What are the chances of having clockwork back up ext4 in the future so every time backups are needed to be made or restored, we don't have to disable Voodoo. If disabling voodoo didn't take 20 minutes and/or consistently work I wouldn't mind so much. I am no kind of developer, I am just wondering if this can be done and if somebody (aka. Koush) would want to do it.
Second the request or a workaround.
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For clockworkmod to work it needs to be integrated with a kernel that supports ext4 and mountpoints need to be fixed. I plan on taking a stab at it tonight, but from koush's previous responses I doubt it will ever be integrated into the "official" clockworkmod (available from RomManager, etc). If successful, I'll check with koush about distributing it.
Sweet and good luck!!
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That would be awesome JT. I love Voodoo but I also love being able to flash new stuff daily that comes out and not being able to restore really puts a hurtin on that fun! thanks for lookin into it.
Would be great if Clockwork and Voodoo played nice together. Both are really necessities for a Galaxy S phone.
out of curiosity, does voodoo and clockwork play nicely on any of the galaxy s phones?
adiliyo said:
out of curiosity, does voodoo and clockwork play nicely on any of the galaxy s phones?
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you can use them together, the specific issue is that the nandroid backups made using clockwork do not carry over the Ext4 file system that was put in place when you dumped the voodoo kernel on the phone....
so in a nutshell, when you have been running a voodoo kernel and then decide to revert by loading a clockwork backup, the Ext4 file system remains but the backup doesn't have that in it, so you get an instant conflict that basically semi-bricks the phone and takes a bunch of work to get it straightened out
they are talking about getting clockwork to recognize and retain Ext4 file system when making and restoring backups using clockwork
someone more knowledgeable can fill in the blanks i left from a technical aspect if they want, but i went through hell because of this so i have a basic understanding of why my phone did what it did after i did what i did....LOL
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Nothing clockworkmod can backup and restore should affect Voodoo.
For the Fascinate, Nandroid does not back up:
1. The kernel (which is needed for voodoo)
2. The mbr (also needed for voodoo)
3. Data (because of voodoo)
So if you just want to restore your system, have at it, it should be a non issue.
I guess what Im saying is I wish it would back up data.
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you can use them together, the specific issue is that the nandroid backups made using clockwork do not carry over the Ext4 file system that was put in place when you dumped the voodoo kernel on the phone....
so in a nutshell, when you have been running a voodoo kernel and then decide to revert by loading a clockwork backup, the Ext4 file system remains but the backup doesn't have that in it, so you get an instant conflict that basically semi-bricks the phone and takes a bunch of work to get it straightened out
they are talking about getting clockwork to recognize and retain Ext4 file system when making and restoring backups using clockwork
someone more knowledgeable can fill in the blanks i left from a technical aspect if they want, but i went through hell because of this so i have a basic understanding of why my phone did what it did after i did what i did....LOL
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i get the limitations, what i'm asking is if all the galaxy s phones have the same "problem" with CW and voodoo (the captivate, vibrant, epic) or if it's just a fascinate thing.
i thought nandroids did back up /data?
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i get the limitations, what i'm asking is if all the galaxy s phones have the same "problem" with CW and voodoo (the captivate, vibrant, epic) or if it's just a fascinate thing.
i thought nandroids did back up /data?
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It can't backup, what it cannot read.
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i get the limitations, what i'm asking is if all the galaxy s phones have the same "problem" with CW and voodoo .
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Yes.
i thought nandroids did back up /data?
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Yes, this is default behavior.
at least it's not some weird quirk specific to the fascinate.
i misread your post adrynalyne, i thought you were saying that clockwork didn't backup /data on all phones...
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Voodoo is amazing. I was late to the game but supercurio is changing the SGS line with these kernels he is dropping. Huge fan.
Only problem, it needs to be disabled before you flash something.
Enter the app, Voodoo Toggle.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/voodoo-toggle-reboot-button/com.zennmaster.rebootButton
Basically it does two things:
1 - tells you if you have voodoo
2 - lets you easily enable/disable voodoo
Genius.
