Quick Question :D - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, I get a replacement hero in a few days from sprint, what is the chance it will have the 2.1 update already? <(Opinions) Because then i wont be able to root mah phone D:
Secondly, I'f i have a nand droid backup from THIS phone... after i root the other is it safe to use that nandroid backup on the NEW phone?

1. Zero chance you will get 2.1 preloaded.
2. Yes you can restore your Nandroid. Backup your new phone first, then paste the old phone's Nandroid inside the new devices Nandroid folder (i.e. HT9BBHF99999).

danknee said:
1. Zero chance you will get 2.1 preloaded.
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Agreed .

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SOLVED - Can I do a nandroid restore??

Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
cqms13 said:
Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
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Yes, anything that was not on the ext partition will restore.
cqms13 said:
Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
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Yes. After you do so, you should upgrade to 4.2.3.1 ASAP.
Verified. I have personally unrooted (for important reason), rerooted and restored a nandroid backup. I got everything back, even my apps. Simple as copying the fat32 and ext partition data to pc and restoring it to scdard before restoring nandroid backup.
Cheers guys
Nandroided (is that even a word??) and flashed 4.3.2.1
Everything working great
thanks again
J.

help with changing roms

so i have DC 2.08. i have only used fresh 20d and DC 2.08. my final is set on DC but iv been wanting to explore with other ones besides DC and fresh. id love to go outside my DC rom and check out other roms but i dont wanna loose my custom DC rom i set up and everything. am i able to like back up my DC rom and settings like saving it so i can always like go back to it ?
Warrior 3000 said:
so i have DC 2.08. i have only used fresh 20d and DC 2.08. my final is set on DC but iv been wanting to explore with other ones besides DC and fresh. id love to go outside my DC rom and check out other roms but i dont wanna loose my custom DC rom i set up and everything. am i able to like back up my DC rom and settings like saving it so i can always like go back to it ?
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nandroid backup will restore a point in time copy.
If you're using a2sd do a nandroid+ext backup.
i just did nandroid backup. now what. i load the SD card on my computer and copy the file ?
Warrior 3000 said:
i just did nandroid backup. now what. i load the SD card on my computer and copy the file ?
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For safekeeping you can, sure. But when you switch ROMs, if you want to switch back to your current, keep the nandroid on your SD card. Then just do a nandroid restore and it'll put you right back where you were when you backed it up.
o alright i see now. it say in the folder like the date i made the back up and stuff. ok cool, thanks a ton !
Warrior 3000 said:
o alright i see now. it say in the folder like the date i made the back up and stuff. ok cool, thanks a ton !
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No problem. If you want, you can change the name of your nandroid backup. Doesn't matter what it's called. Just don't put any weird characters or spaces in it, and it should restore fine.
I usually name mine something like:
DC_2.0.8.1_5.12.2010_before_screwing_around
yeah thats what i did. i named it like DC rom. fresh 2.0d rom. ect.
smw6180 said:
nandroid backup will restore a point in time copy.
If you're using a2sd do a nandroid+ext backup.
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How do you do that? This is what is messing me up everytime I switch ROMS as I always seem to get a boot loop unless I wipe my ext and lose all my apps. Then I have to redownload them.
I tried Titanium but it doesn't seem to back up your ext.

