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custom roms and upgrading to 2.1

So whenever Sprint pushes its 2.1 update, will those of us with rooted heroes and custom roms have to unroot in order to receive the update? Or will we have to wait for the custom roms to support 2.1?
Just wondering, because I really want and like 2.1 but I don't want to wipe my data.

More than likely the debate here will have a 2.1 build that's fully functional long before Sprint pushes one but even if they don't after it. Gets pushed out the debate here will have one that supports root. If you ruu and take the ota update it may correct the security exploit that was used to root so you would have to wait until someone found a way to root it again.
Be pacient we have great devs on here it will only be a matter of time.
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basically, wait until we have a ROM here to upgrade, don't get OTA if you want to keep root access. You might not be able to get it back

Source code released yesterday, so won't be much longer.

bye the time sprint pushes an update, there will be 3 other android phones to chose from.
edit: new android phones at sprint i mean

Yeah, Sprint sucks with updates being released in a timely manner. With my bberry, I was always using other carriers to update.

So I guess the consensus is to wait for our devs to get a full 2.1 rom working rather than unrooting and upgrading ota.
When the new dev roms come out, I was also wondering if I could save all my data, or how i could save all my data if a wipe was required.

If your phone is rooted, I would recommend an app from the market called "Backup for Root Users".

gu1dry said:
If your phone is rooted, I would recommend an app from the market called "Backup for Root Users".
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Thanks. I'll try that. Do you have any experience using it with one of the dev roms that need wipes? I am considering switching from modaco 2.0 to the aosp 2.1 but my concern was getting all my data back.

Ya it works. After you restore everything, you need to hard restart the phone (SEND+MENU+END) or it will be real slow until you do hard reset it.

sierpinski13 said:
So I guess the consensus is to wait for our devs to get a full 2.1 rom working rather than unrooting and upgrading ota.
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There will be a fully functional 2.1 rom here waaaaaaaaaaay before Sprint releases a 2.1 ota

gu1dry said:
If your phone is rooted, I would recommend an app from the market called "Backup for Root Users".
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Maybe there's a special way to do it, or maybe you don't backup everything, but Backup for Root Users totally effed up my restore when I moved from Fresh 1.1 to Modaco 2.0.
Actually, I tried Backup for Root Users, Astro File Manager, Titanium Backup, all of them sucked. (even after a fresh wipe of course)
I finally went back to my Fresh nandroid backup because I was getting so many FC's.
Maybe it was because it copied the APK's + "System Data" that did it, but it certainly didn't work, not smoothly anyway. :/

I've never had issues with Backup for Root Users. It takes time to restore everything & it is highly recommended that you hard reset your phone it it is finished restoring.

kmartburrito said:
Maybe there's a special way to do it, or maybe you don't backup everything, but Backup for Root Users totally effed up my restore when I moved from Fresh 1.1 to Modaco 2.0.
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I've moved from Fresh to MoDaCo without wiping and it has worked just fine.
I have a backup made from Fresh, and I am planning on flashing AOSP 2.1 soon. I'll try the restore tool and tell you how it works. If it doesn't...That's what nandroid backups are for.

I have a question related to this topic. I have a rooted Hero with TTG 1.6 ROM running. Seems like right now, if I wanted to switch to a different ROM like Fresh, all I ever needed to do is copy the zip file to the SD root, reboot while holding the Home button down, and select "Install from .zip" or however it's phrased. When a new 2.1 ROM comes out, would it be that simple, or would there be more steps involved since the ROM isn't based on the current 1.5?

sierpinski13 said:
I've moved from Fresh to MoDaCo without wiping and it has worked just fine.
I have a backup made from Fresh, and I am planning on flashing AOSP 2.1 soon. I'll try the restore tool and tell you how it works. If it doesn't...That's what nandroid backups are for.
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I tried it and im getting FCs all over the place. Back to Fresh and MoDaCo 2.0 for now.

