On my AT&T Tilt, once you had installed HARDSPL, you could simply run RUU's which were packaged simply as EXE files on your PC and boom ... new ROM.
For those of us who have rooted and run unrEVOked(2) to get us the custom recovery, can someone please explain generally how a new ROM would get flashed.
<edit> tcberg2010 posted a wonderful analysis in a thread with a heading which will guarantee no one reads it... this is what tcberg2010 said:
Download one of the roms from here. http://inc.sodpit.com/. They are mostly stable might get a few random reboots.
Steps:
1. Download Rom of your choice, unrevolved and JagerRomSense are the 2 newest right now.
2. Copy and Paste onto sdcard. Make sure it is not in any directory's of SD card, just on the sdcard.
3. Verify it's there using Astro or some other File Manager.
4. Run Titanium Backup if you haven't already. (If you don't have it, get it, it's must have for root users.
a. Select Menu, Batch, Backup user apps.
b. let it run, this will take some time.
5. When that's done use Rom Manager to reboot into recovery.
6. Do "Wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"
7. Select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, then select whatever rom you downloaded.
8. When that's done reboot your phone, once your done setting up, download titanium backup, set that up.
9. Select Menu, Batch, Restore User apps.
After that's done you'll have all your apps that you had before, data included, with a fresh new rom to try out. Hope this helps!!
Wipe, Put rom on the root on your sdcard, then re-name the rom update.zip or leave it, go into recovery, flash update.zip, reboot. Very simple.
All you need to do to flash a custom ROM is:
1. You CAN use ROM Manager to flash one by going to Install ROM through SD Card.
2. You can place the .zip file onto your SD Card (it can be named anything) and then go to Install .Zip from SD Card in the Custom Recovery and select Choose File. This will allow you to browse through the files and select the one you want.
Hope this helps.
its easy... Wipe data....then put on SD card search for it with rom manager or with the custom recovery .. and installl its easier than u think i did for the first time ever yesterday no problem
So far I have used update.zip files from the sd card... you can either flash this from Rom Manager or use Clockwork Recovery to flash update from sd card.
In clockwork you select install from sd card- then navigate to where the update is saved on the card and select the .zip you want to install.
In Rom Manager just select the option "Install ROM from SD card" - all you do is direct the app to the .zip you want to install and it takes off from there.
Just remember to backup first.
eezy peezy...
New ROMs stick- updating recovery does not...
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
j1000 said:
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
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h t t p ://w w w.appbrain.com/app/com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
SMS Backup and Restore
Works great and fast
sms backup in the market
???
I thought it was a super bad idea to try to restore data, am I in error?
I thought one would either use MYBACKUPPRO or TITANIUMBACKUP to take only APPS + App Data; but NOT to backup data itself to be restored on a different rom.
All SMS Backup restores is your txt messages, used it on my wives phone and had no adverse affects. I see everyone say flash update.zip, you may already know this, but the recovery that we use does not require us to change to name to update.zip, you can flash any zip, just know what the name is and flash it.
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I made a copy of the original ROM in a folder Clockworkmod created and moved it to my PC and upgraded the SD card. I tried copying the folder back and run Clockworkmod to restore my backup via recovery but it doesn't seem to take it.
There are some messages but it was too fast to read. How do I use the folder I copied to reflash back to the ROM I copied. Thoughts?
iamthechickengod said:
I made a copy of the original ROM in a folder Clockworkmod created and moved it to my PC and upgraded the SD card. I tried copying the folder back and run Clockworkmod to restore my backup via recovery but it doesn't seem to take it.
There are some messages but it was too fast to read. How do I use the folder I copied to reflash back to the ROM I copied. Thoughts?
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Use Rom Manager and select "Backup and Restore" select a prior back up. Then select wipe and install and rom manager will do the rest. If your getting a md5 mismatch error, if your renamed your backup file and have spaces in the title you will get the md5 mismatch error, just rename the file to a one word title.
joemm said:
Use Rom Manager and select "Backup and Restore" select a prior back up. Then select wipe and install and rom manager will do the rest. If your getting a md5 mismatch error, if your renamed your backup file and have spaces in the title you will get the md5 mismatch error, just rename the file to a one word title.
