I looked around a bit and couldn't really figure this out for sure so sorry if this has already been discussed.
I have been running CM 4.2.13 for a while now. I wanted to try out a 2.1 AOSP ROM so I downloaded a couple to my SD card. Also, I had yet to go up to DangerSPL so I also did this before installing a 2.1 ROM.
I am running RA-dream-v1.5.2 recovery. I did a Nandroid + ext backup before doing anything. After I backed everything up, including my SD card, I wiped everything. Wiped data/factory reset, dalvik cache, sd+ext. Not all was likely necessary but I saw no harm. I then modified my partitions a bit to increase my swap to 96.
I then installed a couple of the 2.1 AOSP roms and played with them for a day or so and I wanted to go back to my old CM 4.2.13 ROM that I had backed up.
Went into recovery, did a data wipe and dalvik cache wipe and then I went to do a nandroid restore to the last backup I have before I wiped and I got a error that told me to do the nandroid restore manually from the console... OK... thats fine. So i fumbled with that and figured out how to do it and it worked. I successfully did the restore and booted into CM 4.2.13... only to find that Google Maps was gone. I didn't look thoroughly to see if any other Google apps were missing because it occurred to me of the new requirement of installing the HTC recovery rom before flashing CM so that it extracts the Google apps (I have come to think this wouldn't mater at all in my case, noob i know) so I downloaded that and did another wipe and flashed that ROM then did the nandroid restore of the same backup and that is where I am now.
I still don't have Google Maps but now that I look through, I do have Market, YouTube, Gmail, Voice, etc. but no Maps... I also noticed that I lost a few other random apps like Wireless Tether and Work Email (both installed via outside sources, ie not with the market).
I think it would also be good to note that I was running Apps2sd so I am assuming that all of my apps should of been on the ext portion of my sd which was included in my nandroid backup. It just seems weird that I would lose just those apps. I wouldn't care that much if it was just Wireless Tether and Work Email as I can get those back fairly easily but what would I do for the Maps? I guess I could find a way of manually putting it on there but I don't want to do that if I don't have to.
I know I could also just re-flash CM from scratch but I am also trying to avoid that if possible.
Any ideas?
Thanks
BoogyMann
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Howdy folks,
First of all, thanks to Cyanogen for 5.0.7!
After running out of patience on the the hope that TMo would come out with a new phone to compete with the Droid, Incredible, Evo, etc, I decided to root my G1. I wanted 2.1 and A2SD because I would love to buy more apps from the Market, but my G1 just didn't have the damn space... until now.
So I rooted my G1 using the Amon Ra recovery and CM 5.0.7.
After I rooted, I installed the latest radio (2.22.32.02), flashed Danger SPL, rebooted, flashed CM 5.0.7 and flashed GApps. I didn't do any wipes since I had never rooted my phone.
When the phone booted, the apps did not show up. So I went back to to recovery, did a wipe and flashed GApps first, then flashed CM 5.0.7 and rebooted. Everything works great. Runs fast.
I took the advice of a friend and installed SetCPU (paid for it) and Auto Memory Manager. I've noticed that my battery doesn't charge as quickly and that there is some noticeable lag on the phone. I had my phone plugged in all night last night and the phone wasn't fully charged. I finally uninstalled SetCPU and the phone is charging properly again. Also, the phone is snappier.
My questions:
1) Did I do something wrong by flashing GApps before the CM Rom? Do I need to do it over again even though my phone is working properly?
2) Now that my phone is working properly, do I need to create a backup/recovery?
3) After having successfully flashed CM 5.0.7, do I need to Wipe anything (ie ext 2, ext 3)? During the root process, I created a 96mb and 512mb partitions. From my understanding, the CM Rom occupies the 96mb ext and the 512mb ext is for A2SD. Why does the phone only show 457mb of space? I thought it should be 512mb.
4) I backed up all the data on my SD card onto my PC before formatting it during the root process. How do I restore all my apps and such so that everything works like it did before rooting?
Thanks for any help. Will be donating to Cyanogen
gerald
1.Your fine, as long as you flashed them and they show up your good.
2. If you want, and it definitely can't hurt. It doesn't look like you will be doing too many crazy hacks to it since your still a beginner. It's also better to make a stable rom be your backup instead of experimental one.
3. No idea, try a repartition if you get any problems, but don't mess with it if it ain't brocken lol.
4. How did you backup your data? Did you use a backup app from the market? If so, download the app you used and put all the files from your pc back onto your memory card. Then, hit the "restore" option.
Welcome to XDA! Here is a mod for a black notification bar by cloverdale that I prefer to the plain white one. Flash from recovery if you like.