daveydave said:
I have a question related to this topic. I have a rooted Hero with TTG 1.6 ROM running. Seems like right now, if I wanted to switch to a different ROM like Fresh, all I ever needed to do is copy the zip file to the SD root, reboot while holding the Home button down, and select "Install from .zip" or however it's phrased. When a new 2.1 ROM comes out, would it be that simple, or would there be more steps involved since the ROM isn't based on the current 1.5?
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A factory wipe would probably be required (Not the RUU though)

kmartburrito said:
Maybe there's a special way to do it, or maybe you don't backup everything, but Backup for Root Users totally effed up my restore when I moved from Fresh 1.1 to Modaco 2.0.
Actually, I tried Backup for Root Users, Astro File Manager, Titanium Backup, all of them sucked. (even after a fresh wipe of course)
I finally went back to my Fresh nandroid backup because I was getting so many FC's.
Maybe it was because it copied the APK's + "System Data" that did it, but it certainly didn't work, not smoothly anyway. :/
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I never had any luck with backup for root users, it worked on apps but not on anything else. Finally, I bought reware mybackup. It works awesome, restores everything.

sierpinski13 said:
I tried it and im getting FCs all over the place. Back to Fresh and MoDaCo 2.0 for now.
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Could be the whole number of apps issue.​

adelaney said:
Could be the whole number of apps issue.​
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How many apps does it support? Or is it even that? How much is the reware mybackup software? Do you have a link for it? And will it only work on rooted phones or can the backups be transferred to unrooted ones as well?

Data Profile Restore AFTER 2.1 Update

I've been looking around to see if there is anything new on this front, but in both of the 2.1 roms I have flashed the ## codes don't work. Neither ##RTN#or ##DATA# work The reason I need to get to these tools is because I switch from phone to phone quite a bit, and flashed these roms while the phone was not active. Usually to reactivate my data, I just do ##DATA# (##3282#) and punch in my MSL and my data works fine. As it stands, I can't do that. I was having to flash my 1.5 nandroid backup, update my data settings, then flash back to 2.1. Unfortunately, my nandroid backup of 1.5 got wiped out when I accidentally hit backup on a 2.1 rom when I was trying to restore 1.5. So does anyone know a way to restore my data profile..? Thanks in advance.
PS: I know xparadigm (THANKS!) was going to post a stock 1.5 nandroid backup file. I'll use that for a short term fix.. But I'd still like to know what progress has been made getting ## radio codes working.
Thanks again!

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I've been looking around to see if there is anything new on this front, but in both of the 2.1 roms I have flashed the ## codes don't work. Neither ##RTN#or ##DATA# work The reason I need to get to these tools is because I switch from phone to phone quite a bit, and flashed these roms while the phone was not active. Usually to reactivate my data, I just do ##DATA# (##3282#) and punch in my MSL and my data works fine. As it stands, I can't do that. I was having to flash my 1.5 nandroid backup, update my data settings, then flash back to 2.1. Unfortunately, my nandroid backup of 1.5 got wiped out when I accidentally hit backup on a 2.1 rom when I was trying to restore 1.5. So does anyone know a way to restore my data profile..? Thanks in advance.
PS: I know xparadigm (THANKS!) was going to post a stock 1.5 nandroid backup file. I'll use that for a short term fix.. But I'd still like to know what progress has been made getting ## radio codes working.
Thanks again!
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Also interested in this... where'd you find the nandroid 1.5 backup?

I had done a nandroid backup of my own 1.5 rom. It just got overwritten.

I don't have a 1.5 stock either... sorry...

Nevermind gang! I looked at my SD contents and found that nandroid didnt overwrite my old backup.. it just timestamped a new one and wrote the newest one back. I just deleted the newest one and I'm back in business. I still wish my ## codes would work though.

##778# works on DamageControl's 2.1 ROM. I'm not sure if that's the same thing you're looking for, but it gave me access to a bunch of the data settings.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't DC's ROM based off a GSM leak? So if that is the case GSM doesn't have the same number codes as Sprint does because it's a different network and oh yea a different bandwidth all together. I think your number codes won't be fixed until the new 2.1 is pushed from Sprint and then the files that we need to fix all the 2.1 Rom's here are ported. I guess for now you're stuck going back and forth to get your data profile..
~Danny

cant download from market after going back to a 2.1 rom from 2.2 beta

i need some help. i cant download from the market after i went back to a 2.1 rom from a 2.2 beta rom. any ideas?

