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Updating Cyanogenmod without losing settings

I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?

nmunro said:
I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?
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Get titanium backup and do a full backup of your apps/data. When you restore, dont restore any system app but you can restore the rest.
And to avoid problems, always clear cache/dalvik.

nmunro said:
I've been flashing the nightly cyaongenmod 10.1 builds on my i747m using cwm.
Is there a way to prevent losing all the settings and apps that I have? For example, if I don't clear data/cache will this cause bad things to happen?
Or is there another way to do this?
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All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
Sent from my Galaxy S3

RobbieL811 said:
All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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It's not only about wiping everything (Clean flash), having a backup is always good and *needed* imo. Never know when something will go wrong, could be as simple as a corrupted download.

So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?

nmunro said:
So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?
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Yes.
Should still concider Tibu. Friendly suggestion.

nmunro said:
So just to confirm, if I download the latest nightly, boot into cwm, clear cache and dalvik, but don't delete user data, then flash ROM and gapps, it will have all my settings and apps already setup?
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Yes.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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BWolf56 said:
It's not only about wiping everything (Clean flash), having a backup is always good and *needed* imo. Never know when something will go wrong, could be as simple as a corrupted download.
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Thanks. I didn't think about mentioning that. It's kind of a given to me to keep a good nandroid. Some people may not know though. Thanks for adding that.
Sent from my Galaxy S3

I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?

nmunro said:
I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?
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Gotta flash the Gapps everytime you flash a ROM. (Their respective one)

nmunro said:
I have a touchwiz nandroid and a cm10 nandroid on my SD card and my computer.
Will I have to flash gapps again or will that already be there?
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You will only have to flash Gapps the first time. If you update like I told you, you will not have to flash them.
Sent from my Galaxy S3

Changing from stable to nightly
Hi,
I'm currently running on a cm 10.1.3 stable (note 2 N7100). I would like to install cm-11-20141027-NIGHTLY-n7100. Do i have to do a complete wipe or just flash the downloaded file from recovery.

cm upgrade manually w/o losing data
RobbieL811 said:
All you need to do is download the new nightly that you wanna flash, boot into recovery, flash the nightly. If you have any other files that you wanna flash like a kernel, flash them after the nightly. Clear cache & dalvik cache & reboot. You won't lose any apps or settings doing it this way. This is how I update every day. Now if you wanna do a clean install every single time you update, that's another story. The way I just explained to you will work just fine. There is no need in wiping EVERYTHING for every update.
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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Does it apply to stable updates and upgrades also and not only for nightly?
Can I use the same method for updating CM11s to CM12 whenever they release...?

Titanium Backup
Will the Titanium Backup * root be the correct one, or the Titanium Pro?

[Q] Updating current rom to the most recent build

I have Carbon ROM which I am thoroughly enjoying. I would like to upgrade to the newest build which I have downloaded on my phone. Is there anyway to update without having to redownload all my apps/reinstall via a backup? Can I just flash over it without wiping my phone?

dubjdub said:
I have Carbon ROM which I am thoroughly enjoying. I would like to upgrade to the newest build which I have downloaded on my phone. Is there anyway to update without having to redownload all my apps/reinstall via a backup? Can I just flash over it without wiping my phone?
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Flash the ROM. Then wipe cache and dalvik. Then reboot.

CamFlawless said:
Flash the ROM. Then wipe cache and dalvik. Then reboot.
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What about GApps? Will I have to reinstall those as well or are those unaffected?

dubjdub said:
What about GApps? Will I have to reinstall those as well or are those unaffected?
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yes, flash gapps too. at least thats what i do...

xBeerdroiDx said:
yes, flash gapps too. at least thats what i do...
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Yeah, forgot about those! :what:

It's the Wipe Data \ Factory Reset that gets rid of the apps, so throwing in a format /system into your dirty flash won't hurt...

4.0.4 to Sourcery 5.1

Already Rooted and have clockwork recovery installed, anything special I need to do to go from 4.0.4 to Sorcery 5.1 other than this?
Install Instructions:
1) Download Rom and Gapps to your Phone’s Storage drive and boot into recovery
2) Clear davlik cache
3) Wipe data/cache
4) Install your Chosen Team Sourcery Rom
5) Install Gapps
6) Boot into Rom
7) Sign in and wait for all market apps to Restore
8) After market apps have restored Reboot again
9) Enjoy

Beware that your sd card is going to have /0 partition with android 4.2.2. Make sure you updated to the newest recovery before backing up or flashing new rom.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

you need to update your recovery before flashing the rom.