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I had to make a backup of my current first before I was able to find out which folder Clockworkmod was putting the backup ROM too. I'm already in the process of finishing the restore.
hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help
erick3000 said:
hello guys i tried to install rom manager from market and flashed but it is not compatible with magdlr and now when i go on magdlr option 8 (ad recovery) it says Invalid Boot Header Image
i don't want to re install the rom again (typhon) and i don't have a backup, how can i fix the cwm?
thanks for your help
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You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.
TheATHEiST said:
You cant.
Get Titanium backup pro (backup user/system apps/data)
Get SMS Backup Pro (Backup sms)
etc etc
Repartition magldr to get CWM back, flash rom and then restore.
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wow so there is no way ha....
Thanks for your help buddy
edit - oops, my bad, corrected
In the android nand section, titled something like "clockworkrecovery, nand,SD, ver 5.0.2 yes/no stable" or something, (currently top post
Get both
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip
Extract and copy the SD card ver onto SD card (copy the two files to SD, done)
And then copy the whole cwr.zip to SD card too.
Then, into magldr, "ad SD" will boot into the cwm files you placed on SD, and choose instal zip from SD,,, choose zip,, and select the cwm.zip you also placed on SD.
This will write the cwm image into the recovery partition without reflashing the cwm partition layout, so nothing lost.
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.
samsamuel said:
yes there is a way, go to the thread
[02 Nov][RECOVERY][NAND|SD][cLK|MAGLDR] ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 "YES/NO" STABLE
download the first two links
flash_image.zip
and
recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip
unpack teh two files from recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_sd.zip onto your sd card, and copy the whole flash_image.zip to sd card.
enter magldr
select 'boot ad sd' which will start cwm but from your sd card, from there you choose 'instal from zip - select zip' and select the flash_image.zip, which will reinstall cwm into the recovery partition on your nand, and now you should find that magldr 8 - ad recovery now works, and your rom hasnt been touched. plus you now have the latest cwm.
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You Made my Day buddy!!!
.*takes a bow*.
i did everything but on cwm when i try to install the flash image zip it says installing update.... installation aborted....
help
perhaps recovery_5.0.2.6_leo_CWR.zip should work?
yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&
samsamuel said:
yea sorry, you are right, its the 2nd and 3rd images you download, , you boot to the sd one (like you have ) and flash the cwm one. My mistake.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337663&
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it worked!
aaaaaand relax.
Please, confirm if I get this right - the only way to make Rom manager work with HD2 is to use CLK bootloader, is that right. I had similar troubles to these decribed in the above posts and solved them in similar manner. I dont want to go all the way and install CLK and rom, restore back-ups and see it is too not working with Rom manager.
Hi,
I've got Xoom 3.2 and I wanted to perform a backup. Clockwork 4.0.0.4 is what it says is the latest. I also have an Ext SD.
I did a backup as I usually do it from recovery, but it took too long... I reboot and I saw that I was running out of space, already 2.5GB.
My questions are:
- Is it trying to backup the entire Internal SD card?? That is about 30GB of data! I have a Nexus one and I am used to it just backing up that system to external SD? How can I do the backup on xoom without it backing up my Media and music and the big game data?
- Is there a way to make it back up to the External SD card instead of internal?
Will performing a WIPE wipe only system, or will it also wipe the Internal SD?
Thanks,
ssss25 said:
Hi,
I've got Xoom 3.2 and I wanted to perform a backup. Clockwork 4.0.0.4 is what it says is the latest. I also have an Ext SD.
I did a backup as I usually do it from recovery, but it took too long... I reboot and I saw that I was running out of space, already 2.5GB.
My questions are:
- Is it trying to backup the entire Internal SD card?? That is about 30GB of data! I have a Nexus one and I am used to it just backing up that system to external SD? How can I do the backup on xoom without it backing up my Media and music and the big game data?
- Is there a way to make it back up to the External SD card instead of internal?
Will performing a WIPE wipe only system, or will it also wipe the Internal SD?
