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[Q] Concerning KingsROM Ultra BeatDown GB-R4

I am currently running EvoKings GB RC3 and loving it. But since I can't leave well enough alone, I want to update to the RC4.
I just have a couple of questions concerning this ROM.... I see where he mentions its based on CM7... is it based on CM7 7.0.0.0 or CM 7 7.0.2.1?
Also will I need to do the GPS fix again and update PRL, as I assume I have to wipe dalvik/cache to update from RC3 to RC4 (as it seems its more than just an update)?
Speaking of the GPS fix, when I did it, I was on RC3 of the EvoKings GB rom, and this is the steps I followed:
Booted into recovery
Made a Nandroid backup
Wiped All Data
Flashed into a backup sense rom I have (Mikfroyo 4.6)
Performed GPS fix and updated PRL
Booted back into recovery
Performed Nandroid restore (no data wipe)
Back into RC3
Was that correct... that I dont do a data wipe and just do a nandroid restore? I have been reading so many conflicting reports on this. My assumtion was to always wipe data before doing a restore.
Thanks everyone.

First of all, if you're updating a current rom, them all you should have to do is wipe cache & dalvik and then flash the updated rom. As for not wiping data, no, it isn't necessary, however, I'm one of the people who do especially if I'm changing roms. I don't want any remnants of the previous rom.
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dougjamal said:
First of all, if you're updating a current rom, them all you should have to do is wipe cache & dalvik and then flash the updated rom. As for not wiping data, no, it isn't necessary, however, I'm one of the people who do especially if I'm changing roms. I don't want any remnants of the previous rom.
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Ok cool, thanks. When doing the GPS fix, is the info stored somewhere else, which is why it doesnt get removed when doing a wipe of stuff?
Trying to figure that out... since yeah I am worried about having some type of conflict when switching from a sense to an AOSP rom. I havent had any issues so far with RC3 doing that, minus some issues with the screen not coming on with a button press while playing music.. but not sure if thats just something with the ROM itself or the GPS fix.

I am not sure where the gps fix is stored, but there should be no conflicts. I have switched between AOSP and Sense tons many times since I did the fix and have never had any problems.
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whiterider13 said:
I am not sure where the gps fix is stored, but there should be no conflicts. I have switched between AOSP and Sense tons many times since I did the fix and have never had any problems.
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+1.....I've never had to apply a GPS fix and I, too, have switched between AOSP and Sense numerous times. As a matter of fact, my current rom is Salvage-Mod and the GPS works as it should and I still didn't have to apply a fix.
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I had to do the gps fix when I first switched to cm7 rc2. Since then I have never had to redo it nor have I had any issues.
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whiterider13 said:
I had to do the gps fix when I first switched to cm7 rc2. Since then I have never had to redo it nor have I had any issues.
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Thank you both, thats what I wanted to hear. I havent wanted to switch roms because I got the GPS working and I didnt want to switch roms and have it broke again. Thank you!

No prob man, just glad I could help.
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What build of CM 7 is this rom built off of?

Help me please..

I see more people look at the General section more then the Q and A so im going to post this here. Im running CM7, 7.0.3. Ive been using it since the cm7 release candidates. This happened during the RC's too, i would be using it, and it would work beautifully for about 3 weeks, then near the end of the week i would boot the phone, and then a bunch of apps force close. Every app that i open force closes, i cant do anything on my phone without something force closing. I cant receive texts, check emails or anything. I open an app and it just closes. Im really really sick of it. I tried re flashing 7.0.3, didnt work. Im looking for either a fix for this, a for sure fix. Or looking for guidance to the original froyo stock rom with sense. It might just be a gingerbread problem, i was rooted on stock for over a month before trying roms. I really need my phone to be working. Please give me some help i would greatly appreciate it!!!!

