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Rooted, rom question

I was hoping someone could help me get things straight in my head before I proceed any further. Currently I am running stock w/root 1.47. The first thing I did was get titanium backup (donate version) and backup my apps and system data. This is where I am at a loss.
I want to be running a lean, fast phone with wifi tethering. Here are my questions:
I installed ROM manager, can this be used to test out different roms without rebooting into my recovery?
Is there a list of apps I can remove? I can use titanium backup to remove them (also, should I remove, pause, or delete?) Specifically I don't want things like sprint nascar, sprint zone, etc.
Will the roms remove my useless apps, or do I need to do it manually? Specifically I was thinking of installing baked snack.
Thanks

ROM manager has an option inside the app to boot you into recovery. No way around trying a new Rom other than going into recovery, wiping, and flashing.
Go to the android chef forum and search 'apps safe to remove' and it should turn up a thread that keeps a list of apps you can use.
Most custom roms, including baked snack, remove bloat apps (mostly Sprint apps)

Awesome, one more thing. I am trying to figure out what to backup using titanium backup. On my stock rom, lets say I have all the apps downloaded that I want to use. Do I want to exclude everything RED on titanium backup and just backup the green programs? When I flash to a new rom and go to titanium backup, if I backed up EVERYTHING and restore it, wouldn't it put the bloatware back on my phone?

[Q] Question|root and new ROM and apps

If I root my desire and flash a custom ROM will all the apps I have installed now
would be gone?
And if I bought an app, will I have to buy it again after rooting and a new ROM?
thanks
oh and im sorry if this is in the wrong section

For the first question, I think all your apps will be deleted just if you want. In doc kitchen, are two versions of rom, with wipe and no wipe, but the recomanded version is that which will wipe all your data. You can backup all your apps before that.
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You can just back up all the apps via Titanium backup from the market. It will also backup your user data.
So you should go:
1) root & install custom recovery (usually part of rooting process)
2) install Ti Backup and run a batch backup of all user apps and data
3) make sure all your contacts are google contacts! Then they will just be re-imported when you register your google account on your new rom
4) pick your rom and download its zip file - copy this to the root of your sd card.
5) boot into recovery and factory reset i.e. wipe everything
6) still in recovery, select "install from zip" and pick the zip file above
7) reboot and wait (can be slow the first time), then run a batch restore from Ti backup and you are done!

Thank you very much its very helpful.
Do paid apps stay as well?

Lemon002 said:
Thank you very much its very helpful.
Do paid apps stay as well?
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Yep they will all be backed up.
I forgot a step too - you should always do a nandroid backup (this is done in recovery) before wiping and flashing rom in case something screws up.
This way you can restore what you previously had through recovery.

Lemon002 said:
Do paid apps stay as well?
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When you paid an app on the Market, the info is attached to your Google account. So when you configure a new rom with your Google account, you see in the Market those apps are paid and you can download them again for free.

[Q] What precautions do I have to take when updating a rooted phone?

Hi, first time with a rooted Samsung here.
With the 4.2.2 update being right around the corner, I want to know what precautions I have to take before hitting that shiny update button.
I plan on updating by downloading the FW and then flashing it with Mobile Odin, thereby preserving root.
Current state of my phone:
Rooted, with stock recovery and kernel. Model is GT-N7105
I have the Xposed framework 2.1.3 with these mods installed
I have BusyBox installed
I am using SuperSU Pro
In Triangle Away, I have set the 'allow tracker to run' feature to on, since it resets my system status in both bootloader and settings!
Yeah, that's about all I can think of that messes with the system.
Also, bonus question:
When choosing EverRoot in Mobile Odin, should I choose to inject SuperSU too? Or is that option for people who are wiping their phones during the update?
Thanks in advance!

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iPTPenguin said:
Hi, first time with a rooted Samsung here.
With the 4.2.2 update being right around the corner, I want to know what precautions I have to take before hitting that shiny update button.
I plan on updating by downloading the FW and then flashing it with Mobile Odin, thereby preserving root.
Current state of my phone:
Rooted, with stock recovery and kernel. Model is GT-N7105
I have the Xposed framework 2.1.3 with these mods installed
I have BusyBox installed
I am using SuperSU Pro
In Triangle Away, I have set the 'allow tracker to run' feature to on, since it resets my system status in both bootloader and settings!
Yeah, that's about all I can think of that messes with the system.
Also, bonus question:
When choosing EverRoot in Mobile Odin, should I choose to inject SuperSU too? Or is that option for people who are wiping their phones during the update?
Thanks in advance!
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Make a backup of the entire rom if not backup your EFS

iPTPenguin said:
Also, bonus question:
When choosing EverRoot in Mobile Odin, should I choose to inject SuperSU too? Or is that option for people who are wiping their phones during the update?
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Yeah you have to check this option and also EverRoot if you have the Pro version to keep root access.

aukhan said:
Make a backup of the entire rom if not backup your EFS
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EFS? Also, do I have to remove Xposed and such before updating? How do I backup my ROM without a custom recovery?

iPTPenguin said:
EFS? Also, do I have to remove Xposed and such before updating? How do I backup my ROM without a custom recovery?
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no you dont have to remove cant backup without a custom recovery

iPTPenguin said:
EFS? Also, do I have to remove Xposed and such before updating? How do I backup my ROM without a custom recovery?
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EFS = Encrypting File System. you can backup your ROM in your External SD card, if you save your ROM in internal SD, you may run a chance losing it when try to do a full wipe. CMIIW

aukhan said:
no you dont have to remove cant backup without a custom recovery
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What if I use something like Orange Backup to back it up? Will that be safe to restore if I don't have CWM while the backup was performed?

Bloated Application

Hi,
I recently got my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE T705. Done rooting it, now I want to somehow remove the bloat applications. What are the known bloat applications that we can safely remove so it won't eat up memory.
Also, I am interested in installing a ROM. how do we make a backup of touchwiz?
Thanks in advance! :victory:

To remove applications and backup applications use an apk called titanium backup. You can backup all your apks and delete bloatware from it too. And here's a link of a list of things to remove/debloat. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861180. There's also a paid version of titanium backup so you can upload the backups to google drove or Dropbox. Since your rooted I would install twrp recovery to also backup your whole ROM before flashing in case something goes wrong. The twrp installer is in the playstore. I forget how the installation goes for it but your have to select the type of device you have in which its some sort of weird name. May I ask what ROM are you installing? Hope this helps!

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
To remove applications and backup applications use an apk called titanium backup. You can backup all your apks and delete bloatware from it too. And here's a link of a list of things to remove/debloat. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861180. There's also a paid version of titanium backup so you can upload the backups to google drove or Dropbox. Since your rooted I would install twrp recovery to also backup your whole ROM before flashing in case something goes wrong. The twrp installer is in the playstore. I forget how the installation goes for it but your have to select the type of device you have in which its some sort of weird name. May I ask what ROM are you installing? Hope this helps!
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Thank you for the information.
I downloaded an application called "TWRP Manager" its asking me to select the device and also warned me that theres a chance that i might brick the device. I tried to look for SMH-T705 but its not listed there so I didn't continue.
Edit: I've made further research and was able to install TWRP Recovery. I feel safer when downloading and trying out ROMS now

Aera13 said:
Hi,
I recently got my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE T705. Done rooting it, now I want to somehow remove the bloat applications. What are the known bloat applications that we can safely remove so it won't eat up memory.
Also, I am interested in installing a ROM. how do we make a backup of touchwiz?
Thanks in advance! :victory:
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Use this unistaller https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp&hl=en

[Q] Rooting an R800x?

Hey,
I just flashed the stock ROM for Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, and I've been trying to root it. The DooMLoRD method doesn't work. Are there any other ways for me to root?

6Slipknot6 said:
Hey,
I just flashed the stock ROM for Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, and I've been trying to root it. The DooMLoRD method doesn't work. Are there any other ways for me to root?
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I'm aware of 2 different root methods for R800x on 2.3.4. This post should point you in the right direction:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59132138

Thanks man! It worked! Now how do I make it so if I do a system restore it automatically installs Superuser and Busybox? Thanks!

6Slipknot6 said:
Thanks man! It worked! Now how do I make it so if I do a system restore it automatically installs Superuser and Busybox? Thanks!
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Cool man... Glad to hear you got it rooted. After you get the phone setup how you like it (including Superuser/SuperSU and busybox already installed ), then make a Nandroid backup in CWM. Keep a copy of that backup somewhere safe (like on your external sd card and an additional one on your computer), then you can always restore that Nandroid backup after wiping cache, wiping dalvik, and doing a factory reset in CWM. (Also.... If you mess the phone up really bad when tinkering with it, you can always use Androxyde's Flashtool to restore the phone to Stock.... then root it again /reinstall CWM, and restore that Nandroid backup. I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that when experimenting with different things on the phone).
I don't know of any other way to restore with a Superuser app and busybox already installed.... (other than to flash a ROM/Kernel that already includes these... but you will have to unlock your bootloader-- if not done already-- in order to flash custom kernels).
PS: check out Titanium Backup Pro from the Play Store if you're not familiar with it already... as it's a useful tool to let you backup individual apps and individual app data.

mattnmag said:
Cool man... Glad to hear you got it rooted. After you get the phone setup how you like it (including Superuser/SuperSU and busybox already installed ), then make a Nandroid backup in CWM. Keep a copy of that backup somewhere safe (like on your external sd card and an additional one on your computer), then you can always restore that Nandroid backup after wiping cache, wiping dalvik, and doing a factory reset in CWM. (Also.... If you mess the phone up really bad when tinkering with it, you can always use Androxyde's Flashtool to restore the phone to Stock.... then root it again /reinstall CWM, and restore that Nandroid backup. I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that when experimenting with different things on the phone).
I don't know of any other way to restore with a Superuser app and busybox already installed.... (other than to flash a ROM/Kernel that already includes these... but you will have to unlock your bootloader-- if not done already-- in order to flash custom kernels).
PS: check out Titanium Backup Pro from the Play Store if you're not familiar with it already... as it's a useful tool to let you backup individual apps and individual app data.
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Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?

6Slipknot6 said:
Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?
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No. You have to install the Clockwork Mod Recovery separately.
This thread should help you to get it installed - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55290171

6Slipknot6 said:
Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?
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Another way to install CWM Recovery is to use the Xparts app, (also called the CWM Auto Installer)... but you have to use an older version (v.5) for the R800x. If you'd rather use the Xparts app, then go to this thread:
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21237127 ).
Scroll to the bottom of the first post to find several versions of the app. Download and install ("CWM Installer-v5.apk").... then use the app to install CWM. I've not used this method, but others report that it works.