TW also has a flashable .zip that does just the same. But im sure there are people out there who would like the app-format. good find.
^ yeah, compliments to a tweet I read last night (@lovellkid I believe). The app does a really good job for me so far.
I've not tried the flashable zip (or just adding the "disable voodoo"), but whatever method is convenient.... nice to have alternatives!
If you're running Nero ..then you can enable / disable voodoo in the CWM recovery menu...but will give this a try.
Also im looking for a way to make Linda say "Voodoo lagfix activated" everytime I boot ... any way to make it do that?
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Voodoo 5 fixed this issue by including a Modified CWM in the kernel so there is no need for this anymore.
FYI, this was posted in the latest Nero thread but you do NOT have to disable Voodoo unless you are flashing a new rom or kernel. Flashing add on's like the lock screen or doing a restore does not require you to disable Voodoo.
Voodoo converts your RFS file system to EXT.
If you're using one of the Stock kernels that Supercurio has recently supplied in his thread, the "red" CWM included offers the many options to control Voodoo right from CWM. Now that all RFS partitions are converted to EXT4 by Voodoo, there's no need to disable it when flashing a rom unless the included kernel lacks support for EXT4.
It's also fairly simple to just remove / replace the zImage that accompanies most ROMS. Why would you remove / replace it? There isn't any need to flash the kernel that comes with the ROM if you don't intend to use it and the one you're using is already compatible. Replacing it makes it convenient for later flashing if you need to flash both again for whatever reason.
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FYI, this was posted in the latest Nero thread but you do NOT have to disable Voodoo unless you are flashing a new rom or kernel. Flashing add on's like the lock screen or doing a restore does not require you to disable Voodoo.
Voodoo converts your RFS file system to EXT.
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If you are restoring something that was not EXT4, I assure you this will be a problem.
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If you're using one of the Stock kernels that Supercurio has recently supplied in his thread, the "red" CWM included offers the many options to control Voodoo right from CWM. Now that all RFS partitions are converted to EXT4 by Voodoo, there's no need to disable it when flashing a rom unless the included kernel lacks support for EXT4.
It's also fairly simple to just remove / replace the zImage that accompanies most ROMS. Why would you remove / replace it? There isn't any need to flash the kernel that comes with the ROM if you don't intend to use it and the one you're using is already compatible. Replacing it makes it convenient for later flashing if you need to flash both again for whatever reason.
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I agree with all of this, but like I said above.... I just think this app is an easy solution, and a good alternative that might be more noob-friendly. That said, I agree this is the method I'll probably use. The first time I flahed voodoo 5 it was enabled, but I still had my green CWR... guess it depends on how you boot into recovery (3 buttons = red, using CWR = green (no disable option))
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I agree with all of this, but like I said above.... I just think this app is an easy solution, and a good alternative that might be more noob-friendly. That said, I agree this is the method I'll probably use. The first time I flahed voodoo 5 it was enabled, but I still had my green CWR... guess it depends on how you boot into recovery (3 buttons = red, using CWR = green (no disable option))
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Ditto. +1,000 on the easy solution. This hopefully will help all the, "how do I tell if Voodoo is enabled/disabled" comments, and plus will give the extra confirmation.
This app rocks, I have the apk installed and I just tried it, and it does just that. Click on disable voodoo and click reboot, and it is done. Awesome app indeed.
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I agree with all of this, but like I said above.... I just think this app is an easy solution, and a good alternative that might be more noob-friendly.
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Agreed. I used to use this app before I realized that there was a new option in CWM to do it there. I still have the app installed by haven't been using it lately.
This app will assist a lot of users when in doubt and add great functionality to the
Thanks s15274n,
This app will assist a lot of users when in doubt and add great functionality to the Vibrants.
This will help people who dont think about things that are not in theyre face ie not remembering to disable voodoo before flashing anything and resulting in a soft brick its a great find
Nero2voodoo+jl5 modem
Quick question, when restoring a Nandroid backup, does it restore the phone exactly as it was when you perform the backup - as in all passwords, programs, settings ect.
