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[Q] [q] need information regarding flashing another rom

i have HTC wildfire. using CyanogenMOD 7 for past 2 months. want to install Splash ROM now. i have some queries & want to be sure before doing anything.
1. do i need to remove CyanogenMOD completely before i install other ROM ?
2. if i unROOT my phone again will i be able to re-ROOT it ?
3. if i just flash another ROM from ClockworkMOD Recovery, will it be installed properly ?
please guide me.

Depends the rom you want to install, some roms require you wipe first, so check the rom installation requirement for any specific one you want to install.

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gsmxpert said:
Depends the rom you want to install, some roms require you wipe first, so check the rom installation requirement for any specific one you want to install.
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um, well this was my 1st question that if i need to wipe it completely .!
could not find the answers elsewhere .......
guide me step by step please if possible .
Thanks.

prds359 said:
um, well this was my 1st question that if i need to wipe it completely .!
could not find the answers elsewhere .......
guide me step by step please if possible .
Thanks.
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Could not find or just can't be bothered to look? there are plenty of guides on xda and hundreds if not thousands if you search google for a guide on how to flash a Rom!!
Basically if your flashing a gb Rom over a sense Rom a full wipe is needed.
However if the 2 roms are from the same base i.e cm7 and a cm7 rip-off chances are you might get away without wiping anything, do a backup first if it doesn't work without wiping anything, just wipe cache and dalvik cache but leave data alone. If that still doesn't work try again with a full wipe.
As for the guide its pretty simple, backup wipe then install from zip.

Scratch0805 said:
Could not find or just can't be bothered to look? there are plenty of guides on xda and hundreds if not thousands if you search google for a guide on how to flash a Rom!!
Basically if your flashing a gb Rom over a sense Rom a full wipe is needed.
However if the 2 roms are from the same base i.e cm7 and a cm7 rip-off chances are you might get away without wiping anything, do a backup first if it doesn't work without wiping anything, just wipe cache and dalvik cache but leave data alone. If that still doesn't work try again with a full wipe.
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ofcourse i do know how to flash a ROM !!
that's how i installed CM7 !!
thanks for answering my 1st query
i would give it a try now.

Q2. If you unroot it you can reroot it again afterwards but I don't see any point unrooting.
Q.3 is basically the same answer as Q.1.

[Q] How to update CM9 from alphaX to alphaY

Hi everybody,
just a quick question.
I flashed CM9 alpha7 a few days ago and now I saw that CM9 alpha8 is available, however if I go on
Menu -> Phone Info -> Update system
I cannot find any update.
So how can I update it to alpha8?
Thank you very much!

Lol, clicked wrong button, didn't mean to abuse thank button
Quoted from CM9
'Upgrades from previous versions of CM9 are the same process as install, except you do not need to wipe anything. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to even wipe cache and dalvik-cache when upgrading between CM9 versions. You only need to wipe if you are doing a major upgrade, switching to a different ROM entirely, or attempting to fix bugs caused by bad backups or corrupt app data.'
So you will need to download the latest ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576874
And flash it through CWM recovery
Hope it helps and good luck

MyDeSTiNaTe said:
Lol, clicked wrong button, didn't mean to abuse thank button
Quoted from CM9
'Upgrades from previous versions of CM9 are the same process as install, except you do not need to wipe anything. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to even wipe cache and dalvik-cache when upgrading between CM9 versions. You only need to wipe if you are doing a major upgrade, switching to a different ROM entirely, or attempting to fix bugs caused by bad backups or corrupt app data.'
So you will need to download the latest ROM from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576874
And flash it through CWM recovery
Hope it helps and good luck
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Thanks a lot, I missed that paragraph, sorry! *facepalm
Btw, will I lose all my apps/homescreen by upgrading in this way?

