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Root 5 roms at once WTF

As long as it kicks in AFTER HBOOT and AFTER CWM, it would be pretty cool. I was wondering when someone would try to run a ROM from the SD card a la Nook Color.

Edit: basically, if this is a sort of metaROM that translates all of the resources needed to SD card files, that would be cool. If it messes with HBOOT or CWM in any way...I may look at in six months if no one bricks.
 
Its one of the dumbest things I've ever seen... right up there with rom manager. I can't wait to see what issues arise from its use :rolleyes:
 
scotty85 said:
Its one of the dumbest things I've ever seen... right up there with rom manager. I can't wait to see what issues arise from its use :rolleyes:
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I thought you would be all over this. I thought about it but it looks like it will partition about 5gb of the SD card for each rom. It seems like just having nandroid backups would work about the same you would just need to backup every time you are going to restore, so I guess cleaner or more streamline than nandroid. I can also see it having a bad effect on the SD card as well.
 
Yeahha said:
I thought you would be all over this. I thought about it but it looks like it will partition about 5gb of the SD card for each rom. It seems like just having nandroid backups would work about the same you would just need to backup every time you are going to restore, so I guess cleaner or more streamline than nandroid. I can also see it having a bad effect on the SD card as well.
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I guess at least you would be beating up a replaceable SD card instead of irreplaceable internal memory.
 
Yeahha said:
I thought you would be all over this.
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umm,no. i allready have an extreme distrust/hatred of it because:

1)like rom manager,its an app,in a rom,that you are relying on to do some very critical functions-wiping,flashing,etc. its basically got to automatically backup your current rom(assuming that when you flip flop between them youre picking up where you left off,and not starting fresh each time),wipe,move your new rom/backup to phone memory,flash,reboot. think of all the ways that can get effed up :eek:

read the description of it... some roms wont work,expect FCs while setting up,yeah sounds like a great idea. its hard enuff to figure out what are actual rom bugs,and what are rom manager eff-up issues,and now well have this on top of it.

its another reason for newbies to NOT learn how to properly wipe,backup,etc. manually. all they gotta do now is download this stupid app and put the roms they want to try on it. then when it effs up,we are all gonna have to troubleshoot it. i cant wait.

2)i have never been a fan of sd card partitioning. i like my card to be a single FAT32 partition. even tho with a 32gb card weve got some extra space,i dont like it. running a rom from the sd is prolly not going to be a very fast,smooth,or pleasurable experience ;) while the sd card is replaceable memory,i dont really want to have to replace it. 32 gb micro sd cards dont just grow on trees :eek:

no thank you,i can put 5 roms on my sd card and manually flash them all,back them up,then manually flip flop between the backups just fine. maybe alittle longer a process,but IMO alot more reliable.

my 2 cents :D
 
I was actually thinking it would work more like the nook exploits where if you are running say CM7 off the SD card it is not going to replace the rom on the phone or even touch the phone memory but instead it would look at the partition of the SD card where CM7 is installed and think of it as the "phone" memory. I would test this out but I am unable to make the space on my SD card to do this with just 1 rom.

I agree this shouldn't be something that a person new to rooting/flashing should play around with but I don't think it is being touted like rom manager where "It makes flashing a rom so easy my 7 year old son with downs can now flash a new rom to his phone"

Add: Not trying to offend anyone there, and I know rom manager doesn't actually say that but the way it has been discussed in the past people were not learning anything about CWM and just playing with rom manager.
 
its not very reliable,IMO. and its an APP in ROM,and as such,will not always be available to you to use. if you are stuck in a bootloop,or boot into a non-functionining rom, the ONLY way to correct the prollem will be manually in clockwork recovery.

id highly reccomend learning how to boot into clockwork and manipulate the menus to manually backup/restore/wipe/flash roms there. once youre comfortable with that,if you still feel the need to use rom manager(for whatever reason) go ahead-at least youll have the knowledge to fix it when it goofs up.
 
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