I love flashing roms, but sometimes readding all my wifi, passwords, email, forums etc can be a pain.
Thanks!
Marc
Yes it saves everything and restores it back to that previous state with everything intact. Before flashing anything, it's good practice to make a NAND backup; if anything goes wrong you can restore it.
Yes it does. It has for me anyways.
GBeris 2.3.2
And save a copy of a recent backup on your computer somewhere just in case...
Excellent! I've been backing up everytime I've flashed a new rom, but never had to do a restore. Good to know incase I want to do fast swapping of ROMS.
Thanks!
I had this same question but mine is a little different. Say I did a backup while having GSB on here. Then I flashed a different rom. Then I did a restore. Does it switch me back to GSB or just add all my settings to the new rom?
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I had this same question but mine is a little different. Say I did a backup while having GSB on here. Then I flashed a different rom. Then I did a restore. Does it switch me back to GSB or just add all my settings to the new rom?
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Nandroid backup and restore is just like Norton Ghost on a Windows PC. You will get back GSB just as you left it if you Nandroid Restore a backup made while the phone was running GSB, with this caveat:
- the Nandroid backup and restore in Amon's Recovery does not back up the /cache partition, so the first launch will take a while as the Dalvik cache is rebuilt
- Amon's also does not backup or restore the .android_secure folder on your SD card, where the Froyo/GB ROMs install apps when you move them from internal to the SD card. So, if you had apps on SD on GSB, installed a new ROM and formatted the card, the Nandroid Restore (I believe) will not bring those apps back.
Just to add to what doogald said, ROM Manager with ClockWork Mod Recovery (it launches from Amon RA, so you don't have to flash anything and you still can use Amon RA all you want) does backup the Dalvik-Cache and I believe I believe it backs up the .android_secure folder as well.
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Something to keep in mind is that the amon-ra recovery is stable, and works very well. clockworks recovery works, but something to keep in mind is it sometimes bricks the eris. I don't know why. IF you don't care on way or the other clockwork recovery gets installed with the one click method of rooting.
Nand backups work great. If you like to switch roms a lot. I'd suggest to keep one rom as your goto rom, and remans it with a file manager keep it apha numeric, and no spaces in the filename. when you switch roms take a few seconds to wipe the phone, and then restore. This usually makes it the restore function as it was before things changed.
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IF you don't care on way or the other clockwork recovery gets installed with the one click method of rooting.
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Just in case any new rooters get confused, I think you meant that Amon RA Recovery gets installed with the one click method of rooting.
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Just in case any new rooters get confused, I think you meant that Amon RA Recovery gets installed with the one click method of rooting.
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"New rooters" I just laughed out loud there. Nah, I think everyone that's going to be here is here. Our numbers only get smaller from here.
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"New rooters" I just laughed out loud there. Nah, I think everyone that's going to be here is here. Our numbers only get smaller from here.
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Actually there are new rooters all the time posting questions in general and q&a since they often don't have write access to the development area yet. They often say they just rooted.
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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Actually there are new rooters all the time posting questions in general and q&a since they often don't have write access to the development area yet. They often say they just rooted.
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Hmmph. I stand corrected then. Or rather, I sit corrected.
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Hmmph. I stand corrected then. Or rather, I sit corrected.
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LOL! 10 char.....
CPCookieMan said:
"New rooters" I just laughed out loud there. Nah, I think everyone that's going to be here is here. Our numbers only get smaller from here.
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Hahaha i just rooted back in december but didnt start using xda till recently so im still a noob
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"New rooters" I just laughed out loud there. Nah, I think everyone that's going to be here is here. Our numbers only get smaller from here.
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I'm taking the plunge this week. My phone is still OTA 2.1 baby!
The other thing I will say is that folks should stop *****ing about FCs with the new ROMs. I get them now running all the latest 2.1 apps if I don't power down the phone every night.(Don't know how that compares to rebooting?)
I would make sure you use the amon ra recovery since in my experience its been more stable.
