[Q] Update Paranoidandroid from 1.1a to newest version

[HTCdevel]

Is there a way to make an update from V1.1a to the newest version without a full flash? I wish to avoid a reinstallation of all Apps and settings

 

[samsamuel]

I installed 1.2 straight over the top of 1.1 and it worked no problem, all apps and data unaffected.
Otherwise, do a cwm backup, then clean install, then cwm - advanced restore - restore data.

 

[HTCdevel]

So you have copied the V1.2 Zip-File on the SD card and flashed the version with 'AD recovery' in MAGLDR?

 

[Marvlesz]

I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .

I did this:

Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case), wiped dalvik cache, installed ROM, fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script), rebooted into ROM.

(Took about 17 minutes) at first.

 

[samsamuel]

just done a 1.2a to 1.4a dirty upgrade, no backup/restore, just straight over the top, no fix permissions, nothing, , no problems (well, not in first 4 hours anyway)

 

[HTCdevel]

I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .

I did this:

Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case)

With wich tool do you do that?

, wiped dalvik cache,

How i can do that?

fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script)

I don't understand, what you mean with this point

Sorry for much questions and thanks in advance for your help

 

[HTCdevel]

... wiped dalvik cache, f...

Is that the item 'wipe cache partition' in MAGLDR in AD Recovery?

 

[samsamuel]

In cwm choose advanced and you will see wipe dalvik

 

[HTCdevel]

Yes, i found it, thanks for your help.
Do you think additional work is to do to erase dalvik because i'm using Link2SD? If you display an app in this program the part 'Dex' seems linked to dalvik and has moved for apps which are stored on the sd card.

 

[HTCdevel]

I installed 1.2 straight over the top of 1.1 and it worked no problem, all apps and data unaffected.
Otherwise, do a cwm backup, then clean install, then cwm - advanced restore - restore data.

And then you have all App, settings, etc. back on the system?

 

[samsamuel]

And then you have all App, settings, etc. back on the system?

Yep, they never left the system, there was no wipe,,,phone running fine, on 1.2, downloaded 1.4 using phone, restarted into cwm, ran the flash, rebooted, done. I wasn't even at home, I was on the train.
Admittedly there isn't a huge amount,, maybe 10 apps, and some data, but there was no setting up to do except for the PAD /PAL stuff,, contccts, wallpaper, shortcuts, loclscreen shortcuts, all exactly as it had been 4 minutes before.

 

[HTCdevel]

...fixed permissions...

This point is currently open for me.
What does it mean?

 

[samsamuel]

it means start cwm and click advanced - fix permissions

 

[nrpetonr]

have been doing update just flashing over the existing pa, no problem at all. so answer is yes.

 

[HTCdevel]

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Do you think additional work is to do to erase dalvik because i'm using Link2SD? If you display an app in this program the part 'Dex' seems linked to dalvik and has moved for apps which are stored on the sd card.

This is, hopefully , my last open issue.

 

[Marvlesz]

This is, hopefully , my last open issue.

Ok, let me clarify a few things for you:

1- I backed up my ROM (Because I was expecting a bootloop, so I did a BU just in case, it's not necessary if you know your ROM's going to boot.)

2- I wiped dalvik/fixed permissions because I use (amarullz d2ext) which requires a clean dalvik & fixing permission, if you don't use that script, you don't need them.

3- Other than that, you can do just like sam, install the update on top of your current rom and you should be good to go.

 

[HTCdevel]

...
2- I wiped dalvik/fixed permissions because I use (amarullz d2ext) which requires a clean dalvik & fixing permission, if you don't use that script, you don't need them...

Is amarullz comparable with Link2SD, then i must do it in the same manner?

 

[HTCdevel]

I have tried it before a few minutes, but it fails in a bootscreen with the HTC logo. Android doesn't start.

What i have done:
1) Copied the file paranoidandroid_hd2_v1.4a.zip to the SD card,
2) Enter MAGLDR
3) AD Recovery
4) Wipe Dalvik, fix permissions
5) Install Zip from SD card
6) choose Zip from SD card
7) choose the Zip and confirmed it

I have made a backup so i could restore the system and everything is like before.

 

[samsamuel]

Fix permissions AFTER installing the rom. There's nothing to fix until then.

 

[6oltsqs7]

I have flashed v1.4a, from v1.1a .

I did this:

Copied the ROM to my SDCARD, Backed up current ROM (Just in case), wiped dalvik cache, fixed permissions ('cause I installed an a2sd script), installed ROM, rebooted into ROM.

(Took about 17 minutes) at first.

Thanks man for this. When i flash new rom, i did these steps:

1. Task29
2. Install Magldr
3. Partition
4. Wipe all data/factory reset
5. Wipe partition cache
6. Wipe Dalvik cache
7. Flash ROM
8. Flash update, addons if nessessary (Do i need reboot before do this step?)

Now i know when use wipe dalvik cache.

I read somewhere about task29 many times make the phone "bad blocks". I did it hundred time when flash new ROM

May i flash new ROM without task29 & install madglr, just do from step 3 above?

Thanks all.