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Should I root?

I'm really on the edge with rooting. I really want to do it, but I'm new to android and this is my first android phone. I'm afraid I might brick my phone or worst. I do plan on doing google search of each step before performing it on the phone.

I am in the same position as you, I am scared to root but I know it will make my phone much better. I decided to wait it out until the bugs on the phone are worked out. This way if anything happens then you still have your warranty.
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ssh678 said:
I am in the same position as you, I am scared to root but I know it will make my phone much better. I decided to wait it out until the bugs on the phone are worked out. This way if anything happens then you still have your warranty.
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rooting is no big deal! with the revolutionary tool it's completely automated so not possible to brick unless you install the wrong rom on your device. Not to mention once you root you can unroot if you needed to send device back for warranty issues so it's a win-win situation

Do it. Just read all the how to's on revolutionary. Really, really easy to do.

The only device easier to root than this was my wife's G2x. Very simple root procedure. Just follow the steps. Also there are usually tutorials on YouTube. Watch them and then go for it.
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Do it you won't regret it! Just follow the steps carefully and take your time.

I am in the same boots, but im thinking of rooting it within 48 hours

I wish there were some step by step tutorials on youtube. But there's barely any good ones.

Dacoit said:
I wish there were some step by step tutorials on youtube. But there's barely any good ones.
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would be cool if someone made one, lots of hits!

Hi, I am at the same position like you. My sensation is first Android phone, and it is not Rooted yet. Probably I won't root it, becouse for me is enough fast and functionally. I would root it, if i wouldn't lose warranty. Ok, you can unroot it, but what if one day sensation just won't turn on? There is no chance to unroot it than.
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if you follow the guide in the android development section, it's pretty damn hard to brick it the guide is noobproof. I looked through the guide, and I think none of the steps are "brickable" even if you mess up, unless you pull the USB cable in the middle of the process for no reason.

Root the phone and flash these blazing fast roms already
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c19932 said:
if you follow the guide in the android development section, it's pretty damn hard to brick it the guide is noobproof. I looked through the guide, and I think none of the steps are "brickable" even if you mess up, unless you pull the USB cable in the middle of the process for no reason.
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I am gonna go ahead and give it a go. I will get back after I am done.

bonebeatz1234 said:
Root the phone and flash these blazing fast roms already
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Bone what kind of roms are you using ?

I dont understand. why newbs like you wanna root your phone... you have the latest fastest phone in the market with the latest firmware (almost) and you wanna root.....
I have a SGS2 and dont even feel the need to root it, and besides for customisation there are so many launchers and icon packs and stuff.
on the other hand if you guys really want Titanium back up an the other stuff then I understand :/
But still I would say not worth the rooting atleast yet.. may be when ICECREAM SANDWICH is OUT

All done and rooted. It was easy as I followed the steps. Just don't make the stupid mistake I made. Don't extract a file unless it tells you. I extracted every file I downloaded with winrar and I couldn't install them on the phone from the sd root, because i extracted them lol

Dacoit said:
All done and rooted. It was easy as I followed the steps. Just don't make the stupid mistake I made. Don't extract a file unless it tells you. I extracted every file I downloaded with winrar and I couldn't install them on the phone from the sd root, because i extracted them lol
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That is how you learn the best just remember don't unrar the .zip's they are for the clockwork to install scripts and roms.
So when you open the file and you see something like META-INF/system you gone to far

After rooting my first Desire "I just can´t get enough"

pr0x2 said:
That is how you learn the best just remember don't unrar the .zip's they are for the clockwork to install scripts and roms.
So when you open the file and you see something like META-INF/system you gone to far
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You are so right. I learned so much just by rooting this phone.

.. another thing bothers me, as former Desire user I did rooted device with Unrevoked tool, for one reason: use titanium backup and move apps to sd card, but now with Sensation I did not have that problems, all apps I installed had an option "move to sd", and I mean all o them .. so, if I'm still not into changing stock rom, rooting is really not necessary?

update phone first before custom ROM

ok, so i've read what i think i need to root and install a custom ROM (i think i want to try eagles blood 2.8 first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124522)
just got my G2x on Monday and it has GB 2.3.3 but i have not checked if it has an update and not sure i want to update it first, but that is my question.
should i do an update first before i do anything else or does it even matter? i mean i will root, then do a backup, then install the ROM, right? so it shouldnt matter if the phone is the latest and greatest from LG or T-Mobile as i will be overwriting it anyway...at least that is how i think it works
also i have seen where people are saying to wipe everything (or at least a few folders), how is that done? just delete what is in the folders or is there a tool to wipe said data?

