![]() ![]() ![]() On most phones, you navigate up and down using the volume buttons and choose a list item using the power button. Wait for the system to boot into a text-centric UI. From within ROM Manager, tap “Reboot into Recovery”. Just copy the ROM zip file to your SD or internal storage of your device. Most ROM posts will explain how to install the ROM there might be a few additional steps you’ll need to perform based on the ROM you choose. XDA is the most comprehensive source for ROMs though the quality of discussion on RootzWiki is exponentially higher. If you ever flash a ROM that isn’t 100% fool-proof, I’d recommend a full backup first. From within ROM Manager, you can flash CWM and then perform a full device backup. ROM Manager lets you install Clockwork Mod (CWM) recovery, a powerful system for maintaining your device. In a nutshell, recovery is a separate bootable OS for your phone. This is the easiest way to flash a custom recovery to your phone. This will take some time, roughly 10 minutes for every 50 apps you have installed. Once installed, run TB and do a batch backup: Menu > Batch > tap on “Backup all user apps + system data”. Spend the roughly $7 on the PRO version, for your sanity. ![]() Sure, you can install the free version of Titanium Backup but then you’d have to restore your apps one-by-one, manually. Back up your apps and system data using Titanium Backup PRO.This is directly supported by Google, but the process of unlocking the bootloader will completely wipe the device. One of the steps to getting root on the Gnex involves unlocking the bootloader. There are a few exceptions, the Galaxy Nexus being one of them. Almost every single stock build can be rooted without having to wipe your data. Make sure you have root access on your current build.Here’s a step-by-step process of moving to a new ROM and restoring all of your data: If you don’t wipe, you’ll often get apps that force close (FC) as they encounter data in format they just don’t understand. The new ROM might not understand how the old ROM stored data in a certain database, yadda yadda. Moving from different types of ROMs usually requires wiping data because of incompatibilities. I figured I’d walk people through the steps of flashing a ROM that requires wiping all of your existing data. Using Titanium Backup on Android makes flashing to a new ROM a breeze. Maybe I should phrase that as “can be painless”. ![]()
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