I am getting new (I guess refurbish) epic since this one wont charge my question is when rooth the new phone should I erase the old directory of the microSD card
or what where the old root is and worked fine. My curent phone I odin back to default before taking it back.
dito33
You shouldnt have to erase anything on your sdcard if your keeping it.If you need to send the old phone back first,just keep the sdcard,I would... And you should Odin phone back to stock if it still has a charge.
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Thanks, yes I want to keep it. Is the old root stuff will not interfere with the new since it would open new directory and get confuse since there is already one. I already took back the phone to stock.
dito33
Your sd card isn't rooted lol
All the stuff on there is fine. That's the beauty of an sd card! Its made to move stuff from one electronic to another just incase.
Just throw it in the new epic, root and restore anything from your nandroids!
Then agin,idk if you can restore to different phones...I've never had to lol
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Your sd card isn't rooted lol
All the stuff on there is fine. That's the beauty of an sd card! Its made to move stuff from one electronic to another just incase.
Just throw it in the new epic, root and restore anything from your nandroids!
Then agin,idk if you can restore to different phones...I've never had to lol
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yes you can restore to different phones...
my story...
my first epic i rooted and Clockworked it.. make a backup..
used it a month or so played games etc..
phone started to fail to rotate when i turned screen to the side.
sprint said i needed a new phone.
unrooted. got the android ID with a program from the market since i read i needed it for a few things. i was worried about a few games and since that used my android id to identify my for my player states ie. world war and ninjas live.
got a new phone..
used android id changer to change the id of new phone to the old id for my games and etc..
didnt think it worked since world was was starting over..
so i was pissed and was going to reflash over.
went to clockwork and low and behold i saw my old backup from my old phone.
used it to refresh my new phone.
my games picked up where i left off on the old phone.
my android id is the same as my old phone also
Thanks again, I am not sure if I make it clear, my phone start acting and escalated to not charging properly and I am getting new phone. My card contains old root backups and directories from clockworkmod, when rooting the new phone, with root directories there already my concern is if gonna be some problems since the clocworkmod creating new backup (update.zip) directories etc.
dito33
No you're gonna be safe.
Clockwork mod is just gonna use the same directories, if they're not there then it'll create them
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Thanks all you guys, I have to try anyway so will see what happen.
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What I want to know is if i create a backup via clockwork and store it on my sd card could i install the backup to a new droid 2 when i get the replacement?
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I'm pretty sure that should work. You just need to root and install Koush's bootstrap on the new phone.
But if you just Backup your launcher settings (Launcher Pro and ADW both have these features) and you have the ROM you used if you used a ROM then you can just install it brand new an bypass any issues. Gmail backs up all your apps and contacts if you have it set to so there wouldn't be much else to install if all your vids/pics are saved on your sdcard everything can be held on there for safe keeping Just keep your sdcard or make sure you back it up on your computer or the card will be sent in with the phone.
In case you didn't think of it, you might want to sbf back to stock before sending it in, just in case they complain about it being modded (I heard MotoBoy had some problems getting his replaced when his usb port got damaged because the phone had something other than the stock ROM on it, tech wouldn't cooperate)
Yes very good point ^
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I have a Vibrant with fusion 1.1 that is going back to T-mobile. Is there a way to just clone everything on this phone to the new phone.
Can I just copy Titanium backup form the old phone and put it on the sd card of the new one. Is there a better method?
You need to flash back to stock using odin, just go to the development section and click om the.sticky, under odin roms. Click the.stock one and flash,
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iwillkillyou said:
You need to flash back to stock using odin, just go to the development section and click om the.sticky, under odin roms. Click the.stock one and flash,
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That wasn't his question... Like at all...
I'd do a nandroid and back up the apps and data in titanium and save them to the SD and then put that SD in the new phone that comes.
Oh haha sorry I didnt read the whole thread, yea peform a nandroid
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That wasn't his question... Like at all...
I'd do a nandroid and back up the apps and data in titanium and save them to the SD and then put that SD in the new phone that comes.
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What would happen if I copied all the contents of the internal memory (all files ,all folders) then copied those over the contents of the new phones internal memory?. Nandroid and TB are not normally saved to the external SD card.
Or should I just load the new rom on the new phone and just copy the TB folder to the new phone and restore from that?
Nandroid and titanium are a good start but neither of those will do things like modem files.
So I would add on the new phone do a base install of fusion 1.1 with the appropriate kernel, i think you said was your rom, then a nandroid restore and that should get you there
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I have a Vibrant with fusion 1.1 that is going back to T-mobile. Is there a way to just clone everything on this phone to the new phone.
