[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudbwoy:
Proper Way to go back and forth bewtween ROMs

I’m currently on N5 Express 3.4D. I haven’t been making a Nandroid. Mostly testing the waters. Not really worried about saving data on apps. The apps I have, I can just download then from the Play Store and they are mostly stock configuration.

I like the features and DPI of TEKXodus HYBRID N4 URv7.4R2, and would like to go back to that ROM to test some more.

I flashed Papamags Black based Themes and some dialogue boxes were blacked out and unreadable. No worries because I knew what some of those were. But some of the menu, dialogue boxes, app settings, were unreadable. A lot of grey on grey and black on black. I’ll go back into TEKXodus HYBRID N4 URv7.4R2 and deal with it bone stock and add/tweak slowly.

Now is this the proper way to go from [ROM][5.1.1][DOK2]N5 Express 3.4D, to, [DOK2] TEKXodus HYBRID N4 URv7.4R2?:

Current ROM, N5 Express 3.4D

Boot into TWRP 3.0.2-0

Backup, check all but Cache:

Boot

Recovery

System

Data

Cache(uncheck)

EFS

Modem

Save-make sure copy is made elsewhere-USB flash drive, etc.

Odin Flash Bone-Stock unrooted DOK2 (N910TUVU2DOK2_N910TTMB2DOK2_N910TUVU2DOK2_HOME.tar.md5)

It'll reboot on its own.

Phone Boots into unrooted N5 Express 3.4D

remove battery from phone, boot into Stock Recovery

Stock Recovery and factory default Wipe x3

Reboot, system reverting to Stock ROM. Remove battery from phone. (No need to waste time with setup of stock ROM)?

Prepare to flash TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9

Odin Flash Chainfire Auto Root

Odin Flash TWRP

Boot into TWRP

Advanced Wipe in TWRP

*Dalvik

*Cache

*System

*Data (x3)

Is this Advanced Wipe necessary?

Flash TEKXodus_Hybrid_N4-T-T3_NE_5.1.1_URv7.4R2_N5R9_TEKHD+.zip

Flash Kernel: BeastMode 1.9.2 RAGE by freeza [DOK2]

Reboot into System

Setup TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9

Can I restore anything from the Nandroid of N5 Express 3.4D? If yes, what must be checked during the Nandroid Restore?

After all is set up on TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9, and I’m ready to go back to N5 Express 3.4D, do I repeat the same procedure above?:

Current ROM, TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9

Boot into TWRP 3.0.2-0

Backup, check all but Cache:

Boot

Recovery

System

Data

Cache(uncheck)

EFS

Modem

Save-make sure copy is made elsewhere-USB flash drive, etc.

Odin Flash Bone-Stock unrooted DOK2 (N910TUVU2DOK2_N910TTMB2DOK2_N910TUVU2DOK2_HOME.tar.md5)

It'll reboot on its own.

Phone will boot into unrooted TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9

remove battery from phone, boot into Stock Recovery

Stock Recovery and factory default Wipe x3

Reboot, system reverting to Stock ROM. Remove battery from phone. (No need to waste time with setup of stock ROM)?

Prepare to flash N5 Express 3.4D

Odin Flash TWRP

Follow Step 5 of N5 Express 3.4D Install

Reboot Phone

Can I restore anything from the Nandroid of TEKXodus URv7.4R2_N5R9? If yes, what must be checked during the Nandroid Restore?

Some things that are new to me, due to Systemless Root on N5 Express 3.4D:

When in TWRP, and ready to reboot, before rebooting it goes into this screen:

SuperSU Check

Your device does not appear to be rooted.

install SuperSU now?

This will root your device.

I've always been choosing "Do Not Install" and then reboot.

I just want to step up my flash game and gain some swag with this Note 4 'til the next big thing comes out...

I've been reading other device forums/sites, YouTube video tuts, but haven't really found anything on jumping from one ROM to another and using the Nandroid backups to stay current on whatever they're on, and the issues, corruptions, and failures that may occur. Thanks for helping this noob. Just wanted to know if the procedures above are correct, am I doing too much, putting to much into it, etc. Thanks!