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Hey everyone!
I'm new to the thunderbolt and love flashing roms. I used to use the nexus one and just curious what roms,radios, and kernels everyone uses? I'm a big fan of cm7 but wanted to hear everyone's take on what they like/dislike about their current ROM they are using.
Thanks to all who reply to this thread.
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shockaholick said:
Hey everyone!
I'm new to the thunderbolt and love flashing roms. I used to use the nexus one and just curious what roms,radios, and kernels everyone uses? I'm a big fan of cm7 but wanted to hear everyone's take on what they like/dislike about their current ROM they are using.
Thanks to all who reply to this thread.
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It's all in my sig. I've run Chingy's ROMs on my devices for a couple years now because they aren't pimped out, overworked, quirky, experimental ROMs. He strips out heaps of totally useless garbage, optimizes them in all the functional ways every other dev does, provides excellent mods, and bakes in the best kernels. His ROMs aren't FrankenROM projects like Synergy, and they aren't attempting to bend reality like uberBAMF. They're based on the most recent RUUs and they simply work, which is what matters most to me. I'm the kind of guy who'll wipe a ROM if just one thing I use a lot doesn't work right.
That sounds worth a try....can u direct me to that ROM? Also, is it worth to do a2sd with the chingy ROM? Thank you for the input...I like cm7 but I like effiencey. Thanks for your input...look forward to hearing your next reply...
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shockaholick said:
That sounds worth a try....can u direct me to that ROM? Also, is it worth to do a2sd with the chingy ROM? Thank you for the input...I like cm7 but I like effiencey. Thanks for your input...look forward to hearing your next reply...
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I've always thought App2SD was kind of pointless unless you had a need too. If anything, it's more risky because your SDcard can become corrupted a number of ways and having apps out there puts them at risk. Chingy's ROMs can be found at themikmik.com. I've NEVER been a fan of AOSP primarily because of CM7. I've run 5 versions on my dInc and all of them have been unstable and quirky. My girlfriend uses it now and likes CM7, but it's a constant battle to keep it stable and running the way it should. The 2 versions I've tried on my Tbolt either had functionality problems or rebooted. I will not tolerate a ROM that reboots if there's any alternative out there that doesn't.
Thanks again for your input...soooo everything that works the way it should?4g..Bluetooth, Skype, navigation, etc. Also...just download the ROM and flash? And its good to go if I'm coming from the stock thunderbolt? You mentioned everything was baked in.
Thanks again!
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There are a couple of bugs in the leaked RUU on which the roms are based. One, no voice mail notifications (use google voice to work around that). Two, sometimes you cannot answer a phone call, you only get the option to end it. Not sure if there is a fix for that one. Otherwise the ROM (3D) was very stable for me and great battery life.
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is your entire rom thats in your signature all baked with all the kernals and radios you have listed as well in your signature??
shockaholick said:
Loonatik-
is your entire rom thats in your signature all baked with all the kernals and radios you have listed as well in your signature??
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Radios don't come in a ROM. You need to flash those separately through a different process. Otherwise, pretty much yes. The kernel doesn't come running at those speeds or the voltages I have set. I undervolt mine even more than stock. You can see my voltages in the pics I have uploaded to XDA, as well as the time-in-state.
I've never had the problem with the phone answering that some people talk about. As for Skype, voice mail... I've never had a use for any of it, so I can't tell you about it. I definitely suggest reading the thread for any ROM... just gloss over it and you'll see what issues people have with it pretty quick. None are perfect, but they WAY better than stock.
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Radios don't come in a ROM. You need to flash those separately through a different process. Otherwise, pretty much yes. The kernel doesn't come running at those speeds or the voltages I have set. I undervolt mine even more than stock. You can see my voltages in the pics I have uploaded to XDA, as well as the time-in-state.
I've never had the problem with the phone answering that some people talk about. As for Skype, voice mail... I've never had a use for any of it, so I can't tell you about it. I definitely suggest reading the thread for any ROM... just gloss over it and you'll see what issues people have with it pretty quick. None are perfect, but they WAY better than stock.
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So...I'm about to start flashing the chingy 3d rom...just a few questions if you dont mind answering...I currently have rom manager installed, and I'm using clockwork recovery.
This is the order I think from what I remember to do things..sorry In advance if I sound like a noob. I only flash roms every so often, so I forget some steps...
