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All in 1 .CAP??

Hi, can anyone make this happen??
collect all the important .cap files and make a .rar file or post it in a Sticky post or anything like this??
programs such as a lists of all the tweaks, the sim fix, the adv. configuration, any registry editor, battery saver, and other important tweaks...
that will be a very usefull Post..
hope someone read this..

Sorry, but what is .caps?
Maybe you mean .cab(s)

yeap, thats what I mean..

limx said:
Hi, can anyone make this happen??
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That will take a bit of effort, going through all the posts and setting the info out in an organised manner, and collecting all the cab files.
But it's not rocket science, all the info is there, so why don't you make the effort. I'm sure many others will appreciate it.

yes it would be hard. sounds like you are lazy
besides, not all tweaks here work for everyone and some tweaks are needed at all

Brendo said:
yes it would be hard. sounds like you are lazy
besides, not all tweaks here work for everyone and some tweaks are needed at all
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Exactly. The thing I love most about this forum is the ability to seach for things and learn how to make my device mine (just the way I like it) not the way that he likes his or she likes hers. what I like and need, might not be what you need, and what you need, might not be what I am interested in. If you want an all in one package, do some reading about the many different custom Roms and Rom upgrades available. Some come preinstalled with many tweaks and apps.

Nandroid Backups For All....

Ive looked through the site and found nothing about this, so i was thinking last time i made a nandroid backup,Could we instead of flashing roms just restore each others nandroids thru recovery and list all the features of the backup and put them up in a post sort of like the rom wiki? Then EVERYONE could definately find a setup they liked....just a thought. I dont have someone else's phone to test it on. Or are the number names on the nandroid backup files system specific? Any answers or info would be greatly appreciated. I think this would be cool if it works because we'd have so many choices of setups if ppl put theirs up,and it would eliminate bootloop,time for flashing roms and any extra addons. Then you can continue adding to or removing from the restored nandroid backup if you wish, or you could just leave it.

this is how the moto droid guys flash their roms. seems like ours would work...

I too have been thinking about this...

Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps

Just A Thought.....
I think if we put up a repository for ppl do upload their fav. setups with the following specific information:
1)Rom name and version
2)Kernel if changed
3)Apps and System apps might be alot but nice
that we could all benefit and see some of the things other ppl are doing with THEIR roms. It would give the ppl like me who get flash crazy rather quickly many more options. We could just label them starting with NAN RECOVERY#1, with all the details and then go from there....

you could skip the sign in the beginning and customize and upload, minus paid apps and stuff, that way your contacts and google log in wouldnt be stored. but yea it would work
edit: guess it wont work. haha

zippy-man said:
Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps
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i was just thinking the dev could make a nandroid before they sync anything... restore any warez
MagnusRagnarok said:
I think if we put up a repository for ppl do upload their fav. setups with the following specific information:
1)Rom name and version
2)Kernel if changed
3)Apps and System apps might be alot but nice
that we could all benefit and see some of the things other ppl are doing with THEIR roms. It would give the ppl like me who get flash crazy rather quickly many more options. We could just label them starting with NAN RECOVERY#1, with all the details and then go from there....
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everytime i try to rename a nandroid backup i cant get the phone to restore it...

This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny

dmc971989 said:
everytime i try to rename a nandroid backup i cant get the phone to restore it...
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NO spaces. Make sure there's no spaces in your backup name, use dashes or underscores instead

Hmmm.....
zippy-man said:
Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps
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Thanks for the feedback,i did think this through way before posting. I would have become aware of those issues if i had someone else's device to test this theory.maybe if you want to upload you get your setup and set up your apps and then nandroid before you add your paid apps to your own setup. The benefit would still be the same, there are more good free apps that i use than paid anyway. So we would not be using warez and taking money from devs,and then just log into your own google account. That SHOULD work....

danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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you couldnt rename it to the correct seriel number?

If I had another hero i wouldve tested BEFORE posting....
danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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Date them with dashes and it will work, i do it every time to keep track. I still need another hero to test the serial number thing since you actually just named your backups the wrong way. So those results wont work. Because if you had named them the right way your results wouldve been different. Also we wouldnt change the exact backup name, we would title and then link to the file....thanks for reporting your experience

danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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Danny, I too had to swap out my Hero and for the hell of it restored a Nandroid backup from my original phone. However, unlike your experience, I had no problems with force closes. The only thing that happened was that Gmail wouldn't send properly. I fixed that by wiping the Gmail cache. I don't think that issue is specific to restoring a Nandroid from a phone with a different serial number though as I've read others having the same problem on occasion. Also, assuming we'd be sharing backups that don't contain personal info on them, this Gmail issue would be unlikely to happen.
In any case, I like this idea. Perhaps we should be checking out how the Droid folks are doing this (as someone else pointed out). They might've worked out the kinks in this Nandroid sharing plan.

