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[Q] How to upgrade rom without data wipe

Hello,
I have an Amazon Kindle Fire with gedeROM v1.7. I love the updates because it makes my device better and better.
But can i update my device without data wipe so i don't have to reinstall and reconfigure the entire device every time. And if I can can someone please tell me how.
My usual procedure is download file, data wipe, clear davlik and cache, flash, wipe cache restart and wonderfull a better device. But all the data and apps go with the wipe so any help would be awesome!
Thnx for all the help!!

Moaely said:
My usual procedure is download file, data wipe, clear davlik and cache, flash, wipe cache restart and wonderfull a better device.
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If you're not switching to a different ROM (ie, from CM7 to CM9, or from hashcode to energy...) then you can optionally skip the data wipe (factory reset), which will retain your data and applications...
Alternatively, you may want to take a look at Titanium Backup.

Thnx for the info.
I have been hearing a lot about Titanium Backup, can you give more info about the program.

With TB you can back up any apps on your device. Then when you update a rom just download TB again and then you can restore your apps that you backed up. I love TB and use it on every device that I have rooted. It is a lifesaver!! Ok maybe a time saver anyway!! LOL!!!!

I had a REALLY bad experience from not wiping everything completely. I'd definitely do a backup, like Titanium or MyBackupPro, and wipe it all just to be safe. To many goofy things can happen if you don't.

It really depends on what ROM your flashing. There are rare occasions you can cross flash without issue. Not recommended. Just updating the same ROM so wipe is necessary, unless mentioned by the dev.
If you do wipe than BUYING titanium backup is the way to go. The free version doesn't auto install apps, each needs confirmation.
I can get any ROM on the kf or my gnex but up and running in less than 15 minutes.

this is what I have been doing and I am not sure if it's bad to do or not. I make a backup of just my data using twrp, then I wipe the caches and do a factory reset. Then I install the rom, and then restore my data using twrp

chris_m128 said:
this is what I have been doing and I am not sure if it's bad to do or not. I make a backup of just my data using twrp, then I wipe the caches and do a factory reset. Then I install the rom, and then restore my data using twrp
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Restoring your backed up data is akin to not having done "factory reset" in the first place.
You shouldn't encounter any major issues so long as you're flashing newer versions of the same ROM and there hasn't been a large change (for example, switching to linaro).

can you reset but keep data intact?

I guess what I'm asking is, with CM10 and Clockwork, is there a way to not do a dirty flash and still keep your apps and data installed or do you either have to dirty flash or wipe everything?

tgeery said:
I guess what I'm asking is, with CM10 and Clockwork, is there a way to not do a dirty flash and still keep your apps and data installed or do you either have to dirty flash or wipe everything?
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its either one or the other. a reset wouldnt be a reset if you didnt clear data. thats the whole point of a factory reset.

simms22 said:
its either one or the other. a reset wouldnt be a reset if you didnt clear data. thats the whole point of a factory reset.
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agree with that... was just wondering if there is an in between - somewhere shy of a wipe all that is better than a dirty flash but still keeps apps and app data intact?

[Q] Remnants

Hi there, apologies if this is a silly question. I'm not an expert by any means, just a guy who follows the directions given on helpful sites like this.
I recently flashed the Slimkat ROM onto my n7100 for various reasons. But when I did, I obviously didn't completely wipe everything (which is what I intended).
Because for example, I installed a couple games on there and found that my game-saves were still there, also there were some bits on the obb folder from apps that I had on my phone previously but haven't installed since flashing the new ROM.
Why is this? Did I maybe miss a step when flashing the ROM? I know I did the 'wipe and restore factory settings' part in CWM, but I'm not 100% if I did the part with wiping the dalvik and cache etc.
Would that be the reason?
And If I want to give my phone a completely clean wipe what's the best way to do that now? Would I have to go through the steps as if I were flashing the ROM all over again? Or could I just go into recovery mode and wipe the dalvik, cache, system, data etc and reboot?
P.S. Yes, I know that no one who gives advice is responsible if I brick my phone.