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I just rooted my phone at the end of February and then did my buddy's Eris two nights ago
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I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for moving apps to my sd card. I'm currently rooted but on the stock 2.1. Have done some searching but haven't had much luck. I'm a newbie and haven't jumped in to the rom realm yet. Guess, I don't want to run the risk of screwing anything up. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for moving apps to my sd card. I'm currently rooted but on the stock 2.1. Have done some searching but haven't had much luck. I'm a newbie and haven't jumped in to the rom realm yet. Guess, I don't want to run the risk of screwing anything up. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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It would probably be easiest to flash [ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense. It is extremely close to stock but has all the advantages including having Apps2SD built in. You can read zach.xtr's instructions for using Apps2SD under AndroidOS 2.1 in that first post in a section that's titled "Apps2sd and Cache2sd:".
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It would probably be easiest to flash [ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense. It is extremely close to stock but has all the advantages including having Apps2SD built in. You can read zach.xtr's instructions for using Apps2SD under AndroidOS 2.1 in that first post in a section that's titled "Apps2sd and Cache2sd:".
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Are you currently running this rom? If so, have you come across an problems with it yet?
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Are you currently running this rom? If so, have you come across an problems with it yet?
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The last version of this I used was v4.6.5, just less than a couple months ago. Before that I had run many versions of it and xtrROM. At the moment I'm using GSB v2.7.
I don't recall any problems with xtrSENSE at all, it's the ROM I recommend the most to people who ask for a recommendation.
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The last version of this I used was v4.6.5, just less than a couple months ago. Before that I had run many versions of it and xtrROM. At the moment I'm using GSB v2.7.
I don't recall any problems with xtrSENSE at all, it's the ROM I recommend the most to people who ask for a recommendation.
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I appreciate that. I'll continue to research it and take your recommendation into consideration. Just a little hesitant to roms still but if I want to better my eris, looks like I need to jump the gun a little.
xtrSENSE is a fantastic ROM and I also recommend it to anybody new to rooting, unless they are specific in wanting to get away from Sense at all costs, or needs something like Google Voice Search/Actions (which requires Froyo or better).
I have one issue with xtrSENSE, but it seems to be unique to me: after running the ROM for a while, the phone becomes erratic about reminders for items in my calendar. For example, if I have a meeting at 4:30 pm and have a reminder set to 15 minutes, after running these ROMs (xtrSENSE, xtrROM and stock, actually) for a while, they may or may not sound the reminder at 4:15 pm, as desired. Sometimes they do, often they don't - often, they will fire off at some random time hours later, and even rarely never remind me at all until I restart the phone, and then they all start pouring in.
This was the major reason why I finally rooted a few weeks after 2.1 finally came to the Eris last year.
I have never seen anybody else report this issue with xtrSENSE, though, so I continue to recommend it to others. It's great advantage is that if you have been running stock, it will look and feel just the same, except faster, with better battery life, without the lag that happens with stock as your text message and call log grows.
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xtrSENSE is a fantastic ROM and I also recommend it to anybody new to rooting, unless they are specific in wanting to get away from Sense at all costs, or needs something like Google Voice Search/Actions (which requires Froyo or better).
I have one issue with xtrSENSE, but it seems to be unique to me: after running the ROM for a while, the phone becomes erratic about reminders for items in my calendar. For example, if I have a meeting at 4:30 pm and have a reminder set to 15 minutes, after running these ROMs (xtrSENSE, xtrROM and stock, actually) for a while, they may or may not sound the reminder at 4:15 pm, as desired. Sometimes they do, often they don't - often, they will fire off at some random time hours later, and even rarely never remind me at all until I restart the phone, and then they all start pouring in.
This was the major reason why I finally rooted a few weeks after 2.1 finally came to the Eris last year.
I have never seen anybody else report this issue with xtrSENSE, though, so I continue to recommend it to others. It's great advantage is that if you have been running stock, it will look and feel just the same, except faster, with better battery life, without the lag that happens with stock as your text message and call log grows.
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That's because your Eris runs outside the normal space-time continuum.
