I follow the same steps every time I flash a ROM, and even when updating a ROM:
1) Full Wipe
2) Install ROM from ZIP in Recovery
3) Flash Boot in Bootloader
4) Install GApps if needed
5) Reboot
I use TitaniumBackup to backup and restore my data and programs which is always a smooth process.
Usually a ROM is pretty stable for the first day or so, but even the best performing ROMs seem to clog up after a couple of days. I regularly clear the cache and dalvik. Is this just a characteristic of custom ROMs, or am I not doing something correctly?
To clarify, when I say clog I mean general freezing, processes force closing, keyboard disappearing and reappearing, MMS wonky (works when it feels like it), in the latest ROM that I am running Voice search worked initially and now force closes every attempt to use it.
A reboot a day keeps lags away
Yes it is clearing cache once a week helps...just schedule ur titanium backup to clear cache and reboot while u sleep
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I have an evo and rooted it correctly.. I used Rom manager to download CyanogenMod 6.1.1 and Installed onto my phone. It works, but I cannot open apps like market, browser, sms, etc. without the a notification popping up saying CONSTANTLY and I mean all the time.. like every 15 seconds saying "Android.process.acore" has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
what do I do to fix this? I made a nandroid back up so I can flash back, but I'd rather not if I can eliminate this problem...
Did you install the g-apps zip? If yes, did you install the right type (hdpi)?
Those are two things that come to mind for me.
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You should flash AmonRA recovery from Rom Manager (Clockwork is nice, but rumors of bad wiping habits exsist)
Download the actual zip of CM6.1.1 and Gapps
Put them on the root of your SD card
Boot into recovery, wipe data, cache, and dalvik (twice if you want to be sure)
Flash from zip - CyanogenMod 6.1.1
Flash from zip - gapps
Wipe cache and dalvik again. Reboot
(unless you don't want to lose any of your data, thats the way to flash clean and fresh) I use MyBackup Pro (worth the 5$) to backup all my SMS and MMS etc. Never had a problem with it ever. Love it over Titanium Backup
Alrighty....seems as if I have some MAJOR problems here.
Background, I have a DInc 1, rooted using Unrevoked, and the only ROM I put on it was Cyanogen Mod 7. S-off is all set up, and there is the Superuser features have worked fine 75% of the time. Everything was up and running quite well for some time. Then this weekend, I installed a few different DWLauncher themes, and things still seemed to be ok. Sunday night, I installed Words with Friends, and that is when all hell broke lose.
Now, I really can't run anything. Apps are force closing all over the place, Google framework stuff is force closing and when I even try to report a problem, even that force closes. So, I uninstalled the Words with Friends App, and changed themes, thinking those were the culprits, but seems like the damage has been done. Nothing really works and everything is force closing.
Went into the ROM Manager (premium) and did a fix permissions and it gave me the "error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands" error. I ran it a handful of times, and it worked once last night. I thought it would have cleared a bunch of stuff up, but it didn't really help at all. Kept the phone off all night, and when I got to work this morning, I started working on it. Fine, time to ditch everything and start from scratch. So, downloaded a different ROM (Cyanogen MOD nightly), and also tried a few others, which it let me download, but when I click to install, no matter what options I click from wiping cache, wiping Dalvik, backing up or anything, it always gave me the same error. So, back to ROM manager, trying to boot in recovery, error, boot into CM recovery, error.
Edit, as I finished typing this, I tried to install the nightly one more time, but did not click wipe Dalvik, and it is installing things. As soon as everything installed, it was more of the same, apps crashing all over the place. I was able to go into ROM manager and boot into CM recovery, which is now allowing me to fix problems. So, it seems as if was working properly, for the first couple of hours, but around 10 pm, roughly 12 hours after the install, app crash-o-rama again. Also, from ROM Manager, when I try to flash ClockworkMod Recovery, it force closes.
So, I am kinda stuck. No matter what ROM I download, it gives me the same error. At this point, I don't care what ROM is on there (I do have preferences), but I just want the phone working again. Is there anyway to force a wipe and install?
Thanks in advance
You can, instead of installing the ROM through ROM Manager, just download the ROM zip file, put it on your SD card, do the full wipe/factory reset/dalvik in Recovery, then flash the ROM zip from there.
I've had issues trying to install a ROM that's downloaded from ROM Manager.
Here's what I do before flashing the ROM zip file:
Wipe user data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik (under the Advanced menu in Recovery)
Wipe /boot, /system, /data, /cache (under Mounts and Storage in Recovery)
THEN flash the ROM zip file.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the reply. It has been a long day of working on this phone. I have to pull my battery so many times, almost as many times as my blackberry.
I have installed about 4 different ROM versions until it would allow me to clean everything up, Dalvik and system cache, but as of now, everything is back up and running.....for now. Let's hope it stays that way.
If it doesn't, it seem like I will go the way of skipping the ROM Manager and just boot straight into recovery and do it all that way.
Thanks again
ROM manager isn't exactly reliable software. Most devs recommend a clockwork flash rather than ROM manager. Don't know why there are so many issues with it, but its pretty much not worth using to flash ROMs. It's fix permission feature is exactly the same routine that clockwork uses though. Updating the superuser might be something to try too.
ROM manager only wipes once and cwm3 doesn't wipe properly.... I've always read that you should wipe data cache and dalvik 3 times each before installing a new ROM wich is why you should use cwm.
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Re: multiple wipes
http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-05/time_to_wipe_data/cache
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Re: multiple wipes
http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-05/time_to_wipe_data/cache
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Awesome link!
That you all for the info. I tried a few things, installed a few ROMS, wiped them each time, and back to the CM7 nightlies and it all seems to be working fine now. Let's hope it stays that way.
