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How To Backup Radio/Recovery/Etc Images?

Hi all, as above. I'm still quite new to Android, and would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction as to how I can backup the above. I would like to have a backup of all the stock images for my phone ^^.
I have already done a Nandroid backup for my ROM, and the SPL (.009) at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=529019 is identical to the stock one in my phone. If possible I'd like to backup the recovery image as well as the radio.
Thanks!

all you need to do is the nandroid backup it backs up the following partitions.
boot
cache
data
misc
recovery
system
all of these would be backed up if you do a nandroid.

Ok, thanks! However, when I tried doing a "fastboot boot recovery.img" using the recovery.img from my Nandroid backup, it doesn't boot up? Could it be due to my SPL (I've downgraded it to Crios' modded version)?

Hi all, sorry to bump my own old thread up, but I would like to know how I can make a backup of my current radio (if possible). I'm interested in doing this as haykuro's new root apparently stops us from being able to run 32A ROMS (I've a 32A phone) according to skittleguy, turning it into a 32B in a way. I'd like to be able to revert to stock if the need arises.
Thank you!

it already posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544761

I just found it too! Thanks!

NguyenHuu said:
it already posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544761
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Well thats only the instructions for how to get back from the 32B radio to the 32A radio with the supplied radio image. Doesnt say anything about how to backup the current one in your own phone, if its even possible? I'm another one of those guys that want to learn more and want to know how to backup the radio image (which isnt covered in a nandroid backup).

Same Issue
I have the same question and the same issue for days and I've been googling and have already gone through pretty much every forum sites... But, I could never find the answer on how to create a backup of your own phone's radio image. I could imagine the post is 3 years old and no one shared their knowledge.
I have a motorola spice xt-300 from mobilicity and I wanted to upgrade it to 2.2 or 2.3 from 2.1 eclair.... but there's absolutely no help out there or no on is willling to help
I managed to create a rom dump of my phone.... and it doesn't have something says radio.img I only got the following in the romdump folder:
boot.img
checksum.md5
config.gz
recovery.img
system.info.gz
system.tar.gz
no radio.img..... I'm sure there's either a tool like "Radio Trimmer" which is available for galaxy nexus phone only online or somehow extract or edit these above files and find the radio.img....
and then if luck enough someone will comeup with CMW for this phone and CM7.1 or 7.2
I did update my huawei phone to 2.3.7 android...which was not that hard...
and now I was thinking to update the radio by taking my motorola spice's radio and putting it on my huwaei phone.....But back to square one on how to extract the radio.img from your phone rom
I mean I could even donate also if someone could provide with these issues....
Please guys and those gurus...I know nothing is hard for you developers and gurus when it comes to the custom recovery rom etc....
Please guide this newbie or tell how much u charge for this little work?
And my apology for sounding irritated...

This is complex question. But...
1. No need to backup radio if you are planning to update from official ROM to next official ROM, cause old radio will not work at newest official ROM (generally). Most vendors do not allow to downgrade ROMs.
Cutom ROMs do not have radio.img. Yes, there are some exceptions, but in most cases - no radio.img.
2. Well, you still need backup radio.img. If you have HTC Magic (or other HTC phone) - you are lucky. There are a lot of official ROMs. You need just run RUU and extract radio.img (same as your current)
3. If you have other phone than HTC, so you can dump current radio, but you must have some linux knowledge.
There is linux command "dd"
Examples:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/radio.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/radio of=/sdcard/radio.img
Different phones have different blocks where radio is.
Parameters - they are different too. And you need to trim radio.img in extra cases.

Just a reminder, the development section is for releasing things that you have developed. Topic moved to general.

restoring previous rom

Hi im really sorry if this may have been covered countless times but as the phone is still relatively new I have posted to limit the chances of applying an incorrect rom.
I've had my Magic for a couple of months now and recently decided to root the phone, (its a Vodafone UK HTC Magic - PVT32B) and i followed the instructions to root via androidandme with the 1clickroot program to cyanogens 4.1 rom. its all going fine for now however in going through the steps it appears i did NOT back up the original rom for the magic- i backed up my recovery image but not the actual rom image. I've seen some sites suggest downloading the DREAIMG file or something similar however this relates to the G1 - to which even if it did work it would brand my phone as a Tmobile handset just like it is now with cyanogens ROM.
was wondering If anyone had a clean Vodafone UK rom (wiped/cleaned so no user data is present) prob from a nandroid backup or something - i do have Cyanongens 1.4 recovery image installed. Sorry to be picky but i dont want to risk bricking and would like to go back to the stock rom or at least have it inthe event i wanted togo back- these Tmobile ones come bundled with apps i /cant/ use and waste space such as the built in IM app or cyanogens amazon.com app which is useless in the UK.
i thank you in advance for any help you may give and apologise again if this has been covered < 9000 times already

I have a different phone can't help much, but I will suggest something but while you're looking for a stock ROM, I'd recomend doing a nandroid backup of your phone as it is now (if you have it up and running 100%), because if there is a problem in future at least you could go back to that.
Well, thats the brilliance of android, you can back up your phone often, we should all do it
I lost my stock backup, but have happily stuck with cyanogen since though. I'm sure someone here will have a nandroid of their blank phone. In between changing ROMs, someone could load their old backup, factory reset, nandroid that again, then go on to their new roms.
We really need a good list of download links of stock ROMs up somewhere, this would help devs sort out some issues too I'd imagine.

thanks for the reply, i couldnt agree with you more, i am quite happy with cyanogen now, particulary as ive found more use withthe phone now its rooted however we realy need a consistent storage of default roms and a central area for ROM creators to submit thier versions whilst having stock roms available for those who want to to back.
im guessing this may be a more common thing since the 1click root came along, guess it started people rooting who really shouldnt be (not excluding myself from that list) but i imagine bricked phones-a-plenty.
thanks again for the help. i may as well make a backup as u say whilst its working- least before it all goes tits-up

Bricked/Blind/Barely alive magic, no recovery screen (SPL ****up) any suggestions?

Hi
similar to an other thread here if tried to change my SPL
and never recovered.
I can still get the blue led going using TrackBall + EndCall buttons.
The orange led lights up when I connect the usb cable.
But I cannot see it from the pc in any way (adb/fastboot).
there is some life in it but not a lot, have not seen the screen light
up at all.
Would it be possible to get a new bootloader/spl on it? Perhaps using
some kind of automatic update mechanism that is build in using an
update.zip file on the sd card?
Any help is more than welcome.
abe

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hmm, post needs al least 10 chars... should be enough now...
Has everyone also drawn a blank on this?
abe

Try downloading the ruu from your phone's official reseller.

T-Mobile USA standard OS.
Assuming that you backed up using Nandroid or something to SAVE and STORE your originally packaged Android 1.5 (Cupcake) version from T-Mobile...you NEED to restore that properly using a recovery image. Amon_RA has a great one, so does Cyanogen, obviously by now I'm sure you're aware. But keep in mind, to get back to that state...you must be careful not to alter any necessary files on that standard OS.
Do some Google searching and try to track down a Cupcake 1.5 download from one of those sites that leaked it or something. That's your best bet. Right now you don't need to be worried about continuing on from where you are. You need to backtrack and begin anew.

Sorry to hear that. I was thinking of installing Haykuro Apps to SD ROM and it needs to change the SPL. But I think not worth taking a risk.
Can you tell a little bit more which ROM were you planning to install?
Which SPL did you update to?
Which ROM did you have at the time of SPL update?
Which thread or instructions did you follow if any?

Hi
@mrjunix
I have a google ion, and therefore cannot return it unfortunately to the
carrier, as there was none. I went to the Google IO conference but
I am back in Europe and there is not support here.
btw what do you mean by RRU??
@Reignzone
I do have a nandroid backup but I cannot get back into recovery mode,
or fastboot mode or anything... the pc does not recognize it either.
@technicolor
I installed the Cyanogen recovery image and was able to install
one of his rom's. It worked fine but then I wanted to install
a Hero rom and I wanted to update the SPL.
Used the cyanogen recovery to update the spl using an update.zip
file. the phone restarted the "android" update screen came on
briefly and it never came back on...
changing the recovery rom should not be an issue,
and normally I think you do not need to flash your spl at all any more.
you can do a lot with the fastboot mode and one of the recovery roms
mentioned by Reignzone
abe

Reignzone said:
Assuming that you backed up using Nandroid or something to SAVE and STORE your originally packaged Android 1.5 (Cupcake) version from T-Mobile...you NEED to restore that properly using a recovery image. Amon_RA has a great one, so does Cyanogen, obviously by now I'm sure you're aware. But keep in mind, to get back to that state...you must be careful not to alter any necessary files on that standard OS.
Do some Google searching and try to track down a Cupcake 1.5 download from one of those sites that leaked it or something. That's your best bet. Right now you don't need to be worried about continuing on from where you are. You need to backtrack and begin anew.
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This is the same advise you gave me yesterday on my bricked MT3G, but if you can't enter recovery mode, a nandroid backup ain't gonna help much, is it?
Also, any cupcake downloads are not going to help either, if you can't fastboot or enter recovery.
I appreciate you trying to help, but if you pay attention to the OP (and my own post), you'll see that your advise isn't going to solve anything.

