[Galaxy S III Android Development] mtxx1:
i had a terrible experience while flashing this rom.

i admit its my fault and not the rom maker's fault.

i would like to share my mistake so not no one will follow my foot steps.

i was using a 4.2 rom, where all internal storage is in /data/media/0

in 4.1 rom, internal storage is considerd to be in /data/media/

after flashing the rom, for some reason i got into a stuck on boot logo problem

calmly i went to cwm and "format system" (Big mistake)

after rebooting, i'm still stuck at bootlogo. after a few format system and wipe cache and dalvic and fix permission,

still nothing works. giving up, i restored my cwm backup in the external sd card. but it fail to restore.

now i started to panic. i cant reflash back my previous rom as the zip file is in internal storage,

and i cant excess my internal storage. it just says something like "no file found"

after few minutes of panicking, i copied the rom from my pc to my external sd card (thank samsung for having sd card slot)

and reflash my old 4.2 rom from external sd card. my phone manage to boot.

but my internal storage, EVERY THING IS GONE.

fortunately my cwm backup is in external sd. i manage to restore it.

but some apps lost their configuration, and i lost all my recent pictures snapped by my camera (thank god i have google+ backing up all my pics)

so TL;DR?

1. Never EVER format system when moving from a 4.2 rom to 4.1. you'll lose everything in your internal storage. include your titanium backup, cwm backup, and app settings, pics, musics, and everything else. (since in 4.2, your files are stored in a data/media/0 folder)

2. Store cwm and TB backup in external storage. if i were using phones with no micro sd card like htc one or nexus, i would be devestated losing everything. good thing my cwm and TB backup is in external storage.

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i had a terrible experience while flashing this rom.

i admit its my fault and not the rom maker's fault.

i would like to share my mistake so not no one will follow my foot steps.

i was using a 4.2 rom, where all internal storage is in /data/media/0

in 4.1 rom, internal storage is considerd to be in /data/media/

after flashing the rom, for some reason i got into a stuck on boot logo problem

calmly i went to cwm and "format system" (Big mistake)

after rebooting, i'm still stuck at bootlogo. after a few format system and wipe cache and dalvic and fix permission,

still nothing works. giving up, i restored my cwm backup in the external sd card. but it fail to restore.

now i started to panic. i cant reflash back my previous rom as the zip file is in internal storage,

and i cant excess my internal storage. it just says something like "no file found"

after few minutes of panicking, i copied the rom from my pc to my external sd card (thank samsung for having sd card slot)

and reflash my old 4.2 rom from external sd card. my phone manage to boot.

but my internal storage, EVERY THING IS GONE.

fortunately my cwm backup is in external sd. i manage to restore it.

but some apps lost their configuration, and i lost all my recent pictures snapped by my camera (thank god i have google+ backing up all my pics)

so TL;DR?

1. Never EVER format system when moving from a 4.2 rom to 4.1. you'll lose everything in your internal storage. include your titanium backup, cwm backup, and app settings, pics, musics, and everything else. (since in 4.2, your files are stored in a data/media/0 folder)

2. Store cwm and TB backup in external storage. if i were using phones with no micro sd card like htc one or nexus, i would be devestated losing everything. good thing my cwm and TB backup is in external storage.