So I have a Droid 2 which I rooted and have run Apex RC3 on since last fall. It recently has slowed down a bit and I have wanted to try switching to CyanogenMod7, but the whole concept of downgrading and then rerooting and then finally flashing the ROM seemed quite complicated.
Is that in fact what I have to do? I'm on 2.3.3, not 2.3.4 (I know there's a problem with downgrading from that), but is it not possible to simply flash CM7 from my current situation? It seems kind of redundant to unroot my phone just to reroot it again.
Finally, I am using Titanium Backup to store some data and I have a few questions. First of all, which one of the many contacts options is the one that actually stores my contact data? I would prefer not to backup and then restore all five or six of them. In addition, if I am forced to flash back to stock and unroot, will anything happen to my backups (obviously I can't use Titanium Backup while unrooted, I mean once I finally reroot and get CM7).
Thanks in advance for any help!
Find the version of CM7 for Ginger Bread (2.3.3)
Get the zip, and GApps if necessary
Place it on the root directory so it will be easy to locate
Go into your contacts and export them to your SD Card
Boot into Recovery
Wipe Data, Wipe Cache, go to Advanced then Wipe Dalvik Cache
Go to Mounts and Storage, Format System, then Mount System
Install zip from sd card, choose zip from sd card, select and let it run (repeat for Gapps if necessary)
Reboot
Actually it is possible to install cm7 over 2.3.3 you just have to use the unofficial cm7 on rootzwiki
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So pretty much, I can just flash any of these ROMs the same way I did Apex (in recovery, wipe the data and cache and then install .zip for ROM and gapps) so long as I'm running the right OS/have the right kernel? I noticed on rootzwiki that there is actually a version of CM9 up, could I do that the same way too?
Just some info in case it's needed:
System Version: 4.5.153.A955-continuous.Verizon.en.US
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: BP_C_01.09.13P
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9-gca08d89
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Tue Jul 19 22:10:06 IST 2011
Yes, you can flash CM7/9, MIUI, Gummy, etc as you did before. Just make sure if you flash any actual 4.0 roms such as CM9/MIUI V4 you format and then re-mount system. There are slight differences in GB and ICS that apparently necessitate this because anyone who has skipped this step has ended up having to SBF back to GB and start over.
Perfect, thanks. One last question for now though (I'll flash later today): will the data I'm saving on Titanium Backup transfer over to an ICS rom? I'm saving my messaging data and some data for games, and I'm not sure whether they are applicable on the new OS.
As far as I know yes, that will work with TB, but you also might want to download an SMS backup app from the Play Store quickly just in case.
Just wanted to say thanks to MissionImprobable and Albinoman for their help--I'm successfully running CM9 on my Droid 2!
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I've been running on CM7 for quite some time, but would like to give AXURA a test drive for a bit. I'm curious as to how I go about this in CWM. I've used ROM Manager to do it, and chose wipe cache, which wiped the system partition, but I've never done it within CWM, which I use more often now. Any help?
Boot into cwm select wipe data factory reset then wipe cache then go to advance>wipe dalvik cache. Then you should be good to go to flash Axura directly following those steps. Remember to make a backup before you do anything. Hope this helps.
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1. Download the ROM
2. Put it on the root of your SDcard
3. Boot into Clockwork Recovery (Go into ROM Manager.. boot into Recovery) or adb reboot recovery or terminal (su; reboot recovery) and so on.
4. Wipe Factory, Cache, Dalvik
5. Install zip from sdcard
6. Pick Axura
7. Reboot
Thanks. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to wipe my SD-card partition when I chose factory wipe. I just wiped and it's all good.
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Thanks. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to wipe my SD-card partition when I chose factory wipe. I just wiped and it's all good.
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Wiping factory settings will wipe:
A) Applications
B) Settings
... if you're going to flash, I recommend getting a backup app such as Titanium Backup (Pro) so it would save your apps + data.
Wiping partition is "Partition SD Card" in advanced. Nothing to worry about.
There are full instructions on the first link in my signature
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Yeah I got it all taken care of. I'm pretty familiar with all the programs and procedures, had my Titanium Backups, etc, but I had never actually done a system wipe from within CWM, only flashes over old builds.
