Hello, i've seen two methods to install CWM. One for gingerbread using a file on PC.
And a different one for ICS installing x-part which is supposed to be an auto-installer of CWM.
Everything installs ok, but i cannot access the recovery mode.
What should i do? Could be because im using the stock kernel?
My phone details:
Xperia Arc S - ICS 4.0.4 - Bootloader unlocked - Rooted.
If you have a unlocked bootloader I suggest you go and flash a custom kernel with CWM on it.
Thank you, i decided to take the risk to avoid stress and installed a CWM made for gingerbread, and it worked perfectly fine for ICS.
Now i'm running CM10 and everything is good, except sometimes i lose signal and get invalid SIM for no reason.
Madbezier said:
Thank you, i decided to take the risk to avoid stress and installed a CWM made for gingerbread, and it worked perfectly fine for ICS.
Now i'm running CM10 and everything is good, except sometimes i lose signal and get invalid SIM for no reason.
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You can use CM10.1 or CM11, they're pretty much stable already.
popthosegaskets said:
You can use CM10.1 or CM11, they're pretty much stable already.
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Really? Because my CM10 started to lag a bit. You think with kitkat it could be more stable?.
I've seen the camera works much better. What are the bugs so far? No hdmi, no radio?.
I've got the "cm-10-20131006-NIGHTLY-anzu" ROM installed, is that supposed to be 10.1 or 10?
Madbezier said:
Really? Because my CM10 started to lag a bit. You think with kitkat it could be more stable?.
I've seen the camera works much better. What are the bugs so far? No hdmi, no radio?.
I've got the "cm-10-20131006-NIGHTLY-anzu" ROM installed, is that supposed to be 10.1 or 10?
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You're on CM10. Kit Kat should work better for your phone. For the list of bugs, you can go to the ROM page and have a look.
popthosegaskets said:
Kit Kat should work better for your phone. For the list of bugs, you can go to the ROM page and have a look.
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Thank you very much man, i thought this subforum was dead.
Last two questions hopefully:
1) is there any stable version of CM11 i should consider or should i download anything (like CM11.1, CM 11.2, etc)? Because on the CM page i found nothing with the word "anzu" or "xperia arc" on CM11.
2) Since i already have CM10. Do i need to do anything on the PC with flashtool, etc?. Or can i just put the CM and google apps zips on my SD card, and install from recovery (after clearing cache, etc).
Madbezier said:
Thank you very much man, i thought this subforum was dead.
Last two questions hopefully:
1) is there any stable version of CM11 i should consider or should i download anything (like CM11.1, CM 11.2, etc)? Because on the CM page i found nothing with the word "anzu" or "xperia arc" on CM11.
2) Since i already have CM10. Do i need to do anything on the PC with flashtool, etc?. Or can i just put the CM and google apps zips on my SD card, and install from recovery (after clearing cache, etc).
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You won't be able to find it on the CM page because it is an unofficial release. The thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545354
You need to flash the new kernel that comes with CM11 before you can use it.
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Just got my fire rooted and recovery installed now my question is what rom should i run, i want to for sure have netflix working other than that not sure what else, are any of the CM9 builds actually working with the hardware acceleration or not yet? Open to all suggestions
aford89 said:
Just got my fire rooted and recovery installed now my question is what rom should i run, i want to for sure have netflix working other than that not sure what else, are any of the CM9 builds actually working with the hardware acceleration or not yet? Open to all suggestions
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HWA is not working with CM9 yet, I personally would suggest one of the CM7 roms for now since everything is working. Hopefully it won't be too long until everything is working properly with CM9.
What cm7 rom do you suggest? I havent used cm7 since the OG days
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What cm7 rom do you suggest? I havent used cm7 since the OG days
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Which recovery did you install, TWRP or CWM?
Thats what i was just coming here to ask i did TWRP but after reading thru some roms looks like i need to do CWM? if thats the case is the CWM on the first page of the development section the correct one?
aford89 said:
Thats what i was just coming here to ask i did TWRP but after reading thru some roms looks like i need to do CWM? if thats the case is the CWM on the first page of the development section the correct one?
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TWRP has pretty much been abandoned and CWM is now the preferred recovery. That is the right recovery but there is a script that can be used to install everything which can be found HERE. The CM7 rom that I would suggest using can be found in THIS thread and can be installed through CWM.
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TWRP has pretty much been abandoned and CWM is now the preferred recovery. That is the right recovery but there is a script that can be used to install everything which can be found HERE. The CM7 rom that I would suggest using can be found in THIS thread and can be installed through CWM.
