Hi guys just a quick thought i had, is it possible to make a backup file into a flashable rom?
So if you had a whole bunch of HTC Desires and you setup a really nice quick ROM with all the apps you wanted and email accounts, everything... could you save it to a .zip or something and flash it to another phone?
I don't think so. But you could copy the nand backup across and restore on a number of phones.
Assuming they were all the same spec..
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If, like me, you're moving over to the One X from another ICS phone but don't want to root until it doesn't require htcdev.com, you can still backup/restore all your user apps and data from your old device to the One X without Titanium (which needs root) or MyBackup Pro (which costs money).
Firstly, you'll need to install the android sdk to get adb (Edit: And HTC Sync for the drivers). Once you have that, open a command prompt and cd to the adb folder, eg
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cd c:\android-sdk\platform-tools
Then run the following command
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adb backup -apk -all -nosystem -f c:\backup.ab
(where -all is every app, -apk means to also include the apks and -nosystem ignores the system apps and data)
You'll need to confirm the backup on the device itself for it to start and, optionally, set an encryption password for the backup.
Once it's finished, plug the One X in, enable 'USB Debugging' in Settings -> Developer Options and then run
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adb restore c:\backup.ab
...then, on the One X, enter your encryption password (if specified during backup) and confirm. Once it's finished, all the apps and data from your old phone will now be restored on the One X
Note: this feature of adb only works on ICS so you can't backup from previous android versions (although i haven't actually tried).
If the backup option doesn't exist in your adb, make sure you have the latest Android SDK
tbriden said:
If, like me, you're moving over to the One X ...
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Badass tip... Thanks & Cheers
Supercool ... Thanks a ton
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Nice thank you!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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This method really rocks! Will try it very soon
Thank you!
Btw. does it also backup the user-settings of the apps?
If i can also add a tip here to all those who are flashing custom roms and want to revert back to stock so they can do their OTA updates.
BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP your rom first before you start in the world of flashing custom roms. That way make sure you always have your BACKUP of stock and whenever you do update make sure you backup the updated rom. So if you are on 1.26 say BACKUP that rom and then flash whatever custom roms you want.
Then once your carrier releases a new update just simply return to the backup rom and follow the necessary steps to update the OTA. And then BACKUP that rom and then start again
So my tip. Always make sure you have a BACKUP.
damn... should of seen this before doing the titanium backup and nandroid on my other phone... tks mate! good tip
do you happen to know if there is a way of restoring a titanium backup without root?
the apps are easy, the data is the problem...
When I plug my HOX to my computer, my computer can't recognize it and it is shown as unknown device in device manager. I'm using latest android sdk but still can't update to the latest driver (no problem on my HD2), how can I solve it? Thx!
That's a brilliant tip, now I have to restore my desire with ICS, titanium restore and backup using this to move to one x. Can anyone else confirm this works without any issues.
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That's a brilliant tip, now I have to restore my desire with ICS, titanium restore and backup using this to move to one x. Can anyone else confirm this works without any issues.
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my nexus S is in Africa at the moment...so no luck with that procedure for me lol
without root I'm f*cked up, only have titanium backup and I'm not willing to kill my warranty with htcdev.
I'm having same issue installed latest SDK and updated platform tools pc doesn't recognize my hox when opening cmd it's the same type dab devices unknown command help please
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I think this should sticky for long while! never knew that this existed.
One question though, when Backing up "system" apps with the "-apk" argument, will system apks also be backed up? Also when restoring system data (and apks if backed up), will the system allow writing without root permissions? If yes, could this be used as an exploit for root access?
Works perfectly, thank you
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Hi, just a quick question, I want to try and factory reset my One X to see if battery life will get better. will this backup method also keep any program settings and/or progress in games? So that when you restore you don't have to configure anything and you are still where you left with games? (my instinct says no because I only see apk's getting backed up, but I could be wrong!)
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damn... should of seen this before doing the titanium backup and nandroid on my other phone... tks mate! good tip
do you happen to know if there is a way of restoring a titanium backup without root?
the apps are easy, the data is the problem...
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Not possible i'm afraid, which is why I went with this method!
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When I plug my HOX to my computer, my computer can't recognize it and it is shown as unknown device in device manager. I'm using latest android sdk but still can't update to the latest driver (no problem on my HD2), how can I solve it? Thx!
