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Cyanogenmod Question

Hey, i'm having an issue with cyanogenmod 7 on my Nook Color. Switched from cupcake because I thought I'd have greater compatibility with apps. Since the change, programs that once worked (e.g. snesoid, beautifu widgets) won't book. Just get hung and ask me if I want to force close. I'm using the tablet tweaks and everything... is this just how it is, or did I mess up somewhere along the line? Thanks.

I can't speak for the specific apps or ROM ur using, but yeah this happens with the occasional app. Remember that u r using an unfinished product. It will get better as CM refines it. Android as a whole is a buggy system. Its never going to be as functional as something like iOS.

Did you wipe either Cache and/or Data partitions before flashing CM7? Wiping the Data partition will wipe all installed applications and settings, however, it will prevent any weird issues arising from incompatible settings across different ROMs and OS versions.
I don't know about snesoid, but my personal experience is that BW works very well in CM7.

sgt.pepper99 said:
Hey, i'm having an issue with cyanogenmod 7 on my Nook Color. Switched from cupcake because I thought I'd have greater compatibility with apps. Since the change, programs that once worked (e.g. snesoid, beautifu widgets) won't book. Just get hung and ask me if I want to force close. I'm using the tablet tweaks and everything... is this just how it is, or did I mess up somewhere along the line? Thanks.
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Sounds like something's wrong. My Beautiful Widgets works great. I'd try reinstalling using these instructions:

I have similar problems with both Beautiful Widgets and the XDA app. When I log into the XDA app, it gives me a force close pop up. However, when I use the XDA app without logging in, I don't have any problems.
Which instructions are you referring to in that MASSIVE 100+ page post?
Thanks.

joelszs said:
I have similar problems with both Beautiful Widgets and the XDA app. When I log into the XDA app, it gives me a force close pop up. However, when I use the XDA app without logging in, I don't have any problems.
Which instructions are you referring to in that MASSIVE 100+ page post?
Thanks.
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The first post on that page.. That's how I flashed CM7 (pretty standard method, really) and I have no problems with Beautiful Widgets. Haven't tested XDA app. To be honest, I have problems with XDA app on my Droid 1, CM7, so I never use it.

Thanks everyone! I installed following the instructions from wiki.cyanogenmod http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barnes_&_Noble_Nook_Color:_Full_Update_Guide
I will give it another shot and report back when I do. Right now I've gone back to cupcake, but still having a problem with beautiful widgets- gets stuck on the "loading skins" screen, never loads.
p.s. I *did* wipe the cache and data partitions

"Cupcake"?? I think you mean "Eclair"?
Cupcake was many versions ago, before the Nook existed, and the Nook Color ships with Eclair...

So, I switched to cyanogen, but I couldn't get beautiful widgets or snesoid to run. Trying to revert to factory settings, but every time I try I get stuck on the word ANDROID in blue.
I've tried hard booting 8x, I've tried running the script to change the bootcount but this just gets me to clockworkmod. I try running the factory reset/data wipe option, but it clearly doesn't remove cyanogen. I've also tried sideloading a 1.1 version zip, all to no avail. Any suggestions? Would uninstalling clockworkmod help?

Are you sure you followed the 8-failed-boots method precisely? That really should have brought you back to stock, at least as far as I understand.
http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM

I really do think so. It brought me to clockwork recovery instead of the usual factory reset...

Well I'm out of my league (I haven't done this) but it seems there are still ways... You could check out http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...install-cwr-save-root-revert-stock-image.html or do some searches here.

Now I'm stuck on the N sign instead of android... Tried everything in the link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690 including the boot partition. No dice. The only way i can get it to boot is to reinstall cyanogen. Is there some trick to uninstalling cyanogen? Any other suggestions out there?

It seems like cyanogen just WON'T WIPE. Even when I format my data, it still loads, despite clockworkmod reporting that it has been formatted. Ideas please!

Check at androidtablets dot net
look for the link about restoring and removing clockwork from an SD card. I'd post the link but I can't yet.

MajTom said:
Check at androidtablets dot net
look for the link about restoring and removing clockwork from an SD card. I'd post the link but I can't yet.
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http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...install-cwr-save-root-revert-stock-image.html This one? tried it, no luck

Bummer. Yeah, that's the link. You might want to look in Nookdev too. They oulined a process that was similar, but they said you have to do the image restore AND unregister... though it's been a while since I've looked at it. It might be more helpful. Good luck in getting it back to stock.