So, after looking into both xtrROM and xtrSense, I'm not sure which would be the better idea. I don't have to have sense but both sound like they would be great roms. Also, should I stick with 2.1 or jump higher to 2.2 or even 2.3??
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So, after looking into both xtrROM and xtrSense, I'm not sure which would be the better idea. I don't have to have sense but both sound like they would be great roms. Also, should I stick with 2.1 or jump higher to 2.2 or even 2.3??
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It would probably be best if you just start flashing some of them to see for yourself. Keep in mind that without the Sense home, the phone will feel a little different, plus not be able to use the Sense widgets. Since you already have experience with Sense, flash xtrROM and see how you like it. Then I would personally just skip right over 2.2 and go to 2.3 since it's essentially fully developed now.
I'm personally using GSB (soon to flash v2.8) and Tazz's Gingerbread ROM get's rave reviews, too.
Try a few ROMs and find out what you like best.
What's the best back up app? Or, with Astro and a nandroid, would that be good enough?
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What's the best back up app? Or, with Astro and a nandroid, would that be good enough?
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As far as backing up your apps and/or their settings, I swore by My Backup Pro for quite a long time but since going to Gingerbread, I've taken advantage of Titanium Backup's ability to restore apps to where they were backed up from (not applicable to the stock ROM), which is handy for me because using Gingerbread's (or Froyo's) native Apps2SD, I have a total of 190 user and system apps.
I don't know if they've added any feature like that in My Backup. If they have, then it would have been very recently.
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What's the best back up app? Or, with Astro and a nandroid, would that be good enough?
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Personally, I use cyanogen as my rom and nandroid to backup the phone...you know in case the rom fubars the phone.
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I use titanium back up and copy my sdcard to my computer before doing a wipe also make a nandroid copy there as well.
I went with My Backup Pro and made a copy of my sd card to my laptop. I was trying this technique last night but it had an error at the end of the command prompt.
http://www.askstudent.com/how-to/resolve-phone-storage-space-is-getting-low-on-android-phones/
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I went with My Backup Pro and made a copy of my sd card to my laptop. I was trying this technique last night but it had an error at the end of the command prompt.
http://www.askstudent.com/how-to/resolve-phone-storage-space-is-getting-low-on-android-phones/
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I see this at that link:
However, Google listened and with Froyo or Android 2.2 release, they included the App2SD functionality.
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You said you're on rooted stock, and those instructions are for 2.2+ ROMs only so it won't help you unless you since flashed another ROM. Have you? If so, which one?
Also, those instructions are purely to help move apps which normally wouldn't allow you to move them, which as I might've said Titanium Backup (paid version) will allow you to do by the Batch, and the free "Install Manager" may allow you to do so in batch, too, I've just read.
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I see this at that link:
You said you're on rooted stock, and those instructions are for 2.2+ ROMs only so it won't help you unless you since flashed another ROM. Have you? If so, which one?
Also, those instructions are purely to help move apps which normally wouldn't allow you to move them, which as I might've said Titanium Backup (paid version) will allow you to do by the Batch, and the free "Install Manager" may allow you to do so in batch, too, I've just read.
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Somehow, I must have missed that. I haven't flashed anything just yet; I was hoping that would do the trick before I went to flashing a rom. I downloaded the free version of titanium last night but it wouldn't backup, saying that I didn't have busybox. I downloaded busybox afterwards but it had a few warnings right at the beginning that I wasn't sure about so that's why I went with backup pro. I just checked into install manager but it isn't in the market.
With the help you have already given, is there a set of instructions for the nandroid backup process? I'm kinda interested in xtrROM but want to get all my ducks in a row before I flash it. Thanks for the help! Appreciate it!
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Somehow, I must have missed that. I haven't flashed anything just yet; I was hoping that would do the trick before I went to flashing a rom. I downloaded the free version of titanium last night but it wouldn't backup, saying that I didn't have busybox. I downloaded busybox afterwards but it had a few warnings right at the beginning that I wasn't sure about so that's why I went with backup pro. I just checked into install manager but it isn't in the market.
