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Hey guys,
i know how much answering the same questions can be tedious. It irks me too sometimes. I read through 30 pages of the cyanogenMod thread and im still left with questions. I went through the Wiki, Youtube, everywhere that i could learn more and im still lost. I think its partly because everybody that takes apart in the discussion seems to already have android knowledge. I came from a iphone so all this tinkering is VERY new to me.
Looking at the cyanogenmod wiki page, it showed me how to install rom step by step. surprisingly, it looks easy. but as i was looking through the thread, the word "nandroid" popped out MULTIPLE times. i went back to the wiki and read it over but no where does it say anything about nandroid. so i googled it, and its a back up program.
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
this is just giving me a headache. the necessary info seems to be everywhere and not in one place. URGHFDhSFlsdlfgjndlkngkdfs. maybe i should go back to the iphone.
thanks to anybody who actually reads this essay lol.
boogieboogie said:
Hey guys,
i know how much answering the same questions can be tedious. It irks me too sometimes. I read through 30 pages of the cyanogenMod thread and im still left with questions. I went through the Wiki, Youtube, everywhere that i could learn more and im still lost. I think its partly because everybody that takes apart in the discussion seems to already have android knowledge. I came from a iphone so all this tinkering is VERY new to me.
Looking at the cyanogenmod wiki page, it showed me how to install rom step by step. surprisingly, it looks easy. but as i was looking through the thread, the word "nandroid" popped out MULTIPLE times. i went back to the wiki and read it over but no where does it say anything about nandroid. so i googled it, and its a back up program.
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
this is just giving me a headache. the necessary info seems to be everywhere and not in one place. URGHFDhSFlsdlfgjndlkngkdfs. maybe i should go back to the iphone.
thanks to anybody who actually reads this essay lol.
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Lol...we all gotta start somewhere anyway, number one: nandroid is part of clockwork recoverymod...I don't remember back to when I rooted BUT I do know that following the process of rooting my phone, afterwards I had clockwork recovery installed. This is accessed by powering down your phone and while booting up you press power and hold volume down. Once in there you use volume up/down to navigate options and power to select. Um lets see here, as for updating. You would simply download the zip place it on root directory of your SD card, boot into clockwork, wipe cache and then flash the zip.
The wipe cache, dalvik, etc is all done through clockwork. General rule of thumb is to do a nandroid backup before you flash anything. That way if anything goes wrong, you can restore your backup.
Is nandroid required? Um...hard to answer that question. I believe clockwork recovery mod IS required and since nandroid is part of clockwork, then yea lol...
If I missed anything let me know because I'm on my phone so its a little difficult to keep scrolling up to scroll back down to type what I need to type.
Also, if I was wrong on anything, please someone point it out so we (i) don't mislead him.
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i too came from a jailbroken iphone to android and i feel like android clockworkmod recovery helps make the flash/install a breeze. i think the hardest part of coming from an iphone to android is just the onslaught of new phrases and words..but i will help as much as i can pm me if you want and i will help as much as my knowlege will allow...but trust me on this dont go back to an idont.
boogieboogie said:
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
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nandroid is something that you can utilize to make nandroid backups if you have Clockworkmod recovery for the Aria. Do you have to use it? No. Do you have to have it? Yes, if you have Clockworkmod recovery installed.
How is Clockworkmod recovery installed? It is automatically installed and replaces your stock recovery when you root your phone using the latest versions of the Unrevoked tool.
In order to use nandroid for backup you:
1. Reboot into Clockworkmod recovery (either through an application like ROM Manager, the option presented during power off in Cyanogenmod 6, or by turning the phone completely off and then holding the volume down button during power on). DO NOT enter Clockworkmod recovery by powering off the phone with the micro USB cable attached to a power source (it won't work reliably in this manner).
2. Go to "nandroid"
3. Click "Backup"
The backup takes a few hundred megabytes (mine are about 200-350 MB each) on your SD card so make sure you have available space.
In order to use nandroid for recovery you:
1. Reboot into Clockworkmod recovery as listed above.
2. Go to "nandroid"
3. Click "Restore"
4. Select the backup you want to recover from.
5. Select "Yes - Restore"
boogieboogie said:
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
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By stock I mean everything on your phone is exactly as it is when you first purchased it, no root or Clockworkmod recovery.