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This CM7 build seems pretty complicated install after i installed CM9 reloaded. Just by the size of the post and number of commands.
Any way, which CM9 is you felt best among the available?
shareride said:
This CM7 build seems pretty complicated install after i installed CM9 reloaded. Just by the size of the post and number of commands.
Any way, which CM9 is you felt best among the available?
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Just scroll down past the commands, it's very simple to install and doesn't require any commands at all. I'm not installing any CM9 roms until hashcode gets his kernel done so that everything is complete and working properly. I use my kindle for gaming and videos so I need HWA working.
i noticed that script includes 3 different CWM, does it matter which ones we choose? theres red,blue and doomlords
aford89 said:
i noticed that script includes 3 different CWM, does it matter which ones we choose? theres red,blue and doomlords
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I know the blue one will not have time, battery, and kernel information showing in recovery and I'm not sure about the red one. I would just install doomlords just to be safe.
ok so i got CWM installed and flashed hellfire rom now my question is how is everyone controlling their volume? i started playing a song and didnt know how to turn the volume down
aford89 said:
ok so i got CWM installed and flashed hellfire rom now my question is how is everyone controlling their volume? i started playing a song and didnt know how to turn the volume down
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Volume Control, You can place a slider, that will auto-hide, to control the volume. He also has a nice brightness control app.
Thank you for all the help
I like the MoDaCo rooted stock ROMs. The current one is already on 6.3. If you don't like the stock launcher, you can always replace it. Because it's android 2.3, netflix will work just fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439916
i will have to check that out
+1 for MoDaCo Gr8. I've been running the 6.3 version since it dropped yesterday, with no problems. I use Go Launcher, themed to resemble ICS, and It's nice to be able to still access all of the stock kindle apps and bookshelf when I want to.
ok i got to know why does everyone run GO launcher and not ADW or LP?
TWRP
airmaxx23 said:
Just scroll down past the commands, it's very simple to install and doesn't require any commands at all. I'm not installing any CM9 roms until hashcode gets his kernel done so that everything is complete and working properly. I use my kindle for gaming and videos so I need HWA working.
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"Thank you" for the explanation, and it completely make sense to me.
Also one other question, why did you say TWRP is outdated? in almost all the "ROM" forums and blogs everyone is suggesting TWRP 2.0.
Just curious know your opinion.
shareride said:
"Thank you" for the explanation, and it completely make sense to me.
Also one other question, why did you say TWRP is outdated? in almost all the "ROM" forums and blogs everyone is suggesting TWRP 2.0.
Just curious know your opinion.
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TWRP has pretty much been abandoned by the dev and it seems like the other devs are starting to prefer CWM.
I'd suggest trying Reloaded ROM v1.1.
Hello All,
I am having bit of an issue with the CyanogenMod 9 Alpha. I have successfully installed the ROM and everything is running fine until I try to use Google Maps. I can not get a GPS signal. I know this is a normal issue with ICS ROMs. Has anyone else had this issue with this ROM and know of how to fix it.
Thanks
This should help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_qm4He8W-w
Hope this helps !
You have to flash back to a GB Gingerbread TW Touchwiz rom and get a GPS Lock then while you have the lock reboot the phone and flash the ICS aplha 3 normally
DONT TURN OF GPS flash regular fomat/system,fomat cache and dalvik then flash alpha 3 , then flash gapps and you should be ok
Okay, thanks everyone. I didn't know I had to do that old trick.
I am having some issues finding the touchwiz rom so that I can try that method. Do you happen to have the link?
Thanks
kmhartman said:
I am having some issues finding the touchwiz rom so that I can try that method. Do you happen to have the link?
Thanks
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Can ODIN EL29 to the phone using a one click if u like, its rooted so you can still regain recovery etc easily - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Use an app like superbackup to backup your contacts, sms, call logs and use the full one click that wipes data so u dont have any issues going from CM9 (4.0) back to EL29 (2.3)
Best not to flash roms from ICS but if u know about flashing the El26 cwm then Calk's EL29 stock which is missing is mirrored here by me - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24256853&postcount=2
where can i get full one click
right now i'm getting exchange services error when i load CM9 on the phone
kmhartman said:
where can i get full one click
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sfhub has an auto root sticky in the development forum. Look for the OC links near the beginning of the first post
kmhartman said:
right now i'm getting exchange services error when i load CM9 on the phone
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Try this: [HACK] Removing keyguard and other security policy restrictions from Email apk
A Question on CWM Recovery and 4.0.4...