[How To] Downgrade 2.2 To 2.1

Not sure if this has already been posted somewhere, but after my experience I figured it might be useful to someone. If it's been posted already ignore this and move on with your day/night
1. flash sbf
2. phone will go in the boot loop of death, thats fine lol.. when rsdlite says 100 percent pull the battery
3. put the battery back in, hold down the home button plus the power button till you see the moto logo followed by the triangle
4. hit search button, your now in recovery
5. do a factory restore
6. once complete reboot phone
7. thank god and swear you wont flash your phone ever again (ofcourse only to do it in a day or so after you have calmed down)
rsdlite and sbf can be found in this thread CLICK
If you made a nandroid backup of 2.1 couldn't you just restore that? I'm pretty sure you can. I remember doing it with the Moto Droid.
taypotts said:
If you made a nandroid backup of 2.1 couldn't you just restore that? I'm pretty sure you can. I remember doing it with the Moto Droid.
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not sure if you can use bootstrap in froyo, and besides if you ever need to go back to a unrooted state this is the way to go :: cough warranty ::
taypotts said:
If you made a nandroid backup of 2.1 couldn't you just restore that? I'm pretty sure you can. I remember doing it with the Moto Droid.
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Do not restore a 2. 1 nandroid in 2. 2. The update changes the bootloader and recovery versions which aren't part of the backup. The phone will just hang at the MOTO logo. I learned this the hard way. You have to use the sbf. You can then apply your nandroid to get everything back.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
iB4STiD said:
Not sure if this has already been posted somewhere, but after my experience I figured it might be useful to someone.
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Could you explain?
I am holding off on switching to 2.2, always do to let everyone else find the bugs.
What was your experience?
bad4u6669 said:
Could you explain?
I am holding off on switching to 2.2, always do to let everyone else find the bugs.
What was your experience?
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what i meant by my experience was downgrading 2.2 to 2.1, My g/f has the droid x, and i am the one to root or mod her phone for her. She wanted to try out froyo and liked the rom alot. there are little bugs i noticed
1. odd little animation hiccup when scrolling home screens
2. lag in gallery
3. what seemed like market delay (but the market has been slow lately, same thing on my vibrant and g1)
but this is a test build not a "final rom"
Like i said downgrading the phone is a little different than other android phones Ive used and i thought this post may help someone out. Im the type of person who wont mod something unless i know i can get back to where i started and with this sbf and "how to" you wont have to worry about that.
pjsockett said:
Do not restore a 2. 1 nandroid in 2. 2. The update changes the bootloader and recovery versions which aren't part of the backup. The phone will just hang at the MOTO logo. I learned this the hard way. You have to use the sbf. You can then apply your nandroid to get everything back.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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also i believe it updates the radio and kernel.. thanks pj for explaining that
If I wanted to go to 2.1 ,don't see why...at the moment.
Before I do a SBF would it be ok to to do a data wipe and a partition wipe in recovery mode then do the SBF bootrecovery deal???
Thank You
after you upgrade to 2.2 koush has a new DroidXBootstrap.apk out
go back to his website and DL it and reinstall then rerun bootstrap.
after that rom manager can do backups or recoveries.
sucks you all get bootloop with sbf, ive done it twice now and has worked fine
keeps all my apps and stuff
goodluck
pjsockett said:
Do not restore a 2. 1 nandroid in 2. 2. The update changes the bootloader and recovery versions which aren't part of the backup. The phone will just hang at the MOTO logo. I learned this the hard way. You have to use the sbf. You can then apply your nandroid to get everything back.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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I'm kinda confused what you mean? I did a nandroid backup of 2.1 with the latest bootstrap and clockworld.
I just remember using a nandroid on my girl's moto droid and I went from 2.2 all the way back to 2.0.1.
when trying to sbf on my Mac I get this -bash: ./sbf_flash: Permission denied? Any suggestions I have been asking for 2 days now hopefully someone can help. Thanks
taypotts said:
I'm kinda confused what you mean? I did a nandroid backup of 2.1 with the latest bootstrap and clockworld.
I just remember using a nandroid on my girl's moto droid and I went from 2.2 all the way back to 2.0.1.
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I also did the same from my Eris. The major difference is that the recovery on those devices were completely replaced not just patched. When you restore a 2.1 nandroid from a 2.2 droid x the android 3e recovery is not replaced. When the system tries to boot it sees that as an invalid recovery image and won't boot, it just hangs at the moto logo forever. When you upgarde to 2.2 on a Droid or an Eris your still using clockwork recovery or amon ra's recovery and not upgrading to the android 3e system recovery. Maybe it was just a fluke that it didn't work for me but it makes sense as to why it would fail, otherwise we would be able to have a full custom recovery.
dscottjr81 said:
when trying to sbf on my Mac I get this -bash: ./sbf_flash: Permission denied? Any suggestions I have been asking for 2 days now hopefully someone can help. Thanks
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From my understanding sbf_flash is for linux only. To flash on mac you need to use rsd lite with a virtual windows os.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/38671-flashing-sbf-mac.html
i cant get my phone to flash. i have done this 2 before with my droid x on 2.1 but now that i am on 2.2 every time i try to use RSDlite, i connect my phone and select my SBF but the START button will not light up so i cannot proceed. any thoughts.. im running windows 7 64 and i have all the drivers working for my phone.
failed sbf flash
Hey guys, i got an error in RSD that says "Failed flashing process. Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Phone is not compatible with muli-interface super-file. (0x703B); phone connected
Any ideas, i'm really new to android stuff, been using WM forever.
Thanks for the help
please ignore me as I can't read apparently
if anyone else sees this remeber to copy the pst_flash file to the Program Files/Motorola/RSDLite directory
tacticalmedicokc said:
please ignore me as I can't read apparently
if anyone else sees this remeber to copy the pst_flash file to the Program Files/Motorola/RSDLite directory
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thanks. i had the same problem.

New warranty phone. How to back up?

