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Flashing android from old phone to new phone

I dropped my phone and I'm getting a new one from ATT. They are shipping a new one and don't want the old one. Sweet.
Is it just a matter of rooting and flashing a backup to the new phone? Are android backups specific to serial numbers?
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duckredbeard said:
Is it just a matter of rooting and flashing a backup to the new phone? Are android backups specific to serial numbers?
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I am pretty sure that restoring a backup from another phone will Fu*kup the phone. From what I have read in these posts the backups are phone specific and don't play nice with others. But hey its your phone. Try it and then repost and let us know what happens.
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I got a replacement and backed up my ROM, rooted the new one, swapped SD cards, flashed the backup, and I have had no problems whatsoever! Runs like a MoFo
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Got the replacement Aria today. Brand new. One thing they did not include is any reference, info, or instruction regarding what to do with the old phone. Seems they don't want it. I'm ok with that.
All I have to do now is clone my old phone into the new one. Can I simply take a nandroid backup and flash it to the new phone? I've heard one yes and one no. The no came with a claim of bad things happening.
Survey says...?
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duckredbeard said:
Got the replacement Aria today. Brand new. One thing they did not include is any reference, info, or instruction regarding what to do with the old phone. Seems they don't want it. I'm ok with that.
All I have to do now is clone my old phone into the new one. Can I simply take a nandroid backup and flash it to the new phone? I've heard one yes and one no. The no came with a claim of bad things happening.
Survey says...?
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Survey says read the post above yours.

And read the one above that one. score is tied 1-1.
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.

Again... No issues after 3.5 weeks!
Just saying!
My replacement came with a return shipping label and tape to tape the box back up!
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[HELP!] Need GSM Radio for NS4G

I was trying to surprise my wife with a new ROM and I accidentally put the wrong one in and now there's no network service on her GSM Nexus S 4G! I'm trying for hours to get this to work before she wakes up tomorrow and realizes its not working for her meeting. Please if anyone can help...i'll be up all night.
I've tried everything from full wipe to restoring back to GRJ22 ROM/ Pushing the radio via fastboot keeps saying failed. Help please guys.

GSM nexus 4G?

Yes and it's by Samsung. I can't find a radio to flash anywhere. Can you help, please?

Is this on Sprint or AT&T?
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It is on ATT i've searched all over the forums and decided to just post just now.

please read what you are flashing. i dont know anything about the att version so i cant say for sure if the other radios work fine. but for one its not a 4g, so DONT use the 4g stuff. the only 4g version of the nexus s is on sprint.
you need a gsm radio, perhaps try flashing one from teh nexus s forums?

I will try that...are there any you could recommend...like a compilation list?

Anyways...thanks so much for the quick assist. I haven't gotten anything to work yet but i'm going to try to search around the NS section.

I haven't seen any att radios floating around anywhere.

I had similar problem ... thankfully I had backed up efs folder ... if u have try restoring it... and then reboot

What's a GSM Nexus 4G?
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Gouth,
I didn't back up yeah I know the cardinal rule) is there a way to get those settings back. Does anyone know how I can get a radio to work with AT&T?
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fightingcrest said:
Gouth,
I didn't back up yeah I know the cardinal rule) is there a way to get those settings back. Does anyone know how I can get a radio to work with AT&T?
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If your EFS folder is deleted/invalid you're out of luck, no fix for that.
Besides that, there's no working 3G radio for a Sprint NxS 4G on AT&T, it's technically not possible.

