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[Q] Backup/Recovery question.

Searched but still unsure so apologies for if this has been answered somewhere else...
This is my first time hacking a phone so I want to make sure I don't **** things up too badly! Been going thru the guides and how-tos trying to make sure I understand the various steps before I get started...
Slightly confused when it comes to backup, recovery options tho:
Working thru rob-ts "n00b Guide", after rooting the phone it says to backup using the Recover App (defy_recovery-1218-0326-signed.apk). Got that...
Later, following the link to Higgsys "[JIT Updated 31/12/10] Frozen Eclair- For 2.21 & AND NOW 2.34.1 Firmwares", when installing JIT/deodexed, it says to backup using Tenfars Clockworkmod Recovery. This is where I'm confused- firstly, I can't locate the download + also what is the difference between this and the Recovery app used above?
Again, sorry if this seems daft but I'm keen to learn but don't want to brick the phone by doing things wrong! Thanks.

cwhiggs said:
Searched but still unsure so apologies for if this has been answered somewhere else...
This is my first time hacking a phone so I want to make sure I don't **** things up too badly! Been going thru the guides and how-tos trying to make sure I understand the various steps before I get started...
Slightly confused when it comes to backup, recovery options tho:
Working thru rob-ts "n00b Guide", after rooting the phone it says to backup using the Recover App (defy_recovery-1218-0326-signed.apk). Got that...
Later, following the link to Higgsys "[JIT Updated 31/12/10] Frozen Eclair- For 2.21 & AND NOW 2.34.1 Firmwares", when installing JIT/deodexed, it says to backup using Tenfars Clockworkmod Recovery. This is where I'm confused- firstly, I can't locate the download + also what is the difference between this and the Recovery app used above?
Again, sorry if this seems daft but I'm keen to learn but don't want to brick the phone by doing things wrong! Thanks.
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Both are the same. Tenfar is the member here who helped with it and we call it after him. Some choose not to use his name. Simple as that.

[Q] Stuck on HTC Logo Screen

Hi there XDA Developers
I have a problem with my HTC Desire, that it gets stuck on the white screen with green HTC logo.
I have been using Neophytes AuraxTSense 8.1.3 for a long time, due to this problem. I wanted to test the new "true" Gingerbread ROMs, so i flashed a new ROM and the recommended radio.
I wipe everything - Data, cache, dalvik and battery.
When i reboot it get stuck on the logo screen as before mentioned.
I made a new partition on my SD card, because i read somewhere that it might be the problem that i was having. It formatted my SD card. So i don't have my recovery's anymore.. i thought they were saved on the phone itself :/
The ROM i have recently flashed/is flashed now is Leedroid 3.3.5
I hope you can help me..
If you need further information, ask me to elaborate
Thanks

Hi there begginer ... you won't get any answer cuz you got the wrong section ... ask in Q/A

We've a Q&A section why you went posting here ? By the way use the SEARCH TOOL there're 1xxx posts with the solution to your problem.
Sorry for this hard answer but i like this forum. Alot! And i want to keep it clean.

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So, now that it has been moved to the Q&A,
can someone help me?
I have been using the search, but i did not seem to find anything that could solve my problem.

Hold down and power, wait a moment then choose 'recovery', does this take you into your recovery? If not, find the right ruu for your desire and flash back to stock. Unless you are s off, and have sdk installed that's your only option I think.

Yeah, it does take me to recovery.
But, wipes doesnt work.
Nor does Clear Storage

Did u restore ur system in recovery?
Ur phone seems to turn into semibrick.
There are some ways to fix it,use google.

There are no recoverey, due to the format on the SD card.
I made a log, and mounted the USB storage from recovery
http://www.myupload.dk/showfile/9753233c52a.log

BUMP
I'd really like my phone to work

FredMaHead said:
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I'd really like my phone to work
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^This
Please help guys

Bump guys..
Anyone who can help ?

Bumping yet again

hey mate.. i had the same problem with my desire also. but i solved it: here is the solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12399238&postcount=10

hey mate.. i had the same problem with my desire also. but i solved it: here is the solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12399238&postcount=10

I can't.
That guide needs the phone to be fully booted :/
EDIT: Reason

... No one !?
I would like a working phone soon

You have a few choices:
1 - Restore your phone from a Nandroid backup using the recovery console.
2 - Restore your phone from a Nandroid backup using Fastboot (if recovery doesn't work)
3 - Download and Transfer a new ROM image to your phone through recovery mode / by putting your SD card into your computer. Re-flash the new ROM and see if you get any further.
The issues you are describing are all too common, which is why you have received very little help. Do some searching with google and sort as much of it out for yourself, you'll learn much more that way.

JIUI JB and CWM problem

Hi everyone, hope someone can help...
I’ve been playing around with custom roms for years, on all sorts of phones from my old HTC Hero through to my current Defy, without any problems that I haven’t been able to fix, but this has got me stumped. I've spent ages searching the forums, but haven't found anything relevant - apologies if I've overlooked a thread.
I installed JIUI JB on my trusted Defy, just to see what it was like and fully expecting to be able to re-install my favourite WajkIUI rom. Unfortunately, now I’ve decided to return to a stable rom I’ve run into a bit of a hitch.
I can’t work out how to boot into ClockworkMod recovery to install the zip from my SD card. I’ve tried power button and volume down but only get as far as the Android system recovery, and this obviously won't let me install a normal .zip file. Is there something blindingly obvious I’m missing?
I thought I could install a recovery manager from Play and use that to reboot, but some bug in JIUI JB – or something I’ve inadvertently done! – means that my phone is reporting inadequate internal storage. When I go into Apps in Settings it reports no internal storage at all, so no apps will download.
So now I’m stuck with a smooth but buggy rom, and I can’t replace it. Any ideas or suggestions gratefully received. Thanks in advance for your help.

Reboot and on blue led ress volume down button.....Viola u r in bootmenu....then go to recovery and custom recovery whatever........
And come on dis info is in d open of the guide thread which is a sticky too
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Thank you for your help, that seems to have done the trick.
And apologies too - I knew the info would be somewhere, but I did search and didn't find it. If that's down to my inability to search effectively then mea culpa, but don't blast me for not trying! Sometimes the answer you want doesn't appear, however hard you look.

[Q] Big Problem after Jeally Bean Update on Xperia S

Hi Guys,
I'm from India and I updated my Xperia S[LT26i] to JB 4.1.2 a week ago via Sony Update Service. The build no. is 6.2.B.0.211.
The phone was working PERFECTLY till today. It was a joy using the phone and suddenly today morning, the phone rebooted, all the apps and games and tweaks that I'd installed on my phone were gone. The language had automatically changed to Bosnian . All the wifi-passwords were gone. It was as if it restored to factory settings, without my permission in an alien language. I tried rebooting my device several times but to no avail. ALSO, all the data on my internal memory card is lost!!! :'(
There was a lot of important data, photos and files! ALL GONE!
What could be the reason for this happening? Is there anyway I can restore it to its previous glory as it was very tedious and took me weeks to customise it exactly as I wanted it.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you.
P.S. - My phone was rooted before the updated, but it was automatically unrooted after the update to JB.

akaash_dudwani said:
Hi Guys,
I'm from India and I updated my Xperia S[LT26i] to JB 4.1.2 a week ago via Sony Update Service. The build no. is 6.2.B.0.211.
The phone was working PERFECTLY till today. It was a joy using the phone and suddenly today morning, the phone rebooted, all the apps and games and tweaks that I'd installed on my phone were gone. The language had automatically changed to Bosnian . All the wifi-passwords were gone. It was as if it restored to factory settings, without my permission in an alien language. I tried rebooting my device several times but to no avail. ALSO, all the data on my internal memory card is lost!!! :'(
There was a lot of important data, photos and files! ALL GONE!
What could be the reason for this happening? Is there anyway I can restore it to its previous glory as it was very tedious and took me weeks to customise it exactly as I wanted it.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you.
P.S. - My phone was rooted before the updated, but it was automatically unrooted after the update to JB.
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Settings once lost are lost , thats why everyone recommend to take a Nandroid backup of ROM.
if anything of "this" sort happen, you can just restore the backup and nothing is lost.
But your case is weird bro !!

Captain Droid said:
Settings once lost are lost , thats why everyone recommend to take a Nandroid backup of ROM.
if anything of "this" sort happen, you can just restore the backup and nothing is lost.
But your case is weird bro !!
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It's really weird. And BOSNIAN?! I thought my phone was hacked or something. I have the recovery softwares to recover data, I just hope it works on cellphones since I've never tried it before. What I wanna know is, if it's a recognised bug or is something wrong particularly with my phone.

akaash_dudwani said:
It's really weird. And BOSNIAN?! I thought my phone was hacked or something. I have the recovery softwares to recover data, I just hope it works on cellphones since I've never tried it before. What I wanna know is, if it's a recognised bug or is something wrong particularly with my phone.
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I suggest you reflash the ROM. then use DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit
Read the instructions carefully
Then Install recovery to take backup.
If this problem happens again, reflash to some stock based custom ROM which is more stable..

