I have a few questions I was hoping to get some answers too. A little background I just got my Milestone X2 rooted and I got myself into trouble when freezing an app I should not have with Bloat Freezer (http://bloatfreezer.com). What happened was "Home" crashed over and over even after a battery pull and thus the phone from an interface perspective was bricked.
However I was still able to access the adb shell as root and as such in theory if I knew what the app changed I could have put it back by "hand". So first question is there an easy way to tell what Bloat Freezer changed? Some are obvious if they are APKs others seemingly are something else. In this case I froze Motorola Services I couldn't figure out what files were renamed.
My second question is if I had a tar ball of /data and /system could I have just extracted them over the top of the running directories to restore the functionality?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
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As another point, I have not had much luck getting Recovery on my phone and I fear bricking it trying to get that on. So I figured at least freezing some bloat would help the phones performance. In addition a lot of the ROMs for the DROID X2 seem to have some odd issues on the Milestone X2.
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I was having trouble getting recovery as well. It turns out my netbook was not unzipping files correctly. I remedied this by using my friends notebook.
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Do a "safe boot": pwr up w/ both the pwr and menu keys release the pwr @ the big m but keep on the menu till the vibration . Will only load sys apps.
Edit always do zipping on yo phone. I find PCs don't zip well enough for androids.
I (dx2) can DL cwm's latest touch recovery for Olympus (atrix) and flash it (install zip from sd) in cwr and it works saves boot partition and all work great BUT IT WILL NOT RESTORE SYSTEM. Saves as tarballs. You still have to boot cwr to flash it! Manibengood did something to get his Tenfar's it to work (are you guys on the same blur? ).
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.8-olympus.zip
The 5006 oly will restore data!
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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.
h_10 said:
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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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!!!
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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!
I am stumped. Need help
I added safe strap and installed Razrx on the 2nd system. Started to get low memory messages on the primary so i used an app from market to try an make some room
Unfortunately my PRIMARY SYSTEM was Hosed including my backup. I haven't been able to locate any information for resolving this situation. I tried using fast boot files but I kept getting an error from rsd that the unzip failed.
Any ideas ?
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Have you tried redownloading the fastboot files?
Also, how did your primary (nonsafe) system get hosed??
My primary started bootlooping after I used an app called Not Enough Space, which moves programs to the Sd card to free up memory. Since we cannot do a battery pull I was at a loss of what to do.
I used the power and volume down to try a reset put it didnt fix anything. I was thinking if I could load a stock ROM into the safe side and make a backup and restore the backup onto the primary side then I could fix it? Eventually I kept fooling around with the fastboot files and got it restored. I kept getting a unzip error with Rsd. Its a little misleading for the program to have a uncompress/flash button. The uncompress is actually for the ROM file that is in the Zip file.
Thanks for the help im sure I will be asking for help alot more.
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So I've made the stupid mistake of uninstalling the Task manager on my Moto Razr when I wasn't even trying to uninstall it just converting it to a user app in hopes I could use it on my Xperia arc since it's a very functional app but for some reason it won't re'install obviously it wasn't meant to be F'ed with now I can't even use the battery extender cause actions 101 is tide in with both and is uninstalled now too So I know there's a way to re'install it
Please if you could help me I would be very grateful
I read something about CWM but I don't even know what that is I just hope that this task won't grow another gray hair if worst come's to worst then I hope that Re flashing the firmware will restore thing's cause a factory reset didn't.
I just want my phone back to normal is there no one that can help me ? I really wish I didn't do this to my phone
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You need to get hold of the task manager apk and odex files from the stock ROM you're using, place them in the /system/app directory, and making sure the files' permissions match those of others in the same directory.
If that sounds a bit mindboggling, you're best to flash your stock ROM again using the RSD Lite utility when your phone is in Fastboot mode. This will restore all the system files and leave your userdata intact. You can find everything you need to do that in the stock ROMs thread in the development forum.
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