Hi!
So after a few months of using my UNROOTED Desire Z with HTC Sense 2.1(I think) and Gingerbread 2.3.3 and Launcher X.. my phone has developed several software issues.. hangs up.. works slow.. doesnt install some updates (Package file invalid error) and so on.. Clearing cache from Bootup/Recovery doesnt help as well as clearing data and cache for all apps installed..
So I guess the only way is to factory reset the device.. only prob.. I have Drag Racing/4P1W and other save game files in data/data folder and since the phone is unrooted I cannot uses Titanium or other apps to backup the save game files...
So my question:
Is it possible to temp root the phone and use any methods to backup files from internal memory folder data/data?
I think it is impossible to access the said folders without root. Am I correct?
Any other methods to backup these files would be appreciated. I read you can use adb to pull files without rooting an ICS device but GB does not support that, Would downgrading F/W to attain temp root delete these files?
Many thanks in advance!
Probably the easiest thing to do is temp root with visionary, then back up with titanium and save files to PC. Wipe phone and SD, follow the xda wiki to root, put a custom ROM on and restore only what you need
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Probably the easiest thing to do is temp root with visionary, then back up with titanium and save files to PC. Wipe phone and SD, follow the xda wiki to root, put a custom ROM on and restore only what you need
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Thanks for the reply.. can you confirm if visionary+ works on Gingerbread? I visited the official forum and they say its compatible with Froyo only...
You should be good but I have never used it. If you go to the xda wiki one of the first things it tells you to do before you root is temp root to back up, with this I have to assume you'll be just fine as I'm sure many people have done it, I just choose not to
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You should be good but I have never used it. If you go to the xda wiki one of the first things it tells you to do before you root is temp root to back up, with this I have to assume you'll be just fine as I'm sure many people have done it, I just choose not to
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So if I follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912 till step I-3) Temp-Rooting to Backup (*Optional*).. and then use adb to pull the files or a backup app to back them up.. in theory I would be able to achieve what I want..
Its very late night here now.. so will have to postpone this till tomorrow... will give it a shot and update this thread after that..
Yup you got it! Just follow that guide to a t, then proceed to the xda wiki to finish the rooting process and install a custom rom. If you don't know what to try just grab a rom based of whatever is stock for your phone, you'll find lists and much of them in the developers section.
If this guide is at all confusing look into strawmetals pdf guide of the cyanogen wiki for identical guides just writen differently
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demkantor said:
Yup you got it! Just follow that guide to a t, then proceed to the xda wiki to finish the rooting process and install a custom rom. If you don't know what to try just grab a rom based of whatever is stock for your phone, you'll find lists and much of them in the developers section.
If this guide is at all confusing look into strawmetals pdf guide of the cyanogen wiki for identical guides just writen differently
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I was able to download that PDF you recommended and followed it.. very simple and fast.. I then used the adb pull to get everything from my data/data folder as there were some apps that were missing from TiBu list.. anyways... I have everything I needed to backup now...
Next step.. downgrading and rooting!
Do you know if stock ICS/Jellybean work on DesireZ? Is the H/W fully functional with them? Do they effect speed/performance in any way?
Many thanks!
I'm glad its all working out!
There is no stock ICS or jb for this phone rather custom ROMs. The hardware seems to like gingerbread the best and that's the latest we have all the proper drivers for. Having said that we also have some very talented devs who have made some great ROMs.
I'm guessing by stock you mean non sense ROMs, and depending how you use your phone these ICS and jb ROMs can be just as smooth or smoother than sense gb, and even some of the newer sense and miui ROMs aren't all too shabby.
I'd say try a few out and see what is best for you, just make nandroid backups in recovery before each flash that way you can easily go between ROMs
Happy flashing!
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I'm glad its all working out!
There is no stock ICS or jb for this phone rather custom ROMs. The hardware seems to like gingerbread the best and that's the latest we have all the proper drivers for. Having said that we also have some very talented devs who have made some great ROMs.