To get back to stock you don't use nandroid. If you think about it, nandroid backups came after you have Clockworkmod recovery installed, which came with rooting your phone. Therefore, your first backup would not be stock, but rather from your rooted phone.
To get to back to stock you would follow the instructions here
boogieboogie said:
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
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All of the quoted steps are performed in Clockworkmod recovery.
nandroid backups are as explained above.
"wipe data/factory reset" is an option under Clockworkmod recovery and I only do so under the conditions you quoted.
Wipe cache refers to "wipe cache partition" option under Clockworkmod recovery.
Wipe dalvik cache is done in Clockworkmod recovery by:
1. Selecting "Advanced"
2. Clicking "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Once you have CM6 or Liberated installed, performing incremental updates can be done by:
1. Putting the ROM update onto the SD card.
2. Rebooting into Clockworkmod recovery
3. (Optional step) Performing a nandroid backup
4. Selecting "install zip from sdcard"
5. Selecting "choose zip from sdcard" and selecting wherever you put the ROM update on your SD card.
Hopefully that all made sense and was helpful.
i first to say thanks for the replies. i assumed that i would get backlash for asking such stupid questions but boy was i wrong. i really appreciate it guys
so when would a person use nandroid? so lets say you make a nandroid back up right after you unroot it, than you load up CM6 or liberated. do you use the nandroid back up when you want to go back to the time where it was just rooted? Want to make sure this is the process if i ever get tired of those roms.
and its as simple as doing the power down..etc etc method?
boogieboogie said:
i first to say thanks for the replies. i assumed that i would get backlash for asking such stupid questions but boy was i wrong. i really appreciate it guys
so when would a person use nandroid? so lets say you make a nandroid back up right after you unroot it, than you load up CM6 or liberated. do you use the nandroid back up when you want to go back to the time where it was just rooted? Want to make sure this is the process if i ever get tired of those roms.
and its as simple as doing the power down..etc etc method?
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Yup Nandroid is basically an exact image of your phone at the time you perform the backup. When you restore it your phone goes back to the exact state it was in when you made the backup...apps, rom, everything. So you would want to do a backup any time you want to try a new rom or make a change to your current rom.
And to restore you simply boot the phone into recovery and choose restore (from the same menu you make your backup from). You can also have more than one backup at a time, though it takes up a bit of space on the SD card. I keep one backup on my SD and just keep any others I want on my computer.
nandroid
Is only one back up kept on the phone? As in the most recent, or will I have a copy for everytime I do a nandroid back up. I noticed that when I did a restore I did not have an option to choose a restore.
You can have as many as you can fit on your SD card. It should bring up a list when you click Restore.
I downloaded my version of choice from the wiki but it is an "img" file.
Because of all the updating I've been doing, my phone only updates from zips now. How do I install the "img" file?
Thanks
Wait...
You downloaded an .img file? That means you downloaded the recovery image for the ROM you chose to use rather than the ROM itself. Stock ROMs use .pkg as an extension. In any event, you need to download the recovery image for the ROM version you choose to use anyway, because you will need to replace your existing recovery image with the one you downloaded in order to be able to flash a stock ROM.
I think I have this figured out. I have to flash the recovery img to my phone using fastboot then use the phone's recovery feature to install the pkg, correct?
Yup, that is correct
Make sure the update.pkg is on the root of your sdcard.
Make sure to backup before proceeding just in case.
I ended up back on simplestreak because nothing else would go back on and be stable, not even the nandroid I made a few days ago would run.
Put on the most basic version with no upgrades and it isn't too bad, although last night in the middle of a game of Angry Birds the screen went black and the phone restarted. Did it twice then started behaving properly again.
Might wanna try doing a factory reset after flashing the rom
If you still have StreakMod Recovery (the custom recovery) can also try wipe delvik cache and wipe cache partition then do your flashing
As usual, do a backup before proceeding!
Wipe all that before flashing? I keep doing it afterwards because that's what I saw for instructions somewhere.
mid_life_crisis said:
Wipe all that before flashing? I keep doing it afterwards because that's what I saw for instructions somewhere.
