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Newb Q's before flashing for the first time

Ok, so I'm thinking about finally flashing a rom because I am tired of waiting on the official update, probably using cog. However there are some things that I want to make sure I understand before I start flashing.
(1) I want to be able to go back to this official jh7 in car something arises. If I am not mistaken, I can do that through clockwork recovery by using "flash clockwork mod". If I'm correct this will create an update.zip file that can be reinstalled by going to phone recovery and reinstalling packages. If so, what all does this back up? Will it be like a stock jh7 with only default apps and settings? Do I need to un root and un-lag fix from what I did through ryanza oclf?
(2) do I need to un root and un lag fix oclf to install a rom.
(3) I'm pretty sure that it will not have my apps/settings from now, to get these I must backup using titanium, and reinstall from titanium on new rom correct?
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Nerz said:
Ok, so I'm thinking about finally flashing a rom because I am tired of waiting on the official update, probably using cog. However there are some things that I want to make sure I understand before I start flashing.
(1) I want to be able to go back to this official jh7 in car something arises. If I am not mistaken, I can do that through clockwork recovery by using "flash clockwork mod". If I'm correct this will create an update.zip file that can be reinstalled by going to phone recovery and reinstalling packages. If so, what all does this back up? Will it be like a stock jh7 with only default apps and settings? Do I need to un root and un-lag fix from what I did through ryanza oclf?
(2) do I need to un root and un lag fix oclf to install a rom.
(3) I'm pretty sure that it will not have my apps/settings from now, to get these I must backup using titanium, and reinstall from titanium on new rom correct?
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Great place to start is with Cognition Roms. Have run several and currently on 2.3b6. It's fast and the Froyo touches make it worth NOT waiting for an official update.
1. Once you are rooted, install Rom manager, and flash Clockwork Recovery. Reboot into Recovery from Rom manager. There are several options in recovery but toggle to backup and restore and then select backup. Doing this will create a nandroid backup of your phone as it exists now. This file will be stored on your phone's external sd and from there I always copy or move mine to my removable sd card. If you ever want to restore reboot into clockwork recovery, toggle to backup and restore, then restore and find the file (would rename it if i were you) then restore.
Another great tool is the Odin 1 click restore. If you get your phone jacked and can't get into recovery this will take you back to stock with no root. Cog recommends flashing back to stock with Odin and then rooting again before flashing another rom so it would be good to learn this method anyway.
2. Can't flash a new rom without being rooted. I would uninstall the lag fix also. There is a lagfix built into the current Cog rom called Voodoo.
3. Backup up apps with Tit backup but when you restore, restore the app only and not the data. I backup my text messages and call log with sms backup which works pretty well and restores easily.
From your current state. Download the latest cog rom 2.3b6 from your phone's browser and rom manager will pick up the download. Go to rom manager when it's downloaded, click download rom, find the zip file, wipe date, wipe cache and watch the magic.
The cognition wiki explains the steps as well.
The water's warm so jump on in.

Roof King said:
3. Backup up apps with Tit backup but when you restore, restore the app only and not the data. I backup my text messages and call log with sms backup which works pretty well and restores easily.
From your current state. Download the latest cog rom 2.3b6 from your phone's browser and rom manager will pick up the download. Go to rom manager when it's downloaded, click download rom, find the zip file, wipe date, wipe cache and watch the magic.
The cognition wiki explains the steps as well.
The water's warm so jump on in.
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Thanks for your help, I'm anxious now. If I want to restore a game amr its save games don't I have to restore data too? And on the wipe data and write cache, by that you mean from clockwork recovery? Thanx again for your help
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I've read it many times in the Cognition forum that restoring data with apps can give you problems. I have done it in the past with no difficulties on some apps and had issues with others. You can try and see what happens. My kids always get upset when I flash a new rom because they have to start Angry Birds from the beginning again. I'm not an expert by any means but you might want to search the cognition thread and get some second opinions.
You can flash a new rom from rom manager and since you are at stock with root is probably the easiest. Go to rom manager, install rom from sd card, you will then be taken to your sd file directory, go to download, then the cog file you want to flash. You will get a prompt to backup existing rom which you can do if you haven't already done your nandroid backup but if you have a backup already then you can leave unchecked. You will also get a prompt to wipe date and cache which you want to do. Rom manager will take it from there. Phone will go into recovery and you will see on the screen what is happening as the file is downloaded and everything currently on the phone is wiped and will reboot.
Note on Tit backup - I would copy your backup file to your external sd. My files, long press tibu, copy, go to external sd, paste. Little extra protection and only restore apps and not system stuff. Apps are always a certain color in tibu.