Ok so FedEx should be here soon with my replacement phone. I want the first thing i do is to back it up completely. I am wondering what the best way of doing this would be. TiBu? will that back up all that i need to save for a future restore to stock. nv_data and everything.
Stephenxda said:
Ok so FedEx should be here soon with my replacement phone. I want the first thing i do is to back it up completely. I am wondering what the best way of doing this would be. TiBu? will that back up all that i need to save for a future restore to stock. nv_data and everything.
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I'm not really sure what you mean to accomplish. If you want to be able to restore to stock, ODIN is your friend. Backups are usually only important for retaining and restoring changes or data you make. The easy process is to use TiBu on the apps/settings you want. Then copy the TitaniumBackup and any other desired folders to your PC (or external sd) so youc an copy them back and restore from them in the future.
Stephenxda said:
Ok so FedEx should be here soon with my replacement phone. I want the first thing i do is to back it up completely. I am wondering what the best way of doing this would be. TiBu? will that back up all that i need to save for a future restore to stock. nv_data and everything.
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1. Root the device.
2. Install ROM manager, and busybox.
3. Go to CWM console, and backup ur device. Copy this backup at a safe place.
Till here, u have a device set to the settings u had it delivered to u.
Though there shouldn't be a need, well, would be helpful in case u wanted to for some reason.
When u need to restore to what they sent u, u'd need to go to stock, apply this flash, and remove the root, and the two apps above.

[Q] Rogers htc one unrooting?

Hi there,
I've rooted my rogers htc one, and have clockworksmod recovery on there, but I'm an idiot and never saved nandroid backup of the stock rom, I'm stressing out as its gotta go back in for warranty purposes and I've looked for 5 days high and low on this site on how to unroot the device back to stock again. I've downloaded the cwm backup of the rogers001 backup but my recovery wont pick it up? Any help would be appreciated, tks kenny
skyjor2012 said:
Hi there,
I've rooted my rogers htc one, and have clockworksmod recovery on there, but I'm an idiot and never saved nandroid backup of the stock rom, I'm stressing out as its gotta go back in for warranty purposes and I've looked for 5 days high and low on this site on how to unroot the device back to stock again. I've downloaded the cwm backup of the rogers001 backup but my recovery wont pick it up? Any help would be appreciated, tks kenny
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in superuser app there is an option where you can unroot your device..
I'll try that app when I get home. I downloaded whampahoofus cwm nandroid backup, tried adding it to clockworkmod/backup but clockworkmod recovery doesn't pick it up! Also in recovery I see 4 backups. Non of themselves the stick but How come I don't see them on my sd card?
skyjor2012 said:
I'll try that app when I get home. I downloaded whampahoofus cwm nandroid backup, tried adding it to clockworkmod/backup but clockworkmod recovery doesn't pick it up! Also in recovery I see 4 backups. Non of themselves the stick but How come I don't see them on my sd card?
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they're not there anymore, now they are in mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
to remove root, use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=de
cheers
Thanks, I'll try it after work, appreciate your help, so have you used that app to indoor before. Is there anything special I need, I'm on Roger Cid rogers001 and it seems as if it's given everyone the hardest time unrooting, an Ruu for rogers001 would be fantastic! So do l my tonight rooted to gain access to the backup folder? So that path you gave me, is that where my backup from the PC be transfer. Sorry for all the question!
skyjor2012 said:
Thanks, I'll try it after work, appreciate your help, so have you used that app to indoor before. Is there anything special I need, I'm on Roger Cid rogers001 and it seems as if it's given everyone the hardest time unrooting, an Ruu for rogers001 would be fantastic! So do l my tonight rooted to gain access to the backup folder? So that path you gave me, is that where my backup from the PC be transfer. Sorry for all the question!
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in the supersu app you have the option to completely unroot. it should work..
yes, to access this folder you need a root explorer and a rooted device. then you can copy/move the backups with the root explorer on the device to the sdcard. after this you can find the backups on the PC.
cheers :highfive:
ok update, got home and installed supersu app, and it said to update su binary and I tried that but it didn't allow me to. Then I read I should install supersu.zip from recover, and I did, now I cant run supersu at all there's no binary installed. Also tried es file explorer, and root broswer, and went to mnt/shell and then its blank, there's no clockworkmod/backup. I dont think I have root access, and I tried to turn it on in settings but it wont allow me to. I think my phones rooted but I dont have root access of the rom, is that correct in saying, thanks
Managed to get back to stock rom, but need to find a stock recovery, then I should be able to apply the update thats available and it should be all back to stock, hopefully, wow I've been learning lots about android lately, lol
skyjor2012 said:
Managed to get back to stock rom, but need to find a stock recovery, then I should be able to apply the update thats available and it should be all back to stock, hopefully, wow I've been learning lots about android lately, lol
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were you able to find the stock rogers recovery? I'm looking to instal OTA update and need to flash to stock recovery...
Nope never did find it. I'm still looking. I need OTA update as well! I'm getting bad call reception!
I've heard using stock AT&T recovery.img works, since recovery images aren't really specific to the different carriers. Maybe try that out? Has anyone else ever tried that that can have some input?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358928
This thread has some more information about it.

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