just flashed my first rom, now looking to flash a theme. once i do that if i want to go back how do i do that? do i just delete the file off my sd card and reboot? is there another way?
hurricanes52 said:
just flashed my first rom, now looking to flash a theme. once i do that if i want to go back how do i do that? do i just delete the file off my sd card and reboot? is there another way?
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Some themes will include a second flashable .zip that will allow you to go back to the base rom. If this is not the case for the theme you chose, then you would have to either restore a nandroid backup or reflash the rom itself.
hurricanes52 said:
just flashed my first rom, now looking to flash a theme. once i do that if i want to go back how do i do that? do i just delete the file off my sd card and reboot? is there another way?
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Either you restore the nandroid backup you made before you flashed the theme or you make your own theme restore if you can't get one from the theme dev. What rom are you on and what theme did you flash?
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hey guys can you guys help me install this rom on my phone its aready rooted Eugene's Ginger Clone 2.2 gingerbread clone... please!!!
download
move to sdcard/
go to recovery
make backup
flash rom (install zip from sd)
reboot
First install his rom then connect your phone to your computer and mount. Then put the rom in the internel SD card the one without avatar. Don't rename the file. Then boot into recovery and reinstall packages twice. Then you will be in clockwork wipe factory reset and cache. Then go to install zip from SD card, then choose zip from SD card and find the rom. Don't forget to backup your apparently.
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s15274n said:
download
move to sdcard/
go to recovery
make backup
flash rom (install zip from sd)
reboot
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What is the point of making a backup? I mean, you can always go to stock using odin and the JFD tar and pit.
Is backup just to save all your personal files, pics, music, etc?
SamsungVibrant said:
What is the point of making a backup? I mean, you can always go to stock using odin and the JFD tar and pit.
Is backup just to save all your personal files, pics, music, etc?
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just in case.....it cant hurt to make backups....besides...some people **** up an Odin restore(believe it or not).....a nandroid is always a great idea when flashing anything
do u extract the zip? when im done downloading it?
mcuevas23 said:
do u extract the zip? when im done downloading it?
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dont extract ANYTHING!!!
put the zip on the root of your internal sd card (the 16gb)
reboot into clockwork mod and select install zip from sd card...the rest is self explanitory
does it need busy box
s15274n said:
download
move to sdcard/
go to recovery
make backup
flash rom (install zip from sd)
reboot
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I have heard this over and over. I only have one question that I could not find anywhere. Do you need to rename the "Ginger_Clone_Final_R2.zip" to update.zip? Everytime I reboot into recovery and try and get ti to install, I get the same message over and over; something to the effect of package not found. Thanks
SamsungVibrant said:
What is the point of making a backup? I mean, you can always go to stock using odin and the JFD tar and pit.
Is backup just to save all your personal files, pics, music, etc?
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My backups are saved on my sd card things like music pics app backups and homescreen backups
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Blaqhawk said:
I have heard this over and over. I only have one question that I could not find anywhere. Do you need to rename the "Ginger_Clone_Final_R2.zip" to update.zip? Everytime I reboot into recovery and try and get ti to install, I get the same message over and over; something to the effect of package not found. Thanks
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you don't rename it. maybe your choosing the update zip from sd. it should be choose zip file from sd card then you choose the custom rom you're flashing.
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iynfynity said:
you don't rename it. maybe your choosing the update zip from sd. it should be choose zip file from sd card then you choose the custom rom you're flashing.
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Yea, thanks. I thought that was what I am supposed to do. I don't have that option though. When I reboot into recovery (through ROM Manager or on my own) I only have the STOCK recovery options. For some reason, the Clockworkmod options are not showing up. I noticed this about a month ago. I will have to try and figure that out first. Thanks again.
Blaqhawk said:
Yea, thanks. I thought that was what I am supposed to do. I don't have that option though. When I reboot into recovery (through ROM Manager or on my own) I only have the STOCK recovery options. For some reason, the Clockworkmod options are not showing up. I noticed this about a month ago. I will have to try and figure that out first. Thanks again.
