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Please help everyone, I messed up with my phone..
I installed SGStools yesterday and just click on TouchwizUI GTG and it went all ok....
About the installation of GTG Touchwiz, I think there is an phrase saying "first, install ..... e.g. launcherpro" which I didn't do. But after that it went ok.
THen this morning, I started to notice that evrything i press the middle button once, it will vibrate and an error will popup, and I need to click it again to relaunch the homescreen..
After that, I went to SGStools again and tried to restore my backup, but the backup wasnt there, so I try to reinstall the Touchwiz GTG then afterwards restart the phone, after which, the homescreen is gone but I can still use the notifications and answer calls and text.
Please help me, I'm on stock ROMs and all things that I installed in my SGS is OCLF and Root and this one. Please help me!!
Anyone PLS?
Download root explorer. Go to android development and download and read instructions in the touchwiz launcher thread.
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sir how can i download Root Explorer to my phone and install if I can't go to menu?
I don't have any idea sorry, I've been reading the threads and still can't find how to install it..
Still anyone? Please elaborate more, I wouldnt want to screw my phone so I'm just asking questions before doing anything more with it, unlike other phones which is much cheaper...Pls Help
nYbEe said:
Still anyone? Please elaborate more, I wouldnt want to screw my phone so I'm just asking questions before doing anything more with it, unlike other phones which is much cheaper...Pls Help
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I'm using stock ROM, and just Root, OCLF and SGSTools.
Can I use HARD RESET instead to restrore my phone again despite my problem stated above?
I Havent flashed anything yet, and It's ok to loose files for me. Tnx In Advance Pls Reply
Install another launcher, like adw launcher with adb
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Okay. You still can go to download mode right? (volume down + home + power)
If yes, try flashing back to a stock firmware usign Odin.
I rooted my wifes captivate with superoneclick and tried to get it to allow non market apps and it keeps saying it failed. so i went in with an db editor and changed the 0 to a 1 as the instructions say. When i try to go into titanium back up and restore her contacts it says the phone is set to not allow non market apps. wife is pretty up set can anyone please help
Please use more descriptive thread titles.
i think it is pretty descriptive i need help. now if someone would please give me some suggestions to try instead of being a hole about it that would be nice
i agree your thread title sucks, but in Titanium Backup, have you clicked on menu, more, reload application?
tgjones85 said:
i think it is pretty descriptive i need help. now if someone would please give me some suggestions to try instead of being an asshole about it that would be nice
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I will tell you what i think... first off that kind of language is not allowed on the forums and you can easily get banned for it. and seccond go into settings/ applications/ development and tick off unknown sources. also if all you have done is root her contact app will not be gone
mrevankyle said:
I will tell you what i think... first off that kind of language is not allowed on the forums and you can easily get banned for it. and seccond go into settings/ applications/ development and tick off unknown sources. also if all you have done is root her contact app will not be gone
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ATT captivates do not have 'unknown sources' option on stock roms.......thank you ATT
that option is not there ive have already looked. i have the htc inpire and it does. i tried to reload the app and that did not work. when i rooted it first all her info was there. when i tried to flash a rom thats when it went south. i couldnt get it to the screen i needed so i clicked on clear data and thats when i wiped her info on the phone. i had previously backed up her info with titanium backup so that i could restore the info. froyo is running on her phone as well. since the stock rom does not allow non market apps. can i get help with flashing a rom. when i boot into recovery and try to flash i just get the first screen i cant get to the screen needed to flash. ive tried flashing CWM and it says it is successful but when i try to reinstall packages it keeps saying its aborted and will not proceed. any thoughts on this issue? i edited my first post sorry. i just hate people who are cynical and dont give any suggestions.
lets do this again today:
Captivate 3e SIGNATURE VERIFICATION ERROR
search those terms in google
or here, let me do that for you
http://tinyurl.com/3zjlnnb
seriously, 10 minutes in the forums and you would have had this answer....
Please use the search function before opening a new thread. If you wold have then your wife wouldnt be upset with you in the first place.
