Just a few questions I've had come up while doing my first bit of flashing on the I9300...
1. I come from phones that didn't have internal/virtual SD cards. How do I ensure that the WHOLE phone is wiped when I try a new ROM? I'm seeing elements from previous ROMs.
2. Someone explain to me WHY the default for cameras isn't to save to my external SD card. The stock Samsung asks you which you want to use for photos but every other app wants to save on the internal SD (which by the way makes no sense, why not just call it internal memory???) What's the point of having an external card if the phone's system won't use it?
3. Sooo... CM based ROMs are buggy still and won't be optimal for the I9300. And Sammy ROMs will be built on the base ROM that was actually meant for this hardware but will never have the Vanilla JB look. Is that about it? If so, it would seem that getting JB "themes" of some kind for Samsung ROMs makes more sense than bothering with AOSP at all for the time being. Is that a fair assessment? I love the gallery integration in the AOSP camera, but every AOSP ROM I try has FC issues and crashes with the gallery, camera, and/or browsers.
Thanks to anybody who can give me some input on these questions.
1. Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832326&highlight=super+wipe there is 4 simple options for wiping all with a clear explanation of what they do, all built into a nice aroma installer.
2. Can't tell you why that is, ask the dev's of the app is the best thing I can recommend.
3. That is about it as far as I know. Sounds like a fair enough assessment, but like always just try out different roms to find the one you like the most. There is no best rom as far as the forum is concerned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840040
Under the Download Section you can find a .zip file called Super Wipe. It will make a full wipe of your internal storage. (inclusive personal data)
There's this one annoying situation I got myself into. Trying out mods on one ROM, I ended up with some newer gallery with spinning pictures, etc. But I flashed to another ROM, wiping everything, assuming that it would "wipe" everything but I still have the gallery and can't get rid of it because I've already left that ROM.
Any chance of finding the stock gallery somewhere that I can flash?
That's the Galaxy Note II gallery.
Have you did a full wipe or just the normal wipe from the CWM?
In Recovery I did a wipe, a cache wipe and a dalvik cache wipe. But I'm seeing these wipe applications and thinking I should use one to clear out the internal/virtual SD?
Yes if you do the full wipe it will delete everything on your internal storage.
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Well I did a full wipe and it didn't touch my internal SD card
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Hi,
So i have been trying out ics since it came out, but thought i would try out some custom roms since they come with nice tweaking and stuff. Not sure what rom to try, but decided with FoxHound, since it seemed a bit neat!
But when i tryed to install it everything seemed good, and it said it was finished and i restartet. Then it just keeps restarting, so now im back to ics..
Do i perhaps need to have the official firmware its based on?
"-Based on the latest official firmware 2.3.6 XWKL1 WIPE"
Did you do these prior to installing Batista70?
Wipe Data
Wipe Cache
Wipe System (IMPORTANT)
Wipe Dalvik Cache
I see, thank! Now trying out WickedROM hehe. Is it kept up to date? want a room that does hehe
Well, I use WickedROM because of the lack of the fake ICS-looks most ROMs automatically come with nowadays. Also I need the stock TouchWiz functions including the Camera, motion sensor in browser and Gallery app. I installed the plain theme and it makes the phone look great.
This ROM is great when it comes to stableness, and it runs on the latest XWKL1 1.3.6, so yes it is updated.
And yeah, I read the email notification and before you edited your post, you asked about how to Wipe System. For the people out there, you wipe the system by going into Mounts/Storage in CWM and click Format /system.
@nicholaschum
By formatting system, the internal storage contents are erased or what? Sorry for the noob question.and is this step mandatory, since i have noticed that most roms dev ask to carry out only 3 steps (Wipe data,Wipe cache,Wipe Delvik cache). When do we actually need to do Wipe system.
When I said wipe system, it wipes the device of any ROMs installed, so you guarantee a fresh and clean install.
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Thanks for the reply.
sorry for not being clear last time.What i want to know is that, if i want to completely clean my phone, before flashing a custom rom, then do i need to do wipe system?
Because i have noticed that, even after doing wipe data,wipe cache and wipe delvik cache......... the app folders(like go launcher,go sms,etc) are still present in internal card.
will root also be removed if i wipe system
I been growing to like alle the new changes in ICS while i have used it and i couple of future i miss after i changed to WickedROM. Whats better with samsungs TouchWiz than Wicked uses?
And yea, i noticed it was updated to todays state of the art, but do you know if the devs are continous updating at new releases as when ics come i want it badly hehe
I like the new ICS functions too, but I would never sacrifice stability for a cool looking ROM.
WickedROM is like a slimmed down stock Samsung TouchWiz ROM, with full functionality of Stock AND Rooting (deodex/zipaligning,etc.) as well as some kernel and battery tweaks.
ICS will release soon, but right now it is in beta so I wouldn't install them again.
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internal is /emmc, and not /system.
wiping /system ONLY removes the ROM and whatever is installed into the ROM.
wiping /emmc means you remove all folders on your internal SD card (16GB)
Oh great, thanks for the info dude..
Hmm true that Thanks for all the info! You have been great haha
I can't post in the regular forum - so hopefully someone can answer this question here.
I updated to DZ's 10A2 from 9 this morning. No problems - except there appear to be broken file links, which I imagine is due to the sdcard renames.
For instance: I can open Google Listen, but none of the podcasts will download and there is an error finding a file at /sdcard/com.google.etc. Also Evernote has no notes in it. Swiftkey can't load a language pack. Gmail and calendar app work fine.
The instructions said coming from 9-10A2 you shouldn't have to wipe data and cache but it hadn't been tested.
So my question's are:
1. Is the problem I'm seeing because I didn't wipe data/cache?
2. Can someone let DZ know that his instructions might need to be updated that going from his 9B1 to 10A2 will probably need a data/cache wipe?
xdevnull said:
I can't post in the regular forum - so hopefully someone can answer this question here.
I updated to DZ's 10A2 from 9 this morning. No problems - except there appear to be broken file links, which I imagine is due to the sdcard renames.
For instance: I can open Google Listen, but none of the podcasts will download and there is an error finding a file at /sdcard/com.google.etc. Also Evernote has no notes in it. Swiftkey can't load a language pack. Gmail and calendar app work fine.
The instructions said coming from 9-10A2 you shouldn't have to wipe data and cache but it hadn't been tested.
So my question's are:
1. Is the problem I'm seeing because I didn't wipe data/cache?
2. Can someone let DZ know that his instructions might need to be updated that going from his 9B1 to 10A2 will probably need a data/cache wipe?
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I dont know anything about Google listen since I dont use it. But for Evernote, are you saying the notes you had are not showing up anymore? This could be due to the fact that CM10 is back to the old storage method. CM9 had the flip flop mod in there that made you external card show as the Internal storage so we had more storage space for internal storage. So if your notes were saved on the internal storage on CM9, which was actually your external card, you may have to move them back to the internal storage. You can find everything on CM10 in storage/sdcard0 (for internal) and sdcard1 (for external)
EDIT: And I dont know where you read you shouldnt have to wipe data and cache. Its ALWAYS a good idea to wipe everything when coming from one ROM to another.
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I dont know anything about Google listen since I dont use it. But for Evernote, are you saying the notes you had are not showing up anymore? This could be due to the fact that CM10 is back to the old storage method. CM9 had the flip flop mod in there that made you external card show as the Internal storage so we had more storage space for internal storage. So if your notes were saved on the internal storage on CM9, which was actually your external card, you may have to move them back to the internal storage. You can find everything on CM10 in storage/sdcard0 (for internal) and sdcard1 (for external)
EDIT: And I dont know where you read you shouldnt have to wipe data and cache. Its ALWAYS a good idea to wipe everything when coming from one ROM to another.
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Thanks. Looks like I'll just wipe. It's just a pain to reinstall all those apps and get my phone screens setup the way I like.
I read about not having to wipe from the install instructions:
Installation:
This can be installed over CM7/CM9 or BLUR but you MUST wipe data and cache if from CM7/BLUR. (CM9 should work w/o wipe, but it's untested).
