I have been rooting my phone since i had an Eris, about a year ago, but recently i got myself a Droid X2. Been messing around with a couple ROMS ( CM7, CM9, MIUI, and couple other ones).
My question is - lets say im on CM7 or CM9 and I make a nandroid backup. Does the backup only work for the ROM that i had installed at the time or could the backup be used on a different ROM.
Thanks , EHB
Eighthourblink said:
I have been rooting my phone since i had an Eris, about a year ago, but recently i got myself a Droid X2. Been messing around with a couple ROMS ( CM7, CM9, MIUI, and couple other ones).
My question is - lets say im on CM7 or CM9 and I make a nandroid backup. Does the backup only work for the ROM that i had installed at the time or could the backup be used on a different ROM.
Thanks , EHB
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Hello there Eight. The small convenient thing about nandroid backups is that theyre only kernel dependant making restoring from a like-kerneled rom easy.
Roms such as cm9, 7 and each MIUI run on the 2.3.4 kernel. So you could flash cm9 then restore to cm7 or any other 2.3.4 based rom with no problem. The same principals apply to 2.3.5 based roms.
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TIL that backups are more useful than i thought
Thanks again
Eighthourblink said:
TIL that backups are more useful than i thought
Thanks again
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No problem mate.
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alright, I have a friend with a vibrant and i have rooted her phone so that i could make a NAND for her. i want to flash a rom for her and i have decided on either CM7 or MIUI and i'm leaning more towards MIUI so i was wondering which of the Vibrant MIUIs is the best. I've seen quite a few in the Bible but can't really decipher much of a difference between each of them and even the official MIUI. so any sugestions?
I'm also open to suggestion for any other roms. And if you flash from a Froyo to GB rom, do you have to ODIN bootloaders?
in my experience miui lithium 4 seems to work the best cause battery life is better than most gb roms and is smooth and stable with tons of customization. You don`t really need gb bootloaders (i never flashed them cause if you screw up then your phone will be brickd)
hope that helped
nav200 said:
You don`t really need gb bootloaders (i never flashed them cause if you screw up then your phone will be brickd)
hope that helped
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Is there an ODINable GB stock rom with the bootloaders?
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Juls317 said:
Is there an ODINable GB stock rom with the bootloaders?
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i don`t think there is but don`t take my word for it
I wouldn't mess with bootloaders on your female friends phone without her permission, as that's one of the very few ways you can completely kill a phone.
Anyway, if CM7 and MIUI are your popular choices, fear not. Only ROMs based on i9000 International Galaxy S leaks require Gingerbread bootloaders. MIUI and CM7 are built from the ground up.
Since this phone is going to a girl, I would definitely go with MIUI. The theming available will blow her mind.
There are 4 different MIUI variants for the Vibrant. The stock MIUI for the Vibrant, the stable Revamped SS version, the more experimental Lithium version (same creator as SS. Lithium is the ROM where he tests things), and finally there is the stock MIUI with the Enhancer Mod flashed over it.
If you want the least fuss + features, I recommend using the SS version. All the good tweaks, and very stable.
Thanks for the advice. Is stared out on a Vibrant but never flashed anything custom to it and then i got fthe SGS4G where you need the correct bootloaders to access recovery so i wasnt sure if it was the same for the Vibrant. When i flash MIUI, can i do a CWM data restore or should i just use Titanium Backup, etc. to backup and restore through that?
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When you first flash MIUI, it'll install the stock MIUI kernel which should give you ClockWorkMod 5, with all the toys normally associated with ClockWorkMod. The only catch is that MIUI as well as CM7 will change your file system to yaffs2, so the only way to return to a non MIUI/CM7 ROM is to ODIN back to stock. You can't restore a Froyo backup because the backup uses the wrong file system and you'll get boot loops.
Anyway, to answer your question, yes. You can backup files and apps the same as with any other ROM using Titanium manager or an equivalent program. MIUI even has it's own backup called MIUI backup that is often recommended over Titanium Backup by developers.
Oh, but of course don't restore any system apps you picked up from earlier ROMs. That'll royally screw up MIUI. Just 3rd party apps.
Hi guys, after a little patience I'm now very interested in ics upgrade.
My s2 runs kk5 stock rooted cause I don't wanna miss features like mhl tv-out.
So my doubts are:
Is possible to flash kp8 with mobileodin?
What about bootloader? Jig still working?
To switch back to kk5 restore nand backup is enough or also other needs to be downgraded?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Jussy.