Captain Droid said:
I suggest you reflash the ROM. then use DooMLoRD Easy Rooting Toolkit
Read the instructions carefully
Then Install recovery to take backup.
If this problem happens again, reflash to some stock based custom ROM which is more stable..
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I am using official JB from Sony, wouldn't it be easier if I just installed everything like and customise and then take backup instead of flashing the ROM with an unofficial one?

akaash_dudwani said:
I am using official JB from Sony, wouldn't it be easier if I just installed everything like and customise and then take backup instead of flashing the ROM with an unofficial one?
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if dont want unofficial , then flash the stock jb.( the rom u using now, flash it again, clean install)
All your settings gone ,right?
try this if you dont wanna flash,
skip the flash , use the rooting kit then install all your tweaks, customizations etc then take a recovery backup. :fingers-crossed:

Captain Droid said:
Yes bro that too can be done. Now you are on JB right , but all your settings gone ,right?
skip the flash , use the rooting kit then install all your tweaks, customizations etc then take a recovery backup. :fingers-crossed:
like you said
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I shall do that. In the meanwhile if someone else comes up with an explanation as to why something like this could happen, your thoughts are more than welcome.

Captain Droid said:
if dont want unofficial , then flash the stock jb.( the rom u using now, flash it again, clean install)
All your settings gone ,right?
try this if you dont wanna flash,
skip the flash , use the rooting kit then install all your tweaks, customizations etc then take a recovery backup. :fingers-crossed:
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So, I can't recover the files because the phone is attached as portable media player to my laptop. Recovery works only if I attach it as Mass Storage Drive. Any idea how I can do that? I remember this feature was present in Gingerbread, but never saw it since ICS.

akaash_dudwani said:
So, I can't recover the files because the phone is attached as portable media player to my laptop. Recovery works only if I attach it as Mass Storage Drive. Any idea how I can do that? I remember this feature was present in Gingerbread, but never saw it since ICS.
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Did u try enabling USB Debugging mode

Captain Droid said:
Did u try enabling USB Debugging mode
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Yes. I rooted the device as well successfully.
The phone connects to the computer as portable media device giving me access to the files but its not quite same as the Mass Storage Device.
Tried certain apps as well but nothing would work. I want to mount my phone as MSD, like a pen drive or an extrernal HDD.

Try go asetting, app, the clear data for the album and walkman app to get back all Yr picture and music. Then the rest is slowly install back
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Slow Internet

Hello everyone and greetings from Finland
First i must say that this is my first android phone so i am a total newbie.
I have the Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 and its updated with the Kies program from gingerbread to jellybean 4.1.2.
After the upgrade the internet is very slow (i dont use wifi), sometimes i cant get the connection at all and overall the phone is not working properly.
I send the phone to service when i have warranty left. The circuit card was changed to a new one but the phone acts the same way, i have also made factory reset but nothings helps. I dont also have many apps etc. installed so that cant be the reason.
What do you guys think would be the best solution ? Internet was working better with gingerbread so should i downgrade back to gb or maybe try a custom rom
Many thanks in advance guys

About downgrade to GB i also think about it every day, because it works best with GB. But I'm already used to JB. If you wish to stay at stock 4.1.2 try Kyrillos V9, great rom, ore Team Canjica CM 10.1 those two are bugfree as far as I know, maybe it will help.

Thanks for your reply !
I forgot to say that i use my phone almost for basic use sms, internet, photos, music editing , gmail etc. and of course i want to try different apps. But Galaxy ace 2 has so low memory that it barely runs even for basic use
I would like to keep jellybean 4.1.2 and try a rom but it has to be stable so i dont have to panic if something goes wrong
nusko_x mentioned Kyrillos rom and Team Canjica CM 10.1, are they stable and easy to use for a newbie like me ?
There are sooo many roms out there that i get confused

NangaParbat75 said:
Thanks for your reply !
I forgot to say that i use my phone almost for basic use sms, internet, photos, music editing , gmail etc. and of course i want to try different apps. But Galaxy ace 2 has so low memory that it barely runs even for basic use
I would like to keep jellybean 4.1.2 and try a rom but it has to be stable so i dont have to panic if something goes wrong
nusko_x mentioned Kyrillos rom and Team Canjica CM 10.1, are they stable and easy to use for a newbie like me ?
There are sooo many roms out there that i get confused
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you can get cyanogenmod 10.1 for a really bugfree and smooth experience and yes you can always swap your memory to get rid of the low memory issue

@NangaParbat75: Do you get HSDPA when browsing? (You see a "H" in the statusbar when you have HSDPA connection).

