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Please advise! S-OFF 2.2 reverted back to 2.1 after Nandroid restore

Guys, I had been rocking it with an Unrevoked S-OFF root + OTA update. Everything was great. Then I got careless and tried to flash some mod .zip files today and got caught in a splash screen loop. All I could do was nandroid restore from Clockwork. It got me out of the loop, but my phone is now back to 2.1 and all my apps are gone etc etc. But I'm almost certain that I did the backup AFTER I applied the OTA, so I don't understand why I reverted.
The good news is that I'm still S-OFF and I should have Titanium backups on my SD card. The bad news is two fold.
A) I'm not sure the proper steps to take to get back to OTA w/o any issue.
B) when I go to Market, I can't install any apps (getting a download error failure everytime)
Please help! Thanks!
EDIT: RESOLVED!

flash the 2.2 update.zip again

dirtydozen said:
flash the 2.2 update.zip again
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Hey thx for responding. Not sure what you mean - I used the OTA to get to 2.2 last time. Since I'm still S-OFF, do you think it's safe to take the update again?
These are the instructions I followed the first time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755035
Other note: The only apps I still have installed are the stock apps AND Superuser. Not sure how/why SU survived while the others did not, but it's there.

If your already rooted, which there's no reason you shouldn't be, grab a 2.2 ROM and flash it. Even a stock rooted 2.2 ROM.
Occum's Razor says you didn't back up after the update and restored with a 2.1 backup.

fr4nk1yn said:
Occum's Razor says you didn't back up after the update and restored with a 2.1 backup.
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... well I know someone that is damn sure making a 2.2 backup when I get this issue resolved!
I think I found the solution (using OTA).
First I had to data wipe my hard drive, because until I did that i could not access any market downloads and basically the OS was behaving like it was crapped up. Data wipe fixed all that and put me back to stock 2.1. Of course then I couldn't apply the OTA because i was rooted. So I moved the OTA zip to SD card and renamed it update.zip, and launched it from Clockwork. Looks like it worked
PS. No offense to the ROM guys on here, but I'm just not really into custom ROM's. Mostly b/c I don't understand them. But in any event, I just like having the "official" ROM, and then tweaking it to the Nth degree.

Can I flash nandroid backup of tmous 2.2 on 2.1?

So I was trying to backup a nandroid of the beta official tmous 2.2. I have two phones, one has the beta official 2.2 and the other stock 2.1. I rooted both, did a titanium backup of both, installed system recovery and ran backup of both. Then I went and loaded the 2.2 backup sd card onto the 2.1 phone and ran system backup and restored the backup. You are probably cringing by now...so it installed the backup and rebooted, and , is now in bootloop on the M logo. Can I somehow restore using the backups, or do I have to flash using rsdlite and use one of the roms on here?
Thanks in advance to any that can help!!! My wife just said she will not buy another phone for me, on my 4th phone within the last year...bricking it is a first though

So that's what you did...
To fix the 2.1 phone you bricked, try restoring the 2.1 nandroid you made.
If I'm correct, Moto's locked bootloader saved you and stopped Recovery from loading the new kernel that's used by FroYo. Which is why you're bootlooping...
If I'm wrong, you'll have to flash the leaked FroYo SBF and restore the FroYo Nandroid you made onto it...

yea, as you know I was trying to make a 2.2 tmous nandroid backup to post on here, but since I'm a noob at this I didn't want to post a possible corrupt nandroid, so I wanted to make sure it was good by trying it out. I couldn't restore the 2.1 nandroid, so I went ahead and flashed the UK 2.34. Thank goodness it worked.
So, now how can I flash the 2.2 nandroid backup onto this UK 2.34 to verify that I made a correct nandroid backup? Is it possible? I am thinking that it would have worked if I wiped data and cashe, wich I forgot to do that the first time...

well, just figured out that wiping didn't have anything to do with it...as I'm back to bootloop. Flashing the 2.34 again

The way you can test your nandroid backup is by booting into recovery, make a backup, wiping the phone, making another backup, and then booting the phone. This will allow you to see what is actually on the backup. Yes you will have to reboot and play around a bit to check, but it should be free and clear of things, at that point reboot into recovery, and restore your rom. That will mean that the second backup you made will be exactly what you just experienced. Hope that helps.

thanks. On a side note, last night when I was researching how to recover, I could have sworn I came across nandroid backups of the tmous 2.2 in the development section...Beach Head...have you looked in there (I think I saw it posted in the thread about the tmous 2.2 OTA update, thought I saw several people post a nandroid backup in the thread). Anyway, I still plan on getting this uploaded as soon as possible, but thought you might want to check in that thread...

You can restore nandroid backup of 2.2 when you are on 2.1. But you will have bootloop. It's beacause you have new kernel (from 2.2) that is not compatibile with bootloader. After restoring nandroid you should try flashing a 2.2tmo_boot only .sbf http://www.mediafire.com/?pkjkk75emk6x83f . Maybe that help. But i really not tested this with tmobile roms. With jboogie mods its working fine. Also remember about gsm fix if you use phone not in US. All 3g fixeS are in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944258 . You should use the file with the frequencies of your country. If somethings go wrong you should flash 2.1 rom sbf (version that you are using now).

