The Chef's Thread..."The Idiots Guide to Flashing"

[retrodeviant]

Originally Posted by temperamentalman

LMAO 120v only tickles. 277 neutral now...watch out.

Ugh, i got popped by 120 about a month ago. Felt a lot of things. Ticklish wasn't one of them. Didn't hurt for long at all though. Forgot about it for a week. Then my thumbnail fell off.

Electricity is not my friend.

[temperamentalman]

Originally Posted by themuffinman

Personally, I have never done that and I haven't had any problems really. But who knows, better safe than sorry I guess.

I've only done that a time or two. It's really only useful to remove a bootsplash screen that gets cooked into the ROM. Or, if you have major issues after flash and hard reset.

[temperamentalman]

Originally Posted by retrodeviant

Ugh, i got popped by 120 about a month ago. Felt a lot of things. Ticklish wasn't one of them. Didn't hurt for long at all though. Forgot about it for a week. Then my thumbnail fell off.

Electricity is not my friend.

Industrial electrician for a decade or better. The only thing that makes me actually find a breaker is 277. 1200 amp switchgears don't bother me as much as 277 lol...it's a fear thing. 277 got me once, never again.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by temperamentalman

lol...it's a fear thing. 277 got me once, never again.

LOL, that happened to me once also. You better believe it never happened a second time...........

~John

[Mizono]

Only time I have EVER had to go back to stock was when flashing energy ROM from over at XDA. Bootsplash wouldnt go away no matter what. I have also done it once or twice during testing to rule out a issue of something being left over from a previous build.

Hard reset after flash is almost read again ALMOST always enough.

[temperamentalman]

Miz is just still hung over from all the flashing...it intoxicates him.

[Mizono]

Originally Posted by temperamentalman

Miz is just still hung over from all the flashing...it intoxicates him.

Yes because flashing my phone 6-7 times a day is exactly my drink of choice.........oh who am i kidding yeah it is

[schnebs1]

Originally Posted by temperamentalman

...
1. Make sure your phone is unlocked prior to flashing.
2. Download your preferred ROM and flash.
3. Allow all customizations to run and allow for first boot.
4. Hard Reset.
5. Note any issues that appear prior to restoring contacts, or installing additional software, CAB files, drivers, etc.

6. Report those issues to the chef.
7. If problems arise AFTER you've installed software, don't report those items as ROM issues in the chef's thread. State that you installed "X" and this occured. It makes it very difficult for us to diagnose an issue when we have no idea you installed "X" until after the fact.

We don't get paid for this. We do this to bring the most features and speed to our phones. Help us keep that alive.

Thanks!

Fallen...

Good advice, I will do this from now on when reporting problems. I really appreciate the great work all you chefs do!

[AceXMachine]

Originally Posted by moonzbabysh

The title of the thread gave me a diffrent inpression, but i guess it makes sence.

No kidding dude...You'd think this forum is full of PDA totin' geeks or somthin. OBVIOUSLY, my idea of "Idiots Flashing" is different than the OPs . Woohoo, back to the party.

[selders59]

Originally Posted by YouMayLose

I'd like to know this aswell... I just assumed hard resetting after a flash would wipe out any "left-over" from the old rom

Usually you should do a hard reset after a fresh flash, but I have tried alot of rom's that sometimes I forget and I didn't have any issue's. But yes you should do hard reset after flash.