I'm posting here because I've NEVER had anyone answer any of my questions in the q&a forum.
I flashed a honeycomb theme from rom manager and it completely replaced my stock skin. Is there a way of getting the stock skin back? I probably should have saved a back up to flash back to. I'm not having any problems, but would like the option of going back.
Thanks!
mojonation1487 said:
I'm posting here because I've NEVER had anyone answer any of my questions in the q&a forum.
I flashed a honeycomb theme from rom manager and it completely replaced my stock skin. Is there a way of getting the stock skin back? I probably should have saved a back up to flash back to. I'm not having any problems, but would like the option of going back.
Thanks!
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You should be able to just flash your current ROM again without wiping. Just make sure your current ROM is not set to auto wipe prior to flashing or you will lose all your settings. Just check with your ROM Dev to see if the ROM auto wipes prior to installing.
But have a backup before you try anything.
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This may be a newb-ish question, but I was wondering if it's possible and how to make a backup (including kernel) with odin. If not, how would one go about doing so? I have a very nice setup right now with a custom kernel and a heavily modified stock rom that I don't want to lose, but I also want to try out the voodoo lag fix with ext4.
EDIT: If this has been addressed somewhere else, please post a link for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Use ROMmanager is has option to backup ROM you can download from the market.
It save your backup image to your internal SD card.
It also comes with clockwork recovery.
some info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
demo23019 said:
Use ROMmanager is has option to backup ROM you can download from the market.
It save your backup image to your internal SD card.
It also comes with clockwork recovery.
some info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734164
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My understanding is that rom manager does not backup the kernel. What I really want is a way to create a full backup of my entire phone, not just the rom and apps/settings/etc. It seems to me that odin should be capable of such functionality.
I heard once kernel is on it's on for good and independent of rom somehow.. so only way to get rid of kernel is by pushing it out with another- you should be fine with it, just back up your rom in clockwork
jereader said:
My understanding is that rom manager does not backup the kernel.
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i missed that in your post but yea it doesnt back it up
This is great and all, but I really want a full system dump that I can flash back to my phone when those OH **** moments happen. Kernel and all. I just got odin working, and I really like the idea of being able to load up a full system backup and being back to where I am right now in a matter of minutes.
jereader said:
This is great and all, but I really want a full system dump that I can flash back to my phone when those OH **** moments happen. Kernel and all. I just got odin working, and I really like the idea of being able to load up a full system backup and being back to where I am right now in a matter of minutes.
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I don't know of anyway to do what you want to do. Best thing I could say is do a Nandroid back up, that would take care of everything but your kernal. If you screw something up just flash back to stock with odin, flash the rom you were using then restore with nandroid.
This is why questions get posted in the dev section. Devs (AKA the people who know this ****) don't read the q&a section.
Go post it in developer section just make note that you searched and tried asking in Q&A and got no answer.... so you dont get reamed
jereader said:
I just got odin working, and I really like the idea of being able to load up a full system backup and being back to where I am right now in a matter of minutes.
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I can see asking just to have some learning experience with Odin but seriously dont see how backing up everything with Odin is any faster/better than nandroid.
For one restoring with Odin requires you to be hooked up to PC. Nandroid restore can be done from your phone with backup from internal SD card and it takes mins to restore. And you can store your favorite kernel .zip file on internal SD as well and takes like 5 secs to flash.
I rarely, if ever, find myself tinkering with roms and such unless I'm at my computer, and I do keep nandroid backups, but I like the idea of having a comprehensive backup that I can load up and flash quickly. I actually find flashing with odin to be substantially faster than nandroid.
I know we all get to messing around trying to add "cool new feature x" and next thing you know something is hosed. This, to me is why a custom odin backup would be ideal.
I think I will go ahead and ask in the dev section, but thank you guys for the suggestions. Like I said, any help is appreciated.
So let me get this straight... If I want to flash a skin or new rom then I do that by flashing the .zip file when in recovery mode. If I want to revert to some system or rom, then I need to use odin to do this? Also, can I use odin to directly flash back to froyo 2.2 from auxora (with black froyo skin using the files found here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105
in_dmand said:
So let me get this straight... If I want to flash a skin or new rom then I do that by flashing the .zip file when in recovery mode. If I want to revert to some system or rom, then I need to use odin to do this? Also, can I use odin to directly flash back to froyo 2.2 from auxora (with black froyo skin using the files found here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105
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if you want to flash a rom you would do that in ClockworkMod recovery.
if you want to flash a theme, then you can do that with a zip in recovery, but most likely you'd use an app called metamorph, it all depends on the theme and who made it. (the developer will usually say right off how to install)
to revert to another rom, you can usually get by with flashing from recovery(although flashing back to 2.1 from 2.2 can be a little tricky), but if you soft brick your phone then you'll need Odin.
Auxura is froyo 2.2, there is no need to flash back, unless you want to go back to stock.
read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
it should clear things up a bit
well, the problem I am having is that my phone kees locking up... i just upgraded it to froyo 2.2, auxora rom, blackfroyo skin. aparently the blackfroyo is causing it to keep crashing/locking up, so I want to get rid of this skin and go back to just the auxora, or just the norm froyo 2.2 stock OS. what should i do to do this?
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well, the problem I am having is that my phone kees locking up... i just upgraded it to froyo 2.2, auxora rom, blackfroyo skin. aparently the blackfroyo is causing it to keep crashing/locking up, so I want to get rid of this skin and go back to just the auxora, or just the norm froyo 2.2 stock OS. what should i do to do this?
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I'd back up whatever you need and just re-flash the Auxura ROM just like you did the first time (Through Recovery).
if that still has issues, then you might try Odin, but that probably wont be necessary unless the issue is bad enough to stop the phone from booting even after you re-flash.
your the man... thanks a lot bro. i'll re-post in a min after i've re-flashed auxora... also, should i continue to use auxora since they have stopped development on it? or use a diff rom?
works great now! thanks!
I am hoping someone has some knowledge of this...I had a lot of trouble getting CWM recovery to boot on my vibrant, but thanks to these forums, I installed ODIN, got back to Eclair, re-rooted and got CWM recovery to boot. I am using the Auxoria ROM and when I installed it I selected wipe data, etc, but when I flashed it through CWM, I am not sure if it did it or not. It appears to be working, but it seems to have a few strange behaviors from before. I then restored all apps and system data from Titanium Backup. Then got to thinking, can Titanium backup restore any system data from the Eclair ROM that would cause issues? When you restore after flashing a ROM, are you supposed to NOT install system data? I wonder if anyone has any experience with that and can make a recommendation. And Happy Mothers Day out there to any mom's out there that give so much to raise a family!
Restoring system data is absolutely a no-no
You typically can restore the green ones, if on the same os... But if you had eclair settings and restored on froyo, I bet you have a lot of little bugs.
I would odin to jfd, flash a new rom and then restore just the apps+ data.
Also, axura was great, but done master has moved to greener pastures you may want to try another. I think master said he would try and support this device still, but that's to much to ask of him I think.
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Restoring system data is absolutely a no-no
You typically can restore the green ones, if on the same os... But if you had eclair settings and restored on froyo, I bet you have a lot of little bugs.
I would odin to jfd, flash a new rom and then restore just the apps+ data.
Also, axura was great, but done master has moved to greener pastures you may want to try another. I think master said he would try and support this device still, but that's to much to ask of him I think.
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Thank you....What other ROM would you recommend. I looked for one with a working GPS, and minimal bugs. I really want to do cyanogen 7 like my mytouch4g, but it doesn't seem ready yet. Am I just able to reflash and wipe data when I do? Any reason I really have to redo my odin and eclair refresh?
jman531 said:
Thank you....What other ROM would you recommend. I looked for one with a working GPS, and minimal bugs. I really want to do cyanogen 7 like my mytouch4g, but it doesn't seem ready yet. Am I just able to reflash and wipe data when I do? Any reason I really have to redo my odin and eclair refresh?
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You can't go wrong with Trigger or the new Bionix NextGen.
I would go back to stock, just so you know you'll go to the next rom with no bugs.
Check my signature. Amazingly easy to go to jfd > new rom.
I would suggest Trigger for having everything work as it should/theming.
I went back to eclair and flashed trigger 3.2, but it seems pretty bland? No way to edit functions for home keys, or customize much of anything...looks like 2.2 really, am i missing something? I selected launcher and want to try TW launcher but I can't see where I can do that. I wanted to edit my grids but don't see that either...like replacing the app of web browser with text app...used to be able to edit on homescreen but that is even gone...
ok i searched and went through the 5 pages of results and dont see my answer so here we go...
i have a replacement HTC Thunderbolt arriving today however i dont want to start all my mods and tweaks from scratch. I use Rom Manager to flash roms and occasionally make a image backup of the phone in case i screwed it up. but here's where im not sure...will the following me transferable to the new phone from a back up...
after i root the phone and install rom manager on the new device, will all the things in my sig restore or will some things need to be done over again? i would assume itll all just restore on because it mirrors the phone as an exact replica. just some apps might need registered again since the device ID will be different. am i wrong? thanks everyone!
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ok i searched and went through the 5 pages of results and dont see my answer so here we go...
i have a replacement HTC Thunderbolt arriving today however i dont want to start all my mods and tweaks from scratch. I use Rom Manager to flash roms and occasionally make a image backup of the phone in case i screwed it up. but here's where im not sure...will the following me transferable to the new phone from a back up...
after i root the phone and install rom manager on the new device, will all the things in my sig restore or will some things need to be done over again? i would assume itll all just restore on because it mirrors the phone as an exact replica. just some apps might need registered again since the device ID will be different. am i wrong? thanks everyone!
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Yes that should work. You still have to do the radio though. Its not backed up.
If you don't get an answer just add a post to move it back to the top of the list. I wouldn't recommend posting in other threads like the kernel dev thread like you did.
sent from my BAMF'n thunderbolt.
RootandBoot said:
Yes that should work. You still have to do the radio though. Its not backed up.
If you don't get an answer just add a post to move it back to the top of the list. I wouldn't recommend posting in other threads like the kernel dev thread like you did.
sent from my BAMF'n thunderbolt.
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excellent thank you for your input. im not gonna put it off then.
OK so my buddy just got this phone and I was trying to be helpful so I rooted it, unlocked it, and then flashed the Rom in the dev section. In my haste I broke the cardinal rule, I didn't make a cwm backup first! That Rom, 0.5, has broken Bluetooth. I'm attempting to flash back to stock with the firmware posted in the dev section but it says I need lgnpst 2.2.3, which I can't find, nor do I know how to use it and I can't find any guides.
Please help me get him back to stock.
I've had no issue with Bluetooth on the Base v.5 ROM. perhaps try reflashing. someone else reported a BT error, but i thought that was on v.4
can't help you with the other as i haven't muss with that...sry.
seh6183 said:
OK so my buddy just got this phone and I was trying to be helpful so I rooted it, unlocked it, and then flashed the Rom in the dev section. In my haste I broke the cardinal rule, I didn't make a cwm backup first! That Rom, 0.5, has broken Bluetooth. I'm attempting to flash back to stock with the firmware posted in the dev section but it says I need lgnpst 2.2.3, which I can't find, nor do I know how to use it and I can't find any guides.
Please help me get him back to stock.
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If you put the phone in silent mode bluetooth will pair. Will be fixed in next release.
Also cwm doesn't create md5 for backup but twrp works, just don't try the compression option.
adfurgerson said:
If you put the phone in silent mode bluetooth will pair. Will be fixed in next release.
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Thanks. I found this in the thread after posting this. Will be sticking with this ROM.