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Looking for simple steps to protect my ROM

I was hoping someone could write up (in layman's terms) the exact steps needed to save a copy of the current rom a person has so if something bad happens you can restore everything back to the way it was.
Hopefully HTC will be sending out an update soon and many of us would be wise to protect what we currently have before installing or updating anything HTC gives us.
So how about it? A nice check list and links to any software that is needed and all presented in a way a novice can handle.

andyclay said:
I was hoping someone could write up (in layman's terms) the exact steps needed to save a copy of the current rom a person has so if something bad happens you can restore everything back to the way it was.
Hopefully HTC will be sending out an update soon and many of us would be wise to protect what we currently have before installing or updating anything HTC gives us.
So how about it? A nice check list and links to any software that is needed and all presented in a way a novice can handle.
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you're just looking for a good backup utility. Do a search for either SPB Backup or Sprite Backup. Either way, you won't be able to restore the backup onto the new rom, but if you have issues with the new rom, you could always reflash the rom that you are currently using and then apply the backup.

crispyj said:
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're just looking for a good backup utility. Do a search for either SPB Backup or Sprite Backup. Either way, you won't be able to restore the backup onto the new rom, but if you have issues with the new rom, you could always reflash the rom that you are currently using and then apply the backup.
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I recommend SPB Backup. You can set it to backup once a week...
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en

SH4YD33 said:
I recommend SPB Backup. You can set it to backup once a week...
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
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I recommend Sprite Backup. You can set it to backup once a day
http://www.spritesoftware.com/sprite-backup/

Sorry I was not clear. I'm not talking about backing up the usual area's in the TyTn II. I'm talking about backup up the ROM itself.
If HTC offer's us a ROM update and for some reason it messes things up worse then how things are now it would be a handy thing to have backed up the ROM we have at the moment and be able to roll ourselves back to that previous version.
"Backing up" your current rom in a way that it can be reinstalled to protect us from anything HTC might give us is what I'm asking for here. A nice user friendly easy to understand set of steps that we can all use to protect what we have before we try whatever HTC might be offering us to correct our driver problems and god knows what else.

[Q] New to Rooting

I'm been searching the Nexus One Q&A section for an answer to my problems, but I couldn't find a solution. I'm running a stock version of 2.3.3 on my phone. It's never been rooted, and I have never rooted a device as well. I'm entirely new to this and have no idea what I'm doing. My device has no warranty but I'm still concerned about it. Again, I have no experience at all.
Also, I don't know if I would want to unlock the bootloader as I could lose everything. If there is a way to retain everything reliably (I don't know if those back-up applications are the most effective) that would be convenient.
So, can anyone help me root my virgin Nexus One?
Thanks for your time,
Tread Fox

Mybackup pro backs up apps and data. After you root you can use titanium backup. Also smsbackup and restore for your SMS :]

Alright, that's re-assuring. But what about actually rooting the phone?

Hmm I can't help with rooting because I have an Evo, just sharing some backup knowledge :/

You can use this threads wiki for the N1 and the stickies here:
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-development-hacking/
You need to read several guides until you get a good idea of what you are doing and why.
Use the apps mentioned above to back up your phone info, once rooted you can do a complete and immediate phone backup of everything, like a full image pc backup.
If you do the one-click method, make sure it is for you OS, you will be limited in some things you can do, like fastboot commands and will be unrooted if you dl OTA's.
Read, Read, Read!!!
Before you flash a rom read the op page carefully and the last 20 pages for tips, info, issues etc.
Ken

This works for 2.3.3?
EDIT: So my only options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back? Which do you recommend?