Well then i make that 1%. Last time it happened when i had Cyanogens last update to CM7 i tried fix permissions, both in recovery and through rom manager. Didnt help. Only thing that helped was installing the update for the next version, worked for about 3 weeks, and now im getting the same force closes. I already tried it today before you posted, didnt help to fix permissions. I can have rom manager open for about 5 seconds then it FC's. Never had this problem on my stock rooted froyo.

Any help? i need phone working alright by tomorrow hopefully.

Can you flash a 2.2 rom.
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Idk, can i? I thought you had to do something else to downgrade from gingerbread to froyo.

Nope. Download another 2.2 rom and flash back. The only problem is the kernel but that's in the rom and would change when you flash. I flash between gbread and froyo all the time. If you go Froyo I recommend a z rom. If you want you can do newtoroots new optimized shift its really stable.
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Could i get a link to the z rom?
Nvm i got it.
What about a link to the shift rom?

Beezwhammer said:
Could i get a link to the z rom?
Nvm i got it.
What about a link to the shift rom?
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Its in the op. It will take you to the mikforums. Its in there. I think he has the hidden off. Just go to newtoroots roms.
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It fast and badass. You'll love the lock screen.
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http://themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=157&t=1136
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Says full whipe is required, that means whipe sd card? or the cache, data and factory reset?

Beezwhammer said:
Says full whipe is required, that means whipe sd card? or the cache, data and factory reset?
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Wipe data factory reset, cache. Don't wipe SD card. Go to advanced then and wipe dalvik cache too. Just don't wipe SD card.
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Okay thank you it looks and sounds like a great rom.

Beezwhammer said:
Okay thank you it looks and sounds like a great rom.
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My personal opinion it is. Very stable. But all the roms are great just depends what your looking for. This seems to be most stable for my needs but I haven't tried the dream teams synergy nightlies yet either.
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Transfering it to my phone right now. Ill let ya know how it goes

Its funny how the sprint boot comes up lol

That exact thing Used to happen to me all the time, that why i gave up on CM for awhile...for me it happened because i was using titanium backup...i stopped using titanium and now i never get that problem

Beezwhammer said:
Its funny how the sprint boot comes up lol
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Hope it works better for you.
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Well its running alright, had a couple of random force closes for reasons i dont know. Its fairly slow rom tbh.. I have about 70 MB of memory normally, with CM i had about 200. Ran fast. I tried to look at overclocking, but no app would allow me to. Would any kernel be okay for it? Like chads incredikernel betas? I really need some more performance in this thing, its just running so darn slow! Other then that i really do like the rom.
Is there any way to kinda increase the memory available? Besides closing background apps and removing widgets.

Well i installed beta 8, and it wont go passed my HTC Incredible white screen now, it goes to that then goes black.. Uhhhhh what do i do now? I can get into recovery tho. I cant transfer any files. ****
Someone tell me what to do now... Im screwed..
Was able to mount through recovery, transfering the rom to the phone and going to reflash. ugh!!
Another edit, gah i wish i could just get s-on and not worry about rooting now anymore lol. I just want good performance and a useful phone.

[Q] CM7 -> CM7 Kang (lefty)

Hey guys, I was looking through the xda threads on the inc2, and I saw that the user truelefty has posted a few cm7 builds that are updated to 7.2
I want to update to this version, (here) but how do I get to that point?
Can i just flash the cm7, gapps, and kernel right over my current setup w/o wiping cache/date/dalvik cache?
If i need to wipe my data, how can I back it up before I flash? (apps+app data)
And what does the kernel do/mean?
(sorry. noobs have to learn at some point)

