I feel totally comfortable flashing away on my evo knowing a backup will restore most anything. But I have zero comfort with my wife's epic.
If she hates a custom froyo rom with ext4, can clockwork restore back to her dl18 without issues? Im not sure what parts of memory are changed with these updates and if clockwork backs these up or not. Screwing up my phone is one thing, but I tread lightly with hers....married guys will understand
Yeah you'll be straight. In the Viperrom thread you will see the step by step for installing clock work mod 3 and flashing the rom. Of course you don't have to flash that particular rom. But when you're in cwm3 and about to convert to ext4 format (this is done before flashing the rom of choice assuming that rom runs on ext4) will be prompted to backup your data so you can restore if something goes wrong. Its really convenient because it backs up onto cwm so you can always just go into recovery mode if you need to restore
hdad2 said:
I feel totally comfortable flashing away on my evo knowing a backup will restore most anything. But I have zero comfort with my wife's epic.
If she hates a custom froyo rom with ext4, can clockwork restore back to her dl18 without issues? Im not sure what parts of memory are changed with these updates and if clockwork backs these up or not. Screwing up my phone is one thing, but I tread lightly with hers....married guys will understand
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I'm not sure if Clockwork will revert back to RFS and DI18 but if anything you can just odin back to di18, 1click root/cwm , and then restore data.
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I'm not sure if Clockwork will revert back to RFS and DI18 but if anything you can just odin back to di18, 1click root/cwm , and then restore data.
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Well it isn't CWM exactly. It's nandroid within CWM. It's no explicitly called nandroid when you're in CWM. It just says backup and restore. But if he follows the steps, and makes that backup before formatting to ext4, the name of the backed up file is called 'before ext4 formatting' or something like that so he knows exactly what that backup is.
Clockwork will not revert you back to RFS, and the stock ROM is not RFS-compatible. You will need to use Odin to revert back to stock. From there, you can restore your backup via CWM.
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Well it isn't CWM exactly. It's nandroid within CWM. It's no explicitly called nandroid when you're in CWM. It just says backup and restore. But if he follows the steps, and makes that backup before formatting to ext4, the name of the backed up file is called 'before ext4 formatting' or something like that so he knows exactly what that backup is.
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Do NOT remove the original folder name. This will cause a md5 sum mismatch. You need the original folder name to prevent md5 mismatch
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Do NOT remove the original folder name. This will cause a md5 sum mismatch. You need the original folder name to prevent md5 mismatch
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What? I didn't say that he should change any names. The backup is given a name automatically when it's backed up. The name isn't just the date of the backup like most backups are. It's actually named 'before ext4 formatting' or something similar to that so that it's obvious and stands out.
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What? I didn't say that he should change any names. The backup is given a name automatically when it's backed up. The name isn't just the date of the backup like most backups are. It's actually named 'before ext4 formatting' or something similar to that so that it's obvious and stands out.
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I didn't know we had cwm4. Did I miss something?
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You misread. I wrote ext4, not cwm4
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I didn't know we had cwm4. Did I miss something?
Sent From Da Hood.
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I don't think you can make a backup on di18 and then update to froyo and if she doesn't like it just restore back to di18. Cwm does not restore kernels. I don't think that is possible.
You are correct
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What you want o do is get the nandroid backup on di18. If she doesn't like froyo with ext4 then odin back to di18, install root and cwm, and then do an advanced restore->restore data to restore her apps an settings.
Odin isn't as scary as it sounds. If you're computer runs the one click root and recovery, it should odin just fine.
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Thank you everyone. So it is like I feared. Nandroid will not restore with the file system change. I just have no comfort with this odin thing. I'll figure it out I guess. Enough instructions around here.
And none of the roms seem very solid. Not even sure which to flash. She just needs super stable. Her stock epic tends to hang on the lockscreen and phone app. Viper seems the most popular, but the first time she can't hear someone on the other end of the call, it'll be my fault . Any recommendations for super stability and decent battery?
Word on the street is Bonsai4All for stability. It's stock more or less with a couple baked in addons. I'm a Viper guy and haven't had any sort of phone issues like other users have reported.
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Thank you everyone. So it is like I feared. Nandroid will not restore with the file system change. I just have no comfort with this odin thing. I'll figure it out I guess. Enough instructions around here.
And none of the roms seem very solid. Not even sure which to flash. She just needs super stable. Her stock epic tends to hang on the lockscreen and phone app. Viper seems the most popular, but the first time she can't hear someone on the other end of the call, it'll be my fault . Any recommendations for super stability and decent battery?