I know it's always a good idea to wipe, but I was hoping I could get away with it. The phone works okay, it's just some apps that aren't finding their data. Not a big deal.
Titanium Backup is the best way to get all your apps back with their data. Thats what I use and dont lose any data when I go to a new ROM or SBF.
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Titanium Backup is the best way to get all your apps back with their data. Thats what I use and dont lose any data when I go to a new ROM or SBF.
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I've used it before, but it seems like every time I read flash instructions they say: "Don't use TiBu" to restore from a previous ROM!
It looks like it would have been okay this time - so lesson learned - might as well use it just in case.
Are there particular things you should/should not backup in prep for a new ROM? Just wondering.
Thanks
Apps and app data are fine to restore. SYSTEM data is what causes problems. Don't bother with system data.
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Apps and app data are fine to restore. SYSTEM data is what causes problems. Don't bother with system data.
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Thanks - I'll start doing that. Appreciate the help.
The wipe seems to have fixed all but Listen, which I guess is a lost cause. I remember a couple of times when a download would foobar and it was just screwed forever. No way to really clear it. Apparently it's not supported since August anyway so using a different program.
Hey all,
Got my HTC One last week, been loving it. Previously I had a SGS3 I9300, and am happy I moved away from Samsung on this generation, for sure. Since I began flashing ROM's and kernels to my SGS3, I was looking for a way to clean up the internal SD card. The solution I found was an Aroma-powered script called Megawipe by zoot1. It worked great, removing all folders and crap from the internal sd card that doing a 'factory' reset won't accomplish... Free'd up 3.7 additional GB's.
Anyway, I was wondering, because I plan on flashing ROM's for the HTC One as they start rolling out, if there was a similar tool/script that accomplished the same thing? If not, could his script be modified to accomplish a similar goal? Any ideas or alternatives would be greatly appreciated, just trying to think ahead for scripts I'm sure people will value. Thanks again guys.
its all the same. superwipe/megawipe is just one app that wipes everything you need if your flashing a new rom. just do a factory reset flash and wipe cache and dalvik and its the exact same thing. and pretty much every custom rom out there now based on AROMA has a built in function to wipe for you if you came from a different rom.
There are plenty of roms and kernels you can flash over on the international ONE forum section. I'm running ordroid 4.2.0 with se7en kernel from there. They have already rebased all their roms on the 1.29 and have intergrated TMO wifi calling and icons into their setups so it should basically feel like stock TMO rom without the bloat lols.
Thanks for the info. It is the same, appears to do the same as CWM / Advanced / Format /data (last option). Thanks again.
not really new to this stuff, but i am when it comes to the note 2.
props to the guys that put CASUAL together, with little effort other than installing the drivers from the samsung website, a few tries and reboots, 3rd go and it only took maybe 3 minutes to do the work for me.
so, now i am looking for a way to debloat the rom that came with my phone, not ready to jump into the custom flashing yet, but i would like to remove a few things i never use that verizon drops into the rom.
from past experience deleting from the /system/app and /data directories caused issues with stability on my htc rezound.
also one other thought, with the lg enlighten, rebooting with /system as RW would bootloop the phone, the rezound didn't mind at all, how does the note 2 react to being RW?
any suggestions to debloating the current running rom are welcome, i have already had some for custom roms, but more input would be ok too.
Get titanium backup and remove those apps.
Then I'd make a backup and when you are ready to custom flash, get cleanrom. From the sounds of it that is what you are looking for.
that's what i had said before, but eventually i would like to flash a modded rom, but right now i am thinking about just debloating this one, for fun.
one thing that concerns me, has anyone flashed a rom the s-pen doesn't work on?
is that built into the mainboard or a rom specific thing?
wondering so i know to be careful of what i flash, love my s-pen lol
fallen00sniper said:
that's what i had said before, but eventually i would like to flash a modded rom, but right now i am thinking about just debloating this one, for fun.
one thing that concerns me, has anyone flashed a rom the s-pen doesn't work on?
is that built into the mainboard or a rom specific thing?
wondering so i know to be careful of what i flash, love my s-pen lol
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The S-pen is Samsung software that only works on Touchwiz (Samsung based Roms also known as TW) framework, said framework has yet to be ported to AOSP and most likely will not be. It is very rare for TW framework to be ported in a way that works on AOSP Roms.
