Hey, urm new to the rooting business so please bare with my newbness. (i have tried searching)
Can someone quickly run me through updating a rom..
i.e Cyans just released an update, i understand i need to download and flash. But do i need to wipe before flashing? do i need to then re-flash my theme after flashing the new rom? So, does flashing an updated rom loose you all your data?
Thanks, love you guys.
If you're going from one Google based ROM (Cyanogen, JF) then you shouldn't need to wipe. If it's a HTC based ROM, then you would need to wipe.
So go ahead and flash, you shouldn't have any problems. If you find that you get stuck in a bootloop, just boot in to recovery then wipe and reflash.
If you dont have apps2sd and you wipe, you will loose them. If they're on your ext partition they will remain there.
Sorry if I'm repeating a question that's already been asked but I couldn't find the exact answer I was looking for.
I want to update from the last 6.1 nightly to CM7 (current nightly) and I've loaded the newest version of CMR (3.0.0.5)....now what do I need to wipe when installing the new ROM?
I'm not too worried about backing a whole lot up, just want to load the new ROM to try it.
Any/all help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
jamierob
jamierob said:
Sorry if I'm repeating a question that's already been asked but I couldn't find the exact answer I was looking for.
I want to update from the last 6.1 nightly to CM7 (current nightly) and I've loaded the newest version of CMR (3.0.0.5)....now what do I need to wipe when installing the new ROM?
I'm not too worried about backing a whole lot up, just want to load the new ROM to try it.
Any/all help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
jamierob
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Here you go http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Install_from_another_ROM
I found the answer I was looking for.....
http://androidforums.com/sprint-hero-all-things-root/282179-cm7.html
Thank you for the quick reply!!
Thanks..... I got that working well. Now, if I just update to another nightly, do I still wipe all that or just what I was wiping when going from one nightly to another in CM6?
Thanks again,
jamierob
If you are updating you probably won't need to wipe, however I wipe cache and dalvik when updating
Stock Rooted OTA 4.08.605.15 710RD Rom
OUTDATED: NOT THE LATEST STOCK VERSION!! 4.08.605.19 is now available.
Thanks goes to soniclude for the ota pull.
Stock Rooted OTA 4.08.605.15 710RD rom. It is rooted, zip aligned, has busybox and comes in odexed or deodexed versions. Other than that it is untouched. Enjoy
[standard flashing disclaimer here]
Wipe everything in the mounts and storage menu in recovery, except sdcard and emmc. Then flash like any other rom.
DOWNLOAD ODEXED - MD5
DOWNLOAD DEODEXED - MD5
If you want a little more customized and tweaked rom check out Touch Of Blue, also updated to 4.08.605.15. Touch Of Blue v2.2
Current OTA or a leak?
nfiniti9 said:
Current OTA or a leak?
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Latest ota that is being delivered in groups to people as we spaeak. This is a pull from someone who recieved the update yesterday.
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What are the instructions on how to install this Rom? Wipe everything just like wildstang83s Rom.
ironside2011 said:
What are the instructions on how to install this Rom? Wipe everything just like wildstang83s Rom.
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Correct, i think. It is probably safest to wipe everything, but might be able to be flashed over wildstangs rom.
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I'm gonna wipe everything. I've experienced 1 too many bootloops and hicupps specially with cyanogenmod. My Dinc just never seems to like those Roms
Thank you for this. Been thinking of going to a more stockish rom. The latest roms just have too many bugs and quirks for me.
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I literally flashed over wildstang83 Rom . I'm gonna attempt another try but wipe the cache and delvik 1st. Wiping everything didn't do anything. I'll report back soon
Not booting..
Not getting to boot animation... I have tried 3 times now.. Wiped everything..Format boot/storage etc... Anyone get it to work?
I was actually surprised and excited to see this update this morning but thought it would be ICS.
Long ago I rooted my phone just for gaining control and removing bloatware but ended up flashing my first rom with WildStang's Gingerbread OTA. After that I applied the "Warm" theme and been happy with that thinking there would be no more updates to this phone.
