I usually run Duttys 6.1 Hybrid V2 w/Cube ROM, but ofcourse like to try other cooked ROMs just to see what the other cooks are working on. My question is restoring after flashing back to my regular ROM and restoring via SPB Backup vs restoring by Sashimi (which I have not used yet) or just reinstall everything by hand (we all know that SUSKS). Which is the better way to restore? Is there anything bad about restoring via SPB backup after flash? Thanks, Kevin
Depending out you are trying to back up you shouldn't use a back up program to back up from one ROM to another ROM. The back up should only be with the same ROM some people do it but IMO it is a bad idea.
Look at using UC complaint ROMS and you pretty much make your ROM flash exactly the way you want it to. Here is a link that explains it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366337
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I am NOT restoring to different ROM, only restoring to the same ROM that the BU is built from. I should probably study up on Sashimi a that way I can rebuild all my apps regardless of flashed ROM. Thanks for the reply and Link. Kevin
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Hi There I know this is probably a stupid question but when you flash your rom (assuming it all works OK!) does it affect programs installed?
I would like to flash to a version with GPS but Can't be bothered to start installing software from scratch!
Depends what you're flashing. You can flash various discrete parts of the phone, eg JUST the radio, JUST the extended rom etc, but flashing the OS will effectively wipe out your device. You can recognise an OS flash because it'll be quite large, say > 30mb.
Best advice if you must flash, is take a full backup first, do the flash, and then restore your backup. This is not always wise or effective because new flashes can have new registry settings etc which get FUBARd when you write over them with your backup, but it might work. And if not, you can always revert to your original rom, and then your backup WILL work.
V
Cool, Thanks!
So this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294718 which is lvsw's rom for gps functionality which is 47 meg will be a whole new OS because it is big?
To reiterate...
Will a rom flash to enable GPS mean that I have to install all of my programs from scratch?
Thanks!
wingnutLP said:
To reiterate...
Will a rom flash to enable GPS mean that I have to install all of my programs from scratch?
Thanks!
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Yes, unless you use a backup program that specifically supports restore after a ROM upgrage, such as Sprite Backup. I haven't tried it myself but there are detailed instructions on the Sprite website that involve a series of steps: backup, run a program, save a file, upgrade to new ROM, copy files back, restore backup, etc etc. I don't know if it is actually worth the effort.
I am leaning towards upgrading and reinstalling from scratch; the only PITA is recreating connections and mail accounts, most of the rest should be handled via ActiveSync.
Hi all, I have a question regarding SPB backup. I have completed a full SPB backup before flashing the ROM. After flashing the ROM if I restore the backup will I go back to where I was before flashing the ROM? For example did I change some of the registry value back to the OLD setting?
Is it better to reinstall all the programs again under after flashing the ROM? Can anyone help to answer? Thanks!
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Hi all, I have a question regarding SPB backup. I have completed a full SPB backup before flashing the ROM. After flashing the ROM if I restore the backup will I go back to where I was before flashing the ROM? For example did I change some of the registry value back to the OLD setting?
Is it better to reinstall all the programs again under after flashing the ROM? Can anyone help to answer? Thanks!
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it will cause some problem if you restore the old rom backup
the better thing is to reinstall all your programs again
Basically it works - EXCEPT that progs get installed on your SD/Internal card/memory, and those create remnants. Easy to sort out if you are even vaguely clued up. I do this, then re-install progs that don't run properly afterwards (usually very few).
Hi All,
Regardless of what backup tools you are using, I know everyone do backup your stuff. (If not, most people)
Do you restore your backup from your backup copied after you installed your latest ROM? or installed everything from scratch again???
Will there be any different result if you do one or the other way? Will your phone works better on either way or its doesn't makes any different?
I noticed (In my opinion) some of you report your phone works greats after the latest ROM and some said it make your phone worst.
Isn't the backup/restore ONLY work great if you still have the same ROM and not when you tried to restored it on the new ROM or vise-verse??? cos each ROM might have different coding???
Anyone one?
P/S: Please help move it to the correct thread, if you think I post it on the work thread, Thanks! :>
Hi radiowc,
IMHO I'll suggest to install everything from scratch after an update that includes a hard reset, including reg edits, and only restore data like Contacts, Appointments, etc.
That's my doing since '04...
Best,
halnovek
Just today I had to hard reset due to that tf3d theme maker app. But anyways, I used SPB backup and it worked perfectly. It brought my phone back exactly the way I had it before the mishap with that app. All the contacts, ringtones, apps, fonts and themes etc.... I had to do absolutely nothing to get my phone back to the way it was. I am very pleased.
I updated my ROM recently and restored using SPB backup from the old ROM and everything has been going perfectly fine.
I use sprite backup and that works very well.
After a rom update I use "merge level 1" and I have every thing back without messing the new rom.
In other cases restore is almost writing back an image.
does anyone no a piece of software that will create image of the phone
whenever i flash a new rom and go back to the old one, i have to reinstall my stuff, of which there is alot
any one know of any software that makes a flashable image that contains apps and settings
Thanks
Badwolve1
I have used SPB Backup with big success, however it works best on the ROM from which you made the initial backup.
Great
many thanks, i was only gonna use it on a single rom, so if i test a new ad don't like, i can go back to the old one and restore apps and settings
thanks
badwolve1
I agree with SPB Backup. It works great for me, just be sure to restore the backup right after an hard reset
First, I have to thank the XDA forums helping me come over from my long WinMo background. Mad Props...
Being new to Android and my nexus one, I'm feeling the ROM flashing bug and want to try out a couple of different ROMS but don't want to have to add all of my accounts each time since I use crazy long, nearly impossible to type, passwords.
Is there some way to restore some of the configuration of my N1 between different ROM flashes?
Sorry if this has been covered, but I can't find it. It looks like the data is backed up in my nandroid backups, but I can't seem to find out how to only restore configuration.
Thanks
Rick
Take a look at Titanium Backup.
It works really well.
You need to be rooted and superuser in order to use it.
To find out more about adding superuser to a stock ROM, check out this thread at Modaco.
Edit:
Nandroid backups are really "just" disk images afaik.
There's no way that I know of to extract information from them.
brgds
Royan
Ok, thanks. I am running the backup right now and will give it a try tonight. Worse case, I just restore the nandroid backup and try again.
I've always wondered, what stuff is safe and not safe to restore in Titanium Backup. I've done a full restore when switching between like roms, but I'm guessing that wouldn't be a good idea if you were going from cyanogen to a senseUI rom.