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I'm on bonsai right now and it's very stable. A new release is getting ready to come out which is version 2 and I'm running it now and it's super stable. About the issue where she wouldn't be able to hear anything that is a dk28 thing. Not a rom thing. I personally have only had it happen to me a couple of tines but just toggle speakerphone on/off and it fixes it. Good luck.
So any current froyo rom will have this phone bug? Sucky. Here's hoping sprint let's froyo loose this week so the talented devs have a better base to work with!
Are we sure it is a dk28 thing and not a sprint thing? My centro used to drop audio too. Usually just hanging up and redialing fixes it.
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OMG- so this is why my backups usually give me a mismatch, and I end up re-doing everything manually! I've been renaming the folders to something meaningful, like "4-1-11 SFR110Vision11"
Holy crap.
crap crap crap.
All this time I've just been screwing myself!
Is there a way I can determine what the original folder name was??? to change it back?
[I'm going to post this as a new Q&A thread]
Never had a problem with not hearing a phone call, must be phone specific bug. I put Bonsai on my gf's Epic and she LOVES it! I learned through much trials and tribulation on how to restore my phone so I could do hers without getting any grief. Also CWM3 does save a backup to return to rfs before it converts to EXT4. I would root with CWM 2.5.1 and get Titanium and back everything up then Odin the EB13 prerooted with CWM3 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
And then Flash Bonsai 3.0.1 or 4.0.0 on it.
Agreed ^
My process is usually restore from CWM then restore apps from Titanium.
If Odin is necessary...then do that then restore from Titanium.
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I recently rooted and have been enjoying the different ROMS I am now able to use which makes my phone more enjoyable.
I wanted to ask something about backup's that I am a little confused on.
I know there are a few methods of backing up. I do the method of rebooting into recovery and backing up.
My question is, what exactly is this backing up? I would like the backup method to back up the whole ROM with everything I have set in place, kind of like a .img file of sorts on a PC.
I have been going back and forth between an ASOP (MIUI) ROM and a couple Sense based ROMS (MikFroyo and MYNS.) It is frustrating when going between each that I have to go through and reinstall everything and set it all up the way I like it.
Is there a method to create a image that I can just go into recovery, "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" then "Wipe Cache Partition" then "Calkulin's FORMAT_ALL" and then load up the saved image file that will have everthing in tact that I saved in the image file?
Thank you,
Whiteice
Simply back up everything (wimax, sd-ext, boot...) on the particular ROM you have set up, and then set up your next ROM. I use Amon_RA 2.2.1 and you can rename the actual nandroid backup to make it easier to remember which ROM it is. So you can pretty much do exactly what your asking. Once you've set them up, you can easily restore different ROMs.
You can backup an entire rom with rom manager with clockwork. It saves everything the way you left it, from your settings, apps, and even call log.
WhiteiceDMSTech said:
I recently rooted and have been enjoying the different ROMS I am now able to use which makes my phone more enjoyable.
I wanted to ask something about backup's that I am a little confused on.
I know there are a few methods of backing up. I do the method of rebooting into recovery and backing up.
My question is, what exactly is this backing up? I would like the backup method to back up the whole ROM with everything I have set in place, kind of like a .img file of sorts on a PC.
I have been going back and forth between an ASOP (MIUI) ROM and a couple Sense based ROMS (MikFroyo and MYNS.) It is frustrating when going between each that I have to go through and reinstall everything and set it all up the way I like it.
Is there a method to create a image that I can just go into recovery, "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" then "Wipe Cache Partition" then "Calkulin's FORMAT_ALL" and then load up the saved image file that will have everthing in tact that I saved in the image file?
Thank you,
Whiteice
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trust me if your not to sure about what you are doing at least try and get Amon on your phone. It IMO and quite a few others is safer than Clockwork. Clockwork and Rom Manager are for beginners I will admit but before something goes crazy try and flash over to Amon..
edit: to answer you question though nandroid is like system restore in windows... you will get back everything exactly as you left it.
the nandroid backup in your recovery mode does back up everything. once you back it up then flash whatever you are flashing and you dont like it, u just go back and click nandroid restore and it will go back to exactly how it was when u backed it up
Quick question in the new amon what do we check when making a backup.
I'm used to 2.2 and just hitting make a backup.