Any One Care To Help Me Test?
If anyone would care to help me test my idea,so to maybe get something going on the site for everyones benefit who like my idea and want to flash these backups, I will test someone elses if anyone is willing to send me one or a link to one;please leave the numbers unchanged for accuracy,or i can send someone one of mine becuase i have many from 1.5 and 2.1 with several different rom and theme setups that i would be willing to share to test out my idea. Anyone interested please just pm me...Thanks

MagnusRagnarok said:
If anyone would care to help me test my idea,so to maybe get something going on the site for everyones benefit who like my idea and want to flash these backups, I will test someone elses if anyone is willing to send me one or a link to one;please leave the numbers unchanged for accuracy,or i can send someone one of mine becuase i have many from 1.5 and 2.1 with several different rom and theme setups that i would be willing to share to test out my idea. Anyone interested please just pm me...Thanks
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ill try it out (ill be reflashing in a bit anyways)... so if you want to send me a blank nandroid (no contacts,Gmail,etc) then ill give it a shot and report back

I'll test it. just pm me the link. but I already know it works

MagnusRagnarok said:
Thanks for the feedback,i did think this through way before posting. I would have become aware of those issues if i had someone else's device to test this theory.maybe if you want to upload you get your setup and set up your apps and then nandroid before you add your paid apps to your own setup. The benefit would still be the same, there are more good free apps that i use than paid anyway. So we would not be using warez and taking money from devs,and then just log into your own google account. That SHOULD work....
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That would work and would kind of be cool if it did
But the only problem is that I don't think many people would actually do it.
Oh I forgot too if you want to download apps you gotta sign into the market first

zippy-man said:
Oh I forgot too if you want to download apps you gotta sign into the market first
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Or you can pull the apps you use on your current ROM and push them back via ADB on the clean ROM. Kind of a hassle though.

ive done it, it works, just save the nandroid backup folder ie. BCDMRS-date-3463, inside the folder ie. /sdcard/nandroid/HT02yourphone/ with the rest of your backups.
then recovery, backup and restore, nand restore and select the backup u saved.

Thanks
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ive done it, it works, just save the nandroid backup folder ie. BCDMRS-date-3463, inside the folder ie. /sdcard/nandroid/HT02yourphone/ with the rest of your backups.
then recovery, backup and restore, nand restore and select the backup u saved.
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You are awesome. Thanks for the info.

about to start my first root/rom

Hello group,
Wish me luck. I am about to start my first root/rom install. Going with Andromeda. This will be applied to my 5th replacement phone for the auto shut down issue. It just arrived. I am getting tired of getting replacements and waiting for a good one so that I can go to 2.2. I have read the guides. I have a couple questions that I can't find a clear answer on.
1) I already have a paid version of mybackup pro. Can that be used instead of titanium?
2) My phone is up and running on the stock 2.1. Is it normal to restore all apps, data and system settings from the 2.1 phone to the 2.2 install? Are the system setting compatible between the two?
3) I think I recall some mention of writing down some number from your original phone so that if you have to set it back to stock for warranty. I don't see that in the official instructions though. Is there such a precaution necessary?
Thanks in advance.
--pat

psloan said:
Hello group,
Wish me luck. I am about to start my first root/rom install. Going with Andromeda. This will be applied to my 5th replacement phone for the auto shut down issue. It just arrived. I am getting tired of getting replacements and waiting for a good one so that I can go to 2.2. I have read the guides. I have a couple questions that I can't find a clear answer on.
1) I already have a paid version of mybackup pro. Can that be used instead of titanium?
2) My phone is up and running on the stock 2.1. Is it normal to restore all apps, data and system settings from the 2.1 phone to the 2.2 install? Are the system setting compatible between the two?
3) I think I recall some mention of writing down some number from your original phone so that if you have to set it back to stock for warranty. I don't see that in the official instructions though. Is there such a precaution necessary?
Thanks in advance.
--pat
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1. should owrk
2.Never restore system data. Your just asking for trouble if you do.
3. Back up your efs folder from system and copy it to your pc. As roms chnage android id and imei

cool thanks for the quick response. Nubish question from your response. How do I backup the "efs" folder I don't see it using the phone to browse the files or mounting the phone via usb and browsing via the pc. Do I have to root it first?

