My friend just got this phone and really wants to root it, but he also doesn't want to deal with the recovery every time he needs to update. So, is there any app that he can use to automatically backup the /system partition, reset it, and after the OTA restore it?
It's recovery or deal with fastboot. All you can do is manually unroot and revert mods. You're better off using the recovery, it's not difficult.
Also, if you backup your system, update it, then restore it, then you're back on the old version.
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I wanted to restored my Nexus One to Factory.
Sick of getting 2.2.1 pushed on my N1 and have it fail.
I recovery mode it says restore to factory but even this did not work it did not completely restore everything.
The Clockwork recovery partition stayed.
So when Google want to push 2.2.1 ...... it fails still.
You can not completely wipe your phone ???
Please did not tell me i need to adp or whatever it is called push anything because I really do not want to go through that.
You mean you want to revert back to stock rom and recovery? Search in the development section, there is a thread with the file you need.
Question, for some reason i was updating a new skin and my vivid would not let me go into recovery, my only choice was Hboot and restore back to factory setting, that's fine because before i did backed up my ROM. once i root 2.3.4 i should be able to install my backup and continue where i left off correct? i should not have to unlock my boot-loader again?
Willibda1 said:
Question, for some reason i was updating a new skin and my vivid would not let me go into recovery, my only choice was Hboot and restore back to factory setting, that's fine because before i did backed up my ROM. once i root 2.3.4 i should be able to install my backup and continue where i left off correct? i should not have to unlock my boot-loader again?
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That's correct. The factory reset only wipes your /cache and /data partitions. It doesn't touch the /system, /boot, HBOOT, Recovery, etc.
I just bought my first Android phone - HTC One. I'm loving it so far!! The guy I bought it from previously rooted it and ran several roms on it. I'd like to copy all the files to my computer and then figure out how to wipe all the folders back to stock (no need to have all kinds of roms and folders from apps he had installed previously, etc.)
Is there a way to do this and wipe everything back to factory?? I tried to do the reset through the OS but the files are still there. I also seen factory reset in the bootloader but havent tried it since I'm still learning and dont want to brick the phone.
If you have the nandroid backup of stock the mobile.
Then goto recovery mode and wipe all data,dalvik cache, battery stats.etc..then say restore..The original stock will be back.
If atall u see old files delete with no fear using root explorer.(be carefull)
If any thing goes wrong just restore the backup through recovery....
Good luck:thumbup:
Sanjay Kumar said:
If you have the nandroid backup of stock the mobile.
Then goto recovery mode and wipe all data,dalvik cache, battery stats.etc..then say restore..The original stock will be back.
If atall u see old files delete with no fear using root explorer.(be carefull)
If any thing goes wrong just restore the backup through recovery....
Good luck:thumbup:
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Thanks ... I was thinking the same thing last night ... I thought after rebooting into recovery TWRP had a wipe function (not sure if this does a full wipe or not).
How would I restore a backup once I wipe the device if it wipes the entire device? Use USB and upload it back to the device then restore?
Lastly, I restored into the first backup the device has on it but unfortunately it has tons of stuff already installed on it and I'd like it to be a fresh build. Additionally, I'm only on version 4.1.2 and I'd like to upgrade if possible. Perhaps I can find a newer version of the factory AT&T image which is fresh?
I seen a 4.2.2 thread stickied on here ... would that be a factory AT&T image I could restore to after wiping the entire device of everything? Or perhaps I should try the 4.3 leak or even wait for 4.3?
I finally got my phone rooted on lollipop. I want to install the xposed framework but all the instructions say backup your rom. I rooted using Deodexed_ROM but when I do home button, volume, power. I don't see an option to backup my rom. I'm also confused does titanium backup only backup apps or can in do a full system rom backup that I can restore from in case of a looping boot when flashing.
thanks
Because the bootloader is locked on AT&T S5's you can't install a custom recovery therefore you can't do a complete ROM backup. If you use Titanium, you will backup all your settings and apps for future updates. If you bootloop you have to reinstall the ROM that works for your model. Then use Titanium to reinstall everything back to the way you had it. Paid version is best for this.
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Because the bootloader is locked on AT&T S5's you can't install a custom recovery therefore you can't do a complete ROM backup. If you use Titanium, you will backup all your settings and apps for future updates. If you bootloop you have to reinstall the ROM that works for your model. Then use Titanium to reinstall everything back to the way you had it. Paid version is best for this.
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Technically, you can install safestrap for a custom recovery, but you'd also need to flash the NCE kernel to boot into safestrap. But, you'll likely softbrick trying to get back into the operating system, or you'll get constant app crashes. That's why I don't do system backups on lollipop. It was a headache getting the phone back to the way was.
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I don't have flash for a while then I come to you for some info. I am currently in G781BXXU3CUG1 root + Magisk.
I'd love to do the latest update but no bull****.
As I go from android 11 to 12 is it necessary to do a full wipe or a simple update is possible?
I just need to flash new firmware and reflash twrp & magisk?
Thank you in advance for your answers
Have a good evening
anyone can explain how I can do that? plz
it's not possible to manually update and keep root or TWRP. there's definitely going to be some ''bull****'' involved.
even flashing with home_CSC and keeping your apps will still wipe root and TWRP. restoring TWRP again will require a format of the data partition, wiping your apps anyway. plus you need to set the phone up twice, once after flashing stock and once after flashing vbmeta again.
you can either backup the data partition in TWRP before you start and restore after updating and flashing TWRP. you'd still need to root again. you'd wanna move any TWRP backup you make to somewhere that won't get wiped.
or you can use a root backup app to backup your apps to ext SDcard, do all your updates, TWRP flash and rooting before restoring your apps with the app again.
there are no quick ways thru it.
Thx for your response
So we need to do a backup each time we want to upgrade our firmware.
Whatt's your best solution to do it? I did it with smart switch but I want to know others solutions
for backing up apps I use an app from f-droid called OAndBackupX, but some say Titanium Backup works again (no idea on that). apparently Swift Backup is good but I didn't like it.
you can also use TWRP to backup your data partition too but it's probably best to clear dalvik/art and cache after restoring it on the new rom.
then you put root back (via the best method) and flash a patched boot.img to the boot partition with TWRP.