I'm pretty sure it's not possible but is there any way I can back up all of my data, settings, apps, homescreens, etc while still unrooted and s-on? I've just put hundreds of hours getting everything just right and I don't want to lose it all. I know how to backup the basics but what's the most I can do? My phone is acting up and I thing I need to do a factory reset and/or get a new phone. Thanks for your time.
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Not really possible but you can try my backup. It's in the market. It might save some of your data
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I'm pretty sure it's not possible but is there any way I can back up all of my data, settings, apps, homescreens, etc while still unrooted and s-on? I've just put hundreds of hours getting everything just right and I don't want to lose it all. I know how to backup the basics but what's the most I can do? My phone is acting up and I thing I need to do a factory reset and/or get a new phone. Thanks for your time.
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Here's another vote for My Backup Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
Since you're not rooted, I'm not sure how much of your data it can backup / restore, but I think it can backup app data without root... I could be wrong. Nevertheless, it's a great backup app. Worth the price, but there are free versions as well.
However, I don't believe root is required in order to do a "nand" backup. What you need to do is:
Unlock your bootloader, per HTC.
Flash a custom recovery, like AR Recovery 3.15
You can follow steps 1 and 2 of Scotty's instructions here: http://androidforums.com/rezound-al...ys-noob-friendly-root-guide-start-finish.html
The caveat is that unlocking wipes your device, so... I don't know how you would get a nand backup of your device as it is right now. However, moving forward, you would be able to create nand backups, and you would not have to be rooted.
At the same time, once you unlock your bootloader and flash AR Recovery, it's incredibly simple to flash superSU and achieve root. So why not, if you're going through the trouble of unlocking so you can create a nand backup? Just sayin'...
Understand, too, that the two steps above are reversible. You can flash the stock recovery back, and you can re-lock your bootloader. If you're concerned about your warranty...
If you don't wish to go through any of these steps, then I believe My Backup Pro is going to be your best option. Some people also use Titanium Backup, but I don't find that app to be nearly as user friendly.
Thanks for the input...I've got some decisions to make.
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You can do an ADB backup and get all apps and data without ANY mods. My lady has the rezound and is very disappointed with the ics ota update so I pulled all the data before I unlock. Its a new feature with the ics system. Just be sure to set a backup password in the developers section of the settings.
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Hey guys, I've got a hopefully simple question. I'm gonna be going to Vegas soon, and I'm running on an ICS rom, but I want to be able to use the good camera and my 4G for while I'm there. However, I don't want to have to set everything back up once I come back one by one since I'll only be gone for 4 days.
So can I do a Nandroid backup, save the file, re-lock my phone and put it back to root, then once I come back unlock my phone and then restore said backup so everything will be the way it was? Sorry if this is a mouthful, but that would be my ideal way of doing things. If not, are there some good alternatives?
Thanks guys!
As far as I can tell, that should work. Just make sure you remove your custom recovery before you relock.
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brain what do you mean by "custom recovery before you relock" how do you do that?
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brain what do you mean by "custom recovery before you relock" how do you do that?
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If you have cwm installed and you try to relock it, your phone won't boot (iirc). If you sbf back to stock, it will reinstall the Android stock recovery and relock your phone, and you'll be all set. Otherwise, you'll have to find the Android recovery somewhere to download, then use Fastboot to install it, then relock (and to be honest, I can't remember how to do that. I think I remember people having problems flashing the relock file.) Easiest is to sbf after making your backup, then when you get home, unlock again, flash cwm, and restore your nandroid.
Hope that made sense.
And if you sbf and your phone bootloops, boot into the stock recovery and factory reset.
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Headed to Vegas today for the race this weekend!
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Decided I better ask for help before digging a deeper hole...
I had rooted my Vibrant around September 2010 and tried some ROM at the time, don't remember which one. I didn't keep it for very long...I accepted one or two stock OTA updates thereafter, ending up with 2.1-update1/KA6.
Fast forward to yesterday, when I decided to try to go to Gingerbread so as to be able to install an app I wanted. I chose CM7.2. I presumed I wasn't rooted anymore after the OTA's, so used CWM to run the update.zip that I still had on the SD card from 2010. I did a Titanium backup. I started following the abbreviated directions, then went to the full directions here:http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Vibrant:_Full_Update_Guide
So I actually made two nandroid backups as a result of switching between the two sets of directions and getting distracted after I made the first one.
All went well, except after CM7.2 was booted and everything restored from Titanium, I had the following issues:
1. Messaging was broken
2. Most contacts were missing
3. GPS wouldn't lock
I poked around for fixes and tried some, but it was not looking promising. I decided I didn't really need that new app after all, and today tried to revert to stock. I supposed it would be a simple matter of a nandroid restore followed by a Titanium restore. Unfortunately the nandroid restore failed.
Research revealed this is a known issue with "different hboots".
I then compounded the issue by accidentally pressing the power button while in Recovery. The phone rebooted but stuck on the "Vibrant" splash screen, because of the corrupted restore attempt. No amount of 3-button resets got me back to Recovery. The phone is now connected to my laptop in Download mode.
I think what I now need to do is odin, per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13132341#post13132341
I will then be able to do a nandroid restore and Titanium restore and be back where I started? Any additional hints, warnings, etc?
Thanks in advance.
Be careful about what you backup with Titanium on stock and then restore on CM. Did you backup your Messaging app or any system data? If you restored system apps or data from a TI backup onto CM from stock, that could cause issues.
And about the contacts, where did you store them before? On Google, SIM, or in memory?
I may have clicked, in Titanium, "restore app and data" rather than just "data" for the messaging app. Thinking that may have been the case, I thought that reinstalling the ROM or Google apps zip files might fix it. It didn't. (this was before I soft-bricked)
Since I needed a working phone this afternoon, I went ahead and did the Odin thing. That went well. I am back to JFD and my contacts are back.
If I do a nandroid restore now, followed by a Titanium restore, it should get me back to where I was before starting the move to CM7.2, right? Except I would still have a JFD radio? (because nandroid does not touch that, as I recall)
In that case, finding a KA6 to install with odin would be best? And would there be any point to the nandroid restore if I did that?
GPS took a very long time to lock after going back to JFD, too. I think perhaps I need to try the antenna fix.
Maybe I will give CM7.2 another go...
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I may have clicked, in Titanium, "restore app and data" rather than just "data" for the messaging app. Thinking that may have been the case, I thought that reinstalling the ROM or Google apps zip files might fix it. It didn't. (this was before I soft-bricked)
Since I needed a working phone this afternoon, I went ahead and did the Odin thing. That went well. I am back to JFD and my contacts are back.
If I do a nandroid restore now, followed by a Titanium restore, it should get me back to where I was before starting the move to CM7.2, right? Except I would still have a JFD radio? (because nandroid does not touch that, as I recall)
In that case, finding a KA6 to install with odin would be best? And would there be any point to the nandroid restore if I did that?
GPS took a very long time to lock after going back to JFD, too. I think perhaps I need to try the antenna fix.
Maybe I will give CM7.2 another go...
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If you do a nandroid restore you don't need to do a TI restore as nandroid will restore all your apps and data. (Even down to which wallpaper you're using and Wifi networks)
If the KA6 modem works best for you then go for it.
Where you rooted before you flashed the CWM update.zip? I didn't see that you were...
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Where you rooted before you flashed the CWM update.zip? I didn't see that you were...
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You don't need to be rooted, you just need a way to install. For example when you install from stock, you don't need to root it, only flash the custom kernel that has CWM, and then flash, since root is a state of the ROM.
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Huh. Always thought you needed root to flash CWM.
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Huh. Always thought you needed root to flash CWM.
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Well, in our case we can use download mode + heimdall to flash a kernel that has the CWM recovery included.
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Title says it all. It takes a while for me to set everything up especially getting my music back because my laptop is a mess with stuff everywhere. So I want like a full nandroid backup that could be restored after unlocking Bootloader and rooting. I've searched around but can't find exactly what I'm looking for (for this device anyway)
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Title says it all. It takes a while for me to set everything up especially getting my music back because my laptop is a mess with stuff everywhere. So I want like a full nandroid backup that could be restored after unlocking Bootloader and rooting. I've searched around but can't find exactly what I'm looking for (for this device anyway)
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Try Carbon from the play store by Koush (ROM Manager) There's a review on XDA-TV: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...kup-your-device-with-carbon-xda-developer-tv/ . You'll have to download a PC app and connect to your laptop in order to enable the app on your phone, but it's fairly straight forward from there.
jbless carbon wont do a nandroid... also its called helium now. Also im pritty sure you have to unlock bootloader first. then before u flash anything you can do a nandroid using adb. We have most of the tools to return to 100% stock except for the ruu which makes it easier.
Hi, since my colossal fu*kup of some time ago I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader and beginning with flashing roms and most importantly having a fully working recovery to repair the device if I mess it up again.
What I was thinking, as unlocking the bootloader will result in a freshly formatted internal memory, is to flash the custom recovery for locked bootloaders, make a complete nandroid backup (I also plan to backup every app with Titanium), unlock bootloader and get on with the fun.
What I'm aiming at is, if I'm fed up with custom roms or if I feel better with the stock one, to be able to return to stock with all my data at the ready.
I have my TA partition backup, and I understand that relocking the BL with a custom rom would be pointless:
If I feel like going back to pure stock, I simply reboot into recovery, wipe all data, cache, dalvik, restore my nandroid backup, relock the BL after all is done.
Am I right in all the steps above?
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Oh come on, not ONE reply?
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Looks good to me. Just start by installing Recovery and try making a NANDROID. If all goes well then move on to the next step.
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Looks good to me. Just start by installing Recovery and try making a NANDROID. If all goes well then move on to the next step.
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Thanks mate. You may be on the dark side, but you enlightened the way...
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Hey guys..
Still new to all this and I've come across some terminology that's a little different that what I'm accustomed to. I want to know how to create a backup image of the phone similar to when you create one of a PC that you can use to restore to a particular state, apps, system settings and all.
From what I've read this is called a nandroid backup. Does this require a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or can it be done without it? I know that flashing a custom ROM or recovery trips KNOX. But does simply doing a backup trip KNOX as well?
Thanks for your patience and advice
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Hey guys..
Still new to all this and I've come across some terminology that's a little different that what I'm accustomed to. I want to know how to create a backup image of the phone similar to when you create one of a PC that you can use to restore to a particular state, apps, system settings and all.
From what I've read this is called a nandroid backup. Does this require a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or can it be done without it? I know that flashing a custom ROM or recovery trips KNOX. But does simply doing a backup trip KNOX as well?
Thanks for your patience and advice
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I don't know of any way to create a BU image without rooting. There are several great videos that will show you how within 10 minutes and it really is quite safe. Make sure you choose the root method for your carrier. (Probably Sprint because you are in the Sprint forum). I rooted my Note 3 yesterday and I am very happy. I recommend the video by QBKing77. After you are rooted, you can keep your stock ROM or try one or more of the custom ROMs available right here at XDA. Once you root, there are a number of excellent programs only available to rooted devices. After rooting and installing your recovery (I recommend TWRP but there are alternatives), it is very simple to create a Nandroid BU. It is a complete system image and will take your phone back to the state where it was at the time you created your BU.
I haven't tested this yet but here is a method to root without tripping the counter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496454
Thank you for the response. I know you can root without tripping knox, but I was wondering if flashing a recovery app like twrp or cwm were the only ways to create a nandroid BU
Thanks again!
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I will leave .5% but I am 99.5% sure that you need to flash a recovery in order to do a Nandroid.
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Thank you for the response. I know you can root without tripping knox, but I was wondering if flashing a recovery app like twrp or cwm were the only ways to create a nandroid BU
Thanks again!
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That's really the only way, I would suggest using Twrp and not Cwm.. If you want to screw with your phone, just follow qbkings method and you'll be good to go in about ten minutes. It's worth it if you like to screw with stuff.
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Right on.. Thanks!
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