Thanks,
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Yes, that version only sees the internal "sdcard" and will try to make a nandroid of it. You really need to install/reinstall the solarnz R4c Version 3.2.0.0 which was made specifically for the Xoom or at least the Rogue recovery which is based on v 4 but is also customised for the Xoom. As it is, you will not be able to flash from your internal sdcard either.
See, newer isn't always better.
Thanks a lot for the info. I tried to get 3.2.0.0 but when I went to Rom Manager, and looked under the other versions, there was no 3.2.0.0. I guess I have to download from some website and install?
So, say I go and I install 3.2.0.0.
It will see the External, I don't see any setting to specify where backups should go, will 3.2.0.0 aautomatically backup to external sd?
How about what gets backed up from Internal? Id on't want it all backed up!
Thanks,
So, I used 3.2.0.0 and backup went a lot better. Thanks it backed up to my external. The size is 2.5gb out of an internal sd of about 20gb.
I just need to know what it backed up from my internal sd and what it didn't?
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One more thing rom manager now only sees the backups on the internal.. so I have to restore from recovery since backs are stored on external.
Just a bit screwed up this whole thing
Both recovery and from manager should have options to let user specify where to back and restore.
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I actually stopped using ROM Manager for that reason.
CWM recovery backs up your system image. To further back up apps and their associated data, use Titanium Backup.
And doing a restore from the recovery menu is correct. You can use ROM Manager to get into recovery as long as you don't get tricked into "updating" to another version of cwm recovery.
You could also fool clockwork to thinking it its latest version flashed. This way you can still use rom manager if you choose and still have the latest modded custom recovery.
1. Open Superuser and "Forget" ROM Manager.
2. Open ROM Manager, and Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.
3. After it downloads, it'll ask for superuser. Uncheck "Remember," and Deny superuser access.
4. Go to /sdcard/clockworkmod/download/download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/, and rename the file that just downloaded to [whateverItIs].img.real. (The next step will be easier if you copy the filename first.)
5. Copy the x. x. x. x to this location & rename it to whatever the new ROM Manager download was called.
6. Open ROM Manager, and Flash ClockworkMod Recovery again.
7. This time, Allow superuser.
When i realized that Rom Manager was not fully functional on our phones I was pissed. One of the reasons is that at first i couldn't get my phone to do a quick backup and restore with cwm or cwm Manager so it seemed to take twice as long when the progress bars were showing during backups and restores. Anyways you dont need to keep rom manager installed to do this but you have to do it at first in order to get the files to enable the quick back up and restore feature.
1. Install Rom manager and enable "quick backup and restore" - this will create a folder and within the folder a number of files one of which is called "hidden progress". Rom manager most likely installed it on your internal sd card and if you do backups to your internal sd card and not your external then you dont need to do this next step of you dont want to, although it wouldn't hurt to do it anyways.
For quick backup and restores to external_sd
2. Copy the clockworkmod folder and its contents (if you already have backups and you dont want them on you internal than just create a new folder on your external_sd and name it clockworkmod. After that copy the hidden progress file over to the clockworkmod folder and thats it. whether you use CWM Manager or just boot into recovery and do it that way, you should always have the quick backup and restore feature back)
*There are a few other files in the clockworkmod folder than rom manager creates. I went ahead and just copied the whole folder including everything inside the folder and thats how i was able to finally get it working, but I think it is most likely just that one file that doe the fix.
Backup and Restores now take me 2-3 minutes as opposed to 5 mins and longer
If this has already been figured out and posted i apologize, i stumbled upon it while trying q b&r on my phone again. I searched and never found a solution.
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hello, I backed up my eclipse ROM to my external storage using safestrap, I did not choose the Compress into zip file option I didn't think it would make a difference. So I decided to delete the ROM and try reinstalling my my backup that I had just created. just in case I really need to do it. I did all the steps again, created slot 1 wipe data, (I compressed the zip in order to flash it) the name of my backup file is TWRP.but anyways when trying to flash it it immediately says Failure. any ideas? I have safestap 3.11 installed.
Never found, I got it lol