Hi there!
I would like to ask you to post some stuff here...
I'm not so lucky as so many people out there to own a phone with android, so I'm playing around it in the SDK emulator, but I wanna try some other "phones" too, not the built-in one...
So I ask you to make some Nandroid backups of your phone, and upload the system.img, boot.img and data.img (and any other IMG file needed for the emu) with proper name and version.
What I am looking for:
-a proper CyanogenMod image
-Hero images (all of them! )
-Google ION image
-Motorola Droid image
-Any other special rooted images
Please, could you help me out?
No way
No way will you get anyone to do that. Not if they have a clue. That will give you full access to their account and any personal info on the phone. That is a full backup.
That's kinda like asking if someone would please upload their debt card account number and pin.
mr.incredible said:
No way will you get anyone to do that. Not if they have a clue. That will give you full access to their account and any personal info on the phone. That is a full backup.
That's kinda like asking if someone would please upload their debt card account number and pin.
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you could always make a nandroid backup before you enter all of your data and stuff.
fonix232 said:
Hi there!
I would like to ask you to post some stuff here...
I'm not so lucky as so many people out there to own a phone with android, so I'm playing around it in the SDK emulator, but I wanna try some other "phones" too, not the built-in one...
So I ask you to make some Nandroid backups of your phone, and upload the system.img, boot.img and data.img (and any other IMG file needed for the emu) with proper name and version.
What I am looking for:
-a proper CyanogenMod image
-Hero images (all of them! )
-Google ION image
-Motorola Droid image
-Any other special rooted images
Please, could you help me out?
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or you can have the balls to flash roms yourself and keep the nandroid of your own personal information instead of trying to get other people personal info.
the nandroid system.img image contains no personal info and that is all you need to run the emulator. Personal info is stored in data.img and cache.img. The system.img is basically what is in a rom. There is really no difference between the custom roms you find here and the ones that come with the emulator other then a few custom files and apk which can be installed on the sdk emulator. If you want to do development you have all you need with an emulator.
Could someone provide full NANDROID backup from 32B?
You can download the Google ION image from HTC, the other ROMs are available on the forums.
How about this: flash them yourself, boot the phone and sign in, boot to recovery and perform a wipe, then Nandroid backup. That provides you a clean Nandroid with no sign-in info.
What DeaDnuLL said is right. I don't understand the point of this thread other than to trick people into supplying their personal data to the OP?
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I have a friend over on the east coast that isnt following direction as well as one would hope and is a little scared about rooting his phone and getting it to be as good as my X is. I finally got it rooted for him but he is freaking out about using a clean nandroid backup i sent him and dumping it in the correct directory for nandroid backup and restore giving him a clean image of my phone...
I had assumed that this would have been the easiest method but it got me thinking.
Could i rename my nandroid back up folder the ending tree folder that holds the .android_secure.img, cache.img, data.img, nandroid.md5 and system.img ... like clockworkmod/backup/2010-11-25.05.05.13 could i just pop all those files into a .zip named whatever and direct him to clockwork recovery and flash zip from sd card?
Or could someone point me into a direction on how to accomplish that? I think i would like to also do it for my self and upload it to my dropbox account for later access or to share with friends.
I noticed when i opened like the latest rubix rom that it didnt contain any files similar to that so im curious if its possible.
Also one last question, while i have your technicle mind at attention..
Could someone answer me, in Titanium backup it gives you the option to create a update.zip, then it gives you two radio buttons one says titanium backup will be installed as user application and then System application.
I know that the whole create update.zip thing is for flashing it to the rom from recovery. But what is the diffrence bewteen those two options. What is best and what is the diffrence..
Thanks for letting me pick your Brains!
One drawback of giving him your nandroid backup is that it contains YOUR gmail account with your contacts, facebook account (if applicable), among all other sorts of your personal stuff. In my past experience, you can ADD a gmail account to the phone, but you cannot get rid of the primary/original account so he will have both on there. Other than that, it actually does work though (at least it did on the Droid 1).
Wipe your data and make a nandroid before you reboot and sign in. that way your accounts won't be tied to it
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Your friend - with all due respect if he's having that much trouble with something this simple I really don't think he should be screwing around with root access in the first place. If he has that little understanding of administrator-level access, why on earth does he even want root? He won't even know what to do with it.
Not trying to be harsh, just trying to understand.
Flash Nandroid - NO, don't do it! I'm sure it can be done, but not in the way you described.
Titanium Backup - system apps reside in /system/app as opposed to /data/app. The only real difference is that system apps will still be there after you do a factory reset.