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Literally spent all day trying to root my CDMA Hero. Nothing works. I cannot use sync because it disconnects with the debugging and does not allow me to install a previous RUU. So I decided to use an app on the store (one click rooters like z4) it seemed like it worked, got SuperUser, said that my XC Chip was still on...soo I guess Im not rooted. Didn't notice that till I tried to install Cyanogenmod 7 2.3.2 on my device, which sent it back to my saved place (forgot what its called lol). Have no Idea where to go, anyone have a solution to the sync, seems like it would be the easiest way to do it. I have read the wikis, searched, done all I could do. Now I come to you, Help pleaseeee.
Software if you need it
Baseband Version 2.42.02.10.29
well i personally have had the same issues with one click roots,
Id HIGHLY suggest look at the Cyanogenmod wiki
to root and before rooting setting up ABD through the SDK
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_(CDMA):_Full_Update_Guide
edit: PM me if you need anything else
Are you still having trouble gaining root???
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
iHusk said:
Literally spent all day trying to root my CDMA Hero. Nothing works. I cannot use sync because it disconnects with the debugging and does not allow me to install a previous RUU. So I decided to use an app on the store (one click rooters like z4) it seemed like it worked, got SuperUser, said that my XC Chip was still on...soo I guess Im not rooted. Didn't notice that till I tried to install Cyanogenmod 7 2.3.2 on my device, which sent it back to my saved place (forgot what its called lol). Have no Idea where to go, anyone have a solution to the sync, seems like it would be the easiest way to do it. I have read the wikis, searched, done all I could do. Now I come to you, Help pleaseeee.
Software if you need it
Baseband Version 2.42.02.10.29
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The XC, you are referring to is actually for Engineering bootloader S-ON or S-OFF. This has no effect on rooting your phone. Everyone here had S-ON until sometime late last year.
What OS are you running? Windows, Mac, Linux
32bit or 64 bit?
Did you flash a recovery?
Were you able to boot into recovery? (Power off phone, while holding home button, press the power button)
What did you get?
Did you try installing titanium backup to see if you were root?
Download busybox from the market and then open it up and install 1.18.
Try TB again.
Or try installing ROM manager and flash clockwork mod from the app.
Without more info it is really hard to help.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
The XC, you are referring to is actually for Engineering bootloader S-ON or S-OFF. This has no effect on rooting your phone. Everyone here had S-ON until sometime late last year.
What OS are you running? Windows, Mac, Linux
32bit or 64 bit?
Did you flash a recovery?
Were you able to boot into recovery? (Power off phone, while holding home button, press the power button)
What did you get?
Did you try installing titanium backup to see if you were root?
Download busybox from the market and then open it up and install 1.18.
Try TB again.
Or try installing ROM manager and flash clockwork mod from the app.
Without more info it is really hard to help.
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Still having troubles. Im running 64 bit Windows, I thought I flashed a recovery.
When I press home and power to power on I get
"Clearstorage" "Yes" "no"
thats all...
I installed wireless tether for root, when I went to install Cyano it deleted all my apps besides superuser and wont let me download any of them anymore...
You need anymore info?
coffeehandle said:
well i personally have had the same issues with one click roots,
Id HIGHLY suggest look at the Cyanogenmod wiki
to root and before rooting setting up ABD through the SDK
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_(CDMA):_Full_Update_Guide
edit: PM me if you need anything else
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Yes I read this, this is actually what I used. Problem is that I cannot use HTC Sync. It never lets me update my RUU for some odd reason...
Update lol. Seems like I am still rooted, I can download and use Wifi Tethering for Root Users. And when in Astro file manager I have a file called \root I believe. question is where do I go from now!