Thanks guys !
I will try the cyanogenmod 10.1 , isnt this the right link for install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452315 ?
But before that i have questions. I have searched about what to do before installing the new rom but i have got mixed answers or then i havent understood it.
So, after rooting the phone i back up data etc. and for me especially back up the whole rom i have before installing the new one.
But regarding this "backup" progress, in what particular order is it done, do you guys maybe have a good link ?
Then a stupid question about the SD card , all i have is the microsd that came with the phone when i bought it. Is it enough ?
@Frankie73 , i have the "H" in the statusbar when surfing so its ok i think ? Here where i live the connection is not so good but it worked quite good before upgrading..

NangaParbat75 said:
@Frankie73 , i have the "H" in the statusbar when surfing so its ok i think ? Here where i live the connection is not so good but it worked quite good before upgrading..
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OK, when you see the "H" then the connection speed should be ok. So maybe the problem is the browser itself? I noticed that some browsers, that worked very well for me on GB, didn't do well on JB. Dolphin for example. So maybe just try another browser. For me the best is Next Browser, but there are a lot to try out / choose from.

@Frankie73 i have now nextbrowser but its the same and i have tried many others, thanks anyway.
I have done more research and if i have understood it right the Team Canjica cyanogenmod 10.1 doesnt require root access ?
So basically i only have to unlock bootloader to flash the custom recovery and get nandroid backup, and then i am ready to install cyanogenmod ?
Is this safe to do , i mean think if something goes wrong and i loose the nandroid backup ? Then the phone is gone ..

AFAIK you don't need root for CM. Just install temporary CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141395) and you should be able to flash CM10.1. And yes, I think it's save when you do a backup, although I never had to use it myself since I never had any problems when flashing CM10.1 or CM11. Besides backup you can always use odin to flash the official JB.

Thanks for your reply !
Now i know that CM has root-access but i am still confused how to back up the whole device if something goes wrong.
So please, what is the best way to do the whole backup ? @Frankie73 , what do you mean with "use odin to flash the official JB" ?
And then there is the Bootloader thing. Should i unlock it ?
Can i try non-rooted roms in the future even if Bootloader is locked ?

-I dont think our bootloader is locked :/
-Do a nandroid backup lol
-Odin is a windows app for samsung devices to flash stock firmware files :/
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Yeah, as Teddy said, no need to unlock bootloader on our device.
And what I meant was that if anything goes seriously wrong and you can't restore your backup, you still have the option to flash the stock Samsung JB through Odin.
Please hit the "Thanks" button if my posts were helpful for you

Sorry guys, now i hit the "Thanks" button for you !
I still have issues to clear out so please be patience.
Ok, so no bootloader unlocking.
At very first i will do a Nandroid Backup via Recovery and ROM Manager, but doesnt it require your phone to be rooted ?
Regarding the nandroid backup, it will be created on the SD-card , but does my phone have a SD-card ?
I havent bought any separate SD-card , the phone has a microsd card that came with it when i bought the phone.

NangaParbat75 said:
Sorry guys, now i hit the "Thanks" button for you !
I still have issues to clear out so please be patience.
Ok, so no bootloader unlocking.
At very first i will do a Nandroid Backup via Recovery and ROM Manager, but doesnt it require your phone to be rooted ?
Regarding the nandroid backup, it will be created on the SD-card , but does my phone have a SD-card ?
I havent bought any separate SD-card , the phone has a microsd card that came with it when i bought the phone.
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Just open the slot on the side of your Ace2 and check if there's a sd card inside If not go and get one - you will need it if you will use custom ROMs.
I don't know if root is needed for doing a full backup but rooting from stock JB is really very simple:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139263
It's done in less then 5 minutes.

Ok, i will buy a 8gb Sd-card, that should be enough
So, I will do the following:
1. Root the stock JB
2. Make a Nandroid Backup via Recovery and ROM Manager
3. Install Cyanogenmod 10.1 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2452315
Is this correct ?

1. Root not needed for cwm to work
2. No theres a temp cwm in dev forums. Dont use rom manager
3. Btw backups are usually 800mb-1gb+ so make sure you have space
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I am confused
So what is the difference between permanent and temporary CWM ?

The words 'permanent' and 'temporary' are in dictionaries :/
Perm- forever(until you change)
Temp- stock recovery installed so you must flash temp cwm everytime you want to use it.
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Thanks again for reply !
So with temp cwm i also get the nandroid backup ?
Lets say that something goes wrong and i want my stock jellybean back, what do i have to do then ?

Yes you can backup with temp cwm
Flash stock jb via odin
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