just wondering if any has a nand backup of the new ota and if so would they be willing to post? for those who need it?
I don't think this would work the way you want it too. I think you'd get all the updated apps like Amazon MP3 and Skype. But you wouldn't be updating your radio at all so you'd miss those improvements. And I BELIEVE that to record in 720P you need the new radio as well so you would also lose the functionality of recording video all together.
I could be wrong but I'm thinking the only way to get the new radio and hboot is to unroot, apply the OTA image, and then reroot. But again I'm new to Android so I may be wrong.
If someone does have this I would appreciate it too. I did everything successfully only to flash as theme just to see if it would work since I was rooted only to go into a bootloop. Not a problem in itself except I moved my backup to the computer to save space in the sd card. I go to the computer only to find my nandroid deleted by my kids! So now sky raider 1.8 is my stock rom with an updated radio and hboot. So I would be very appreciative if some could post a backup.
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go to incredibleroms.com
hopefully it helps
Im currently out of town and not on my pc. If u will p.m. me here in about 7 hours i will put up a nandroid of the new OTA rooted. However like one of the ppl replied i don't think it will work like u want. But hey. Never know its worth a shot.
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I recently got so many notifications about 3.6.360 update for U.S. Tmo Defy on my phone. I've tried to download and update. Nevertheless, the phone can't be updated because I replaced some files of swype before. Although it failed every time, the notification just pop out again and again.
So is there any way I can update it? or stop the notification from coming out again?!
Thanks buddies
May the search be with you next time; but yes, rename BlurUpdate.apk.
Or if you really want to update it, there is a stock T-Mobile nandroid backup in one of the forums here. I went that route, restored the bloatware I'd deleted, downloaded and installed the update, re-rooted, made my own nandroid backup, then deleted the bloatware again.
MarSOnEarth said:
May the search be with you next time; but yes, rename BlurUpdate.apk.
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Sounds good.thank you
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Telyx said:
Or if you really want to update it, there is a stock T-Mobile nandroid backup in one of the forums here. I went that route, restored the bloatware I'd deleted, downloaded and installed the update, re-rooted, made my own nandroid backup, then deleted the bloatware again.
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Thank you. Great and very clear answer.
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I've read about updates needing the system applications installed to work. I have a few questions:
Do all apps have to be installed (including games)?
I've uninstalled some apps to download again to install them as user apps to move to my SD card. Do I need to re-install these back to system apps? Or is the fact they're installed good enough?
Will a factory reset put everything back the way it should be so I can just do that?
Finally, why do you have to have it the way it was to enable updates?
Thanks in advance. I've read quite a few posts about having to have system apps installed, but not why or which ones.
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I also need to know these things...
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Yeah, I'm eagerly awaiting ICS. I guess if I must ask a question, it would be, why do you have to have the original system apps to update properly?
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Should I post this in the general bit? Or has it been answered many times and people are sick of answering? I haven't found any answers, despite looking for days.
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I want to customise my phone as much as I can (dare), but after reading about the update thing I'm holding off in case I forget exactly what I did to put back to update-able-ness.
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Why don't you just install the latest firmware after backing everything up (just in case something goes wrong) that way all the system apps are fine and it should be fine with an update service.. but why wouldn't you all just wait for an official rom to be leaked and flash it your phones with flashtool?
So... im not a noob but i never tried this before...maybe because i never found this answers...
I really want to root my Play R800i (4.0.2.A.0.42) running 2.3.4
with this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859#
(yeah, just the root permissions, staing in the stock, without unlocking the bl...)
BUT, ive some questions
supposing that i do exatly the same as the tutorial, no errors... will bechance to brick it? (thats the more important one for me...)
will it delet my data and apps?
Can i stil upgrading by SonyEricsson?
yeah, thats it... thanks... and sorry about my english but i think that is understandable...
And another thing, there's any chances to get some problem with the buttons?(the game ones)
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No there's no chance of bricking or messing up button etc,you can update,all your files will be the same and its pretty simple - you just have to run a script and it does it all for you ; it will close itself as well. NOTE- You can't update if you uninstall some apps I believe ; I've not tried it myself.
Ok thanks, I'll try today
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yeah, done, all right.
but, i didint touch the systems files
ive done a backup of my apps with titanium, and just copy my files...
but how do i do to backup the ROM?
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yeah, done, all right.
but, i didint touch the systems files
ive done a backup of my apps with titanium, and just copy my files...
but how do i do to backup the ROM?
