im kinda new to this i successfully unlocked and flash my first rom from this amazing forum but now not sure if its ok to just install another rom right on to of the 1 im using or should i do a factory reset inbetween i mean factory reset that is in cwmrecovery
jimmerz0823 said:
im kinda new to this i successfully unlocked and flash my first rom from this amazing forum but now not sure if its ok to just install another rom right on to of the 1 im using or should i do a factory reset inbetween i mean factory reset that is in cwmrecovery
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Many people do just in case since something happens. Just backup everything first!
IMO...
jimmerz0823 said:
im kinda new to this i successfully unlocked and flash my first rom from this amazing forum but now not sure if its ok to just install another rom right on to of the 1 im using or should i do a factory reset inbetween i mean factory reset that is in cwmrecovery
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i would. if you don't, you might get stuck in a bootloop. some roms don't require you to (ie...CM updates). but even then, it doesn't hurt to do it after so many CM updates. now, if you don't want to lose your data, i'd recommend using titanium backup...if you haven't already.
Rule of thumb would be as follows:
Wipe Dalvik.
Wipe cache.
Factory/data reset.
Flash ROM.
Wipe Dalvik.
Wipe cache.
Factory data/reset.
This should keep you safe. Only takes an extra minute to do.
Some ROM's will wipe for you, but I always do a manual wipe first anyway.
hey thanks alot guys just wasnt sure but i dnt ever see the wipe dalvik option am i missing something
oh and for some reason my camera isnt wrking now that i flashed roms not sure y i folled instructions very well
jimmerz0823 said:
hey thanks alot guys just wasnt sure but i dnt ever see the wipe dalvik option am i missing something
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In CWM select advanced on the main menu and you will see wipe Dalvik there.
I have heard mixed things on this subject, I haven't wiped my data after updating to KI3 and there are little to no issues (I have gotten about two force closes since it came out).
I also heard that if I root I lose my data, is that correct?
If you aren't facing any problem then don't but otherwise do a Full Wipe. Before doing than make Backup with Titanium.
So if I experience any issues, then root, back up and then wipe? I haven't rooted yet and the only use I will get from it is backing up. But that is useful thank you.
i don't think so just make a backup !!!!!!!!!!!!
Cangir said:
i don't think so just make a backup !!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm not quite sure what you mean.
IF you don't experience any problems don't wipe, you're alright already. Now, if you have problems, wipe your data, but then you'll have to reflash. You don't wipe after flashing, you must do it before flashing.
tomascunill said:
IF you don't experience any problems don't wipe, you're alright already. Now, if you have problems, wipe your data, but then you'll have to reflash. You don't wipe after flashing, you must do it before flashing.
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Oh I did not know that. I haven't encountered an issue yet, does it happen very often?
SirRomie said:
Oh I did not know that. I haven't encountered an issue yet, does it happen very often?
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Well, when flashing from a very different firmware to another things might not work well, and the problem is you on't know what's causing the problem. At least I always do a full wipe since I backup all my apps with titanium backup pro so set my phone again takes me little time. Try your phone for a couple of days and just wipe if you need to, if not keep enjoying it as it is.
Thanks! Everyone has been very helpful.
Dear community,
I have a SGS2 and i have the PMv2 By foxhound and i noticed some functions werent working properly, like panning while holding screen items and the clock and weather not showing up nor staying in the right place in the lock screen when set in display under settings. Also in kakao talk auto caps or the up button once wont keep caps for first word on.
Ive tried wiping D-Cache and cache but it hasnt helped much. Should i try for a reinstall with CWM?
If so the basics is to wipe both cache - install - reboot - wipe again - reboot and everything should be ok?
Maybe i should reword it.
Should i do a clean wipe (factory wipe right?) clear the cashe and d-cache and reinstall PMv2.0? Will it fix the problems i have? Or is it known issues with the ROM?
Renren1403 said:
Maybe i should reword it.
Should i do a clean wipe (factory wipe right?) clear the cashe and d-cache and reinstall PMv2.0?
Always worth a try
Will it fix the problems i have? Or is it known issues with the ROM?
A read the rom posts B you can ask the question in the roms thread .
jje
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JJEgan said:
Renren1403 said:
Maybe i should reword it.
Should i do a clean wipe (factory wipe right?) clear the cashe and d-cache and reinstall PMv2.0?
Always worth a try
Will it fix the problems i have? Or is it known issues with the ROM?
A read the rom posts B you can ask the question in the roms thread .
jje
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I've tried asking but I think there are too many people discussing that it feels like you are being drowned out.
Also there's a new Rom in the thread but its not psychomantis. Is it recommended to update to it?
Thanks for always helping me out jje...
