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[Q] Which ROM Is The Best

Hi Guys ,
I have xperia x8 2.1.1 Model : E15i
unfortunately unrooted and i want to install a new rom
My Question is what is the most stable rom
note : i bought the phone 2 days ago
so i dont know anything about android
please help

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019146
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017983

thanks air surfer for the reply

im using Mini CM RC1 and its really great

floyo 0.15 is great too

Minicm rc1. I think its great especially with one finger pinch zoom and overclock modules, and now there's a video camera fix its awesome best rom in my opinion for x8.
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im using miniCM since 2 days and there is a big deifference in using expirience than stock 2.1, fast, app2sd all apps and games i use are working fine and i didnt get a battery drain issue like in stock 2.1 - 29h and 72% now! in stock i can use my phone about 2 day max sometimes only one day without using. im waiting for full functionally 2.3 form J or racht. im think that any rom is better than this SE ****.will never back to stock Yo!

skowrone said:
im using miniCM since 2 days and there is a big deifference in using expirience than stock 2.1, fast, app2sd all apps and games i use are working fine and i didnt get a battery drain issue like in stock 2.1 - 29h and 72% now! in stock i can use my phone about 2 day max sometimes only one day without using. im waiting for full functionally 2.3 form J or racht. im think that any rom is better than this SE ****.will never back to stock Yo!
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minicm rc1 is good, but dont update the cpu speed to 710.my touchscreen become crazy (run it self) even i am not touch my phone. for my case

Im using mini cm rc 1 with oc 729mhz and it works fine
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Stock rom....no bugs...perfect...
Sent from my E15i using XDA App

So It Seems That You All Guys Using MiniCM
Ok I'll Update My Rom To It
Thank You All For Your Help

+1 Stock Rom.

Today for me the best Rom without reboot is Elelinux v3.

Rom whete everything works is nexus rom
Sent from my Xperia X8 using Tapatalk

i got lagging problem in message app using elelinux 3 rom..
it keep refreshing when i open it and it takes time for me to view my conversation thread...got almost four thousand message...is this normal? or it just me?

Ahmad Salmeen said:
Hi Guys ,
I have xperia x8 2.1.1 Model : E15i
unfortunately unrooted and i want to install a new rom
My Question is what is the most stable rom
note : i bought the phone 2 days ago
so i dont know anything about android
please help
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First you must root your phone..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906195
then install xrecovery ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878426
then install new rom of your choice..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914513
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973753
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964223
Hope this can help you..

Ahmed , the only thing that will bug you in using MiniCM or Floyo is Arabic language support , in the browser Arabic letters are separated and from left to right
I found this after trying Flashed Mini CM and floyo
i'm going to try BehradGH 2.1.1 ROM later ,he says that it have Arabic support http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955467

TarekSaber said:
Ahmed , the only thing that will bug you in using MiniCM or Floyo is Arabic language support , in the browser Arabic letters are separated and from left to right
I found this after trying Flashed Mini CM and floyo
i'm going to try BehradGH 2.1.1 ROM later ,he says that it have Arabic support http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955467
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But this is the same of stock rom.. try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914513

racht's floyo FTW. imho way better than CMmini, the overall performance is better, especially in games (both 2d&3d) where it's much smoother. plus, it has better theme (ye, i know you can change a theme, but in floyo you just get good one at start), and it's more stable for me.
the only bad thing about floyo is i can't install overclock module on it, i always get a bootloop. but i don't care about OC that much, since it doesn't improve the performance that much, even if benchmarks are showing some great improvement.

+1 to racht's Floyo v.15 in its speed and performance!
but not too stable (for me) also it drains battery a bit faster
in the case of MiniCM its good, couple of reboots (common bug) and feels like 95% complete.
now, the battle in 2.2 is between miniCM and floyo,
(wishing there will be more updates for floyo)

Most Stable Stock/Custom ROM [Poll added]

Hello all, this is my first post and I have some queries. As we all know the new Samsung firmware JP2 has many bugs like Swype not working, Battery draining very fast etc. I want to know which is most stable ROM which doesn't have these problems.
I don't want to try any custom ROM because of overclocked processor as it will short it's life and void the warranty. I am thinking to flash the JPN ROM but though to get advice before doing anything. I hope it won't have any effect if I use European firmware as I am from India. I am currently using JP6.

I think you should be using Kyrillos' ROM. It's very stable.

