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OK the last few days I finally rooted tried a few ROMS and seem to run into all sorts of issues that have got me to this point...
Redux: Home and Search Buttons stop working
CM7: Cannot get Marketplace
Oxygen: Will not load
Miui: Did not like it
Now I cannot clear Davlik Cache which I am sure is causing a lot of issues. I never made an original back up before all this.
Question: How do I clear all this crud off as if I never installed a ROM and was going to for the first time? How do I get access to Dalvik Cache? I just want CM7 or Redux to work and not have any issues but I obviously did something wrong at some points. If I clear all the contents off my SD card except the Redux install will I be free and clear? Or is there something in the phones internals I need to do also?
I am also tempted to just return it to complete stock and start all over if I have to. Any suggestions would be great and appreciated. If you need more info let me know....
TYIA
I have an evo so Idk your procedure to get to your recovery image but that's where u need to go when u rooted u should have installed one hopefully amon recovery then once u get into recovery there will be a wipe option then do all the wipe options and u will have a clean cache and be ready to install a new rom. And as far as cm7 goes with u not having a market u gotta make sure u flash the gapps after u boot into the rom so its a 2 part process. Im sure that if u search engine u can find a guide specific to your phone explaing how to access the recovery from a phone off state. But id guess that if u hold vol down while pressing power it will prolly pop up with the bootloader then u can pick recovery from the menu but Idk for sure cuz I don't have ur phone but im sure there is a guide for u if use a search engine
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have you been flashing each rom over the other without doing any wipes?
The first ROM or two I did without a wipe (noob)
I flashed GAPPS twice and still no market but all other Google Apps. Besides that CM7 was good. I did run into an issue where I could not sync with GMAIL but factory reset took care of that.
Also I am on Unrevoked
- For each flash it is better to wipe everything including "dalvik cache".
- Have you read the prerequisites of each ROM before flashing like recommended radio+RIL, S-Off+nand partition table (CM7, Bravo, etc.), and/or EXT partition/s?
It would be very wise to read/learn and ask around first before doing anything st*p*d which could brick your Desire.
Now...to have at least a working desire.
Flash a rooted stock ROM if you do not have any EXT partition.
[edit] or any simple A2SD+ ROM if you have an EXT partition on your SD-Card. Stay away from Data2EXT, Data2whatever, CM7, etc.at this point of time because you need to learn more first. [end of edit]
Learn more and flash the any ROM you want after proper preparations
Thanks..
Like I said though Dalvik cache will not get wiped as Recovery keeps telling me it cannot mount, but will mount the card.
One thing I never did was partition the SD card and its just one big mess. I think a lot of stuff has been installed on the actual Desire itself.
Clipse79 said:
Thanks..
Like I said though Dalvik cache will not get wiped as Recovery keeps telling me it cannot mount, but will mount the card.
One thing I never did was partition the SD card and its just one big mess. I think a lot of stuff has been installed on the actual Desire itself.
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Just wipe everything from recovery, and I would also wipe and reformat the sd.
Then you can flash whatever with no conflicts!
Hey all, I downloaded and flashed MikG's ROM (Sense 2.1 and GB) - but it did not come with GAPPS. Is there a place to download the latest version of GAPPS for flashing onto the phone? Thanks.
You can go here
http://tinyurl.com/4yl4up9
Or, you could try rebooting your phone, normal. That worked for me.
bcarter2000 said:
You can go here
http://tinyurl.com/4yl4up9
Or, you could try rebooting your phone, normal. That worked for me.
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Your link shows plenty of download links for Gapps for CM. No mention of a general download for any 2.3-based ROM.
Also - how does rebooting your phone add something that isn't there? I'm really doubting your "lmgtfy" skills.
http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/omgb/evo/downloads
The Google apps are available for download here and designed for a ROM with the new update
I've seen this happen to others from not wiping there ext partition but I've read you could clear cache and dalvik cache and that might help not sure though never happened to me and I'm on that ROM and loving it.
Everything has been working for 3 days now.
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I wiped DATA: CACHE: and dalvik-cache before flashing the ROM. Was I supposed to flash ext data?
What if I wanted to revert back to my old ROM, would a wipe of the ext partition prevent me from going back via nandroid?
obscurenetworks said:
I wiped DATA: CACHE: and dalvik-cache before flashing the ROM. Was I supposed to flash ext data?