Hey all.
I've given CM9 Alpha3 3 good test drives, and each time, it's completely obliterated my clockworkmod recovery back to the locked-down stock recovery.. which is INSANELY annoying. Is there any way to avoid this from happening? As in, are there any decent kernels which will retain CWM recovery on my phone whilst using a 4.0.4 ROM?
Thanks in advance for any help which anyone can provide!
they just released a new kernel with ACS built in, you might want to give that a shot.
I don't know if someone already posted this, but searched and couldn't find the answer. I get stuck at boot screen all on AOSP 4.2.2 roms that I tried, but with any TW roms are fine (no problem at all). Can anyone help? I want to run AOSP rom. Thanks.
I think you may be using a touch wiz kernel
You can find some aosp kernels in the original development thread
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
jinxzn said:
I don't know if someone already posted this, but searched and couldn't find the answer. I get stuck at boot screen all on AOSP 4.2.2 roms that I tried, but with any TW roms are fine (no problem at all). Can anyone help? I want to run AOSP rom. Thanks.
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which rom did you flash, and what did you flash?
the rom only?
the rom and GAAPS?
The rom and kernel?
you need to provide more details if you want to be helped..
Zachinater said:
I think you may be using a touch wiz kernel
You can find some aosp kernels in the original development thread
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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I did flashed SOAPKernel along with aosp roms.
wase4711 said:
which rom did you flash, and what did you flash?
the rom only?
the rom and GAAPS?
The rom and kernel?
you need to provide more details if you want to be helped..
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I flashed BeanStalk, SlimBean, CyanogenMod 10.1 official nightlies, FSC rom, and IllusionRom.
I have CWM Philz_Touch 5.07.1. Every time install a new rom, I wiped Caches + Data / Factory Reset 2x.
I flashed rom only, then flashed rom and GAPPS, those 2 didn't work, I even tried rom w/ SOAPKernel and still didn't work.
ok, you should try switching to TWRP, since most of the time people have zero issues flashing AOSP roms with TWRP.
Also, after all your wipes, flash the rom and GAAPS in the same session, and reboot..
I've done this exact procedure for years, and it works for me 99.98% of the time..
wase4711 said:
ok, you should try switching to TWRP, since most of the time people have zero issues flashing AOSP roms with TWRP.
Also, after all your wipes, flash the rom and GAAPS in the same session, and reboot..
I've done this exact procedure for years, and it works for me 99.98% of the time..
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Switched to TWRP, and did all the wipes, install rom and GAAPS. Same thing.
Planning to flash stock rom, and redo all the root/recovery procedures all over again. Do you think I should do that?
it couldnt hurt...
some phones are just tempremental; do you have an SD card in your phone?
are you installing from the sd card or internal memory?
try installing from one or the other to see if that helps; sometimes it does...
wase4711 said:
it couldnt hurt...
some phones are just tempremental; do you have an SD card in your phone?
are you installing from the sd card or internal memory?
try installing from one or the other to see if that helps; sometimes it does...
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I did try both, none work for me.
Thank you so much for your help thou. I'll now just install stock rom and re-root it, see how it goes.
jinxzn said:
I did try both, none work for me.
Thank you so much for your help thou. I'll now just install stock rom and re-root it, see how it goes.
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good luck, and post back if you get it working properly
flashed stock rom and rooted and installed boot recovery, after all that, it's still not let me install any AOSP roms. Really don't why I can only flash TW roms but not AOSP roms.
I tried to put a new rom on my phone, and it installed it like a tablet with a much larger screen, and keeps doing that for every new rom I try to put now. Any help is appreciated.
hagop526 said:
I tried to put a new rom on my phone, and it installed it like a tablet with a much larger screen, and keeps doing that for every new rom I try to put now. Any help is appreciated.
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More information would be cool. What did you initially install, what ROM are you currently on, are you on the MK2 bootloader or MDL, did you do a full wipe before installing, etc.
lordcheeto03 said:
More information would be cool. What did you initially install, what ROM are you currently on, are you on the MK2 bootloader or MDL, did you do a full wipe before installing, etc.
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I had a liquid smooth rom , i tried to put a slimkat and the nightly kitkat rom. , i dont know what bootloader i have, but i did do a full wipe.
hagop526 said:
I had a liquid smooth rom , i tried to put a slimkat and the nightly kitkat rom. , i dont know what bootloader i have, but i did do a full wipe.
