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Question about flashing rom..

I am wanting to flash Myn's warm twopointtwo rom into my htc evo and im very very....id say nervous because 1 i have not flashed a rom before and 2 ive installed a theme before and my whole phone crashed and etc......now can someone please explain to me what nand unlock is? and can anyone please if you can help me install this rom into my evo. i have an htc evo 4g rooted with unrevoked running 2.2 froyo.
please if anyone can assist me i would really appreciate it.
thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835
If that didnt help, Google "what is nand unlock XDA EVO" tons of threads come up.

Nandroid basically backsup all your info. So if anything bad happens your phone will be restored to its last backup. As for installing roms. Download ROM manager. Goto install Rom from SD card. Locate the zip file and check both boxes. Making sure you backup your apps to your SD card via titanium backup. And contacts via export contacts. This will wipe all data and cache. And Nandroid backup your phone
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Hardcor__ said:
Nandroid basically backsup all your info. So if anything bad happens your phone will be restored to its last backup. As for installing roms. Download ROM manager. Goto install Rom from SD card. Locate the zip file and check both boxes. Making sure you backup your apps to your SD card via titanium backup. And contacts via export contacts. This will wipe all data and cache. And Nandroid backup your phone
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what do you mean by nandroid backup your phone??
in rommanager do i just backup my rom is that nandroid backup?

Ninja25 said:
what do you mean by nandroid backup your phone??
in rommanager do i just backup my rom is that nandroid backup?
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Yes. If you rename it, do NOT put spaces in the file name.

i got all the answers you need. pm me if you have more questions.
nand unlock lets you alter the system partition (software) drastically and to your heart's content.
your phone crashed because you are on stock (i am guessing) but you need a de-odexed rom to flash a theme. deodexed means the .odex files that hold stuff for apk files are combined with the apks. so they will not contradict causing crashes. MAKE SURE TO WIPE DATA CACHE AND DALVIK CACHE TWICE EACH THROUGH AMON RA RECOVERY AND MAKE A NANDROID WITH AMON RA RECOVERY. ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST ONE BACKUP MAKE WITH AMON RA RECOVERY ON YOUR SD CARD IN CASE YOU LOSE YOUR 4G RSA KEYS AND YU WILL NEVER EVER BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO 4G

When you flash anything. Whether it be a Rom or any signed zip file. The easiest way is through Rom manager as I explained. "Nandroid is a set of tools that will enable anyone who has root on their Android device to make FULL system backups, in case something goes wrong or you want to try out that new experimental ROM/theme." -cyanogen.
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Nandroid restore Problem

Hello to all,
I have Arc with ICS .587 installed and rooted, CWM is Also installed. Whenever i try to restore my Backup i end up in bootloop, sometines its restored but somethings are not working like no service, some widgets are Gone, cant get into Phone settings as the setting button is completly gone from phone.
Please can good Samaritan help me
Thanking All in Advance

Do you Wipe Data/Factory Reset/Cache etc before restore?

did you changed kernel?
if you chanege the name of the backup, things will not work.

gabimx said:
did you changed kernel?
if you chanege the name of the backup, things will not work.
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yes....not change the name of backup...
moreover if you have flashed a zip and it didn't go fine....there is a possibility that the istallation have spoiled the backup or file of kernel...(for all I know it happened to me in this way)

Yes Guys i do make a full wipe before restore, and after making a backup i transfer it to pc for Safe storage, so whenever i need it i transfer it back to cloclworkmod folder

centi50 said:
Yes Guys i do make a full wipe before restore, and after making a backup i transfer it to pc for Safe storage, so whenever i need it i transfer it back to cloclworkmod folder
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If u flash custom kernel, u need to also flash wifi modules before rebooting after restore...

I dont Flash custom Kernel, everything is stock, by the way My Arc is Bootlocked so customs kernels

While you make backup does cwm show any errors? have you checked the log ? Does the restore process complete without errors ? And do you fix permissions and mount system /data etc before restoring ?

nikufellow said:
While you make backup does cwm show any errors? have you checked the log ? Does the restore process complete without errors ? And do you fix permissions and mount system /data etc before restoring ?
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Backup Completes without Error, and no i do not Fix permission or Mount System/Data before restore.

centi50 said:
Backup Completes without Error, and no i do not Fix permission or Mount System/Data before restore.
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Then do it ! and try again .

