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[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
I flash every night. Go Go CyanogenMod!

Flashing a new CM7 nightly:

1) Download nightly (2 minutes)

2) Reboot recovery (1 minute)

3) Nandroid backup of /data, /system, /boot (4 minutes)

4) Wipe cache+dalvik (1 minute)

5) Flash new nightly (2 minutes)

6) Reboot (3 minutes)

So under 15 minutes to do things safely... And every three days or so I do a TB backup. *shrug*
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
I used to flash different ROMs a few times a week but after finding MIUI back in November that's been it for me. I don't even flash the weekly updates, I just wait for major changes before I update.
[EVO 4G General] Drewmungus:
I'd say around 2-3 weeks for me. Until 2 weeks I ago I went from Myns to cm6 to cm7 to a newer cm7. I'd say I get the whole job done in about 30mins after about two hours of reading and deciding. I need to find that one thing that really makes me want that new rom, like the screen off animation in 2.3.
[EVO 4G General] Nrre:
i have 2 backups, a sense rom and a aosp rom. they were backed up a few weeks ago...

i flash a new rom every 2-3 days...and i never back them up. just wipe and flash.

its a habit...sometimes i'll change the launcher instead of flashing a new rom.

righ tnow i'm on cm7 build 13? or something. using ADW EX launcher, i'd run the Gingerbread Launcher. but i love the Ubuntu theme on ADW.
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
I flash every other night on at least one phone. Usually takes me around 30 minutes to setup...i use NO backups.
[EVO 4G General] Ska8erMush:
I've kinda been on a flash streak recently. I am having back and forth decisions between CM7 nightlies and MIUI. :confused:

i haven't been on sense in forever lol

if i had 4G around my college it would prolly be a different story :p

its crazy!

I'm gonna admit that i have become a flashoholic again (when i had a G1 and Heroc it was basically the same story)
[EVO 4G General] hawkeye_android_user:
I was a flashaholic until I discovered MikFroyo...Now I just seem to flash as often as he creates new ROM's...but I just discovered his Beta testing page, so things got out of control again haha.

-K
[EVO 4G General] muppetman462:
I keep flashing every other day....Currently on MIUI 1.21, which I flashed back to yesterday....I was with myn's yesterday, CM6 the day before....I'm really digging MIUI, but I keep missing something from Myn's (usually the front facing camera). The whole flashing process takes me 30 minutes TOPS (that's wiping, installing, logging into google and using titanium back up...) I guess I'm so use to it now, it's second nature...
[EVO 4G General] DoctorComrade:
Just flashed to MIUI today. Was using CM 6.2.1 for a while bit wanted to see all the hype around MIUI.

Sent from my Evo powered by MIUI
[EVO 4G General] atapia984:
I have not flashed any new ROMs since Calkulin's EViO 1.7.7 was released.
[EVO 4G General] mikeDCMDVA:
Miui

'nuff said
[EVO 4G General] thedudejdog:
I flash a rom "nightly"

;)
[EVO 4G General] Neo3D:
Well, if you're going from one brand ROM to another, you really should wipe EVERYTHING, so for me, it takes about 45-60min to flash a new ROM and reload all apps and set all my preferences back to normal.
[EVO 4G General] potna:
Not being smart, but why flash so much. I been down that road on my tilt 2 and I flashed when ever my fav chef had a new Rom. Usually he fixed things and/or added new things. When I flashed I liked the new eye candy but I needed reliability and we all know how reliable wm was/is.

With Android what are you guys getting out of this? Stock is reliable and fast and excellent on the battery, I guess I can understand getting away from sense.

Also sometimes I flash to cm6 so I can use my Bluetooth hid keyboard but after about a day or two of crappy battery and realizing how unimportant my bt hid kb really was I find my way back to stock.

I'm honestly just curious.
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
I haven't flashed in over a month since I updated Jiminy to 3.70. I'm a "set it and forget it" kind of guy.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Usually once every 2-4 weeks. Sense - MIUI - Sense - MIUI. Whenever I get bored and want to play with 4G I switch to Sense. Whenever I want to show off, I switch back to MIUI. CM is a joke to me now with all these nightlys. I seems like they spend more time making nightly worthless ROMS then getting things working
[EVO 4G General] K-Driod:
Since TwopointTwo I only flash with Myn's new releases..