Can I just copy Titanium backup form the old phone and put it on the sd card of the new one. Is there a better method?
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I'll chime in with my opinion. Granted my opinion comes from my experiences constantly experimenting with different roms. I've flashed the phone this month almost as often as I've received actual phone calls for crying out loud!
The amount of time expended on looking for such a perfect method seems to be greater than the amount of time spent merely reconstructing an equivalent environment.
Keeping all of my contacts on google and using appbrain to have the ability to keep a known inventory of apps...I can reconstruct my daily driver environment from one rom to another in about 30 minutes max without the need to explicitly backup anything.
Though this may not work for everyone, it surely would work for most. Just a thought...
Using AppBrain would mean you would have to constantly re-download your apps. Also, this does not save the settings and what about apps that are not on the market?
I use Titanium Backup if I want to transfer all my apps and settings. Nandroid would be very appropriate to transfer over all the of phone's data, granted you also manually include the correct modem and kernel.
Doing a Titanium Restore surely takes less time then redownloading and installing from the market, especially if you have the Pro version as it is MUCH MUCH quicker.
kangxi said:
Using AppBrain would mean you would have to constantly re-download your apps. Also, this does not save the settings and what about apps that are not on the market?
I use Titanium Backup if I want to transfer all my apps and settings. Nandroid would be very appropriate to transfer over all the of phone's data, granted you also manually include the correct modem and kernel.
Doing a Titanium Restore surely takes less time then redownloading and installing from the market, especially if you have the Pro version as it is MUCH MUCH quicker.
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Titanium can save some time, but honestly not enough to write home about, at least for me. It's a matter of a few minutes different in my experience.
The reason why I do not use Titanium, despite the fact that it can save some time is that it can lead to complications especially when bouncing between 2.1 and 2.2 derivative roms, depending on what you back up of course. I'll use it when I'm staying within the domain of 2.1...or staying within the domain of 2.2. Crossing those domains however I never use Titanium. I've had more problems than not, and admittedly that may be due to my ignorance of what things are truly safe to restore across different versions of Android.
Then again I'm probably unusual compared to the OP, in that I experiment with EVERYTHING, up to and including a little bit of my own firmware cooking after the fact. Every firmware and experimental firmware and filesystem hack has at some point been on this phone, but that's how I roll.
Doing without deliberate backups hasn't drastically changed my restore times. Setting up the few apps that require setup takes a matter of seconds when I decide to use that app.
It's nice to get a fresh install - just TB and and reinstall after!
iwillkillyou said:
Oh haha sorry I didnt read the whole thread, yea peform a nandroid
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You didn't even read the title of the thread before clicking it, bro....
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if you want exact - nandroid
otherwise use TitaniumBackup Pro
This is what I would do. I would perform a nandroid. After doing so I would then copy everything in the internal sd to your computer. When the new phone comes. Copy everything into the new phone's internal sd. Root your phone, install clockwork mod. Flash a new rom if you want if not no biggy. Load up into clockwork mod, do an advanced restore, restore data only. Reboot. Reboot again. Load back into clockwork mod, clear cache and dalvik. Reboot twice. Run fix permissions. Reboot. Everything should work with no errors and it will look identical to your last vibrant. You could condense this but I wrote it so that you could install buncha diff roms without having to do titanium restore because that just takes a ****ing long time if you have a **** load of apps installed.
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This is what I would do. I would perform a nandroid. After doing so I would then copy everything in the internal sd to your computer. When the new phone comes. Copy everything into the new phone's internal sd. Root your phone, install clockwork mod. Flash a new rom if you want if not no biggy. Load up into clockwork mod, do an advanced restore, restore data only. Reboot. Reboot again. Load back into clockwork mod, clear cache and dalvik. Reboot twice. Run fix permissions. Reboot. Everything should work with no errors and it will look identical to your last vibrant. You could condense this but I wrote it so that you could install buncha diff roms without having to do titanium restore because that just takes a ****ing long time if you have a **** load of apps installed.
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Thanks for the lengthy explanation , that makes the most sense.
I will try this method . Thanks for taking the time.
Hey rancome7 - did you try this method? How did it work for you.. I may just do this right now as im in the same situation of wanting to clone my Vibrant to a new Vibrant
Question - wont restoring data from a nandroid after installing a new ROM cause the rom to act funny since the old data may not agree with it or overwrite something?
I am getting a replacement evo because of problems with my headphone Jack. My current phone is rooted and I have nandroid backups of my favorite roms and setups. My question is after getting my new phone (and rooting it of course) will my nandroid backups from the current phone that are on the SD card be able to be used or do I have to pretty much just start over?