psloan said:
cool thanks for the quick response. Nubish question from your response. How do I backup the "efs" folder I don't see it using the phone to browse the files or mounting the phone via usb and browsing via the pc. Do I have to root it first?
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Yes you will need to root it first and then you will need a files explorer that will allow you to get to the system files. I use Root Explorer my self. One of the few apps that is well worth the money

good luck with the first go at it. I just did the same the other day and must say best decision I made with this phone.

What everyone else said is good. I would also back up your contacts and write down your APN settings. Some ROMs change the APN.
Contacts:
1) Contacts > menu button > Import/Export > Export to SD Card > you will get a vcard file saved to your sd card. You should also back this up on your pc.
2) You can also sync your contacts with your gmail account. I usually take the vcard from earlier and import it into gmail.
APN:
1) Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile networks > Access Point Names > just write down the settings in case they change in the future.

read stickies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ademarne said:
read stickies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lmao! +1

ademarne said:
read stickies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was that really necessary...?
zelendel and sircaper answered his post, then you... How about: Please read the stickies before you start customizing your phone, so you know how to deal with any problems that might arise.
2.5 New Members: Treat new members the way you would have liked to have been treated when you were a new member. Provide the new members with guidance, advice and instruction always with respect and courtesy.

Xstop said:
Was that really necessary...?
zelendel and sircaper answered his post, then you... How about: Please read the stickies before you start customizing your phone, so you know how to deal with any problems that might arise.
2.5 New Members: Treat new members the way you would have liked to have been treated when you were a new member. Provide the new members with guidance, advice and instruction always with respect and courtesy.
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I made a guide for them, that is why I was saying read the stickies...
Check my sig.

ademarne said:
I made a guide for them, that is why I was saying read the stickies...
Check my sig.
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Would of been easier if you just referred him to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919816
Instead of this nonsense

You will be nothing but happy after flashing. I do not mpost much on here, just read and read, but this site is excellent in finding what you need. I ran Phoenix for a while and it was very good, but I have flashed Serendipity 5.0 with the latest Speedmod kernel and its working great. Battery life seems to have improved for me with this combination.

So did you flash?? What was the outcome? Success? Check out Ceszar's continuum theme for Andromeda, just love that along with Andromeda 2.0

I'm curious too as to how everything went for you.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Yes i flashed. running andromeda for the past couple days. seems fine. much faster and the gps lokcs in seconds now. with 2.2 i can now use skype, flash, chrome to phone and use the power button for the camera shutter. All wins for me. I am not sure I get any more battery life out of this setup. I have been playing with it non stop, so I don't have any real world numbers on the battery life. I also learned that mybackup pro can't restore apps backed up from 2.1 to 2.2 I tried 3 times and every time the apps would fail at some point and I wold have to hard close them.
I have noticed a couple times that I have lost the data connections either on wifi or the 3g. Not sure it's the rom, hardware or just plain bad cell sites. but on reboot the connections were fine.
Over all impressed with the dev team for adromeda. They have an irc channel and there seems to be someone always there to answer my questions.
--pat

Just an update.
I rolled back to the untheamed 1.0 andromeda and then applied the DMT Dark Theme. did not like the battery meter so loaded modded circle one. Pretty happy with the look now. See the attached running launcher pro.

That looks really good.
I wish I had seen this thread before you installed that new ROM. I would have told you that stickies are for sissies.
Do it all from the seat of your pants and depend on luck. That's what I say. (j/k)
Do you see that business about restoring all system data? I tried that yesterday, I think it was. Got a good install of Paragon RC5. I think I then tried a full system data restore from TiBu. Rebooted the phone and it started back up so that it required a PIN to unlock it. I guess because I had been using that function before install of RC5. The PIN did not work. Tried this method not only once, but twice. Finally figured out how to use TiBu for real, I think. Makes me wonder if these locking schemes are worth using. I suppose they might buy you just a little bit of time in case of theft.
If you get to jonesing for something new, check out the ROM mentioned above.
Glad you're happy with your efforts!
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Glad to hear it all went well for you. And I like the look you got going there. Seems like you did great for your first time
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Nandroid Backup Video Tutorial

Thought id make a quick tutorial in case there are people who don't know how to do it.

awesome tutorial!