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jussy said:
Hi guys, after a little patience I'm now very interested in ics upgrade.
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Then i suggest you wait until it officially comes out rather than flashing a leaked version that isn't finished. Until it comes out you can read the faq's on here and familiarize yourself with flashing.
The current ics leaks and cm9 are both not really ready to be daily drivers due to instability and missing features, only try if you know what you are doing, if you are use you want to try, make sure to take a nandroid and read the relivent threads.
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jussy said:
Hi guys, after a little patience I'm now very interested in ics upgrade.
Its not an upgrade its a beta test rom with bugs .
To switch back to kk5 restore nand backup is enough or also other needs to be downgraded?
Downgrade then root then restore .
jje
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Thanks for your fast and kind reply.
I'll wait for a stable release.
I have KK5 stock and rooted using cfroot kernel with the old jig compatible bootloader as my favourite firmware.
I also have been using cm9 which I like a lot. The missing features and bugs don't effect my daily usage.
I never flashed the ics bootloader and never experienced any problems.
I made a backup of kk5 via CWM and flashed cm9 then gapps then faceunlock then wiped as directed in cm9 1st post. Setup my phone how I wanted it then when I was happy with everything I made a backup via CWM of cm9.
Ive been restoring either KK5 or cm9 via CWM and so far not had any hassles flipping between them.
When I want to checkout a new version of cm9 ive been able to restore my CWM backup of cm9 then flash New version then flash gapps then faceunlock then wipe cache. This has not wiped my cm9 setup and data and all has been good to use. No FC etc.
Hope this helps.
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Hate to ask a dumb question but..
if I was to try a different ICS ROM say going from SHOstock's ICS ROM to task's AOKP 4.0.4 can I use the back up from SHOstock's and restore to AOKP?
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Hate to ask a dumb question but..
if I was to try a different ICS ROM say going from SHOstock's ICS ROM to task's AOKP 4.0.4 can I use the back up from SHOstock's and restore to AOKP?
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i think you mean from aokp back to show stock right? If so yes.
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TOA Duck said:
i think you mean from aokp back to show stock right? If so yes.
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No actually the other way around, I have SHOstock 1.1 ICS now and want to try task's AOKP ICS... Just not sure if I could or should use the backup from SHOstock as a restore after flashing AOKP??
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No actually the other way around, I have SHOstock 1.1 ICS now and want to try task's AOKP ICS... Just not sure if I could or should use the backup from SHOstock as a restore after flashing AOKP??
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define what you are trying to restore?
you do know how a nandroid works right?
Pirateghost said:
define what you are trying to restore?
you do know how a nandroid works right?
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Everything backed up by the Nandroid back up, apps, settings, layout, system files ect...
I'm Running Nandroid backup right now and realizing what I am asking is probably not doable seeing the two ROMs will have different launchers and such..
I take it that if I flash task's AOKP and decide to go back to SHOstock THEN I can use the backup I'm running now to restore... Correct??
you do know how a nandroid works right?
Not exactly, I always used TiPro to restore apps&data but never used Nandroid for a restore.. That's why I'm asking, just not quite sure what its limits are..
Captpt said:
Everything backed up by the Nandroid back up, apps, settings, layout, system files ect...
I'm Running Nandroid backup right now and realizing what I am asking is probably not doable seeing the two ROMs will have different launchers and such..
I take it that if I flash task's AOKP and decide to go back to SHOstock THEN I can use the backup I'm running now to restore... Correct??
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if you restore a complete nandroid, you are restoring the COMPLETE rom....wiping out the new rom.
you should never restore /system anything when going from one rom to another.
a nandroid is a complete system image. like a snapshot of your entire phone
Pirateghost said:
if you restore a complete nandroid, you are restoring the COMPLETE rom....wiping out the new rom.
you should never restore /system anything when going from one rom to another.
a nandroid is a complete system image. like a snapshot of your entire phone
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Got it, kinda like the old Nortons Ghost Win. backup..
Thank you so much Pirate!!
Captpt said:
Got it, kinda like the old Nortons Ghost Win. backup..
Thank you so much Pirate!!
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exactly
just keep on using TiBu
Hi guys, I'm sorry to bother you but I couldn't manage to find the answer neither in the forum or through Google.
So I'm currently using CheckROM v6 on my phone with latest N.E.A.K. kernel for GB, and I wanted to upgrade my phone to a ICS build. I would have waited for CR v7 but that's been in-developing for so long I actually stopped waiting
Long story short, the Hydra H2O v1.4 caught my attention; my question is: since I'm coming from GB, do I have to perform any particular step before upgrading, such as making a clean Stock ICS install from Odin, or can I just perform a deep clean of my phone, then install the .zip through CWM?
Thanks beforehand for any helpful answer
Alexander_92 said:
Hi guys, I'm sorry to bother you but I couldn't manage to find the answer neither in the forum or through Google.
So I'm currently using CheckROM v6 on my phone with latest N.E.A.K. kernel for GB, and I wanted to upgrade my phone to a ICS build. I would have waited for CR v7 but that's been in-developing for so long I actually stopped waiting
Long story short, the Hydra H2O v1.4 caught my attention; my question is: since I'm coming from GB, do I have to perform any particular step before upgrading, such as making a clean Stock ICS install from Odin, or can I just perform a deep clean of my phone, then install the .zip through CWM?
Thanks beforehand for any helpful answer
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Just flash hydra over top of checkrom. But make sure you make a nandroid backup and do a full wipe.
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Worked like a charm, thanks
Alexander_92 said:
Worked like a charm, thanks
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Any time. Just make sure you make the nandroid backup every time you flash something. I even store one on my computer just in case
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I just rooted my DX2, i intended to use rom manager to flash/backup my roms but that was not working. So i downloaded bootstrap (the little green arrow icon) and used that to make a backup of my stock system and then used titanium backup to backup all my apps.
What i wanted to know is when i finally install a new rom and do a data wipe how do i recover everything if it starts me with a clean phone? do i just reinstall titanium and bootstrap and will SU still be installed?
Also can you point me to a good guide on installing CM9 to my DX2?
Thank you,
Jake
A couple of things. What system version are you on? 2.3.4 or 2.3.5? Also Rom Manager doesnt work for us (as you know now.) Are you using the BSR from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083 ?
When you install a ROM yes you reinstall the BSR (but if you are going on CM7-9-10 then you need the CM7 patched BSR once on the ROM.) and then Redownload Titanium Backup. All your backups are stored on your external card so a wipe doesnt get rid of them. Once titanium is loaded back up it will find them.
A rom comes rooted so SU and everything is part of the package. Install instructions for ROMS are on the original page of the ROMS. Just note that if you are on 2.3.5 the only ROM that will work for you is Eclipse. All the other ROMs are 2.3.4 based.
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A couple of things. What system version are you on? 2.3.4 or 2.3.5? Also Rom Manager doesnt work for us (as you know now.) Are you using the BSR from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083 ?
When you install a ROM yes you reinstall the BSR (but if you are going on CM7-9-10 then you need the CM7 patched BSR once on the ROM.) and then Redownload Titanium Backup. All your backups are stored on your external card so a wipe doesnt get rid of them. Once titanium is loaded back up it will find them.
A rom comes rooted so SU and everything is part of the package. Install instructions for ROMS are on the original page of the ROMS. Just note that if you are on 2.3.5 the only ROM that will work for you is Eclipse. All the other ROMs are 2.3.4 based.
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I got BSR from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169677
I am on 2.3.5, is eclipse a good rom?
Thanks,
Jake
Eclipse is a very stable and clean ROM. I used it for a long time. CM7 is also stable and a.lot.more customizable but you will need to SBF to 2.3.4 to get on it. Both eclipse and CM7 are gingerbread roms. Cm9, MIUI, AOKP Paranoid Android are ICS and CM10 is jellybean.
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Eclipse is a very stable and clean ROM. I used it for a long time. CM7 is also stable and a.lot.more customizable but you will need to SBF to 2.3.4 to get on it. Both eclipse and CM7 are gingerbread roms. Cm9, MIUI, AOKP Paranoid Android are ICS and CM10 is jellybean.
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I also just rooted my DX2 running 2.3.5. Do i have to SBF to 2.3.4 to run CM10?, or can i flash CM10 from 2.3.5?
You'll have to SBF to 2.3.4 and reroot.
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GoClifGo05 said:
Eclipse is a very stable and clean ROM. I used it for a long time. CM7 is also stable and a.lot.more customizable but you will need to SBF to 2.3.4 to get on it. Both eclipse and CM7 are gingerbread roms. Cm9, MIUI, AOKP Paranoid Android are ICS and CM10 is jellybean.
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Thanks for recommending Eclipse, its a really awesome ROM. At some point i plan to SBF to 2.3.4 for CM10, but for now Eclipse is better than stock.
Thank you,
Jake
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Eclipse is rock solid. CM10 will get more stable eventually.
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CM7 ROCKS `
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