I've been running the Sense Stock Rom rooted ever since I got my HTC M8. I want to bring everything over to a Google Play Edition(GPE) Rom. If you have any information/answer to any of my questions, feel free to answer them and I'll send you a XDA thank you!
1. I use HTC Messages and I can back them up, but Hangout's wont let me restore them.. Any way to install HTC Messages on GPE? I know some HTC apps can be downloaded onto GPE, but I don't believe HTC Messages is one of them, is their an app; Hangouts? GoSMS? That would allow me to restore my messages from HTC Messages?
2. Sense lets you change your font. I have a very specific FlipFont from the 50 free pack 7 that I want to use. I downloaded a GPE Rom to play around with, and I came across an app called Font Installer, but I could only get it to work with preloaded fonts, and it wouldn't load the FlipFont that I want to use, is their a different app i could use to load a particular font?
3. What is the best way to back up my contacts? I have over 250, but my SIM card can only save 100 of them. (I know, First world problems.) Would Verizon back up be the way to go?
App and app data i can back up using Titanium backup. I'll make a Nandroid before I fully take the plunge. But yeah, basically, what's the best way to have a seamless transfer/transition from a Sense Stock Rom to a Google Play Edition Rom?
Honestly in my experience, a partially themed stock sense ROM (to look like GPE) is going to be a better experience. The GPE ROM has a lot of issues right now, the big one being it thinks its roaming. Apparently its really hard to fix too. There's an xposed mod which makes the system think it isn't roaming which negates many of the issues this would cause, but then if you're actually roaming you might have problems.
But, to answer your questions...
1. You can't install HTC Messages on GPE. You can backup your texts using an app called SMS Backup and Restore which is globally compatible.
2. You might have to install them on the system level manually. I don't have too much experience in this.
3. Sync them with a google account. This is the best form of contact backup.
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Div033 said:
Honestly in my experience, a partially themed stock sense ROM (to look like GPE) is going to be a better experience. The GPE ROM has a lot of issues right now, the big one being it thinks its roaming. Apparently its really hard to fix too. There's an xposed mod which makes the system think it isn't roaming which negates many of the issues this would cause, but then if you're actually roaming you might have problems.
But, to answer your questions...
1. You can't install HTC Messages on GPE. You can backup your texts using an app called SMS Backup and Restore which is globally compatible.
2. You might have to install them on the system level manually. I don't have too much experience in this.
3. Sync them with a google account. This is the best form of contact backup.
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Roaming issue is fixed with the latest update. The GPE is almost perfect now..... Very stable.....
Restore messages with sms backup stuff.
Contacts "should" be backed up through google.
Fonts, I'm not sure. In the aroma installer for DH's GPE there is 2 font choices. Besides that... Not really sure.. OP, give it a shot. Make a nandroid and flash ????? let the inner crack flash come out in us all.
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I have Handcent installed... I like it a bit better because it doesn't chug like the default SMS app we have installed, not to mention I have some people blacklisted that I don't want showing up. How can I remove the stock SMS program while only keeping Handcent? Also, if someone could post a backup of the default SMS apk that would be great.
Could we even install just the stock android apk in lieu of what we go preinstalled with our phone? I'm really sick of the chugging some apps experience on this phone. It really shows a lack of care when making the applications.
I am no expert here, but I believe removing the HTC messaging app will cause problems. The OS tries to call it into memory when the phone boots, so if you remove it, Sense will keep calling it in a loop, and run your battery down. It might be possible to replace it with the vanilla android SMS app, but I think you might need to get in and tinker with the ROM to correct for differences between them(name, location, services etc.).
Your safest bet is going to be to wait until a ROM you like comes around and flash it. You should be able to install and use whichever messaging app you wish if the ROM is cooked well.
Does anyone have the stock SMS app from android? Non HTC?
Okay, so my Droid X has been rooted for about a month now and I've been going happy-go-lucky with deleting bloatware off of my device. Thusfar I believe I've uninstalled the following: Amazon MP3 player, City ID, Kindle, News, News and Weather, Weather, Terminal Emulator, My Verizon Mobile, Skype, VZ Navigator, and Visual Voicemail. My first two issues relate to this.
#1- I went to Titanium Backup the other day I noticed as I was scrolling up and down the list that contactsunconnected.apk was frozen. I only have the free version of Titanium Backup so I don't even have the capability to freeze apps, so this baffled me. Anyway, when I noticed it I unfroze it and went along my merry way. When I restarted my phone afterward I noticed it was frozen again. I found out that it re-freezes it every time that I restart the phone. So...what the heck does that file even do? And is it okay to leave it frozen? Or should I unfreeze it ever time?
#2- AFTER I'd uninstalled all these apps I happened to be browsing some forums and I was reading that it wasn't a good idea to uninstall these apps, but rather..."freeze" or "rename" the apps so they wouldn't run, but they would still be accessible later on. I read the reason for them needing to be accessible is that if you wanna receive an update (like Gingerbread) in the future you still have to have ALL the bloatware that came stock with the phone. How difficult is it to get this bloatware back? Does anyone have a link to these files?
#3- This is slightly unrelated to the other two issues, but how do you guys feel about the stock Droid X file manager vs Astro File manager? I refuse to be redundant and have two apps that are so similar, but I've noticed that each one has some different strengths that the other doesn't. I really wanna get rid of one, but I'm not sure which one yet. Any suggestions?
#4- The only custom ROM I've tried on my phone was Fission and I was very unhappy. I mean, the ROM looked cool and ran smoothly, but not all my apps carried over. I want a ROM that carries over 100% of my apps. Any suggestions?
#5- How do I go about overclocking my device? And what is the max that I can SAFELY overclock my device at?
Anyway, if you guys can help me with any of these 5 issues that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Okay, so my Droid X has been rooted for about a month now and I've been going happy-go-lucky with deleting bloatware off of my device. Thusfar I believe I've uninstalled the following: Amazon MP3 player, City ID, Kindle, News, News and Weather, Weather, Terminal Emulator, My Verizon Mobile, Skype, VZ Navigator, and Visual Voicemail. My first two issues relate to this.
#3- This is slightly unrelated to the other two issues, but how do you guys feel about the stock Droid X file manager vs Astro File manager? I refuse to be redundant and have two apps that are so similar, but I've noticed that each one has some different strengths that the other doesn't. I really wanna get rid of one, but I'm not sure which one yet. Any suggestions?
#4- The only custom ROM I've tried on my phone was Fission and I was very unhappy. I mean, the ROM looked cool and ran smoothly, but not all my apps carried over. I want a ROM that carries over 100% of my apps. Any suggestions?
#5- How do I go about overclocking my device? And what is the max that I can SAFELY overclock my device at?
Anyway, if you guys can help me with any of these 5 issues that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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3. I used to use astro, but once I got my droid 2 and titanium backup, there didn't seem much of a point to having astro any more.
4. What are 'your apps'? What do you mean by 'carries over'? If they came with the x, then they might rely on blur. If you downloaded them from the market, then they should work fine in fission. Either way, no custom rom will have everything you want, and moto roms will have more than you want.
5. There's a thread all about this in the droid x forums.
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#1 and #2- Do you have any info about these issues?
#3- I see your point. With the built in file manager and Titanium I suppose Astro is useless.
#4- I understand that some of the motorola stuff won't carry over, but some things that I installed from the market didn't carry over. Clockwork Mod was one of those and I had to redownload it just to be able to flash back to stock. Also, some of the other stock apps like Gmail, Email, and Messaging that I DO like didn't carry over. It was frustrating.
#5- Can you give me a link to this?
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#1 and #2- Do you have any info about these issues?
#3- I see your point. With the built in file manager and Titanium I suppose Astro is useless.
#4- I understand that some of the motorola stuff won't carry over, but some things that I installed from the market didn't carry over. Clockwork Mod was one of those and I had to redownload it just to be able to flash back to stock. Also, some of the other stock apps like Gmail, Email, and Messaging that I DO like didn't carry over. It was frustrating.
#5- Can you give me a link to this?
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Not sure about number one at all, I never use that function in titanium.
Likewise, for number two, I'm always running a custom rom, so I never have to worry about that.
5 - followed a link from the d2 forum to the original work done for droid x:
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/201920-droid-x-2-2-overclock-kernel-module-w-instructions.html
I'm a HUGE fan of MIUI.
No 4g. we all know that.
Miui.us is currently testing a build w/ wimax working and I'm sitting on my hands waiting for that..
In the meantime, I sometimes have a need to tether. SOMETIMES - i want to do it on 4g.
I want to have a backup nandroid of a CM mod to do this, as well as some other things (like *#*#gpsclrx#*#* which fixes all my gps problems in an instant).
Going w/ gummy as it comes w/ a file explorer and terminal emulator by default.
Heres my question: when I'm in this ROM I want NOTHING syncing.
Sure, google is easy - don't add the account.
However, I want to avoid say getting text messages while I'm tethering. It MIGHT be important enough that I DON"T want to lose it after going back to current ROM.
Is this possible? Can I still somehow get mobile 4g but not receive SMS? (I'm alright w/ calls not going through as well).
Of course, this all becomes mute when the wimax version is released or some amazingly awesome feature comes out on a regular AOSP or CM based ROM (or sense I guess but wtf runs sense on a nexus? lol)
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I'm a HUGE fan of MIUI.
No 4g. we all know that.
Miui.us is currently testing a build w/ wimax working and I'm sitting on my hands waiting for that..
In the meantime, I sometimes have a need to tether. SOMETIMES - i want to do it on 4g.
I want to have a backup nandroid of a CM mod to do this, as well as some other things (like *#*#gpsclrx#*#* which fixes all my gps problems in an instant).
Going w/ gummy as it comes w/ a file explorer and terminal emulator by default.
Heres my question: when I'm in this ROM I want NOTHING syncing.
Sure, google is easy - don't add the account.
However, I want to avoid say getting text messages while I'm tethering. It MIGHT be important enough that I DON"T want to lose it after going back to current ROM.
Is this possible? Can I still somehow get mobile 4g but not receive SMS? (I'm alright w/ calls not going through as well).
Of course, this all becomes mute when the wimax version is released or some amazingly awesome feature comes out on a regular AOSP or CM based ROM (or sense I guess but wtf runs sense on a nexus? lol)
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use titanium to backup any sms that come in or use this app to back them up and restore once you go back: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&hl=en
My experience has been that SMS restore apps wipe the existing messages and sometimes restore in wrong order. Would render restoring the few texts more damaging than not.
Do you know is this does?
Also I've never used titanium for text.what do you backup? Messaging app data? Go SMS data?
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My experience has been that SMS restore apps wipe the existing messages and sometimes restore in wrong order. Would render restoring the few texts more damaging than not.
Do you know is this does?
Also I've never used titanium for text.what do you backup? Messaging app data? Go SMS data?
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SMS backup that I linked is awesome, it doesnt overwrite (ie: delete existing) and it detects dupes as well. the one caveat is that it does not restore MMS, but it does back them up, so at least they are in email.
you also want to check all the backup and restore settings before you do anything. one thing you can do is take a nandroid backup, backup via SMS backup, wipe data, and restore through SMS backup to see what you get. you can always restore your nandroid if it doesnt work.
in TB, yeah if you go to the backup tab/button, i think its listed as [SMS/MMS] prefs or something like that.
I've never used Titanium Backup before but I keep hearing that it's quite the amazing app. I was wondering what the best (safest) practice would be to use this if I'm going to be trying out new roms frequently.
Should I back up user apps or system or both? Or should I be even more selective? I'm just trying to be cautious because I don't want to back something up from one rom that would conflict with something from a different rom.
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I've never used Titanium Backup before but I keep hearing that it's quite the amazing app. I was wondering what the best (safest) practice would be to use this if I'm going to be trying out new roms frequently.
Should I back up user apps or system or both? Or should I be even more selective? I'm just trying to be cautious because I don't want to back something up from one rom that would conflict with something from a different rom.
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TB is an amazing app it makes flashing from rom to rom much easier bcuz you dont have to find and download all your apps over again...I use it after I flash each rom to restore my apps...also I seen where people run into conflict when restoring data so wat I do is just restore apps only each time after a fresh install of a rom....but diff get this app youll love it and it will save you countless time with your apps...
You only want to back up user apps, ad system apps can be modded or tweaked on custom roms. Also I have never had an issue restoring data to user apps.
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You only want to back up user apps, ad system apps can be modded or tweaked on custom roms. Also I have never had an issue restoring data to user apps.
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Some apps are a little weird when you restore data after a wipe. For example, FriendCaster Pro's contact sync breaks and push notifications are a little wonky if I restore data.
But yeah, issues with other apps are few and far between in my experience.
Edit: Oh and I have mine backing up to Google Drive (or Dropbox if you prefer) after every scheduled action as long as I'm on wifi and plugged in. This is just in case I do an sdcard wipe for some reason and forget to back it up manually.
Thanks for all your answers! This should make flashing roms a lot more streamlined.
Hi everyone,
Since probably all of you here in XDA flash new ROM's on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, do you always have to go through all the phone setup process?
I find this to be quite an issue becasue I have to setup all the home screen icons and folders, notifications per Gmail account, language and keyboard settings, per app settings.. you name it.
It takes about 3 hours for me to set everything up including installing all the applications. In addition, I loose all SMS.
I use TitaniumBackup but I found that it cannot restore everything and in many cases it will cause more harm than good so I avoid it unless I only need individual apps.
As for system settings and what not, is there a better solution for this setup process so it will be easier to update ROM versions?
I'm currently on 5.0.2 and want to update to 5.1.1
gil80 said:
Hi everyone,
Since probably all of you here in XDA flash new ROM's on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, do you always have to go through all the phone setup process?
I find this to be quite an issue becasue I have to setup all the home screen icons and folders, notifications per Gmail account, language and keyboard settings, per app settings.. you name it.
It takes about 3 hours for me to set everything up including installing all the applications. In addition, I loose all SMS.
I use TitaniumBackup but I found that it cannot restore everything and in many cases it will cause more harm than good so I avoid it unless I only need individual apps.
As for system settings and what not, is there a better solution for this setup process so it will be easier to update ROM versions?
I'm currently on 5.0.2 and want to update to 5.1.1
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Well you definitely need to clean flash when going from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1, no question about that. As far as the launcher goes, I use Nova Prime so I back that up with Titanium and then just restore it after flashing. You should be able to do that with any launcher. And when it comes to the system data (settings, etc) you do need to set that up from scratch. I mean you could try backing up your system data in order to restore it after the flash but it's a huge no-no and will most likely just cause issues. Sorry to say it but this manual setup stuff is part and parcel of flashing ROMs. I know my setup quite well so it takes me less than 15 mins to setup my phone after a clean flash.
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Well you definitely need to clean flash when going from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1, no question about that. As far as the launcher goes, I use Nova Prime so I back that up with Titanium and then just restore it after flashing. You should be able to do that with any launcher. And when it comes to the system data (settings, etc) you do need to set that up from scratch. I mean you could try backing up your system data in order to restore it after the flash but it's a huge no-no and will most likely just cause issues. Sorry to say it but this manual setup stuff is part and parcel of flashing ROMs. I know my setup quite well so it takes me less than 15 mins to setup my phone after a clean flash.
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I use Google Now luncher and there are no backup settings for it. I don't believe TiB can help either, unless someone knows what is the value that needs to be backed up.
As for other settings, for example I always change the keyboard sounds and boot animation. Then I have o setup all the accounts which is iffy... I hope someone could come up with an application that does it.
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I use Google Now luncher and there are no backup settings for it. I don't believe TiB can help either, unless someone knows what is the value that needs to be backed up.
As for other settings, for example I always change the keyboard sounds and boot animation. Then I have o setup all the accounts which is iffy... I hope someone could come up with an application that does it.
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All you need to do is use TiBu to backup the Google Now Launcher app, then you restore the app + data after the flash, simple as that.
There is an application that does that: TiBu. But it isn't advisable to backup/restore system data. Any other app that would be capable of doing it would have the same risk involved. It isn't a problem with the app, it's a problem with the concept.