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[Q] How to Change Between Android Roms?

I have been using shubCRAFT CM6 for almost 4 days now. And everything is PERFECT "seriously.....everything" (including battery life) I am using Chuckydroidrom and im curious to know if i can switch android Rom while keeping my data (sms etc) if i can switch to try out a different android rom. What is the proper way to do it?

[Q] If "everything is PERFECT "seriously.....everything" (including battery life)".... why would you want to try another build?
seriously if you are having NO problems then stick with it until the first actual ROM is available to flash.
to 'answer' your [Q]..... I'm not sure you can backup and transfer user data between these different builds/ports.
IF you have achieved perfection already, you would be silly to mess with it anyway IMHO

I know this (below) refers to upgrading mattc 1.4 to 1.5 but it MIGHT also apply to upgrading any build to any other build without losing user data.
backup and try it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7541674&postcount=1438

thesweeney said:
I know this (below) refers to upgrading mattc 1.4 to 1.5 but it MIGHT also apply to upgrading any build to any other build without losing user data.
backup and try it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7541674&postcount=1438
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before trying, save the data.img file to ur pc... coz if anything goes wrong, u can go back to ur original build and jus copy the file back(evrything will b back to normal)

jjblaster3 said:
before trying, save the data.img file to ur pc... Coz if anything goes wrong, u can go back to ur original build and jus copy the file back(evrything will b back to normal)
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my question is i am usin 512mb data.image i got 4gb data.image also... How can i change it with all my previous data... I need the bigger storage with older files on 512mb data.image... Any help here??

I copy the entire SD CARD to a file... Delete/Format/Copy New. Then I add the. Apk's, Media (Pictures, Sounds, etc). Done.
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victorbd said:
my question is i am usin 512mb data.image i got 4gb data.image also... How can i change it with all my previous data... I need the bigger storage with older files on 512mb data.image... Any help here??
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I need to know this as well been searching around for it and have gotten no answer
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

U can try to back everything up n when you put the new build copy the "data.img" and you should have all your apps and stuff, and it'll boot faster on the first boot.
Sent from my HTC HD2 running DarkStone HD2Froyo v1

How to back up and change roms without screwing up?

Hi i just rooted my legend... was a hell of a ride because i encountered a lot of problems which most of noobs like me have encountered it while experimenting with the rooting process...
i was already stock OTA 2.2 with HBOOT 1.01...
Read several guides to get comfortable and prepared for the journey... in the end , i spent over 6 hrs to get it done... All the problems that ppl have been having boils down to the goldcard... i knew about it but never knew what to expect because in the downgrading step the gold card was not an issue and in the rooting process, it was!
im glad this part is over... i was able to flash the blayo's rom .
Now i feel like trying out new roms, so here's the questions:
1. I have TiBackUp PRO and the Free ROM Manager. Already backed up the Blayo's ROM
2. If i want to try the CM as so many others are doing to try Gingerbread... Is it a matter of going into ROM Manager and choose the CM versions?
3. How do i reload all my apps and settings without redoing everything manually?
4. If the CM is screwed up and doesnt boot, can i just go to recovery and flash a back up?
I just want to make sure i can try new roms without having to reset up all apps like wifi, gmail account...etc
Also, if the CM are buggy and doesnt allow my phone to booot if there is a way to reload my stable blayo rom?
Thanks

sorry i got no answer for you ... but the same think i want to try and i would like to know if and how is that possible ... to return on old rom with all app what we add Manuel . before we try new rom and did not like it..

h-e-a-v-e-n: Why did you even bother writing that?
QkSi1ver: nandroid is a part of your solution for you! That can backup and restore any ROM as a whole thing. Or you can restore only part (/system for instance...)
The other problem might not be solvable, as you will be going from one ROM to a whole differrent one...B08.4 and CM7 are completely different and I dare say no backup program will backup all apps and their data so it would work with such transition (tried Titanium, MyBackup and some other apps...) You can port contacts, messages, calendar evens, but you'd have to set up all you need.
Also there are programs that can batch-install your favorite apps, but you'd still have to set those up
Good luck with messing with it

Dr.Romca said:
h-e-a-v-e-n: Why did you even bother writing that?
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Just counting posts
For QkSi1ver : I use "Tit..Backup and root " and I'm pleased with it
It can backup and restore " ... Whole app + data ..."
However u have to setup something like Google account and other manually ant to install TitBackup manually as well . Be sure whenever backup or restore to check " App+Data "
Finally the most important ( for me at least ) - the phonebook : I allways store it in my G--account . Good luck .
P.S. : At least u have a sheet of paper and a pencil for the phonenumbers an free time for setting up your phone again
It was a joke
P.S.2 : Be aware that some apps , backed up from one ROM may not work ( or even install ) properly to another , don't know why - should ask someone smarter

Thanks for all your response...
im just getting used to the ROm Manager and the CWM recovery that was installed through ROM Manager...
Correct me if i'm wrong.. if i happen to install onf oe the CM Nightlies and it doesnt boot into the OS, i would still be able to access the bootloader , into the CWM recovery which was intalled with ROM Manager and then load up my back up ROM from blayo right?

