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Hello everyone,
I'm a newbie to smart phones. I succcessful managed to create a goldcard and root my Desire to the generic HTC room using the 1 step r6 guide at modaco forums. I have managed to re-install my apps.
I'm just wondering whether it is possible to create a backup image so that if I was to go to a different rom which I didn't like I could restore the image to go back to the generic rom but with all my apps installed. Is a custom rom with all my apps on there the same as an image???
I read some stuff about nandroid here but it seems confusing and says that you need to create seperate backup for app settings.
sorry not sure if what I am saying is making sense.
Thanks for any help
I did a bit more reading and I guess it's not possible to backup an image and restore like you can with a hdd. So I can only restore to the provider or stock Roms, I would have to backup my settings and apps using an app like titanium but it won't allow me to update these apps unless I use the paid version?
thunderb0ltuk said:
I did a bit more reading and I guess it's not possible to backup an image and restore like you can with a hdd. So I can only restore to the provider or stock Roms, I would have to backup my settings and apps using an app like titanium but it won't allow me to update these apps unless I use the paid version?
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Yes there is. User ROM Manager. I'm using it to switch back between Froyo and 2.1 Sense. Just create a backup before you flash ROM #2, then backup ROM #2 after configuring it. Then just restore from one of the two backups. Easy as pie!
thunderb0ltuk said:
I did a bit more reading and I guess it's not possible to backup an image and restore like you can with a hdd. So I can only restore to the provider or stock Roms, I would have to backup my settings and apps using an app like titanium but it won't allow me to update these apps unless I use the paid version?
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Yes, use either ROM Manager or a recovery to make a nandroid backup. It will backup everything on your phone (apps, settings, etc - not the SD card though of course). The nandroid backup created (which you can also copy to your Computer, to be on the safe side) will be a 'snapshot' of your phone.
i rooted my phone yesterday, and today ive been looking around at roms and everything but obviously i want to keep all my apps so i downloaded titanium backuo and it says i need the latest version of busy box, so i go to download that and install it but it says im not nand unlocked, 1. i have no idea what this is 2. how do i do it, and is it completely necessary or is there an easier way to backup my apps etc.
when you go into Titanium, there should be a button in the middle at the bowwom "Problems?". click that and it should ask if you want to install busybox. Let it install it.
just to clarify, when i flash a new rom and everything is reset is titanium still meant to be on the apps list or do i need to re-download it from the market and restore it?
if you move it to your SDcard, it should still be there. But if not, you can download it again and it should pick up your backups as these are on your SDcard.
Just re download titanium app.. run it and restore backup from it... it identifies backup made on sd card..
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thanks, really appreciate the help.
The nand protection is inplace because although your rooted, you still have a security locked bootloader, visit www.alpharev.nl for more info on how to s-off your device
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HI everyone,
Can any one explain how to take backup of ROM with installed applications before fashing the new ROM. I am using 2.3.3 with hardly 50 apps. Every time when I flash the ROM I should download all the apps from begining. Please help me by providing the solution.
spdgowda said:
HI everyone,
Can any one explain how to take backup of ROM with installed applications before fashing the new ROM. I am using 2.3.3 with hardly 50 apps. Every time when I flash the ROM I should download all the apps from begining. Please help me by providing the solution.
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hey dude installl cwm to flash zip files or roms of what ever you like... and for your aps you may like to checkout Titanium Pro backup google it or buy it from market.
and titanim pro backup will also help you in linking the apps with market and also the paid ones if you have purchased it from the same google account..
How to install cwm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL62BUZjmgw) check out thats worth seeing..
I have done as per your guidance , but I unable to get back my apps, please help.
matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=TB+-+User's+guide check this out hope it will help
Is your phone rooted ? If so, then it's easy, use TitaniumBackup to backup all your apps.
If you don't have permanent root (i.e. by using the HTCdev bootloader unlock tool and then rooting, or by using the XTC Clip device and rooting), then you can get temporary root and still do the backup/restore that way. Just with temp root you will have to re-do the rooting after a reboot.
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Easiest way is to use CLockwork Mod and create a nandroid of your current Rom, then when you try other roms and decide to go back to previous Rom, you just use cwm and select restore.
Also use Titanium Backup as suggested earlier.