This is unfortunate. I had been under the impression it was a LOT easier to get back to stock. (I still bet someone who knows will give you the right guidance.)
Oh well, I guess it's a good argument for using SD card booting exclusively -- I can't wait for a final CM7 SD Card ISO.

[Rom][2-21-12]GingerVolt Rom 2.0 w/ Blitzkrieg Kernel

Hello all! Here it is GingerVolt Rom!!! It has been fully cleaned out to decrease size and to increase speed. It will continue to be a work in progress! I hope you all enjoy!!!
What is this?
This is a very lightweight rom built both for speed and stability. This rom is based off of the latest LG update to Gingerbread. It is fully deodexed, and debloated. Almost all of LG has been replaced and as time goes by, I hope to remove the rest. Swype has also been changed to the newest Beta. A few items have been replaced with AOSP versions to increase speed and decrease size. Also included is the appwidgetpicker to clean that up.
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Changelog
v 2.0
Rom:
Completely Re-modified Init.d Scripts to Maximize Speed, and Battery
Added Init.d Scripts for Governor, Max CPU Speed, and Min CPU Speed
Governor and CPU Speeds Now Stick After Boot
Small Build.prop Tweak
Added Sony Bravia Engine
Cleaned Up More /system Files
Changed Low Battery Pop Up to 1%
Updated All /system Apps to Newest Version (Inc. Swype)
Updated Busybox
Added Google Voice
Added Terminal Emulator
Added Newest WiFi Tether Beta
Removed V6 Supercharger
Kernel:
Cleaned Up Some Code
Changed From JHash2 to JHash3
Added ZRAM Swap (To Turn on Use Terminal Emulator, Type "su" to Gain Root Access, Then Type "zram enable"
Added 2-Way Call Recording
v. 1.3
DeBinged Browser
Now Boots Straight to the Bootanimation.zip
Made My Own Host File From Several Sources to Block Ads
Blocked All CIQ Logs From Verizon and Google (Requires Reboot After Install)
v. 1.2
Replaced GB Launcher with ADW.Launcher
Included Spare Parts
Notification Bar Clean Up
Enabled Actual Boot Animations!!!
Build.prop
Init.d Tweaks
V6 SuperCharger Tweak
Loopy Smoothness Tweak
Boot.img Tweaks
v. 1.1
Power Menu Mod
Battery Charging Animation (Thanks Beamer for the idea!)
Other Tweaks for Speed and Battery Life
Fix for Soft Keys Not Turning On
v. 1.0 Initial Release
Based off of ZV7 Gingerbread
Deodexed
Zipaligned
Heavily Debloated
Debinged
Custom Boot Animation
AOSP Lockscreen
Accurate Battery Mod
CRT Screen Shut Off
Google Search
Long Press Search
Swype Beta 3.26
Fixed Recovery Not Sticking
Build.prop Tweaks
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Screenshots
Coming Soon
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How do I install this?
WARNING: HAS NOT INSTALLED OVER FROYO.
UPDATE TO GINGERBREAD FIRST!
1.) Download the .zip & make sure 4g is enabled.
2.) Place zip in external sdcard
3.) Back up
4.) WIPE DATA!!! (You do not need to wipe if already on GingerVolt!)
5.) Go to install zip from sdcard
6.) Select GingerVolt2.0.zip
7.) Do not wipe data after flashing!!!
8.) Reboot!
9.) To Block CIQ Logs Requires Reboot After Initial Boot
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Technical Info
This rom includes edits to several jar files, xml's and build.prop edits. As time goes more will be done.
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Downloads
Rom
v. 2.0 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y851vtdlfzz13z7
v. 1.3 http://www.mediafire.com/?4uvbjr4egdlobms
v. 1.2 http://www.multiupload.com/FGZFZJPT7B
v. 1.1 http://www.multiupload.com/QI8ID378E9
v. 1.0 http://www.multiupload.com/VY21T8X5ZC
Stock Kernel
http://www.mediafire.com/?auvddd2bh991w99
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Special Thanks!!!
TheCubed for all of his hard work for us on the Revo, and always being there for me when I have stupid questions
majorpay for Long Press Search fix
Beamer9408 for the battery charge idea
"The Gang" for testing and keeping me entertained on irc, if you haven't been by you should!!!
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Donations
For those that enjoy the work that I have done and would like to support my efforts financially through the donate to me button, any amount is appreciated, but all that I ask is that if you like my work, please hit the thanks button!!!
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sweet
downloading
thanx

