Alright guys so forgive me if this is a double post but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I've been looking into Nightly roms and I've found that I really like the concept. However, I've been flashing these Nightlies as if I've been flashing an entirely new Rom. What I mean is I've been doing full titanium backups then boot to cwm and wipe data factory reset and wipe dalvik and finally flash new nightly and reboot. I hate having to wait for titanium to reinstall all my apps and data though. I mean titanium is a neat idea but not as a nightly restorer as it just takes way too long. So I feel like I might be missing something but my general question here is can I get away without doing a full data wipe when moving to a new nightly? And will this ultimately save all of my apps and data? Thanks for any help guys
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If it helps at all I'm using the warm z twopointtwo nightlies
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elixir911911 said:
Alright guys so forgive me if this is a double post but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I've been looking into Nightly roms and I've found that I really like the concept. However, I've been flashing these Nightlies as if I've been flashing an entirely new Rom. What I mean is I've been doing full titanium backups then boot to cwm and wipe data factory reset and wipe dalvik and finally flash new nightly and reboot. I hate having to wait for titanium to reinstall all my apps and data though. I mean titanium is a neat idea but not as a nightly restorer as it just takes way too long. So I feel like I might be missing something but my general question here is can I get away without doing a full data wipe when moving to a new nightly? And will this ultimately save all of my apps and data? Thanks for any help guys
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If its same rom just an update, as in nightlies, u just wipe cache + dalvic. Full wipe not necessary. All ur data will b there. I never fully wipe unless it's a new Rom.
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Cool thanks man. I've never wiped a cache before at all though....what's the point?
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Hey, so Im kind of a noob at Android and I was wondering if I should install a custom ROM. Will I need to reinstall apps? Will I lose my data on SD/internal 8GB? Etc.
Thanks in advance
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You won't loose anything on your SD card, and you can backup your apps with Titanium Backup (there're free and paid versions in the market). I'm running SkyRaider Sense (link in my signature) and I love it, super stable and it has some very nice features (reboot options, toggles in notification bar) and there are several nice themes a tweaks so you can get it just how you like it.
Well I looked at SkyRaider but it didn't seem like it was too much for me. So I'm downloading myn's warm two point two which brings me to my next question: what does wipe data/cache/dalvik do?
Factory reset basically its important when flashing a rom
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Ah ok. If I don't wipe data is it ok?
PGleo86 said:
Ah ok. If I don't wipe data is it ok?
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It depends on how heavily the ROM has been modified, the further it is from you current ROM the more important it is to wipe. With that said I would suggest that you wipe, it's just cheap insurance.
I personally use my backup pro to restore apparently after a wipe it can do data like texts and what not as well
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K 1 last question. How do I do it?
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K nvm it gives the option in ROM Manager. Thanks for the help!
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myn's Warm Two point Two is now successfully flashed and I'm restoring data through MyBackup Trial and Apps through Titanium free as I type
Hey guys (or girls) I just had a quick concern about nandroid backups and restores... When I do a backup of the current state of my phone, and I'm running flawlessly on a rom. If I happen to try a different rom and don't like it so I choose to restore to that certain backup. Will there be any problems like force closes or apps acting up all weird? Sorry guys just never actually have done a restore of a nandroid.
I've never had any problems. I always wipe says, cache, and delvik cache before restoring a back up though.
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mikel719 said:
I've never had any problems. I always wipe says, cache, and delvik cache before restoring a back up though.
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Alright. Thanks man. Guess the case is closed now.
Carbajal3009 said:
Alright. Thanks man. Guess the case is closed now.
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just to be safe i always also do titanium backup for all my apps on a separate sd card whenever i test a new rom out as well as a nandroid. sorry if this is a newb tip. i r newb also.
husker apollo said:
just to be safe i always also do titanium backup for all my apps on a separate sd card whenever i test a new rom out as well as a nandroid. sorry if this is a newb tip. i r newb also.
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yea i literally backed up everything via titanium backup just in case and anything dealing with flashing and or using adb i do a nanodroid just in case
I always forget to wipe dalvik and cache but I've never had any problems. The first time I installed Blazer ROM 3.5 though it would always force close when I flashed the ICS theme but not the regular. Somehow it was fixed when I DIDN'T wipe cache/dalvik even though the instructions said to. But I'm noob too so I have no idea
Flashed my kernel last night. Tried several but adama I like the best so far. Now I'm considering flashing my Rom. Bricked my phone on Sunday...don't want that again. Leaning towards AOPK or FreeGS3. Looking for stability with some extra control...which was why I am leaning towards AOPK. Lots of feedback on FreeGS3 though. Figuring I probably can't go wrong with either one. If I do this do I do a nandroid backup? Wipe entire system, cache, & delvik cache? Thanks in advance.
