Swapping ROMs.....

[BearMan0610]

Just had a couple questions.....

I have not been able to use ROM Manager on my Bionic. Bought Bionic Bootstrap for installling roms. How do I back up a ROM or swap ROMs easily???

Also... Currently rooted and running Shift3R IC3 Blurry.... Can I just wipe Dalvik and Cache and flash Purity???

Bearman

 

[LDubs]

My understanding is you can't use ROM Manager due to locked bootloader. Bionic Bootstrapper will get you into ClockworkMod, from there you can back up your ROM.

As for switching from Shift3r to Purity, I believe you'd have to wipe completely (following the OP on the rootzwiki site), flash the Purity base, let it sit, set everything up, then flash the Tpax that you want to add on (I'm running IC3BR3AD)... that's what I did when I swapped. I believe this is the case b/c Shift3r has Blur aspects while Purity is completely deblurred...

 

[2defmouze]

My understanding is you can't use ROM Manager due to locked bootloader. Bionic Bootstrapper will get you into ClockworkMod, from there you can back up your ROM.

As for switching from Shift3r to Purity, I believe you'd have to wipe completely (following the OP on the rootzwiki site), flash the Purity base, let it sit, set everything up, then flash the Tpax that you want to add on (I'm running IC3BR3AD)... that's what I did when I swapped. I believe this is the case b/c Shift3r has Blur aspects while Purity is completely deblurred...

^^ This is correct. Don't use ROM Manager. Use the Bootstrap to get into CWR, then you can hit Backup/Restore, and make a backup of your full system. If you restore that backup it will be a full image of your system entirely as it is now, ROM and all. After the backup is complete, you DO have to wipe everything, per the instructions in the OP of the ROM, to flash a new ROM.