[Q] Quick question regarding nandroid back ups

Hi all.
I am going to experiment with a few roms today. Despite Motorolas best efforts to screw the phone with there locked bootloader policy at the moment i have my phone functioning just about perfectly mainly thanks to the super work of the hackers and modders on here. I have a couple of camera hacks allowing me to use the search button to take pics and the 848 wide video mode enabled. I also have the cpu overclocked at 1100 and it runs super stable and gives me the best battery life i have ever had on an android handset. Basically as it is now it works like a dream (how it should have come out of the box some may say) and therefore before i flash anything else i would just like clarification on a couple of points.
So anyways to get where i am at the moment i flashed the full sbf of 3.4.2.117 which i believe is the uk leak of froyo. Now if i start to flash other sbfs and nandroids but want to revert back to my phone state as it is now is it simply a case of going into recovery and restoring the nandroid or will i also have to flash once again the sbf of 3.4.2.117 and then restore the nandroid?
I am just a little unsure and would like to know before i start messing around with it so if you know the answer please let me know.
Thanks

ok now here comes the concept of fixed sbf.....(without cg31 & 39),
root your phone install 2nd int....(..its safer than a condom ...)
wipe data and cache via 2nd int, nandroid and fixed sbf...and voila you are on a new version.
...procedures on various pages...i would recommend the FAQ on CM7...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798
yes...you can always flash the full sbf files on froyo...just dont go full flash on gingerbread 2.3.4 leak...you cannot revert back to froyo.....
...check out the version for various cg in your sbf and if they are same as yours original sbf then you can easily downgrade to your original sbf .http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11195138&postcount=3

hi thanks for your reply. While there was a lot of useful information there i dont think you actually answered my question. I have already lost downgrade ability to 2.1 have no intention of flashing 2.3 and am running 2.2 using the uk rom listed above. I simply want to know what the procedure is for being able to install my nandroid back up of the phone exactly as it is now.

Ok now if you want the phone as it is now you have to go to recovery restore your nandroid and then flash fixed sbf of your current nandroid if your upgrading to another rom do the same thing install the nandroid and fixed sbf so you don't lose downgrade ability

hi as i said i have already lost the ability to downgrade so does that still apply?
please forgive my ignorance but did you actually answer my question and the answer has flown over my head?
i just want the simplest way to get back to where i am at the moment after i start flashing different sbfs and nandroids.
please understand i wont be flashing any 2.3 roms only 2.2 and all i want to do is be able to retsire my current nandroid backup if i choose to
have to say as much as i love the defy if motorola continue with there locked boot loader then i wont be buying another of there handsets which is a great shame as they do make some really good phones. have never known such a complicated system just to flash a few roms. even using a gold card on my old hero and desire was simpler.

with nandroid + fixed sbf , you can even go to 2.1, 2.2 , 2.3 and back to any whr....i was on 2.3 came back on 2.2 again gone to 2.3

wow. it is quite hard to get a straight answer on these forums even though it seems some of you are trying which i do appreciate. There is some real good information in this threasd but unless i am being extremely dim i dont think any of it has actually given me the answer i need.
i have already said i have lost the ablity to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1 becuase i flashed a full 2.2 sbf. When i did try to go back to 2.1 i bricked the phone.
All i want to know is the process for restoring my nandroid.
do i have to flash the same sbf i am using now and then restore the nandroid or can i simply flash any 2.2 sbf and it will still work.
If anyone knows then please just let me know

If you re read my post carefully you will understand its not magic to restore your nandroid go to custom recovery and click restore and then flash the fixed sbf of the current Rom finished

i'm very confused either, after all those reading here and also on other threads
flashing & restoring, seams to be real pain
i'm on new 2.2 CEE stock firmware, i want to flash CM7 or Barebones for example, but i need to have the ability to return back to where i am now (2.2 stock)
so, to summarize everything:
1) root current firmware, install 2ndintdefy, reboot & nandroid backup my current state
2) wipe everything & install new rom (CM7 or other)
3) wipe everything again & what now......flash fixed sbf of my initial firmware, or no need?
for the restore operation:
1) wipe everything & restore my stock firmware nandroid backup (?)
2) flash fixed sbf after restoring nandroid backup? or no need
any help would be greatly appreciated

Quick question 2
Hi guys, I just one to know this:
I'm on CM7 (one nightly before RC0), and I want to flash nordic sbf before updating to RC0, so can you tell me if this will work (?):
- Nandroid backup
- Flash nordic sbf
- Nandroid Restore
- Flash RC0 update
Will it work? I just want the easy way to keep my apps and configs..
Thank's in advance =)

i think, the only way to go back to eclair is flash using nandroid backup and fixed sbf.
if u want to go back to froyo, u can flash with full sbf

djfearme said:
Hi guys, I just one to know this:
I'm on CM7 (one nightly before RC0), and I want to flash nordic sbf before updating to RC0, so can you tell me if this will work (?):
- Nandroid backup
- Flash nordic sbf
- Nandroid Restore
- Flash RC0 update
Will it work? I just want the easy way to keep my apps and configs..
Thank's in advance =)
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Restore Nandroid of Nordic
Flash fixed sbf Nordic
Install CM7 rc0
Install Gapps

nandroid restore

hi, I want to restore a nandroid backup of my stock defy+. But when I try to restore it all goes well but on restart still the cyanogen mod logo and the the screen goes black.
Any hint?

