Just like to confirm something. If a rom developer releases a new version and I want to update my Magic to it, would I have to reinstall all my apps and resync my contacts again?
i believe it depends on the rom, but from what i've read around the forums, if you're able to install the update without wiping the phone first, all of your apps etc should remain intact.
however, if you have to wipe first, then you will lose everything.
in most cases, upgrading from one rom version to a newer version of the same rom does not require wiping, but you're best to follow the recommendations of the developer.
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Hey all,
So I've rooted my Wildfire, and I'm running an older version of WildPuzzle. Whilst I want to try some different roms and versions, I don't really have the time to be re-importing and linking contacts and stuff like that between wipes and flashes.
I actually restored my data partition after installing wildpuzzle, and for the most part my phone is actually really stable. However, especially when moving to 2.2 versions of the ROMs, I expect more incompatibilities will follow, and a wipe would be highly recommended.
So really, I'm just curious as to what you personally use to restore data after a wipe and flash. Nothing I have tried so far has been either as convenient as is ideal (e.g. titanium takes ages to restore as you must confirm each individual app install), or restored my data exactly the way they were before the wipe (no contact backup app I've found has restored my contact book identically to before i.e. maintaining facebook links correctly etc).
Whilst the issues I've mentioned may seem trivial, when you wish to flash a new rom and use it for a day to assess it properly, it's a nightmare to have to restore everything from scratch following each wipe.
Thanks
Hi, I read a lot about mods and I will get into one or the other soon.
What makes me wonder is - how to people keep installing new mods? Don't they need to reconfigure everything all the time?
Replacing a kernel may be harmless but to my knowledge a mod should reset everything.
Is a titanium backup sufficient to get everything up and running again? What about email account settings, bookmarks etc.
So how do I have least possible fix-up time after I install a mod?
If your into Cyanogen nightlys these can be flashed over each other. Just backup SMS' before you flash.
Titanium backup should be enough, I'm sure as of android 2.1/2 bookmarks are auto synced with google. Remember that in SOME cases ROM's from the same people won't require a wipe unless they specify. Ex. CM 4.2 to CM 4.2.1 shouldn't require a wipe.
so i have a couple of questions as its been a while. and i want to update all my stuff to current-ness, and get a fresh data image.
1. should i load HSPL 3 as i am running on ver.1?
2. how can i keep my apps from android if i use a fresh data image. mainly my angry birds save data? i can re-download anything else i need.
3. should i change the radio and winmo rom if its fine as is.... its been a while?
Most Android builds and their developers recommend a combination that they say works for them. So you could test out the lastest Winmo for your region along with the latest radio (2.15.50.14 for example)
You could use Titanium Backup to backup your installation with settings.
Using the guides on these forums, last night I decided to root, full backup, and flash a ROM and kernal. Everything went very smooth.
My question is, if I decide to switch to some other ROMS to see which one I like, what happens to all the apps I add in between the flashes? Do they all get erased when I switch. If so, what do I need to do in order to save them?
Thanks for the advice, and thank you to everyone who has writing these great guides.
titanium backup. You can backup whatever apps you want then restore them after you flash a new rom. Some system apps may not work when you restore them, but the majority of 3rd party apps work just fine.
Thank you for that info.
Also if you sync your market account when you flash a new ROM, all the apps will get downloaded and automatically installed onto your fresh ROM the first time you connect to your wifi.
I must also note though that there was a ROM or two that didn't do this. I think it might have been Thor's ROM, but I can confirm that I just flashed lightspeed last night and all the apps were automatically downloaded.
Hi, first of all: i'm kind of a flashaholic.
Depending on certain ROMs, custom, on first boot, google is proposing me to restore my apps from my previous devices. But NOT for all custom ROMs.
Does anyone know what it depends off? Is it related to the ROM? To the gapps? To the the device ID? To first time init? to the Backup transport?
Restoring apps is very important to my coz I bought many apps and I can't re-install them one by one.
I've searched in the treads about restoring/backing-up, I google it, but didn't find anything.
The backing-up is active in the Settings menu. I'm not interested in using TiBck, since I'm using it ONLY for restoring data (migrating apps from ROM to ROM, with TiBckup is dangerous/buggy).
Do you have some information about that? what are the solutions? Can I force, on the first boot, or even after, the ROM to reinstall/restore apps previously installed?
Hope I was clear enough.
Thanks and
Best regards.
Hi,
1. It depends on what firmware and device model you have. Apps that designed for TW won't be listed on list of apps to be imported/restored if you installed CyanogenMod. Same thing will happen on apps that designed for CyanogenMod if you installed TW.
2. Unfortunately, AFAIK, you can't. You need some third party apps like Titanium Backup (are you mention it as TiBckup?), or backup feature of Clean Master and ES File Explorer (requires root and only main apk will be copied). If you want to restore apps will all data from previous ROM, the only way is to use Titanium Backup. You can also just format /system, but it's far way not recommended as it would cause more problems.
PS Edit: If you've installed some paid apps, the best way is to re-download them as they will detect your device ID and found it was mismatch, then will immediately block access unless the apps are reinstalled with the same Google Account as you bought these apps.
Sent from my GT-I9500
I was not talking about third part apps (yes TiBckup stands for Titanium Backup), but of Google's function when you first boot after a flash or after a factory reset.
Well, it depends on the android version only, the model does not matter (it is not HW related). It already happened to my to have the option reinstall apps from AOSP (Resurrection ROM) on a new, fresh and clean TW FW (Imperium); and vice versa.
I know there is always the option to manually install apps from Gplay, but it is not what I want, neither the option I'm looking for.
If I flash Resurrection ROM v5.6.2, on Lollipop 5.1.1, then there is the option to restore the apps from previous phones
If I flash Resurrection ROM v6.0.1, on MM, there is not such option/pop-up/choice...
Still thanks for your replay.