Hey Guys, sorry if this has been covered before but I have been reading these forums since I got my Fascinate on launch day and am still confused. I am rooted with clockwork installed and I have flashed some roms but never kept any on, always just restored with clockwork. Also I have DJ05 on my phone.
1) Is there a way flash a rom and not lose all of my apps and the way my phone is set up. I like the way Super dark looks in the screen shots but don't have time to set my phones up again. Is what I want a theme?
2) Another issue I have is that I like the way samsung has the puzzle piece for texts and missed calls on the lock screen that take me right to my messages, are there any roms that have that incorporated.
Thanks for the help
Sal
1. You can use titanium pro to back up your apps. If you are using launcher pro it will save all your settings as well so it will be the same setup. You could also just install a theme which if you do that there is not a need to erase cache/data and you lose nothing.
2. I do believe you can install the puzzle lock screen if you wish, but don't quote me
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You don't have to wipe data when you flash a rom. While it is recommended, I wait to see if I have issues after the flash before wiping.
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imnuts said:
You don't have to wipe data when you flash a rom. While it is recommended, I wait to see if I have issues after the flash before wiping.
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Well there ya go, I thought it was basically a must.
Yes, you can flash a rom. Just flash the theme again after the new rom is flashed.
If you look in cwm, look under blackhole rom. There are different stock options that you can individually select to update. The puzzle unlock is one of the .zip's that are ready to be flashed.
Thanks for the replies guys. I'm gonna try them out tonight after work. I backed up with titanium backup using dropbox last night. So I'm ready to go with the roms.
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If you look in cwm, look under blackhole rom. There are different stock options that you can individually select to update. The puzzle unlock is one of the .zip's that are ready to be flashed.
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Just one more question regarding the puzzle lock. Do I have to have blackhole installed to use it or can I have like super dark or any other rom or theme with it?
Thanks again for the help
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Okay I finally got around to flashing a rom. I went with super dark and after I flash the puzzle Lock from son of sky walker But when I get text messages they don't come up on the lock screen. You guys have any idea how I could make That happen?
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I for one am very disappointed with samsung for droping the ball with the vibrant...and I found this amazing sounding rom(Nero v3 TouchWiz Edition) that I am thinking about flashing to.
My question is will I be able to keep all my data and apps and whatnot...and if I get ROM Manager (Premium) will I be able to recieve updates for Nero v3 TouchWiz Edition via OTA? And last but not least: When I receive the update will I have to re install all my apps and stuff everytime?
Get titanium backup premium and rom manager. Make sure you back up all your apps and youre golden. When you flash a rom your sd card isnt effected you can restore all your apps and data. Google also has a record of the apps you downloaded. Titanium is just easier and can reload data. I think youll find flashibf roms great. I have been doing it a month and am not looking back. Good luck. Be sure to check out the vibrant bible on the vibrant development section. Loads of help.
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You won't get OTA updates for a custom rom, but if you flash back to stock, you will.
timmonss said:
Get titanium backup premium and rom manager. Make sure you back up all your apps and youre golden. When you flash a rom your sd card isnt effected you can restore all your apps and data. Google also has a record of the apps you downloaded. Titanium is just easier and can reload data. I think youll find flashibf roms great. I have been doing it a month and am not looking back. Good luck. Be sure to check out the vibrant bible on the vibrant development section. Loads of help.
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Ty, I was going to wait and give samsung a chance to do something but screw it they had their chance they didnt keep up their end of the deal at all,, so now I am going to officially make my phone my own.
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You won't get OTA updates for a custom rom, but if you flash back to stock, you will.
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I mean like "Receive notifications for when your ROM is updated!" on like Rom manager or something not the stock rom
You wont get ota via rom manager unless the dev supports ota on rom manager. i think the only dev using ota or updates on rom manager is sonofskywalker. team whiskey in my opinion has the best roms.
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Hello, I looked around a bit and couldn't find an answer, so I figured i would just post this and ask.
I have two (probably) easy questions.
1. I'm on DI01 right now (superfast and superclean), can i go straight to DL09 or do i have to go DJ05 then DL09?
2. Can anyone give me a link to download odin? The link in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
happens to be broken for me.
anyone?
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You can go straight to DL09. I have Odin shared on my Google Site page with instructions for upgrading as well, see here.