Ok I'm on revolt 1.5 and never had to.downgrade. Do I just goto revo toolkit an like revo stock an.img good ?
I've been Revolted!

thx for all your work mt.
quick question, just updated to GB and rooted. now how do I get clockwork back on the revo? can I still use the revotoolkit the cubed made.... I remember reading a posting of someone running into issues doing it that way but can't seem to find it now.

love the new boot img

hadookee said:
thx for all your work mt.
quick question, just updated to GB and rooted. now how do I get clockwork back on the revo? can I still use the revotoolkit the cubed made.... I remember reading a posting of someone running into issues doing it that way but can't seem to find it now.
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Yes, use Revotoolkit to install recovery. After installing, hit the check recovery version, it should be 4.0.0.2 or something like that. Then reboot into recovery.

hadookee said:
thx for all your work mt.
quick question, just updated to GB and rooted. now how do I get clockwork back on the revo? can I still use the revotoolkit the cubed made.... I remember reading a posting of someone running into issues doing it that way but can't seem to find it now.
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Use that, reboot to cwm make a backup of stock for insurance then follow his instructions. Should hold cwm after gingervolt
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bhp117 said:
love the new boot img
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Thanks! Been holding on to it for the right time, lol.

I'm confused on this process... so we need to go back to day 1 and remove CWR and the whole 9 yards to grab this? Please tell me the process doesn't involve playing with tot files?
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majorpay said:
I'm confused on this process... so we need to go back to day 1 and remove CWR and the whole 9 yards to grab this? Please tell me the process doesn't involve playing with tot files?
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if you were a good boy and have a factory stock rooted CWM backup, then you don't have to... if you don't have one of these, then it seems as if you would... although you may be able to grab cubed's stock factory rooted rom that I think is floating around in a thread... maybe

No .tot needed. Just need to grab the stocked rooted backup off the forums from cubed. Restore that, wipe data, uninstall cwm pull both updates wipe data, and internal for safe measure, then reroot using mt's root method. He has everything you need in his post.

majorpay said:
I'm confused on this process... so we need to go back to day 1 and remove CWR and the whole 9 yards to grab this? Please tell me the process doesn't involve playing with tot files?
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No its not that bad. Tomorrow I will make a return to stock zip to flash through cwm, then install stock recovery with revotoolkit, then update. Shouldn't be too bad after tomorrow.
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What's the worst that can happen if I try to install this over 1.5?

Pinesal said:
What's the worst that can happen if I try to install this over 1.5?
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You get a nice fancy paperweight worst case of course. 2 people have tried to go from V4 to this. Me from Revolt1.5 I bricked and never made it into the ROM itself and Beamer made it in from stock V4 and then had lots of reboots

Haro912 said:
You get a nice fancy paperweight worst case of course. 2 people have tried to go from V4 to this. Me from Revolt1.5 I bricked and never made it into the ROM itself and Beamer made it in from stock V4 and then had lots of reboots
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I have never heard of an Android phone being bricked, unfixably. So your saying doing that could permanently brick my phone?

Pinesal said:
I have never heard of an Android phone being bricked, unfixably. So your saying doing that could permanently brick my phone?
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A working method hasn't been figured out yet to go straight from revolt to gingervolt. Whole bunch of soft bricks from trying.
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I have backups going all the way back, but I wouldn't have one of stock recovery (making a backup of a recovery with a recovery that wasn't installed would be hard). I was involved in the original piecing together of CWR, so I have all the original partitions, but some of those copies caused bricks, and I'm not sure which ones :O
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Oldest backup I have is on decrapped rom.
I've been Revolted!

