I was sitting today contemplating which rom that I would like to use on a daily basis. My two favorite roms to date are: Cyanogenmod v4.2.5 and Hero_over! Both roms equally kick butt, yet both have their own unique intriguing flavor. My problem Is that I don't want to choose between the two roms... I would like to simply go into recovery and boot to which ever one suites my need or wants for that period of time, just like I do on my home PC. has anyone out there tried to make this happen yet on the magic?
deltawye said:
I would like to simply go into recovery and boot to which ever one suites my need or wants for that period of time, just like I do on my home PC. has anyone out there tried to make this happen yet on the magic?
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Using Amon Ra's latest recovery image, you can pretty much do that by keeping each rom as a nandroid backup - if you want to change, just restore the appropriate rom from the menu - it lets you pick whichever you want, restores it, and then reboots.
The only problem is that it re-images the /data partition each time, so unless you use some other means to keep your main data in sync (e.g. google apps to sync your contacts/calendars/mail etc), then you'll have a bit of trouble keeping your data synced across both roms.
Roger that, I will try that out, I just flashed the new recovery image, so i hacnt had a chance to explore all the new goodies in it. Thank you for your input. Like you said its not perfect but I guess its the next best thing. It still would be awsome to have a somewhat seamless transition: )
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Using Amon Ra's latest recovery image, you can pretty much do that by keeping each rom as a nandroid backup - if you want to change, just restore the appropriate rom from the menu - it lets you pick whichever you want, restores it, and then reboots.
The only problem is that it re-images the /data partition each time, so unless you use some other means to keep your main data in sync (e.g. google apps to sync your contacts/calendars/mail etc), then you'll have a bit of trouble keeping your data synced across both roms.
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This won't work if you reformat your ext every time you flash a new rom. Like for hero, most of the time you have to format the ext or you will get boot loops, so if you try to go from a stock rom to a hero, then back to the stock, the stock rom won't work right, or at all, and the same vice versa. Nandroid doesn't store whatever is on your ext, and most of the time, a lot of core stuff is stored in the ext, so you'll be SOL if you try to switch back and forth.
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This won't work if you reformat your ext every time you flash a new rom. Like for hero, most of the time you have to format the ext or you will get boot loops, so if you try to go from a stock rom to a hero, then back to the stock, the stock rom won't work right, or at all, and the same vice versa. Nandroid doesn't store whatever is on your ext, and most of the time, a lot of core stuff is stored in the ext, so you'll be SOL if you try to switch back and forth.
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Wouldn't matter if you don't use an ext partition. CyanogenMod certainly doesn't require one, although many of the Hero roms do.
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Wouldn't matter if you don't use an ext partition. CyanogenMod certainly doesn't require one, although many of the Hero roms do.
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that what i'm saying. Cyanogen's roms use apps2sd if it detects an ext partition, so that would make the apps go onto the ext, so if you try to go to a hero rom, it won't work without wiping the ext first, so cyanogen won't work if you try to go back to it at a later time. On my phone for example, I am running 4.2.5 and it is using my ext.
I believe what they are referring to is the BART backup, which stores your ext partition as well, not the vanilla nandroid backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4569600&postcount=1
I haven´t any Ext partition in my SD and I try all the ROMs with just Fat32 + 192 Swap, so I will try this, because I love MLGIN V3.0 and Amon RA 1.6.2!!!
Yeah wouldn't be a problem. Use Bart Backup/Restore and restore each rom. Before you do the restore wipe everything. Thats the way I do it. Just set everything up the way you like it then backup. You can name and date all backups.
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Yeah wouldn't be a problem. Use Bart Backup/Restore and restore each rom. Before you do the restore wipe everything. Thats the way I do it. Just set everything up the way you like it then backup. You can name and date all backups.
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i have to say this sound like music in my ears! for a rookie where can i read more or try to set up the right method???
thanks in advance
thanks
Hey I appreciate all the ideas, thus far. Heat I was just about to try bart, cause nandroid won't cut it. All this wiping reflashing and setting up is for the birds. Amons new recovery Is the s&#t !