Right
Until you update to an uprooted ROM you should be able to access CWM recovery
An advice : use BlaY0's fake flash if you are S-on . It is smoother and easy to use
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA Premium App

pappilion said:
Right
Until you update to an uprooted ROM you should be able to access CWM recovery
An advice : use BlaY0's fake flash if you are S-on . It is smoother and easy to use
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA Premium App
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I thought FakeFlash has been renamed to ROM Manager and was one and the same (since both were written by the same dev right?)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698404
If they are different, what does FakeFlash do that the ROM Manager CWM Recovery doesnt do? Can you point me to the appropriate thread?
Thanks
ps: Damn I'm running out of space... any advice regarding the ext partitionon sd... does it work like it make the OS believe i have more space?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=535315&d=1299449412
Download this file , place it on the root of your SDcard and rename it to " update.zip " . Replace the existing one (if there is) .
About partitioning read this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907436
but I never had this problem so never needed to do this .
All I do is move personal ( downloaded ) apps to SDcard And I worry no more for the free space . At least I don't see why some buddys need so much free space .
I'm using BlaY0's B 0.8 and it is cofigured good enough to leave me a space on the machine .

pappilion said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=535315&d=1299449412
Download this file , place it on the root of your SDcard and rename it to " update.zip " . Replace the existing one (if there is) .
About partitioning read this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907436
but I never had this problem so never needed to do this .
All I do is move personal ( downloaded ) apps to SDcard And I worry no more for the free space . At least I don't see why some buddys need so much free space .
I'm using BlaY0's B 0.8 and it is cofigured good enough to leave me a space on the machine .
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I thought i had enough space too... until i started finding new tools available to root users...on top of my usual cant-live-wo
igo (30MB), camera 360 (6mb), swype (5mb) ..etc it runs out pretty quick

QkSi1ver said:
I thought i had enough space too... until i started finding new tools available to root users...on top of my usual cant-live-wo
igo (30MB), camera 360 (6mb), swype (5mb) ..etc it runs out pretty quick
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" Titanium Backup and Root " has a batch that moves any app that you install ( beside the system ones ) onto SD card .

[Q] 2 Big problems .

1. When I try to run androids my device just stuck on the black screen with the green HTC text .. (4 Example - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069771 ) this one .. ( The instructions is just to take the files and put them into a folder called Android on the root of the SD card .. right ? I need to put the data file or It will be built by itself ? )
2. My Mobile internet is not working .. ( Orange 3G israel ) With androids ..
only with American Android ..
Sry for ****ty English
Please help me

help me , please ..

check the thread in my Sig, it might help
Anyway, each build is different, some come in a folder different than android, so the common rule is: don't change the folder unless you know what you're doing.
Check that the files are not in a folder inside the android folders.
Some builds take up to 30 minutes to start depending on your SD an how large the data.img files is, normally the bigger the file the longer it takes for the first run.
Make sure to scan the card for system file errors before you install any new build.

Ive tried the scan , tried to wait ... nothing happens

and did you try the SD card formatter?
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
Choose full with size adjustment on. and reread the Original build thread looking for info. do some search inside it if necessary.

Android rescue.zip project..