yoseir2 said:
Hey guys, I was looking through the xda threads on the inc2, and I saw that the user truelefty has posted a few cm7 builds that are updated to 7.2
I want to update to this version, (here) but how do I get to that point?
Can i just flash the cm7, gapps, and kernel right over my current setup w/o wiping cache/date/dalvik cache?
If i need to wipe my data, how can I back it up before I flash? (apps+app data)
And what does the kernel do/mean?
(sorry. noobs have to learn at some point)
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Well, a full wipe is almost always recommended, but you can back up your apps easily using an app like titanium backup or mybackup root. You should be able to just flash the new build with new gapps, and aero's .8 cfs or bfs kernel with only wiping caches, but if you experience problems at all, jusy wipe data (if you want all your apps back, make sure you do a backup of all your apps [not system info at all, as this will screw you over] before you flash the new cm7) and reboot, re set up your stuff (restore your apps, and such) and you should be set.
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yoseir2 said:
Hey guys, I was looking through the xda threads on the inc2, and I saw that the user truelefty has posted a few cm7 builds that are updated to 7.2
I want to update to this version, (here) but how do I get to that point?
Can i just flash the cm7, gapps, and kernel right over my current setup w/o wiping cache/date/dalvik cache?
If i need to wipe my data, how can I back it up before I flash? (apps+app data)
And what does the kernel do/mean?
(sorry. noobs have to learn at some point)
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I would download titanium backup to backup your Alps and data. Not all data files will restore OK though. I personally don't reccommend just flashing without wiping. Most of the times you will get errors and then blame the software because it couldve been easily avoided but lazyness set it. Go to CWM and do a backup of your current rom just incase something gets messed up then wipe all your data and just flash the cm on his post with the gapps and you should be just fine.
Now someone may correct me on this next part, but my understanding of the kernel is essentially its the drivers for Linux or your phone in this case. It also governs how your phone will run as far as clock speed and some other items as well. I've always thought if it as the instructions for the brain (CPU)
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tylerlawhon said:
Well, a full wipe is almost always recommended, but you can back up your apps easily using an app like titanium backup or mybackup root. You should be able to just flash the new build with new gapps, and aero's .8 cfs or bfs kernel with only wiping caches, but if you experience problems at all, jusy wipe data (if you want all your apps back, make sure you do a backup of all your apps [not system info at all, as this will screw you over] before you flash the new cm7) and reboot, re set up your stuff (restore your apps, and such) and you should be set.
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Damn you for beating me! LOL I'm using miui right now and haven't changed my keyboard from the original stock one.. hate this keyboard
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faehsemc said:
Damn you for beating me! LOL I'm using miui right now and haven't changed my keyboard from the original stock one.. hate this keyboard
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I'm just a forum stalker. Lol
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Same here.. been on leave for 2 weeks with a newborn... can't sleep so I'm constantly on here... that'll slowdown as of Thursday. First day back
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just a follow up questions, whats the difference between the BFS and CFS kernels?

yoseir2 said:
just a follow up questions, whats the difference between the BFS and CFS kernels?
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Google my friend. Google. I cannot tell you, but the great master google can hahaha.
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[Q] JB to ICS via Nandroid?

I've moved my VZWGnex, like the rest of the herd, to JB and flashed a few kernels for fun. Personally, I had no issues at all. Now, about 24 hrs in, I'm kinda missing all of the customization of Liquid 1.5 (ICS).
Since there are so many threads that have been peppered with issues involving Nandroid/CWM/Alt Recoveries/TBU, I thought I'd start a thread to centralize the experiences.
The central question of the thread is...
Which are the reliable methods for moving from JB to ICS on the Gnex?
Obviously, there will be variations on the theme, based on individual history and preferences, but I've not seen the answer to this question clearly defined in any way other than via fastboot. That may be the only way, but I'm tempted to believe that a nandroid backup can work. Did it work for you?

