Hey I recently rooted my i9300( 4.1.1) using odin and cf-root and now I realised I never used the benefits of rooting and it seems to do me more harm than good (No offense) .I've got tons of apps installed and backuped via titanium backup and I heard your can't restore the backup once you unroot as titanium backup requires root access.
So I was wondering if its possible to unroot and without losing date or getting ota update to 4.1.2 and losing the root that way without losing data?
Kies doesn't seem to work well for updates though it seems.
Thanks
I'm curious, what's the harm the rooting caused you?
You can press Full unroot in the SU app
well harm was probably the wrong word ,it's just I messed with titanium backup and I tend to factory restore my phone a lot because it would never connect to kies . I just wanted to use stock rom because it seems to just work ,actually the whole point was because I wanted 4.1.2 without losing data and I thought it could only be done if I unrooted and use the ota update on kies.
So is there anyways to get that update while retaining root and data?
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I have a few questions about the OTA update. I read that users with rooted Tabs and CWM were able to pull and install the update without losing root or CWM. If this is the case, what is the benefit of downloading and flashing a pre-rooted build?
If I understand correctly, flashing the rooted build requires a full wipe, so you lose all data. However, the official OTA leaves everything intact. If root access and ClockworkMod are left in-place and fully functional, why would you rather start from scratch?
some people report little problem when flashing the OTA
being rooted and flashing the pre rooted ROM here can prevent these problems by installing from scratch with a wipe then restoring its apps with Titanium backup or Mybackup Pro
Do we know yet what will happen as far as OTA updates on rooted phones?
Will OTA not even be offered to rooted phones? Will the OTA complete and then phone won't be rooted? Will OTA complete and then phone will still be rooted?
Will OTA Rootkeeper work?
Coming from a Droid X, I know that OTA wouldn't go unless your phone was nearly 100% stock.
Not sure how things working over at Samsung.
I hopefully will finally have my phone next week. With the consideration that I'd like to restore apps and appdata via Titanium, I'm wondering what the best way to proceed would be. Root phone immediately, restore with Titanium, then get the OTA (if it will even run on a rooted phone?)? If I lose root for a short time after that, I could live since I've already restored my data. I'd really like to keep things as close to stock as possible, with the exception of obtaining root.
hi there xperia community
got my hands on my wife mini pro so i'm gonna mess it up a bit..
first, i just wanna state that it's a real bummer that you guys got locked BL and there's no easy way to root .62 firmware
now onward to my problem:
i've got sk17i with .62 firmware and i'm gonna root 'cause it's no fun without the POWER OF ROOT!
does the rooting procedure (downgrading to .42, rooting, upgrading to .62) mess with data and apps? my wife will kill me if i loose her sms/mms and she's using gosmspro i don't have a way to back it up
was searching quite a while and couldn't find a way to make a full backup without root and in this xperia i can't root without flashing firmware..
I think there is no way not to lose the data. You could try flashing .42 without wiping data, but I can't promise anything.
Are you sure you can't backup the SMS?
Sent from my Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.1
Have you tried - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844032 And yes you will lose data when flashing from one FW to another if you haven't backed it up.
@mihahn
i'd like to have full backup to be on the safe side
gosms wants money to backup and stock sms app don't see messages from gosms :/
@XperienceD
it's for 4.0+ devices 'cause it's just a script for adb backup command which doesn't work on GB
so there's no way to backup before rooting? bummer :crying:
Yes, just search on Google play store for Mobile Backup, does all the work.
Sent from my LT18i using xda premium
it doesnt backup mms :/
anywany, i made backup with go backup and everything is fine now.
got rooted, lited stock rom and applied some tweaks
for future reference, use go backup for backup.
ps.
cwm on /system partition is a pain in butt
damn locked bl
WiCiO_MeDi said:
it doesnt backup mms :/
anywany, i made backup with go backup and everything is fine now.
got rooted, lited stock rom and applied some tweaks
for future reference, use go backup for backup.
ps.
cwm on /system partition is a pain in butt
damn locked bl
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then unlock it and enjoy speed, smoothness and battery life of custom kernel
plus u also got permanent cwm.
Hi guys. I just upgraded my GS3 from 4.1.2 to 4.3 and from the title, obviously I didn't like the upgrade .__.
Being a total noob and keeping my phone as simple as possible, I never rooted my phone. I did think of rooting it soon though (Just when the upgrade came. Sigh.)
After a bunch of problems: (can be omitted)
1) I couldn't use the GS3 Toolkit (from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488) cos my build was no longer 4.1.2. I do backups pretty often and I can't find any other backup programs that are easy to use.
2) Some of the widgets were gone.
3) Annoying settings ._.
I DID made a full backup. But it's not a NANDROID backup. Just a normal backup (.bak) file
I tried searching online to downgrade and there were a few questions I wanna make sure before diving into the downgrade process.
Q:
1) Especially when I don't have root, I saw some people saying their EFS being lost after downgrading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2640696 . I suppose have to root my 4.3 first then backup my EFS? After downgrading to 4.1.2, would my device still be rooted?
2) I shouldn't have to worry about my data being wiped because of the downgrade, right? Since I made a full backup for the 4.1.2, I can just restore my data back after I downgrade?
3) I see a lot of people talking about their phones BRICKING after downgrading few months ago. I suppose that's your phone breaking down. Would there any bricking problems if I follow this guide here? http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-downgrade-galaxy-s3
4) To be extra safe, I want to backup my apps (probably SMS, but not priority) again so I have 2 files just in case. I can't use Titanium cos I'm not rooted, any other suggestions? Or is it still recommended to root then backup then flash stock ROM?
danielkzlai said:
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just open my thread(How to Recover....)
download the stock rom that you want, and flash it
details on that thread
i have a i9300 with 4.3 that is sim locked on a carrier from my country. as far as i know, there are no free methods to unlock 4.3, but i read that 4.1.2 can be unlocked at home for free, or at least with galaxsim (it's not free but it's cheap ~ 3 euros). but i read that it isn't possible to downgrade to an older rom (the phone will brick/bootloop), is that true? i also saw that alot of people lost their imei. is it safe to try downgrading if i make a efs backup?
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
Hey guys,
Do I lose all my data on a downgrade? (4.4.4 to 4.4.2) because I think it's just like a update, just the other way round.
Thanks in advance, _Heisenberg
_heisenberg said:
Hey guys,
Do I lose all my data on a downgrade? (4.4.4 to 4.4.2) because I think it's just like a update, just the other way round.
Thanks in advance, _Heisenberg
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yes you will lose all the data. it not exactly an update. its more like a factory restore. if you dont select system while flashing than you might retain the data but it'll create other problems i think like FCs and such. if you want retain the data, like game progress and such i suggest you use helium app, it can backup entire data and restore it when you have flashed anything else. but if you gonna unlock your bootloader and flash a lollipop ROM than its not gonna help as file placement is different in lollipop, i dont know whether even titanium will help in that case, you might have to start completely from scratch.
kunaltyagii said:
yes you will lose all the data. it not exactly an update. its more like a factory restore. if you dont select system while flashing than you might retain the data but it'll create other problems i think like FCs and such. if you want retain the data, like game progress and such i suggest you use helium app, it can backup entire data and restore it when you have flashed anything else. but if you gonna unlock your bootloader and flash a lollipop ROM than its not gonna help as file placement is different in lollipop, i dont know whether even titanium will help in that case, you might have to start completely from scratch.
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Okay, i just want to flash the downgrade for root and recovery, so I think there is no problem with it, is it? And if I downgrade, I think I am able to backup everything with Titanium Backup. Do you think that's possible?
_heisenberg said:
Okay, i just want to flash the downgrade for root and recovery, so I think there is no problem with it, is it? And if I downgrade, I think I am able to backup everything with Titanium Backup. Do you think that's possible?
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You can root and then update using the PRFtool and you'll retain root,probably even after OTA you will retain root, but i've heard that it varies with different people, you may or may not retain root after simple OTA, also i'm not sure how much help titanium backup will be before rooting as it requires root for backup function, as i suggested, use helium app, no root required. keep the backup safe, flash the prf through recovery, the flash the baseband and kernel through the ftf, then you'll be on latest FW with root and then you can restore the data from helium backup.
Edit: just now understood, you meant use titanium after downgrading and rooting probably, you will lose all the data during downgrading, so nothing will be left after downgrading to backup. have to backup before downgrading.