I've been really thinking about trying the alpha2 ics rom but i want to make sure i can go back without a hitch if my experience is as bad as some of the other. What pre-steps did you take (nandroid backup)
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Yup! Plus dagr8 has GB bootloaders for easy transitioning
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kevinallen4325 said:
Yup! Plus dagr8 has GB bootloaders for easy transitioning
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So i can just flash my back up thru cwm and be done, i don't know much about boot loaders.
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yes, just do a restore of your nandroid backup through CWM recovery and voila there you are, simple
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yes, just do a restore of your nandroid backup through CWM recovery and voila there you are, simple
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Works for me...just had a thought, the backup won't delete right?
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It may delete what you have on the internal memory but won't touch the ext sd card. I've reverted back and forth between ICS and GB using CWM about 6 times now with no problems.
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I managed to soft brick my note and I can't seem to get any custom ROMs to boot past the boot animation, and returning to stock just bootloops. If anyone can provide me with their backup of CM9, that'd be great. I just need the boot.img, cache, data, nandroid, recovery, and system files. You don't even need to give me the clockworkmod folder, backup folder, or the folder for the actual backup! (Make sure there's no private information on the backup, mmkay?) Preferably, it would be made in CWM after flashing CM9 quincyatt RC2 and the 4.29.12 Google Apps.
If this won't cause too much trouble, I hope you people can provide a backup. I managed to wipe all of mine out (bad luck!).
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: If it helps anyone, I have an AT&T Note.
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I think this is one. I have 7 back ups for different roms, I don't know how to check if it's the right one.
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Hope I didn't give up any personal info.
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Thanks! It's an incomplete backup, but I can splice it with some of the backups I have on my computer and write it to an SD card.
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Thanks! It's an incomplete backup, but I can splice it with some of the backups I have on my computer and write it to an SD card.
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Hope it works for you, I have no clue with this stuff. Don't know why it would be incomplete. I've used that backup image before to restore.
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Hope it works for you, I have no clue with this stuff. Don't know why it would be incomplete. I've used that backup image before to restore.
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Okay, I flashed it, I got a King Kang boot animation, no dice.
It still may be ok, I changed changed the image to the pink horse
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Have u tried to Odin back to stock and re root and flash cwm?
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Have u tried to Odin back to stock and re root and flash cwm?
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Yes, I have. I get a bootloop when I try to Odin back to stock. I found an old recovery I made from the OEM stuff, so I'm just going to flash that and start over. Case closed, I suppose.
So I've been reading through the forums in search of this answer but I've been unable to find a definite one. I want to try epinters cm10 but if I don't like it, is it safe to flash back neutrinos cm7 using CWM recovery? Will I brick my phone by doing this?
Thanks!
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The answer to your question is yes. But the best way to return is by restoring the nandroid backup you will create before trying CM10 (or any other ROM). No brick fears unless you try to flash an sbf (which you should never do).
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The answer to your question is yes. But the best way to return is by restoring the nandroid backup you will create before trying CM10 (or any other ROM). No brick fears unless you try to flash an sbf (which you should never do).
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Thank you so much for the quick response.
Before I flashed cm7, I made a back up of my stock. Same applies if I wanted to flash back to stock using the nandroid backup, correct? Sorry, I just want to clarify completely before doing anything.
Thanks again!
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nw21st said:
Thank you so much for the quick response.
Before I flashed cm7, I made a back up of my stock. Same applies if I wanted to flash back to stock using the nandroid backup, correct? Sorry, I just want to clarify completely before doing anything.
Thanks again!
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You only have to backup your current rom if you think you might want to go back.
Always backup before installing new roms, or making any major changes, or even when you have your current rom set up perfectly. Using rom manager makes it easier because you can name them whatever you want. You can never have too many backups!
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You only have to backup your current rom if you think you might want to go back.
Always backup before installing new roms, or making any major changes, or even when you have your current rom set up perfectly. Using rom manager makes it easier because you can name them whatever you want. You can never have too many backups!
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Awesome man. Thanks for all the advice. Downloaded rom manager and renamed all my backups with their proper tags.
Going to give Epinters CM10 a go.
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The answer to your question is yes. But the best way to return is by restoring the nandroid backup you will create before trying CM10 (or any other ROM). No brick fears unless you try to flash an sbf (which you should never do).
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+1 This
For all the lazy kids out there, always create a Nandroid before going to any new ROM.
It's only one extra step, and it beats flashing with a SBF and "hoping" for the best...
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Okay, I have looked around before coming here I have done everything right so the guides say when I go to clock work recovery and try and install skyraider it gives me these messages how do i fix it and install skyraider (image is in attachments)
Are you s off or just bootloader unlocked
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Are you s off or just bootloader unlocked
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S-OFF I used the one click root on my thunderbolt revolutionary I do believe
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S-OFF I used the one click root on my thunderbolt revolutionary I do believe
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Does that help ?
Are you using rom manager? If you are then stop. Make sure you wipe system,boot, and caches before flashing the rom. Download and use 4ext recovery instead of cwm. Its much better and don't use rom manager.
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Are you using rom manager? If you are then stop. Make sure you wipe system,boot, and caches before flashing the rom. Download and use 4ext recovery instead of cwm. Its much better and don't use rom manager.
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I am using rom manager i wiped it all still didnt work
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Are you using rom manager? If you are then stop. Make sure you wipe system,boot, and caches before flashing the rom. Download and use 4ext recovery instead of cwm. Its much better and don't use rom manager.
