Just got started rooting, etc, a couple of weeks ago on the wife's X2, and got an early Christmas VZW Droid Razr!
To play it safe, I just rooted using Zedomax's method and it installed the Bionic Bootstrap Recovery; and I've did one backup just to be safe.
After researching here, I found there's a newer razr bootstrap here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341578
This one uses Zergrush V2 root method but doesn't install the Bootstrap Recovery as the Zedo method does. Nitro has the thread to install the RazrBootstrap.apk which I assume is a newer version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347767
I also see that Hashcode has Safestrap available which I assume is another backup/recovery method.
My goal right now is to have the razr rooted so I can get rid of the bloat plus have secure/stable backups in case I start experimenting and screw something up.
Is there any benefits to removing the Bionic Bootstrap and installing the Razr Bootstrap? Or using the Safestrap version?
Sorry for the noob questions; and I appreciate any feedback.
THANKS!
Since I'm not getting any feedback on the OP, I'd like to ask if a system restore to my initial backup would cause a particular app to not function properly?
Got an issue and it's really got me stumped.
ANY feedback would be truly appreciated!!!
WVULTRA said:
Since I'm not getting any feedback on the OP, I'd like to ask if a system restore to my initial backup would cause a particular app to not function properly?
Got an issue and it's really got me stumped.
ANY feedback would be truly appreciated!!!
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Is it a system app or a blur integrated app that's the issue?
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gary:
Not sure. When I click on the Contacts app, and tap a contact I get this message:
SORRY!
The application Contacts Storage (process com.motorola.contacts) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
Force close
Talked with a guy today that seemed to be well informed; and he thinks my restore of the initial backup made with Bionic Bootstrap recovery method is missing some data compared to the stock data or has corrupted a file.
THANK YOU for any help!
Have you debloated any of the blur related contacts stuff from system/app? For some reason removing the yahoo contacts or work contacts hoses things up. In the themes/apps section someone posted a link to a full TiBu image of the stock apps if you need a specific item. Factory reset might be the only fix though, or possibly trying to restore only the system partition of your nandroid if its not corrupted.
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Have you debloated any of the blur related contacts stuff from system/app? For some reason removing the yahoo contacts or work contacts hoses things up. In the themes/apps section someone posted a link to a full TiBu image of the stock apps if you need a specific item. Factory reset might be the only fix though, or possibly trying to restore only the system partition of your nandroid if its not corrupted.
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Have not removed/froze any of the necessary apps that I'm aware of........
After initial root, did a nandroid bu along with a full bu in TiBu Pro. When I started having issues with the contacts, I restored back to initial nandroid along with TiBu. Also used TiBu to extract/restore all the apps from the nandroid bu.
TiBu is currently showing 246 user and system apps. Can't look at the image of stock apps you mention above (at work), but will do that later.
My only resort may be to unroot, and factory reset.......
VZW Replaced Razr
Sharing the results of the Contacts Issue:
Local VZW sales had my razr for a while trying to figure out the FC's when selecting a Contact.........owner talked with Motorola Support plus Verizon Support. Neither had any idea what was causing my issues. Told Store owner to replace it. Now have a new razr in hand!
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for the second time in the last two months, I have begun not receiving texts or calls on my HTC Droid Eris running KaosFroyo v38. I hesitated and eventually decided against posting it there because I can't be sure it's anything in his ROM causing the issue (I may have been running Tazz's Froyo w/ Sense ROM the first time it happened).
I can send texts fine, and people are receiving them, but when they reply, I get absolutely nothing. I can make calls fine as well. When someone tries to call me, their phone says their call cannot be completed (this has only been tested with one phone).
This is becoming quite debilitating because I don't even know when people are trying to contact me, so any help would be appreciated.
NOTE: I have already tried activating the phone through Verizon. Hasn't helped.
I had a similar problem I wasn't receiving text messages. I ended up having to use the flashback21 rom. Everything is fine now.
what does that ROM do?
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what does that ROM do?
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Any 2.1 sense based rom should fix your problem. You can make a nand of your current setup, flash any 2.1 rom you want boot it check text or phone call and then restore your nand backup for froyo. This should solve the problem but doesn't actually fix why it happened in the first place. How did you get them to start working again the first time? Most people that I've seen with this problem did this "reset" and I hadn't heard of the problem reoccurring but I wouldn't consider it a permanent fix. I personally have no idea what could be happening...not sure if Verizon is not seeing the phone as active since it doesn't have official software or what but I'm pretty sure it's something happening on their end and would have no idea of a way to prevent it unfortunately.
Edit: And you are correct it's not really a KaosFroyo issue as much as just a Froyo issue.
I'll use this opportunity to ask this: how does the NAND backup work (I think I've seen it in the recovery menu, but never used it), and also: whats the best way to backup/restore my apps and settings?
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I'll use this opportunity to ask this: how does the NAND backup work (I think I've seen it in the recovery menu, but never used it), and also: whats the best way to backup/restore my apps and settings?
