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ok guys, here we are again.. you're wanting to backup your phone for if you want to try a test rom, or just to have a backup in case something goes wrong. this tut will show you how! I will also explain how to restore your phone to a backup you've previously made. it is also possible to backup/restore using rom manager but this is the harder way.. not too hard once you figure it out, but thats all opinion
Pre Requirements:
1.) be rooted
2.) have clockwork recovery installed
3.) not a necessity, but it DEFINITELY helps to have the engineering build installed at least once
BACKUP STEPS:
1.) boot into clockwork recovery mode
2.) scroll down to nandroid and select
3.) click backup
4.) it will now automatically backup your ENTIRE PHONE.. this includes your contacts, messages, emails, everything you have on the phone prior to booting into recovery. you will see a yellow bar at the bottom that shows progress
5.) REBOOT!
6.) there is no step 6... you're done
RESTORE STEPS:
1.)boot into clockwork recovery mode
2.) scroll down to nandroid and select
3.) scroll down to restore and select
4.) scroll to your desired restore nandroid and select
5.) scroll to yes and select
6.) it will now auto restore your backup and everything in it. when done it will tell you DONE!
7.) reboot and you're done!
well there ya go guys, one (two?) more tut(s) done and have fun be safe and remember to wipe if you're ever scared you have a boot loop
I actually do have a specific question about these nandroid backups. If I backup, then flash a "updated" ROM (update to an existing one already installed), and THEN do a restore, does the restore take me back to the previous version of the ROM? I've never used the nandroid backups as I usually never have a need to.
the restore takes your phone back to exactly how it was when you performed the backup
Gotcha, so if you backup, wipe, and then update a ROM, you cannot expect to be able to use your nandroid backup to restore anything you had previously, unless you wanted to go back to the ROMs previous version... gotcha.
where are these backups stored?
I think it's /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/[BackupDate]/
is it safe to remove them from the sdcard & store for safekeeping until needed & replace in same location?
yep, sure is!
Is it necessary to perform a wipe before restoring, if you currently have a different ROM than what is being restored? Or does nandroid wipe for you?
romis138 said:
Is it necessary to perform a wipe before restoring, if you currently have a different ROM than what is being restored? Or does nandroid wipe for you?
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no, nandroid doesnt wipe for you. i suggest always wiping if you're changing roms
hi im kinda new to this, but I rooted my slide using the tuts from droiddog.com and here. Got mostly everything working but when I try to backup my current rom clockwork crashes and it doesn't take me to recovery and just reboots the phone. Ive tried clearing the download cashe and downloading an older recovery but nothing seems to work. I basically cant boot into recovery to make backups or flash any roms. any suggestions on what else I could try.
I gave this explination of a nandroid to a friend of mine today. It will act like a time machine and put your device back exactly as it was when you did the backup. Now if you need an explination like that, you realy should not be messing with your phone that way.
freeze
hi
i have a problem. when i try to restore my backup. everything looks fine. but when restoring finish and reboot my phone screen is freezing on htc logo. what can i do?
sorry for my bad english!
Just wait it takes a while to boot sometimes, treat it like you would treat a new ROM being flashed.
i need to wipe data/factory reset or?
ok
i wipe data.. restore backup from nandroid.. reboot phone and i waiting almost 30 min and screen still show only htc logo..
I have copied the nandroid backups on my SD card
but in recovery mode, it is not showing any nandroid backup file ?
warewolf4586 said:
I have copied the nandroid backups on my SD card
but in recovery mode, it is not showing any nandroid backup file ?
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is it in the sd\clockworkmod\backup folder??
Hello,
I have a question about Nandroid backups using CWM...I read on some forum that...the backup and the installed version of CWM recovery should match to make it work..I.e If I took the backup using CWM version 5.0.0.0 I have to use the same CWM recovery version to restore the ROM and I can not restore nandroid backup using the later version lets say 5.0.1.5 of CWM...is it true?
Thanks..
I kinda doubt that. Itd be much more likely that a nandroid created by 5.0 couldnt be used by an earlier version. I doubt that is true either, just more likely than the other way around.
Nothing wrong with waiting for better confirmation than mine, but if it were an issue I think wed have heard a lot more about it by now.
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Hey guys,
i know how much answering the same questions can be tedious. It irks me too sometimes. I read through 30 pages of the cyanogenMod thread and im still left with questions. I went through the Wiki, Youtube, everywhere that i could learn more and im still lost. I think its partly because everybody that takes apart in the discussion seems to already have android knowledge. I came from a iphone so all this tinkering is VERY new to me.
Looking at the cyanogenmod wiki page, it showed me how to install rom step by step. surprisingly, it looks easy. but as i was looking through the thread, the word "nandroid" popped out MULTIPLE times. i went back to the wiki and read it over but no where does it say anything about nandroid. so i googled it, and its a back up program.
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
this is just giving me a headache. the necessary info seems to be everywhere and not in one place. URGHFDhSFlsdlfgjndlkngkdfs. maybe i should go back to the iphone.
thanks to anybody who actually reads this essay lol.
boogieboogie said:
Hey guys,
i know how much answering the same questions can be tedious. It irks me too sometimes. I read through 30 pages of the cyanogenMod thread and im still left with questions. I went through the Wiki, Youtube, everywhere that i could learn more and im still lost. I think its partly because everybody that takes apart in the discussion seems to already have android knowledge. I came from a iphone so all this tinkering is VERY new to me.
Looking at the cyanogenmod wiki page, it showed me how to install rom step by step. surprisingly, it looks easy. but as i was looking through the thread, the word "nandroid" popped out MULTIPLE times. i went back to the wiki and read it over but no where does it say anything about nandroid. so i googled it, and its a back up program.
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
this is just giving me a headache. the necessary info seems to be everywhere and not in one place. URGHFDhSFlsdlfgjndlkngkdfs. maybe i should go back to the iphone.
thanks to anybody who actually reads this essay lol.
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Lol...we all gotta start somewhere anyway, number one: nandroid is part of clockwork recoverymod...I don't remember back to when I rooted BUT I do know that following the process of rooting my phone, afterwards I had clockwork recovery installed. This is accessed by powering down your phone and while booting up you press power and hold volume down. Once in there you use volume up/down to navigate options and power to select. Um lets see here, as for updating. You would simply download the zip place it on root directory of your SD card, boot into clockwork, wipe cache and then flash the zip.
The wipe cache, dalvik, etc is all done through clockwork. General rule of thumb is to do a nandroid backup before you flash anything. That way if anything goes wrong, you can restore your backup.
Is nandroid required? Um...hard to answer that question. I believe clockwork recovery mod IS required and since nandroid is part of clockwork, then yea lol...
If I missed anything let me know because I'm on my phone so its a little difficult to keep scrolling up to scroll back down to type what I need to type.
Also, if I was wrong on anything, please someone point it out so we (i) don't mislead him.
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i too came from a jailbroken iphone to android and i feel like android clockworkmod recovery helps make the flash/install a breeze. i think the hardest part of coming from an iphone to android is just the onslaught of new phrases and words..but i will help as much as i can pm me if you want and i will help as much as my knowlege will allow...but trust me on this dont go back to an idont.
boogieboogie said:
my question is, is nandroid required? if so (get ready for the onslaught of questions) where could i get step by step directions on how to use nandroid. im also trying to figure out how to restore from nandroid.
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nandroid is something that you can utilize to make nandroid backups if you have Clockworkmod recovery for the Aria. Do you have to use it? No. Do you have to have it? Yes, if you have Clockworkmod recovery installed.
How is Clockworkmod recovery installed? It is automatically installed and replaces your stock recovery when you root your phone using the latest versions of the Unrevoked tool.
In order to use nandroid for backup you:
1. Reboot into Clockworkmod recovery (either through an application like ROM Manager, the option presented during power off in Cyanogenmod 6, or by turning the phone completely off and then holding the volume down button during power on). DO NOT enter Clockworkmod recovery by powering off the phone with the micro USB cable attached to a power source (it won't work reliably in this manner).
2. Go to "nandroid"
3. Click "Backup"
The backup takes a few hundred megabytes (mine are about 200-350 MB each) on your SD card so make sure you have available space.
In order to use nandroid for recovery you:
1. Reboot into Clockworkmod recovery as listed above.
2. Go to "nandroid"
3. Click "Restore"
4. Select the backup you want to recover from.
5. Select "Yes - Restore"
boogieboogie said:
this scenario popped up, im using CM6 and i want to restore to the stock rom. what would be the steps i would take to get to stock? something with nandroid? or just download the stock rom and put it on my sd and boot from there?
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By stock I mean everything on your phone is exactly as it is when you first purchased it, no root or Clockworkmod recovery.
To get back to stock you don't use nandroid. If you think about it, nandroid backups came after you have Clockworkmod recovery installed, which came with rooting your phone. Therefore, your first backup would not be stock, but rather from your rooted phone.
To get to back to stock you would follow the instructions here
boogieboogie said:
another thing that puzzles me is, what would the process be in updating the CM6 roms with the incremental updates that are released every few weeks.
i thought CM6 was hard to follow so i went to the liberated thread. but than these directions
"Do a nandroid backup to preserve your current rom
Wipe Data (if coming from another rom, including CM6 or liberated_aria non-deodexed version, or to enable additional languages from previous version)
Wipe Cache
Wipe dalvik cache (advanced > wipe dalvik cache)
Install liberated_aria_R00*_signed.zip from sdcard"
left me more puzzled. wipe data as in do the factory restore from settings? how would i wipe the cache and delvik cache? what is the diff between the regular and deodexed version?
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All of the quoted steps are performed in Clockworkmod recovery.
nandroid backups are as explained above.
"wipe data/factory reset" is an option under Clockworkmod recovery and I only do so under the conditions you quoted.
Wipe cache refers to "wipe cache partition" option under Clockworkmod recovery.
Wipe dalvik cache is done in Clockworkmod recovery by:
1. Selecting "Advanced"
2. Clicking "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Once you have CM6 or Liberated installed, performing incremental updates can be done by:
1. Putting the ROM update onto the SD card.
2. Rebooting into Clockworkmod recovery
3. (Optional step) Performing a nandroid backup
4. Selecting "install zip from sdcard"
5. Selecting "choose zip from sdcard" and selecting wherever you put the ROM update on your SD card.
Hopefully that all made sense and was helpful.
i first to say thanks for the replies. i assumed that i would get backlash for asking such stupid questions but boy was i wrong. i really appreciate it guys
so when would a person use nandroid? so lets say you make a nandroid back up right after you unroot it, than you load up CM6 or liberated. do you use the nandroid back up when you want to go back to the time where it was just rooted? Want to make sure this is the process if i ever get tired of those roms.
and its as simple as doing the power down..etc etc method?
boogieboogie said:
i first to say thanks for the replies. i assumed that i would get backlash for asking such stupid questions but boy was i wrong. i really appreciate it guys
so when would a person use nandroid? so lets say you make a nandroid back up right after you unroot it, than you load up CM6 or liberated. do you use the nandroid back up when you want to go back to the time where it was just rooted? Want to make sure this is the process if i ever get tired of those roms.
and its as simple as doing the power down..etc etc method?
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Yup Nandroid is basically an exact image of your phone at the time you perform the backup. When you restore it your phone goes back to the exact state it was in when you made the backup...apps, rom, everything. So you would want to do a backup any time you want to try a new rom or make a change to your current rom.
And to restore you simply boot the phone into recovery and choose restore (from the same menu you make your backup from). You can also have more than one backup at a time, though it takes up a bit of space on the SD card. I keep one backup on my SD and just keep any others I want on my computer.
nandroid
Is only one back up kept on the phone? As in the most recent, or will I have a copy for everytime I do a nandroid back up. I noticed that when I did a restore I did not have an option to choose a restore.