The S-pen will work on all Roms no matter what but the special features, like pushing the button to make a screenshot, will be there on TW Roms but not AOSP Roms. With Vanilla Rootbox you can make the floating dot show up on the screen when using the S-pen and the other Roms have some implementation of that. If you want to replace some of the features on AOSP Roms you should look into getting GMD Spen Control from the market, also Plasma kernel has new S-pen features built in. It still won't be exactly the same as running a TW ROM but is close enough for me.
All of the custom TW Roms will have full S-pen support just like the stock ROM and in some cases have a little bit extra.
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The S-pen is Samsung software that only works on Touchwiz (Samsung based Roms also known as TW) framework, said framework has yet to be ported to AOSP and most likely will not be. It is very rare for TW framework to be ported in a way that works on AOSP Roms.
The S-pen will work on all Roms no matter what but the special features, like pushing the button to make a screenshot, will be there on TW Roms but not AOSP Roms. With Vanilla Rootbox you can make the floating dot show up on the screen when using the S-pen and the other Roms have some implementation of that. If you want to replace some of the features on AOSP Roms you should look into getting GMD Spen Control from the market, also Plasma kernel has new S-pen features built in. It still won't be exactly the same as running a TW ROM but is close enough for me.
All of the custom TW Roms will have full S-pen support just like the stock ROM and in some cases have a little bit extra.
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So is flashing a rom done from the sdcard as normal or is it different in any way from a standard flash, new to twrp.
Yup. Just put it on your SD card and flash. Wipe everything but your external card before you flash. lots more to it but that's the cliffnotes version.
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Yup. Just put it on your SD card and flash. Wipe everything but your external card before you flash. lots more to it but that's the cliffnotes version.
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You don't have to and you typically don't want to wipe your internal SD memory to flash a rom. From TWRP recovery you should do a Factory rest (which wipes data but not internal SD memory, the cache and the Dalvik cache). After flashing you should wipe cache and Dalvik cache again but not wipe data. To do that go into the Advanced wipe area to only wipe those 2 and not data again.
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universexda said:
You don't have to and you typically don't want to wipe your internal SD memory to flash a rom. From recovery you want to write cache and dalvek cache before (and optionally after) flashing but that's it.
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No, you want to wipe your data in the internal SD, wiping cache and dalvik cache is a dirty flash and is only acceptable under certain conditions.
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No, you want to wipe your data in the internal SD, wiping cache and dalvik cache is a dirty flash and is only acceptable under certain conditions.
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I corrected my post that yes you also want to wipe data but only from recovery.
What you don't want to do is use a file manager and delete data that way from internal memory. Nor do you normally want to reformat any internal or external memory from recovery.
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ok so quick once over, same as the rez, but i only need to do a factory reset and wipe system, caches and flash?
so i can keep internal storage intact no issue?
what about boot?
slightly different from the rez.
just another awesome thing i found for this phone, wondering how well it works and if i could use it to update twrp or maybe even revert to my flashaholic ways with a simple tap and go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager
btw, twrp is the most awesome recovery i have ever used, along with titanium backup, which i have never used, i now have a debloated stock rom backed up.
i haven't been this thrilled since i achieved s-off on my rez.
universexda said:
I corrected my post that yes you also want to wipe data but only from recovery.
What you don't want to do is use a file manager and delete data that way from internal memory. Nor do you normally want to reformat any internal or external memory from recovery.
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Well I use the second options in TWRP, I can't remember what it is now, under the wipe menu that you have to type yes for that formats the internal memory to get rid of all the BS. It doesn't hurt as long as you know what you are doing. And as long as you only delete old folders that are no longer in use everything will be fine.
TWRP doesn't have any dangerous wipe options at the current moment.
