ROOTED! WOOHOO! Now what? SUPERCLEAN3?

[Bdubb513]

Hey finally feeling better and its almost flash time. Got all my needed files downloaded and ready to go. just a quick question. before i do anything would it be best to boot into recovery and wipe some stuff? if so what would you recommend wiping? I want a nice clean slate to start with, everything can go, I have of list of my apps so i can choose what i want to download again. and backed all contacts up. Thanks for the help

 

[lpt2569]

Hey finally feeling better and its almost flash time. Got all my needed files downloaded and ready to go. just a quick question. before i do anything would it be best to boot into recovery and wipe some stuff? if so what would you recommend wiping? I want a nice clean slate to start with, everything can go, I have of list of my apps so i can choose what i want to download again. and backed all contacts up. Thanks for the help

Read my post#9 in this thread...that guide will walk you through exactly what you need to do. If you follow that guide to the letter, you will be good to go.

 

[Cuda52774]

And get titanium backup. There's no need to write down all the apps you have. TBU will put everything back exactly the way you had it. It's worth the money.

 

[Bdubb513]

Thanks, Ive read it a bunch of times, but also read elsewhere that its a good thing to do a wipe before going from one rom to another, Im asking because i didnt stated in the posts you provided for me. I did see to wipe before going to Res. Just not sure if its a good practice to wipe before going to a new rom. Im currently on a rooted froyo with a theme. I thought about titanium backup but sometimes i download apps that i hardly use. so when i flash its like spring cleaning for my phone. Thanks again

 

[lpt2569]

Thanks, Ive read it a bunch of times, but also read elsewhere that its a good thing to do a wipe before going from one rom to another, Im asking because i didnt stated in the posts you provided for me. I did see to wipe before going to Res. Just not sure if its a good practice to wipe before going to a new rom. Im currently on a rooted froyo with a theme. I thought about titanium backup but sometimes i download apps that i hardly use. so when i flash its like spring cleaning for my phone. Thanks again

It's always good practice to wipe at least cache and dalvik cache when going to a ROM based on the same source (GB ROM to GB ROM, ICS ROM to ICS ROM), and when going from Froyo to GB, yes, a wipe of all 3 would be the best thing to do.

Trust me, that guide is THE BEST, CURRENT GUIDE for flashing with the Fascinate. You cannot go wrong if you follow it to the letter. I have flashed at least 6 ROMS in the past couple months, and two on my wife's Fascinate, and have not had a single bootloop or failure of any kind, just by following droidstyle's guide. And for the record, every section on that guide tells you to wipe data/cache/dalvik cache...read it very closely and carefully.

 

[Bdubb513]

Well finally got better and flashed my phone all seems well, only 1 thing, Visual voice mail was left out. do you recommend any similar apps? I've read around and seen people say google voice. What do you guys prefer? Thanks for all you help on the upgrade.