Ok, so when I try a remove oclf it gives me an error dating I have 312 mb free on rfs, but 662 mb used on ext2, must free up some space.
Do I delete some stuff on /data/data to free up some space?
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Not sure on that one. I had oclf installed once and was able to uninstall pretty easy in Ryan's program. It might not matter if you are wiping data but DG has posted several times about disabling lagfixes. You can always give it a shot and then restore your backup if you have issues.
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I successfully installed cognition and like to say thank you for your help and thanks to thanks to great developers and helpful ppl of this great community.
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Nerz said:
I successfully installed cognition and like to say thank you for your help and thanks to thanks to great developers and helpful ppl of this great community.
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No prob! Welcome to the club

[Q] CWM flashing without ODIN

Hi,
I'm researching flashing via CWR, ROM over ROM without flashing to Stock via ODIN. Specifically, I'm at Cog 3.02 with "base" Cognition Kernel/Modem thinking about going to Andromeda...both employ Voodoo/EXT4, so shouldn't need to disable lagfix (I think?)...
I read at this link (apologies for spaces, but I'm new so can't post actual links): h t t p : / / forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900463
a spirited debate starting about page 4 that flashing to ODIN is effectively doubling your chances for a bad flash, and that recovering a bad flash via CWM is far easier (just try re-flash again...and again(?) until fail back to trying ODIN) than recovering a bad ODIN flash.
If that's true, what prep should I do first via CWR?
1. Andromeda says requires wipe, does ROM install do this or do I do it via CWR first (wipe data/factory reset in recovery)? How 'deep' is a wipe...what do I need to save prior to this?
2. Wipe Dalvik Cache and/or wipe cache partition?
3. Save /efs folder?
4. Aside from TiBu backup to PC, am I missing anything else to save? I forgot to save my Android ID on my first flash, so it's my understanding I can only get that back via flash to Stock...I'd prefer to only go to ODIN if I have to.
Another question I had was regarding nandroid. I made a nandroid backup right after flashing to Cog. Do I really even need this? Since I haven't changed kernel/modem, wouldn't I be better off just flashing my initial Cog zip file?
Finally thanks to all who make this site kick_ss. Connexion2005's videos are indispensable for a newbie like me. People actually answer questions here, and the Devs suceed in delivering onto us a wolf in (out of the box) sheep's clothing...something AT&T and Samsung have failed to do.
Cognition 3.02 is my first and only custom ROM and DG, you have literally saved me from making my phone a brick the old fashioned way: throwing it against a wall. Running flawlessly since Jan 17th...at the same time, I am eager to see what else is out there, ***safely*** as possible.
Thanks in advance.

Since they are both ext 4 you should be ok.
The rom wipes, I clear davlik cache before flash and after, but there our no good reason as to why
Efs files, do you use kies? If so you may want to back them up, if not don't worry, I have never backed then up
Odin flash is not needed but my opinion is you should know how to use odin prior to flashing. Why panic to figure it out if something goes wrong,?
NANDROID only needed if youare going back to cog and after you have flushed the rom you want to restore settings
I think I got everything you asked

Thank you.
So really just the Dalvik cache wipe in CWR prior to.
Kies...soooo failed ever getting that working, and don't seem to need it.
Yeah I actually flashed ODIN1 unnecessarily prior to my flash to Cog. I was at stock and somehow thought ADW would mess it up...rook. I have build 1006 so good to know ODIN's there if I need it.
Re: Nandroid, but if I kept the initial zip for my flash to Cog wouldn't I just use that? Or does Nandroid do better job of ensuring good flash back to what I have right now?
Not familiar with flushing...Would I be able to restore Nandroid directly on top of ROM I'm switching off of?
Thanks again.

