What is the best way to make a full backup/image of my Photon including the operating system? I currently use Titanium to back up all files and apps but I need to back up the OS too.
Does the ROM Manager from the Android Market work on the Photon?
NANDroid is best way.
IF you aren't unlocked, use the CWM bootstrap recovery.
If you are unlocked, use the Clockword Mod Recovery to NANDroid.
Restore NANDroid via the method you used to create it.
ROM Manager currently does not support the Photon. There are tweaks to make it work with the photon, I believe, but those require an unlocked device and some complicated tweaks.
MultiDev said:
NANDroid is best way.
IF you aren't unlocked, use the CWM bootstrap recovery.
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Are you referring to these instructions (link)?
If so, is everyone using this method to backup locked Photons?
sjamie said:
Are you referring to these instructions (link)?
If so, is everyone using this method to backup locked Photons?
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Yes, sir.
(I am assuming you are a sir, we haven't found one ma'am on the Photon Forums yet.)
By the way, please look below my signature and join my Motorola Photon 4G MoPho XDA Developer Forums Fan Club Group by clicking below, and you can also link to Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I will be releasing updates on those pages, this week.
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Nandroid works great and if you just want to back up your apps after you get your setup use titanium backup assuming you have root at that point.
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Is there anyone here that is willing to upload their nandroid backup of the stock Photon rom? I know it's not a good idea the thing is I only need it to get a few files from to fix my current corrupted stock rom.
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tk161900 said:
Is there anyone here that is willing to upload their nandroid backup of the stock Photon rom? I know it's not a good idea the thing is I only need it to get a few files from to fix my current corrupted stock rom.
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What files do you need?
I need the folder that is in the CWM folder that contains all the other folders for the complete nandroid.
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For a full backup it's takes about 20mins to do. It will be about a 500MB ultra compressed zip and about 2GB extracted so I'll need some time. Also, if you intend to restore from it don't be surprised if you MAC addresses get hosed.
What release do you need? 198_6 or 198_7?
I need 198_6. I understand it would take some time and be a pain in the but so I understand if you don't wanna do it, but it would really help me out. Would I need to worry about losing my Mac address if I restore from my nandroid once I get what I need from yours?
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As long as you're only pulling files you should be fine. I'm uploading right now it will take about 20min. Click on the banner in my sig, this will take you to my site. You can find it in the downloads section. You are going to have to use 7Zip to extract it.
I have it fixed now. Thank you very much.
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request for stock nandroid
Lokifish Marz said:
As long as you're only pulling files you should be fine. I'm uploading right now it will take about 20min. Click on the banner in my sig, this will take you to my site. You can find it in the downloads section. You are going to have to use 7Zip to extract it.
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Hi,
Is the nandroid still available. request you to provide me one.
I've always used nandroid. Just keep in mind it takes a lot of memory per back up.
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So, the member neil_swann80 is in trouble because Flashtool seems to be rogue on him, so he asked for a Nandroid backup of a stock ROM. If I recall correctly he even offered monetary incentive: if this works, for him, I would rather have it go to XDA.
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=AIYYLQAP
That's the back-up: as usual in my uploads, it's a .7z file divided in parts (2 in this case): just extract the first one and the rest will ensue. I like to keep the download count so I would kindly ask not to mirror it.
It's a completely untouched CWM backup of the latest stock ROM for the R800i (it even has the clock set on 1980 or something). For him, and for everyone else: if you want to use this, extract the files and copy the resulting folder to the /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup directory of your Xperia Play. Run CWM, go to Backup and Restore-Restore and select the folder (by default called NeilSwann).
I don't provide any kernel as you can use DoomLord's, which is compatible with stock ROMs and is orders of magnitude more functional than the stock one.
Would this work for cdma. I'm on the Verizon r800x..
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IronCross1788 said:
Would this work for cdma. I'm on the Verizon r800x..
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No, this is gsm only I think you would experience data issues and your phone would be unusable
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Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
I've restored the nandroid backup you uploaded, my phone hangs on the SE logo now. I got the swirly boot up animation which was new. I guess I screwed my phone more than I thought. I think I may have to accept defeat on this one now.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
I've restored the nandroid backup you uploaded, my phone hangs on the SE logo now. I got the swirly boot up animation which was new. I guess I screwed my phone more than I thought. I think I may have to accept defeat on this one now.
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Sounds like a nand issue, Send it back for repair. It's still under warranty
Do you think if I re-lock the bootloader, restore this nandroid... they'll repair?