And just like someone said above, Rom Manager and clockwork may be for beginners but seasoned users also use this. I find it simple to use and flashed about 12 Roms in a couple of months and I have 6 backups stored in the Rom Manager backup list. Very simple to restore back to one of your saved backups as well as easy to save new ones.
And one thing I have picked up about AMon RA is that in the newer versions, make sure you toggle the verification to off so that if a rom or whatever it is you're trying to flash is unsigned, it will not give an error and you'll be able to download.
playya said:
trust me if your not to sure about what you are doing at least try and get Amon on your phone.
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couldn't have said it any better myself
shaglioni said:
And one thing I have picked up about AMon RA is that in the newer versions, make sure you toggle the verification to off so that if a rom or whatever it is you're trying to flash is unsigned, it will not give an error and you'll be able to download.
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Just to point out, the same can happen in clockworkmod.
Really? I was looking for an option about toggling verification on Clockwork but I couldn't find it anywhere. You know where that option is? I mean I haven't' had any errors using it but just in case.
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Really? I was looking for an option about toggling verification on Clockwork but I couldn't find it anywhere. You know where that option is? I mean I haven't' had any errors using it but just in case.
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After you select install from zip, right before you check install form sd card, there should be the option on that screen to toggle signature verification.
That's awesome to know. I guess I never looked at that part of the screen before I flash something because I never get an error. So now if it happens I'll give it a thorough look over. Thanks a lot Roxxorz.
Oh, and you were commenting on the other thread in regards to King Ultra's rom animation. I replied back to that thread but I'm trying to get my own screename configured. Thanks for your input on that issue to but that's puzzling to me. I also have the Amon RA 1.8 version as I hear that's a good version to use as well on my SD in case I want to try it later on.
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Oh, and you were commenting on the other thread in regards to King Ultra's rom animation. I replied back to that thread but I'm trying to get my own screename configured. Thanks for your input on that issue to but that's puzzling to me. I also have the Amon RA 1.8 version as I hear that's a good version to use as well on my SD in case I want to try it later on.
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So what exactly were you trying to do?
Hey everyone... I was wondering -
If I make a NANDroid back up of my stock froyo rooted ROM (ROM #1),
Do a full wipe and then flash another ROM (ROM #2) and make a NANDroid BU of ROM #2,
Then do another full wipe and flash another ROM (ROM #3) and make a NANDroid BU of ROM #3...etc etc...
My question is - Can I restore any given NAND BU to any given ROM, or Do i actually have to reflash that ROM to get it back on the phone?
I tried doing this with a NAND BU that I made with a ROM I had flashed... it got buggy and I ended up restoring my NAND BU from the stock ROM. Then I wanted to show some one the ROM I had flashed before and tried to restore the NAND BU I made of that particular ROM and it got 3 dots into the restore then said it couldnt be completed.
I am wondering if it couldnt be completed b/c the NAND BU was corrupted some how - or if this is actually not some thing you can do...
any info on this would be helpful...
JS3
yes you can do that. before you restore you may want to wipe the cache and dalvik just to make sure that is all cleared out (unless you also do backups of the cache)
What recovery are you running when the restore failed? i am guessing amon, so when you get an error you should move the log to sd so you can check out what exactly the error was
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yes you can do that. before you restore you may want to wipe the cache and dalvik just to make sure that is all cleared out (unless you also do backups of the cache)
What recovery are you running when the restore failed? i am guessing amon, so when you get an error you should move the log to sd so you can check out what exactly the error was
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Ok, I thought I could but I was thrown off by the failed attempt. I always do a FULL wipe when flashing from one ROM to another... and I'm not sure how to back up the cache...
The main back ups I preform are the NAND, Titanium and occasionally I use MyBackUpPro...but I only use the last one for contacts and texts...
I always use Amon_Ra... I am currently using 2.2.1... I am assuming that the NAND BU was corrupt some how.
I am trying to think if I made the back up with the same version of Ra or not and I assume that shouldnt make any differance. Now the only other variable would be that I changed the name of the main file - but I always do that with all my NAND BUs and I didnt have any problem restoring my stock froyo that was named in the same format...(ex: StockFroyo-011911 <~~ which worked Vs. WarmTwoPointTwo-012911 <~~ which did not work)...
You can make backups of multiple and re-flash them at your will [just know which is which, by naming them.] Also, do a cache and dalvik wipe before hand, and you're good to go.