Pinesal said:
I have never heard of an Android phone being bricked, unfixably. So your saying doing that could permanently brick my phone?
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Soft brick restoring to Revolt fixes it.
S.Meezy said:
A working method hasn't been figured out yet to go straight from revolt to gingervolt. Whole bunch of soft bricks from trying.
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yes
majorpay said:
I have backups going all the way back, but I wouldn't have one of stock recovery (making a backup of a recovery with a recovery that wasn't installed would be hard). I was involved in the original piecing together of CWR, so I have all the original partitions, but some of those copies caused bricks, and I'm not sure which ones :O
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Just pull the cubes stock restore. Also, I installed revo toolkit and go the stock recovery from there.
RootedUser said:
Oldest backup I have is on decrapped rom.
I've been Revolted!
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Same as with majorpay
Only think is the cubes stock restore doesn't have everything. I wiped data and cache and dalvik and it booted right up. I installed revo toolkit and go the stock recovery from there. the pulled the OTA updates. When rerooting I wiped data and the internal storage went right through once I got the right drivers.

Get a stock backup here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129117

Safestrap v1.08d..... black screen

after installation,
safe boot menu => toggle safe system => (yas) enable safe system backing up ...., restoring .... swap to safe sys. complete , safe is ENABLED (color green)
now, back to 'reboot system now' i see the M logo and the 'safe system ENABLED' ......and....Black screen!?
battery pool, restart => do safe system DISABLE and it's boot properly

Did you install a rom in safestrap mode? That's normally why you would get a black screen as you need something to load.
Nonsafestrap and safestrap modes are a dual boot system.
-smc

somemadcaaant said:
Did you install a rom in safestrap mode? That's normally why you would get a black screen as you need something to load.
Nonsafestrap and safestrap modes are a dual boot system.
-smc
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no i didn't, i just want to set a safe system enabled

Did you install a rom in safestrap?

SomKen said:
Did you install a rom in safestrap?
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no, only safestrap

That is most likely why. You have switched over to the Safe Strap system, but you haven't loaded a ROM to the safe system... so it's trying to boot, but there is simply nothing to boot yet.

I would suggest maverick 3.0

Can't wait to try maverick. But I must say: liberty rom has been amazing (speed, battery life, etc.)
Sent from my XT860

LaZiODROID said:
That is most likely why. You have switched over to the Safe Strap system, but you haven't loaded a ROM to the safe system... so it's trying to boot, but there is simply nothing to boot yet.
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so you say it's normal behavior, yas?

boazal said:
so you say it's normal behavior, yas?
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Yes. You need to flash a rom first otherwise you're trying to boot…well nothing
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LaZiODROID said:
Can't wait to try maverick. But I must say: liberty rom has been amazing (speed, battery life, etc.)
Sent from my XT860
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Mavrom is not bad. Pretty fast but battery life isn't as good as liberty. Mavrom has the physical keyboard alt keys mapped wrong. I fixed it by copying /system/usr/keychars and /system/usr/keylayout from liberty into mavrom.
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Nice, thanks Endo
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I'm gonna need to try flashing another ROM. I waited to get back on Verizon before flashing cm9 because the xt883 radio was apparently an issue. Now that I'm back on Verizon, I try to flash cm9 to my safe system and no dice...black screen no matter how long I wait :-\ hopefully it's just some dumb little step I keep missing. It's not a wipe issue because my safe system hasn't had any custom ROMs flashed on it yet, and I've wiped anyway lol.
Before activating back on Verizon I did a full reset via the fast/easy unbrick method. Seemed to get everything clean.
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CM9 seems to have a bit of a special flashing ritual. Check out the threads on CM9 for the exact instructions and other people's findings.

I've been pretty happy with Maverick 3.0 as well. Fixed the physical keyboard (thanks Endoroid). I had Liberty before that and it was very good except no real option to enable or disable data roaming, there is no battery/data manager. Mav is not as customizable as Liberty (although it does have a toolbox with various themes to choose from) - it's been smooth and stable so far. I'm using Mav with Tag Home as a launcher and I keep a bunch of quick shortcuts collected in a couple of folders in the drop down using Bar Shortcuts.

