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[Q] How to back up Captivate?

I'm terribly sorry to ask this, as it probably has been answered previously, but I've looked all over the internet on how to back up my Captivate, with no success. So I dreadfully ask, how do I back up my data so I can upgrade to JI6 afterward?
Thank you.

pilotdude22 said:
I'm terribly sorry to ask this, as it probably has been answered previously, but I've looked all over the internet on how to back up my Captivate, with no success. So I dreadfully ask, how do I back up my data so I can upgrade to JI6 afterward?
Thank you.
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lol...just 5 mins back i was searching for the same thing and i rooted to cognition 2.2beta7........well u must be rooted....u can backup everything by titanum backup(go to backup/restore and there u can backup all/selected stuff)....also download rom manager and then click on flash clockwordmod......

Root your device.
Install ClockworkMod, then go into CWM and download the recovery ROM for your device.
Click back up current ROM.
Be aware, both of you, that CWM is currently unable to extract boot.img so if you upgrade from Eclair to the leaked Froyo, you will need Windows/Odin to restore your device. Make sure you have in your hand Odin AND the correct Captivate factory Eclair image before you attempt to upgrade to the leaked Froyo.

gdanko said:
Root your device.
Install ClockworkMod, then go into CWM and download the recovery ROM for your device.
Click back up current ROM.
Be aware, both of you, that CWM is currently unable to extract boot.img so if you upgrade from Eclair to the leaked Froyo, you will need Windows/Odin to restore your device. Make sure you have in your hand Odin AND the correct Captivate factory Eclair image before you attempt to upgrade to the leaked Froyo.
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oh!!!
well i do have the odin by the name -- I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 -- with me??is this what i should be having???
also since now i am on cog2.2beta7, i tried restoring through titanium but i cant seem to find my backups!!!! also when i mounted the sd card it shows the clockworkmod folder to be of 454mb....it has a backup folder with a few stuff in it.....
so if i have to restore ill have to use odin or cant i just boot into clockword recovery an do a backup???
sorry am still a noob!

neo_31591 said:
oh!!!
well i do have the odin by the name -- I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 -- with me??is this what i should be having???
also since now i am on cog2.2beta7, i tried restoring through titanium but i cant seem to find my backups!!!! also when i mounted the sd card it shows the clockworkmod folder to be of 454mb....it has a backup folder with a few stuff in it.....
so if i have to restore ill have to use odin or cant i just boot into clockword recovery an do a backup???
sorry am still a noob!
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You will need Odin that you have to flash back to stock JF6. If you want to use your backup from Clockwork of your current setup you must be running 2.2 with the 2e kernel. Clockwork backs up your ROM not your kernel.
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Sorry if this is a repeat, im very new to Android and a little confused on backups.
I rooted and then did this after downloading clockwork/rom manager:
How to Install ClockWork Recovery:
1. On the menu there should be an option labeled “FLASH CLOCKWORK RECOVERY.”
Press it.
2. Once a popup says that it has been succesful press “BACKUP CURRENT ROM”
3. Your phone will now restart and backup your ROM
4. If your phone does not start backing up and instead boots into a blue menu use the volume
keys to select reboot now and then press the power button. Try to do all the steps again.
5. Wait for it to finish and then it should restart.
Is this considered a Nandroid backup? Is there anything else I need to do as far as backups or is this the best method?
This will allow me to go back to my stock Rom at any point , is that correct?
Then I should use Titanium Backup for data/apps/settings?

Need help for CWM

Hi Guys need ur help here, as whenever i try to install cwm throught usb debugging its not installing, when i try to install it through rom manager its a sucess, i have tryed all cwm from 3.0 till 5.0 r2 and nvflash recovery but all fails.
1 more question, whenever i try to restore my nandroid it removes my cwm installed ?.

