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[Q] How to NAND backup my DHD, Where to get a stock ROM, Transfering Data after flash

Hi there,
I've got a rooted DHD (unbranded, on Orange in the UK) and have Radio S-Off using the one click tool. I'm thinking about custom roms (perhaps leedroid or a gingersense, but I think I'll wait and see how stock gingerbread runs on my DHD before flashing anything custom).
-How can I take a *full* backup of my phone? (NAND I think it's called?)
-What else do I need to do to my phone? Do I need ENG hboot? What does that do exactly? And what about clockwork mod?
-After I flash a ROM what do I lose? Is it like doing a factory reset? What's the best way of backing up and subsequently restoring contacts, accounts, settings, SMS and apps?
-How long does flashing a ROM take?
-Is my SD card touched in this process?
-Which Rom do you recommend and why? (My phone doesn't need any more performance I don't think btw, battery on the other hand )
-Anything else I should know?
Thanks in advanced

Tamen said:
How can I take a *full* backup of my phone? (NAND I think it's called?)
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Install ClockworkMod recovery either directly or by ROM Manager and using th backup function in either (ROM Manager is simply a GUI for clockworkmod recovery).
Tamen said:
What else do I need to do to my phone? Do I need ENG hboot? What does that do exactly? And what about clockwork mod?
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Yes. It will allow you to flash radio's and other cool things.
Tamen said:
After I flash a ROM what do I lose? Is it like doing a factory reset? What's the best way of backing up and subsequently restoring contacts, accounts, settings, SMS and apps?
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EVERYTHING. Yes. Google syncs your contacts. TiTanium backup will backup apps but I never found it 100% successful. Better to get used to possibility of having to re-download them. There's a vast number of apps to backup SMS. I like Sprite but MyBackUp Pro is highly recommended too. As is SMS backup and restore.
Tamen said:
How long does flashing a ROM take?
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About 5 minutes.
Tamen said:
Is my SD card touched in this process?
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No. Other than you will be placing files on it and maybe partitioning it.
Tamen said:
Which Rom do you recommend and why? (My phone doesn't need any more performance I don't think btw, battery on the other hand )
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I recommend Cyanogen but only you can decide what ROM you like best and your phone will tell you what ROM / Radio / Kernel it likes best.
Tamen said:
Anything else I should know?
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Yes, all your questions are answered. The development thread is your friend as is the search box.

Yup, thats all about it. Lol.
If you are not sure, do not do anything. Ask first. Else you will increase the risk of bricking your phone.
Cheers mate.

Mr_JMM said:
Yes. It will allow you to flash radio's and other cool things.
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So I should get ENG h-boot, or I must get ENG H-boot if I just want to flash a ROM? Could you explain flashing radios please?
Thanks a lot for your very detailed response
superstick1 said:
Yup, thats all about it. Lol.
If you are not sure, do not do anything. Ask first. Else you will increase the risk of bricking your phone.
Cheers mate.
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Thanks, will do!

Tamen said:
So I should get ENG h-boot, or I must get ENG H-boot if I just want to flash a ROM? Could you explain flashing radios please?
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Please read the relevant threads in the development forum as there is more info than I could put in one post.
Everything you need to know is there.
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[Q] Rooting 1.72 without downgrade.

Anyone is working on rooting 1.72 WITHOUT downgrade?
At least just clean root without s-off.
greets

Appearantly it is really wel secured since this ROM was released december and it is still not rooted. Best option so far is to downgrade and root. I haven't found any reference to a possible successful root of the 1.72 firmware. I am also unable to find any status/update on this subject...
If anyone knows more it would be appreciated!

u can do the g-free temp root/ s-off and fastboot load cwm and zing, no downgrade needed

how?
ps. obviously we are talkng about permament root

Maxymo123 said:
how?
ps. obviously we are talkng about permament root
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easy.
i do all this and the fastboot flash cwm, once u get S-off u can flash a recovery one, u just wont have root on stock rom. so u must flash a rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228

I recently received a replacement G2 with the 1.72 firmware(with wifi calling) so it had the Dec. update installed,and was able to root just as easily as I did back in Oct. Just follwed "blackprince310"'s method,and it worked like a charm.Again.
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But did you make a downgrade?
wheeliest - you've flashed a new rom so it has the same disadvantages as downgrading.

Utorrent76 said:
I recently received a replacement G2 with the 1.72 firmware(with wifi calling) so it had the Dec. update installed,and was able to root just as easily as I did back in Oct.
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I thought the only T-Mob G2 ROM versions were 1.19 and 1.21, both of which are rootable by the "usual" methods?

