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i was looking around and found that evo n other android phone can dual boot so i wondering if some one can come up with dual boot for g2
You can just use nandroid if you want to switch. It's not too bad to test out and play between ROMs.
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You can just use nandroid if you want to switch. It's not too bad to test out and play between ROMs.
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i hate installing apps over n over.....
its more practical to use nandroid
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i hate installing apps over n over.....
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What are you talking about? You wouldn't need to if you backup the roms properly.
Why in the world would you want to dual boot? Just nandroid.
im just saying it would be cool to have cuz its call dual boot n something new to try.......u guys dont? thats fine.......i wish someone would tho
I don't think I'm performing nandroid backups properly either. I always have to reinstall apps like the OP. Can someone please tell me the right way? Thanks!
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Lol! what on earth are yall talking about? nandroid only works with the same type of rom you used previously. for example, using rooted stock rom then backup via nandroid then switch to CM and restoring doesnt work. you would have to flash back to rooted stock and then restore. you can obviously make multiple backups... one for each rom. but again... you have to be on the same rom... otherwise, the restore will seriously corupt your current rom.
I'm beginning to wonder if some even know what dual boot actually means, lol!
Thats why you do a wipe befor you restore from a nandroid backup
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Thats why you do a wipe befor you restore from a nandroid backup
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That doesnt really matter if you are using a different rom this time around especially a themed one. Sometimes it can help.... but if the rom is completely different like sense then to stock or CM, you gonna have issues no matter if you wipe or not. Are folks crazy? the system folder varies HEAVILY between different roms. sure you can TRY restoring just the data/cache/ext but that doesn't always work out right. Stick around, kid. You might learn something if you quit running you mouth
Calm down guys. . . . Nandroid works just fine. .
I have used it on an array of ROMs, Stock, Sense, CM . .It works. You just need to backup, then wipe and flash the ROM you want. If you want to go back to the other ROM, back up, then restore the one you backed up previously. You can even name them, you just have to change the folder name in the clockwork mod folder on your SD and look for backups.
Seems like there's a little confusion on how Nandroid works...I didn't understand it myself until recently. I'll attempt to explain how it works, if any experts think I got it wrong, please let me know.
Basically, Nandroid lets you backup your current phone's state (ROM, apps, settings and all) into a single save file that you can restore whenever you want. So as an example, let's say you install ROM X, but you want to try ROM Y. You would first make a Nandroid backup of your phone, then flash ROM Y. Then let's say after a day of playing around with ROM Y, you want to go back to ROM X, you would then make a Nandroid backup of ROM Y, and restore the Nandroid of ROM X. Your phone will then be exactly the way it was when you created the backup of ROM X, and at any time you want you can restore your ROM Y. In this way, you can bootup any ROM you've saved in the past, anytime you want. This makes Nandroid a fairly effective "multi-boot".
You might notice one slight pain in this whole process, the first time you use any particular ROM, you'll have to setup your phone all over again. This can be made easier if you use Titanium Backup, which is an app that backs up your apps and settings to your SD card. Then when you try out a new ROM, install Titanium Backup from the Market and use it to restore your apps and settings. If you're using the free version, this means tapping the screen twice for each app on your phone ("Install", "Done", repeat), but I noticed the paid version claims to have a "0-click restore" feature.
I hope this helps clarify some things.
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Calm down guys. . . . Nandroid works just fine. .
I have used it on an array of ROMs, Stock, Sense, CM . .It works. You just need to backup, then wipe and flash the ROM you want. If you want to go back to the other ROM, back up, then restore the one you backed up previously. You can even name them, you just have to change the folder name in the clockwork mod folder on your SD and look for backups.
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Lol! Thats what I've been trying to explain to them but they just want to argue with me for some reason. hahaha! They'll figure out on their own any way if they want to be stubborn about it. Heck, I was just trying to save them some frustration. oh well...
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Seems like there's a little confusion on how Nandroid works...I didn't understand it myself until recently. I'll attempt to explain how it works, if any experts think I got it wrong, please let me know.