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Can you use a Nandroid backup across any ROM, or is it specific to the one you backed it up on? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... I just switched ROMs cause I'm trying a few of them out, but for some reason it's saying my SIM card has no contacts. I'd also like my SMS's back too. THanks
I think so, wait for confirmation as I'm not 100 percent. But I do believe that is one of the main capabilities of a nandroid.
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@OP:
Nandroid backup holds good ONLY for the ROM u flashed.
1. Flashed ROM 1
2. Took a nandroid backup
3. Cleaned and flashed ROM 2
At this point, the nandroid backup at step 2 will not hold good for ROM 2. If u restore it after step 3, u'll get back to ROM 1.
If u want internal stuff like contacts, etc, u got to use an app like TiBu.
1. Flashed ROM 1
2. Took a backup of user apps and data with TiBu
3. Cleaned and flashed ROM 2
4. Restored user apps and data using TiBu
For contacts, u wud need to back up and restore system data (only) "Contacts and Storage". This is the only system data I have been able to successfully restore across multiple ROMs.
Do I need to be flashed to that ROM to restore a backup of it? I've been getting stuck at the HTC loading screen, and after using HBoot or w/e and returning to stock, tried using CWM to restore from a backup. Do I need to flash RCMix3D ROM before I can restore from the backup made from it?
Restoring a nandroid backup from rcmix3d will put you back to that Rom with all apps and data you had at the point you made the backup. If you are restoring apps and data using titanium backup, you will have to flash rcmix3d first.
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I thought so too, but all it's too is getting me stuck on the HTC boot screen. Been like that for 20 minutes so far. Dunno what I did wrong, but I'd like to get everything back to the way it was
A couple of my backups refused to flash. Do you have more than 1?
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I have two for each of my ROMs, so four total. Created days apart though.
Do they all hang when booting?
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A nandroid backup makes a complete copy of your phone as is when you perform the backup, obviously this includes the rom you are currently running.
If you are running rom A and do a nandroid and then flash rom B, and then restore the nandroid backup you previously made you lose everything you've done since the backup and you are back where you were on rom A when you did the nandroid.
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A couple of my backups refused to flash. Do you have more than 1?
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Check out if both are EXT4 compatible.
ROM 1: EXT4 not compatible
ROM 2: EXT4 compatible
1. Flash ROM 1 (formats to non-ext4 and flashes ROM)
2. Nandroid backup of ROM 1
3. Flash ROM 2 (formats to ext4 and flashes ROM)
4. Nandroid backup of ROM 2
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5. Restore backup of ROM 1
This could fail since partitions are ext4 and ROM 1 is not ext4 compatible.
Here is what I do as a standard before restoring any backup:
1. Data/factory wipe
2. Dalvik cache wipe
3. Restore ROM
This worked all the time, except once when I got MD5 error (probably cos I backed up on an earlier version of CWM, not sure though).
@biglittlegato
Yeah, they all hang on the HTC screen. It's starting to piss me off. I know that it's a risk with rooting and stuff, but I'd rather just not have to start all over with my content.... again. I just flashed a clean RCMix3D, so maybe it will let me restore my backup from that.
@Perseids
That kind of thing may be obvious to you, but not to those of us who are new to Android and rooting. Hence why I was asking in the first place. I get that I'd lose everything I haven't backed up... but right now I seem to have lost everything period, as none of my backups want to work for some reason.
Maybe I am doing it wrong? After getting to the stock version of 2.2, I go to ROM Manager, and then to manage backups/restores. I click on that, then hit the backup I want to restore from, and it's supposed to work. It does it's thing, then just freezes on the HTC screen once it reboots. I watched it and read the script, and there were no errors or anything that would give an indication as to why it's doing that...
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Check out if both are EXT4 compatible.
ROM 1: EXT4 not compatible
ROM 2: EXT4 compatible
1. Flash ROM 1 (formats to non-ext4 and flashes ROM)
2. Nandroid backup of ROM 1
3. Flash ROM 2 (formats to ext4 and flashes ROM)
4. Nandroid backup of ROM 2
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5. Restore backup of ROM 1
This could fail since partitions are ext4 and ROM 1 is not ext4 compatible.