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fallen00sniper said:
ok so quick once over, same as the rez, but i only need to do a factory reset and wipe system, caches and flash?
so i can keep internal storage intact no issue?
what about boot?
slightly different from the rez.
just another awesome thing i found for this phone, wondering how well it works and if i could use it to update twrp or maybe even revert to my flashaholic ways with a simple tap and go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager
btw, twrp is the most awesome recovery i have ever used, along with titanium backup, which i have never used, i now have a debloated stock rom backed up.
i haven't been this thrilled since i achieved s-off on my rez.
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You can use it to update TWRP and download ROMs but I wouldn't flash my Roms from it, you can flash from it but I personally wouldn't. There is also a app named ROM Manager you can flash Roms from but there are a lot of issues when using ROM Manager.
I personally use the Goo Manger app to keep up with my Roms updates.
In TWRP after you click the Wipe button and go to the Wipe sub menu I always click advanced wipe and go in and wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik, and System and then I back out to the Wipe sub menu and click the right hand button, you'll have to type yes for it to work, and that gets rid of all the BS folders and crap so you can start completely fresh. You don't have to do that if you don't want to, I personally like my phone being completely clean when flashing a new ROM.
Yes you can keep internal and boot intact.
All you have to do to go to a new ROM when you boot into TWRP is click Wipe and then slide the little slider in the Wipe sub menu, I believe it says swipe for Factory Reset. That is all you have to do to Clean Flash a ROM.
Something else fun about TWRP is that you can theme it. Here is a TWRP theme collection on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035234
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fallen00sniper said:
btw, twrp is the most awesome recovery i have ever used, along with titanium backup, which i have never used, i now have a debloated stock rom backed up.
i haven't been this thrilled since i achieved s-off on my rez.
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If you use Titanium to back up apps (which you can do together) and their data before flashing you can restore the apps and data all at once after the flash without having to install each one by one from Google play store. Be sure not to restore system apps or data (no need to back them up either) because it may affect the new rom.
The good part of not reformatting your internal or external memory from TWRP is that your photos, music, etc.will remain after the flash. Even if you choose factory wipe or wipe data in TWRP.
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I used titanium backup root to debloat a little, so I am kind of good for now, but made a nandroid of this rooted, debloated stock rom.
I think I found a twrp update with that goo.im app, but I am sure there are more than 4 roms to choose from, I have seen jedi which seemed like what I would want, stock decked out with features and the multi app does all apps, so I am kind of ready to do my first flash.
From what I get from what both or all of you have told me, swipe to factory reset, wipe system and internal, leave boot and others alone.
I wanted to set twrp to save to my sdcard, but didn't see an option to do so.
And thanks for all the input guys.
fallen00sniper said:
From what I get from what both or all of you have told me, swipe to factory reset, wipe system and internal, leave boot and others alone.
I wanted to set twrp to save to my sdcard, but didn't see an option to do so.
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All you need to do before flashing is the one Factory reset wipe on the first screen of the Wipe area. Just as TWRP advises on that screen. After the flash most go back to the Wipe area then the Advanced area and wipe only cache and Dalvik cache. Your first reboot will take a minute or 2 so be patient.
To save backup to the external card go to the Backup area and at the bottom where it says where it will backup press on it and then you can change the location. It just looks like a label and doesn't look like a button but it is. I would just backup the default checked items. Even that will be 3-4 gigs.
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All you need to do before flashing is the one Factory reset wipe on the first screen of the Wipe area. Just as TWRP advises on that screen. After the flash most go back to the Wipe area then the Advanced area and wipe only cache and Dalvik cache. Your first reboot will take a minute or 2 so be patient.
To save backup to the external card go to the Backup area and at the bottom where it says where it will backup press on it and then you can change the location. It just looks like a label and doesn't look like a button but it is. I would just backup the default checked items. Even that will be 3-4 gigs.
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You should also back up the EFS in your first nandroid just in case you ever lose your IMEI or any of that good stuff. Then store that backup in a safe secure space. You won't have to back up the EFS again after the initial backup as long as you always keep that backup safe.