Basically, Nandroid lets you backup your current phone's state (ROM, apps, settings and all) into a single save file that you can restore whenever you want. So as an example, let's say you install ROM X, but you want to try ROM Y. You would first make a Nandroid backup of your phone, then flash ROM Y. Then let's say after a day of playing around with ROM Y, you want to go back to ROM X, you would then make a Nandroid backup of ROM Y, and restore the Nandroid of ROM X. Your phone will then be exactly the way it was when you created the backup of ROM X, and at any time you want you can restore your ROM Y. In this way, you can bootup any ROM you've saved in the past, anytime you want. This makes Nandroid a fairly effective "multi-boot".
You might notice one slight pain in this whole process, the first time you use any particular ROM, you'll have to setup your phone all over again. This can be made easier if you use Titanium Backup, which is an app that backs up your apps and settings to your SD card. Then when you try out a new ROM, install Titanium Backup from the Market and use it to restore your apps and settings. If you're using the free version, this means tapping the screen twice for each app on your phone ("Install", "Done", repeat), but I noticed the paid version claims to have a "0-click restore" feature.
I hope this helps clarify some things.
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That was a perfect explaination! I hope that sheds some light for folks who didnt understand what I meant and I apologize for being annoyed. originally, I had thought the OP was talking about dualbooting with android/windows mobile or something... I didnt think about the possiblity of running two android roms. I see how nandroid was brought up now... yeah, thats kind of silly to dualboot with two android roms. but to each his own...
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im just saying it would be cool to have cuz its call dual boot n something new to try.......u guys dont? thats fine.......i wish someone would tho
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i cant believe nobody agrees, i would love to have dual boot just like my my laptop with win7\ubuntu netbook remix. the iphone people are dual booting into android or Ios and thats kinda cool even if its not completly functional. Id rather dual than trying to restore back and forth. Good Call
I used the Nandroid method on the G2 to switch between SuperD's ROM and KingKlick's Eclair builds. It works and really does make a good "multi-boot." Also, I use MyBackup Pro to back everything up, and all the settings for the apps and the phone are saved.
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i cant believe nobody agrees, i would love to have dual boot just like my my laptop with win7\ubuntu netbook remix. the iphone people are dual booting into android or Ios and thats kinda cool even if its not completly functional. Id rather dual than trying to restore back and forth. Good Call
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Of course, I have to agree with you... There are several things that bother me about nandroid, which I say, is not a good replacement for dual-booting. With dual boot you can shut down your phone/computer and be able to switch between operating systems. I can use Windows 7 to play games, Ubuntu to code, and Mac OS X 10.5 for multimedia. I'm pretty sure that people don't backup Windows 7, wait for that to finish, then install Ubuntu on their computer, wait 20-30 minutes for it to boot up, then get to work(and I'm sure computers would be horrible if you needed to do that). But I'm just saying this so I can get into the conversation and actually get somebodies recognition so they can actually start working on a script for the G2 so you can dual-boot. I'm pretty sure that it's possible... but I'm not sure if there's anybody willing to do it.
Well that's accomplished by partitioning, on a pc.
whichever rom u install completely takes over the previous one, thus eliminating that previous rom. There would need to be some sort of partitioning mechanism,involved. to achieve the dualboot, wouldnt there?
correct me if i am wrong, but the hboot controls the partitions of the phones, and when the G1 needed a new hboot to be re-partitioned to allow for better bigger ROMs there were a LOT of bricks that took months to figure out how to fix, so if someone wants to try to flash the hboot from another phone(and risk losing their phone forever) then by all means have at it, but for the time being nandroid will have to do.
I've been rooted with unrevoked3 (and I have verified that I have S-Off) for a few months now and I've gotten at least a decent feel for what you can do with a rooted evo. I've gotten used to a few adb terminal commands also. The next big thing that I'm trying to do is install a cyanogenmod 6 rom on it (and eventually update it to 7 after it's no longer a nightly). I've already done a nandroid backup, titanium backup, and I have a copy of my RSA keys. I've read through the installation instructions for cyanogenmod 6 (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_4G:_Full_Update_Guide) and it mentioned flashing the radio. I'm not worried about doing that part, but I want to know if the changes that I make to it will be reversible or not if I decide that I don't like cyanogenmod. Finally, if there's anything that I'm missing, or if there's an easier way to do this other than the link I posted, any advice/tips would be great.