You probably saw this in XDA wiki for N1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials#Root
I would unlock, more options as you get more into flashing and you can't be unrooted by Google OTA's.
This is good guide for the S, but you can glean steps and maybe better understanding for the process. At the bottom in related posts is a root guide. I like the steps, but things like the fastboot and superuser may not be for the N1. However you can find them online. Just an easy to understand guide.
http://jaxov.com/2011/02/install-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-one-manually/

TreadFox said:
This works for 2.3.3?
EDIT: So my only options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back? Which do you recommend?
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Sorry man, just got your message (phone died on me, and I've been playing with my other toys anyway...)
Yes, your options are to unlock the bootloader or roll back.
Both options will lose all date, so you need to backup either way.
My preference is to unlock the bootloader, but I can understand why people may not want to. Unlocking the bootloader can effect any warranty that's remaining on the phone (the phone has a 1 year warranty, no matter who owns it).

Thanks for all your help guys. Does anyone have a specific guide for rolling back? I don't need or want a custom rom, just setcpu...

Read my signature, execute PASSIMG method with FRG33. if it doesn't work (and sometimes it doesn't) - you're out of luck.

TreadFox said:
Thanks for all your help guys. Does anyone have a specific guide for rolling back? I don't need or want a custom rom, just setcpu...
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This is how to go back to FRG33: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11745519&postcount=21
But if I were you, I would just unlock your bootloader. Makes life easier.

I'll unlock the bootloader. I saw a guide on the nexusoneforums on how to do this. But it's about a year old. Is there anything that's changed?
I'm sorry I'm being indecisive, I'm trying to take suggestions from anybody!

TreadFox said:
I'll unlock the bootloader. I saw a guide on the nexusoneforums on how to do this. But it's about a year old. Is there anything that's changed?
I'm sorry I'm being indecisive, I'm trying to take suggestions from anybody!
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No, nothing has changed. You need to have the Android SDK set up properly. Then just boot into the bootloader by holding down the trackball while pushing the power button. Then open a command prompt in the directory where the fastboot.exe file is (probably C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools) then just type: fastboot oem unlock

Follow this to set up the, it's easier (just the first post):
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...mple-sdk-setup-manual-root-guide-windows.html
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I don't know what I'm doing. This is confusing. When I hook up the phone to the pc it says its found new hardware. I'm running XP. What do I do? I think I'm going over my head with this. Also, how do I make sure mybackup will work? I don't want to lose my stuff!

TreadFox said:
I don't know what I'm doing. This is confusing. When I hook up the phone to the pc it says its found new hardware. I'm running XP. What do I do? I think I'm going over my head with this. Also, how do I make sure mybackup will work? I don't want to lose my stuff!
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If you feel like you are in over your head, you probably are, and have not done enough reading. I just looked at danger-rat's post in the link he provided, and it seems quite straight forward, no? He even tells you how to install the drivers. "Step #3" under "To install the drivers" in the first post TELLS you that windows will detect new hardware and will ask you to install a driver. What seems to be the problem?

I did, and nothing happened. At all. I asked for it to download files from usb driver. Nothing happened at all. Is it something I'm doing wrong?
I have the SDK file on my desktop, I have all of the files inside that are needed. When the computer asks me to download the drivers, I re-direct to the usb driver folder located in the SDK which is located on my desktop. The computer claimed installation was successful, but nothing happened. When I try clicking the fastboot.exe in the tools file, it immediately forcecloses. Is it my pc? Is it the file? Is it the phone? I did read the material and so far nothing has helped.

TreadFox said:
I did, and nothing happened. At all. I asked for it to download files from usb driver. Nothing happened at all. Is it something I'm doing wrong?
I have the SDK file on my desktop, I have all of the files inside that are needed. When the computer asks me to download the drivers, I re-direct to the usb driver folder located in the SDK which is located on my desktop. The computer claimed installation was successful, but nothing happened. When I try clicking the fastboot.exe in the tools file, it immediately forcecloses. Is it my pc? Is it the file? Is it the phone? I did read the material and so far nothing has helped.
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Well, after you have installed the driver that the computer asked you to install. That's just the driver needed to sync your file and stuff on your sd card. The other driver and adb setup is needed to actually access your phone.

So I asked for it to install the wrong files? What files do I install? Because from that guide it said point to usb driver. I'm only following the guide like you all asked, and nothing happened.

You don't launch fastboot by clicking on it windows.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Reverting back to NoDo?