Maxymo123 said:
But did you make a downgrade?
wheeliest - you've flashed a new rom so it has the same disadvantages as downgrading.
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but i avoided the whole downgrading part by simply flashing a new rom....
and whats the disadvantages of that?

redpoint73 said:
I thought the only T-Mob G2 ROM versions were 1.19 and 1.21, both of which are rootable by the "usual" methods?
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perhaps the replacement one came pre-ota-ed?

It had WiFi calling so it was definitely post ota.
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and whats the disadvantages of that?
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Loosing the original rom? Which is good enough and needs only a few hacks.
Loosing all the settings and apps? Reinstalling 300 apps and setting them is the pain in the %$%.
Potentially dangerous process with goldcard?
So what for downgrading if one needs only the access to the system files and run some apps like adfree or dsp manager.

have you used cm7? because stock rom is garbage compared to it..

What has it so much better? (apart from new layouts and bacgrounds?)

Maxymo123 said:
What has it so much better? (apart from new layouts and bacgrounds?)
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everything about it, way more control over the phone, better performance, unlimited possibilities..

Don't want to be mean but:
CM7 Bugs/Not working/TODO:
Camera
Missing FM
Screen calibration support
First setup wizard restarts
and more:
just cant stand the download failures and the market failures.
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[Q] Will 2.3.4 OTA break S-Off?

After searching the forum and reading many posts, it still is not clear to me if the 2.3.4 OTA (I'm being prompted for 4.06) will break S-Off.
When I rooted my Incredible using Unrevoked3, the custom recovery wasn't out yet or otherwise wasn't included. I believe that I am still running stock recovery (haven't flashed any ROMs).
If I do this update will I lose S-Off or lose root?
I know this topic seems redundant, but I haven't read a clear answer.
Thanks.

I'm wondering the same thing.
I just got the last issue on skyraider 4.3 working again, and I don't really want to start over.
This is answered in the q&a forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836120

If you are currently 's-off' the ota will NOT break root.

wildstang83 said:
If you are currently 's-off' the ota will NOT break root.
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What if your phone is only rooted? If you update will you lose root? I don't actually own a dinc but my friends wife keeps asking me if she should update and if she will lose root if she does. Also if she has to reroot after the update do you know of any issues doing so?
I'm having enough issues trying to get everything working with rooting my htc vivid
Thanks for any help.
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If the OTA actually can be accepted with your custom recovery (debatable), you would lose root IMO. I think what Stang means is that if you're s-off, you can reflash clockwork and superuser, and reaquire root easily. So it doesn't break your ability to root again.

My daughter downloaded the latest 2.3.4 and now has issues with the memory low icon. Can I downgrade to Froyo? She's finally going to let me root her phone(that I pay for).
Sorry if this isn't the correct thread for this question.

Just press install now and it will count down and not do anything
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HHRLLC said:
My daughter downloaded the latest 2.3.4 and now has issues with the memory low icon. Can I downgrade to Froyo? She's finally going to let me root her phone(that I pay for).
Sorry if this isn't the correct thread for this question.
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Yes root the phone then install a Rom like ruby ,or skyraider something with 2.2 froyo
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This was my experience. I managed to cp it to my SD card, before it deleted itself, and now I have to rack up a 10 post count so I can let the developers in the developer forum know I have it ready to send to whomever wants to root it and re-released it.

nohbudi said:
This was my experience. I managed to cp it to my SD card, before it deleted itself, and now I have to rack up a 10 post count so I can let the developers in the developer forum know I have it ready to send to whomever wants to root it and re-released it.
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We can't use what yo have unless you did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19380051&postcount=79

I guess it doesn't matter anyway. I deleted the file from /cache and now it stopped prompting me and reports I'm up to date.

Stang can we PB31IMG back to froyo from 4.08 with S-Off? I know we can do it running 4.06

Topsnake said:
Stang can we PB31IMG back to froyo from 4.08 with S-Off? I know we can do it running 4.06
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Yes that should not be an issue at all. BTW guys, in case you all haven't seen, I got the ota rooted and uploaded finally: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347044

Awesome. Now I just need to figure out how to install it.

MKEbrew said:
Awesome. Now I just need to figure out how to install it.
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I can help you with that. If you check my thread again in about two minutes, I will have installation instructions posted.

Excellent! I think I need to flash a recovery though. I either am still on stock, or I don't have one at all (I assume I am on stock). I've never switched ROMs before.

wildstang83 said:
...BTW guys, in case you all haven't seen, I got the ota rooted and uploaded finally: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347044
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stang, apparently I need 10 posts before I can say thank you in the thread with the rom, so many thanks
I'll be trying it out after work today.

selquest said:
stang, apparently I need 10 posts before I can say thank you in the thread with the rom, so many thanks
I'll be trying it out after work today.
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Oh, well thanks bud. I kinda hate that rule myself, but I don't make the rules.

wildstang83 said:
Yes that should not be an issue at all. BTW guys, in case you all haven't seen, I got the ota rooted and uploaded finally: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347044
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Awesome, also has anyone uploaded a100% stock ota file yet?