And I'm ALREADY back on CM7 20 mins later, haha. Axura was cool, but I was having issues getting root access for progs, etc.
I've been having issues with force closes lately in CM7, so hopefully the full wipe will fix it.
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Yeah I got it all taken care of. I'm pretty familiar with all the programs and procedures, had my Titanium Backups, etc, but I had never actually done a system wipe from within CWM, only flashes over old builds.
And I'm ALREADY back on CM7 20 mins later, haha. Axura was cool, but I was having issues getting root access for progs, etc.
I've been having issues with force closes lately in CM7, so hopefully the full wipe will fix it.
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Did you try fixing permissions in Clockwork Recovery / ROM Manager? That usually fixes Force closes.
Also, which gapps should I get? It's been a while and I lost my link.
Zephik, no I hadnt done that in about a month. I'll do that next time it happens.
Also, this is really wierd, but when I booted into a fresh install of CM7, it never said welcome to Nexus S. It simply went to the home screen without any Google account info entered.
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Also, which gapps should I get? It's been a while and I lost my link
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I don't think they've updated them since january so it should be the same ones. Could be wrong though in which case I need to update my own gapps lawl
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Also, which gapps should I get? It's been a while and I lost my link.
Zephik, no I hadnt done that in about a month. I'll do that next time it happens.
Also, this is really wierd, but when I booted into a fresh install of CM7, it never said welcome to Nexus S. It simply went to the home screen without any Google account info entered.
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Gapps: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cxlbp3zj1s5l92v This includes Market 2.3.4 whereas the official gapps doesn't include Market 2.3.4 and uses Market 2.3.3.
Fixing permissions is in either: A) ROM Manager
B) Clockwork Recovery (in advanced).
And it did that either because:
A) You didnt wipe factory settings
B) Didn't flash gapps. [When you flash another ROM then back to CM7.. gapps get wiped]
@Ken: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/ are official. But I linked above with a newer market. It's been updated since March 07
Thanks man.
zephiK said:
Gapps: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cxlbp3zj1s5l92v This includes Market 2.3.4 whereas the official gapps doesn't include Market 2.3.4 and uses Market 2.3.3.
Fixing permissions is in either: A) ROM Manager
B) Clockwork Recovery (in advanced).
And it did that either because:
A) You didnt wipe factory settings
B) Didn't flash gapps. [When you flash another ROM then back to CM7.. gapps get wiped]
@Ken: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/ are official. But I linked above with a newer market. It's been updated since March 07
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Thanks man, I need to update my gapps too then
Hey all still a newb here so posting the question here. Now Ive got myself to 3.2.2 rooted it and then got stock rooted 4.0.3 ics on it. Everything run sweet after ready threads I think the Team EOS build seems better.
So my question is how would I go to the build from what I have now. Ive read the thread but it lacking a bit of info and somewhat confusing. Im thinking I do a complete wipe from recovery (which is clockwork) then flash build zip from sd. then flash gapp.zip (google apps) from sd...
Is this correct? I just want to make sure.
Thanks everyone!
MYYZTIK said:
Hey all still a newb here so posting the question here. Now Ive got myself to 3.2.2 rooted it and then got stock rooted 4.0.3 ics on it. Everything run sweet after ready threads I think the Team EOS build seems better.
So my question is how would I go to the build from what I have now. Ive read the thread but it lacking a bit of info and somewhat confusing. Im thinking I do a complete wipe from recovery (which is clockwork) then flash build zip from sd. then flash gapp.zip (google apps) from sd...
Is this correct? I just want to make sure.
Thanks everyone!
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This is correct.
Wipe Data (Factory Reset), wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache and battery stats.
flash the build zip and gapp.zip from SD and you're all set.
thanks!
hoopsdavis said:
This is correct.
Wipe Data (Factory Reset), wipe cache, wipe dalvik-cache and battery stats.
flash the build zip and gapp.zip from SD and you're all set.
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Battery stats eh? cool didnt know that one! Thanks man! Going to rock this now.
MYYZTIK said:
Hey all still a newb here so posting the question here. Now Ive got myself to 3.2.2 rooted it and then got stock rooted 4.0.3 ics on it. Everything run sweet after ready threads I think the Team EOS build seems better.