Sent from my Supersonic EVO Using 4G Speeds
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
im kinda burnt out on the flashing.

i flashed myns 5, and ive been good ever since. ive probably gone 2 weeks now without flashing. :)
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
Doesn't the internel flash memory have a limited amount of writes? I know back in my WinMo days that people were bricking/killing the internal ROM from flashing too much. Im sure that flash memory has improved a bit but flashing everyday for CM nightlies can't be great for it.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
waiting for GB or Sense 2.0

never ever heard of this... I dont see how this might even be. Memory is solid state tech... what would be warned down?

there is a life expectancy for any material... but that is because all material can deteriorate over time... that is like...I dont know over 20yrs.

i have not flashed since Jan 7... with Myn's RLS5... it is solid...everything works.

I am only trying out kernels..

i am waiting for Gingerbread and Sense 2.0.. then back to flashing.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
They are like this. SSD are the same.
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
I did a cursory google on write endurance. It sounds like once one block had reached its limit, the entire ssd is trashed. From what few articles I read (so fwiw), this was an issue in 2004.

But it seems manufacturers have improved algorithms so that the memory figure out which blocks to write to as so to maximize the total number of writes. Upshot is this is no longer an issue unless you write to the entire SSD on a continual basis.
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
Is that what the windows 7 ssd trim feature is supposed to remedy?
[EVO 4G General] crstfr:
flashed untill i found the right rom/kernel/theme combo that fit my needs...

been 2 weeks!..... and will only do updates to the theme... probably will never change kernel/rom again~....

burnt droid 1.4.2

SBC more havs root paris-laptop #16

Slate Theme...
[EVO 4G General] Rjeeeezy:
Flashing a lot lately.

CM 6.1.2 wimax alpha 1, 2, and 3.

Every savage-zen wimax kernal upto 0.0.4.

This has kept me pretty busy. Looking forward to flashing CM7 with wimax soon.
[EVO 4G General] datajosh:
I usually flash a ton but I think I'm finally sticking with Calkulin's EViO 2 1.7.7 and my custom Gingerbread theme (which I hope to release soon). I like the CM7 nightlies but my 3G speeds are about half of what I get on EViO and the GPS still isn't right.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Pretty much the same with me. I havent flashed anything since the second beta of myns rls5... havent even bothered to flash the final version. Im bored with my evo..ready for something else.
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
Anyone else angered by this comment?

@dirtyshroomz you don't know wtf you're talking about. Cm team makes commits every day and everyday, a actually not implements them into the rom to make nightlies every night.

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
[EVO 4G General] jstalford:
After I rooted in December, I was on Azrael for a days. Since then I don't think I've made it 24 hours without flashing 1-3 times or more. Been on Azrael, Fresh, Ava, Myn, MikFroyo, EViO, CM6, CM7.

Right now I'm on the latest EViO, and I think I'll be here for a while. I my switch to MikFroyo 4.5 this weekend, and I will definitely flash CM7 again once a stable build comes out, but for now I think EViO is doing the trick for me.
[EVO 4G General] downwitwatteva21:
I've flashed more times than I can count since I've had my Evo. I'm waiting until we get a final and fully functional Gingerbread Rom out until I flash again. But I like some of the Gingerbread Roms out now, so that's not set in concrete.
[EVO 4G General] THunDA:
Ive flashed about every rom out there..lol

Currently im using CM 612 with the Metallic Glass theme and it looks amazing. But I was using the setup in my sig for a while and in between playing around Net's Kernels.. I just cant decide.. plus I always have plently of battery power, 2 stock batts and 1 3500 mah with a standalone charger.. I could flash for hours!

You know you have problems when your flashing roms when getting ready for work in the morning.. not that I do that or anything. :cool:
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
I have a problem. I can't seem to keep any rom on my phone more than a few hours. I will flash 2 to 3 times a day. My power button is almost wore from amon so I switched to cwm for rom manager. I will try out new ones when they pop up and I reflash old ones again when I'm bored