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I'm not sure you can backup rom completely without unlocking your bootloader and using clockworkmod recovery, but what i did was backup messages contacts etc with mybackup on the market, and apps+data with titanium then reflashed rom with flashtool erasing everything and running the programs i've mentioned when everything was finished.
so the best thing you can do is backup important things regularly and if your phone ever messes up you can always erase/restore everything
Due to the limited space available on this phone, I have always had to delete and reinstall apps as needed. I meant to uninstall the first 2 updates for google play, to make some room, so I could update them when I wanted to install an app. I ended up uninstalling the final time, which completely removed Google Play/Android Market.
How would I go about getting it on this phone with severely limited storage?
FYI, it is rooted with stock ROM.
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Due to the limited space available on this phone, I have always had to delete and reinstall apps as needed. I meant to uninstall the first 2 updates for google play, to make some room, so I could update them when I wanted to install an app. I ended up uninstalling the final time, which completely removed Google Play/Android Market.
How would I go about getting it on this phone with severely limited storage?
FYI, it is rooted with stock ROM.
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you could probably open a gapps package for one of the aosp roms like cyanogenmod ect and take the market app. then using a root file browser move it to system/app and then set the permissions to the same as the rest of the apps in that folder and then reboot.
just be sure to get the right gapps package for your android version. I.E if your on stock then you are still on gingerbread, so i would use the cm7 gapps as that is also gingerbread.
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cam94z28 said:
Due to the limited space available on this phone, I have always had to delete and reinstall apps as needed. I meant to uninstall the first 2 updates for google play, to make some room, so I could update them when I wanted to install an app. I ended up uninstalling the final time, which completely removed Google Play/Android Market.
How would I go about getting it on this phone with severely limited storage?
FYI, it is rooted with stock ROM.
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Flashing with the gapps is one option. But, if you flashed with the wrong one (for eg, gapps for ICS & JB should not be used to flash with the Custom HTC ROM since it runs on Ginger Bread) that could lead to more issues
How about following this link and downloading the apk?This would be helpful only if you have any File manager. Once downloaded , just browse to the apk file and click on it. I would prefer Astro File manager
Well, if you don't have a file manager, then you can download it from here
Oh Yeah .. Almost forgot
Make sure that the option "Allow installation of non-market apps" is checked.
psst..
Try Link2SD and create some partitions in your SD card . You can save some space by doing this
Well, I'm kind of screwed now. I tried a factory reset, from the recovery menu, and STILL didn't get market/google play back. I managed to install titanium backup when a friend sent it to me via bluetooth (before the factory reset), so I backed everything up, but now I don't have anything installed, and I'm pretty sure I lost root as well.
I guess it's more incentive to get that new phone I've been eyeing. Will backed up messages/contacts from gingerbread restore to ICS via titanium backup?
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Well, I'm kind of screwed now. I tried a factory reset, from the recovery menu, and STILL didn't get market/google play back. I managed to install titanium backup when a friend sent it to me via bluetooth (before the factory reset), so I backed everything up, but now I don't have anything installed, and I'm pretty sure I lost root as well.
I guess it's more incentive to get that new phone I've been eyeing. Will backed up messages/contacts from gingerbread restore to ICS via titanium backup?
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Why did you do that? Factory reset only deletes data files that are not there on stock. It cannot restore anything you have deleted from the system....
If you flash a superuser root zip from recovery you will regain root. Then use adb to install a file browser. Look around to get a copy of es explorer. Its free from the market therefore not warez. Once you have that installed follow the post above to regain the market. No need to get a new phone man. If your really stuck then just flash a custom gingerbread rom and you will have it all back.
Also some app data will restore from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich but which will all depend on how much the app changes between versions.
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Messages & Contacts can be restored, can't we?
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Why did you do that? Factory reset only deletes data files that are not there on stock. It cannot restore anything you have deleted from the system....
If you flash a superuser root zip from recovery you will regain root. Then use adb to install a file browser. Look around to get a copy of es explorer. Its free from the market therefore not warez. Once you have that installed follow the post above to regain the market. No need to get a new phone man. If your really stuck then just flash a custom gingerbread rom and you will have it all back.
Also some app data will restore from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich but which will all depend on how much the app changes between versions.
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Hi heavy_metal_man, Do you think that we can restore contacts and messages using Titanium Backup. You have mentioned apps in your post, does that include messages and contacts as well?
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cam94z28 said:
Well, I'm kind of screwed now. I tried a factory reset, from the recovery menu, and STILL didn't get market/google play back. I managed to install titanium backup when a friend sent it to me via bluetooth (before the factory reset), so I backed everything up, but now I don't have anything installed, and I'm pretty sure I lost root as well.
