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Noob wants to try new roms other than CM7.

Hi I would like try the new rooted stock rom but not sure if I need firmware also. Do I need to flash radio and other firmware coming from CM7 which is first custom rom for me? Is everything needed for using a new rom usually included? I am trying to learn proper method to switching roms. CM7 works great so I am trying not to screw anything up. Thanks for any noob help!
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No, you don't need to flash radios for any ROM. But people are having good results with the new radios.
IF you decide to flash them, make sure you read the exact procedure. Making a mistake with flashing radios is the one way you can brick your phoone

Just search for the method on how to flash a ROM there are countless threads already dedicated to explaining this

^^ What he said.
But to carry that further.. read up on what you are flashing. In general, you need to do a wipe of your phone (Done from the recovery console - factory settings), clear the cache, clear the dalvik cache, and flash the new rom -per instructions included with the rom you are downloading (from the forums)
Some switches, you dont have to do anything other than flash a new rom over an existing rom..
Read up and pay attention.. when you flash a new rom.. sometimes pieces of the other rom can be left behind and when you are up and running.. can cause issues.
Good Luck!

And don't forget to nandroid backup before attempting to flash it. That way if something goes wrying or you don't like the ROM you can just restore from your backup
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[Q] Few questions about flashing. Noob here!

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.

nickelghandi said:
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

sswestberry08 said:
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?

[Q] I want to change rom.. but how?

I'm flashed and rooted etc and i got a rom. And now i wanna change to another one but i cant find a good thread on how to do it..
Do i need to restore etc like the first time so i loose all my setting,apps etc?
Or can i just download one and install it from SDcard?
Sorry for my newb question.. i really dont wanna skrew things up on my phone just change rom
best regards

Download the ROM. Go to Clockwork Recovery, create a backup, then wipe data/cache and go to advanced -> dalvik cache and wipe that. Then install from .zip and find your rom

I presume you've already done a nandroid backup and titanium backup for your apps ? if your changing rom you will need to wipe data/reset in cwm so it will mean restoring your apps and setting up the phone again. then just flash the new rom like you did before with cwm. The rom you choose will probably have some install instructions anyway ? If your updating an existing rom to the new version you can generally just wipe cache and dalvic which means you wont need to setup the phone and apps again.
What you going from and to out of interest ? I'm running bigxies Apex and it really is good.......

joshnichols189 said:
Download the ROM. Go to Clockwork Recovery, create a backup, then wipe data/cache and go to advanced -> dalvik cache and wipe that. Then install from .zip and find your rom
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i havent made a backup of my apps i think. I used the toolkit to root the phone.. dunno if it does it.. i made some kind of backup..
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This is why people shouldn't just use the Toolkit and then post up BS questions. Learn what you're actually doing and how to do things, everyone else had to

EddyOS said:
This is why people shouldn't just use the Toolkit and then post up BS questions. Learn what you're actually doing and how to do things, everyone else had to
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Little harsh, but very true.
If you don't know how to do this basic stuff, playing with custom roms and such is a bit dangerous, and quite silly imho
It's not hard, read around the forums a bit, learn what your doing, then and ONLY then, begin to play with things that can turn your phone into an expensive paper weight
Rellikzephyr
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DarkSide Evo 2 ROM

Hey all, i hope this thread clears some doubts about this rom.
I downloaded the the rom and the LC8 radio. I have the necessary files in order to start flashing. I'm having a little trouble finding out the correct procedures to do this. Let me summarize my doubts.
1- Im coming from GB 2.3.6 Juggernaut Rom, if i follow the flash instructions exactly how the dev posted, if anything goes wrong, will i still be able to recover via nandroid?
2- i was reading throughout the post and in the download link for the rom, the dev says that the rom does a full wipe by default, does this mean that i can skip step 6 " flash darkside super wipe" or flash it anyways?
3 and most important... if im coming from GB to ICS, the flashing procedures remain the same? i dont want to brick my phone if im coming from GB based rom. thanks in advance
Thanks in advance. I must point out that i did read the dev's post and used the search feature.
Thank you people and as always thanks for helping

