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[Q] About installing CM7 Nightly builds

Hey guys just a quick question about installing nightly builds on the nook. When Rom Manager asks whether to wipe data/cache and what not, if I select it, will it wipe the internal memory completely? leaving no user files behind? or will it only wipe the system files?

It will wipe everything and it will be a fresh install.
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If you update, just wipe cache

It wipes the /data partition but doesn't wipe /sdcard /sd-ext or /met/emmc.
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EGM92 said:
Hey guys just a quick question about installing nightly builds on the nook. When Rom Manager asks whether to wipe data/cache and what not, if I select it, will it wipe the internal memory completely? leaving no user files behind? or will it only wipe the system files?
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Just wipe Davlik.

if boot is longer than normal after wipe, it's normal!

votinh said:
If you update, just wipe cache
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patruns said:
Just wipe Davlik.
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So... just wipe Davlik Cache is what you guys are saying?

Good question helped out a newb here

Jiv_au said:
So... just wipe Davlik Cache is what you guys are saying?
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Correct
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Jiv_au said:
So... just wipe Davlik Cache is what you guys are saying?
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Note: wipe cache and wipe Dalvik cache are 2 different things.
+ wipe cache is a quick way to clean the current running ROM
+ wipe Dalvik is a completely clean.
After wipe Dalvik, next time it boots, it will take a lot longer time due to the device has to re-compile the whole thing before ROM start running and booting.

I think I need to drop a few lines about wipe cache/Dalvik.
As I posted above, I said it wiped clean.
Apparently, I am NOT 100% correct.
I just updated to nb198, wiped cache (formatting /cache) then wipe Dalvik cache.
After done updating ROM, booting up, I expected everything clean, completely fresh.
It's not the case, I went to Market and all old search history were still shown. Not only with Market but other apps too.
So
a. either wipe cache/Dalvik is NOT completely clean wipe or
b. it was completely clean but somehow, those old cache info, which stored somewhere I don't know, get automatically restored back.

Okay, I did a quick read of the FAQ for CWR, and came across these:
Wipe cache partition
Wipes the cache partition of the device to clear all the data accumulated there over use. This is often used before installing a new ROM, app, kernel or any similar mod via recovery.
Wipe Dalvik Cache
Allows you to wipe the cache for the Dalvik virtual machine (the custom-built Java virtual machine for Android).This is required before most ROM installations and at other occasions too, for fixing some problems.
So, I'm taking this guide on board and will wiping Cache AND Davlik. So that's two steps prior to installing a new CM7 nightly build.
votinh said:
I think I need to drop a few lines about wipe cache/Dalvik. *snip*
a. either wipe cache/Dalvik is NOT completely clean wipe or
b. it was completely clean but somehow, those old cache info, which stored somewhere I don't know, get automatically restored back.
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You didn't happen to store them in uSD card? Or perhaps app data/cache are separate from system data/cache...
Will look into it further...

[Q] Update Paranoidandroid from 1.1a to newest version

Is there a way to make an update from V1.1a to the newest version without a full flash? I wish to avoid a reinstallation of all Apps and settings

I installed 1.2 straight over the top of 1.1 and it worked no problem, all apps and data unaffected.
Otherwise, do a cwm backup, then clean install, then cwm - advanced restore - restore data.

So you have copied the V1.2 Zip-File on the SD card and flashed the version with 'AD recovery' in MAGLDR?

I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .
I did this:
Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case), wiped dalvik cache, installed ROM, fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script), rebooted into ROM.
(Took about 17 minutes) at first.

just done a 1.2a to 1.4a dirty upgrade, no backup/restore, just straight over the top, no fix permissions, nothing, , no problems (well, not in first 4 hours anyway)

Marvlesz said:
I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .
I did this:
Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case)
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With wich tool do you do that?
, wiped dalvik cache,
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How i can do that?
fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script)
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I don't understand, what you mean with this point
Sorry for much questions and thanks in advance for your help

Marvlesz said:
... wiped dalvik cache, f...
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Is that the item 'wipe cache partition' in MAGLDR in AD Recovery?

In cwm choose advanced and you will see wipe dalvik

Yes, i found it, thanks for your help.
Do you think additional work is to do to erase dalvik because i'm using Link2SD? If you display an app in this program the part 'Dex' seems linked to dalvik and has moved for apps which are stored on the sd card.

samsamuel said:
I installed 1.2 straight over the top of 1.1 and it worked no problem, all apps and data unaffected.
Otherwise, do a cwm backup, then clean install, then cwm - advanced restore - restore data.
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And then you have all App, settings, etc. back on the system?