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Hye, i'm new in xda and french, then, sorry if my english...
i've installed cyanogenmod 9 in my i9100g with succes, but i would like to install cyanogenmod 10.
my first question, is about the modem and radio, because i've flashed it, and, it is necessary to reflash it after the install of cyanogenmod 10 ? or can i use the same i've installed for cyanogenmod 9 ?
another question... must i save all my phone ? contact, picture, sms, mms, video etc ? will i lost all ? or not ?
sorry if these question have been posted yet... i didn't find any post about that...
cordialy.
xxx74 said:
Hye, i'm new in xda and french, then, sorry if my english...
i've installed cyanogenmod 9 in my i9100g with succes, but i would like to install cyanogenmod 10.
my first question, is about the modem and radio, because i've flashed it, and, it is necessary to reflash it after the install of cyanogenmod 10 ? or can i use the same i've installed for cyanogenmod 9 ?
another question... must i save all my phone ? contact, picture, sms, mms, video etc ? will i lost all ? or not ?
sorry if these question have been posted yet... i didn't find any post about that...
cordialy.
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Modem and radio will not be changed, so you don't need to reflash them.
Since you have to wipe before flashing CM10:
·Contacts should be synced with Google. Just in case, use Go Backup (or another one, but Go Backupis great and free) to backup.
·Pictures/videos will be in the internal/external SD card so they won't be deleted (don't wipe internal/external sd card...).
·SMS/MMS will be lost too. Use Go Backup to backup.
·Apps: Use Go Backup to backup.
xxx74 said:
Hye, i'm new in xda and french, then, sorry if my english...
i've installed cyanogenmod 9 in my i9100g with succes, but i would like to install cyanogenmod 10.
my first question, is about the modem and radio, because i've flashed it, and, it is necessary to reflash it after the install of cyanogenmod 10 ? or can i use the same i've installed for cyanogenmod 9 ?
another question... must i save all my phone ? contact, picture, sms, mms, video etc ? will i lost all ? or not ?
sorry if these question have been posted yet... i didn't find any post about that...
cordialy.
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Hey,
You can theoretically just flash CM10 over CM9 and keep all your data... I suggest doing a full backup of CM9 first though. As for your modem/Radio, no need to reflash... You can keep the one you'Re running as long as it suits your needs.
karendar said:
Hey,
You can theoretically just flash CM10 over CM9 and keep all your data... I suggest doing a full backup of CM9 first though. As for your modem/Radio, no need to reflash... You can keep the one you'Re running as long as it suits your needs.
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Ok, thanks for your answers, i'll try it...
Somebody can tell me which difference there is between 9 and 10 ? It is interesting to upgrade ?
xxx74 said:
Ok, thanks for your answers, i'll try it...
Somebody can tell me which difference there is between 9 and 10 ? It is interesting to upgrade ?
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In a i9100, not so much (no hwcomposer so not Project Butter), athough it works great (I use CM10 since first day in i9100).
i9100G has HWcomposer working so everything is smooth and has official nightlies, so I'd say definitely yes. Anyway, just try. If you don't like... flash CM9 back!
Best luck
antonio1475 said:
In a i9100, not so much (no hwcomposer so not Project Butter), athough it works great (I use CM10 since first day in i9100).
i9100G has HWcomposer working so everything is smooth and has official nightlies, so I'd say definitely yes. Anyway, just try. If you don't like... flash CM9 back!
Best luck
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Ok, thanks for all.
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antonio1475 said:
Modem and radio will not be changed, so you don't need to reflash them.
Since you have to wipe before flashing CM10:
·Contacts should be synced with Google. Just in case, use Go Backup (or another one, but Go Backupis great and free) to backup.
·Pictures/videos will be in the internal/external SD card so they won't be deleted (don't wipe internal/external sd card...).
·SMS/MMS will be lost too. Use Go Backup to backup.
·Apps: Use Go Backup to backup.
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You said me "Since you have to wipe before flashing cm10"
But which wipe must i do ? data factory, cache partition,...
And some people say that after flashing cm10, must do a wipe to... really necessary ? If yes, which wipe ?
Sorry, i don't understand all these notion of wipe... i read doc about it but...
If somebody could answer me quickly, because i'm downloading cm10 and i would try it... I'm little exciting...
Cordially.
xxx74 said:
You said me "Since you have to wipe before flashing cm10"
But which wipe must i do ? data factory, cache partition,...
And some people say that after flashing cm10, must do a wipe to... really necessary ? If yes, which wipe ?
Sorry, i don't understand all these notion of wipe... i read doc about it but...
If somebody could answer me quickly, because i'm downloading cm10 and i would try it... I'm little exciting...
Cordially.
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The firsts versions of CM10 required wipe data (factory reset) before and after flashing.
Before flashing, wipe data (factory reset) and cache (I think factory reset also wipes cache), and if you wish, advanced->Wipe dalvik cache.