Zepius said:
you need to update your recovery before flashing the rom.
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Anything else? just did the clock work mod recovery update to 6.0.2.3

pollardhimself said:
Anything else? just did the clock work mod recovery update to 6.0.2.3
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nope

pollardhimself said:
Anything else? just did the clock work mod recovery update to 6.0.2.3
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Make sure you back up before wiping. Don't want to see a thread on here tomorrow titled HEEEEEELLLPPP! MY PHONE WON'T BOOT, I HAVE NO BACK UP AND NO ROM ON MY SDCARD TO FLASH!!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

eqjunkie829 said:
Make sure you back up before wiping. Don't want to see a thread on here tomorrow titled HEEEEEELLLPPP! MY PHONE WON'T BOOT, I HAVE NO BACK UP AND NO ROM ON MY SDCARD TO FLASH!!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Got it all up and working thanks!

pollardhimself said:
Got it all up and working thanks!
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Good news! Hope you enjoy it.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

i think twrp is a better rocovery, if you were to switch to it. it is best to do factory reset and wipe system and delete android folder before wiping.

[Q] Question about flashing rom

Hello, i'm a fresh man on my P936.
I got some trouble on flashing roms except of stock rom (full rom).
In my case, I can:
1. Access to CWM
2. Flash stock rom, stock-modificatied rom or full rom successfully
However, I failed in
1. flashing other roms likes PAC-man rom, ChaOS and etc third party rom. After I flashing those rom, and reboot my phone. The screen did not show anything, dark screen with LCD background light.:crying:
I have follow those inspections and tried many times.
Does any users have those experience before? And how can I solve it?
Thanks a lot:angel:

before you flash a non stock rom you need to wipe data, cache, dalvik, wipe battery stats (optional)
also do a nandroid backup before you wipe incase the new rom doesn't work for whatever reason, i had a problem flashing pacrom though too btw, it might just be the rom. you can try an older version or something too

If you're coming from another ROM It is recommended that you first do backup then FULL wipe then flash ROM

kidcalcium said:
If you're coming from another ROM It is recommended that you first do backup then FULL wipe then flash ROM
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that's what he said ^^

OGPunc said:
that's what he said ^^
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I did it, but fail to install PAC ram.
I tried
1. FULL Wipe -> install .zip reboot
2. FULL Wipe -> install .zip reboot -> FULL Wipe
but all the results are fail

ki1233 said:
I did it, but fail to install PAC ram.
I tried
1. FULL Wipe -> install .zip reboot
2. FULL Wipe -> install .zip reboot -> FULL Wipe
but all the results are fail
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Which PAC are you flashing? Some recent nightless do not boot.
Try CM10.1RC5

mpsantiago said:
Which PAC are you flashing? Some recent nightless do not boot.
Try CM10.1RC5
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The RC ver is OK, but the latest version (17-6-2013) cannot boost.

ki1233 said:
The RC ver is OK, but the latest version (17-6-2013) cannot boost.
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Yeah its a bug. Try flashing Wind 2.3 immediately after flashing CM (or PAC) and gapps, with no reboots between.

mpsantiago said:
Yeah its a bug. Try flashing Wind 2.3 immediately after flashing CM (or PAC) and gapps, with no reboots between.
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:victory:
thanks a lot

Thanks, this helped me too.

Updating RR custom rom to the latest version

Hi All,
i have a query. Every time I update the version of RR custom ROM on my note 2, do I need to reinstall all the apps that I have on my phone and reinitialize them? it is annoying as i have to initialize whatsapp, and mobile banking apps every time.
Earlier, I had a galaxy s2 with omni rom and it used to update only the rom to the latest build. anything that i had as apps would stay as is.
is this feature also available anywhere in RR? if yes, can someone point me to it? i seem to have lost my way in here .
thanks
ajit

do you wipe data before flash new build?
just flash new rom, gapps and after that wipe dalvik/cache

yaro666 said:
do you wipe data before flash new build?
just flash new rom, gapps and after that wipe dalvik/cache
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Yes, I might have done that earlier.
I will try with this method now
1. flash new rom
2. flash gapps
3. wipe dalvik/ cache
4. reboot
hope this works. else i will redo all the apps installation... ha ha ha
thanks for your suggestion

Xajit said:
Yes, I might have done that earlier.
I will try with this method now
1. flash new rom
2. flash gapps
3. wipe dalvik/ cache
4. reboot
hope this works. else i will redo all the apps installation... ha ha ha
thanks for your suggestion
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worked like a charm
thanks again
now i hope this build is stable and does not give me any issues in run time.