Opt for a non-overclocked custom, you won't regret it If you really want to stay using stock roms, i'd suggest JPM/JPN.
Sent from my Lestatious 1.8.5 Galaxy

friend863 said:
Hello all, this is my first post and I have some queries. As we all know the new Samsung firmware JP2 has many bugs like Swype not working, Battery draining very fast etc. I want to know which is most stable ROM which doesn't have these problems.
I don't want to try any custom ROM because of overclocked processor as it will short it's life and void the warranty. I am thinking to flash the JPN ROM but though to get advice before doing anything. I hope it won't have any effect if I use European firmware as I am from India. I am currently using JP6.
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Try the new European release....XWJPF. Its a very stable rom. And no bugs. I am from india too. Its working flawless on my galaxy 3.
DDJG6>DDJP2>Kryillos 4.1>XWJPF

Using Kitchen v1.0 to create a new ROM with your feature do you want.
More details
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058699
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I'm testing it. Let's go with me.

customs are a balance and trade off
well stock ROM may be the most stable but from my experience of experimentations with different roms, and i've tried many roms, if you are thinking of intalling many applications then stock roms are just useless as you would get blank/black screens too often in the stock Tw launcher as the applications try to load from SD card, where you will have to install them for want of space. so if you want to try lot of applications you will have to go for a custom rom with ext2/ext4 support. after trying many custom roms i've finally stopped at POX v 1.0 non oc. Its silky smooth and thats after installation of more than 43 third party apps/games, though you will have to live with some minor glitches which you wont mind. Yes stay away from OC versions as they drain your battery and freeze your phone. The hardware (processor) structure if galaxy3 if not designed for overclocking though it may be overclocked.

XWJPF + go launcher ex
perfect combination..no lags blazingly fast
(oh yes i,ve also rooted my phone and have set cpu.. , so maybe thats y..still XWJPF...no problems)

i have JPM and thinking of moving to XWJPN.
how is it that JPM is pre-rooted if it is official samsung firmware?

I think you should be using Kyrillos' ROM too. It's very stable.

Samsung engineers aren't idiots or fools.. JP2 is d most stable ROM for this phone. I have used custom roms and trust me..there ain't any ROM more stable.
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dexter8088 said:
Samsung engineers aren't idiots or fools.. JP2 is d most stable ROM for this phone. I have used custom roms and trust me..there ain't any ROM more stable.
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Then i think you should try using the latest European firmware, XWJPF. Its far better than DDJP2. Trust me.

Lol JP2 has many bugs including battery draining issue. How come it is more stable?
Confused between multiple opinions. Might add a poll soon.

If you were to use custom roms, use the Non oc version by Kyrillos. From all the roms that i have tried (there have been many), i have found Kyrillos to be the best.
If you were to use regular Firmwares, the best i believe is either JPF or JPM. A lot of them out there still support JPF, while the constant flashers would recommend the JPM
BTW...Kyrillos is based on JPM

XXJPM by Kyrillos, safe flash and very stable

No worries, I think I have the perfect solution for you... In a few minutes I'll be posting my ROM, which is exactly what you need - because I made this ROM for I had the same problems as you!
Also, I'm writing this, coz I want to post it in the development section but I need 10 posts for that...

There are a lot of ROMs and as far as I see, you should try more then one, because everybody likes a different version...

Yeah, so here I am again. Uploaded, you might even try it - see if the problems go away!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079052

Now don't mind using any custom ROM if it is stable and good to use.
Poll added just to solve some confusion between multiple choices.

InDroid
InDroid v4 looks good n is going to be released soon
i would prefer non OC as it is more stable but u can look for OC as well!

Allthough I use my own custom ROM, I vote for Kyrillos's ROM because it's very stable and fast. I use it for a long period and I was very pleased.
Kyrillos ROM is not only stable, but gives you the choise of OC or Non OC capability!

[Q] Best choice for custom ROM

Hi friends.
First, I want to praise this forum ... that is fantastic!
My question is about the currently ROMs for my milestone 2...
I want to flash my ML2 with another ROM, to get a better experience with the battery life...
What ROM is the better choice?
- Argen2Stone 2.7
- CM7
- TIM Retail 2.3.6
- MIUI 2
- Others.... ?
Thanks again guys!

I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
Lose the video recording at 720p, but it works great.!!

It depend on your version of MS2. I have problems with gps in cyanogen's rom, so i'am using ms2ginger 2.1. It's perfect, everything's working, but it have shorter battery life. My friend have older revision of MS2, he had serious problems with keyboard and multitouch, but Endless7 cm7 runs perfectly on his phone.

