I rooted my evo a couple of months back, just started with a new rom Myns Warm TwoPointTwo RLS 4 a couple of days ago... If I flash something to my phone to try it out and dont like the way it looks how do I UN Flash what I just did and go back to what it had just before? I like the rom and have been just trying diferent things on it. Can anybody Help?
hawkpilot27 said:
I rooted my evo a couple of months back, just started with a new rom Myns Warm TwoPointTwo RLS 4 a couple of days ago... If I flash something to my phone to try it out and dont like the way it looks how do I UN Flash what I just did and go back to what it had just before? I like the rom and have been just trying diferent things on it. Can anybody Help?
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before u flash anything u need to make a nandroid backup , if you then dont like what u have u can restore with ur nandroid backup
u can make a nandroid backup => adb reboot recovery
then on phone => restore/backup => nandroid
thanks
so I just go back to recovery, nandroid and restore nandroid
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Hey all,
here is my situation.
im RUnning 2.1 CM'ed and did a complete Nandroid+Ext Backup through Amon_ra Recovery.
now i want to test a 2.2 ROM with new radio. If that goes wrong or is somehow nothing i like, and i restore the nandroid +ext backup i made, will EVERYTHING BE THE SAME AGAIN as before flashing the new ROM ?
Or will some things last, like the new radio or something?
THX for help
Tigger
yea the radio will be the froyo radio still if you flash it, nandroid doesn't backup radios
So which radio should i flash before reverting back to CM'ed 2.1 ?
Thx 4 help
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froyomod 2.7/2.8 or the latest miui .. im concerned with the comparisons related to battery life and performance .. ppl who have used it plz comment ..
i used froyomod up to 2.7, it was faster then miui. But miui includes Android 2.3 and has better battery life.
Also i use launcherpro with both firmwares, cause it really faster then any other
froyo mod is much faster and snappier than miui and has good battery life too plus it depends on personal preferences.. u can try them both for a day and see for urself..with nandroids whats the big deal ?
idk how to do nandroid backups n use them back n all ..
its about personal taste. miui looks more like iOS and froyomod feels more like an adnorid phone. also personally i think froyo mod is a little bit more snappy and responsive.
rrohanjs said:
idk how to do nandroid backups n use them back n all ..
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You mean you dont know, or you do know?
If you don't know, go to recovery, and you will find a menu called Nandroid. Choose Backup, Backup All, and let it do its thing, which takes 3-5 mins. The backup will be saved by the date of the day and the number of the backup. When you restore, wipe everything first (cache, dalvik, data), then RESTORE ALL.
what all does it backup ? .. even the apps ? .. or for apps u need ext2 only ..
and when wud u normally use nandroid backup .. ???
rrohanjs said:
what all does it backup ? .. even the apps ? .. or for apps u need ext2 only ..
and when wud u normally use nandroid backup .. ???
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Nandroid backup is your lifesaver. Your spare tyre.
If u screw up your phone like when your phone goes into a boot loop, u can boot into Open Recovery, and restore a Nandroid backup of your phone to the state it was b4..b4 u did something that screw up your phone.
Another usage of Nandroid backup is when you are testing a few ROMs and still cannot decide which one to use. So u can restore a Nandroid backup of one ROM, test it and then if u change your mind, u can restore the Nandroid backup of the other ROM.
pcphobic said:
Nandroid backup is your lifesaver. Your spare tyre.
If u screw up your phone like when your phone goes into a boot loop, u can boot into Open Recovery, and restore a Nandroid backup of your phone to the state it was b4..b4 u did something that screw up your phone.
Another usage of Nandroid backup is when you are testing a few ROMs and still cannot decide which one to use. So u can restore a Nandroid backup of one ROM, test it and then if u change your mind, u can restore the Nandroid backup of the other ROM.
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so y do u need apps2ext then .. does the same thing ???
rrohanjs said:
so y do u need apps2ext then .. does the same thing ???
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Nandroid is Nandroid and Ext 2 is Ext 2. They are both not related in their purpose.
Apps2ext is only for apps...it does not help you save the setup of the phone.
While a Nandroid backup will capture and save the current state of your phone and settings such as wallpaper, ringtone, sms, and apps and other personalised settings for that particular ROM that you are testing.
So if u screw up your phone or brick your phone, u only need to restore back a copy of your Nandroid backup without having to reflash the ROM and going thru the whole process of Gapps, setting up the phone..etc..etc..
A Nandroid backup will restore back your phone to the same state it was b4 u screw up your phone.