HTCdevel said:
And then you have all App, settings, etc. back on the system?
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Yep, they never left the system, there was no wipe,,,phone running fine, on 1.2, downloaded 1.4 using phone, restarted into cwm, ran the flash, rebooted, done. I wasn't even at home, I was on the train.
Admittedly there isn't a huge amount,, maybe 10 apps, and some data, but there was no setting up to do except for the PAD /PAL stuff,, contccts, wallpaper, shortcuts, loclscreen shortcuts, all exactly as it had been 4 minutes before.

Marvlesz said:
...fixed permissions...
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This point is currently open for me.
What does it mean?

it means start cwm and click advanced - fix permissions

have been doing update just flashing over the existing pa, no problem at all. so answer is yes.

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Do you think additional work is to do to erase dalvik because i'm using Link2SD? If you display an app in this program the part 'Dex' seems linked to dalvik and has moved for apps which are stored on the sd card.
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This is, hopefully , my last open issue.

HTCdevel said:
This is, hopefully , my last open issue.
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Ok, let me clarify a few things for you:
1- I backed up my ROM (Because I was expecting a bootloop, so I did a BU just in case, it's not necessary if you know your ROM's going to boot.)
2- I wiped dalvik/fixed permissions because I use (amarullz d2ext) which requires a clean dalvik & fixing permission, if you don't use that script, you don't need them.
3- Other than that, you can do just like sam, install the update on top of your current rom and you should be good to go.

Marvlesz said:
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2- I wiped dalvik/fixed permissions because I use (amarullz d2ext) which requires a clean dalvik & fixing permission, if you don't use that script, you don't need them...
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Is amarullz comparable with Link2SD, then i must do it in the same manner?

I have tried it before a few minutes, but it fails in a bootscreen with the HTC logo. Android doesn't start.
What i have done:
1) Copied the file paranoidandroid_hd2_v1.4a.zip to the SD card,
2) Enter MAGLDR
3) AD Recovery
4) Wipe Dalvik, fix permissions
5) Install Zip from SD card
6) choose Zip from SD card
7) choose the Zip and confirmed it
I have made a backup so i could restore the system and everything is like before.

Fix permissions AFTER installing the rom. There's nothing to fix until then.

Marvlesz said:
I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .
I did this:
Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case), wiped dalvik cache, fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script), installed ROM, rebooted into ROM.
(Took about 17 minutes) at first.
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Thanks man for this. When i flash new rom, i did these steps:
Task29
Install Magldr
Partition
Wipe all data/factory reset
Wipe partition cache
Wipe Dalvik cache
Flash ROM
Flash update, addons if nessessary (Do i need reboot before do this step?)
Now i know when use wipe dalvik cache.
I read somewhere about task29 many times make the phone "bad blocks". I did it hundred time when flash new ROM
May i flash new ROM without task29 & install madglr, just do from step 3 above?
Thanks all.

[Q] Keeps restarting.

I recently did not install or update applications. A few hours ago, i opened phone and when i clicked an app, it gave error "the xx applciaton has stopped". For example twitter whatsapp but not camera but in camera there was no gallery.
I restarted a few times and now i can not beopened, keeps restarting after loading os and when it says "preparinbg sd card" , it restarts.
I can not remember but my rom is aurorasp 4.0.4
I dont want to lose data, how can i backup? My pc doesnot see while phone in pink screen or while power off. What can i do?
(in pink screen, ican only see image file)

Any hlp, i can not open, keeps reastarting

Please help. it goes into infitnve restart loop. I did not install or update any applications, i dont know why this happened.

try reinstall/reflash ROM and clear cache/dalvik cache, factory reset and!!! format internal storage (EMMC)
Cursed Chico said:
Please help. it goes into infitnve restart loop. I did not install or update any applications, i dont know why this happened.
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PxYra said:
try reinstall/reflash ROM and clear cache/dalvik cache, factory reset and!!! format internal storage (EMMC)
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Is not there a way not to lose data and to reset, maybe updating instead of flashing?

I am waiting help.

use Titanium Backup for data backup and reinstall android
Cursed Chico said:
I am waiting help.
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PxYra said:
use Titanium Backup for data backup and reinstall android
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But i cant go into desktop mode to use applications, can i use from adb?

Waiting help.

Hi!
Yes, you can save your phone's data using adb:
Code:
adb pull /data /path/to/save/data
For example, if I want to save my data in a folder called 'data' on the desktop of my computer, I would use this:
Code:
adb pull /data /home/username/Desktop/data
Good Luck

in that matter whenever i see that kind of error like not responing"""""""""""""""
just go to application manager and touch left touch panel (depends on phone) reset app preferances
may it give you out of it. if no than wipe data from recovery or reload os
thnx
regards.
skhan

I cant click anything, it restarts as soon as being opened.
Is there any way different from adb, for example again updating ?