DarkKnight1 said:
Hey all, i hope this thread clears some doubts about this rom.
I downloaded the the rom and the LC8 radio. I have the necessary files in order to start flashing. I'm having a little trouble finding out the correct procedures to do this. Let me summarize my doubts.
1- Im coming from GB 2.3.6 Juggernaut Rom, if i follow the flash instructions exactly how the dev posted, if anything goes wrong, will i still be able to recover via nandroid?
2- i was reading throughout the post and in the download link for the rom, the dev says that the rom does a full wipe by default, does this mean that i can skip step 6 " flash darkside super wipe" or flash it anyways?
3 and most important... if im coming from GB to ICS, the flashing procedures remain the same? i dont want to brick my phone if im coming from GB based rom. thanks in advance
Thanks in advance. I must point out that i did read the dev's post and used the search feature.
Thank you people and as always thanks for helping
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Here's your steps bud.
1. Backup apps with titanium.
2. Do a nandroid backup through recovery.
3. Download the newest ICS radio. (I believe there's a link in his post.)
4. Download TDJ's tool.
5. Download dark side evoulution rom.
5a. Place all downloaded files on root of SD card.
6. Boot into recovery.
7. Flash the super wipe tool.
8. Flash the radio.
9. Flash the rom.
10. Wipe cache.
11. Wipe dalvik.
12. Fix permissions.
Optional- wipe battery stats.
13. Reboot. 1st boot can take 10 minutes. Let sit till it reads SD card and USB storage as well as loads data.
Optional- I always power off imidiatley after first boot. Then reboot and set up phone.
Have fun let us know if you need more help.
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If you're going to give advice then make sure its the advice that the dev gives in his opening post. Flash the ICS radio, flash the ROM. TDJ has super wipe built in and it will wipe caches and fix permissions. If you still need to wipe dalvik TDJ has a cache wipe that also correctly fixes permissions.
"the only problem with the internet is quotes cannot be validated." -Abraham Lincoln

thank you guys i will have fun doing this i will report if i need anything else

As for your question about being able to recover from your nandroid, yes. I always run TDJ's super swipe first, then perform the restore.

LoopDoGG79 said:
As for your question about being able to recover from your nandroid, yes. I always run TDJ's super swipe first, then perform the restore.
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thank you very much, i already flash the rom and everything is running smoothly thanks again guys for the cooperation

Tmobile Galaxy S III ROM Help.

First of all, I don't know that much about ROMS but I know that they will make you save battery and let you customize it better. I just don't know how to install the correct and best ROM for my device. I would like some help with this and need someone to explain everything about ROMs please. Thank you in advance.

garciaomar0203 said:
First of all, I don't know that much about ROMS but I know that they will make you save battery and let you customize it better. I just don't know how to install the correct and best ROM for my device. I would like some help with this and need someone to explain everything about ROMs please. Thank you in advance.
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First, there is no correct or best rom for a device. You find a rom that has the features that you want. The "best" rom will be different for most everybody. Just flash a rom, try it out. When you get bored, nandroid the current rom, then flash another rom. Repeat until you're satisfied. Some people are just too chicken **** to mess around on android phones, but barring complete idiocy (like flashing an ill-matching rom) or an EFS corrruption, you won't screw anything up.
As for the "explain everything about roms," go onto the home page of the XDA forums. Go into each "general" forum of each phone subforum and I GUARANTEE you will find a newbie [GUIDE] to android/roms/flashing/anystupidnewbquestion.

erikikaz said:
First, there is no correct or best rom for a device. You find a rom that has the features that you want. The "best" rom will be different for most everybody. Just flash a rom, try it out. When you get bored, nandroid the current rom, then flash another rom. Repeat until you're satisfied. Some people are just too chicken **** to mess around on android phones, but barring complete idiocy (like flashing an ill-matching rom) or an EFS corrruption, you won't screw anything up.
As for the "explain everything about roms," go onto the home page of the XDA forums. Go into each "general" forum of each phone subforum and I GUARANTEE you will find a newbie [GUIDE] to android/roms/flashing/anystupidnewbquestion.
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One more question. What is the adama kernel? I want to install the sonic team rom but don't know if to still the adama kernel. It is optional

I'd recommend against it. Until you know what "normal" behavior is for modded roms, you don't want to convolute the whole thing by modifying the kernel as well.

Basically what you do is make a backup in clockwork mod recovery and then put the rom on the root of your sd card then you reboot back into recovery then do the wipe data/factory reset then you wipe cache then go in to the advanced tab and wipe dalvic cache then go to install zip from sd card and install the rom and then once again wipe cache and dalvic then fix permissions and reboot then your good