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canna666 said:
I'm having same issue installed latest SDK and updated platform tools pc doesn't recognize my hox when opening cmd it's the same type dab devices unknown command help please
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Do you have HTC Sync? You need to run through its installer past getting the drivers installed. Then, you can cancel out and adb should work
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I think this should sticky for long while! never knew that this existed.
One question though, when Backing up "system" apps with the "-apk" argument, will system apks also be backed up? Also when restoring system data (and apks if backed up), will the system allow writing without root permissions? If yes, could this be used as an exploit for root access?
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I think they'll be backed up but without root permissions they probably won't restore. (The data should if the app is already installed though).
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Hi, just a quick question, I want to try and factory reset my One X to see if battery life will get better. will this backup method also keep any program settings and/or progress in games? So that when you restore you don't have to configure anything and you are still where you left with games? (my instinct says no because I only see apk's getting backed up, but I could be wrong!)
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Yep, all user data will get restored. The apk option just makes sure the apks are included, as the default is to just backup data.
THis works for me on my home PC but not on work laptop.
I have HTC sync installed and android usb driver from google sdk
adb works (well adb devices returns the ID) and the backup kicks off, i get to put in a password etc. but on clicking ok it just hangs at the first apk
anyone seen this?
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THis works for me on my home PC but not on work laptop.
I have HTC sync installed and android usb driver from google sdk
adb works (well adb devices returns the ID) and the backup kicks off, i get to put in a password etc. but on clicking ok it just hangs at the first apk
anyone seen this?
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Try without a password?
Yes I didn't set one
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Is there enaugh space on your Laptop on the drive where the backup file is supposed to go?
Hi guys
I'm getting a replacement Galaxy Nexus and want to know how to transfer everything across from my old GN to the new device?
Can I use the GN Toolkit to do this?
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Make a nandroid back up of ur current one. Transfer the clockwork folder on ur phone to computer. When u get ur new one root it install CWM recovery. Move the back up folder to ur new phone and go to restore.
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Thanks mate!
if i do titanium backup of my phone that is S-OFF rooted running android 2.2 and then restore that onto a android 2.4 G2 that has not been rooted. will that transfer my apps to the new phone or not? i'm not sure how that works so i'm asking. or would i have to do a clockwork backup? sorry, a bit noobish here regarding that aspect. basically i'd like to transfer some of the apps that are installed on the phone to another phone, but the new phone is not rooted. not sure if it has S-OFF or not, if that even plays any role anymore.
thanks guys.
Don't know of android 2.4, but that won't matter, transferring those apps wouldn't work as you won't be able to run tb on the non rooted phone to do the restore, you also couldn't flash a .zip (if you made one) to the non rooted phone with stock recovery.
You could pull some of those .apks from the old phone and push them with adb or simply use a file manager to download, but they would have to be compatible versions that don't require root access. Even then it would only transfer the apps, nodata , so it would be the same as to download them from the market
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Don't know of android 2.4, but that won't matter, transferring those apps wouldn't work as you won't be able to run tb on the non rooted phone to do the restore, you also couldn't flash a .zip (if you made one) to the non rooted phone with stock recovery.
You could pull some of those .apks from the old phone and push them with adb or simply use a file manager to download, but they would have to be compatible versions that don't require root access. Even then it would only transfer the apps, nodata , so it would be the same as to download them from the market
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ok so if i root the other phone then it will be possible you think?
possible. May have strange behaviors with some apps if the android versions are different.
Moved to Q&A section, please post any questions in Q&A please not General.
Thanks
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I've done a bit of searching but can't seem to find anything, search on phone isn't great. Is there a way to rename backups? The reason I ask is I have a few backups from different roms but not sure which are which. I'd like to be able to rename according to rom.
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I had renamed the backups from my pc on another phone. But I had a problem while restoring that backup maybe because the name was changed
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I had renamed the backups from my pc on another phone. But I had a problem while restoring that backup maybe because the name was changed
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I've used rom manager in the past on other phones but on this it keeps telling me I need to flash Cwm but I already have touch installed and if I say yes install it flashes normal Cwm but I want to keep touch
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Don't use ROM Manager (it's crap) and flash things manually instead
With regards to backups, copy them to your PC and rename the folders there (something like Desktop/ROM-NAME/CWM file name)
EddyOS said:
Don't use ROM Manager (it's crap) and flash things manually instead
With regards to backups, copy them to your PC and rename the folders there (something like Desktop/ROM-NAME/CWM file name)
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Cheers, I'll try when got a spare minute
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