[.::MDT::.] said:
Thanks a lot, I missed that paragraph, sorry! *facepalm
Btw, will I lose all my apps/homescreen by upgrading in this way?
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I think it wouldn't lose them since you didn't wipe the data(not 100% sure), but it's always better for you to do a backup, please correct me if I am wrong

Do I have to flash gapps as well?

Yes you have to flash gapps again.

mylord92 said:
Yes you have to flash gapps again.
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Thanks.
I rebooted into recovery mode, flashed CM9 alpha8 zip, then flash gapps zip, then rebooted.
Everything seems fine, also my apps are still there, thanks!

CM10.1 Freezing issue and message not sent error.

Hey guys,
First post here,
i was searching around for my problem, and i haven't found an accurate answer so thought to share my problem and hopefully find an answer.
i am from Canada, Edmonton, and i am with Rogers.
First problem,
i run CM 10.1 and Most the NIGHTLY updates they were butter smooth and works great, until Update number CM-10.120130317 till the current update. All the updates i download, my phone freezes LOT! example of how it freezes , i try to unlock my phone, it freezes . I try to write something it freezes . and sometimes when its on sleep it freezes i can't turn the screen on again! so i always downgrade to CM-10.120130316 to have that stable ROM.
I did the wipe date /factory reset from the ROM manager, and wipe cache and dalvik. and yet the problem is not solve.
So my question is, dose anyone facing the same problem? or it's just me?
Second Problem
am having this beyond annoying notification, where it says my message has not been sent! but my message get's sent and all acts normal. But i always get notification and its never gone. I have screen shoot the problem. Is there a way i can fix this? i've have attached in the thread.
if you guys have any questions or want me to provide some information please do ask.
Looking forward to hear the feedback.
Cheers,

for starts, you're running nightlies and you need to remember that. i'm not an advocate of these, but thats just my opinion. you generally cant run a non-perfected piece of software and repeatedly dirty flash layers of updates on top. you will generally begin to experience bugs that can only be fixed with a full wipe and clean install.
that being said, i would either 1) commit to these cm10.1 nightlies and perhaps even just stick with 1 of them thats working well for you or 2), find a stable 4.1 or 4.2 rom and install after a full wipe. backup first.

There's a warning that these builds are unstable and use them at your own risk. I use cm10.1 20130317 build and it is extremely stable. A few quirks but nothing major. I plan on sticking with it since the 3.4 kernel on the newer nightlies isn't optimized yet, which result is lower battery life.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
for starts, you're running nightlies and you need to remember that. i'm not an advocate of these, but thats just my opinion. you generally cant run a non-perfected piece of software and repeatedly dirty flash layers of updates on top. you will generally begin to experience bugs that can only be fixed with a full wipe and clean install.
that being said, i would either 1) commit to these cm10.1 nightlies and perhaps even just stick with 1 of them thats working well for you or 2), find a stable 4.1 or 4.2 rom and install after a full wipe. backup first.
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Domoo said:
There's a warning that these builds are unstable and use them at your own risk. I use cm10.1 20130317 build and it is extremely stable. A few quirks but nothing major. I plan on sticking with it since the 3.4 kernel on the newer nightlies isn't optimized yet, which result is lower battery life.
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Thank you guys for the time to post in my thread. Alright, i will stick with update that runs well in my cellphone..
However for my second problem, do you know how i can fix that problem? i am talking about the message not sent notification.
Thanks in advance!

xBeerdroiDx said:
that being said, i would either 1) commit to these cm10.1 nightlies and perhaps even just stick with 1 of them thats working well for you or 2), find a stable 4.1 or 4.2 rom and install after a full wipe. backup first.
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MH_91 said:
However for my second problem, do you know how i can fix that problem? i am talking about the message not sent notification.
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assuming you have a stable backup to rely on, i would wipe data/factory rest, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reflash either your current update or (preferably) the one you were running with no problems before. perhaps flash the one listed by a user above that seems to be running well

xBeerdroiDx said:
assuming you have a stable backup to rely on, i would wipe data/factory rest, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reflash either your current update or (preferably) the one you were running with no problems before. perhaps flash the one listed by a user above that seems to be running well
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Yes, i am have backed up all my stuff. oddly, i did all that you have mentioned last weekend, and still i got those glitches and the text matter it was gone at the start, but i got it back again.
Noob question, what dose "Flash" exactly means? maybe i know what flash step is, but i didnt know it was called by that term lol..