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I am getting a replacement evo because of problems with my headphone Jack. My current phone is rooted and I have nandroid backups of my favorite roms and setups. My question is after getting my new phone (and rooting it of course) will my nandroid backups from the current phone that are on the SD card be able to be used or do I have to pretty much just start over?
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You can use certain aspects of them.
But you obviously can't restore things like the Wimax information.
If you copy them from your current phone to your computer, then from your computer to the new one after it's rooted you'll still have them. It's good to always keep them on your computer anyways if you break or loose your phone or sd card.
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Thanks.
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Be careful.....you do not want to restore your old RSA keys onto your new phone.....you possibly will lose your new ones in place of your old ones ...and when a phone is returned those keys are deactivated ......
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If you copy them from your current phone to your computer, then from your computer to the new one after it's rooted you'll still have them. It's good to always keep them on your computer anyways if you break or loose your phone or sd card.
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not a good idea.
Vandelay007 said:
Be careful.....you do not want to restore your old RSA keys onto your new phone.....you possibly will lose your new ones in place of your old ones ...and when a phone is returned those keys are deactivated ......
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qft.
op - pay a few bucks and get titanium backup (if you haven't it already). do a full back up (apps/app data and system data). if you decide to run the same rom you can do a full restore using titanium on the new phone. if you use a different rom, restore apps and data and some system backups only (i.e. bookmarks, wifi configs, bluetooth configs, sms/mms to name a few).
When you get your new phone, be sure to use the latest (2.2.1) version of Amon recovery, and back EVERYTHING up (including wimax!) with this done, you can always save yourself later if you run into problems.
If you *previously* used Amon, you'll want to take out the wimax.img's from the backup directories, otherwise you'll overwrite your new phone's wimax radio with the backup from the now defunct phone.
No no no do not use a nand backup from one evo to another you will copy your RSA keys to the new phone overwriting the new phones keys. If you have to ask you are probably not aware of what your rsa keys are or how to extract them. Just do a TI backup of the apps on the old phone and use it to restore apps and app data only.
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not a good idea.
qft.
op - pay a few bucks and get titanium backup (if you haven't it already). do a full back up (apps/app data and system data). if you decide to run the same rom you can do a full restore using titanium on the new phone. if you use a different rom, restore apps and data and some system backups only (i.e. bookmarks, wifi configs, bluetooth configs, sms/mms to name a few).
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Thanks you guys. Just out of curiosity, what happens to your phone if you overwrite the RSA Keys?
Wimax is busted and if you were to restore nandroid make sure you have the same hboot as your previous evo
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Wimax is busted and if you were to restore nandroid make sure you have the same hboot as your previous evo
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So if im in a area that doesn't get wimax it really has no effect on me? I'm in Kansas City and we do have 4g but I'm just asking out of curiosity. I'm a n00b so I'm trying to learn what I can.
dresr82 said:
So if im in a area that doesn't get wimax it really has no effect on me? I'm in Kansas City and we do have 4g but I'm just asking out of curiosity. I'm a n00b so I'm trying to learn what I can.
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Best advice ....don't over write your keys for the sake of settings which can be restored in other ways....
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it has no effect on you this moment but if say in a month you get 4g in your area or you travel to an area that has 4g... you are basically SOL. the phone will never be able to use 4g once you lose your keys.
It jsut isnt worth completly killing yuor 4g to save you from a little work in resetting up your phone. For me the titanium back up method worked best. Witht he same rom there is no real issue restoring the system settings and apps and if yuo have the pro version it is easy and hassle free.
You can also edit your nandroid folder. Delete the images that you do not want, in this matter the wimax.img, and edit your nandroid.md5 to remove that particular entry. Then try your restore. You definitely would not want to restore a different phone's wimax.img though, so make sure it is removed.
nandroid.md5 file contents:
91cebe6b52d9e64c01c30653a5d2266a boot.img
06295eb84eb6ecc98e0164761dbf78c6 cache.img
397ce69461a617def1cff4d1b06d6917 data.img
4cd1cda3b36a17727fd500c910c87597 system.img
7cc9df0a90eca0ec6505d76698a8f8d0 wimax.img
Point blank don't do it not worth the headaches. Rooting and backup could take only 15 minutes out of your life...no biggie
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I have the same problem......
My charging port was bad and Sprints replacing my phone and I will have the new one any day. I have everything backed up with titanium and rom manager.
