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Help: New ROM = Force Close Everything!

Hey guys so I just flashed this rom on to my phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175842
It looks amazing, but how do I get it to work without all the force closes?
Nils says this in the thread:
"If you choose to flash over without a wipe and have lags, FC's, things missing, or things just don't work right then flash again with a complete wipe"
What does he mean by a complete wipe? and how do I do this? Thanks everyone!

Use Rom manager(found in market) boot into recovery. You will see 2 wipe options Data and cache partition. Wipe both 3 times each. Still in recovery click on advanced. Wipe dalvick cache 3 times. Then install rom.
Full wipe
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MagnaCore said:
Use Rom manager(found in market) boot into recovery. You will see 2 wipe options Data and cache partition. Wipe both 3 times each. Still in recovery click on advanced. Wipe dalvick cache 3 times. Then install rom.
Full wipe
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You don't need to wipe each thing 3 times; it's the same code executing, so once is perfectly fine.
anyway, like MagnaCore said, a full wipe is:
Factory Reset
Wipe Data/Cache partition
go to advanced
wipe system
wipe data
wipe dalvik cache
I think that's where they're located; can't remember 100% for sure tho.

I'd do what the poster above me said, and /system is actually in the "mounts and storage" menu in recovery.

Ah that's right couldn't remember where it was for sure. Thanks for the correction.

No problem. Always a good thing to remember to wipe,since it isn't covered by the wipe data/factory reset option. IMO it's better to be more thorough with WHAT you're wiping as opposed to doing it multiple times..

k_nivesout said:
No problem. Always a good thing to remember to wipe,since it isn't covered by the wipe data/factory reset option. IMO it's better to be more thorough with WHAT you're wiping as opposed to doing it multiple times..
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Exactly.
I usually do the factory reset, wipe data/cache, go to mounts, wipe system/data/cache again, and then go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache; just to make sure I got everything.

Bmw, you have .92 hboot, yes? You'll find force closes with this if not.
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I think there is something to multiple wipes!

I was on here late last night and was looking thru a thread and someone said when you wipe cache and dalvik you should do so several times. I had some issues with my phone the other day. Evidently my phone doesn't like being severely undervolted. Thank God for nandroid. Also system tuner pro was giving me fits to. So I decided to reflash my rom. I had been running faux kernel with the skyrocket mods. So I wiped data/ reset twice then wiped cache and dalvik twice . Flashed rom and fixed permissions twice. My phone is now smoother then its ever been. I'm not using fauxs kernel either. So the moral of the story is next time you flash or wipe. Make sure you do so a few times. Hope everyone had a great new year! !
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Yeah I use to only wipe things once, but the past few roms I've been wiping everything 3 times with no problems that I would run into after only wiping once. I've also read a few people saying that after you wipe everything multiple times and flash your rom..flash the rom again directly after...not sure what exactly that does if anything, but a few do it. If anyone knows what exactly that does flashing the rom twice in a row please let me know. Not possible to have too many good habits if your a flashaholik lol.
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Is there a superwipe script like there is for the sensation and the amaze it seems to work great. I always get a clean flash and it works great gives you one thing to do before you flash a rom and a clean install.
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Ive never wiped cache and dalvik when flashing roms. Maybe I should. Can I do this now after the fact or would this erase all my data?
When exactly do you wipe dalvik and cache? before and after a new rom install?

synenergy52 said:
Ive never wiped cache and dalvik when flashing roms. Maybe I should. Can I do this now after the fact or would this erase all my data?
When exactly do you wipe dalvik and cache? before and after a new rom install?
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I guess if your not having any issues then you don't need to worry about. I always wipe dalvik and cache in recovery before a flash a rom or kernel or a theme.
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synenergy52 said:
Ive never wiped cache and dalvik when flashing roms. Maybe I should. Can I do this now after the fact or would this erase all my data?
When exactly do you wipe dalvik and cache? before and after a new rom install?
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You are lucky if you don't have any problems. You suppose to wipe dalvik and cache partition before flash/install a new rom. Wipe the dalvik and cache partition in recovery shouldn't erase your data, but if you don't have any problems then I guess you're ok.

Lawl. Funny thread.

Did I Flash M5 right?

I flashed AOKP milestone 5, I was coming from M4. I backed up SMS, pics, music and synced to Google for contacts in anticipation that when I wipe/reset I'd lose everything...
Flashed m5 and gapps after wiping and when I rebooted Android started to upgrade them it said something about apps and went configuring apps 1/138 and so on until it was done.
I was booted back into exactly what I had before same settings, apps, music. I went to about screen and I'm on M5 and 4.04
Did something go wrong ? Should I of had to get all my stuff back? Did I do a dirty flash somehow?
Thanks for any help.
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Sounds like you didn't wipe it properly if it is working good no need to now but if you have problems then you should wipe and reflash.
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Did you wipe all 3 areas? And how many times did you wipe?
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I went into recovery and did wipe/data reset
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Should I have done something else? Why did it install fine but I had everything still.
Like music pics contacts sms
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Any extra input on this? Shall I reflash, I've been going for a few hours now and haven't noticed any problems but I want to be on the safe side
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Check the Android revolution thread for the super wipe zip. Flash that then re flash m5.
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Okaay said:
Any extra input on this? Shall I reflash, I've been going for a few hours now and haven't noticed any problems but I want to be on the safe side
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You are good. It was rebuilding dalvik cache from you wipe before the installation.

So any reason that when I wiped, it well, didn't wipe? I only did data/factory reset in the recovery menu.
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You didn't wipe cache and Dalvik cache.

Factory/data wipe formats cache & data.