Well it depends on what you want to do with your phone. If its running fine then leave it and just boot into recovery and make a backup incase you need it in the future. To do this "make a backup "
Power off. Then hold down volume down and press power. After the white screen appears press home and wait until your recovery appears. Then select backup and restore. From there you should be able to figure it out. If not then just post and you'll receive advice from other members or my self. If you were looking to further mod your phone you could load one of many custom roms provided by the great developers here, increase internal memory to add more storage, load a different kernel to overclock or change the look of your phone
by flashing a custom theme. Its up to you how far you want to take your phone. Well hope this helps.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
laie1472 said:
Well it depends on what you want to do with your phone. If its running fine then leave it and just boot into recovery and make a backup incase you need it in the future. To do this "make a backup "
Power off. Then hold down volume down and press power. After the white screen appears press home and wait until your recovery appears. Then select backup and restore. From there you should be able to figure it out. If not then just post and you'll receive advice from other members or my self. If you were looking to further mod your phone you could load one of many custom roms provided by the great developers here, increase internal memory to add more storage, load a different kernel to overclock or change the look of your phone
by flashing a custom theme. Its up to you how far you want to take your phone. Well hope this helps.
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
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How do you flash it? Is it basically the same as when I did Cyanogenmod, just go to ROM manager and install it or what? Thanks for all the help btw, I got 2.3 now, just trying to get it the way I want now...
Im a little puzzled as to when you post "flash it" care to share what it is your referring to. If its a rom, then yes you could flash it threw rom manger, but I wouldn't recommend it. The safest way Imo is threw your recovery if you want to flash a rom. Also if your referring to a rom which one??? And when you post "the way you want" what is it that your trying to achieve???
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laie1472 said:
Im a little puzzled as to when you post "flash it" care to share what it is your referring to. If its a rom, then yes you could flash it threw rom manger, but I wouldn't recommend it. The safest way Imo is threw your recovery if you want to flash a rom. Also if your referring to a rom which one??? And when you post "the way you want" what is it that your trying to achieve???
#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
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Looks wise and apps is what I mean by "the way I want". And basically what I am talking about is custom themes/looks. How would I flash those through recovery. Thats what I am puzzled about lol
Well if your on 2.3 you should have the theme chooser. If that's the case you locate the theme apk. Download it to your sd card. Then open up a file manger and install the theme apk as you would a regular app. Then exit out of your file manger and go to your app drawer and open up theme chooser. Then select the theme you just installed. After its done installing just reboot. Some of the theme chooser themes have extra add on you have to apply to get the full look of theme. The add ons you have to install via zip themer or metamorph. The zip themer you can find in the android themes and apps thread. It might be on the android market but I'm not sure. Metamorph you can find on the android market. If you need help with that aquire either app and just let me know. Now if your theme is flashable via recovery. Download the theme to the root of your sd card. Which means just put the theme on your sd card and not in any folders. Then boot into recovery by powering down. Then hold volume down. Then press the power button. After the screen appears press the home button. Then when your recovery appears. Always make a backup first. Then choose install update zip or flash update zip. Then locate the theme zip and press the track ball. It will ask you to confirm press the track ball for yes or home for no. Press the track ball and when its done press back and choose reboot. When you reboot you should have your rom themed. Make sure the theme your flashing is for your rom because not all themes are for all roms and if you flash the wrong theme you could be entering boot loop city. Also make sure your battery is at least 60 % to flash anything. This is just my opinion on the battery. Well hope this helps. If you find a certain theme you want to install let me know if you run into any problems.
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Lately i have been having many problems with my captivate from just normal function use and problems with trying to back it up and use roms. ive looked through countless threads followed directions, videos, but those came with no such luck.
First ill mention the recent problems i seem to have which most likely are due to me attempting to back it up, use rom manager, installing roms etc. First is the response of the unlock button which just started happening today. ill have to push the unlock button multiple times before i even get the unlock screen. when i finally do get it its usually covered in the menu you get when you hold down the lock button. while in a voicemail today i tried unlocking to click the number pad and instead my phone just randomly turned off.
Another recent problem is horrriiibbbllleee battery life. ill take my phone off the charger at 100% get ready for work eat breakfast and in that time maybe text my gf once or twice and ill be down like 10% it is impossible for me to get my phone to last a whole day without charging it in my car during my lunch break and i still go home in the red zone of battery.
