(I've spent a long time reading and I don't want to waste your time, so if the answers to this have been posted before please just tell me to keep searching.)
New G tablet arrives in 3 days. I have very little tech knowledge, but I enjoy the journey. Would someone mind please putting the following in the CORRECT order for me?
1. Fully charge G tab and turn it on
2. Install Titanium Backup on G tab (is this done like I would install an app on an iphone, or do I download to my PC and move it to the g tab?)
3. Backup stuff (everything)? To where? My PC?
4. Install clockwork as per instructions here (I think I'll use G tab's internal SD card)
5. Use clockwork to repartition internal SD card (2048 and 0)
6. Use clockwork to delete data and cache
7. Install Vegan 5.1 as per instructions here.
8. Install Flah and Market capability as per instructions here.
9. Install ADW launcher (not sure what this is, but it looks good on youtube). How do I install it? Is it like an iphone app installation, or...?
10. Some of the posts I've read mention a need for a file browser. Do they mean on my PC, or on the G tab? How do you get one on the G tab? Through Market?
11. Calibrate touch screen as per instructions here.
12. Anything I've forgotten?
Thanks for your help and understanding for a complete novice.
This has all been posted before as you thought.
I would not worry about backing up when you first get it as there will be nothing really on it but the stock rom.
if you goal is to load a Rom like TNT or Vegan from day one.
Root
Clockwork Mod
load Rom
and away you go.
There are directions all over the place to the above.
Once you get the rom loaded and all setup then get titanium backup installed and do a backup. Save yourself hours and pay for the pro version, it will allow you to run batch backup/restores and not touch your tablet while it runs.
Hope that helps now go read and search while you await your Gtab and have FUN! that is what it is all about.
Chances are you wont even have to root first.
Install Clockwork
Partition
Install Vegan
thebadfrog said:
Chances are you wont even have to root first.
Install Clockwork
Partition
Install Vegan
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Thanks guys. I like the sound of these 3 simple steps, but what do you mean "chances are..."? Is it a random thing?
goog64 said:
Thanks guys. I like the sound of these 3 simple steps, but what do you mean "chances are..."? Is it a random thing?
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This is my first Android device but I'm good with PC's.
Anyway, I fired it up from new installed clockwork, did the partition 2048,0 as suggested and for me installed tnt-lite and all is good. It was probably stock for about 10 minutes of its life.
Thanks Stuggy. That's what I'll try (except with Vegan, I think).
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Thanks guys. I like the sound of these 3 simple steps, but what do you mean "chances are..."? Is it a random thing?
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For some reason I had to root first when I installed the update after the 3389 update. I think it was just me but it was just another step. Installed z4root, got root, and moved on
Thanks badfrog.
Just to give you an idea where I'm at.....I had no idea what 3389 is so I searched for it. Many pages came up, but they all assume a certain level of background knowledge that I don't have. Please tell me, is 3389 the ROM that comes with the G tab?
If so, why would you be updating that if you had a different ROM already installed (Vegan, TNTlite, etc)?
Other pages I've seen have said that installing Vegan or TnTlite IS rooting, whilst still other pages have said that installing clockwork mod is rooting? Is this correct?
I can't find out what rooting actually means because every page I find assumes the reader already knows what rooting is. I will keep searching for a site for android dummies (and stop wasting your time).
rooting a device is basically changing system permissions so that you have full access to read, write and manipulate all files on the device. In Linux if you are root you have total control over the system. I believe that I read somewhere that the GTab is already set so that you have total control. Other devices you would use an app like z4root and it would change the security settings so that you had root access.
hmmm....the plot thickens. Thanks Sm0k3d 0ut, I'm looking forward to confirmation of that to clear up my confusion!
Hello - New user here and planning to do the same. My tablet arrives today but my SD arrives next week.
Can I use an 128MB micro SD to do the Clock mod before the larger card arrives?
