Hi,
I have two galaxy 5, one with original "TIM" rom and another with Cyanogen 7.1
How can i get the original rom that came in my phone?
I want do that cos i like the original one (modified by my carrier, TIM), and i have 2 phones, one still with the original.
I want to get the original to flash the other that i've modified with Cyanogen 7.1.
Install Clockworkmod - http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(development)-ltsecret-projectgt/
Then, it will reboot into the new recovery mode.
Go down to Backup/restore > Backup. it will show a load of processes being done. when it has finished your rom will have been backed up onto your sdcard. Copy it, put it onto the phone with cyanogen's sdcard, flash clockworkmod onto that phone and this time go to Backup/restore > Restore from sdcard. go to the place you put the rom and select it. it will do a load of processes and you're all done
Simple : Install Clockworkmod. Backup. Move to other phones sdcard. install clockworkmod. restore. done
any problems, just ask
No, ClockworkMod can't backup stock roms yet. I don't recommend this.
You cannot safely extract the entire rom (including baseband, etc.), but you can download an official ROM update from the Kies server. This would be valid for sending the phone for warranty repair, etc.
See: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-europa-5/321656-manual-device-cant-updated-workaround.html
Thanks
But for now i will stay in Cyanogen
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Does anybody know what is in an update package? Is it like a Windows Ghost image of a functional operating system or is it a collection of stuff that gets installed? What I'm looking for is, is it possible to edit the package to remove programs you don't want prior to installation?
I ask because I question how cleanly rooting and deleting apps through a file manager actually removes apps. Of course this is probably because I have a lack of knowledge as to how this OS works.
If you want a clean image, flash stock (if that's what you want to start from) -> root -> delete apps you dont want -> unroot (if you want) -> nandroid
Uninstalling apps is just about the same as deleting them manually, only you need to restart so android knows it's not installed and clears it's cache (uninstalling does it automatically i think?) Data should be removed either way (in same manner as cache)
Nandroid?
Can you point me to the best description of how to perform this backup/restore?
Do I need to download anything else to do this?
mid_life_crisis said:
Does anybody know what is in an update package? Is it like a Windows Ghost image of a functional operating system or is it a collection of stuff that gets installed? What I'm looking for is, is it possible to edit the package to remove programs you don't want prior to installation?
I ask because I question how cleanly rooting and deleting apps through a file manager actually removes apps. Of course this is probably because I have a lack of knowledge as to how this OS works.
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I have installed Quick Boot which does nothing terribly useful that I can see so far. On my Streak (rooted), all it does is a simple reboot.
Do I need additional downloads to be able to make recovery images?
Nandroid backups
To do a nandroid backup (which I think is something similar to a disc image in Windows) you have to install either Clockwork Recovery or StreakMod Recovery. Personnally I had to use StreakMod because Clockwork gives me errors when it tries to backup all the files.
Just do a search here in the forum for either and they both have threads stickied with all the information you need.
One thing to be careful of is installing drivers, follow any directions to the letter and constantly check to make sure windows hasn't tried to install it's own drivers once you connect your Streak to the computer.
That has to be bar none biggest problem we all face, drivers, which are the way of communication between the computer and your phone.
What I finally did was used what is called the QDL tool to repair my phone, then took the necessary steps to install StreakMod recovery. QDL tool will put a Stock Froyo system on your phone. Once you have Streakmod installed then you can make a nandroid backup to get you back to that stock system (just as you would in windows) if you screwed up your phone by fiddling with it.
Once I made a nandroid backup of my Stock Froyo and installed all apps I wanted and got all accounts setupd, I went back and made ANOTHER nandroid backup of my system....
I forgot to mention the reason for making a nandroid backup after using the QDL tool to get back to stock froyo. The QDL tool will leave you with the stock DELL recovery which doesn't allow you to flash custom roms. So, install the custom ROM and then make an image of your system and then you won't ever have to go back and take all those painful steps to get StreakMod on your phone again, it will be a part of the image you created with nandroid.