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I downloaded 4ext I love the recovery on 4ext i will try it with 4ext and get back to you
Use the wipe all except SD card option before flashing roms. It wipes all the necessary things for you with that option.
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Use the wipe all except SD card option before flashing roms. It wipes all the necessary things for you with that option.
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ext3 or ext4 (all partitions)
syler2012 said:
ext3 or ext4 (all partitions)
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I just tried to wipe all but sd it didnt work what am i doing wrong ? is it my phone ?
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ext3 or ext4 (all partitions)
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I would say try ext 4, but I really don't want you wiping the SD out because that could suck if your SD contains things you don't want to use.
Wait for disconnecktie to reply. He knows more about it. I guess this makes my reply pointless. Haha. Oh well.
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Go into the wipe format menu and select the option St the bottom wipe all partitions except SD card and that is all you need to do before flashing
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Use the wipe all except SD card option before flashing roms. It wipes all the necessary things for you with that option.
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I got it its kinda slow though it was my file LOLOLOL lord
Yea it a little slow I guess but quicker than having to select each option individually.
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Yea it a little slow I guess but quicker than having to select each option individually.
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no the rom was kinda slow at first its okay now but it eats up more battery then my stock XD any fixes to this ?
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no the rom was kinda slow at first its okay now but it eats up more battery then my stock XD any fixes to this ?
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I dont remember what version of sense that rom is but to save battery you could try undervolting. Someone with more knowledge of skyraider should assist you there though. I personally have never ran skyraider on the thunderbolt.
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no the rom was kinda slow at first its okay now but it eats up more battery then my stock XD any fixes to this ?
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I had great battery life with Skyraider 1.3 with the stock settings, definitely better than the stock ROM. It was better with the .9 radios vs the .19 radios - you could try a radio swap.
Did you make any other changes? New apps/sync settings etc?
So i just rerooted my thunderbolt and flashed cwm. The cwm verion is v4.0.4.1
and i read a post about cwm not backing up ics because i guess there are more than 10k files. But i didnt understand how they tried fixing it. Is there an easy way? i have ics and am not sure what is happening. the device hangs at backing up system and the bar is gray with not scrolling indicator. Please help, i want to try the official ics rom debloated and other roms.
Im not sure if i need to update my cwm version.
You need to flash a different recovery. I prefer 4ext personally but twrp is free and up to date as well. There are also issues with CWM not wiping correctly and causing a lot of issues on people's phones.
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You need to flash a different recovery. I prefer 4ext personally but twrp is free and up to date as well. There are also issues with CWM not wiping correctly and causing a lot of issues on people's phones.
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I flashed a new one, and im not sure how to delete a thread....... and thanks btw, it worked
Ask a mod to lock it since you got your answer.
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Ask a mod to lock it since you got your answer.
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im not even sure how to do that
Hi,
Recently i have been mucking about with flashable .zip themes but being an idiot didnt back up before i started flashing and now some of my icons have changed and i was wondering if there is any way to get them back to stock.
Any help greatly appreciated.
I know i have been a giant idiot
One way, I think would be to reflash your current rom.
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One way, I think would be to reflash your current rom.
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i had thought of that, but that means a lot of backing up and so forth
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i had thought of that, but that means a lot of backing up and so forth
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You won't need to wipe data if you're flashing the same ROM but yes, you should always backup. Always take a Nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING. Also think about using Titanium backup for individual apps.
You should read:
General > Sticky Roll-up thread > Understanding the basics before rooting
rootSU said:
You won't need to wipe data if you're flashing the same ROM but yes, you should always backup. Always take a Nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING. Also think about using Titanium backup for individual apps.
You should read:
General > Sticky Roll-up thread > Understanding the basics before rooting
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i just use the stock firmware that came withthe phone so im unsure on how to reflash them
All in that thread I suggested you read although its probably easier for you to flash stock from Odin....
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maybe u can use a launcher, like adwlauncher it let you change icons of your apps
If I wear to do an advanced restore and only remote the /system would that make any difference to my personal data, as it is syst apps that are modified such as the sms and phone app
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Or, if you have Nova Launcher installed, you could go to Nova Settings>Look and Feel>Icon Themes>Default or Stock Jelly Bean
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I already use action launcher and have been for a while now, but the problem is that parts inside the all have been changed and also my apps on the block screen
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In that case, I think one option for you to preserve stock look/icons would be to heed the earlier post/s by rootsu - flash stock firmware from your region/country using Odin. It shouldn't take that long.
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Ok, I will back up all my data, then try restoring /system to see if that works and if that doesn't ill lash the stock firmware
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Ok, I will back up all my data, then try restoring /system to see if that works and if that doesn't ill lash the stock firmware
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How are you restoring /system if not flashign a stock rom?
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How are you restoring /system if not flashign a stock rom?
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i have a backup from a while ago
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i have a backup from a while ago
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Right. When I mentioned earlier about taking Nandroid backups before flashing things, that probably would have been a good time to bring that up.
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Right. When I mentioned earlier about taking Nandroid backups before flashing things, that probably would have been a good time to bring that up.
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sorry, my backup is from about 3 monthes ago, so i feared that it would flash all my data from 3 months ago
You can advanced restore /system as you've already eluded to. Id have recommend that had I known
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Thank you for your help, sorry for not being so forthcoming with information
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No worries
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