[Q] Couple of flashing questions

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Hi there

I thought I was an old hand at flashing, but it struck my while I was recovering my Galaxy wifi 5.0 from an unintended brick that I need to up my knowledge on Android flashing (odin)

I understand how to flash the ROM and kernel, my question is a little bit more basic

Here are the instructions to the ROM I am after

How to flash?

Full wipe
Flash using Odin (if you are not sure how to use Odin, do some research about this first)
Restart and you are good to go..

Q1 - How does one do a full wipe? I thought this meant doing a factory reset - obviously not?

Q2 - When I flash a new PDA file does it wipe and then flash, or does it merely leave what is there currently and then overwrite with the new added components?

Q3 - If I tick "flash bootloader" in Odin - Does this mean I need a file in the bootloader selection box, or does it know there might be bootloaders in the tar file?

Many thanks for your help
dingoo12




Many thanks for your help

Q1 - Boot into CWM and do wipe/factory reset. This formats data/dbdata/cache.

Q2 - Odin flashes come in a few varieties. It depends on what is contained in the odin flash. For example, my rom only contains a kernel and the factoryfs.rfs (/system) so flashing it only overwrites these partitions none of the others are touched. Soon my roms are only going to contain factoryfs.rfs because I'm dropping the kernel. I'm going to direct users to the appropriate kernel and also test to see if my rom works on the stock kernel.

Q3. I have never had a reason to use the bootloader field. With ROM's that contain a bootloader, I have always just used the PDA box. I would not check this field unless directions specifically say to do so...

Hope that answers your questions and that other people put there input on this as well.

Thanks for taking the time to answer me Meticulus - Appreciated! Ill have to have a peep at your rom!