Just a Quick Question! - Samsung Galaxy Mini

If I flash CM9 (link) with CWM can I switch back to CM7 by flashing with CWM, for example can i switch back to the MiniMod X ROM(link)?

Yes you can but before and after installation wipe data and cache it's better for your phone and finally dont forget to make a nandroid backup
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Yes. CWM stays intact. If that is what you are afraid of.
You can switch between roms any number of times

genieass said:
Yes. CWM stays intact. If that is what you are afraid of.
You can switch between roms any number of times
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Yes you're right he must don't forget to make a nandroid backup of his phone to restore it if he have an issue like boot loop
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Problems after flashing many roms

I keep having to flash my backup because every time I flash a script or have to force reboot my phone, when the phone boots everything force closes and the phone is totally unusable. Any help on how to solve this would be very much appreciated :thumbup::thumbup::banghead:
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delete your backups
and do fresh install
droidface said:
delete your backups
and do fresh install
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I've tried that mate. I've deleted all backups and done fresh installs of a few different roms, but to no avail. It's got to the point that I have to keep updating my backups because the phone becomes unusable so often
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If nothing helps then you can try this as the last option. You can reflash your firmware via Odin then custom recovery after rooting your phone and finally the custom rom you are using.
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If nothing helps then you can try this as the last option. You can reflash your firmware via Odin then custom recovery after rooting your phone and finally the custom rom you are using.
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Thanks for the reply. I think I'm gonna have take your advice and try this as a last resort. It's got to the point that I'm afraid to reboot in case it happens again.
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How exactly you perform clean install? And what scripts you flash?
Try going back to a stock ROM release, then flash CWM via ODIN and from there, a rom of your choice
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How exactly you perform clean install? And what scripts you flash?
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I flashed SlaidyBoostV2.3, it made my phone completely unusable. I flashed the Beats script too, and that had the same effect.
I perform a clean install by wiping data and cache/dalvik. Then I flash the rom and repeat the wiping process. Am I doing something wrong?
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Try going back to a stock ROM release, then flash CWM via ODIN and from there, a rom of your choice
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I'm having trouble getting the stock firmware for my phone. It says the firmware is for SIM unlocked phones, and my phone is locked to one network. Looks like I'm gonna have to get my phone unlocked. I'll do this as a last resort if I can't find a solution.
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[Q] Nandroid Restore CM10 --> ICS

Hi All,
Is it OK or Possible to Nandroid restore my old Stock ICS ROM from CM10 CWM ROM(Recovery) ?
Thanks.
Yes. Done it many times.
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You're on a safe kernel, so it will be fine, be aware when back on ics if on stock kernel you need to be careful or install safe kernel.
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yeah I guess if he made a nandroid backup of a stock rom.. 99% it has a safe kernel in it.
Thanks for the help guys ... :highfive:
& I hope the other way is also OK (Restore CM10 Nand backup from ICS CWM recovery) ?
ya
nokiamodeln91 said:
yeah I guess if he made a nandroid backup of a stock rom.. 99% it has a safe kernel in it.
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You're on a safe kernel, so it will be fine, be aware when back on ics if on stock kernel you need to be careful or install safe kernel.
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Sorry if I am asking/saying something wrong..will the Nandroid restore work if currently using a different kernel than the backed up one? Read somewhere that current kernel & backed up kernel should be the same for the restore to happen properly..
no.. u can restore the nandroid made on any kernel. just that when the nandroid restore completes the kernel will be that inlcuded in the nandroid
Thanks guys :good:
You may well face bootloop after restore, just clear cache and dalvik from recovery, should clear it fine.
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clear cache and dalvik from recovery + format /system
then restore from recovery
(recomended) restore using recovery & kernel you using for backup
works great for me

need help? how to install cwm recovery either by stock recovery or by rom manager

