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Tips on fixing my glitches?

I'm very new to android in general (Just got my Hero yesterday), and I rooted and flashed the Fresh ROM to it...I don't know if I did something wrong, or if the ROM is just glitchy, but certain things just don't work correctly...apps tend to close themselves on occasion, and if I try to open the "Manage Applications" it pops up a box saying it ended unexpectedly and makes me force close it.
In a sad twist of fate, I formatted the SD card thinking there was nothing on it, not remembering that that's where my Nandroid backup was...
Is there a way I can reflash the original ROM on there? I don't want to lose root, but I don't like the crashing-ness. Or is there a better ROM out there?

You sure can.
/showthread.php?t=608434
If you decide to root and flash Fresh again I'd recommend using Fresh Kitchen.
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Scooley01 said:
I'm very new to android in general (Just got my Hero yesterday), and I rooted and flashed the Fresh ROM to it...I don't know if I did something wrong, or if the ROM is just glitchy, but certain things just don't work correctly...apps tend to close themselves on occasion, and if I try to open the "Manage Applications" it pops up a box saying it ended unexpectedly and makes me force close it.
In a sad twist of fate, I formatted the SD card thinking there was nothing on it, not remembering that that's where my Nandroid backup was...
Is there a way I can reflash the original ROM on there? I don't want to lose root, but I don't like the crashing-ness. Or is there a better ROM out there?
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Just flash Damagecontrols latest ROM 2.06 it is the most stable ROM at this time.

So when I'm flashing a new ROM, what are the steps to do that properly? Boot to recovery, wipe, flash?

Scooley01 said:
So when I'm flashing a new ROM, what are the steps to do that properly? Boot to recovery, wipe, flash?
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2nd running the DC rom. The fresh rom comes from one with a questionable character. Since you already formated your SD card create a ext partition to use app2sd. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik and wipe SD:ext partition. Go to USB-MS toggle and put DC 2.06 on. Flash zip from sd. Enjoy.

Amon-RA VS Clockwork

The difference bewteen the 2 and which one is better can anyone tell me thanks

Both are about the same. I've used both today while rooting my Evo. The only difference I came across is that Rom Manager, an awesome tool, required Clockwork in order to do anything. However, I'm running the Fresh ROM, and it isn't possible to directly apply any changes through Fresh Updater with Clockwork installed; the whole thing went to hell and I had to do a nandroid restore.

I prefer the latest clockwork atm because I actually has "back" menu options and backs up my ext partition on my sd card.

I use to prefer Clockwork because of how user friendly it was in comparison, and how you can search through every folder on your sdcard. But now I found that it doesn't completely factory reset your phone and wipe your dalvik cache. Amon-RA is what I have been using since I have found this out.

Beejis said:
I use to prefer Clockwork because of how user friendly it was in comparison, and how you can search through every folder on your sdcard. But now I found that it doesn't completely factory reset your phone and wipe your dalvik cache. Amon-RA is what I have been using since I have found this out.
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The clockworkMOD was updated a few days ago. I am sure that this problem you claim has been fixed.

Mecha2142 said:
Both are about the same. I've used both today while rooting my Evo. The only difference I came across is that Rom Manager, an awesome tool, required Clockwork in order to do anything. However, I'm running the Fresh ROM, and it isn't possible to directly apply any changes through Fresh Updater with Clockwork installed; the whole thing went to hell and I had to do a nandroid restore.
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You can download the update with the Fresh Updater, Click on apply later. The open Rom Manager and install from SD.

Thanks for all the info it sounds like it depends on the rom you choose to run and personal preference Thanks

[Q] Which ROM Do you suggest?

I'm looking to upgrade my phone to a custom ROM, but I'm not sure which one is the best for my needs. This is what I am looking for:
Fyro Update
Increased Phone Speed
Increased Battery Support
Adblock for browser and apps
Also, how do I flash my ROM? I have the drivers to connect my phone to my computer, and that's about as far as I got. Secondly, will I lose my apps and their data? I already have my contacts and SMS backed up.
Thanks guys
jt

As a shameless plug - I whole-heartedly recommend SyndicateROM. It'll fulfill three of your four features already (including ad blocking in apps and the browser), and when the OFFICIAL, FINAL (ACS prides itself on stability and feature-completeness) Froyo release is out, it will be updated right away!