I change roms like moods.
[EVO 4G General] rbgotee784:
Hello my name is ---- and I'm a flashaholic. I am doing good if I can keep a rom for 24 hours. I think I stayed on myn's for about three days. Surprised my side buttons are still working.
[EVO 4G General] jstalford:
I definitely have a problem. My gf yells at me everyday. "what's the point of having a phone if it's just gonna be off all day." I don't know what my deal is. Never satisfied.
[EVO 4G General] OneStepAhead:
Backup sms? you sound like one of those hoarders from tv! let it go....
[EVO 4G General] jstalford:
Ha, yeah, I used my backup once to back up data. After it took 4 hours to restore my home screen, I decided restoring a few key programs with titanium is on I needed.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
takes me 5 min to restore all 70 apps, I use backup to gmail so all my texts are uploaded and I can view them anytime from gmail, no need to keep on phone
[EVO 4G General] andresmalvarez:
I flagged ruins all the time until I find evervolv. Gives me best battery life and not to mention the update to 2.3. It just all depends on how comfortable you are with it
[EVO 4G General] mmillercts:
Been flashing like crazy, on Caulkins now and staying until I find something better.
[EVO 4G General] Phillysphinest1:
Sucks for me I've got 4g here and i think i've flashed all the ones with 4g working. Sticking with myns for the time being...

Plus the GF is starting to give me these looks like "your on that damn phone again?"
[EVO 4G General] Pierceye:
+1. I've only been rooted for a month or so, but I was flashing a new ROM every couple of days, just to test the waters and see what I thought. Then I stumbled across MIUI. Totally hooked. I do keep up with the weeklies but that's it.:D
[EVO 4G General] coogrrr94:
A little bored with myns so I tried MIUI yesterday, had a few issues. Back to Myns, it is just so stable.
[EVO 4G General] kd0axs:
I tried MIUI about a week ago. I will admit that it is very nice, but it's a little too "iPhone-ish" for me. That and it doesn't have 4G working.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
45-60 mins no way it takes that long. With titanium backup it cuts the setup time in half

from my phone duh
[EVO 4G General] kd0axs:
Yes, and the paid version of TB makes things much faster. Another big help is LauncherPro, because it backs up your home screens so you can just restore them after flashing a ROM.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
[EVO 4G General] AxelaR8:
I love miui, but now that I've run some GB Roms, is really hard for me to go back...I start itching all over and pulling out and eating my hair. Am I an addict??? :p

EvO 2point3
[EVO 4G General] Dstroya:
I seem to go into burst of flash. I'll not do anything for weeks, then for about 4 or five days, all I' doing is flashing things. I jumped around a few ROMs but I always end up back to Myn.
[EVO 4G General] patelkedar91:
I used to flash all the time... from Cyanogen to Fresh to Baked Snack to DamageControl... all of those old roms when Evo was still on 2.1.

And then I found Myn's... don't flash anything... I even hold off on new updates to Myn because I really don't need it, lol.

And it does take me a long time to flash new roms like Cyanogen. I want to try out the new Cyanogen but too much work... will take like 1-2 hours backing up and all.
[EVO 4G General] kratos313:
I use to flash roms every night just to try them out and see what worked better till I found myn 2.2 and now its hard to flash another rom I wanted to try the new gingerbread cm7 but outside of a few features I don't see a reason to. So now im in search of the perfect kernel!

posted from a Myn EVOlved device powered by Android
[EVO 4G General] lvav06:
i am a Myn fan, i do flash once in a while, i really like miui but it fc'ed some apps and no 4g, so I stay with Myn. so far it id the one I like for it's looks and functionality.

I tried finding themes but again nothing that wows me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
I'm rooted on stock captivate running 2.1 update 1. The app I'm using is ClockworkMod ROM Manager. I'm trying to back up everything before diving into custom roms.

When I click on "Backup Current ROM" I get the prompt for the name I want to save the backup as and hit "OK" but it never creates a backup. This is what comes up on the screen:

Android system recovery <2e>

Samsung Recovery Utils

- for BML -

VOL UP - up

VOL DOWN - down

POWER - select item

By pressing the power key while pressing and holding the volume up and down keys, you've enter the system menu.

If you have accessed this menu by accident and continue bootin your phone, please select Reboot system now. Please use the volume key to scroll and power key to confirm.

reboot system now <<< highlighted

reinstall packages

delete all user data

delete cache data

update media, please wait ...

update media, finished

# MANUAL MODE #

-- appling Muti-CSC ...

