Hello Everyone,
I have a couple of questions in regards to flashing themes over a custom ROM. Would it be recommended to make a nandroid, factory wipe, flash a custom ROM and then immediately flash the theme?
Or, would you flash the ROM then reinstall all the apps you backed up through Titanium Backup to restore all your apps/settings and then install the theme?
Also, once you flash a theme it obviously changes the look of your app icons, docking bar icons, dialer etc etc. If you download new apps or games from the market after you flash the theme will those new app icons be themed now as well or will they be the generic look/style?
Thanks.
Chochiwpg said:
Hello Everyone,
I have a couple of questions in regards to flashing themes over a custom ROM. Would it be recommended to make a nandroid, factory wipe, flash a custom ROM and then immediately flash the theme?
Or, would you flash the ROM then reinstall all the apps you backed up through Titanium Backup to restore all your apps/settings and then install the theme?
Also, once you flash a theme it obviously changes the look of your app icons, docking bar icons, dialer etc etc. If you download new apps or games from the market after you flash the theme will those new app icons be themed now as well or will they be the generic look/style?
Thanks.
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Just make one back up...back up ur apps with titanium nd all that stuff to.
Some themes may send you in a bootloop...only way to know is to just try them
Master&Slave™ said:
Just make one back up...back up ur apps with titanium nd all that stuff to.
Some themes may send you in a bootloop...only way to know is to just try them
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Awesome, thanks man, seems easy enough.
Ordered a microSD card and still waiting for it to arrive in the mail. Once I get it I will be giving your Tuesday and Paradox ROM's a try, they look pretty amazing.
The SlickMOD ROM looks pretty speedy as well though. So many great choices from talented Dev's. Thanks again.
There is no need to do a factory wipe. Just make a nandroid. Then wipe cache and dalvik, flash your theme of choice( make sure the theme you flash is compatible with your rom). Then after the flash, fix permissions and reboot.
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GreggoryD502 said:
There is no need to do a factory wipe. Just make a nandroid. Then wipe cache and dalvik, flash your theme of choice( make sure the theme you flash is compatible with your rom). Then after the flash, fix permissions and reboot.
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Thanks, I have read that some people wipe the cache and dalvik multiple times before flashing a theme. Is that necessary?
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Chochiwpg said:
Thanks, I have read that some people wipe the cache and dalvik multiple times before flashing a theme. Is that necessary?
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It certainly wont hurt anything.
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when i flash a theme do i have to wipe anything or just flash and reboot....im currently using miui rom
no, just flash it.
With miui you use theme manager no need to flash it by recovery... please correct me if wrong...
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erik077 said:
With miui you use theme manager no need to flash it by recovery... please correct me if wrong...
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its a zip file and i tried to go thru the manager like i did my elite hd theme but it didnt work..
Older miui version have issues with theme manager. I tried 3 and worked only on one of them (beleive last pne but not sure). Theme must be .tmz or .tzm -,not zip and does NOT install with flashing like sense.
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i got it to work.....I appreciate the help!!
Just for future reference, it never hurts to clear your cache or dalvik. I do it whenever I flash anything...or sometimes just because it's been a month since I have rebooted.
is there any benefit to clearing your cache or dalvik after deleting anything from the sdcard?
or should this be done regularly?
Just curious.
Thanks.
hddwiper said:
is there any benefit to clearing your cache or dalvik after deleting anything from the sdcard?
or should this be done regularly?
Just curious.
Thanks.
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Here's the way I think of it...some flashable things require it (and usually say somewhere), but you don't HAVE to do it if your phone is operating normal, and your not flashing anything...BUT, it never hurts to...and the rest is me just being anal.
I love the dev teams and the work that they've been contributing, but I love the stock theme. Any ideas?
Nandroid back-up.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you'd have to reflash the rom after an unwanted theme is applied IF you didn't do a nandroid back-up
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Sometimes themers will include a revert back to stock theme, not always though. As mentioned above, you can reflash the rom over, don't do a factory reset if you don't want to lose your data and settings. A wipe cache and dalvik would work.
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This may be a simple question that I may know the answer to but not sure..Can you remove a theme flashed through CWM and revert back to a previous one, in my case the stock? Or is it similar to a ROM (you have to have a backup to restore)
Ive looked around but it seems no one has even asked about restoring themes often. If not, it's ok, I'll just find another theme to flash.
Thanks for any answers
You can either restore a nandroid, or re-flash your rom. Make sure to wipe cache and dalvik cache when re-flashing the rom.
You could flash a theme template from the theme section. It will put a stock theme back on your phone
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Hello everyone--
Do I need to delete everything related to my current custom ROM before installing the new one?
Thank you
No. If you coming from a different rom do a nandroid backip. full wipe. Wipe cache. And dalvik cache.
Read install instructions from the new rom. It should tell you
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Back up your apps with Titanium backup or similar app and create a nandroid like suggested.
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Thank you. I saw the instructions on backup and wipes, just nothing regarding keeping the old rom. Everything worked fine. Thanks again.
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No. If you coming from a different rom do a nandroid backip. full wipe. Wipe cache. And dalvik cache.
Read install instructions from the new rom. It should tell you
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Good info. Thank you.
death-by-soap said:
Back up your apps with Titanium backup or similar app and create a nandroid like suggested.
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Make a nandroid of your phone. save it somewhere safe on your computer, go to recovery on your phone, erase all data, cache, dalvik cache etc. etc. wipe battery stats. THEN you flash a new custom rom
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?
6KayZee9 said:
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
Kerns_JW said:
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?
market
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.