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Thanks for the help.... but I have no idea what this means haha. I get the basic idea, but I don't know what ext4 is.
elijahpr said:
Thanks for the help.... but I have no idea what this means haha. I get the basic idea, but I don't know what ext4 is.
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Don't worry too much. EXT4 is a partition type. Most recent ROMs support this. Just make sure in the ROM thread OP if it converts partitions to EXT4 (if yes, what all partitions).
I was just reading the script while it was (trying) to restore, and it said something about erasing boot before restore... is that normal? I just did a full wipe, flashed to the ROM I did the backup from, and the backup seems to be stuck again.Dang.
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I was just reading the script while it was (trying) to restore, and it said something about erasing boot before restore... is that normal? I just did a full wipe, flashed to the ROM I did the backup from, and the backup seems to be stuck again.Dang.
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Restoring process erases everything, and restores. Compare this to norton ghost partition restoration process.
I guess I might as well just start over from scratch. It was only a few days worth of pictures/videos/texts and stuff, so not a HUGE loss. Still, wish the backups had worked as they were supposed to. As of right now it's still frozen on the HTC screen hah.
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I guess I might as well just start over from scratch. It was only a few days worth of pictures/videos/texts and stuff, so not a HUGE loss. Still, wish the backups had worked as they were supposed to. As of right now it's still frozen on the HTC screen hah.
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Data on SD card will NOT be deleted unless u choose to format SD card. All ur pics, vids, etc reside on ur SD card.
It doesn't show up anywhere. I just booted into CWM, and tried to select one of the backups, but it said "no file found". WTF. Sooooo it's telling me the backups are there, but don't contain anything I think. Nice.
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It doesn't show up anywhere. I just booted into CWM, and tried to select one of the backups, but it said "no file found". WTF. Sooooo it's telling me the backups are there, but don't contain anything I think. Nice.
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If you're backups are not restoring you will lose data that's part of the ROM. Your pics and videos would definitely still reside on the SD card. You'd have to format SD to lost those.
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So I flashed clockwork mod and It worked it was easy as pie. I was able to boot into recovery but I cant get it to do anything. Now I did not ttry to flash anything I just wanted to see how it worked but when I boot it comes up I am able to navigate throught the menu with vol up\down but When I tried to power off or reboot the phone it would not let me select anything. I was using the power button to select but all it did was go to a different screen with a top hat so did I do it wrong? Should I try to do it again How would I get rid of it and start over?
Also The main reason I did this is to flash the stock froyo camera app which I downloaded to my pc. When I move it to my External sd card should I unzipp it first or just put the zipped file on my sd card? Any help would be helpful.
Edit I got CWM working I had to pull the battery and after the reboot I tried again and it worked so I made a backup. When it was doimg the backup it Said no sd-ext found skipping sd-ext backup Is that the external sd card I have in the phone if so it was in but thats not a big deal ass long as it backed up the internal sd. When I flashed cwm i did the external so I am assuming that it stored the backup on the external and that is where I should put the camera file and xboarders rom and anything else I want to flash right? Sorry for all the questions I want to understand everything that I do because I am nosey.
Charlie
You are correct. Sd-ext is skipped when making backups. Just download the rom you are interested in and boot into recovery. The rom you download should be found in the download folder on your ext sd card. In recovery click on install zip. Install the rom. Fix permissions and you should be good to go. I always do a factory reset after loading a new rom.
Okay thank you I really appreciate your help. I already downloaded the xboarders stock rom and the 1.5 ver of the stock froyo camera to my computer. So can I just make a folder on my external sd card called ROMS and move them to that folder from my PC? Then when I boot into CWM I go to install zip and that is it. I dont know if I am going to install a rom yet but I do want to try the camera. If it doesnt let me install the camera without root then I will install the xboarder rom. Again thank you for your help.
By the way I cant believe how easy this is to do I love this website and everyone on it.
I have not tried the camera yet. There are some issues still. I tried xboarders rom for a while but switched to eaglesblood 2.3.3. Great battery life. A must for me. Its not as pretty as some roms but does what I need.