Is it stuck on downloading?
Usually when it is, I just leave it there-- then after a few minutes, it will tell you it's installing.
You can also try going to Settings > Applications > Market and clearing data and cache. Then open up market again and let it refresh.

i tried that already and it still hasnt changed. even did a factory reset twice

pjames said:
i need some help. i cant download from the market after i went back to a 2.1 rom from a 2.2 beta rom. any ideas?
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I SO don't know what I'm talking about. Ever. But especially here.
However having said that, perhaps you flashed the baseband to 2.2 with the modem file and Odin, and need to flash it back to a 2.1.
Anyone confirm/feel free to correct me and call me names....
Also I've had issues with the market upon restoring backups after trying out different ROMs. Sometimes I stop all the backed-up market downloads, then clear the cache, the reboot and try downloading apps again one or two at a time and that works. Recently I had an issue where the market thought I didn't have a program installed, but I did have it from a Titanium backup. Market kept trying to restore it. Then I uninstalled it from my Epic and reinstalled it from the market.

pjames said:
i need some help. i cant download from the market after i went back to a 2.1 rom from a 2.2 beta rom. any ideas?
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I had the same issue when I reverted back to 2.1. Are you doing a restore from a nandroid backup? I tried doing a straight nandroid restore, failed. I tried wiping and flashing a 2.1 rom and then doing a data restore, failed. Finally, I just gave up and forwent the data restore. I had to rebuild everything, but it worked.
I'm sure you can find a more elegant solution, but it's what worked for me.

Darkshneider;9343371Content deleted/QUOTE said:
While I don't necessarily disagree with the point you're trying to make, there is no need to be an ass about it.
The damage is already done. Mods can move or whatever they want with the thread. You have no control over it, other than to state your discontent with it. At that point, polite encouragement is better than abusive.
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Ibwas having the same problem. It was caused by restoring from a nandroid backup. I just reflashed and restored all my apps manually
Tapatalkin it from my Epic 4G

i fixed it by going back to the 2.2 beta rom i was using. i reverted back to 2.1 because gps wasnt working but now gps is working on 2.2 and i have market access. i would say close this thread but i sure somebody else will have this problem and need the help so leave it open

Nandorid process for the epic?

So I'm new to this phone and I'm unsure about its backup process and its restore process. I come from the moto cliq phone and that phone had a different custom recovery that in my opinion was better.
With this clockwork recovery unless I'm doing something wrong I get force closes left and right when I do a rom restore. So what happens is I completely restore the rom and as soon as the phone loads into it everything will give me force close warnings which in return never let's me fully load in, making the restore crap! Because I have to start fresh.
So could anyone here tell me the proper process of backing up my rom/ restoring, using this clockwork recovery? Or is this a known bug? Rom I was using was EE 1.2.9.
Thank you for any sorta help.
- Its just going to be Epic!

Pvt WhoOkid said:
So I'm new to this phone and I'm unsure about its backup process and its restore process. I come from the moto cliq phone and that phone had a different custom recovery that in my opinion was better.
With this clockwork recovery unless I'm doing something wrong I get force closes left and right when I do a rom restore. So what happens is I completely restore the rom and as soon as the phone loads into it everything will give me force close warnings which in return never let's me fully load in, making the restore crap! Because I have to start fresh.
So could anyone here tell me the proper process of backing up my rom/ restoring, using this clockwork recovery? Or is this a known bug? Rom I was using was EE 1.2.9.
Thank you for any sorta help.
- Its just going to be Epic!
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I can't tell right off, because EE is updated now, but is EE 1.2.9 a froyo ROM? Some apps will FC because they are NOT for froyo. If you did the backup from eclair and then flashed to a Froyo rom you may see those FCs.
You might try booting into clockwork, wiping the cache and user data and system, then doing an advanced restore and restoring just the data. But again, apps that are not supposed to run on froyo will fc.
Also, it sounds like you can re-load everything fresh with too much hassle - you've had lots of practice by now - why not try flashing a new EE ROM like 2.0.0.01. Follow the instructions and FLASH the DK17 modem. Then you can reload your apps from the market and do an updated nandroid/clockwork backup.