With the help you have already given, is there a set of instructions for the nandroid backup process? I'm kinda interested in xtrROM but want to get all my ducks in a row before I flash it. Thanks for the help! Appreciate it!
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BusyBox is included with any custom ROM, another reason it's just easier to flash a ROM like xtrSENSE or xtrROM as you mentioned, although with Apps2SD under Android 2.1, you need to backup the entire contents of your SD card, repartition it to include an Ext2 partition and 0 (zero) Swap, and the rest FAT32 as normal. All can be done from Recovery.
What method did you use to root? I'm assuming that whatever method you used installed a custom recovery. To make sure you do have a custom recovery, turn the phone off, press and HOLD the volume up button and press the End button long enough to turn the phone on. Keep holding the volume up button for a few seconds longer. When it goes into recovery if you have Amon RA recovery it should say something like amon-ra-eris-1.6.2 at the bottom.
In Amon RA recovery, reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648025 there are these menu options:
Use the trackball (up+down) to navigate through the menu, press the trackball to select items. Use the Volume-down key to go back to a previous menu.
Reboot system now :: reboot your phone
USB-MS Toggle :: enable/disable USB mass storage (use when the phone is connected to your PC)
Backup/Restore
Nand backup :: Make a Nand backup, the following partitions are NOT included :
Recovery (to avoid restoring old version)
Cache (no need to backup imo)
Misc (no need to backup imo + restore issues on some phones)
Splash1+2 (no need to backup imo + restore issues on some phones)
Nand + ext backup :: Make a Nand + ext backup
Nand restore :: Restore a Nand backup
BART backup :: Make a BART backup (Nand + ext)
BART restore :: Restore latest BART backup
Flash zip from sdcard :: Flash a zip update file from your sdcard
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Wipe data/factory reset :: Wipe /data and /cache
Wipe Dalvik-cache :: Wipe Dalvik-cache both on /data and ext
Wipe SD:ext partition : Wipe the ext partition on your sdcard
Wipe battery stats : Wipe the battery stats in /data
Wipe rotate settings : Wipe the sensor settings in /data
Partition sdcard
Partition SD :: Interactive SD partitioning
Repair SD:ext :: Repair the ext partition
SD:ext2 to ext3 :: Convert ext2 to ext3
SD:ext3 to ext4 :: Convert ext3 to ext4
Other
Fix apk uid mismatches :: Does extacly that
Move apps+dalv to SD :: Moves all apps and Dalvik-cache to sdcard (This will NOT enable apps2sd!)
Move recovery.log to SD :: Moves the recovery log file to your sdcard. (Use when you want more detailed recovery log information)
Power off :: Powers off your phone
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To make a nandroid, just choose the "Backup/Restore" menu with your trackball, then choose "Nand backup".
The Market search is quirky. Here's a link to Install Manager on the market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beidl.chooseloc.
Install Manager or anything else having to do with Apps2SD won't do you any good without either flashing the Apps2SD script from recovery, or flashing a custom ROM that includes Apps2SD.
You can find the most important information via links from the Eris Roll-up Thread.
Thank you very much! A huge help! I used the 1 click Eris root.
Flashed xtrROM based on your recommendation and so far its pretty rad. Really smooth and quick too.
im looking for some info working with a droid eris used 1click method to root ive got the 2.2 froshedyo 11 rom the kernel is 2.6.29 DECAFUCTCFS-dirty the person im doing this for really wants the HTC widgets back so im looking and getting a good feel about the xtrsense5.0.1 rom but the only thing im not sure of is wiping sd ext partition is that something i need to do or is that only if im planning on using the app2sd im alil lost about that part and the whole partition process id ask there but not enough posting yet to do so the recovery is the RA-eris-v1.6.2 so there i should b good to go thanks for any and all info out there
Anyone having issues? I've been making and restoring backups for a long time and just within the last week I haven't been able to restore any backups I've made. Made new ones those don't work either. Any ideas?
It restores and boots then just curates randomly and everything starts force closing
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No one with this issue since the update of rom manager??
