I know wipe out User data is must coming from Stock ROMs. I do flashing custom ROMs very frequently and wanted to know while flashing these custom ROMs, Wiping Data and Cache and Dalvik is what I do AND can I skip Wipe User data ?? Please help...
You will need to clean everything because you are going to avoid the bootloops.. and do it on every new installation does not matter if the rom is stock or custom
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If you went and wiped cache only, not data, and installed a new rom, would all data remain? What exactly is this cache that nandroid wipes?
I'd like to install a rom for a friend but dont want to completley wipe his phone. I just want to install the virtuous rom, which is basically the stock 2.2 update rom and would like to keep all his data on the phone. would just wiping the cache work? I know some people just install without wiping but would wiping cache help?
And I know a wipe is always better, thats what I do on my phone. But its not mine and would like to save his data.
I have been rooted for awhile now, but I have held off from flashing a rom. I don't want to introduce any problems as things work good for the most part. I am interested in flashing though mainly for better battery life as I have read about from various roms and to remove CIQ and bloat.
I am rooted on stock rom, made a backup with CWM, and used Titianium backup for my apps. I have been reading up on flashing roms, and I am confused about the wipe. Do some roms require different wiping than others? Aren't there like three different types of wipe from CWM? Does wiping erase data on the internal SD card?
Any things I need to look out for that could cause issues? Any recommendations on which rom would be best to try out first? Thanks for any tips.
bigcletus said:
I have been rooted for awhile now, but I have held off from flashing a rom. I don't want to introduce any problems as things work good for the most part. I am interested in flashing though mainly for better battery life as I have read about from various roms and to remove CIQ and bloat.
I am rooted on stock rom, made a backup with CWM, and used Titianium backup for my apps. I have been reading up on flashing roms, and I am confused about the wipe. Do some roms require different wiping than others? Aren't there like three different types of wipe from CWM? Does wiping erase data on the internal SD card?
Any things I need to look out for that could cause issues? Any recommendations on which rom would be best to try out first? Thanks for any tips.
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Some ROMs wipe during the install , some ROMs don't ..
At the very least you should wipe your Dalvik cache ...
You can wipe your cache if you like, if you wipe anything else, it is up to you or up to the ROM ..
Honestly , if you are installing a completely different ROM a full wipe is usually best, if upgrading the same ROM, usually a Dalvik wipe is all you need ...
Some people , me included, are on the brave side and only wipe the Dalvik and give the ROM a shot, usually though I end up doing a full wipe ..
A good tip is also to run the "Fix Permissions" under advanced in CWM after flashing a ROM/Theme/MOD ..
Just follow the instructoins the dev has given. I always wipe before installing a custom rom to avoid problems later.
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badaphooko01 said:
Just follow the instructoins the dev has given. I always wipe before installing a custom rom to avoid problems later.
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DITTO!! ... I should have added this to my post, this should be your first choice ...
I know that when flashing a custom rom either coming from stock or going to another custom rom, you have to do a wipe of the device ( data, caches etc). I am currently on a custom rom but wish to revert back to stock. I've read somewhere that if you flash a stock image then the process wipes the device. Does this mean that it is not necessary to do a manual wipe when flashing a stock rom but it is required when flashing any custom rom?
For your safety do a manual wipe anyway.
If you do a full stock image flash, it'll wipe everything anyway. Don't need to worry about wiping before that.
Before flashing custom ROMS using CWM, do I have to do factory reset data and wipe cache? or only dalvik cache? I'm asking this as after flashing some Custom Roms, some apps stop working and don't open up. Please help
You need to wipe data completely when flashing between different ROMs to reduce the chances of issues. If updating to a new version of the same ROM, you can usually get away with just cache/dalvik wipe.
sorry for the noob question what is dirty flash
Flashing a rom without wiping /data first. A "filthy" flash would be to flash without wiping even cache and Dalvik
You can dirty flash between minor version updates of the same rom. Whenever you flash a major update (let's say from bestromever JB 4.3 based to bestromever JB 4.4 based) or if you flash a rom from a different developer you need a clean flash, meaning you need to wipe data, cache and Dalvik in your custom recovery.
If in doubt: clean flash
berndblb said:
Flashing a rom without wiping /data first. A "filthy" flash would be to flash without wiping even cache and Dalvik
You can dirty flash between minor version updates of the same rom. Whenever you flash a major update (let's say from bestromever JB 4.3 based to bestromever JB 4.4 based) or if you flash a rom from a different developer you need a clean flash, meaning you need to wipe data, cache and Dalvik in your custom recovery.
If in doubt: clean flash
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Thank's
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Thank's
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Appreciated. But hit the Thanks button on my post - I'm vain [emoji56]