Now to the problems ive been having that most likely caused this.
a few weeks ago i wanted to try to put on cog5 and cm7 to try them out. before i did anything i wanted to back up my phone so first i plugged it in and simply copied every folder from the phone and sd card to my computer just in case. then i looked up ways to do backups and rom installs and many things led me to using rom manager. (i was already rooted and have the froyo leak from last year) first i tried the backup option in rom manager, after running it it did absolutely nothing, there were no options when i would go back to it and to the restore option. i figured aww whatever ill try this anyways. i downloaded the zip files for the roms placed them in the sd folder as update.zip or w.e. would open up into the download mode or whatever only to see no option to download the file.
i also tried installing cog 4.5 which was an option through rom manager and that did nothing as well. i eventually somehow messed my phone up where when i turned it on if i would press the app drawer it would pop up the menu, only like 5 apps would display, it would bounce up and down and i couldnt back out of it or click anything. when i could get it to the main screen i also couldnt do anything. i was able to go into task killer through the dropdown menu and navigate to stuff through there. again tried to do the restore in manager but nothing. so i just wiped every file on the phone and sd card and replaced it with the files i had saved earlier and have just been using it as that.
recently i found an article saying i need to flash back to the original then flash to gingerbread before i can do anything else. well before i wanted to mess with this i wanted to try to backup. read articles on nandroid backups and watched a how to vid. the article said to boot into clockwork recovery then click back up and yada yada. if the option was not there then to click reinstall packages. however everytime i click reinstall packages my phone fails and will not do it.
all in all i just need help backing up my phone as i have some apps and games and stuff i dont feel like starting over on (tho if i have to i guess i will ha)
after the backup i would then like to install cm7 or cog5 and if anyone feels those arent stable enough for normal use then whatever anyone suggests. im really horrible at messing around with these phones, probably shouldnt have been even trying but i get bored sometimes. main problem is just none of the options any video or guide states ever work when i actually do it with my phone or those options arent even available.
thanks in advance to everyone and try to make your responses as stupid as possible
if you would read around the captivate forums, rom manager isnt of much use to us here. just boot into recovery and use CWM, then select BACKUP AND RESTORE, to make your backup.....
Delldorado said:
Lately i have been having many problems with my captivate from just normal function use and problems with trying to back it up and use roms. ive looked through countless threads followed directions, videos, but those came with no such luck.
First ill mention the recent problems i seem to have which most likely are due to me attempting to back it up, use rom manager, installing roms etc. First is the response of the unlock button which just started happening today. ill have to push the unlock button multiple times before i even get the unlock screen. when i finally do get it its usually covered in the menu you get when you hold down the lock button. while in a voicemail today i tried unlocking to click the number pad and instead my phone just randomly turned off.
Another recent problem is horrriiibbbllleee battery life. ill take my phone off the charger at 100% get ready for work eat breakfast and in that time maybe text my gf once or twice and ill be down like 10% it is impossible for me to get my phone to last a whole day without charging it in my car during my lunch break and i still go home in the red zone of battery.
Now to the problems ive been having that most likely caused this.
a few weeks ago i wanted to try to put on cog5 and cm7 to try them out. before i did anything i wanted to back up my phone so first i plugged it in and simply copied every folder from the phone and sd card to my computer just in case. then i looked up ways to do backups and rom installs and many things led me to using rom manager. (i was already rooted and have the froyo leak from last year) first i tried the backup option in rom manager, after running it it did absolutely nothing, there were no options when i would go back to it and to the restore option. i figured aww whatever ill try this anyways. i downloaded the zip files for the roms placed them in the sd folder as update.zip or w.e. would open up into the download mode or whatever only to see no option to download the file.
i also tried installing cog 4.5 which was an option through rom manager and that did nothing as well. i eventually somehow messed my phone up where when i turned it on if i would press the app drawer it would pop up the menu, only like 5 apps would display, it would bounce up and down and i couldnt back out of it or click anything. when i could get it to the main screen i also couldnt do anything. i was able to go into task killer through the dropdown menu and navigate to stuff through there. again tried to do the restore in manager but nothing. so i just wiped every file on the phone and sd card and replaced it with the files i had saved earlier and have just been using it as that.
