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i want to change my rom but i dnt wana erase how my homescreen is and al my apps and stuff is there a way to save everithing so i dnt have to do all that work over again?
GaBoRoOtSs said:
i want to change my rom but i dnt wana erase how my homescreen is and al my apps and stuff is there a way to save everithing so i dnt have to do all that work over again?
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Few questions:
1: Are you rooted?
2: If so, are you on a custom ROM?
3: If you are, Which custom ROM?
4: What ROM you looking to flash?
You can try bonsai. It does a backup and restore during the flashing process so all your apps and themes and settings carry over. If you want to try something els you can backup apps and data through titanium or make a nandroid and advanced restore..bonsai is a great rom and there is no wipe involved. Just flash and enjoy...
You have a few options here - Backup app like Titanium backup, do a nandroid backup from recovery, flash a rom that automatically restores your apps and certain other data (such as Bonsai).
EDIT: Sorry nixo our posts are basically identical.
^^^^ thats ok lol the more feedback he gets the better.
i have quantom and thinkin bout goin to the nebula i juss hate erasin everithin and puttin it back houw it was and downloadinn over and overr
GaBoRoOtSs said:
i have quantom and thinkin bout goin to the nebula i juss hate erasin everithin and puttin it back houw it was and downloadinn over and overr
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Alright, assuming you already have Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 (EXT4)?
If so, do these steps:
Put Nebula on your SDcard
Go into clockwork
Go to Backup & Restore
Press Backup
(Let it finish backing up)
Wipe Data x3
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Install Nebula
Let the phone boot completely up
Turn it back off and go back into Clockwork
Go to Backup & Restore
Go to Advance Restore
Choose your backup
Choose Restore Data Only
Let it finish and than reboot your phone. Everything will be back.
GaBoRoOtSs said:
i have quantom and thinkin bout goin to the nebula i juss hate erasin everithin and puttin it back houw it was and downloadinn over and overr
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Yea i hated that too. But after a while of flashing it kind of got fun because i can never leave my homescreens the same too long. and it helps get rid of apps i dont use. Ive tried nebula and it is a great rom. One of the most stable out there but if u dont want to lose anything try bonsai. Its very stable and fast and you dont have to redo anything (thats why im sticking with it until others use this method).
Please post questions in the Q&A section. Thanks.
i had bonsai but den on another forum they told me quantum was good and its true i like it but i like experementing with all this stuff lol but thanks guys and i did pot in the Q&A and nobody replied in like an hour and not even 5 minutes and i got all this help
SemiGamer said:
Alright, assuming you already have Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 (EXT4)?
If so, do these steps:
Put Nebula on your SDcard
Go into clockwork
Go to Backup & Restore
Press Backup
(Let it finish backing up)
Wipe Data x3
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Install Nebula
Let the phone boot completely up
Turn it back off and go back into Clockwork
Go to Backup & Restore
Go to Advance Restore
Choose your backup
Choose Restore Data Only
Let it finish and than reboot your phone. Everything will be back.
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do i wipe data cache and dalvik all 3x?
GaBoRoOtSs said:
do i wipe data cache and dalvik all 3x?
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Its not necessary to wipe Cache and Dalvik 3x as well. Once is enough.
SemiGamer said:
Its not necessary to wipe Cache and Dalvik 3x as well. Once is enough.
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ok thank you :] and is the syndicate rom good??? like what is the best rom out??
GaBoRoOtSs said:
ok thank you :] and is the syndicate rom good??? like what is the best rom out??
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Bonsai is the best. syndicate I don't think is ext4 so if u still on rfs than try it but I would suggest to just do bonsai super fast and smooth.
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GaBoRoOtSs said:
ok thank you :] and is the syndicate rom good??? like what is the best rom out??
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Your welcome. And thres really no "Best ROM" per-say, everyone has their own opinion.
Personally I love and use VIPERrom,
And as said above me, Syndicate doesn't have an EXT4 version.
How has nobody jumped your balls yet?
You just posted this in Q&A(the correct place) earlier today.
Not receiving a timely answer is NEVER an excuse to post in Development.
Next time do a search before asking. If you can't figure out the XDA search, try Google.
