[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] baudi11:
What to expect after a full wipe

I just installed Synergy for the first time, and I thought I'd record my experience for those who haven't done it yet so you'll know what to expect.

Made sure Titanium Backup had a current backup of all installed user apps. Deleted all uninstalled app backups so that they wouldn't install when I restore.

Did explicit in-app backups of apps that are important to me, such as Titanium Backup, Tasker, FolderOrganizer, and Go Launcher.

Used FolderSync to back up my entire sdcard to a local server (call me paranoid)

Downloaded Synergy v 1.3

I had previously flashed the touch version of CWM using ROM Manager, but when I tried to do a ROM backup, it failed with an error message. I reflashed the non-touch version, did a ROM backup, and it worked.

Used Rom Manger to Install ROM from sdcard. Chose Wipe Data and Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache.

After ClockWorkMod recovery finished, the phone rebooted.

I then had to choose my language, tell Verizon System Backup I didn't want it to do anything, and sign in to my Google Account.

At that point, all my apps that were installed before started downloading and installing on my phone.

I waited until all the apps had downloaded.

I noticed that the Ongoing Notification that a wireless network is available was present. I read in a previous post that it goes away after a reboot, so I rebooted, and it did. Anyway, since it was present, I went ahead and reconnected to my WiFi network.

Re-paired all bluetooth devices

When I restarted it presented me with a menu asking if I wanted to Reboot, Hot Reboot, Download, or Recovery. I chose Reboot. Hot Reboot reboots faster. Download is the same as ODIN mode.

I had Go Launcher Ex as my default browser before I flashed, and it was reinstalled automatically. After I rebooted, I was asked to choose between it and the default launcher. I chose Go Launcher Ex.

Go Launcher Ex came up with the default screens instead of my preferences. Since I had done an in-app backup before I flashed, I was able to do an in-app restore. It didn't restore my wallpaper, so I did it manually. Of course, no widgets were restored, since that's an Android limitation.

As an experiment, I reset Go Launcher to its default, and decided to see what would happen if I restored Go Launcher from my latest TB backup ("Data Only").

When I started TB, it told me that my Android ID had changed and asked me what to do. I told it to keep the new ID. SInce I had told TB to backup its settings before I flashed, it automatically restored them. This may have caused Chrome-to-phone to stop working. I started chrome-to-phone, told it to disconnect my phone, then connected it again, and it started working again.

TB did a pretty bad job of restoring Go Launcher, so I went ahead and did the in-app restore again, reset the wallpaper again, and re-added the widgets.

I changed the security settings to what I like, and while I was on that screen, I gave Device Administrator privileges to several apps like Tasker and Lookout, and checked the Unknown Sources box.

I did a TB restore of all 125 of my user apps (plus data) except Go Launcher. I did not restore any system apps.

Then I restarted.

I use SwipePad, but it wasn't enabled until I opened the app and closed it again. Same with SmartScreenOff

I ran Quadrant and got a score around 4500, about the same as with Root66 which I had installed before.

Turned Smart Stay back on in the Display Settings

Turned NFC back on under Wireless/More settings

Enabled Swype and made it default in Language and Input settings

Disabled Keytones, and set Device Ringtone in Sound settings

Allowed Tasker in Accessibility > Services

Started Busybox, and it said I was running v1.19.3 but that 1.20.2 was available. I thought this ROM had the latest one installed. Maybe not. Investigation called for. When I restored all apps, it may have restored the older version. Check next time

Reset default gmail notification for my account inside the gmail app.

Reset default gTalk notification for my account inside the gTalk app.