hello, i am new to this forum and i want to know how to install cwm recovery to my samsung galaxy mini either by stock recovery or by rom manager?
additionally i have many negative comments in play store that cwm brick their phone.
please help me.
i have google it and i found risk of getting my phone bricked, and please give me alternate way of taking nandroid backups.
thanks for your support
please help.
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CWM = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439751
edit = if in the above link, link is dead, here u go = http://www.mediafire.com/?xk637cg12kt2cl0
upgrade to gingerbread = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255305
thanksfor reply
so i just need to flash it from stock recovery and thats it.
thanks .
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well he covered it pretty well. all i can say is dont use ROM manager it will brick ur phone
i tried to use cwm recovery that was available for download on its site and then tried to flash it using stock recovery, and in turn the screen become something weird and then again reboot into stock recovery.
so i am a bit fear whether it won't do wrobg with my phone.
please help.
would it help to take nandroid backup?
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can i take the backup of stock rom through it...
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deepakrathi1992 said:
i tried to use cwm recovery that was available for download on its site and then tried to flash it using stock recovery, and in turn the screen become something weird and then again reboot into stock recovery.
so i am a bit fear whether it won't do wrobg with my phone.
please help.
would it help to take nandroid backup?
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NANDROID ? Don't use stock recovery. Don't make nandroid backup for stock rom.
so how should i flash cwm recovery .
and which recovery is best suited for nandroid backups and comptability with all apps.
does it necessarily require me to install custom roms.
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Same situation, need CWM ?
deepakrathi1992 said:
so how should i flash cwm recovery .
and which recovery is best suited for nandroid backups and comptability with all apps.
does it necessarily require me to install custom roms.
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I am in same situation with a GT-S5570, it has stock rom and is rooted. I downloaded Clockwork Manager to it's SD card.
Then from stock Recovery manager I tried to install CWM from sd card. The screen got distorted and graphic looked awful.
Had to reboot and nothing got installed.
Tried Odin but it won't recognize my phone while in Downloading mode.
I want to install Cyanogenmod 10.1 Android 4.2........any ideas? I guess I need somekind of backup first, if I mess up and need to reinstall stock? Hard to do with stock recovery mode though.
jme2015 said:
I am in same situation with a GT-S5570, it has stock rom and is rooted. I downloaded Clockwork Manager to it's SD card.
Then from stock Recovery manager I tried to install CWM from sd card. The screen got distorted and graphic looked awful.
Had to reboot and nothing got installed.
Tried Odin but it won't recognize my phone while in Downloading mode.
I want to install Cyanogenmod 10.1 Android 4.2........any ideas? I guess I need somekind of backup first, if I mess up and need to reinstall stock? Hard to do with stock recovery mode though.
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Yup u should make backup first.. if u mess your phone just. Install the backup. :3
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jme2015 said:
I am in same situation with a GT-S5570, it has stock rom and is rooted. I downloaded Clockwork Manager to it's SD card.
Then from stock Recovery manager I tried to install CWM from sd card. The screen got distorted and graphic looked awful.
Had to reboot and nothing got installed.
Tried Odin but it won't recognize my phone while in Downloading mode.
I want to install Cyanogenmod 10.1 Android 4.2........any ideas? I guess I need somekind of backup first, if I mess up and need to reinstall stock? Hard to do with stock recovery mode though.
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To make it detect in odin you need drivers... install those by installing kies.... flash CWM from stock recovery only and not by using rom manager....
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Yup u should make backup first.. if u mess your phone just. Install the backup. :3
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Ok, but with what app should I do a backup? I have a clean rooted phone.
jme2015 said:
Ok, but with what app should I do a backup? I have a clean rooted phone.
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At least, you must backup your apps. In case you unable to backup your stock rom.
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At least, you must backup your apps. In case you unable to backup your stock rom.
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Apps can always be reinstalled in no time I think, problem is I can't install CWM from stock recovery, when selecting update from sd/zip or whatever it says, I pick the CWM file on my SD-card.
Then the graphic gets messed up and I can no longer see the menu clear.
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Apps can always be reinstalled in no time I think, problem is I can't install CWM from stock recovery, when selecting update from sd/zip or whatever it says, I pick the CWM file on my SD-card.
Then the graphic gets messed up and I can no longer see the menu clear.
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Here you go..... download this recovery and flash it via stock recovery..... its a touch version of CWM all credits to squadzone and of course the kind uploader.....
http://www.4shared.com/zip/_ZnvCJ6p/update-CWM-5208-Touch2-squadzo.html
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before you flash cwm make sure its in the root directory of your sdcard... . So to say sd root is to say the topmost folder on the sdcard, which is just on the sd and not in a folder.
without getting odin recognize your Mobile you should not flash anything as if you get in any trouble it would be easy for you to flash the stock rom
and best and safest method to flash cwmr is to flash it through odin
you cannot backup stock rom with cwm recovery only custom one's can be backed up
to backup apps and data you should use titanium backup