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I tried to restore, but it failed.. rebooted and I was still on stock JFD (I was going back to stock for writing the guide)... restoring my ROM didnt work so I had to redo.
Did you update rom manager too? I'm done flashing until I can restore backups this isn't good
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I do have the latest. Have not tried to restore since so, I am not certain what went wrong. I know I've had restores fail in the past too though. I just make sure I have all of my apps... getting a rom setup is not that bad for me.
I realize this could be an issue, but with odin and titanium, I'm not too worried.
Have you shot @koush or @ClockworkMod a message/tweet? He is pretty good about twitter.
No I don't have twitter and didn't want to create any issues that don't exist. I figured this was the best place to ask the question.
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I've been talking with him over twitter trying to find out how to help someone else on XDA, I sent him a tweet to inquire about this also. Love how he listens/helps.
IIRC, Vibrant clockwork does not restore/backup kernels and only works on RFS. Maybe there is a ROM/Kernel mismatch?
Could you let me know what filesystem your /system currently is? ext4 or rfs?
^ well paint me a noob....
I knew the kernel, but did NOT realize a voodoo (ext4) recovery would not restore.
voodoo has /system as ext4 by default.
I'm not sure. I will need to release a new recovery I think.
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I'm not sure. I will need to release a new recovery I think.
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While we are talking about it... why does Fix Permissions not work? Never knew th reasoning behind it. You can select, and immediately you are back at the CWR screen like nothing happened (and it doesn't).
Koush said:
IIRC, Vibrant clockwork does not restore/backup kernels and only works on RFS. Maybe there is a ROM/Kernel mismatch?
Could you let me know what filesystem your /system currently is? ext4 or rfs?
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Koush, thanks for responding...
Maybe that could be the issue, but I thought everyone was making backups while on ext4 / voodoo? I thought you could make a nandroid on either RFS or ext4. Would flashing a RFS kernel after disabling voodoo allow nandroid to restore?
So here's the two exact scenarios I've run into. I always make a backup from within ROM manager when flashing roms and keep a backup current every few days. Was on KB1 stock stock, no voodoo. Switched to KB5. Then trigger released the KB5 rebuild, so I flashed the KB5 ext4 kernel from Dr. Honk, made a backup of my KB5 stock rom set up, then flashed trigger. I ran into various small issues that I thought was my issue, but wasn't sure so I wanted to restore my KB5 to test it out to make sure it wasn't Trigger. It restored, then went into force closing and various vibrations, had to pull the battery, three button reboot into recovery and I was able to restore the trigger backup I had just made.
Couple days later wifi calling released for the biwinning rom. I went full back to stock kb5 wiped all data, but left the KB5+ext4 kernel on the phone. Made the backup, flashed biwinning and wifi calling didn't work, so I restored the backup of KB5 and again, same issue, unable to get a clean boot. I figured at that point it was just a bad backup so I deleted everything and started fresh. Right now I'm running bone stock KB5 RFS and it's actually working fine and plenty fast, but I'm concerned that I'm not able to make a nandroid backup at all.
***This was all done in "RED" recovery w/ the setup listed***
I recently flashed stock KB5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036193
Flashed Tigers Blood v3 ontop http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994694
I tried to restore a nandriod I had backed up of Bionix1.3.1 w/ Bullet 1.44Ghz:
Checking MD5 sum....
MD5 sum mismatch....
I then tried to restore a nandroid I had backed up of Trigger:
Checking MD5 sum....
Restoring system....
Restoring data...
Restoring datadata....
GOOD TO GO!
Nandroid did restore Trigger along with Tigers Blood v3 although I'm not sure if Trigger had that installed with it or if it was left from my initial setup listed up top.
Hope this helps!