To the point - my question for you all is what do you mean by flash over? When the OTA is pushed is it just a patch or do they somehow send and entire install which removes the previous version, saves your data, installs the new version, and puts back your data? I don't have a problem with wiping and starting fresh, and it sounds like that is what everyone is recommending, I'm just trying to understand how it would even work flashing "over" my current version.
Nobody has replied to my post and I have not seen anyone report a trouble free install here so I'm gonna sit on the fence for a while
Did a full wipe and all seems to be working well
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Just downloaded VR superwipe. I'm gonna redownload this Rom and give it another shot.
wrigbone said:
I was actually surprised and excited to see this update this morning but thought it would be ICS.
Long ago I rooted my phone just for gaining control and removing bloatware but ended up flashing my first rom with WildStang's Gingerbread OTA. After that I applied the "Warm" theme and been happy with that thinking there would be no more updates to this phone.
To the point - my question for you all is what do you mean by flash over? When the OTA is pushed is it just a patch or do they somehow send and entire install which removes the previous version, saves your data, installs the new version, and puts back your data? I don't have a problem with wiping and starting fresh, and it sounds like that is what everyone is recommending, I'm just trying to understand how it would even work flashing "over" my current version.
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Flash over is just how it sounds. Literally flash on top of your current rom without wiping your data out.
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If you want to go completely back to stock can you ruu back to 605.2? Then re ota to .15?
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If you want to go completely back to stock can you ruu back to 605.2? Then re ota to .15?
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Yes
I have a question.
I am running an ICS ROM how does this affect me....
Well my QUESTION is this:
What are the procedures to installing this and can I just reflash the ICS ROM I was on before.
The only updates with this push seem to be SMS and Bluetooth, is it even worth it?
Thanks for your time guys....
I performed a data/factory reset, cleared the cache partition as well as did a dalvik wipe but after installing it gets stuck on the white Incredible screen. Any ideas? Perhaps my kernal/radio? I honestly lost track of what kernal and radio I have so I am not sure.
So what's up with this ROM, I flashed like 3 times And it boots up.....then it starts a random reboot and just bootloops continuously. Is there any fix?
EDIT: seems the OTA update was a bust check this out........
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve.../182357-dinc-system-update-4-08-605-15-a.html
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@ cmlusco
So guy - you put this out here and it seems like everyone is having problems. How about some feedback. I'm getting ready to sell this phone in two weeks and want it to be on the current version but I'm not touching this ROM until I hear it freakin works. There are always a few people with issues but I'm not hearing anyone saying "flashed it and running with no problems". Appreciate the effort to get this out there but if your gonna take the time follow through on your commitment.
Hey guys!
Here's my situation : i just installed a rom on my galaxy mini, it's very smooth, stable and i like it like hell.
But, i also can see that the developper of this rom is updating it every single little minutes, there's always an update.
So my question is :
If i download the new version of the rom, put it on my sd card, and them from cwm install it (WITHOUT wipe cache data ect..)
will it update my rom wihtout any problem?
Or will it screw it?
Anyway, please help me by telling me how must i do to update properly a rom.
Thank you guys !
for better using, i prefer you to wipe and cache data
Hi folks,
Way back when, when I first got the RAZR i, I installed omar's ROM. Very pleased with the way it ran. However now, some 6 months later, I cannot install his updated ROM (RazRi_JB_X-M8-NoBT2). And it has me baffled! I do a factory wipe, reformatted: data, cache, dalvik and system and install via CWM. And it bootloops consistently. I have to install stock ROM via RSD-lite, then re-root etc. And tried again several times, same result. JellyAOSP does the same (based on Omar's ROM AFAIK), but Pi=Llama's ROM installs...but can' be used as something is screwy with the WiFi with this ROM for me.
Can some kind soul tell me what I may have overlooked, as I am certain I follow the correct procedure as I did ages ago, but I am screwing up somewhere!
I know I should post this under Omar's thread....but I don't have enough posts to use it.
Thanks in advance
Coxie