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Question : restoring data after flashing roms

First of all,hi all,newbies here.. Bought my O2X for about a month n flashed a few custom roms..question is,i read somewhere that 'restoring data' after flashing roms can cause battery drain issue,is that mean restoring thru recovery or titanium backup? I always use titanium backup n restore app only,afraid of the batt drain issue,but it gets annoying coz i need to set up everything again.(account login,settings).
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Only restore "user apps", not system data when coming from another rom.
Sometimes restoring user apps WITH data can cause problems, like batterydrain. For example when going from froyo to gingerbread.
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mrBira said:
Only restore "user apps", not system data when coming from another rom.
Sometimes restoring user apps WITH data can cause problems, like batterydrain. For example when going from froyo to gingerbread.
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Which means everytime we flashed new roms,we need to setup all the accounts n apps settings again,rite? I thought it can be easier. ;-P
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williemeiser said:
Which means everytime we flashed new roms,we need to setup all the accounts n apps settings again,rite? I thought it can be easier. ;-P
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not really, when staying on froyo rom (MCR Kitchen for example), just flash over new rom, you will keep your data ...
when flashing new baseband -> also just restore backup in CWM
when changing to CM, i would recommend using titanium or mybackup pro to restore your apps (exclude system apps in backup, cause they are different !)
but when you´re staying on CM , just flash new rom, you will keep your data !

75markus said:
not really, when staying on froyo rom (MCR Kitchen for example), just flash over new rom, you will keep your data ...
when flashing new baseband -> also just restore backup in CWM
when changing to CM, i would recommend using titanium or mybackup pro to restore your apps (exclude system apps in backup, cause they are different !)
but when you´re staying on CM , just flash new rom, you will keep your data !
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Is it? I mean, if im from Fear Fr17 mow,later wanna flash Fr18, i dnt need to wipe anything?system?factory reset?dalvik?cache?
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williemeiser said:
Is it? I mean, if im from Fear Fr17 mow,later wanna flash Fr18, i dnt need to wipe anything?system?factory reset?dalvik?cache?
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yes !!
i came from fr14 to fr18b2 without wiping anything !
i would only wipe once when you plan to move to cm, but when you stay on MCR based roms, just reflash rom and enjoy !

75markus said:
yes !!
i came from fr14 to fr18b2 without wiping anything !
i would only wipe once when you plan to move to cm, but when you stay on MCR based roms, just reflash rom and enjoy !
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Ok i get that,but still,what about for different rom,say.. Fear Fr17 --> Blazing dragon.?
Sorry for asking too much. N thanks!
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williemeiser said:
Ok i get that,but still,what about for different rom,say.. Fear Fr17 --> Blazing dragon.?
Sorry for asking too much. N thanks!
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Fear, BlazingDragon, they are all based on MCR, so it shouldn´t be a problem ...
just try out, in worst case, when facing a bootloop or some other problems, you can wipe anyway afterwards ...
so it´s good to have a "titanium" or "mybackuppro" backup for worst case

Ok thanks dude!
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[Q] ICS Nandroid Restore

Hello,
I have had some issues with a ROM (Extreme ICS) and had to reinstall it.
I backep up everything as Nandroid Backup, because there were several bootloops, everytime stuck etc. and when I restored it, again bootloops.
I restored only "data".
Now, I flashed CM9 and tried to restore only the "data" at "advanced restore", but again, it stucks at the CM9 boot screen and is loading .. now since 10 minutes ..
Tried it with DevilKernel and Semaphore and stock CM9 Kernel of course.
Nothing.
Can I do everything ? Any ideas ? I want to have my apps like colorNote again
Thank you,
YEA64

Restore data one app at a time, and no system data, then you can find the data that is causing problems
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How to restore only one app a time ?

YEA64 said:
How to restore only one app a time ?
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Don't select batch, just tap on each app and a window pops up!
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slaphead20 said:
Don't select batch, just tap on each app and a window pops up!
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I'm referring to titanium, clean flash you're ROM, and then restore one app at a time
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I think you missunderstood me .. I am doing Nandroid backup not Titanium ..
The backup in CWM ..

YEA64 said:
I think you missunderstood me .. I am doing Nandroid backup not Titanium ..
The backup in CWM ..
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I realised that, my bad, apologies
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You won't have much luck trying to restore data across roms like that though, hence my titanium reference
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slaphead20 said:
You won't have much luck trying to restore data across roms like that though, hence my titanium reference
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Damn .. so I can't do anything .. ?