VooDooKill said:
I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
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YES!
+1 for that rom .
It's pity, there's no Endless7's update for latest Tezet's CM7

Guys, I tried flash my phone with CM7 times ago....
I first flash the SO with "update-cm-7.1.0-DROID2WE-signed.zip"
After this I apply "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip"
All using Bootmenu.
But, the phone doesn't boot... the screen stay black and nothing happends....
After this, I recovery to 2.2 TIM RETAIL...
Can you post a link with a better tutorial for me?
Thanks!

betoneto.tbo said:
Can you post a link with a better tutorial for me?
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[HOW TO] install CyanogenMod/MIUI to your phone

betoneto.tbo said:
I first flash the SO with "update-cm-7.1.0-DROID2WE-signed.zip"
After this I apply "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip"
But, the phone doesn't boot... the screen stay black and nothing happends....
Thanks!
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May sound stupid, but allthough the milestone 2 and droid to appear to be the same phone, they are not the same phone.
Main difference is one is cdma (no sim - droid 2) and other is gsm (has a simcard - milestone2)
No method will ever get a droid 2 rom working on your milestone 2.
EDIT:
(moved to start of rant) If you have upgraded to the official gingerbread you can only use CM9, CM7(endless7), argen2stone. Just the ones with the GB kernel.
But as for other roms all roms, the choices are:
CM9: Not finished but quite stable now and a great look into ICS certainly work having a try of it. Uses GB kernel so no multitouch bug.
CM7 (tezet version): Stable, good, fast, has multitouch bug due to froyo kernel
CM7 (endless7 version/defy port): Not much difference from tezet version, but some added bells and whistles. Also uses the CH gingerbread kernel, so no multitouch bug and better touch response. I'd recommend this version personally, but it's all a matter of opinion. Also both versions show all market apps regardless of compatibility - can be handy if you wanna take advantage of a great sale knowing you can just use it when it is patched for your device or you upgrade. Or if you can tweak some stuff enough to trick it into working.
MIUI: Simply wonderful. Most stable one i have used. At first i hated the iphone likeness of it - but you can install a custom launcher if you wish. I got used to it though and ended up loving it once I tuned it to how i liked it - 1 screen with several folders and a clock widget the themes are great. It also uses the froyo kernel, so unfortunately has the multitouch bug. So i had to leave it
Argen2Stone: Pretty close to stock so if you liked the stock firmware but not it's slowness you will probably like this. Simply wasn't for me but for the time i used it, it was quite stable. Uses the CH gingerbread kernel though, so no multi touch bug here too . OH and is one of the few that has 720p video recording working I think.
I can't really remember ms2ginger and i have never tried blurless, so I won't comment on them.
Moral of the story, you can count the amount of roms we have available on you hand so why not get them all, and try them 1 day at a time?
They are all great roms and far better than stock was, so you can't really go wrong. No one here can possibly tell you what you like so you will just have to test them yourself soon enough and find out

DreadPirateDan said:
Also if you have upgraded to the official gingerbread you can only use CM9, CM7(endless7), argen2stone. Just the ones with the GB kernel.
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Pretty cool review about all the custom roms, DreadPirateDan! With a bonus information at last paragraph, wich made it worth all the "extensive" reading lollollol

lolll, good point - edited it to the beginning

VooDooKill said:
I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
Lose the video recording at 720p, but it works great.!!
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+1 me too great works of tezet and endless7

ive used Argen2Stone 2.7 ..its a really good rom.
now im using CM9 by tezet.

My vote goes for tezet's CM7, because I like more that clean CM7 than endless' mod.

i think CM7 of Tezet is the best.

I'm voting for MIUI - but I understand if someone don't like it due to it's quite bad touch responsiveness.

I want to shar my experience with you. I used all the rom you listed except "tim retail 2.3.6".
I'm now using A2S and UK 2.3.4 kernel. It has the perfect experience whatever daily use or game playing. But it has the shorter battery life(the same as cm7 or may be a little longer).
I often got reboot when i using cm7 especially when i entering games.
MIUI has the different style from other android roms. It also based on cm kernel, if you are boring with the original android UI ,you may try this rom. But this rom has the shortest battery life even less than CM7, and has the slow reflex when you have incall.
Sorry for my terrible English.
Sent from my A953 using XDA App

CM7 for me.. even if it doesn't have 720p recording it is battery friendly.. i like argen2stone but the only thing i dont like on this rom is blur UI.. they should have remove the UI because it eats too much ram >.<

[Q] ICS HD2

What is the best ICS Rom for HD2 At the moment?

Icecreamtoasty

v1.5 is the best ,but not prefect.