What if I wanted to revert back to my old ROM, would a wipe of the ext partition prevent me from going back via nandroid?
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Don't wipe your sd card just the ext sd if you have your card partitioned.
I don't use a partition but I've read about this happening to some PPL that don't wipe it.
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Your link shows plenty of download links for Gapps for CM. No mention of a general download for any 2.3-based ROM.
Also - how does rebooting your phone add something that isn't there? I'm really doubting your "lmgtfy" skills.
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If you would have clicked on the first search result, you would have found what you were looking for. Sorry I didn't do a search for you and then copy the link so you wouldn't waste your precious time. By the way, The new CM is based off of 2.3, I think you meant to say a sense based rom.
Anyway
I assumed you were like me and didn't wipe your ext3 partition. I assumed, and wrongly so. My apologies. All I can say is when I flashed Mik's2.3 I had no GAPPS or ext3 files showing up. I figured it had something to do with the dalvik cache not reading the partition. My guess would be that A2SD is not activated on initial boot. All I know for sure is that it works. I've just updated this morning to Miks new version, and the same thing happened. All i had to do was reboot, and they showed up.
P.S. You could at least thank the guy who did search it for you, and pasted a link to make it easy, but what am I thinking, if you won't bother to do a simple search, then why would you thank anyone that did it for you.
Sorry new to Flashing. I am on the OTA GB 2.3, does it matter what kind of Rom i flash Or does it have to be a GB Rom? It says to wipe data, is that a standard factory reset? I seen another Rom i wanted to flash & it says to petition your SD card, Will this affect any other Roms i decide to flash after i petition it? Is there a certain way to petition a 16GB memory card? I know i can do it through recovery but what options do i select? What does petitioning the SD card do? I am using RA as my recovery. Does only the sense 3.0 Roms require you to wipe SD card? I have read a lot about flashing but haven't really seen anything about these questions. Thanks
Exiled44 said:
Sorry new to Flashing. I am on the OTA GB 2.3, does it matter what kind of Rom i flash Or does it have to be a GB Rom? It says to wipe data, is that a standard factory reset? I seen another Rom i wanted to flash & it says to petition your SD card, Will this affect any other Roms i decide to flash after i petition it? Is there a certain way to petition a 16GB memory card? I know i can do it through recovery but what options do i select? What does petitioning the SD card do? I am using RA as my recovery. Does only the sense 3.0 Roms require you to wipe SD card? I have read a lot about flashing but haven't really seen anything about these questions. Thanks
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First it is PARtition, not petition. It creates basically a place on your SD card that you can install apps to and save data to do free up system memory. It is not necessary, but sometimes useful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121538&highlight=partition+sd+card
You don't need a GB ROM I don't think. You do need to wipe the Caches and device. In Amon RA, look for wipe cache and dalvik cache.
It's not difficult, just stick with it. And Search before posting. You aren't the first to ask this questionl.
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First it is PARtition, not petition. It creates basically a place on your SD card that you can install apps to and save data to do free up system memory. It is not necessary, but sometimes useful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121538&highlight=partition+sd+card
You don't need a GB ROM I don't think. You do need to wipe the Caches and device. In Amon RA, look for wipe cache and dalvik cache.
It's not difficult, just stick with it. And Search before posting. You aren't the first to ask this questionl.
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I know i get in a hurry & spell wrong. Lol I know about wiping caches. Some Roms require you to wipe SD card like sense 3.0 based Roms? I have searched a LOT & read a lot. I'm just ready to start flashing & try not to run into a thousand problems, that's why i made this thread, sorry if it's already been posted. Thanks for the help.
Try using rom manager to start with it does all the work for you. they have a couple of good roms if you have something that's not included in rom manager, try to read up more on how to flash it. or you can also youtube it. i have seen pretty good tutorials on flashing roms on youtube.
Hope that helps...
Truballa4real7 said:
Try using rom manager to start with it does all the work for you. they have a couple of good roms if you have something that's not included in rom manager, try to read up more on how to flash it. or you can also youtube it. i have seen pretty good tutorials on flashing roms on youtube.
Hope that helps...