That's actually the one I was looking at. Is there instructions on how to flash your ROM? Will I lose my apps and their data?

After rooting you'll need Clockwork Recovery mod(CWM). Look for a Dev who has created a root with a CWM install (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388).
1. Follow steps to root and install CWM.
2. Download a ROM and put it on your SDcard (Start with ones that have been around for a while and have been tested quite a bit. Avoid Froyo ones till you feel comfortable with CWM and Odin {if you ever use it}).
3. Reboot into CWM, BACKUP everything (this is key for your data to come back), wipe x3 (including cache)
4. Install ROM from SDcard(reboot, may take a few minutes to load for the first time)
5. Reboot into CWM, and advance restore (DATA only). reboot
6. Enjoy with all your data.
Hope this helps

Epic Experience + Phoenix is the best battery life I've had on any ROM.
Performance feels like stock, which is to say, this phone is really fast just as is and I don't think its screaming for better performance out of the box. Its not like it feels sluggish like the Evo does.

All these devs do great work! You can't go wrong with any of these roms. This belongs in the General Discussions section!
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Streamline8 said:
After rooting you'll need Clockwork Recovery mod(CWM). Look for a Dev who has created a root with a CWM install (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388).
1. Follow steps to root and install CWM.
2. Download a ROM and put it on your SDcard (Start with ones that have been around for a while and have been tested quite a bit. Avoid Froyo ones till you feel comfortable with CWM and Odin {if you ever use it}).
3. Reboot into CWM, BACKUP everything (this is key for your data to come back), wipe x3 (including cache)
4. Install ROM from SDcard(reboot, may take a few minutes to load for the first time)
5. Reboot into CWM, and advance restore (DATA only). reboot
6. Enjoy with all your data.
Hope this helps
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Hoping you can help me a little further;
1) Done successfully
2) Done
3) How do I boot into CWM? I installed Titanium back up, and ROM manager - not sure if that's needed or not
Thanks guys
PS, sorry for posting in the wrong section

tuttjs said:
Hoping you can help me a little further;
1) Done successfully
2) Done
3) How do I boot into CWM? I installed Titanium back up, and ROM manager - not sure if that's needed or not
Thanks guys
PS, sorry for posting in the wrong section
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camera button, down volume and power on.

I suggest you try them all and figure out what you like or don't like. Also try out the ODIN program so when you accidentally bork your phone you will know how to fix it right away.

Got it. I assume this is backing up to my SD card. Do I not wipe my SD card?
Thanks, this should be the last question!

tuttjs said:
Got it. I assume this is backing up to my SD card. Do I not wipe my SD card?
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The only way you will wipe your SD card is if you partition it for A2SD support. The factory reset wipes all your data and might be a good idea if you are going from one rom/kernel to another. CWM backs up to your SD card. I have about 6 backups and can restore several different roms if I want. If you try all the roms out and make backups of all them it will be easy to go back to what you want.
A program called ROM Manager will make it easy to rename your backups.

Restore backup from Rom Manager?

Haven't done a restore via rom manager yet, but I'm thinking of restoring back to cm7 from evil's virtuous sense 3.0 rom. Great rom, but I'm having issues with the widgets and data...
Anyway - so I don't have to manually wipe anything? Just select "restore" from rom manager, and it'll do the rest? How about kernels? I'm running faux's GB sense kernel, which obviously wouldn't work with cm7...so would the rom manager 'restore' also revert to the old kernel? Thx for any tips!

