Hi guys, there are so many roms created for the TD, Hail the chefs !!! and I would like to try some of them !
the problem is, my TD has gone productive for some months and if I flash another rom but I don't like it and want to go back to the latest state I need to do again the whole hassle (mitty or flash stock, flashing the good old rom, automated installation of programs, do settings, sync the data, restore messages from backup, and so on so forth...). for me this process will take at least 5 hours
i am just wondering if there is a tool to backup all data (rom, phone settings, installed programs, settings of all programs installed, pim, internal storage) in the phone. basically, the whole bits of data in the pda.
I believe with the existence of this tool there are many more people would like to try the new roms and find their best suited one
Related
For those of you who flash different ROMs:
What's your recommendation for backing up and restoring software and settings as much as possible when flashing?
What backup program works best?
Does it matter if you install programs to your Internal Memory or a Storage Card?
Or do you pretty much have to re-install everything?
Thanks to anyone who can ease the pain of re-flashing...
jomo25 said:
For those of you who flash different ROMs:
What's your recommendation for backing up and restoring software and settings as much as possible when flashing?
What backup program works best?
Does it matter if you install programs to your Internal Memory or a Storage Card?
Or do you pretty much have to re-install everything?
Thanks to anyone who can ease the pain of re-flashing...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mostly I reinstall everythingin terms of software. As for the PIM I use the PPCPimBackup little software, which is really beautiful, since it saves also sms, mms, email and speed dial numbers.
The reason I normally reinstall everything from scratch is also because different ROMs have different flaws and some sw work with this ROM, but not with that ROM. Also, some ROMs come with various software already installed. Besides, the more you reinstall them, the easier it gets next time.
Of course there are options that you can use, to put the programs you want installed in the Extended ROM and make them run automatically, but some ROMs come with their own Ext ROM, so again not an option..
I guess it all depends on how many ROMs are you willing to flash, but I assume that you, as all of us, are into flashing really deep.. )
cheers,
ionutz
ionutz6 said:
Mostly I reinstall everythingin terms of software. As for the PIM I use the PPCPimBackup little software, which is really beautiful, since it saves also sms, mms, email and speed dial numbers.
The reason I normally reinstall everything from scratch is also because different ROMs have different flaws and some sw work with this ROM, but not with that ROM. Also, some ROMs come with various software already installed. Besides, the more you reinstall them, the easier it gets next time.
Of course there are options that you can use, to put the programs you want installed in the Extended ROM and make them run automatically, but some ROMs come with their own Ext ROM, so again not an option..
I guess it all depends on how many ROMs are you willing to flash, but I assume that you, as all of us, are into flashing really deep.. )
cheers,
ionutz
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, that's what I suspected. Yeah, i've been sucked into the flashing world, but it is a pain to re-install everything. Esp when you finally get a ROM that you wanna stick with for a while. THen later you wanna change and have done lots of customization and installing on top of it.
man i lost flash count in the last 3 days
Hi, i know this maybe on other threads but i cant findit, yesturday my phone speaker stop working, my phone have warranty, AT&T send me a new 8525, but my problem is that i have to many things on my old phone that i dont remember all (diferent hacks and program fix that i spend long nights working) i whant to backup my rom with all the programs and setings to install it on my new phone, i have to send the old phone ASAP, please can someone help me. THANKS.
You can use Sprite Backup that has a feature of backing up ROM or Full backup. Or you can use SPB Backup. Both are good and will do your task.
And were can i download this programs?????
try spb image my friend
And were can i download this programs?????
OK my friends i locate this programs but they are to backup DATA on my PDA and i want to backup my ROM and create a RUU to install my rom on my new phone.
Sprite and SPB Backup both back up your settings, documents, programs (if they are in device memory) - all the data on your phone except the ROM. Dumping your ROM and then coming back and trying to create a RUU from it is going to be a pain the... well, it is unnecessarily difficult.
First, use one of the programs above and do a full backup. Then, when you get your phone back, flash the same ROM you are using now and then restore from your backup. You will achieve the same result with much less trouble.
Is there some reason you MUST back up your ROM? Is it one of a kind?
Ok but i cant find this programs that works with WM6, i download them but i am getting error when try to backup.
Hello community,
first of all thanks for your great work here in this forum. I am using cooked roms in all my HTC (Universe, Kaiser, Trinity, Elf) but currently i am getting stucked with the question:
Is there a way i can backup a phone completely, meaning a complete dump of the ROM, contacts, messages, installed software etc etc...... So that I can try some other ROMs and in case i don't like them that i just can flash back the image and are 100% done.
I only found up till now that i need to dump my rom and in addition my software/contacts with e.g. SPB Backup.
Thanks in advance for every response.....
yeah, i was going to ask the same question...
Is that possible? Does anyone know it???
On one of the Poland boards about smartphones in Trinity section I've seen topic like this - one of the users made a full backup in SPB Backup in original 6.1 and restored it in one of the cooked roms, I think made by "great tomme45i" - he had errors, and he couldn't run his P3600. I think it's impossible to create backup with instaled appz, maybe it's impossible, but the roms have e.g. different languages - you install first WWE, then ITA rom. You can use PIM Backup and backup only PIM data - contacts, messages, tasks, calendar events.
Hi, for this purpose I am using Sprite Backup. It can backup everything so that when you test some ROMs and want to get back to original one you can then restore everything like it was before. It is not possible to make a full backup and then restore it on different ROM.
hi all
i currently have modaco's 3.0 rom installed; i did this before i started using the phone so didn't have the issue i have now.
i want to change the rom (looking at modaco's latest actually), but im concerned i'll lose all my texts, emails, programs etc. the way it sounds in other threads is i will not lose them but having been a WM user for the past 4 years, I thinking, if i changed rom in WM and it deleted everything, why not Android?
so basically put; if i go from 3.0 to 3.* will i lose everything?
thanks for all the help!