If your going to let your friend flash a nandroid, then you need to remove your gmail and social applications. If you wipe data as mentioned above you'll lose all non-system apps...basically everything you've installed and set up, which is most likely what you're trying to give him. The only way I can think to make this work is to first create a backup for your use, then remove everything that requires you to log in with adb, then replace all of the apps you removed (extract the rom your running and look in system/app for them - data/app apps can be installed from the market). Reboot the phone to verify that all of your accounts are gone, create the new backup and send it to him. Then flash the backup you made for your use.
The easiest way to give him "your set up" would probably be to make a full backup with titanium (not an update.zip). Backup all user apps and system data. Go into the titanium folder on your sd card and delete all files except the .apk files that have anything to do with gmail or social apps. Have him flash the same rom, copy your titanium file to his sd card, and restore all apps and system data to his phone.
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i have a great idea for an app to scan your titanium backup folder, and create an update.zip to restore all apps and data after a rom flash.
i have all the details worked out!
i know how to convert the tibu backups to useable restoreable data!
though its not hard.
this could easily be done through a script on pc or possibly through an app.
but i am just not a programmer, in either regard.
need experience with:
creating cwm 2 and 3 flashable zips (edify and scriptify)
possibly other scripting for editing install directory
unpacking tar zip and gz files
creating UI would be nice as well for whichever platform it ends up on pc or app
PM me for more details.
this would be a great tool!
As far as I know, each Titanium backup has 3 files - one bzip2 for the APK, one for the data, and a "properties" file, which containt the market link, app install location, backup date etc...
I think it is possible to write an extention to ClockworkMod/Amon-Ra for restoring Titanium backups. Don't count on me to do it, I don't have any experience with the Linux kernel/Android custom recoveries.
As for a desktop/dalvik application, it should be very simple to pack the backup into a flashable .zip, I'll try to do such an app soon.
Nvm ignore me...
From something awesome
May this help? I'd really like such an app!
http://www.apps-builder.com/en/home
The paid version of the app will do this for you. Also let's you decide whether the. Zip is signed or not. Hope this helps.
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i have the paid version and that zip file that it creates only reinstalls titanium backup not all your apps.
so no it doesnt help. i already have the paid version, and understand the features in full.
Thats what my nvm ignore me was about... i thought that update.zip did the apps as well.
Anyway this would be awesome for people who flash a lot of roms
TRusselo said:
i have the paid version and that zip file that it creates only reinstalls titanium backup not all your apps.
so no it doesnt help. i already have the paid version, and understand the features in full.
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Kick me while I'm down, I thought the Pro Version did that as well. The file it makes certainly looks big enough. I haven't taken a look at it. But my question is how is the update.zip, which I can't get to install, different from just reinstalling the .apks, which is how I get it working in the first place?
TRusselo said:
i have a great idea for an app to scan your titanium backup folder, and create an update.zip to restore all apps and data after a rom flash.
i have all the details worked out!
i know how to convert the tibu backups to useable restoreable data!
though its not hard.
this could easily be done through a script on pc or possibly through an app.
but i am just not a programmer, in either regard.
need experience with:
creating cwm 2 and 3 flashable zips (edify and scriptify)
possibly other scripting for editing install directory
unpacking tar zip and gz files
creating UI would be nice as well for whichever platform it ends up on pc or app
PM me for more details.
this would be a great tool!
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Good idea but I think you will run into problems if you restore from recovery... I don't think app ID's (and therefore permissions) will be correct and I don't think the apps will re-link to the market (if the id's aren't correct).
Running the fix permissions script after the restore might solve this.
But, other than selective restore, what benefit would this method have over say simply restoring the /data partition part of your nandroid backup?
Nevertheless, if you need help with updater-scripts send me a PM. If my concerns are unfounded then this is a worthwhile idea.
I built a couple of CWM Recovery Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted and devoid of bloatware.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
You should update to the latest CWM Recovery port, i.e. VENTANA RECOVERY from http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
UNZIP the folder to /clockworkmod/backup/ on EXTERNAL SD-CARD
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the backup folder
There are TWO options currently:
NO BLOATWARE 0089 / OTA2.5 -- 350MB zip
No-Bloat 0089/OTA2.5 US Rooted Nandroid - NEW LINK
NO BLOATWARE 0075 / OTA1 -- 330MB zip
NO Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
pwstein said:
I built a couple of CWR Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted.
Useful for users wanting to roll back to an earlier firmware (0075) on US supported Thinkpads with CWR installed.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
PLEASE -
UPDATE TO THE LATEST CWR port
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
IT IS ZIPPED - UNZIP and move to EXTERNAL SD-CARD
The SD_CARD should have:
/clockworkmod/backup/no_bloat_0075_US_root_NANDROID/**files**
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the unzipped backup
YES BLOATWARE -- I allowed the Lenovo Add-on apps to install - 550MB, i.e. stock, factory fresh US build
YES Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
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Thanks for doing this!
I kept having trouble with downloading the files.
After entering the security code & clicking on Dowload File, it will automatically refresh the page & bring me back to the beginning again.
I tried both on Firefox & IE.
Which CWR are you referring to?
I can't locate the new port in the original CWM thread...I'm using the one posted in the first post of that thread.
Konker
konker said:
Thanks for doing this!
I kept having trouble with downloading the files.
After entering the security code & clicking on Dowload File, it will automatically refresh the page & bring me back to the beginning again.
I tried both on Firefox & IE.
Which CWR are you referring to?
I can't locate the new port in the original CWM thread...I'm using the one posted in the first post of that thread.
Konker
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I don't know why the site isn't working for downloading, seems like lots of folks have been successful. I ran in to the same issue trying to test the download. Any ideas from the forum?
CWR/CWM Recovery -- It is called ventana_recovery and can be found in US or ROW types in 16, 32 and 64 iterations at everyrandom.
http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
New link for the No Bloatware Nandroid added to original post. When I can get the other Nandroid uploaded to the new server, I'll add that link.
Don't know why the other links wouldn't serve up... sorry all.
pwstein said:
I don't know why the site isn't working for downloading, seems like lots of folks have been successful. I ran in to the same issue trying to test the download. Any ideas from the forum?
CWR/CWM Recovery -- It is called ventana_recovery and can be found in US or ROW types in 16, 32 and 64 iterations at everyrandom.
http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
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Is this the one I should be using for my 32Gb TPT?
It's labelled ventana32_recovery.img.
I don't know what happened but yesterday, I couldn't even browse the Files folder to view other files.
Thanks for reposting the Nandroid backups!
Yes, you've located the right one if you've got a US tablet.
The gps.conf is modified from the original file that shipped on tablet. This causes updates to fail.
CWM will cause OTA2 to fail during update. My apologies about GPS.conf, I missed that. It is a simple thing to fix.
Also, there are OTA builds that don't require the original files and recovery here in XDA.
I downloaded the 0075_US file. I am looking to replace a couple of system/app files (mainly PinyinIME.apk) as I deleted them before without a backup.
I want to take my TPT back to stock or run some sort of update without too much trouble as I plan on selling my TPT (need the money).
Is there a way that I can extract the files that I need from the 0075_US files that was posted here?
Thanks
There is a system dump provided by GodfatherIP at another forum, here is a link http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6846397/System.zip
Maybe that'll help...
hey guys!
i was looking for such a non bloated rom - yet, im not sure on how to exactly install cwm ... call me stupid, but i can't really find a step by step guide and rom manager wasnt working for me. could someone link me (obviously too stupid for the search function) a thread or give a guideline?
thanks in advance, also for the rom!
hansonenator said:
I downloaded the 0075_US file. I am looking to replace a couple of system/app files (mainly PinyinIME.apk) as I deleted them before without a backup.
I want to take my TPT back to stock or run some sort of update without too much trouble as I plan on selling my TPT (need the money).
Is there a way that I can extract the files that I need from the 0075_US files that was posted here?
Thanks
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Download the archive and open it with winrar. You will find system.ext4.tar. Open it inside winrar and it will extract it. In the app directory you will find all system apps.
Copy PinyinIME.apk and the odex to your device /system/app and do :
chmod 644 /system/app/PinyinIME.*
pau-pau123 said:
hey guys!
i was looking for such a non bloated rom - yet, im not sure on how to exactly install cwm ... call me stupid, but i can't really find a step by step guide and rom manager wasnt working for me. could someone link me (obviously too stupid for the search function) a thread or give a guideline?
thanks in advance, also for the rom!
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noone can help me here?
my post to Temetka might help you
pwstein said:
my post to Temetka might help you
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thanks, worked fine after some more research
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10649086/0089_US_no-bloat_rooted.zip
is the link down just for me?