ncho2233 said:
I've been pretty happy with Maverick 3.0 as well. Fixed the physical keyboard (thanks Endoroid). I had Liberty before that and it was very good except no real option to enable or disable data roaming, there is no battery/data manager. Mav is not as customizable as Liberty (although it does have a toolbox with various themes to choose from) - it's been smooth and stable so far. I'm using Mav with Tag Home as a launcher and I keep a bunch of quick shortcuts collected in a couple of folders in the drop down using Bar Shortcuts.
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With liberty you can check battery stats settings>applications>battery manager(or whatever)
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Yes I agree, I wish Liberty had the data roaming option available. I read about a line that can be added to Liberty's build.prop to turn it on. But I also read that it may require a wipe. I did it anyway (without wipe) and will see what happens on my next trip to the US...
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Flashing cm9 nightlies

I am running cm9 a2 on my touch pad and would like to know how I would go about flashing the latest nightly which now include everything in alpha 2. I gather you can't flash from from rom manager. Also where do I get the latest nightlies? Any help would be appreciated.
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ruthienu said:
I am running cm9 a2 on my touch pad and would like to know how I would go about flashing the latest nightly which now include everything in alpha 2. I gather you can't flash from from rom manager. Also where do I get the latest nightlies? Any help would be appreciated.
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Do a search in the dev forum for 'nightlies'. In the thread you'll find the download link, I think it's 'terrachata'. Install the file with cwm. (install zip > choose zip from sdcard). Do a wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache beforehand . If coming from cm9 alpha 2, no need to wipe/delete data, factory reset.

ruthienu said:
I am running cm9 a2 on my touch pad and would like to know how I would go about flashing the latest nightly which now include everything in alpha 2. I gather you can't flash from from rom manager. Also where do I get the latest nightlies? Any help would be appreciated.
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http://techerrata.com/browse/nightly_kangs/tenderloin
Absolutely no need to wipe anything.
I've flashed each nightly "over the top" of the previous version without any problem.
You can use Rom Manager to flash. Just tell it to use the existing version of CWM when it asks and check the version you have manually installed either 2 or 3 and away you go.
Then you can install all zip updates and mods the same way.
Check out buildprop-supreme-rohan-v1.1 for some cool tweaks including 120dpi screen settings.

Absolutely no need to wipe anything.
I've flashed each nightly "over the top" of the previous version without any problem.
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With any android system, you should ALWAYS wipe at least cache and dalvik after flashing a rom update. It only takes 5 seconds, and can help you avoid big issues.
You can use Rom Manager to flash.
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DON'T use Rom Manager to flash roms, it's just a bad idea. Many devices have been bricked because of that app. Just boot into recovery, install the zip, and wipe cache and dalvik. It only takes an extra 30 seconds to do it through recovery, and will make it so you don't have any issues.

sitlet said:
With any android system, you should ALWAYS wipe at least cache and dalvik after flashing a rom update. It only takes 5 seconds, and can help you avoid big issues.
DON'T use Rom Manager to flash roms, it's just a bad idea. Many devices have been bricked because of that app. Just boot into recovery, install the zip, and wipe cache and dalvik. It only takes an extra 30 seconds to do it through recovery, and will make it so you don't have any issues.
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Valid /\
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Thanks for all the great advice! It would be nice to have a thread about the stability of the latest nightlies before you do a flash. How do you do a nandroid backup before an update? Does it take a lot of space? How do you do a restore if all doesn't go well?
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It would be nice to have a thread about the stability of the latest nightlies before you do a flash.
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There's one in the dev section.
How do you do a nandroid backup before an update?
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Boot into recovery, and before doing anything else, go to Backup and Restore, then hit Backup. Backups will probably take about 600mb or so, more if you have a lot of apps on there. You only need to keep one backup on the device, and you can copy the backup off the memory onto a computer if you want to save space.
How do you do a restore if all doesn't go well?
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The same way you would flash a rom. Boot into recovery, wipe data/cache/dalvik, then go to backup and restore, and hit restore.

