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Can I do a restore when on a custom Rom?

Ok I can't find anything to answer this question. Therefore I am asking, because I just don't believe this has been asked be4. I am running Revolution HD 6.3.1. My phone(HTC INSPIRE 4G) sometimes just slows down to a halt. It started about a week ago. I have uninstalled a good many apps, and cleared plenty of space. Prior to rooting, and flashing I had this problem and restoring to factory setting fixed this. Ok now that I've explained that, the Rom(as stated above) I'm on has the option to do this. I want to know if I do this if it will "restore back to just flashed condition" although it says factory condition, but Is a flashed ROM. Will it just simply put, brick my device, or reinstall the Rom as if I had just flashed it. Thanks ahead of time.
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Ir you factory reset the phone you will get stuck in the splash screen. If you want to go back to stock, the restore a backup from CWM or flash a stock Rom from CWM. Factory reset does not work in custom roms...
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Thanks for that response. I'm not interested in stock at all. I just wanted to know if it would work. Root and flashed Roms are always smoother, even if some of them have bumps. Truthfully I'm waiting on a RC Rom from Existz, as I just want a stock android experience
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In CWM wipe data and cache and it should be some sort of factory reset.
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johrie said:
In CWM wipe data and cache and it should be some sort of factory reset.
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this will restore original behavior of rom?

dmytrop said:
this will restore original behavior of rom?
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Thats what the man said.

[Q] TWRP won't backup

TWRP won't backup because apparently 'sdcard is not mounted'. The Nexus 7 runs on an emulated sdcard storage, so how do I get about doing a nandroid through TWRP?

try reflashing twrp i dont think it should behave that way
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Make sure you're using the latest TWRP version.
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ngoralph said:
try reflashing twrp i dont think it should behave that way
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RMarkwald said:
Make sure you're using the latest TWRP version.
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Using the latest.
A settings reset did the job - backup went smoothly without complications after that. Thanks for the help!

Getting fc's on on all roms

Just like its says. I even backed up stock ROM and now getting fc's on July plus
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No need to start a second thread for this... I'll say it again, have you wiped data in between ROMs? Or what are you doing after installing the ROM if you've wiped it?

harley1rocker said:
Just like its says. I even backed up stock ROM and now getting fc's on July plus
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Make sure to wipe everything before installing a new ROM, then run fix permissions (advanced options in CWM recovery) from either your recovery or from ROM Manager. After reinstalling all your apps and settings, make sure to fix permissions again.

Wipe system before you install your ROM, in addition to wiping cache, dalvik, data. If you do it right it will work
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knuckles1978 said:
Wipe system before you install your ROM, in addition to wiping cache, dalvik, data. If you do it right it will work
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Typically unnecessary, as it its generally wiped during the install process.
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najaboy said:
Typically unnecessary, as it its generally wiped during the install process.
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I like to be sure, and I haven't had any problems installing ROMs on my N7, and I've flashed pretty much every one there is, kernels too. There have been ROMs that liked to be flashed 3 times for no real reason, so I say its good practice to manually format partitions, caches etc yourself, even if it's supposed to be done on install. If I do it manually, I know that it has been done
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[Q] stuck in bootloader cause no os

Hi, i rooted my nexus 7 and then i wanted to install a custom rom, so i downloaded it and gapps then went to recovery wiped everything, went to install, didnt find the rom file and forgot to nandroid backup, so what can I do now? Cant transfer files to the tablet, help please!
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naierakram said:
Hi, i rooted my nexus 7 and then i wanted to install a custom rom, so i downloaded it and gapps then went to recovery wiped everything, went to install, didnt find the rom file and forgot to nandroid backup, so what can I do now? Cant transfer files to the tablet, help please!
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You could probably use adb to side load a ROM and gapps, here's a example of how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986

Thanks mates, fixed it by wugfresh
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For future reference, select factory reset, not wipe data.
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naierakram said:
Thanks mates, fixed it by wugfresh
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Damn sorry forgot bout wugfresh......so much easier, good to hear it's fixed!

No no, thats fine, thanks for your advice and help!
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Isnt factory reset, just wiping cache and dalvik? If yea, then dirty install isnt the best, depends on rom that im moving from.
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naierakram said:
Isnt factory reset, just wiping cache and dalvik? If yea, then dirty install isnt the best, depends on rom that im moving from.
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factory reset wipes /cache, and /data (without wiping /data/media <--thats where all your pictures and rom zips are stored)
factory reset is needed when moving between completely different ROMs (you can get away with dirty flashes between SOME roms, but its rare)

Oh yea yea, I didn't wipe the internal, something went wrong and the file was deleted, but gapps was there and all my data was there, anyways fixed and got the new nexus 7, enjoying it, much faster and better!
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Factory data reset on rooted phone

Hey, just wanted to find out if using the factory data reset on (in this case) PA 3.92, will unroot the phone, or will it simply just delete all my data/folders/pictures (like a new device) and keep root? Thanks!
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Ya Mudda said:
Hey, just wanted to find out if using the factory data reset on (in this case) PA 3.92, will unroot the phone, or will it simply just delete all my data/folders/pictures (like a new device) and keep root? Thanks!
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itll just delete your data, it wont unroot you.

All PA builds will be rooted by default
Ya Mudda said:
Hey, just wanted to find out if using the factory data reset on (in this case) PA 3.92, will unroot the phone, or will it simply just delete all my data/folders/pictures (like a new device) and keep root? Thanks!
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All PA builds will be rooted by default, they have integrated superuser into the framework. So you need not worry about rooting after flashing a PA ROM.