This is what is happening to me. Lets say am Running on GB Rom e.g X-Gamer, now i want to try lets say Optimax Rom, i backup my Current ROM which is X-Gamer, then i try to restore it to see if its works, and i find that it works. so Flash ICS Original Sony ROM and root it. in the end i Have Sony Stock ROM.587 and CWM installed. So far am ok.
Now i Install ICS based ROM like Optimax or JellySandwhich. Everything goes Fine, so i Backup That ROM too and keep a copy on my Laptop. Now i decide to go to my old backup of X-Gamer, i Boot to recovery do a full wipe + i mount data/system and fix permission as i have CWM 5.5.0.4. which has permission option in it. i continue to restore my X-Gamer Backup. After Finnishing of course without error. i reboot the phone and Bam!!. Bootloop.
I reflash GB.42 with Flashtool, root it and install CWM. Boot to recovery and try to restore my X-Gamer backup, and WOLA!! it's restored.
same with ICS Backup. Reflash Stcok Rom root it and restore the ICS backup i made, and it works.
As i know i may be wrong (am a noob) The backup is a snapshot of the rom, so regardless of what rom someone is running when he restores the Backup, he should be back to that ROM in the backup and not to reflash first the corresponding Stock ROM in order for the Backup to work.
Please somebody help and shade some light

Have you used the same recovery all the time? Switching recoveries can "sometimes" not flash backups properly. Either that or it didn't back it up properly in the first place. TBH there's not much we can can do. The backup is corrupted and for that it is causing bootloops and braking things. All I can suggest to you is to reinstall a fresh install of the ROM and then try an advanced restore of your applications and data just not the Boot.img or the system.img
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Jessie-James said:
Have you used the same recovery all the time? Switching recoveries can "sometimes" not flash backups properly. Either that or it didn't back it up properly in the first place. TBH there's not much we can can do. The backup is corrupted and for that it is causing bootloops and braking things. All I can suggest to you is to reinstall a fresh install of the ROM and then try an advanced restore of your applications and data just not the Boot.img or the system.img
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I have tried to use same recovery, but same result. restoring backup across different ROM does not work for me it seems. I have to have a working corresponding rom as the backup am trying to Resotre. for example if i want to restore my backup of GB ROM, i have to have a working GB Rom already on Phone. I Can't restore an ICS Rom while my Phone is On GB and vice verser.

centi50 said:
Please somebody help and shade some light
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Flashing an ftf also flashes the kernel, so restoring a GB backup when you originally installed ICS or vice versa will give you issues as CWM doesn't backup your kernel.

XperienceD said:
Flashing an ftf also flashes the kernel, so restoring a GB backup when you originally installed ICS or vice versa will give you issues as CWM doesn't backup your kernel.
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Thanks XperienceD for Clarifying. now i undersatnd. Just wanted to ask is it possible to flash A GB Sock Kernel on an ICS ROM or vice versa, then using the backup to restore thru CWM, as this will save time than to reflash the ftf, root it and install CWM just only to restore your backup.

centi50 said:
as this will save time than to reflash the ftf, root it and install CWM just only to restore your backup.
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This is why it's better to unlock your BL, then it's just a flash of a kernel then restoring your backup.

[Q] Full ROM Backup - Urgent help needed

My friend got new Note 2.. Now we are going to root it and swap storage so we can use External SDCard as primary storage. but before that. I want to take backup of current original ROM / All phone data.
After I root thereis in recovery mode.. There is option of backup data.. is that right way? or use ROM Toolbox.. thats the right one?
I need complete current phone backup.. including.. OS and all rest original phone data.
Regards

Both are the same. I think ROM Toolbox restarts in recovery mode anyway.

xFrozen said:
Both are the same. I think ROM Toolbox restarts in recovery mode anyway.
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In short, it will make full backup right, in case of breakdown, anything goes wrong.. I can restore it and it will be as it was earlier factory settings.. right?