I have high hopes flacko and crew get the camera 100%
Once you flash couple of times you will wonder why you did not try sooner. Be sure to use titanium backup. Use the batch method to copy your user apps only. Be sure to change the backup location to ext sd.
I heard that eaglesblood was really good I was going to try that one as well but I would like to keep stock gb. I actually use launcher pro and I love the way it works and looks because I like that the home screen can switch between lanscape and portrait and I like the app dock at the bottom. I know that the front camera is choppy but I think that is the only real major issue which I could live with because I used the front camera like 3 times. Do you think I should wait? I did donate to the project because I really apriciate theire hard work. everyone who want the camera should.
Also is titanium just to backup my apps and data? I have mybackup pro is that okay? When I did the backup with CWM did that only backup my ROM? What is the difference? I am sorry for all the questions but as I have already stated before I like to completly understand what I am doing.
CWM backs up everything. It is perfect for backing up the entire rom. It is an exact copy of the rom. That way you can play around and try things out. If things go badly or you do not like other roms you can always restore the CWM backup and you are back where you started.
Titanium is nice because you can back up all your user apps to the ext sd card, load a new rom and then restore your apps. It's great for games like Angry Bird or Paradise Island. It also saves bandwidth because you do not have to re-download all your apps. You just restore them from the ext sd card. It works very well.
As far as the camra issue, i am waiting till it is 100%. I am getting by with the GB camera for now.
The EB rom looks very similar to stock, because it is based on the stock upgrade. Just faster with better battery life. I really like it. You can use any launcher you like with it.
Okay that is what I thought. The only reason I don't have titanium is because if I remember corectly ylu have to be rooted to use it and until now I did not think I waz going to root. That is why I bought my backup pro you don't need root. I recently did a factory reset and used it to restore everything it worked perfectly. I am starting to catch on. But I would be lost without people like you and the rest of this fourm and phandroid.
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Flashed the Stock LG camera!!!!!!!!!
I Just wanted to let you know that I flashed the camera without root I am still on stock GB. It works f******* Great!!!!!!! I gotta give it to those guys. They are a bunch of bright people there. I recommennd everyone donate to them they deserve it. I am thinking of starting a post to let everyone know how good the camera is. Just thought I would let you know.
Charlie
i may go back to froyo for a weekend, going to a 24Hour GT race, would like everything working properly, vid, cam etc. basically nice and stable.
if i multi boot to froyo do i have to wipe cache/dalvik cache and sd ext. sd and sim inserted or not?
tried this before, ended up with continuos fc of apps when i inserted my sd card.
anyone give a step by step, and how to restore back to CM7?
(secretly hoping CM& is sorted by then, well, we can hope, eh?)
For g3mod,
Use kmapp by rapier07 to configure your multiboot settings
Enable multiboot
Enter recovery backup img and flash the froyo ROM img via multiboot
This will automatically backup your current ROM erase system, cache,etc., and flash froyo on your ROM
If you want to revert back to cm7 just flash the img you previously backuped.
Alternate:
Enter recovery backup everything
wipe everything except sdcard(wipe sd ext)
Flash img or update zip
When you want to revert back to cm7 just restore previous backup
and everything will be back
You will definitely get fcs if you don't wipe sd ext while using second method
In first method you don't need to do anything extra
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nice on allspark
first option seems the best i have KMApp 1.4.1 installed, but i cant find the multiboot options, data-kernel-tweaks and data conversion using menu button available.....
edit-running G3MOD 2.5 Kernel, forgot to say.
Didn't you find multiboot in data preferences . I think you find it right away on the main screen
Enable multiboot
If you don't try 1.3 which same great features
I can't confirm this as I am on fugumod and cm9 (not supported)
Edit: sorry dude
It is multiosdata
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use option 2 then!
@Skivit
Check my sig for multibooting...it's all there....but with g3mod 2.5 multiosdata ain't working somehow....dalvik gets wiped when u switch rom....automagicaly....only thing u should do is data wipe when switching to froyo & restore froyo data from multiboot....any [Q]?....just say
if i hit problems, i'll give you a shout!