1. back up on clockword mod backup
2. wipe factory data
3. wipe cache partition
4.flash rom
5.flash radio (optional...where is the radio you are using loonatik? )
6.reboot
??????
also...when I did a back up just now..I get the following...
ClockwordMod Recovery v4.0.1.5
SD Card space free: 2912MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
backing up system...
backing up data...
backing up .android_secure...
backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup Complete!
The line that worries me is the "No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext."
Should I worry about this?
Again, sorry for the noob questions...
And thank you for continued support and help!
Don't worry about the extension on the SD card. It just means you don't have yours partitioned.
As far as wipe:
Wipe cache
Factory data reset
Advanced...wipe davlik
Mounts and storage...wipe system
Flash the rom
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shockaholick said:
So...I'm about to start flashing the chingy 3d rom...just a few questions if you dont mind answering...I currently have rom manager installed, and I'm using clockwork recovery.
This is the order I think from what I remember to do things..sorry In advance if I sound like a noob. I only flash roms every so often, so I forget some steps...
1. back up on clockword mod backup
2. wipe factory data
3. wipe cache partition
4.flash rom
5.flash radio (optional...where is the radio you are using loonatik? )
6.reboot
??????
also...when I did a back up just now..I get the following...
ClockwordMod Recovery v4.0.1.5
SD Card space free: 2912MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
backing up system...
backing up data...
backing up .android_secure...
backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup Complete!
The line that worries me is the "No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext."
Should I worry about this?
Again, sorry for the noob questions...
And thank you for continued support and help!
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The SD-ext is nothing to worry about. No need to manually wipe cache as the factory reset/delete user data function does that. It's good to format /system though. You won't be flashing the radio through clockwork, if that's what you were thinking of doing. That must be done through the bootloader. The radio I'm using can be found in my q AND a thread at the top of the Q&A forum, along with flashing instructions. PM me if you have further questions. I'll respond faster.
ILMF said:
Don't worry about the extension on the SD card. It just means you don't have yours partitioned.
As far as wipe:
Wipe cache
Factory data reset
Advanced...wipe davlik
Mounts and storage...wipe system
Flash the rom
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why would it be good to have your sd card partitioned? just curious..and is needed for the chingy 3dROM
shockaholick said:
why would it be good to have your sd card partitioned? just curious..and is needed for the chingy 3dROM
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It's used for partitioning the SDcard to use part of it for the system's native file system. Nothing requires it.
Having troubles with my GSII. Need to flash a new ROM but I don't want to lose all of my contacts, messages etc. so which ROM's won't wipe the data on the phone? Or will any ROM work once I don't wipe the data manually from CWM? I'm on an old build of a Gingerbread MIUI ROM, but would flashing an ICS ROM work fine?
Need to do something - it's the last straw before I bite the bullet and buy an iPhone 4S (saving myself €680 in the process).
Backing up in CWM shows "Error while generating MD5 sum!" when it's nearly complete, backing up to the internal SD card as when I try a normal one it comes up "Error while backing up boot image" straight away. Going out to buy a 4S at around lunch time if it doesn't work so I need help quickly.
Skellyyy said:
Having troubles with my GSII. Need to flash a new ROM but I don't want to lose all of my contacts, messages etc. so which ROM's won't wipe the data on the phone? Or will any ROM work once I don't wipe the data manually from CWM? I'm on an old build of a Gingerbread MIUI ROM, but would flashing an ICS ROM work fine?
Need to do something - it's the last straw before I bite the bullet and buy an iPhone 4S (saving myself €680 in the process).
Backing up in CWM shows "Error while generating MD5 sum!" when it's nearly complete, backing up to the internal SD card as when I try a normal one it comes up "Error while backing up boot image" straight away. Going out to buy a 4S at around lunch time if it doesn't work so I need help quickly.
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it is very simple to backup your contacts/call logs/data/apps with MIUI backup, if you are moving MIUI to MIUI
it is strongly recommended to wipe your data before moving from GB to ICS.
I have solution for MD5 checksum error, if you need ask...
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it is very simple to backup your contacts/call logs/data/apps with MIUI backup, if you are moving MIUI to MIUI
it is strongly recommended to wipe your data before moving from GB to ICS.
I have solution for MD5 checksum error, if you need ask...
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Well then I guess I'll flash a GB ROM so. What's the solution can I ask? I'm getting a continuous boot-loop, so unfortunately I cannot back-up via MIUI Backup.