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Aef 101 said:
Easiest way is to use CLockwork Mod and create a nandroid of your current Rom, then when you try other roms and decide to go back to previous Rom, you just use cwm and select restore.
Also use Titanium Backup as suggested earlier.
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Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .
spdgowda said:
Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .
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Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .
Please can any one help.
Hello all,
Yesterday I rooted my HTC One X and then I installed the custom Cyanogenmod 10 nightly build (cm-10-20121105-NIGHTLY-endeavoru), that all went through succesfully. However it was only for testing purposes, to see what Cyanogenmod 10 ROM was offering, but I now want to revert back my stock Android ROM.
During the installation process I followed the guides and I made a back-up straight after installing Clockwork Touch Recovery 5.8.4.0 (recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru), however when I reboot after restoring my back-up my phone doesn't boot into Android OS it stays at the HTC logo screen. Before I restore I delete data and cache.
I do belive its a boot.img fault and I would love it if someone could help me find a replacement for my stock image.
I originally was using
Android 4.0.3
Unlocked international version (Tegra 3)
I purchased from Virgin in Australia
I really need my old ROM back if possible, can anyone offer me any assistance?
Thank you
You have right, it's a boot.img problem. You have to flash the original boot.img of your stock rom. I think that it's normally in your Nandroid backup, but I'm not sure.
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FabMan_UK said:
Hello all,
Yesterday I rooted my HTC One X and then I installed the custom Cyanogenmod 10 nightly build (cm-10-20121105-NIGHTLY-endeavoru), that all went through succesfully. However it was only for testing purposes, to see what Cyanogenmod 10 ROM was offering, but I now want to revert back my stock Android ROM.
During the installation process I followed the guides and I made a back-up straight after installing Clockwork Touch Recovery 5.8.4.0 (recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru), however when I reboot after restoring my back-up my phone doesn't boot into Android OS it stays at the HTC logo screen. Before I restore I delete data and cache.
I do belive its a boot.img fault and I would love it if someone could help me find a replacement for my stock image.
I originally was using
Android 4.0.3
Unlocked international version (Tegra 3)
I purchased from Virgin in Australia
I really need my old ROM back if possible, can anyone offer me any assistance?
Thank you
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You need to flash the original boot.img with fastboot. If you boot into recovery and mount usb storage browse the "sd card" to clockwork mod/back up you will see boot.img, copy to your pc and flash with fastboot.
gr1pper said:
You need to flash the original boot.img with fastboot. If you boot into recovery and mount usb storage browse the "sd card" to clockwork mod/back up you will see boot.img, copy to your pc and flash with fastboot.
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JonasL1 said:
You have right, it's a boot.img problem. You have to flash the original boot.img of your stock rom. I think that it's normally in your Nandroid backup, but I'm not sure.
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as they said the your boot.img is in the nandroid backup.... just extract it and flash it in flastboot
could i ask you to upload your backup file and share it with the community? i would very appreciate it
matt95 said:
as they said the your boot.img is in the nandroid backup.... just extract it and flash it in flastboot
could i ask you to upload your backup file and share it with the community? i would very appreciate it
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I think I can do that.
Thanks guys for the suggestions, I'll test later and report my findings.
Half success
Hey guys, thank you for your help. Following the advice given I was able to restore my boot.img and boot into my old phones OS, it states 4.0.3 and looks pretty much how my phone looked.
However I wonder if I could get some more assistance? My knowledge is limited I find it hard to even search for the correct terminologies on this website, let alone understand all the material that pops up. I do try to take care and follow guides, I didn't seem to have any problems with Cyanogenmod on my HTC Desire.
So my problem is difficult for me to explain, I'll try to be detailed.
Before I attempted to test CM10 I always transferred every app to the phone storage. Then starting the process I then installed SuperSU, ROM Manager and Titanium Backup but I did not move them to phone storage. I used HTCDev to unlock, via HTC One X All in One Kit 1.2.2. Then after installing clockworkmod I completed a backup, with a total size of 2.47GB (I'm not sure of a typical size).
I successfully tried a CM10 nightly build 4/11/12 then 5/11/12 an hour later and liked it but wanted to revert, I had my above OP problem now solved. But when after restoring my original backup I only have Titanium Backup, ROM Manager and SuperSu as my installed apps. No other apps are installed or registered at all, I don't have any old text messages (except 6 very recent ones), or call log history. However my details are stored, so it knows my google account details and my wifi details.
