Ok, so i flashed the latest bets of cognition to my captivate and everything is working great! i love the new rom, however, i have more of an embarrassing mistake than a complaint or problem with the software. I forgot to backup my contacts and my apps. The apps are really no big deal, just a little time installing them all again and setting them up to my liking and a bit of a lesson learned, on the other hand the few hundred phone numbers and email addresses are a bit tougher to get back.
Now, I used rom-manager (which is an amazing app!) to load cognition, and made a back up file before doing so, I had to use it once when i first tried to install the new rom and messed part of it up and went back to a completely stock phone. I downloaded rom-manager again, ran the back up file and viola was back to where i started. I tried again and bam everything was running beautifully. Now heres my problem, I tried to go back to the back up file once again so i could retrieve all of my contacts and use titanium on my apps but after its successfully (or so the phone tells me) loaded back on the phone will not go passed the at&t world phone loading screen. I was able to get to the 3 button recovery menu and put cognition back on with out a hitch.
So long story short, is there any way to get back to my backed up settings, am I doing something wrong? or am i doomed to pounding the pavement to get all my contacts back? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
I apologize in advance if this should be in the captivate development thread
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So I was updating my rom from 1.5 to a 2.1 rom. Everything was cool except I didn't work Titanium back up right and didn't have any of the apps I had before and there was one in particular I really wanted and didn't see in the market. So.... I decided to go back to the old rom until I got titanium straight and could get my apps. I booted into recovery, wiped, then for some stupid reason, instead of hitting the command to go back to the backed up rom, I hit back up. So I backed up a wiped phone. Is there anyway I can find that original back up now?
Thanks for any helpful replies.
I believe each back up is given a unique name with date and time. Just go back to recovery and look for your old back up.
they are all stamped with time and date. so just restore the one that's older
Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to q&a
That is correct. In the ../nandroid folder there will be a folder that, I believe, is a unique identifier for your phone. Inside that folder there will be a folder for each of your backups. When you use the menus to restore it should ask you which one you want to use. The oldest should be at the top and the newest should be at the bottom.
I'm completely stock right now with the new update H7 and new to this flashing and rooting stuff. I've been reading everything and seems yall got all this down to just clicking one button and the program does the rest.
So before i try this everyone says backup backup backup soo that leads to...
1. Is there anyway to back up my phone like it is now since i haven't rooted. Just in case something goes wrong
Or
2. is the only option i have is to do the one click root thing and back up the rom then try to flash the 2.2 ?
and
3. If something goes wrong and 2.2 doesn't flash right..could i just go into recovery mode and click reinstall packages and be back to the h7 (if i don't root to back up)? or does that recovery option get deleted/overwritten when i try to flash 2.2 with odin one click?
thanks for any help
You don't really have to back up your phone. It is up to you if you have important info, games etc that you want to keep. Lots of times games were either purchased from the market so they will be attached to your profile. Use appbrain to sync your market as well. Otherwise there really is no way to do a backup unless you are rooted.
so basically i'll have to root to back up the phone at its current state? ...i'm not really worried about having to reinstall everything i've only bought beautiful widget so far but i think froyo flash deletes everything anyways right? but i just want to be able to go back to stock in case something goes wrong and the flash doesn't work or say the phone screws up and i need the warranty.
If the flash goes wrong can i go back to recover mode and hit the reinstall and will it reinstall the h7 i have now back to the phone or will that recovery option be deleted when you try to flash the 2.2?
In rom manager you have the option to back up your phone in its current state. If you get boot loops or continuous force closes you would need to use odin to flash back and do root again to load rom manager. Then you would be able to load your backup.
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ok thanks man, ...one more thing does the one click root/unroot work just fine with the 2.1-update1 right? the h7 firmware wont make a difference when trying to root?
That should have no issues with 2.1.
My experience with JH7 to 2.2 became a huge issue when I used Master Clear....
I could not for the life of me get the phone into Recovery or Download mode using the three button press or any other combo of USB battery pulls and button presses.....ended up biting the bullet and using the SDK method which turned out to work flawlessly.......after hours of searching, googling, reading and experimenting.....
I now have two Captivates in Stock froyo mode.
Hello All,
I'm starting a new thread, because I am in a situation where I want to get my girlfriends phone back to stock so I can warranty it, and hopefully someone here will have the answer and people will have one place to look for putting their Roger's Samsung Captivate back to stock.
I'm hoping someone can tell everyone why we can't seem to get back to stock on these ROM's, here are the things I've tried:
Originally cleared everything rooted the phone through an update.zip, then put on the Clockworkmod Recovery and flashed Cognition v2.3b8, Trying to fix, battery life and lagging issues on her phone, (had a couple of random restarts the day before I flashed, so I was hoping it would fix that).
Then she started noticing the random restarts more often, so I tried:
clearing everything again through the recovery and tried restore from my backup to put things back, it looks like it extracted (or Installed) successfully then when it boots, it gets to the black, "Swipe" screen, then it freezes.
I tried to flash the Rogers_Stock.zip, same thing. Then I extracted the zip, and put it into the backup folder, hoping it will restore it like a normal restore, same thing.
So right now I'm stuck with a phone that says AT&T when it boots (I read one post on how to remove that) and cognition boot up.
Basically, I want to get this to look enough like stock to return.
I was thinking I can try to get rid of that AT&T popup, then flash the stock ROM, and say it just stopped booting for some reason. But then I still need to get rid of the Clockworkmod Recovery.
Wow that was a mouthful.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide for use Roger's users (or their significant others).
AZ
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867617
There are others like it too. Just don't try flashing the bootloader or sbl !
AbsoluteZero said:
Hello All,
I'm starting a new thread, because I am in a situation where I want to get my girlfriends phone back to stock so I can warranty it, and hopefully someone here will have the answer and people will have one place to look for putting their Roger's Samsung Captivate back to stock.
