ACTIONpack Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 how often do you reinstall your phone OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Only if switching ROMS, which essentially means rarely, no real need to otherwise darth_vader and Rohdekill 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liana Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I think today marks the third time this year. Initially running stock, then tried Cyanogenmod 10.1, then went back to stock when JellyBean came out for my phone, then just tonight moved to Cyanogenmod 10.2 stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmc Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 With every new release or general system update (like 8.1). It's just too common for bugs and/or general instability to be introduced in desktops with them. Then, I ghost it at several different stages: clean install, configured, non-development apps installed and configured, again after interoperations with VMs and other servers have been installed and configured, and then again after my development environment and apps are installed and configured. I'll revert back to a ghost several times a year for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 15, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2013 I've never had the need to Sir Topham Hatt, Packet1009, Tigurinn and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 You can do that? Dot Matrix 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary2MBz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I usually restore on iOS X.0 revisions with the major version bump i.e. iOS 6.1.4 to iOS 7.0 for example. In the case issues come up or I am going to jailbreak, I also tend to restore on .Y revisions of the OS such as 7.0.4 to 7.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spy beef Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Everyone 6 months. Windows Phone 7.5 slows down so much over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'm thinking a poll of some sort might be useful, I've never had to reinstall any smartphone os I've only had smartphones since about 1996 onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morebaker Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 once because i went from gingerbread 2.3 to kitkat 4.4.2 changed phones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 When I'm on Cyanogenmod, every time there was a new nightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Pretty often since CM release nightlies for KitKat. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussam Al-tayeb Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I used to install nightly builds often but now I am sticking to one unofficial cm 10.1 build and waiting for the unofficial cm11 to stabilize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winrez Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Everyone 6 months. Windows Phone 7.5 slows down so much over time. No 7.8 available for your phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alladaskill17 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Never?! :/ HTC Titan 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWDweller Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 For my phone - 3 times this year - only because of something crazy happening to the stock ROM like a bad root, or last time when I locked myself out of my phone hard. (Forgot my password and had no choice to but to wipe the phone). For my tablet - none. Same OS as when they updated it. So, unless you count that one as a reinstall, never had the need to. When I had my HeroC - I lost count. With so many ROM's for it, had a hard time deciding. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwizard88 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Never? Okay that's a lie, I had a bad update once that nictitated a re-flash. Otherwise I haven't done a re-install on functional hardware in.. ever. I have re-installed WP7.5 a few times on my Focus, but I'm pretty certain its memory is shot, but I kept trying to keep it going. I liked it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I have not reinstall on mine yet.. but I have an update but not install update yet... Right now I am on 4.1., new update is 4.3 I am thinking about installing update .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 As often as the rom I'm using is updated. It's just too easy, when you can easily backup everything on your phone and restore it upon the new installation without losing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So far for this phone, never (had it about 8 months) Usually when I have a primary phone, maybe once a year (upgrades) if that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Only if I ever install ROM's on the HTC One, which is super rare. Otherwise, no factory resets/reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy2 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Every three weeks I update usually ... Kernels I update more often. For new Rom Builds I usually wait to see what bugs are reported and if the update gets mostly praised then ill proceed to update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 On my phone? On my home phone (HTC One), barring system updates, never. Had no need or desire to screw around with custom ROMs, perfectly happy with stock, runs great. My work phone (WP7.5) I've done it twice, once for an update that my carrier never pushed, and once again for a custom ROM that added some tricks, root, etc. Now my Android based tablets are another story, usually go through quite a few until I find one that's actually stable and I'm happy with, and that's only because they were Android 2.x to begin with.. if they came with 4.x out of the box I wouldn't bother, too many stability issues with CM on my various tablets for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Never had to do it and hopefully it stays that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Whenever there's a new CyanogenMod for my phone, because that's the only way I can get Android updates. So basically whenever there's a new major Android update. That's when I backup everything, do a factory format, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, reboot, wipe cache, delete batery stats, wipe dalvik cache, wipe dalvik cache, pray to Jesus and flash a new zip. The interim releases (bug fixes) don't require any wiping or clean installs (despite what delusional XDA people might tell you), so I don't reinstall with those and just do a normal update. Basically, twice a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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