Now with all that said, and Streakmod installed, it's a very simple process to flash Streakdroid to your phone, actually the EASIEST step out of everything I had done so far, but everyone has to jump through the hoops first I guess.
Don't worry about making a nandroid image after your initial install of StreakDroid, you already have it in the form of the .zip file you will have on your SD card.
So after getting StreakDroid installed, I setup all my apps again, with the launcher I liked, accounts and everything else, and THEN made another nandroid image.
So now I have two images to choose from, the stock installation with apps and accounts, rooted and StreakMod installed, and then a StreakMod image with all the same things, apps and accounts... I tend to go back and forth depending on my mood. It's only about a 10 minute process going from one system to the other, kinda like dualbooting a computer...
Whew!!! Have fun!!!
Making the story as short as possible: I wanted to install CM7, so I factory-resetted my AT&T Captivate (with Android 2.1), what caused lots of force closes on every process and market wouldn't download anything. Tried to install the most recent version of gapps available on cyanogenmod wiki, but all it did was delete the old apks without putting anything on their place. Now I don't have market, gmail, gtalk and not even the web browser. Phone is still rooted, but as soon as I open the terminal emulator it force-closes.
Before resetting the phone, I backed up everything with ROM Manager and also Titanium Backup. But I don't know what to do with these backups, since I don't have android market and can't install any app to begin recovery. What should I do?
I'll be glad to provide more details if needed, just ask me. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Just to show I've done my reading before asking: I guess I'll have to use Odin to re-flash the phone, but I'm not sure if this is the best method. I've already messed up and I don't want to make it worse, so I though I should ask before doing anything else. On the Odin tutorial I found, they used I897UCJF6 but I have no idea if this will work with my I897UCJH7. Maybe I could flash the gapps again if I found a version for Eclair (which I have searched and downloaded, but the recovery menu won't install it, just showing "installation aborted" - should I search and download other versions?). Maybe I could build the gapps zip again using the apks from Titanium Backup. I've also tried to reset and wipe the phone again, but nothing would restore the gapps.
Some other info that might be useful.
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Baseband version: I897UCJH7
Kernel version: 2.6.29
Build number: ECLAIR.UCJH7
If you can get into recovery, do a restore from their. Since you backed up using ROM Manager you will be able to restore that backup with CWM. I don't use CWM, so I'm not sure of the exact wording of the option.
Once you've restored, you should be able to then flash CM7 and gapps. You should redownload in case you had a bad download. Check the md5 if you want extra peace of mind. Also be sure that you're wiping properly and that what you're flashing is compatible with your device.
As phones vary so much, I can't offer much further assistance. It's a place to start though.
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Well, I guess yesterday I was too tired to think, I just ended up panicking and couldn't think of anything to do. Luckily, thanks to your suggestion I could realize what I had to do. I'll explain for others who might have this same problem and find this topic via Google.
As I had clockworkmod installed previously, there was a folder called clockworkmod on the root of my sdcard. Inside of it, there's a zip called recovery-update.zip. Just copy it to the root of the sdcard and rename it to update.zip. Using the 3 button combo (hold volume up & down while booting), I could get to the recovery menu and chose the option to reinstall updates from sdcard, which led me to clockworkmod recovery menu. Then, I just had to choose "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from sdcard" and select the cyanogenmod_rom.zip. A couple minutes later, my phone was booting cyanogenmod, so I just had to restart it on recovery mode and redo the last steps again to install the google apps. \o/
Once again, plainjane, thanks for the enlightenment!
I have just rooted my atrix(2.3.4) on my mac. What are the steps to installing or flashing a rom. Must be do able on mac. sorry for the noobyness -sincerely Nooby noob
I'm also a Mac user and I can help you with that since I've done that already.
1) Ok, you rooted, but before you flash a ROM you need to unlock the bootloader.
Here is how -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260517
2) Install Titanium Backup and backup all your apps.
3) Install ROM Manager (Android Market)
3) Install CWM RECOVERY (ClockworkMod) and make a full backup of your cell, so that if you want to go back you can. I believe you can do this from within ROM Manager.
4) Download the ROM zip file you want and copy it to your sdcard.
5) From within ROM Manager you can install that new ROM (zip file).
More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
I hope this helps.
Thank you so much I've tried like 50 forums i was starting to lose hope, also is using a rom worth it?
Try this Ginger mod, with ics & ginger theme [lot of ics stuffs in there],
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400023
Hi
I have flashed the cyanogenmod 7.1.0 on my htc legend which went fine, but after som time i realized the gps wasn't working, i tried for severel hours all kinds of gps fix advices i found in google but without any luck.
Because of this i want to go back to stock android 2.2 or 2.3 if possible.
I am having some problems returning to stock android and again tried severel guides.
I tried downloading the newest htc sync and run a RUU update but the updater can not connect to the phone, no htc sync support in cyanogenmod is the problem i think.
I tried downloadning severel different image files of different versions of android on to the sd card and rebot to recovery mode throug clockwork and tried flash a zip file from sd card. But either the update stops because the file is "bad" or it need a newer version of something the cyanogenmod updated when it was installed.
I can see i should be able to do a nandroid backup if i have made such one, guess the guide i used didnt mention that, only i shoud remember to backup my pictures/music/sms....
If you need any more information please ask
Hi,
try this sequence:
1. Open ROM manager application
2. Scroll down to "All clockworkMod recoveries" and click on it
3. choose from that list 2.5.0.7 and press OK
4. Now download a sense ROM from XDA like Blay0's ROM here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866849 (if you want to keep this rom download also the patch for upgrade to b0.8.4)
5. Copy the ROM and patch to the SD card
6. From the ROM manager reboot into recovery
7. In recovery mode wipe data and cache
8. Still in recovery mode instal zip from SD card: first the b0.8 ROM and then the b0.8.4 patch
9 Reboot
Now you should have a stock based ROM and do whatever you like (go back to really stock rom which I don't reccommend)
Let me know how it works!
Thanks ill give it a try
I have rooted my Nook Tablet at around Christmas, but am thinking about switching the root to CM7. Do I have to go back to factory setting and remove the old root or will CM7 root over the old root method?
Thanks.
Okay.
First things first. Read this thread
Now, I'll clear it up here, but you should really read that thread as well. You do not "change root." The fact that your tablet is rooted simply means that on your current version of Android (the stock B&N version by the sound of it) you have root access. Newer "root methods" simply have made it easier to attain root access.
What you now want to do, by indicating that you want cm7, is install a custom rom. This means you will be completely overwriting the stock B&N OS. You will have root access with this rom as most custom roms come with the ability to have root access to the file system.
The steps you should take are:
1. Find and download the cm7 zip file (I think the link may be broken in the rom's thread. Have a look around for it. Make sure you do not download any cm7 zip files for the Nook Color). You'll also want to find and download the cm7 gapps files if you want the play store and other google apps.
2. Download indirect's app to flash recovery, install it and flash clockworkmod recovery.
3. Boot into clockworkmod recovery and make a backup.
4. Seriously make a backup.
5. Did you make a backup? Cause you should have.
6. Select "install from zip" and find the cm7 zip file you downloaded. Do this again for the gapps zip file.
7. Wipe data/factory reset.
8. Reboot system and you'll be booting into cm7. The stock B&N OS will be gone.
If you don't like it, simply boot into clockworkmod recovery again and restore the backup you made (you made a backup right?).
Finally, please read the thread I linked. You should have a firm understanding of everything it says before you tinker with this stuff.
Thanks for the quick and detailed response. I've read your linked post and I'll look into how to back up my Nook Tablet and research a bit more before attempting this.
Currently, I'm rooted (fastboot style) but have had a several problems after turning on the Nook. Occasionally, when I turn on the Nook and get the launcher choice menu, the menu is rapidly flashing and I'm unable to make a choice and must reboot. This is why I'm thinking about starting over with a different root method. Other than the occasional startup problems it works fine.
Thanks again!