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when i go to veiw a picture(meaning im looking at the picture) it wont rotate. bkmo said the problem was the stericson lockscreen. because when he put back the stock lockscreen it rotated again. so i think the solution there. but since the viewing isnt that big of a deal to me, plus i love the stericson lockscreen, im gonna keep my lockscreen so this is more for people wondering about the same problem...
google apps and themes:
if you flash a theme that modifies the google apps, flashing 4.1.999(and up) wont restore the stock app. clearly its cause he doesnt have the copies of the apps in there anymore. how do you restore? im not sure. i flashed a theme that themed my market red and black, then flashed his rom, then another theme, but the market stayed the same. im guessing that flashing the htc recovery, then the rom, will probably restore the google apps to stock, but im not sure if it requires a wipe.
does it?
because if it does ill just keep the themed market. its not really a problem, im just a little annoyed since im not sure if this has any negative effects. can anyone help on this? i dont wanna try because if i need to wipe, i dont have time to set everything up again. and i dont want to find out i did need to wipe and end up with having to wipe anyway. plus someone told me its possible to lose root somehow, and i only have 1 phone. otherwise i'd try this out myself for you guys. please someone try, or give some professional input on this. thanks!
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Please help. Advice and direction are all I am looking for. I have searched and searched for a solution but have only gotten more confused. I posted to a thread that I thought was relevent, but was quite ridiculed. Its been a while since I rooted my phone and feel like i am a noob all over again.
So when things were fine on my phone I was running cyans 4.2.1.2 (i think right around there). Wasn't fast enough, so I tried Super D's rom. Took a while, lots of wipes, but I got it up and running after making sure I had the right spl and radio files installed. But browser wouldn't work.
I am not trying to fix Super D's rom. Here's the thing. I went back to cyan, but still no browser. Wipe, wipe wipe, redo spl and radio, cyan. Still no browser, but now lost market. Nandroid! Back up restored. Browser back but no market.
Solutions I am looking for. 1. A way to fix these without a full revert. But where do I find working source files?
2. How far back do I have to go to get a rom with these included? Back to Stock 1.6? Where can I get it from?
3. I know I am only wiping from cyans recovery. I don't know how to wipe the ext, or the dalek as someone suggested rudely in another thread, and I think this might also be a fix.
Sorry to ask such a specialized question. I didn't see a how-to for reverting EVERYTHING back to stock including my Gapps. If there is let me know!
Also, if I do have to start over, is there a way to save an app I currently have? I still have the Sense version of Beautiful widgets (I never updated it after the legal mumbo jumbo from HTC) Is there a way to save it? I know if I lose it I will only be able to get the Non-Sense version now.
Thanks for taking the time to read this! Any advice would be a huge lifesaver!
It will be way easier if you update your recovery. Go to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
and get Amon-RA 1.5.2 and follow the directions to get it installed.
Once installed, boot into recovery and wipe from there. You can wipe everything from his recovery.
Word! Thanks for the tip. I tried yesterday but I guess I didn't follow the directions right. This time I did and was successful! Now I am wiping through amon's, and re-flashing. Lets see if that works!
Once you are done, stick with Super-D for ease of install and the new version of Beautiful widgets is nice. Lots of skins for the flip clock.
sweet. Actually had my old apps too still on my sd card until I noticed the apps2sd wasn't working. Then I repartitioned. Everything running but lost the old widget. Oh well, thanks for the big save- that was easy! Market, browser, like a brand new phone only better! Thank you thank you thank you!
my phone froze at g1 screen and i rebooted it. so when i came back on the regular lock screen is gone too and the android market app is gone! what do i do to get them back
please people. help me!
without more information theres nothing we can do for you. what rom are you using? what did you do right before the crash? where is the log? provide some information so we can help you.
otherwise, the best we're going to be able to do is tell you to wipe and reflash.
oh ok. its a cyanogen rom 4.2.15.1 i was putting a theme i got from cyanogen updater. and it froze half way. idk wat 2 do cuz im a noobie at this.
1. make sure the theme is compatable with the version you're using. just because it says it's compatable with 4.2.x doesnt mean its current.
2. wipe, reflash CM, nandroid backup, flash theme. if it doesnt work, nandroid restore.
If that doesn't work then flash the CM rom again and let it boot.
Then try a different theme.
ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!
If you like it, SAVE IT!
Need a little help, basicly Im not sure if its due to Beautiful widgets or 2.2.1 but after every restart it defaults and I loose all downloaded skins and options set, any one else noticed this? Plus when going into recovery mode it installs the CSC apk file every time, is that normal? it takes like 1-2 seconds...
