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

**themuffinman** · #1 (**permalink**) 04-28-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by retrodeviant

At the risk of sounding a bit moronic, I have a question. I've seen various posts that suggest flashing stock back on, then flashing your new ROM over stock. I haven't done that, and I've flashed several ROMs (this week!), but I was wondering if that is actually the preferred method?

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

temperamentalman · #2 (**permalink**) 04-28-2009, 06:12 PM

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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.