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[Q] I have a couple of important questions

I'm new to this whole rooting thing and I just rooted my G2 last night because I wanted to do more, now I have a couple of questions.
1. How can I use a different ROM and bring all my current apps, data, contacts etc. to that rom?
2. Which folders are unnecessary on my phone?
3. Should I delete all the rooting materials after I'm finished?
I'm still using the stock OS with setcpu overclocked but I want to test a new ROM. Somehelp help me :/

I would first create a NANDROID backup of your current ROM using ClockWorkMod Recovery. Then I would download Titanium Backup (Pro) and create a backup of your USER apps/data only. It's not safe to try to restore system apps/data after flashing a different ROM. But user apps/data can be easily restored via TB after you flash your custom ROM. Contacts are synced up with Google, so you don't need to worry about them... they'll return as soon as you sign in with your Google account.
When you say folders on your phone, do you mean on your SD card? That's really up to you.
In terms of ROMs, I'm loving CyanogenMod v7.1.0. But ROMs are all personal preference. If you need more help with any of these things, there are awesome guides all over XDA. Good luck.

gkenga said:
3. Should I delete all the rooting materials after I'm finished?
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Definitely not on this one. If you happen to screw up your system and have to reinstall your ROM, you have it still on your SD card. ROMS generally only take up about 50-300MB on your card and if you have a large card, it shouldn't be an issue unless you download every ROM known to man.

But for some reason, every time I reboot PyroMod it bootloops me for what I don't know -____-

Im using TastyGinger on my G2.. Tried a few roms from eclair to gb and most of the time I need to reinstall my apps.. i tried using TB to bacup my apps.. but when i tried and restore after flashing new roms, tb gave me an error.. so i decided to hv this perception everytime i wanna flash a new rom, i must start from scratch..

gkenga said:
I'm new to this whole rooting thing and I just rooted my G2 last night because I wanted to do more, now I have a couple of questions.
1. How can I use a different ROM and bring all my current apps, data, contacts etc. to that rom?
2. Which folders are unnecessary on my phone?
3. Should I delete all the rooting materials after I'm finished?
I'm still using the stock OS with setcpu overclocked but I want to test a new ROM. Somehelp help me :/
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1.Just back up all your current application and system data with titanium backup, then restore after u flash that rom. its doesnt matter how many time u change rom coz data that u backup in -titanium backup folder- untouch. for contact i recommend u save to google. 3.its up to you man.

Thanks man, I'll be sure to avoid that

[Q] Way of creating a backup of apps/settings while flashing ROMs

as you can see in my sig, i'm currently on virtuous sensation. it is my first custom rom on an android device ever, so please apologize my (maybe stupid) question(s). of course sensation is also my first android device
when i was coming from stock rom to virtuous, i obv lost all my apps, settings and stuff like that.. of course i performed a nand backup in cmr, but this one obv didn't help to restore apps and stuff like that.
i want to switch to another custom rom now, it is anroid revolution hd 3.0.3. which way of backup would you recommend to me?
should i just use titanium backup, go to batch processing and select "backup all user apps (48)" or maybe "backup all user apps and system data (218)" (i hope you understand, language at my device is german so i translated)? i just don't want to search all the apps again in the market, doing a little bit of configuration to the phone is ok..
or does somebody know a better way? i'm thankful for every hint, how-to or just opinion on that point!

Titanium Backup is the recommended method by most users so just go with that

EddyOS said:
Titanium Backup is the recommended method by most users so just go with that
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yeah, got that one already as you can see in my post. main question is about the way to backup, which point should i chose in the batch processing area. on the one side i want to backup as much as i can, on the other side i want the new rom to run as stable as possible.

[Q] Need some help installing revolver please

Ok so I have mt TF rooted, CWM with backup done, I have the revolver rom on sd so do I need to do anything special like clear caches or anything and will I lose any of my installed games or apps ? I read that on Android rev hd you have to use super wipe lite and was wondering if you have to do that with revolver.
My tablet is brand new 3.2 HC but I do have some games and stuff I dont want to lose.
Thanks for your help.

I did not clear stuff for the first time, but it is recommended - and yes, if you wipe the system you'll lose your apps, but not what's on the internal memory (/mnt/sdcard)

As davebugyi said, it is not 100% required, but strongly recommended (you could run into issues if you don't do it) if you change roms. By that I mean switch between different roms, not just update your current one. I always do it when changing roms, using the CWM clear/wipe feature is usually sufficient (unless the ROM developer says otherwise in the intall instructions).
If you want to persist apps and app data, you can try one of the backup tools such as Titanium backup. I havent tried it yet with this device though..

Titanium backup
I use titanium backup to backup apps+data then do a complete wipe. Install revelover then restore titanium backup and all your files/games etc are restored.

Thanks Guys
I will do a backup with what you recommended and wipe then install. I just hope this revolver rom is worth it. Seems like everytime you look on the forum someone post a new rom.

best rom
The revolver rom is the best. One of it's features is when you click on the history icon it gives a list of history but they have a little red x in the top corner of each. Clicking the x closes the history for that screen. Keeps yout TF clean and fast. Other roms do not have that facility.
Enjoy

[Q] Is it possible to backup settings and data before custom rom?

Good morning to everyone.
I have a stock One S, but now the S-off is possible, I would like to install a custom rom.
My question is: after rooting the phone and before installing the custom rom, is there a way to save\backup all the settings\achievements of the apps and system programs that I used in these 6 months?
Thanks in advance

Alan Slade said:
Good morning to everyone.
I have a stock One S, but now the S-off is possible, I would like to install a custom rom.
My question is: after rooting the phone and before installing the custom rom, is there a way to save\backup all the settings\achievements of the apps and system programs that I used in these 6 months?
Thanks in advance
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Yes it is possible. I used an app called Carbon (free in Play Store) to backup my apps and their data. Carbon also has a feature to backup sms and call log but for me it messed up received times and dates of my messages. So use some other app to backup those... That might have been fixed in newer versions though. Be careful with system app backups especially if you plan to go to an AOSP based rom. They might cause problems in your new rom.
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Titanium Backup as well. Not easy for newbies, but choose backup -> backup all systemdata, then uncheck all and check those with the titanium icon. A backup of data/app with all your apps and settings is a standard function of titanium.
You can see an example on the attached pic.

Keep in mind that unlocking bootloader erases all your apps and their data (mass storage stays untouched). So your data will be erased before you can root your phone. Carbon works on stock unrooted phones as well as it's basically the same as doing an adb backup from your pc. Titanium is way better when you get your phone rooted...
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zaak00 said:
Yes it is possible. I used an app called Carbon (free in Play Store) to backup my apps and their data. Carbon also has a feature to backup sms and call log but for me it messed up received times and dates of my messages. So use some other app to backup those... That might have been fixed in newer versions though. Be careful with system app backups especially if you plan to go to an AOSP based rom. They might cause problems in your new rom.
Sent from my One S. Hit thanks if I helped
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I don't know what an AOSP based rom is, but I wanted to try the ViperOnesS because I don't want to lose the Sense.
With my previous Nokia I was used to backup everything[/U ]with a simple click, using the Nokia Pc Suite.
With this Carbon app do you think I'll be able to do the same thing?
Thanks guys.
So I have to download Carbon and save all the system settings?
I have some applications on the phone memory, and others in the internal storage. Is it a problem?

Alan Slade said:
I don't know what an AOSP based rom is, but I wanted to try the ViperOnesS because I don't want to lose the Sense.
With my previous Nokia I was used to backup everything[/U ]with a simple click, using the Nokia Pc Suite.
With this Carbon app do you think I'll be able to do the same thing?
Thanks guys.
So I have to download Carbon and save all the system settings?
I have some applications on the phone memory, and others in the internal storage. Is it a problem?
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Carbon let's you select the apps that you want to backup. And I believe it also has an option to select everything at once... When you have your custom rom up and running you can then either restore everything from the backup or restore only the apps that you want. Apps being in phone/internal memory shouldn't matter.
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zaak00 said:
Apps being in phone/internal memory shouldn't matter.
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But when I install a new rom, they will be erased, right?

Alan Slade said:
But when I install a new rom, they will be erased, right?
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Yes. When you flash a new rom it is usually required to do a factory reset (meaning erase your personal apps and data). That's where backup apps come in handy. When in custom rom, install the backup app (Carbon or Titanium) and it will see backups of your apps and let's you restore them.
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Yes, but its advised to not restore system data due differences in frameworks,etc.

/user Partition Recovery ( on new rom )

hi all,
we have rooted apps where by we can backup different partition , ( eg , /user /system / recovery )
my question is if i have a phone say phone wtih stock rooted rom and i backed up its /user partition ( which have all the apps data ) and then full wipe the phone install a new custom rom and then i copy via root browser /user partition details back on new rom ( which was actually extrated from Stock rooted rom )
will i get the same state of apps on new custom rom as it was before i formatted ( full wipe ) the old rom ( stock rooted rom )
WHy i want to do it , is as follow s
i have stock rooted rom with call and SMS records since i started the phone 8 months back i dont want to loose all those details ( SMS and Call records ) i know there are apps to back and restore this info (smsbackup etc ) , but i just wanna do it my way not using any 3rd party app and command prompt or root browser
devs or any one who have knowledge about this please advise if its doable or not , so that i can initiate the testing at my won , i am also interested to write a script for same via adb what are my chances for doing so.

Depends on the rom. If it's stock based, then maybe. Otherwise no. Reason for this is that data and settings for system apps is in that partition too.
It's better to backup apps and userdata with titanium or similar, and then restore on a new rom.
We don't want bootloop and fc's
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pintspin said:
hi all,
we have rooted apps where by we can backup different partition , ( eg , /user /system / recovery )
my question is if i have a phone say phone wtih stock rooted rom and i backed up its /user partition ( which have all the apps data ) and then full wipe the phone install a new custom rom and then i copy via root browser /user partition details back on new rom ( which was actually extrated from Stock rooted rom )
will i get the same state of apps on new custom rom as it was before i formatted ( full wipe ) the old rom ( stock rooted rom )
WHy i want to do it , is as follow s
i have stock rooted rom with call and SMS records since i started the phone 8 months back i dont want to loose all those details ( SMS and Call records ) i know there are apps to back and restore this info (smsbackup etc ) , but i just wanna do it my way not using any 3rd party app and command prompt or root browser
devs or any one who have knowledge about this please advise if its doable or not , so that i can initiate the testing at my won , i am also interested to write a script for same via adb what are my chances for doing so.
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Data saved from one ROM usually causes conflicts when restoring that data in another ROM. You can't just pull the whole /data partition from one ROM and then push the whole partition to another ROM, it doesn't work that way.
Instead of doing what you're asking about. Use Titanium Backup to backup your user apps and app data, then flash your ROM then use Titanium Backup to restore the user apps and app data that you backed up.
This is the method used by most android users.
There is also the "adb backup" method of backing up data and restoring it. It should work to backup user apps and app data and restoring those apps and app data.
There is no purpose to trying the way you're trying, you'll just make a mess and much better and safer methods already exist.
Why ask the smart people for a different way when the way I described is how the smart people do it? If another way was better then that is how they would be doing it. What I posted are the best methods, use them, they work very well.
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Thanks your response was great help , although i am not new to club but new to learning and devlopment of roms and partitions , hardware etc.

pintspin said:
Thanks your response was great help , although i am not new to club but new to learning and devlopment of roms and partitions , hardware etc.
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Android doesn't like it's partitions messed with too much and it doesn't like things that are from a different OS or even a different android version sometimes. Mixing data can cause issues, even the safe way of backing up and restoring doesn't always work.
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