If all the data in your phone is really very important then also have a nandroid backup in case multiboot fails
Also copy your contacts to sim using contact2sim or save them on your sd card just in case anything fails
Multiboot, nandroid backup and every possible way you try to backup data are extremely unreliable and I lost so much of my data lots of times believing they would work
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If all the data in your phone is really very important then also have a nandroid backup in case multiboot fails
Also copy your contacts to sim using contact2sim or save them on your sd card just in case anything fails
Multiboot, nandroid backup and every possible way you try to backup data are extremely unreliable and I lost so much of my data lots of times believing they would work
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well....i never lost anything with multiboot.... you don't need full nandroid backup coz "backup_data" in multiboot is working perfectly....and only thingy is that due to multiosdata not working properly(e.g. data partition never gets restored)...so you have to format data & sd-ext partition before restoring other OS data to avoid any fc's due to overwriting data over existing data....that's all....otherwise it's safe...
I'm a little new to rooting and this is my 2nd device that I have rooted and first without an external Sd card. I currently have the ViperXL rom on my HTC One X and I want to try a AOSP Rom. I backed up everything with Titanium Backup but what I was wondering is when I factory reset my phone won't the backup get wiped too? I'm sorry if this is a noob question but I don't want to advance without confirming this because i need to know if I have to copy my backup over to my computer. And I think that the backup is in the SD Card, which i'm not entirely sure about. So also does the SD card get wiped? I'm sorry if this question has been asked already and I will delete this thread if anyone asks.
Factory reset from recovery doesn't touch your "sd card" at all. All of your stuff on your sd card will be fine, including your backups.
However, factory reset from bootloader will completely bork your sd card, and it would need to be formatted to be usable again. So, don't ever factory reset from bootloader.
Hope this helps.
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Its a fair question, since it is a little confusing that the "SD card" is not a distinct card per se, but a partition on a larger flash memory chip. But as mentioned above, it will not get wiped unless you specifically select the option in recovery to wipe the SD card.
Also, there is the rare event of some files on the SD being corrupted when flashing ROMs. Its happened to me and others in the past. So its not a bad idea to make a copy of your Titanium Backup folder on your computer "just in case".
Thanks
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Its a fair question, since it is a little confusing that the "SD card" is not a distinct card per se, but a partition on a larger flash memory chip. But as mentioned above, it will not get wiped unless you specifically select the option in recovery to wipe the SD card.
Also, there is the rare event of some files on the SD being corrupted when flashing ROMs. Its happened to me and others in the past. So its not a bad idea to make a copy of your Titanium Backup folder on your computer "just in case".
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Factory reset from recovery doesn't touch your "sd card" at all. All of your stuff on your sd card will be fine, including your backups.
However, factory reset from bootloader will completely bork your sd card, and it would need to be formatted to be usable again. So, don't ever factory reset from bootloader.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks to both of you guys and thanks Redpoint for that one message you sent me on the at&t website that the One X WAS rootable. You helped me alot.:laugh:
Another Titanium Backup Question
Hey guys I know that this isn't the same question that my topic asks but I have another problem. I used titanium Backup and saved everything in my ViperXL rom for my HTC One X Att. Then i switched to a Sense 5 rom and whenever i try to restore my data my phone seems to freeze and when i reboot it doesn't show any applications or anything. It says that the titanium backup is restored but it doesn't show anything except a notification in the status bar saying a reboot is recommended. So then I go and reboot and the only thing i can do is access the apps in my lockscreen. When i boot up and try to open the app drawer nothing is in it and there is only blinkfeed and my other screen nothing seems to work. I know that i should post this in the Rom Thread and i would but as a junior member with only 8 posts including this one i can't post in Android Development yet. The link for the thread with the rom is here in case anyone wants to know what rom i'm trying this on and my backup is made from a viperxl rom. If anyone needs more details i can provide more. And on a side note whenever i factory reset it takes me back to the rom and it is working but none of my apps that i had in my backup are there. It just seems to go back to when i originally flashed the zip. thanks a lot and here is the sense 5 rom link im using.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293032
Is there any way for me to get titanium backup to work or would i have to download each app manually? And in case its necessary i do have a full backup of the entire viperxl rom in case i have to make more titanium backups.