Installing Muti-CSC​

Anyone have any idea why this isn't working for me? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akalon:
You have to use the reinstall packages option. It should then boot to clockwork recovery then from there you can do the backup. You may need to use the reinstall packages option twice. Once it boots up clockwork though you are good to go.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
Thanks, I'll give that a try. Any custom rom suggestions? Looking for something close to stock but Foyo.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akalon:
I'm currently running Fire Fly. So far it's great, won't be impressing anyone on the benchmark tests but it's very smooth and quick responding.

Edit: just noticed you're looking for as close to stock as possible. I don't have any suggestions for as stock as possible, sorry.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
Chose the reinstall packages option 4 times and still no backup stored. Any idea what could be wrong? Any other way to get a complete image of what is currently on the phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuriousTech:
In ROM Manager select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" then "Reboot into Recovery"

Once you're in the new recovery console you'll see the option "backup and restore"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
I'm at work and don't have signal inside, it says it needs internet connection. I will try later after work. Do you think that not having internet has been my problem all along?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuriousTech:
Yes. It has to download a phone specific ClockworkMod, but only needs to do that once.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESdesigns:
Yeah, once I was home it worked like a charm, just need data connection. Thanks for the help.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Nagarebozhi:
I use SlideIT keyboard, but I don't like the color in it, because it doesn't match my theme I am using. So I ask here if anyone can help me change the colour so it match the GreenGlow theme. Is there anyone here that can help me? I can donate to the person that's help me.

Best regards

J

Sent from my ~FreeX10 2.2~GreenGlow~ Using SlideIT
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Corey@rabbit:
gonna give this a bump.

Me and another dude are working on a few themes, but we cant find the xml to change key color to white. I will PAY someone if they can find it.

not having white keys are limiting the possibilities. we still have a few versions in progress though
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] CAYCE_VII:
I'm browsing through the apk right now, and there are a LOT of .xml files, what would it be called on any other keyboard (if you know) or what line of code would i be looking for exactly? im pretty much just looking for the HEX of 00000 or FFFFF not sure which one is black
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Corey@rabbit:
is is definitly not in the xml as a hex color. 000000 is black ffffff is white.

last week i changed all instances of 000000 to ffffff and it didnt change it. also in the aramibi folder changed the .so file. changed "000000ff" (found twice) to "ffffffff" still no go.

However, messing with my theme i just noticed something. After messing with images i realized something and verified this by changing the background.png to full transparent. once i applied this change the full background is black.

there is something in the xml's that call for a dark background. Im going back through the xmls now. Hope this will help find the string.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] CAYCE_VII:
I think that this is too much for me, maybe if I knew more about what I was looking for. I'm used to doing this kind of stuff for iOS .plist files and strings...maybe after I get used to android and .xml files I can be more useful. I'll keep looking around though.
[Fascinate General] skater95:
I had DL09 and had this problem and it bothered me, so I switched down to DJ05 cause it had the same fixes and more compatiable with everything, and now I'm having the same problem. It just started happening like 2 days ago. Is there a fix for this?
[Fascinate General] crookshanks:
Mine does it too. It didn't do it until I installed the original SMS app so the little puzzle piece would work.
[Fascinate General] Shakes The AssClown:
I've been noticing the same thing but it only happens in the browser searching.
[Fascinate General] the entity:
Mine does it in the messaging, market, and browser app
[Fascinate General] Powell730:
I have this problem too. I've also had many problems with my dictionary. I'll add words and they will be there for a bit then disappear. The most frustrating thing I deal with is words that I have accidentally typed in, delete, and than they will magically appear again a day or so later. The specific word that bothers me is "ti"

I have deleted the word numerous times, cleared data/cache numerous times and installed clean roms/kernels to no avail. I even tried a totally new keyboard and it seemed like there was a problem with that dictionary too. I'm at a loss and gave up.
[Fascinate General] iTz Nicholas72:
Try going to manage Applications and then clearing the data fit Swype.
[Fascinate General] P-bot:
I have the same problem. The data wipe did not resolve the issue, but clearing the data for gmail seems to have fixed the sync issues that I was having so thanks for the tip. The only fix that I have seen work for the caps issue is to install a different keyboard. I like camalot's as they seem more responsive than stock.

Also, big thanks to all the devs and good people on this forum who have made this phone awesome. This is my first smartphone and I would have been lost without the kind folks here.
[Fascinate General] gt5504b:
I flashed superclean, 1230 nonvoodoo, and put the latest swype beta in...works great!
[Fascinate General] JaeKar99:
Same issue: all caps starting a message in aosp messaging app.. It seems like a bug that is being reported in the swype beta forums..