Later versions don't require wipe after anymore (I don't wipe after flashing anymore), but you lose nothing wiping after flashing if you want to be sure...
antonio1475 said:
The firsts versions of CM10 required wipe data (factory reset) before and after flashing.
Before flashing, wipe data (factory reset) and cache (I think factory reset also wipes cache), and if you wish, advanced->Wipe dalvik cache.
Later versions don't require wipe after anymore (I don't wipe after flashing anymore), but you lose nothing wiping after flashing if you want to be sure...
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Thanks for your quick answer...
Then if i choose "cm-10-20120824-NIGHTLY-i9100g.zip", i must do a "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition", after i install my cm10.zip, and after, if i want, i can do again the same thing "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition".
And normaly, i won't lost data in my sdcard and external sd ?
xxx74 said:
Thanks for your quick answer...
Then if i choose "cm-10-20120824-NIGHTLY-i9100g.zip", i must do a "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition", after i install my cm10.zip, and after, if i want, i can do again the same thing "wipe data/factory reset" and a "wipe cache partition".
And normaly, i won't lost data in my sdcard and external sd ?
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Just wipe data/factory reset.
And no, you won't lose data in sd memory.
PS: I never ask anyone to press the Thanks button, but after all these answers, if I helped you it would be nice you press the button in my posts (and the other who replied too)
antonio1475 said:
Just wipe data/factory reset.
And no, you won't lose data in sd memory.
PS: I never ask anyone to press the Thanks button, but after all these answers, if I helped you it would be nice you press the button in my posts (and the other who replied too)
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You helped me too much, thanks !!
Sorry for the "thank" button, it's the first time i see this thing...
xxx74 said:
You helped me too much, thanks !!
Sorry for the "thank" button, it's the first time i see this thing...
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Good luck.
By the way, many of your questions already have thousands of replies over the internet and you "should" read and try before asking "simple" things. But anyway...
Hi. I am using NeatROM lite 4.8. I downloaded the 23 toggles zip file (XWLSW_Stock_23Toggles_BS.zip). How do I install it? My first thought was to just install the zip from the external sd card in Recovery like I did with the ROM, but I thought I'd better ask first, in case that's wrong or I miss a step. Sorry for seeming stupid, but like most beginners, I am afraid of a big screw-up (for beginners, every screw-up seems to be a near-fatal :crying and so need to be very literal and follow precise steps. Later on, I hope I can make the intuitive leaps and guesses like more experienced folks.
I should also ask how to remove or go back to normal NeatROM lite if something goes horribly wrong.
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Hi. I am using NeatROM lite 4.8. I downloaded the 23 toggles zip file (XWLSW_Stock_23Toggles_BS.zip). How do I install it? My first thought was to just install the zip from the external sd card in Recovery like I did with the ROM, but I thought I'd better ask first, in case that's wrong or I miss a step. Sorry for seeming stupid, but like most beginners, I am afraid of a big screw-up (for beginners, every screw-up seems to be a near-fatal :crying and so need to be very literal and follow precise steps. Later on, I hope I can make the intuitive leaps and guesses like more experienced folks.
I should also ask how to remove or go back to normal NeatROM lite if something goes horribly wrong.
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-for install it u have to go in recovery mode and than flash it like a rom (install zip or something similar)
-for return stock you have 2 way:
1) find a .zip that restore the stock theme
2) re-flash rom without wipe
tiaz92 said:
-for install it u have to go in recovery mode and than flash it like a rom (install zip or something similar)
-for return stock you have 2 way:
1) find a .zip that restore the stock theme
2) re-flash rom without wipe
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thanks, I'll do this. question about reverting to the stock theme: why would one NOT wipe the cache before reflashing the ROM? Or should one wipe it after the re-install? I wiped the cache and dalvik cache after I originally put on NeatROM.
He means no wipe as in factory reset. All your data is lost if you do this so to not wipe is better for you. To wipe cache and dalv cache you wont loose data. I think one needs to read more then one would be better with one's android device.
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andrewwright said:
He means no wipe as in factory reset. All your data is lost if you do this so to not wipe is better for you. To wipe cache and dalv cache you wont loose data. I think one needs to read more then one would be better with one's android device.
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Thank you for the clarification because wipe could mean cache wipe, dalvik cache wipe or factory reset. I would only do a factory reset as a last resort.
The toggles are installed now and I really like having them and being able to re-order them. It really amazes me that with all the useful and practical mods people here have done that more are not natively included from Android or the phone manufacturers. It's not like they lack talent or imagination ... is it ?
There are sooo many talented people on xda I wonder why Sam don't offer people jobs to do it for them. If you think that mod is good keep looking there is some amazing mods on here. Most do it for fun!! Sam devs should look at xda and hold there head in shame. :thumbup:
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