Root Switching ROMs

[Pedro7]

im planning on switching from neophyte 1.6 to WhiteXperience 2.0, and im just wondering what precautions do i need to take?

should i perform another nandroid backup and then factory reset, wipe everything etc then flash on the new rom?


cheers

 

[Pedro7]

anyone?

 

[DesirableHTC]

anyone?

First and foremost Pedro, You should always do a nandroid back up (or at least keep a copy of one on your PC, they are quite large in size, if you only have a small SD card) Also a Titanium back up too. i usually only wipe/re-set if the Dev specifies.
Apart from that, just offer a small prayer to our lord always gets me through!! (joke)

 

[Pedro7]

fair enough. only had the one rom installed so far, and i performed a nandroid backup before that.. i'll back up the files to my pc aswell then..

not too bothered about titanium backup, aslong as i have my contacts backed up, everything else doesnt bother me too much..

 

[anoniemouse]

fair enough. only had the one rom installed so far, and i performed a nandroid backup before that.. i'll back up the files to my pc aswell then..

not too bothered about titanium backup, aslong as i have my contacts backed up, everything else doesnt bother me too much..

I don't bother with titanium back up as i got no paid apps at the moment, also it saves getting conflicts from some of the backed up data from earlier/different roms.

 

[Pedro7]

no paid apps either..

im under the impression that WhiteXperience 2.0 comes with setCPU ?

 

[SUroot]

I don't bother with titanium back up as i got no paid apps at the moment, also it saves getting conflicts from some of the backed up data from earlier/different roms.

Yes, I went from MoDaCo R8RC1 to DeFRoST 2.9 and I kept getting settings force close when I tried to go into Sound.

After deleting everything that titanium imported (one of the last on the list actually) I found it was wallpeper settings that was causing the issue.

I prefer not to wipe because I have a lot of bad luck with titanium, but I think it is still a good idea to use it to restore something just in case.

 

[DesirableHTC]

while we are on the subject of backing up etc... I would like to know if there is an app that would back up your SMS texts? every time i flash a different rom (probably 1 a week) i lose all my messages....

Thanks

 

[Pedro7]

not a clue, but maybe you can help me out..

flashed WhiteXperience this morning with nandroid backup, factory reset, davlik/cache wipes etc. tried to boot up the new rom and it hangs on the pink circular arrow.. i can access clockwork recovery but i can't boot the rom.. don't know whats gone wrong.. halp!

 

[SUroot]

while we are on the subject of backing up etc... I would like to know if there is an app that would back up your SMS texts? every time i flash a different rom (probably 1 a week) i lose all my messages....

Thanks

I paid

 

[Pedro7]

help?

 

[SUroot]

I don't know the rom you refer to. are you sure it was a full rom and not an update to an existing rom?

Does it boot without the SD card? reflash via recovery?

All I can suggest?

 

[anoniemouse]

help?

Try doing a full wipe & factory reset from the root menu & then reinstall the rom, be aware that some roms take a fair time to boot up first time round.
(stick on some false nails to chew on) LOL.
Sometimes i have had to drop the battery out & then restart to get it to boot up first time.
Failing that just chose a different rom.

 

[Pedro7]

it just wont boot and i don't know why.. flashed defrost 3.0b on and i gotta say that i don't like vanilla android

gonna flash neophyte 1.8 or nextsense 7.0 on i think..

 

[anoniemouse]

it just wont boot and i don't know why.. flashed defrost 3.0b on and i gotta say that i don't like vanilla android

gonna flash neophyte 1.8 or nextsense 7.0 on i think..

Ok m8, remember keep calm & don't panic you are more than capable of sorting it out.