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Hey everyone... I was wondering -
If I make a NANDroid back up of my stock froyo rooted ROM (ROM #1),
Do a full wipe and then flash another ROM (ROM #2) and make a NANDroid BU of ROM #2,
Then do another full wipe and flash another ROM (ROM #3) and make a NANDroid BU of ROM #3...etc etc...
My question is - Can I restore any given NAND BU to any given ROM, or Do i actually have to reflash that ROM to get it back on the phone?
I tried doing this with a NAND BU that I made with a ROM I had flashed... it got buggy and I ended up restoring my NAND BU from the stock ROM. Then I wanted to show some one the ROM I had flashed before and tried to restore the NAND BU I made of that particular ROM and it got 3 dots into the restore then said it couldnt be completed.
I am wondering if it couldnt be completed b/c the NAND BU was corrupted some how - or if this is actually not some thing you can do...
any info on this would be helpful...
JS3
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Just wanted to tell ya thanks for the app recommendation (Elixir)... nvr seen it before but it's pretty awesome..
blakjak220 said:
Just wanted to tell ya thanks for the app recommendation (Elixir)... nvr seen it before but it's pretty awesome..
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No problem, I love it... Also check out last months favorite app. I love that one too cause you can totally customize your texts and what not - It took me almost 4 hours of messing with settings to figure out EVERYTHING that handcent does...
Also thanks goes to teh, appriciate the info
That's wat I do I have several different backups of the most stable roms I like and switch to witch one I like just gota remember the date of backup
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That's wat I do I have several different backups of the most stable roms I like and switch to witch one I like just gota remember the date of backup
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If you use rom manager, or amon ra, you can rename them, so its easy to tell.
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If you use rom manager, or amon ra, you can rename them, so its easy to tell.
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Yeah, I knew you could rename them... I have been doing that - but for some reason I cant get my NAND BU of myns warm twopointtwo to work, I guess I'll just reflash it... I dunno...
If your battery is less than 30%-40% or something, Amon-Ra won't restore or backup. If it's not working, plug in your phone and try again. Also, I would upgrade to RA-2.3. Much better IMO, only version since 1.8 that I haven't had any trouble with. I had also sorts of issues with backups and restores either taking FOREVER or just plain not completing. For the first time, I'm at a point where i have like 5 ROMs on my phone and switch whenever I feel like.
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If your battery is less than 30%-40% or something, Amon-Ra won't restore or backup. If it's not working, plug in your phone and try again. Also, I would upgrade to RA-2.3. Much better IMO, only version since 1.8 that I haven't had any trouble with. I had also sorts of issues with backups and restores either taking FOREVER or just plain not completing. For the first time, I'm at a point where i have like 5 ROMs on my phone and switch whenever I feel like.
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Cool, yeah I may have had a bad battery level, I dont remember what my batery % was when I tried it but that makes sense... thanks, Also with the 2.3 I have it - I just havent flashed it yet... Thanks again
Thanks, everyone who worked on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963652 . It looks like a very helpful update thread, and I'm looking forward to trying it. I just have one concern:
Will I still have all my apps and stored data/preferences with those apps after updating? I imagine not, right? What's the best way to restore after updating? (I'm running stock rooted DK28 with CWM.)
I have Titanium backups, but I don't really know how they work. I mean, if all of my app data is cleared, doesn't that include my Titanium backups? Also, Titanium doesn't back up preferences for stock/core apps like gmail, right? How do I restore preferences for those?
Thanks in advance for any help!
It depends. If you use the update.zip, your apps and settings will still be there.
If you use the windows updater tool or odin, everything will be wiped.
Thanks! Which update.zip? If you mean the one mentioned in step 11 here, I thought that only works for DI18 people, not DK28 people? Or is it worth trying?
I dont think it could hurt to try
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moriarty00 said:
Thanks! Which update.zip? If you mean the one mentioned in step 11 here, I thought that only works for DI18 people, not DK28 people? Or is it worth trying?
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My bad. The update zip is only for di18. And you can't have cwm.
Try this: look in the wiki. Get the di18 with modem that is cwm flashable. Then get the EB13 rooted deodexed stock rom. Both of those are near the top of the official rom listing on the wiki. Flash the di18 with cwm to roll your phone and modem back. Then do the eb13 to update.
In the end I backed up a lot with Titanium Backup (all apps and most "green" system settings), Odined to DI18, flashed the Sprint update.zip (not the pre-rooted deodexed one), and rerooted with one-click/CWM 2.5. Basically, this (the first set of instructions) plus this. I lost my call logs, but Titanium kept everything else.
