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[Q]UnRooted my N1, Now what?

What's next? aside from installing ROMS?

If you UN-rooted it, then you're stock.
if you ROOTED it, you can run programs that require root access.

If you are going to explore the custom rom options you will probably want a copy of Rom Manager. This wonderful app will enable you to flash a custom recovery, manage Nandroid backups and flash roms.
In the spirit of prevention being better than a bricked phone... MAKE SURE YOU DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING A CUSTOM ROM!! ('Backup Current ROM') from within Rom Manager.

yes for sure the first thing you should do is install ROM manager, let it flash clockwork recovery if necessary, then download a ROM and i highly suggest you try cyanogen 6.1 first. feel that out for a week or so, then go from there.
and do a nand backup first! ROM manager will do the backup for you.

[Q] ROM Manager - CWM - How does it work?

Hey guys, I want to use ROM Manager, but I'm unsure about a couple of points...
How does ROM Manager and CWM work exactly? Does it flash your kernel (I read somewhere it didn't anymore)? If I need to go back to stock (besides unrooting, uninstalling busybox, etc.), what do I need to do? Just uninstall ROM Manager and away goes the recovery image?
Thanks in advance!

Few questions before flashing new ROM

Hi all,
Just a few, hopefully fairly straightforward yes no answer, questions for someone to kindly help me out with. I have been S-OFFed for quite a while now and also rooted and want to finally take the plunge and try out a modded ROM...not sure which one yet though, but hopefully ill work that one out for myself! I have a few questions before hand:
1. What is and do I need 4EXTrecovery to flash all ROMs? I have the latest ClockWorkMod recovery installed via ROM Manager, 5.0.2.0. Is this sufficient? If I do need it do I flash it the same way as a ROM?
2. In theory all I need to do now is choose the ROM, rename as .zip file and download to my SD card, open up recovery and install? Should be able to do this using ROM manager?
3. What are kernals and do I need to flash new kernals/radios for the new ROM to work properly, or is this dependant on the ROM? Can I do this with only ClockWorkMod?
4. Will backing up my current ROM back up all my apps and music etc or do I need to use Titanium backup for this? Don't really want to have to reinstall all my apps and thousands of songs!
I think that's it. Thanks to whoever for sparing the time.
M
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Pleaaase....!
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VaderXI said:
Hi all,
Just a few, hopefully fairly straightforward yes no answer, questions for someone to kindly help me out with. I have been S-OFFed for quite a while now and also rooted and want to finally take the plunge and try out a modded ROM...not sure which one yet though, but hopefully ill work that one out for myself! I have a few questions before hand:
1. What is and do I need 4EXTrecovery to flash all ROMs? I have the latest ClockWorkMod recovery installed via ROM Manager, 5.0.2.0. Is this sufficient? If I do need it do I flash it the same way as a ROM?
2. In theory all I need to do now is choose the ROM, rename as .zip file and download to my SD card, open up recovery and install? Should be able to do this using ROM manager?
3. What are kernals and do I need to flash new kernals/radios for the new ROM to work properly, or is this dependant on the ROM? Can I do this with only ClockWorkMod?
4. Will backing up my current ROM back up all my apps and music etc or do I need to use Titanium backup for this? Don't really want to have to reinstall all my apps and thousands of songs!
I think that's it. Thanks to whoever for sparing the time.
M
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App
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1) To be sure i would install 4Ext.
2) When you download the ROM it's already a .zip. I prefer to boot manualy (restart and hold vol down and Power buttons).
3) Some Rom's has kernel included. If not, the thread should list the recomended kernel and Radio. Can be flashed from Recovery.
4) You should always flash SuperWipe befor installing a new Rom. A backup from Recovery (Nandroid) will take a image of your current Rom that you can flash back to. Apps can eaily be backup'ed and restored with Titanium. Songs is on your SD Card.

jkolner said:
1) to be sure i would install 4ext. done
2) when you download the rom it's already a .zip. I prefer to boot manualy (restart and hold vol down and power buttons).
3) some rom's has kernel included. If not, the thread should list the recomended kernel and radio. Can be flashed from recovery. can i flash new radio even though do not have radio s off?
4) you should always flash superwipe befor installing a new rom. A backup from recovery (nandroid) will take a image of your current rom that you can flash back to. Apps can eaily be backup'ed and restored with titanium. Songs is on your sd card.
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You don't have to worry about flashing a new kernel. If your phone is already gingerbread 2.3 you won't have to worry about a new radio. Backing up your apps isn't really a big deal once you reset your phone with the new ROM and sync Google.com the market will remember what you've already downloaded and it'll show up under "my aps". As for your music its under sd/. Just download the ROM and place it on your SD card anywhere. Hard reset into recovery menu and wipe all cache as well as factory reset. Than select "update from .zip" select the file from where you placed it and away you go!

All sorted....thanks for your help

Good info from this thread..
thanks..

i have installed rom but please help me

hello guys i have installed rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532108&highlight=rom
and its working cool , i backup my old data thru cwm and after that i installed this rom, now i am trying to get my data back so i do restore then i lost my rom and i restore on my original ics , so what can i do for get my data in this new rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532108&highlight=rom

huseniezzaz said:
hello guys i have installed rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532108&highlight=rom
and its working cool , i backup my old data thru cwm and after that i installed this rom, now i am trying to get my data back so i do restore then i lost my rom and i restore on my original ics , so what can i do for get my data in this new rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532108&highlight=rom
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The nandroid backup (backup from CWM), creates a backup of the ROM + all you data. Therefore once you flash a new ROM, recovering from CWM will cause the new flashed ROM to be reverted back to ROM you had backed up.
If I understand correctly you want to flash a new ROM and keep the apps you have on the original ROM.
If that is what you want to do, then you need a backup application to backup your apps, then restore them to the new ROM.
I suggest you try Titanium Backup, here's the free version (however it needs root access):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en
-You need to have your SXL rooted first
-Install Titanium Backup on your current ROM
-Backup your apps and data to your SD card using TBackup
-Flash the custom ROM
-Install TBackup on the new ROM
-Restore your apps+data from TBackup
Enjoy!

Applications not installing on Official CM7(Stable)

I have recently installed CM7 on OB.
Whenever I try to install an application (.apk) on CM7, the phone automatically reboots.
My Procedure of installation
- Rooted device via this Guide
- Performed wipe data etc etc
- Installed the CM7 zip via CWM Touch (which was installed during the rooting procedure)

Lol.BTW the 'official' CM7 is not really that stable.I suggest you use Zeus,Mercurified,Boypes rom,or any other GINGERBREAD/v20x based rom.
Yours faithfully,
UniversalSS
My main agenda is to help, not gain thanks.