MH_91 said:
Yes, i am have backed up all my stuff. oddly, i did all that you have mentioned last weekend, and still i got those glitches and the text matter it was gone at the start, but i got it back again.
Noob question, what dose "Flash" exactly means? maybe i know what flash step is, but i didnt know it was called by that term lol..
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and you tried flashing a different (previous) version of cm10.1 when you did that? there's always a full wipe. that includes formatting /system in recovery.
flash = install.

xBeerdroiDx said:
and you tried flashing a different (previous) version of cm10.1 when you did that? there's always a full wipe. that includes formatting /system in recovery.
flash = install.
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Interesting.. i have got an idea i will try to do it hopefully by tonight or tomorrow. and i will share the results.
i was thinking to manually download the latest update nightlies instead of my phone update it for me, and then do the wipe thing and then i install it manually, maybe that will fix my problem.
am using G cloud for my backup and it dose his job pretty well. I wanted to use the Titanium backup but it kinda was too complicated for me.
Why they just don't call it "install" instead of Flash then lol?

MH_91 said:
Interesting.. i have got an idea i will try to do it hopefully by tonight or tomorrow. and i will share the results.
i was thinking to manually download the latest update nightlies instead of my phone update it for me, and then do the wipe thing and then i install it manually, maybe that will fix my problem.
am using G cloud for my backup and it dose his job pretty well. I wanted to use the Titanium backup but it kinda was too complicated for me.
Why they just don't call it "install" instead of Flash then lol?
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avoid using the OTA update feature on your phone. i didnt know you were doing things that way. you'll notice many more bugs and problems that route.
you are on the right path when you say download the actual update (latest release) yourself. make sure you have the gapps to go with it. boot into cwm, wipe data/both cache, flash rom, flash gapps

xBeerdroiDx said:
avoid using the OTA update feature on your phone. i didnt know you were doing things that way. you'll notice many more bugs and problems that route.
you are on the right path when you say download the actual update (latest release) yourself. make sure you have the gapps to go with it. boot into cwm, wipe data/both cache, flash rom, flash gapps
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Will do mate! Thank you so much for your kind help! i really appreciated it. i will for sure share the results with you very soon.
Have a good one.

[Q] Any JB 4.3 (or other JB) roms with working ringtone?

Having only dabbled with rooting and upgrading a Evo View tablet, I jumped into the deep end with my Incredible 2.
I got it to S-off and rooted and have been trying a few different ROMS (mostly chillybean's) and have what seems to be a common problem:
Sound works fine until a call is received. The ringtone fails to play and then sound doesn't work at all until its reset. I have had success resetting the sound by activating Google Voice Search with a long press of the search button. This seems to be true for CM10.2 and PAC. I didn't test this on an Evervolv because 3G never comes back on after Wi-fi has been turned on.
Has anybody had better luck with a particular 4.3 ROM? Does this sound issue affect pre-4.3 JB roms?
Thanks!

brettbee said:
Having only dabbled with rooting and upgrading a Evo View tablet, I jumped into the deep end with my Incredible 2.
I got it to S-off and rooted and have been trying a few different ROMS (mostly chillybean's) and have what seems to be a common problem:
Sound works fine until a call is received. The ringtone fails to play and then sound doesn't work at all until its reset. I have had success resetting the sound by activating Google Voice Search with a long press of the search button. This seems to be true for CM10.2 and PAC. I didn't test this on an Evervolv because 3G never comes back on after Wi-fi has been turned on.
Has anybody had better luck with a particular 4.3 ROM? Does this sound issue affect pre-4.3 JB roms?
Thanks!
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I answered part of my own question:
I confirmed that the Evervplv nightly 2013.09.24 has a working ringtone. But once WiFi is turned on, 3G is off until reboot.