Thanks.
You think Voodoo is worth it or not?
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Thanks.
You think Voodoo is worth it or not?
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I use voodoo as it makes installing apps a lot faster and lags the phone less. Since voodoo5 and red clockwork, it's been much more reliable and easier to use.
Dl09 was a success.. I'm on the non-voodoo kernel and I'll probally flash voodoo tommarow.
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Dl09 was a success.. I'm on the non-voodoo kernel and I'll probally flash voodoo tommarow.
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That's good to hear. The only thing you need to remember after moving to voodoo is to be aware that you're using it when switching kernels. If you flash a non-voodoo kernel without first disabling voodoo, it can be a big headache. However, with the current state of development, most things are moving toward voodoo since it has become more stable and reliable.
Yep yep. Thanks for the quick replies and all the help you have been. I have the voodoo zip file on my sd card (the one from the DL09 thread). All I need to do is flash that one right?
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bl1nd said:
Yep yep. Thanks for the quick replies and all the help you have been. I have the voodoo zip file on my sd card (the one from the DL09 thread). All I need to do is flash that one right?
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Yeah, flash it the same way you did the other kernel and rom. When you restart, there will be a voice giving an approx. time to convert the partitions to the new file system. It will hold on the Samsung logo while doing the conversion and then go to the boot animation when done. I think the time to convert is anywhere from 5-10 minutes, depending on how much data you have. Disabling voodoo will take a few minutes longer and has the same voice time estimates.
Alright. I might just do this right now then.
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Voodoo took about 5 minutes to get to a fully usable phone. Thank you very much! My phone feels brand new and ultra fast
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i just installed dl09, and flashed the right rom. I restarted and am wondering how long it takes to load the rom. I did not flash the kernel right away. I was going to do that after the rom. So far I only have a black screen about 3 minutes in. Whats the deal?
You need to flash the kernel too
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just restarted flashed rom and then kernel both. black screen with bottom buttons all lit up for about 20 minutes now. help.
What rom and kernel did you flash? And you flashed the modem in the pda section of odin?
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yes i used the pda section and it passed just fine. i then unplugged phone, put batt back in. started phone back up and used rom manager to get to recovery. at first i just flashed blackhole 3.0 rom but i had his kernel and several components downloaded. i was paranoid so i flashed rom then reboot. black screen after samsung for a long time. i then reflashed rom w/ kernel. still got hung. then i went back and flashed everything i had dl including boot animation, digital clock, everything along with rom and kernel again. this time got to blackhole boot animation then has been stuck on that screen for about 40 min. it is the boot with the galaxy and stars with a small android robot in the lower right corner. thinking of doing the odin d101 package. wont that return me to stock. i don't want to but any suggestions.
im so sick of this and it just gets worse. like clear data and cahce and restore my phone and itll work fine for a bit but without fail withing in the next couple weeks it just starts laggin again. no added apps or anything. is there a solution to this or am i just stuck restoring my phone like once a month>
What are you talking about? Thats very vague post how can we help you if you don't say which rom and what kernel you use. I used IG with gorilla, grankin kernel with screen off set to idle in 245mhz with no lag, ATM have same setting with CM7 tested it on default, dumfuq, faux's kernel with no lag. What happens in your end?
I experienced a lag on stock kernel using ondemand scaling min 245hz. I flashed faux kernel and now its really smooth using smartass min 245hz.
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sorry about that. im not running any kernals. im just rooted adn running set cpu had screen off set to 368 but bumped it to 7 something thinging that would help but it hasnt really. it seems to be lag on the home screen mostly liek when i unlock or go back to home the clock widget is showing the wrong time for about 5-10 seconds. i would really like some help here i reallyl just want my phone to work...........well like it shoudl i guess. thanks in advance a ton guys.
if possible can you link me to any kernals or other suggested downloads you might have.
Faux's kernel should help w that. It is really smooth and version .7.9.2 is really stable. Here is the link.
mediafire.com/?r1gikceb5myndct
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thanks for the help man. i actually just tried cm7 and am loving it so far. but if i decide to do this do i go back to stock and then flash from zip or do i wipe everything first?
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thanks for the help man. i actually just tried cm7 and am loving it so far. but if i decide to do this do i go back to stock and then flash from zip or do i wipe everything first?
