So when switching between themes, what is the best method to do so?
I feel like sometimes I have to reflash the rom that I was running. I also read on here that wiping fixes stuff, but I'm not quite sure what is the best way to clean off any changes other than flashing a rom that wipes the /system.
Buy titanium back up, back up all of your apps with it. Wipe dalvik cache from recovery, wipe cache partition, fix permissions, flash theme. If it gives you trouble then you factory reset, repeat above steps, restore apps via titanium backup. No issues.
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i have a question about wiping before installing a new rom. if i take my g1 the way it is currently with all my settings and back it up with switchrom through the console then perform a wipe and install a new rom. will my settings be preserved when i restore the previous backup or will all the settings be wiped regardless?? TY -joe
lokeycmos said:
i have a question about wiping before installing a new rom. if i take my g1 the way it is currently with all my settings and back it up with switchrom through the console then perform a wipe and install a new rom. will my settings be preserved when i restore the previous backup or will all the settings be wiped regardless?? TY -joe
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If you make a backup and it is saved to your sdcard, you can do anything to your rom and your old settings will still be there (when you restore).
does this also apply to: wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe sd ext partition, wipe battery stat,s and wipe rotate settings as well? ty
i just went ahead and tried it. switchrom will restore regardless of anything you wipe.
lokeycmos said:
i just went ahead and tried it. switchrom will restore regardless of anything you wipe.
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You can always look at your backup itself to see what it contains.
Glad that you found your answer though.
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Thanks.
What's the difference between doing a Factory Data Reset and doing a wipe using CWM.
I'recently rooted my Note and now have CWM installed.
I plan on trying a few different ROMs (both newer stock ROMs and eventually custom ROMs) and read in most instances to per a wipe before upgrading.
I was wondering which wipe to use.
Also, if I install Titanium Backup, will it save everything including Contacts, Network settings, icon layouts, webpage favorites, appa and everything else?
Thanks
jeffs99 said:
What's the difference between doing a Factory Data Reset and doing a wipe using CWM.
I'recently rooted my Note and now have CWM installed.
I plan on trying a few different ROMs (both newer stock ROMs and eventually custom ROMs) and read in most instances to per a wipe before upgrading.
I was wondering which wipe to use.
Also, if I install Titanium Backup, will it save everything including Contacts, Network settings, icon layouts, webpage favorites, appa and everything else?
Thanks
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Cant say surely about the difference between factory rest of data and CWM wipe. But can surely say to flash any rom you need to CWM wipe all the data and cache and dalvik cache from the recovery.
And Titanium Backup is for backing up and restoring all your apps and their associated data and market links. It doesn't backup contact (should auto backup to your google account or use any contact and sms backing app from market like - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&feature=search_result) or
layouts . Icon layouts you can save by going to the backup settings of the launcher you are using and favorites you can again backup on your sd card.
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CWM recovery wipe cache, is just wiping cache files not data
while CWM recovery wipe data n Hard reset from setting - privacy - erase data(factory reset) is same
CWM function is useful when you unable to boot device normally.
Where is dalvik cache located ? Because if it's in the data or cache partition, then I don't see why I have to wipe dalvik cache after wiping data/cache...
Latoc said:
Where is dalvik cache located ? Because if it's in the data or cache partition, then I don't see why I have to wipe dalvik cache after wiping data/cache...
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System apps' dalvik-cache in /cache
Data apps' dalvik-cache in /data
Hence just by clearing the cache you clean the /cache space of system apps and not the dalvik cache of data apps.
So you require to do both - clean cache and clean dalvik cache.
Hit thanks if it helped!
Factory Reset will change your Android ID. Some apps with custom DRM may stop working. Factory Reset is also incompatible with some ROMs and causes some apps/files installed by CWM flashable ROMs to disappear.
I think both are same. Both format data and cache partition.
(that is why devs warned not to perform FDR on affected kernels)
With FDR you initialise the command from booted phone.
CWM Wipe is what you do from recovery mode.
dr.ketan said:
CWM recovery wipe cache, is just wiping cache files not data
while CWM recovery wipe data n Hard reset from setting - privacy - erase data(factory reset) is same
CWM function is useful when you unable to boot device normally.
