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Alright so i installed my first ROM on my evo last night. seems like it worked fine everything still works and the ROM is awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012918
One questions i did have is, if i want to install another one how would i go about that?
Do i just install it like i did the first or do i need to remove the current one and install the new one?
Im sure this is posted somewhere but i wasent able to find the answer im looking for.
Thanks for any input
The tried-and-true and overall preferred method, as I've observed, of XDA forum members is to do the following when changing to a new ROM, or for the first time:
Place the ROM in the root of your SD card.
Boot into Recovery by holding vol+down and Power (most custom ROMs will let you reboot into Recovery specifically instead of having to turn off the phone and back on).
Make a nandroid backup.
Wipe data/factory reset.
Wipe cache.
Go into Advanced, wipe Dalvik cache.
"Go Back."
Install zip from SD card.
Choose applicable .zip.
Wait for installation.
Reboot.
Enjoy.
Furthermore, if going to an AOSP ROM, be sure to flash GApps right after you flash your ROM.
As far as kernels go, some people say to do it after you flash your ROM, some day to reboot and then go back into Recovery and do it, some say either way.
Load the new rom zip on your sd card from your pc. Boot to Recovery, make a nandroid backup of your current rom. Then factory reset the phone in Recovery and wipe data, cache and dalvik cache. Wiping them each 2-3x for optimal results.
Then flash the zip for your new rom. Reboot and there it is. If your gonna change kernels or task bars etc, I recommend booting between each zip flashed. Just seems I have less problems this way.
Also get a sms backup app if they are important to you. I use sms backup+. It's free and works great, backs up msgs to gmail. Then u can restore with the app when the new rom is loaded.
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totalanonymity said:
The tried-and-true and overall preferred method, as I've observed, of XDA forum members is to do the following when changing to a new ROM, or for the first time:
Place the ROM in the root of your SD card.
Boot into Recovery by holding vol+down and Power (most custom ROMs will let you reboot into Recovery specifically instead of having to turn off the phone and back on).
Make a nandroid backup.
Wipe data/factory reset.
Wipe cache.
Go into Advanced, wipe Dalvik cache.
"Go Back."
Install zip from SD card.
Choose applicable .zip.
Wait for installation.
Reboot.
Enjoy.
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Awesome thank you very much. Sounds pretty much just like how you install one.
Thanks again
yes do that ^^ nandroid and you can leave the rom on your card if you have enough space and in case you want to reinstall it clean again.
one more question
im thinking about installing another rom and it has multiple downloads some are themes and some widgets and the main ROM. Do I install them 1 at a time or can i do them one after another.
Honestly, preference, with those, I think. As stated before, some people's phones are fine with flashing tons of things at once and some people's phones like to take it nice and slow and have a reboot in between.
Also, make sure the themes you are installing are in flashable zips. There are some out there that aren't and require manually placing them in the SD card or using adb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841311
this is the one i was thinking about
dahlinc said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841311
this is the one i was thinking about
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ROMs are flashed in recovery just the same as any other ROM.
All add-ons in his first post are flashable via Recovery, as well.
Get into a habit of wiping cache and Dalvik cache before every flash of anything. (Data/factory when flashing between ROMs, though.)
Also, a nandroid backup before you flash anything would be wise. I stopped doing them as often because they take up quite a bit of memory when you start flashing things left and right! But, it is wise to do so before flashing anything. If anything goes wrong flashing a particular item, you can always restore a backup and start again from a very recent point (i.e. not losing much of what you did) from when there were no issues.
I personally also copy my files to my computer for safekeeping, should something occur with the SD card.
Thats all i need know thank you again!!!!
I was having trouble installing GAPPS in Cyanogenmod 7 stable and I then tried installing an older version. Now I'm stuck with the Cyanogen skateboard screen that then goes to the Google welcome to PC36100-Touch the Android to begin. With and without touching it it goes back to the skateboard screen and continues the rotation. Any help please?
Boot loop, how fun. Wipe and flash.
How do I wipe and flash? I can't get past the above described screens?
Go into recovery, wipe data, cache, dalvik cache reflash the rom, then the gapps. Reboot. If your still getting loops, your either flashing the wrong zips, didnt wipe rigjt, or your data is corrupted. Download it again.
Oops let me add make a nandroid backup cause all your data on the phone will be deleted. Use an app like my backup or titanium back up to save your apps if you want.
