Help Switched To ART Runtime, arrrgggghhhh

[Nintendo1889]

My phone has been running too slowly, mainly in switching between apps. I thought switching to the ART runtime would improve things. My phone has 200mb of rom storage left.

The phone rebooted and says "optimizing apps" then finally boots and says "*.systemui crashed". Eventually it booted to the home screen and said the phone is out of space. I'm guessing I should have cleared out my dalvik cache before doing this

Is there any way to fix this other than a bricked recovery? Is there a safe mode or some other way to get back to where things were? I did have usb debugging enabled, so perhaps I could get into a shell from my pc? The main thing I want to do is be able to "relink" my link2sd partition, even after a format/debrick.




I found this pertinent thread, so I think my only option is to format and reload.

http://androidforums.com/threads/lg-optimus-l70.841947/page-5#post-6573299

These threads mentions that link2sd doesn't support ART, and many of my apps were linked with link2sd.
http://androidforums.com/threads/developer-options-guide.854074/#post-6636233

http://androidforums.com/threads/link2sd-problem-with-cm12-ms323.887448/#post-6819078

 

[Nintendo1889]

I found this guide on reinstalling the OS without removing data, but it applies to a nexus. My phone is rooted but there's no recovery or anything else. Can I follow the guide but use the kdz image?

http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/android/296-android-nexus4-kitkat-upgrade-keeping-data

Could a moderator move this post into the root forum?

 

[Nintendo1889]

By some miracle I fixed it and was able to get my data back. If I had two phones (or I didn't have a girlfriend and therefore had more time!) I would post a complete detailed video on how I was able to save all my apps and data without a recovery.

The steps are here, after the "Edit:" part:

http://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQues...tched_phone_to_art_runtime_now_wont_boot_out/