Yes i think to
i use this ROM : NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.3-CM9 V1.5. I love him But you must known, everything is not perfect. Not yet...

Im also keen on ICS
Which rom is suitable for everyday use ?? please can you recommend one that has working email/internet/wifi/camera&video obviously phone/text not major sluggish and freezes..whats battery life like?
When you say not perfect- in what terms ?
Thanks for your help

after using a few ICS builds i went back to 2.3.xxx
it's ok & nice but still not ready for prime time.
what you can do is use the SD version & you can put ICS & Froyo with different version builds & give them a run so that you can test them yourself.
Happy HD2'ing

mengfei said:
after using a few ICS builds i went back to 2.3.xxx
it's ok & nice but still not ready for prime time.
what you can do is use the SD version & you can put ICS & Froyo with different version builds & give them a run so that you can test them yourself.
Happy HD2'ing
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Massive +1 to that, don't bother using ICS as a daily driver. GB is the way to go for now, and if you use MAGLDR you can still run ICS (and any ROM you want, for that matter) from your SD card to play around with it, but you almost certainly won't be pleased with the performance.

Nigeldg said:
don't bother using ICS as a daily driver. GB is the way to go for now
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I strongly disagree. I currently use IceCreamTosti daily and it's more stable than my previous Nexus_HD2 gingerbread. Apps FC very rarely. Default launcher works better/loads faster now too. A few weeks now and everything's great. Except for hardware acceleration which I hope will be present any week now. Oh yeah - I flash the new ICS kernels from dorimanx.

I'm also using IceCreamTosti. Almost from begining of this rom, and its best out there, stable, fast, smooth. And i also have to disagree with that thing about not using ICS. from first day when i flashed ICS i was not able to get back to 2.3.x. I just recommend ICS to everyone with HD2

previously I've used Nexus ICS from Tytung. it was not so good ı think. there were lots of reboots. maybe it was my mistake, maybe i did something wrong with it. now from yesterday i've been using ICS tosti 0.11 ı ve flashed dorimanx 6.3 kernel and will be trying this. my first impression is it is a bit slow(without dorimanx kernel)
but I'm still waiting for perfect ICS build.

IceCreamTosti all the way.This rom is awesome and more than ready for day to day use.

Tosti seems to be the best but I would have to vote on the 'don't use ICS as a daily ROM' side.
I tried it once but I found the 2D performance to be annoying in the extreme. If you can live with that go for it.
Gingerbread till I see a significant update to current ICS roms.

HTC Desire Fanboy wants to boost girlfriends Galaxy S - need advices

Hi guys,
i know that Thread is kind of lazy but my girlfriends Galaxy S1 (Stock 2.3 ROM not rooted) is soooo damn slow and i wanna help her with a new ROM,Kernel etc...
Myself is using the newest ICS Release on my HTC Desire but i readed and informed me everyday for best performance.
At the HTC Desire topic im very well-informed but the Samsung topic is extremly new for me...so only thing i did : Stock 2.2 to Stock 2.3
(Kies is bull**** xD ?!?!)
I would like to root my girlfriends Droid but i dont know which ROM or Kernel should i chose...there are sooo much.
Because of that...guys: Whats the best, smoothest and especially stable ROM (especially for girls^^) whatever Gingerbread or ICS...i think JB is not smooth enough like on Desire :/ (too much issues etc)
It would be pretty if someone could help me so that i can boost the performance of my girlfriends phone on the best and stable way.
THX

Try stock android 2.3.6 ZSJW4. Root it with CF Root and she will be fine. Very stable and smooth with no bugs. Yoy can find it on Sammobile.com

For Gingerbread I recommend the Samsung stock roms, which are pretty stable.
See this thread for official GB firmwares from Samsung (includes also a guide for flashing stock roms with Odin).
See this thread for CF-Root, a basic rooted kernel for stock GB roms (it's the stock kernel with added su binary, SuperUser app and CWM recovery).
See this thread for Semaphore, an extended kernel for stock GB roms.
I only tried Cyanogenmod 9 as ICS rom so I can't recommend any other ICS rom, but CM9 is pretty stable (I'm using RC2 atm and have no big problems). To install CM9 or other ICS based roms, you need to install CF-Root or Semaphore first (through Odin), to get CWM recovery.