Most people here understand how the HTC One X works better than me. It seems the backup is made up of 7 files my guess in brackets:
.android_secure.vfat.tar (contains the stored apps) 1.51GB
boot.img (responsible for how it boots) 8MB
cache.ext4.tar (too small for me to guess) 10.5KB
data,ext4.tar (contains user data, configurations) 63.3 MB
nandroid.md5 (checksum) <1KB
recovery.img (to boot to clockworkmod recovery) 8MB
system.ext4.tar (Stores the OS) 906MB
Can someone help diagnose the problem and offer a possible solution? I'll upload the correct boot.img when this is working.
Thank you all again.
FabMan_UK said:
Hey guys, thank you for your help. Following the advice given I was able to restore my boot.img and boot into my old phones OS, it states 4.0.3 and looks pretty much how my phone looked.
However I wonder if I could get some more assistance? My knowledge is limited I find it hard to even search for the correct terminologies on this website, let alone understand all the material that pops up. I do try to take care and follow guides, I didn't seem to have any problems with Cyanogenmod on my HTC Desire.
So my problem is difficult for me to explain, I'll try to be detailed.
Before I attempted to test CM10 I always transferred every app to the phone storage. Then starting the process I then installed SuperSU, ROM Manager and Titanium Backup but I did not move them to phone storage. I used HTCDev to unlock, via HTC One X All in One Kit 1.2.2. Then after installing clockworkmod I completed a backup, with a total size of 2.47GB (I'm not sure of a typical size).
I successfully tried a CM10 nightly build 4/11/12 then 5/11/12 an hour later and liked it but wanted to revert, I had my above OP problem now solved. But when after restoring my original backup I only have Titanium Backup, ROM Manager and SuperSu as my installed apps. No other apps are installed or registered at all, I don't have any old text messages (except 6 very recent ones), or call log history. However my details are stored, so it knows my google account details and my wifi details.
Most people here understand how the HTC One X works better than me. It seems the backup is made up of 7 files my guess in brackets:
.android_secure.vfat.tar (contains the stored apps) 1.51GB
boot.img (responsible for how it boots) 8MB
cache.ext4.tar (too small for me to guess) 10.5KB
data,ext4.tar (contains user data, configurations) 63.3 MB
nandroid.md5 (checksum) <1KB
recovery.img (to boot to clockworkmod recovery) 8MB
system.ext4.tar (Stores the OS) 906MB
Can someone help diagnose the problem and offer a possible solution? I'll upload the correct boot.img when this is working.
Thank you all again.
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i'm not quitely sure but i would reboot into bootloader and do a factory reset to see if this solves the problem, but i'm not sure this will
matt95 said:
i'm not quitely sure but i would reboot into bootloader and do a factory reset to see if this solves the problem, but i'm not sure this will
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Doesn't that clear the data and or cache? Because I've done that, before I restore. I've tried several things including random button mashing
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Looking at the file sizes of other backups, the cache can be quite large. Is it possible during the backup the cache part was fudged? Meaning that its all gone. Or possibly I hit clear cache by mistake? Though I have absolute no memory of doing that or any reason as to why I would. When I install some apps, it picks up old content.
It's maybe better to buy Titanium Back-up Pro. Than you can back-up everything with that. (Apps, text messages, settings,...) And than a Nandroid back-up and you don't lose something. You can just lose your sd card if you do something wrong. I do it always so.
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JonasL1 said:
It's maybe better to buy Titanium Back-up Pro. Than you can back-up everything with that. (Apps, text messages, settings,...) And than a Nandroid back-up and you don't lose something. You can just lose your sd card if you do something wrong. I do it always so.
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Its embarrassing but I already own Titanium Back-up Pro, I assumed (incorrectly) that clockworkmod backup was almost like taking a snapshot of the current system operating.
I had already backed up everything on the USB mountable drive space, but not the part that is actually useful to backup. D'oh.
I wondered if anyone was familiar with clockworkmod back up process and could inform me of how I am missing something so obvious and I click X Y Z a voila, its restored.
That's strange if you restored both things and your apps and text messages and more stuff are missing.
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JonasL1 said:
That's strange if you restored both things and your apps and text messages and more stuff are missing.