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Do you think if I re-lock the bootloader, restore this nandroid... they'll repair?
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Yeah relock bootloader, Restore this nandroid. And play dumb
Just for fun, have you tried flashing doomlord's kernel?
Logseman said:
Just for fun, have you tried flashing doomlord's kernel?
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Just tried this, your nandroid boots with this kernel, but I only get wallpaper and the top taskbar. No bottom menu options or desktop icons etc. The phone is still unable to access network etc.
I seem to have really done a number on this handset!
IronCross1788 said:
Would this work for cdma. I'm on the Verizon r800x..
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You see, right after posting the thread I realised I hadn't written it's only good for R800i phones and added it. Seems that it doesn't matter, people will read what they want to read.
Logseman said:
You see, right after posting the thread I realised I hadn't written it's only good for R800i phones and added it. Seems that it doesn't matter, people will read what they want to read.
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It will work on CDMA devices. But they will have no radio. I think thats how it works anyway
Damn i just uploaded the 1st 2 files of upload and was waiting on last. bit of wasted time messing about (flashing) my phone but atleast its sorted
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confirmed as working without problems?
Hey! Can you please post another download link? Freaking Americans closing Megaupload..
Regards, Ridder
2nd ridder's request, as i need it too :3
Stock system dump (this is not cwm flashable, this is for devs needing a base rom) all credit goes to drenner99
Deodex'd Version (cwm flashable)
this will allow themeing and your phone should run slightly faster
will someone please tell me what this does?
rj_22 said:
will someone please tell me what this does?
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Nothing as of right now a dev has to cook a ROM using this as a base
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rj_22 said:
will someone please tell me what this does?
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Stock system dump (this is not cwm flashable, this is for devs needing a base rom) all credit goes to drenner99
deodex version coming up here shortly
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and here i thought i did...
It's just a system dump from the Motorola Electrify. It's more or less the same as our stock system dump.
Well let the rom making begin! I wanna root and flash my phone badly....but I dont wanna do it until there is a way I can go back to stock for warranty purposes.
deodex'd uploaded guys
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deodex'd uploaded guys
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shabbypenguin, the link you posted is password protected - fyi
thanks
shhhh no its not >.>
Thanks for the hard work, guys.
I wish I were able to make roms.
Unfortunately I'm running into an error when attempting to flash via cwm.
Getting status error 0.
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superuser in stock dump?
@shabbypenguin,
I was reading through your AIO root thread and it occurred to me that I had rooted prior to extracting the system dump that is posted in op as "Stock". Therefore, there is a version of superuser present in /app that I assume may not have been there as delivered. Of course, I may be making an incorrect assumption.
Is it appropriate then to call this stock, or is it a given that rooting would have been necessary to perform the dump in the first place?
I also don't know if this would affect your deodexed version?
Just wondering if this fact needs to be mentioned somewhere, unless I just did.
b4ifuru18 said:
Unfortunately I'm running into an error when attempting to flash via cwm.
Getting status error 0.
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It's says in op that you can't flash using cwn
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First off, thanks for all your efforts to provide us with this...
Second, root is a requirement for the dump and so even with the Superuser app, what you supplied is most definitely stock.
Unless of course you deleted anything in /system/ prior to the dump...
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@shabbypenguin,
I was reading through your AIO root thread and it occurred to me that I had rooted prior to extracting the system dump that is posted in op as "Stock". Therefore, there is a version of superuser present in /app that I assume may not have been there as delivered. Of course, I may be making an incorrect assumption.
Is it appropriate then to call this stock, or is it a given that rooting would have been necessary to perform the dump in the first place?
I also don't know if this would affect your deodexed version?
Just wondering if this fact needs to be mentioned somewhere, unless I just did.
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edward.hidalgo said:
It's says in op that you can't flash using cwn
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I'm referring to the stock deodex that is cwm flashable according to shabby.
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First off, thanks for all your efforts to provide us with this...
Second, root is a requirement for the dump and so even with the Superuser app, what you supplied is most definitely stock.
Unless of course you deleted anything in /system/ prior to the dump...
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Nothing was deleted
and thank you for your guidance in helping to get this done...
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I'm referring to the stock deodex that is cwm flashable according to shabby.
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This is simply a stock from from the Photon's "sister," the Electrify. No one has even identified if there are any benefits/improvements hidden inside this ROM, much less how compatible it is with the Photon.