I guess it's more incentive to get that new phone I've been eyeing. Will backed up messages/contacts from gingerbread restore to ICS via titanium backup?
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Hey cam94z28 ,I don't think buying a new phone is necessary. You can just get it right . Then again, its you call
If you are planning to buy a new phone just because of the above mentioned issue, that won't be necessary dude . Flash a new ROM like heavy_metal_man said. Try Wildchild2 or WC3.3. You will get the HTC stock ROM looks rather than the Default Gingerbread looks (as in the case of CyanogenMod 7). Well, one good thing about these ROMs are that they are 99.9% stable . Also, installing the ROM is that all it takes, you don't have to flash gapps or anything. Another good thing is that Anthony has preloaded the ROMs with 'Android Market' app , which is faster and takes less space of our internal memory. Give it a try, mate make sure that your phone is rooted before flashing a new ROM
you can download google play from external sites or just search google android-vending.apk of latest version
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Hi heavy_metal_man, Do you think that we can restore contacts and messages using Titanium Backup. You have mentioned apps in your post, does that include messages and contacts as well?
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I don't think it would go well while changing android versions due to app changes. It maybe would work if updating between versions of cyanogenmod/aosp/aokp roms. Or at a push from sense to sense but these apps are very different from sense to aosp and i dont believe titanium backup would flash data to a different app, and the os change would possibley not support the old apk. I use an app called sms back up restore to back up my texts, and android offers a export contacts to your sd card function. So I use that
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I don't think it would go well while changing android versions due to app changes. It maybe would work if updating between versions of cyanogenmod/aosp/aokp roms. Or at a push from sense to sense but these apps are very different from sense to aosp and i dont believe titanium backup would flash data to a different app, and the os change would possibley not support the old apk. I use an app called sms back up restore to back up my texts, and android offers a export contacts to your sd card function. So I use that
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That was a new Intel for me . Thanks dude
heavy_metal_man said:
Why did you do that? Factory reset only deletes data files that are not there on stock. It cannot restore anything you have deleted from the system....
If you flash a superuser root zip from recovery you will regain root. Then use adb to install a file browser. Look around to get a copy of es explorer. Its free from the market therefore not warez. Once you have that installed follow the post above to regain the market. No need to get a new phone man. If your really stuck then just flash a custom gingerbread rom and you will have it all back.
Also some app data will restore from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich but which will all depend on how much the app changes between versions.
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Yes, I got root back, the zip was still on the sd card. It keeps wanting to upgrade to the newest su binary, but fails every time.
I ended up having a friend send me root explorer via gmail. I downloaded the .apk right from the gmail app, and installed. After enabling r/w mode in root explorer, moving the vending.apk from Wildfire S appropriate gapps package to the /system/app folder, setting permissions, and rebooting, google play is working again. I wish I had done that before doing a factory reset. I backed up first with titanium backup, but can't seem to restore contacts or messages. Tried restoring "Messages", and "MessageCS". Appears to be successful, but nothing shows up in the Messages app.
rishr4 said:
Hey cam94z28 ,I don't think buying a new phone is necessary. You can just get it right . Then again, its you call
If you are planning to buy a new phone just because of the above mentioned issue, that won't be necessary dude . Flash a new ROM like heavy_metal_man said. Try Wildchild2 or WC3.3. You will get the HTC stock ROM looks rather than the Default Gingerbread looks (as in the case of CyanogenMod 7). Well, one good thing about these ROMs are that they are 99.9% stable . Also, installing the ROM is that all it takes, you don't have to flash gapps or anything. Another good thing is that Anthony has preloaded the ROMs with 'Android Market' app , which is faster and takes less space of our internal memory. Give it a try, mate make sure that your phone is rooted before flashing a new ROM
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I guess I used it as an excuse to get a new phone. I always wanted to try a different ROM on my Wildfire S, but now, there's really no need. I guess I could use it as my "experimentation phone", and run everything from Wi-Fi
I ended up getting a LG Optimus L9, and moving to T-Mobile. Very happy with the phone. Not happy with their 4G service so far, but it's only the first day. So far internet is very laggy, and only seems to average 3 bars (out of 5),while Virgin Mobile 3G was always very responsive, and usually had it's total of 4 bars maxed out.
I got the wal-mart $30 special (100 minutes, Unlimited text, Unlimited data, First 5GB at 4G, then throttled). That's a better data plan than VM, but if the service is sluggish, who cares.