How to Flash/Use Multirom(Noob friendly)

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Okay these are the steps I took and put as simple as possible.Some steps may be skipped depending on if you have done them or not.These are written based off my setup and what i did.
Disclaimer:Me nor Tassadar or bigsupersquid are responsible for any damage done to your phone so use at your own risk.
Multirom Install:
1.Format through cwm your sd card to have an ext(Recommended 512 mb)
2.Download the two zips from bigsupersquid posted here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3#post20626123
3.Place them both onto your sd card.
4.Boot into cwm and flash the cwm zip you downloaded from squid's thread.
5.Now reboot your phone and then boot again into cwm(It should have blue text if it flashed correctly and the multirom option)
6.Now I highly recommend you make a backup of your current rom just in case anything goes wrong.(I made a copy of it onto my pc as well.)
7.Now flash the other zip titled "Multirom..." and wait for it to install.Now reboot to see if it boots.If boots then everything has been done correctly.

Rom on SD Card setup/install:
For this I have install on phone the latest build of cm for oV and will be using the same rom to setup on sd card just for test.

1.Now here Make another backup of your current rom through recovery(Will be used trust me)
2.Now flash the rom you want to use on sd card.(If using a 2.3 rom then the sd card crom msu also be 2.3 and vice versa for 2.2 roms).Reboot phone(a must so dalvik is created correctly).(Make sure to do the appropriate steps fro flash rom like wiping etc.)
3.Reboot back into recovery.Go to multirom and select "Create from current rom". (flash the multirom zip again if it says folder not found)(ROM on the sdcard is placed in /sd-ext/multirom/rom/).
4.After it finished you can go ahead and restore the backup you made in step 1. and the reboot after finished and wait until boot manager shows up.
5.Select boot from sd card and it should boot into the rom you chose to install to sd.(If it doesn't then you did one of the steps wrong).
6.That's it you now have multirom booting enjoy it !


MultiROM recovery menu description:
Active/deactive state is for recovery only, you can boot ROMs from backup in boot manager - that means its N-times boot rather than dual-boot.

When not active(boot from internal memory):
Activate (move from backup) - when you already have backup, this will move it to active folder (fast).
Activate (copy from backup) - same as above, but it copies it instead of moving
Create from current ROM - pretty self-explanatory
When active(boot from sdcard):
Deactivate (move to backup) - Moves current ROM to backup folder, so next boot will be from internal memory
Backup - Creates backup of current ROM
Erase current ROM - Deletes current rom, next boot will be from internal memory
Copy modules from int mem - Copies modules from ROM in internal memory to SDcard. Try this if WiFi does not work in SDcard ROM.


Thanks to Tassadar,bigsupersquid,everyone behind cm7 for optimus v and anyone else that contributed to this

Sounds awsome, gotta try the noob friendly lol....dont have patience for the more detailed one ;P

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any way to get link2sd to work with this. sdext doesn't appear to handle both multirom and link

what are the pro's n cons of this? someone please explain this to me b4 i attempt this. thanks.

Originally Posted by Ventrue05

what are the pro's n cons of this? someone please explain this to me b4 i attempt this. thanks.

Well pros would be you can dual boot between roms.Cons would be not many different roms since most are based off cm7 lol

why would i want to switch on the go from roms? im not being a dick or anything just wondering why someone would want to do that.

Originally Posted by Ventrue05

why would i want to switch on the go from roms? im not being a dick or anything just wondering why someone would want to do that.

Some just like the choice of having two different roms customized differently with different apps and such.

Originally Posted by DarkLG

Well pros would be you can dual boot between roms.Cons would be not many different roms since most are based off cm7 lol

Plus you can partition a bigger space on your SD card giving you more room for apps

What is the likeliness this recovery will prevent you from flashing a different recovery.

There are a couple people trying to flash the rzrecovery and getting failed attempts.

Originally Posted by eollie

What is the likeliness this recovery will prevent you from flashing a different recovery.

There are a couple people trying to flash the rzrecovery and getting failed attempts.

Hmm guess nobody has a answer to this...