Hi all!!
Basically, i got my GF a Omnia 7, as she liked the look of WM7 on my mozart, and im not up to scratch at all with hot things are done with the Omnia 7, basically.
The thing broke.... when she phones people she cant her them and they cant hear her.
i thought sticking mango on it would give it a nice fresh start and maybe fix the problem, but i shouldn't have haha as it didn't, and now i have to revert it back to get it replaced from where i got it from! lol
So, could anyone tell me if its possible to revert back to Nodo somehow, and how to do so?
Cheers
Keith
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Also, i know when updating i should have backed up the backup file... but i didnt... does this get removed once i have updated? or is it still there for me to "restore" from?

ok, so did a little bit of looking and found this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973420
Only problem its a UK Orange phone, is there any Roms of theirs available to flash?
Cheers
Keith

If you used the Mango4all tool then it should have created a backup during the install process. Check on your computer for c:\premangostate.
If you have this folder then theres a good chance you have a backup. Just check the folder size - it should be usually around 4GB but can be bigger.
If you have this then you should be able to restore it. The Mango4all tool has a restore.bat, just run that and away you go.
If you got Mango some other way then im not sure :/

Keefo said:
ok, so did a little bit of looking and found this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973420
Only problem its a UK Orange phone, is there any Roms of theirs available to flash?
Cheers
Keith
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there you go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131891

paulrgod said:
If you used the Mango4all tool then it should have created a backup during the install process. Check on your computer for c:\premangostate.
If you have this folder then theres a good chance you have a backup. Just check the folder size - it should be usually around 4GB but can be bigger.
If you have this then you should be able to restore it. The Mango4all tool has a restore.bat, just run that and away you go.
If you got Mango some other way then im not sure :/
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Sadly, the Bacup was deleted god knows why! haha
giobooo said:
there you go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131891
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Worked a treat matey cheers
Back to stock rom and being replaced this afternoon woop

[Q] Anyway to download backup files to do restore

trying to downgrade my phone from mango 7720 with the 5.10 bootloader but i do not have the backup files to restore being that i bought the phone on craigslist so what im asking is there anyway to download the backup files and where do i place them in order to restore im really going crazy trying figure this out any help would be greatly appreciated ive had no luck in these wp7 forums maybe somebody would respond thanks in advance

nope, restores are device specific.
check out the tutorial i wrote, link in my signature.

Wow so is there no way to put custom roms on this phone should I just get rid of it
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chiikko561 said:
Wow so is there no way to put custom roms on this phone should I just get rid of it
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you need XSPL installed. see the tutorial in my signature.

[Q] HTC M7 Dev Edition *Factory Rom Lost*

Hey everyone new poster to the forums here . Have a question about loosing the stock ROM for my HTC M7 Dev edition. I made the backup but I think when I formatted I formatted more then I should have because when I pull up TWRP recovery mode to restore a backup nothing is listed in the window. However when I go into the internal storage in windows on my computer with the phone connected and look inside HTC One\Internal storage\TWRP\BACKUPS I found a folder called HT34GW9xxxxx and a sub directory with a date on it and it looks like the date that I did the flash in the first place. That folder also has 13 files in it equaling out to 4.25GB in size. So basically what I'm getting at is how come I can see this folder here but not in recovery and even if I could see it in recovery this seems like it's not large enough to be HTC Sense 5.0 according to this thread and the downloads attached to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2248997&highlight=nandroid
Also speaking of that thread considering the original M7 Dev rom is gone can I use that thread to restore my phone even though I am using TWRP and not clockwork. I'm not the greatest at these type of things, I don't want to brick my phone, and I never have enough time invest in this stuff. If I knew this was going to happy I probably wouldn't have done it in the first place lol.
Thank you in advance and sorry if this has already been talked about, I did a search but I must have skipped over it if it was already out there :\.

dont worry if u have htc one 64gb dev edition go to htcdev..com and download ruu file lock the bootloader and run ruu thats all

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ccpzcp said:
dont worry if u have htc one 64gb dev edition go to htcdev..com and download ruu file lock the bootloader and run ruu thats all
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Thank you for the help. A follow up question would be is there a place to get someone's previous backup and download it like the link I put up in the previous posts user did. I really don't want to lock the boot loader and I would love to just be able to easily get Cyanogenmod back on the phone easily. Reason being is that right now the Cm camera just isn't up to pay with the Sense camera software and if I go to an event like I am tonight I would like to be able to swap back and fourth.