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Nandroid if you want to return to your previous state. A wipe is always good when you are ROM jumping. If you are flashing an update of the same rom that you have... A wipe is not needed unless it says so.
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Flashed my kernel last night. Tried several but adama I like the best so far. Now I'm considering flashing my Rom. Bricked my phone on Sunday...don't want that again. Leaning towards AOPK or FreeGS3. Looking for stability with some extra control...which was why I am leaning towards AOPK. Lots of feedback on FreeGS3 though. Figuring I probably can't go wrong with either one. If I do this do I do a nandroid backup? Wipe entire system, cache, & delvik cache? Thanks in advance.
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Freegs3 is an awesome ROM but I'm using the cm10 and I love it.
If you want to flash a ROM I would factory wipe the phone and then flash unless your coming from an earlier version of that same ROM then just wipe cache/delvik. Usually the instructions are listed in the thread of the ROM your flashing.
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Nevermind, just realized someone answered my question in another thread...well here it goes, going to flash.
First off I searched but didnt find it.
Is there a quick and easy way to update nightlies to the newest release.
I am currently using ericwill ROM - CyanogenMod 10 - JB 4.1.1 - UNOFFICIAL.
I have 2012-09-15 and would like to upgrade to 2012-09-18.
Do I need to do a full wipe and flash and then reinstall my apps with titanium backup or is there a simple way given that they are very similar?
also can I restore all the system data as well or is that too risky given that system may have changed a bit?
Thanks in advance.
6KayZee9 said:
First off I searched but didnt find it.
Is there a quick and easy way to update nightlies to the newest release.
I am currently using ericwill ROM - CyanogenMod 10 - JB 4.1.1 - UNOFFICIAL.
I have 2012-09-15 and would like to upgrade to 2012-09-18.
Do I need to do a full wipe and flash and then reinstall my apps with titanium backup or is there a simple way given that they are very similar?
also can I restore all the system data as well or is that too risky given that system may have changed a bit?
Thanks in advance.
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U can just flash it on top but to get the best results its rly best to whipe... U avoid problems wen u do the whipe.... N as long as ur on the same rom as far as I no n my experience u can restore all system data with no problems but only do that if ur staying with the same rom other then that it's really not recommended... Hope that helps :beer:
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Don't forget to flash gapps again if it isn't included
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thanks guys flashed last night worked out well
I did a darkside superwipe
flashed new rom
rebooted and let sit a while 10 mins
flashed gapps
rebooted and let sit 10 mins
rebooted again and did full sytem and apps restore with titanium backup.
one question should I do the darkside cache wipe as well and if so when should that be done?
I think as if it should be done after flashing the rom. if so after the gapps too?
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thanks guys flashed last night worked out well
I did a darkside superwipe
flashed new rom
rebooted and let sit a while 10 mins
flashed gapps
rebooted and let sit 10 mins
rebooted again and did full sytem and apps restore with titanium backup.
one question should I do the darkside cache wipe as well and if so when should that be done?
I think as if it should be done after flashing the rom. if so after the gapps too?
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When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
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To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
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thanks thats a great tip I will give it a try. when you say to use the aokp backup is that a backup that is in the settings for the aokp rom?
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NextGenROM said:
When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
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If your going to wipe your data, might as well wipe your system.
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the aokp backup market app? All the reviews below it say it doesn't work with nightlies or other versions.. they say that the app itself has to be updated for every nightly. At least what i got from it.
Hi everyone,
Coming from the og evo. Every time I did a factory wipe for a new version of Deck's ROM (fav), I would lose all my apps, data,ect... I flashed lifeless v6 wiped system and both caches in twrp then choose the recommended factory wipe in aroma. However, after reboot, I still have all my stuff. Did I miss something? Thought I would be restoring with titanium after I flashed.
A big thanks to all the devs working hard to make this phone amazin' :highfive:
Weird. It should wipe everything. What recovery are you using?
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Apollos_eyes said:
Hi everyone,
Coming from the og evo. Every time I did a factory wipe for a new version of Deck's ROM (fav), I would lose all my apps, data,ect... I flashed lifeless v6 wiped system and both caches in twrp then choose the recommended factory wipe in aroma. However, after reboot, I still have all my stuff. Did I miss something? Thought I would be restoring with titanium after I flashed.
A big thanks to all the devs working hard to make this phone amazin' :highfive:
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You need to do a factory wipe as well. The wipe only does
system, cache, dalvik
the second option only does system.
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Weird. It should wipe everything. What recovery are you using?
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TWRP 3.2 I believe. Everything seems to running great. Apollo works, no fc on anything. I noticed better WiFi reception after flashing. not sure if that was included in the tweaks or not. Still not sure what happened?! Just to be clear, a factory wipe means everything goes? I guess I'll be keeping it dirty