Gotta question I can't seem to find an answer to. I currently have serendipity 7 on my captivate and would like to try different ones. If I do a backup using titanium backup, flash a rom, then restore from the backup, does it take the phone back to the way it was before I flashed it? For example the widgets on the home screen, settings the way they were...
Hi, the short answer is that you are gonna have to adjust your widgets and wallpaper.
If you want to find out more about it here is a good wiki.
http://matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=TB+-+User's+guide
good luck.
thanks a lot
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Quick question, I hope I didn't miss this being answered somewhere else already. I like flashing different roms, and when I find one I like staying up to date with the latest version. However I'm sort of new at this and for a while I was just flashing Cyanogen's Roms, never needed a wipe.
My question is if I do the nandroid Backup + ext install a new rom, then restore that backup, is it taking me back to the previous rom that it was backed up on as well? If this is the case is there a way to pull the certain info and just move it into the new Rom?
The reason I ask is as much as I like doing this, it's somewhat time consuming setting up my shortcuts the way they were before, resetting my Locale (Program) situations, my scoreboard favs so on etc. Any help is greatly appreciated.
try "mybackup pro" from the market...
that will restore custom settings and apps to your new ROM
it may not do everything but its can get ya pretty close
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freaktractor said:
try "mybackup pro" from the market...
that will restore custom settings and apps to your new ROM
it may not do everything but its can get ya pretty close
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Thanks I'll give that a shot tonight, anything I don't have to redo is an advantage.
First, I have to thank the XDA forums helping me come over from my long WinMo background. Mad Props...
Being new to Android and my nexus one, I'm feeling the ROM flashing bug and want to try out a couple of different ROMS but don't want to have to add all of my accounts each time since I use crazy long, nearly impossible to type, passwords.
Is there some way to restore some of the configuration of my N1 between different ROM flashes?
Sorry if this has been covered, but I can't find it. It looks like the data is backed up in my nandroid backups, but I can't seem to find out how to only restore configuration.
Thanks
Rick
Take a look at Titanium Backup.
It works really well.
You need to be rooted and superuser in order to use it.
To find out more about adding superuser to a stock ROM, check out this thread at Modaco.
Edit:
Nandroid backups are really "just" disk images afaik.
There's no way that I know of to extract information from them.
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Royan
Ok, thanks. I am running the backup right now and will give it a try tonight. Worse case, I just restore the nandroid backup and try again.
I've always wondered, what stuff is safe and not safe to restore in Titanium Backup. I've done a full restore when switching between like roms, but I'm guessing that wouldn't be a good idea if you were going from cyanogen to a senseUI rom.
is there an easy way to switch between stock and a rom?
in other words, i havent been able to succesfully find a rom/kernel/modem combo that gives me as good battery life as stock. i was wondering if there is a way to backup a rom/kernel/modem combo so that i can switch back and forth between that and stock without having to odin and/or flash everything again.
for example, if i am at home and can plug my phone into a charger everyday i would use a custom rom with all the fancy options but if im going on a trip id like to be able to switch to eclair to get as much battery life as i can. when i get back home i could just select an option and restore my rom/kernel/modem combo.
is there a simple way to do this?
kamesen said:
is there an easy way to switch between stock and a rom?
in other words, i havent been able to succesfully find a rom/kernel/modem combo that gives me as good battery life as stock. i was wondering if there is a way to backup a rom/kernel/modem combo so that i can switch back and forth between that and stock without having to odin and/or flash everything again.
for example, if i am at home and can plug my phone into a charger everyday i would use a custom rom with all the fancy options but if im going on a trip id like to be able to switch to eclair to get as much battery life as i can. when i get back home i could just select an option and restore my rom/kernel/modem combo.
is there a simple way to do this?
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Yes.. Titanium backup and no-wipe version of ROMs
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Yes.. Titanium backup and no-wipe version of ROMs
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are you sure TiBu is able to backup/restore modems? can you name some examples of roms that have a "no-wipe" version? thanks
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are you sure TiBu is able to backup/restore modems? can you name some examples of roms that have a "no-wipe" version? thanks
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TiBu is for backing up your apps, it will not backup your modem, kernel, and what not.
The problem you will eventually run into when flashing back and forth with no wipe is residual from your previous rom might interfere with your current rom. That is why most will tell you to flash back to stock, do a master clear, and then flash a new rom.
Your best bet is to keep on flashing roms til you find the one you like, I get 20 hours of normal use with the current rom I'm on, Doc's rom.
Maybe you could use CWM to make a nandroid backup of your stock ROM setup as you like it. That way you can revert back to stock when needed, but not have to reinstall all your apps. Just a thought; someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.
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It might be worth considering the option to flash a custom ROM that supports OC/UV, and tweak around voltages, cap the max speed to something a little lower, and turn to EDGE when not in need of heavy data.
This might be easier than switching between ROMs.
thanks for the suggestions!
is this what a nandroid back up is? an image of the entire handset?
does this restore modem and kernels? thanks
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is this what a nandroid back up is? an image of the entire handset?
does this restore modem and kernels? thanks
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No nandroids do not backup and restore kernels or modems.
I have everything the way I like it currently with the stock ROM. Apps, widgets and other customized things
1. Is it possible to backup everything, then restore everything to the 2.2 ROM using Ti Backup? Restore all apps, widgets, wallpaper, etc?
2. Flashing the ROM to internal eMMC, can the NC be restored to stock via the 8x reboot method?
That's all I'm wondering for now, I'm sure there will be more.
Widgets cannot be restored due to a system limitation. Second, speaking from firsthand experience you don't want to take information backed up on 2.1 and restore it to 2.2. I did that with my evo and I thought the phone was dying...everything was force closing and I had to reflash the rom. It was probably my restoring of the system settings(idiot move) that caused the problems but I wouldn't take any chances.
Yea, just me being lazy...
What about the notification bar? I like that is on the bottom. Can that be changed on a vanilla Froyo install?
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Hmmm...to get the notification bar on the bottom will probably take some hella coding but it can be done. Obviously B&N did it, also Acer does it on their Liquid ROMs (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903470) but don't count on it being done here.
EDIT: That link I posted was just an example. DO NOT flash it on your nook.
we dont really bump your own posts here...
Hey the question I have is, after Ive flashed a rom, in this case the update to SGSICS 4.2, is there a way I can restore my screens just the way they were before? As in not have to drag and drop all my apps/widgets back into the places they were before hand? I dont care if its an app or if I can do it through CWM im open to all methods if any exist. That to me is the biggest PITA about flashing. I appreciate your help.
Back up your launcher with tibu...it'll break the widgets, So you Will still need to place those back, but your dock and apps will be intact where they were.