Thanks I'll give it a try.
When I flash a new rom I only flash one thing at a time. Ex. Nand backup ... wipe ... flash Rom ... reboot ... wipe cache/dalvik ... flash gapps ... reboot ... wipe cache/dalvik ... flash theme ... etc. I know it takes longer but for me it is worth it because if I get a problem like a boot loop I know which thing is causing it. May not be perfect, may not be right, but works well for me
I always flashed everything at once. Wipe data/cache/dalvik/ flash Cm/gapps then reboot. But yea that's good advice also if there is a problem, I never thought of that.
I haven't had any problems flashing the 7 Stable, but I'm finding it really hard to install the GAPPS. Any ideas or suggestions?
Make sure you have the most up-to-date Gapps
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
When you flash CM7 and you wipe data/cache/dalvik do all of your contacts and apps come back?
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When you flash CM7 and you wipe data/cache/dalvik do all of your contacts and apps come back?
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the contacts and your apps will redownload from the market when you log in to your google account assuming you had the backup checked in the settings.
Ok Great- Thanks for your help.
I did all that, and I still don't have GAPPS. And can't seem to add Google sync.
rstuckmaier said:
Make sure you have the most up-to-date Gapps
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
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You flashing this?
I've got it now. I just manually installed it. Thanks again.
I always make sure I am synced with gmail as well to get all of my contacts and setting back.
Hey guys, I'm having this issue with cynogen skateboard screen over and over and I can't seam to stop it at all. I'm going into recovery mode but nothing seams to work. Can someone help please! Is there something I can install via hboot? I'm sort of a noob at this rooting stuff. Please help!
Alrighty....seems as if I have some MAJOR problems here.
Background, I have a DInc 1, rooted using Unrevoked, and the only ROM I put on it was Cyanogen Mod 7. S-off is all set up, and there is the Superuser features have worked fine 75% of the time. Everything was up and running quite well for some time. Then this weekend, I installed a few different DWLauncher themes, and things still seemed to be ok. Sunday night, I installed Words with Friends, and that is when all hell broke lose.
Now, I really can't run anything. Apps are force closing all over the place, Google framework stuff is force closing and when I even try to report a problem, even that force closes. So, I uninstalled the Words with Friends App, and changed themes, thinking those were the culprits, but seems like the damage has been done. Nothing really works and everything is force closing.
Went into the ROM Manager (premium) and did a fix permissions and it gave me the "error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands" error. I ran it a handful of times, and it worked once last night. I thought it would have cleared a bunch of stuff up, but it didn't really help at all. Kept the phone off all night, and when I got to work this morning, I started working on it. Fine, time to ditch everything and start from scratch. So, downloaded a different ROM (Cyanogen MOD nightly), and also tried a few others, which it let me download, but when I click to install, no matter what options I click from wiping cache, wiping Dalvik, backing up or anything, it always gave me the same error. So, back to ROM manager, trying to boot in recovery, error, boot into CM recovery, error.
Edit, as I finished typing this, I tried to install the nightly one more time, but did not click wipe Dalvik, and it is installing things. As soon as everything installed, it was more of the same, apps crashing all over the place. I was able to go into ROM manager and boot into CM recovery, which is now allowing me to fix problems. So, it seems as if was working properly, for the first couple of hours, but around 10 pm, roughly 12 hours after the install, app crash-o-rama again. Also, from ROM Manager, when I try to flash ClockworkMod Recovery, it force closes.
So, I am kinda stuck. No matter what ROM I download, it gives me the same error. At this point, I don't care what ROM is on there (I do have preferences), but I just want the phone working again. Is there anyway to force a wipe and install?
Thanks in advance
You can, instead of installing the ROM through ROM Manager, just download the ROM zip file, put it on your SD card, do the full wipe/factory reset/dalvik in Recovery, then flash the ROM zip from there.
I've had issues trying to install a ROM that's downloaded from ROM Manager.
Here's what I do before flashing the ROM zip file:
Wipe user data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik (under the Advanced menu in Recovery)
Wipe /boot, /system, /data, /cache (under Mounts and Storage in Recovery)
THEN flash the ROM zip file.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the reply. It has been a long day of working on this phone. I have to pull my battery so many times, almost as many times as my blackberry.
I have installed about 4 different ROM versions until it would allow me to clean everything up, Dalvik and system cache, but as of now, everything is back up and running.....for now. Let's hope it stays that way.