Next time I have problems, I will have to do everything out side of ROM Manager and see if it has a better result..
Thanks again
Actually this has happened to me, usually happens when installing or Uninstalling certain hardware.
After reinstalling my roms to get it to work right when it did it few hours later to infuriate me. The only thing that did work was booting into Recovery and install my rom again but with what the guy said.
Wipe all data, everything, factory reset.
Then install your rom, then make sure you don't install or Uninstall certain hardware.
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Every ROM i install on my Desire Z doesn't seem to work properly. I've tried 3 now and they are all buggy and slow. Every time i wipe system cache and dalvik.
It always seems like something is corrupt. Is there something i can run to clear everything out good and proper?
vinokirk said:
Every ROM i install on my Desire Z doesn't seem to work properly. I've tried 3 now and they are all buggy and slow. Every time i wipe system cache and dalvik.
It always seems like something is corrupt. Is there something i can run to clear everything out good and proper?
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Flash this through recovery. It will wipe everything and set your partitions to ext4 format at the same time. Once you flash your next rom and give it your login credentials it will more than likely start downloading and installing all your market apps so give it some time to get over the lag while it completes the sync.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17578272/SuperWipeG2+ext4.zip
EdKeys said:
Flash this through recovery. It will wipe everything and set your partitions to ext4 format at the same time. Once you flash your next rom and give it your login credentials it will more than likely start downloading and installing all your market apps so give it some time to get over the lag while it completes the sync.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17578272/SuperWipeG2+ext4.zip
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And after installing all your apps again, reboot.
Try installing G-Lite? I would stay away from sense if you don't like lag.
vinokirk said:
Every ROM i install on my Desire Z doesn't seem to work properly. I've tried 3 now and they are all buggy and slow. Every time i wipe system cache and dalvik.
It always seems like something is corrupt. Is there something i can run to clear everything out good and proper?
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I've been using jerl92's rendering of CM9 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492461) on my G2 since Beta 2. I found Betas 3, 5, 8 and now 9 have worked well, though I got a lot of lag on the others.
In the earlier Betas, I might sometimes have distorted text soon after flashing, but after a couple of reboots it would go away.
Also, sometimes my issues with lag would be solved by booting into recovery mode, going to the advanced menu option and selecting "Fix permissions".
What Ed said. If your partitions are not ext4 you will notice lag and have issues with ICS roms.
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I was using Xylon 2.4.2 with AK Rubic r3 kernel for quite some days. Since yesterday the phone started to re-start randomly. So I decided to flash new version of AK Kernel.
Went recovery and flashed the new kernel (Diamond 99) then wiped cache and dalvik. --> ROM stuck in bootloop. Went back to bootloader and flashed Rubik -> Started, "Android is upgrading" -> Optimising app x of 214. Then stuck forever on "Starting apps".
Flashed the ROM again along with gapps -> Stuck on boot.
I don't know what to do :crying:
Any help?
I don't want to do a factory reset
unless you did a nandroid before you did all of that crazy flashing, i'm guessing factory reset and start over is in your future. not that big of a deal, you won't lose anything on your sdcard. plus, you get to start fresh and install the kernel you wanted to originally install.
1. Make sure you have the ROM, Gapps, and kernel you want on your phone.
2. Boot into recovery
3. Wipe cache, dalvik, and system
4. Flash ROM
5. Flash Gapps
6. Flash Kernel
7. Boot
If that doesn't work, you might have something screwy in your data partition that will require a factory reset.
I tried, did not work.
Ultimately restored a Nandroid taken 1 week back :/
What does wiping how /system do? It clears all installed apps ?
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Sounava said:
What does wiping how /system do? It clears all installed apps ?
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It clears the entire /system partition (your ROM installation). Installed user apps are left alone (since they're stored in /data/apps). Most ROMs do that as part of their install scripts, but some still don't and they can sometimes have issues with files that are left behind from other ROM installations. I've gotten into the habit of doing it every time I change ROMs, even just on my Jellybro CM10.1 nightlies updates.
Ok great thanks for the headsup!
App data will remain intact if I wipe system right?
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App data should remain intact however some of your data left over can impact system apps also so if you have problems wipe it all. Also if you run into that problem again you can erase the boot partition and flash kernel again. That has worked for me in the past. In adb:
Adb erase boot
You can do the same for all partitions. If I really want to start squeaky clean I do this. Not sure if it matters or not butbit makes me feel all fuzzy.
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My Galaxy Nexus with the update 3.16, yesterday after reboot it forgets my google account, today after a freeze i remove the battery, i noticed that it was in a boot loop, so i decided to enter in recovery, and flash again the 3.16 and AK 207 kernel with wipe cache and dalvik. It boot,but few apps, about 10 i think, vanished and all apps data lost, my data like photo video etc. still stay in memory. When i try to install from playstore for example "switfkey keyboard", i can't it give me an error 923 or like in case of "Where's my water?" the phone freeze.
Now i flashed the 28 march update, is there anyone like in my condition??Solution? I want recover my apps data
P.s.
i used PA from 11 febbruary and flashed any update wiping only cache and dalvik
THANKS to EVERYONE help me
Seems like data loss. Start fresh, flash factory images and start over - should be quite easier now. Could have been the kernel, or the ROM.
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Seems like data loss. Start fresh, flash factory images and start over - should be quite easier now. Could have been the kernel, or the ROM.
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I think that my app all are still in memory, bacause i don't notice more free space in memory, and bacause if i try to install one of the svanished app it give me error "-24" now. What i care is to recover my app data, after that i can wipe all and make a clear flash.
At this point, I don't recommend anything else than a clean factory images flash.
OK, i think i haven't got other choice...:crying: