All,
I'm trying to extract some data for use in an application on a new phone. Let me run everyone through what I have and what I want to do first so you can answer this question for me.
Old phone - HTC Evo 4G. It is rooted and still on the stock rom.
New phone - Samsung Galaxy S3. All stock.
Goal: I have the FuelLog app installed on my HTC Evo 4G. I would like to pull all of the data out of the app on my Evo and drop the file into the app on my Galaxy S3 so that I don't have to manually punch in all the data.
I think you can pay for the app and export/import, but since my Evo is rooted, I figured it might be as simple as copy/pasting a folder somewhere on my evo directly into the S3. Is it possible and can anyone help me accomplish this?
Thanks for the help!
I'd think ti backup would work if you rooted your s3. Just restore data only on the fuel app. No matter what route you choose make sure you have a good back up for the s3 because it gets sticky restoring apps and data rom to rom..let alone phone to phone.
nrvlljr said:
I'd think ti backup would work if you rooted your s3. Just restore data only on the fuel app. No matter what route you choose make sure you have a good back up for the s3 because it gets sticky restoring apps and data rom to rom..let alone phone to phone.
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Do I have to root my S3 as well then in order to use Titanium to restore to the S3? I wasn't so sure I was going to root the S3 this time because I frankly need to make sure I have a solid reliable phone for work, and I don't want to risk jacking with the S3 too much. I plan on using my old Evo to get better at rooting and exploring customization.
Yes its a root tool. Root support looks pretty solid over on the s3 thread. You'd have to look around to see if theirs any daily drivers as far as roms though. Just keep in mind that you don't have to play with custom roms. Just root it and stay stock if you like. I just looked and they have odin figured out over their which means as long as it turns on your golden. Thats the sweet thing about samsung. No dealing with bootloader bs. Odin and done.
I just upgraded to the SG3. Was very easy to root. And I used titanium backup to restore my apps that I wanted to keep from my evo. I have the pro version of TB and used the drop-box feature to sync my backup. Then was able to re-sync from drop-box to the new phone with TB. Worked great.
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I must not be seeing what I'm looking for, that or I'm not trying hard enough. I'm trying to remove programs from my phone but I was hoping to find a list of what was safe to remove the mytouch slide.
Maybe someone can point me in the right direction.
Im not sure anyone can really answer that for you. Youre going to have to play around and see what removes fine and what breaks the phone's function. Make sure you make backups
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Well, your situation depends on a million things.
What do you deem necessary?
What rom are you using?
Have you tried flashing a CM rom? Those roms are about as Vanilla (stock android) as they come.
Use titanium backup in Chuck Norris mode to get rid of any other apps you don't want. But for CM roms, the removal process is a little different. Google it, because if you go through titanium backup, the app will be back as soon as you reboot.
I used titanium backup on the phone and I'm not for sure which rom I have. The one I used when I rooted my phone was slidemeroot2.zip. I ended looking around seeing what I could do away with and I found that if I took off myaccount the phone would be fine. That didn't work and my phone was stuck at the splash screen so I had to reload my rom.
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I used titanium backup on the phone and I'm not for sure which rom I have. The one I used when I rooted my phone was slidemeroot2.zip. I ended looking around seeing what I could do away with and I found that if I took off myaccount the phone would be fine. That didn't work and my phone was stuck at the splash screen so I had to reload my rom.
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try flashing a Cyanogenmod rom. I'm sure you'll find it very light and fast.
Always make nandroid backups from recovery before modifying /system. Golden rule right there.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones
go there and it has a list of all the apps your allowed to remove...
Hi I have a rooted stock EVO and I used root explorer to delete some bloatware from sprint and I think I accidentally deleted Sprint PCS or Sprint Zone app that allows for 3G internet. Now my phone can't go on 3G =(.
I just wanted to clarify that i deleted an apk file that doesn't allow me to connect to 3G and not like a radio right?
Also, what should I do now? Is it possible to get that file back or should I just flash either a stock rom or a custom rom to restore the 3G capability? Thank you!
Flash a stock rom first to see if you have 3G. You will most likely get it back
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Restore from a nandroid backup if you made one.
If you didn't, get into the habit of doing so any time you make changes to the system.
Flash the stock rooted rom first and see if you still have 3g connectivity (you should), then you can flash whatever you want.
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Thank you very much for the replies. Just wondering, my memory card is from my old EVO that had an nandroid backup (i just replaced my evo with a new one) so i was wondering if i can use that old backup to restore from?