recently i found an article saying i need to flash back to the original then flash to gingerbread before i can do anything else. well before i wanted to mess with this i wanted to try to backup. read articles on nandroid backups and watched a how to vid. the article said to boot into clockwork recovery then click back up and yada yada. if the option was not there then to click reinstall packages. however everytime i click reinstall packages my phone fails and will not do it.
all in all i just need help backing up my phone as i have some apps and games and stuff i dont feel like starting over on (tho if i have to i guess i will ha)
after the backup i would then like to install cm7 or cog5 and if anyone feels those arent stable enough for normal use then whatever anyone suggests. im really horrible at messing around with these phones, probably shouldnt have been even trying but i get bored sometimes. main problem is just none of the options any video or guide states ever work when i actually do it with my phone or those options arent even available.
thanks in advance to everyone and try to make your responses as stupid as possible
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Ok. I don't even know if you can get there from where you are now, but the first step I'd recommend if you need to keep your app data is to get Titanium Backup (it's in the market). If you can get that running, do a backup (there's directions on how to do it in the stickies if you need it), and move that to a safe place (like your pc).
If you can connect via USB, you can always pull the clockworkrecovery.zip out of the AIO Captivate Toolbox, move it to your internal SD card, rename it update.zip, and then try to do the reinstall packages with that.
If you can't get there, and you don't have a good nandroid backup, you may (unfortunately) be out of luck with getting your saved data back. If you can't make a good backup, and you're still in froyo/eclair land (I'm guessing you are, since I believe that cog 4.5 is not gingerbread), you would probably be best off to use the Odin One-Click to Stock to put your phone at a nice clean place to start over.
After that, do a little reading and research, and find a ROM that you think looks like it will suit you well - it's going to be a matter of personal choice, so just read up. Once you find one that looks good, just read its directions on how you can install it.
Assuming all goes well, you'll be back up and running in no time. If you're luck, and Titanium Backup worked, you'll even be able to get your apps back.
If you have more questions, just post.
alright didnt know that
although i did say that i cant do that. when i go into recovery there is no option for backup and i cant get into clockwork recovery. the thread i read said if i cant then click reinstall packages and i should be able to however reinstall packages fails. the only options i get or to boot up, reinstall, clear cache, clear "something" and then another option though i dont quite remember both nothing is displayed that your telling me to click. thanks for the prompt response
Delldorado said:
alright didnt know that
although i did say that i cant do that. when i go into recovery there is no option for backup and i cant get into clockwork recovery. the thread i read said if i cant then click reinstall packages and i should be able to however reinstall packages fails. the only options i get or to boot up, reinstall, clear cache, clear "something" and then another option though i dont quite remember both nothing is displayed that your telling me to click. thanks for the prompt response
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What does your recovery screen look like? Does it have a little gear icon as the background, or is it the Android guy with an exclamation point in a triangle?
jmtheiss said:
Ok. I don't even know if you can get there from where you are now, but the first step I'd recommend if you need to keep your app data is to get Titanium Backup (it's in the market). If you can get that running, do a backup (there's directions on how to do it in the stickies if you need it), and move that to a safe place (like your pc).
If you can connect via USB, you can always pull the clockworkrecovery.zip out of the AIO Captivate Toolbox, move it to your internal SD card, rename it update.zip, and then try to do the reinstall packages with that.
If you can't get there, and you don't have a good nandroid backup, you may (unfortunately) be out of luck with getting your saved data back. If you can't make a good backup, and you're still in froyo/eclair land (I'm guessing you are, since I believe that cog 4.5 is not gingerbread), you would probably be best off to use the Odin One-Click to Stock to put your phone at a nice clean place to start over.
After that, do a little reading and research, and find a ROM that you think looks like it will suit you well - it's going to be a matter of personal choice, so just read up. Once you find one that looks good, just read its directions on how you can install it.
Assuming all goes well, you'll be back up and running in no time. If you're luck, and Titanium Backup worked, you'll even be able to get your apps back.
If you have more questions, just post.