It sounds to me like you're restoring system data yeah? It's not a great idea to restore system data from a different ROM, as it most likely is not compatible. So if you're changing ROMs the idea is to only restore user apps.
The reason it was still playing up after you did a factory reset is because factory reset does not wipe the system partition, and that's the partition you messed up by restoring system data using Titanium.
My advice would be to reflash your ROM. Do a full wipe (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system) first. Then boot into the ROM and use the "restore missing apps with data" option in Titanium.
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Thanks
Thanks I thought that, that was the problem or something similar because i was wondering how some of my Venom apps would work on my non Venom One X. I'm loving my Sense 5 rom but it's a shame that i can't restore all data. I would love to be able to see my call logs, sms history, and have my phone set up in the same way but obviously that one would be a problem because of compatibility and other things like lack of apps or widgets.
As mentioned, you should only use Titanium to restore user apps (and their corresponding app data), not system data. Restoring system data across different ROMs is a nearly surefire way to cause issues (as you have found), as the different ROMs tend to handle the system data differently (store them in different locations, etc.).
There are various ways to backup and restore call longs and SMS. I personally use the app SMS Backup+, which syncs your SMS to your GMail. But there are other solutions that work fine, as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
As far as settings and configuration, I've always just done it manually, after flashing a new ROM. Trying to restore this across significantly different ROMs (such as Sense 4+ to Sense 5) is probably not feasible. Doing it manually doesn't take much time at all.
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soloflyer12 said:
thanks Redpoint for that one message you sent me on the at&t website that the One X WAS rootable. You helped me alot.:laugh:
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Your very welcome. Nice to see you here!
Thanks again
You guys have been very helpful and with this post I now have 10 posts, so now i can post in android development with my other rom related problems.
Ok, so i'm new to all this stuff about custom recoverys and ROMs. How exactly do they work?
Let's say i make a custom recovery image of my current ROM, wich is stock, does it just backup the OS or my personal files (music, photos, apps, etc.) too?
I'm asking this primarly because i want to upgrade my phone, but to do so i have to flash the stock firmware because i've modified some system files. Wich bring to my other question, flashing ROMs wipe user data? i've read some split responses to this, some people say it does some say it doesn't.
And my final question, let's say i made a backup, wiped my phone flashed stock firmware and updated, now how i recover my data from the
backed up ROM, i mean it is a different version, does it have an option to just restore user data?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if these are too much questions.
it'll back up system, data, boot.img and dalvik cache.
your sd partition isn't backed up, but all the stuff on it will be readable by whatever new rom you put on it (unless you wipe EVERYTHING [not a good idea]).
when you're changing roms/etc, you want to place the rom.zip + gapps.zip (and custom kernel.zip if you're going to use one) on your sd partition. you do this because usb storage mostly doesn't work with custom recoveries as of yet on this device meaning once you've wiped, if you don't have a rom on your sd partition you're mildly screwed in that you'd have to reflash everything from a stock image (meaning you will lose root, all your personal files and whatever rom was on the phone - basically everything goes back to stock bar the bootloader).
e: as for restoring all apps data, use something like titanium backup. i always have a backup on my sd partition of all my current apps (plus wifi passwords, accounts info, sms messages etc to save time/effort when restoring after putting a new rom on). i also always set TB to backup all modified/new data every night at about 3am, then upload the backup to google drive so that if i either brick my phone or accidentally wipe everything, at least i can get back to where i left off.
If you forget to place the ROM zip, and have formatted the device, it is not necessary to flash stock. You use adb side load which is present in every recovery.
in that case i need to remember that for future use - i hardly ever use my pc with my phone now as you can pretty much do anything (update recovery etc) on the phone alone.
that, and i'm on windows 8.1 which afaik doesn't play nicely with fastboot or adb.
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....and i'm on windows 8.1 which afaik doesn't play nicely with fastboot or adb.
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....i think this is a rumor. Never ever had any problems on W8.1
^ good to know, thanks