To put it simply when I boot up my vibrant, it switches to the galaxy s GT-19000 screen then fully boots into what seems like a completely different phone. My contacts were still there until I factory reset, but none of my apps or anything. I also believe that my calls and messaging do not work. I just recently rooted my phone but where things went bad is when I tried installing voodoo lagfix. I tried adding the link where I got the dl for voodoo lagfix but because I am a new user I can not add links, but i got it from the project voodoo website and it was the second link in their dl section, the one for froyo installable with clockworkmod recovery and rom manager. When I try and go into recovery mode ClockwordMod Recovery v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo lagfix is what comes up and is completely different from what the recovery was before. I just want to get rid of voodoo and get my phone back to how it was before. Im sorry for the terrible description, if there is anything else I need to add just let me know, but please, what can I do to fix my phone? any help would be greatly appreciated.
Can you get into download mode?
If so, ODIN to stock JFD.
you may need to use Vol Up + Power, unlike the normal way which is both volume buttons pressed in.
thank you! I used your guide in your sig, which was very helpful, phone is back to normal, however, all of my apps and what not are gone. I am an idiot and forgot to backup before I made changes, is there any other way that I can get back to the way my phone was before? And after going back to the stock JFD using odin, will I still have voodoo on my phone?
If you used titanium backup, your folder of backups should still be on your internal.
If you did not backup, sorry... hope you have them backed up.
No, you do not have voodoo now.
I did back up all of my app with titanium back up, so do I just have to re-dl titanium back up in the market and then just go from there?
^ Ti Backup needs root, so grab the update.zip from my guide and root (incredibly easy), move it to internal, go to stock recovery, install, reboot, you are rooted.
At this point, before you restore, you need to update to a more recent version of Android. you do NOT want to be stuck on JFD (2.1). I'd suggest a ROM like Trigger... crazy stable, faster and themed (I like it).
THEN you can restore your apps after downloading titanium backup (assuming you have them backed up on your internal already).
also, when I connect to my pc and look at my internal sd, the voodoo folder is still there
sorry Im a complete noob to this stuff
Sounds like somebodies got a lot of apps to download againlol. Now you'll remember to get TB and make a backup, heheh, but oh well its a learning experience really! If you have any apps that you paid forl at least gmail will remember that and you will see them as purchased, but unfortunately you'll still have to search for them individually.
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also, when I connect to my pc and look at my internal sd, the voodoo folder is still there
sorry Im a complete noob to this stuff
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whats in it?
- prob just a bunch of logz(lol) just ignore it
^^ the voodoo folder is there b/c you did not format your card *no reason to*
when/if you flash trigger, it will convert you to EXT4 file system (voodoo). This IS okay and not a big deal. Not sure what site you went to, but I have 190% faith in the Trigger ROM and voodoo.. both have very talented people supporting it.
^ Paid apps do not need to be searched for. Look in My Apps, they are all there. He also apparently DID make a backup at some point so lets not go bashing the guy.
I do agree to backup often.
I don't think theyre on my internal anymore, I did a clear cache, factory reset when my phone was initially messed up and I think thats where my problem lies. and as for the rom, what are your thoughts on the TW bionix rom? I initially was trying to root and install this rom
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whats in it?
- prob just a bunch of logz(lol) just ignore it
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It is a bunch of logs, can I just delete this altogether?
Your call man. I made my suggestion for speed/stability/appearance. Don't delete the voodoo folder, even if you did, it will be there after you flash your rom.
- - No intent to flame just my bad humor, sorry.
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It is a bunch of logs, can I just delete this altogether?
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You can do whatever you want with it if ur just gonna ODIN and re-flash. I just thought this was funny my bad. I wouldn't be too concerned with it really. Just leave it alone.
- If in fact you made a backup with TB and moved it to ur PC you could replace that back into the /sdcard/ and when you re-download TB just run the restore batch. BOOM! good to go. If not then oh well.
- The "myapps" will show you all your purchased ROMs so you will not need to research for them, just need to re-download them but any "free" apps will need to be researched and redownloaded.
- My friend has a Nexus S and she says that when she does an initial setup after flashing any ROM the gmail sync automatically downloads all her purchased apps. Thats what I was refering to cuz that would be friggin titz!
- Team Whiskey ROMs are proven and stable Bionix is a great choice to flash.
Good luck!
^ GB restores automatically, while good for some.. I hate it. Takes longer to download/install than restoring AND it doesn't restore the data (boo)