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i actually already have titanium. perhaps should have mentioned that lol. i just dont know too much about how it quite works. a while back i backed up apps and such and i can still do so now. so that program then saves everything on the sd card? once flashing to stock would i reinstall titanium and then it would be able to pull from these files on the sd card. also what would one have to back up in order to save games in emulators, do those saved games store on the emulator, in game file on the sd card or elsewhere? thanks for the post and the link for stock. assumed thats what id be doing just wanted to check on backing things up
jmtheiss said:
What does your recovery screen look like? Does it have a little gear icon as the background, or is it the Android guy with an exclamation point in a triangle?
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android guy with an exclamation point in a triangle
options are reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd card
Delldorado said:
i actually already have titanium. perhaps should have mentioned that lol. i just dont know too much about how it quite works. a while back i backed up apps and such and i can still do so now. so that program then saves everything on the sd card? once flashing to stock would i reinstall titanium and then it would be able to pull from these files on the sd card. also what would one have to back up in order to save games in emulators, do those saved games store on the emulator, in game file on the sd card or elsewhere? thanks for the post and the link for stock. assumed thats what id be doing just wanted to check on backing things up
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That's good to hear. When you run a "backup all user apps" operation, it creates a folder called "Titaniumbackup" on your internal SD card. If you did a backup with TiBu before all of this happened (with your apps they way they were), and you've only added a little bit since then, just do a new "backup all user apps" batch operation, then move it to a safe place.
As far as everything else, you may have to do a little digging and move those files manually (if you have emulator saves and roms, you'll probably have to find where those are saved by yourself).
The recovery screen you're seeing is the stock Android recovery screen, meaning you don't have ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) installed. Look in the dev section for the AIO Captivate Toolbox, download it, and then follow my directions above to get CWM installed. You can make a Nandroid backup from there.
At that point, you can clean your phone up (with the one-click to stock), and start over again with flashing.
jmtheiss said:
That's good to hear. When you run a "backup all user apps" operation, it creates a folder called "Titaniumbackup" on your internal SD card. If you did a backup with TiBu before all of this happened (with your apps they way they were), and you've only added a little bit since then, just do a new "backup all user apps" batch operation, then move it to a safe place.
As far as everything else, you may have to do a little digging and move those files manually (if you have emulator saves and roms, you'll probably have to find where those are saved by yourself).
The recovery screen you're seeing is the stock Android recovery screen, meaning you don't have ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) installed. Look in the dev section for the AIO Captivate Toolbox, download it, and then follow my directions above to get CWM installed. You can make a Nandroid backup from there.
At that point, you can clean your phone up (with the one-click to stock), and start over again with flashing.
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well its been like half a year since ive backed anything up. would i still be able to do the backup all user apps when things are going wrong with it. that only backs up those apps not any of the rom or anythin so those wouldnt corrupt the fresh phone right?
as to the second part alright sounds good ill try that out and let you know how i fail some more thanks a lot
i see no backup all app data option titanium backup. lol told you im an idiot
Delldorado said:
well its been like half a year since ive backed anything up. would i still be able to do the backup all user apps when things are going wrong with it. that only backs up those apps not any of the rom or anythin so those wouldnt corrupt the fresh phone right?
as to the second part alright sounds good ill try that out and let you know how i fail some more thanks a lot
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In my experience, when Tibu does a backup, it will add any new applications/data to your existing backup, and overwrite existing backed up data to your backup. To be safe, just keep the backup you made a year and a half ago somewhere safe, and then run the batch operation on a separate copy on your phone. That way, at least one of the backups will be able to get you to where you want to be.
It only backs up applications and their associated data (e.g. Angry Birds + its scores) as long as you do the "backup all user apps" option. If you choose the "Backup all user apps + system data", you can get into some unsafe territory when it comes time to restore them.
Ultimately, if your applications right now are at a place where you are happy with them, just run the "backup all user apps" option, then move the titaniumbackup folder to a safe place.
Delldorado said:
i see no backup all app data option titanium backup. lol told you im an idiot
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No problem. Just go into Tibu, click the "backup/restore" button at the top, then click the menu key and select the "batch" option. The next screen that comes up should have an option that said "backup all user apps" - just click the Run button next to it and let it do its thing.