No OTA updates are available, but is unnecessary anyway. Also, no need to root if you want to flash these roms as they already have root access. Flash clockworkmod (search for the thread on that) then flash the rom you want. All the instructions are there.
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thanks, i didnt even want to try the update, but since you said there isnt one, i tried and sure enough, i have the latest already
OTA=over the air? i've seen that one a few times, some new acronyms here i need to learn
this is what i was going to do first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214

1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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chrisram88 said:
1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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e4e5nf3nc6 said:
No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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gotcha, so that thread is the one i need to follow?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
This one. It's actually linked as the first step in your thread. This is the important one. Read it over a couple times first, and maybe watch some videos too.
Everything after that step in your thread is basically how to flash a custom rom. They are just choosing a rooted version of stock as their example.
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root first if you want to backup any of the apps on the phone.
i rooted , clockworked , backed up the phone then copied the int and ext sd roms to my pc. installed titanium and backed up all the apps in the stock rom i thought i might want to keep. ( mostly the nova demo and need for speed) . copy your rom contents over so if you mistakenly format your sd card you can still return the phone to stock. ( don't ask i did it ) tryed cm7 stable. liked it but had sleep of death issues. returned the phone to stock . messed with the stock apps and root explorer backed everything up again. and now im ruing weapon r and love it. no stutter and smooth as a hot knife going thru butter and no sleep of death! and USB works every time. even love the loader he used.

ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top

that looks good. don't for get to copy off the internal and external sd chips and keep that data safe. when you made your backup in clockwork it stored it on the internal chip. titanium by default i be leave uses the external. if any thing goes wrong, as long as you have access to those backups and can boot to clockwork you can get your phone working.

dodgefan67 said:
ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top
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The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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e4e5nf3nc6 said:
The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?

dodgefan67 said:
yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?
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Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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JuEv0splash said:
Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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DOH! yup that was it, reboot brought it back. thanks!
so like i posted before it shows an H instead of 4G so i'm assuming that stands for HSPA?

Yeah that's it. How are you liking the rom? Bear in mind that now you have root access you can do all sorts of customizations. You can flash kernels that allow for overclocking or underclocking, use titanium backup (recommended) to preserve all apps and app data, modify boot animations and status bar icons, basically anything you want. Enjoy!
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im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?

dodgefan67 said:
im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?
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Yea you flash it in recovery.
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now that yore rooted and have clockwork you can flash things safely
just remember to backup, and to wipe the davik cache its in advanced menu.
try weapon r and then add the update new clip to it , its smooth and no bugs so far fro me.

About rooting

Hi, I need your help.
I wanna know if I can come back to the stock rom (The official rom - htc sense 4) after rooting and flashing other roms ?
And I wanna know if there is a really improvement for the battery life in other rom and other kernal ?
Also, can I unroot my device ? (If it was root)

Yes u can go back to stock completely by running an ruu. There are many benefits of custom roms the amount of customisation and also the battery life can improve depending on what Rom you Use some are for performance others for battery savers
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k1llacanon said:
Yes u can go back to stock completely by running an ruu. There are many benefits of custom roms the amount of customisation and also the battery life can improve depending on what Rom you Use some are for performance others for battery savers
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"Yes u can go back to stock completely by running an ruu" - please, could you explain that for me? I don't understand about the rooting and all of that ..

And yes unroot is possible and will also happen when returning to stock rom

frdd said:
And yes unroot is possible and will also happen when returning to stock rom
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And how do I do this ?

Even with super su if u go into settings there is something called full unroot and u don't need to be connected to computer
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k1llacanon said:
Even with super su if u go into settings there is something called full unroot and u don't need to be connected to computer
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So does it really make my phone to be unrooted?
Ohh and I want to install any rom, but I see that there are new updates for the rom. So I need to flash the new rom (the update) ?? I don't want to lose the messages, contacts and etc with the new updates ...

