Why is Cyanogen OS 11 the only ROM which i can install

[Harry947]

Hi,
So, i thought of trying different ROMS,earlier i was using stock rom. Now, i download many new roms like cyanogen 11, creed v4, chobits...., etc.

But Cyanogen OS 11 was the only ROM which i could get to work, rest of them just installed and when i rebooted my device through CWM. Nothing happened and cwm just opened again instead of the actual thing. Like i said Cyanogen was the only exception in which when i rebooted my device it actually started

Please help me(what am i doing wrong)
Also what's up with Link2SD and cyanogen

 

[TheFixItMan]

Hi,
So, i thought of trying different ROMS,earlier i was using stock rom. Now, i download many new roms like cyanogen 11, creed v4, chobits...., etc.

But Cyanogen OS 11 was the only ROM which i could get to work, rest of them just installed and when i rebooted my device through CWM. Nothing happened and cwm just opened again instead of the actual thing. Like i said Cyanogen was the only exception in which when i rebooted my device it actually started

Please help me(what am i doing wrong)
Also what's up with Link2SD and cyanogen

CM11 uses cwm6 and requires your system to be in ext format

Stock Roms use cwm5 and requires your phone system to be in rfs format


To clarify

If flashing cm11 use cwm6
If flashing stock roms use cwm5

In both cases make sure you format system data cache then mount system data cache before flashing the rom zip


You will need to use the cm11 kernel with cm11 (in rom zip)
You will need to use a stock kernel for stock roms


You will need to reformat your system back to rfs for stock based roms unless the kernel supports ext - you do this by flashing stock rom via odin (link at top of dev thread or in my signature)

 

[Harry947]

CM11 uses cwm6 and requires your system to be in ext format

Stock Roms use cwm5 and requires your phone system to be in rfs format


To clarify

If flashing cm11 use cwm6
If flashing stock roms use cwm5

In both cases make sure you format system data cache then mount system data cache before flashing the rom zip


You will need to use the cm11 kernel with cm11 (in rom zip)
You will need to use a stock kernel for stock roms


You will need to reformat your system back to rfs for stock based roms unless the kernel supports ext - you do this by flashing stock rom via odin (link at top of dev thread or in my signature)

Thanks for the information but i don't think you got my question...
I can only install cyanogenmod 11 no other rom(i haven't tried any stock one)
Is this the problem, if you want to install a new custom rom, first you have to again install a stock rom...?

 

[Harry947]

Also can you suggest a gapp package as i cannot install both nano and pico ones(they're too large for my s5360) and i did find a mini package but in that i cannot connect to my google account

Thanks

 

[TheFixItMan]

Also can you suggest a gapp package as i cannot install both nano and pico ones(they're too large for my s5360) and i did find a mini package but in that i cannot connect to my google account

Thanks

Read my post again

The reason why you can't install another rom if you have flashed cm11 is because only cm11 uses cwm6 & stock based roms use cwm5 - also the file systems between cm11 and stock based are different

For stock based roms
Flash stock rom via odin If not already on stock
Flash a temp cwm5 zip in stock recovery
Format system data cache
Mount system data cache
Flash rom zip
Restart


The gapps for cm11 is clearly available on the first post of the rom thread

Gapps for Gingerbread is easily available via Google if you search gapps

 

[Harry947]

Read my post again

The reason why you can't install another rom if you have flashed cm11 is because only cm11 uses cwm6 & stock based roms use cwm5 - also the file systems between cm11 and stock based are different

For stock based roms
Flash stock rom via odin If not already on stock
Flash a temp cwm5 zip in stock recovery
Format system data cache
Mount system data cache
Flash rom zip
Restart


The gapps for cm11 is clearly available on the first post of the rom thread

Gapps for Gingerbread is easily available via Google if you search gapps

Thank you for replying again
You see, i am not trying to install stock rom..
I tried installing chobitsdigitalis, even other custom roms but even after successful flashing they never booted.
And yes gapps are available but i cannot install any of them due to the storage problem

 

[TheFixItMan]

Thank you for replying again
You see, i am not trying to install stock rom..
I tried installing chobitsdigitalis, even other custom roms but even after successful flashing they never booted.
And yes gapps are available but i cannot install any of them due to the storage problem

When I say stock rom this also includes any custom roms based on stock rom - such as the ones you mentioned
You are obviously on the wrong file system & not using a stock based kernel
Flash stock rom via odin first to convert back to rfs & stock kernel & use cwm5 to flash stock based custom roms

Gapps for Gingerbread (for use on stock based custom roms only & cm7) https://goo.im/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip

Gapps for cm11 only on rom thread

 

[Harry947]

Thanks a lot !!
I'll try that and let you know
Thanks again for all your help .....

 

[psyke83]

CyanogenMod 11 uses the open-source MTD driver for the internal flash chip, as opposed to all other ROMs which use Samsung's BML driver. No other custom ROM uses the MTD driver (apart from the custom kernels that people are releasing for CM11, which are all based on my kernel source that use the MTD driver).

In order to go back to any ROM that uses the BML driver (which includes ROMs such as CyanogenMod 9), the partitions first need to be converted back to the old BML format. You need to flash all components of a full stock ROM at the same time - the PDA, CSC and MODEM - via Odin. There's no other way to go back.

 

[galaxyYtester]

CyanogenMod 11 uses the open-source MTD driver for the internal flash chip, as opposed to all other ROMs which use Samsung's BML driver. No other custom ROM uses the MTD driver (apart from the custom kernels that people are releasing for CM11, which are all based on my kernel source that use the MTD driver).

In order to go back to any ROM that uses the BML driver (which includes ROMs such as CyanogenMod 9), the partitions first need to be converted back to the old BML format. You need to flash all components of a full stock ROM at the same time - the PDA, CSC and MODEM - via Odin. There's no other way to go back.

Psyke, as you're a part of the androidarmv6 team, do you have any info on ART on armv6?