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All of the Slim roms (SlimBean, SlimKat) will be "tablet size." You can manually change your DPI either in the build.prop (/system/build.prop) or I think there is a setting somewhere that lets you change your DPI.
Hello,
My LG G Pad 8.3 currently has the recent OTA Android 4.4.2 upgrade, nothing rooted/modded etc... Can someone let me know please:
1. When is CM11 Milestone 5 being released for the LG G Pad 8.3? I notice M5 was out a whie ago for other devices.
2. What are the known bugs/problems with CM11 M4?
3. Is it better to use CM11 M4 or the latest CM11 Nightly? I'm after a stable release, less so new features.
4. Are these good upgrade instructions? - http://true-android.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/update-lg-g-pad-83-v500-to-android-442.html
Thank you
Is anyone able to help answer my questions please? Thanks
1) While the official CM11 did not do a M5 release, infected_ did an unofficial one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660676
2/3) Not sure about M4 but infected_ M5 and near latest nightly (4/18) broke wifi on my device. Maybe that's why the official maintainers skipped the M5 release. I'm currently running the latest Mahdi-Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581988
4) Use this instructions for 4.4.2 stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52092510&postcount=110
ruibing said:
1) While the official CM11 did not do a M5 release, infected_ did an unofficial one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660676
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Are you sure? - http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cyanogenmod-11-0-m5-release. Thanks btw.
ruibing said:
2/3) Not sure about M4 but infected_ M5 and near latest nightly (4/18) broke wifi on my device. Maybe that's why the official maintainers skipped the M5 release. I'm currently running the latest Mahdi-Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581988
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That's my worry. Even Cyanogenmod, which as I understand it has the highest quality control, it still breaks things.
LG's "attempt" at Android maybe pretty poor but at least everything works. Still CM11 isn't "Stable" yet.
* Is it worth waiting for a Release Candidate or Stable build or would you say M4 is stable? I appreciate probably tricky to answer. My concern is I go to all the effort and something crucial (like Wifi) no longer works. Currently my G Pad works perfectly (just using the poor LG software).
* I understand M4 is considered more stable than the latest Nightly right?
Thanks
ruibing said:
4) Use this instructions for 4.4.2 stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52092510&postcount=110
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Great, thanks, will do.
The CM team did a blog post on their release process. Google "cm-11-m4-post-release-items"
The reason why device maintainers don't do a M release for a device is often a judgement call since M releases are not just tagged/renamed nightlies as of CM11. A M4 was released so I would give that a shot.
LG software was just too different for me. I'd prefer for the OS (and hardware) to disappear so that I can focus on using the apps, and LG does its best to remind me I'm using its product.
I would just backup stock kernel and recovery with flashify before flashing TWRP and then backing up your stock rom in TWRP before flashing to anything else.
ruibing said:
The CM team did a blog post on their release process. Google "cm-11-m4-post-release-items". A M4 was released so I would give that a shot.
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Thanks. That's a really useful blog in explaining what a Milestone release is. I'll give M4 a go. My only concern is I just know M5 will come out shortly after. I'm only intending to do this 1-2 times if I can help it, second time preferably being Stable.
ruibing said:
LG software was just too different for me. I'd prefer for the OS (and hardware) to disappear so that I can focus on using the apps, and LG does its best to remind me I'm using its product.
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True.
The only thing LG have added that's really much use is QPair and MySMS (free on Google Play) is better than that anyway. LG's G Pad interface needs refinement, the e-mail app is poor too. I don't mind OEM Android modifications as a general rule though. I'm perfectly happy with TouchWiz on my Galaxy S4.
ruibing said:
I would just backup stock kernel and recovery with flashify before flashing TWRP and then backing up your stock rom in TWRP before flashing to anything else.
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Is it easy enough to backup the LG G Pad stock ROM so if need be I can revert back?
Finally when your best guess on CM11 Release Candidate or Stable? Obviously best guess only. Thanks again.
bradavon said:
Thanks. That's a really useful blog in explaining what a Milestone release is. I'll give M4 a go. My only concern is I just know M5 will come out shortly after. I'm only intending to do this 1-2 times if I can help it, second time preferably being Stable.
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You mean M6? I don't they ever retroactively release builds.
bradavon said:
True.
The only thing LG have added that's really much use is QPair and MySMS (free on Google Play) is better than that anyway. LG's G Pad interface needs refinement, the e-mail app is poor too. I don't mind OEM Android modifications as a general rule though. I'm perfectly happy with TouchWiz on my Galaxy S4.