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Oops ... mistype that ... your right, should be after.
I rooted my device using Gingerbreak.
I have 2.2.2 installed out of the box. I installed CWM. I installed busybox.
Busybox failed. I tried all the versions that it contains.
I checked root status, and RootCheckBasic says I'm rooted.
I installed Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. It will not reboot to CWM.
It only reboots to the standard Android recovery.
I'm trying to install Bumblebee ROM 2.4.
Here are some things I am having issues understanding with it...
Backup current apps and their data with Titanium Backup (available in the Market). Is this required? The phone is new. I have nothing to back up.
Do a nandroid backup in recovery before doing anything else below.
And the nandroid backup is done with CWM? Again CWM won't reboot, only the standard Android recovery boots.
Required if installing BB 2.x for the first time: Wipe. Wipe it all. Data, cache, system, dalvik-cache, sd-ext if you've got it (might need to look under Advanced or Mounts in recovery to do the last two, and while you're there format /system). I assume you wipe it all with CWM while in recovery?
If upgrading from BB 2.3, wipe cache (and only cache) in recovery.
Does not apply to me
If not upgrading from 2.3, install Wiper zip (see below), just to be extra sure that all is wiped. Don't reboot yet. Installing wiper.zip is done by sideloading using adb commands?
Install ROM zip (see below).
I assume this too is done by copying the zip to the external SD, then selecting update from SD card in recovery... right?
Please someone shed some light on this for me.
In standard Android recovery it says e3. I know on my Captivate I had to use Odin to install GB loaders to get it to work.
THANKS!
Flashwork mod recovery? Never heard of it.
Try downloading rom manager from the market and use that.
Everything else should be simple
tvall said:
Flashwork mod recovery? Never heard of it.
Try downloading rom manager from the market and use that.
Everything else should be simple
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Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
It's in rom manager.
Which I installed from the market.
But I don't get the CWM recovery when I reboot into recovery mode.
I get the standard Android recovery
-you know... the one that just has "install update.zip"
bulltproof said:
Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
It's in rom manager.
Which I installed from the market.
But I don't get the CWM recovery when I reboot into recovery mode.
I get the standard Android recovery
-you know... the one that just has "install update.zip"
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Oh, okay, um... are you using the reboot into recovery option in rom manager right after flashing?
After flashing what?
I reboot into recovery through rom manager and get:
Android system recovery <3e>
reboot system now
apply sdcard: update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
_________________________________________________________
Android System recovery...
Do not pull out the battery!!
After hitting flash clockworkmod recovery, immediately hit reboot recovery
After hitting anything in CWM it did nothing more than reboot into the standard android recovery.
This phone has 2.2.2 on it. Problem? Probably.
I followed instructions at androidcentral and got it to work.
Needed Xionia_CWMA_12518.6_VM
Installed BACKside-IHO-VM670-11222011
using Xionia_CWMA_12518.6_VM_Recovery-signed
Had a little problem today and needed to activate the phone. BUUUUT......
the rom didn't allow activation.
So I installed Bumblebee. No go.
Then I tried [rom] basic stock rom.
Neither of these will let my phone boot. It gets stuck at boot.
Nothing happens.
I can still boot into Xiona_CWMA. But no roms will work.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Dude i m noob, and i m facing same problem,
I did root with super one click soc, and it is rooted and i am using root needed apps,
But when i m trying to clobk work recovery (i did flashing CWR from rom manager and aft that i select boot from cwr option from rom manager) it just factory reset i did this 3time all time just factory reset, then i again did but while rebooting i click home button so it gave me same option which came to above member said some e3............
And i try to select any option from it with menu button it was not applied, and no use so i removed battry and place again and start then device started dont know more what to do, help
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Ok, so I CAN load different recoveries.
They work, or at least seem to.
I can flash roms, but nothing happens (bootloop) or the phone comes on and works with a black screen.
I can call my number and can hear the call, but can't see anything.
Bullet if u found solution pls tell me too
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bulltproof said:
Ok, so I CAN load different recoveries.
They work, or at least seem to.
