I'm on a milestone x2 with paranoid android installed and i've decided to go back to stock. How exactly do i install this 2.3.6 nandroid back up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542456 ? The instructions on the site, from what i gather, aren't for my model phone. i've tried a few different methods and can't seem to get it to work; mainly installing as rom from cm7 recovery. can it be installed from cm7 recovery? i'd really like to not have to sbf on account of how much of a pain in the ass it is.
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I'm finally getting around to updating my phone to 2.3.4 (bought a house over the summer and haven't had time to play with updates).
I currently have a rooted 2.2.2 Atrix with my apps/data backed up via Titanium Backup and saved off to my desktop for later restoration if needed. Except for Root and APN mod, the phone is otherwise stock.
I'm not necessarily interested in using a custom rom right now (though a wipe of data/apps may help clean things up), though I do need root, APN hack, and plan on installing the full-linux-webtop mod (if I can get my laptop dock to work reliably...). I assume things have evolved since the old posts I've come across about updating when it first came out.
What is the best method for updating to 2.3.4 at this stage?
thanks,
- David
In my opinion you should still unlock your phone even if you are staying with a stock rom. It is way easier to flash with CWM method, even if you are staying with a stock rom. Look at Fruitcake 2.3.4 and you can also flash a fruitcake 2.3.4 webtop. If you mess up your webtop hacking on it to get it just like you want it, your can reflash just the webtop.
Of course after you unlock your phone, you will probably get the itch to look at some of the custom roms that are out there. A lot of them are basically the stock rom with customizations built in.
Is it possible to flash the CM7 rom over MIUI if I wipe data/cache/dalvik? Also, is it possible to SBF to 2.3.4 and just back that up for future flashes that require SBFing or does it have to be a fresh SBF install?
You can flash safely over MIUI after wiping data, cache and dalvik. If you want a stock backup, you can first, be on stock 2.3.4, then backup using the bootstrap recovery. Then you can always restore that backup if you want to get back to stock. The same can be done with CM7 and MIUI if you'd like.
EDIT: And SBF'ing usually means you cant get your phone to turn on or boot right. If this is the case, the stock backup wont replace an SBF since you need to get into your phone to access bootstrap. All this will do is be a quick way of getting back to stock if you dont want a custom ROM anymore.
Thanks. I just wondered why they say SBF to 2.3.4 before flashing MIUI or CM7. Now if I have a stock 2.3.4 backup I should be fine?
People say to SBF first because its a clean start and a fresh install. It makes it so there are no residual files sitting on your phone from other ROMs that you dont need on your new ROM. I have never had a problem flashing over CM7 with MIUI or visa versa. The only time SBFing is absolutly necessary is if you are on a different Android version that the ROM requires, like 2.3.3 or 2.3.5. Both MIUI and CM7 are based on the 2.3.4 kernel so its safe to flash over eachother. However, Eclipse, for example, is based on the leaked 2.3.5 kernel. So if you wanted to switch between Eclipse and others, SBFing will be necessary.
Can you restore a backup made on android 2.3.4 /4.5.91 to an atrix with 2.3.6/4.5.141? My Atrix on 2.3.4 had the wifi/bluetooth card burn out and Bestbuy accepted it after I unrooted/pushed the 2.3.6 sbf (so scary on an unlocked bootloader) and they are sending me back a refurbished atrix with 2.3.6. Now I have a Clockworks Nandroid and a backup of my sdcard along with the external sdcard, so my entire phone is saved. Can I restore the backup made on 2.3.4 successfully to my new atrix? Will it return me to 2.3.4? If it is not safe, what is the best way to recover all my data?
Yes, it would be perfectly safe. I'm sure you could even restore a backup from 2.2 if you wanted to XD
Thanks! So will it put me back to 2.3.4? And I remember reading never to install a rom based on 2.3.4 ever again after upgrading. I know a nandroid isn't a ROM, but both contain many of the same files. has anyone done this before?
Edit: Also, I was on the Gingerbread beta ROM.....not official. Is that a problem?
Sorry for the double post, but my new Atrix is coming in any day now, and I don't want to brick it. I cannot find ANY info on this subject. Could somebody link me to some kind of direct confirmation that this works?