If it doesn't, it seem like I will go the way of skipping the ROM Manager and just boot straight into recovery and do it all that way.
Thanks again
ROM manager isn't exactly reliable software. Most devs recommend a clockwork flash rather than ROM manager. Don't know why there are so many issues with it, but its pretty much not worth using to flash ROMs. It's fix permission feature is exactly the same routine that clockwork uses though. Updating the superuser might be something to try too.
ROM manager only wipes once and cwm3 doesn't wipe properly.... I've always read that you should wipe data cache and dalvik 3 times each before installing a new ROM wich is why you should use cwm.
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Re: multiple wipes
http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-05/time_to_wipe_data/cache
k_nivesout said:
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Re: multiple wipes
http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-05/time_to_wipe_data/cache
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Awesome link!
That you all for the info. I tried a few things, installed a few ROMS, wiped them each time, and back to the CM7 nightlies and it all seems to be working fine now. Let's hope it stays that way.
Next time I have problems, I will have to do everything out side of ROM Manager and see if it has a better result..
Thanks again
Actually this has happened to me, usually happens when installing or Uninstalling certain hardware.
After reinstalling my roms to get it to work right when it did it few hours later to infuriate me. The only thing that did work was booting into Recovery and install my rom again but with what the guy said.
Wipe all data, everything, factory reset.
Then install your rom, then make sure you don't install or Uninstall certain hardware.
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Ok, im not too much of a newbie with flashing roms..but im trying to understand something. Ok right now im on synergy-kingdom rom and whenever I flash a sense rom, my wallpaper and settings seems to carry over from the first rom. Im trying to have a fresh install so to speak. Before every new rom I clear the cache, dalvik cache, data, atleast 3 times. and run a super-wipe zip...but every time it seems like things are unchanged. Basically i want to know how to get the cleanest install without keeping some settings from the previous install?
Well you're doing it right; if you're on clockwork, it may not be wiping correctly for some people, in which you can try switch to amon ra, another recovery, or update to the latest clockwork. Cuz you only need to: backup your apps+data, do a full wipe [factory/data, cache, dalvik cache], flash rom, reboot. Then when restoring apps and data, restore only apps+data, NOT system settings.
ok thanks im using amon ra btw..guess im doing it right. Ok, for example...yesterday I fudged up my synergy install by trying to install a mod for a rosie. So instead of doing a nandroid restore, i just opted to do a fresh install over again after wiping/erasing all the things mentioned above. Upon boot i was expecting to see the wallpaper that came with original rom but instead I got the wallpaper I assigned earlier that day. For some reason I thought it was supposed to load all the original settings of that rom (including wallpapers etc..)and not some settings that I chose manually.
I have done the exact same thing. I've had to repartition SD to remove the data. As I think about it, I started wiping everything except sd card, hasn't done it since then.
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Slagdude76 said:
I have done the exact same thing. I've had to repartition SD to remove the data. As I think about it, I started wiping everything except sd card, hasn't done it since then.
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So your saying I should repartition the sd to get rid of the left over settings?
Okay all the sudden on CFX 4.2.2 I am having weird issues, I converted google search to a user app, then back to a system app, and it would constantly crash, I now try and format the phone ie: wipe date/cache/dalvik and reboot into the ROM, I no longer get a prompt about a gmail account or anything like that and the ROM boots right up with no gmail notifications or anything, and google search still isn't working, why can I not format my phone lol?
I even tried re-flashing the ROM after a full wipe/format and it still is all beyond messed up?
WTH, even after a fresh ROM install with no flash over with GAPPS, it's still on the device like it was never formatted -.- im using CWM 6.0.1.5, i've never had issues with this recovery or anything, now all the sudden it's like GAPPS will not delete from the ROM.
Okay, a different attempt at flashing a completely different ROM then reflashing CFX, reflashing a different ROM got rid of GAPPS, so now im in the process of reflashing CFX to see if that fixed my problem, if it did idk why wiping the ROM itself wouldnt get rid of GAPPS.
Okay that fixed it =S.
I take that back, nope i guess im just screwed lol.
Okay i've come to the conclusion that something is just wrong with the ROM
Did you wipe the System partition before installing the new ROM? When you flash the GApps zip file in recovery, it writes those to System. Therefore, if you just wipe Data, they will still be there. Also, always do a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik) when switching to a different ROM.