I definitely recommend this procedure to rooted DK28 people who want to keep their settings, don't care about call logs, and want things rooted but otherwise as "stock" as possible.
Thanks for everyone's help!
My wife got an Epic, while I have an EVO. I'm quite familiar with rooting, ROMs, etc. I think I've got all the Epic-specific details down, but I wanted to ask this question to make sure I've got this down.
I plan to use this root method. After that, her phone will be left with a basically stock, 2.2 ROM that uses the EXT4 file system, and Clockwork recovery image. I read that I won't be able to flash new versions of Clockwork from within ROM Manager. From then on, I will need to stick with ROMs designed for the EXT4 file system or both EXT4 and RFS. I assume I flash ROMs and Kernels just like with my EVO: choose my ROM, it will come with a kernel, but I can flash whatever kernel I choose on top of that (as long as my ROM matches my Android type, DK or EB). There are currently no Gingerbread ROMs for the Epic, but when they are released, I should be able to use CM 3.x to flash them.
OK, I would greatly appreciate if someone could just read over that and let me know if I understand anything incorrectly. Also, if someone could tell me if there's a good reason to choose Odin's recovery vs. Clockwork, I would very much appreciate that as well.
Odin Vs. Clockwork
Everything you posted above sounds accurate.
I use Clockwork to flash my ROMs just because it is easier to me (no cables involved). The only time I use Odin is when my phone is bricked. This has happened after installing Samsung updates, but it is very easy to use Odin to restore back to Stock, then flash a new ROM over.
One advantage to Clockwork is that some ROMs support a full backup. I use Bonsai4All and during installation from Clockwork it will backup your information, then restore it. As far as I know, Odin is not capable of any such thing.
Hope this helps...
OK wait, some ROMs support full backup? Why couldn't I do a full nandroid backup with any ROM I'm running from within Clockwork Mod Recovery?
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OK wait, some ROMs support full backup? Why couldn't I do a full nandroid backup with any ROM I'm running from within Clockwork Mod Recovery?
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You can use these two zips from within clockwork if you are flashing a rom that doesn't backup/restore for you.
Flash the "backup" before you wipe anything and then after you flash the rom - before you reboot - flash the "restore".
These .zips take care of data/settings/apps. Not actual system items, so they don't seem to cause some of the issues that programs like Titanium Backup cause.
EDIT: It's always good to do a complete backup within Clockwork before flashing ANYTHING new. Roms, zips, etc.!
Awesome! Thanks! I can't believe that Clockwork isn't working any better than that where it has problems backing things up. I know the EVO gets a lot of dev love, but seriously... SO much easier.
A couple of things. I've been reading xda for a while but am by no means anything other than a "noob" I know just enough to be dangerous to my phone, but so far only soft bricked my old cappy once. So a very grateful thank you to all the hard work you guys put in to pushing the development.
As a somewhat experienced noob I can say first hand that reading through all these threads and posts that lead in a thousand directions is pretty hard and time consuming. That's why all the "what ROM is best" threads. I sounds kind of selfish coming from someone who has contributed nothing other than traffic to xda, but a section for comparing different ROMs would stop most of those posts.
Now for the questions. Is there a way to put a .zip of the stock ROM on my sd card so I can go back to stock anytime I want? I know I can flash back to stock with odin, but can it be done thru the recovery console? I would like to be able to have several ROMs saved on sd and use recovery to flash between them. I'm not real happy with ROMManager... is freezes all the time, and I've not one time been able to flash with it.
Thanks
Make a backup! Install cwm on your device ...boot into recovery> create backup....
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k.zacher said:
A couple of things. I've been reading xda for a while but am by no means anything other than a "noob" I know just enough to be dangerous to my phone, but so far only soft bricked my old cappy once. So a very grateful thank you to all the hard work you guys put in to pushing the development.
As a somewhat experienced noob I can say first hand that reading through all these threads and posts that lead in a thousand directions is pretty hard and time consuming. That's why all the "what ROM is best" threads. I sounds kind of selfish coming from someone who has contributed nothing other than traffic to xda, but a section for comparing different ROMs would stop most of those posts.
Now for the questions. Is there a way to put a .zip of the stock ROM on my sd card so I can go back to stock anytime I want? I know I can flash back to stock with odin, but can it be done thru the recovery console? I would like to be able to have several ROMs saved on sd and use recovery to flash between them. I'm not real happy with ROMManager... is freezes all the time, and I've not one time been able to flash with it.