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I've been rooted with unrevoked3 (and I have verified that I have S-Off) for a few months now and I've gotten at least a decent feel for what you can do with a rooted evo. I've gotten used to a few adb terminal commands also. The next big thing that I'm trying to do is install a cyanogenmod 6 rom on it (and eventually update it to 7 after it's no longer a nightly). I've already done a nandroid backup, titanium backup, and I have a copy of my RSA keys. I've read through the installation instructions for cyanogenmod 6 (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_4G:_Full_Update_Guide) and it mentioned flashing the radio. I'm not worried about doing that part, but I want to know if the changes that I make to it will be reversible or not if I decide that I don't like cyanogenmod. Finally, if there's anything that I'm missing, or if there's an easier way to do this other than the link I posted, any advice/tips would be great.
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Undoing it would be as simple as restoring that nandroud backup you made. It sounds like you're ready. Have fun!
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+1 sounds like you've done your homework.....you can go right back to your nandroid in the very small chance you don't like CM.... and when you restore your nandroid it will be as if you never changed anything in the first place...
The radio is a two step process. It will flash in recovery and then reboot and finish writing the radio. You have to let the second part complete or you will brick your phone.
Quick question based on the OP's question: Do we have to update radios when we flash a new rom? I was also looking to install CM7 as my first flashed rom today. I already have the most current radios, as my phone is only a couple weeks old, and has all the sprint updates. I am rooted just running the stock rom for right now, so do I have to flash radios even though they are the same version that I have now?
You don't HAVE to update the radios to the latest. I haven't updated either since I received my new Evo. "If it ain't broke ...." Could just give the ROM a go and see what happens. If you feel like it's necessary you can give it a shot. You can always go back if a new one doesn't appear to be working as well. It's not required, and it's not "un doable."
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Yea if you get slow internet or bad service a fresh radio flash can't hurt. But as it was said earlier, let the radios flash! I screwed up and pulled my battery because I thought it wasn't working but all I did was end up breaking my rsa keys.
Swyped from my Evo on steroids.
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Yea if you get slow internet or bad service a fresh radio flash can't hurt. But as it was said earlier, let the radios flash! I screwed up and pulled my battery because I thought it wasn't working but all I did was end up breaking my rsa keys.
Swyped from my Evo on steroids.
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Yea I believe only 3.70 requires you to have the new radios other than that just enjoy life nandroid and flash away. Like said earlier "if it aint broke" and since mine are working fine I have not updated my radios and the fact that I run Gingerbread and not one of these new 3.70 roms makes my decision easy.
Okay, I've got cyanogenmod installed, I'm doing a nandroid backup right now, and my big questions now, if I want to switch between cyanogen and what I had before installing it, can I just nandroid between the two? and can I use Titatium to reinstall all of the apps I had before installing cyanogen without problem?
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Okay, I've got cyanogenmod installed, I'm doing a nandroid backup right now, and my big questions now, if I want to switch between cyanogen and what I had before installing it, can I just nandroid between the two? and can I use Titatium to reinstall all of the apps I had before installing cyanogen without problem?
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If you made a nandroid before switching, the nandroid will save EVERYTHING, including your apps. So if you want to switch back and forth, make a new Nandroid for CM (make sure you know which one is which), then you can boot into recovery and restore the old one, and restore the CM one whenever you want. No need to use titanium once you have made a nandroid.
Awesome. I said what the heck and experimented and found out I could do that yesterday. The one last thing that I'm trying to do now is to backup all of my sms to the sd card so I can restore them in cm. I'm gonna search around for an app for now until someone points me in the right direction.
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Awesome. I said what the heck and experimented and found out I could do that yesterday. The one last thing that I'm trying to do now is to backup all of my sms to the sd card so I can restore them in cm. I'm gonna search around for an app for now until someone points me in the right direction.