I can flash roms, but nothing happens (bootloop) or the phone comes on and works with a black screen.
I can call my number and can hear the call, but can't see anything.
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I believe that may be due to the newer display in your phone (I'm new to this device so I dont know much yet). From the little bit of information I've gathered, devices manufactured recently have a different display that requires a kernel that supports it. In the iho roms this is included, on others you'll need to flash a kernel right after the rom.
For the stock rom I can upload what I use if you need it. Its basically the one posted here just with the boot.img swapped with one from a nandroid backup I made before switching roms
I think you're spot on with that idea.
I loaded CM7 variant, and it worked.
My question is, how do I get another ROM on it if it has the newer screen?
I loaded different kernels that were supposed to fix it, but no go.
Which recovery is the most hassle-free for the verizon GS4?
My current issue:
I currently have TWRP 2.5.0.2 installed (via goomanager) when I intially rooted my phone -- still on stock, haven't updated to ME7 but looking to finally flash a ROM this week.
Reading through threads, I am picking up bits and pieces of people soft bricking their phone due to a wipe done with TWRP, requiring an ODIN flash to get the phone to boot. Is this a problem only with TWRP 2.6, or with all versions?
What are the advantages/disadvantages to TWRP and CWM.
Thanks for you help
They both essentially do the same thing. It comes down to personal preference in my opinion. Alot of people say twrp is easier to use but like you I have read about the bootloop issues associated with it. And i really dont like the look of twrp either. Now me I like cwm. I have been using it for over 2 years on 4 different devices and have never had a single problem.
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TWRP v2.5.0.2 seems more stable than the current 6.2 version. The 2.5.02 works perfectly far as I know. TWRP seems most recommended, but they both do the same job very well.
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Now me I like cwm. I have been using it for over 2 years on 4 different devices and have never had a single problem.
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Mmm Hmm! I like me some CWM!
I use twrp 2.5.0.2. CWM's menu layout is garbage.
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Philz CWM supports extFAT and reports the correct date/time.
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With TWRP 2.5.0.2 I was able to corrupt my data partition by formatting it. Over and over again this happened. When you format it (the one where you have to type "yes") screws things up pretty bad. At first formatting it again would fix it but then it got to the point where rebooting my phone would result in it getting stuck at the logo. When I went into recovery it would ask me for a password to access /DATA. If you do not format DATA you might not have a problem. I don't do it often but the first time you do things could eventually require ODIN and starting over.
I have been using the PhilZ recovery (modified CWM) and its been working great. It has a feature where you can "Wipe to flash new ROM". It will get things clean for a new flash pretty good.
That being said I like how TWRP is laid out better, with larger buttons, and especially doing flashes of multiple ZIPs is more efficient. But in the end I went with the one that was more stable. I might give TWRP a try again and just stay away from the hard wipe. Things have been stable enough where I have not had to do that for a while.
For a long time I used CWM. However once I made the move to TWRP I never looked back. Now with that said I use 2.5.0.2 as I have read many issues with 2.6 and 2.5.0.2 has been perfect for me.
Not knocking CWM but I've had no issues with exFat and twrp 2.5.0.2.
I've used TWRP to flash several ROMs, to make backups, restore backups, etc. etc. etc. and have never had any problem with any version.
As far as CWM, it's also always worked perfectly for me but I find TWRP slightly easier to use.
Thanks everyone who replied!
Quite a mix bag of results -- but most people say the TWRP works fine. Diaftia -- the issues you ran into are exactly what I have read and really don't want to deal with them.
To all who use TWRP as the recovery -- what are the steps you use to CLEAN flash a new rom (ME7 based). One reply I read in a thread somewhere said don't use TWRP to upgrade to a ME7 based ROM as it causes those hang-ups that diaftia explained. Are there any don't do's --i.e. wipe data? etc.
I will probably flash this weekend -- still shopping around for the ROM that suits me the best.
Thanks again so much everyone -- really appreciate the feedback,
-thebeen
thebeen said:
Thanks everyone who replied!
Quite a mix bag of results -- but most people say the TWRP works fine. Diaftia -- the issues you ran into are exactly what I have read and really don't want to deal with them.