EE 1.2.9 is the rom before the froyo beta drop that he did. When I do backups everything goes smoothly, but when I restore and I just hit restore a rom it seems to restore fine, but the min I pass the load up screen all I get is force close for everything.
I don't know if I'm doing my back ups or restores wrong or if maybe it could be the rom? But somehow I doubt its the rom. I'm trying to figure out if there's a procress to backup or restore that I'm doing wrong?
All I hit is back up when doing my nandroid and to restore I just hit restore, I didn't do advance restore. Any tips?
Thanks for the reply.
- Its just going to be Epic!

Are you using a theme? Any time I have tried to restore a theme it has caused endless force closes.
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Pvt WhoOkid said:
EE 1.2.9 is the rom before the froyo beta drop that he did. When I do backups everything goes smoothly, but when I restore and I just hit restore a rom it seems to restore fine, but the min I pass the load up screen all I get is force close for everything.
I don't know if I'm doing my back ups or restores wrong or if maybe it could be the rom? But somehow I doubt its the rom. I'm trying to figure out if there's a procress to backup or restore that I'm doing wrong?
All I hit is back up when doing my nandroid and to restore I just hit restore, I didn't do advance restore. Any tips?
Thanks for the reply.
- Its just going to be Epic!
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So at some point your phone is runnign with NO fc's? And then you back up and restore to test the backup, and suddenly you have FCs? You should not get FC's from restoring a nandroid backup that you had just made from a flawless ROM.
It's possible that one of your resident programs is conflicting with the others - if you go into settings, applications, running services, do you see anything there that perhaps should not be there?

s9ortner said:
Are you using a theme? Any time I have tried to restore a theme it has caused endless force closes.
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I've never used a theme for my epic, none really catch my eye.
- Its just going to be Epic!

bilestoad said:
So at some point your phone is runnign with NO fc's? And then you back up and restore to test the backup, and suddenly you have FCs? You should not get FC's from restoring a nandroid backup that you had just made from a flawless ROM.
It's possible that one of your resident programs is conflicting with the others - if you go into settings, applications, running services, do you see anything there that perhaps should not be there?
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You're exactly correct. A perfect example is right now I'm running EE 1.2.9 with no force closing problems with all my apps installed and everything is running smoothly, I made a back up and then wiped my phone completely of everything.
Then went ahead and tried hitting restore, everything seemed to have restored because I got no errors in recovery but the min the phone loaded into home screen I get errors like "launcher pro force close, beautiful widgets force close." And so on.. I've clicked over 100 times force close and everything seems to give to me force close errors renderng my phone useless, after the system restore.
So I had to start fresh again and just reinstalled everything and everything is working fine. Weird huh? I don't know what I could be doing wrong.
Thanks for the help.
- Its just going to be Epic!

You need to do an advanced restore and only restore data. Basically you flashing a 2.1 rom over a 2.2 rom this will break things. Since you are going from 2.1 to 2.2 your best bet is to reinstall all your apps from scratch or use titanium backup to restore your apps. You are bringing in data from 2.1 to 2.2 that shouldn't be there that is why your getting fc's.
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skeeterslint said:
You need to do an advanced restore and only restore data. Basically you flashing a 2.1 rom over a 2.2 rom this will break things. Since you are going from 2.1 to 2.2 your best bet is to reinstall all your apps from scratch or use titanium backup to restore your apps. You are bringing in data from 2.1 to 2.2 that shouldn't be there that is why your getting fc's.
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I'm not updating to 2.2 yet. This all is happening on 2.1 using EE 1.2.9 (eclair.) Which doesn't make sense to me at all. Unless something is wrong with clockwork recovery?
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Help with restoring from cwm