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IDK why you want to go back to stock when we have Ice Glacier. But if you do decide to go back you can do it from nandroid backup (if you made it) if not go to Dev section you can find nandroid backup posted there or you can via PD15IMG (will revert back to deafult rom/radio, s-on unroot). For last question you always wipe and then flash.
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IDK why you want to go back to stock when we have Ice Glacier. But if you do decide to go back you can do it from nandroid backup (if you made it) if not go to Dev section you can find nandroid backup posted there or you can via PD15IMG (will revert back to deafult rom/radio, s-on unroot). For last question you always wipe and then flash.
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i ran iced glacier and it was cool for like 6 hours and then started crashing as soon as it booted so i ditched it. but im loving cm7.
Hi I just got my new droid 2 and flashed cm7 2.3.7 onto it. I was sad to find out that the camera doesn't work on this version at all. I was hoping to flash liberty but i don't know if i can just flash it over cm7 or if i have to flash my rom back to stock. Any help or advice would be great!
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Albinoman
The lastest version of CM7 has a working camera. It's said not to let the screen lock though with the camera app open or it will FC. Dumb I know, but they are making progess.
Can I just flash the new one over my current one? Do I have to wipe data/cache?
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So ive had my droid R2D2 for about 5 months now, and im just starting to experiment with custom roms. So far ive been trying to use ROM manager, and i used it to install clockwork recovery mod, but it didn't take nearly as long as it seemed to have taken other people to flash. On top of that, no matter what i try whether i try to boot into recovery from ROM manager, or just turn my phone off and then hold the power button with the x hard button on my keyboard, it takes me to a picture of the android guy with an exclamation point, and when i try to hit the search hard button on my keyboard to bring up menu options it doesnt do anything. As for right now im just trying to back up my current stock ROM, but i would eventually like to install a custom rom as well. Any suggestions or highly recommended ROM's either? I was gonna go with cm7 but if there were others someone highly suggested i would like to know about them.
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Can I just flash the new one over my current one? Do I have to wipe data/cache?
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Wipe cache and delvik cache and you can flash over it.
Awesome thanks!
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Hey all,
couple of quick questions, would very much appreciate an answer.
I'm using MB525, green lens, CyanogenMod-7.1.0-jordan-Quarx, 2.6.32.9-gbc356f0 kernel and would very much like to update to 7.2.0, since it's almost been a year since I flashed the 7.1 and the defy is starting to lag a bit. The question is, do I just flash the zip from recovery and wipe it clean? I don't need to keep anything, except my contacts and I'm planning to use Titanium Backup for that (right?). Will I be able to roll back to the stock ROM? Because I've still got 1 year of warranty left on the device. Other than that, did any of you experience any serious failings of the 7.2.0? Thanks a million.
Install the froyo kernel builds for green lens. cm72 is very fast and stable, no major issues at all.
Download the zip and install through cwm, before that do full wipe. factory reset and wipe dalvik cache. For Contracts why don't you sync them with Google account and is pretty easy, otherwise you can just use export function to sdcard from settings of contacts application, and later you can import back.
Titanium backup is for application backup, not for contacts.
You can always come back to stick froyo for warranty purposes by fishing full sbf of your region. Never ever flash full sbf of higher revisions,2.3+ versions, so you keep downgradability.
Enjoy fishing!
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Awesome, thanks! I figured I'll go with euroskanks ROM, "update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-jordan-KANG-signed.03222012-0221.zip", since it might have several fixes that the original RC does not (amirite?). Gonna head out for couple of hours and then go on with the whole ordeal, and report back in case any other noobs come wandering in. Thanks again.
Delete cache install rom and install kernel
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Delete cache install rom and install kernel
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woah, what a help you are! rrrrrrrr
HOLY **** it's flying. Didn't even have a chance to overclock it yet (1Gz as before), still at 800hz, however, it's so so snappy I could not be happier. I am not a very reliable source, though, since I only kept my contacts from the previous install, but that is just because I like it fresh, meaning, I didn't have a heart to uninstall the application I haven't been using for a while and now they're gone. Aaaaand got drunk in the meantime, which is how it's supposed to go down, I think! thanks all y'all, hugs n kisses