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You can use mybackup pro or titanium backup
Sorry, wrong thread.
Was messing around with Kernel Manager Lite and tried to flash some kernel that looked interesting (didn't do any research or anything to see if it was compatible like the giant noob I am) but it said something about not having enough space and to reboot after I had more. I went and moved some apps to my SD card, rebooted, and now I'm stuck in that bootloader screen (fastboot, recovery, etc.). Phone isn't recognized by my computer.
Any way my idiotic self can fix this? Or am I screwed?
Running RC 4 of CyanogenMod.
Can you boot into recovery? If so, do you have any ROMs saved on your SD card? or possibly a nandroid of your current (pre-kernel testing) rom?
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Can you boot into recovery? If so, do you have any ROMs saved on your SD card? or possibly a nandroid of your current (pre-kernel testing) rom?
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No. It just goes back to the bootloader.
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No. It just goes back to the bootloader.
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well if u can go to bootloader ur not bricked so if u like u can just run a pc36img
in bootloader to go to stock
do you have a micro sd card reader that your card can be inserted into so that it can be read from your computer without being in your phone?
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If your bootloader still shows Ship S off, then try reflashing your recovery. I'm not sure whiich one you're used to using, but I'm going to attatch a PC36IMG of amon ra v2.3. Put the file on the main directory of your sd card, then boot to your bootloader. WHen it asks you to update, say yes. Once it finishes, you should then have recovery back and be able to start fresh with a new rom. BTW, if you were using clockwork before, do not attempt to restore any backups made with clockwork while you're using amon ra. It'll break a lot of stuff most likely.
If you're bootloader for whatever reason shows Ship S on, then I would run an RUU and flash back to stock, then start again.
But if his phone isn't recognized by his computer, and he doesn't have a micro sd card converter for his computer...he can't exactly put that pc36img on his card...
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But if his phone isn't recognized by his computer, and he doesn't have a micro sd card converter for his computer...he can't exactly put that pc36img on his card...
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Well, you're right. I guess I forget that every one might not have one. I have like 5 laying around here for some reason, haha. They're everywhere. If he had another phone with an sd card slot, he could swap the card into that other phone for a sec to move the file.
And sorry if I missed it, but does fastboot recognize the device?
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Edit: do you see anything in your device manager when you select 'hboot' usb from the bootloader screen?
Ah, we're good, booting into a ROM now. Thankfully I just got a card reader a couple days before this happened!
Thank you all for the help! Would have been stuck like this if it hadn't been for you guys.
I too have a few laying around, mostly from old phones (using one from my old samsung instinct as we speak lol), but from what he said, his phone isn't reconized at all by his computer.
You're welcome, even though, it was probably k2buckley's advice that fixed you.
Happy Flashing
One last thing, I can restore my apps right?
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You're welcome, even though, it was probably k2buckley's advice that fixed you.
Happy Flashing
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now thats modesty both u guys are awesome great work guys keeping a fellow evo owner from being bricked
u can restore if u backed them up
lcorona056248 said:
now thats modesty both u guys are awesome great work guys keeping a fellow evo owner from being bricked
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We're just passing on the advice/tips we've been given by other great people on XDA
One last thing, I can restore my apps right?
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as long as you backed them up with Titanium backup...which backs them up to your SD card, you should be able to restore them...if you haven't done that...nor have you made a recent nandroid backup, then you'll have to re-download those apps...
I'm having the exact same problem sorta. I got careless and deleted all my old recovery backups but one and I got what I deserved when I rebooted. The rom i was using didn't flash and now when i select recovery from bootloader screen it just kicks me right back to start. I've got titanium bu for my apps, but wtf cares if I can get back going again. This is first time i've really got in problem. I've always used clockworkmod as recovery because it was easy and in rom manager when I started. Ok so I can put pc36img on my sd card and then reboot correct? I have more than one sd card, so any tips for best way to go about this like that file and anything else? And where is best place to get a zip file that is best to use? Rooted with unrevoked, clockworkmod and 0003 is phone model. I've got a blank 8g card, 16 and 32 both have stuff on them. Music, rom zips etc.....any help would be greatly appreciated i'm in deep water and just learned how to swim lol.