Ok you're on Froyo, right? That means you have the stock 3e recovery and need to use the search button and look for modded 3e recovery in the Captivate android development section, follow those steps. Then once you have that, go to Rom manager and flash CWM at the very top. Reboot to recovery backup!
Sent from my plain KF1 Gingerbread Captivate using the XDA Premium App.
b-eock said:
Ok you're on Froyo, right? That means you have the stock 3e recovery and need to use the search button and look for modded 3e recovery in the Captivate android development section, follow those steps. Then once you have that, go to Rom manager and flash CWM at the very top. Reboot to recovery backup!
Sent from my plain KF1 Gingerbread Captivate using the XDA Premium App.
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Thanks for catching that - I haven't been on stock Froyo, so I keep forgetting about that.
Here's the link
jmtheiss said:
No problem. Just go into Tibu, click the "backup/restore" button at the top, then click the menu key and select the "batch" option. The next screen that comes up should have an option that said "backup all user apps" - just click the Run button next to it and let it do its thing.
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backing up now. will move the folder over elsewhere, move pictures/vids over (im assuming this doesnt back those up) and then ill restore.
ill let you know how it goes if at all interested cuz im sure ill mess up somewhere again
Delldorado said:
backing up now. will move the folder over elsewhere, move pictures/vids over (im assuming this doesnt back those up) and then ill restore.
ill let you know how it goes if at all interested cuz im sure ill mess up somewhere again
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You are correct in assuming it doesn't back those up.
Just so you know, doing all this won't erase the files on your internal sd card unless you do a master clear somewhere along the way. That being said, backing up all your important information before doing any major phone changes is always a good idea.
umm little help in flashing odin. ive downloaded it, its open, i put my phone in download mode its connected by usb, clicked start and it seems to be stuck here:
<ID:0/009> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..
<ID:0/009> File analysis..
<ID:0/009> SetupConnection..
is it done? i recall a long time ago when i flashed froyo i believe it said finish. do i still wait, is it not working, do i just do reboot system?
i was trying to flash this then was goin to do the whole thign with clockwork after. tho i also saw like cog has clockwork in the rom so i was going to root then put this on afterwards, reinstall titanium then reinstall by backup.
haha now i messed up. k got it stock. then got gingerbread. then started the root. did the first part but i didnt know i needed to put the 3 button fix on. so now my phone is stuck in a boot lupe with some dumb fugu fish or w.e. and i cant access download mode. computer wont recognize my phone to do anything like add in the fix or flash back. is there anything i can do without having to make a jig or whatever?
if you flashed the gingerbread bootloaders then you need to hold volume down and power to get into download mode.
jmtheiss said:
if you flashed the gingerbread bootloaders then you need to hold volume down and power to get into download mode.
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yeah i know that however it just does the att screen then it switches to the fugu fish then reboots to the att screen then fugu fish etc and so on. down and power doesnt work. down up and power doesnt work. nothing works lol
Okay, so now we have 3 Atrix HD's in the house and except for the unremoveable battery thing, and the short "battery life" when actively using it, I'd say we pretty much love them. However, I decided to remove some apps, etc. and managed to get my messages, camera and gallery to the "not working" and basically non-existent point. Now on startup I'm getting the Android is Updating message with the never-ending swirl of Starting Apps... I'm positive I've waited long enough as I set it down and went back to bed just to wake up and still see it.
Info - phone IS rooted
running the "jellybean" update
Unfortuanately a couple weeks ago, I UNCHECKED the sync photots for both facebook and gmail, so there are pictures I really don't want to lose.....
I'm definitely not a "pro" like lots of them up here, but am capable of following directions. I'm pretty sure I have to "unroot" my phone via USB/SD card through my laptop....Any help would be greatly appreciated... and the more specific the directions the better!! :cyclops: LOL... Thanks so much.
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Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
Don't remeber...
ai6908 said:
Sounds like you deleted a critical OS file. You need to flash back to stock again. Is your boot loader locked or unlocked?
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I Don't rememer if I unlocked the bootloader. Is there a way to check? Thanks.
