Root Deleting old roms??

[DaveM1]

Are you supposed to delete the roms from the sd card after you flash new ones to keep space on the sd card or does it matter? I have tried about 3 different roms and currently running vanilla 2.0, but want to try Black Rain. Should i just delete my "old" roms from my sd card if i already have nand back ups of my other roms?

 

[copestag]

if you have nands of the rom installs theres no reason to keep them on the SD...... its safe to delete them .... all theyre doing is taking up space

 

[DaveM1]

Perfect...thanks

 

[Frisco]

No reason to keep flashed zip files, as copestag tells you, unless you want to do a re-flash for some reason, even then it seems best to free up the space and just move the zip back onto the card via USB if needed.

I keep them for a while in my computer, but remove them right away from the sd card via Root Explorer.

 

[doogald]

I also delete mine after a while, just to make it easier in Recovery to get them back.

I have an "Eris root files" folder on Dropbox with copies of the ROMs I am testing/running, so it's pretty easy if I ever need to get them back - download with Dropbox, use Astro to move the files to the root directory of my SD card, and I am ready to restart in recovery and flash the ROM.

 

[Night_Watchman]

The zip-files are needed to be in the root of your SD while flashing the rom. Once it's in use the zip-files are not needed however you will need to put them back if you want to re-flash the ROM again.

 

[kobel1up]

You know, I have read lots of threads on roms flashing and the such. This is one of the questions I have had. If I understand this right, I can keep different roms on my sdcard in the form of a nand, the nand keeps all the important stuff to run the phone right.

Can I just delete the zip files while hooked up to the computer? Or do I have to use root explorer?

 

[scary alien]

You know, I have read lots of threads on roms flashing and the such. This is one of the questions I have had. If I understand this right, I can keep different roms on my sdcard in the form of a nand, the nand keeps all the important stuff to run the phone right.

Can I just delete the zip files while hooked up to the computer? Or do I have to use root explorer?

You can delete whatever you want on the /sdcard using whatever tool you like (Astro File Manager, Estrongs File Explorer, Root Explorer, adb shell, etc.).

The /sdcard is wide-open.

Now, you do need to use good judgement about which Nandroid backups to keep, delete, etc.

 

[kobel1up]

Also can I just move the nand file to my computer just in case my sdcard gets damaged?
Thats what happened to me today, had to start all over even though I had a nand backup. I couldn't get the backup on my pc so I was sol.

Here is another one for you guys, do I need to keep all my files like pictures and music and stuff on my sdcard or just put the nand back on the card.

 

[VonKannick]

It is just like copying files to or from any other media. Just think of it as a flash drive and you will be fine.

 

[doogald]

Here is another one for you guys, do I need to keep all my files like pictures and music and stuff on my sdcard or just put the nand back on the card.

Yes to this - I think that you have no choice but to have photos taken with the camera and music files that you wish to play stored on the SD card. I suppose that if you have copied photos from your phone to somewhere else - your PC, Picasa, Flickr, wherever - you can then delete them from the phone.