Strange IMEI behavior

Hi xda community. I'll try to explain exactly what I did and what's happening.
I flashed Cyanogenmod and everything went fine. As the latest Nighty became available, I downloaded it and tried to apply the update. I'm using Philz Touch as recovery. The update process started as usual, but then it stopped when it was almost done. I rebooted recovery and it begun again to install the update without success at all.
I've opened Odin and tried to re flash the recovery, hopping that I would be able to get to the normal Philz Touch recovery and it started (again) the update process.
I've ticked NANDROID full wipe and flashed the recovery again and I got the recovery menu. I performed a Nandroid restore, and recovery couldn't mount the /data partition.
I've realized that the /efs partition wasn't mounted. I manually mounted it and Nandroid backup successfully restored everything.
Ripper ROM (Samsung Based) booted up well, and I had to flash a modem since I didn't have signal. I thought everything was fine. But now as soon as I install a new ROM (either Sammy Based or AOSP) I lose my IMEI and get in Factory Mode.
I've tried restoring efs from backup and it didn't work. The only way I get it to work is restoring from Nandroid backup.
Can anybody help me please?
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Hi xda community. I'll try to explain exactly what I did and what's happening.
I flashed Cyanogenmod and everything went fine. As the latest Nighty became available, I downloaded it and tried to apply the update. I'm using Philz Touch as recovery. The update process started as usual, but then it stopped when it was almost done. I rebooted recovery and it begun again to install the update without success at all.
I've opened Odin and tried to re flash the recovery, hopping that I would be able to get to the normal Philz Touch recovery and it started (again) the update process.
I've ticked NANDROID full wipe and flashed the recovery again and I got the recovery menu. I performed a Nandroid restore, and recovery couldn't mount the /data partition.
I've realized that the /efs partition wasn't mounted. I manually mounted it and Nandroid backup successfully restored everything.
Ripper ROM (Samsung Based) booted up well, and I had to flash a modem since I didn't have signal. I thought everything was fine. But now as soon as I install a new ROM (either Sammy Based or AOSP) I lose my IMEI and get in Factory Mode.
I've tried restoring efs from backup and it didn't work. The only way I get it to work is restoring from Nandroid backup.
Can anybody help me please?
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Does Ripper Rom use Perseus kernel perhaps? If so, join us over here.
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Rekoil said:
Does Ripper Rom use Perseus kernel perhaps? If so, join us over here.
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Yeah, I'm running that kernel...is that perhaps what's causing the problem with the /efs partition?
Edit: tried to flash another kernel and got no signal but as long as I flash Perseus it works!
Why is this happening???
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jjpro45 said:
Yeah, I'm running that kernel...is that perhaps what's causing the problem with the /efs partition?
Edit: tried to flash another kernel and got no signal but as long as I flash Perseus it works!
Why is this happening???
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Beats me mate, myself along with a couple others are having the same exact problem. We have no idea what is going on. Discuss possible solutions in the thread I linked.
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Does that means that I'm now stuck on that kernel?
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Does that means that I'm now stuck on that kernel?
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Yes, join the club.
So, does this mean those of us haven't got this error should stay away from the Perseus kernel?
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Cundis said:
So, does this mean those of us haven't got this error should stay away from the Perseus kernel?
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Not at all. I have been using it from the start. Will choose it every day over stock kernel
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Not at all. I have been using it from the start. Will choose it every day over stock kernel
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Just out of curiosity, what happens if you install a non-Perseus kernel?

[HELP] Black screen after restored CWM Backup.

Hello Everybody,
Last week I have made a CWM backup of Stock 4.1.2 with Philz touch recovery and then installed CM 10.2.
Yesterday I flashed PhilZ-cwm6-DDLSC-ODD-5.11.2-signed.zip and rebooted into recovery to restored my previous CWM backup of stock 4.1.2
I did all wipes and restored backup successfully. After rebooted I can see only a black screen with status bar with three icons (battery,time and network).I hve tried for two times but same problem.Then I reinstall CM10.2 using recovery.
I didnt understand where I have mistaken.
Please tell me what to do? I want to restore my backup.
Thanks in advance.
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did you check if the restore preload was selected?
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did you check if the restore preload was selected?
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I dont understand. I mean how to check it?
Thanks...
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Some where in misc nandroid settings.
You mean I have to check Preload after restore my cwm backup?
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You have to check it before restoring the backup as stock 4.1.2 uses preload partition for a lot of apks.
I really don't get what you are asking. You have to go to nandroid setting and place x besides include preload.
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You have to check it before restoring the backup as stock 4.1.2 uses preload partition for a lot of apks.
I really don't get what you are asking. You have to go to nandroid setting and place x besides include preload.
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Ok,No problem.I have Installed SweetRom 10.5 Black for 4.1.2.
And Thanks for your kind help.
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