Otherwise, Enjoy the site. Welcome Aboard.
Repeat, do NOT start a thread in Development unless you have made something.
Mods!
Delete this crap.
Capostrophy said:
How has nobody jumped your balls yet?
You just posted this in Q&A(the correct place) earlier today.
Not receiving a timely answer is NEVER an excuse to post in Development.
Next time do a search before asking. If you can't figure out the XDA search, try Google.
Otherwise, Enjoy the site. Welcome Aboard.
Repeat, do NOT start a thread in Development unless you have made something.
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Capostrophy said:
Mods!
Delete this crap.
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Lol, you remind me of a police officer you see pulling somebody over for something like Making a left turn at a Red light. and than as soon as the driver gets his ticket and pulls away, the Police Officer makes a right turn on Red with a "Do Not Turn On Red" sign. Surely not as big of a law broken, but still one nonetheless....
... Yeah, I'm talking about your Double post.
GaBoRoOtSs said:
i had bonsai but den on another forum they told me quantum was good and its true i like it but i like experementing with all this stuff lol but thanks guys and i did pot in the Q&A and nobody replied in like an hour and not even 5 minutes and i got all this help
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Whoa. Please experiment with capitalization and punctuation.
Every non-Aosp rom I've ever flashed (Acs, bonsai, midnight, simply aosp, viper, et..) have always ended up freezing and forcing me to remove the battery to re-boot, I've followed instructions, re-downloaded the roms etc. CM7 and MIUI, both Aosp, have never had that problem, always flashed right the first time, never had to flash twice. I guess I'm just curious if anyone can explain why aosp roms work fine (minus mms, 4g, and the other aosp bugs) and every rom based off of official releases always seem to end up failing?
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wrong section man, this is not development (it will be moved soon).
If you are following instructions to the point in ROM guides, I have no idea. Sorry. But more specifics on your problems would help us help you
Its because most of the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G
GituSum said:
Its because the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G
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Not to sound like an ass, but that's not entirely true. I have never had to flash non-aosp roms more than once.
djbacon06 said:
Not to sound like an ass, but that's not entirely true. I have never had to flash non-aosp roms more than once.
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Even after an odin? Cause I've had to every time. If I'm just going between two roms I don't. Maybe my phone is just picky
GituSum Epic 4G
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Maybe my phone is just picky
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I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
But yeah, even after clean ODIN installs it works fine first flash. Did that today as a matter of fact
djbacon06 said:
I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
But yeah, even after clean ODIN installs it works fine first flash. Did that today as a matter of fact
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Then ya mine is picky. I flashed EE03 last night and used odin to go back to froyo today and had to flash twice before it booted up. No big deal just an extra couple minutes to flash and boot up
GituSum Epic 4G
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Then ya mine is picky. I flashed EE03 last night and used odin to go back to froyo today and had to flash twice before it booted up. No big deal just an extra couple minutes to flash and boot up
GituSum Epic 4G
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Haha you're not the only one! On DK28 I had to flash twice everytime! And then for a little while on EB13. I don't know what changed though. But I havent had to do it for a longtime. Maybe it's because I never boot into stock before flashing?
It mainly jas to do with us having a crappy recovery.
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djbacon06 said:
I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
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UH OH are you ACS guys developing AI and secretely putting it in our phones? hahaha
Even from a fresh odin, all other roms end up freezing, CM7 or MIUI I can flash over anything, and they always work, everytime.
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Flash srf and then vision 1.1 over it. Post in the right sub-forum.
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Skimp Killah said:
Even from a fresh odin, all other roms end up freezing, CM7 or MIUI I can flash over anything, and they always work, everytime.
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I experience this to an extent as well.. w/ SRF 1.0.2 it flashes first time and works flawlessly..
What I've found is that all devices aren't created equal. Some work really well others are finicky.
What I've found that works for me is immediately after a flash, I can tell if it's gonna be wonky or work. After the flash, if it 'delays' before popping back up to the recovery menu, it's gonna fail. If the recovery menu pops up right away I'm good.