TWRP and CWM backups aren't compatible with each other. You'd have to flash the relevant recovery to use a corresponding backup.
You still have your backup though. You said as much in your OP. You just need to go into TWRP settings and specify the default location for your backups.
As mentioned above however, you can just flash the official RUU to return to stock

Thanks a ton!
Just wanna say thanks to the both of you for your help. I went with option 2 for now because I want to switch back to CM after the Cardinals MLB game tonight. I never lost the backup and you were right I just had to find the folder. It was weird I didn't see any button to search for a folder kinda odd how TWRP is layer out in that interface. Yet I found the backed up file and took about 10 minutes from start to finish. The device is still unlocked to so I can reflash CM when I'm ready.
A little off topic but does anyone know what the difference between the GSM Cyanogenmod ROMs and the AT&T ROMs are? I have the Dev version but flashed the AT&T version and it ran fine made calls and had no data transfer issues at all.

Ok so I actually started having issues after that last post. What was happening was I kept getting this HTC system update my guess the Camera software update but whatever. So I clicked on the update now and it downloaded like normal then reboot. After it reboot it booted into TWRP recovery well at that point I didn't know what to do so I just went a head and rebooted into System. Well here is where the issue started it said again system update avalible ok great install, same deal it just booted back into TWRP after the download. Back into system I went and again same thing.
At this point I desided to go into TWRP and do a system restore and I thought that worked cause it wasn't notifying me immediately after the launcher loaded to install the update. So I checked for it manually and of course there was one. Tapped on Install it downloaded and asked to reboot so I did...
SAME ISSUE AHHHHGGG! Lol
This will be the end of me haha.
Is there something I'm missing here? Can I not have root access or a a third party boot loader like TWRP or both modifying the system. What am I missing?
Ok thanks again, sorry for the multiple posts I'm just so frustrated at this point.
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium

This my very wild guess. Try flashing stock recovery first and then install the OTA update again. That's just my wild guess I'm not saying it will 100% work.

No luck
shadowboy23 said:
This my very wild guess. Try flashing stock recovery first and then install the OTA update again. That's just my wild guess I'm not saying it will 100% work.
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Nope no luck

Hopefully this helps..
What I did find was this link here...http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc...ml#post2827047 that's where someone else is having the same issue but on Sprint I'm guessing. So that doesn't really apply to me. However a poster further down the thread gave another link to all these "nandroid?" files. I'm not really sure what a nandroid is haha I'm such a noob at this. Basically what they are saying is that unrooting it then i guess somehow putting this "nandroid" file on it somehow. Anyone have any idea on this. I'm terribly sorry for my noobishness but I'm trying to learn all this and it's really frustrating at first..
Here's the link to the nandroid files. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2207874 funny thing is that I actually found that link on Android Central website so that I could come back here and repost about it again heh. Anyways does that look like something that might fix the issue that I'm having?
Even if this file does help I have no idea what to do with it but that first link seemed to have some video's attached to it although I worry about following them because it's for Sprint and I really don't want to brick my phone. (another reason I am being so careful) You pay over 600 dollars for a device you tend to be super careful with anything you do with it.

Nvidiafanboy said:
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Sorry about that.

All fixed!!
Ok so I got it. I ended up finding this http://qbking77.com/development/how-to-unrootunbrick-the-htc-one-to-stock-2/
Worked great fixed everything. Linked to the RUU on HTC Dev website also so its official.:good:
So basically if Anyone need to restore to factory from a mess they have made follow this guide it works perfectly and he does an execelent job of describing how to do it in a video he posted step by step.