To all who use TWRP as the recovery -- what are the steps you use to CLEAN flash a new rom (ME7 based). One reply I read in a thread somewhere said don't use TWRP to upgrade to a ME7 based ROM as it causes those hang-ups that diaftia explained. Are there any don't do's --i.e. wipe data? etc.
I will probably flash this weekend -- still shopping around for the ROM that suits me the best.
Thanks again so much everyone -- really appreciate the feedback,
-thebeen
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Im on twrp 2.5.0.2 and just flashed a stock root me7. Flashed with twrp and everything is working smoothly. But i should add that just prior to this I used a factory image and went back to mdk so my partitions would be formatted. Then immediately got root and installed twrp 2.5.0.2 and flashed the mE7 rom.
Also I find the file manager in twrp a valuable tool I just couldn't give up.
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I've been using cwm since my ogdroid. I used it on thunderbolt. I had to use twrp on the bionic. Twrp was easy to use but I jumped back to cwm on the sg4. I just really like how cwm manages. I personally don't see need to have multi roms loaded. Cwm assures I do proper install of each new rom I use I feel.
ghostrigger on to the next show
I had used TWRP and been fine for 3 roms, then the 4th rom installation soft-bricked my phone. It would boot the first time, but you could not restart it. I wiped several times and resinstalled, verifying MD5's and using multiple versions... same problem each time. Finally, I had to figure out how to use ADB again (I'd forgotten years ago) and I installed CWM and started again from scratch. Each mod install has been flawless, save for me forgetting that the power button is now where the volume rockers used to be on the Rezound a few times. I soft bricked with TWRP and CWM fixed it, so that's where my current loyalty goes.
thanks everyone for the replies. I ended up going to homebase and using PhilZ touch CWM and worked flawlessly. Don't think i'll be going to the TWRP bandwagon for a while.
Thanks! Hope this thread helps any future users on their decision
-thebeen
If new users see this and are reading, it seems most of the devs for this phone are using TWRP 2.5.0.2. Those guys flash way more than even the average crack flasher. If that seems to be their go to recovery must be something to it. The others are probably fine too. Some times it comes down to preference. I've seen posts for all the recoveries good and bad. That being said, it was also asked what are the steps for flashing with TWRP.
Here goes.
For TouchWiz and AOSP 4.2.2 roms
1. Factory Reset under wipe, then tap advanced and check the boxes beside system, Data, Cache, and davlik. Do both of these x3.
2. Flashed ROM and gapps (if not included with the ROM.)
3. Reboot system.
For AOSP 4.3 ROM.
1. Factory Reset under wipe, then tap advanced and check the boxes beside system, Data, Cache, and davlik. Do both of these x3.
2. Flashed ROM and gapps (if not included with the ROM.)
3. Wipe Davlik and cache.
4. Reboot into Recovery.
5.Wipe Davlik and cache under advanced.
6. Reboot system.
In addition follow any additional instructions from the OP for the ROM your flashing. They are mostly the same but you should always read to be sure.
I've had 100% success with the above.
Dubsy if you see this maybe you could post your process for flashing with TWRP. Might be different, simpler, or better. You would be flashing way more than me.
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Mightycaptain said:
If new users see this and are reading, it seems most of the devs for this phone are using TWRP 2.5.0.2. Those guys flash way more than even the average crack flasher. If that seems to be their go to recovery must be something to it. The others are probably fine too. Some times it comes down to preference. I've seen posts for all the recoveries good and bad. That being said, it was also asked what are the steps for flashing with TWRP.
Here goes.
For TouchWiz and AOSP 4.2.2 roms
1. Factory Reset under wipe, then tap advanced and check the boxes beside system, Data, Cache, and davlik. Do both of these x3.
2. Flashed ROM and gapps (if not included with the ROM.)
3. Reboot system.
For AOSP 4.3 ROM.
1. Factory Reset under wipe, then tap advanced and check the boxes beside system, Data, Cache, and davlik. Do both of these x3.
2. Flashed ROM and gapps (if not included with the ROM.)
3. Wipe Davlik and cache.
4. Reboot into Recovery.
5.Wipe Davlik and cache under advanced.
