Root [International] Flashing Cyanogen 10.2 from 4.1.2 - wipe first?

[stevesparke]

Hey folks,
I've just rooted my Galaxy S3 (it's running 4.1.2) and chucked CM10 and gapps on my SD card for flashing.

I just wanted to double check something first - should I be wiping the cache/dalvik cache before I install these?

Cheers!

S.

 

[taife32]

Yes, make sure though that you have the latest CWM or any other recovery software installed first. It might have been of cause depending on what you rooted with.

Then wipe and install those zip files.

 

[stevesparke]

Cool. I don't think my CWM is the latest, but this recovery app looks quite suitable:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools&hl=en

 

[davoid]

First of all, I wouldn't use an app for flashing your recovery. I would download a zip and flash it from within your existing recovery.

I use Philz Touch recovery which I would heartily recommend. It has loads of features and is user-friendly.

[30.01.2014]CWM 6.0.4.7 Advanced Edition / PhilZ Touch 6.12.8 + exFAT + NTFS + MTK - xda-developers


Within Philz recovery there is an option to wipe cache/data and it gives you a convenient option to wipe your phone ready for installing a new rom. I have found this to work perfectly as it wipes all the necessary areas of your phone.

 

[funkylogik]

+1

 

[sherlock5545]

Another good recovery which I personally use is TWRP. It's definitely better than many others. What simply love is its backup compression. Where a CWM backup is around 2.5 GB, TWRP accomplishes the same results in almost half that size.

 

[davoid]

Where a CWM backup is around 2.5 GB, TWRP accomplishes the same results in almost half that size.

I didn't know that. :thumb:

My CWM backups are more like 5 GB lol.

 

[funkylogik]

i think(?) you can tell philz to compress too but its something ive never tried. Is there any down side or risk or does it just take longer?

 

[saltire]

I set it on Low in Philz, found there's not much more space gain for me on either settings and it takes quite a bit longer.

@davoid bloody hell, thought mine were big at 3GB and that's a TW ROM. Is that using the crazy dup (blobs) format?

 

[funkylogik]

cheers mate.
Lol my biggest backup is 2.75gb and thats an old tw one.
My aosp ones are around 2.7 and i have nearly 300 apps
Does anyone ever backup and restore without md5? That saves a lot of time

 

[saltire]

Does anyone ever backup and restore without md5? That saves a lot of time

No. Livin dangerously bud, personally I wouldn't take the chance on restoring a corrupt nandroid

 

[funkylogik]

Livin on the edge lol. Its not something i do often tbh and always have a proper backup

 

[sherlock5545]

I actually do skip the MD5. I probably never actually restore Nandroids unless I'm in a hurry. I always have TB backup my apps. If something ever goes wrong, I have a clean ROM flashable zip. This way, I can always have a completely clean and fresh set up which I can then set up to my liking after I'm done with restoring apps.

 

[funkylogik]

I skip md5 if im just backing up to do something low risk like change boot animation or something.
I use md5 when im backing up to try a new rom or before flashing an update.
I might actually start doing clean flashes of updates. Ive became pretty fast at going through the settings menu setting things up while TiBu restores and restoring xposed modules from tibu makes getting all your customisations back a piece of cake

 

[Rxpert83]

Personally, I always skip MD5 on a nandroid.

If its corrupt it generally fails, and I just start from scratch. Chances are google already has your settings, some passwords, apps, contacts, app data, ext backed up to their servers. And you should already have a nandroid backed up somewhere else

All I'd lose is some time redownloading googles backed up data and adding some widgets to the homescreen.

Really NBD for me

 

[saltire]

Aye fair enough, had a couple of bad experiences with certain versions of CWM in early days on my Desire. So I plays safe. Plus I'm lazy and can never be arsed setting stuff up from scratch