I'm on dk28 with bonsai rom installed w/ gingerbread theme. I deleted an app. That I needed so I did a backup and then restored another backup thru cwm cause I just did a backup yesterday. I booted into cwm and did the restore and the rom loaded and as soon as I typed my passcode in a **** load of force closes started happening. Wouldn't stop doing it. Itvwas hard to open anything up. So I then rebooted back to cwm and restored the backup I just did and still the same thing. I've done restores many times before and I've never had this happen. Anybody know what's going on? Could it be the gingerbread theme doing it??? Well I had to go back to the last one I did before I put the gingerbread theme on. That has to be it. Any way to stop the force closes? I'm so far behind now.

So I restored the bonsai rom right before I flashed the gingerbread theme. I then wanted to get my theme back so I bootefpd back into cwm and wiped cache and dalvik 3 times and flashed the theme and I got all the force closes when it rebooted. WTF? I wish I wouldn't even of restored o begin cause it was fine. Anyone can help me ad o why the force closes with the theme all of a sudden? It was working fine. Thanks

Themes can't be restored without your issue occuring. If you made a backup of the the rom before adding the theme, use that and you should be ok.
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Yeah thats where im at now but everytime I.try to add the theme again I get all the force closes again. I dont kniw why. I worked fine the first time I did it.

Are you on a odex or deodexed rom?
Also as stated above if you backed up with a theme on, you will constantly get force closes. Just Reflash the rom make sure its deodexed and try flashing the theme. Only restore the back up of data.
Does the bonsai rom com with a preinstalled theme? That is probaly your dilema, try restoring only data and let me know.
Update: THe bonsai rom comes with a battery mod that is the source of your problem... You cant restore a back up with any theming including the battery mod, i recommend a reflash and restore data only.

im getting the bonsai rom to restore just fine without the gingerbread theme but as soon as i flash the theme i get the fcs again. im just gonna start over and reflash both the rom and theme.

musclehead84 said:
oh ok yeah it workede fine the first time i did it wqith bonsai so ill backup back to stock froyo and then reflash bonsai and then the theme. that should work right?
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yes back up with no battery mod or theme installed and u shouldnt have any issues restoring..
What i do since i forgot to do this i keep all the stock d118 2.1 flashables on my card, so if i need to restore everything i just flash the stock rom, then start flashing my themes and what not.
But yes backingup with out themes or battery mods will let you restore no problem

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Just Reflash the rom make sure its deodexed and try flashing the theme. Only restore the back up of data.
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This method generally works best for me when restoring. Wipe and reflash the rom, do any special things that need to be done, then restore data. The cache will catch up on its own.

I am not able to use the gingerbread theme either. Look in the thread for the gingerbread theme and you will see other ppl are having the same issue. I even odined back to stock, rooted my phone, flashed the recommended ROM for that theme, then flashed the theme and I still get a bunch of FCs. I gave up on the flashable zip for the them and took some files from the themes zip file and manually copied them to my phone and that seemed to work just fine.

i got it working now. i restored back to stock dk28 and just reflashed the bonsai rom and then the gingerbread theme. thanks for all your help and i got to learn something new. thats a good idea to keep all the stock flashable zips on yoyur sd card.

musclehead84 said:
i got it working now. i restored back to stock dk28 and just reflashed the bonsai rom and then the gingerbread theme. thanks for all your help and i got to learn something new. thats a good idea to keep all the stock flashable zips on yoyur sd card.
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Yep very good idead, i keep the stock d118 rom, the stock flashable to get rid of clockwork as well as one click root files and drivers files on my phone so i can do any of that on the go on any computer. Plus its nice to avoid going through the mess of odin.

yeah odin can be a pita. hey quick question i saw the bonsai rom has an update to it. could i flash the update over my theme? if i cant (which i probably cant)im not even worried about it.

musclehead84 said:
yeah odin can be a pita. hey quick question i saw the bonsai rom has an update to it. could i flash the update over my theme? if i cant (which i probably cant)im not even worried about it.
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ya you can flash it over however im pretty sure it will remove your theme again, but then u just have to flash the theme again..