Once rooted download titanium backup and make a back up then also make a nandroid backup when u install a new Rom its advised to wipe the phone (sd card does nt get touched ) once your on the desired Rom restore files with titanium back up if anything goes wrong when rooting run nandroid back up ans ye super su will totally unroot u that's what it says or u can run and ruu specific to ur country and update version and that will also take u back to stock
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k1llacanon said:
Once rooted download titanium backup and make a back up then also make a nandroid backup when u install a new Rom its advised to wipe the phone (sd card does nt get touched ) once your on the desired Rom restore files with titanium back up if anything goes wrong when rooting run nandroid back up ans ye super su will totally unroot u that's what it says or u can run and ruu specific to ur country and update version and that will also take u back to stock
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Great comment I must say
And can I get the htc original updates in the stock rom?

Yea u can update on stock HTC but there is no point personally I don't recommend it if your rooting and going onto a custom Rom no point because developers base their roms around the latest update from HTC and HTC sometimes add stupid things in their updates to make it harder for us to get roms on making phone easier to brick like I'm still on HTC update 1.73 never updated just make sure before put on a custom Rom that you have
Titanium backup and made a backup
Made a nandroid backup this is built into clock work mod (recovery) and your good to go
I never keep my backups on my phone I transfer them to the computer because they can take upto 2gb on phone and that's just nandroid backups
Another reason why you shouldn't update via HTC updates is because you will have to keep changing your ruu for the newer ones and sometimes can be hard to get hold of by staying on the one you have right now just find and download it.and u will never have to change it if anything ever goes wrong like bootloop you can run ruu if less experienced or run adb push a Rom onto phone if you want to learn about that I can send u a link for xda thread
Hope this helps sorry for any spelling errors I did not check over it because wrote this via my one s and its quite late ;p
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And u only get super su once rooted
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k1llacanon said:
Yea u can update on stock HTC but there is no point personally I don't recommend it if your rooting and going onto a custom Rom no point because developers base their roms around the latest update from HTC and HTC sometimes add stupid things in their updates to make it harder for us to get roms on making phone easier to brick like I'm still on HTC update 1.73 never updated just make sure before put on a custom Rom that you have
Titanium backup and made a backup
Made a nandroid backup this is built into clock work mod (recovery) and your good to go
I never keep my backups on my phone I transfer them to the computer because they can take upto 2gb on phone and that's just nandroid backups
Another reason why you shouldn't update via HTC updates is because you will have to keep changing your ruu for the newer ones and sometimes can be hard to get hold of by staying on the one you have right now just find and download it.and u will never have to change it if anything ever goes wrong like bootloop you can run ruu if less experienced or run adb push a Rom onto phone if you want to learn about that I can send u a link for xda thread
Hope this helps sorry for any spelling errors I did not check over it because wrote this via my one s and its quite late ;p
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And u only get super su once rooted
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"u will never have to change it if anything ever goes wrong like bootloop you can run ruu if less experienced or run adb push a Rom onto phone if you want to learn about that I can send u a link for xda thread" -
Yes please give me the link
And there is a possibility that my phone can stop working because the root/rom/htc ?

When I say stop working u can go into bootloop for example installing wrong boot.IMG or forgetting to install boot.IMG with a Rom erm you very rarely will completely brick your phone I think I've seen one person on xda who completely bricked their phone not 100% tho u will make mistakes one s was my first android I went into bootloop 4times I understand everything now and it is very worth it just don't install radios because if ur new to it and do something wrong I think its perminant brick everything else is bootloop and to get out of it u run ruu , adb push Rom or the easiest one run the nandroid back up u made
I would only use adb when I go into bootloop and If I don't want to go back to stock by running ruu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
When putting a Rom onto the phone easiest way is to connect it to pc via USB put the .zip on there and flash it with cwm
Adb push tut here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
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k1llacanon said:
When I say stop working u can go into bootloop for example installing wrong boot.IMG or forgetting to install boot.IMG with a Rom erm you very rarely will completely brick your phone I think I've seen one person on xda who completely bricked their phone not 100% tho u will make mistakes one s was my first android I went into bootloop 4times I understand everything now and it is very worth it just don't install radios because if ur new to it and do something wrong I think its perminant brick everything else is bootloop and to get out of it u run ruu , adb push Rom or the easiest one run the nandroid back up u made
I would only use adb when I go into bootloop and If I don't want to go back to stock by running ruu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
When putting a Rom onto the phone easiest way is to connect it to pc via USB put the .zip on there and flash it with cwm
Adb push tut here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
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So if my phone will stop working, all I have to do is to use the link that you gave me ? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929)

Re: [Q] Latest RUU?
Yes or u can run the ruu specific to your country and network , or run the nandroid backup u made
Here are the ruu files depending whether you have s4 processor or s3
S4
http://www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/
S3
http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/
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k1llacanon said:
Yeah or run the ruu specific to ur country and network
Or run the nandroid backup u made
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But if my phone will stop working, SO How can I open the ruu/nandroid ?