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Just try the reverse and if it doesn't work, you may need a compulsive reboot device
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What do you mean reverse? Back to stock? I would, but the computer I'm on doesn't have anything on it with relation to my SII.
Skellyyy said:
Well then I guess I'll flash a GB ROM so. What's the solution can I ask? I'm getting a continuous boot-loop, so unfortunately I cannot back-up via MIUI Backup.
What do you mean reverse? Back to stock? I would, but the computer I'm on doesn't have anything on it with relation to my SII.
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MD5 checksum error of CWM of the MIUI roms is a known issue,
solutions are:
1) flash a siyah GB kernel from CWM and reboot to its CWM and make a back up,
by default backup will be stored to external SD, make space for atleas 1.5 gb (depends on your apps size, if only few apps 1 GB is enough)
if above also is giving same treble, use the second option which worked for me nicely..
2) Download ROM manager, falsh CWM version from thata, reboot recovery from Rom manager from there make a Backup..
CWM will not read the Backup from External SD by default move your backups to internel backup forlder of Clockworkmod.
then you dowload the latest GB version MIUI, either form XDA or from MIUI sites and flash from CWM, again flash Siyah
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MD5 checksum error of CWM of the MIUI roms is a known issue,
solutions are:
1) flash a siyah GB kernel from CWM and reboot to its CWM and make a back up,
by default backup will be stored to external SD, make space for atleas 1.5 gb (depends on your apps size, if only few apps 1 GB is enough)
if above also is giving same treble, use the second option which worked for me nicely..
2) Download ROM manager, falsh CWM version from thata, reboot recovery from Rom manager from there make a Backup..
CWM will not read the Backup from External SD by default move your backups to internel backup forlder of Clockworkmod.
then you dowload the latest GB version MIUI, either form XDA or from MIUI sites and flash from CWM, again flash Siyah
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I can't actually get into the phone in any way so I guess I'll have to try the kernel. Will any version of the kernel work?
Skellyyy said:
I can't actually get into the phone in any way so I guess I'll have to try the kernel. Will any version of the kernel work?
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if you are on GB version try only GB version, any GB will do....
this is the latest try this : http://gokhanmoral.desean.net/siyahkernel/v2.6/Siyah-v2.6.14-CWM.zip
flash from CWM...
ZACQ8 said:
if you are on GB version try only GB version, any GB will do....
this is the latest try this : http://gokhanmoral.desean.net/siyahkernel/v2.6/Siyah-v2.6.14-CWM.zip
flash from CWM...
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Put it onto the SD card yeah? And apply update or install zip? I'm guessing zip.
Skellyyy said:
Having troubles with my GSII. Need to flash a new ROM but I don't want to lose all of my contacts, messages etc. so which ROM's won't wipe the data on the phone? Or will any ROM work once I don't wipe the data manually from CWM? I'm on an old build of a Gingerbread MIUI ROM, but would flashing an ICS ROM work fine?
Need to do something - it's the last straw before I bite the bullet and buy an iPhone 4S (saving myself €680 in the process).
Backing up in CWM shows "Error while generating MD5 sum!" when it's nearly complete, backing up to the internal SD card as when I try a normal one it comes up "Error while backing up boot image" straight away. Going out to buy a 4S at around lunch time if it doesn't work so I need help quickly.
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Please save us time and go buy your iphone, instead of making excuses....
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I'm fairly sure there's space on the phone. But I can't copy it over because it's saying there's zero space on the phone? As it's including the external SD card files in the total. :S
atifsh said:
Please save us time and go buy your iphone, instead of making excuses....
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Please go and get out of my thread. Thanks. Mis-interpretation at its finest. If I wanted to just go ahead and buy the iPhone I would, but I don't. It's the last straw as everything else I've done has failed. You can't deny that they're the most reliable phone there is.
bootloop is the result of launcher & Themes, when I tryed to change themes I got FCs and bootloop on reboot, only worked was factory data reset and flash the same ROM zip from CWM...
but you are concerened about your apps & data, by flashing the siyah I dont think resolve bootloop issue but you may be able to make a back up from its Recovery...
since you have no access to interal SD now, copy to external SD and select kernel zip from install zip from external SD card. i hope it will work..
otherwise you will have to flash Tar version of the Siyah kernel form ODIN in download mod
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bootloop is the result of launcher & Themes, when I tryed to change themes I got FCs and bootloop on reboot, only worked was factory data reset and flash the same ROM zip from CWM...
but you are concerened about your apps & data, by flashing the siyah I dont think resolve bootloop issue but you may be able to make a back up from its Recovery...
since you have no access to interal SD now, copy to external SD and select kernel zip from install zip from external SD card. i hope it will work..
otherwise you will have to flash Tar version of the Siyah kernel form ODIN in download mod
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Thanks. Yes. I hope to just backup with Siyah. I'm currently transferring all 19GB's worth of data on my SD card to my computer in hopes that it will show up with space in Finder. This will take a while.