Alton (Halo 2) said:
Yes root the phone then install a Rom like ruby ,or skyraider something with 2.2 froyo
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Thanks, she's now on CM7 and running great.
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[Q] Wildfire S Stock Rom?

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Well , i can make you a flashable one from CWM , EU version ... if you want with root and busybox i can add them to the Queue too

Dolphin, i believe this is what you are looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485345

seaskyways said:
Well , i can make you a flashable one from CWM , EU version ... if you want with root and busybox i can add them to the Queue too
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Well I would not care if I didn't have root. that's kinda what I'm trying to do; unroot. But keeping root would be nice
What would the difference between a European stock rom and a Bell Canada stock rom? I look forward to the stock rom. Thanks

Mobile Telephone said:
Dolphin, i believe this is what you are looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485345
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I have already tried that..but I guess I'll try it one more time.

Dolphin2 said:
I have already tried that..but I guess I'll try it one more time.
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Are you having some sort of issue with the flashing?

Mobile Telephone said:
Are you having some sort of issue with the flashing?
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I don't think so. I flash it and I turn my device back on and it's the same. And I supposed to keep all the files laying out on the desktop? And I'm supposed to wipe all my data right?

Dolphin2 said:
I don't think so. I flash it and I turn my device back on and it's the same. And I supposed to keep all the files laying out on the desktop? And I'm supposed to wipe all my data right?
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In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.

Well for a proper link to it, we'll need to know more like is your Wildfire S GSM or CDMA?

xJavontax said:
Well for a proper link to it, we'll need to know more like is your Wildfire S GSM or CDMA?
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What is GSM & CDMA? It says HBOOT

Mobile Telephone said:
In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.
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I will try the recovery and let you know if it works

Mobile Telephone said:
In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.
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I managed to recover it but I not longer have root . And a lot of things are different from the Bell Stock rom. So I'm doing something else now. thanks though

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If you have lost root, there is a tutorial very easy to follow on how root your phone just look in the android development section

Flash "root.zip" located in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275 This should hopefully resolve your issue of losing root.

Actually i see no differences between EU and others other than the languages ... and why not flashing any RUU ?

lman131 said:
If you have lost root, there is a tutorial very easy to follow on how root your phone just look in the android development section
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Thanks. I rooted my phone again. The rom isn't the same as the stock bell one, but I guess it's good enough. My Wildfire S is VERY slow though. I have tried many things to make it faster

seaskyways said:
Actually i see no differences between EU and others other than the languages ... and why not flashing any RUU ?
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Flashing an RUU from my phone or computer?

E: Invalid command argument
I folllowed the same steps but its again and again booting into recovery!
its booting into recovery even if i install other rom from sd card!
tried it with and without sd card! still same result
hope you help me out with this!
regards.

[Q] Looking for a tool just like SEUS (from Sony Ericsson) and backup tool for HTC?

Hey, if you've ever used SEUS you know what I'm looking for, is there and application to do the same stuff with HTC phones?
Also I would like to backup my whole phone, what software should I use? I don't care about what's on the sd card or in the phone nor apps/apk since I can just redownload them. I wanted to backup everything, current firmware, all default HTC stuff, how do I do that?
My phone is not rooted, branded etc. Desire Z, not Vision.
Thanks

Untill your rooted I don't know of a good way, don't think there is one. Once rooted a simple nandroid does that
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Doesn't HTC Sync do that?

bogdan5844 said:
Doesn't HTC Sync do that?
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There's no option to simply recover the phone, basically I want an official software so when I just want to go back to my stock ROM I just one-click it and it restores it from their own databse online (the latest available build).
That's a great Sony Ericsson feature. Too bad HTC Sync doesn't have that, or maybe I just can't find it.

demkantor said:
Untill your rooted I don't know of a good way, don't think there is one. Once rooted a simple nandroid does that
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Problem is I can't be rooted until I downgrade which removes my stock rom forever, correct?

stranded.eu said:
Problem is I can't be rooted until I downgrade which removes my stock rom forever, correct?
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No. Rooting doesn't necessarily involve flashing a new ROM. You can keep it stock. After you downgrade/root, you can flash the official Gingerbread ROM, which is exactly the same as you have now, just rooted and with bloatware removed.

Can you please point me some directions to that official Gingerbread ROM then? It's really hard to find something legit.

stranded.eu said:
Can you please point me some directions to that official Gingerbread ROM then? It's really hard to find something legit.
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Of course. Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169004&highlight=pc10img
This is the official, stock, untouched but rooted ROM for the Desire Z, World Wide Edition. You can find root tutorials in the Dev section. Good luck