If you're thinking about flash your Android terminal with one of the many Cooked roms available in the different Android development forums, first you should take into account a few tips or guidelines to follow so that the task does not end up becoming a real odyssey.
Then I explain the main steps to follow and some tips that you should take into account so that this process of modifying your android be a simple experience without major problems than following the different tutorials that you can find both on the internet and right here at Androidsis.
The process to follow in order to install a Cooked rom it is usually simplified in two steps. The first get Root access in our terminal and the second is to flash a new Modified recovery from which we can flash the Roms cooked and optimized for our devices.
As I tell you right here in Androidsis You will find extensive and detailed tutorials to achieve both on a lot of Android devices. Although you should know that before getting involved with flashing the cooked Rom itself, it is necessary to meet a series of prerequisites so that the process is as accurate as possible and in case of an error, to be able to recover our terminal to the state immediately prior to the flashing of the Rom.
What should we do before flashing our first Rom?
Once Rooted the Android terminal and installed the Modified recovery, the first thing we should do to make sure we can recover it to the original state if necessary, is to perform a simple nandroid backup or backup our entire current system.
To do a nandroid backup We will have to enter the new Recovery installed and select the option to Backup & restore and follow the Recovery instructions. We must make sure we have enough space in the sdcard of our Android before starting with the aforementioned backup since if not the recovery itself will report an error.
Once the nandroid backup It is advisable to save it in some external storage medium or in the cloud to keep it safe in case of need.
After the backup or nandroid backup and before starting with the flashing of the cooked Rom itself, it is essential to perform a backup EFS folder. The EFS folder is an essential folder on our device as it contains unique data such as the IMEI from our terminal. As with the nandroid backup, it is advisable to make a backup copy of this folder either on our PC or external storage to the Android terminal and to be able to be in the cloud itself.
Having followed these two tips, you will only have to Flash the Rom selected following all the steps cited by the creator of the Rom or by the author of the post.
- It is advisable to read the tutorials and steps to follow as many times as necessary until your complete understanding.
- In the tutorials, the terminal models for which the Rom or Firmware are valid are indicated, this is something that must always be respected since when trying to flash a Rom or Firmware from another terminal model you can keep a nice paperweight.
If, following all the tips attached to the Rom tutorial, you do something wrong and your device will not start or stay in a loop, we can return to Modified recovery and recover our nandroid backup from the option Backup & restore selecting Restore.
Taking all these precautions and following these simple tips, you can now venture into the exciting world of Flashing your Android terminal, now you just have to look for the methods of Rooting and installation of Modified recovery valid for your Android model.
In the sections of Androidsis de Roms, Tutorials, and in the sections dedicated to the main brands of Android terminals you will find more information about Root and Recovery for your terminal.
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