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I know, I used 7-zip and I could successfully extract the *.tar files and there was so much information there, it had all of the apps I used. In the morning (I'm in Australia), I will try to find a way to manually import information. No idea how to start other than with an Internet Search.
Okay that didn't help at all, I'm stuck. I can see the apps but they will not install from the phone storage.
I can see in the .tar files the system apps that come pre-loaded but are not on my phone now, like Facebook. It's frustrating because I cannot do a factory restore because I do not have access to an original HTC installation. Is there an official international 4.0.3 installation image available or am I stuck with a screwed up phone until HTC release the official Australian 4.1 release?
Thanks people.
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I'm making the assumption that something failed during my first backup and that is why it didn't work on restore. I believe its the cache information as the rest are large in size and they pass the MD5 checksum, I don't know this for sure though.
My boot.img would be no good for the collection as it already exists. The boot.img I am using is the one I extracted from the RUU 1.29.728.12 I downloaded, since that should be the one my phone came with and it works.
My experience from this is that Cyanogenmod 10 is not yet ready for me to use but is looking promising. Also that I cannot rely on ClockWorkMod solely as a backup solution and should have used phones included backup features and Titanium Backup Pro that I own.
Cheers everyone.
Hello there,
I googled a lot, I searched a lot here, but I did not find what I searched for.
I am thinking about testing the new Version of Cyanogenmod, the problem is that I in fact never did anything like this.
I want to set back the device to manufactures setting and then backup the original LG Software, so that I can go back to the standard before selling, or if CM isnt quite mine.
Anyone tips or links how to manage that?
Thank a lot before, sorry if this was asked before (I'm pretty shure), I couldn't find.
5MinutesAloneLG
After rooting and unlocking,make sure you place the efs backup somewhere safe. You can also make a nandroid backup and restore it if you don't like cm. or you can use kdz updater to flash stock firmware.
I'm sure you looked all the places,except the FAQ
Okay, this sounds good to me.
Does any of the 3 Methods give me the same way of a full backup from the original software, or is there something else that has to be done?
I searched for the Faqs, but I couldn't find any?
Thanks a lot!
5MinutesAloneLG said:
Does any of the 3 Methods give me the same way of a full backup from the original software, or is there something else that has to be done?
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No, these are different things. EFS backup is to save your butt in case something happens with your IMEI. This is one of the most important things, don't overlook it! Nandroid backup is a "snapshot" of your existing ROM, including all your installed apps and their settings. This is the easiest way to get back to your previous ROM after experimenting with others. And KDZ is not a backup - it's a factory image that will return your phone to the exact same state as it was when brand new.
I searched for the Faqs, but I couldn't find any?
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Look in @kimitza signature. It's his baby. :good:
the nandroid backup is like a restore image for windows. you will have all apps/settings from that time saved. here is a scenario:
1. On clean stock rom,root and unlock(unlock will also flash cwm recovery). Place FREEGEE folder somewhere safe.
2. Enter recovery mode and make a backup.
3. Flash any other rom ...and if you don't like it, restore the backup you made earlier.
4. Restore EFS with freegee.
5. Use Unroot from supersu.
6. Backup all your files(photo and other media to pc) then do a hard reset.
7. You will have a clean stock/official rom,like it came from factory.
All of this can be simplified by backing up your files and use kdz updater,followed by a hard reset. .It takes less time and it's safer.
I rooted it, but I dont have an hint of an idea how to do these efs backup?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38886073&postcount=1&nocache=1&z=7530246020855317
what is to do with that zip? I'm from germany and I have no clue what run in recovery mode should tell me. On the Phone or on the PC?
If unzipped, what is there to do?
As I want to use the cm installer with 10.2 stable, I just want to backup everything important..
Sorry, wrong link, i meant this of course, its allready rooted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38438579&postcount=1
Sorry for posting again, but honestly, I'm not allowed to post in the efs thread, so I cant do anything right now.
Im still waiting to flash it.
Anyone should do efs backup, so basicly people should be able to tell me how to do that or?
Please anyone!
When you unlock the bootloader with freegee, it automagically makes a backup of the EFS,amongst other things(like bootloader state,imei,partitions etc). It's enough to place that FREEGEE folder somewhere safe. If you ever run into troubles(like no IMEI shown or you just want to go back to stock without using KDZ updater),just restore with freegee. It will relock you bootloader and restore EFS(with imei).