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I have watched many video's on youtube about flashing. All the really popular roms i want are not on youtube for some reason. Just seems like Synergy,Cyanogen & a few others that i didn't really like. Are older Roms that were made last year still usable on the Evo 2.3? Just curious... Thanks
Exiled44 said:
I have watched many video's on youtube about flashing. All the really popular roms i want are not on youtube for some reason. Just seems like Synergy,Cyanogen & a few others that i didn't really like. Are older Roms that were made last year still usable on the Evo 2.3? Just curious... Thanks
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Yeah you can still use them, probably wont see any updates if they have bugs. wouldnt recommend it unless the dev is still working on it..
Truballa4real7 said:
Yeah you can still use them, probably wont see any updates if they have bugs. wouldnt recommend it unless the dev is still working on it..
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Great, Thanks. I'll take your advice & stay away. lol
I'm about to flash the Koni's ELITE Series 3 Rom
It says
Flashing instructions:
1. Download ROM and Calkulin FORMAT_ALL.zip and place both on the root of your SD card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Perform Nandroid backup
4. Wipe dalvik cache, cache and data for best performance.
5. Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip....then in same recovery, flash ELITE ROM.
Reboot.
I have it all setup but am i sup-post to wipe ALL userdata/Factory reset?
I already wiped both Cache & data, did Nandroid backup but i thought when you flash a rom you have to do a factory reset.
Exiled44 said:
Great, Thanks. I'll take your advice & stay away. lol
I'm about to flash the Koni's ELITE Series 3 Rom
It says
Flashing instructions:
1. Download ROM and Calkulin FORMAT_ALL.zip and place both on the root of your SD card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Perform Nandroid backup
4. Wipe dalvik cache, cache and data for best performance.
5. Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip....then in same recovery, flash ELITE ROM.
Reboot.
I have it all setup but am i sup-post to wipe ALL userdata/Factory reset?
I already wiped both Cache & data, did Nandroid backup but i thought when you flash a rom you have to do a factory reset.
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Can someone please answer this real fast, I am in recovery right now lol waiting on what the next step is before i move on to flash format.zip. Do i need to do a factory reset before i flash? I was just looking in forums & it says that format.zip is for 2.1 & 2.2. Will this work on the OTA GB 2.3? Since i already wiped all cache & data, if i go out of recovery will it affect my Official 2.3 stock Rom?
I'm pretty sure you can you have to wipe b4 flashing I always do atleast just to be safe..
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That's what i thought then i just looked up the Format all.zip again & it said that it wiped everything but i'm not sure if it works for the Official 2.3 I already wiped the Cache/Daviks cache + Data & if the format doesn't work not sure if i can go back to my stock rom without any problems. Hate finding this stuff out when I'm in the middle of it. lol. Think i should just get out of recovery & try to go back to stock rom, hope it works.
The best thing to do is a nandroid backup. It will backup your stock Rom so if you have any problems you can always flash back.
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I haven't seen anything on needing to wipe the SD card. Partitioning only gives you extra space for apps but it will format or wipe the SD card in the process. If you don't partition, you should be fine. Always backup anything you don't want to lose though because something could always go bump in the night.
For that I'd use Clockwork Mod Recovery to back up your ROM and SD card. You can even use ROM manager from the market. It's free and easy to use.
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Easiest way to do it is to just folllow the directions that the developers put in the threads with their roms. if you follow those EXACTLY nothing will go wrong just jump in and get your feet wet and enjoy all the custom roms out there
Also there are several threads on xda that are tutorials on how to flash roms. if you follow all directions completely and exactly you will not have any issues with flashing as long as your files arent corrupted
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Also there are several threads on xda that are tutorials on how to flash roms. if you follow all directions completely and exactly you will not have any issues with flashing as long as your files arent corrupted
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What he said! Lol
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Thanks guys for all the advice! I don't care what others say XDA members are the best. lol. I made a Nandroid backup now im ready to start flashing. When i did do the Nandroid backup i checked cache & Sd ext i think it was along with every other check box, took a very long time, Should i have saved the cache in the Nandroid backup? Does it really matter? I think it used like 100 more MB saving cache. Do you guys do it?
hi all,
i've got a problem installing ROM as of few days back. let me explain the details.
i'm running Seb's AIO 6.1.1, CM7r2 hboot, s-off, touch recovery, 1GB ext4. the rom works well, as any i've tried before. no matter was it gb ROM, hybrid sense 2+3, ics, with different required hboots, you name it....