Also, is it okay to leave multiple roms in the root of sd card or do I have to remove and add each one by one in the order I'm flashing them?
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Thank you very much for the replies. Just wondering, my memory card is from my old EVO that had an nandroid backup (i just replaced my evo with a new one) so i was wondering if i can use that old backup to restore from?
Also, is it okay to leave multiple roms in the root of sd card or do I have to remove and add each one by one in the order I'm flashing them?
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DO NOT restore a nandroid backup from another phone. Just don't. Seriously bad stuff - including losing 4g - could/would happen. Restoring user apps and data from Titanium Backup is fine, though. Restoring system stuff with TB could cause problems.
You can have as many roms as you need on your SD card, I have a few along with other flashable stuff on mine - I think most people do.
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Oh wow I didn't know restoring a backup from another phone was such a bad idea. Thanks for preventing me from doing something stupid haha.
Oh one last thing...when I flash the stock rom, should it be deodexed or odexed? The thread for the stock rom has 2 different links.
My 3g went bad, I unrooted and RUU'd. Sprint store couldn't fix it, sent me a refurb.
I'm almost positive that I didn't do anything to mess it up.
Edit: Odexed or Deodexed shouldn't make a difference with what you're trying to solve. But Odexed = less system memory, and DeOdexed = themeable.
First post and I have to say great forum here and lots of great information!!
I am a long time unix / linux user and work in the technology product development and I have been researching for about a week after updating to official ICS over Kies for information on backuping up my phone and rooting.
I had considered rooting before but never had a good reason really until I loaded the official ICS update and had to reset to get it working, losing all my apps / data. Kies was not cooperating so I did not get a good backup and it would not keep my app settings any way. This is when I found out that my old Blackberry and even iPhone had much more complete backup solutions that non-rooted Android. I have totally recovered the other devices without losing anything in the past so I thought Android would be a snap as well.
Any way to the point now. After searching I have found great work done by the members and I feel pretty comfortable proceeding to root my stock ICS and getting Titanium to do a full backup. I will fix my keyboard and few other things while at it.
My questions are:
1. When the next official release comes from ATT / Samsung will I have to reflash to the stock boot.img (found in another thread) to be able to get the upgrade and then root my phone again?
2. Once rooted, is it better to just come back here and get the updated ROM and flash manually?
3. Is the best way to achieve the complete backup solution I am looking for?
I am pretty happy with the stock ROMs but I want to be able to get a good and full backup going forward since it takes so long to reinstall everything. I could even live with the bloatware if I was confident I could completely restore at anytime.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Roy
Titanium is good for backing up apps and data. If you want a complete back up, you'll want to make a nandroid backup with CWMR. As for the ROM part, it all depends on if you're happy with what you get stock or if you like customized things. I'm sick right now or I would go into detail.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
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Titanium is good for backing up apps and data. If you want a complete back up, you'll want to make a nandroid backup with CWMR. As for the ROM part, it all depends on if you're happy with what you get stock or if you like customized things. I'm sick right now or I would go into detail.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
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Thanks Shawn. I saw a reference to nandroid but did not realize it was part of CWMR. Can I assume if I get CWMR loaded I will be able to backup my current apps / settings or will that just set me up for the next time? I have been sort of assuming once I get CWMR loaded and get root that I may lose my current settings.
Appreciate the reply especially while sick! Hope you feel better soon.
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Thanks Shawn. I saw a reference to nandroid but did not realize it was part of CWMR. Can I assume if I get CWMR loaded I will be able to backup my current apps / settings or will that just set me up for the next time? I have been sort of assuming once I get CWMR loaded and get root that I may lose my current settings.
Appreciate the reply especially while sick! Hope you feel better soon.
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A nandroid backup is more like an image backup of the flash, so you would have to restore the whole thing to get back any files you may have lost. It's mostly for backing up prior to flashing a new ROM, so if you don't like it you can go back to what you had easily.
If you want to back up pictures and things like that you should be able to plug the phone into a computer and mount the flash as a drive (I've done this on my Linux and Windows systems many times). Then you can copy the files you want to save to your computer, or copy a new ROM to the phone so you can flash it with CWMR.