Put the file pc36img.zip on the root of your sd card...reboot into bootloader...when it asks if you'd like to update, say yes...this will flash amon_ra recovery.
Then flash a new rom.
Id suggest using amon_ra, as I've never had a problem with it...not to bash on clockwork, but I see more people have problems clockwork not functioning correctly...
It's nice to use with rom manager, but convenience can come at a cost...
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Yeah I can tell that almost all the advanced guys use that. I been meaning to switch anyways just kinda like cleaning the gutters on your house. Easy to put off until it causes problem. I been using clockwordmod simply cause that was most simple fix when I first rooted cpl months ago. Now that i've flashed several roms and kernals etc i feel comfortable with trying. This is only time i've been like uh oh wtf do i do now? Lol you would think that doing a backup and making sure they are secure would not be such secret! I mean i've only been warned 1000 times yall really meant that huh....lesson learned and no more short cuts i swear if i can just get out this jam. thanks.....gonna go download rename and put it on sd card.
Live and learn brother lol.
Good luck, keep me posted
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And from what it looks like, you shouldn't have to rename the file that buck put up in the first page...
Just put that file, as is, on that root of your sd card...boot into the bootloader (not recovery) and follow the on screen prompts to update from that file
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I was installing a rom last night and a thought occurred to me which led to the question, what would happen if i were to take a nandroid backup of my phone with cwm 3.1.0.1 and restore it to a different samsung epic running the same version of cwm?
su8z3ro
su8z3ro said:
I was installing a rom last night and a thought occurred to me which led to the question, what would happen if i were to take a nandroid backup of my phone with cwm 3.1.0.1 and restore it to a different samsung epic running the same version of cwm?
su8z3ro
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I assume it would work, but it'd probably put all of your personal info on it as well. You could always try, but make sure to make a nandroid on the "other" phone, and have odin just in case.
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zanderman112 said:
I assume it would work, but it'd probably put all of your personal info on it as well. You could always try, but make sure to make a nandroid on the "other" phone, and have odin just in case.
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i think if you were to make a nandroid backup after installing a new rom b4 syncing with google or anything there would b no personal info to be copied to the other phone, right? might b another option for those whose pc doesnt see their phone.... one could possibly make customized versions of roms with specific apps quickly and easily.... sorry for the random txtspeak....
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Ive always heard, and followed the rule. Never restore a nandroid on a different phone.
Nor sure what would happen, but it makes sense to me how every phone is so different.
Some kernels or radios work great on my phone and suck on yours. So I feel it might jack stuff up.
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PM a developer is my suggestion then, because I have no idea of the consequences, and whether they are good or bad.
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I wouldn't do it because the other person can have access to your GMail, texts, contacts, private apps, etc...
Then again, one time when i had the G1, we had a 2.1 Sense ROM Port, and nobody could Flash it except for ONE person. So he Flashed it, made a Nandroid before he did anything to the ROM, and we all Restored his Nandroid to our phones. That was the only way for us to Flash the ROM until the V2, V3, etc... Vegaman was a beast tbh.
Which makes me wonder, will we ever get Ports from Sense, Sony Ericson UI, Droid X/Droid 2/Droid 3 ROMs? I think maybe after the Kernel we could start working on them. That'd be BEAST! I know some guys working on Sense, hopefully it'll work soon though with the Kernel.
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Then again, one time when i had the G1, we had a 2.1 Sense ROM Port, and nobody could Flash it except for ONE person. So he Flashed it, made a Nandroid before he did anything to the ROM, and we all Restored his Nandroid to our phones. That was the only way for us to Flash the ROM until the V2, V3, etc... Vegaman was a beast tbh.
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this is what i mean.... install rom ... sign in to google.... install apps.... sign out of google..... delete contacts and personal data.... turn sync off... nandroid..... post... worth a shot right? sure beats having to wait for a new cable.... i would like to contact the cwm dev, could someone please let me know who to contact?
