[Q] Cleanest of the Clean Wipe

what is the cleanest way to clean wipe the phone before flashing a new ROM?

the only reason i'm asking is in reference back to an old unanswered question i posted back in November:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2543941

i just switched back to my nandroid backup of S3Rx 2.2 from CM 10.2.1 that came out early this month.

i keep getting random reboots. and i'm thinking it's the way i'm flashing the ROM.

so here are the methods i've tried to flash a ROM with CWM 6.0.4.7

Method 1:
* factory reset
* wipe cache
* wipe dalvik
* flash ROM
* flash gapps
* reboot

Method 2: (marked with ** is a new step)
* factory reset
* wipe cache
* wipe dalvik
** format system
* flash ROM
* flash gapps
* reboot

Method 3: (maked with a *** are new steps)
* factory reset
* wipe cache
* wipe dalvik
** format system
* flash ROM
* flash gapps
*** wipe cache
*** wipe dalvik
* reboot

Method 4: (maked with a **** are new steps)
* factory reset
* wipe cache
* wipe dalvik
** format system
* flash ROM
**** reboot to launch ROM first time
**** reboot back to recovery
* flash gapps
*** wipe cache
*** wipe dalvik
* reboot

each these methods still result in random reboots throughout a single day.

any help would be much appreciated.

dawgdoc said:

I think that I understand you to say you are going from CM 10.2.1 to S3Rx.

If so, the problem could be the installation of gapps. S3Rx does not need gapps installed as a separate process. The rom has the google apps built into it, at least ones essential to getting Play Store access and other apks essential to getting the phone to run.

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right, i was originally on S3Rx, then moved over to CM10.2.1, got the random reboots too often. and just restored a nandroid of S3Rx.

the random reboots happen to me whenever i try any ROM based on 4.3+ (that is not TouchWiz/stock).

every time i see a new release of CM or some other custom ROM, i try it out to see if the random reboots stop. but it never does.

i had a feeling it was gapps, that's why i had method 4 listed above. but that didn't change anything.