When it 'fails'.. I'll reboot system.. on the white samsung screen, pull the battery. boot back into recovery, then re-flash. boot system if it doesn't auto boot and you're good.
Not sure why it's like this, but it works for me. MY device doesn't always play nice w/ every version of every ROM and rather than whining in all of the ROM threads about why the rom sucks and I can't use it.. I've figured out a way to use them through troubleshooting and process of elimination using some of the 'fixes' that are posted in the different threads.
all Epics are not created equal. Just gotta figure out what works for yours.
EDIT: now that I think about it, (not that it's a big deal) I'm gonna go find noobnl's thread about checking for bad blocks on the ONEnand... just curious if journaling is trashing my NAND (I don't think it is, but ya never know)
EDIT: Still only 3 bad blocks. Nothing to worry about for me
spyder09 said:
UH OH are you ACS guys developing AI and secretely putting it in our phones? hahaha
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LOL, I am by no means developing anything for ACS. I'm not a developer, just an advocate
And knowing how k0nane does things, there would be absolutely no trace of something like that in ACS roms
Try ec05plus its an odin tar, and it will work from the first boot...
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GituSum said:
Its because the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G
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That's not true. He mentioned Simply which I know for a fact doesn't backup/restore data.
1.) Odin back to EC05
2.) Re-root and Install CWM3
3.) Let it convert you to EXT4
4.) Upgrade to CWM 3.0.2.5
5.) Wipe data.
6.) Go to Advanced/Mounts and hit Format /system
7.) Flash the rom of your choice
8.) If it fails again wipe data x3 and then system x3 for good measure, try try again.
Hope that helps.
Pst make sure to use the proper section next time
Still not sure why this is in development.
k0nane said:
Still not sure why this is in development.
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Won't be for long, about to pm impaler unless you already have.
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TheDub said:
That's not true. He mentioned Simply which I know for a fact doesn't backup/restore data.
1.) Odin back to EC05
2.) Re-root and Install CWM3
3.) Let it convert you to EXT4
4.) Upgrade to CWM 3.0.2.5
5.) Wipe data.
6.) Go to Advanced/Mounts and hit Format /system
7.) Flash the rom of your choice
8.) If it fails again wipe data x3 and then system x3 for good measure, try try again.
Hope that helps.
Pst make sure to use the proper section next time
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Iv'e tried everything listed other than upgrading to the newest CMW, I'm thinkin I'm just gonna have to wait for CM7 or MIUI to have mms and what not.
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Moved to Q&A.
Hey guys, I seem to be having a problem on my phone recently.. Every time I start it up, or try to load an app or something, I get a message saying the process ends. This happens with Google Apps, Gingerbread Keyboard, Etc. I've tried wipe x3 then reflash, but it doesn't do anything.
I'm running
Genocide Kernel, Firmware 2.2.1, And Simply AOSP v3.1.2
I believe it's still on SFR 1.2 , but it's not saying that in the build number so I'm not sure..
someone please help.
If you have a good nand backup you can do a factory data reset and then restore advanced data. That will clear up any of the FCs. Or clear data in each of the apps giving you problems in settings>applications>manage applications>all and scroll to google services framework and click it and clear data. Do the same for the Gingerbread keyboard and any other app FCing.
kennyglass123 said:
If you have a good nand backup you can do a factory data reset and then restore advanced data. That will clear up any of the FCs. Or clear data in each of the apps giving you problems in settings>applications>manage applications>all and scroll to google services framework and click it and clear data. Do the same for the Gingerbread keyboard and any other app FCing.
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I will try this, but the other problem is, it just started having problems with the android processor. Like, I did a restore, and all the sudden, I'm getting all the errors I was getting originally, and like the core & android processor thing is failing.
JWhitez said:
I will try this, but the other problem is, it just started having problems with the android processor. Like, I did a restore, and all the sudden, I'm getting all the errors I was getting originally, and like the core & android processor thing is failing.
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Sounds like you did not have journaling enabled. The Factory Data reset and a reflash of your ROM should fix it. Find out how to enable journaling for your ROM and do it.
kennyglass123 said:
Sounds like you did not have journaling enabled. The Factory Data reset and a reflash of your ROM should fix it. Find out how to enable journaling for your ROM and do it.
