I've been through Toastcfh & friends very helpful directions.
My screen at one point when turning the evo on shows the signature HTC Quietly..(Something in green). It also had a lot of option that seemed to be unlocked/nang unprotect stuff. Like i remember one of apps that were on there like: wiconfig. These apps looked like back doors to options and setting that are for superadmin privileges.
Whenever I finish the last two steps in Toastcfh & friends' instructions I'm back to the normal HTC screen when turning it on. In this state I don't see all the extra apps that seem to let me have superadmin privileges.
I've gone back and forth by using ROM management and Toastcfh's method but every time I go back or forward I have to lose all the apps I've downloaded and most of my settings. Is this normal?
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Am I supposed to flash every time I want to be in "hack" mode or something? Very new to this, need some help from the pro's. What I'm trying to achieve is something permanent that gives me access to taking off sprint apps, free tethering like hotspot and normal awesome day to day HTC Evo phone usage.
I sure hope you didn't remove NAND. (just a quick joke)
Anyways, every time you flash to another ROM you should always clear apps and data. Many ROMs will do it for you.
Some ROMs have updates and the maker will allow it to just be updated, but even so it's not always recommended.
If you're doing alot of experimenting, just do a nandroid backup of a ROM you don't mind defaulting to if you end up wanting to revert back. A nandroid backup is an entire backup with data (apps) and all.
ALSO, to get into "hack mode" (referred to as recovery) you just hold the volume down and press power.
If it asks to flash and/or reboot just say no and select recovery. If you want it to stop asking to flash just rename PC36IMG.zip (on your sd card) to something else.
If you followed part 2 (which it sounds like you did) you will have a modded recovery menu to make things easy.
Do you know right off your head what thread talks about how to Nandroid backups? If not ill do my searching.
Thanks
P.s recommend any roms I might like to stick with?
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Do you know right off your head what thread talks about how to Nandroid backups? If not ill do my searching.
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P.s recommend any roms I might like to stick with?
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Here's a pretty good thread to look at...
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714
Hello, I havent posted much here but I have been a long time reader. I am running CM6 on my EVO and have been for a few months now. I normally do not care about 4G but I am going to Chicago this weekend and want to be able to use it so here is my dilemma. I want to flash a new ROM but save everything (I can use NAND normally but this re-flashes my ROM too obviously) but I want to save everything (emails, texts, screens, apps; everything) but use it all on a new ROM. I have a feeling there is a way to do this I just dont know how. Could someone please point me in the right directions? Thanks!
You can use Titanium for your apps and texts and home screen settings. You will have to use the same launcher when you flash the new ROM in order to backup the homescreen settings. You are going from AOSP to sense so you need to really limit the system data that you backup/restore to prevent problems from arising.
Personally, I would just do a nandroid before you go, then flash the new ROM and only the stuff you need to get you through your trip and then restore your nandroid when you get home.
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Hello, I havent posted much here but I have been a long time reader. I am running CM6 on my EVO and have been for a few months now. I normally do not care about 4G but I am going to Chicago this weekend and want to be able to use it so here is my dilemma. I want to flash a new ROM but save everything (I can use NAND normally but this re-flashes my ROM too obviously) but I want to save everything (emails, texts, screens, apps; everything) but use it all on a new ROM. I have a feeling there is a way to do this I just dont know how. Could someone please point me in the right directions? Thanks!
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Titanium Backup Pro, Backup all apps and data. Make a update zip flash your new ROM, then reboot into recovery and flash update zip, then run Titanium backup and do a restore, then reboot phone and you should be good to go.
there is a way to do it but you may run in to problems with the new rom you flash. By not wiping the data before a flash just wiping cache and dalvik you can keep all of that but flashing another rom over an old one without wiping can cause problems like broken apps and fc's at random times for no reason especially sense. If you want to keep your contacts export them to your sd card messeges i'm not sure but apps you can save with titanium back up just not the data for the apps (it tends to lock up the phone). You can try it out and see how well it goes for you but i wouldn't suggest it, then again there have been some people who do this and have nothing wrong its 50/50 all up to you if its worth the risk just make sure you nand backup before you do anything
I seem to make one right before I decide to make a big change on the phone for example and rom update or theme update.