It boots until the boot screen of the ROM .. it passes the Kernel logo and so on .. but it "loads" to a long time, so in your opinion it is non sense to wait ?

YEA64 said:
It boots until the boot screen of the ROM .. it passes the Kernel logo and so on .. but it "loads" to a long time, so in your opinion it is non sense to wait ?
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I would go for a clean instal, I go back to gb every month or so, just to keep it clean and slick, only takes an hour to clean flash and restore back to where I am on slim, then as soon as I'm back and clean I do fresh nandroid and I know I'm safe and protected, might sound over the top but I give a lot of advise on slim thread and I need to know what works, what are bugs, and what is caused by user mess ups!
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[Q]Root stock ICS 4.0.4.

Hi there,
I want to ask you all how do I root my stock ICS without installing other custom roms. I just need the stock to be rooted for me to install titanium back up and unroot it after the Jellybean official arrived.
I am having a lot of problem with game save files import and export. Cause most of the game save saved locally on phone.
Any help would be grateful!
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hyperken said:
Hi there,
I want to ask you all how do I root my stock ICS without installing other custom roms. I just need the stock to be rooted for me to install titanium back up and unroot it after the Jellybean official arrived.
I am having a lot of problem with game save files import and export. Cause most of the game save saved locally on phone.
Any help would be grateful!
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Go through Dr.Ketan's guide..you will get to know everything about rooting.
I did the same thing when I first rooted my phone. Just rooted the stock ICS & was using it. So, under development section, you will find the kernel thread in which you will see Philz kernel. Select the one which is for your ICS version & flash it via PC Odin

just install the philz kernel using recovery and you will get root.

If I want to restore back to stock kernel, what should I do? flash stock kernel again?
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Yes using mobile odin..
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Use Exynos Abuse.
It will work on ICS firmware only. (Not GIngerbread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Its the safest, easiest and quickest method to root.
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And before you start flashing ROMs left-right and up-down, read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857556

So I just need to flash kernel to have root access rights and using back my stock ICS?
I read some where about philz having problem with camera is it true?
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nope
hyperken said:
So I just need to flash kernel to have root access rights and using back my stock ICS?
I read some where about philz having problem with camera is it true?
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no problems with philz kernel(camera is working fine)
i m using philz DDLRB-INU with my Stock ICS 4.0.4 no problems.

No problems with camera.. Philz is a stock kernel /... made safe

Okay I am using Titanium root free, now I just need to press the back up button after that how I could manually change the back up folders to external harddisk?
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Change the backup folder loctaion in preferences in tb..
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Thank you all for the solutions.
Now I am happily rooted
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Camera Problem Solved
hyperken said:
So I just need to flash kernel to have root access rights and using back my stock ICS?
I read some where about philz having problem with camera is it true?
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I just updated thru Kies in Hong Kong, to 4.04 JB. I tried to use the camera and I had an alert blocking the camera screen and a message bar as follows "Tap and hold shortcuts to edit them. Also combined with it where the OK button was was a text box with the words scanning media in it.
Now, its working after I played with it, first I reboot, that didn't help. Then I accidentally put it into third party mode but hit the up volume to get out of it before it went into download mode. It started to reboot but I held the up-vol, home and on button until it went to the rest screen. I tried to just wipe the cache, but it didn't do anything, moving the selector up and down worked, I tried wiping cache again, no luck, so I just reboot. After rebooting I laid the phone down and started to look for a solution in here. So I go to try the camera again to get the alert message it had, and
Wha La, the darn camera started working right, the alert blocking the screen was gone, it came up as usual for a new triggering, but it accepted my selection when I told it ok and then it went away as usual, computers, micro-processors, no matter what kind, if you have problems, some times just a long shut down to clear the electronic memory will also clear the problems.