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I'm sort of new to this, so just one more question. Now, I had Syndicate Frozen Rom 1.2 on originally, then I flashed Simply AOSP 3.1.2 . Which one would I reflash, Simply AOSP or SFR?
JWhitez said:
I'm sort of new to this, so just one more question. Now, I had Syndicate Frozen Rom 1.2 on originally, then I flashed Simply AOSP 3.1.2 . Which one would I reflash, Simply AOSP or SFR?
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I believe Simply AOSP is a full ROM including kernel so that would be what you would reflash.
kennyglass123 said:
I believe Simply AOSP is a full ROM including kernel so that would be what you would reflash.
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EDIT: Thank you very much. I just did it and it's working very well. I think it might have messed it up because I was trying to load 2 kernels without knowing it. Thanks for all the help.
JWhitez said:
So theres no need to flash the Genocide Kernel I used for SFR?
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When you install a new ROM like AOSP all of that is gone. If you want to do SFR and Genocide instead of AOSP then go ahead. We should get you up and running first though and then you know the steps to take when it screws up again.
kennyglass123 said:
When you install a new ROM like AOSP all of that is gone. If you want to do SFR and Genocide instead of AOSP then go ahead. We should get you up and running first though and then you know the steps to take when it screws up again.
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Yeah Kenny is right, as usual. If you decide to try SRF 1.2, flash the ROM, then journal on zip, then the kernel you want to use then reboot and enjoy.
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JohnCorleone said:
Yeah Kenny is right, as usual. If you decide to try SRF 1.2, flash the ROM, then journal on zip, then the kernel you want to use then reboot and enjoy.
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Thanks John, welcome to the party. I think what you suggest is exactly what he needs. He just PMd that after selecting another theme in Simply AOSP it started FCing again.
JohnCorleone said:
Yeah Kenny is right, as usual. If you decide to try SRF 1.2, flash the ROM, then journal on zip, then the kernel you want to use then reboot and enjoy.
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Thanks, I'm back on SFR 1.2 with no problems, but I didn't need to flash jounral on, so I don't know. Would you know what to do to get on Simply AOSP 3.1.2 , because it has a kernel built in.
JWhitez said:
Thanks, I'm back on SFR 1.2 with no problems, but I didn't need to flash jounral on, so I don't know. Would you know what to do to get on Simply AOSP 3.1.2 , because it has a kernel built in.
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Well, if you already have the ROM downloaded and it includes a kernel, all you should have to do is wipe everything 3x and flash it
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JohnCorleone said:
Well, if you already have the ROM downloaded and it includes a kernel, all you should have to do is wipe everything 3x and flash it
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Whenever I do that, I get all those FC's...
I'll give it a go again if I don't decide to go to EG22..
JWhitez said:
Whenever I do that, I get all those FC's...
I'll give it a go again if I don't decide to go to EG22..
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I would suggest either pming or posting on the AOSP thread what setup you're on and how best to convert to their Rom. Sometimes they've heard of conflicts or tricks that they can walk you through. I love SRF, but if you want to explore, you should know what works best to transition. You'll get it going, just keep toying. Worst you have to do is Odin and that's not terrible for the phone now and again.
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I would suggest either pming or posting on the AOSP thread what setup you're on and how best to convert to their Rom. Sometimes they've heard of conflicts or tricks that they can walk you through. I love SRF, but if you want to explore, you should know what works best to transition. You'll get it going, just keep toying. Worst you have to do is Odin and that's not terrible for the phone now and again.
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I gave up on it.. Went to EG22. Still debating on whether or not to go back to SFR / Simply AOSP.. because the battery life on RandomROM is absolutely amazing. But I'll PM him.
Ok well I rooted and I flashed some roms here and there everything was fine until last night... I was going to flash calklin's 2.5.1 rom... I was in the recovery that uses the "pre wipe for theme" & another option was "pre wipe for rom" it was something like that... So I selected pre wipe for rom then I flashed calklin's 2.5.1... Everything went well until I rebooted.... It stayed at the Samsung galaxy s II screen so I left it for 10min nd nothing happen... So I tryed to nand myself back to life and I couldnt even get to my recovery... So I odin el13 stock rooted then flashed cwm n still the same results... So I odin eg30 stock and the same results, stuck at the samsung galaxy s II screen.... Can some one please help me this is bugging me alot I HATE TOUCH WIZ!!! Im willing to try out any method someone could suggest
Thanks I appreciate the help xda community!!!