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ok i think i am ready to try my first flash, i chose jedi since it seemed to appeal to me more with the feature and spen will still work 100%.
thanks again for all of the help,
fallen00sniper said:
ok i think i am ready to try my first flash, i chose jedi since it seemed to appeal to me more with the feature and spen will still work 100%.
thanks again for all of the help,
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Well Spen with work on all the Roms, the only issue is that it doesn't have all the software features on AOSP as it does on TW. It will have all the same features as stock as long as it is a Touchwiz, TW, ROM. Moon ROM, Jedi, CleanRom (both versions), Beans, MeanBean, Goodness, etc. And you can still add a lot of your stock Spen features back with GND Spen Control.
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ok i installed jedi, but mid install at installing voice recorder after modem installation, retaining current modem, it just locked up.
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ok i installed jedi, but mid install at installing voice recorder after modem installation, retaining current modem, it just locked up.
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Probably best to ask about this on the Jedi thread where lots of folks have experience with it. Hope it works out.
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ok i installed jedi, but mid install at installing voice recorder after modem installation, retaining current modem, it just locked up.
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Can you boot into your OS? Is everything working?
I agree with universexda, you'll get better answers in the Jedi thread.
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I recently rooted/unlocked my Verizon GN2 using Casual, and I am interested in trying my first ROM. I saw the announcement of Jelly Wiz Rom MJ9 4.3 TW (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2564495), and it looks fairly interesting, so I'd like to give it a go. Before I jump in, I want to be sure I've got my process correct. Pulling in information from that thread and the [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Rom/Return to Stock the VZW Galaxy Note II! thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207), here's what I think I have to do:
Make sure I've got a good backup
Download the ROM to my internal SD card
Power device off, then hold the Volume up/home/power buttons until I get into TWRP)
Select wipe, then wipe cache. (If I get force close or other issues, boot back to TWRP and wipe data)
Select install, then choose the ROM
Reboot
At this point, I should have the ROM up and running. However, there will be some problem with the modem and WiFi, so I need to fix that by doing the following:
Grab the "Recovery Flashable Modem and WiFi Parameters" from http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760974850
Boot into TWRP
Select install, then choose the Flashable Model and WiFi Parameters zip file
Reboot
Is this all correct? Have I missed anything?
Everything seems to be in good order. You almost always want to perform a full factory reset/data wipe when going between different Roms. I know it's a pain to restore everything back to your liking but you'll regret not wiping 9/10 times. Also, consider keeping the .zips on an external SD Card just in case of accidental internal storage wipe.
Titanium Backup should be my friend, right?
Jiggabitties said:
Everything seems to be in good order. You almost always want to perform a full factory reset/data wipe when going between different Roms. I know it's a pain to restore everything back to your liking but you'll regret not wiping 9/10 times. Also, consider keeping the .zips on an external SD Card just in case of accidental internal storage wipe.
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Thanks for the tips.
I've done a backup of all my apps (system and user) using Titanium, and I can do another before doing my reset/wipe. In theory, I should be able to restore the apps I want to recover, after I'm all done installing the ROM and the patch, right? So it shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
Or am I being naive?
Well all of your Google apps back themselves up to the cloud, so you're good there. In my experience, it's best to only restore Market Apps, games etc... apps that aren't already synced with your google account. But I've always had pretty good luck with Titanium. I pretty much only ever backed up game progress, far too many hours into angry birds to lose it to a wipe.
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Well all of your Google apps back themselves up to the cloud, so you're good there. In my experience, it's best to only restore Market Apps, games etc... apps that aren't already synced with your google account. But I've always had pretty good luck with Titanium. I pretty much only ever backed up game progress, far too many hours into angry birds to lose it to a wipe.
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That makes sense. Sounds like the smart thing to do is to grab all the apps I actually use, give them time to re-sync, and then use Titanium to restore everyone else's data.
Thanks very much!
Exactly! You got it, glad I could help.
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ya i wanna try this but have spent last 2 hrs unbricking my phone after trying to install another tw rom following directions exactly. may just wait to get back to tw rom and stay at cm 11 unofficials