[Solved] From cm11 (4.4.2 or 4.4.4) to cm9

Hi all
Simple question. Can I do it directly by formating every partition and then install cm9 or I have to get into download mode.
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trotos said:
Hi all
Simple question. Can I do it directly by formating every partition and then install cm9 or I have to get into download mode.
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first of all the roms from cyanogen mod is provided as installable zip
not a odin package
if you are on kitkat thats not a matter.
then you can use philz touch or twrp to make a full wipe
and install the cm9 downloaded package

Junaid1460 said:
first of all the roms from cyanogen mod is provided as installable zip
not a odin package
if you are on kitkat thats not a matter.
then you can use philz touch or twrp to make a full wipe
and install the cm9 downloaded package
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Sorry for my misleading. By using oding I was just referring to the fact of going back to gingerbread original ROM and also doing a /512 partition.
I need to know of someone has done it successfuly. My home button is not working any more so it is not easy to get into download mod if I brick the i9000.
BTW... Best phone ever. I've changed 2 girlfriends but this phone is still with me
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Anyone???
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trotos said:
Anyone???
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I've been back and fourth between 4.4 4.3 4.2 etc.. I do full wipes including system and flash an official cm package like cm9 reboot recovery flash cm again to be sure. Full wipes again then flash whatever ROM I want. I always flash official cm before flashing another another ROM to adjust partition table.
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trotos said:
BTW... Best phone ever. I've changed 2 girlfriends but this phone is still with me
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+1000!
I've just fixed the motherboard of my old S1 and started using it again after using a HTC One mini for 8 months. The phone was a piece of crap and so are HTC! They have me a HTC One M7 for my troubles but was too little to late. Samsung forever!
In time I may upgrade to the S2 for the extra ram, but I'll be sticking with my trusty S1 till then.
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This is the information I was looking.
Excellent. Thank you very much
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Problems with helium (non-premium)

Hi guys, I finally made the decision to root my z1,but first of all, I need to back it up. Problems are :
1. Sony pc companion backup is cr*p.
2. So I opted to using helium. Now, I got all settings up. Downloaded the pc counterpart of the app, downloaded the Android app from Google store, set up into debug mode. Helium requires my phone on PTP mode, which I do, but 1 second later, it comes back to MTP mode.
Did I miss anything? I tried downloading "drivers" from helium 's suggestions, but the one they have their is older than my SPCC.
Thanks in advance! I really look forward to rooting my device and getting it's benefits. Cheers!
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Up?
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I had the same problem, and I didn't find any solutions (I have Helium Premium). I ended up backing up my phone using Sonys software, just to be on the safe side. Rooting does not wipe your phone (at least not the method I used), but better safe than sorry. Unlocking on the other hand will wipe your phone!
After root, I installed Titanium and made all the backups I wanted. I also installed dual recovery (still without wiping the phone) and made a Nandroid bckup.

Titanium backup always work, use that in the future. It is worth the money, all others I have tried have been of no use

eirikgu said:
I had the same problem, and I didn't find any solutions (I have Helium Premium). I ended up backing up my phone using Sonys software, just to be on the safe side. Rooting does not wipe your phone (at least not the method I used), but better safe than sorry. Unlocking on the other hand will wipe your phone!
After root, I installed Titanium and made all the backups I wanted. I also installed dual recovery (still without wiping the phone) and made a Nandroid bckup.
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But the problem is I can't even back up properly with Sony backup, any work arounds for this?
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HellRoot said:
Titanium backup always work, use that in the future. It is worth the money, all others I have tried have been of no use
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Yes, I'm planning for premium, the problem is, I can't backup yet since helium is not working add it should and Sony's backup does not work as well
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digiknowzone said:
But the problem is I can't even back up properly with Sony backup, any work arounds for this?
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I didn't get pcc to work as well, but used the backup app on my phone.
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digiknowzone said:
Yes, I'm planning for premium, the problem is, I can't backup yet since helium is not working add it should and Sony's backup does not work as well
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Just forget the backup and start from a fresh start with titanium backup.. I have had same issues before...

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I didn't get pcc to work as well, but used the backup app on my phone.
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Yeah, I'm trying that now, was the backup app able to restore the data properly?
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HellRoot said:
Just forget the backup and start from a fresh start with titanium backup.. I have had same issues before...
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I use my phone for worth related stuff, so, I really can't do that, otherwise, this topic would be meaningless, lol
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digiknowzone said:
I use my phone for worth related stuff, so, I really can't do that, otherwise, this topic would be meaningless, lol
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He's right. Move all files from internal memory to the PC and then use titanium backup. It's able to back up your entire phone including the application data. Duh. It can actually backup your entire device with system apps and it's data.