Thanks
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WOW one of the most brutally honest statements I've seen here in a while. That's good. And yes it's all very confusing at times, even for non-noobs lol.
Answer-->once you have rooted and cwm or twrp installed make a nandroid of your system, you can restore this at any time. Once you install a rom and get it running how you want and want to try another rom make a nandroid of that one in recovery, you can go back by restoring it. You can do this in this way until your happy with what your running or you run out of storage.
One word of advice...nandroids are snapshots of how your phone is at that moment...any apps, texts, modifications after the nandroid wont be in it....but...a nandroid combined with my back up or titanium backup is great, nandroid for the system and my back up or titanium backup for texts, apps, call logs and such and you can switch back and forth or install a new rom and restore user apps and call logs, texts, ect without losing those. Remember don't back up system apps or system settings as those may mess up on a different rom, only back up user apps(those you've installed).
Hope this helps a little
BTW--> don't use ROM manager to flash anything other than the recovery. Boot into recovery and flash stuff manually. Also, I would suggest twrp recovery as both have issues with auto naming backups, but at least with twrp you can name it whatever you want before you make it.
Just be careful. I remember a Nandroid not flashing the radio but they may have fixed that. Other than that you should loose nothing other than whatever apps you may have installed on the ROM your tinkering with.
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I was hoping to make a backup of my non rooted completely stock ROM. I don't see how to do that if first I have to root and flash CWM or another recovery to do the backup. I didn't see any way to do it from the stock recovery. I have looked to see if anyone has posted an zip image of stock non rooted but the only way I've seen to go back to stock is odin3. Is that correct and am I just wasting my time? I wanted that image so I could go back and update to the new stock ROMs as they come out to test drive and see if I want to use them. Just seems easier that way.
Thanks for your responses
I THINK someone posted a zip format of stock but your best bet would be Odin since you didn't make a backup before. I was wondering this a while back too.. Kinda surprised its not in such high demand..
Edit: are nandroid backups device specific? Can one nandroid backup be used for multiple phones? If it can, I'll flash Odin and post nandroid of stock later tonight
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WOW one of the most brutally honest statements I've seen here in a while. That's good. And yes it's all very confusing at times, even for non-noobs lol.
Answer-->once you have rooted and cwm or twrp installed make a nandroid of your system, you can restore this at any time. Once you install a rom and get it running how you want and want to try another rom make a nandroid of that one in recovery, you can go back by restoring it. You can do this in this way until your happy with what your running or you run out of storage.
One word of advice...nandroids are snapshots of how your phone is at that moment...any apps, texts, modifications after the nandroid wont be in it....but...a nandroid combined with my back up or titanium backup is great, nandroid for the system and my back up or titanium backup for texts, apps, call logs and such and you can switch back and forth or install a new rom and restore user apps and call logs, texts, ect without losing those. Remember don't back up system apps or system settings as those may mess up on a different rom, only back up user apps(those you've installed).
Hope this helps a little
BTW--> don't use ROM manager to flash anything other than the recovery. Boot into recovery and flash stuff manually. Also, I would suggest twrp recovery as both have issues with auto naming backups, but at least with twrp you can name it whatever you want before you make it.
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Titanium backup is a must. And pay for the app, its cheap and you support the developer.
Also, I've had better results with cwm. As soon as I make a backup to my SD card I boot into the ROM and change the filename.
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g2tegg said:
Titanium backup is a must. And pay for the app, its cheap and you support the developer.
Also, I've had better results with cwm. As soon as I make a backup to my SD card I boot into the ROM and change the filename.
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree titanium is not a "must" I've been using my backup pro for years without problems to make my backups. In my opinion its has a better more user friendly user interface with the same freeze/uninstall options. Also as a recovery twrp is gaining ground on cwm for its better options, one of which is renaming backups on the spot when you make it. Add in a file manger, terminal window, multiple flashes at once and many more options many think it is a better recovery. The way the newer cwm makes nandroids makes it very hard to delete individual nandroids, search cwm blobs for more info.
Also, check our mskips toolkit stickied in the dev section for a backup. You will need to be rooted but not to sure about the recovery. You may be able to do it with the stock recovery as I think it uses adb for pretty much everything it can. There is a way to make a backup on stock recovery through adb but you will need to be rooted, his toolkit will do that also.