thx guys, but
@ c_codrut: i don't think that TouchWiz is a good choice...because its still boring and slowly
@stbenz: thanks for your informations, i will look at this. But im intrest about the CM9 Stuff on Galaxy S
I also use CM9 for my desire but its not officially supported...its an ROM from xda (DK-Zero) and its know very stable and without any big issues.
But i used it since 2012/04..and at this time it was very buggy...no mic no camera etc...for me no problem but for her xD not acceptable^^
But my problem is that myself can fix problems on my device and can live with it...but i dont want that my girlfriend need help with every update or something else...she should use the ROM as an almost stable and for daily-usable ROM.
I know that i should or could test it but its not my device and i couldn't walk all day with it^^ (hope you understand this )
It would be cool, if see could use ICS by CM or what about the AOKP ? (i missed that for my desire :/)
So best thing would be a almost stable ICS ROM....i/she dont need that Samsung UI i guess.
CM9 RC2 (from 2012-07-19) or the Nightly (from 2012-08-07) ?
or what about AOKP (Milestone 6) ?

cm9 + latest devil kernel :highfive:

AOKP milestone 6, semaphore 1.3.0s kernel. Fast, stable and she‘ll have unicorns.
sent from a telephonic device

Try Cm9 Rc2 very stable
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

With cm9 all hardware works except for fm radio. Some are reporting, that the latest nightlies are more stable than rc2, but thats most likely because bugfixes for bugs reported for rc2 are already merged to the nightlies. But I also think we are not far away from the next rc/final version, so if you don't want to flash too often, you could wait for the next rc/final version.

yahyoh said:
cm9 + latest devil kernel :highfive:
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This guy knows what he is saying. Use CM9 RC2 and Devil Kernel and you got yourself a blazingly fast winner!

ok, guys THX!!!
i will start with CM9RC2...was my favorite anyway
And when i update the ROM ...does it works like on Desire (wiping cache and dalvik) installing newest RC or Nightly?
Or the Kernels needs often to be update?

Hey, I am using this ROM and I can only say it is extremely good, a real revelation after using Froyo and GB. I had some issues with CM9 but it was also great and superfast. i9000 with ICS is like a completely new phone!
Hope this helped a bit.

Pritti said:
ok, guys THX!!!
i will start with CM9RC2...was my favorite anyway
And when i update the ROM ...does it works like on Desire (wiping cache and dalvik) installing newest RC or Nightly?
Or the Kernels needs often to be update?
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The kernel gets flashed every time you install an update, so if you have an alternative kernel, you have to flash it again every time you flash a new CM9 version. You also have to flash gapps after every update.

Girls will like MIUI ROM. Its beautiful and have custom theme... try it out.

ksavai said:
Girls will like MIUI ROM. Its beautiful and have custom theme... try it out.
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Eww iPhone look :thumbdown:
Cm9 and aokp have themes engine too
sent from another galaxy

Hi guys...im back and finished my work
I rooted with Odin and hopefully with the correct Kernel.After that i made a NAND-Backup.
So i wiped everything and flashed CM9 RC2 and the Gapps...and everything was smooth and cool
But so far i didn't flashed the devilkernel yet...the CM-kernel seems ok.
So my question whats the Pros and Cons of the Devil-kernel compared to the CM-builtin-Kernel?
I think batterylife is important than extreme power and high batteryloss, i guess for her ^^
BTW: To make CM more female, i installed a pink theme and a pink clock widget for my girlfriend, she's happy now
And again guys...THANKS...it was very interesting to flash and root an other device (brand) and i saw the differences, Pros and Cons!
In my opinion Rooting on desire was easier and not needed as much informations and readings ^^
I hope she get no big problems but i not averse to work on her device too^^
And im jealous that her ROM runs so stable...on Desire its also stable but the Videocam doesnt work ...damn :crying: (very choppy)
But there isn't a official CMsupport or 100% HWA

i don't know about the devils kernel, but i can definitely recommend the ICS semaphore kernel http://forum. xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468795
just remove the spaces.
using the smartassV2 govenor, etc, my phone's battery lasts about a day longer than it did on the cm9 kernel

Ok, i also use this governor on my desire and an extra sleep state governor
...the smartass v2 rocks !!!!
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

dhurk said:
Try Cm9 Rc2 very stable
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+1
edit: CM9 stable is now out. So that's a no brainer.
http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd&type=stable

woooow nice THX...but lol...i finished my work 2 days before xD
So is it possible to flash the stable Version over the RC2?without any negative aspects?!
The update process is like desire? wiping Cache and dalvik an flash the New Version?
Sry for these noob question but i want a good running system for my girl and cannot test the system many days like on my device
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

You just flash the stable over RC2, flash the google apps, and that's it. No need to wipe anything. If in doubt, make a nandroid backup before flashing.