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I do miss QRemote (IR blaster). It's the only thing you can't replace (at least not yet) on custom ROMs.
bradavon said:
Is it easy enough to back the LG G Pad stock ROM so if need be I can revert back?
Finally when your best guess on CM11 Release Candidate or Stable? Obviously best guess only. Thanks again.
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You can go back by going to recovery and restoring your backup. If you backup your stock recovery in flashify, you can restore that too afterwards.
You may want to ask someone on the official or infected_ CM threads about the next RC/stable. However, the snapshots are pretty much monthly (within first two weeks of every month). So hopefully the maintainers decide to do the M6 release.
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You mean M6? I don't they ever retroactively release builds.
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I probably do. I was thinking M5 for G Pad may still come but it's probably to late now. I'll wait to see if M6 appears before trying M4 now. M4 will be 2 months old by that point :-|
ruibing said:
I do miss QRemote (IR blaster). It's the only thing you can't replace (at least not yet) on custom ROMs.
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I heard that. Thankfully I prefer using the original remote than a phone or tablet.
ruibing said:
You can go back by going to recovery and restoring your backup. If you backup your stock recovery in flashify, you can restore that too afterwards.
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Ah so backing up your stock recovery and stock image are two different things?
ruibing said:
You may want to ask someone on the official or infected_ CM threads about the next RC/stable. However, the snapshots are pretty much monthly (within first two weeks of every month). So hopefully the maintainers decide to do the M6 release.
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Thanks. Will do.
Hey, been runnig the M4 release for the last month, got an auto update to the m5, which ive been running for the last few weeks, been stable, no problems so far, no idea why the release isnt listed on the cyanogen site.
bradavon said:
Ah so backing up your stock recovery and stock image are two different things?
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You usually override the stock recovery with TWRP (or CWM) before you reboot to recovery to backup then flash over your stock rom. In other words, you are backing up your stock rom through TWRP as your recovery, you've already lost your stock recovery. When you restore your stock rom, you will still have TWRP as your recovery. It may cause an issue if you try to install a future LG OTA update.
On the other hand, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can use stock recovery backups from other users.
nibzzz said:
Hey, been runnig the M4 release for the last month, got an auto update to the m5, which ive been running for the last few weeks, been stable, no problems so far, no idea why the release isnt listed on the cyanogen site.
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Thanks. That's great news. I may still wait for M6 now, not being long away now though. Definitely good to read though.
ruibing said:
You usually override the stock recovery with TWRP (or CWM) before you reboot to recovery to backup then flash over your stock rom. In other words, you are backing up your stock rom through TWRP as your recovery, you've already lost your stock recovery. When you restore your stock rom, you will still have TWRP as your recovery. It may cause an issue if you try to install a future LG OTA update.
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And I can use Flashify instead of TWRP or CWM? Is Flashify stable/easy to use? Thanks again.
nibzzz said:
Hey, been runnig the M4 release for the last month, got an auto update to the m5, which ive been running for the last few weeks, been stable, no problems so far, no idea why the release isnt listed on the cyanogen site.
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Could you let me know if you've had any problems with either M4 or M5 in these areas? -
1. Wireless
2. Bluetooth
3. GPS
4. Crashing
5. Slowness
5. Random Reboots
Thanks
p.s - Thanks for the screenshots. It's great to see the Multi-task button present and correct. I'm always using it and holding down Home is such a pain.
bradavon said:
Could you let me know if you've had any problems with either M4 or M5 in these areas? -
1. Wireless
2. Bluetooth
3. GPS
4. Crashing
5. Slowness
5. Random Reboots
Thanks
p.s - Thanks for the screenshots. It's great to see the Multi-task button present and correct. I'm always using it and holding down Home is such a pain.
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Hey, no problems with wifi, I run Spotify with a set of bluetooth speakers off into problems, also no crashes or random reboots. I think it's def faster than stock rom and yes the standard buttons are sooo much better, but I think it's perceptibly slower compared to the nex 5, doesn't bother me though, il try post a benchmark later. Also flashify works great, it's not a substitute for Cwm or twrp, just let's you send and queue commands to recovery from an app, so u still need a custom recovery with it.