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I was installing a rom last night and a thought occurred to me which led to the question, what would happen if i were to take a nandroid backup of my phone with cwm 3.1.0.1 and restore it to a different samsung epic running the same version of cwm?
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It works just fine. That is how you transfer everything to a new phone when you have to get a replacement. I just had to do this.
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It works just fine. That is how you transfer everything to a new phone when you have to get a replacement. I just had to do this.
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Did this as well about 2 months ago after i had to get a replacement. worked just fine.
would work perfectly fine...
just delete the data.img and cache.img and .android_secure soo all there is is a boot.img and system.img, then edit the nandroid.md5 to only have those files.. dont rename them.
on the new phone, restore the backup, then factory reset..
no personal information
Here is what I did, and here is what I want to do(presumably)
What I did:
-Installed CWM, did all of the fancy backups, etc. Tried installin g CM7 and it failed, the zip from the CM site keeps failing to install (aborted)
-I then gave up on it and tried installing Eaglesblood ROM which did install correctly. I didn't know that it hasn't been used or updated for a while, but one issue came up.
--Issue: My SD card wouldn't mount(external)? I couldn't recover my contacts or apps that were backed up on my SD card, and searching for it just showed "unavailable" and no option top mount.
-After this failure, I decided to try the Juggernaut ROM and the install failed, because the SD card just wouldn't mount. Nothing on my SD card is usable.
NOW: I want to start over from scratch, and then install a ROM, or just completely delete everything. I don't even want any of the backups on my phone, just a fresh start over again.
Question: What should I do? What would you do as a Noob if you could do it over again the right way?
1.) Clear the phone back to stock again?
2.) Install something more stable?
3.) Find a way to mount SD?
what do I do?!
ps. Merry Xmas
Try formatting the sdcard and see if that makes a difference. I had a sdcard go bad in my wife's phone and it wouldn't mount at all. Swapped in another card and she was golden.
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Try formatting the sdcard and see if that makes a difference. I had a sdcard go bad in my wife's phone and it wouldn't mount at all. Swapped in another card and she was golden.
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doesn't give me the option to do so on my phone. I'll do it on my backup phone and see if it works.
No Go, it reformatted in the other phone, but amazingly all of the files were still there?
Someone help me solve this mystery, this isn't making sense?!
Try formatting on a computer not a phone if you have a card reader. Go to my computer right click on the sdcard and select format. Then select fat32 option. Back up your stuff if it still reads on the computer. If this doesn't fix try a new sdcard. That's what I had to do for my wife's phone. It wouldn't mount in the phone but worked.fine in a card reader.
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Try formatting on a computer not a phone if you have a card reader. Go to my computer right click on the sdcard and select format. Then select fat32 option. Back up your stuff if it still reads on the computer. If this doesn't fix try a new sdcard. That's what I had to do for my wife's phone. It wouldn't mount in the phone but worked.fine in a card reader.
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I tried putting it in my nokia N900, and reformat it from the PC using the N900 as a reader. Unfortunately I don't know where my adapter is.
It wont format that way, it lets me see the SD card and select format, but no go. Tried Fat32 and NTFS, but no format would work.
Possible that the card is fried some how, but still readable? The properties show no information on if the SD card is on read-only or not, so I can't figure this out.
Formating it from the N900 says it formats, but all the files are still there after the format.
Mind=Blown
Well it looks like it was the sd card afterall, new card and everything works...... For now of course.
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best way to start over from scratch is to ODIN the factory ROM, (check INDEX sticky)
then you'll be back to original, and use oneclickroot to root it again, then install CWR and go wild with whatever ROM you choose
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Here is what I did, and here is what I want to do(presumably)
What I did:
-Installed CWM, did all of the fancy backups, etc. Tried installin g CM7 and it failed, the zip from the CM site keeps failing to install (aborted)
-I then gave up on it and tried installing Eaglesblood ROM which did install correctly. I didn't know that it hasn't been used or updated for a while, but one issue came up.