Answer for last question is no
best regards
Craxx
send from my LG2x CM9 ICS with Tapatalk

sayyed.ali1981 said:
Hi Guys need ur help here, as whenever i try to install cwm throught usb debugging its not installing
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What exactly are you doing? Could you please describe in more detail?
when i try to install it through rom manager its a sucess
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If you installed it via Rom Manager then you have it so what's the problem?
1 more question, whenever i try to restore my nandroid it removes my cwm installed?
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Nope. The CWM recovery stays intact.

sayyed.ali1981 said:
Hi Guys need ur help here, as whenever i try to install cwm throught usb debugging its not installing, when i try to install it through rom manager its a sucess, i have tryed all cwm from 3.0 till 5.0 r2 and nvflash recovery but all fails.
1 more question, whenever i try to restore my nandroid it removes my cwm installed ?.
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first of all, your phone must be root. please make sure that

Its already rooted
my phone is already rooted, thats y i have rom manager in it,
i have cm7 rom installed and cwm installed via rom manager, but it has gallery bug so i restored to my stock gb nandroid backup after restarting the phone i cant see my cwm recovery.
i have tryed all the method in xda o2x forum to install cwm in my phone but no luck, the only way i got it via rom manager, but i can access cwm through rom manager only after reboot to recovery from the app, if i try to reboot the manually and holding down the volume its goes to software update mode no cwm recovery.

sayyed.ali1981 said:
my phone is already rooted, thats y i have rom manager in it,
i have cm7 rom installed and cwm installed via rom manager, but it has gallery bug so i restored to my stock gb nandroid backup after restarting the phone i cant see my cwm recovery.
i have tryed all the method in xda o2x forum to install cwm in my phone but no luck, the only way i got it via rom manager, but i can access cwm through rom manager only after reboot to recovery from the app, if i try to reboot the manually and holding down the volume its goes to software update mode no cwm recovery.
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oh so you're already root, i think the problem because you already flashed CM7 ROM which is ext 4. and if you want to go back to stock GB which is ext 3, you can't nandroid backup you should flash the back to ext 3 CWM zip, then you can go back to stock GB.
I'm sorry if I'm wrong.

antec123 said:
oh so you're already root, i think the problem because you already flashed CM7 ROM which is ext 4. and if you want to go back to stock GB which is ext 3, you can't nandroid backup you should flash the back to ext 3 CWM zip, then you can go back to stock GB.
I'm sorry if I'm wrong.
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Dear im already backed up my nandroid, now curently im on gb stock, but still im unable to flash cwm

[Q] ICS on Rooted Captivate (stock 2.3.5)

First off i am kind of a noob and haven't flashed any rom ext.
I have a rooted captivate on stock 2.3.5 and wanted to know how to get ICS.
Any advice on the easiest way to do this or ROMs that you recommend would be great
Thanks

If you have cwm...ask you need to do is, factory reset and format /system in recovery and flash the ROM, when that's done it'll probably boot back into recovery (which will probably look different because its the ics kernel recovery) and flash the Rom once more, and you're done.

Thanks, but what is cwm and how do I get the ics rom on my phone
Also how do I back up the phone so I don't lose all of my data?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

Cwm= clockwork mod recovery.
How did you root, a custom kernel swap? If so that's got cwm.
you can transfer the ROM via usb...or download it directly to your phone.
backup your contacts to your gmail and/or Sim card (i do both)
Download and run titanium backup to backup your apps.

Cdevine8 said:
Thanks, but what is cwm and how do I get the ics rom on my phone
Also how do I back up the phone so I don't lose all of my data?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium
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First, back everything up like studa recommended. If you are not on a custom kernel, download the speedmod kernel and odin in my attachments. Then download an ICS rom that you like. Put the rom on your phone. Open Odin on your computer, and select the speedmod kernel in the PDA section. Put your phone into download mode and flash the kernel. After the flash is done and your phone reboots, remove your battery to turn off your phone. Reboot into recovery and navigate to install zip/install custom zip and navigate to your chosen rom. After it installs, install it again from the new ICS recovery screen (it's probably different colored). Then, reboot your device and wait a few minutes for your rom to start. Afterwards, the apps, contacts, etc. can be restored.