try beanstalk 1.300
brettbee said:
I answered part of my own question:
I confirmed that the Evervplv nightly 2013.09.24 has a working ringtone. But once WiFi is turned on, 3G is off until reboot.
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I have been using beanstalk 1.300 with the b-team CM kernel.it has 4.2.2 and everything works! its fast and smooth with great battery life the 4.3 roms have some issues so I am gonna stick with this one

AFAIK everything in the newest Evervolv works.

phillibl said:
AFAIK everything in the newest Evervolv works.
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Are you using a nightly? Which one?
Does 3G come back after WiFi is turned on?

Chillybean updated his CM10.2 ROM -- the 20130929 build has the sound issue fixed.

kahlil88 said:
Chillybean updated his CM10.2 ROM -- the 20130929 build has the sound issue fixed.
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The 929 rom is not working for me and I know at least of couple of other folks in the same situation.
Are you using the 929 ROM with sound successfully? What - exactly - did you do to install it? I'm wondering if it's a I'm-doing-something-stupid/wrong thing or maybe a hardware revision thing.
Thanks!

brettbee said:
The 929 rom is not working for me and I know at least of couple of other folks in the same situation.
Are you using the 929 ROM with sound successfully? What - exactly - did you do to install it? I'm wondering if it's a I'm-doing-something-stupid/wrong thing or maybe a hardware revision thing.
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Flashed it like any new ROM. Backup important data and reboot into recovery mode. Once in recovery mode:
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Advanced -> wipe dalvik cache
Mount/unmount -> format system
Format boot
Install AntiVenom SDW
Flash a ROM
Flash GApps
Wipe dalvik cache
Reboot and you should be golden. I've had it hang at the boot screen a few times, had to start over and skip installing GApps until I was sure it would boot.

kahlil88 said:
Flashed it like any new ROM. Backup important data and reboot into recovery mode. Once in recovery mode:
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Advanced -> wipe dalvik cache
Mount/unmount -> format system
Format boot
Install AntiVenom SDW
Flash a ROM
Flash GApps
Wipe dalvik cache
Reboot and you should be golden. I've had it hang at the boot screen a few times, had to start over and skip installing GApps until I was sure it would boot.
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Thanks! I'll give that a try. I wasn't quite as thorough with wiping/formatting as you were. Fingers crossed....

kahlil88 said:
Flashed it like any new ROM. Backup important data and reboot into recovery mode. Once in recovery mode:
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Advanced -> wipe dalvik cache
Mount/unmount -> format system
Format boot
Install AntiVenom SDW
Flash a ROM
Flash GApps
Wipe dalvik cache
Reboot and you should be golden. I've had it hang at the boot screen a few times, had to start over and skip installing GApps until I was sure it would boot.
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Thanks! I'll give that a try. I wasn't quite as thorough with wiping/formatting as you were. Fingers crossed....
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Well, that didn't work for me. The only thing I didn't do was "Format boot." I couldn't find that in Revolutionary CMW.
I'm thinking there's something different about my phone. Hardware? How I rooted it?

brettbee said:
Well, that didn't work for me. The only thing I didn't do was "Format boot." I couldn't find that in Revolutionary CMW.
I'm thinking there's something different about my phone. Hardware? How I rooted it?
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What version of gapps are you installing? Try flashing the ROM without installing gapps and see if it will boot, then if you're successful go back into recovery mode and flash gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip from here.

funny question, does docking mode work with these roms?