I hate being a NOOB about this...I know there is a changelog that you can find here: http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#q,status:merged+branch:ics,n,z
My question is does anyone know where I can find a less complex or more simple explanation (for us noobs that doesn't understand computerish sometimes! ) of what changes they have made to the nightlies?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Sorry again for the very noob question!

alias4ever said:
I hate being a NOOB about this...I know there is a changelog that you can find here: http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#q,status:merged+branch:ics,n,z
My question is does anyone know where I can find a less complex or more simple explanation (for us noobs that doesn't understand computerish sometimes! ) of what changes they have made to the nightlies?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Sorry again for the very noob question!
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The nightlies are basically compiled each night from the cm9 source. Its an automated process so the changes are what was changed in the cm source in the last 24 hours. Usually its nothing major, if its something big you'll probably see an alpha posted on rootzwiki.
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I'm interested in moving my backup from my touchpad to my computer to save space, however, my "backups" folder is empty...
As I'm writing this I'm realizing that I may have preformed a backup before doing a factory settings/data reset/wipe so would that be erased when I did the wipe/reset?
I know now that if coming from another version of CM9 their is no need to wipe the factory data/settings, instead just wipe the other two (forget what their called)

Should be in a folder called ClockworkMod

After updating nightlies
What should I expect to have to re install?
gapps?
dpi fix?
any launcher settings?
what typically breaks/resets and has to be re-configured?

DPI fix is all.

Any changes you make to your build.prop file will be erased on an update from one nightly to the next (or CM9 to another nightly). Anything else - apps, gapps, settings, etc), should not change.
Personally, I've become used to the 160DPI default, which works quite nicely on the latest nightly. Yes, there isn't as much screen space, but I don't mind. I don't have THAT many things I need on the screen at once - one widget, half a dozen or so app shortcuts, that's about it for my main home screen. So 160 works pretty well, especially for office docs and kindle reading.

160 v 120, what do they actually look like when compared? I know that running 160 has the portrait app grid view off kilter (landscape looks fine)

120 I find ends up with a row and at least one column off of the screen, so you can't use them. 160 doesn't have that issue unless you go portrait.

[Q] Greetings!

Hello!
This is my first time posting although I've been doing a little reading off and on. In order to save money, I bought an unlocked Captivate off eBay last fall, and I'm running it on StraighTalk. After doing some research on ways of removing the unwanted bloatware on my phone, I decided to try a custom ROM as well. I'd like a little advice or tips if you have any. Here are my plans:
First, I need to root the phone. Here's what I've found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...+the+captivate
Best way? New, or improved method?
Next, I was going to follow these instructions to customize my ROM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotat...&v=hadizqVkwn0
This seemed to be the best video tutorial for flashing to Jellybean. I found a Youtube video that shows the rooting process as well, but the kid doing it was very confused as to what the next step was. There was a lot of mumbling and shotty camera work.
I've never done anything like this before, but I'm very excited to give it a try. I like techy things, so this is a very interesting topic for my and could make for a fun new hobby!
Thanks in advance,
Courtney

So I went ahead with the root process. Everything seemed fine until I tried to install Superuser. It keeps failing to install. In recovery, it says "E:signature verification failed." Any ideas?
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
So I went ahead with the root process. Everything seemed fine until I tried to install Superuser. It keeps failing to install. In recovery, it says "E:signature verification failed." Any ideas?
Courtney
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did u install CWM recovery? , you need a custom recovery for that to work.. if you do have cwm , try toggling signature verification in recovery , if that doesnt work,
read below
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No, I didn't. The directions I followed didn't mention CWM recovery. I downloaded another superuser by ChainsDD, and it installed. Then, I installed Busybox per the instructions. So, I assume I don't have root? Seemed like everything went through just fine once I installed the other superuser app. What's the best way to determine if you have root?
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
No, I didn't. The directions I followed didn't mention CWM recovery. I downloaded another superuser by ChainsDD, and it installed. Then, I installed Busybox per the instructions. So, I assume I don't have root? Seemed like everything went through just fine once I installed the other superuser app. What's the best way to determine if you have root?
Courtney
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download titanium backup from the market , if u have root it ll ask you for root access , if u dont , it ll tell you that you dont . which method did u use to root your phone?
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Read all the guides in the General thread , especially - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161102 .
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Thanks for your help! I installed Titanium and it does seem that I have root. I did have ROM Manager by ClockworkMod installed on the phone before this process. Is that the same as CWM? Sorry, so very new to this!
Courtney

I would recommend reading this post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765
It will answer all of your questions and point you in the right direction.
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CSaab900 said:
Thanks for your help! I installed Titanium and it does seem that I have root. I did have ROM Manager by ClockworkMod installed on the phone before this process. Is that the same as CWM? Sorry, so very new to this!
Courtney
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Then read this thread , addresses your problem, - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991