Major help please

hi everyone
i start flash custom roms couple days ago, trying out "temasek's UNOFFICIAL BUILD RC1-94" everything work great, just some of the .apk was not working, so i decide to go back to stock roms, i thought it be simple process restore it backup, but adter it restore LG logo keep boot and restart. so i start reading found this thread i try it out, load it install this zip file,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021554
now i can't return to recovery menu, and it keep booting and restart, please what can i do now did i brick the phone, i'm so lost right now, please help thanks

after many try and ton of reading, i thought my is total brick, trying out smartflash method also get error when flashing, thank to this post from "75markus " i was able to restore back to 2.2 froyo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25120132&postcount=6

Next time don't forget to flash Back2Ext3 before restoring stock backup

Durio said:
Next time don't forget to flash Back2Ext3 before restoring stock backup
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Yes - that happened to me also. My first "bad" experience with flashing

from what i read CM7 running ext4, stock runing ext3 right?
so now i'm back with stock running froyo, i still have my backup files on with sd card. Do i root and install rom manager then install Back2Ext3, and final running restore? will this restore back to my original state since i backup using cwm to backup.
thank guy

yes, cm7 uses ext4 system mount. i just use a zip file which i flash from recovery if i need to get back to ext3.
here it is btw if you are on stock froyo and want to restore stock gingerbread (if i understood you right) you dont need to use back to ext3 again, just restore your back up.

phihung07 said:
hi everyone
i start flash custom roms couple days ago, trying out "temasek's UNOFFICIAL BUILD RC1-94" everything work great, just some of the .apk was not working, so i decide to go back to stock roms, i thought it be simple process restore it backup, but adter it restore LG logo keep boot and restart. so i start reading found this thread i try it out, load it install this zip file,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021554
now i can't return to recovery menu, and it keep booting and restart, please what can i do now did i brick the phone, i'm so lost right now, please help thanks
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Restore stock backup from CM needs to flash an ext4-backto-ext3 zip with cwm, what a pity you overwrite cwm with stock recovery.
Now you should try to rescue your phone with SmartFlash, finally consider nvflash method.

xilw3r said:
yes, cm7 uses ext4 system mount. i just use a zip file which i flash from recovery if i need to get back to ext3.
here it is btw if you are on stock froyo and want to restore stock gingerbread (if i understood you right) you dont need to use back to ext3 again, just restore your back up.
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well i notice the froyo firmware is way faster than the GB i have, no lagg at all battery is really good, is there any GB stock rom run smooth without bloatware.... (like international version)

phihung07 said:
well i notice the froyo firmware is way faster than the GB i have, no lagg at all battery is really good, is there any GB stock rom run smooth without bloatware.... (like international version)
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If you mind, try Django Manouche, Custom but stock based ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410662 . I tried many CM and MIUI roms but always ended restoring Django back

[Q] Black Screen Booting Rom

I have safestrap 3.72 TWRP v. 2.7.0.0
Every time I try to install a rom, i hear the piano noises and the screen stays black when booting it,
All I want is a rom that will work with 3.72 because currently there is no OS or Rom so my phone is unusable.
Please help and thank you very much!! :crying::crying:

So I was able to install firekat. However, im only able to install roms on the slots rather than the stock rom slot.
whenever I try to install a rom on the stock slot, it says no os found.
please help

astra811 said:
So I was able to install firekat. However, im only able to install roms on the slots rather than the stock rom slot.
whenever I try to install a rom on the stock slot, it says no os found.
please help
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Sounds like you may have wiped stock rom slot without installing a ROM afterwards...safestrap is just a workaround so you always have to have a ROM on stock slot...weird that a ROM slot is working ok though
Try restoring a backup to stock slot if you have one otherwise you might want to odin flash NC2 to get your system back.

brisinger08 said:
Sounds like you may have wiped stock rom slot without installing a ROM afterwards...safestrap is just a workaround so you always have to have a ROM on stock slot...weird that a ROM slot is working ok though
Try restoring a backup to stock slot if you have one otherwise you might want to odin flash NC2 to get your system back.
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when you say install a backup, is there a particular file that I need to install in the stock rom slot?
Whenever I try to put a rom in that slot, the device says "no os found"

astra811 said:
when you say install a backup, is there a particular file that I need to install in the stock rom slot?
Whenever I try to put a rom in that slot, the device says "no os found"
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I meant restore a backup from safestrap. Restore should be one of the options on the main screen in safestrap recovery. If you made a backup of stock slot before you wiped/flashed it try restoring that backup...otherwise you'll probably have to use Odin to reflash NC2