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If you boot to recovery and you will see the nand option then you can choose nand backup....it will backup everything on the phone in it's current state including apps,settings, text messages and all. When you are ready to restore it you go back into recovery and back to nand and choose restore. You will only have one if this is your first time doing it but it will say BDS-XXXXXXXX where the x's are numbers that represent the date and time you made the backup(note the number of x's i put there is not the exact amount there will be). Anyway you choose that backup and it will ask if you want to restore it simalar to how it asks when you go to flash a rom. Its really a very simple process and very handy to have a backup. You can make as many backups as you can fit on your card. You can also copy the backups off the card to your pc if you want too.
wow. no more "app backup" apps from the Market for me! thanks for being so quick and helpful! Luckily, attempting to make a call just a second ago caused the phone to crash and reboot, which apparently fixed the problem (I got a boatload of texts as soon as the phone rebooted). Weird.
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wow. no more "app backup" apps from the Market for me! thanks for being so quick and helpful! Luckily, attempting to make a call just a second ago caused the phone to crash and reboot, which apparently fixed the problem (I got a boatload of texts as soon as the phone rebooted). Weird.
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lol yeah rebooting the phone is always the first thing to try....nand does not replace backup apps though. It only backs them up for that current rom. When you restore a nand it restores the rom that was on the phone when you made the nand so you can't use it to back up info going from one rom to another or upgrading to a newer version of the rom because the nand will just reinstall the old rom.
natemup said:
I'll use this opportunity to ask this: how does the NAND backup work (I think I've seen it in the recovery menu, but never used it), and also: whats the best way to backup/restore my apps and settings?
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natemup said:
wow. no more "app backup" apps from the Market for me! thanks for being so quick and helpful! Luckily, attempting to make a call just a second ago caused the phone to crash and reboot, which apparently fixed the problem (I got a boatload of texts as soon as the phone rebooted). Weird.
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You can use Titanium Backup, which is extremely popular. There's a free version on the market but I think the free version only does one app at a time. There's also My Backup Pro. Also here on xda you can find QtADB, which, while the phone is connected to the computer, you can use to backup and restore apps and their data. I actually like this way best so far. The backup files are still on your SD card, you just control the backup and restore from the computer.
It sounds like it may be stuck in EVDO only. If your ROM has EPST maybe you can change it.
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You can use Titanium Backup, which is extremely popular. There's a free version on the market but I think the free version only does one app at a time. There's also My Backup Pro. Also here on xda you can find QtADB, which, while the phone is connected to the computer, you can use to backup and restore apps and their data. I actually like this way best so far. The backup files are still on your SD card, you just control the backup and restore from the computer.
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with My Backup Pro (I'm going to download the root version), how do I wipe the phone without wiping the MBP app? do I just flash a new rom, re-download the app, and restore?
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with My Backup Pro (I'm going to download the root version), how do I wipe the phone without wiping the MBP app? do I just flash a new rom, re-download the app, and restore?
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Yes, exactly. There are other ways, but that's the simplest. You're welcome!
I am currently running stock 1.8.3 and rooted. No other mods. What is the best reliable app or tool for backing up & restoring my current Atrix ROM? I always keep a current TI full backup on my computer just in case, but have not backed up the ROM.
The last 1.8.3 update gave my phone a bit of a boost in that the screens load a bit faster and the phone seems a little more responsive.
My biggest wishes are:
1. Get the built in FM radio app from Motorola
2. Want Skype to enable video chat
3. Get rid of the white status bar. God I hate the white background, but am hesistant to use any of the mods because of the known bugs and for fear of screwing up future OTA updates. I have been on XDA a long time and have seen a lot of screw ups so I am very cautious.
I have about 420 apps installed so far, with about 83 processes/widgets running and the phone just steams ahead and takes everything I throw at it.
Anyway if anyone has experience with a ROM backup would appreciate any info
thanks
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Nandroid, which you can access through tenfar's recovery.
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I don't think nandroid will backup a rom in its entirety in that you can't use it to restore once you flag another sbf but it will backup LLC the user an system settings to be restored on your same sbf. So if you need to recover, keep a copy of your sbf around, and your nandroid backup (on your computer obviously would be safer, especially if you use gingdrbreak to root) and reflash, root, install cwm, then restore nandroid
Stock Bell Atrix on Rogers with updated radio, Rooted, deodexed, Honeycomb theme, and frozen!
I used titanium backup to uninstall the bloatware from my droid x2..
If I do a factory reset, will the bloatware return?
It should but why would you need to do a factory reset if all you have done is freeze the bloatware?
other people have tried with no success. I have a thread with all the applications in it just restore them. lots of people are having contact issues when removing certain applications. you'll probably experience the same issues with other functions of the phone if you remove the wrong application.
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Uninstalling them with Titanium Backup removes the APK from /system/app, which means it doesn't get re-installed if you restore.
I deleted more than I should have on my first bloat-ware removal and ended up having to find a system dump to recover and replace the lost APK files. The general rule to freeze first is extremely important on the DX2.
Can I recover apps from my DX to my Dx2?
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Can I recover apps from my DX to my Dx2?
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NO, your phone will become unstable.
dam_ram said:
Can I recover apps from my DX to my Dx2?
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Actually you can, just make sure they aren't system apps and DO NOT restore app + data. Just the app.
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I used titanium backup to uninstall the bloatware from my droid x2..
If I do a factory reset, will the bloatware return?
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Uninstalled, no they won't return. Frozen, yes they will.
If you need to replace one or two, just grab a system dump (every forum has a thread about system dumps) replace the missing apk and/or odex files, set the file permissions, reboot and you're done.
If you need to replace a lot or the above method seems out of your comfort zone, you can always flash a sbf to restore the software to out of the box state.
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Actually you can, just make sure they aren't system apps and DO NOT restore app + data. Just the app.
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not recommended, if you get any detail wrong it could cause more damage than anything. Like you said as long as it's not system apps, and you don't import any data, it could be alright. But if you're not bringing data, it's 9 outta 10 easier to just download a fresh copy from the market.
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[Q] Clarifying switch from 2.2 ROM to P3 pr-root GB
Hey guys, just want to make sure I have the process down for my switch tonight. I read through few other threads and didn't see this addressed directly.
So I am running the affinity 2.2 ROM and would like to upgrade to P3's pr-root version of Gingerbread. Since the rom is debloated and deodexed I can't xo a direct update because I am pretty sure some system files will be missing. So the question is do I have to SBF back to stock or could I just restore the android backup I made before updating to the ROM? From what I know so far (but I am new to this) doing so would fulfill all the requirements for the P3 upgrade.
Thanks in advance.
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Its probably best to err on the side of caution and sbf to avoid any unforeseen events
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I don't have SBF so I used a regular backup. Might be good to get the 2.2.2 system dump just in case you deleted a few apps that will make you error on upgrading.
I'd make a backup of your apps/data (Titanium Backup, or whatever equivilent you may use). SBF to stock, boot up, re-activate, re-root, and install the recovery app. Slap P3's update.zip on your sdcard-ext root, boot into recovery, and apply it. After that you can re-install your backup program and restore your apps.
That's what I did. I don't think anyone has put out any custom ROMs for this release, but I'd only assume they are coming shortly.
i didn't sbf before i flashed p3s gb and everything has worked great.
i would flash the orig backup. restore all apps. restore the build.prop to the original. delete script manager to get rid of any scripts that you were running.
wipe data, system restore, wipe dalvik, wipe cache and flash the p3 gb. that's all i did.
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i didn't sbf before i flashed p3s gb and everything has worked great.
i would flash the orig backup. restore all apps. restore the build.prop to the original. delete script manager to get rid of any scripts that you were running.
wipe data, system restore, wipe dalvik, wipe cache and flash the p3 gb. that's all i did.
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Im still new at all this but that seems like more work than just doing a sbf, wouldn't it just be easier to sbf the phone?
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Thanks for all the replies guys.
H_10 hit the nail on the head about what I was going to try. But EvilTim might be right in that it may end up being a little more work that way. I just never had SBFed before (coming from blackberry) and figured I knew this route better. I guess it wouldn't hurt to learn how to SBF now anyhow but I thought I saw some people having some weird problems SBFing.
the sbf problems are why i stayed away from sbf. i've used sbf on my OG droid w/ out any issues but reading about all the issues w/ the x2 made me shy away from it. it's entirely up to you. it was that much "work" to restore the phone for me since i wasn't running a rom. just unfrooze my apps, re-stored orig build prop, deleted 99supercharger from init.d folder, and uninstalled script manager. took 5 mins.
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the sbf problems are why i stayed away from sbf. i've used sbf on my OG droid w/ out any issues but reading about all the issues w/ the x2 made me shy away from it. it's entirely up to you. it was that much "work" to restore the phone for me since i wasn't running a rom. just unfrooze my apps, re-stored orig build prop, deleted 99supercharger from init.d folder, and uninstalled script manager. took 5 mins.
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The only issues people have are 95% user error, read and follow all instructions and its easy
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Now I have real problems with TB. Hope someone here can help.
TB has been acting strange for me ever since I went to the pre-rooted Gingerbread. Now it locks up and FC's 30 seconds after loading, no matter what it's doing.
I want to redo everything and start over, but the problem is, I have dozens of modules frozen by TB, with no way to defrost them because of the lockup problems. I know from previous experience that doing a factory reset without defrosting everything first brings problems down on my head, so what do I do?
I need some guidance here. Is redoing the SBF the best way to go?
Full GB sbf, then root it yourself using the new one-click method on this forum. Then do yourself a favor & don't restore any data with TiBu, only the apps themselves.
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Well, I found the source of the TiBu problems -- another 32GB sd card going bad!! But I still want to redo everything, so I will take your advice and SBF the moto GB and root it myself.
Thanks for the help, appreciate it.
Happy to help.
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