Thanks.
bevbeng said:
Hello - New user here and planning to do the same. My tablet arrives today but my SD arrives next week.
Can I use an 128MB micro SD to do the Clock mod before the larger card arrives?
Thanks.
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Check this thread on clockwork
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
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Thanks Stuggy. That's what I'll try (except with Vegan, I think).
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Try them both, they are both great roms and you will become more comfortable the more roms you flash.
Most important tools are this site and titanium backup "PRO"
copc said:
Try them both, they are both great roms and you will become more comfortable the more roms you flash.
Most important tools are this site and titanium backup "PRO"
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Thanks copc. I also read somewhere that backing up can be done with Clockwork. Is that true? If so, does a novice like me really need titanium backup?
Also, one more question: in case I ever want to restore to the stock ROM that the G tab comes with, do I need to do anything special BEFORE I install Clockwork and the new ROM? Or can I just change back to original no matter what I do now?
(G tab arrives tomorrow. Can't wait!)
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I also read somewhere that backing up can be done with Clockwork. Is that true? If so, does a novice like me really need titanium backup?
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I still haven't received my Zpad yet, so can't talk from experience. But from what I have read it seems that titanium backup backs up the apps (and maybe data?) and clockwork makes a ROM image of you Tablet (or something similar to that). So I think they are different types of backups and you should probably do both.
But I could be horribly wrong.
SnakeManJayd said:
I still haven't received my Zpad yet, so can't talk from experience. But from what I have read it seems that titanium backup backs up the apps (and maybe data?) and clockwork makes a ROM image of you Tablet (or something similar to that). So I think they are different types of backups and you should probably do both.
But I could be horribly wrong.
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You are spot on, Titanium Backup allows you to back up and restore individual apps and data (you can also use it to sideload apps you have already installed on another Android device). CW will make a backup of your entire system (internal SDCard) so you can restore if something goes awry.
goog64 said:
(I've spent a long time reading and I don't want to waste your time, so if the answers to this have been posted before please just tell me to keep searching.)
New G tablet arrives in 3 days. I have very little tech knowledge, but I enjoy the journey. Would someone mind please putting the following in the CORRECT order for me?
1. Fully charge G tab and turn it on
2. Install Titanium Backup on G tab (is this done like I would install an app on an iphone, or do I download to my PC and move it to the g tab?)
3. Backup stuff (everything)? To where? My PC?
4. Install clockwork as per instructions here (I think I'll use G tab's internal SD card)
5. Use clockwork to repartition internal SD card (2048 and 0)
6. Use clockwork to delete data and cache
7. Install Vegan 5.1 as per instructions here.
8. Install Flah and Market capability as per instructions here.
9. Install ADW launcher (not sure what this is, but it looks good on youtube). How do I install it? Is it like an iphone app installation, or...?
10. Some of the posts I've read mention a need for a file browser. Do they mean on my PC, or on the G tab? How do you get one on the G tab? Through Market?
11. Calibrate touch screen as per instructions here.
12. Anything I've forgotten?
Thanks for your help and understanding for a complete novice.
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1,4,5,7,8, and 11 in that order will get you in business. Titanium Backup should be installed after you get Vegan installed, as there is really nothing to back up in stock. Data and cache will be deleted as part of the partitioning process (that's how I've understood it), and a file browser is already installed with the Vegan image. #9 is just fluff, ADW is a great launcher, but is not necessary to get up and running. If I recall correctly, it will install like an app - you should be able to find it in the Market.
#12 - Though it is not necessary, Root Explorer is a real handy app to have if you are going to tear around with Android's inner workings. Less than $5 on the market, but I found it worth every penny so far.
You will find many different thoughts on the process laid out above, this is just worked for me when I was starting out. The most important thing is Clockwork. Do. That. First.
bevbeng said:
Hello - New user here and planning to do the same. My tablet arrives today but my SD arrives next week.
Can I use an 128MB micro SD to do the Clock mod before the larger card arrives?