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thanks for this explanation!
hi i just updated my phone to Indian firmware. but i find it to be very slow and laggy as compared to gb. I've read that doing factory reset and erasing cache will make the phone faster, but as i don't want to lose my data and
get no results. i really want to know is that erasing cache make phone any faster? also how to erase caches. I would also like instructions on how to do that. and should i flash any other kernel, as im ready to root my phone?
It is recommended to factory reset and clear cache if you're coming from gb as gb to jb is quite a big update. It will clear things up for clean installation. You can do this by:
1) Switch off your phone.
2) Enter recovery mode by pressing power+home+vol up.
3) Navigate to factory reset/wipe data. Clear it. Press power button to select.
4) Navigate to wipe cache partition. Clear it.
5) Reboot. Done.
This will not delete all pic/music/vid you have either on ext or internal. It will clear all apps, contacts and messages. Export contacts to ext sd before wiping. For messages, you can backup using sms backup & restore app on GPlay. Just install back the app after wipe to restore.
Hope this helps.
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hi i just updated my phone to Indian firmware. but i find it to be very slow and laggy as compared to gb. I've read that doing factory reset and erasing cache will make the phone faster, but as i don't want to lose my data and
get no results. i really want to know is that erasing cache make phone any faster? also how to erase caches. I would also like instructions on how to do that. and should i flash any other kernel, as im ready to root my phone?
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For rooting and Installing custom kernel, Look at the JB guide thread By Maniac.shri which has links to all tutorials. You can find it on the general thread
Hi guys I'm new to this forum but i've been a CD-ROM for years...
I have question about upgrading ViperROM to 6.2.1
I'm currently using ViperROM 2.7.0 with sense 5.0
Android 4.2.2
I use Titinium Pro to backup all my apps and....
my question is....how to upgrade from 2.7 to 6.2.1 the easiest way?
without any data lost?
do i have to use the data backup from ROM or i can just use the titaniumPRO for full backup?
please advice
I always copy and paste the contents of the sdcard to a folder for safe keeping on my laptop or usb drive. I wipe, data, cache, dalvik cache, system and user partitions. Reboot recovery, use adb sideload to send the rom.zip over and flash. Setup the phone and copy and paste everything back. The whole process takes min. 25-30 minutes. Works for me /shrugs, just my 2 pennies.
I would follow @DeathAngel66669 advice it is very solid. I also use Titanium Pro to quickly add back my USER APPS only with data. Never restore system apps.
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I would follow @DeathAngel66669 advice it is very solid. I also use Titanium Pro to quickly add back my USER APPS only with data. Never restore system apps.
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I'm just concerning about my User App data, (whatsapp image, convo history)
so i can just do titanium pro and wipe the phone? cool!
Whatsapp etc backs up it's own data to a folder in your internal storage, when you reinstall it and set it up it will say backup found would you like to restore. Just make sure you don't wipe internal storage.
You could also try and dirty flash as you are on viper one already, just go into advanced wipe and wipe your caches only, do not factory reset and when installing the Rom also select don't wipe data partition.
But again as the others have said, make sure it's backed up first, if a dirty flash doesn't work, you'll be left with no choice but to reflash and wipe along the way.
I flashed the rom normally and after that i restored the /data folder using a nandroid backup.
After i did that everytime i boot up the phone it keeps cleaning the Dalvik Cache automatically of all user apps.
When i uninstall all apps it's still there, but when i clear data it's gone -.-
Any solutions on how i fix this? As long as i don't need to use adb it's fine.
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I flashed the rom normally and after that i restored the /data folder using a nandroid backup.
After i did that everytime i boot up the phone it keeps cleaning the Dalvik Cache automatically of all user apps.
When i uninstall all apps it's still there, but when i clear data it's gone -.-
Any solutions on how i fix this? As long as i don't need to use adb it's fine.
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Do factory reset, make nandroid restore - full. Use Titanium Backup to backup your user Data. Do factory reset, install new ROM, restore Titanium Backup, just user data, avoid system.
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shut_down said:
Do factory reset, make nandroid restore - full. Use Titanium Backup to backup your user Data. Do factory reset, install new ROM, restore Titanium Backup, just user data, avoid system.
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Thanks, i'll try it out today