For starters:
My advice to have those of you who are in need to take an approach that allows you to backtrack you work. Perhaps you left out various details of your issue or process taken in order to end up where you're at.
Your bitterness isn't appreciated for my having misread the problem.
YOU are the one with the F***** device, not me.
Anyway, all that aside; you might try to read-up on various threads that could be of some help. Google search, HTC support, ADB, etc.
There's always something to be done.
Good luck.

abeman said:
Hi
@mrjunix
I have a google ion, and therefore cannot return it unfortunately to the
carrier, as there was none. I went to the Google IO conference but
I am back in Europe and there is not support here.
btw what do you mean by RRU??
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forum puffering aside, RUU is ROM Upgrade Utility
Prepackaged programs that bypass the phone's software altogether to reflash the rom
My carrier is Rogers of Canada and I have their "HTC Magic" phone
Be warned that Rogers is intentionally altering their hboot to disable system changes, you may not be able to cook your os after using this rom update.
Their updates page
https://your.rogers.com/web_auth/techsupport.asp
has the update
http://downloads.rogers.com/wireless/products/htc/magic/RUU_Sapphire_Rogers_WWE_2.17.631.2_release_signed_NoDriver.exe

Downgrade Problem!

I have searched and searched, tried every method, but I am offically stuck (I think) - I'm prepping a rooted Eris for return - i had previously been able to flash the 2.1 RUU to return to stock, but it now will not work - I guess somewhere along the lines of rooting/ROM flashing my bootloader has changed (it is now v1.49.000) - I can't get any RUU to work (get ERROR in RUU interface) - I have also tried flashing a P00IMG through HBOOT, but it also errors out (something is older than something else - forgot exactly) - I have tried flashing new HBOOT/Recovery Image through ADB per a JCASE post, but that will not work either - I've gotten older ROM's loaded that will allow for new OTA updates, but they ultimately will not work (signature issues i believe) -
So the question is, is there a method that will get me back to 2.1 "stock" & get rid of Amon Ra recovery?
Again, I have searched and tried every method I could find - I have updated my SDK - help anyone?

Ive seen people just send in rooted ones without any problem, so I dont know if they'll check. But if your worried, i would just flash a 2.1 rom that looks like the stock, cause i dont think they'll know the difference.

Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?

crax0r said:
Do you have a Nandroid backup from when you first rooted?
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Unfortunately I don't have it - you wanna loan me yours?
I'm only kind of kidding....

download unzipme.zip which jcase removed on xda from here http://androidmobileos.com/?p=14928 Inside theres dowgrade rom that you flash through custom recovery (which ever one you use). After that you just follow the instructions (adb parts). Works very well. If you will have any issues with adb part as far as flashing back to stock recovery and hboot than check your hboot version and make sure its s-off. If its not you can get it s-off with batery pull trick.

i had an issue like this where the ruu would say that my phone was disconnected and told me to connect it to the computer,i was on a froyo rom,i flashed a 2.1 rom and the ruu worked,just an fyi just incase this might help if you want to return to stock 2.1,once you run the ruu and sync with google you wiil receive the july update also.
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[Q] Need help downgrading to Froyo

Hello all,
I'm no stranger to flashing ROMs and what not on my HTC Desire S, but I can't seem to be able to flash this Orange Israel ROM (here) on my wife's MS2.
I am currently running GB after a while back flashing MILS2_U6_4.1-22_SIGNED_UCAMILESTONE2B1B80E1014.0R_UCXMILE2GBQWRTGB_P016_A006_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.
I have tried every method I could find in this thread to the letter, but no dice. Probably since using the version check tool it seems that in this ROM BL=2.
Is all hope lost? Can it be done?
Any and all help would be more than appreciated. I'm at my wit's end.
Thanks.

Still relevant.
Anybody have any wise words to inject?

Does anybody know?

Well, if you had GB then you're pretty much stuck there, no way to downgrade (actually there is, but you need a nandroid backup of froyo, and to follow the guide)

Lean946 said:
Well, if you had GB then you're pretty much stuck there, no way to downgrade (actually there is, but you need a nandroid backup of froyo, and to follow the guide)
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Thanks for the answer.
Since I don't have an old Froyo backup from my phone, will a backup from anybody else's phone work? If so, do you know where I can download one?

its simple....
1) enter in custom clockworkmod wipe/format data..
2) use RSD lite and put 2.3 official rom and run
3) the rom not run.. normal... because partitions is ext 4
4) enter in clockworkmod recovery power + T or anothers tips and format/wipe data ...this process force format for EXT 3
5) go RSD lite again put rom... and join android 2.3 again