Hi.
so i want to back up my rom and try a new one. because so much stuff installed and tweeks i have already made i dont want to lose them all.
what is the possible way to backup everything. and then try a different rom, if i didnt like it i can go back to this rom like nothing happened ?
titanum backup only backup your applications as far as i know. not the whole rom with application
Rom Manager... i tried to do backup once before but it failed to find the rom when i went to the recovery. i dont know if i did something wrong back then. but any help would be thankful
Do a nandroid backup through recovery
Use ClockworkMod and do a Nandroid. Make sure it's the latest version, as one of the CWM versions wouldn't restore properly without reflashing the ROM over the top. Latest version works really well though.
hi
im on 2.3.4 stock and rooted and i have converted file system to ext4 before backing up.(is that safe) or should i convert to rfs? and then backup?
im kind of scared to flash custom roms, i wana flash ics onecosmic.
i did a backup in CWM now if i flash ics rom and something goes wrong can i just revert back to previous firmware by doing a restore in CWM?
Sure!
If you had backup everything (most important thing is ROM) and with the term everything I mean EVERYTHING (mp3, images on SD etc etc) you can now flash from CWM the .zip you want.
I'm on teamhacksung's one (still ICS) so I don't know well the procedure to flash it,
but on the thread it's all documented!
Hope to have another ICS soon !
ext4 doesnt matter?
i just flash roms thats it?
If you wanna be 100% sure "downconvert" to RFS again, backup again, then flash what you want!
2 backups is better than 1.
xunair said:
hi
im on 2.3.4 stock and rooted and i have converted file system to ext4 before backing up.(is that safe) or should i convert to rfs? and then backup?
im kind of scared to flash custom roms, i wana flash ics onecosmic.
i did a backup in CWM now if i flash ics rom and something goes wrong can i just revert back to previous firmware by doing a restore in CWM?
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I suggest you to revert back to rfs before flashing any custom ROM.
Lagfixes can cause problems when flashing and go back to rfs isn't harmfull or complicated.
Than follow exactly what is written on the OP of the Rom of your choice and you're ready to go.
When you have everything backed up, in the worst case of a bad flash you can always go backwhit your NANAD backup or to stock with Odin and Download mode. I was scared like you but now I flash ROMs like crazy even if I'm not so experinced!
ok im gona do it now
thanks alot guys
stesancri said:
I suggest you to revert back to rfs before flashing any custom ROM.
Lagfixes can cause problems when flashing and go back to rfs isn't harmfull or complicated.
Than follow exactly what is written on the OP of the Rom of your choice and you're ready to go.
When you have everything backed up, in the worst case of a bad flash you can always go backwhit your NANAD backup or to stock with Odin and Download mode. I was scared like you but now I flash ROMs like crazy even if I'm not so experinced!
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man we are all crazy!!
flashing ROM is kind of a second job 4 me!!
bedo1987 said:
man we are all crazy!!
flashing ROM is kind of a second job 4 me!!
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True! Once you try that...you'll never come back!
be sure
just be sure of what you were doing read understand all of the instructions, im a bit confuse lately but the urge of me having a custom ROMs running on my GS make's me realize i can do it, but of course by the help of our fellow android user..if i can do it u can also..anyways give it shot...
you are now entering a new and fantastic world,
dont be shocked when you struggle to keep the same Rom installed for a whole week
pzayx said:
you are now entering a new and fantastic world,
dont be shocked when you struggle to keep the same Rom installed for a whole week
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Hehe, more like 2 days it seems for me..
Good luck.
I did it yesterday for the first time... (flashing a Rom ofcourse ) And it was easier than I thought! Just do it.
It's just about follow the instructions!
bedo1987 said:
It's just about follow the instructions!
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And experience.
jsolhac said:
And experience.
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bedo1987 said:
It's just about follow the instructions!
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And self research with the help of XDA and Google
People are saying its hard to brick SGS.
There is 1 golden rule backup whatever you can before flashing (most important thing is backing up /efs partition because there are all data describing your individual phone egz IMEI number).
When I flashed ICS I couldn't get network signal so I had to restore my /efs and it worked.
It is hard to brick when you can get inside recovery & download mode, otherwise not so much ;-)
Only play around with ROM's if the 3 buttons combo work
Well i got my I9000 3 days ago and i already bricked it twice!
Well after you do the same thing with more than 2 phones, you set lol
josueciz said:
Well i got my I9000 3 days ago and i already bricked it twice!
Well after you do the same thing with more than 2 phones, you set lol
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Twice same phone? then it look like you didn't bricked it at all.
For me and probably most of people definition of bricking is:
-you cant get into download mode (semi brick)
-you cant get into download mode using a jig plug (only service can help you then but warranty doesn't cover this so it depends on luck)
-you lost your /efs (no backup anywhere) (only service can help you then but warranty doesn't cover this so it depends on luck)
-and I guess other option could be you messed up with bootloader and cant reflash it ;/
Hi everyone,
I'm rooted, on ExistenZ rom, and i like trying new things, rom and stuff. So i guess it will be great to do a back up, and save my data and all kind of things.
Do you know what to use to to something like that?
Nandroid backup with a recovery
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