So my question is how would I go to the build from what I have now. Ive read the thread but it lacking a bit of info and somewhat confusing. Im thinking I do a complete wipe from recovery (which is clockwork) then flash build zip from sd. then flash gapp.zip (google apps) from sd...
Is this correct? I just want to make sure.
Thanks everyone!
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If you have CWM recovery installed you can just flash the most current Eos nightly build --if you're wifi-only then it's wingray build #44, and then right after, flash the Eos GApps v 10.3. You will have to wipe your cache partitions and go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache. You might get away without a data wipe, but if things get unstable (due to new version of GApps) you'll have to wipe.
Make sure to make a nandroid backup first.
nice.
okantomi said:
If you have CWM recovery installed you can just flash the most current Eos nightly build --if you're wifi-only then it's wingray build #44, and then right after, flash the Eos GApps v 10.3. You will have to wipe your cache partitions and go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache. You might get away without a data wipe, but if things get unstable (due to new version of GApps) you'll have to wipe.
Make sure to make a nandroid backup first.
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Thanks everyone for the help rocking EOS!
lol i just wish you didnt have to wipe everything....
lucky
alex94kumar said:
lol i just wish you didnt have to wipe everything....
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I was lucky and hadn't put too much on it. So the wipe wasn't a big deal, if I'm right don't have to wipe every time to update build so was worth it. As a lot say my Xoom a lot snappier now. Would recommend doing it!
Wiping is usually the best way to go. There are workarounds, but the effort it takes to do so kinda outweighs the result.
so my question is....
im new over here, and fairly new to xoom and modding and what not.... anyway would i let the xoom update to 4.0.3 then flash to the nightly?
this is where im lost cause im on 3.2 right now, im unlocked, rooted and have cwm 3.2.0.0 ( US ver wifi only )
i want to finally get a custom rom on here but not sure what to go with?
TheLostXoom said:
im new over here, and fairly new to xoom and modding and what not.... anyway would i let the xoom update to 4.0.3 then flash to the nightly?
this is where im lost cause im on 3.2 right now, im unlocked, rooted and have cwm 3.2.0.0 ( US ver wifi only )
i want to finally get a custom rom on here but not sure what to go with?
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I went from a rooted tiamat 3.2 rom to a nightly and it worked fine. I would do a wipe within clockwork recovery before flashin the new rom. Also remember to use titanium backup to backup your stuff first...
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bacon612 said:
I went from a rooted tiamat 3.2 rom to a nightly and it worked fine. I would do a wipe within clockwork recovery before flashin the new rom. Also remember to use titanium backup to backup your stuff first...
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the other thing is im trying to find a walkthough ish or something goin from 3.2 to the nightly.. i cant find to to much on this.. or maybe i havent searched enough anyway .... and i dont have anything installed right now on it other then the rom manager ....
so would i just go about flashin it the same as i did when i did the full restore? still a little confused
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the other thing is im trying to find a walkthough ish or something goin from 3.2 to the nightly.. i cant find to to much on this.. or maybe i havent searched enough anyway .... and i dont have anything installed right now on it other then the rom manager ....
so would i just go about flashin it the same as i did when i did the full restore? still a little confused
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Are you still rooted and do you have CWM recovery installed? If yes, it's easy to flash Eos ICS. You go to the correct thread for your device, download the latest Eos ICS rom, the latest Eos GApps v 10.3, put them on your micro sdcard (or internal storage, depending on what CWM recovery you have), boot into recovery, do a nandroid backup, do a data wipe/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, then flash the rom and the GApps zips one after the other all in the same recovery session, without a reboot inbetween. Then, reboot into Eos ICS goodness! Get all set-up and you're good to go. It will help if you do a full backup of all user apps and data in Titanium Backup and then, after your wipe, do a batch restore of "missing apps and data."
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Are you still rooted and do you have CWM recovery installed? If yes, it's easy to flash Eos ICS. You go to the correct thread for your device, download the latest Eos ICS rom, the latest Eos GApps v 10.3, put them on your micro sdcard (or internal storage, depending on what CWM recovery you have), boot into recovery, do a nandroid backup, do a data wipe/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, then flash the rom and the GApps zips one after the other all in the same recovery session, without a reboot inbetween. Then, reboot into Eos ICS goodness! Get all set-up and you're good to go. It will help if you do a full backup of all user apps and data in Titanium Backup and then, after your wipe, do a batch restore of "missing apps and data."