I wiped, cache, dalvik cache and data/factory reset then flashed AOKP M5 and Gapps again. When i got rebooted, its the same thing.. all my music is there, pics,sms, contacts, apps.
Why wont the phone let me wipe and install a rom fresh?
Is it because im already coming for aokp m4?
It is something to do with Clockwork mod?
Please help.

Try that super wipe lite zip mention earlier or go into the mounts section and format data, cache and system. Then wipe dalvik. Flash rom & gapps again.

Okaay said:
I wiped, cache, dalvik cache and data/factory reset then flashed AOKP M5 and Gapps again. When i got rebooted, its the same thing.. all my music is there, pics,sms, contacts, apps.
Why wont the phone let me wipe and install a rom fresh?
Is it because im already coming for aokp m4?
It is something to do with Clockwork mod?
Please help.
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i had this problem before when doing factory reset from cwm. i just use fastboot to flash stock 4.0.4 then use cwm to flash aokp.

1) wipe data/factory reset
2) wipe /system (if you don't wipe this partition it leaves settings and files from the previous rom that could prove problematic)
3) wipe dalvik
4) flash rom
5) flash gapps
if installing a kernel after wards
6) wipe dalvik (again)
7) flash kernel

The music and pics should matter unless your wiping the sd card in recovery the SMS should have been gone after a wipe though
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Yeah the SMS is still there.. idk what to do its not like the phone doesn't work or anything but its weird that I can't wipe and start clean I'll prolly have to unroot/ lock the boot loader and start all over. If anyone else has any input, please share
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[Q] So...ICS issue.

So recently I've been trying to flash the CM9 nightlies and all attempts have led to boot-loops. I was wondering if it was just a bad download so I tried to install AOKP and got the same results...so then I tried the new Paranoid Android rom and still got boot-loops. So is my phone like rejecting 4.0? somebody please help me out with this!

orfius christ said:
So recently I've been trying to flash the CM9 nightlies and all attempts have led to boot-loops. I was wondering if it was just a bad download so I tried to install AOKP and got the same results...so then I tried the new Paranoid Android rom and still got boot-loops. So is my phone like rejecting 4.0? somebody please help me out with this!
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I've had this problem before. What I had to do to fix it was flash another recovery. You can also try fixing permissions in CWM.

PureMotive said:
I've had this problem before. What I had to do to fix it was flash another recovery. You can also try fixing permissions in CWM.
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Thanks pure! I'm trying the method of fixing permissions first and if that's unsuccessful I'll try another recovery.

I'm still having issues. I've tried the permission fix and different recovery and still nothing.
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orfius christ said:
I'm still having issues. I've tried the permission fix and different recovery and still nothing.
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You tried a new recovery as in you went from:
-CWM to Amon Ra?
OR
-CWM 5.0.0.x to CWM 3.0.0.8?
If you only did option 1, have you tried reflashing CWM in hboot?
If you only did option 2, try option 1 then. If that fails, try going into a saved nandroid, open Rom Manager, and select a different version of CWM. Make sure that you go onto settings and check "Erase Recovery."

I went from CWM to Amon.
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So I've still had no luck getting anything to run but my current. I've done all three things mentioned and still absolutely nothing. I cleaned out my SD yesterday and pretty much got rid of a lot of useless stuff, could that have effected anything?
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orfius christ said:
So I've still had no luck getting anything to run but my current. I've done all three things mentioned and still absolutely nothing. I cleaned out my SD yesterday and pretty much got rid of a lot of useless stuff, could that have effected anything?
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You probably are but i gotta ask, are you wiping everything before flashing? Meaning formating everything in the mounts and storrage menu in cwm except emmc and sd.

Yes I was, this pretty much goes with the whole reason I wanted s-on. I had this theory that if I returned to complete stock and re-rooted my phone that I could flash properly again, and I was correct.
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Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.

Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Aha well thanks on the help but I already got everything working again. May I ask why you wipe everything so much? It doesn't really make a difference.
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Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Oh god...no dont do this. Wipe each once or flash a superwipe script to wipe everything for you

Dragn4rce said:
Here's a trick to ENSURE installation.
Make sure u back up ur apps on titanium.
1. Wipe user data 2x
2. Wipe cache partition 2x
3. Wipe Dalvick Cache 3x
4. Format boot 2x
5. Format system 2x
6. Format datadata 2x
7. Format data 2x
8. Format cache 2x
9. Flash the Rom.
10. Boot up and enjoy ICS.
This is what I do to make sure it is done. I dont trust manual installation.
Do this every time.
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Redundancy to the max but that's OK. I've given up on trying to convince people.
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[Q]: Where can I find a Super Wipe Full Script for the galaxy nexus..

Just wondering if there is a super wipe (full) for the galaxy nexus and if so can you please guide me where to find it.

I need it tooooo. Crackflasher here!
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thegtfusion said:
I need it tooooo. Crackflasher here!
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+1

Why do you want the full script? Is it to wipe the internal storage? The reason I ask is I was recently looking around for the same thing but couldn't find it. I did find about the easiest way to wipe the internal storage though by just locking and unlocking the bootloader. So if that's what you're after give that a try.

What we need:
A script that wipes: /data, /cache, dalvik cache.
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Tried this?

thegtfusion said:
What we need:
A script that wipes: /data, /cache, dalvik cache.
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Why? One click in cwm takes care of data and cache. Dalvik is handled when you flash a new Rom
Raise yer mizzenmast and swab 'er poop deck!

Wiping /data and then wiping /data/dalvik is redundant as dalvik is wiped when you factory reset.
Also, it takes longer to go through the menu to install the wipe script than it does to just factory reset, AND the ROM takes care if wiping /system for you.
Plus, the script to wipe /data would have to be careful to leave /data/media intact, (your sdcard).
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