OP,
You'd double the chance of failure if all else were equal. I don't have statistics, but I have no doubt that failures happen far more often with odin flashes, though.
1. Andromeda says requires wipe, does ROM install do this or do I do it via CWR first (wipe data/factory reset in recovery)? How 'deep' is a wipe...what do I need to save prior to this?
2. Wipe Dalvik Cache and/or wipe cache partition?
3. Save /efs folder?
4. Aside from TiBu backup to PC, am I missing anything else to save? I forgot to save my Android ID on my first flash, so it's my understanding I can only get that back via flash to Stock...I'd prefer to only go to ODIN if I have to.
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The ROM install script does the wipe. This simply means all your apps and data will be erased (your pictures and anything on the internal and any external sdcard will not be deleted).
I never wipe the dalvik cache or cache partition before flashing. I only do that if I'm having issues like FCs (sometimes happens after a bad theme install, for example).
You probably should have backed up /efs before flashing anything, but that's not to say a backup now isn't a good idea. You only need to do this once.
If I recall, you do need to flash 2.1 to get the ID back. I'm not 100% sure there isn't another way.
WRT the nadroid backup, you don't really need it. What I do is keep 2 or 3 good CWM flashable ROMs and the CWM update.zip on my sdcard in case of problems. I also keep TiBU backup of my stuff there (which I also occasionally backup to my PC just in case my sdcard gets wiped for some reason).
One thing I would suggest is to be sure you have working button combos in case you ever need download mode (hopefully you never will, but it's always possible). If you don't have that, there is a clockwork flashable fix or you could just flash cognition or perception once and then flash whatever you want over them (you can do both flashes all without ever leaving recovery). That should fix the button combos since DG's ROMs include a good sbl.bin (I'm not a fan of that inclusion, but it is useful in this case). Since you are running Cog, I assume your download mode is already working.

Thanks opcow.
Yeah I made sure I could get into d/l and recovery mode with button combos before I even rooted.
So would you ever use a Nandroid backup if you added a different kernel/modem to a ROM? Or would you just go back to the initial zip and SGS Kernel to flash kernel/modem? I haven't done kernel flash...yet...

Madtowndave said:
Thanks opcow.
Yeah I made sure I could get into d/l and recovery mode with button combos before I even rooted.
So would you ever use a Nandroid backup if you added a different kernel/modem to a ROM? Or would you just go back to the initial zip and SGS Kernel to flash kernel/modem? I haven't done kernel flash...yet...
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If the ROM you were running when you backed up is compatible with the new kernel then I don't see why there would be a problem. I don't do it, myself, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because I have the paid TiBU and I just use that.

Thanks again...
Yeah I bought full TiBu, so obviously that should work for the apps/data.
Did some more digging tonight and apparently Nandroid backup is ROM only, not Kernel...So seemingly would need to be on same Kernel at least to do proper Nandroid restore.
...that being the case, I guess I don't understand why people stress importance of running a Nandroid prior to and/or post ROM flash...am I missing something?

If you like a rom and set everything up but want to try another doing a nandroid allows you to restore once you flash the rom again.
Also good to run nandroid on new flash, so if you play with themes and something goes wrong you can restore

That makes sense.
Showing me newbie-ness since I haven't played around with themes yet...
...Figured I'd at least get 2nd ROM flash out the shoot before playing with kernels, modems or themes...
This thread is helpful for me. I appreciate your time.

This is along the lines of the question that I was going to post so figured would ask here. I too am considering trying out the new Andromeda. I am currently using Cog 3.04 and want to test out the new Andromeda. The TiBu I have right now is from when i was on stock as I just recently purchased this and Cog was my first flash.. Would i want to continue to use that backup when i flash to andromeda, or would it be better to run a full backup with tibu while cog is on there and then flash to andromeda and use the cog backup??
also,, from above, i could possibly just skip the step with odin and go straight to andromeda? or do I need to run odin and put it back to stock before going over to andromeda?
thanks
zug

Hey Zug,
Just flashed andromeda last night via method outlined above...did not revert to stock at all (no odin). Only issue thus far is market only showing very few installed apps under 'My Apps', but I think this is a common issue. Will research solution tonight (I did have some issues getting back all apps from TiBu, but after I restored missing apps twice and rebooted a few times they all appear to be back). Also my simi clock widget comes and goes, not sure why...might clear dalvik cache to see if that helps.
Regarding TiBu, it saves apps and data. It is not ROM specific...you just back it up, then after you flash new ROM you restore missing apps with data (do NOT restore system data).
EDIT: Resolved the My Apps Market issue (only a few were showing after flash) by going to Settings, Applications, Manage, go to Market, Clear Data, reboot. Search is my friend.
i897 running Andromeda 2.0