LalyGirl said:
But if my phone will stop working, SO How can I open the ruu/nandroid ?
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Read post above I editted it... U hold down power for 5sec to do soft reset if u think ur phones still on then hold power and down button and u will enter hboot / bootloader then u navigate to recovery and phone will display some red text with HTC logo and then cwm will launch you click backup and restore then click restore
Ruu is a exe file u run on the computer and u connect ur phone to the computer via USB and to run ruu phne has to be in fastboot which is in.bootloader and I just told u how to access that
This link will help you with ruu and going back to stock
http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...e-your-htc-one-s-back-100-stock-relocked.html
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k1llacanon said:
Yes or u can run the ruu specific to your country and network , or run the nandroid backup u made
Here are the ruu files depending whether you have s4 processor or s3
S4
http://www.filefactory.com/f/cf061f69b5bf7878/
S3
http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/
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IN S4 it's said that I need to download T-Mobile USA RUU file - but I don't have T-MOBILE Device ..

Can u see the thing it says click here if u are not USA its massive red font
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Can u see the thing it says click here if u are not USA its massive red font
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Yeah I saw there now, but I don't know which file to download :X
How could I know? :fingers-crossed:

I don't know what network your phone is or where u live in the world figure it out and make sure u get the right one according to your software information
HTC one s was my first android phone I got it 2wk after it came out 1wk within having it I rooted it using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
I did not ask for any help from any1 and got it done that's that u need to do ive given you way too much help as it is time to figure it out now if ur unsure don't do it but I've given u enough help hopefully othr members agree with me
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I Can't Install A Rom! Help.

Okay so I have just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Precedent Friday running stock 2.2.2 froyo and no updates available... and loved everything I do. I downloaded a rom made for the precedent and named it Update.zip in the root of the sd card and got the Rom Manager app. Then I clicked install rom from SD Card and picked the rom and click wipe Cache and Backup current rom. Then it booted into recovery mode but then the only selections there are Factory Reset, Clear Cache,Reboot Phone, And some other selection saying something about going into a update.zip but when I click I click it, it says Failed and brung me back to the menu. When I watched people boot a rom from the sd using Rom manager non of those selections came up for them. It just installed the rom. And booted. How come I can't do that? Did I do something wrong. If yes someone please tell me the correct way to install a custom rom on the Samsung Galaxy Precedent.

It sounds like you didn't install a custom recovery?
Did you ever install ClockworkMod or TWRP?
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No i have not. I've tried to install cwm but never understood it and could not do it. I do not have access to a computer so can you please tell me how to do this without a computer?? Thanks

Honestly, I would tell you to read up and understand it before you do anything else. Flashing ROMs is something that can leave your phone a lifeless brick that you can't even turn on. I feel like if you don't understand what you're doing, it's like telling you how to change a capacitor in a PSU, but not how to avoid being shocked by enough to kill you.
You can install CWM using ROM manager and TWRP with goo manager. Most people who have tried both like TWRP better. I'd suggest you read up on both and pick for yourself.
Bricking will cost you a minimum of JTAG repair costs - and that's if someone knows how and will do it for your phone model. They might not. O'er than that, you have to get a new phone.
Not trying to be a raincloud - but just to warn you that it's a bad idea to jump into a shark tank without some protection.
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Isn't there a way I can backup my current rom so that if it does brick my phone I can get my phone fixed??

Yes and no.
If you install a custom recovery you can make a backup, yeah - but you can only restore that if you're, well... Able to. You can brick the phone, like I said - to the point it won't even turn on. A backup won't help if you can't even turn the phone on.
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Well what roms are out there for the Precedent or even Samsung Galaxy Collection that ur for sure won't do any harm to your phone?