I'm guessing by stock you mean non sense ROMs, and depending how you use your phone these ICS and jb ROMs can be just as smooth or smoother than sense gb, and even some of the newer sense and miui ROMs aren't all too shabby.
I'd say try a few out and see what is best for you, just make nandroid backups in recovery before each flash that way you can easily go between ROMs
Happy flashing!
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Thanks for all your help!! I'm thinking of giving Jellybaby 1.5.0 a shot.. if I dont like the performance I'll go to GB) I dont like custom ROMs.. wanted to have stock Android.. without HTC sense or anything else... but JB 1.5.0 seems good.. http://droidfirmwares.com/how-to-in...android-4-2-2-jelly-bean-custom-firmware.html
Now to find an installation guide and ROM files!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31249070
This is a great tutorial rizzoizzo made, be sure to thank him for his work
You will find all the download links in the developers section for any rom you'd like, including jellybaby. Which if this is what you would like I would recommend darkspadz aosp jb build as jellybaby is really just that with a few apps added and such, but with darkspadz build you will get the base rom. Also ghul as a nice version (both cm10.1 and aosp) that is those pure andromadus bases with added spoofing, very good stuff
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Hi is there somewhere a guide how to flash the ROMs and any list of available ROMs?
Can you advice, recommend some particular ROM?
Hi first of all you have created 2 new threads when you could of created one and asked both questions.
Im assuming that you are rooted looking at your other thread. You need to make sure you have clockworkmod recovery installed, if you haven't the easiest way to do get it is to download ROM manager from the market. Load the app and at the top it will say flash clockworkmod recovery. click on this and this will install CWM recovery for you.
ROM manager is a great tool that les you down load and install ROM's from within the app.
The ROM's available in ROM manager are as follows I'm not going to go in to to much detail, I recommend you have a good read through the dev section about the different ROM's that are available.
CyanogenMod: Is the one of the most popular ROM's available, it is pretty much stock with a few awesome tweaks.
Virtuous: A custom Sense based ROM
MIUI: a really unique ROM that looks more like the iPhone UI, some people love it offers a lot of eye candy and some cool built in features.
There are lots of other ROM's available in the DEV section.
You can download the above ROM's directly from ROM manager and install them really easily just by following the pop ups. Or you can download ROM's from the the DEV forum and place on to your sdcard. Here is a step by step guide.
1, Download your chosen ROM to your sdcard.
2, Reboot in to recovery, select this option from within ROM manager.
3, You will now be in CWM recovery, select back up and restore then backup, this is really important and you should do this before flashing anything. it will enable you to restore you phone to a previous problem free state if you ever mess anything up.
4, Select wipe data, you should do this whenever flashing different types of rom, for example if you are running MIUI and want to switch to virtuous you need to wipe data.
5, Wipe cache, all ways do this regardless of what you are flashing.
6, Head to advance, and wipe dalvik cache.
7, Now time to flash your ROM,
8, Select install zip from sdcard.
9, choose zip from sdcard
10, Navigate to your ROM and select it for flashing.
11, Once complete reboot your phone and you should be running a custom ROM.
It will be worth investing in an app such as titanium backup, this will allow you to back up all your apps and settings, when you install a ROM for the first time and you have to wipe data you will lose everything you have installed and all you settings, Titanium Backup will allow you to restore your apps and setting once you installed a new ROM.
If you want a recommendation for a ROM my personal preference is CM7.
With regards to your other thread, don't worry to much about not having a back up there are guides available for unrooting and going back to stock if you ever need to, not that you will want to after trying custom ROM's
Hope this helps, good luck
Thanks a lot for your reply ,this is exactly what I was looking for now a little calm down
Ok I have tried to flashed clockworkmod recovery and the following issue notification appeared:
"An error occurred while attempting to run privilege commands!"
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Ok I have tried to flashed clockworkmod recovery and the following issue notification appeared:
"An error occurred while attempting to run privilege commands!"
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Are you Rooted/S-Off? That's the first requirement.
They should be in case I have proceeded according one of the guides successfully.