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bootloop is the result of launcher & Themes, when I tryed to change themes I got FCs and bootloop on reboot, only worked was factory data reset and flash the same ROM zip from CWM...
but you are concerened about your apps & data, by flashing the siyah I dont think resolve bootloop issue but you may be able to make a back up from its Recovery...
since you have no access to interal SD now, copy to external SD and select kernel zip from install zip from external SD card. i hope it will work..
otherwise you will have to flash Tar version of the Siyah kernel form ODIN in download mod
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Also I do have access to it. But only through "external SD" in the internal files.
I don't have an SD card adapter so I can't use that.
Skellyyy said:
Also I do have access to it. But only through "external SD" in the internal files.
I don't have an SD card adapter so I can't use that.
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actually I dont get.....
Your phone is booted and are you able to access the phone memory throu PC, that is what you mean??
You accuse others of misinterpretation.
Which part of "help-me-fix-my-phone-or-I'll-buy -an-iphone-right-now-in-fact-during-my-lunchbreak" am I misinterpretating?
And with an attitude like yours, why should we care?
B3311 said:
You accuse others of misinterpretation.
Which part of "help-me-fix-my-phone-or-I'll-buy -an-iphone-right-now-in-fact-during-my-lunchbreak" am I misinterpretating?
And with an attitude like yours, why should we care?
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Quite a lot. Maybe it came across as a little rude, but there's no denying that iPhone's are the most reliable smart phone on the market. Most Android phones need you to root/flash to get the most out the system, with iPhone's this isn't the case. I know they're not the best phone on the market, which doesn't delight me but I'm contempt owning one. Knowing that something is not likely to go wrong - leaving me without any of my precious data.
With my SII all that happened was the phone died, and then all of a sudden it started boot-looping, after working fine for about a month (had a similar problem before).
Not happy about being trapped into Apple's eco-system, but if that's what it takes to have a reliable phone with superb battery life then that's what I'm going to do. And once there is a jailbreak for the 4S on 5.1 I'll be doing it ASAP.
Anyway; flashed that kernel to my phone. Worked a treat, and the whole back-up was successful (changed my CWM to a touch version too lol). Thanks a lot ZACQ8.
Here's hoping that flashing a new ROM will work smoothly. If so I'm going to sell it, get the $$$, bring the 4S back (I've got 14 day cooling off period) and try out the One X.
I know I should really just be searching but I doubt I'll find a specific answer so... does anyone have suggestions for a reliable ROM?
Download 'My Phone Explorer' on your computer, being using it for two years now with no complaints, used it with a sgs2 recently.
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Roger00 said:
Download 'My Phone Explorer' on your computer, being using it for two years now with no complaints, used it with a sgs2 recently.
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From this website? http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
Quite a generic name for a piece of software, and does it work without actually needing access to the phone in an 'off' state? As still getting boot-loop meaning I've no chance of getting into the phone.
I expect it to not work very nicely with Mac OSX though. Really sounding like an Apple fanboy, eh?
Also, the ROM I'm looking for (quite specific) has to be 2.3 and a non-wipe ROM. Currently downloading 'XWLA4 by TugaPower'. The non-wipe version, let's hope.
Successfully flashed that ROM, getting FC's when trying to enter my contacts. So then went into CWM, tried to restore my old backup but it's saying: "MD5 mismatch!"
How exactly do I fix this to be able to flash my backup of my previous ROM?
Skellyyy said:
Successfully flashed that ROM, getting FC's when trying to enter my contacts.
Factory reset .
# Fails reflash firmware .
So then went into CWM, tried to restore my old backup but it's saying: "MD5 mismatch!"
How exactly do I fix this to be able to flash my backup of my previous ROM
Requires same version of CWM as backup taken with .
jje
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I'm in need to dual boot GB & JB.