Thanks Madtowndave.. i might give that a try.. so, since my phone is rooted and what not, i can just go to the guide and start at the portion about puting the new rom on the sd card, rebooting it and what not in recovery and select that zip and flash it right ? (well condensed version of course) and it should all be good?? guessing if this fails can always use the odin and wipe it and go back?
since i added a few new apps, guessing then that i should use tibu and go ahead and reback up everything since this rom does the master clear and then reload them right?? and hate to ask.. but how do I do the nandroid? newbie still to android and i know that just backs up the rom, but is it a app to dl from market? was fishing around in phone and didnt quite see it yet. .but figured i would do a nandroid in case i want to go back to cog.. this smart?
thnx again
zug

I think most of your questions are answered by others in this thread...
One thing I noticed last night is that I only got red (voodoo) cwm recovery menu via 3 button or long press power and reboot to recovery...when I rebooted to recovery via ROM Manager, I got the green cwm recovery menu. Not sure if this matters, but in another forum (on Vibrant phone, our sgs cousin), they said to flash ROM via the red voodoo cwm menu (since cog and andromeda both employ voodoo you can leave it enabled).
Nandroid backup you can do either from ROM manager or in cwm recovery...
Also andromeda wipes the system data, not a master clear...your data on 16 gig internal memory should not be affected, but is very good idea to backup everything to pc per the flash custom ROM guide.
i897 running Andromeda 2.0

Thanks again madtown.. going to give it a try now.. as andromeda just finished DL'ing

Good luck, hope it goes smooth for you as it seemingly has for me...Feel like a bit of a heretic for not flashing to odin first...maybe I'm just lucky.
i897 running Andromeda 2.0

hmm. ok. .so did the reboot to recovery and installed andromeda.. did it take a tad bit for yours to boot into the phone portion after it got to the andromeda screen?? mine seemed like it was hanging and was about to worry.. but finally booted in.. so figured would see if yours did too? .. gonna test stuff out now and restore tibu

Yeah, did for me too...and yes I was worried. Pretty sure this is very normal on first boot into new ROM in general. Like I said, TiBu was a bit cranky for me and required 2 restores and reboots...
Really enjoying this ROM, btw.
i897 running Andromeda 2.0

yeh.. im still doing the install from tibu (getting paid version after tomorrow since payday since im hating have to select install for every app ) .. and then will reboot and test .. though one thing ive noticed that is diff from the video is the lock screen.. in his review it was the lock button and he swiped it up.. mine is set to a puzzle piece by default?? any idea??
edit.. k mine was a 1st time go for apps restored with tibu .this is pretty nice.. it does appear to be a lot faster/smoother than cog so far.. though the Keep the lights on app should keep my bottom buttons on all the time right? least thats what i thought i was from the video and mine seem to still fade out.. even though i hit the app and it said it was enabled..

changing unlock is in settings, display...
Dunno about lights, mine just worked. Make sure service started and reboot I guess.
i897 running Andromeda 2.0

ok.. that was what it was for the lock part.. thnx .. didnt know that was there for those 4 choices.. thought only could do the none, pattern, pw etc..
everything went fine until i decided to load my contacts/sms etc from tibu.. now when i rebooted to add them, i keep getting the message "Sorry, The application Swype (processcom.swype.android.inputmethod) has stopped unexpectedly.. please try again" constantly getting things like that about swype.. any idea what happened or what i need to do?
edit.. sucked it up and re-flashed ;( will just sync contacts and deal with the ones missing for now ;(

[Q] ICS_Stunner_1.4.26.1

Hi
i have just flashed ICS_Stunner_1.4.26.1 onto my Note.
Its amazing, I love it.
I have changed the dpi to 189 and changed it to forced landscape with 10 x 10 icon layout.
It was working fine the whole day and now when I turned on my phone the icons are cut in half. Not sure how to fix this?
Secondly I flashed from GB 2.3.6 with abyss kernal... they say you must charge battery to full then discharge empty and then charge to fill and delete some battery config. Is this true?
What would your path of action be when flashing a new rom? Also how do I restore all my contacts? I made a complete backup using titanium backup (system, apps & data) when I was on my root stock rom...
I got a few questions there and hopefully I can be pointed in the right directions...
One final question, if I wanted to try out KingDroid rom. How would I do it coming from this ICS Stunner Rom?

randomwalsh said:
Hi
i have just flashed ICS_Stunner_1.4.26.1 onto my Note.
Its amazing, I love it.
I have changed the dpi to 189 and changed it to forced landscape with 10 x 10 icon layout.
It was working fine the whole day and now when I turned on my phone the icons are cut in half. Not sure how to fix this?
Secondly I flashed from GB 2.3.6 with abyss kernal... they say you must charge battery to full then discharge empty and then charge to fill and delete some battery config. Is this true?
What would your path of action be when flashing a new rom? Also how do I restore all my contacts? I made a complete backup using titanium backup (system, apps & data) when I was on my root stock rom...
I got a few questions there and hopefully I can be pointed in the right directions...
One final question, if I wanted to try out KingDroid rom. How would I do it coming from this ICS Stunner Rom?
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I follow the procedure suggested by xda thread when I change from ICS rom to another ICS or GB rom:
1. download AbyssNote 4.2 kernel and place it on your internal/external SD Card
Also download the ICS Rom you want to install and put it on your SD card.
2. reboot to CWMR and do a backup of your current system
3. after your backup is done, stay in Recovery
4. go to install a zip from SD card --> select AbyssNote 4.2 zip and flash it
5. go back to CWMR's root menu --> advanced --> reboot recovery
6. you'll find yourself in AbyssNote's Touch Recovery
7. factory reset --> wipe cache --> wipe dalvik
9. flash the ICS Rom of your choice
10. reboot and let the Rom settle for a couple of minutes
I have no problem with this procedure so far.

If you want to be absolutely safe, you will use PC Odin back to stock Gingerbread, root it, then flash a safe rom/kernel combo. Abysskernel will work, but it's not 100% safe.
Your contacts should be restored if you had them synced with Google (Settings --> Accounts).
When you restore with TI Backup (if you do) don't restore anything system wise. Just apps and data with them only. If you have bugs, you will have to re-flash and NOT restore apps.

ok concerning my contacts... i didnt sync them with google... i know silly me. it was on the phone.
So doesn't titanium backup copy them anywhere.
I have made backup of my rom with cwm... would that contain my contacts if i restored that backup?
was its either use cwm which isnt 100% safe or use pc odin and stock gb...
Could i just restore the backup of my gb rom and then flash from there to a ics?

Use PC Odin back to gb stock prerooted, the stunner use a bad kernel i think and wipe can cause emmc to break?, so i suggest using PC odin back to stock prerooted gb , then follow some guides ( i used abysskernel ) then Asylum as its same and good rom!

randomwalsh said:
ok concerning my contacts... i didnt sync them with google... i know silly me. it was on the phone.
So doesn't titanium backup copy them anywhere.
I have made backup of my rom with cwm... would that contain my contacts if i restored that backup?
was its either use cwm which isnt 100% safe or use pc odin and stock gb...
Could i just restore the backup of my gb rom and then flash from there to a ics?
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If you restore "Phone" and Contacts app + data with TI backup, it MIGHT restore them but no guarantees.
You can restore the backup of your GB rom IF you are NOT using CWM on a stock ICS rom. Use Abyss Kernel to restore nandroid backup. Flash Abyss. Reboot recovery. Restore nandroid.
Go to stock ICS OR franco, speedmod, or CM9 kernels or a CM9 build.

ok I flash abyss kernel via cwm... then advance reboot recovery... restored my backup via cwm... merged my phone contacts with google...
Then i got curious about Kingdroid v2.0 with s3 add ons. So I downloaded that and flashed it via cwm... the play store wasnt downloading apps but i could browse internet, so reflashed abyss kernal via cwm and re flashed ics stunner...
I am back on stunner now. I prefer to look of this rom. So i guess as long as your flash abyss kernel you should be fine with flashing different roms and retaining root?
Just need to find out about the battery issue... when flashing a new rom what do you do concerning the battery to ensure correct % and charge...
edit: currently on Kernel : 3.0.15-I9220ZCLP6-CL343671
should i flash to one of the kernels you mentioned above?
also still having problem with cut off icons with apex set at 10x10 in landscape mode...

ok i think i has figured out the solutions...
At current apex doesn't support icon resizing so i changed my layout to 6 x 6 for now.
also was having problem making calls, it kept fc. I found out somewhere that if you use 160dpi you can use a fix or change to 200dpi and you don't need a fix and it works and still looks awesome.
I am very happy with this rom thus far... otg works which is a plus. I think i will use it for a week or so and then try the next one...
flashing roms is like eating pringles... once to flash you can't stop

Dont take me wrong dude but all these fixes including the call fc are in the stunner page,if u read everything before flashing u will not have problems and if u do, u would know how to solve yourself...and be careful restoring nandroids from cwm,flash abyss,then restore.
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Also for the playstore,u could only clean the caches in my apps or change the dpi that would work
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hahaha why would i take it the wrong way?
but seriously there are like 500 pages... and sometimes your searches are using the right key words. But yip I will try my best not to ask questions that have already been answered... even tho those answers are hidden in the mine that is xda...
With time you learn to navigate such a mine without feeling lost and confused but i am still a wee padawan
Yes always flash abyss first ALWAYS

[Q] Stuck at Boot logo after App Restore using TiBu

My N7000 stays stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy Note" screen when I try restarting after a restore using TiBu. This is the case with both CM 10.2 as well as Stock ROM. However, If I get into the recovery and wipe data and cache (Factory Reset) it boots back normally.
I am on the latest DBT German ROM with latest Philz Kernel in case of Stock.
In case of CM 10.2 there is no kernel or recovery change.
Any suggestions to fix this?

Maybe you'll tell us what you restored with TB first?

TB Back up order
ThaiDai said:
Maybe you'll tell us what you restore with TB first?
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Step 1: Restoring the messages and call logs (XML Format)
Step 2: Followed by restore of User Apps and Data.
Step 3: Finally System Apps Data.
I have shuffled between CM and Stock several times in the past and have followed this order without issues.
Now, as soon as I restore User Apps and do a reboot, it gets stuck.

Step 3: not difficult to guess why this is your problem. Try without.

ThaiDai said:
Step 3: not difficult to guess why this is your problem. Try without.
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Right now it is getting stuck after step 2 but before executing step 3. I was also aware that step 3 could be an issue so i let it stay minimal or rare.

Fixed
Can the Admins close the thread please? This has been fixed now.
Solution the way i closed the issue:
I did not perform the App restore. I downloaded the apps afresh and then did the data restore alone for the really necessary apps.

Never restore system apps. Don't even use TiBU to back up system apps. This causes conflicts within the OS and will cause a boot loop.

normaltusker said:
Step 1: Restoring the messages and call logs (XML Format)
Step 2: Followed by restore of User Apps and Data.
Step 3: Finally System Apps Data.
I have shuffled between CM and Stock several times in the past and have followed this order without issues.
Now, as soon as I restore User Apps and do a reboot, it gets stuck.
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Never restore system data. If the rom has other structure there's no way it can boot. You have to set up whole settings by yourself. And for the messages use program from Google store to backup and restore them. This won't brick Your phone
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[Q][Solved] Dialer Crashes After Installing Nexus Version

Hi, so I have Moto G 2014 XT1068. It's rooted, and TWRP is installed. I flashed the Nexus dialer (the one with Nearby Places, and Caller ID by Google) from recovery using a zip file, and uninstalled the original one (Big mistake, I know.)
Then I couldn't get calls UI to work, so I reinstalled the original stock dialer using a backup. Now calls work, but everytime I try to open the stock dialer, it shows up as "Dialler has stopped working."
The Nexus UI, however, still works.
I could live with this current scenario, as I can make, pick up, and break calls without problems, but I might need to access the call settings from the stock dialer's menu, which I can't.
All help appreciated - I'm not open to reflashing the firmware / resetting it. I have a backup of the stock dialer made using Titanium, but restoring it does not fix the issue.
Cheers!

Uninstall the Nexus dialer app and then wipe cache and dalvik-cache from TWRP.

sharkymyn said:
Uninstall the Nexus dialer app and then wipe cache and dalvik-cache from TWRP.
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EDIT : Thank you for your reply. Sadly, this did not work.
I have also tried booting in Safe Mode, but the app did not work there either.
Cheers!

Did you take a full system backup via TWRP?. Try restoring it else flashing factory firmware is the only option left.
Follow this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657

sharkymyn said:
Did you take a full system backup via TWRP?. Try restoring it else flashing factory firmware is the only option left.
Follow this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
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I think I'll wait it out, see if somebody else has another solution, or until I really need to open the settings
Thanks again.

Go to setting>app>stock dialer>clear data n cache> reboot. Njoy

gauravrai said:
Go to setting>app>stock dialer>clear data n cache> reboot. Njoy
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Thanks, but that didn't work. I fixed it, but it was quite long, though not complicated.
Remove Nexus dialer using Titanium.
Take Nandroid / Titanium backup of all apps and data.
Flash stock - without clearing user data. This will remove recovery as well. Boot and install any OTA updates available.
Reinstall recovery and reroot. Restore stuff using Titanium.
Moral of the story : Have a nandroid backup before messing around.
Cheers!