure but I think factory reset doesn't erase the rom but I would just reflash to be sure it works correctly. I hope this helps I am not very experienced but I flash a lot of roms. I just recently got the S3 so getting used to sammy phones.
Desertburn said:
After my last flash of Beans13 ,I messed up my contacts import.can I factory reset without losing the rom?do I need to reflash the rom?
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Factory reset/cach/dalvic wipe is considered a dirty flash. You will not lose the rom but all apps. A clean flash requires formatting system. You will lose rom as it is in the system partition. You need to reflash rom to try to reimport or you can try going back through setup menu if there is a setup app in the drawer.
I was trying to do a fresh install of viper one s, I made a nandroid back up. Then, I picked factory reset on the bootloader. then everything was wiped off the bootloader. Even the nandroid backup. Please help!
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I was trying to do a fresh install of viper one s, I made a nandroid back up. Then, I picked factory reset on the bootloader. then everything was wiped off the bootloader. Even the nandroid backup. Please help!
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what do you want to hear?
your nandroid is gone..
the factory reset in the bootloader always delete eeeverything.
your data and your nandroid is helplessy lost now, sry for that.
the next time if you want to do a clean install do it this way!
nandroid of your old rom
wipe system 3x
wipe data 3x
wipe cache & dalvik 3x
and then flash the new rom and do not forget to flash the boot.img afterwards if you are on s-on.
this procedure will wipe everything which is needed for a clean install and it keep your "sd"storage untouched.
The EXACT same thing happened to me, and I was also trying to do a fresh install of Viper One S just after making a full nandroid. Only difference was that I didn't mean to click FACTORY RESET in the bootloader, I'd already wiped everything through recovery.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269288
Long story short, I'm sorry but I hope you have at least some stuff backed up on your PC.
Hi,
I have a general and simple question.
Last week I changed to paranoid rom and I want to return to 11S rom.
If I'm just restoring the nandroid backup and wipe catch and data it is as the same as fleshing it new?
thanks!
Not really,
Anyway, since you gonna wipe data anyway,
Why dont you just flash the whole new rom altogether, instead of nandroid rstore,
Wont take u longer either
It's just easier to do(no need to root again and open the bootloader and recovery) !
Anyway, when I'm installing new rom it will erase my internal storage or just the data/contacts etc.?
thanks!
otonieru said:
Not really,
Anyway, since you gonna wipe data anyway,
Why dont you just flash the whole new rom altogether, instead of nandroid rstore,
Wont take u longer either
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There's no need to flash the ROM from scratch, a nandroid restore is perfectly fine.
efee123 said:
It's just easier to do(no need to root again and open the bootloader and recovery) !
Anyway, when I'm installing new rom it will erase my internal storage or just the data/contacts etc.?
thanks!
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Just go ahead and restore your nandroid backup, it's exactly what they're designed for. The process should wipe the necessary partitions for you but I always wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik cache first anyway just to be sure.
And no, installing a ROM doesn't erase your user data unless you do it yourself. Erasing the data partition only erases apps, settings, etc.
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Great!! many thanks!
I have been using custom roms for guite a long time now. I have flashed several different roms and several flashable apps and mods without any major problems.
Until today. I flashed one camera app on top of another. The result was "com.android.phone has stopped".
1. So I first tried to uninstall that app with Rom Toolbox. Didn't help.
2. Then I cleared data and cache from Phone services. Didn't help.
3. Then I booted to recovery and wiped cache. No help.
4. Then I made factory reset, i.e. clean flash of my current rom. That did not help either! Still com.android.phone FC.
Seems that clean flash had still left something somewhere that caused the FC.
5. So I had to wipe EVERYTHING and flash and install and copy and restore all apps and data back to phone. Several hours of a job.
Yep, wiping everything is clean flash, or wipe everything but internal storage (if still problems, delete . Android folder beforehand).
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simeoni said:
I have been using custom roms for guite a long time now. I have flashed several different roms and several flashable apps and mods without any major problems.
Until today. I flashed one camera app on top of another. The result was "com.android.phone has stopped".
So I first tried to uninstall that app with Rom Toolbox. Didn't help.
Then I cleared data and cache from Phone services. Didn't help.
Then I booted to recovery and wiped cache. No help.
Then I made factory reset, i.e. clean flash of my current rom. That did not help either! Still com.android.phone FC.
Seems that clean flash had still left something somewhere that caused the FC.
So I had to wipe EVERYTHING and flash and install and copy and restore all apps and data back to phone. Several hours of a job.
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for mw to be clean i would flash stock firmware then do the following procedure here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/development/turbo-cleaning-proceure-h811-t3417606
simeoni said:
I have been using custom roms for guite a long time now. I have flashed several different roms and several flashable apps and mods without any major problems.
Until today. I flashed one camera app on top of another. The result was "com.android.phone has stopped".
So I first tried to uninstall that app with Rom Toolbox. Didn't help.
Then I cleared data and cache from Phone services. Didn't help.
Then I booted to recovery and wiped cache. No help.
Then I made factory reset, i.e. clean flash of my current rom. That did not help either! Still com.android.phone FC.
Seems that clean flash had still left something somewhere that caused the FC.
So I had to wipe EVERYTHING and flash and install and copy and restore all apps and data back to phone. Several hours of a job.
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A factory reset isn't a clean flash. A clean flash is wipe system, data, dalvik/art cache. You have flashed the camera app to your system partition, so you have to wipe /system in twrp too (together with /data and /cache if you want to make a clean flash). But in your case it should be enough to wipe system and then reflash your Rom to get rid of your issue
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A factory reset isn't a clean flash. A clean flash is wipe system, data, dalvik/art cache. You have flashed the camera app to your system partition, so you have to wipe /system in twrp too (together with /data and /cache if you want to make a clean flash). But in your case it should be enough to wipe system and then reflash your Rom to get rid of your issue
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OK, thanks. Maybe in my step 4 above I thought that factory reset was enough but I didn't notice that it does not wipe system. So I went too far and wiped all my data, too.
But earlier when I have flashed different roms and they always tell that you must do clean flash, I didn't wipe system. So I thought clean flash was just factory reset. Still those different roms were working ok. Next time I try to remember wipe system also.
So I decided to flash some ROMS on my Alcatel 5045D but I wasn't completely happy with them so I decided to go back to the stock ROM.
Before flashing anything, I made a full backup of all the partitions via TWRP to be able to restore it.
So here is the problem: After restoring it, it works, but every time I restart the phone, all my settings and app permissions reset.
What I've already tried:
- Restore the backup again
- Wipe Caches
- Wipe Data, System and Caches and then restore the backup again
Is there any solution for this without flashing a downloaded stock ROM?
pepesasa said:
So I decided to flash some ROMS on my Alcatel 5045D but I wasn't completely happy with them so I decided to go back to the stock ROM.
Before flashing anything, I made a full backup of all the partitions via TWRP to be able to restore it.
So here is the problem: After restoring it, it works, but every time I restart the phone, all my settings and app permissions reset.
What I've already tried:
- Restore the backup again
- Wipe Caches
- Wipe Data, System and Caches and then restore the backup again
Is there any solution for this without flashing a downloaded stock ROM?
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Maybe, but it might turn into a wild goose chase, it is simpler and easier to just flash the stock firmware file via your device's compatible flashtool and be done with the issue.
If you are worried about losing data, you can backup your data by other means than TWRP, then flash the stock firmware, then restore your data then reflash TWRP.
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