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Have you flashed clockwork recovery from rom manager? If so, when you get into stock recovery just hit reinstall packages to get to cwm. You may have to do that twice to get it to work. If it still doesnt work try reflashing cwm from rom manager.
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bstromberg said:
Have you flashed clockwork recovery from rom manager? If so, when you get into stock recovery just hit reinstall packages to get to cwm. You may have to do that twice to get it to work. If it still doesnt work try reflashing cwm from rom manager.
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I had been doing everything right. I had to roll back to CWM version 2.5 (I think it is about 3 or 4 versions earlier than the current one). No wonder they have been making so many updates over the past few days. Well at any rate, I wanted to ensure I wasn't doing anything wrong. i have done it before, but for whatever reason (now known to be CWM) it just wasn't working. I got it fixed and now have 2.3. I will install my apps including Titanium Backup and report any problems. I hope there are none; from what it sounds like, I will probably not have any, but only time will tell. Thanks for posting and confirming that I was not losing my mind.
-Adam
Hi, i'm new to this. i just recently Rooted my Evo 3D. i have a theme over my ROM(which is Supra ROM). The theme i have is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220059&highlight=[Mods]+MaShEd+Up+DrOiDs
however i dont know how to get rid of it. if anyone can help me with this please let me know.
I just want to run my Supra ROM.
Boot into recovery. Wipe cache and Dalvik only. Do not wipe data. Then reflash your Supra rom and reboot.
thanks!! i also want to delete the theme .zip file. how will i go about that?
Just delete it from your wherever you put it on your sd card with a file explorer.
hockeyfamily737 said:
Just delete it from your wherever you put it on your sd card with a file explorer.
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do i do that before or after i reFlash my ROM again?
sorry if im asking too many questions, i just want this to do this without making a mistake
It doesn't matter in what order you do it. When you flashed that theme, it updated the files in your rom with the themed files from the .zip and that .zip has just been sitting on your card doing nothing since then.
oh okay thank you so much!
I've been on the Gingerbread Alien Rom for a while now and i want to get something new. A Rom close to what ICS would be like.
So Any Suggestions on which Rom i should get?
So far this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382934 is the only Rom that I think seems to have what I want.
Oh and is there anyway to install such a Rom without deleting all the information from my phone?
Thanks in advance
first nope you have to delete everything. you can back up all your apps with titanium backup your contacts are in your google account so no biggie.to finish yeah that rom or miui theme black ice is supposedly the closest but with those tools go to town try them all i did and i think most people have.
Thanks
Just one more question
What if I just install a theme over my current theme without changing my Rom, like putting the Darkside theme over my current Alien Rom? Is it even possible, and in this case would I still have to wipe all my data even though i could use Titanium backup to backup everything?
humayun_94 said:
Thanks
Just one more question
What if I just install a theme over my current theme without changing my Rom, like putting the Darkside theme over my current Alien Rom? Is it even possible, and in this case would I still have to wipe all my data even though i could use Titanium backup to backup everything?
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No, replacing theme should be ok without wiping data.... I would still suggest you install the ROM with the theme you want though. Probably need to make sure your using a updated CWM Recovery too, since the last ROM you flashed was Alien.
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Ok...so ill just review the steps that i think i need to take in order to do this
1. Backup everything with titanium backup
2. Update to CM7
3. Install new ROM and theme
4. Restore from backup with titanium backup
Am i missing anything?
Well It's possible/safe to make a flashable zip of my running rom, exactly "full image" of my current one.?
So lets say my Rom A already have all the appz/modz,librarys added, and it's themed exactly as I like.. But then next week I want to run Rom B, again customized (kernel, modem,etc) to what best work for me and likes, then I want to try Rom C.. And then I want to run Rom B or A, or whatever.
