i updated my phone from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich. i did a nandroid backup for the gingerbread. if i decided to go back to gingerbread, i just gotta go into recovery and do a restore? or do i gotta reset wipe factory again and wipe data,cache dalvik?
I flash dark side super wipe before restoring
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Before flashing anything even if it's nandroid, it is always best to wipe it clean.
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Teo032 said:
Before flashing anything even if it's nandroid, it is always best to wipe it clean.
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And flash proper radio before restoring, if necessary
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The recovery restore doesn't reflash my old radio and kernal? Cuz I'm not even sure what radio it had. So I pretty much need to do all the steps again like I'm flashing a new but use the the restore in place of flashing new rom.
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aznkorrupt117 said:
The recovery restore doesn't reflash my old radio and kernal? Cuz I'm not even sure what radio it had. So I pretty much need to do all the steps again like I'm flashing a new but use the the restore in place of flashing new rom.
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The recovery restores everything (including kernel) but not the radio. I have switched back and forth between ics and gb a few times without ever wiping before a restore and never had a problem. I would argue its not necessary but certainly doesn't hurt.
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I installed my first rom (MIUI) yesterday and everything went well thanks to alot of reading. I like the way it look but i miss Sense. I did a backup before I flashed it so what is the steps to recover the back up with clockwork??
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Go back into recovery > backups> restore > choose the one you want. The names of the backups are based on the date you made the nandroid
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Before I do that do I have to wipe anything?
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OneDeep said:
Before I do that do I have to wipe anything?
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I won't hurt........I always wipe cache and dalvik cache. Your phone will take a few minutes longer to reboot.....that's about the only drawback.
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Before I do that do I have to wipe anything?
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Not necessary, but it wouldn't hurt anything. Calkulin's Format_All.zip wipes Cache, Userdata, Dalvik, System, and a few others that I'm forgetting. If I remember correctly, it's just a script that tells your recovery to wipe all those things. Like I said before, I like to use it if I'm ever changing ROM "brands" (ie going from MIUI to CM7, or From Myn's to CM7, etc.) because the systems are usually significantly different
i believe wiping before doing anything regardless its restoring or flashing a new rom is the way to go with Calkulin's format all and his clear temp. just in case it misses something. but thats just my opinion =)
Do I have to clear catch or anything else before restoring Nandroid backup?
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Restore, I never have and haven't run into any problems. I'm assuming that everything is getting written over during the restore except basic phone info and the modem. Others may disagree with me. If you want to clean and wipe the various caches before restoring, I don't think it will hurt anything.
The modem does not restore?
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I have never wiped when restoring.
djjosh said:
The modem does not restore?
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No, modem will remain what is currently on the phone even after a restore. you'll have to flash the modem to the one you want.
I never wiped on restore and no issues here.
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Do I have to clear catch or anything else before restoring Nandroid backup?
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Wiping cache and dalvik cache never hurts, so it's nice, but not necessary, when restoring a nandroid.
The modem (i.e. baseband or radio) lives outside of the data portions of your phone, therefore this will neither be backed up nor restored via nandroid.
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Whats better to nandroid restore or full install when u coming from el29 custom roms?
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tech7 said:
Whats better to nandroid restore or full install when u coming from el29 custom roms?
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Not sure exactly what you are asking but I will try to help. A nandroid is a back up of your phone at the time you create it. If you are flashing roms in the EL29 family, you will always be doing a full install. If you dont like a rom you flash, you can restore one of your nandroid back ups or flash a different rom.
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Not sure exactly what you are asking but I will try to help. A nandroid is a back up of your phone at the time you create it. If you are flashing roms in the EL29 family, you will always be doing a full install. If you dont like a rom you flash, you can restore one of your nandroid back ups or flash a different rom.
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Cool thanks
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Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
knurdle said:
Hopefully it's not a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere else.
I have a rooted phone w/ CWM and faux's kernel.
No 3rd party ROM installed.
I got the update today. Can I install the update with the kernel or will that do bad things to my phone?
Do I have to go back to a stock kernel and recovery to do that update or is going back to a stock kernel good enough?
I don't mind losing root, I can always reroot it. I just don't want to do something stupid to my phone.
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You definitely have to go to stock recovery...i also went back to stock kernel too..then applied them back without error after update
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Thanks, another possibly stupid question.
Is there only one stock recovery or are there different versions between the UVKL1 and UVKID recovery?
Will this recovery work with my UVKL1 phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
It's the same. To prevent having issues, I recommend doing a factory reset before flashing back to stock.
Just back up whatever you don't want erased. You don't have to worry about the external sd, the reset won't touch that.
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Can you flash a different kernel after installing the latest update? Yes. Should you if you want a flawless ICS update this Monday and possibly avoid a brick? Probably not. Up to you.
Simply put, NO. As mentioned above Odin fully back to unrooted stock for he update to flash properly. Otherwise you'll have a soft brick on your hands.
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Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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tdizzle404 said:
Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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You can just Odin the update from where you are now. Just super wipe first.
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everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
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Can we just flash a stock rom and Odin the update? Is their a tutorial somewhere on the easiest way to get the uvdle update
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Also, if you're on ICS right now, you may get boot loops after flashing back to stock. Just do a factory reset in recovery and you're good to go.
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k786 said:
everytime i odin the update i have to pull battery cuz it bootloops..then boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik then reboot and it boots. is that normal?
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It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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Towle said:
It depends what you're coming from and how/if you wiped your phone.
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i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
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k786 said:
i was gonna follow these steps..
superwipe
wipe cache dalvik
power off
go to download mode
odin stock
are those fine? or do you recommend some other steps?
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That looks fine. If you're on ICS and reboot after wiping to get into download mode, some apps will automatically install on first boot so you will get boot loops after you flash back to stock. That's fine if you do, just do a factory reset in recovery.
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Just as a follow up to my own thread.
I followed this guide to go back to stock and then did the maintenance update.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16727-howto-restore-stock-rom-recover-bad-flashes/
I backed up everything just in case but I didn't lose any data and it took about 10 minutes to do everything.
I'm just going to run stock until I get ICS and then reroot again.
Ok so here is my noobish question.
When flashing themes through recovery, do I have to revert to my nandroid backup every time I want to switch themes, or can I just flash one theme on top of the other?
Dont know if this impacts the answer, but im running frosty 11.6.
Thanks in advance
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Flash the themes over each other with just wiping cache and dalvik. If you come across any issues, dirty flash the ROM you're running to revert back to stock theme.
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Flash the themes over each other with just wiping cache and dalvik. If you come across any issues, dirty flash the ROM you're running to revert back to stock theme.
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Thanks. If I didnt get a response tonight I wouldve just tried that and hoped for the best. Wort case I woulda relied on my nandroid. But good to see it in writing :thumbup:
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