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Root theme issue (round 2)

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chrisdorman1

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Thank you so much to everyone who helped me in my last thread!

I ended up getting fission and it works great so far. Except for 1 issue. Steven told me to factory reset each time I install a new theme. If I don't I'll get remainders from the theme before. Well needless to say.. I didn't reset. So I have a clash between tron and galaxy s. I want galaxy to stay but want to get rid of all the tron components. Guide me oh wise ones!

Thanks!
 
VoidedSaint said:
no need to clear cache, and factory reset first in reboot recovery to remove prior theme installations :)
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K must have messed up somewhere. I went through the bootstrap recovery and click the clear data / factory reset button but I think all it did was clear data. The theme is still here but all my apps are gone and I had to go through the startup steps when my phone came back on. So it acts like a factory reset I guess. Or maybe it does that when I wipe data too.
 
it does it when you wipe data, your downloads should begin automatically in the market. or at least mine always do. i never have to reinstall anything, they all reinstall automatically, i just got to wait, then you see a download complete with ## Applications Partially Restored or something like that.
 
VoidedSaint said:
it does it when you wipe data, your downloads should begin automatically in the market. or at least mine always do. i never have to reinstall anything, they all reinstall automatically, i just got to wait, then you see a download complete with ## Applications Partially Restored or something like that.
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So what do I do with this theme now? Did I factory restore it or just wipe the data? Or are they the same thing? The messed up theme is still here. Do I go back to the fission manager reinstall now?
 
thing is, some themes have certain apk's or apps that are themed, they replace the apps that were in the previous theme, however they do not replace the apps from the previous theme with stock themes, if you do a factory data wipe and wipe cache, your going to start over again by reinstalling all your apps :p

so what you can do, reinstall the theme wipe data and cache, and when it starts up reinstall all your apps, (if they dont start automatically) and the tron theme should be removed.
 
yeah you need to conserve your battery, its strange that you continue to have left over parts of another theme still on your phone.... that is quite strange
 
A good way to go about theming so you don't leave trails from one to another is this .....once you install a rom, get your apps widgets homescreens etc setup how you want make a backup before installing any themes or mods ....this will give you a clean base of your rom so each time you go to install a different theme just restore your base rom backup and then flash your theme ....it will leave no trails, require no wiping of anything etc ....this is how I have always done it and have never had an issue
 
sorry, I meant u should clear data/cache between themes if you u dint want remnants.
 
dont worry about steven, he is getting old in his age, its the grey hair that has engulfed his head, it messes with his brain :p
 
k home from work

So just to recap here.. I installed the Fission ROM, and I am running the Fission Rom manager. I installed the Galaxy S theme and it worked great. I then installed the Tron theme, and it too worked fine. But I wanted to go back to the Galaxy S theme so I reinstalled it and rebooted. Now I have a clash of the two themes. I have Galaxy on, but some traces of Tron are still on it. How do I get rid of the traces or Tron?

What I have tried to do so far -

data wipe, and reinstall galaxy, Still nothing.

Is a data wipe the same as a factory reset?


Not sure where to go from here.
 
gmenfan83 said:
A good way to go about theming so you don't leave trails from one to another is this .....once you install a rom, get your apps widgets homescreens etc setup how you want make a backup before installing any themes or mods ....this will give you a clean base of your rom so each time you go to install a different theme just restore your base rom backup and then flash your theme ....it will leave no trails, require no wiping of anything etc ....this is how I have always done it and have never had an issue
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Good advice here from Gmenfan83! This is the way I also do it and never have issues with applying themes.
 
I'd factory data reset, at this point, if you wanna get rid of all that left over stuff.... actually, you should keep a backup point that you want to restore to. Going to a old restore point saves you a lot of time setting up everything again, after factory data reset. I'm on gtalk if you wanna talk.
 
gmenfan83 said:
A good way to go about theming so you don't leave trails from one to another is this .....once you install a rom, get your apps widgets homescreens etc setup how you want make a backup before installing any themes or mods ....this will give you a clean base of your rom so each time you go to install a different theme just restore your base rom backup and then flash your theme ....it will leave no trails, require no wiping of anything etc ....this is how I have always done it and have never had an issue
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this is IMO the best method to make sure you dont have left over pieces from another theme when you are flashing between themes.
 
Sorry I had to go to the store. How do I factory restore? When I go to bootstrap the option says clear data / factory reset. Is it that option? I have done that one, and it wiped my data but I don't know if it factory reset everything.
 
ok....if you want to try this;
have a back up ready.
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download this zip and
put it on your sd card
go in to recovery
make sure system/data say unmount
dont wipe anything
install this zip

cleanfission261.zip

i just tried it and it worked fine for me, but its still kinda iffy.
i just took one of the themes i mess with and overwrote it with the framework and apps from fission rom....so it should overwrite everything with the graphics from fission.

worked good for me, but you never know....
 
faber78 said:
ok....if you want to try this;
have a back up ready.
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download this zip and
put it on your sd card
go in to recovery
make sure system/data say unmount
dont wipe anything
install this zip

cleanfission261.zip

i just tried it and it worked fine for me, but its still kinda iffy.
i just took one of the themes i mess with and overwrote it with the framework and apps from fission rom....so it should overwrite everything with the graphics from fission.

worked good for me, but you never know....
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Lol, faber and the disclaimers. Nice! :D
Even if something went wrong, you got him all trained up so he can recover from anything right?

I been running fission since last night, this ROM is everything you guys have been saying. Runs good, no issues, oc'd to 1.2, and this has to be the fastest booting ROM I've ever seen. One thing though (you had to see this coming) how do I turn off the sdcard notifications. I've gone through the settings a few times and I can't find it.
 
glad youre liking it^ :)
thought not sure what you mean bout sd card notifications. what kind notifications are you getting?
 
When it's booting up and initializing the sdcard it makes the notification sound. I know I've turned this off with other ROM's and it's usually in the sounds option in settings, but I can't find it in Fission. Not really a big deal, just would like to turn it off.
 
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