no problems at all, except i'm constantly near "low internal memory" warning (i like to try many apps). so i wanted to reinstall but with INT2SD script. (did that too, before, and it worked). i did nand backup, full wipe (everything but sdcard), installation went fine from same downloaded .zip file as before, no problems at all. but... of course, but...
now i'm stuck at htc logo for about 40 minutes. no boot animation, no nothing... battery pull and retry didn't help either. so i tried reinstalling, with classic a2sd, with ad2sdx, with m2sd, with int2sd again... every time same result - stuck at htc logo.
but, this is curious part: nand restore works like a charm!! i'm clueless at this point. i'm only imagining it could be something on sd card. i tried K900's ics rom before trying to reinstall AIO, and i also installed this tweak (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276) which left some things on sdcard, but i deleted them and again no result.
does anyone have some vague idea what could be going on? i left formating sd card as a last resort. i'll do that if nothing else works. so, any suggestions? any help appreciated...thx!
Don't you need the custom hboot with large system partition for an INT2SD install (sorry wasn't clear if you changed that or not). Presume nandroid works fine as it fits in CMR2 hboot.
First of all the V6 Supercharger it's not the problem!
After that, wich a2sd method use your nandroided ROM? Have you tried to check if the EXT4 partition is alligned and don't have a corrupted fs?
Last resort is to try to format again your SD card with 4ext; remember to do an SD backup an do things "from scratch"
there are 2 int2sd versions. for int2sd-m you need special hboot, but for int2sd-s cm7r2 is just fine.
i did change it to cm7r2 for this rom, and it had worked so far without problems.
for second suggestion, i formated sd card with 4ext recovery, so it's good. i'm going to format sd card tonight and see how it goes. don't have more options atm, i'm afraid...
thx, guys. any more thoughts on this?
edit: nandroided uses built in a2sd. but new install with it doesn't boot. and i always do full wipe. that should clear things, right?
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Never happened something like this to me
It's really strange, it seems like you have a problem with the "install from SD" in recovery! If after the repartition of your SD you still have this problem, try to flash again your recovery from fastboot! Hopes this will help you
thank you, i'll try that. i've reformated sdcard yesterday, zipaligned it and ext4 partition, still no luck.
maybe it really is recovery issue. and i'll try another rom also, just to be sure...
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again, no luck!
i've updated 4ext recovery via update app, downloaded again cm7r2 boot image, just in case my got corrupted somehow, flashed it again - in hboot says alpharev cm7r2, so i guess all is fine.
i've installed sandvolds ICS (supports cm7r2) just to try something different, and it BOOTED WITHOUT A PROBLEM!! the phone booted just fine, quick, everything was as it should be. then, i went to install Seb's rom again. guess what? no luck. again stuck at htc logo. i don't get it anymore.
the recovery works fine, hboot seems OK, other roms install fine, sdcard is not an issue (since it was completely empty last night), seb's rom is also fine i guess since i've installed it couple of times before and i've downloaded it again and checked md5 sum.
i've got damn poltergeist in my phone!!!! i quit. don't know what else could i try. good thing that nandroided install of the same seb's rom still works. go figure!!! what could be the issue here is beyond me. i think i've tried everything.
thx for your help anyway. i'm still open for suggestions...cheers!
Well... now the problem it's only the ROM zip or the SD card try to install the ROM after you restore your nandroid and do a factory reset (not full wipe!).
If it still not boot, try to delete the a2sd scripts from /system/etc/init.d with adb and reboot.
If it still not work, try another SD! Wich class it's your SD? Remember that class 10 SD cards don't work well with the desire!
hm...shouldn't full wipe have cleared those things? i mean, system partition gets formated also...
can i delete a2sd script from root explorer before booting into recovery and wiping/flashing? (i'm not so familiar with adb )
i've got class 4 card...
heraSK said:
hm...shouldn't full wipe have cleared those things? i mean, system partition gets formated also...
can i delete a2sd script from root explorer before booting into recovery and wiping/flashing? (i'm not so familiar with adb )
i've got class 4 card...