You're welcome. Nandroid backups are for when your phone bootloops or is "bricked" or if you want to restore to something previous. For me, I use Titanium to backup all app data before flashing something and then make a Nandroid with CWMR. In my opinion its a good idea to use both so you're safe from any problems down the road.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
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You're welcome. Nandroid backups are for when your phone bootloops or is "bricked" or if you want to restore to something previous. For me, I use Titanium to backup all app data before flashing something and then make a Nandroid with CWMR. In my opinion its a good idea to use both so you're safe from any problems down the road.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
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mvi57 and Shawn,
Thanks guys, got it now. I will probably do both types of backups as well.
I think I understand the system a little better now. The recovery partition probably does not affect the bootloader or ROM so if I just replace it with CWMR I still boot the same and will not lose my current data. I am guessing the next official ROM will probably load fine but I would probably just have to root the phone again.
Thanks for putting up with the noob questions. I have not done embedded development before but some of the guys on team have so I have some terminology i need to get used to.
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mvi57 and Shawn,
Thanks guys, got it now. I will probably do both types of backups as well.
I think I understand the system a little better now. The recovery partition probably does not affect the bootloader or ROM so if I just replace it with CWMR I still boot the same and will not lose my current data. I am guessing the next official ROM will probably load fine but I would probably just have to root the phone again.
Thanks for putting up with the noob questions. I have not done embedded development before but some of the guys on team have so I have some terminology i need to get used to.
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You will need to root again once you update. Replacing stock recovery with CWMR will not make you lose any data.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
VideoRoy said:
First post and I have to say great forum here and lots of great information!!
I am a long time unix / linux user and work in the technology product development and I have been researching for about a week after updating to official ICS over Kies for information on backuping up my phone and rooting.
I had considered rooting before but never had a good reason really until I loaded the official ICS update and had to reset to get it working, losing all my apps / data. Kies was not cooperating so I did not get a good backup and it would not keep my app settings any way.
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It's a hard lesson to learn that there were relatively easy solutions to avoid it :/ I as a fellow long time Linux user, I'm suprised!. I myself can not stand not having root access when I need it. I luckily have had Titanium Backup for quite some time now and it IS a life saver for many of your apps and settings! It's a must! I too had the issue of not being able to update via kies and assumed it was because my device was rooted, so in my frustrated lack of sleep mood I had going, I said meh all and grabbed easily accessible data off the memory and flashed the ICS from sammobile.com if i remember right. I've since flashed NardRom as well and am having some signal/sms issues. That being said, MAKE SURE you do a nandroid backup and don't get all anxious and overzealous like I did. If I am not mistaken and understand correctly, sometimes when flashing roms you may overwrite various signal related files like the modem or wireless? With a nandroid backup you can simply restore from that like nothing ever happened! Just follow directions to the T. I've yet to brick my SGH-i927 but I've bricked our captivates a few times
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It's a hard lesson to learn that there were relatively easy solutions to avoid it :/ I as a fellow long time Linux user, I'm suprised!. I myself can not stand not having root access when I need it. I luckily have had Titanium Backup for quite some time now and it IS a life saver for many of your apps and settings! It's a must! I too had the issue of not being able to update via kies and assumed it was because my device was rooted, so in my frustrated lack of sleep mood I had going, I said meh all and grabbed easily accessible data off the memory and flashed the ICS from sammobile.com if i remember right. I've since flashed NardRom as well and am having some signal/sms issues. That being said, MAKE SURE you do a nandroid backup and don't get all anxious and overzealous like I did. If I am not mistaken and understand correctly, sometimes when flashing roms you may overwrite various signal related files like the modem or wireless? With a nandroid backup you can simply restore from that like nothing ever happened! Just follow directions to the T. I've yet to brick my SGH-i927 but I've bricked our captivates a few times
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I am with you all the way.
I have installed CWMR now and completed a nandroid backup. After tracking down the backup I copied to my laptop for safe keeping. Also installed the keyboard fix only and it worked fine. Later tonight I will give root a try with Titanium.
BTW I was having SMS issues with the stock ICS. No alerts and basic funky things. I have loaded Go SMS Pro and am happier not only fixing the app issues but giving me Group text mode so I am not an outcast with the rest of my iPhone family
Thanks for helping me get going here.
ICS has a bunch of issues, including the bad notifications.
sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
As others have posted. I back up all my information per app via Titanium backup and every few months I make a new Nandroid backup. This gives me the best of both worlds. A full backup that I can get back to via Nandroid backup and little backups from Titanium backup if I choose to uninstall and re-install an individual app later on in the future.