Thanks for the reply.
#3. I didn't use a backup app. I just copied everything onto my hdd. Am I SOL since I didn't use a backup app and just have to reinstall everything manually?
So your phone stores its apps on INTERNAL, and you copied files from your SD(EXTERNAL) stop and think for a minute if your apps are on A and you copied B, your apps are gone.
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So your phone stores its apps on INTERNAL, and you copied files from your SD(EXTERNAL) stop and think for a minute if your apps are on A and you copied B, your apps are gone.
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I messed up. What I wanted to say is that some of the apps that I had installed on my phone also had data/database files associated to it that it saved on the SD card (ie Aldiko, OI Notes, etc) Is there a way to re-associate those once I reinstall those programs? I re-installed Aldiko and it would not read the library db file so I had to re-download the books. I should have used a backup app. Well, live and learn. I'm going to re-install OI Notes and OI Shopping and transfer those files over to see.
Update: Well, looks like it didn't work. OI Notes and OI Shopping doesn't read the files I had created before rooting. Should have use a backup program.
Which is better: Titanium or Mybackup Pro?
After installing CM6 RC3 I have lost all my apps on the SD card, they did come back for a short time after a reboot but then disappeared again after another reboot. I cannot even uninstall them or reload them from the market as they just hang when I try to uninstall or re-install from the market.
When I look at application info, the apps on the SD just show "Computing" and nothing ever shows up.
Also, I am unable to mount the SD over USB.
I have gone back to stock ROM but I still have the issue.
I was using apps2SD but I made sure not to move any widgets or running apps.
I've tried booting into recovery to wipe data and cache but of course my recovery is broken.
If I missed this in the forums please give me a search that will give me results that are not too numerous to parse.
Thanks for any help.
There is no apps2SD support in CM6 or the stock rom, that's why you can't see them.
CM6 only support the FroYo apps on SD method right now, and they are working on a newer better apps2sd for future versions.
If you flash back to CM5, you might be able to see them, but I am not familiar with the old apps2SD method.
Then why did my apps show up in CM6? They were there and functioning fine, I think I must have messed with a setting somewhere.
FYI, I was able to restore my apps by deleting .android_secure from the SD card and then re-install Ti Backup and restore my apps.
Can someone explain how the app location setting in CM6 affects apps? I am thinking when I enabled this it screwed things up.
The .android_secure directory on the SD card is the 2.2 official apps to SD. So you probably were using that all along and something screwed up. That's why you could use them for a bit.
Hi - I'm new here - only just got my Galaxy S about 5 days ago (UK o2) and vowed not to mess with it until the official Froyo comes out.
Anyway....of course that didn't last long! I've learned about the different available ROMS - first I tried the lagfix - the new Voodoo one with the colour fix that looks interesting - actually seemed to make my JM1 more laggy if that's possible. So....
Now, I've flashed the latest JPK with odin and did a full wipe of as much as I could (cache, factory reset) from the recovery menu after and before. (I've come from the HTC Hero and sorely miss Amon-Ra's recovery features)
Now I'm having a few issues with this beta froyo build - especially when rebooting which takes an absolute age and a couple of times my icons haven't showed up!?
Wondering if I should have removed Voodoo lagfix before wiping and flashing the JPK??
Is there any way now that I'm on JPK to check if the Voodoo stuff is still there or any way of completely "re-setting" the device and removing all erroneous partitions etc that Voodoo might have set up?
My phone kinda works ok and I don't really want to go back to 2.1 because of the features in 2.2 but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction getting my phone back to zero. Will I need to root? I can use adb if I have to...
Any help much appreciated.
Sorry, I as probably about 90% of people here just didnt bother to read. Why? Because you are IN THE WRONG FORUM
Flashing JPK will have blown away the custom voodoo kernel; factory reset will have wiped the ext4 partition that voodoo makes and rebuilt it with RFS (samsung's own file system).
Rebooting is rather sluggish on JPK; you can install the one-click-lag fix (oclf, available on market) though I've found it doesn't really need it for normal operation.
Be careful restoring app data via titanium, mybackup pro and the google built in backup (under privacy) between eclair and froyo - it can cause all sorts of oddities and force closes. Backing up the internal sd card, formatting it, and restoring only your own data files (rather than app caches) can also help.
Blowing away the internal sd card, and a factory reset, will get you back to zero. Then reinstall apps, resync with google etc, and go easy on bringing appdata back, and you should *hopefully* be fine.