Thank you very much for this video! I already know how to nandroid and everything, but I can now link others to this video. Awesome job on the video by the way...
Kratos

I am marking this, for future reference. I don't need it, but I grew tired of people who don't know how to do it...

top vid mate
very handy

cheers for the positive feedback guys

thanks. always done a titanium backup before flashing, but wasnt confident of how to do a nandroid backup....until now -cheers

Fantastic! ! Thanks

Very nice video. Explained a lot to me, wonderful. I have got one question left: how big is such a back up file in general?
Cheers, Kon

a quick question about the backups
do they also back up the kernal? or is it just rom data

jlt220 said:
a quick question about the backups
do they also back up the kernal? or is it just rom data
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It takes a snap shot of your current state, which includes kerne.
Very helpful video.

What settings app is that?!

I knew how to do this but this is handy for newbies, i think you only need 1 back up at any given time on your SD card otherwise it'll take up so much space.

brokenbmx06 said:
What settings app is that?!
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I had the same question.

Thanks for the video m8, it's very helpful for newbies like me!

Thanks! Very handy tutorial.

meazz1 said:
It takes a snap shot of your current state, which includes kernel.
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Um, I don't think so. It creates 5 image files of (what appear to be) your ROM directories - cache, data, dbdata, efs, and system. None of those directories has your kernel information.
To ensure a viable restore, you need to be able to convert to at least a compatible kernel, preferably the identical kernel, and a compatible modem.
But the good news is that it works and is easy. I do some backpacking, and I have a minimalist nandroid backup that gives me GPS, a book reader, a few games, and not much else. Before I set out, I backup my current setup, then restore the "GPS only" backup, which I have defaulted to flight mode. When I'm done with the trip, I simply restore the full backup. In this case, my current setup was froyo, with froyo GPS, but had I been current with gingerbread, I would have only had to flash a compatible kernel in advance of each change.
So I can have the best GPS for trips, but still have gingerbread when I'm in town.

Very nice vid! Thanks.

Outstanding video tutorial. Love it. I just finished doing mine.

This made backup simple ... "=.= never knew it's that simple in CynagenMod (wel at least kind of similar with this one) while I had it all the while

[Q] Good backup solution for any WP7 Phone/Rom

Hello Guys,
I'm searching a good tool which is able to create a full backup of my HTC HD7 with custom rom because I wanna change/upgrade it (that means: SMS, APPs, Savegames, ...). I've got the "WP7 AppBackUp" but I'm not really happy with that. Sometimes I got some issues and my backup is damaged. I've checked some threads but I found nothing so maybe anyone can help me ;-)
greets,
Pat

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Hello Guys,
I'm searching a good tool which is able to create a full backup of my HTC HD7 with custom rom because I wanna change/upgrade it (that means: SMS, APPs, Savegames, ...). I've got the "WP7 AppBackUp" but I'm not really happy with that. Sometimes I got some issues and my backup is damaged. I've checked some threads but I found nothing so maybe anyone can help me ;-)
greets,
Pat
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Hello Pat
To save sms and contacts you can use SMSBackup, you find it in this forum.
To save applications' datas, I used WPV App Data Backup, and I think it works fine.
To reinstall the application without stressing too much, you can find in Marketplace Reinstaller: it connects to your win live ID, reads the apps list and give you the opportunity to choose which one you want to reinstall...
But for savegames, I also searched for something but I didn't find anything...
If I remember well, this is something related to the Game developer...
Hope it can be usefull

WP7 Easy Backup save everything, contacts, sms, images, music, etc

Exodusrasta said:
WP7 Easy Backup save everything, contacts, sms, images, music, etc
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But, if I understand well what's written in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20079023&postcount=13, it also makes a backup of the OS.
So if you change ROM or update the present one, when you restore, you will go back to your phone's "previous situation"...
So I think in this case it's not usefull for Pat...

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But, if I understand well what's written in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20079023&postcount=13, it also makes a backup of the OS.
So if you change ROM or update the present one, when you restore, you will go back to your phone's "previous situation"...
So I think in this case it's not usefull for Pat...
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I need too an app better than reinstall (to tell the true i'm lazy and i don't want to tap hundred of time to reinstall all my phone app, reinstall work very well but... )
maybe something like batch reinstall?