So, I'm on Stock 4.3, with Xposed Framework and franco kernel. My question is, can I flash the factory image for 4.4 directly, or do I need to wipe data/cache? I know I'll lose Xposed since it's not supported for 4.4 yet, so if my first question is not possible, and I have to wipe, I might as well get a custom rom. A second question is, once Xposed is available for 4.4, can I return from custom rom to stock one just by flashing factory image, without wiping data? Thanks!
to flash the factory img, you have to flash it via fastboot. itll wipe out your partitions when you do flash it, so wiping anything is pointless.
So I'll lose all data anyway if I update? Well damn.
Related
Hi, So today i decided i wanted to go back to stock rom because i had a custom rom and custom kernel.
I factory reset my Nexus 4 and now it's stuck at the Google Boot screen. I also have a custom recovery (TWRP). I've tried wiping data (cache,dalvik cache) didn't work. I've looked everywhere but couldn't find a solution for this. Please help. Thanks in advance.
PS. Custom rom i was using was Paranoid Android 9.8
Custom kernel was Franco Nightly.
a factory reset doesnt replace your rom/kernel, it just wipes your user data. you have to flash the factory img via fastboot to go back to stock. anyways, i have a feeling that you made an error in twrp recovery, instead of factory resetting/wipe data, i bet you wiped your whole device, which clears your device of any rom/kernel. so youd have to flash a rom(transfer from your desktop via adb push or flash the factory img).
The reason I ask this question is because I recently flashed stock ROM of 5.0 when I already had 5.0 installed to do a fresh and clean install. I noticed that after the flashing all my data was there like my phone was never flashed (I'm 100% sure I done it right).
If I were to be on 5.0 rooted, and then 5.5 comes out and I flash to 5.5, will I just lose my root or would I lose both root and all my data?
No you won't lose your data unless you reset after flashing, you will likely lose root though, definitely if using ODIN
I recommend clearing the data when flashing any new rom. You can get bugs otherwise. Why are you going from stock to stock? Down grading back to kitkat?
Just a quick question:
I know that i have to be in stock lollipop rom to install lineage or cyanogen, I installed stock lollipop then lineage 14.
But if im already in lineage 14 and i want to reinstall the rom, do i have to flash lollipop again via odin and then TWRP, then wipe and install or can i just install without going to the whole process of odin etc?
Also, factory reset works as in stock rom, or do i have to reinstall?
Sorry, i know this is noobish, but its bothering me since days ago and i cant find a clear answer.
Thank you for reading!
kalidus said:
Just a quick question:
I know that i have to be in stock lollipop rom to install lineage or cyanogen, I installed stock lollipop then lineage 14.
But if im already in lineage 14 and i want to reinstall the rom, do i have to flash lollipop again via odin and then TWRP, then wipe and install or can i just install without going to the whole process of odin etc?
Also, factory reset works as in stock rom, or do i have to reinstall?
Sorry, i know this is noobish, but its bothering me since days ago and i cant find a clear answer.
Thank you for reading!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can reinstall it without repeating the process.
I don't know about it's factory reset, but i guess it should work.
kalidus said:
Just a quick question:
I know that i have to be in stock lollipop rom to install lineage or cyanogen, I installed stock lollipop then lineage 14.
But if im already in lineage 14 and i want to reinstall the rom, do i have to flash lollipop again via odin and then TWRP, then wipe and install or can i just install without going to the whole process of odin etc?
Also, factory reset works as in stock rom, or do i have to reinstall?
Sorry, i know this is noobish, but its bothering me since days ago and i cant find a clear answer.
Thank you for reading!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
if u are reflashing the same rom again then no need to wipe data.just on twrp wipe system,cache,dalvik cache and then flash that rom again ...no loss of any data.but if u want to go to stock firmware then u have to flash stock via odin...there all user data will be erase....if u want to make factory reset like stock on lineage then open twrp and wipe data.....all user data will remove.
#Henkate said:
You can reinstall it without repeating the process.
I don't know about it's factory reset, but i guess it should work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
aslam4580 said:
if u are reflashing the same rom again then no need to wipe data.just on twrp wipe system,cache,dalvik cache and then flash that rom again ...no loss of any data.but if u want to go to stock firmware then u have to flash stock via odin...there all user data will be erase....if u want to make factory reset like stock on lineage then open twrp and wipe data.....all user data will remove.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you very much to both of u, i used the thank button but wanted to write it aswell!
I can still boot into twrp but can't get OOS to run. It's asking for a factory reset but don't I have to be in OOS to do that?
You need to flash stock firmware and wipe via stock recovery, backup userdata first
I figured it out, thanks.
I have the batman rom installed on my g95ff now since my stock rom got boot looped when i tried to flash a boot logo that was a size too big.When that happened i flashed the stock firmware with odin aswell as stock recovery and it let me clear my cache/factory reset my phone to fix it.Sadly i lost my bootlogo and boot animation collection i had stored but i had most of my important apps backed up with titanium,so to make up for the lost data i rerooted with twrp,installed the batman rom and restored my apps back.The rom is really neat since i can customize more ui things such as the status bar aswell as my nav bar color which couldnt be done on the stock rom.So now that im familiar with installing roms,would i be able to try other ones simply by reflashing the stock firmware over the batman rom and reinstalling twrp?
So you're asking how you can try other custom ROMs?
You don't need to flash the stock ROM and flash TWRP every time you want to try a new custom ROM. It's MUCH easier than that.
You just need to backup your apps as normal with Titanium Backup, then boot into TWRP. From the Wipe menu, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik-cache.
Then just flash the new ROM zip file as normal in TWRP, and you're done.
the_scotsman said:
So you're asking how you can try other custom ROMs?
You don't need to flash the stock ROM and flash TWRP every time you want to try a new custom ROM. It's MUCH easier than that.
You just need to backup your apps as normal with Titanium Backup, then boot into TWRP. From the Wipe menu, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik-cache.
Then just flash the new ROM zip file as normal in TWRP, and you're done.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So as long as you wipe your phone you can install custom roms over anough anoughter custom rom.Sounds simple enough then.
iostoandroidconvert said:
So as long as you wipe your phone you can install custom roms over anough anoughter custom rom.Sounds simple enough then.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, the "System" partition is where the ROM is installed. When you wipe that, you're essentially wiping the ROM from your phone.