6. Reboot system.
In addition follow any additional instructions from the OP for the ROM your flashing. They are mostly the same but you should always read to be sure.
I've had 100% success with the above.
Dubsy if you see this maybe you could post your process for flashing with TWRP. Might be different, simpler, or better. You would be flashing way more than me.
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Im not a dev, but I do make my own mods and personal roms and ive used every recovery possible, in fact Ive made my own zip of every recovery after loki flashing and put them in my sd for a rainy day (think I even posted most of them somewhere recently) . I use twrp because of the file manager and terminal (mainly terminal though). Most issues I can fix in recovery by either setting permissions for or removing/moving apks (also doable in terminal >>adb>>chmod 755/644 etc,etc). Terminal with adb gives you the ability to do almost everything. That and i like to see the logs of what's happenin'. Ive never had an issue a using exfat either after formating using linux.
Fwiw my method is:
1. Format system
2. Flash rom
3. Wipe/format cache and dalvik
4. Fix permissions (if rom contains custom kernel)
5. Reboot
tetakpatak said:
Please quote my post and copy&paste whole text into some help thread for your phone, it is better idea as we are now getting off topic here. I'll try to help you there.
Format /system is done in recovery mode under "mount and storage" then after that you can restore your nandroid if it is done with the same recovery you use now. If you're on PhilZ 6, it usually can restore also CWM 6 backups.
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What does format system do? And please help me load sentinel rom. That's the one I was gonna do.
Okay now for the question... I was running stock 4.1.2 with siyah kernel 6.0 b5. Then I decided to install philz kernel, but ended up in bootloop. Then I tried flashing dorimanx but still in bootloop. All the while I wiped everything before flashing.
Now im stuck as I can boot into recovery via any kernel but ultimately phone is stuck.
What to do?
And can anyone give me steps to install sentinel rom from this stage?
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AndroidReborn said:
What does format system do? And please help me load sentinel rom. That's the one I was gonna do.
Okay now for the question... I was running stock 4.1.2 with siyah kernel 6.0 b5. Then I decided to install philz kernel, but ended up in bootloop. Then I tried flashing dorimanx but still in bootloop. All the while I wiped everything before flashing.
Now im stuck as I can boot into recovery via any kernel but ultimately phone is stuck.
What to do?
And can anyone give me steps to install sentinel rom from this stage?
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Mate, sorry for waiting, I was out of home. We will get your ROM back as soon as the phone boots again.
Don't worry, it doesn't sound serious so far. We have recovery and download mode (so topic name "nothing works" isn't really correct)
Formatting /system wipes all data from the system partition (so your system will be gone then) and it is important to do before installing new ROMs (essencially important for KitKat). It can't do any harm. As you have tried to install other kernels and didn't work we should check first what did you try to flash so far and it didn't boot? Is that what you wrote all what you have tried?
Now let me know please which recovery do you have now and is it the same version like when you have created your nandroid backup? If the recovery is the same, I would indeed try to restore nandroid backup right after wiping /system. Before you wipe the system just let me know: can you use ADB? If yes, check do you have ADB connection in the recovery mode?
tetakpatak said:
Mate, sorry for waiting, I was out of home. We will get your ROM back as soon as the phone boots again.
Don't worry, it doesn't sound serious so far. We have recovery and download mode (so topic name "nothing works" isn't really correct)
Formatting /system wipes all data from the system partition (so your system will be gone then) and it is important to do before installing new ROMs (essencially important for KitKat). It can't do any harm. As you have tried to install other kernels and didn't work we should check first what did you try to flash so far and it didn't boot? Is that what you wrote all what you have tried?
Now let me know please which recovery do you have now and is it the same version like when you have created your nandroid backup? If the recovery is the same, I would indeed try to restore nandroid backup right after wiping /system. Before you wipe the system just let me know: can you use ADB? If yes, check do you have ADB connection in the recovery mode?
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Will it wipe the internal memory? Or the rom in the phone?
I have cwm based recovery v. 6.0.1.2. Yes I used it to make the backup.
Checking for adb.. How do I do it? .