There really is no "for sure".
Please just do a littke reading and learning and you'll understand what you're doing and the process and how you might choose a ROM (I don't know how popular your phone is or was so you'll need to find out if there are even people doing custom work for it). We can't spoon-feed this to you - there's a quote from Jurassic Park about the danger of trying to stand on the shoulders of giants.
This is like learning to drive a car. Once you know how, you can drive all kinds of cars pretty well - but you need to put in that initial time to learn or it's dangerous.
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Clean up

Cleaning up without losing root. Don't say factory reset.lol
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Wanna try be a bit more specific?
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I would like to have the phone like I did when I first rooted it. Without losing root. I don't wanna delete any needed files
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Basically you can't. The best way to do 'clean up' would be to run an RUU and format the sd card (backing up important files first). Yes, running an RUU causes you to lose root, but contrary to popular belief root isn't the most important factor. Your unlocked bootloader (which is far more important) survives the RUU process, which means all you do afterwards is flash TWRP and flash root (or a rooted ROM), and voila.
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Cuz I know on my inspire I can just take the SD card out and format everything without losing root. With the one x,since its all integrated, I can't do that. I'm trying to explain but can't word it right. Hehe
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OK. Ty Tim. U been a good help
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How was your holidays? Mine was hectic lol. How do I go about doing what u suggested?
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Sorry to bother u. But u seem to be the best candidate to help me
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The first thing you want to do is backup anything that's on your sd card that's important to you. Just mount it to your PC and copy important files across. Next is the RUU, but you'll need s-off for this so if you don't already have it, get it now. If you have s-off just download the 3.18 RUU, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and run the RUU exe program in Windows, simple as that. You just need to make sure no other programs are running, make sure HTC Sync Manager is uninstalled (leave drivers installed though), and make sure screen saver/hibernation is turned off. Once the RUU is complete it's just a matter of flashing TWRP recovery again, if you need directions for that just click the How-To Guide For Beginners link in my signature.
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OK. Thanks
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Oops..yea..I am s off
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I even backed up my freshly rooted device a while back. That's what I'm on now
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Ok. All you need to do is what I said before.
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OK. I backed up my stuff. I'm gonna give this a shot soon. Thanks
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I even thought about just deleting those big old back ups to gain some space. That's all I'm really shooting for. But I will heed your advice for the ruu.
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Edit - Deleted..I thought you said Infuse, I see that you said Inspire. Sorry about that...

No problem. U having issue with your device? I had QN infuse butci broke screen by dropping a coffee cup on it. Haha
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chrisb906 said:
No problem. U having issue with your device? I had QN infuse butci broke screen by dropping a coffee cup on it. Haha
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No, I worked on a friend's Infuse and I know a lot about that phone. There are some differences I was going to point out and recommend some things.

Oh. OK.
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You haven't really been clear on what you want. Do yourself and all of us a favor, and just slow down and explain it in a thorough and specific manner, not just 1-2 sentence responses.
A couple different approaches to clean things up:
1) Do you just want to clear up some space in SD storage? Then yes, if you have multiple TWRP backups on the phone, just move them to your computer. You really only need one nandroid on the SD (recent and known good configuration).
There are a lot of other files that can take up a lot of space and potentially be cleaned up "manually". Some examples are ROM zip files (don't need them after you have flashed the ROM), pics and videos, etc. Just copy whatever you want to keep to your computer, and delete them from the SD.
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chrisb906 said:
Cleaning up without losing root. Don't say factory reset.lol
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I'm not sure you know what "factory reset' actually means. Its a bit of a misnomer. All it does is wipe the user data (/data) partition. The current ROM is retained, as is root, bootloader unlock, etc. It also does not touch the "virtual" SD (including your nandroids), although you should back them up to your computer beforehand anyway, just to be safe.
If you want to wipe the phone, but keep the ROM, then a factory reset is exactly what you want (then re-setup the phone, apps, etc.). One approach might be to backup any personal data (nandroid, Titanium backup files, photos) to your computer, then use TWRP to wipe the SD and factory reset, then move your files back to your SD and setup the phone again as you like.
Whatever you do, don't factory reset in bootloader, as a known bug on modded phones means that this will corrupt the SD. So you will not only lose any data on the SD, but also have to reformat it in order to fix the corruption.