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
ai6908 said:
Follow what's in the website to reload your stock image...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
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I've been trying and I've fallowed everything to the T but everytime it says it falls.
I'm not sure...I have used it before and was able to restore...are you sure it's not a hardware issue?
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Okay, here's where we're at.... it is no longer frozen on that screen and goes thru the setup w/ my gmail, etc.... but then I have a black screen (except for the top row icons...). I can pull down the settings menu and see everything there, but I have no "homescreen"....It's black. It seems like we're in the right direction and I know it's not dead. Anything??
Also wanted to thank you for the help. This place is ALWAYS amazing....
Hey, my son and I are wondering since it's already running 4.1.1 and we can't downgrade, what about flashing a custom rom? Will that flash a totally complete, full home page and everything?? Just a thought.
While trying to search for answers I came across a "xoom forums??" post with a tablet that was doing exactly the same thing....multiple people had that problem, but doesn't seem to have been answered...... not sure if I'm suppose to post links to that or not, but at least I know I'm not alone.....
If you're rooted, than I'm assuming ADB debugging is on. You should be able to unlock your boot loader and load CWM recovery. From there you can wipe cache and dalvik cache. If that doesn't help, you can reflash a stock ROM zip from Skeevys thread. Flashing a zip won't touch your SD card
There is official 4.1.1 available...you can try flashing that...you dont need to downgrade.
Okay, my son installed safetystrap (whatever that is...lol) and when you click Operating system, it says "there is no operating system installed are you sure you want to reboot????
Is this fixable?
Note: We have two other identical Atrix HD's in the house if that helps for any reason.....
Well that's what we are trying to figure out is how to install OS...Lol..
Try install system using fastboot... Look for skeevedudes guide...its in this forum somewhere...
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LOL....okay, so do yoiu see why my son says I'm not "ALLOWED" to have a rooted phone if this happens again..... Guess I was just glad to SEE it written out, so that it's a little more def what's going on - but I'm sure everyone up here (except me) already knew that!!!
He's not around today, so my phone is just "sitting" saying "creating rom slot" but never gets off that screen. The good thing is that we can see it's actually charging and we weren't sure before....... Does this sound like something that will eventually be repairable??
You have a soft brick...yes it is fixable...
Okay, thought I had already posted this before but I guess I never hit the submit ....
Before safety strap was installed, we could get the phone (minus the homescreen and os) to come on....the settings, wifi etc.....No we can't seem to get to that point with the safetystrap on. It just goes completely blank and won't let safestrap connect to the computer via usb.
Apparently there is also no way to remove SS without an opperating system. This doesn't sound promising.....ugggg..... I so want my phone back.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OK dude. Follow my instructions.
Hold down power and both volume buttons all at once until the phone screen turns black, then continue holding the volume buttons. You will get a menu. Go to AP fastboot mode using the volume down button, select it with the volume up button. Plug your phone into your computer with a data cable. Download RSD lite and the MOTOROLA drivers from the MOTOROLA website. Install both. Download the 4.1.1 sbf file for your phone, there is a thread for it here in the AHD forum. Its a zip file, extract it to your desktop. Open RSD lite, click the browse for file button, select the XML file inside the folder you just unzipped. Hit flash. If you get any errors, let me know I'll send you a different XML file with the getvar lines removed.
Okay, will get it started..... Thanks so much. My son has been working on this for hours and hours. You have no idea how much I appreciate this place and everyone who helps out!! You guys rock! Will let you know what we get.
Here is the website for what youngunn mentioned...
http://www.andromods.com/tips-trick...-qinara-stock-original-firmware-fastboot.html
[FONT="Comic [SIZE="3"]Okay, my son (BlackestPain) is too new here to post the picture links, so I copied and pasted. They're just downloads from his camera pictures. This is where we are right now after following suggestions....[/SIZE]MS"][/FONT]
Okay, here is what I've (chixwithkidz5' son) tried.... Please cut me some slack because I haven't been doing this stuff long....
Getvar file
Getvar removed
RSD Lite connected
RSD Lite failed
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***** this is what the phone reads after everything
What am I missing ? Thanks - I can use all the decent help I can get.