I'm currently using wanamlite rom details link: http://db.tt/r9A8Kkmh
I tried to clone my current setup/rom (as an update.zip) using philz but I get errors/cannot complete.
Can you suggest an alternative way?
I tried to generate/clone an update.zip of my previous setup/rom (that'll be the 2nd booted rom) though via philz I get error no .tar file found from the nandroid backup once selected.
I see in rom manager there's an option to backup current rom, though will it be an update.zip and/or will it work as a dual boot file?
Any help appreciated, as I'm cautious as I don't want to lose my current rom/setup.
I'm going to use the dual boot method/work around from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882884 though need to generate the apt file(s) first.
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ok I believe I backed up my currrent rom/setup via rom manager, as now I have a new file with today's date, though as my phone rebooted automatically can I be sure I now have a working backup of my current rom/setup?
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As with most backups, the only way to test is to restore and see. You could copy the restore to a pc and open it in any archive tool to examine the contents and check your happy with the result. I've never bothered tbh.
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I downloaded an alternative kernel to dual boot and it didn't work with wanamlite rom so I bit the bullet & tested the nandroid backup that I was unsure (had roblems with earlier), & it worked [thank the backup reminders].
However, is there a known kernel(s) I can flash to dual boot (compatible with both GB & JB) with wanamlite rom without losing all the goodness n speed of the rom?
Also, as I had issues using philz cwm 4 to make a clone of my current and previous setup/rom datas as an 'update.zip', can anyone suggest an alternative app to generate an update.zip of my setups/roms (as I'd prefer not to make update.zip files myself).
Help and your time (anyone & all) is appreciated.
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The only way you're able to do this that I'm aware of is by using that convoluted method you linked to in your OP. There's no way to simply just flash a single kernel & do it, because you're talking about different frameworks (GB/JB), the kernel has to be capable of working with both roms you're using (which is how dual booting works with Siyah).
Edit - Another convoluted way to possibly achieve this (and you'd have to be really keen/motivated to want to do it) would be:-
Say you're currently running a JB rom, you back this up in CWRecovery, then you do a clean install of the GB rom you want to use. You use the GB rom, then when you're finished doing what you need to do with it, you back it up in CWRecovery. When you want to go back to JB, you restore your backup, use JB, and back it up again when you're done. Then when you want to use GB again, you restore your backup, use GB, back it up again, etc, etc. Obviously you'd have to be really motivated to want to go through this much trouble given you're going to have to backup/restore a lot whenever you want to switch roms. But I can't think of another way to do it other than that method in your OP.
Yeah that was my thinking last evening, if I couldn't find or get info on a suitable kernel.
I'm going to read the other method again and decide what to do.
Thanks.
[edit] after reading the alternative method again I guess it comes down to 'timings' on either method; to complete.
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Yep that's it. Whichever method you choose, it's going to take a bit of 'messing around'. You have to weigh up the hassle Vs how much you need to use the GB rom I guess.
No probs. Good luck
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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shangrila500 said:
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.
Ridin' a Note 2 blast
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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 recovery you want to write cache and dalvek cache before (and optionally after) flashing but that's it.
Ridin' a Note 2 blast
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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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shangrila500 said:
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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universexda said:
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.
fallen00sniper said:
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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fallen00sniper said:
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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my phone got flash new ROM everyday, my question is, is there any solution to not downloading my recent apps when i flash new ROM.. is there any apps that can use for my problem
sorry for my bad english.
You can make a CWM flashable zip of your current apps/settings with Titanium Pro. Before you flash a new rom, use Ti to make the zip, install your new rom, and flash the zip you made in CWM.
However, be aware there are a few caveats to this working smoothly:-
*If the new rom is a different Android version, you may get FC's on some/all of your apps.
*If there's any difference in mount points (or any use of 'legacy' points/etc), you may get FC's.
*If you're moving from a Samsung based rom to AOSP or vice versa, you may get FC's
Also, do not put system apps into this zip & do not restore system apps/data more generally when moving to a new rom.
Personally speaking, I've always preferred a completely clean install whenever I've moved to a new rom with just a restore of app data that's really necessary for apps I use a lot, I've always found it well worth spending a couple of hrs to do that (I've never been someone who changes roms every 5 minutes).
Thanks for the answer.. I will figured out on how to make a flashable cwm.. Thanks
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