Hello everyone. What if I update cm12.1 by reverting to stock rom and flashing newer cm12.1 build? Would it make device and install cleaner? Or it is unnecesary and reverting back to stock is as clean as wiping everything? I feel kinda dirty while flashing cm12.1 updates by nikolaa one on top of another.
Then go wash your self.
It won't be any cleaner. Every time you install the rom you wipe needed partitions. When you install kernel you didn't need to wipe anything. From time to time (once in 3~6 months) even staying on same Android version it's recommend to wipe & apps (data partition).
Thanks for your answer
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Just as title states, I always spend a lot of time after restoring apps and data from flashing a new ROM getting my screen and layout and folders and widgets as they were prior to flashing a new ROM.
Is there a way to restore all this quickly?
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The problem you're having is when you install a different ROM you usually "Wipe" everything. If you don't wipe /data then everything you have is still there. However you will have problems going from one custom ROM to another, as each developer has made some tweaks to the system packages.
Generally speaking, if you are running a "Stock Odexed" ROM you could possibly dirty flash a "Custom Odexed" ROM.
Same goes for Deodexed to Deodexed. You will have problems if you try to cross dirty flash a ROM.
So the simple answer to your question is NO there is no easy way, even if you backed up your Applications using a tool like Titanium Back Up.
If you are just updating the same ROM, the developer will say to either Clean Flash (wipe everything) or Dirty Flash (IMO still wipe cache and dalvik). If you can dirty flash everything will still be just as you set it up.
Got everything restored already, I'll have to just suck it up then I guess.
Just makes me wonder how flashaholics do it.
Hello,
I'm currently running CM11 and I flashed custom dialer in TWRP and I can not restore back to stock dialer. Each time I flash nightly dialer stays the same. I assume I need clean flash of CM11 to overwrite it. But how do I do that? Just flashing currently nightly just upgrades what is there already, so how do I start from scratch?
All the nightlies I've seen are full roms. Wipe system, data, and the caches.
I am sure this is a stupid question, but I've looked and not found a definitive answer so I'll try here.
I have a LG G2 (AT&T) which I have rooted/clockwork/CM11. I did most of it when I had a failed OTA send me into a bootloop. (I had rooted the stock and removed some bloat which it didn't care for). I love CM11 however, there are some issues with the M5 build that I think are solved in the nightlies.
My questions are as follows:
(1) If I start flashing nightlies am I going to loose everything on my phone?
(1a) If so? How do people handle nightly flashes and always having a phone that needs setup?
(1b) If not, how do I flash the CM rom? I assume through recovery like I did before.
(2) Is there an easier way to backup and restore my setup to my phone?
(2a) I have titanium backup, and I have backed up all system and apps. However, I am not sure if restoring that will mess things up after flashing.
So basically, I'm looking to find out how people use the nightly builds and still have a mostly functioning phone on a day to day basis?
Thank you!
Before flashing a nightly for the first time:
You will need to wipe cache, dalvik cache, and data (user data--not internal storage).
Updating to the newest nightly:
You will only need to wipe cache and dalvik before flashing the new nightly. You will not lose your setup or apps. CM has its own OTA app that will automatically install new nightlies via your custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
Jayriff said:
Before flashing a nightly for the first time:
You will need to wipe cache, dalvik cache, and data (user data--not internal storage).
Updating to the newest nightly:
You will only need to wipe cache and dalvik before flashing the new nightly. You will not lose your setup or apps. CM has its own OTA app that will automatically install new nightlies via your custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
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Thanks! I'm new to CM, and the thought of wiping my phone every evening was kind of scary.
bstripp said:
Thanks! I'm new to CM, and the thought of wiping my phone every evening was kind of scary.
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Yeah once you're on nightlies, it's not a big deal. But after your FIRST flash of the nightlie, also be sure to flash the correct GApps package, which includes apps like the Google Play Store.
This is my first time updating any kind of ROM, so bare with me. What are the steps of correctly updating a ROM. Just want the steps so I can reflect on what I did wrong and fix it.
But what I did was clear the delvik/ART cache and Cache then flashed the updated ROM. I rebooted the device then the SYSTEMUI fail came up. I restarted the device many times and same result. Was I suppose to factory reset then install the updated ROM? or what?
Legwnd said:
This is my first time updating any kind of ROM, so bare with me. What are the steps of correctly updating a ROM. Just want the steps so I can reflect on what I did wrong and fix it.
But what I did was clear the delvik/ART cache and Cache then flashed the updated ROM. I rebooted the device then the SYSTEMUI fail came up. I restarted the device many times and same result. Was I suppose to factory reset then install the updated ROM? or what?
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Maybe you accidentally wiped the System partition? Assuming you have TWRP if you are flashing ROM's. Because you already had 5.8.4 working, updating to 5.8.5 would seem to be simply flashing the dev's zip file in TWRP. Can't see how wiping cache or Dalvik would cause a failure to boot. Did you try reflashing the ROM again? Did the update finish with no errors? Maybe asking in the dedicated ROM thread may get you a more ROM specific answer. Next time just flash the ROM (no wipes) and let it completely boot up. You can always drop back down to TWRP and wipe if you feel it's necessary. Good luck.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Yep, the "System" partition is where the ROM is installed. When you wipe that, you're essentially wiping the ROM from your phone.