I'm running stock Vibrant 2.2 from mini Kies. I have rooted and installed Titanium.
What I want to do is do a backup with Titanium, reset to stock 2.2 for some GPS testing, and then restore to my current state.
How do I do the reset?
Also I'm unclear on the restore. Will I have to root it again before I restore?
hope it helps.
Well first id make sure you have the 3e recovery set up, if you do then install the app Rom Manger off the market. flash the clockwork recovery from the app. then you can do a Nandroid back up. With this back up you can then restore to the moment the back up was made when your ready to. If you reset to full stop and remove root and all that stuff, you will need to add the root and 3e recovery again before your able to do the restore.
the link is to show you how to install the 3e recovery. And you can get a one click root prgm too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
As for the reseting to stock, you have 2 choices i can think of. You can either odin back to 2.1 then upgrade to 2.2 again, or you can use a one click root prgm to unroot your phone, then do a factory reset to it. i normally always do the the odin to have a fresh start when i want to make sure everything is in working order but thats me.
information on odin and other basic rooting help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
The main thing to remember is to always read and reread the instructions on what your going to be doing to make sure you understand it fully.
You lost me on the "your on stock 2.2, installed titanium, and now you want to restore to stock 2.2." Your already on stock 2.2...
jmcghee1973 said:
You lost me on the "your on stock 2.2, installed titanium, and now you want to restore to stock 2.2." Your already on stock 2.2...
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What I meant by restore to stock 2.2 is put the phone back into the state it would be in if I took a phone straight from the factory and did a mini Kies to 2.2. Presumably that means deleting all apps I added and putting all settings back to the defaults. I would hope I would not have to reload the rom, since as you say I am running the stock 2.2 rom.
In this 'stock' state I can run some tests, and if necessary send it in for service.
However, I want to be able to quickly restore to the apps and setting as they are now.
Salithox said:
Well first id make sure you have the 3e recovery set up, if you do then install the app Rom Manger off the market. flash the clockwork recovery from the app. then you can do a Nandroid back up. With this back up you can then restore to the moment the back up was made when your ready to. If you reset to full stop and remove root and all that stuff, you will need to add the root and 3e recovery again before your able to do the restore.
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Thanks for the detailed info. It may come to that, but couldn't I get the effect I described above with a Titanium backup?
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Well with Titanium backup you can back up your apps, but thats all it saves, if you have like a lot of settings changed on your phone or ringtones set for people and stuff it doesn't help with those. But a Nandroid is a full backup of your phone down to settings phones ringtones etc. Normally i use Titanium backup when i'm going from ROM to ROM to quickly reinstall my apps, but if your doing a rest and don't want to go about re setting everything then a Nandroid is th way to go. Hopefully that clarify why i recommended it.
I have a Samsung Transform Ultra (rooted), I am using the stock ROM that came with the phone, recently I have corrupted something and need to attempt a factory reset, however some people have said that doing a factory reset on a rooted phone could brick it, so this brings a couple of questions:
1.- How would I un-root my phone, or, if un-rooting is not necessary, what steps should I take to factory reset it safely? My data is safely backed up already.
2.- Has anyone done a factory reset on a rooted Transform Ultra?
Any help would be most appreciated.
The4thDoctor said:
I have a Samsung Transform Ultra (rooted), I am using the stock ROM that came with the phone, recently I have corrupted something and need to attempt a factory reset, however some people have said that doing a factory reset on a rooted phone could brick it, so this brings a couple of questions:
1.- How would I un-root my phone, or, if un-rooting is not necessary, what steps should I take to factory reset it safely? My data is safely backed up already.
2.- Has anyone done a factory reset on a rooted Transform Ultra?
Any help would be most appreciated.
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Don't you have a custom Recovery installed? I don't know about this device specifically, but there should be a factory reset option you can utilize within your Recovery image. You'll need a ROM to flash afterwards also, otherwise you'll have no OS on your device. Or simply flash a NANDroid backup.
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Since my (rooted) phone has the stock factory ROM only, and I never changed it, do I still need a ROM? My original ROM was never removed or changed.
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Since my (rooted) phone has the stock factory ROM only, and I never changed it, do I still need a ROM? My original ROM was never removed or changed.
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Well that's the thing, when you factory reset a rooted phone it wipes everything, including the OS. So after a factory reset there will be no ROM to boot into. Even though you've never changed it and you're running stock, you'd still need a copy of that stock ROM (if you wanted to continue running stock). But if you've made a nandroid backup (complete snapshot of your entire system) at some point before you noticed the current problem you're having, it might be easier to simply restore that particular backup via Recovery.
I never flashed any roms or recovery, just rooted.
Unfortunately, I never made a nandroid backup before I had this problem, however, my daughter has an identical phone, could I make such a backup from hers, and use it on my phone, then just delete her settings etc?
I had no idea that just rooting would kill the stock ROM image, making the phone un-recoverable, I thought that rooting only gave me superuser permissions.
The4thDoctor said:
I never flashed any roms or recovery, just rooted.
Unfortunately, I never made a nandroid backup before I had this problem, however, my daughter has an identical phone, could I make such a backup from hers, and use it on my phone, then just delete her settings etc?
I had no idea that just rooting would kill the stock ROM image, making the phone un-recoverable, I thought that rooting only gave me superuser permissions.
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Looks like Clockworkmod doesn't support your device.... not sure what custom Recoveries are available for your phone... but rooting doesn't mess up the stock ROM, we (the users) mess up our ROMs. You're right when you said that rooting gives you superuser privileges, and with those privileges come the unfortunate ability to screws stuff up. In my case I have tons of backups and a custom Recovery whereby I can wipe the phone and restore if need be. I also have ADB installed and can use Fastboot commands if things go sideways. Basically if you're gonna root have a backup plan.
Can you perhaps follow an unrooting method? Then you could safely factory reset without losing the OS... you know...the more I think about this, the more I wonder if you could just use the factory reset option from within the phone's settings... on a custom ROM you'd never do it, but in your situation (no custom recovery or ROM) who knows, maybe it would work with a problem.... I'll ask a friend of mine and post back.
Edit: Never heard back, but in your case on the stock ROM without a custom Recovery you *should* be able to factory reset through the Privacy setting section of your settings. If you do lose root, simply re root and you're good to go.
Thanks, Well I am going to give it a try and see what happens, worst case, I will have to buy another phone.
EDIT: I had no problems with factory reset, thank you!
My TP is rooted with the stock firmware. No unlock. I want to factory restore everything which will delete everything and make it look right out of the box. Can I just download the firmware from Asus and flash it? Thanks for the help.
just go to setings/backup&restore/factory data reset
Now that things are perfect and stock, how do I back this all up?
Stock recovery does not have backup function. I also can not use
Titanium, since I am not rooted (YET). I want to make a nandroid type
backup so that after I re-root, next time there is an OTA update, I can just
restore back to where it is now, accept the OTA, then re-root again.
I NEED this stock state saved somehow like a nandroid, but I can't
nandroid backup until I install root/clockwork. How can I back up my total
system state now? And when I do re-root, what version of clockwork mod/root
do I use so that ALL my backups work and are compatible, so I don't run into
this nightmare again. Thanks for all your help.
I'm looking to unroot and leave everything untouched. Settings, apps, etc... is this possible or do I have to do a full wipe and factory reset as part of the unroot process?
Disregard.
full stock you must flash with Odin