[Solved] Avast anti theft not working as expected

[The_ChamP]

I have samsung galaxy s2 [rooted] with cutom rom - checkrom revohd v4
i was trying to change the theme and ended up in bootloop so i installed dis custom rom on top of the existing rom without and wipe and then when i opened avast and then anti theft it downloaded the anti theft application again , shouldnt the anti theft have survived that ?

[TheUntouchable]

No, there is no possibility to survive an rom flash. This erases the system partition where theft aware is stored. Nothing will survive this

[The_ChamP]

SO instead of wipe , re installing a rom is more dangerous for anti theft ?  

[Filip Havlicek]

It's like formatting a hard-drive properly. Nothing will remain.

[The_ChamP]

how its like formatting a hard drive ? when i reinstalled checkrom all my other apps were still there they didnt get deleted

if i wipe everything in the system partition gets deleted right ? and anti theft is supposed to survive that , than why not a rom reflash ?

[TheUntouchable]

If you make a so called "super wipe" system partition is also wiped and NOTHING will remain.

If you install a new rom, only the system partition is changed. Theft Aware is stored on the system partition to survive a factory reset which is triggered out of android.

So flashing a new rom and doing a super wipe is the same.

[svehlak]

Hi The_Champ, which bootloader do you use? Do you have any compatibile ROM manager, like Clockwork? What I undesrtood is, that you just updated your check ROM by Checkrom RevoHD custom ROM; this custom ROM is based is stock ROM, so is possible that your apps are still there. Please provide your root method and update method, thank you.

[The_ChamP]

I just rebooted my cell and avast didnt start automatically [ the avast notification icon was not showing in the status bar to be precise ] this is the first time it happened , will keep an eye in the future when i restart my phone

@TheUntouchable - what do u mean be factory reset triggered out of android ?

@svehlak - i am using this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312240 and it uses a custom version of CWM
i had rooted a long back using chainfire method
and let me explain once again what had happened - i was on checkrom v4 , i was trying to install a new theme from its kitchen app but i got stuck in a boot loop so i went in CWM recovery and installed checkrom v4 again

[TheUntouchable]

You can go inside of android to (translated from german) Options->SD Card & Phonememory and choose factory reset

[The_ChamP]

Ok thanx for clarifiaction , so anti theft will survive factory reset but not wipe option in CWM ? right ?

[TheUntouchable]

Yes thats right

[The_ChamP]

thanx..i think that solves my queries