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Flashing JPK will have blown away the custom voodoo kernel; factory reset will have wiped the ext4 partition that voodoo makes and rebuilt it with RFS (samsung's own file system).
Rebooting is rather sluggish on JPK; you can install the one-click-lag fix (oclf, available on market) though I've found it doesn't really need it for normal operation.
Be careful restoring app data via titanium, mybackup pro and the google built in backup (under privacy) between eclair and froyo - it can cause all sorts of oddities and force closes. Backing up the internal sd card, formatting it, and restoring only your own data files (rather than app caches) can also help.
Blowing away the internal sd card, and a factory reset, will get you back to zero. Then reinstall apps, resync with google etc, and go easy on bringing appdata back, and you should *hopefully* be fine.
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Thanks for the detailed reply - much appreciated and exactly what I needed to know
Just can't wait till the final Froyo ROM and a decent and fully reatured recovery from one of the genius and generous devs around these parts.
ive been running CM for quite some time, and ive always flashed over the recent versions without any major issues, but over time ive got many, many files that have been created and abandoned on my SD-Card and felt that it is getting close to a time for a fresh start... my biggest issue is how to 'document' all of my installed apps so i make sure they all get re-installed after a total wipe of the phone and sd-card.
im not really concerned about and game status as long as i atleast get the game back (most are free from the market)
i used ta use titanium, but had issues with restoring files and it over writing something and soething else breaks, so i havent used that in a long time (maybe something i should look back into?)
im looking for suggestions here, if i wanted to wipe my entire phone, and start clean, but wanted to make sure i got atleast all my programs back, what would you suggest?
Steps:
1. full system backup, and full SD-Card copy
2. ???
currently useing RA 2.0
radio 5.08
CM 6.1 RC1
ive only got 24mb left of internal space, but everything possible has been moved to SD card... should i start looking into apps2SD card mod from dark?
download appbrain and sync your file list.
You'll have better luck with Titanium Backup if you prevent it from trying to restore system apps or data. Go to the backup/restore tab, tap the bit to edit filters, and filter to show only user data and application. Then do your batch restore.
+1 for Titanium Backup and the batch makes it simple!
Hi
I messed up my phone today trying to revert back using a nandroid backup i had.
Problem is, when i restored it, my captivate would get to the splash screen and just go on forever. I thought maybe it will take awhile but no, it keeps going and ive left it for so long.
Im running Team ICSSGS along with IcyGlitch B5.
I can get into the OS after i format everything but i wanted to get back into my phone with all my apps still there.
Any help please?
Thanks
Copy Glitch V14 B6 to your SD card, then try a fresh restore, followed by flashing B6 before you reboot.
Say, what is Nandroid
Never did Nandroids. Just backed all my apps, account and Wi-Fi settings by TiBu. Then copied /sdcard/TitaniumBackup into computer.
Does Nandroid knows the filesystem to format etc? And if apps were on SDCard - will it really restore them?
pc103, i tried that several times to no avail.
i finally installed appextractor and used that and did pretty much what i needed. not all my user data is there but thats ok, saves me from having to redownload everything.
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Does Nandroid knows the filesystem to format etc? And if apps were on SDCard - will it really restore them?
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Good details are at What exactly is a nandroid backup?
Jay3161 said:
pc103, i tried that several times to no avail.
i finally installed appextractor and used that and did pretty much what i needed. not all my user data is there but thats ok, saves me from having to redownload everything.
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Check out the smbk functions in Super Manager. They let you choose between [sys] / [user] apks +/- data when restoring. That and Super Backup makes an easier reload when Nandroid's not an option.
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Never did Nandroids. Just backed all my apps, account and Wi-Fi settings by TiBu. Then copied /sdcard/TitaniumBackup into computer.
Does Nandroid knows the filesystem to format etc? And if apps were on SDCard - will it really restore them?
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As a longtime TIBU user I have run into trouble. I was using ROMs in the i9000 [Saurom, Continuum, Apex] family but also Native I897 ROMs [ Serenity, SaruromKK4]. Never a complaint due to TIBU. But moving over to CM9 and 4.0.4 IMM30B I have found that a full restore breaks things. Both the media player and messaging stop working [some installs]. I have had to be selective, and ...
Nandroid? pc103 links to info that shows Nandroid will not replace TIBU.. Perhaps TIBU has more control/functionality than my FULL restore approach.
I'm almost positive nandroid does recognize the file system- I think that is the point of nandroid basically, to take a snapshot of your entire phone including file systems and cache- but I ran into issues restoring apps with TiBu after a nandroid backup/restore between two rom versions, and it seemed to be due to a different format of file system. I'm no expert however...
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