I have problem with my atrix regarding full wiping..when i wipe data, cache,dalvic when flashing new rom ( which are the typical things to do) , i noticed everything is new on my atrix like i need skip blur or login on it, no more installed apps on my atrix, need to input again email add for market to work...everything looks reset but ehen i check on my internal memory everything is still there, like movies i put, songs, downloaded apk via other apk source aside from market...i dont know if this is normal with atrix and i dont know if i should be happy cause i dont have to go to all the process of connecting to computers and putting everything again on my atrix.. becausr before i remember on my galaxy tab when i full wipe everything is removed even on my internal memory...tried via cwm wipe both the rom manager and tenfars oh i even used fastboot -w but still getting same result...hope you could answer if this is just normal with atrix... thank in advance
This is normal.
I use TiBu to restore apps quickly and save settings for everything like ADW so I just have to restore then set my screens and widgets back up.
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Just 2 simple questions
When do i loose my apps? If i wipe data? Factory Reset? New ROM? New Theme? If i have lets say 20 apps on my phone now and i want to change ROM how do i transfer them?
Also, does modaco rom provide multitouch? And which ROM is the fastest?
Merry Christmas to all and a Happy new year
uhm wiping/factory reset erases everything youve ever done (except stuff on sd card:])
new roms usually erase almost everything but depending on what rom you have a new rom might not (read the post with the rom file to find out), i know modaco 3.0 wont erase anything at all if you've got the ruu update from the htc site. (didnt erase anything for me anyways + it said it wouldnt)
modaco 3.0 has multi touch, and is faster than stock, although if you dont wipe before installing modaco 3.0 some people said that it was slow...(i didnt wipe and im still fassst)
there ya go! haha happy new yearss
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and new themes wont erase stuff (usually) some people who dont have a clue might upload a theme inside a rom (never seen it but possible), in which case the new rom might erase everything (doubt that this would happen...not from this site anyways)
xsirhc6x said:
uhm wiping/factory reset erases everything youve ever done (except stuff on sd card:])
new roms usually erase almost everything but depending on what rom you have a new rom might not (read the post with the rom file to find out), i know modaco 3.0 wont erase anything at all if you've got the ruu update from the htc site. (didnt erase anything for me anyways + it said it wouldnt)
modaco 3.0 has multi touch, and is faster than stock, although if you dont wipe before installing modaco 3.0 some people said that it was slow...(i didnt wipe and im still fassst)
there ya go! haha happy new yearss
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and new themes wont erase stuff (usually) some people who dont have a clue might upload a theme inside a rom (never seen it but possible), in which case the new rom might erase everything (doubt that this would happen...not from this site anyways)
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ah thx :>
if i factory reset will it erase the apps i have on my SD?
and btw i installed a theme yesterday and when i started up my phone it stuck on HTC logo for more than 20minutes.. I removed the battery and restarted the phone and it was all ok, theme was applied but i lost 3-4 apps :S any idea why?
and something last, do u know where to find the default fonts of HTC hero? Some1 posted them somewhere but when i try to install that package it stops at Package (8) and then installation aborted
Happy new year
im not sure about that as i dont use apps to sd.. i dont think it would considering the factory reset does stuff on the internal memory not the sd card!
not sure why you would loose apps... all i can think of is that you might loose settings in some apps that are changed.. like if the theme changed stuff in an app that you had settings in.. you would loose those settings
i dont no anything about fonts sorry havnt looked into itt!
happy new year to you too!
any1 knows if installing 2.0 will erase my current apps/loose root/loose anything at all?
and should i install it?
thx!
Shei77 said:
any1 knows if installing 2.0 will erase my current apps/loose root/loose anything at all?
and should i install it?
thx!
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Yes & Yes lol
meh, i have hard time accessing Market so if i loose all my apps = not worth it at ALL
btw, i tried installing a theme 2 days ago and i backed up before i installed it.. i installed the theme, DIDNT like it so i restored.. some apps were missing, i had the shortcuts on my home screen though, but whenever i try to reinstall them it says -App- Could not be installed on this phone, any idea why? I've lost contact and sms applications aswell-.-'
also, if i backup, copy the file to my pc, factory reset and restore EVERYTHING will be back to normal and perhaps some problems will be fixed?
when you say backup your referring to a nandroid backup right?
xsirhc6x said:
when you say backup your referring to a nandroid backup right?
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Yes, ofc
Since the theme install my apps are no longer installed in SD and am running low on space now and i cant uninstall the broken apps since i cant find them on Manage applications/Quick uninstaller
ohh.. i dont use apps2sd and my nandroid backups have been 100% the same as when i originally copied them :|
so i guess if it were me id manually backup everything, like contacts and apps to your sd card.. then factory reset (themes wont be back to normal)...
for contacts iv never had an app that correctly backed them up so use sync from htc and sync to microsoft outlook or something like that.
sorry!, i know how loong it takes to install so many apps at once! (very annoying) but thats really the only bad part!
and yea so your theme will still be changed so, install a new theme i guess! or there might be a revert back to normal sense on here for that theme so use that just like a theme to get back to normal!
if you wanna go back to normal and you used one of my themes i can send you a revert back..
double post :/
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ohh.. i dont use apps2sd and my nandroid backups have been 100% the same as when i originally copied them :|
so i guess if it were me id manually backup everything, like contacts and apps to your sd card.. then factory reset (themes wont be back to normal)...
for contacts iv never had an app that correctly backed them up so use sync from htc and sync to microsoft outlook or something like that.
sorry!, i know how loong it takes to install so many apps at once! (very annoying) but thats really the only bad part!
and yea so your theme will still be changed so, install a new theme i guess! or there might be a revert back to normal sense on here for that theme so use that just like a theme to get back to normal!
if you wanna go back to normal and you used one of my themes i can send you a revert back..
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manually backup? Full backup from nandroid and copy SDcard folders?:S or?
have never done a sync tbh
i dont care how long it takes, i just dont have interent access all the time, i dont have a wifi router in my house at all tbh... is there anyway to extract my current apps as apks?
dont care about the theme tbh
wait im kinda lost just explain what you have right now and what you want plz? aha
well il try.. but dont do anything yet unless your sure about it there might be an easier way i dont think i even know what exactly happened so...
if you just want to get rid of the broken app links then all i can think of is start over with a backup of your working apps and contacts ..
install ASTRO file manager if you can get it, i use it and its perfect for backing up apps..
so open it, hit menu, tools, app manager, hit the top empty checkmark box to select all your apps..then hit backup... now all the apk's are on your sd card
*make sure they all showed up when you selected them all.. i dont know what will happen because you use appstosd! (maybe there are apk files already on your sd? look through i guess)
for contacts
uh go to htc site and go to support, click hero then downlaod HTC Sync if you dont have it already...
make sure sync is open and plug your hero in
then in htc sync hit sync and follow through that, i used outlook because i had it and no problems for me, make sure all goes well too! like if you used outlook, after it finishes, go to outlook and go to contacts to make sure there in there!
now get the ruu from htc site if you want to start fresh orr to keep your root/custum recovery get any rom like modaco 3.0???
then boot into recovery, wipe your hero, then install modaco 3.0...
now your back to the start so get the app "ASTRO"
and follow the back up steps above except when you get into app manager, hit the tab on the right, and this is the part where you hold your finger on an app, install, ok for everyy app :\
then with htc sync open plug your phone in, hit sync
your contacts should now be on your phone...
if you had facebook links they should automatically link (they did for me at least) i can easily see this not happening though...
so now all you gota do is redo all your app settings!
i have no idea about apps2sd though, i think it takes for eveer to install modaco 3.0 if youv got apps on your sd card in the right formatted partition so DONT pull the battery! i think thats why you lost apps in the first place!
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i uploaded astro for ya
http://www.4shared.com/file/188345514/7fe3f26e/commetagoastro.html
i have Astro but it was already installed and now its broken inside.. so i cant reinstall it
is there any other program i am allowed to use rather than outlook?
if i wipe my hero, i wont loose anything on SD?
also when i wipe do i loose contacts?
i knew that it takes a lot to install modaco 3.0 as i had installed 2.1, 2.8, 2.9 but the THEME i installed was JUST a notification bar (not even the drag-down notification) and it took MORE than 20 minutes...
thx for astro btw
Shei77 said:
i have Astro but it was already installed and now its broken inside.. so i cant reinstall it
is there any other program i am allowed to use rather than outlook?
if i wipe my hero, i wont loose anything on SD?
also when i wipe do i loose contacts?
i knew that it takes a lot to install modaco 3.0 as i had installed 2.1, 2.8, 2.9 but the THEME i installed was JUST a notification bar (not even the drag-down notification) and it took MORE than 20 minutes...
thx for astro btw
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wait so you got astro installed now?...
i think so.. it gave me at least 2 options i just chose outlook.. it cant hurt (i cant get to that screen since iv already done it)
a wipe should not touch the sd card.. to be safe unplug the sd card! haha
yes with a wipe im pretty sure you loose contacts (unless contacts are on ur sim card im not sure about this)
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ohh i see my mistake, you cant install astro without astro lol my bad... let me check for somethin else
hmm so if you can get internet, download astro (even though the app button link wont work)
you will be able to get to the program through the notification once, so i think thats your only bet to backup apps,
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wait so you got astro installed now?...
i think so.. it gave me at least 2 options i just chose outlook.. it cant hurt (i cant get to that screen since iv already done it)
a wipe should not touch the sd card.. to be safe unplug the sd card! haha
yes with a wipe im pretty sure you loose contacts (unless contacts are on ur sim card im not sure about this)
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ohh i see my mistake, you cant install astro without astro lol my bad... let me check for somethin else
hmm so if you can get internet, download astro (even though the app button link wont work)
you will be able to get to the program through the notification once, so i think thats your only bet to backup apps,
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i replied before, asking you what should i do but i got an error 502 gateway and tried it out anw >.>
I installed a 3.0 theme (AWESOME! ) , wiped, modaco 3.0 blah blah blah and i found all the apps i used to have before but bugged out ^^
thing is, i cant find some of them as apks since they were faulty :/
i know this is a lot to ask but can you help me by uploading
Spark, Digital Clock
also, if you have internet access could you "find" if there is a version of Raging Thunder (racing game) that is not a demo?
thx in regards and appreciate A LOT all your help!
hm, well i remember reading that modaco should work with apps2sd automatically.. is this where you pulled the battery?
i can upload those sure... no problem.. rageing thunder is is a demo becuase you have to pay for the full game, so i dont have it and cannot upload it anyways (warez not allowed on this site).
give me 5 min
nvm there both private so i cant back them up.. or at least i dont no how lol sorry! (the demo for raging thunder is also private so i also cant get that)
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hm, well i remember reading that modaco should work with apps2sd automatically.. is this where you pulled the battery?
i can upload those sure... no problem.. rageing thunder is is a demo becuase you have to pay for the full game, so i dont have it and cannot upload it anyways (warez not allowed on this site).
give me 5 min
nvm there both private so i cant back them up.. or at least i dont no how lol sorry! (the demo for raging thunder is also private so i also cant get that)
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I didnt pull my battery when i installed Modaco...ONLY when i installed my previous theme...anw i wiped and re-installed along with a new theme and on a new SD card..its ok now
i have the demo of raging thunder, had spark, doesnt matter spark isnt so important anw xD thx a lot anw!
np! cheers
I want to do a factory reset/wipe since Ive been having issues since the update, plus it will allow me to get rid of a bunch of apps I dont use anymore.
I know Google backs up mail and contacts. What about phone settings? Apps would have to be redownloaded/installed from the market, which is no big deal. What about SMS? I also want to format my internal memory, so that stuff will get backed up manually by me. Is there an option to format this drive or should I just do it in Windows?
the best way to reset, is flash a new Stock rom to the phone. that is Called FRESH!! beside that, ordinary reset from phone menu only wipes the data, not the updates. updates stays!!
you say u want to avoid the updates, that is what I am guessing from your post.
so best to apply Stock Rom with Odin...read the bible got all the info you ever need!!
Nope, I want the update (why wouldnt I ?)
Think of it like wiping your hard drive and reinstalling Windows with all the updates.
I was just finished installing a webtop hack for the Bell Atrix and apparently I didn't "unthaw" everything Moto related I needed to before "freezing" LauncherPro to resort back to the stock launcher..and now I've got no homescreen or nothing..
The phone boots up fine and everything..and I can get to my unlock code screen (and do an emergency call etc), but as soon as I unlock my phone it starts glitching out.
What can I do? Reboots do nothing..I do have access to the phone via webtop mod now..but even the Mobile View there does nothing..
Any ideas anyone?
I'm no expert, but have lurked long enough to guess that you probably need to flash the sbf file or something, to get yourself back to stock.
Problem is there is no Bell sbf yet. One has popped up here the last day or so but it is actually the Aussy sbf, which does technically work but there may be underlying "issues".
The problem is that you have no laucher installed?
If so:
Try to push the blurhome apk through adb.
Don't know how to do so however...
Use search
if i remember right, all you have to do is change the launcherpro apk back to apk because tiba freezes them by changing file extension, in webtop, can you access apk files in the system.
benny6812 said:
if i remember right, all you have to do is change the launcherpro apk back to apk because tiba freezes them by changing file extension, in webtop, can you access apk files in the system.
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I can't seem to get into the system folders though thru webtop or the Moto Phone Portal.. All's I can get to are the internal and external SD card..
Is there a way I could push a Launcherpro apk to the phone?
Rickroller said:
I can't seem to get into the system folders though thru webtop or the Moto Phone Portal.. All's I can get to are the internal and external SD card..
Is there a way I could push a Launcherpro apk to the phone?
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I assume you can rename a file through adb but you need to know the path and that it gets called when its frozen.
Otherwise you can do a factory reset through recovery.
Thanks..yea I just went ahead and did a factory reset. Was pleasantly surprised when I never lost root, webtop, or my Gingerbread theme (figured it would get wiped to scratch..lol)
nice! welcome back
Rickroller said:
Thanks..yea I just went ahead and did a factory reset. Was pleasantly surprised when I never lost root, webtop, or my Gingerbread theme (figured it would get wiped to scratch..lol)
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In the future you can just use a desktop and log onto you're market account and download any launcher. It will be pushed to your phone and you can proceed to unfreeze your launcher. Won't lose any data that way.
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good point I had thought of that but my thinking was limited to redownloading launcher pro which wouldn't have worked. meanwhile adw or another launcher probably would have worked out.
So i have a galaxy S I9000 and im not very hi tek...i rooted my phone so i could download gameboy games and i may have also got an app to delete stock android apps...accidently deleted the stock internet app and now i have no internet....i have tried a factory reset and a hard reset...formatted the internal memory and cleared cache and may have threw the phone at the wall...(china made phone cases cost so little but really do help the average angry person)....im willing to try anything short of sending my phone away to get it fixed or running it over and claiming a new one on insurence...can someone please help
Why don't you just go to the market and download an internet app?
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Why don't you just go to the market and download an internet app?
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....no market....no internet
Beetz said:
So i have a galaxy S I9000 and im not very hi tek...i rooted my phone so i could download gameboy games and i may have also got an app to delete stock android apps...accidently deleted the stock internet app and now i have no internet....i have tried a factory reset and a hard reset...formatted the internal memory and cleared cache and may have threw the phone at the wall...(china made phone cases cost so little but really do help the average angry person)....im willing to try anything short of sending my phone away to get it fixed or running it over and claiming a new one on insurence...can someone please help
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As the previous poster said, you can just download another browser app from the market. Your phone does not depend on the browser app for a data connection. If for some reason you can't do that:
Check the I9k forums and find a CWM flashable, stock ROM. Download it, use 7zip or winrar (or any other windows archive program- google search 7zip, its free to download) and open the ROM file. Go to: system/app. Find browser.apk and extract it to your desktop. Use adb to install it: adb push /system/app/browser.apk and you should be all set.
thanks for that did kinda help...is there anyway i can just remove everything on the phone and re install everything....kinda like re-booting with all the preloaded samsung apps...regardless if i deleted some or not?
Beetz said:
thanks for that did kinda help...is there anyway i can just remove everything on the phone and re install everything....kinda like re-booting with all the preloaded samsung apps?
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No, not really. You would need to reflash the stock system image. Factory resets just wipe user settings, app data, and other stuff like that. It won't restore anything. If you want to do a reinstall, look into using Odin to flash back to stock. Just BE CAREFUL. Odin can brick you if you don't know what you're doing. Better off following the steps I outlined, or installing CWM and flashing a stock ROM. Again, the safest way to do what you want is what I previously posted.
if i updated through kies not a month or 2 ago and im using an australian SGS GT I9K 16BG with optus what would i be running (eg...gingerbread, Eclair, Kernal, Froyo)?
just get an market apk file n install
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No, not really. You would need to reflash the stock system image. Factory resets just wipe user settings, app data, and other stuff like that. It won't restore anything. If you want to do a reinstall, look into using Odin to flash back to stock. Just BE CAREFUL. Odin can brick you if you don't know what you're doing. Better off following the steps I outlined, or installing CWM and flashing a stock ROM. Again, the safest way to do what you want is what I previously posted.
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ok i have fixed everything with odin...i followed it word for word and was really simple 2 downloads and 5 mins and im now on 2.3 gingerbread with all stock apps....used pathikshah .com/blog/install-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-samsung-galaxy-s/
Hello! My Atrix 4g is rooted and has the the webtop mod. If I sell this, what do I need to erase to keep my own personal data off it, but allow the phone to still be rooted, and still have the webtop mod if possible?
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Hello! My Atrix 4g is rooted and has the the webtop mod. If I sell this, what do I need to erase to keep my own personal data off it, but allow the phone to still be rooted, and still have the webtop mod if possible?
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depending on your ROM, most of the time, just rebooting into recovery and doing a data/factory reset will reset every data (so your privacy is absolute inside the ROM) !
Then, if (depending on your ROM) it has erased some of the mod content, just reflash it, and reboot, but dont log in/enter any personnal information !
You also want to make a backup of your internal sd card (not the micro SD) and then, go to recovery>mounts & storage>format internal storage
That's the conclusion if you want to sell it rooted & unlocked
I received dozens of these and if you dont delete system and data then your stuff will remain. Trust me I have seen enough "private" pictures to make Stephen King blush. Wype and factory reset does nothing to your pictures and folders made by instslled apps. -w command misses all this to. You have to delete all then reinstall your rom.
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