This is a very noobish question that I couldn't even find a post about it on the forums. Here's the situation: I'm running ics by Lord Clockan on my phone. I'm going to make a backup of it and then flash jellytime by randomblame today. I know I need to do a full wipe before I flash jellytime. If I want to switch back to ics tomorrow, do I need to do a full wipe again before flashing my backup? I don't flash roms very often, and never backups, so, someone please guide me!
When you restore a nandroid backup from recovery you don't need to perform a wipe, only when flashing a new rom
wtr_dhd said:
When you restore a nandroid backup from recovery you don't need to perform a wipe, only when flashing a new rom
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Thank you (I'm out of 'thank you's for the day). So after I flash jellytime, I can constantly switch between ics and jt without wiping anything, since they're both nandroids?
alexsouthmayd said:
Thank you (I'm out of 'thank you's for the day). So after I flash jellytime, I can constantly switch between ics and jt without wiping anything, since they're both nandroids?
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I wouldn't do that if I were you, it's always best to full wipe when changing stuff...
uros0104 said:
I wouldn't do that if I were you, it's always best to full wipe when changing stuff...
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I have to agree, keep a current nandroid of your daily rom and if you want to play with JB do a Full wipe install as it is progressing quite quick.
I tought I need wipe after retore.
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oli.98 said:
I tought I need wipe after retore.
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Well if you wiped after restore, you wouldn't have anything on your phone, wouldn't you? The best rule of thumb to go by is this: Whenever you're flashing a kernel/gapps/whatever that doesn't change your ROM, wipe cache and Dalvik. If you are flashing a new ROM or restoring a nandroid, do a full wipe (system, data, cache, Dalvik).
Good information from all of you since I also thought about these questions.
Will a backup from clockworkmod also backup apps and settings aswell or is titanbackup needed here?
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It backups everything, so no need for Titanium when you are restoring a nandroid, you only need it when you are switching between ROMs.
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alexsouthmayd said:
This is a very noobish question that I couldn't even find a post about it on the forums. Here's the situation: I'm running ics by Lord Clockan on my phone. I'm going to make a backup of it and then flash jellytime by randomblame today. I know I need to do a full wipe before I flash jellytime. If I want to switch back to ics tomorrow, do I need to do a full wipe again before flashing my backup? I don't flash roms very often, and never backups, so, someone please guide me!
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I am not a pro so please correct me if i am wrong and thank me if i am correct XD
here the step normall i do before flash another rom
>Backup alll Apps (i am using Titanium Backup)
>Flash Full Wipe ZIP ( find at ARHD page )
>FLash ROM ( what ever you wanted )
if you wanted to flash back to another rom then do back again from step 1 .
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Useing CWM wiping everything clean to install a rom. At this point back up useing CWM. Now if I just restored that backup before every rom would that be like wiping everything for it?
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If you don't perform the wipe before installing a different rom, all you are doing is installing over top of, and you can run into problems that way. The exception would be that some of the developers start the installation by formatting.
Omnicide said:
Useing CWM wiping everything clean to install a rom. At this point back up useing CWM. Now if I just restored that backup before every rom would that be like wiping everything for it?
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I get what your saying and its an interesting question..
RESTATED: WIPE EVERYTHING AND BACKUP THE WIPAGE....lol
So that if) t were restored, it would restore a blank...tricky to explain
Ok so imo, i dont think it works...i have zero base for my opinion. But even if it does work why? Wiping is faster than restoring anyway. Flashing TDJ's superwipe is even better and still faster than restoring.
Interesting question nonetheless
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Omnicide said:
Useing CWM wiping everything clean to install a rom. At this point back up useing CWM. Now if I just restored that backup before every rom would that be like wiping everything for it?
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You want to backup before you wipe because if you backup afterwards you would be backing up either a blank ROM or by a small chance a wiped version of your current one.
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Master&Slave™ said:
You want to backup before you wipe because if you backup afterwards you would be backing up either a blank ROM or by a small chance a wiped version of your current one.
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Thanks yeah i learned why backup are so inportent so i have tons of backups all labeled.
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I flashed Sandvold's ICS 0.8.1 yesterday, but after reading a few threads today I saw that it's better to do the custom install instead of the typical one. I did a nandroid and decided to simply flash the rom again without clearing anything.
It seems fine so far, but I'm wondering if this can lead to any problems?
Also, do I need to reinstall a2sd after re-flashing?