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No, i mean:
Restore your backup
Enter recovery and do a factory reset
Install the ROM
Reboot
If it isn't working try to delete via fastboot & ADB the a2sd files in init.d
doh! sorry, i'm at work, trying to do this between customers...;-)
okay, after restore i did factory reset and install rom again over it. of course, no go. now i'm trying to find init.d folder via adb. again no luck. (maybe i should just drop this and go knit or something...) i did see init.d folder via root explorer but can't find it anymore.
i'll try a bit more, if this doesn't work i'll just call it a day, restore nandroid and wait for a new version from seb. maybe things'll sort themselves out.
thx a lot for your help, buddy. cheers!!
heraSK said:
doh! sorry, i'm at work, trying to do this between customers...;-)
okay, after restore i did factory reset and install rom again over it. of course, no go. now i'm trying to find init.d folder via adb. again no luck. (maybe i should just drop this and go knit or something...) i did see init.d folder via root explorer but can't find it anymore.
i'll try a bit more, if this doesn't work i'll just call it a day, restore nandroid and wait for a new version from seb. maybe things'll sort themselves out.
thx a lot for your help, buddy. cheers!!
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Eheheh, no problem at all!
Last try! Check the last "todo" i sent you and before the number 3 do:
Open a copy of the ROM with WinRAR or 7zip
Go to /system/etc/init.d
Delete everything that have a2sd, mount etc in the name
Install the ROM
Well, we are at the point we need to run the damned ROM to verify what's doesen't working
If this isn't working... well, you have to wait! Have you tried an older version of the rom? When you restore your nandroid everything run without problem? You can see every apps you have installed?
you could be on right track here. i'm too guessing it's something script related. i've installed it with built in a2sd script. then i flashed m2sd (this rom supports init.d), but this script didn't work, it didn't move dalvik to sdext (hence me trying to do it from scratch in a first place).
few minutes ago i found m2sd thread where people are saying same things but with different roms: doesn't move apps, data, dalvik or whatever, and they're stuck at boot logo.
now i just have to clear all these scripts, and your method might work. but how is it so that full wipe doesn't undo all what i've made? i thought that "full wipe" means "delete all"...
i'll try nand restore and flash new m2sd script version which should clear all other scripts. after that i'll try clean install and again flash new m2sd. if THAT doesn't work i'll grab a bear and hide damn phone somewhere untill tomorow. i've been digging around this whole day, i didn't notice the time...need some rest!!
EDIT: yeah, i tried older versions, all was fine. nandroid works like a charm, all apps are there. i'm guessing something is stuck on the phone which conflicts with fresh install. but, how come ICS from sandvold installed without a problem?
thx again!
heraSK said:
doh! sorry, i'm at work, trying to do this between customers...;-)
okay, after restore i did factory reset and install rom again over it. of course, no go. now i'm trying to find init.d folder via adb. again no luck. (maybe i should just drop this and go knit or something...) i did see init.d folder via root explorer but can't find it anymore.
i'll try a bit more, if this doesn't work i'll just call it a day, restore nandroid and wait for a new version from seb. maybe things'll sort themselves out.
thx a lot for your help, buddy. cheers!!
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Can normally find scripts in system/etc/init.d folder - soz, not familiar with INT2SD as you probably guessed.
Maybe Gparted for the partitioning instead of recovery?
heraSK said:
you could be on right track here. i'm too guessing it's something script related. i've installed it with built in a2sd script. then i flashed m2sd (this rom supports init.d), but this script didn't work, it didn't move dalvik to sdext (hence me trying to do it from scratch in a first place).
few minutes ago i found m2sd thread where people are saying same things but with different roms: doesn't move apps, data, dalvik or whatever, and they're stuck at boot logo.
now i just have to clear all these scripts, and your method might work. but how is it so that full wipe doesn't undo all what i've made? i thought that "full wipe" means "delete all"...
i'll try nand restore and flash new m2sd script version which should clear all other scripts. after that i'll try clean install and again flash new m2sd. if THAT doesn't work i'll grab a bear and hide damn phone somewhere untill tomorow. i've been digging around this whole day, i didn't notice the time...need some rest!!
EDIT: yeah, i tried older versions, all was fine. nandroid works like a charm, all apps are there. i'm guessing something is stuck on the phone which conflicts with fresh install. but, how come ICS from sandvold installed without a problem?
thx again!
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I had the same problem with m2sd! I found from the log (in terminal: su - m2sd log) that another script mounted my ext before m2sd... after install i've removed 05Mountsd from init.d and the script started working it seems the script doesn't recognize all the scripts that mount the SD before him!
Edit: full wipe means every partition get formatted, while the factory reset only data (not only dalvik) and cache, leaving system intact; some ROMs don't wipe system before install, so i hoped your previous system had some of the missing file in the new system this part is hard to explain with my lack in english
Edit2: why you like so much AIO? I'm not a sense enthusiast (i love minimalistic graphic like ICS) and i'd like to know what's the strenght of AIO !
hehe, i guess you would have to be Sense fan to like AIO. it's probably most stable and complete GB rom right now. but that's just my opinion.
ics doesn't do it for me as GB. yet, that is... ;-)
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just to inform you, i've succeeded to instal damn thing finally. after restore i've deleted all scripts from init.d folder, even those supercharger made, via root explorer. then, in recovery wiped it all, and installed the rom with int2sd script.
i didn't want to use it, since it's a bit slower than regular a2sd script, but i gave it a go and it worked. i don't know if deleting scripts did the trick or this int2sd script. i don't have the strength to try again with a2sd or m2sd.... i'll see how it behaves, maybe i just have to give it some time to settle down so the lag will go away...
cheers mate!
heraSK said:
just to inform you, i've succeeded to instal damn thing finally. after restore i've deleted all scripts from init.d folder, even those supercharger made, via root explorer. then, in recovery wiped it all, and installed the rom with int2sd script.
i didn't want to use it, since it's a bit slower than regular a2sd script, but i gave it a go and it worked. i don't know if deleting scripts did the trick or this int2sd script. i don't have the strength to try again with a2sd or m2sd.... i'll see how it behaves, maybe i just have to give it some time to settle down so the lag will go away...
cheers mate!
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Grats!!! At least you did it
But... by "wiped it all" you mean a full wipe? If you did that you erased everythin' in system too, so you installed a brand new ROM as before and your erased init.d means nothing! If it's that the case i cannot point out your problem
I'm curious about you trying another AIO rom you became my guine pig
Now that everything is almost setted, i suggest you to try Total Commander for Android instead of Root Explorer, it's a little hard to learn but gives great results if you want to know how to use it pm me
Ryther said:
by "wiped it all" you mean a full wipe? If you did that you erased everythin' in system too, so you installed a brand new ROM as before and your erased init.d means nothing! If it's that the case i cannot point out your problem
I'm curious about you trying another AIO rom you became my guine pig
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that's exactly what's been bugging me the whole time! but the fact is that the issue has wanished after I've deleted scripts and supercharger from init.d folder. of course, that could only be coincidence, and the real reason could be God knows what.
thx for your suggestion but I'm fine with root explorer. but I'll be happy to provide you with AIO info. just pm me with anything you would like to know.
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Hey guys, I'll cut to the chase.
My girlfriend's HTC Wildfire S is a nightmare to work with! I have tried many different ROMs, including Marvel 4.2.1 CM10.1, Jelly King and CM10 and I simply screw up the phone every single time!
I have attempted to partition the SD Card using MiniTool Partition (it is a 2GB card), into 2, 1GB partitions, and then installed INT2EXT4+, but I'm always confused about the settings in Recovery. Selecting advanced->Partition SD Card is always a guess and check method. Do I even need to do this? I usually never get the space in my internal the way I expect it. Its literally random on whether I get proper internal space. Sometimes, the second partition disappears and the ROM doesn't even know it exists!
I usually follow the instructions found on CM10 thread:
Download INT2EXT4+
Put the zip into the root of your SD Card: /storage/sdcard0
Flash the ROM
Flash the INT2EX4+.zip file
Reboot
Boot into Recovery again
Flash the GApps
Reboot again
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The main problem is, GApps never flashes properly, meaning it flashes, but never appears in the ROM! The only way I can get GApps to work is if I flash the Cache version of the GApps, which causes huge problems with apps, and internal space, and not only that, every time I flash the GApps on the Cache Partition, I lose all my settings.
I ask that someone give me an exact method to properly partition, flash the ROM and flash GApps, such that I can always update the ROM without having to lose all my settings/apps every time. I would also like to know how I can back up my settings (including app placements in the Launcher, such that I can restore the backup).
Odp: Flashing the WildfireS is a nightmare!
BuffMcBigHuge said:
Hey guys, I'll cut to the chase.