Thanks.
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I did mine (CW .8 and TNTLite) from a 256MB card, and there was still plenty of room - a 128MB card should do you fine. In fact, if you are doing it from a PC (I can't confirm for Mac as I don't have one), you can install CW off of the card, use CW to partition the tablet storage, connect the tablet to your PC, and then use CW to mount the tablet as USB storage so you can copy over the ROM image to the tablet and install.
As far as CW, use the .8 version. I have heard of problems from others using newer versions, and it seems that .8 is what the devs recommend. You can find a link to it in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
BigJohn
Thanks BigJohn. I REALLY appreciate the time you took with that answer, and you explained it very clearly. My tablet arrives today (I hope), and you have given me a lot of confidence.
goog64 said:
Thanks BigJohn. I REALLY appreciate the time you took with that answer, and you explained it very clearly. My tablet arrives today (I hope), and you have given me a lot of confidence.
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Welcome to MOD-dom, it's awesome.
Hi everyone, these are great forums with some very smart people here as I have learned a lot about rooting my new G Nexus.
Please excuse the question if it has been addressed here before but I could not find it after a search.
I have a question as to the file size of the backup I have created after a fresh and first root.
I am running 4.02 and have successfully rooted (using Galaxy Nexus Toolkit v6.2) with no ROM installed.
I did a backup of the mostly stock fresh from Verizon phone before I rooted and the file size was approximately 36megs. This seems correct but I really do not now what the size should be.
I just did a backup again after the root and the file size with everything saved is approximately 135k. This sounds like something did not get baked up or it is extremely small file.
I thought I remember reading somewhere that this tool kit may have a problem backing up all of the files it is suppose to.
Can anyone shed some light as to what is going on here?
Also as I do not keep much data on the phone, I would like to backup the apps, settings and the customization as well as the screen icon and icon locations.
Is there a way to backup just these items or should I just do a full backup?
Thanks for the help
Jamr
Custom roms are most of the times 1xx in size so no surprise. The stock rom I find is always smaller,unless your putting bare vanilla which incidentally, is gnex stock
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You should ultimately be backing up your ROMs in clockworkmod recovery. The cwm backup will be about 1GB.
Hello fellow android users,
this is my first post on the xda forums as i am a new member with little experience on Android systems. The previous 5 years i was an iPhone owner and power user up until this Christmas that i decided to change the platform and switch to Android. Up until now i am much more satisfied with the openness of the android system comparing with iOS (even if jailbreaked).
I have purchased an LG G2 D802 and i have Rooted it already and installed TWRP custom recovery, i have created a nandroid backup, installed a couple of mods from this forums. I would like to personally thank all the developers for their hard work and support to new users like me!
However, like every new user, i have a couple of questions that i will like some help with but before i begin let me give you some more info about my device as it will help you give more specific answers:
Device: LG G2 D802 (International)
ROM: Stock LG ROM (i think it's called Cloudy)
Custom recovery installed: TWRP
Exrta MODS installed: SplitWindowMOD
Questions:
1) It seems that connecting my device to my windows 7 computer and copying music to "Music" folder, requires a phone reboot in order that the mp3s will show up on the device. I didn't notice if this was happening even before i root my device. Could you please let me know if there is a way to force the phone to refresh the music library (without reboot)?
2) I have the 16GB version of G2 and a Nandroid backup wastes about 2.5 GB of the 10 free that the device has. For that reason, i do a backup and then i copy it to my computer and of course delete it from my device. My question here is if in the worst case scenario that android does not boot and therefore not recognized by the computer, how is it possible to insert the backup back to the phone?
3)Is there any repository with all these MODs from XDA? Something like the jailbreak app Cydia on iOS?
4) You know in G2 the feature that comes pre-installed and it's like a small menu of apps when you slide the home button upwards... At the moment it has only Google and Quick memo. How can i add more apps there please?
