Installing a new Rom.

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After I boot into recovery and come 4ext touch recovery screen and tape on wipe/format and it brings up wipe/format menu,wipedata/factory reset,wipecache,wipe cache+ dalvik,wipe dalvik cache,wipe batt stats,format system,format data,format boot,format all partitions(except sd card) format sd card.which ones do I wipe before I install a new Rom.
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wipedata/factory reset and wipe cache+ dalvik

Thanks for the information my friend.

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No problem. You can also use Superwipe from ARHD ROM thread. It cleans everything for a fresh install.

problem switching ROMs

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I have been running ARHD 6.6.3 and am trying to switch to OrDroid 7.1.2.

I thought all I had to do to switch would be
-boot into recovery
-run superwipe (from ARHD thread)
-install OrDroid ROM

but when I do this and reboot it just goes into bootloop.

What step for switching between ROMs am I missing?

are you using the correct firmware for the Rom? Ics based Roms use 3.32 firmware?

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In settings>about phone>software>more it says my build number is 3.32.401.5

I thought it might be this but I already tried reinstalled the latest firmware and still no luck. I was running ARHD before (obviously also a ICS ROM) which is why I don't understand why I can't get OrDroid running.

Still having problems. I ran Superwipe and installed Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 and that worked ok. Then I ran Superwipe and installed ARHD 6.6.3 again and that also worked. I redownloaded the mirror link for OrDroid 7.1.2 and that still didn't work even using the same process that got the other ROMs working. I also tried installing OrDroid 7.1.0 but that didn't work either.

Anyone know why other ROMs seem to be loading fine but OrDroid just gets stuck in a bootloop everytime?

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks

Before installing a new ROM, especially if the two ROMs differ in Sense version or Android version, go to Recovery, select Wipe | Format & Wipe all partitions except SD Card.
This is a fix for the bootloop issue too.

When backing up the Rom that's in your phone before installing the new one does it matter if I back it up in the back up or the advance back up.and what's the difference in the to different back ups?

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