Hi everyone,
When dirty flashing gapps do you need to wipe dalvik and cache?
Also, where can I find the correct gapps?
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or can i just dirty wipe and wipe dalvik cache and im good to go?
thanks
Jamal Ahmed said:
or can i just dirty wipe and wipe dalvik cache and im good to go?
thanks
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Not sure about this particular case, but I'll tell you my approach is to *always* do a full wipe + format partitions and internal sdcard before flashing *any* ROM. This way I'm sure there's nothing old left (app data, config etc.). Using this approach I've been running many ROMs without most of the bugs users report (using XXLSA now), I think it's worth the time to reinstall and reconfig everything. If you don't need to keep old data and config:
1) Wipe data & cache
2) Wipe dalvik cache
3) Format /system & /preload
4) Format internal sdcard (make sure you save anything you need before)
5) Flash ROM
6) Wipe cache again
7) Wipe dalvik cache again
8) Reboot
(Not sure if 6 and 7 are needed, but I prefer to be a bit paranoid in this case.)
Jamal Ahmed said:
or can i just dirty wipe and wipe dalvik cache and im good to go?
thanks
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I think it depends on which custom rom u r currently on & which one you are gonna flash..for ex: flashing Ultimate v5 XXLSA over Alliance v1 XXLS7 may not work..
dbolivar said:
Using this approach I've been running many ROMs without most of the bugs users report (using XXLSA now))
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I agree with you. If you perform a full wipe before to install a new rom, the probabilities of occur in some rom's issue (like FC or just a "simple" weird lag) are low. Tested personally.
It always better/advised to perform a full wipe.
In the end, you could do a nandroid backup of your last used rom, wipe everything, install the new rom, and then try to restore the data partition only. If you get some errors or general issue, you can easily full wipe everything again, and reinstall the new rom again... at least, you tried
Jamal Ahmed said:
or can i just dirty wipe and wipe dalvik cache and im good to go?
thanks
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What does the OP states? Flashing ROMs is STILL a dangerous business.
Read the OP for the ROM you are installing
Jamal Ahmed said:
or can i just dirty wipe and wipe dalvik cache and im good to go?
thanks
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leaks always require full wipe for it to function properly.
I'm running Albino's CM11 build from 03/04 and I was wondering:
Can I flash nightly without wipe data (Maybe cache and Dalvik)
Can I jump updates and Go directly to today's one or need to flash one by one?
Thanks
VicttorMejia said:
I'm running Albino's CM11 build from 03/04 and I was wondering:
Can I flash nightly without wipe data (Maybe cache and Dalvik)
Can I jump updates and Go directly to today's one or need to flash one by one?
Thanks
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If you are updating from the same rom base then yes you can just wipe cache and dalvik, however issues that are reported will not be observed because you did not do the full wipe data. It is always recommended (but not mandatory) to wipe /data
I'm currently on cm11 nightly (04/04/14) and I want to update to the snapshot one, What do I have to wipe to install this? Do I have to reflash gapps, kernel??
I already know that for Nightlies, I only need to wipe cache and dalvik, but is it the same for M builds? Thanks.
Since is not a nightlie just clean flash (wipe cache, dalvik, data[factory set] ) to install.
M builds are more stable then nightlies
Can anyone tell me what is dirtyflash and how to do it in le 2?
I am using RR rom in le 2
Please explain it to me
Thanks ?
flash the new build and then wipe cache and dalvik cache
If you are not wiping data and don't do a factory reset before flashing new rom, than it's dirty flashing.
Dhruv Dhawan said:
flash the new build and then wipe cache and dalvik cache
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Can i wipe the cache and dalvik cache before flashing the build?
IDK... How it effects the flashing.
I personally do it both the time(before and after flashing).
Dhruv Dhawan said:
IDK... How it effects the flashing.
I personally do it both the time(before and after flashing).
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Ok thanks man
I did flashed the new build above the old but forgot to do the wipe of cache and dalvik cache and ended up with many bugs on the ROM and apps constantly stopping so had to re flash the whole thing but anyway thanks a lot
I'm about to flash eu rom through twrp but there is a slight confusion about wiping before flashing. I've seen someone on youtube that he wipes out cache, dalvik cache, system, data & vendor partition then he flashes eu rom. Moreover a person I know he also follows same method but in xda and eu community I found that they suggest to wipe only cache,dalvik & system & some prefer cache, dalvik, system and data only. So I'm confused which wipe should I do before flashing eu rom. Thanks in advance
Doesn’t really matter if you just do the Data, Dalvik and Cache wipe. System and Vendor would be overwritten nevertheless. Wiping Vendor is not needed at all. This device uses system as a root so wiping system should be avoided at most. However, you could still do a system wipe but i really dont see a need unless specifically stated by the rom Dev.