JT
I guess if you don't wipe before upgrading in the recovery mode, you will not lose anything.
You won't lose your data (unless you wipe before but why would you, really?), the upgrade will only replace the system files and leave your data unharmed. Big plus over WM
If you feel insecure you can always do a nandroid backup in recovery and revert to it IF you lose your data.
Hi there having been a windows mobile user myself, i had all these same questions as you. Android stores its system files in a different partition on the chip inside called system partition, and other data like programs, contacts, sms etc are stored in another partition called data partition. hence if u upgrade from modaco 3.0 to 3.1 or 3.2 without wiping(factory resetting) ur device while in recovery mode it can safely be done without having to lose your data. However if u decide to move from an android 1.5 to a 2.0 or 2.1 a wipe becomes necessary hence u will lose data. I recommend using titanium backup to backup ur important data before changing ur roms, it similar to PIM backup that we used in windows.
thanks to all who replied; hit the switch and its done. everything went perfectly
I think it would be very useful to have available a tool which could dump to the sd card the rom that is currently on the phone, all settings, pim data, etc. and make so all you have to do is flash the rom and when its done, everything is as it was. Kind of like making restore points on your pc. Currently it seems people are using a combination of this to do that, that to do this, and there is a kinda steep learning curve for new users, and experienced users are still taking 1/2 hr to an hr to set everything up after flashing and it seems every chef has thier preferred autoinstall stuff cooked in. I would be willing to donate $50 to author of a working tool such as I have described but it would have to restore everything, just t29, flash the b/u rom and ur in business, and it would have to be noob friendly at least for the most part as this tool would be a preferred method for newer users. I think such a tool would make experimentation with apps and modifications, rom building/testing much safer and faster for people just to flash back to a stable rom all set up if something doesnt go right. I know theres some seriously smart people here at xda, hopefully some of you could look into creating a tool that would benifit many people, and hopefully more people would be willing to donate for such a tool.
huggs said:
I think it would be very useful to have available a tool which could dump to the sd card the rom that is currently on the phone, all settings, pim data, etc. and make so all you have to do is flash the rom and when its done, everything is as it was. Kind of like making restore points on your pc. Currently it seems people are using a combination of this to do that, that to do this, and there is a kinda steep learning curve for new users, and experienced users are still taking 1/2 hr to an hr to set everything up after flashing and it seems every chef has thier preferred autoinstall stuff cooked in. I would be willing to donate $50 to author of a working tool such as I have described but it would have to restore everything, just t29, flash the b/u rom and ur in business, and it would have to be noob friendly at least for the most part as this tool would be a preferred method for newer users. I think such a tool would make experimentation with apps and modifications, rom building/testing much safer and faster for people just to flash back to a stable rom all set up if something doesnt go right. I know theres some seriously smart people here at xda, hopefully some of you could look into creating a tool that would benifit many people, and hopefully more people would be willing to donate for such a tool.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The problem is that when you backup program items, it also backs up the registry entries, and those entries may vary between ROMS. I use SPB Backup on my system, but ONLY restore to the same ROM version - to avoid this very issue.
The absolute safest way to flash a new ROM is to use activesync to backup your contacts, emails, and schedule (plus mobile shortcuts), and then flash. Then manually install each of your programs onto the phone. This ensures that your phone will be setup to match the OS. Then restore your contacts, etc, by using activesync again.
There are various solutions to get around this (I use XDA_UC myself), but that requires some reading and knowledge.
stevedebi said:
The problem is that when you backup program items, it also backs up the registry entries, and those entries may vary between ROMS. I use SPB Backup on my system, but ONLY restore to the same ROM version - to avoid this very issue.
The absolute safest way to flash a new ROM is to use activesync to backup your contacts, emails, and schedule (plus mobile shortcuts), and then flash. Then manually install each of your programs onto the phone. This ensures that your phone will be setup to match the OS. Then restore your contacts, etc, by using activesync again.
There are various solutions to get around this (I use XDA_UC myself), but that requires some reading and knowledge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right, I understand about reg entries not matching between roms, I'm saying to restore the same rom that was backed up. That way, if you installed a app, wanted to try a new rom, made some change or whatever that made the rom unusable, you could just restore that rom to the last stable configuration that you backed up. You could have the rom on your sd and have a stable rom to flash back to anytime, so you dont have to restore everything anytime you screw up your phone and must HR. Since I have had my TP2, I have had to HR many times, caused by messin with stuff trial and error style, I think it would be a nice safety net, to be able to flash back to something stable, all set up the way it was when the backup was made. Then alls you would have to do is get your rom all set up once, and remember to back it up.
huggs said:
Right, I understand about reg entries not matching between roms, I'm saying to restore the same rom that was backed up. That way, if you installed a app, wanted to try a new rom, made some change or whatever that made the rom unusable, you could just restore that rom to the last stable configuration that you backed up. You could have the rom on your sd and have a stable rom to flash back to anytime, so you dont have to restore everything anytime you screw up your phone and must HR. Since I have had my TP2, I have had to HR many times, caused by messin with stuff trial and error style, I think it would be a nice safety net, to be able to flash back to something stable, all set up the way it was when the backup was made. Then alls you would have to do is get your rom all set up once, and remember to back it up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh, for THAT I recommend SPB Backup. It isn't free, but it does a good job. But it would not contain the flash contents, and all bets are off if you are attempting to overwrite a newer ROM. What I do is re-flash the ROM that matches the backup, and THEN restore the SPB backup file.