My apologies if this has been asked before. But from my understanding the Google edition still has all the touch wiz framework. I was Wondering if you had to Odin back to stock in order to flash a modified stock Rom? I had to do this on my s3 because it always gave me problems. This is an issue for me now because my hard drive on my laptop is fried and have no access to Odin besides mobile Odin.
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A modified stock ROM will be packaged to flash in recovery. Just be sure to properly wipe since you will be going back to TW.
So all I have to do is do a super wipe, system and all. And I should be good to go? Can I nandroid back to my current set up if I don't like the Google edition Rom? Or will that cause complicatIons that will require me to Odin back to stock?
I know it's a dumb question. But I want to Bork my Device
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MacTheRipperr said:
So all I have to do is do a super wipe, system and all. And I should be good to go? Can I nandroid back to my current set up if I don't like the Google edition Rom? Or will that cause complicatIons that will require me to Odin back to stock?
I know it's a dumb question. But I want to Bork my Device
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Nandroid is fine, and doesn't need any wiping, it does it before the restore, but I wipe anyways.
If you just want to flash a different ROM, for going from ROM to different ROM, it's best to:
Factory Reset
Wipe both Caches
Format /system
Flash ROM or ROM and gapps if it's AOSP
To upgrade a current ROM to an updated version, if the base version of Android hasn't changed, you can dirty flash, which is the exact steps, minus the factory reset.
Okay thanks, I was just curious. Because I can't currently restore from Odin because I don't have a pc.
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So now that we have a source release with a safe recovery built-in is a full wipe still needed when flashing ICS to ICS?
This is probably a dumb question but I've been wondering about it.
This question is about going from tw to tw base Rom.
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So now that we have a source release with a safe recovery built-in is a full wipe still needed when flashing ICS to ICS?
This is probably a dumb question but I've been wondering about it.
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I have done several ICS to ICS flashes using AGAT's recovery with no issues.
In general it's a good idea to not let data linger around, especially if you're flashing a new ROM. It rules out that any problems you experience are due to corrupted data from the flash process.
Fortunately with Agat's repack you can safely restore backups for TW roms.... meaning the setup should only be a one time deal for each new ROM flash.
I'm just wondering if you have an older base like 4.0.4 and you want to flash an 4.1.1 rom is that possible or should i upgrade to 4.1.1 then flash?
It's totally possible.
However, this is a good time for a clean install. ie data wipe.
I hardly ever recommend one. But, this is one of the times.
I didn't, however. Last time was ice cream to jelly bean
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Thank you
also do you know if flashing back to stock and then upgrading thourgh the kies to 4.1.1 and then flashing a custom rom be safer?
Fewer steps = better.
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Thank you
also do you know if flashing back to stock and then upgrading thourgh the kies to 4.1.1 and then flashing a custom rom be safer?
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You sound like my brother in law. He does that every time he flashes a new ROM, makes no sense to me. When I flash a new ROM, I wipe data/cache and /system, then flash the ROM and restore my Titanium Backup.
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You sound like my brother in law. He does that every time he flashes a new ROM, makes no sense to me. When I flash a new ROM, I wipe data/cache and /system, then flash the ROM and restore my Titanium Backup.
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Same here... I never did an official update from ICS to Jellybean and so far so good. I know that it's best to install the latest drivers/partitions, but I was too lazy. Lol
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I downloaded Paranoid Android on my note 2 and installed the ROM and the Google apps. Now every time that i try to reboot it gets stuck in a boot loop. Nothing will fix it, I tried to fix permissions and clear the delvik cache and everything and nothing works. Thanks for any help.
Maybe factory reset after flash?
Or if you can get it into download mode you could use Odin via a PC and load another Rom or back to stock.
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Maybe factory reset after flash?
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I agree...
You likely have a dirty device with respect to caches or file structure....
The possibility of a corruption in the download is also possible...
But I'm leaning toward a dirty flash over other files that should have been cleaned prior to flashing the new rom...
Especially if coming from a TW based rom to AOSP...
The file structures are much different between the two...and full wipes are required...g
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This happened to me as well when switching to an AOSP rom.. Had to go back to stock with Odin.
Hi all i have a galaxy s3 t-999 and just rooted with and now i want to install beanstalk rom for it
but i am having trouble knowing what to do?
let say everything does not go well and i want to recovery my original rom how would i do this and how do i download the beanstalk rom into it
please help thank you
You should read more before flashing anything. If you have to ask how to flash a ROM, then you probably shouldn't be doing it.
A good place to start reading would be in the android development section.
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if you have cwm recovery, simply make a NAND backup. So if anything goes wrong, just restore back to previous ROM with everything intact.
Only flash ROMs for T-Mobile version. i9300 is different and will brick your phone.
To flash a new rom, wipe data, cache, then flash the ROM.zip from SD card.
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if you have cwm recovery, simply make a NAND backup. So if anything goes wrong, just restore back to previous ROM with everything intact.
Only flash ROMs for T-Mobile version. i9300 is different and will brick your phone.
To flash a new rom, wipe data, cache, then flash the ROM.zip from SD card.
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Make sure you do some learning cause even just having a backup is not always a save. I have had backups fail. So I recomend having a second rom on your sd so that you can at least get a rom back on the phone. I almost bricked my phone and the sec rom I had on the phone saved me.
I've been doing this crap so long I seem to be forgetting the basics. I am on a stock based ROM currently, and I'm going to another stock based ROM that actually gets updates. I don't want to have to back up all my apps and data and everything because it takes so long. Can I do it? Dirty flash? I feel like the last time I did a dirty flash it still removed a bunch of stuff I need.
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I've been doing this crap so long I seem to be forgetting the basics. I am on a stock based ROM currently, and I'm going to another stock based ROM that actually gets updates. I don't want to have to back up all my apps and data and everything because it takes so long. Can I do it? Dirty flash? I feel like the last time I did a dirty flash it still removed a bunch of stuff I need.
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You can dirty flash a stock based rom over a stock based rom. Just flash it and it should work, but I can't tell you of it is fully functional because you did a dirty flash
Decepticaons said:
I've been doing this crap so long I seem to be forgetting the basics. I am on a stock based ROM currently, and I'm going to another stock based ROM that actually gets updates. I don't want to have to back up all my apps and data and everything because it takes so long. Can I do it? Dirty flash? I feel like the last time I did a dirty flash it still removed a bunch of stuff I need.
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Backup is still the best way to go, dirty flash creat bug, and can even make your device bootloop.
You can dirty flash but any apps installed on system will be over writen such as exposed or any thing u manually installed on sys partition
You can backup your applications and data using LG backup tool in settings.
You can do a clean install and then restore your data.
This is the easiest and safest way between stock Roms.
Regards
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