I have TeamWin Recovery. I simply back up (nandroid) the ICS and then install JB. To go back, I simply restore the backup.
1Thess523 said:
I've moved my VZWGnex, like the rest of the herd, to JB and flashed a few kernels for fun. Personally, I had no issues at all. Now, about 24 hrs in, I'm kinda missing all of the customization of Liquid 1.5 (ICS).
Since there are so many threads that have been peppered with issues involving Nandroid/CWM/Alt Recoveries/TBU, I thought I'd start a thread to centralize the experiences.
The central question of the thread is...
Which are the reliable methods for moving from JB to ICS on the Gnex?
Obviously, there will be variations on the theme, based on individual history and preferences, but I've not seen the answer to this question clearly defined in any way other than via fastboot. That may be the only way, but I'm tempted to believe that a nandroid backup can work. Did it work for you?
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Yep. Just restored my ics backup a little while ago with no issues.
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tkirton said:
I have TeamWin Recovery. I simply back up (nandroid) the ICS and then install JB. To go back, I simply restore the backup.
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And you're already done this, right? This isn't just theory.
To which ICS rom did you restore? And from which JB rom?
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1Thess523 said:
And you're already done this, right? This isn't just theory.
To which ICS rom did you restore? And from which JB rom?
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I have cwm. Flashed bigxies (check spelling) jb rom last night and flashed back my backup of rascream/trinity combo a little bit ago
Did not wipe just flashed backup.
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In an effort to bolster others' confidence, maybe those of you who have restored ICS roms from nandroid backups could give some extra details, like:
Your daily driver that you backed up before going to JB.
Your preferred recovery.
Your version of JB.
The exact steps you took to restore the nandroid backup.
(Ex: All I did was restore my backup in CWM. Did not wipe.)
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Update:
Came from Liquid 1.5 and CWM 5.5.0.4 (it's not the touch version)
Flashed the Vicious JBv2 without issue. Tried several kernels - stock, stock linaro, Franco, etc.
Without wiping, flashed the Liquid 1.5 nandroid in CWM.
NO ERRORS
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<just asking>
so you can apparently restore to 4.0.4 cwm backup from 4.1 directly without any issues. is that right? and just a question. can i, after restoring to 4.0.4, restore back 4.1 again? that is without flashing the bigxie's jb rom , simply by restoring cwm backup, would it come back to 4.1?
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Incase you are wondering why would anyone want to do that, its just that iv experienced some wifi issues since jb update. and iv seen the verizon wifi fix. iv flashed it, only to make the signal more worse. i bot my nexus from the google play store. so i think i may have messed up the wifi files. by going back to 4.0.4 i want to copy the files in wifi directory from the etc folder. just hoping to get back to the normal wifi conectivity as on 4.0.4. is there anything im overlooking or any simpler solution?
thanks a lot in advance.

Yes. A nandroid restore formats everything beforehand so you will have no issue restoring between 4.0.4 and 4.1.

jedi mind trick jb

Any thoughts on the new jedi mind trick rom? Any screenshots?

funbulton said:
Any thoughts on the new jedi mind trick rom? Any screenshots?
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The new link was just put up a few minutes ago give peeps some time

funbulton said:
Any thoughts on the new jedi mind trick rom? Any screenshots?
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You can easily flash it and report back to yourself. Make a nandroid first though lol
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I've been flashing a lotta new roms lately so just seeing if I'd wanna flash this one or not

Screenshots are up on page 784 of the thread. I'm downloading it now so no other impressions. Looks good though.

I am using JB 4.1.2, Jedi Mind Trick JB2 build with the beta kernel as a DD. Prior to I was using JMT X4 and this is much nicer IMO.
No issues on my end and all working as it should except for what dev knows about and is working on but those are not show stoppers for me.

Try it you will like it but follow directions
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I have been flashing roms since the original droid and have made many mistakes, even when I thought I knew exactly what I was doing. That said, after not following the instructions to the letter and having issues, I did follow them and "walla" NO problems. I found that letting it sit the full 10 minutes and using app2zip for program restore works perfectly. Don't theme or modify for a while, let it get use to the new rom. It is smooth, fast and stable.

there are issues with JMT 2.1
there was a lot of SOD=Sleep of Death issues
and cannot get past boot screen issues...
I went back to 1.1 for now and seems good...
btw... there is news of a new kernel version to come out tonight...
see this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305&page=845
hope this helped m8

Running good over here just the battery is killing me
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esema1o said:
Running good over here just the battery is killing me
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That shouldn't really be happening. I used to run the Jedi Jelly 5 and that was from a leak and my phone lasted 24 hours at minimum. Get some wakelock apps and see why your phone isn't sleeping.

