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Do I really need to flash to stock before I flash a ROM everytime? IT GETS SOO ANOYING.
I do, its not that big a deal. Place CWM update.zip in the root of your SD card, place desired ROM somewhere on the card. Odin to stock allow to fully boot, then restart into recovery. Flash CWM, then flash ROM from CWM. You don't need to root or use ROM manager.
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I do, its not that big a deal. Place CWM update.zip in the root of your SD card, place desired ROM somewhere on the card. Odin to stock allow to fully boot, then restart into recovery. Flash CWM, then flash ROM from CWM. You don't need to root or use ROM manager.
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I do the same thing it's not that big of a deal to go back to stock. It eliminates any problems you might run into
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I don't I have had my captivate since august and have only used odin three times. There are a lot of reasons why flashing stock is neccesary, but just switching from one rom to another is kind of a waste. One reason is 3e recovery. It is easier to flash stock 2.1 not 2.2 and then flash a new rom as the above post says just put the update.zip and newrom.zip on the root and install. Once you are on a custom rom with a custom kernal you can use the options in recovery to flash another rom. I just factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache, and flash, if you really want to wipe everything you can go into mounts and storage and wipe everything, but the boot again. Then go to mount usb and copy over the rom from the computer, and then flash. The update script included in the new rom will wipe everything once again. If you have problems, like you got a bad flash, try flashing the same rom over again. Its kind of rare to get a bad flash. In short just flash over if you have problems then use odin.
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When switching kernels
I typically flash back to stock when I'm going from one kernel to another. If the ROM I'm on and the ROM I'm going to use the same kernel (or at least the same line, i.e. two different versions of SuckerPunch), I usually skip the back-to-stock step.
Some say that it is only worth doing if you run into problems with the Rom. I do it everyrime to avoid anything that might happen. Plus old habits die hard from my WM days where flashing stock was needed
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I do it everytime. It hardly takes 10 mins and I don't mind spending that 10 here than spend debugging later
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I don't if I am going from froyo rom to froyo rom. Only time I have to is leaving 2.3.3
This is my Captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine
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Do I really need to flash to stock before I flash a ROM everytime? IT GETS SOO ANOYING.
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About as annoying as seeing this question asked dozens of times when it can easily be answered by doing a search or just scanning the forum titles for a similar thread.
It is easy to do, but no real reason to do so unless on a 2.3.3 rom
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Hi guys,
My galaxy note has been through a.massacre of use over the last few months. Im on rocket rom v22 and abyss kernel 4.1. I want to totally refresh to a clean rocket rom and keep root. Please can someone talk me through the best way to do this? Via redpill?
Thankyou
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boot into recovery make a factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, install the new rocketrom and well its clean
Brill.thanks for the quick reply. Can i do all of that in one go or do i need to reboot to recovery after wiping?
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You can do this in one.
Hello mates,
I flashed CM9.0 on my galaxy note and it all went well but in the latest days it was autorebooting himself, kinda out of the blue. Then I flashed the updated rom CM9.1, hoping to this bug disappear, but it still going on.
Anyone knows how to fix that? I was thinking that it might be a kernel problem, but i really don't remember wich kernel I flashed in the first place.
I was thinking to flash Paranoid Android Rom, but I just can't find a stable one, any one knows how to find it?
thanks
Try to go to any stock rom....then see if it is still exist
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Did you flash a custom kernel? You can also try clean note.
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I've just flashed another kernel and it is stupidly fast.
If I want to clean galaxy note, how can I do that?
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easy clean install first, dont restore data or apps, ever, and fix permissions solve 99% of the cases.
Just stick to procedures.
heres mine:
on safe kernel and safe kernel recovery(safe cwm)
wipe cache, dalvik and factory reset,
then format all(except efs and take out external card) in mounts
put external back in, reboot recovery, phone wont boot anymore but dont worry about that.
then install cm zip, gapps reboot, done! first boot takes time.
all at own risk,
you will lose data,
but the issues will not be caused by restoring of apps/data, or other crap lingering
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I just got a nexus one for $35 that i plan on using mostly as an mp3 player. I rooted it using the one click method but it's still S-on. Part of my issue is that booting into recovery using CWM only works maybe 25% of the time. Not sure why that is. A couple times I've been able to flash a rom via recovery but after seeing the X screen, the phone bootloops on the next splash screen. This has happened on two GB roms - MIUI and CM 7.2.
Any guess on why this happens? One reason I want to flash a rom is that the camera doesn't work so I'm curious if it would work in a different rom.
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I just got a nexus one for $35 that i plan on using mostly as an mp3 player. I rooted it using the one click method but it's still S-on. Part of my issue is that booting into recovery using CWM only works maybe 25% of the time. Not sure why that is. A couple times I've been able to flash a rom via recovery but after seeing the X screen, the phone bootloops on the next splash screen. This has happened on two GB roms - MIUI and CM 7.2.
Any guess on why this happens? One reason I want to flash a rom is that the camera doesn't work so I'm curious if it would work in a different rom.
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Before flashing a ROM, clear cache/ dalvik-cache from recovery. If you don't do these, then you will see bootloops.
I had been doing that through rom manager but just did it through recovery. still bootlooping.
I wiped cache but did not factory reset
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I had been doing that through rom manager but just did it through recovery. still bootlooping.