Just a few other tips from my recent experiences. Since the problems I was having with NardROM... an entire night with no text msgs from my ole lady got me pretty worried and I learned it was issues with my flash or the rom with my phone so I wiped it out and went back to the stock ICS. I also flashed the keyboard fix and have noticed no problems. I did flash the tether fix too but it's not working for me at the moment so I'll play with it later. I'm also using my regular Captivate as a secondary phone/toy using google voice and wireless so if I'm not getting anything on one # during testing or usage I will notice it and get it on the other phone.
Also, as a long time GOSMS user I like to try out the various features but I must warn you stay away from, or have a backup plan on top of it, if you purchase the 180-day premium features and utilize the local backup. I'm not fond of having things backed up to a cloud so like you I back up all my phone stuff to my server and desktops at home but running raid 5 (paranoid much?). The problem I had is when I restored all my text from the cloud after a flash and noticed the new local backup feature in a GOSMS update I thought hey i can do away with the cloud and use this right!? Wrong. I deleted the cloud backup without double checking and on this last flash, attempted to restore roughly 20k+ messages from the Gosms local backup feature and it errored out or froze the phone EVERY time I tried. Frantically searching through everything I had, I learned that Titanium Backup does do a backup typically of the related data, I beleive the listed backup is SMS/APN/MMS or something similar. You have to enable writing to /system in Titanium's settings. There's a howto on xda I beleive and google searches on restoring it. Another thing, if you have numerous backups and are playing around and i.e. have just flashed, installed Titaniumbackup and want to backup something before you restore it from an older version, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHANGED MAX # of BACKUPS FIRST, otherwise you have just overwritten your previous backup :crying:
*Correction* I'm using jayjayjoker2's debloated ICS 4.0.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843001
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Just a few other tips from my recent experiences. Since the problems I was having with NardROM... an entire night with no text msgs from my ole lady got me pretty worried and I learned it was issues with my flash or the rom with my phone so I wiped it out and went back to the stock ICS. I also flashed the keyboard fix and have noticed no problems. I did flash the tether fix too but it's not working for me at the moment so I'll play with it later. I'm also using my regular Captivate as a secondary phone/toy using google voice and wireless so if I'm not getting anything on one # during testing or usage I will notice it and get it on the other phone.
Also, as a long time GOSMS user I like to try out the various features but I must warn you stay away from, or have a backup plan on top of it, if you purchase the 180-day premium features and utilize the local backup. I'm not fond of having things backed up to a cloud so like you I back up all my phone stuff to my server and desktops at home but running raid 5 (paranoid much?). The problem I had is when I restored all my text from the cloud after a flash and noticed the new local backup feature in a GOSMS update I thought hey i can do away with the cloud and use this right!? Wrong. I deleted the cloud backup without double checking and on this last flash, attempted to restore roughly 20k+ messages from the Gosms local backup feature and it errored out or froze the phone EVERY time I tried. Frantically searching through everything I had, I learned that Titanium Backup does do a backup typically of the related data, I beleive the listed backup is SMS/APN/MMS or something similar. You have to enable writing to /system in Titanium's settings. There's a howto on xda I beleive and google searches on restoring it. Another thing, if you have numerous backups and are playing around and i.e. have just flashed, installed Titaniumbackup and want to backup something before you restore it from an older version, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHANGED MAX # of BACKUPS FIRST, otherwise you have just overwritten your previous backup :crying:
*Correction* I'm using jayjayjoker2's debloated ICS 4.0.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843001
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Great information thanks!!
The backups I am most worried about are all the system settings, app settings and data mostly. I am probably older than most folks here and I do not really text much except family and a few co-workers. I honestly never worried about backing up my SMS / MMS but I will check on my APNs because I had that problem on a Blackberry once. Email is where I store most important stuff and talk about paranoid I have multiple copies of my emails on different computers on different operating systems. 20 years working in storage will do that to you
I believe that if Google or Samsung even came up with a backup solution that did what Blackberry or Apple could do it would solve a lot and I probably would not even be working on this. Blackberry saved my bacon more than once with the complete backup they do in their clunky software and last year when my daughters iPhone would no longer power off, I was able to use iTunes to do a complete backup and she was up and running on a new phone in 15 mins exactly where she left off.
Thanks for the advice!
Hi guys. I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 UK non LTW version. For some reason over the last 2 days, it's reset itself twice and gone to the Samsung black screen. No reason for it. I haven't installed anything in the last couple of days. I'm wondering whether the odd random reset is normal or should I get onto Three(3) to supply my with a replacement device?