It's starting to be hard to keep up with the all of them. Anyone else got tips on how to manage them or if it's possible to make auto backups every week or so like titanium dose with apps?
I back up before making major changes. I only keep 1 or 2 recent backups on the SD card and will archive the rest onto my computer. I'll eventually clear them out, but there are a few worth keeping- such as the stock, rooted rom.
I just keep a fresh back up of the phone in stock with nothing on it besides stock apps and crap. Auto sync takes care of my contacts and I could care less about what texts I lose, most of my apps are on the sd card so I just load what I want back.
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Auto sync takes care of my contacts and I could care less about what texts I lose
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Same here. I don't care much about losing any texts. I have it set up for auto delete at 50 anyway. I theme my phone on a daily basis. So I usually backup when I'm about to push a file into the framework. If the push was successful (phone doesn't go into a boot loop) then I delete the old backup I just made and backup again with the changes I just made. Otherwise, I also backup when flashing a ROM (obviously).
I back up when I flash a new ROM, a new theme, or make tweaks to certain files (like the anti-data-throttling technique). Beyond that, I have no need.
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How do ya geniuses do the nandroid backups?
I've been tempted to flash cyanogen mod, but I see so many glitches, and since I'm no expert at this, I kinda doubt to do the rom flashing to my phone.
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How do ya geniuses do the nandroid backups?
I've been tempted to flash cyanogen mod, but I see so many glitches, and since I'm no expert at this, I kinda doubt to do the rom flashing to my phone.
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rom flashing is easy, use Rom manager from market to flash clockwork(after rooting if not already there) and then download cyanogenmod as it is awesome stable right now and flash via rom manager.
it should then ask if you want to back up(nandroid) and/or wipe, check both options and you will have a backup
on original topic i have pro version of rom manager and so i have it set to make a backup every 4 days(but i don't delete very frequently and my 8GB sd card is not nearly big enough)
ive got my stock rom backed up from when i first rooted just incase i ever want to go back, Cm6.1 and then the current virtuous rom that im using. i really do need to clean my SD card up though, haha.
Like most, I made a nandroid as soon as I'd finished rooting, and then I keep one copy of my current ROM (Virtuous). If I'm going to make a major change or upgrade, I'll make a backup and keep it around for a few days, till I'm sure there are no bugs, and then keep the newer and delete the older backup. At most I have 3 backups, but normally I only have 2.
Honestly.... Never.
There's nothing a Nandroid can fix that flashing a new rom cant And the new rom gives you a nice change
once a week!
Hi guys i recently rooted my phone and forgot to do a backup, stupid silly me i know ! but now i know what i have to do but, i was wondering as whenever i flash my phone to a new rom aslong as i dont change the wallpaper i still get my old one, which is what i want to keep, and i cant re-download it as its a pic of my gf.. So im wondering i believe it restores it from google servers is that right? i cant find it anywhere on the phone by looking at root, would anybody have any suggestions?
Thank you.
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Your pictures and SD contents won't be wiped, so you'll be fine. The ROM will start with whatever its standard wallpaper is, but after your gallery loads up, you can set your picture as the background again (takes maybe 10 minutes, more if you have tons of photos).
Btw, I never backup anything to the Google servers (just got in that habit with my Droid 3), and I never lose anything. However, if your bootloader is still locked, and you plan on unlocking it, save your files to your computer. I'm pretty sure unlocking it will completely wipe all of your phone's contents...
Galaxy Nexus - Slim Bean a4
Many Thanks for your reply, I did indeed unlock the bootloader, and lost everything however when i put a new ROM on it kept my old wallpaper picture, do you know if this would be retrievable as surely its finding it from somewhere o.0?
Many thanks it is greatly appreciated !!
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I want to flash a custom rom, had one before pie came out, is there a way to keep all my shiz on the phone? Like music etc, and flash factory image and then a custom rom? Basically, if i wipe data and cache is that going to take my music, pics etc out? I know it's a dumb question, but with no external storage it's quite the ordeal to put all the music back on! And flashing isn't like it used to be, way more complicated these days haha.
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I want to flash a custom rom, had one before pie came out, is there a way to keep all my shiz on the phone? Like music etc, and flash factory image and then a custom rom? Basically, if i wipe data and cache is that going to take my music, pics etc out? I know it's a dumb question, but with no external storage it's quite the ordeal to put all the music back on! And flashing isn't like it used to be, way more complicated these days haha.
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Short answer, yes. Doing a twrp factory reset doesn't wipe your internal storage before you flash a rom. You can fastboot the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat script, which also doesn't wipe data. So, you should be fine. However, always backup all your "shiz" on your pc before you start. Just in case ya know!
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I want to flash a custom rom, had one before pie came out, is there a way to keep all my shiz on the phone? Like music etc, and flash factory image and then a custom rom? Basically, if i wipe data and cache is that going to take my music, pics etc out? I know it's a dumb question, but with no external storage it's quite the ordeal to put all the music back on! And flashing isn't like it used to be, way more complicated these days haha.
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short answer, no, but I wished there was a way. I remember the days when smartphones had external sd cards where I could store my personal files in the sd card while flashing the rom into the internal 'sd card.'
Even though you can remove the -w when flashing, I've noticed many times from personal experience that there will be problem ... either the rom won't boot up or the apps will constantly crash or other issues. The only time you can remove -w when flashing (based on my experience) is when you are dirty flashing a version upgrade of the same rom ...
Anyone else care to weigh in?
Do exactly what Badger50 says. EXACTLY!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/development/tool-deuces-bootloop-recovery-flashing-t3704761 Use the script from the link to flash any stock rom without wiping internal. This is much easier than editing in -w. This is in my opinion the safest way to flash stock firmware. After that just root and flash your rom through twrp. I'm shocked nobody mentioned the script already. It is a God send for this device. It can even recover the phone from a bricked state with internal data in tact. If ever you run into a non bootable state when flashing roms(mainly due to firmware date vs rom date) just flash stock again using the script.
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Why couldn't you make a nandroid TWRP backup, move the backup files to an external source (flashdrive or computer/external hdd), wipe everything, install custom ROM, then move backup files back to Pixel 2 XL (keeping in mind TWRP's folder structure; /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/serial#/backupcreationdate/), and run the TWRP Restore option (only the "Data" partition need be restored)???
Word of warning, TWRP normally doesn't backup the internal sd files (where your pictures and music files reside); but there is a convoluted way to include those files in the backup -- it'll just take a couple extra steps at the backup phase and restore phase. Let me know and I'll lay the directions out for you (and/or refer you to where I learned of the method...).
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Short answer, yes. Doing a twrp factory reset doesn't wipe your internal storage before you flash a rom. You can fastboot the factory image with the -w removed from the flash-all.bat script, which also doesn't wipe data. So, you should be fine. However, always backup all your "shiz" on your pc before you start. Just in case ya know!
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I can't agree more with the advice to back up... Badger50 knows first hand as well as many of us that even the simplest procedure can go sideways in the blink of an eye. Both him and I for instance had failures while upgrading to Pie while others never missed a beat.
I personally keep a zipped up copy of my TIBU folder on my pc along with a backup of my sms, call log, calendars, Nova data, photos, music, downloads dir.
All in all its about 30 gigs that I periodical back up overnight when needed. Yes it's an overkill but I can basically reproduce my setup if it goes south. That and I'm a lunatic that has pretty much had the same setup and desktop for the last 4 phones. Lol
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I personally keep a zipped up copy of my TIBU folder on my pc along with a backup of my sms, call log, calendars, Nova data, photos, music, downloads dir.
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The SMS, call log, calendars, and photos, aren't they included in the automatic Google backup?
CyberpodS2 said:
I can't agree more with the advice to back up... Badger50 knows first hand as well as many of us that even the simplest procedure can go sideways in the blink of an eye. Both him and I for instance had failures while upgrading to Pie while others never missed a beat.
I personally keep a zipped up copy of my TIBU folder on my pc along with a backup of my sms, call log, calendars, Nova data, photos, music, downloads dir.
All in all its about 30 gigs that I periodical back up overnight when needed. Yes it's an overkill but I can basically reproduce my setup if it goes south. That and I'm a lunatic that has pretty much had the same setup and desktop for the last 4 phones. Lol
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Yes! +1 on this post!
Since I update the monthly security updates by flashing the Full Factory images and have to connect the phone to a computer anyways, I make sure to create a nandroid TWRP backup (a special method that will also include the internal sd folders/files as well as the /data partition), and after -- while the phone is connected to the computer to run the fastboot, adb, and flash-all commands -- I copy the TWRP backup folder to the computer while at things. I also make sure to not delete the previous 3 months; just in case. So, that's two TWRP backups at any given time; one, residing in the phone, just in case it is direly needed and I can't get home and access the computer soon enough, and then another copy safe in an external location. I would do a whole TB backup, compressed, and zipped folder or an adb backup method, but I find that the nandroid backups perfectly do the trick; and, in certain cases, TB can access certain nandroid data as well. I used to do this with FlashFire and my S5 as well...
Seriously, -- especially, as I've found with this device -- you can't be too careful! It is a lot safer with the "bootloader" now -- I recall long in the past that any type of flashing and the words "stock image" was last resort rescue -- but one can't get too complacent and develop a false sense of security (speaking from experience of unintentionally but manually formatting all partitions including the bootloader which caused a pure-brick experience and had no way of accessing the phone's internals at that point).
TL;DR Make backups...NOW! If you don't have at least two currently, then RIGHT NOW! Google has given us so many "outs" and rescue potential with the bootloader access, we only have ourselves to blame by not going about it as smart as possible and neglecting to make enough backups -- especially when doing things like "flashing" or modifying any partition -- for recovery, custom ROMS, theme or launcher type modifications, or any other modifications. Being able to revert back to the stock state with minimal hassle is a "Godsend"!
*note: as you can tell, I don't think it's overkill...
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The SMS, call log, calendars, and photos, aren't they included in the automatic Google backup?
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I use an app called Super Backup Pro. It uploads the backups to gmail or Drive. Either way it's much faster to restore stuff than waiting on the Google stuff. Also, I never let google restore apps. I know what I can and can't restore data on with TIBU. 90% I can. The other stuff mostly doesn't need local data anyway.
That and my internet blows chunks out here in the boonies...
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I use an app called Super Backup Pro. It uploads the backups to gmail or Drive. Either way it's much faster to restore stuff than waiting on the Google stuff. Also, I never let google restore apps. I know what I can and can't restore data on with TIBU. 90% I can. The other stuff mostly doesn't need local data anyway.
That and my internet blows chunks out here in the boonies...
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Damn chunk blowing internet! I hate them things! :laugh:
Ok so I think I've got it, nandroid/twrp backup, flash Ota then rom of choice. Any 9.0 roms that have the active edge feature? Seems like they're all based off aosp which I understand does not have this and most other features.
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Ok so I think I've got it, nandroid/twrp backup, flash Ota then rom of choice. Any 9.0 roms that have the active edge feature? Seems like they're all based off aosp which I understand does not have this and most other features.
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Active edge is indeed not implemented in custom roms, as it is not part of aosp
(however it is said that DU team managed to reverse engineer it so maybe we will see it in future versions of custom roms)
All other features of stock rom (and numerous other features that stock rom lacks) are included
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Ok so I think I've got it, nandroid/twrp backup, flash Ota then rom of choice. Any 9.0 roms that have the active edge feature? Seems like they're all based off aosp which I understand does not have this and most other features.
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DUs latest RC has active edge working. You can set it to trigger things like flashlight, camera, assistant etc.