Be nice to have it fixed.. Oh! - yeah.... beta
[Fascinate General] exnihilo:
I have the same problem, on DL09 using Handcent, so it's not app-specific.
[Fascinate General] switz_man:
yeah I have this issue too and I'm using the latest beta. It is not app specific. Seems to occur randomly.
[Fascinate General] woolster22:
What Ive noticed is ths happens when the word picker pops up for the first word and I continue to swype without making a choice. Maybe that is the cause? Program would see the new word as the first when started, as the first isn't completely entered yet.
[Fascinate General] keeena:
This is exactly the reason, or at least a way to reproduce 100% of the time. OEM DI01 did not have the problem, OEM DL09 does. Dont' know more than that.

I posted a bug on the Swype forum 2 weeks ago.

http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2458-Bug-on-VZ-DL09-w-Swype-capitalizes-second-word-after-first-word-auto-pick
[Defy General] thenext1:
Hi all

Since the start of the new year I watched a ton of videoreviews of the Defy, and the only thing that I badly remarked was how crap-awfully sluggish the default interface (BLUR) was.

Now that I finally got the phone, I am "defied" by its speed. It's really fast. No lag, no slugginess, almost no frame skipping. Almost as fast as the good ol' 1.6 launcher.

Why is that, that everyone wants to replace it with a homebrew launcher?

Did they just optimize blur before flashing it to my phone?

For completeness' sake, I should add that:

1) I haven't configured any BLUR account, and I'm inclined not to do in the future, but as a programmer I don't think that would've caused such a slowdown.

2) My phone came already updated to the 2.51.1 firmware.

many thanks in advance for your opinions...
[Defy General] Rhyr:
I solved motoblur lag problem

Jitting and deodexing :-)

I really love motoblur interface and i don't change that with any other drawer...
[Defy General] breezasib:
Yep 2.51 is much smoother than the original 2.21 blur ROM. Imagine how quick it would be if there was a truly deblurred version.
[Defy General] thenext1:
Just upgrade to 2.51 if you haven't yet... the great guys over here will eventually hack into the bootloader, anyways

I heard that too before owning the defy, but I thought it was a small improvement. Instead, the difference is more like night and day!
[Defy General] flyemory:
can you friendly tell me how to solve the motoblur lag problem? i'm using 2.51 and my motoblur always lags, especially when i drag the desktops or open up the menu.

sorry for my poor english.

really looking for you reply.
[Defy General] Rhyr:
I used this tutorial but i have the 2.21 rom.

I've also used SetVsel for overclocking the device with a max freq. of 1.2 Ghz, but after jitting if i take the stock processor speed i haven't lag on motoblur.

If you can't jit/deodex you can try to overclock with this specs using the app SetVsel:

24 Vsel1 @ 300 Mhz

46 Vsel2 @ 800 Mhz

62 Vsel3 @ 1200 Mhz

With this configuration, at all frequencies, the device is stable and the speed it's really increased.

@thenext1

Where did you buy your Defy? Is the Italian version or european?

Mine is from France (earpiece problem too :() and the stock rom for FR version is the 2.21.
[Defy General] thenext1:
Italian of course, rom 2.51.1
[Defy General] Rhyr:
Can you share a backup of your rom?

I'd like to put italian 2.51 rom after my device come back with earpiece repaired.

Thanks :-)
[Defy General] thenext1:
I don't know how to make a backup.

I have not rooted the phone and don't want to, right now.
[Defy General] thenext1:
This is a video of the fluid BLUR interface I have. Unmodified Android 2.1, 2.51.1 firmware.

Yes, I know, almost devoid of motoblur widgets, but in the beginning I had it and it wasn't any slower.
[Defy General] Rhyr:
Don't worry, thanks anyway for your infos about the rom...

P.S.

Really fine video, motoblur 4ever :D
[Defy General] Fiore999:
In the 2.51 firm, it's present the app close animation? Because it miss in 2.21.

Anyway, its really smooth, like htc sense, really good.
[Defy General] kibiwi:
The italian rom 2.51 can be asked here modmymobile . com/forums/637-motorola-defy-general/557901-defy-firmwares-superthread.html
[Nook Color General] chopsui:
Honeycomb SDK preview is out

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/26/android-3-0-honeycomb-sdk-preview-goes-live/