Flash with rsd then do nandroid
Got a Headache? It's all in your Head.

yeah... i read somewhere around here that you need the same version (2.2, 2.3) that you had when you made the nandroid, since it doesn't include the kernel.

Mamm so I need the original mb526 firmare italy forma rsd? Anybody have?
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I think any 2.3 ROM should do it... take a look around the forums
A good place to start...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966537

[Q] Defy Plus: help romdump

After some frustrating failures with romdump v72 I could extract a romdump out of my Motorola Defy Plus MB526 (carrier Vodafone-Italy) with v82b.
Here is the result:
Code:
04/02/2012 18.17 185 checksum.md5
04/02/2012 18.14 0 config.gz
04/02/2012 18.14 1.399 system.info.gz
04/02/2012 18.16 286.179.328 system.tar
How can I know if everything is ok?
How can I make a recovery out of those files?
I would like to try CM7 but I will not until I know I have a working backup.

I don't really know what you're doing here but can't you just do a nandroid backup from CWM recovery?

miscz said:
I don't really know what you're doing here but can't you just do a nandroid backup from CWM recovery?
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I think that he want's to dump his official stock rom before modifying his defy. So i guess he has not got 2nd-init or CWM or CM7, (or probably even root?)
Sent from my 1Ghz CM7 + CM9 Defy

Almost perfect ;-) I did root to enable Titanium Backup. Next step is having a firmware backup and then finding a CWM recovery that works on Defy+
Edit: you can not romdump without rooting.
Update: I wiped all data from the phone, rooted again, made a "clean" romdump, installed the recovery, and made a backup from there (I suppose it is a nandroid backup).
Now I will restore all data, backup again and study CM installation.
Thanks for suggestions.

Hi UncleDan,
I have Motorola Defy Plus MB526 2.3.5, and would like to make romdump before doing 2nd-init and installing CM7,CM9
So far I understand that phone has to be rooted(done), romdump should be installed.
Did you use ADB, or terminal to install/start it?
(addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-backup-your-android-phones-boot-recovery-and-system-partition-images)
Was the backup running without problems, or did you fight with something...?
Finally, if I got system image, how do I make restore from it?
As on romdump page is only stated:
Once the program has finished you should find a directory in the root of your SD card called romdump and a sub-directory named after your device model. Take those files and give them to someone who knows how to make a recovery zip
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BTW: Will be this image usable after screwing something with CM7, CM9?
Or I will need to flash one of SBF anyway?
(sorry if that a silly question - the more I read on forums, the more confused I'm)
Thanks.

UncleDan said:
Almost perfect ;-) I did root to enable Titanium Backup. Next step is having a firmware backup and then finding a CWM recovery that works on Defy+
Edit: you can not romdump without rooting.
Update: I wiped all data from the phone, rooted again, made a "clean" romdump, installed the recovery, and made a backup from there (I suppose it is a nandroid backup).
Now I will restore all data, backup again and study CM installation.
Thanks for suggestions.
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how you installed recovery? link please...i've rooted, done titanium backup & wiped the phone..but i cant find any CWM recovery fr Defy+ :-(
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apurvdate said:
how you installed recovery? link please...i've rooted, done titanium backup & wiped the phone..but i cant find any CWM recovery fr Defy+ :-(
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2ndInit

I had no problems in making the image with romdump v82b but I had no clue on how to restore.
So I parked it and went for 2nd init + nandroid. I restored twice and works like a charme.
The only little issue is that if you install bootmenu 0.6.1 it installs an old recovery which makes a single backup image and if you restore that you always get the old recovery, even if you had a recent one e.g. by flashing CM7.
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ejstubbs said:
2ndInit
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i hv alrdy tried installing SndInitDefy.apk v2.0 from d given thread..but no use..when i reboot in recovery mode i get error logo (android with ! sign in triangle)...
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No idea then, sorry.

ok..i managed it..
uninstalled v2--installed v1.9--again installed v2...now its working
got backup of all..
time for cm7/cm9 now
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apurvdate said:
when i reboot in recovery mode i get error logo (android with ! sign in triangle)...
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Dude, that's not an error, that's what's meant to happen when you boot in to recovery mode. When you get that logo, press vol+ and vol- at the same time and you will get the stock recovery menu.