Root 20 mim to boot new rom ?

[Scorpion7867]

Like it says, Ive tried to install a couple different roms and they all seem to boot loop on first boot. Longest I've waited is 20min. then I do a factory reset. Am I giving it enough time?
Also I just bought my Nexus 7 a week ago its 16Gig wifi so is it a Grouper version?

Thanks

 

[jmar]

Like it says, Ive tried to install a couple different roms and they all seem to boot loop on first boot. Longest I've waited is 20min. then I do a factory reset. Am I giving it enough time?
Also I just bought my Nexus 7 a week ago its 16Gig wifi so is it a Grouper version?

Thanks

Hey there. It is indeed a Grouper. I have one as well

Can you, perhaps provide more detail?

For example, what recovery and version are you using? What ROM are you flashing? Are you wiping all partitions: Factory Reset, System, Cache and Dalvik Cache before flashing?

I'd like to know some of those basics before further assisting.

Thanks in advance,

jmar

 

[jhawkkw]

As Jmar mentioned, failing to wipe at least cache and dalvik, and usually not factory resetting is a blueprint to a bootloop. It is important to do that before flashing the rom.

 

[Scorpion7867]

Been using Nexus root toolbox to root and install CWM. Then using CWM to install [ROM] KRAKD-7 by SoCal Devs █ July 1st 2012 █ v1.0, also tried BAMF Paradigm v2.3.1 (4.1.1) JRO03L - Grouper Style.
I did wipe cache but not Dalvik cache. What partitions should I be wiping-formatting?

Thanks
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31067-rom-bamf-paradigm-v231-411-jro03l-grouper-style/

 

[jhawkkw]

As a standard rule, I always wipe Cache and Dalvik cache regardless of what I flash. When changing roms, I run a factory reset/data wipe in order to reduce bugs on the new rom. My order is generally :

1) Factory Reset
2) Wipe Cache
3) Wipe Dalvik
4) Flash Rom
5) Flash Gapps
6) Reboot

Has yet to fail me as long as the rom download wasn't corrupted.

 

[mrhomiec]

As a standard rule, I always wipe Cache and Dalvik cache regardless of what I flash. When changing roms, I run a factory reset/data wipe in order to reduce bugs on the new rom. My order is generally :

1) Factory Reset
2) Wipe Cache
3) Wipe Dalvik
4) Flash Rom
5) Flash Gapps
6) Reboot

Has yet to fail me as long as the rom download wasn't corrupted.

+1 to this. but sometimes i take it a step further:

6) Reboot
6) Wipe Cache
7) Wipe Dalvik
8) Reboot

i generally go the extra step if i'm switching base versions. for example going from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2.

 

[Scorpion7867]

got it working. Thanks guys.