Also, I used to be an iphone user (shudders) and one of the best things was the fact that you could back the phone up and if you needed a replacement, it would be like having your phone again with a new shell. Is there anything like this for Android? Installing 50odd apps again and changing settings on a new device will be a right pain in the arse.
Cheers for the help
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Hi guys. I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 UK non LTW version. For some reason over the last 2 days, it's reset itself twice and gone to the Samsung black screen. No reason for it. I haven't installed anything in the last couple of days. I'm wondering whether the odd random reset is normal or should I get onto Three(3) to supply my with a replacement device?
Also, I used to be an iphone user (shudders) and one of the best things was the fact that you could back the phone up and if you needed a replacement, it would be like having your phone again with a new shell. Is there anything like this for Android? Installing 50odd apps again and changing settings on a new device will be a right pain in the arse.
Cheers for the help
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If you are rooted you can backup user apps and settings with Titanium Backup or make a nandroid (CWM) backup. If you are not rooted you can use an app like AppMonster to backup apps (but no data i`am afraid).
So make a backup and save important files to the pc and do a data/factory reset in backup and restore. If that doesn`t help you might reflash the rom with Odinv3 3.04. Good luck mate
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If you are rooted you can backup user apps and settings with Titanium Backup or make a nandroid (CWM) backup. If you are not rooted you can use an app like AppMonster to backup apps (but no data i`am afraid).
So make a backup and save important files to the pc and do a data/factory reset in backup and restore. If that doesn`t help you might reflash the rom with Odinv3 3.04. Good luck mate
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Thanks pal. Shame about the lack of data backup.
Quick question – By rooting it, will I be on Android 5.0 quicker than if I didn't root? And will I lose functionality? Just weighing up the pros and cons now
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Thanks pal. Shame about the lack of data backup.
Quick question – By rooting it, will I be on Android 5.0 quicker than if I didn't root? And will I lose functionality? Just weighing up the pros and cons now
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Rooting will not limit functionality in regards to Samsung apps and will add a lot of extra goodies, and yes if you are rooted you will get quicker upgrades (custom rom`s and leaked stock versions). We are allready running 4.1.2
So I don't use the stylus functionality?? That's cool. Tempted to root...
do you have amazon appstore? mine started doing this too. it may be coincidence...but it always happens when i get a notification saying amazon store has an update available.
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do you have amazon appstore? mine started doing this too. it may be coincidence...but it always happens when i get a notification saying amazon store has an update available.
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Nahh I don't. I'm trying to figure out what i've installed recently that could have caused it!
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Rooting will not limit functionality in regards to Samsung apps and will add a lot of extra goodies, and yes if you are rooted you will get quicker upgrades (custom rom`s and leaked stock versions). We are allready running 4.1.2
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What's the best ROM then ?
Hi i have a t999 samsung s3 (not rooted). I am quite new to this whole rooting/development scene. I really want to try out 4.2.2.
Some questions i have are:
- After i root my phone and put a custom rom does it wipe my phone or does it leave all the data on (apps, personal settings and what not)? If yes, is there a way to backup everything and restore it after i have put on a custom rom so that everything i had is back to normal?
- Also which rom has good battery life? I have heard some roms are really good on the battery life compared to the stock version.
Thanks a lot for the help
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Hi i have a t999 samsung s3 (not rooted). I am quite new to this whole rooting/development scene. I really want to try out 4.2.2.
Some questions i have are:
- After i root my phone and put a custom rom does it wipe my phone or does it leave all the data on (apps, personal settings and what not)? If yes, is there a way to backup everything and restore it after i have put on a custom rom so that everything i had is back to normal?
- Also which rom has good battery life? I have heard some roms are really good on the battery life compared to the stock version.
Thanks a lot for the help
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your data will be deleted. you can backup apps with AppMonster Free or Titanium Backup from Play Store.
a good and stable 4.2.2 rom is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176988
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your data will be deleted. you can backup apps with AppMonster Free or Titanium Backup from Play Store.
a good and stable 4.2.2 rom is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176988
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^This^
To add to that, battery.... Depends... On several factors including, but not limited to ROM, kernal, use, temp, this that, your pretty neighbor who's running out side. So, your best bet is to and see what will work better for you.
However, since you're new to this, there's somethings I want to say before you start:
-Make sure you have a T-Mobile phone before rooting and flashing using methods and ROMs here.