I think that if you downgrade from ics to gb than you need to make a full wipe but if you upgrade than I think it's ok
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thedancingbear said:
I flashed Sandvold's ICS 0.8.1 yesterday, but after reading a few threads today I saw that it's better to do the custom install instead of the typical one. I did a nandroid and decided to simply flash the rom again without clearing anything.
It seems fine so far, but I'm wondering if this can lead to any problems?
Also, do I need to reinstall a2sd after re-flashing?
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Yes, always wipe.
xdevilium said:
I think that if you downgrade from ics to gb than you need to make a full wipe but if you upgrade than I think it's ok
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If you are with the exact same rom then a wipe shouldn't be needed and a2sd should stay if you don't wipe.
Try it and if it doesn't work do a full wipe I've never seen anyone say you'll break your phone if you don't wipe. Someone on Sandvold's thread recommended app extractor from play store as an easy way to restore after a full wipe. Didn't work for me but I only tried it once so you could check that out. It just restores everything from your nandroid
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greenie25 said:
If you are with the exact same rom then a wipe shouldn't be needed and a2sd should stay if you don't wipe.
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If u are flashing the same rom (newer version) u still have to wipe dalvik. Its better anyway just to do a backup then full wipe and flash the rom then restore
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Always wipe Dalvik, sometimes, the rom setup menu does it automaticly.
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.
slking1989 said:
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?
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thanks guys flashed last night worked out well
I did a darkside superwipe
flashed new rom
rebooted and let sit a while 10 mins
flashed gapps
rebooted and let sit 10 mins
rebooted again and did full sytem and apps restore with titanium backup.
one question should I do the darkside cache wipe as well and if so when should that be done?
I think as if it should be done after flashing the rom. if so after the gapps too?
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When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
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To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
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thanks thats a great tip I will give it a try. when you say to use the aokp backup is that a backup that is in the settings for the aokp rom?
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NextGenROM said:
When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
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If your going to wipe your data, might as well wipe your system.
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the aokp backup market app? All the reviews below it say it doesn't work with nightlies or other versions.. they say that the app itself has to be updated for every nightly. At least what i got from it.
Hello,
I just have the note 2, and i rooted it with the rootkit i found on xda.
Now i've made a backup with TeamWin, and selected to backup everything.
Now my question is, is this my stockrom now that i back-upped?
And i noticed the counter went up to 2.
And for most of all, can i load custom rom's now?
And if i load a custom rom, will it effect my personal data? If so, how can i back this up and load it back?
Kind regards,
Hoolz14
if you installed TWRP or CWM recovery yes, you can flash roms. to clean the flash counter use triangle away and while you having a custom recovery check the option reset on every boot.
you should also check that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093599
it is known that some phones have that issue and maybe yours so be aware of that
hope i helped, bests
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Hoolz14 said:
Hello,
I just have the note 2, and i rooted it with the rootkit i found on xda.
Now i've made a backup with TeamWin, and selected to backup everything.
Now my question is, is this my stockrom now that i back-upped?
And i noticed the counter went up to 2.
And for most of all, can i load custom rom's now?
And if i load a custom rom, will it effect my personal data? If so, how can i back this up and load it back?
Kind regards,
Hoolz14
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you can restore ur backup using recovery..... flash counter went two i think 1 for the root and 1 for the custom recovery.,.,
Make sure you do a separate backup of EFS and you can flash any rom on your device
Triangle away will help you in resetting the flash counter
Awesome
Used titanium backup for backing up my user apps.
Can i restore these on another custom rom?
Thanks everyone for the quick reply's, very appriciated!
Hoolz14 said:
Awesome
Used titanium backup for backing up my user apps.
Can i restore these on another custom rom?
Thanks everyone for the quick reply's, very appriciated!
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Yes, you can restore your app and the data as well. But for some reason, it would not recommend to restore too many data on another rom. But app is ok, just restore as many as you like.
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Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?
Hoolz14 said:
Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?
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restore the new rom ?? what u mean?? u should install the new rom after those steps.. restore can be done if u have backup before... happy flashing.. hope u took a efs backup earlier
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Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?
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I dont want to make you confuse, just follow the step of installation stated at the op the rom you downloading. It should enough for you.
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tornado92 said:
restore the new rom ?? what u mean?? u should install the new rom after those steps.. restore can be done if u have backup before... happy flashing.. hope u took a efs backup earlier
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Thanks,
I made an efs backup, and a backup of everything that could be crossed.
Flashing worked
So Wat rom did u flash
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Hoolz14 said:
Thanks,
I made an efs backup, and a backup of everything that could be crossed.
Flashing worked
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nice work friend... congrats..:highfive::highfive::highfive: