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Rooted Apps - How to use them?

clockwork mod
busybox
titanium backup
What do those 3 do and is there a guide to them that better explains everything?

So... anyone? I need help with this.

which phone you are using?
clock work mod (cwm) can be install by Rom manager application
first root your device
install rom manager from play store
open the app and click flash the cwm
install busy box that increase phone
from titanium backup you can backup all your phone apps and contacts..

Thanks for explaining it. Now I just need a ROM.I have a samsung exhibit I 4G.

dalawh said:
Thanks for explaining it. Now I just need a ROM.I have a samsung exhibit I 4G.
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since your device is not on the xda so you have to find other ways...
my advice is to find your device on facebook...if there is a group over there you can get on with other people with similar devices and contact a devloper for making a rom...

vipuljain said:
since your device is not on the xda so you have to find other ways...
my advice is to find your device on facebook...if there is a group over there you can get on with other people with similar devices and contact a devloper for making a rom...
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Surprised there was a forum for it when they have guides on rooting the phone.

> Clockworkmod
Is an alternative recovery manager
> Busybox
Is a set of commandline binaries
>Titanium Backup
Is a backup app.

CWM and Titanium Backup

Titanium Backup for backing up files?

[Q] Rooting and Backing up

Hello guys, this is going to be a long post andam very sorry about that. So, I got a Samsung galaxy note2 and I want to install the latest firmware which is version 4.3. Also, I'll like to try some android 4.4 custom rom. Am currently using version 4.1.2. Seriously, i've searched many threads without a satisfactory answer before restorting to start one. Before going on this adventure I'll like to do a complete backup of my original rom so i can go back to it anytime. I've decided to use nandroid for the full image backup (clockworkmod) and titanium for subsequent application and applications data backup. I know what these two apps do but I still have some questions.
1) What's is the safest way to root and unroot my device?
2) what files/apps do I need to do a nandroid and titanium backup and where do I get them?
3) can I keep this backups on my external sdcard, will I be able to access it from external sdcard on recovery mode incase my phone crashes?
4) someone said even after using the nandroid backup, I'll still have to Flash the kernel, what does this mean and how do I do that?
5) I plan using clockworkmod cos it sounds like a good idea. How do I get and use it.
Now I made a mess of myself asking all these questions. I'll still post it nonetheless cos I really need help with these questions or I wouldn't have asked. Thanks in advance guys. Once again, sorry for the long post.

1) any way that has been tested by the device users or devs, instructions should be followed clearly..
2) CWM needed for nandroid backup & Titanium Backup app is needed for data backups.
CWM would be available in dedicated threads for your device.
Titanium Backup app would be available in playstore
3) You can. :thumbup:
4) There are 2 ways AFAIK,
i. adb method to place the kernel inside the device
ii. Zip file flashing through CWM
5) Same answer as for Q2
Hit thanks rather than typing it now Free

Parkourkarthik, thanks so much for your quick response. Sorry to bother you further. About kernel flashing, is it that I'll have to flash the kernel every time I restore from my nandroid backup? I guess I'll have to download the kernel for my device before hand, so where do l keep It so CWM could use it.

adoy005 said:
Hello guys, this is going to be a long post andam very sorry about that. So, I got a Samsung galaxy note2 and I want to install the latest firmware which is version 4.3. Also, I'll like to try some android 4.4 custom rom. Am currently using version 4.1.2. Seriously, i've searched many threads without a satisfactory answer before restorting to start one. Before going on this adventure I'll like to do a complete backup of my original rom so i can go back to it anytime. I've decided to use nandroid for the full image backup (clockworkmod) and titanium for subsequent application and applications data backup. I know what these two apps do but I still have some questions.
1) What's is the safest way to root and unroot my device?
2) what files/apps do I need to do a nandroid and titanium backup and where do I get them?
3) can I keep this backups on my external sdcard, will I be able to access it from external sdcard on recovery mode incase my phone crashes?
4) someone said even after using the nandroid backup, I'll still have to Flash the kernel, what does this mean and how do I do that?
5) I plan using clockworkmod cos it sounds like a good idea. How do I get and use it.
Now I made a mess of myself asking all these questions. I'll still post it nonetheless cos I really need help with these questions or I wouldn't have asked. Thanks in advance guys. Once again, sorry for the long post.
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for cwm check your device forum and you b=can take nandroid backup and if anything goes wrong you can backup with that
and for your question what all nandroid backup include here is the answer
nandroid backup includes
system partition
cache partition
data partition
boot partition
boot partition means kernel is included in boot partition only so kernel is also backed up in nandroid backup
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adoy005 said:
Parkourkarthik, thanks so much for your quick response. Sorry to bother you further. About kernel flashing, is it that I'll have to flash the kernel every time I restore from my nandroid backup? I guess I'll have to download the kernel for my device before hand, so where do l keep It so CWM could use it.
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if you restore nandroid backup you will automatically get stock kernel because nandroid backup includes boot partition where kernel is found
no need to flash kernel everytime
and you can keep kernel anywhere but if you simply download kernel image file or md5 file you an install it only with universal kernel flasher or adb you cant install that file directly in cwm
it must be a flashable zip to install in cwm to install it

[Completed] Unable to locate Clockworkmod Recovery backups when outside of recovery mode.

Hello,
tl;dr: My backups show up when in recovery mode but they are not recognised by Rom Manager nor can I find them using a file explorer.
Long story:
I wanted to try out a new rom so I backed up my phone via rom manager and downloaded it to my pc using the download to pc feature. I also backed up most of my apps using Helium. When I flashed the rom for some reason or another my Helium backups had disappeared so I wanted to restore my backup. It turned out the backup was also gone so I just adb pushed it back from my pc. I restored the backup but that resulted in a bootloop so I think it's a dud. I then flashed a full stock image and CWM and tried to restore only the data portion of the backup but it still made a boot loop. I flashed to stock again.
I now want to try and see if I can extract and restore individual apps from my backup using Nandroid Manager, hopefully this will get me my app data without a boot loop however my backups don't seem to be where I put them.
I pushed my backup to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/<backupname> when in recovery mode. CWM recognises it as a backup.
Rom Manager does not recognise that it's there.
To test this, I made another backup from inside Rom Manager but even though it's recognised in CWM, Rom Manager still can't find it.
I checked out the /sdcard/clockworkmod directory in a file browser but the backups folder isn't there.
I can't restore my apps with Nandroid Manager if I can't give it the location so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nexus 5 running Stock Android Lollipop with Clockworkmod 6.0.4.5 and Rom Manager 5.5.3.7

Hi,
I highly recommend uninstalling Rom Manager. It's been known to cause many issues, some serious too.
Then you can use this dedicated help thread for your device to ask for help,
> Google Nexus 5 > Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [HELP THREAD] Nexus 5 | Ask any question
Good luck!

[Completed] [Q] How to do TWRP or CWM Call Log Recovery?

Hi, rooted my phone for the first time in years.
I'm starting to require my old Call Log (numbers) and SMS (msg). Will use Titanium Backup pro from here on out.
Made a full Backup with TWRP and I like to recover or extract the call log only. Anyone got any suggests short of restoring the entire ROM?
Thanks in advance!

Hi there,
Hope this discussion help you: Extracting SMS from CWM6 nandroid or this one:
[GUIDE]How to extract nandroid backup and restore apps from it without pc.
Good luck

[Completed] Can't select .ab file for Titanium Backup Pro

Hi there,
I made a backup of my phone's data using adb backup (data only) and now want to use Titanium Backup Pro to restore some of it to my phone after a data wipe when I unlocked the bootloader. I'm trying to follow their kb article on restoring from a .ab backup but when I try to select my file it's simply greyed out and I cannot select it.
I'm using a Sony Xperia Z C6603 rooted with TWRP on the stock rom and all.
Cheers

Hi
Did you use this command?
adb backup -f FullBackup.ab -apk -all
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Primokorn said:
Hi
Did you use this command?
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Sorry for the late reply. If I remember correctly, I used:
adb backup -f FullBackup.ab -all
I didn't see the need for -apk as I would just redownload them, I only needed the data.

It seems that it can't work if you have com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup in your backup.
Try asking in the general Android Q&A for further help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help

Primokorn said:
It seems that it can't work if you have com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup in your backup.
Try asking in the general Android Q&A for further help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
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I didn't have titanium backup installed when I took the backup so I don't know why it doesn't allow me to select it. Thanks for the help anyway, I'll try contacting the tib developers.