However I will check if s-off in bootload but where I can check if rootrd?
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They should be in case I have proceeded according one of the guides successfully.
However I will check if s-off in bootload but where I can check if rootrd?
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Do you have superuser installed?
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Yes i have it .
Ok while I wanted to update superuser I've received notification: file package was not correctly signed.
So I think I don't have maybe a root, but I was proceeding exactly according to the guide...
How can I solve it in the best way?:/
Ok it seems that problem with flashing clockworkmod recovery solved by itself, I've flashed it already but still I am curious what about problem mentioned above?
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Ok while I wanted to update superuser I've received notification: file package was not correctly signed.
So I think I don't have maybe a root, but I was proceeding exactly according to the guide...
How can I solve it in the best way?:/
Ok it seems that problem with flashing clockworkmod recovery solved by itself, I've flashed it already but still I am curious what about problem mentioned above?
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Have you tried booting in to recovery?
Try downloading superuser again you might of got a bad download. But if you have flashed CWM successfully you will have root.
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My phone is rooted, Super User is running for ROM manager. I get an error every time i click "Flash ClockwordMod Recovery" HTC G2 is clicked, then i get the error "An error occured while flashing your recovery"
Help please, Im rooted and SU is running fine. I also have busybox.. not that it has anything to do with it
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I have just done it, it works pretty well.
Superuser still the same problem. However maybe I forget to mention it but I've already installed it. It was installed automatically during I was rooting my phone using adb command. Now I just wanted to update it and the problem appears as I described in one of the previous posts herein.
Maybe it is not necessary to update it but I am curious why this problem occurs.
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I have just done it, it works pretty well.
Superuser still the same problem. However maybe I forget to mention it but I've already installed it. It was installed automatically during I was rooting my phone using adb command. Now I just wanted to update it and the problem appears as I described in one of the previous posts herein.
Maybe it is not necessary to update it but I am curious why this problem occurs.
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Not sure about the superuser problem, maybe one of the genius in this forum has an idea.
Have you tried flashing a rom yet?
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Not sure about the superuser problem, maybe one of the genius in this forum has an idea.
Have you tried flashing a rom yet?
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You have helped already sufficiently a lot.
Now I ma trying to flash the ROM and as the first one I've chosen CM7
Before I'll do it pls confirm if I'm thinking the right way.
First I'll do backup all my apps (also titanium, Superuser and Rom manager need it? I suppose Yes, or somehow they backup automatically?) Maybe better question is what should be backuped, I am asking because on the list in titanium there are also apps like clock which are delivered with the software. You know after flashing a new Rom and restoring all aps I'd like to avoid overwriting them by the backuped ones.
The second is after apps backup I need to move created file from my phone into my PC,right? The same after system backup by clockworkmod recovery?
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You have helped already sufficiently a lot.
Now I ma trying to flash the ROM and as the first one I've chosen CM7
Before I'll do it pls confirm if I'm thinking the right way.
First I'll do backup all my apps (also titanium, Superuser and Rom manager need it? I suppose Yes, or somehow they backup automatically?) Maybe better question is what should be backuped, I am asking because on the list in titanium there are also apps like clock which are delivered with the software. You know after flashing a new Rom and restoring all aps I'd like to avoid overwriting them by the backuped ones.
The second is after apps backup I need to move created file from my phone into my PC,right? The same after system backup by clockworkmod recovery?
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With titanium you just want to back up user apps and data (apps you have downloaded and installed). You can choose to back up system apps but you don't want to restore them after flashing the new rom.
You don't need to copy back up files to your pc, your memory card will not get wiped during the flashing process.
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Ok, then I am starting to do my first Rom flashing
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Ok, then I am starting to do my first Rom flashing
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Cool let me know how it goes.
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Ok, let's start the show
I will use simply list from Rom manager. There are two CMs RC1 and RC2... which one do you have?
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Ok, let's start the show
I will use simply list from Rom manager. There are two CMs RC1 and RC2... which one do you have?
