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Does partial root deletes data?

Im thinking on rooting my htc wildfire but i want to back up my app data so here is my question does partial root deletes data? so i can back up with my back up or titanium then do a full root

afaik rooting does not delete any data. you're better off doing a permanent root then backing up your data rather than doing only a temporary root

does afaik works on htc wildfire?
ps. cant seem to find afaik is that an abbreviation?

afaik = as far as i know
and about rooting your phone, heres a guide for your phone (using unrevoked):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788776
if you have any questions on your phone, refer to the wildfire forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=678
everything from rooting to custom roms to themes can be found in that link

[Q] Question before rooting

I'm getting ready to root my phone, but one thing I haven't been able to figure out is what is the best way to make an image of my stock rom on the AT&T Nexus S before using a tool that's going to delete all my data?
I would really like to make a full system image so that if anything goes wrong, I can flash it back to where it is before the root takes place. Is this possible? Is there a guide out there that I just haven't seen?
Thanks

VillainousVivi said:
I'm getting ready to root my phone, but one thing I haven't been able to figure out is what is the best way to make an image of my stock rom on the AT&T Nexus S before using a tool that's going to delete all my data?
I would really like to make a full system image so that if anything goes wrong, I can flash it back to where it is before the root takes place. Is this possible? Is there a guide out there that I just haven't seen?
Thanks
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i hate saying this, but its true. this should go into the Q&A section, not into development. anyways, i think that you need root for that. but if there is a way, i think that it would be through adb.

Not a problem, if a mod can move it, that'd be great. I thought that a backup before making modifications would fall under the realm of development. After all, without a good backup, I wouldn't want to make too many changes

VillainousVivi said:
Not a problem, if a mod can move it, that'd be great. I thought that a backup before making modifications would fall under the realm of development. After all, without a good backup, I wouldn't want to make too many changes
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what you want is to perform a nandroid backup, and you can do that through a custom recovery. you either need to unlock your bootloader for that(which wipes your phone and sd storage) or you can search how to root without unlocking the bootloader, root it, and use rom manager to flash a recovery/perform a nandroid backup without wiping but getting root.

Just use my back up pro to back up whatever that app will allow. Then copy over all your SDCard contents to your computer....Google takes care of contacts and apps....
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[Q] Backup apps an keeping data between ROM Flashes

Hi,
Being fairly new to the sensation and with the wide choice of ROMs that have been developed, I am keen to try a few of them out.
However after installing Titanium Backup it says unable to acquire root privileges (this is after flashing ARHD), I was under the impression that ROMs came rooted? This also happened after i had rooted following the guide in the development section. Anyway im back to stock ROM for the moment but i am just wondering how i can back everything up on the stock ROM for when i next decide to flash say InsertCoin or any other ROM?
Thanks

Titanium backup is the way to go. It saves all your data so its like nothing is missing. Try reinstalling it, and make sure you have superuser in your app bin.
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Titanium back up keeps your apps and info in the apps... You could also do a Nandroid back up done from the boot menu but i will go back to whatever rom you had at the time of back up and put all the info back where it belongs

Ok thanks, do i need to be rooted or just S-Off to use Titanium Backup? Does it not get removed when you do a super wipe?
Thanks

I thought it was going to be a dumb question if I asked if you had S-off but yes you need S-off cause that I believe is the security to let titanuim back up super user permissions so get the s-off and you should be fine

ok thanks a lot for the help, i shall give it a try!

[Q] Backup strategy?

Hi everyone!
I was wondering if someone could please advise me on how to backup my data so I can root my phone.
I have a Nexus S with stock Android 4.1.1, tons of apps and configurations, etc.
I want to root my phone, but I'm not necessarily (for now) going to install any custom rom. I just want some extra access, and ability to install root apps (one of them is Titanium Backup!)
Most of the posts here about backups are centered on people who switch roms often and are concerned with frequent and complex backup/restores.
I just want a safe and thorough ONE time backup procedure so I can save everything, root the phone (which I believe requires deleting everything), and get it back to the exact state where it was (except now it's rooted).
Basically, I need Titanium Backup to backup, so I can root the phone, but a rooted phone is a requirement for Titanium Backup, so I am stuck!
I know my Google account info will transfer easily (contacts, mail, calendar), what about the rest of the stuff: launcher options and screens, third party apps, etc? How can I back it up?
Thanks in advance!

You will just follow the same procedure that those other people you described would. It's exactly the same.
You don't have to wipe your phone to root it - so just follow a rooting guide and install a custom recovery if that's what you want.
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Pennycake said:
You will just follow the same procedure that those other people you described would. It's exactly the same.
You don't have to wipe your phone to root it - so just follow a rooting guide and install a custom recovery if that's what you want.
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Thank you for your help.
I'm afraid I am new to all this and I still get a bit confused with some of the concepts...
If you say I don't have to wipe my phone to root it, then that's what I want to try next, it sounds like what I need.
I have seen several guides that clearly state rooting will wipe all data from the phone (like this one: http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/17/how-to-root-the-samsung-nexus-s/ , see item I-2).
Is this one a good option, should I complete all steps in the first post here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875875
Thanks!

I've never had that phone, so I can't say for sure - but that xda link looks like what you need. I'd read through the thread a bit, see what people are saying - if they had any issues with data loss or anything.
I'd back-up what you can no matter what.
Not sure if you'll have to unlock the bootloader in order to do that first step in the link - so it's possible you'll have to lose data, I don't know - I've never had a phone where the bootloader needed to be unlocked before anything else. I did have to wipe a phone before, and though it was a pain, it was worth it since I only had to do it once - after that it was all set and barring major trouble, would be backed-up and fine.
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Question Cannot restore app data

Hi all,
I just got my Pixel 7 Pro few hours ago and I'm followed the instruction to copy my app and data from my Pixel 4. But it seems that some apps are not restored and some are restored but no data.
Is there anyone who can recommend a tool to backup data on my Pixel 4 and then restore them on Pixel 7 Pro (I would like to avoid to root it)? I should be able to find the APK to re-install some of the apps.
I tried Helium (Carbon) (I used it many years ago) but some apps cannot be backup (Helium says "not allowed").
Thanks a lot,
Axello

If the apps you are trying to restore are 32bit apps they will not restore, or work any longer.

jaseman said:
If the apps you are trying to restore are 32bit apps they will not restore, or work any longer.
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Thanks Jaseman.
Since I moved from my Pixel 4, I assumed my apps are not 32-bit.
I'm more interested to find a way to backup the data from my Pixel 4 to restore in my Pixel 7 Pro. Any idea?

axello said:
Thanks Jaseman.
Since I moved from my Pixel 4, I assumed my apps are not 32-bit.
I'm more interested to find a way to backup the data from my Pixel 4 to restore in my Pixel 7 Pro. Any idea?
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axello said:
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Is there anyone who can recommend a tool to backup data on my Pixel 4 and then restore them on Pixel 7 Pro (I would like to avoid to root it)? I should be able to find the APK to re-install some of the apps.
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Thanks a lot,
Axello
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Usually, as a rule of thumb, you need to be able to root both devices in order to transfer the data part of backups....
I could be wrong here; but isn't there ways to install apps through adb and/or backup and restore through adb? Maybe someone else out there can help....
You could always unlock bootloader, root, transfer apk's and data, then unroot and even re-lock bootloader (I do NOT recommend doing this last part as many people have bricked their device doing so unnecessarily...)...
If you do go that route, a lot of people are using Swift Backup with almost complete success and/or I saw a couple of people still using Migrate....
I personally haven't had issues with Swift, but I transferred most everything through the cord; but on the select times I used them for apps that didn't come from the Play Store, it worked perfectly...

simplepinoi177 said:
Usually, as a rule of thumb, you need to be able to root both devices in order to transfer the data part of backups....
I could be wrong here; but isn't there ways to install apps through adb and/or backup and restore through adb? Maybe someone else out there can help....
You could always unlock bootloader, root, transfer apk's and data, then unroot and even re-lock bootloader (I do NOT recommend doing this last part as many people have bricked their device doing so unnecessarily...)...
If you do go that route, a lot of people are using Swift Backup with almost complete success and/or I saw a couple of people still using Migrate....
I personally haven't had issues with Swift, but I transferred most everything through the cord; but on the select times I used them for apps that didn't come from the Play Store, it worked perfectly...
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Thanks Simplepinoi177,
I have never root my phones and I'm worried to do something wrong and break it.
I'll see if I need to setup these so one by one except if there is anyone else with another suggestion.
Axello

Is root easy/safe?
Would Google updates still be pushed on the phone without issue?
I think I saw some post about root, I'll go read them but I'm still concern I am not knowledgeable enough to do it...

axello said:
Is root easy/safe?
Would Google updates still be pushed on the phone without issue?
I think I saw some post about root, I'll go read them but I'm still concern I am not knowledgeable enough to do it...
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I would say that basic rooting is relatively safe; in most cases if all else fails, you can simply load up bootloader mode and flash the stock factory image to restore your phone. Unless you are installing custom ROMs, kernels, or modded Magisk or some modules, you should be safe as attempting to apply those things (instead of merely just having root access) is what has a higher risk of bricking/bootloops where you can't access recovery or bootloader mode.
But I just realized that you are attempting to transfer data from a Pixel 4. In order to root the Pixel 4 to get access to the app data, you would have to unlock the bootloader which factory resets the phone -- so the point is rendered moot and goes against the whole point.
So, I guess I don't have anything else to suggest as having root access seems to be the only real way of accessing and transferring/backing-up app data.
Again, you might ask someone more knowledgeable if it's possible to use the adb commands to backup and restore apps with their data....

simplepinoi177 said:
I would say that basic rooting is relatively safe; in most cases if all else fails, you can simply load up bootloader mode and flash the stock factory image to restore your phone. Unless you are installing custom ROMs, kernels, or modded Magisk or some modules, you should be safe as attempting to apply those things (instead of merely just having root access) is what has a higher risk of bricking/bootloops where you can't access recovery or bootloader mode.
But I just realized that you are attempting to transfer data from a Pixel 4. In order to root the Pixel 4 to get access to the app data, you would have to unlock the bootloader which factory resets the phone -- so the point is rendered moot and goes against the whole point.
So, I guess I don't have anything else to suggest as having root access seems to be the only real way of accessing and transferring/backing-up app data.
Again, you might ask someone more knowledgeable if it's possible to use the adb commands to backup and restore apps with their data....
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Thanks a lot for your help, greatly appreciated.
Yes, maybe there is not much choice then. One of the problem is an app that didn't get the data transferred and I cannot login anymore (company has bankrupted)