So instead of flashing a completely new Rom, and start again with my mods, just wipe everything and flash my "customRom.zip on CWM
So how to make it ?
searching I found that doing a nandroid backup and trying to do a restore from that backup, must have the rom flashed first and then you can do the restore. Is that how it will work if I want to change roms ? Or is there any other way ??
Thanks.
No, a nandroid backup is basically a complete backup of your system. Configurations and all. I'm not 100% sure if a cache and dalvik wipe is needed between restores. But each backup should put your system back to exactly the way it was when you did the backup. Anyone pop in and correct me if I'm wrong.
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You dont need to do that. In CWM just do a back up, it will back up everything. All of your settings, apps, customizations etc... it will basically back up everything like a mirror image. Then you wipe /system /data /cache and flash your new rom. Once you get it set up the way you like it, back that up, then wipe again, flash rom c, set that up and do another back up. You will now have 3 backups of 3 roms with however you set those roms up when you backed them up. for example: I have a back up of the Stock Rom, then a back of of ICScrewed, then one for Miui. Whenever I want to switch to one of those 3 I just go into recovery and restore whichever one I want to run. When you do a restore you dont need to do a wipe because recovery will wipe everything before it restores
but say if you flash rom A, back it up then flash rom B then decide to go back to rom A and while you are on rom A you make more changes to it install more apps, mods you will have to re back up Rom A otherwise you will lose those changes when you go to rom B or C and come back to A.
mfreywald said:
No, a nandroid backup is basically a complete backup of your system. Configurations and all. I'm not 100% sure if a cache and dalvik wipe is needed between restores. But each backup should put your system back to exactly the way it was when you did the backup. Anyone pop in and correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't wipe cache or dalvik cache when restoring a backup. I don't think it matters.
graffixnyc said:
You dont need to do that. In CWM just do a back up, it will back up everything. All of your settings, apps, customizations etc... it will basically back up everything like a mirror image. Then you wipe /system /data /cache and flash your new rom. Once you get it set up the way you like it, back that up, then wipe again, flash rom c, set that up and do another back up. You will now have 3 backups of 3 roms with however you set those roms up when you backed them up. for example: I have a back up of the Stock Rom, then a back of of ICScrewed, then one for Miui. Whenever I want to switch to one of those 3 I just go into recovery and restore whichever one I want to run. When you do a restore you dont need to do a wipe because recovery will wipe everything before it restores
but say if you flash rom A, back it up then flash rom B then decide to go back to rom A and while you are on rom A you make more changes to it install more apps, mods you will have to re back up Rom A otherwise you will lose those changes when you go to rom B or C and come back to A.
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Awesome thanks.. Just a last questions.
I guess it doesn't matter if I rename the file created right ? Or must remain in the datehour format ?
You can rename the folder and it will still work fine.
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mfreywald said:
You can rename the folder and it will still work fine.
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Cool !!! Thank you
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Cool !!! Thank you
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I did hear though that it doesn't like spaces in the folder name. For example it won't like miui 2-15-12 so you would just name it miui_2-15-12
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graffixnyc said:
I did hear though that it doesn't like spaces in the folder name. For example it won't like miui 2-15-12 so you would just name it miui_2-15-12
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Got it... Now lets start to do my liked rom/kernels combos !
Thanks Again!
i downloaded a theme for the market called Inverted-Vending-3.5.15.zip from rujelus22's themes.. but its not an .apk so i dont know how to install it. i opened up the zip and there were 2 folders: system and META-INF. how do i install this on my phone?
You've to flash it via recovery...?
android_owl said:
You've to flash it via recovery...?
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but what if i decide to uninstall it after flashing it? can i uninstall it?
You have to create a backup of your current rom (or system if you're lazy).
If you want to remove it, just flash your backup.
android_owl said:
You have to create a backup of your current rom (or system if you're lazy).
If you want to remove it, just flash your backup.
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thanks man.. i appreciate it