Is ROM Manager still good?

[EvilMonkey]

Over been rooted for awhile and thinking of trying out Cyanogen 10. I haven't yet installed CWM or any custom ROMs on my S3.

However back in the day I was running my EVO 4G with CM7 and using ROM Manager as my software to backup, recover and flash.

Is that still the way I would want to go, or are there new, better ways? Looking mostly for ease of use, but haven't kept up on the flashing scene lately.

 

[lou1210]

Do a search for rooting in the forums. There are complete steps. You can still use cwm ROM manager but the process is a little different. I came from a thunderbolt and almost bricked my phone. The developers here are awesome and have worked out multiple ways to root and flash.

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[Srambo217]

I still use it specifically for flashing CWM. Saves time, especially if you already own it.

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[PsYcHoNeWb]

No. Simple answer. I have heard (and helped) to many that have bricked their phones because of ROM Manager. If you must use ROM Manager the only thing that I would say you could do with ROM Manager is flash the newest CWM Recovery. Even then I wouldn't do personally because I prefer TWRP. Don't want to turn this into a debate, just adding my 2 cents but my opinion remains the same and will always. If you can avoid ROM Manager, do it.

 

[nexusisneecesary]

No. Simple answer. I have heard (and helped) to many that have bricked their phones because of ROM Manager. If you must use ROM Manager the only thing that I would say you could do with ROM Manager is flash the newest CWM Recovery. Even then I wouldn't do personally because I prefer TWRP. Don't want to turn this into a debate, just adding my 2 cents but my opinion remains the same and will always. If you can avoid ROM Manager, do it.

I use TWRP as well, and I think that IMO it's not better not saying their is anything wrong with ROM manager but like he said if you can use TWRP...

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[EvilMonkey]

Thanks guys. Sounds like TWRP us the way to go. Now to do some research on ROMs and what I'll lose it gain by switching to a non-Touchwiz one. Don't really want to lose burst mode for the camera and a coupler other things so might just find a jellybean based Touchwiz one.

 

[epidenimus]

I would avoid ROM Manager altogether. I've not had any problems at all with CWM recovery on this device, but ROM Manager has ruined quite a few Android devices or put lazy people in a much more uncomfortable place trying to fix a real issue that it created. The developers are not supportive and that's not cool when you're paying for an app that they advertise as compatible with any Android device.