Ive got my Desire setup pretty good but want to try some new roms out.
it was rooted using revoked and running clockwork recovery v2.5.0.7.
Can i just do a Nandroid backup and restore it no problem if i dont like the new roms? or do i need my desire s-off?
You can just restore providing you have backed up the stock rom.
S-OFF not needed. Just backup and experiment away!
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I have been using the stock froyo htc sense rom for a while, i have everything on there, contacts configutations saves..etc........is there anyway to backup my data and the restore them on another htc sense rom(im using aurax)
mmk92 said:
I have been using the stock froyo htc sense rom for a while, i have everything on there, contacts configutations saves..etc........is there anyway to backup my data and the restore them on another htc sense rom(im using aurax)
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yes do a nandroid, then use the advanced restore function to just restore data and sd-ext
Will I be able to Update a Rooted HTC Evo with stock Froyo 2.2 Rom to Gingerbread 2.3 through sprint update ?
I rooted my phone with UnrEVOked about 2 weeks ago , so I'm still in a learning the hole rooting process .
Thank you 4 the help & info u guys here in XDA provide , keep up the good work .
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Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
fmedina2 said:
Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
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And since the source code comes out tomorrow, you probably won't be waiting long
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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You should always wipe when flashing a new ROM. Just back up all your apps with titanium backup or mybackup pro. Your contacts should be back up'd by Google.
No. well you can use apps like Titanium Backup, that you can use to backup any apps and their data, but other than that, you just need to sign back in to e-mail and gmail and fb,twitter, ect...
Use your Nandroid
oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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If you're fully rooted with recovery, reboot your phone while holding the volume down button and you should be in either the Amon-Ra or Clockworkmod recovery.
From there explore your menus a bit, and you'll find a place to do a Nandroid backup.
Do that - it will literally back up everything - your kernel, your stock ROM, your apps, your data, all to a nandroid image file on your SDCard.
Then you can wipe everything in your recovery and flash whatever you want.
Now you can play with other ROMS, learn to flash alternatives and such, and if you ever need/want to go back to how it was, just go back into recovery and choose a Nandroid restore.
Also if you use clockwork nand you can restore your apps after youve changed the rom. Flash your current rom first, then wipe everything the new rom needs you to. After flashing the new rom to the nandroid and select advanced restore. Select data and your done. Reboot and enjoy.
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If your going to back up your rom to flash another one use RA recovery to wipe and backup your phone. Clockworkmod does not do a proper wipe of your phone and will leave remnants of your old rom on your phone.
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I havent had any issues and I flash almost once a week. To each its own.
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I lost u guys . Lol ;-)
I'm new to this & not sure exactly how to do it .
I rooted my Evo with UnrEVOked 3
& using the stock 2.2 Froyo Rom
I followed the rooting process from a YouTube video & I did back up during the root process .
I'm not sure what's a nandroid & I think I had to go through some part that had clockwork mod but again as I said I'm not sure what it is . ( I'm sill a rookie with this sorry )
What should I do next ? Did I back up the stock Rom properly via UnrEVOked 3 rooting method ?
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Google nandroid backup. You'll probably be able to find alot of info on youtube as well
Swyped on my precious Eva
I rooted my Evo with UnrEVOked 3
S-OFF using stock Froyo 2.2 Rom
How do I do a Nand backup ?
What does it mean ?
Whats the best and safest way to do it ?
Will wiping data be involved ?
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To do NAND backup, you go into recovery. There should be an option for backup/restore (I use Amon_RA so CWM might be different). You do this before wiping your phone to install a new ROM or new kernel/radio/whatever. If something bad should happen when you flash the new stuff, you go back into recovery and do a restore.
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Well I'm not going to flash anything yet . Just wanted to know if I should do it now after fully rooted ? Or there is no need to back up yet ?
I'm still learning about rooting & after about a month of being half rooted I finally got the S-OFF today
& got me a custom boot animation & got rid of some stock apps I didnt use .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
ICEReaction said:
To do NAND backup, you go into recovery. There should be an option for backup/restore (I use Amon_RA so CWM might be different). You do this before wiping your phone to install a new ROM or new kernel/radio/whatever. If something bad should happen when you flash the new stuff, you go back into recovery and do a restore.
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I'll help with CW
If you're using clockwork go to Nandroid and then backup and you should be good
I have no clue what im using , I'm still learning .
How do I know witch 1 I'm using ?
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oranium said:
I have no clue what im using , I'm still learning .
How do I know witch 1 I'm using ?
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Most newer roms have a recovery option when you power off
Either clockwork or amonra both have nandroid so just navigate the menus and you will see it.
And make sure your battery is charged up good or you will get an error.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
oranium said:
I have no clue what im using , I'm still learning .
How do I know witch 1 I'm using ?
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Download ROM Manager from the market. You'll have the option to use Clockwork Mod or Flash Armon recovery so you can be sure
I am running CM7 RC4 on an htc desire Z from bell.
I just flashed mattedblues .zip and it is not working properly for me (probably because it was for rc3 and not rc4) so is there a way to uninstall it or flash the standard cm7 rc4 theme overtop of it?
Did you do a nandroid before you flashed? If you didn't you really should get in the habbit before flash anything. If there iis no nandroid best bet is to wipe cache the reflash the ROM
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He is right, but if it's easier for you flash a theme that is for rc3 and you'll be fine after catch wipe.
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1. Always make a nandroid backup before flashing something, think of it like doing a Ctrl-z.
2. Alternatively, you can just re-flash your rom again. (If you're on CM7 RC4, just re-flash it, and you should be good)
But seriously, nandroid backups. If you don't have much SD Card space, just delete your old one before making a new one (real easy to do all from Rom Manager)
tehseano said:
1. Always make a nandroid backup before flashing something, think of it like doing a Ctrl-z.
2. Alternatively, you can just re-flash your rom again. (If you're on CM7 RC4, just re-flash it, and you should be good)
But seriously, nandroid backups. If you don't have much SD Card space, just delete your old one before making a new one (real easy to do all from Rom Manager)
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LOL Exactly right. Take a nandroid before geting drunk Saturday night.
I noticed that if I do a backup in the newer cwm recoveries(3.xxx,4.xxx) a cannot restore it afterwards, but when i do a backup in cwm 2.5.0.7. i can restore it and the restored rom works
I know about the restoring method trough fastboot, but i was just wondering why doesn't it work in the newer recoveries.
There is one annoying feature where different Clockwork versions store their nandroid MD5s in different ways. That would be easy to fix with another program, and perhaps someone has already wrtten it.
AFAIK, one version of CWM should always restore it`s own backup.
Yes but the newer versions can't restore their own backups
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then stick with the older version, I don't see a problem
No problem Just wondering why hasn't somebody tried to fix the newer versions
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ah fair enough.. I didn't seem to have that problem with it on my Desire... even though I don't use CWM any more, Use Ra Desire CM