What steps do I need to get rooted again.... After reading this, i cant just load up my old rom and be done I guess! Thanks in advance.
What is the best program (for a non rooted phone) for backing up and restoring all Apps etc to a new phone? I am getting my don a new phone and thought I'd ask the smarties in the community. Please
Well, since its a new phone, I would start fresh and redownload your necessary programs. More or less, you're going to say to yourself "do I really need this program?" when you look back at the apps you currently have. Also, some programs may be incompatible with your new phone (especially between major android versions).
I am pretty sure you have to have a rooted phone to be able to do this with titanium backup.
Astro file manager is capable of backing up and restoring apps without requiring root. My wife uses it on her stock MT4G.
However, I'm not sure if it will work on a completely new phone...it might though. You'd obviously have to transfer the backed up information from the old phone's sd to the new one.
why not just root? you can always unroot afterwards.
probably the best two apps for a new phone - SuperOneclick following Rom manger
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probably the best two apps for a new phone - SuperOneclick following Rom manger
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How remarkably off topic...thank you. Lol
Edit: Just realized you were likely responding to the title of the thread, not the actual question in the OP. I retract my remark, even though I was just playing around.
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best program for getting a new android phone would have to be superuser imo
I may be able to convince my gf to take my Nexus tablet so I can upgrade to the 32gb version. Is there anyway to restore my nandroid from this one to the new one? Or anyway to restore my titanium back up to the new one?
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Warrior1975 said:
I may be able to convince my gf to take my Nexus tablet so I can upgrade to the 32gb version. Is there anyway to restore my nandroid from this one to the new one? Or anyway to restore my titanium back up to the new one?
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When I changed sd cards in my phone from the 16gb to the 64gb card, I copied my entire sd card to my laptop and then transferred all that data to the new card.
But in this case, I would try to copy over your nandroid to a computer and try that. Or do a synch to dropbox or drive and then resync to the new N7.
It can be done, just gotta figure which would be the best/fastest route.
Warrior1975 said:
I may be able to convince my gf to take my Nexus tablet so I can upgrade to the 32gb version. Is there anyway to restore my nandroid from this one to the new one? Or anyway to restore my titanium back up to the new one?
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Yes, you can copy the entire folder "clockworkmod/" to your computer, and then put it back [in the same place] on your new tablet. I'm not sure you can do it in MTP mode, you might have to use "adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/ ./clockworkmod/" and then "adb push ./clockworkmod/ /sdcard/" on the new one...
However, only 1 thing comes to mind. I have heard reports that new Nexus 7's preloaded with 4.1.2 were not able to flash a rom unless the rom had been updated somehow to be compatible. I can't remember much more than that.. not sure what ROM you're on [which should be stock 4.1.2, or custom rom]
That being said, to be safe I would recommend instead copying the /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ folder instead, as I don't see how that method can fail.
I'm running AOKP, build 5. Also using TWRP. I think the titanium back up idea works fine. Thanks guys.
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Yes, you can copy the entire folder "clockworkmod/" to your computer, and then put it back [in the same place] on your new tablet. I'm not sure you can do it in MTP mode, you might have to use "adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/ ./clockworkmod/" and then "adb push ./clockworkmod/ /sdcard/" on the new one...
However, only 1 thing comes to mind. I have heard reports that new Nexus 7's preloaded with 4.1.2 were not able to flash a rom unless the rom had been updated somehow to be compatible. I can't remember much more than that.. not sure what ROM you're on [which should be stock 4.1.2, or custom rom]
That being said, to be safe I would recommend instead copying the /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ folder instead, as I don't see how that method can fail.
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No need to push via adb.
only copy the folder in mtp. it will work without any problem.
[email protected]_OC said:
No need to push via adb.
only copy the folder in mtp. it will work without any problem.
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Ok well I just said "you may have to use and," I didn't say you had to.. I said this because I mostly use adb, because MTP does not work well on Linux.
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I returned* my 16GB this morning. I took a full Titanium Backup and a full TWRP/nandroid then copied everything (most everything at least) from the internal SD to a 32gb microsd via OTG. I don't expect to have much trouble restoring it to the replacement. Already did from first 16gb to second, when screen got weird first time.
Note that TWRP puts the backups in directories that are named to identify the individual device. Not sure what the random-looking name is, but you'll need to figure out the right name for the new unit and move the files or TWRP won't see the backup to restore.
* Screen was getting bad and wal-mart was willing to take it back and refund my money. Intending to replace with a 32 or 32/3g sometime soon.
Titanium should be fine. I will just root the new device, start fresh and restore my apps.
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