Just because something IS flashable doesn't mean you SHOULD flash it. OP was very clear - this is for devs only, not public consumption. If you don't know enough, then you're better off exercising some patience and waiting for further announcements.
actually im gunna guess that the man has an electrify and my cwm script is busted
I would venture to guess that you guys will have the same issue we do with the photon roms. As other members on my team verified that root, recovery, kernel and unlock work from the photon. The kernel needed wifi fixed which was pretty simple. In which I pm'd shabby about earlier. The roms also work but some things need fixed to get it working.
I don't know all the details besides what weasel told myself. But mms, 3g I believe works but going back to stock it wouldn't, eri says sprint, blur e-mail fc's and activation for sprint kept popping up to where you have to skip it. Weasel has fixed most of the stuff in the homebase port. I believe e-mail still fc's and mms is still broke.
But here is the first deodex rom weasel and myself did if you want to add it to the first post. http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=265
Then here is the kernel shabby did with wifi fixed ready to install. Only rc-1 since wifi was broke in rc-2. If the electrify people want to install it just grab it from shabby's thread. There was reports of 3000's+ in bench's. Not sure of rom it was on but I would venture to guess our stock rom. http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=118&t=334
Then here is the port for homebase weasel is playing with http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=268 if you guys wanted to look at it.
i would gather a lot of frameworks issues, as with services.jar would happen between the phones.
edit: you keep saying you fixed wifi. but the only way to fix it, is by rebuilding the modules using my config file.. which only i have...
unless im missing some other way to replace it?
I noticed we have a lot of dead links everywhere when trying to find SBF and RSD, I found this post that has all of them , that is very useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202666&page=109
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20273384&postcount=1236
and lokifish is actually working on a brand new "supa-dupa-awesome guide" with all sorts of things in it with all new links but kudos for taking the imitative
I like the one I posted better,
He's off today so oil those whips
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20273384&postcount=1236
and lokifish is actually working on a brand new "supa-dupa-awesome guide" with all sorts of things in it with all new links but kudos for taking the imitative
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Awesome, thanks for the links!
A question: in the second link above, if I follow it through and try to download 198_7, the file has a .gz at the end of it. Delete it and continue with the flash process (extract sbf, etc)? And this is for both the Photon and Electrify, correct? And lastly, there always seems to be a little file with it, usually labeled data working. What's up with that?
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extract the .gz and youll have the 2.3GB's of sbf goodness. from there go ahead and flash that using rsd lite. the data working etc etc is yay's flashable cwm zip that he managed to get data working..
Alright and at that big, that's not going to flash me back to stock I've read? As in ill keep my current CM7 goodness and all my settings?
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roundeye1987 said:
Alright and at that big, that's not going to flash me back to stock I've read? As in ill keep my current CM7 goodness and all my settings?
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Nope, it will flash you back to full stock.
I had mentioned "Something Special" is in the works a couple days ago. As a part of this I need an clean ODEX backup of the Electrify. The procedure is as follows;
One "Factory Reset" (don't want your personal info) unlocked Electrify w/ CWM Recovery
Run Recovery and create a backup
Zip the /system/app and /data/app folder and name it as "Electrify Stock"
Upload and PM me the link
P.S.- If you happen to have ANY current 2.3 Moto Blur phone, doing the above will be much appreciated.
I will not go into what this is for but I'm quite sure some of you can guess. Don't spoil it.
Please please tell me
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Check your PM
I've got a stock Electrify, will sort for you shortly.
Also have a GSM RAZR if that's of use.
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onslaught86 said:
I've got a stock Electrify, will sort for you shortly.
Also have a GSM RAZR if that's of use.
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Both would be great!!! Thanks!!
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Both would be great!!! Thanks!!
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No trouble. Have had the phone for one whopping day, so nice to be able to help out already.
I'm a lazy sod, grabbed the first bootstrap recovery I found for the Photon, which turned out to be sorta-port from the Droid X2, and apparently the Atrix before that. Long story short, old recovery, so spits out .img instead of .tar. You can have the whole system image for the Electrify, I'll pack the RAZR's /system/app up properly.
Uploading now, will add the links when my connection gets around to finishing the job.
EDIT:
Stock 2.3.5 Electrify system image: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5tn660
Stock 2.3.6 RAZR /system/app dump: http://www.sendspace.com/file/w7k7a4
Did his files work?
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Status:
img are a no go, going need tar files that contain /system/app and /data/app. If some one can get me a tar for the Electrify I should be able to release a proof of concept shortly afterwards.
Still need tar files for other current motoblur phones.
The second link is a straight dump of /system/app from the RAZR, extracted from a nandroid tar, so that should be fine.
Will find a more recent bootstrap recovery for the Electrify and get back to you.
What do you need from /data/app ?
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Got things mixed up (working on parallel projects with minor differences). I've fixed the OP. I simply need system/app and data/app from clean STOCK Odexed motoblur phones in tar not img. CWM5 will do this. They need to be clean for your safety and this project. Sorry if I'm being vague or secretive about it but the project goal is for all motoblur phones.
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What do you need from /data/app ?
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Everything. There's actually other areas of the factory rom I could use. This may turn into a really big project, really quick so doing it in phases makes it easier.
Update:
So far It looks like I have the Photon, Electrify and GSM RAZR covered. Hope to have a beta out today so keep an eye on the dev section.
Lokifish Marz said:
Update:
So far It looks like I have the Photon, Electrify and GSM RAZR covered. Hope to have a beta out today so keep an eye on the dev section.
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That will be a unlocked or locked release?
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Can't wait!
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It's for Locked/Rooted Stock
Looks like the TMo deodex rom we have here may be missing some things so I still need a clean CWM5 backup of system/app and data/app.
Lokifish Marz said:
It's for Locked/Rooted Stock
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oh well. Lol
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oh well. Lol
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It may work on stock deodexed, haven't tried. It should work on ALL current Stock, ODEXed, locked, rooted Android 2.3 Motoblur phones though!!! (well once I get the needed info)
I cant wait either, and i dont even know what it is...
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It may work on stock deodexed, haven't tried. It should work on ALL current Stock, ODEXed, locked, rooted Android 2.3 Motoblur phones though!!! (well once I get the needed info)
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Yea, that's cool, but I'm unlocked.
I'm excited for more options though! Keep up the great work Loki
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Here ya go.....
[MOD] DeBlur & Tune Almost ALL Stock/Locked/Rooted Android Motoblur Phones
Alright. I'll cut to the chase. If you are on a Stock ICS Canadian ROM (Wind, Telus, Mobilicity,etc) and you have a custom recovery, then you can help out.
Prerequisites:
- Unlocked / S-Off device
- COMPLETE Stock Canadian ROM (not debloated or anything)
- Must be on latest ICS OTA for your phone
- It can be rooted, but I'd prefer it not to be
- Have a custom recovery installed
I need the system.img and boot.img when you make a nandroid so I can deodex them and upload them. Proper credits will be giving.
So you need to boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup, turn your phone on and connect the USB cable to the computer. Locate where the backups are made and copy system and boot. They may not have the .img extension, which is perfectly fine. Compress the 2 files with Winrar or 7zip. I can care less whatever you choose. Upload them to a GOOD site. Don't use hotfile or whatever. Use D-h.st. Then I'll take it from there.
If you are willing to help, post here with carrier you have and do what I asked. Thanks!
Deodex the zips I made, they were made from nandroid backups, just never deodexed.
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Dark Nightmare said:
Deodex the zips I made, they were made from nandroid backups, just never deodexed.
Sent from a Galaxy Nexus?
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And where are they? lol
hasoon2000 said:
And where are they? lol
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amaze bible thread
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amaze bible thread
Sent from a Galaxy Nexus?
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I only found stock versions. (OTAs/Full stock). I don't see any nandroids on Canadian ICS.
There's a telus ICS nandroid I made myself in the first two download buttons, the three lower ones are flashable zips made from those very nandroids, which I believe you can use as well, I'll pm you the link to a mobilicity nandroid if you want, someone else will have to give you a wind backup.
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There's a telus ICS nandroid I made myself in the first two download buttons, the three lower ones are flashable zips made from those very nandroids, which I believe you can use as well, I'll pm you the link to a mobilicity nandroid if you want, someone else will have to give you a wind backup.
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Can you PM me the links?
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Can you PM me the links?
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Gonna send you the direct link from my dev-host account.
So hey hasoon what is your Purpose with this?
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So hey hasoon what is your Purpose with this?
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For those who just wanna be on pure stock with no mods. I can make it.as. a pure stock odexed so those who don't have stock ROMs to revert to for warranty purposes, they can flash it and flash a stock recovery and basically fool their carrier into thinking that theyre on stock
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