sunsean said:
Haven't done a restore via rom manager yet, but I'm thinking of restoring back to cm7 from evil's virtuous sense 3.0 rom. Great rom, but I'm having issues with the widgets and data...
Anyway - so I don't have to manually wipe anything? Just select "restore" from rom manager, and it'll do the rest? How about kernels? I'm running faux's GB sense kernel, which obviously wouldn't work with cm7...so would the rom manager 'restore' also revert to the old kernel? Thx for any tips!
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Boot into recovery > wipe/factory wipe > backup/restore > restore > wait > reboot system.
it will replace EVERYTHING [but the radio] to the point where you took the snap shot of that ROM.

neidlinger said:
Boot into recovery > wipe/factory wipe > backup/restore > restore > wait > reboot system.
it will replace EVERYTHING [but the radio] to the point where you took the snap shot of that ROM.
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Thx, so you suggest just doing it straight through recovery as opposed to the app's "restore" option...? I was just curious if doing it that way streamlined the process, not that it's hard to begin with lol.

sunsean said:
Thx, so you suggest just doing it straight through recovery as opposed to the app's "restore" option...? I was just curious if doing it that way streamlined the process, not that it's hard to begin with lol.
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It's one and the same. The App will run a script that will jump start the process. But i prefer doing it directly from the Recovery image.I just like making sure everything gets done.

I always just restore straight from the app. I've never had any problems with it. I recommend it because it's easy

Boot into recovery wipe data is always the wise way as neidlinger said that's the best way to make sure everything is done . I change my rom very often and that's how i do it and i never had any problems .

no service
Ack! Saved me from a new post... (hopefully)
I get no service after restoring to royalginger from sense 3.0! Phone just gets really hot and attempting to view networks results in an error!
wipe and reflash yielded the same result.
I did a factory restore to see if it had the problem, no.. I had service!
Anyone help? I did run fix permissions.. no difference
Gonna try reflashing radio real quick..
Update.. It resolved itself. It had the characteristics of being stuck in wifi calling mode. Once back on my network, it connected, and from then on i was able to connect to the mobile network without issue.

jawonder said:
Boot into recovery wipe data is always the wise way as neidlinger said that's the best way to make sure everything is done . I change my rom very often and that's how i do it and i never had any problems .
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Restoring automatically wipes the data already
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[Q] Question about flashing custom rom on desire z

Hi, well i've had this phone little over a week and have only just got into the whole process of rooting so in some terms i'm a bit of a noob.
I'm not going to lie, the satisfying feeling of rooting my phone and learning ADB and using SDK manager was pretty good, and I've successfully rooted my phone and overclocked it,
However now i'd like to install a more update custom rom and this seems to be the right one, the Virtuous Sense as its basically the most recent update without the crap i feel. Link
My question is however on how to install this custom rom and the process of it, at the moment i'm running a rooted 1.34 stock rom i think on the htc desire z and i'd like to update it, I've made a Nandroid backup using astro file manager and backed up my apps and contacts are backed up online,
is the process of flashing a new rom as simple as downloading the zip file, placing it on my sd card and using the recovery bootloader and installing it from that?
I'd just like to ask if i'm missing out any crucial steps here or if there's any tips you guys would like to share or any other custom roms you feel are better than the one i've chosen.
On a final note, i'd like to say this forum has amazing help and guides which have helped me so far,
Thanks!

If you don't already have it, download ROM Manager from the Market.
Astro just backs up app data right? That's not a nandroid. A nandroid is a full backup of the whole OS and all your data. You can do this wtih Clockworkmod, which is included with ROM Manager. Open ROM Manager, and pick the option to flash Clockworkmod.
I haven't used Astro to backup my apps, many people use Titanium Backup. But I assume the backup in Astro is similar. You should also backup SMS and email (other than Gmail) if you want to keep those, as those will also be wiped.
Flashing a ROM is a a breeze with ROM Manager. You can get Virtuous right on the ROM Manager app itself, and just flash from there. Really, rooting is 95% of the work, flashing a custom ROM is a breeze.
When you go to flash a ROM in ROM Manager, it will give you the option to backup your ROM (nandroid), so select that. It will also give you the option to wipe, which you should also select. Then ROM Manager will just do the rest.
If a certain custom ROM you want is not included in ROM Manager, just copy the zip for the ROM to your SD card. Pick the option in ROM Manager to install a ROM from SD card. Then select the zip, and the rest is same as the paragraph above.
You MIGHT be able to get away with not wiping your data, since stock DZ ROM and Virtuous are very similar ROMs. But it may also cause some random bugs, requiring you to wipe data and re-flash. In general, follow the instructions in the thread for the custom ROM you want, regarding whether a data wipe is needed. Usually, you can avoid a data wipe if you are staying on the same custom ROM, but a newer version. But a full wipe is the safest bet. You should always wipe cache and dalvik (you can wipe those in Hboot).