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You want to use RC2
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Ok I am choosing with Google aps then after status bar reached 100% some error occurred:
Rom download error.
?
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New to rooting/modding/flashing and new to this site. Is there a document that describes the entire process? I searched for a begginer guide but did not find anything. I have so many questions. Do you have to update the kernel before flashing the rom? What do you flash the rom with. Is there a backup and restore utility that can restore my phone back to what it is right now. Can I backup settings and files so that I am running in minutes. If i am looking for speed and battery life what rom should I choose as a business user requiring 100% reliability. I am sure there is a noob guide, but I couldn't find it. Any help or links will be greatly appreciated.
Tim
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Read this first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744807. You can root your phone with unrevoked, or learn adb and use that. ROM manager is the best app, you can download and flash roms easily, and backup and restore your phone.
Kernels come with Roms, unless it says otherwise, what you use to flash the rom with is a custom recovery, most people use Clockworkmod which you can easily can install from rom manager in the market after root, you can also make backups using rom manager, or just boot into Clockworkmod, where you can do it too (Power off --> hold volume down + power --> Recovery--> voila, your in Clockwork), A lot of people use an awesome app from the market called titanium backup, with it you can backup apps and restore them on the roms you use (backups are stored on a microsd card) and lastly a great rom to use is Cyanogenmod 7, I'm on RC3 and there are very little bigs, and big fixes are released daily.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for the information!
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Thanks for the information!
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No problem, any time
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Thanks for the information!
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When you you think your ready to root go here its the best guide I could find....
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...ow-root-stock-2-2-using-unrevoked-3-32-a.html
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So I'm actually somewhat of a noob to rooting and flashing roms. I had an HD2 that was rooted and what not but really didn't play with it too much. I picked up my G2 the other day and haven't put it down since. This thing is amazing. Now that I've said that.
I rooted it using the rage/ADB way with gfree. I dl'd Rom manager and Kernel manager. Currently running CM7 final with the CM rom. I wanted to try out a couple of the other builds but have already set my phone up for the most part. I was wondering if there is a way to keep settings and such while flashing between roms.
Use MyBackup.
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So I'm actually somewhat of a noob to rooting and flashing roms. I had an HD2 that was rooted and what not but really didn't play with it too much. I picked up my G2 the other day and haven't put it down since. This thing is amazing. Now that I've said that.
I rooted it using the rage/ADB way with gfree. I dl'd Rom manager and Kernel manager. Currently running CM7 final with the CM rom. I wanted to try out a couple of the other builds but have already set my phone up for the most part. I was wondering if there is a way to keep settings and such while flashing between roms.
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Make a back up in recovery, to keep all your data.
Or use titanium back up.
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I rooted it using the rage/ADB way with gfree. I dl'd Rom manager and Kernel manager. Currently running CM7 final with the CM rom. I wanted to try out a couple of the other builds but have already set my phone up for the most part. I was wondering if there is a way to keep settings and such while flashing between roms.
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Just wanted to add my 2 cents.
Use NANDroid backup in CWM recovery to make a complete image of your current ROM and settings.
Use Titanium Backup (in android market) to make a backup of your settings, apps and etc..
Flash your new ROM and use Titanium to restore your apps. I would not recommend restoring your settings as some settings do not exist or are different on other ROMs.
Happy flashing!
Thanks for all the great replies. I have made a backup using Titanium and I have loaded nandroid onto my laptop. I'm going to make a full backup of the device state and commence with the tinkering. Damn I love playing with this kind of technology. Just being able to make changes and see the outcome.
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I had an HD2 that was rooted and what not but really didn't play with it too much.
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You talking about HardSPL on Windows Mobile phones? Really not the same thing as rooting and Android phone, so probably a good idea to keep the terminology separate.
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You talking about HardSPL on Windows Mobile phones? Really not the same thing as rooting and Android phone, so probably a good idea to keep the terminology separate.
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Sorry for the mix up. Yea the HD2 is HardSPL. Unlock bootloader so you can multi-boot.