Antutu on cm11 m5, no other mods. looks pretty good! Interested to see the difference with stock rom? Could anyone post stock? Cheers!
nibzzz said:
Hey, no problems with wifi, I run Spotify with a set of bluetooth speakers off into problems, also no crashes or random reboots. I think it's def faster than stock rom and yes the standard buttons are sooo much better
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Great stuff. Thank you again. I can wait a wee while longer for M6 now but will definitely be "upgrading".
nibzzz said:
Antutu on cm11 m5, no other mods. looks pretty good! Interested to see the difference with stock rom? Could anyone post stock? Cheers!
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Are you running AnTuTu 4.4? Did you restart the G Pad before you ran the test? (I did). As oddly my LG G Pad 8.3 (UK Wifi Only model) running Android 4.4.2 OTA from LG (no mod/root or anything) is higher -
p.s - I'd expect the Nexus 5 to be faster, it's got a newer generation Snapdragon CPU.
Second run: 26917
Third run: 26172
bradavon said:
Great stuff. Thank you again. I can wait a wee while longer for M6 now but will definitely be "upgrading".
Are you running AnTuTu 4.4? Did you restart the G Pad before you ran the test? (I did). As oddly my LG G Pad 8.3 (UK Wifi Only model) running Android 4.4.2 OTA from LG (no mod/root or anything) is higher -
p.s - I'd expect the Nexus 5 to be faster, it's got a newer generation Snapdragon CPU.
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Yep antutu 4.4, consistently get 25200's, not much higher, even after a reboot run, interesting that stock scores higher!
Now CM11 M6 is out, I have a few questions please:
1. Should I first install Flashify to backup my Stock Recovery?
2. If so, where do I find Flashify?
3. Then ClockworkMod Recovery?
4. Then perform a Nandroid backup using ClockworkMod Recovery?
5. If I did want to Restore my Original Stock ROM, is it simply a case of going into Recovery and restoring it?
I want to be sure I can revert back to exactly how my LG G Pad is now before installing CM11 M6. If I end up doing this, I'm overly bothered if I need to Factory Reset after/before restoring the stock image though.
Thanks
bradavon said:
Now CM11 M6 is out, I have a few questions please:
1. Should I first install Flashify to backup my Stock Recovery?
2. If so, where do I find Flashify?
3. Then ClockworkMod Recovery?
4. Then perform a Nandroid backup using ClockworkMod Recovery?
5. If I did want to Restore my Original Stock ROM, is it simply a case of going into Recovery and restoring it?
I want to be sure I can revert back to exactly how my LG G Pad is now before installing CM11 M6. If I end up doing this, I'm overly bothered if I need to Factory Reset after/before restoring the stock image though.
Thanks
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1) Always good idea to backup everything. If you backup your stock recovery before installing a new recovery image, it makes going back to full stock easier.
2) It's on the app store.
3) I don't think CWM supports this tablet anymore. Use TWRP 2.7.0.1
4) Yes, backup your system, data, and boot, then do a factory reset (in TWRP), and then flash the new rom.
5) Yes. Then if you want to restore the stock recovery (if you backed it up), do it through flashify.
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Here's the exact process I went through (I posted it somewhere awhile ago). Keep in mind I came from stock 4.2.2. If you come from stock 4.4.2, you need to use the ioroot method to root.
0) Download custom rom, twrp, and gapps to SD card
1) Rooted it using Kingo Android Root
2) Installed flashify
3) Backed up stock recovery using flashify
4) Flashed TWRP recovery using flashify
5) Rebooted to recovery
6) Backed up boot, system, and data
8) Wipe data, cache, etc (factory reset)
7) Flashed custom rom then gapps
9) Wipe cache
10) Reboot
Restore
0) Reboot to recovery
1) If you want to backup your custom rom, back up boot, system, and data
2) Restore boot, system, and data from your stock backup
3) Wipe cache
4) Reboot
5) If you want to restore stock recovery, restore using flashify
6) If you want to unroot, either use the root tool or flash back to stock 4.2.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51466025)
ruibing said:
2) It's on the app store.
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Firstly thanks for such a detailed and helpful post.
This is Flashify right? - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify
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Keep in mind I came from stock 4.2.2. If you come from stock 4.4.2, you need to use the ioroot method to root.
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Yes I've upgraded my G Pad OTA from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2, so noted thanks. Do you have to root the G Pad? This guide doesn't mention it:
http://true-android.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/update-lg-g-pad-83-v500-to-android-442.html
It even says: "NOTE: Root is turned off by default in CM ROMs". Although I see I'd need to root for Flashify anyway.
ruibing said:
6) If you want to unroot, do a factory reset (in the settings menu)
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It's really that simple?
Thanks again.