Can you root evo without losing your apps/ data? I'm going to use unrevoked on my Mac. Are there any one click root apps that u can root without computer? Thanks
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Yes. Use the unrevoked method. It keeps your data and is one click. You do need a computer though.
to back up my apps (and to keep track of what I have had installed previously) I use AppBrain...
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My fiance has to send in her phone for replacement. Since the Incredible doesn't have the Privacy/backup app data option, I want to back up her apps so as not to lose data or have to manually do it in the market. From reading, Titanium Backup is the best app for the job and it requires root.
I searched for my answer but found not exactly what I was looking for...
I know I can run unrevoked3 to root the device, install TB then back up my apps...
From here I want to unroot the phone. I read I can install the official 2.1 ROM and it'll erase what unrevoked3 did.. Am I correct in assuming that?
Or could I just factory reset the phone (with the 2.2 OTA) instead of having to install that 2.1 ROM? And will doing this get rid of the custom recovery? Or does a whole ROM need to be flashed to replace the recovery?
Then on the new device, i have to root it, install TB again, install the backups... If it comes preloaded with 2.2, how do i lose root and still hold onto all the apps I just backed up?
Actually I don't care about the new device and getting rid of root...
I just want to make sure the phone I send back no longer has the custom recovery.
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To skip the rooting and unrooting, try AppBrain. You can build a list and sync your device with your apps. On the new phone, do the same and it will automatically redownload and install your missing apps.
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Will it download them through the market? I only ask so the downloads list in the market shows apps as installed and will notify of updates. And does it back up app data as well?
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And modifying my search I found the answer... Downgrading will erase custom recovery...
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Phaded said:
Will it download them through the market? I only ask so the downloads list in the market shows apps as installed and will notify of updates. And does it back up app data as well?
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Yes, it downloads through the market, and does updates, too. No it doesn't save app data. I try to stay away from that due to possible data corruption.
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Another question... So phone is rooted, s-off, cw recovery.
Outside of flashing the leak, how would one prepare the phone for the ota without losing apps and data? I've read flashing the stock recovery would do it, but I can't find the 2.2 one or I'm looking in the wrong place. Any help appreciated.
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What should I know before I run z4root? What will I loose? What should I backup? Where do I need to look to find progys that need reinstalled.
Thanks again guys
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you might find your answer here. there is a 7 minute video about it.
Rooting wont cause you to lose any apps or data.
What root is.
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All root does is give you the ability to change things you couldn't change otherwise. You won't lose anything by rooting. No reinstalling necessary.
If you get the oneclick 2.5.5, it will root AND give you clockworkmod recovery which will allow you to do full back ups of your phone.
To use oneclick 2.5.5 I would need a pc correct? I currently don't have access to one so I was hopeing to use the z4root app and be able to install clockwork is this possible?
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Is it possible to remove apps like Facebook, Finance, and that news thing without doing a Root?
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Is it possible to remove apps like Facebook, Finance, and that news thing without doing a Root?
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no you can only remove system apps if you have root. but you can always just temp root and remove them
Systems applications (stock apps that came with a new phone) cannot be removed without rooting.
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Carriers think they know what apps you need better than you do.
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get visionary for one click temp root.....get titanium backup root and uninstall...then delete both apps and reboot.....took me 10 min
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get visionary for one click temp root.....get titanium backup root and uninstall...then delete both apps and reboot.....took me 10 min
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Visionary doesn't work anymore btw. Even the temp root doesn't work. Just use the xda guide to temp root your phone and use titanium backup to remove the apps.
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Visionary doesn't work anymore btw. Even the temp root doesn't work. Just use the xda guide to temp root your phone and use titanium backup to remove the apps.
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i did mine a couple months ago. i probly shouldve looked into it before posting
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i did mine a couple months ago. i probly shouldve looked into it before posting
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Ya i tried visionary a few weeks after i got my phone in april to temp root and it worked. I decided to perm root in end of june and needed to downgrade but that required temp root so i tried visionary again but i got stuck in a black screen so every time i would have to push the home key.
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I couldn't find it explicitly stated anywhere, I just wanted to know will downgrading gingerbread to get root via the method in the xda wiki delete my apps and everything? Is it a wipe and I need to backup everything? I know I should anyway for safety, but I have a lot of video games with save games and whatnot, and even if I backup these I lose saved games generally with any type of wipe, so I might wait for another method if that's the case. Or will it move more like a standard OTA upgrade where my information is saved? Thanks!
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You have to downgrade G2/Desire Z if you are higher than 1.34. I dont think you can root and s-off etc without downgrading. And if you downgrade thats a wipe cause it is like renewing the system or flashing a new rom it wipes everything.
I have downgraded from 2.3.3 stock Desire Z and I am very happy that I did it now I am running latest CyanogenMod and it is so smooth I am amazed.
Is there a preferred backup app that I should use that could preserve app data? Titanium needs root to do that backup.
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Hmm I dont think you can take proper backups of app data without root permissions. But I might be wrong ofc. Never heard of it tho.
Use Astro File Manager, or just copy everything from your phone onto the PC.
Hi,
my friend has an HTC Desire HD, which is on a stock 2.3.3 ROM, unrooted, AT&T Branded, probably Net-Locked (not SIM-Locked though) and S-ON. Now the VOL-UP button is mechanically broken, which is covered by her insurance.
I want to back up all her data, apps and app settings. I will probably flash a RUU before giving it to the repair people to delete all personal information. How do I perform the backup?
I usually use Titanium Backup for that but it requires root, which requires a downgrade, which deletes all the apps. Basically I want a temproot for 2.3.3, but I couldn't find anything like that. Visionary+ seems to work on 2.2 only.
Thanks for any advice or information.
I know my way through a terminal and have access to Windows, Linux and OS-X. Bonus if I only require the Linux machine though.
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Hi,
my friend has an HTC Desire HD, which is on a stock 2.3.3 ROM, unrooted, AT&T Branded, probably Net-Locked (not SIM-Locked though) and S-ON. Now the VOL-UP button is mechanically broken, which is covered by her insurance.
I want to back up all her data, apps and app settings. I will probably flash a RUU before giving it to the repair people to delete all personal information. How do I perform the backup?
I usually use Titanium Backup for that but it requires root, which requires a downgrade, which deletes all the apps. Basically I want a temproot for 2.3.3, but I couldn't find anything like that. Visionary+ seems to work on 2.2 only.
Thanks for any advice or information.
I know my way through a terminal and have access to Windows, Linux and OS-X. Bonus if I only require the Linux machine though.
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Hi, I'm not that technical so here's what I would do. Root the phone, make a backup of original ROM using ROM Manager. Do what you want, save it and then flash back to the original ROM.
lapantz said:
Hi, I'm not that technical so here's what I would do. Root the phone, make a backup of original ROM using ROM Manager. Do what you want, save it and then flash back to the original ROM.
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But as I understand it, in order to root it I have to downgrade it to 2.2 first and the downgrade deletes all my apps and settings. Is that not correct?
Try root with superoneclick 2.3.3
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Muikkuman said:
Try root with superoneclick 2.3.3
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Doesn't work. Superoneclick runs through without error but the installed Superuser App on the phone crashes, Titanium Backup can't get root access and after a reboot everything is gone.
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Doesn't work. Superoneclick runs through without error but the installed Superuser App on the phone crashes, Titanium Backup can't get root access and after a reboot everything is gone.
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Try uninstalling superuser and installing from the market to see what happens.
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