Yes nandroid backup will backup your system, data, cache etc... It will restore phone as it was if you decide to use it.
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and don't forget to backup your EFS partition. That is the single most important thing you want to do. Use EFS backup/restore http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922473.

MohJee said:
Yes nandroid backup will backup your system, data, cache etc... It will restore phone as it was if you decide to use it.
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Nandroid backup means which we are talking right? backup for recovery mode.??

bootloop recovery from twrp backup?

Hi all,
So I've gotten myself into a bootloop by messing with permissions/ownership in the /data/ directory. I would like to recover by losing as little data/settings as possible (I only rooted with chainfire AutoRoot anyway, so stock, rooted, ROM).
1) I have a few months-old TWRP backup, is it possible to extract what I need from this?
2) If not, what rom is my best bet to flash to recover a stock, rooted ROM, with my old data? I tried re-flashing CF-AutoRoot, but it didn't do anything...
Thanks for any help

Well first things first.
1. Did you install a custom ROM?
2.or backup your rooted stock?
3. Did you already do a full wipe
(Data/factory reset)
4. If you didn't do step 3 but you did step 1...I would advise a dirty flash of the custom ROM that you had
4. If only step two is applicable I only see two possible routes
4.1a. Use Odin to update twrp or download a new custom stock ROM and flash that so you can boot...then try and update twrp to the newest version and then try to flash your backup to see if it was a version problem
OR
4.1b. Start from scratch but I would advise using cwm from now on. twrp to my knowledge isn't updated as frequently as cwm
Hope that helps. Feel free to pm
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infamous916 said:
Well first things first.
1. Did you install a custom ROM?
2.or backup your rooted stock?
3. Did you already do a full wipe
(Data/factory reset)
4. If you didn't do step 3 but you did step 1...I would advise a dirty flash of the custom ROM that you had
4. If only step two is applicable I only see two possible routes
4.1a. Use Odin to update twrp or download a new custom stock ROM and flash that so you can boot...then try and update twrp to the newest version and then try to flash your backup to see if it was a version problem
OR
4.1b. Start from scratch but I would advise using cwm from now on. twrp to my knowledge isn't updated as frequently as cwm
Hope that helps. Feel free to pm
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Hi! Thanks for the reply!
I have not done a data wipe, and I would like not to...
I used CF-AutoRoot, I'm not 100% sure if this counts as flashing a custom ROM or not, it's supposed to keep stock ROM but give you SU. I have tried repeating CF-AutoRoot again, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem...
The only backup I have is of the full phone image, which I don't want to restore since it is months old and I would lose data... Is there a way to only restore selected files from the backup? So far I have restored CWM and can access an adb shell...
Thanks

OK so basically as far as I know you are Sol on your original rom ....that's why I always flash a custom ROM but the data stored should still be on your internal (pictures, videos, things of that nature). your app data and accounts however is not...for example games and such...I would advise titanium backup and do a backup of all your app data at least once a week from now on
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Agreed ...you are going to lose data in this case ...as you will need a restore of your old backup ..or fresh install of a new rom ...
Backups are king when playing with device roms and recoveries etcetera ..g
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Btw twrp has been updated
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About installing custom recovery

Hello,
I'm about to install a custom recovery... I'm on stock 4.2.2 & rooted
Is there anyway to backup my current stock recovery??

Titanium backup
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Deep Nox said:
Titanium backup
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And how??

You could make a complete backup of your current system ( should always do and save to the desktop) or just the recovery. Open TB go to backup and recovery, scroll down til you find the recovery and click on it.
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absolutely no need
the recovery comes with official roms, are always bundled with the rom itself
samsung have made it quite funny, as every time you flash samsung's original rom
it erase everything and install it's own stuff
(which is including erasing everything in the internal memory)
if you use a custom rom, you don't ever need the old recovery
it's function is too limited

I didn't know that flashing the stock rom will revert also to the stock recovery
Thanks
By the way, I didnt find backing up reovery in TB

Does anyone have the link to download TWRP 2.7.0.0 ? I can't access my USB storage with 2.6.3.0. I need it for the GT-N5110. Thank you in advance.
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