Ok seems to happen with fancy widget too, settings reset after restart, launcher pro seems fine tho, can anyone help me?
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Ok seems to happen with fancy widget too, settings reset after restart, launcher pro seems fine tho, can anyone help me?
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I'm on Darkyy's 7.0 (2.2.1) and this is not happening to me. Not sure how to help. you could try a factory reset? Although that may not be fun depending on how much time you've spent customizing.
Im gonna give it a go but back up just the stuff i need
factory reset not happening with me and beautiful widget on stock jpy with different modem and kernel.
also not too bad if yo do app /data backup with titanium backup or my backup.. and also you can backup and restore screen configurations with sgs tools.. highly recommended.
Yes. I finally rooted my phone.
After 6 months of use.
Anyway, I used the "Super-One-Click" method to root. Got SuperUser permission and all that. Which, apparently, signifies that I have root access now. amirite?
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Now. I downloaded a rom/theme I want applied to my phone. Called "Minimal Magic."
It's like sleek and simplistic. Black and white. Which is what I want for the Launcher that I'm using. (Launcher7)
So after a little research on my own.
I know that I need:
-a version of CyanogenMod.
-to back up current ROM stuff.
-reboot in recovery? to flash the rom.
Rooting wasn't hard and I didn't feel like I would brick it or lose any data/files.
But seeing the process of flashing a rom AFTER rooting. Idk. It's making me a little iffy.
From my understanding. It's going to "wipe" the entire rom that I'm currently running on my Fascinate. [2.1-update]
And flash this CyanogenMod rom? (Was thinking about getting CM6)
So when it flashes and assuming everything goes well, it's gonna be like a factory reset, but with a different rom, which I can apply the .apk I downloaded earlier of Minimal Magic for CM. But my launcher or settings won't be loaded, so I'd have to go back in and re-add everything? Update all the settings again and get everything back to normal, just with a different theme.
Maybe someone can walk me through this?
You need a rom that has the theme chooser (cm7) which minimal magic os compatible with. I'm running the theme right now. Yes you have to wipe, factory reset & all & yes you need a recovery to do this. When I first rooted I used the free app from the market called rom manager & I flashed the recovery that rom manager has which is clockword. I used this to backup my current stock rooted rom then I flashed the first new rom I used then after wiping. True enough you're responsible for what happens to your phone but I can say as long as you don't do anything really weird or stupid you should be fine...now I still use that recovery & I'm running aospcmod on my hero cdma sooooo roms, the process & blah blah could be different for your phone ....I hope this helps some
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You need a rom that has the theme chooser (cm7) which minimal magic os compatible with. I'm running the theme right now. Yes you have to wipe, factory reset & all & yes you need a recovery to do this. When I first rooted I used the free app from the market called rom manager & I flashed the recovery that rom manager has which is clockword. I used this to backup my current stock rooted rom then I flashed the first new rom I used then after wiping. True enough you're responsible for what happens to your phone but I can say as long as you don't do anything really weird or stupid you should be fine...now I still use that recovery & I'm running aospcmod on my hero cdma sooooo roms, the process & blah blah could be different for your phone ....I hope this helps some
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So, contacts, sms, photo ID's. Stuff like that will be gone?
I wish I didn't have to re-apply all my settings.
Also, I saw a video of a guy flashing a new rom. All of his apps were gone, since..obviously it was like a factory reset. That means I'ma have to install allll the apps I downloaded before, again? D:
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So, contacts, sms, photo ID's. Stuff like that will be gone?
I wish I didn't have to re-apply all my settings.
Also, I saw a video of a guy flashing a new rom. All of his apps were gone, since..obviously it was like a factory reset. That means I'ma have to install allll the apps I downloaded before, again? D:
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Yes, but you can use apps like Titanium Backup (its not free, but the best there is), to backup all your apps and restore them later.
It also backs up sms,etc. but it is not guaranteed that it can be restored on a totally different rom.
btw: Use edit for a more descriptive title please something with your device and maybe CM7 and minimal magic.
Hey the question I have is, after Ive flashed a rom, in this case the update to SGSICS 4.2, is there a way I can restore my screens just the way they were before? As in not have to drag and drop all my apps/widgets back into the places they were before hand? I dont care if its an app or if I can do it through CWM im open to all methods if any exist. That to me is the biggest PITA about flashing. I appreciate your help.
Back up your launcher with tibu...it'll break the widgets, So you Will still need to place those back, but your dock and apps will be intact where they were.