Hey. I would really like to help.
Which phone model are you using? (u8800-51?)
Which ROM are you running?

PxYra said:
try reinstall/reflash ROM and clear cache/dalvik cache, factory reset and!!! format internal storage (EMMC)
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rqmok said:
Hey. I would really like to help.
Which phone model are you using? (u8800-51?)
Which ROM are you running?
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Rom is i guess auror4v4, i installed 2-3 months ago.
Model is i think u8800, in back it is wirtten.
Andit keeps restarting, how can i use adb?

Can you go into recovery? If you can then go into recovery and backup your ROM. After that, get a CyanogenMod JB ROM in you phone from recovery, and install that CyanogenMod on top of aurora. You can wipe cache and dalvik cache. That will not delete your data.

rqmok said:
Can you go into recovery? If you can then go into recovery and backup your ROM. After that, get a CyanogenMod JB ROM in you phone from recovery, and install that CyanogenMod on top of aurora. You can wipe cache and dalvik cache. That will not delete your data.
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Yes i can, cwm 6.0.2.8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145187
this* Version 13?
First wipe and dalvik cache then install zip from sd card and that rom?

Cursed Chico said:
Yes i can, cwm 6.0.2.8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145187
this* Version 13?
First wipe and dalvik cache then install zip from sd card and that rom?
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Yes.

I did. Still continues restarting after loading main window, and it restarts

waiting help. i dpont want to lose daata

Waiting help.

CM12 - black screen after enter my PIN :(

I have a weird issue with my N9005 (hlte). I just got it new and am still a little inexperienced with flashing it. Preblem occurs when flashing ANY CM12 based rom. Flashing works well with TWRP 2.8.5.0 but once Android booted just after enetring my PIN the display turns off and I can't do anything and have to hard reboot my phone. CM11 runs without any issues
I'd relly like to go for CM12 so any help will be appreciated.

LS.xD said:
I have a weird issue with my N9005 (hlte). I just got it new and am still a little inexperienced with flashing it. Preblem occurs when flashing ANY CM12 based rom. Flashing works well with TWRP 2.8.5.0 but once Android booted just after enetring my PIN the display turns off and I can't do anything and have to hard reboot my phone. CM11 runs without any issues
I'd relly like to go for CM12 so any help will be appreciated.
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Did you wipe data and cache? After installation

kenny1991 said:
Did you wipe data and cache? After installation
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I performed a full wipe before flashing. Any advantages wiping again, once flashed?

LS.xD said:
I performed a full wipe before flashing. Any advantages wiping again, once flashed?
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If you read installation instructions from temasek it says clear dalvik and cache. For good measure. No full wipe after flash. Only cache and dalvik

If i full wipe my phone after flashing ... i got no System at all ...
It looks like -> this <-

e1n3r said:
If i full wipe my phone after flashing ... i got no System at all ...
It looks like -> this <-
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Lol
Haha I did correct myself and told you to not full wipe after flash. Only do that before flashing. Wipe dalvik cache and cache after flashing.
Do a clean install and try again. Full system, data wipe and caches in recovery. Use twrp doing that. Then flash and wipe cache and dalvik. Reboot. Use the latest build 8.7

kenny1991 said:
Lol
Haha I did correct myself and told you to not full wipe after flash. Only do that before flashing. Wipe dalvik cache and cache after flashing.
Do a clean install and try again. Full system, data wipe and caches in recovery. Use twrp doing that. Then flash and wipe cache and dalvik. Reboot. Use the latest build 8.7
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Yes Sir thats the way i do any time look my Video there is no full wipe after Install only Cache, Dalvik (Factory reset)
greets

G pag 8.3 loop lg

Hello,
I put the rom cyanogenmod and I wanted to return to the stock but the problem is that after installing the stock remains in the animation lg and restarted and hence fails.

hard reset, google it

maniekkrk said:
hard reset, google it
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Yeah, i do hard reset and its ok.
The problem is when i put cyanogen i do wipe cache, wipe dalkiv and other wipe but all apps 4.4.2 its on cyanogen.

el-reza said:
Yeah, i do hard reset and its ok.
The problem is when i put cyanogen i do wipe cache, wipe dalkiv and other wipe but all apps 4.4.2 its on cyanogen.
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Are you saying that you have apps left over from your previous cyanogen mod install? If so you forgot to wipe something that you should have. When going from Cyanogen to Stock I wipe cache, dalvik, data, system, and internal storage. Then I go through the stock installation procedure and then on top of that once it boots I still do a factory reset (which assuming the previous wipes did what was needed probably isn't required).