I wiped cache but did not factory reset
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If you are changing ROMs, its always advisable to do a factory reset in addition to clearing cache and dalvik. Try it
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Best advice is to skip ROM manager and always do everything manually in recovery, this has never been a problem for me
And just because, I would suggest using 4ext recovery as in my opinion it is by far the most superior recovery... Just saying
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Unfortunately, I've tried flashing manually via recovery too...still bootloops
Check md5sum of ROM (maybe bad download)
Make sure you wipe fully (manually in recovery or with fastboot)
Make sure you meet requirements of ROM in op (as in you flashed gapps if needed or you have a large enough system partition etc)
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yeah, i haven't checked the md5's but it's odd that it's happened with both official miui and cyanogenmod. i did wipe cache and dalvik. i think i'm just going to give up. i'd do a factory restore but don't want to do that because then i'd have to root my phone again. i rooted the phone using a Vista computer but now I'm back home and my computer runs windows 8. from what I can tell, installing the android SDK is kinda complicated on W8.
Factory reset is needed and will not mean you have to reroot your phone, this is something that would be done before each flash, in fact the cleaner the wipe the less chance of an issue.
Also there is no need for the SDK to root (but its easy to get for windows 8 anyway and tools such as fastboot and adb are very handy... Also there are other ways to get these tools without the SDK) but all that besides the point, these are your steps
Nandroid backup
Wipe everything as clean as possible
Flash ROM and anything else needed (gapps etc)
Reboot
This is the procedure you should follow for any ROM flash for any android and never a need to reroot in between
Best of luck
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I really appreciate the help. the reason I mention the SDK is that my computer doesn't recognize my phone unless I install the SDK and the associated drivers. So I'd hate the wipe my phone so that I can flash a rom, but then be unable to flash a rom because I'm not rooted!
But you feel confident that if I factory reset, I won't loose root?
I factory reset daily! You'll be just fine, when you factory reset and wipe all partitions you are following the proper procedure to change roms. When you flash the new one you are sure to still have root access
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well, did a factory reset last night but i'm still having the same problem. I'm at a loss.
Hi everyone!
I'm still a newbie arround here, so i will have to tell you all the steps i did until i got the problem.
So i did the following: I have stock rom (4.0.4) and BaseBand, i've rooted the phone using NVFlash method (using All-in-One Toolkit by SpyrosK) and i've replaced the Stock ICS BootLoader also using the AIO Toolkit. The phone was working great and all but after some weeks it started getting slow and i though about doing a factory recovery. So I tried the backup normally. Went to the menu then settings> backup and reset> factory data reset. After the reboot the normal LG logo showed and then the following: "Unfortunatly, the process com.android.phone has stopped" and behind this text box it has: "Encryptation unsuccessful
Encryptation was interrupted and can't complete. As a result, the data on your phone is no longer accessible. To resume using your phone, you must perform a factory reset[...]" and it has a reset phone button but i can't acess it because the text window is on top.
After I got this I tough about giving a try to CWM(v6.0.2.5) recovery. So i tried the following: wipe cache partition, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache and fix permissions and tried the reboot but the same problem still persists...
Can anyone help me? This doesn't seem like a brick to me and it was supposed to be a factory reset but isn't correctly working. What can I do to fix this?
Tell me if you have any question or if you need a picture of the screen i get when i boot the phone. Than you very much.
Edit: Already tried to change my recovery image, still have the same problem...Was thinking in installing the stock rom again via CWM. Is it a good ideia? Will it fix?
In CWM there is a factory reset too (something like wipe data/factory reset). That should do the trick (but I'm afraid you'll have to set up from scratch again). Otherwise you'll have to wipe everything (including format /system) and flash the ROM again...
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In CWM there is a factory reset too (something like wipe data/factory reset). That should do the trick (but I'm afraid you'll have to set up from scratch again). Otherwise you'll have to wipe everything (including format /system) and flash the ROM again...
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Tried that wipe data/factory reset too. It did'nt work either. Maybe I'll go for the full wipe and try the stock rom again. Thank you for the help
I am sorry to hear. Why don't you try flashing another ROM, just to test? For example pengus' CM10 equivalent http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058231? It is very stable. Remember to update to last Kowalski kernel (by flashing after flash of ROM). May I suggest M1 norh (without ram hack)...
PS You need to be on new bootloader - see instructions in thread. If you have problems with the CM10 camera, you can flash CM10v3 by feav http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163473
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Your partition is corrupt. Please reflash unlocked new Bl.
Thanks
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Jishnu Sur said:
Your partition is corrupt. Please reflash unlocked new Bl.
Thanks
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Tried that with AIO by SpyrosK . Still didn't work. But thanks for the suggestion!
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I am sorry to hear. Why don't you try flashing another ROM, just to test? For example pengus' CM10 equivalent http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058231? It is very stable. Remember to update to last Kowalski kernel (by flashing after flash of ROM). May I suggest M1 norh (without ram hack)...
PS You need to be on new bootloader - see instructions in thread. If you have problems with the CM10 camera, you can flash CM10v3 by feav http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163473
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Because I have no currently back up (coz of neglicence) I'll try a stock rom first. I'll give this a try after the stock rom. Thank you again :good:
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Your partition is corrupt. Please reflash unlocked new Bl.
Thanks
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Was probably this! When i wrote the reply i tried using the option of replacing the Stock locked to the new one and this did not fixed.
So after i tried the option "Repartition your device with preferred layout and bootloader. Had to get another rom after and got the stock rom again, but i'll give a try to the one oneearleft suggested. Thank you very much. I've learned a lot with this!
Cheerz and keep up the good work!