Its bricked? Oh wow im so screwed.
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fightingcrest said:
Its bricked? Oh wow im so screwed.
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Can send in to Samsung, they might recover it for you (although the identifaction number is non-existant), but double check w/ them first.

guys hes not looking for a sprint gsm radio on atts blah blah blah. he has the i9020a. its att's model, its just a slight mix up on the 4g part.
you may have not lost your efs folder. you may have only just flashed a cdma radio thinking that was your radio. try flashing one of these and see if it works again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884

fightingcrest said:
Its bricked? Oh wow im so screwed.
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First things first. Check your imei and make sure its the same as the one on the back or your phone under the battery. If it is your efs is fine.
After reading the replies to this I am a bit disappointed. Where did he say he even touched his efs and/or his imei was corrupt. All the OP said was he flashed a rom and he no longer has connection. That could be a lot of things.
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apreichner said:
First things first. Check your imei and make sure its the same as the one on the back or your phone under the battery. If it is your efs is fine.
After reading the replies to this I am a bit disappointed. Where did he say he even touched his efs and/or his imei was corrupt. All the OP said was he flashed a rom and he no longer has connection. That could be a lot of things.
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"thankfully I had backed up efs folder"
OP's reply: "Gouth, I didn't back up yeah I know the cardinal rule) is there a way to get those settings back. "

rentaric said:
"thankfully I had backed up efs folder"
OP's reply: "Gouth, I didn't back up yeah I know the cardinal rule) is there a way to get those settings back. "
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That doesn't say that he wiped it at all. He's just assuming what you said was the actual problem. And said he didn't back them up. Where did he say his imei was screwed up and how did you begin to assume that was his problem? You should have asked the OP to check his imei before you told him there was no solution.
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rentaric said:
What's a GSM Nexus 4G?
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there is no ns4g gsm.
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Newley rooted phone user

Just want to say thanks to all the support here I rooted my evo it wasnt as hard as I thought it was going to be but it did take a lot of reading and a friend of mine at work telling me how easy it was. I was nervous but now I wish I would of done it sooner.!!!

Glad everything went successful. Welcome to the rooted world!
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Cool, now click the link to my guide and read up on what to do next

Had a mishap Saturday when I partitoned my SD card bout had a heart attack! Got recovered from that now I'm not nervous to try anything on my EVO!

That's normal, to be scared, partition takes some time to do its thing.. The one thing I have learned, is to never look at the clock when flashing.. Here are some tips, use armon-ra, partition, and flash Team Nocturnal shooter E3D port. It's amazing. Go to teamnocturnal.com and follow all the steps. GruesomeWolf has done an amazing job.
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I told you, read my guide. All is explained in detail

Have you attempted to flash anything?
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I read your guide great info
Yes I have flashed several roms

What's the best way to back up data do when I flash a new ROM it don't take so long to reinstall all my apps and contacts
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nunk74 said:
What's the best way to back up data do when I flash a new ROM it don't take so long to reinstall all my apps and contacts
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For contacts you can sync them to your gmail so when you sign in you get your contacts not sure about apps tho
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I do sync to gmail but somehow I always end up with multiple on some contacts. I use my backup pro also but don't restore my contacts from it just data call logs etc.
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Read my guide in this forum.it'll teach you all you need to know
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Use titanium backup to backup all your apps. It also keeps the app data so you don't loose progress in games.
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evo4gnoob said:
For contacts you can sync them to your gmail so when you sign in you get your contacts not sure about apps tho
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How are you saying your not sure about apps, you know all the solutions to back-up apps.
I think you may be lazy.
I usually used Titanium backup, but have started using ROM Toolbox to backup my apps, I ended up purchasing the pro version also, I think its worth it.
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POST 420!! I need to spark this now that I noticed.

oOflyeyesOo said:
How are you saying your not sure about apps, you know all the solutions to back-up apps.
I think you may be lazy.
I usually used Titanium backup, but have started using ROM Toolbox to backup my apps, I ended up purchasing the pro version also, I think its worth it.
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my backups in titanium have been the same for months all i do is update them to latest versions to replace the old ones

evo4gnoob said:
my backups in titanium have been the same for months all i do is update them to latest versions to replace the old ones
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same here titanium hasn't failed me..
Also HipKat's guide is great! I recommend really digging into it. Wish it was there when I first rooted my phone.
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Yeah but he was asking what to use, and you said you couldn't help. lol

oOflyeyesOo said:
Yeah but he was asking what to use, and you said you couldn't help. lol
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He said he didn't want to reinstall them which titanium makes you reinstall manually unless your on pro
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evo4gnoob said:
He said he didn't want to reinstall them which titanium makes you reinstall manually unless your on pro
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Ah okay, sorry I was just being a ****, can't help comments. But I just read it wrong. Figured you wouldn't be one to start up some crazy drama in reply to my comment. lol
I like ROM Toolbox Pro for back-ups, pretty smooth and fast, worth it just for that but there is so many other things you can use it for with all the extra tweaks.