sonofsmallface said:
Hi there, apologies if this is a silly question. I'm not an expert by any means, just a guy who follows the directions given on helpful sites like this.
I recently flashed the Slimkat ROM onto my n7100 for various reasons. But when I did, I obviously didn't completely wipe everything (which is what I intended).
Because for example, I installed a couple games on there and found that my game-saves were still there, also there were some bits on the obb folder from apps that I had on my phone previously but haven't installed since flashing the new ROM.
Why is this? Did I maybe miss a step when flashing the ROM? I know I did the 'wipe and restore factory settings' part in CWM, but I'm not 100% if I did the part with wiping the dalvik and cache etc.
Would that be the reason?
And If I want to give my phone a completely clean wipe what's the best way to do that now? Would I have to go through the steps as if I were flashing the ROM all over again? Or could I just go into recovery mode and wipe the dalvik, cache, system, data etc and reboot?
P.S. Yes, I know that no one who gives advice is responsible if I brick my phone.
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wipe cache + factory reset and dalvik cache. you should be ok. Also don't wipe system.
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ceomaverick said:
wipe cache + factory reset and dalvik cache. you should be ok. Also don't wipe system.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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Just a follow up - I did a wipe + factory reset, wiped cache partition, wiped davlik cache, and was surprised to find I still had leftovers on my phone. For example I had some episodes of a tv show in my downloads folder and also there was still app leftovers in the obb folder. Meh... I'll just delete stuff manually.

sonofsmallface said:
Just a follow up - I did a wipe + factory reset, wiped cache partition, wiped davlik cache, and was surprised to find I still had leftovers on my phone. For example I had some episodes of a tv show in my downloads folder and also there was still app leftovers in the obb folder. Meh... I'll just delete stuff manually.
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Well, you will have to flash stock recovery then. after that, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. This will erase everything on internal SD card. I assume u have backed up EFS and other important stuff.
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ceomaverick said:
Well, you will have to flash stock recovery then. after that, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. This will erase everything on internal SD card. I assume u have backed up EFS and other important stuff.
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By the way, I sort of overlooked the obvious - in the end I just did a factory wipe and reset from inside Slimkat i.e. not via recovery mode.
And that did the job fine. Cleaned up several gigs worth of clutter which apps like SD Maid seemed to have skipped over as well.

Factory Data Reset - Help

Do you lose root if you do a factory reset? Sprint LG G3 Lollipop rooted with avicohh's one click root. In Settings>Backup & Reset>Factory Data Reset

No, you will not lose root access.
Factory reset deletes your data partition, cache and dalvik cache.
Your system partition will not be touched.

NatusVincere said:
No, you will not lose root access.
Factory reset deletes your data partition, cache and dalvik cache.
Your system partition will not be touched.
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Are you sure about this?

While I'm not familiar with "avicohh's one click root" method I'm 100% sure that doing a factory reset wont remove your root access.
Factory reset does nothing to system partition. You will still have root.

Thanks.

Hard Reset Through stock recovery

Hi. Wanted to hard reset my phone through stock recovery in my asus 5Z. Like soft reset (Settings -> Backup and Reset -> Factory data reset), if I perform reset through stock recovery, Will my internal data like music,photos and downloaded data will also gets erased? I just want to keep my data and reset my phone to system settings..

krishna13 said:
Hi. Wanted to hard reset my phone through stock recovery in my asus 5Z. Like soft reset (Settings -> Backup and Reset -> Factory data reset), if I perform reset through stock recovery, Will my internal data like music,photos and downloaded data will also gets erased? I just want to keep my data and reset my phone to system settings..
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If you have TWRP, then take a backup and after data wipe, restore data

krishna13 said:
Hi. Wanted to hard reset my phone through stock recovery in my asus 5Z. Like soft reset (Settings -> Backup and Reset -> Factory data reset), if I perform reset through stock recovery, Will my internal data like music,photos and downloaded data will also gets erased? I just want to keep my data and reset my phone to system settings..
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Unfortunately unless you have twrp, stock recovery will format both userdata and data.

rafyvitto said:
Unfortunately unless you have twrp, stock recovery will format both userdata and data.
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so hard reset possible via stock recovery? I don't care of losing my music and internal storage