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its pretty nice i like it

Loved JediKnight 6. Just waiting for it to be as smooth. Hopefully there will be a 5*5 display option. Until then I am on stock JB.
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Just updated the rom today, works REALLY well.Most Buttery smooth stock-ish rom I've ever played with. If I didn't know better, I'd say it had v6 baked in. Or at least some of the edits.
I'd highly recommend it if you're looking for a stock rom, debloated, and running stable. Has Vol Wake mod, which I personally hate, but it's honestly not that bad as far as battery.
Stock battery and moderate usage I can last all day before having to throw it on the charger. By moderate, I mean a few hours of Memedroid, XDA, and Chrome. Perhaps an hour or two of gaming and some phone calls with a bit of texting.

JMT JB3 is out as of yesterday
It's running super smooth seems all good
the toggles even work now
only thing is the little battery glitch
where when fully charged you pull out at 100%
and it drops to 97% or 96% instantly
I am sure ptmr3 will fix that soon

This bug is universal with tmo jellybean roms
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I've had no issue with battery. Then again my phone is new so maybe my battery hadn't gone through heavy usage like you guys.
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I'm on JMTv6 haven't flashed in a long time and trying to update to JMT JB.
I think everyone else seems to know what they're doing, so there arent any detailed tutorials but could you guys elaborate on these for a noob:
TWRP Recovery Recommended! Downloaded and it downloaded some script recovery...what else do I have to do?
ALWAYS FULL WIPE! - how? do I need some darkside wipe script through CWM?
-Download ROM - done
-Backup your apps with preferred method(app2zip is great) - done
-Nandroid - what is this? how do i download/use it?
-Wipe data ( factory data reset) - in CWM recovery?
-Wipe system (Format system (in mounts/storage) if on CWM) - same as above?
-DO NOT RESTORE DATA!!! - uhhh...then how do I get my stuff back?

stryder1587 said:
I'm on JMTv6 haven't flashed in a long time and trying to update to JMT JB.
I think everyone else seems to know what they're doing, so there arent any detailed tutorials but could you guys elaborate on these for a noob:
TWRP Recovery Recommended! Downloaded and it downloaded some script recovery...what else do I have to do?
ALWAYS FULL WIPE! - how? do I need some darkside wipe script through CWM?
-Download ROM - done
-Backup your apps with preferred method(app2zip is great) - done
-Nandroid - what is this? how do i download/use it?
-Wipe data ( factory data reset) - in CWM recovery?
-Wipe system (Format system (in mounts/storage) if on CWM) - same as above?
-DO NOT RESTORE DATA!!! - uhhh...then how do I get my stuff back?
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Download goo manager, go to menu and install recovery alternative, that will give you twrp.
Full wipe is an old term that refers to wiping everything. Twrp handles most of the wiping upon flashing. All you need to do is a factory reset, then flash the ROM off your choice. A dalvik and cache wipe after its optional, but not required. Though has been known to prevent issues.
Nandroid means to backup your current ROM. It's literally a snapshot of your current phone setup. Including apps, settings, and ROM. You can restore any time you want and it will be like you never left. It's built into recovery, just select backup/restore
Some ROMs don't want you to restore data. Jmt says it to prevent conflicting data. I don't see how it could hurt as long as it's just apps and not system apps, I'll have to test this, but basically, it means don't restore your data partition from a previous Nandroid. Titanium backups are fine to restore.
Any other questions just pm me. Writing this from my phone so if I forgot something let me know
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I was okay with it. The drop down status bar was to ugly for me so I switched to hellybean 4.1.2.
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battery?
I came back to the jmt jb ROM after leaving the ICS version for AOKP mr1 builds and the Sons of Androids ROMS (which both frickin rock! btw). But when I returned to the jb version of jmt, v3 to be exact, I found it drained my battery VERY fast. Anyone else having this issue? Am I just spoiled by the customization freedom of the Sons of Android?