Tibu's pro with batch mode for restoring apps into new rom from previous nandroid backups.
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[Q] URGENT:: Pictures Deleted?!?!? HELP ME

so im using cm7 darkside on mytouch4g, had it since december
suddenly i went to my gallery and noticed ALOT of my photos are gone ... whats causing this, im panicing and might go back to stock htc rom!!!!

Hold on a minute and stop panicking. What have you done to your phone that might have caused this? I lost a lot of files when I had my card mounted to my computer and the cord disconnected from my phone before the card could be unmounted. Think something like that may have happened to you?
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NovaxxBite said:
so im using cm7 darkside on mytouch4g, had it since december
suddenly i went to my gallery and noticed ALOT of my photos are gone ... whats causing this, im panicing and might go back to stock htc rom!!!!
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If the Pictures are stored in the SDcard, the only way to delete them is for you to do it. If you put the SD Card in a computer do they show up?
And i'm sorry, Pictures lost on a Cell phone isn't worth an URGENT. If they were that import you think one would remote store them.

Because I lost some pics before, I now back mine up to minus and box.com.
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NovaxxBite said:
so im using cm7 darkside on mytouch4g, had it since december
suddenly i went to my gallery and noticed ALOT of my photos are gone ... whats causing this, im panicing and might go back to stock htc rom!!!!
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...is it just me or did you just double post??
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saranhai said:
...is it just me or did you just double post??
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Yes, there are two thread regarding the same problem, from the same person, in the same forum.

Question about bypassing lockscreen

I had someone try to break into a property that I own and they dropped their phone which happens to be a Samsung epic 4g obviously, my question is I wanted to find out who this person is by going through their phone but its password locked. Is there a way I can by pass the lock screen somehow without resetting the device?
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You could get them clockworkmod 5 through odin, root them through it, then backup their phone, then flash a ROM and then you could go through there SD card for maybe some more evidence...
Sorry I can't post any links on how to, I'm in the middle of a class right now actually lol hopefully someone will be able to though. If they don't, ill be sure to later for most help on this stuff though you can just go to QBKING77 on youtube, he'll show you how to do all things on the Epic.

I'd take the ESN and call Sprint, tell them someone lost their phone and ask them to tell you the owner/address so you can return the phone. Then call the police and give them the info. Or just get the police involved now. Playing detective can be fun and all, but its almost always best to just contact the cops and let them handle it.
However, academically:
If you want to read the contents of the SD Card, just remove it an put it in a card reader...lol.
Now if you wanted to actually get into "their stuff" e.g. e-mail, sms. You'd need to do some more work as noted above. I think you could make a backup of their data in CWM and then purchase titanium backup pro to restore app+data or data only of their info.

Yup odin cm5 then back up, advanced restore data. Bingo
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isn't there an ADB command to unlock the screen? I wonder if it still works if it is a password protected lock screen.
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You aren't the thief are you? Or are you? Dum dum dummmmmm!

Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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crookone10 said:
Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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hehehe. Its your name.

gastricpenguin said:
hehehe. Its your name.
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hummm
but ya just odin cwm5 nandroid the phone then flash Clean GB rom to the phone, boot it up then go back to cwm & advised restore the data. Then hopefully find there home & lite in on FIRE. burn burn BURN mother f(ker heheheheheh

crookone10 said:
Thanks for all the help. I'll try using Odin. And no I'm not the thief otherwise why wouldnt I just reset the phone and use it? I have a galaxy nexus.
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Btw if you have no use for it pm me please
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Lol my last name is Crook
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