So i am here with a new idea. A rescue.zip which can be used to rescue any android device which have a recovery like the famous cwm.
So here is it..
Some times we people screw up our android os like hell, and to reboot the device we usualy do a recovery flash of a new os, flash back our nandroid backup ( both on worst conditions) or even do permission fix, clean cache or dalvic cache( those in 'not that worse' conditions) . So thats are all the options we got. Rit?
Although flashing recovery backups, new roms can fix all, it will also eatup our apps, current setups, contacts, msgs, etc( in case we dont have backups) and will probably screw us. All we can do is say " WTF..WTF..WTF.."
SO here is my idea,
Find out the causes of what causes a reboot, non-boot, hang,fc etc.
And keep a zip that can be flashed through recovery, that has a solution for our problem. They may be including..
1) fix permission of system, data, and user data.
2) zipalign the apps
3) fix the default clock speed of processor
4) defragment memory
5) flash a new copy of su and busy box
6)wipe data or system or ext or cache or dalvic cache
7) flash a new copy of framework.res, system-ui.apk, settings.apk with default permissions( those files are kept in separate "custom" folder on the zip, so that end user can put their own files to that "custom" folder for flashing., the reason behind it is known to all, yap. Not all devices have them in common, every device have its own files)
These are all i got for now, pls post ur ideas and knowledge for any possible cure about any problem u faced/ cured. So that we can make it an ultimate rescue.zip that have a cure for 99% problems android os have. The rest 1% will go with a clean flash.( well we cant avoid that if we did something that bad).
So my plan is to use aroma installer( now on hard learning to find how it works). Throw in some scripts, files etc. Into the zip.
And since its not a device specific .zip file, i want to know how and why any problems are caused in any device( there are many common problems, but that is not what i ask for. I ask for device/os specific problems, and not for a problem that we can cure after booting, but for a problem that can make the device un-bootable) . So u people may help me to find those problems and cures for it. For my knowledge i have experience with wildfire and hd2.
Well i will keep this thread for a week or two, so that u can post ur knowledge, and info. after that i will release the file for u.
To the admin. Of the forum, pls keep this thread as announcement so that all can take a look.
HYPERDROID EXTREEM EDITION-THE NEW BENCHMARK ROM FOR HD2.

showlyshah said:
So i am here with a new idea. A rescue.zip which can be used to rescue any android device which have a recovery like the famous cwm.
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good idea however there are SOOOO many variations of the files that would be needed, that basicaly it would be easier to consider what ever ROM you are using as the OMG_RECOVER.zip
Just my 2 cents.
Pvy

pvyParts said:
good idea however there are SOOOO many variations of the files that would be needed, that basicaly it would be easier to consider what ever ROM you are using as the OMG_RECOVER.zip
Just my 2 cents.
Pvy
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mmmmm variables.... tasty

How not to Google Play when using diffrent roms

Since there are more & more New Users of the HD2 here's a simple way for you not to always go to Google Play each time & download those apps & this is also useful when you don't have any data/ WiFi connections.
As we all know our beloved HD2 is so remarkable that almost each day new roms, NAND & SD, keep on popping up & there's a new development to run SD as fast or better than NAND, Horrraayyyy for the dev's & non-dev's that keeps our HD2 alive!
BUT what if your one of those that wants a clean data.ext4 or the recovery files seems to fail or sometimes the backup just konks out?
- First download all the apps you normally would via Google Play
- then Get Android Assistant https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
- run the app > Tools > app Backup
- check all > backup selected, it will create an *.apk file of all the apps you downloaded & save them on SD.
- you now have all those apps in your SD & you can use them anytime you have a new ROM to try out or you don't have data/ WiFi connection at that moment.
- for SD ROMs, all you have to do is just copy the whole SD to your PC to make a backup or just the data.ext4 but be sure that all apps are inside the data.ext4.
- You can re-use the data.ext4 for updated Roms with the same build, they sometime also work with other roms, you can try to experiment
for other data/ SMS/ message there's always an app for that like the ones listed below & off course recovery
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=backup&c=apps

Thanks... I needed this actually.. Its the first time I've used anything except iphone so i dont know much about it...
Also for app data I was thinking to buy ROM Toolbox Pro..
I more thing.. How do we update the rom ? I know normally in Nand Androids, we just use clockwork and update it using the zip file. Does the same work in SD builds?

for SD you just copy the updated SD ROM & re-use the data.ext4 from the previous version, sometimes that data.ext4 will work with different builds, you can give it a try no harm done as long as you have a backup/ copy in your PC

mengfei said:
for SD you just copy the updated SD ROM & re-use the data.ext4 from the previous version, sometimes that data.ext4 will work with different builds, you can give it a try no harm done as long as you have a backup/ copy in your PC
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thanks... will try it when update comes !!!
right now no bugs in ICS --> nexusHD2

tanush said:
thanks... will try it when update comes !!!
right now no bugs in ICS --> nexusHD2
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the method above is also useful when using the NativeSD method if you have like 10ROMS in one SD you just point your installer to the Android Assistant_Backup folder to install your app for the given ROM
Not yet sure if there is already a way to have a common folder/ installer for all ROMs though.