That's it for the moment! Thank you very much for your answers in advance!
Anyone please?
Michaelkrtikos said:
Hello fellow android users,
this is my first post on the xda forums as i am a new member with little experience on Android systems. The previous 5 years i was an iPhone owner and power user up until this Christmas that i decided to change the platform and switch to Android. Up until now i am much more satisfied with the openness of the android system comparing with iOS (even if jailbreaked).
I have purchased an LG G2 D802 and i have Rooted it already and installed TWRP custom recovery, i have created a nandroid backup, installed a couple of mods from this forums. I would like to personally thank all the developers for their hard work and support to new users like me!
However, like every new user, i have a couple of questions that i will like some help with but before i begin let me give you some more info about my device as it will help you give more specific answers:
Device: LG G2 D802 (International)
ROM: Stock LG ROM (i think it's called Cloudy)
Custom recovery installed: TWRP
Exrta MODS installed: SplitWindowMOD
Questions:
1) It seems that connecting my device to my windows 7 computer and copying music to "Music" folder, requires a phone reboot in order that the mp3s will show up on the device. I didn't notice if this was happening even before i root my device. Could you please let me know if there is a way to force the phone to refresh the music library (without reboot)?
2) I have the 16GB version of G2 and a Nandroid backup wastes about 2.5 GB of the 10 free that the device has. For that reason, i do a backup and then i copy it to my computer and of course delete it from my device. My question here is if in the worst case scenario that android does not boot and therefore not recognized by the computer, how is it possible to insert the backup back to the phone?
3)Is there any repository with all these MODs from XDA? Something like the jailbreak app Cydia on iOS?
4) You know in G2 the feature that comes pre-installed and it's like a small menu of apps when you slide the home button upwards... At the moment it has only Google and Quick memo. How can i add more apps there please?
That's it for the moment! Thank you very much for your answers in advance!
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Can you please tell me, which Android-Version do you have got?
Michaelkrtikos said:
2) I have the 16GB version of G2 and a Nandroid backup wastes about 2.5 GB of the 10 free that the device has. For that reason, i do a backup and then i copy it to my computer and of course delete it from my device. My question here is if in the worst case scenario that android does not boot and therefore not recognized by the computer, how is it possible to insert the backup back to the phone?
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If the Backup is just a Copy of your files, the Phone will continue running.
If the backup is a single file, you can copy it back to thie phone with.... Windows Explorer! :laugh:
Michaelkrtikos said:
1) It seems that connecting my device to my windows 7 computer and copying music to "Music" folder, requires a phone reboot in order that the mp3s will show up on the device. I didn't notice if this was happening even before i root my device. Could you please let me know if there is a way to force the phone to refresh the music library (without reboot)?
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Is your phone running in safe mode?
Have you got the Many-Problems-Causing-and-Bogus Android 4.4.2?
Hello there, thanks for the reply!
I am running 4.4.2 at the moment. I have not noticed any problem with my device so far...
The backups are .win files and i have more than one... I guess it is one for System, one for Data, one for Cache and one for Boot. It is a normal backup that TWRP does... I just wondered because if the phone does not boot, the driver is not running so i thought that the phone is not even recognizable by the PC.
Motorola Droid Ultra Erased....HELP. Thanks to anyone out there who even takes the time to read or reply. I get that my issue is probably petty in this forum but I just want a simple answer of move on it is impossible or you can try this. I am a complete newbie so pardon my lack of knowledge on the topic.
I had my phone locked with a pin. My darling six year old entered the pin however many times it take for it to magically start erasing itself. (BTW this is the second time this has happened and I thought I had safe guarded it from happening again.) I don't care about anything but the photos that I lost. Is there anyway to recover the photos or should I just move on and forget? I have not been using it hoping that there was a way to root the phone and recover something but upon reading lots and lots of things I think I am screwed because my phone is version 4.4.4. Can someone confirm or deny.