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When first flashing a nightly a nandroid backup is recommended but it's not that necessary when going from your first nightly to another nightly. At least I don't do that because I'd rather hasten the whole data wipe/flash process and it works for me.
It's been a long while since I flashed a ROM and I am bit rusty on the process.
I downloaded the ROM for vision.
Where do I put it? On the phone or the external SD card?
Boot into CWM and then? Do I need to clear cache, data, anything?
And then I flash the ROM, right?
Put the ROM on the SD card. You can flash it from ROM Manager, or as you say boot into recovery and flash it from there. Make sure you backup your current ROM before you start though.
You should be fine just to wipe cache and flash it over the top.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
Thank you. I tried doing that. A couple of issues:
1. Market showed only about 10 apps. I couldn't find all my apps. I thought market synced and downloaded any missing app.
2. More importantly, I could not download any app. I kept getting market error. I tried rebooting and wiping market data, but nothing.
I went back to the backup. Any pointers?
Back up your apps via titanium backup the do a full wipe the flash new rom, the restore apps via titaniumbackup
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Hey
I got a bad case of the lag (sometimes i have to wait 30s for the launcher to show the icons after unlocking the screen <.<'). Tried the Forever Gone approach, but i'ts still laggy and i guess it's because i'm still on the old code base (with Paranoid Android 2.14). So i've decided to do a full update - new bootloader, last PA (2.2), and a new kernel (i'm still with the stock one). Also i think to do a full wipe as i'm going along with it. I'm using TWRP.
So i did my research, but it'll be nice if somebody does a quick sanity check on my todo list
0. Backup (i don't like the idea of full apk+settings backup, so i'll try to cherrypick the things i want to backup - like game saves, etc)
1. Full wipe - nuke /data, /system, /boot
2. Flash new bootloader (JZO54K_bootloader.zip)
3. Flash new Paranoid Android 2.2
4. Redownload all apps from Appstore
5. Restore backup
The kernel part is missing, because i'm still undecided with what should i go. I don't want overclocks, but i want it to be able to undervolt (apply Jay's buttery goodness maybe). If someone can recommend me something i'd be grateful.
So... that's about it
This is what I did when I updated but instead with CNA.
0. Backup
1. Full wipe
2. Flash new rom ( I flashed CNA 3.7.0 before they removed it for bug fixes)
3. Reboot and make sure rom is functional
4. Reboot into recovery and flash new bootloader
5. Reboot again to test, reboot to recovery to test, and lastly fastboot
6. Restore backup from Titanium
You forgot an important steps.. flash GAPPS after you flash PA. Otherwise your google apps won't work.
Do this:
1. Backup
2. Wipe Data/Cache/ Delvik Cache
3. Flash PA 2.3
4. Flash GAPPS
5. reboot
Then you set up your nexus 7 however you want, with the help of titanium etc :good:
Ah, yes - i count this as a thing that goes hand to hand with the PA flashing so that's why it's not there.
So - tomorrow when i have some free time i'll wipe the lagging monster
Thanks!
Hey guys!
I just got my GS3 rooted and installed the touch version of cwm and now am thinking of flashing a custom rom of my choice.
Now before I flashed anything I used the GS3 Toolkit to backup all my device and when I came to dig deeper on how to flash my GS3 I was left with one unanswered question that I couldn't find an answer to. My android version on my current device is 4.1.2 but the rom I want to flash (Dirty Unicorn) is based on 4.3.1. can I just flash it normally or are there a few steps involved to prevent my device from being bricked?
Thanks in advance I hope this helps someone out there as well
Lots of love,
A rookie passionate about Android!
No, I have flashed flashed DU a few times and even dirty flashed it over PA. You shouldn't have any trouble just make sure you follow the directions to the letter and make a backup first.
Good Luck.
Dnt forget to backup your EFS if you want to get back to 4.1.x or 4.2.x
sent from sgs3 -stock 4.3 open europe rom
Just a nandroid backup in the recovery on your external sd card, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, (and then i usually format system) for a clean install. Then go to install zip and choose your zip.
Don't forget to place your rom on your external sd card so you won't format it by mistake( I already did so, just be carefull and take your time):good: