Hey,
So I'm messing around with my rom you know uot kitchen and stuff but the thing is I dont want to flash my customized rom to my phone because I allready bricked it once and dont want to do so again. And I heard of someting called a virtual box or something so I was wondering how does that work and will i be able to flash a rom in the virtual device??
Just take a nandroid before flashing anything so you can restore.
You sound very new at this. Please read all the guides and FAQs before you do anything.
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Yes I am pretty new at this and by nandroid do you mean a backup with clockworkmod?
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Yes a nandroid backup via a custom recovery such as clockworkmod
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I'm afraid.. If boot menu wnt come after bricking we can use nandroid only for secondary flash r8?
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I suspect Joshua was not using brick in its true sense, which is to brick a device meaning it is nothing but an expensive paperweight
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But I'll have to admit, a smartphone emulator is a cool concept. Android emulators exist already, but not specific device emulators
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Can I use it? I used 4EXT recovery and I wanna see Roms that are on Rom manager but it says I need to install clockwork, do I download? Will it mess up
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Did you seriously make 4 different threads?
Been doing that for every question all day, you need to post all your questions in one thread and for every new question post it right in the old thread.
Yes, you can use Rom manager. I use it and I use clockwork recovery. I personally don't care for the other recoveries.
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Yes, you can use Rom manager. I use it and I use clockwork recovery. I personally don't care for the other recoveries.
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Wanna know a secret about rom manager?
mike102871 said:
Yes, you can use Rom manager. I use it and I use clockwork recovery. I personally don't care for the other recoveries.
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LOL
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I love secrets...
What? I said that?
I'm sorry I'm new and I don't know what to do
Jaredc210 said:
I'm sorry I'm new and I don't know what to do
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Hard to believe when you have 54 posts. Wouldnt it be common sense to leave all the questions in a single thread?
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Here's a little tip about rom manager and flashing a recovery through it that many fail to realize until it's too late, lucky for me I got a heads up a while back when I was on the T989, once you flash a recovery via rom manager, you can only boot into that recovery using rom manager, therefore your phone has to boot to be able to use recovery, now, let's say you end up in a bootloop, how are YOU gonna get into recovery to fix your phone? Think about that, we don't have a CWM recovery.img at the moment for you to flash manually if you prefer CWM, but by all means, do as you please, we all have personal preferences and for someone that isn't s-off and isn't too comfortable with the ways of adb, etc as yet, I'd advise the simplest things for now.
Before 4ext was posted and I was on my g2 I used cwm(like everyone else). you were able to boot into recovery same as 4ext. Some had issues but I never did. Is something on this device preventing it from functioning like it did in g2?
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Here's a little tip about rom manager and flashing a recovery through it that many fail to realize until it's too late, lucky for me I got a heads up a while back when I was on the T989, once you flash a recovery via rom manager, you can only boot into that recovery using rom manager, therefore your phone has to boot to be able to use recovery, now, let's say you end up in a bootloop, how are YOU gonna get into recovery to fix your phone? Think about that, we don't have a CWM recovery.img at the moment for you to flash manually if you prefer CWM, but by all means, do as you please, we all have personal preferences and for someone that isn't s-off and isn't too comfortable with the ways of adb, etc as yet, I'd advise the simplest things for now.
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Actually for me, once I flash cwm from rom manager, it stayed on my phone. Happened with my nexus 1,s, galaxy s2, and now this phone,..so I guess for some it sticks and others or may not. I say just try it and change if you want to
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To each their own, as I always say, do what makes you comfortable, it's all down to personal preference.
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Not sure what you are talking about. I can get into recovery without going through Rom manager. Through Rom manager was how I got clockwork. I my phone doesn't need to boot to get into recoveryive used it on 4 phones with no problems..
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Not sure what you are talking about. I can get into recovery without going through Rom manager. Through Rom manager was how I got clockwork. I my phone doesn't need to boot to get into recoveryive used it on 4 phones with no problems..
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As I said. To each his own, calm down and stick to what you like.
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Now then guys... i am thinking about rooting my phone to put jelly bean on my samsung galaxy s2 .... i was just wondering views on which is the best one to go for ( LINKS PLEASE ) and is it easy to do you know the usual questions you will have heard them before lol IM A NEWBIE !!!
Cheers People
Download Siyah 3.5.2.
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/07/29/siyahkernel-s2-v3-5/
Tar for Odin.
Then use this guide.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s2-i9100-root-android-4-0-3-ics-xwlpd-88120/
Nevermind it says Cf-root. I flashed my Siyah kernel that way.
After that, flash any rom you want in recovery. Just do a Nandroid backup in recovery and backup apps with Titanium backup from Market!!!
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Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
Im not sure why everyone is worried about backing up there apps ive flashed about a 100 roms and never had to back them up cause if u go to the play store under my apps there always there
Infact there are apps there id forgotten about just pick which ones u want and re install .some roms auto instal them for u .make sure you have a google acc obviously!
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Some want the data
Not
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Some want the data
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What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
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What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
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Only if the application is on the external memory card then it's backed up there. Otherwise they'll loose the data if that's not the case.
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it says in tutorial to use CM9 do i have to ??
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Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
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Rubbish!
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If you restore from google play, you loose all your app settings and you will have to reconfigure each app.
Also, Google Play will not show apps installed offline (apk)
Restoring app data with third party app like titanium backup is safe if app is compatible with the target rom
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one more question after i done tht tutorial how do i flash the rom to my phone?? and then how would you put another one on if i gt bored of tht one ?? cheers
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CWM-and have you bothered reading a Rom thread as there's normally install instructions.
And when I get bored of a rom I just restore my nand backup of something previous.
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yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
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yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
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in order to install a perticular custom rom , all u have to do is to follow the install instruction's of the same in there OP. and the same applies to all other roms also.
since installation instruction do vary from one custom rom to another
Jasper,you are better to read up on things so you are familiar with the processes of like rooting/kernels/roms/cwm/Odin/troubleshooting.
I understand reading 1000s of posts is tedious,but you could end up with a non working phone.
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so i succesfully flashed Siyah 3.5.2 onto my phone now on to flashing the rom onto my phone
Done it people I officially have flashed paranoid android hybrid 1.9.5 cm10 on my galaxy s2 yet .... the newbie is not a newbie anymore ... anything else I can do with my phone ????
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jasper69 said:
anything else I can do with my phone ????
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Yeah,make a nand backup asap.
ps-when people take their valuable time to help you,they appreciate people hitting the "thanks" button.
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And how ex actly do o make a band back up and what is it used for ? And there is no thanks button to press :s
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Is it possible to restore/flash a backed up ROM /NAND backup of another phone to your phone ? And the other phone is the same brand and model ?? (Identical hardware) ??
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I could say yes, but I'm gonna say NO, don't try that.
For what I've seen devices behave somewhat diffrent from one another. If you move something from one device to another identical device you could be messing with some sort of signature of the original device.
I actually have got no idea, but I'd advice against it.
If you really want to do it, use Titanium Backup to find out your Android ID then use it to change it after flashing. Otherwise some apps will not work due to license issue.
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yes absouloutly you can and i tryed it my self !!!
Ayman is right; of course you can.
The only problem you might run into is if the version of CWM you use to restore the backup is a lot (say 12 mths or more) newer than the version of CWM you used to make the backup. If that happens, you'd need to use a kernel that has a version of CWM closer to the one you made the backup with.
But if the backup is recent (< a few mths), you shouldn't have any dramas at all.
Cool..actually I want to restore a NAND back of one of my dead Samsung Galaxy S II to a new one
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Try it.
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Hi,
Recently i have been mucking about with flashable .zip themes but being an idiot didnt back up before i started flashing and now some of my icons have changed and i was wondering if there is any way to get them back to stock.
Any help greatly appreciated.
I know i have been a giant idiot
One way, I think would be to reflash your current rom.
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One way, I think would be to reflash your current rom.
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i had thought of that, but that means a lot of backing up and so forth
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i had thought of that, but that means a lot of backing up and so forth
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You won't need to wipe data if you're flashing the same ROM but yes, you should always backup. Always take a Nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING. Also think about using Titanium backup for individual apps.
You should read:
General > Sticky Roll-up thread > Understanding the basics before rooting
rootSU said:
You won't need to wipe data if you're flashing the same ROM but yes, you should always backup. Always take a Nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING. Also think about using Titanium backup for individual apps.
You should read:
General > Sticky Roll-up thread > Understanding the basics before rooting
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i just use the stock firmware that came withthe phone so im unsure on how to reflash them
All in that thread I suggested you read although its probably easier for you to flash stock from Odin....
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maybe u can use a launcher, like adwlauncher it let you change icons of your apps
If I wear to do an advanced restore and only remote the /system would that make any difference to my personal data, as it is syst apps that are modified such as the sms and phone app
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Or, if you have Nova Launcher installed, you could go to Nova Settings>Look and Feel>Icon Themes>Default or Stock Jelly Bean
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I already use action launcher and have been for a while now, but the problem is that parts inside the all have been changed and also my apps on the block screen
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In that case, I think one option for you to preserve stock look/icons would be to heed the earlier post/s by rootsu - flash stock firmware from your region/country using Odin. It shouldn't take that long.
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Ok, I will back up all my data, then try restoring /system to see if that works and if that doesn't ill lash the stock firmware
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Ok, I will back up all my data, then try restoring /system to see if that works and if that doesn't ill lash the stock firmware
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How are you restoring /system if not flashign a stock rom?
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How are you restoring /system if not flashign a stock rom?
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i have a backup from a while ago
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i have a backup from a while ago
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Right. When I mentioned earlier about taking Nandroid backups before flashing things, that probably would have been a good time to bring that up.
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Right. When I mentioned earlier about taking Nandroid backups before flashing things, that probably would have been a good time to bring that up.
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sorry, my backup is from about 3 monthes ago, so i feared that it would flash all my data from 3 months ago
You can advanced restore /system as you've already eluded to. Id have recommend that had I known
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Thank you for your help, sorry for not being so forthcoming with information
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No worries
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Due to the lack of a pc can I not flash via odin. You can make the flash xxmb2 through recovery?
Sorry for my bad english and thanks
You could make, had you copied the system folder and made a flashable zip with it.
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Possible, but i do not have the means to do so. Could you do it?
What are you requestioning is not available for our devices. There is an Odin Mobile app but its too risky. Even if you will make the flashable zip with contents of XXMB2 system files it will lead on a brick. I am sorry! The only way is flashing via ODIN.
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You could do the porting mobile odin on this phone. The problem now is that there is no one who could do it.
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You could do the porting mobile odin on this phone. The problem now is that there is no one who could do it.
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Its tested only on Ace not Ace I and i don't want to test it because it may lead to a hard brick and a dead phone. I suggest you to don't try it.
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Thanks