Thanks again for taking the time to read.
You can try to retrieve your photos using a data recovery program. Search Google for get data back or just do a general search for USB data recovery
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tecsironman said:
You can try to retrieve your photos using a data recovery program. Search Google for get data back or just do a general search for USB data recovery
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I tried that but because the phone is not recognized as a drive on computers there is no way to access the files for data recovery. Even programs that say they can to end up failing and the phone needs to be rooted.
Wait are you using your phone now?
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tecsironman said:
Wait are you using your phone now?
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No. I tried to recover the files immediately after it happened. And found out about the USB Mass Storage no longer being an option in Android 4.0 phones thus causing issues for recovery. Everything I read then said the phone would need to be rooted but I am running version 4.4.4 and everything I have seen has said thus far it has not been done.
Can't you just boot the phone up and use it ad a USB device in android. You can clearly see your downloaded files and such without being rooted
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tecsironman said:
Can't you just boot the phone up and use it ad a USB device in android. You can clearly see your downloaded files and such without being rooted
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I am not following what you are saying. The files were deleted so nothing shows. I need to use a recovery program to gain access to the deleted files but cannot get to them without being able to access the phone as a USB storage device...not a camera or device which is all that is able to be done with MTP/PTP.
unless you backed them up somewhere that's not on your phone then i don't think you can recover them
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I am not following what you are saying. The files were deleted so nothing shows. I need to use a recovery program to gain access to the deleted files but cannot get to them without being able to access the phone as a USB storage device...not a camera or device which is all that is able to be done with MTP/PTP.
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Yes nothing shows but you want to recover deleted data from your phone. The only way is to mount the phone. So you can mount the phone in android when you transfer music and pictures from computer and phone it shows up as a drive in my computer. You can use data recovery software and run it on that drive. You don't need root since your pictures were not stored in the root of the device
Recover Deleted Files on Android In a Few Minutes!: http://youtu.be/tGw1fxUD-uY
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i faced a similar situation and was not able to recover any photos. i tried a bunch of different methods and programs. i thought the most promising was an android app, that runs on the phone was diskdigger, but it didnt render any results.
i wish you the best
Hey Guys -
To apply a ROM to my HTC One A9, it requires I set aside about 3 hours of time. Since I choose to use my microSD card as "Internal Storage," I must follow a specific set of sets to apply and root the rom or else formatting & use of the SD as Internal Storage fails. An overview of these steps are...
Apply desired rom to phone
Root with latest SuperSU
Take backup of boot partition via TWRP
Using Android Image Kitchen, extract boot partition from unmodified rom
Replacing verity key and couple other things in the backed up, rooted boot image from the extracted unmodified boot image
Reflash newly modified boot image via TWRP
Happy to provide full steps / details if anyone needs...Tons of fun figuring all of that out - couldn't have done it without this forum and its users
My Question
Recently, I got notification on my phone that a new OEM rom was available - 1.57.617.52 (AT&T phone I converted to DEV) and I've already downloaded the full rom to my PC. Before wasting tons of time doing the above, I wanted to see if there was a way to upgrade to the new rom on my phone and either maintain root or really just any procedure where I didn't have to do the long list of steps above.
I recently read a bit about the fairly new FlashFire, but don't know if it could be used in this scenario or is even compatible with my phone. Also, despite having downloaded the updated rom from HTC, even if I wanted to upgrade via TWRP and follow above steps, I'd need the full OTA instead, right?
Overall, if anyone has a suggestion for the easiest way to upgrade in my situation, I'd really appreciate it! If it does require a full OTA, if you happen to know of a link for 1.57.617.52, I'd appreciate it. If not, looks like there will be a backup, wipe and half a day of fun in my future...
Phone Specs
HTC One A9
6.0.1 / 1.57.617.41
Rooted (SuperSU), TWRP, & s-off
64gb microSD formatted as internal storage (love that feature)
Thanks Guys!!