redpoint73 said:
If you don't already have it, download ROM Manager from the Market.
Astro just backs up app data right? That's not a nandroid. A nandroid is a full backup of the whole OS and all your data. You can do this wtih Clockworkmod, which is included with ROM Manager. Open ROM Manager, and pick the option to flash Clockworkmod.
I haven't used Astro to backup my apps, many people use Titanium Backup. But I assume the backup in Astro is similar. You should also backup SMS and email (other than Gmail) if you want to keep those, as those will also be wiped.
Flashing a ROM is a a breeze with ROM Manager. You can get Virtuous right on the ROM Manager app itself, and just flash from there. Really, rooting is 95% of the work, flashing a custom ROM is a breeze.
When you go to flash a ROM in ROM Manager, it will give you the option to backup your ROM (nandroid), so select that. It will also give you the option to wipe, which you should also select. Then ROM Manager will just do the rest.
If a certain custom ROM you want is not included in ROM Manager, just copy the zip for the ROM to your SD card. Pick the option in ROM Manager to install a ROM from SD card. Then select the zip, and the rest is same as the paragraph above.
You MIGHT be able to get away with not wiping your data, since stock DZ ROM and Virtuous are very similar ROMs. But it may also cause some random bugs, requiring you to wipe data and re-flash. In general, follow the instructions in the thread for the custom ROM you want, regarding whether a data wipe is needed. Usually, you can avoid a data wipe if you are staying on the same custom ROM, but a newer version. But a full wipe is the safest bet. You should always wipe cache and dalvik (you can wipe those in Hboot).
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thanks for the help, one quick question though, i've overclocked and used set cpu on the rom with the kernel they specified, though when my phone's display is off, and i click the power button, the buttons at the bottom of the screen turn on but the display stays off, is there a fix for this?

edit: redpoints advice sounds a lot more competent to me, so I would go with that.
(This sounds like a common issue that occurs when you specified a screen off profile in set cpu. If you have it set up so that the cpu is underclocked while the screen is off, it won't wake up since it doesn't have enough power.
Even though this hasn't happened to me before, I've read that the issue will disappear if you raise the clock from say 245mHz to 368mHz.
Hope this will help.)

That is a known issue with the Virtuous Advanced kernel. So I assume this is the kernel you flashed. The Advanced kernel is only needed if you want to overclock greater than 1 GHz. The kernel that is included with the Virtuous ROM is already OCed to 1 GHz by default (no kernel flashing required).
But since you have already flashed the Advanced kernel, the fix is to use screen-off profiles in SetCPU. I believe the fix is to make a screen off profile with "interactive" as the governor, and that's it. But its well covered under the Virtuous kernel thread, so you can check there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967153
From what I recall, what is happening is the CPU is scaling up too fast when you wake the phone, and using up too much voltage, preventing the screen from waking.

thomas_wlc said:
This sounds like a common issue that occurs when you specified a screen off profile in set cpu. If you have it set up so that the cpu is underclocked while the screen is off, it won't wake up since it doesn't have enough power.
Even though this hasn't happened to me before, I've read that the issue will disappear if you raise the clock from say 245mHz to 368mHz.
Hope this will help.
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This might work too. A few different possible solutions were given in the Virtuous kernel thread. The one I think worked for me (when I was on Virtuous) was a screen off profile with interactive governor, and that's all.
Underclocking the CPU while the screen is off is unnecessary. The CPU does that automatically, anyway.