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how to update without losing data.

hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it

online22naveen said:
hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it
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AFAIK you can't. A rooted phone can't accept the OTA. You would need to Odin the stock firmware, update and then root again.

ggrant3876 said:
AFAIK you can't. A rooted phone can't accept the OTA. You would need to Odin the stock firmware, update and then root again.
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its a long process:crying:

online22naveen said:
hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it
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If you want to stick with the rooted stock ROM, my suggestion would be to backup your phone to the Samsung Cloud, then Odin the new ROM, then restore from the Samsung Cloud. You will get most of your stuff back, including screen layouts, widgets and apps.
If you use one of the fine ROMs by one of the XDA developers - they eventually usually come up with new versions that include the lastest bases, and many times, not every time, you can dirty flash it over your existing ROM and not have to restore much if anything. Of course, your experience may be different so make a nanroid backup via TWRP first.

Flame Red said:
If you want to stick with the rooted stock ROM, my suggestion would be to backup your phone to the Samsung Cloud, then Odin the new ROM, then restore from the Samsung Cloud. You will get most of your stuff back, including screen layouts, widgets and apps.
If you use one of the fine ROMs by one of the XDA developers - they eventually usually come up with new versions that include the lastest bases, and many times, not every time, you can dirty flash it over your existing ROM and not have to restore much if anything. Of course, your experience may be different so make a nanroid backup via TWRP first.
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thanks for the help, i will stick to the stock rom and restore apps from titanium would be better i guess.

I updated my rooted S8+ by making a nandroid backup with TWRP first and then flashing the updated ROM (which will totally wipe your device and remove root).
After that I flashed the TWRP recovery again, formatted through TWRP, and then flashed no verity/Magisk etc. I booted into the system normally once just to be on the safe side and check that everything was looking good.
Lastly, I went back to TWRP and used my nandroid backup and the restore function to bring back just the Data partition and my phone was completely restored. All apps, settings, wallpapers, text messages etc etc where restored with 0 issues exactly how I left them.
Keep in mind that the data partition will not back up user data on the internal memory like pictures, videos and some downloads. You'll want to copy the contents of your internal memory to a PC or external memory and then copy them back and merge them with the new folders at the end. :good:

xeathpk said:
I updated my rooted S8+ by making a nandroid backup with TWRP first and then flashing the updated ROM (which will totally wipe your device and remove root).
After that I flashed the TWRP recovery again, formatted through TWRP, and then flashed no verity/Magisk etc. I booted into the system normally once just to be on the safe side and check that everything was looking good.
Lastly, I went back to TWRP and used my nandroid backup and the restore function to bring back just the Data partition and my phone was completely restored. All apps, settings, wallpapers, text messages etc etc where restored with 0 issues exactly how I left them.
Keep in mind that the data partition will not back up user data on the internal memory like pictures, videos and some downloads. You'll want to copy the contents of your internal memory to a PC or external memory and then copy them back and merge them with the new folders at the end. :good:
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thanks for help...i will do the same.

Any apps do an identical phone backup?

Can't find an answer to this but does Oneplus Switch do an identical phone backup? If not is there any other app that does?

Titanium Backup.

mike710_0 said:
Can't find an answer to this but does Oneplus Switch do an identical phone backup? If not is there any other app that does?
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Root it and use TWRP recovery to have a full device backup. As to backing up your apps and their data, Titanium as previously mentioned it the correct answer....still requires root.

Switch does about 90-95% backup. You will still need to log into accounts and stuff. Some apps dont copy over for whatever reason. I even tried OP7 pro to OP7 pro with same results. Also all your settings will be stock settings. Yes use Titanium backup and or TWRP

Cheers for the replies. It's kinda crap that oneplus switch doesn't save phone & app settings etc. It should make an identical copy.
I have rooted before & backed up with TWRP but I don't know if your all aware that restoring from TWRP not only doesn't work it actually messes your phone up! I got stuck in a fastboot bootloop & had no option to restore the phone using msm on the pc

Switched from titanium to swift backup recently, works much better, full backups nightly kick off automatically.

Anyway to clean flash Android 10 stable without losing data?

Hey guys just wondering if anyone knows how to clean flash update to 10 stable from 9 without losing data? I want to try android 10 but don't want to lose all my data and if I use Titanium Backup, it usually messes up notifications when I restore my apps? Any help appreciated !

Doing a clean flash is losing data, u will want to dirty flash
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/successfully-upgraded-to-9-5-7-t3937414

Bradl79 said:
Doing a clean flash is losing data, u will want to dirty flash
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/successfully-upgraded-to-9-5-7-t3937414
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Thanks, does dirty flashing slow the phone down at all?

valeriee said:
Thanks, does dirty flashing slow the phone down at all?
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It can cause issues. Many advice never to do it but many do it and deal with what ever gremlins tend to happen.

valeriee said:
Thanks, does dirty flashing slow the phone down at all?
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I have dirty flashed every single update since the phone has came out and no real issues yet. But the above post is correct it can cause some issues but u can dirty flash and if u come across any then clean flash but u should be good.