I'm hoping someone can tell everyone why we can't seem to get back to stock on these ROM's, here are the things I've tried:
Originally cleared everything rooted the phone through an update.zip, then put on the Clockworkmod Recovery and flashed Cognition v2.3b8, Trying to fix, battery life and lagging issues on her phone, (had a couple of random restarts the day before I flashed, so I was hoping it would fix that).
Then she started noticing the random restarts more often, so I tried:
clearing everything again through the recovery and tried restore from my backup to put things back, it looks like it extracted (or Installed) successfully then when it boots, it gets to the black, "Swipe" screen, then it freezes.
I tried to flash the Rogers_Stock.zip, same thing. Then I extracted the zip, and put it into the backup folder, hoping it will restore it like a normal restore, same thing.
So right now I'm stuck with a phone that says AT&T when it boots (I read one post on how to remove that) and cognition boot up.
Basically, I want to get this to look enough like stock to return.
I was thinking I can try to get rid of that AT&T popup, then flash the stock ROM, and say it just stopped booting for some reason. But then I still need to get rid of the Clockworkmod Recovery.
Wow that was a mouthful.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide for use Roger's users (or their significant others).
AZ
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Gin's got you on the right path for sure. A couple more items for you:
This post should help with removing the AT&T bootup logo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849789
If you use Heimdall to flash the Rogers stock firmware that is in the post the Gin linked to then you will absolutely need to follow the instructions to use the Heimdall drivers for your captivate when it's connected or it won't see the device when you tell it to start. Like gin said, don't touch primary or secondary bootloader, leave those out and don't try to repartition it.
Restoring the stock firmware will remove the custom kernel that is installed with Cognition (at least it should) and so the Clockwork recovery should no longer be installed once the restore to stock is done. You can double-check once you are back to stock by powering off the phone and then hold both up and down volume + power, let the power button go after it restarts once and you see the I896 for the 2nd time. It should take you to the stock 2e recovery screen. If it does, you should be golden.
HTH
Wow, thanks all,
I used that method without the PIT file,
I just want to say thanks to everyone that offered help,
Goina try to send it for warranty now.
thanks again,
Joe / AZ
Hello everyone,
I recently flashed CM7 and everything went well, it runs smooth and everything works as far as I tested... However, Kies is a b*tch . As expected, it no longer recognizes my phone, but the problem is : I have done a backup of all contacts I had, and now I can't get it back, since they are stored in a 2.2gb (along with loads of videos, pictures, etc.) .sbu file that kies won't touch unless I plug a "i9000m" phone in it.
So, is there any way to open those .sbu backup files or to retrieve the information stored in them? I guess if there's no other way I could flash back to stock ROM, restore with kies, find another way to backup and then reflash CM7, but I really don't feel like it ...
By the way, I also have a CWM backup from before the flash that I could use, but I'm not sure if it would work with CM7. If I only restore "data" will I get those contacts back? and will it mess up my phone because of CM7?
Thanks for the answers
Edit: Ignore this, the contacts are actually in a separate .spb file... So, how do I open/use that?
koflem said:
Hello everyone,
I recently flashed CM7 and everything went well, it runs smooth and everything works as far as I tested... However, Kies is a b*tch . As expected, it no longer recognizes my phone, but the problem is : I have done a backup of all contacts I had, and now I can't get it back, since they are stored in a 2.2gb (along with loads of videos, pictures, etc.) .sbu file that kies won't touch unless I plug a "i9000m" phone in it.
So, is there any way to open those .sbu backup files or to retrieve the information stored in them? I guess if there's no other way I could flash back to stock ROM, restore with kies, find another way to backup and then reflash CM7, but I really don't feel like it ...
By the way, I also have a CWM backup from before the flash that I could use, but I'm not sure if it would work with CM7. If I only restore "data" will I get those contacts back? and will it mess up my phone because of CM7?
Thanks for the answers
Edit: Ignore this, the contacts are actually in a separate .spb file... So, how do I open/use that?
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easy flash back stock and put your backups back on your phone then back them up to google mail
P.S sorry for awaking a old thread but im having the same prob got some naughty pics i want back
I have an ATT Captivate running the stock ATT Froyo upgrade. The phone has been rooted and SU and Busybox installed using Titanium Backup. The modified recovery file has been installed to allow 3e recovery to load unsigned files. CWM Rocovery 2.5.1.2 is installed and seems to be working.
I have several games and apps installed but nothing that would require root access except ROM Manager, Ti Backup and File Expert. The phone is running Launcher Pro. It is pretty much stock except for the changes listed above.
I performed two backups of the phone about a week apart and copied them to my computer and left them on the internal SD card as well. I made a couple of changes to the icons on my home screen so I could verify if a restore ran succesfully.
I ran the restore from the most recent backup. I expected the restore to fail right away, brick my phone or run successfully. The restore ran, indicating that files where being restored and at some point the phone rebooted.
When it came back up TwLauncher was running with the Blue Sea wallpaper as the background which I believe is the default. Most of my apps weren't on the home screens or in the app drawer. These included both the standard ATT and 3rd party apps.
I tried using my first backup with the same results. I was able to do a factory reset on the phone to get it back to its original state. I was then able to use Ti Backup to reinstall everything.
Is there something I am missing in the backup or restore process? It seems pretty fool proof. I checked threads and once people get past the 3e recovery issue it seems like it is pretty much problem free for people.
Could someone at least let me know if I need to do something other than Backup and Restore to get this to work? From the posts it seems like there are a lot of people using this successfully.
it has always worked fine for me as long as i was not going back and forth from 2.1-2.2
i dont really know what your issue could be