Then read this thread , addresses your problem, - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1052991
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I think you miss understood -- I got it to work. I have root.
My next step will be to flash CWM Recovery. Any advice here? I'm running 2.3.5 presently.
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
I think you miss understood -- I got it to work. I have root.
My next step will be to flash CWM Recovery. Any advice here? I'm running 2.3.5 presently.
Courtney
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Okay. Flash the Corn 7 kernel. You will find it in the captivate development forum. You will still have a KK4 gingerbread system, but you will have CWM recovery, ability to try overclocking to 1200, and voodoo Sound which will make a huge difference in audio quality with your headphones/ear buds.
IMHO you should uninstall ROM manager. You will be able to access CWM either from power menu or key combination. It looks like a simple character based terminal, you use volume keys and power keys, or the 4 capacitive keys to navigate through menus. You can do full nandroid backups, clear caches, format partitions, and flash roms and updates in zip format - all with CWM recovery.
To access voodoo Sound controls, you need to install the free app from Google Play. If you want to support developer Supercurio, then buy the license key, although you don't need the license with Corn.
To access Overclocking in that ROM, you will need to install an app like No frills CPU control.
And KK4 with Corn 7 is the starting point for being able to upgrade to most JB roms.
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laughingT said:
Okay. Flash the Corn 7 kernel. You will find it in the captivate development forum. You will still have a KK4 gingerbread system, but you will have CWM recovery, ability to try overclocking to 1200, and voodoo Sound which will make a huge difference in audio quality with your headphones/ear buds.
IMHO you should uninstall ROM manager. You will be able to access CWM either from power menu or key combination. It looks like a simple character based terminal, you use volume keys and power keys, or the 4 capacitive keys to navigate through menus. You can do full nandroid backups, clear caches, format partitions, and flash roms and updates in zip format - all with CWM recovery.
To access voodoo Sound controls, you need to install the free app from Google Play. If you want to support developer Supercurio, then buy the license key, although you don't need the license with Corn.
To access Overclocking in that ROM, you will need to install an app like No frills CPU control.
And KK4 with Corn 7 is the starting point for being able to upgrade to most JB roms.
Sent from the wholly ROMin' empire. SGH-I897 CM10.1
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If he wants to stay on gingerbread that's fine but I would recommend updating to jellybean if that's what he wants. In that case he should flash the corn kernel and then flash a cm10.1 nightly because cm10.1 will partition everything for jellybean and update the recovery. If then he wants all of the extra features: voodoo color,etc he can use either stratosk's semaphore or the unofficial semaphore for the captivate which has even more features. After that he can flash any ROM he wants although I would recommend staying with CM cause it the only one with nightly updates. Although if you want even more features I highly recommend the PAC ROM.
CSaab900 said:
I think you miss understood -- I got it to work. I have root.
My next step will be to flash CWM Recovery. Any advice here? I'm running 2.3.5 presently.
Courtney
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I got the CWM Recovery installed and I've made a full backup of my current OS. I need to get my contacts backed up, then I'm ready to start flashing!
Courtney H. Caillouet

If she wants to stay on gingerbread that's fine but I would recommend updating to jellybean if that's what she wants. In that case she should flash the corn kernel and then flash a cm10.1 nightly because cm10.1 will partition everything for jellybean and update the recovery. If then she wants all of the extra features: voodoo color,etc she can use either stratosk's semaphore or the unofficial semaphore for the captivate which had even more features. After that she can flash any ROM she wants although I would recommend staying with CM cause it the only one with nightly updates. Although if you want even more features I highly recommend the PAC ROM.
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Well, "she" is actually a "he", but CM10.1 is my plan. Thanks for the info.
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
Well, "she" is actually a "he", but CM10.1 is my plan. Thanks for the info.
Courtney
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O sorry my bad.
Fixed now.
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O sorry my bad.
Fixed now.
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I've had this issue all my life. No problem. You certainly didn't need to go back and fix it, but it is appreciated!
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
I've had this issue all my life. No problem. You certainly didn't need to go back and fix it, but it is appreciated!
Courtney
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Not a problem. Did it out of
Respect.
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