Check Chilly's forum. The Inc S Dev posted a flashable fix for the sound problems. I flashed it and all is fine.
EDIT: Damn autocorrect...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

flinzak said:
Check Chilly's forum. The Inc S Dev posted a flashable fix for the sound problems. I flashed it and all is fine.
EDIT: Damn autocorrect...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks - found it and downloaded it! I'll give it a try when I can have my phone out of service.....

I flashed Evervolv 10/30 nightly yesterday and it looks like they have the 3G/WiFi toggle issue resolved. The quick settings were missing but, I'm guessing that'll be corrected in the next build. Also, flashed B-Team Kernel. 4.3-s2w version resulted in bootloops but, the 4.3-v2 version worked just fine. No sound issues as far as I can tell.

Does the latest Everlov nightly work? Also what are you all referring to when you say Chilly's forum, the "Inc S dev fix", and AntiVenom SDW? I went through 5-10 of the most recent pages on Everlov and didn't see any of these things, so would someone mind providing links?
Thanks

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Does the latest Everlov nightly work? Also what are you all referring to when you say Chilly's forum, the "Inc S dev fix", and AntiVenom SDW? I went through 5-10 of the most recent pages on Everlov and didn't see any of these things, so would someone mind providing links?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049902 this is chillybean's thread you can find AntivenomSDW in the other section of the OP (first post) the inc S dev fix can be found here http://d-h.st/1h6

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049902 this is chillybean's thread you can find AntivenomSDW in the other section of the OP (first post) the inc S dev fix can be found here http://d-h.st/1h6
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Alright thanks a bunch. One more question though - what exactly is AntivenomSDW? Where can I find more information on it? Google is little help here.

jonatcer said:
Alright thanks a bunch. One more question though - what exactly is AntivenomSDW? Where can I find more information on it? Google is little help here.
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its an flashable zip that completely wipes your device it is highly recommended to use whenever you flash a new rom it is developed by Chillybean

ArslanQureshi said:
its an flashable zip that completely wipes your device it is highly recommended to use whenever you flash a new rom it is developed by Chillybean
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Alright thanks a bunch.
Would you, or anyone else still reading this thread, care to weight in on whether Evervolv or CB's rom (Which? Beanstalk?) is more stable?

[Q] OpenSEMC to Cyanogen help

I somehow messed up by forgetting stuff from some tutorials. I was on Official Sony rom and wanted to goto Cyanogen and I ended up with being on OpenSEMC on my phone.
Since there are so many guides in guides and there are no real explanations what every guide/step does it's unclear what i can do now.
My Bootloader is unlocked, did that via Sony. I have no backups whatsoever.
I also have NO GAPPS on the phone itself, this is the part I forgot to actually put on phone/sdcard.
Wipe cache partition/dalvik's cache are formatted also if I recall.
So my phone is kind of useless atm

eXcLuSiVeFXP said:
I somehow messed up by forgetting stuff from some tutorials. I was on Official Sony rom and wanted to goto Cyanogen and I ended up with being on OpenSEMC on my phone.
Since there are so many guides in guides and there are no real explanations what every guide/step does it's unclear what i can do now.
My Bootloader is unlocked, did that via Sony. I have no backups whatsoever.
I also have NO GAPPS on the phone itself, this is the part I forgot to actually put on phone/sdcard.
Wipe cache partition/dalvik's cache are formatted also if I recall.
So my phone is kind of useless atm
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What exactly did you flash, wich rom?

Thomson2412 said:
What exactly did you flash, wich rom?
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Tyvm for your response
If iam correct, OpenSEMC-kk-beta3.zip
When I boot phone with volume up: TWRP v2.6.3.0
I forgot to put on the gapps.apk/zip on the phone so i can't install that one, and I already wiped Dalvik and another!

Nevermind, after having my phone for 2 years it now finally runs Cyanogen
I am missing stuff from gapps tho

eXcLuSiVeFXP said:
Nevermind, after having my phone for 2 years it now finally runs Cyanogen
I am missing stuff from gapps tho
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You can still flash gapps, atleast I think so, not sure