-Beware of possible lost IMEI when flashing. It's completely random. Go ahead and make a backup of your IMEI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
- If you go from a 4.2 ROM back to a 4.1, you could randomly break your GPS. If that happens: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211690
So just wanted to add a couple of things more concise.
Yes you will lose your data when you originally root your phone, however there are benefits to rooting and data in the long run. I highly recommend purchasing titanium backup pro. This will allow you to always have backups of your apps and data stored on the phone. It also allows for cloud storage so lets say your sd card and phone suddenly get fried, no worries once you get your new phone and root it install titanium from the play store and then restore your data from cloud storage.
As far as battery life goes this is dependent on what ROM you choose and what kernel. If you aren't familiar with kernels the less techie way to describe them is they kind of dictate what speeds your phone will run at (this is a very one sided description). Some kernels are designed to be overclocked, so what that means is your going to get faster speeds, the downside to that is faster speeds mean more heat generating of your processor because it needs more energy. More energy means more battery usage, which means a faster dying battery. Some kernels on the other hand are designed to actually be underclocked, which means longer battery. Then there are even kernels that underclock when the phone is asleep and know to overclock when its running a game or something. Long story short on battery, it really depends.
And as far as you rooting your phone, take the time to learn about the process first. Watch multiple you tube videos from different methods. At this point the phone has been out long enough everything is scripted basically so you just pick the right choice and your phone gets rooted, but it is still imperative you familiarize yourself with the process. Words such as adb, recovery, terminal emulator, odin, your going to want to know. Finally if you have any questions ask. Some people will be like www.google.com, but most of us all remember we were there once and needed help also.
I rooted my s3 last weekend. Quite easy, first time I ever rooted. Currently running Wicked 9.1 absolutely love it
Once rooted, download Rom manager and titanium backup. Titanium saves all your data when you flash new Roms
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thank you all for the insight
i ended up rooting my t999. but when i go into recovery i still see stock recovery not clockworkmod. does anyone know why this happens?
also in titanium backup which backup do i need to do so everything will be exactly the same when i restore after i flash custom rom?
I had that issue.
Download ROM manager from the playstore. Then download clockworkmod from it. Then from the app go into clockworkmod.
Once there, if I'm not mistaken, reboot. It'll ask you something and hit yes. Basically what's happening is when you try to activate CWM the phone isn't letting it register but this option will override that and you'll be good to go.
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For titanium, I back up all user apps and data. When you flash a new rom, only recover apps you've downloaded. Select one by one just to make sure you don't download any system apps.
System apps with a custom rom can brick your device.
When you download a new rom, always read the opening posts for instructions and make sure it's a rom meant for your device.
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seifer699 said:
thank you all for the insight
i ended up rooting my t999. but when i go into recovery i still see stock recovery not clockworkmod. does anyone know why this happens?
also in titanium backup which backup do i need to do so everything will be exactly the same when i restore after i flash custom rom?
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A couple of quick questions.
1. What rooting method did you use. I ask this because I would refrain from using CWM. CWM used to be the standard, in fact I have always used it until rooting my s3 last week. A lot of the developers are now using TWM recovery. I don't know the reasons behind it or if it will matter but it seems like twm may be more friendly with the s3. One huge benefit of twm recovery is that it is touch screen by default which is a lot easier to use. To get the touchscreen version of CWM you either have to pay for it, or no how to flash it manually usinig adb (this will probably be somewhat confusing for you but there are step by step instructions for it).
2. As far as titanium back up goes. Ill give you a quick run down of how it functions. For starters the basic and simplest way to make a backup is press the menu sofkey, batch options, then under backup just click on 'run' to the left of backup all user apps. From here the defualt is all apps will be selected. if you want all your apps backuped just hit the green check mark at the top right. If there is an app you don't want just uncheck it then hit the check mark in the top right.
As far as recovery of apps goes do the same thing (menu, batch options) but this time go down to restore and restore all aps with data (or missing apps with data depending which option you need).
Now for system apps, I do not recommend you using the batch operations for saving system apps. The truth is you never really want to restore system apps onto a new ROM. There are certain system apps that usually can be restored onto a different ROM or os version such as bluetooth pairings, your sms messages, and wifi passwords. Even restoring these can cause problems so what you want to do is restore them individually, restart the phone, and then make sure everything is working as it should be. Send me a private message if you want and Ill go into detail how to go about doing this.