Bradl79 said:
Doing a clean flash is losing data, u will want to dirty flash
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7-pro/how-to/successfully-upgraded-to-9-5-7-t3937414
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It really depends on which android/ oxygen OS you are updating to. If you are in 9.5.X and updating to 9.5.XX, then a dirty flash is ok. But if you are upgrading to Android 10/ OOS10, then it's better to clean flash

amirage said:
It really depends on which android/ oxygen OS you are updating to. If you are in 9.5.X and updating to 9.5.XX, then a dirty flash is ok. But if you are upgrading to Android 10/ OOS10, then it's better to clean flash
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How did you keep your data when you clean flash? Or did you start over again? Thanks

valeriee said:
How did you keep your data when you clean flash? Or did you start over again? Thanks
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It's impossible to keep your data on a clean flash unless you are previously rooted, have Titanium backup, did a complete backup, and saved that backup on a computer. Once you have clean flashed (and assuming you have rooted again), you can restore the data from the titanium backup. But.......if you are upgrading from 9.0 to 10.0, then it's not advisable to restore app data from titanium backup as the backup will have 9.0 data while you are on 10.0. It will lead to force closes eventually making you to uninstall and reinstall the apps.
P.S.: and if ever you figure out how to root 10.0 let me know

amirage said:
It's impossible to keep your data on a clean flash unless you are previously rooted, have Titanium backup, did a complete backup, and saved that backup on a computer. Once you have clean flashed (and assuming you have rooted again), you can restore the data from the titanium backup. But.......if you are upgrading from 9.0 to 10.0, then it's not advisable to restore app data from titanium backup as the backup will have 9.0 data while you are on 10.0. It will lead to force closes eventually making you to uninstall and reinstall the apps.
P.S.: and if ever you figure out how to root 10.0 let me know
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I just downloaded the 10 file zip from oxygen updater and flashed it with twrp zip and magisk in twrp. Get root from this method

amirage said:
It's impossible to keep your data on a clean flash unless you are previously rooted, have Titanium backup, did a complete backup, and saved that backup on a computer. Once you have clean flashed (and assuming you have rooted again), you can restore the data from the titanium backup. But.......if you are upgrading from 9.0 to 10.0, then it's not advisable to restore app data from titanium backup as the backup will have 9.0 data while you are on 10.0. It will lead to force closes eventually making you to uninstall and reinstall the apps.
P.S.: and if ever you figure out how to root 10.0 let me know
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IMHo Titanium backup is abandoned project. It was my favorite root app a while ago.
Now when I was migrating from OnePlus 6t to OnePlus 7 pro (same android version) I had lots of force closes after restoring data or no restore at all. Even OnePlus migration app did a better job. So I am actively searching for alternatves now

vukis said:
IMHo Titanium backup is abandoned project. It was my favorite root app a while ago.
Now when I was migrating from OnePlus 6t to OnePlus 7 pro (same android version) I had lots of force closes after restoring data or no restore at all. Even OnePlus migration app did a better job. So I am actively searching for alternatves now
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Swift Backup

vukis said:
IMHo Titanium backup is abandoned project. It was my favorite root app a while ago.
Now when I was migrating from OnePlus 6t to OnePlus 7 pro (same android version) I had lots of force closes after restoring data or no restore at all. Even OnePlus migration app did a better job. So I am actively searching for alternatves now
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Yeah I agree. I wasn't 100% it was abandoned but if that's the case, what a shame. That was a classic application that people have been using for years.

valeriee said:
Thanks, does dirty flashing slow the phone down at all?
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I did a local install from 9 to 10 using the full download package.
No issues. I like to walk on the wild side though.
I always dirty flash via local upgrade.

vukis said:
IMHo Titanium backup is abandoned project. It was my favorite root app a while ago.
Now when I was migrating from OnePlus 6t to OnePlus 7 pro (same android version) I had lots of force closes after restoring data or no restore at all. Even OnePlus migration app did a better job. So I am actively searching for alternatves now
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i'm still on OnePlus 6 [OP6] (it's the last model, with headphone socket )
and i have huge love for Titanium Backup [TiBu], however i have read that it's kind of broken for Android 10
for those migrating to OP7 or to Android 10, it did not work properly, etc.
there are ways to prevent TiBu to avoid "no restore", e.g. in "App Processing Mode" to play around with options called 'AUTO, Indirect' or 'INTERACTIVE').
there alternatives which are gaining more popularity to TiBu
oandbackup [F-Droid]
-- https://f-droid.org/de/packages/dk.jens.backup/
Swift Backup [Google Play]
-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup&hl=en_AU
^ this apparently needs you to stay logged into Google Play

metaxda said:
Swift Backup [Google Play]
-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup&hl=en_AU
^ this apparently needs you to stay logged into Google Play
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I already switched using swift backup. Developer is very active and supportive in telegram. But I didn't had a chance for testing it with a phone migration yet.

I need help with restoring a backup I made with the Oneplus Switch app

So before I decided to get back into custom ROMs I made sure to backup my phone using the oneplus switch in the settings. I was running the stock OS at the time. I moved the backup folder to my pc and proceeded to root, twrp, and installing Bliss. I probably should have done my research but it seems the switch app now does not recognize the device as one that can actually restore from a local backup. Only the "start" button is available. So it seems the app is under the assumption that the device is not a Oneplus at all. So is there any way at all to restore that backup or will I have to revert back to stock just to restore the backup, then back it up in like twrp or titan or migrate? I have not been in the scene for a while so please forgive me for the noobish question.

What should I backup?

Hello, I have been struggling with an issue in my moto e5. I unlocked bootloader & installed custom roms. Then I thought I should go back to the stock rom & I did so. But after booting up, mobile data doesn’t work (No service). Auto rotation doesn’t work. Also it can't detect when I pick up my phone. But in custom roms, there is no issue like this! I flashed stock rom using rescue and smart assistant tool. I also did flash using fastboot commands batch file. But the issue persists.
Next I found that imei is lost in stock rom. So I installed custom rom, backed up "efs" from twrp, installed stock rom & restored the efs. I got my imei numbers back! But no service and auto rotation issue is still there along with other disabled sensors.
What else should I backup and restore? Or what should be my next steps?

One always backs up the whole Stock Andoid before flashing anything. Only blue-eyed people do not.

jwoegerbauer said:
One always backs up the whole Stock Andoid before flashing anything. Only blue-eyed people do not.
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Yeah,, my bad..