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So you're stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SII loading screen? Is that right?
If that's so, use this to get back to stock and proceed from there (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394332)
Yes thats correct, thanks, but I can revert to ANY STOCK ROM!!eg31, eg30, ect... But wen I try to flash another rom weather its calukin.s rom, starburst rom or midnight rom I get stuck at the galaxy s II screen... So I can flash a stock rom!!
I just cant flash A CUSTOM ROM!! Im rooted and everthing on stock I keep trying n nothing happens!
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Are you sure that you're rooted? Perhaps you should try again. What method did you use to root the device originally?
Thanks again for your reply... I used the auto root method posted by sfhub... I used his method to root as soon as I got my phone! I hate stock.... Ok so if this helps im on eg30 modem, kernal, rom all is stock!! With root
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Yes thats correct, thanks, but I can revert to ANY STOCK ROM!!eg31, eg30, ect... But wen I try to flash another rom weather its calukin.s rom, starburst rom or midnight rom I get stuck at the galaxy s II screen... So I can flash a stock rom!!
I just cant flash A CUSTOM ROM!! Im rooted and everthing on stock I keep trying n nothing happens!
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It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data
sfhub said:
It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data
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To make it easier, I suggest using the Calkulin format script found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837)
Yeah i did this (format all.zip) i google and used the search key before i posted this im giving this an all day shot... Question do u know any roms other than stock in .tar format so I can flash in odin??? I think that might work, worth a shot
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Resting my data, im a noob using samsung phone, coming from htc evo, sensation mytouch 4g, ect,resting my data? You mean format data, cache and all that good stuff? Yes I did that also n still no go, ill keep trying as of now if you guys have more tips id appreciate it, thanks you guys for the help, this is ruing my sgs 2 experience I already dont like samsung because of the menu n home button switch around U
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It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data
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thank you guys for the all your help, it seems that i had to keep formatting system cache, data ect... i did this about 6time then i flashed Calkulin's format all.zip 1x time flashed Calkulin's 2.5.1 rom then rebooted and BAMM i saw the bootanimation witch i never got to on my previous trys thanks again guys...
Glad you got it working.
Hi all,
I was wondering if there was any danger of restoring my stock 2.3.3 nandroid I made before I flashed an ICS (AOKPlay) ROM? Will it restore the original kernel and everything as well? The GB experience on the R800x vs ICS to me is much better.
Thanks!
EDIT: Answered my own question. Thanks anyway. Mods can close!
I tried this and it didn't turn out very well, lol! I think it has something to do with the very different frameworks of Cyanogen and Sony
Try flashing the orginal kernel first, factory reset thru CWM along with wiping cache partition, dalvik cache, and battery stats. Then restore the Nandroid Backup. Worked for me, hope it works for you.
Push comes to shove, you may have to use Flashtool to restore the original, stock, ROM and then root it and all that pretty stuff. This is what I did because I wasn't at my home computer with all my resources.
Hope this helps
Edit: Oh, you found the answer, lol. Sorry.
Justinchi said:
I tried this and it didn't turn out very well, lol! I think it has something to do with the very different frameworks of Cyanogen and Sony
Try flashing the orginal kernel first, factory reset thru CWM along with wiping cache partition, dalvik cache, and battery stats. Then restore the Nandroid Backup. Worked for me, hope it works for you.
Push comes to shove, you may have to use Flashtool to restore the original, stock, ROM and then root it and all that pretty stuff. This is what I did because I wasn't at my home computer with all my resources.
Hope this helps
Edit: Oh, you found the answer, lol. Sorry.
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I restored my nandroid and flashed a GB kernel and it worked out.
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mustbepbs said:
I restored my nandroid and flashed a GB kernel and it worked out.
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Cool, didn't work out so well for me xD