I just rooted my phone using this method:
http://ultimatedroid.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-method-how-to-root-samsung-galaxy.html
Now i want to install my first ROM. Is there a way for me to backup all my apps and my current stock ROM 4.0.4?
Also, whats a good stable jelly bean rom u guys recommend me install?
This one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803507
If you're going from ICS to JB you should let your phone restore from Play automatically so you don't install any incompatible apps or data. Otherwise, Titanium Backup or ROM Toolbox Pro are both awesome for things, RTP just does a bit more.
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RTFOP said:
This one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803507
If you're going from ICS to JB you should let your phone restore from Play automatically so you don't install any incompatible apps or data. Otherwise, Titanium Backup or ROM Toolbox Pro are both awesome for things, RTP just does a bit more.
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Sounds good! i will try that rom u mentioned first. Is there a way to backup my current stock ICS ROM so i can go back to it later? I got the titanium backup full version, but dont know how to use it lol.
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I just rooted my phone using this method:
http://ultimatedroid.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-method-how-to-root-samsung-galaxy.html
Now i want to install my first ROM. Is there a way for me to backup all my apps and my current stock ROM 4.0.4?
Also, whats a good stable jelly bean rom u guys recommend me install?
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Agree with the guy above. However, jellybean roms generally arent stable... So its your call.
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Sounds good! i will try that rom u mentioned first. Is there a way to backup my current stock ICS ROM so i can go back to it later? I got the titanium backup full version, but dont know how to use it lol.
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You can back it up using whatever recovery you're running. CWM and TWRP both do it fine.
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will ROM Manager (Premium) make things easier for me?
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will ROM Manager (Premium) make things easier for me?
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Stay away from that stuff and learn to do things the "hard way" because it will help you in the future. Using CWM or TWRP is not difficult at all. Please learn about your phone and ways to fix it before going forward. After being on several different devices and seeing the nonsense that goes on in here from people not taking time to learn there device.
Read up on kernels, adb, restoring all that good stuff... It's worth it
Hi
I've posted a few threads relating to my issue, and I keep thinking it is solved, but the issue still lingers for me. The previous posts are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808195
My current issue is having a few apps write to storage. The 3 apps that are most obvious are:
Dropbox - when exporting a file, it says 'error exporting file'
Beautiful widgets - I download a skin, but it doesn't show up in the downloaded files list.
Sixaxis - I made a custom controller profile, and hit save, but it doesn't save. The folder to put downloaded profiles doesn't seem to exist.
I'm pretty sure this issue started when I used the Gnex toolkit to backup and restore when I was updating from Android 4.0.3 to 4.1.
If I knew it would help, I would go so far as to restore back to 4.0.3, and factory reset,
Anyone offer any insight into this?
Thanks
So you probably already checked this, but I remember having this problem when my sd was full...
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So you probably already checked this, but I remember having this problem when my sd was full...
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Yep, still have about 5 GB free
So just to clarify, have you changed anything with your phone such as flashing a rom, rooting, or a custom kernel?
If so you might want go back to stock and see if that fixes it.
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So just to clarify, have you changed anything with your phone such as flashing a rom, rooting, or a custom kernel?
If so you might want go back to stock and see if that fixes it.
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Yeah.
My carrier was being really slow about releasing Jelly Bean, so I rooted, and installed it myself.
It was "bigxie_JRN84D_rooted_busybox_deodexed" for 4.1 and
Maguro_JZO54K_Deodexed_Rooted_FactoryImage_teshxx for 4.1.2
Both just zipped version of the factory image. I didn't change the Kernel beyond that.
My carrier has now released the most current version now, so I could return to stock, then root again.
Sounds like a good idea, and if you're looking for a good Rom,I would suggest minco, it's as stable as stock and a whole lot faster with better battery life.
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Think I got it solved.
Previously I was doing a factory reset on the phone, so it was restoring the same ROM.
Today I used the Gnex toolkit, and flashed the stock rom from google, and re-rooted. That seems to have worked. I can export files from Dropbox no problem now.
Glad to hear it
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