What's up community, I'm a little confused with the sbf. I think I have used it successfully but not sure. I have the mx2 on NTelos. I use the proper sbf file and followed instructions to the letter. I've read thread after thread to make sure I was comfortable before I started. So the process went well I guess but my phone info still said I was on 2.3.6 even though I used the 2.3.4 sbf file. I thought I read somewhere that that was normal, so I proceeded to flash eclipse2.2. Worked perfectly and eclipse runs great! I did want to experiment with other roms since I got the sbf down but no others work. So I'm confused if either the sbf never really worked and I am lucky to have eclipse working so beautifully, or if the other roms (CM7,MIUI) just aren't working right. I can follow instructions great, that's how I've accomplished the progress on my devices but I still don't understand alot of what I read. You guys here are great with all you teach and contribute, so thank you for any help or feedback that may come.
Anyone have any guidance to offer? Thx!
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Milestone X2 on Eclipse 2.2 Rom, V6 Supercharged
If you haven't already. Follow this guide by DAG425. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175300.
all the correct sbf files should be there. If you have further questions let me know =D
that is one of the pages i used in my elaborate search for sbf answers and procedures, i did do the steps correctly and ive even done it a couple of times, once to bring the phone back to life, i guess my main question is should my phone read that its on 2.3.4 after i sbf or will it still read 2.3.6 even though its really 2.3.4, my confusion is because nitro states that you have to be on 2.3.4 to flash eclipse, i sbf'd with the 2.3.4 file, phone read that im on 2.3.6, i flashed eclipse anyway and it runs great
i tried the sbf and flashed cm7 and miui but neither of them would install, thats why im confused, thank you for your time and help
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that is one of the pages i used in my elaborate search for sbf answers and procedures, i did do the steps correctly and ive even done it a couple of times, once to bring the phone back to life, i guess my main question is should my phone read that its on 2.3.4 after i sbf or will it still read 2.3.6 even though its really 2.3.4, my confusion is because nitro states that you have to be on 2.3.4 to flash eclipse, i sbf'd with the 2.3.4 file, phone read that im on 2.3.6, i flashed eclipse anyway and it runs great
i tried the sbf and flashed cm7 and miui but neither of them would install, thats why im confused, thank you for your time and help
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If after you sbf and it shows 2.3.6 you did not sucessfully sbf to 2.3.4 it should read 2.3.4
If you are on 2.3.6 you have a mx2? I have no experience with sbf on those phones. But with x2 it should read 2.3.4
yes, i have a milestone x2, i used the proper file for the mx2 from ntelos which is my service provider, i couldnt install eclipse (or even cm7,miui) before i ran the sbf, after i ran it i still cant use cm7,miui but eclipse installed great and even reads 2.3.5, i flashed twobrare/dkz's cm9 last night and as i tried going back to eclipse i got stuck on boot, nandroid wouldnt even factory reset so i used the sbf again and it brought the phone back but still reads 2.3.6, had to reroot and then was able to use bootstrap to get to my backups, so this sbf thing is being depeptive
Is this possible? The full details are I had my phone stolen, and got a new one with android 4.0.4 on it. I have on my computer a copy of my latest backup of my old cognition gingerbread rom. Can I just use CWM to recover to my old rom, or do i need to first downgrade to a gingerbread rom, and then recover?
Thankyou very much for assistance
Edit: Also, I don't actually want to use the old rom, I just need the contacts it saved, afterwards I'll wipe everything and install a clean ICS mod. In case there's any way of doing this without having to revert
You'll probably need to restore the backup with a version of CWM close to the one the backup was made with, you can often have problems restoring if you're using a CWM version a lot (say 12 mths or more) newer than the one you made the backup with.
So I'd probably go GB/with a rooted GB kernel first, restore the backup & go from there. I mean, it could work first try with an ICS kernel that's running a recent CWM build, but there's a fair chance it won't.
Edit - And be really careful with stock 4.0.4, don't do a wipe while you're running that.
Wow. I just... wow.
Ok, so I did the stupid thing and just tried to restore my old backup without doing proper downgrading first and it ended up soft bricking my machine, couldn't get recovery mode up, but I got into download mode. So I downloaded my country's stock gingerbread rom from samsung's site and flashed it with odin just to see what happens, and somehow my old rom was working again, and I have all my contacts and data. saved everything up to google, upgraded to ICS, import.
Everything went better than expected.
Thanks for the help
Told you Important thing is you managed to fix it yourself without asking silly questions in Q&A. Not many people seem to be able to do that these days.
Well done. I'm glad you got it sorted
Edit -You're welcome