--Issue: My SD card wouldn't mount(external)? I couldn't recover my contacts or apps that were backed up on my SD card, and searching for it just showed "unavailable" and no option top mount.
-After this failure, I decided to try the Juggernaut ROM and the install failed, because the SD card just wouldn't mount. Nothing on my SD card is usable.
NOW: I want to start over from scratch, and then install a ROM, or just completely delete everything. I don't even want any of the backups on my phone, just a fresh start over again.
Question: What should I do? What would you do as a Noob if you could do it over again the right way?
1.) Clear the phone back to stock again?
2.) Install something more stable?
3.) Find a way to mount SD?
what do I do?!
ps. Merry Xmas
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Goliath27 said:
What I did:
-Installed CWM, did all of the fancy backups, etc. Tried installin g CM7 and it failed, the zip from the CM site keeps failing to install (aborted)
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In order to prevent bad installations in the future, only attempt to flash roms that you obtained from the Developer section of the T-Mobile Galaxy SII T-989 forum. Our phone will not run roms developed for other versions of the Galaxy SII due to hardware differences. You could easily brick your phone flashing something that wasn't specifically designed for it.
AllGamer said:
best way to start over from scratch is to ODIN the factory ROM, (check INDEX sticky)
then you'll be back to original, and use oneclickroot to root it again, then install CWR and go wild with whatever ROM you choose
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Ok well I think I started from scratch again when I updated my firmware using Kies. I lost SU and Root access.
AmbroseAI said:
In order to prevent bad installations in the future, only attempt to flash roms that you obtained from the Developer section of the T-Mobile Galaxy SII T-989 forum. Our phone will not run roms developed for other versions of the Galaxy SII due to hardware differences. You could easily brick your phone flashing something that wasn't specifically designed for it.
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Got it, but I tried it both ways. I think what I really should be asking is:
What roms would you download if this were you?
I really want something in the ICS department but can't really find any roms that are stable enough to download. Anything you recommend?
there are no ICS alpha/beta for our model yet
wait until the ICS sources has dropped from Samsung, then we'll get lots
AllGamer said:
there are no ICS alpha/beta for our model yet
wait until the ICS sources has dropped from Samsung, then we'll get lots
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well, ICS isn't really a big deal. I just want to try out these ROMs everyone is raving about, but there are so many!
Like I said before, I tried installing a rom that just didn't work. And I'd like to try some of the most stable roms out and see which ones I could use comfortably.
This way I don't set up my phone the way I like, just to do it all over again repeatedly.
edit: I see you're running Juggernaut 3.7 + Bullet 2.9 (just like CM7)
Stable enough to try in my n00b state? I understand the risks as well, just wondering how good it is. I know it had some MMS issues but if that's all than I'll survive.
Edit 2: Just installed Jug v4.1 and it's awesome. So I finally got the idea of what I need to do in order to install correctly. Not going to try anything else for a while now lol
I think you're getting confused... there are a lot of variants of the Samsung Galaxy S II, but they are very different inside. It sounds like the ROM you were trying to install was for the international version, which could easily wreck your phone completely. There are no ICS roms whatsoever for the T-Mobile version of this phone, nor are there any complete CM7 roms. You can safely install any of the roms on the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II Android Development" section of these forums, and that's about it.
skjoldbaerer said:
I think you're getting confused... there are a lot of variants of the Samsung Galaxy S II, but they are very different inside. It sounds like the ROM you were trying to install was for the international version, which could easily wreck your phone completely. There are no ICS roms whatsoever for the T-Mobile version of this phone, nor are there any complete CM7 roms. You can safely install any of the roms on the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II Android Development" section of these forums, and that's about it.
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Right, which is what I was aware of. The rom that messed me up was one that was labeled as a Tmobile S2 rom, but I think the error was a User error(me).
Now that I did it all from scratch, I have it all running well and I'm now avoiding the use of Rom Manager, and only using CWM.
And of course, I wouldn't think of installing a rom from another forum for another phone, I will be sticking to the t989 section here.