You can have as many as you can fit on your SD card. It should bring up a list when you click Restore.
Atrix 4G
I have successfully rooted and installed CWM and TB. I've flashed the latest Android Recovery. I've rebooted while holding the volume down and that gets me into the initial recovery menu where I can keep pressing volume down until I get to Android Recovery. Then I press volume up and get the exclamation point guy.
Then I press both volume up and down and enter a blue menu of Android recovery menus but there are no options for BAckup / Restore. I can only flash a zip, wipe cache, wipe data, or reboot. No other options are available.
How do I backup my current ROM? Please - I've searched and am at a loss. . .
Thanks.
I'm not exactly sure which type of backup you want, but if you get ROM Manager from the market (free version will suffice) scroll down to backup inside the app and it will do a full system backup. Be aware it does shut down in the middle of backing up so don't freak out. Let it run its course should take around 10 minutes
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tried this and it prompts me to name the backup then restarts and opens up to the exclamation point guy and just sits there. . .
Not really sure what ive done wrong.
The prompt and restart is correct, but the backing up should being, hmm..... Are you running the most up to date version of your recovery? Which recovery is it exactly (romracers, ROM Managers, tenfars)?
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I just did the biggest F-Up of my flashing life. While following QBKing77's Rooting & CWM with unlocked, at approx 3:50, during the flashing of the root SYSTEM.img file, rather than that file, I used the wrong file to flash used an IMG file that was meant for cwm, which is a completely different task.
So now I am trying to get into fast boot and try to do it with correct SYSTEM.IMG, then to find out I never got it downloaded, the link was deadand now I can not find where to DL it from. I must've not been paying attention and got ahead of myself.
Anyone know where I can a mirror of the file found here. Its the first link in the root section labelled "moto-fastboot flashable /system image".
Am I screwed? Does anybody have a copy of that system.img file laying around. I can not find any mirrors. That is the only way I can see this getting fixed bc I can still go into fastboot mode.
ckeck this ????
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4137-pudding-photon-pudding-bootloader-unlock-updated-8302011/
Use at own risk. ???
Can u get into rsd mode and flash 154_5 sbf
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Important files
Thank shabbypenguin for those
If you can get into rsd mode and connected/recognized in rsd lite you should be able to flash one of those sbf files and return to stock.
I read the instructions carefully! It said to put the oven on 350 degrees for 10mins but for some out of this world reason I put it on broil and let it cook for 20mins :/
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LOL no kidding Custodian. I did get a laugh out of that.
Thanks CubanLuke & ShabbyPenguin. I did use RSDLite to flash the current sbf you directed me to, I can boot into the phone again. Thanks again.
Now as to how to proceed, I will have to unlock the bootloader again, np, but when I run into that very step where I broiled it, the rooting via speedboot.... would it be okay to root using AIO instead because I can not find the SYSTEM.IMG needed to follow along w/ the video using this method.
Can I just root a different method, then proceed on with CWM recovery, then flash rom from the video?
enzyme said:
LOL no kidding Custodian. I did get a laugh out of that.
Thanks CubanLuke & ShabbyPenguin. I did use RSDLite to flash the current sbf you directed me to, I can boot into the phone again. Thanks again.
Now as to how to proceed, I will have to unlock the bootloader again, np, but when I run into that very step where I broiled it, the rooting via speedboot.... would it be okay to root using AIO instead because I can not find the SYSTEM.IMG needed to follow along w/ the video using this method.
Can I just root a different method, then proceed on with CWM recovery, then flash rom from the video?
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- Unlock using derpunlock.sbf
- use fastboot to erase recovery and install CWM recovery
- boot into CWM
- Format system
- Wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache/dalvik
- Reboot recovery
- Flash ROM
SOLVED!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
KTT16 said:
- Unlock using derpunlock.sbf
- use fastboot to erase recovery and install CWM recovery
- boot into CWM
- Format system
- Wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache/dalvik
- Reboot recovery
- Flash ROM
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Thanks KTT. Okay, I'm back on track now. I am unlocked again, rooted as well. but I am not sure about 2 things. This will be my very first android rom flash and just coming from a big whoopsies, I just want to be sure.....
1) Format system: in cwm recovery, which option is that? I don't see "format system" in the main or advanced menu. Maybe its worded differently?
2) Flash ROM: I can only assume its either "Apply Update from SD" or Update from SD". Not sure which one though.
enzyme said:
SOLVED!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Thanks KTT. Okay, I'm back on track now. I am unlocked again, rooted as well. but I am not sure about 2 things. This will be my very first android rom flash and just coming from a big whoopsies, I just want to be sure.....
1) Format system: in cwm recovery, which option is that? I don't see "format system" in the main or advanced menu. Maybe its worded differently?
2) Flash ROM: I can only assume its either "Apply Update from SD" or Update from SD". Not sure which one though.
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1) Format system is in the "mount" options. Although it's unneeded to flash a ROM. Personally I just wipe data/factory reset and then wipe cache and have zero issues. Others may tell you different though.
2) "Install .zip from SD Card" then select whichever .zip you're looking to install.
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Okay well I am in some trouble again. successfully flashed an alpha cm7.1, but it didn't have market and the one i installed did not work so decided to flash to cm7.2 via CWM. When it booted I didn't really see anything change, later realized that maybe I was suppose to wipe/format in cwm first(idk).
So I decided to flash 198_7, same one that I used to restore back to stock earlier. But I did not get back to stock. The process was 100%, it told me to manually turn on the device, which was in rsd mode. So I unplugged, pulled batt, reboot. The phone now starts up until the pulsing Moto logo then screen goes black, then it loops.
In the process I lost CWM & unlocked. So trying to flash a ROM via cwm is no longer an option. Any thoughts?
enzyme said:
Okay well I am in some trouble again. successfully flashed an alpha cm7.1, but it didn't have market and the one i installed did not work so decided to flash to cm7.2 via CWM. When it booted I didn't really see anything change, later realized that maybe I was suppose to wipe/format in cwm first(idk).
So I decided to flash 198_7, same one that I used to restore back to stock earlier. But I did not get back to stock. The process was 100%, it told me to manually turn on the device, which was in rsd mode. So I unplugged, pulled batt, reboot. The phone now starts up until the pulsing Moto logo then screen goes black, then it loops.
In the process I lost CWM & unlocked. So trying to flash a ROM via cwm is no longer an option. Any thoughts?
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Flashing the 198_7 sbf unroots and relocks, so you're back to square one.
enzyme said:
Okay well I am in some trouble again. successfully flashed an alpha cm7.1, but it didn't have market and the one i installed did not work so decided to flash to cm7.2 via CWM. When it booted I didn't really see anything change, later realized that maybe I was suppose to wipe/format in cwm first(idk).
So I decided to flash 198_7, same one that I used to restore back to stock earlier. But I did not get back to stock. The process was 100%, it told me to manually turn on the device, which was in rsd mode. So I unplugged, pulled batt, reboot. The phone now starts up until the pulsing Moto logo then screen goes black, then it loops.
In the process I lost CWM & unlocked. So trying to flash a ROM via cwm is no longer an option. Any thoughts?
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Reboot into stock recovery, when you get the recovery logo thing push both volume up and volume down at the same time to get the recovery options. Then do a factory reset and it should boot for you. After that, root and unlock again. And you didn't have the Market because you forgot to install Gapps...
enzyme said:
Okay well I am in some trouble again. successfully flashed an alpha cm7.1, but it didn't have market and the one i installed did not work so decided to flash to cm7.2 via CWM. When it booted I didn't really see anything change, later realized that maybe I was suppose to wipe/format in cwm first(idk).
So I decided to flash 198_7, same one that I used to restore back to stock earlier. But I did not get back to stock. The process was 100%, it told me to manually turn on the device, which was in rsd mode. So I unplugged, pulled batt, reboot. The phone now starts up until the pulsing Moto logo then screen goes black, then it loops.
In the process I lost CWM & unlocked. So trying to flash a ROM via cwm is no longer an option. Any thoughts?
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The reason cm7 didn't have the market is that you needed to flash gapps. Try doing a hard reset. http://www.hard-reset.com/motorola-photon-4g-hard-reset.html That should do it.
try the 154 sbf
enzyme said:
Okay well I am in some trouble again. successfully flashed an alpha cm7.1, but it didn't have market and the one i installed did not work so decided to flash to cm7.2 via CWM. When it booted I didn't really see anything change, later realized that maybe I was suppose to wipe/format in cwm first(idk).
So I decided to flash 198_7, same one that I used to restore back to stock earlier. But I did not get back to stock. The process was 100%, it told me to manually turn on the device, which was in rsd mode. So I unplugged, pulled batt, reboot. The phone now starts up until the pulsing Moto logo then screen goes black, then it loops.
In the process I lost CWM & unlocked. So trying to flash a ROM via cwm is no longer an option. Any thoughts?
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i had the same problem i think and was going thru boot loops but some one told me to start into recovery when you try you get that ? android screen from there hold down volume up and down at same time then wipe phone booted up fine after that.
It worked like a charm. Thanks. I'm still very new to android and hate to admit it but will be running into problems like these again. The best way to minimize it for me is, not only follow certain directions correctly to get out of these binds, but to understand them.
- So theres an image of the stock ROM stashed away on the phone regardless? And it can be accessed only via the stock recovery? Because after I succeeded in flashing cm7.1, I did a factory reset once from settings>privacy and that restored me to a fresh CM7.1. The factory reset from settings>privacy and in CWM is the same, but both different from the factory reset via STOCK RECOVERY?
- Also what would be the correct method to go from one custom ROM to another? Would it be this? :
(in CWM)
- Format system
- Wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache/dalvik
- Reboot recovery
- Flash ROM
Or can I just jump to install from zip ?
- Also regarding SD Storage (internal), only holds storage files? So on any fresh ROM there shouldn't be anything in that partition relating to that new ROM yet right? So I can delete things without worry?
You should not have to reboot into recovery, once your wipes are complete, normally you can just flash your ROM of choice in the same recovery session.
Before I flashed anything I would make a backup with CWM so you don't have to keep rooting and unlocking. You can just restore your backup.
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After flashing 198 7 sbf, all u need to do is flash derpunlock not go through oem unlocking, then reflash recovery.
Simple generic process for going between roms (assuming already unlocked + cwm recovery flashed; process may be different for some roms, always make sure to read directions, but this is the general concept)
1. Download rom (and gapps if necessary) and put on your sdcard
2. Boot into recovery and make a nandroid backup
3. You made a nandroid backup right?
4. Secure your nandroid backup (move it to your pc or something).
5. You know where your nandroid backup is right?
6. Wipe data/factory reset.
7. Install zip from sd (flash), choose the rom.
8. Reboot system.
At this point your rom should be all set. If for some reason you don't like it, simply boot into recovery and restore your nandroid backup. You can even make nandroid backups of various roms if you want to swap between them for whatever reason.
Hi,
yesterday I tried to upgrade to CM7.2 from a nightly. As I've been doing, I put the .zip in the sdcard and flashed it with ROM Manager (wiping everything). After flashing it, my phone stucked at HTC white screen and there is no way to switch it on, it stays at this screen all the time.
For my disgrace, it's S-ON, so I can't boot into recovery and restore anything. I've tried to restore a nandroid with fastboot and it doesnt't work (says "Failed (remote: signature verify fail)").
Any ideas? It's definetly bricked? Is there any hope of repairing it?
Thanks in advance (and please forgive my poor english xD)
vitiin92 said:
Hi,
yesterday I tried to upgrade to CM7.2 from a nightly. As I've been doing, I put the .zip in the sdcard and flashed it with ROM Manager (wiping everything). After flashing it, my phone stucked at HTC white screen and there is no way to switch it on, it stays at this screen all the time.
For my disgrace, it's S-ON, so I can't boot into recovery and restore anything. I've tried to restore a nandroid with fastboot and it doesnt't work (says "Failed (remote: signature verify fail)").
Any ideas? It's definetly bricked? Is there any hope of repairing it?
Thanks in advance (and please forgive my poor english xD)
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What do you mean you cant boot into recovery because you are S-ON?
All you need to do is put the recovery file other wise known as flakeflash "UPDATE.ZIP" into the root of the SDcard, turn off your phone (Pull Battery), then press the down button and power button together, wait for the phone to do its stuff, then select recovery in the menu, the phone will reboot into red exclamation mark, press volume up and power, it will then go into stock recovery menu and will then look for the "UPDATE.ZIP" if all is well you should then go into the fakeflash version of clockworkmod recovery.
Does it boot when USB cable is plugged in (soft usb brick)?
ranger4740 said:
What do you mean you cant boot into recovery because you are S-ON?
All you need to do is put the recovery file other wise known as flakeflash "UPDATE.ZIP" into the root of the SDcard, turn off your phone (Pull Battery), then press the down button and power button together, wait for the phone to do its stuff, then select recovery in the menu, the phone will reboot into red exclamation mark, press volume up and power, it will then go into stock recovery menu and will then look for the "UPDATE.ZIP" if all is well you should then go into the fakeflash version of clockworkmod recovery.
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Thank you very much, now I can boot into cwm, but I'm having some troubles when trying to flash CM7.2 (or even trying to restore any nandroid backup).
First, when I try to install CM7.2, it does it very fast, without showing any error, but when I restart the phone it gets stuck again on HTC screen.
Then I try to restore a nandroid backup but it doesn't find boot.img, system.img and data.img, skips all steps and restores nothing.
My last shot, try to install the last nightly I used, fails at the same point as when I try it with CM7.2.
I don't know what else can I do, any ideas? I hope there's still any chance for my Legend (and again forgive my bad english xD)
A few points, make sure the rom zip file you are going to flash is not corrupt or incomplete.
Boot into cwm recovery,
Make sure to format the boot, system, data, cache & ext, it wouldn't hurt to delete the dalvik cache too before flashing new Rom. Just remember NOT TO FORMAT SD card.
Using this method I have always been able to flash a new Rom.
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ranger4740 said:
A few points, make sure the rom zip file you are going to flash is not corrupt or incomplete.
Boot into cwm recovery,
Make sure to format the boot, system, data, cache & ext, it wouldn't hurt to delete the dalvik cache too before flashing new Rom. Just remember NOT TO FORMAT SD card.
Using this method I have always been able to flash a new Rom.
Sent from my HTC Legend using xda app-developers app
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I've tried this way but it didn't work
Ideas?
Thank you for your help.
vitiin92 said:
I've tried this way but it didn't work
Ideas?
Thank you for your help.
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Prepare a new SD card in your PC (FAT32), put UPDATE.ZIP on it and a stock ROM, reboot into recovery, wipe all you can (factory settings) and flash the stock ROM, see if that works. If so, you could try to flash a custom ROM.
That is what I would try...
I'm too.
I can't up CookROm by Rom Manager,
but when i use ClockworkMod recovery, its OK
wim69 said:
Prepare a new SD card in your PC (FAT32), put UPDATE.ZIP on it and a stock ROM, reboot into recovery, wipe all you can (factory settings) and flash the stock ROM, see if that works. If so, you could try to flash a custom ROM.
That is what I would try...
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I also tried your way but it's still broken
I don't know what else to do, seems dead xD
Thank you.
Some new ideas?