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AndroidReborn said:
Will it wipe the internal memory? Or the rom in the phone?
I have cwm based recovery v. 6.0.1.2. Yes I used it to make the backup.
Checking for adb.. How do I do it?
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Hi! Internal memory usually shouldn't get wiped by formatting /system, as it is "storage", not part of the system. I would give a try, wipe all: data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache (advanced) and format /system (mounts and storage). Then back to the main menu --> backup & restore --> restore from (internal or external memory where your nandroid is saved) and choose your backup. It should reboot normally then.
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Hi! Internal memory usually shouldn't get wiped by formatting /system, as it is "storage", not part of the system. I would give a try, wipe all: data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache (advanced) and format /system (mounts and storage). Then back to the main menu --> backup & restore --> restore from (internal or external memory where your nandroid is saved) and choose your backup. It should reboot normally then.
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Thanks for helping, but I ended up downloading the stock rom and flashing it. Everything was normal. Then I installed cm10.2 so everything's great now. Thanks!
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Cool, @AndroidReborn! Now you can install your old ROM again and restore nandroid. Keep that stock FW saved on your PC, so if your phone gets ever again soft-bricked, no problem to revive it again.
I am wondering how nobody here responsed your help prompt, we have in i9000 help threads always handfull people of experience and skills who are ready to help in need. And there are double amount of the SGS2 units sold around the world.... strange.
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Cool, @AndroidReborn! Now you can install your old ROM again and restore nandroid. Keep that stock FW saved on your PC, so if your phone gets ever again soft-bricked, no problem to revive it again.
I am wondering how nobody here responsed your help prompt, we have in i9000 help threads always handfull people of experience and skills who are ready to help in need. And there are double amount of the SGS2 units sold around the world.... strange.
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No idea. The people seem pretty 'busy'. Thanks for helping. Just one teeny tiny last question.. How do I install cm11 or any kitkat rom over this? Cwm is 6.0.4.5 so it's compatible...
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If you want to flash kitkat, the first thing you need to do is flash a kitkat compatible CWM (v6.0.4.7). If you try to flash KK with an 'older' CWM, you'll get 'installation aborted....error status 7' or something similar........
I'm currently running @infected_s KK build, and in the OP, you will find download links for the correct CWM, ROM and GApps files.......
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If you want to flash kitkat, the first thing you need to do is flash a kitkat compatible CWM (v6.0.4.7). If you try to flash KK with an 'older' CWM, you'll get 'installation aborted....error status 7' or something similar........
I'm currently running @infected_s KK build, and in the OP, you will find download links for the correct CWM, ROM and GApps files.......
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6.0.4.5 is compatible? I think so ......
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I've always read....not.....
In any case, probably best not to risk it......
6.0.4.7 is DEFINITELY KK compatible.... and it'd take a couple of seconds to flash.........
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AndroidReborn said:
No idea. The people seem pretty 'busy'. Thanks for helping. Just one teeny tiny last question.. How do I install cm11 or any kitkat rom over this? Cwm is 6.0.4.5 so it's compatible...
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Yes, mate, CWM 6.0.4.5 is capable of flashing KitKat.
It is usually always the same:
download your ROM zip and compatible Gapps
check in the phone (or PC) if the zips are corrupted through download (if they open after clicking them, they are fine)
move the zips to the folder you will flash it from (if you use PC to flash zips with ADB sideload, put them in the sdk/platform-tools folder)
make nandroid backup of your presently used ROM
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik cache (advanced)
format /system (under mount and storage)
flash ROM.zip
flash Gapps
reboot
It is in general always good to read in the development thread of the ROM you attend to flash in the opening post which Gapps are recommended, or if there is some unusual order of flashing (sometimes, developers recommend reboot system after flashing ROM, and after that going to recovery and flash Gapps zip.
Some KitKat ROMs struggle with root access by using Superuser, so SuperSU should be flashed. If SuperSU app from Play Store gives errors by updating binary, you should uninstall SuperSU app then, find in the Chainfire's thread the compatible UPDATE-SuperSu.zip (version for your phone), flash its zip in the recovery, install SuperSU app, update binary (either "normal" or "through CWM/TWRP")