//jk, worked
MD5 checksum mismatch?
pwstein said:
I built a couple of CWM Recovery Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted and devoid of bloatware.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
You should update to the latest CWM Recovery port, i.e. VENTANA RECOVERY from http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
UNZIP the folder to /clockworkmod/backup/ on EXTERNAL SD-CARD
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the backup folder
There are TWO options currently:
NO BLOATWARE 0089 / OTA2.5 -- 350MB zip
No-Bloat 0089/OTA2.5 US Rooted Nandroid - NEW LINK
NO BLOATWARE 0075 / OTA1 -- 330MB zip
NO Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
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pwstein,
Finally got down to restoring your Nandroid backup to my TPT.
However, I kept getting the MD5 checksum mismatch error.
Am downloading again to try and see if it makes any difference.
Do I need to preserve the folder name 0089_US_no-bloat_rooted?
Konker
konker said:
pwstein,
Finally got down to restoring your Nandroid backup to my TPT.
However, I kept getting the MD5 checksum mismatch error.
Am downloading again to try and see if it makes any difference.
Do I need to preserve the folder name 0089_US_no-bloat_rooted?
Konker
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Reloaded the 0089 package but ended up with the same MD5 mismatch error.
Tried this method to recreate the nandroid.md5 but my TPT does not have md5sum even though busybox is already installed.
Anyone has a clue what I can do to overcome this?
Konker
Off the top of my head, and I apologize if you have made this apparent elsewhere, are you using a US (or UK) firmware Tablet?
pwstein said:
Off the top of my head, and I apologize if you have made this apparent elsewhere, are you using a US (or UK) firmware Tablet?
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I'm using a US TPT.
Do you think the CWR versions we're using matters?
I've since upgraded the CWR to the version you recommended & so I'm wondering if this is a factor.
Konker
I don't know about the different CWM Recovery. I wish I did.
After you have extracted the zip, the folder can be renamed but it should be placed within the backup folder, like:
EXTERNAL SD-CARD ROOT/clockworkmod/backup/0089_US_no-bloat_rooted/**files**
So I made a NANDROID backup (SmoothROM 4.1, 4.1.2), flashed a new ROM (4.2), didn't like it so I restored my backup and now my file structure looks like this:
/f.cl.ly/items/0R0R3n3i0U3c401w3j18/Screen%20Shot%202012-11-27%20at%207.08.06%20PM.png
(remove the first / to see image)
So the folders in 0 were my correct folders before I restored it, and now it looks like this. Does anyone know why this is like this? And how I can fix it?
The 0 is added apparently when making backups (I don't yet know why), but they are all symlinks to the same thing (sd/emulated). There are a couple threads in the QnA about this, but no good comprehensive noob friendly explanations that I have found yet.
I hope someone will chime in with a more complete/correct answer. I would like to know quite a bit more about all this.
It has to do with the user, since multi-user support is now available, say you have two user accounts for your tablet. User 1 would have their own location (/sdcard/0) and User 2 would have their own location (/sdcard/1). That's how I understand it. If incorrect, please someone let me know.
Make sure you are using the latest TWRP or CWM Recovery versions, as I believe that they deal with this issue.
So, when copying files from pc to N7, what directory do I want to paste them in for a one-user tablet?
Can we delete the "0" sub-folders made by backups? How do we clean up the system if it keeps making redundant links? There has to be a point where it is unnecessary/ a mistake.
RMarkwald said:
It has to do with the user, since multi-user support is now available, say you have two user accounts for your tablet. User 1 would have their own location (/sdcard/0) and User 2 would have their own location (/sdcard/1). That's how I understand it. If incorrect, please someone let me know.
Make sure you are using the latest TWRP or CWM Recovery versions, as I believe that they deal with this issue.
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So if I go back to 4.1 since I don't have multi-user support how can I get my default files back to the /0 folder? Because my new system is creating files in my root folder, not the 0 folder which I would rather use. Is there another way besides manually doing it (seemingly the most likely solution).
I'm pretty sure a lot of you knew this, but if you have the Snapdragon S8/+ and want something similar to TWRP backups, flashfire can take a backup of every single partition on your phone.
If you're about to do some dumb **** and think you're going to mess up your phone, take one of these backups.
If you do mess up your phone, the only way to restore the backup is to Odin stock firmware and root again so you can use Flashfire to restore the backup.
Happy messing up your phone everyone!
Do i just select full back up ?
Also what directory does it save to ?
Sory is my questions are stupid or obvious
Im new to the android or linux based stuff
Mark805 said:
Do i just select full back up ?
Also what directory does it save to ?
Sory is my questions are stupid or obvious
Im new to the android or linux based stuff
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I would personally do full (unless I know what parts I'd wish to keep). You choose the directory, there will be a flashfire sub. folder & another one that would be your backup