My girlfriend's HTC Wildfire S is a nightmare to work with! I have tried many different ROMs, including Marvel 4.2.1 CM10.1, Jelly King and CM10 and I simply screw up the phone every single time!
I have attempted to partition the SD Card using MiniTool Partition (it is a 2GB card), into 2, 1GB partitions, and then installed INT2EXT4+, but I'm always confused about the settings in Recovery. Selecting advanced->Partition SD Card is always a guess and check method. Do I even need to do this? I usually never get the space in my internal the way I expect it. Its literally random on whether I get proper internal space. Sometimes, the second partition disappears and the ROM doesn't even know it exists!
I usually follow the instructions found on CM10 thread:
The main problem is, GApps never flashes properly, meaning it flashes, but never appears in the ROM! The only way I can get GApps to work is if I flash the Cache version of the GApps, which causes huge problems with apps, and internal space, and not only that, every time I flash the GApps on the Cache Partition, I lose all my settings.
I ask that someone give me an exact method to properly partition, flash the ROM and flash GApps, such that I can always update the ROM without having to lose all my settings/apps every time. I would also like to know how I can back up my settings (including app placements in the Launcher, such that I can restore the backup).
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Did you make total wipe and format? Try the gaps from jellyking thread. It works 100% and try the script from that its better and faster then int2ext
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
lokocool said:
Did you make total wipe and format? Try the gaps from jellyking thread. It works 100% and try the script from that its better and faster then int2ext
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
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Just an update, I preformed the following tasks in this order:
1 Using CWM, I factory wiped everything
2 Parittioned the SDcard to 1GB and 256MB swap
2 Mounted the SDcard in CWM and transferred over JellyKing 1.3 and a2sdx
3 Flashed JellyKing, then a2sdx
4 Booted the phone, and restored the google account
5 Checked the internal memory, made sure it was what I expected, then install my old apps in Google Play.
Seems to work quite well, I posted a few issues I had with Jelly King in particular in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37512166#post37512166
BuffMcBigHuge said:
Hey guys, I'll cut to the chase.
My girlfriend's HTC Wildfire S is a nightmare to work with! I have tried many different ROMs, including Marvel 4.2.1 CM10.1, Jelly King and CM10 and I simply screw up the phone every single time!
I have attempted to partition the SD Card using MiniTool Partition (it is a 2GB card), into 2, 1GB partitions, and then installed INT2EXT4+, but I'm always confused about the settings in Recovery. Selecting advanced->Partition SD Card is always a guess and check method. Do I even need to do this? I usually never get the space in my internal the way I expect it. Its literally random on whether I get proper internal space. Sometimes, the second partition disappears and the ROM doesn't even know it exists!
I usually follow the instructions found on CM10 thread:
The main problem is, GApps never flashes properly, meaning it flashes, but never appears in the ROM! The only way I can get GApps to work is if I flash the Cache version of the GApps, which causes huge problems with apps, and internal space, and not only that, every time I flash the GApps on the Cache Partition, I lose all my settings.
I ask that someone give me an exact method to properly partition, flash the ROM and flash GApps, such that I can always update the ROM without having to lose all my settings/apps every time. I would also like to know how I can back up my settings (including app placements in the Launcher, such that I can restore the backup).
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You can use Titanium Backup from Play Store for your backups.
I never had any problem with cache gapps ... working like a charm... But I really advice you not to update your ROM by flashing the zip over the ROM : personally I prefer making a full backup and restoring after the flash it is really safer and cleaner !
Envoyé depuis mon Wildfire S A510e
izi501 said:
You can use Titanium Backup from Play Store for your backups.
I never had any problem with cache gapps ... working like a charm... But I really advice you not to update your ROM by flashing the zip over the ROM : personally I prefer making a full backup and restoring after the flash it is really safer and cleaner !
Envoyé depuis mon Wildfire S A510e
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Titanium Backup files get wiped when I format my SD card. There is no point. I simply use the Google recovery to get my apps and data back... its substantial enough.
BuffMcBigHuge said:
Titanium Backup files get wiped when I format my SD card. There is no point. I simply use the Google recovery to get my apps and data back... its substantial enough.
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If you read carefully the tutorials about how to format your SD card, they all tell you that this process erases the SD card, and all advice you to make a full backup before formatting. After that, if you don't follow the instructions...
Envoyé depuis mon Wildfire S A510e