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[Q] How to backup the stock ROM?

Hi,
Could someone point me in the right direction for a tutorial/howto for backing up the ROM off mytouch 4G? I am sure the ROM file is already floating around the web, but I am actually interested in learning how to do this myself. Obviously, I am a newbie, so please be gentle!
Thanks.

Download titanium nackup from the market.
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r2d-two said:
Hi,
Could someone point me in the right direction for a tutorial/howto for backing up the ROM off mytouch 4G? I am sure the ROM file is already floating around the web, but I am actually interested in learning how to do this myself. Obviously, I am a newbie, so please be gentle!
Thanks.
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Well, the easiest way is to flash clockwork recovery and do a nandroid backup from within there.
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jmwils3 said:
Well, the easiest way is to flash clockwork recovery and do a nandroid backup from within there.
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Note, you must be rooted for this, but it is definitely best. TitaniumBackup will restore apps/setting if you can successfully boot all the way. A nandroid made via CW Recovery or on your own via ADB will let you recover from anything, as long as you can still boot to recovery. IE: bad flash, boot loop, bad ROM in general, "accidentally" deleting critical system apks and breaking your ROM, etc.
Here's the link to the stock 2.2.1 T-Mo image you can also flash to do a full factory restore: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477

1. Root phone. (there are several threads out there on xda).
(this one is nice easy for noobs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021)
2. Flash clockwork recovery. (again, there are threads out there on xda.)
3. Power down phone. Power + volume down. When it boots, go down to "recovery".
4. You will boot into a black with green screen clockwork page. Go to backup/restore.
5. Click backup.
6. You are done. IF you want to go back to stock, restore with that ROM and do a factory reset. You will go back to the original mytouch 4g start session (with the vidoes, setup, etc...)
Although you'd still have s=off....

Thanks for all the replies!
I managed to root the phone using the procedure described in the thread here on XDA and made the backup using clockwork (the screen with the orange text).
Again, thx!

Correct me if I am wrong.......

Had my X for a week now. It is rooted and running DarkSlideBlur 4.2, I have several other ROM's I am wanting to try out......
If I understand what I have been reading right, I can use Nandroid Backups to return to ROM's I like, or is it better to reflash them?
Trying to avoid the whole setup process....
Thanks in advance
Mace

A nandroid would be the route to go. It restores your phone to the exact state it was when you backed it up. Every call text message everything will be as it was.

Nandroid all the way. Works every time
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MaceBewley said:
Had my X for a week now. It is rooted and running DarkSlideBlur 4.2, I have several other ROM's I am wanting to try out......
If I understand what I have been reading right, I can use Nandroid Backups to return to ROM's I like, or is it better to reflash them?
Trying to avoid the whole setup process....
Thanks in advance
Mace
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As already stated, a nandroid is a best bet. Just keep in mind if you do any updates (OTA) and the radio gets updated (i.e. 2.3.15 to 2.3.340) an old nandroid will brick your phone due to an older bootloader
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Thanks guys! I thought that was the case, as I have been all over these forums "researching" for a couple months before I got the X!
Now off to research "Radio"?? (thats a new one to me)

But what if you mount your system and get stuck in the bootup. i cant even get to the recovery. i dont know what to do.

Nandroid always has your back. Something gets screwed and you are stuck in a boot loop, plug in the usb or charger, pull the battery, put it in and boot up. That will hijack back into Clockwork.
Always Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Cache/Advanced/Wipe Dalvik before you flash a new ROM and you "almost" always avoid a boot loop.
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that is clockwork recovery, the stock recovery is accessed with a combination of hard keys which i am not sure which they are off the top of my head. in that you can wipe, but unfortunately no nandroid restore.

I tried every rom out there. The fastest most stable best battery life is stock. Deodexed stock. You can theme and font.
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mattmartin77 said:
that is clockwork recovery, the stock recovery is accessed with a combination of hard keys which i am not sure which they are off the top of my head. in that you can wipe, but unfortunately no nandroid restore.
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The hard keys are volume down and camera button if you wanted to know

Thats to get to the bootloader. Recovery is home and power and hold on until it comes up. To get into safe mode you hold power and the menu button
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CMW-based Recovery 4.0.1.5

Change log:
1. EXT4 support.
2. Large file system support (e.g. /data > 2G).
3. Updated reboot recovery mode.
4.Add Advanced Backup
5.Using 32bit image display,Support before the phone can not enter recovery mode
6.Adjust the menu items displayed
To install (you need root):
1. Backup /cust_backup/image/recovery.img
2. Download, extract and place the recovery.img into /cust_backup/image/
3. Done.
To go to recovery:
1. Power off
2. Hold Vol+ and Power buttons to power on (hold both buttons UNTIL you see the recovery)
08-22 23:25 --fix nanroid display bug
http://code.google.com/p/u8800-cm7/downloads/detail?name=recovery_en_2.img

great news! will flash it today

Awesome

Thank you @genokolar!
Advanced backup one of the best thing in recovery now!

Nice.
I just flashed it, and I'm gonna say it again.
Is there any chance to make fonts bigger? It's very difficult to read and too bat the big X5's screen to don't be used.

So with all the improvements what differences can we see in the real usage?
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Very good work Geno! But is it supposed to look like this after a normal backup?

What's the difference between this and Perfect Recovery 4.0.0.5?
The backups that are produced by both recoveries are compatible?

it worked well ,excellent work and save the real vol button's using time

skifyr123 said:
Very good work Geno! But is it supposed to look like this after a normal backup?
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i will look~

this recovery work on Huawei u8120 also know as vodafone 845?
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I also want to know the differences please, as the other one is working fine, I don't want to mess it up
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skifyr123 said:
Very good work Geno! But is it supposed to look like this after a normal backup?
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I was thinking the same when i did a backup. Also using the whole screen would be cool but not necessary. good work!
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Cinthiar said:
I was thinking the same when i did a backup. Also using the whole screen would be cool but not necessary. good work!
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Check first post seems like the display bug is fixed.

NeostarNeko said:
I also want to know the differences please, as the other one is working fine, I don't want to mess it up
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look into description and see the differences, no big changes
http://code.google.com/p/u8800-cm7/downloads/detail?name=recovery_en_2.img

I want to install this, but I don't have root. My rom version is B138 and I haven't found any tutorials on that rom.
-e-
GingerBreak worked fine (I think), so the problem is solved.

I have a question why bother of restoring if this not restoring contacts, sms and settings..after restore you must to do everything like it's fresh install/.

Tommixoft said:
I have a question why bother of restoring if this not restoring contacts, sms and settings..after restore you must to do everything like it's fresh install/.
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Clockwork does restore contacts, settings, sms, etc, in short, it makes a snapshot of your phone in any given time, and then, when you restore, your phone returns exactly how it was before. If contacts, settings and other stuff isn't being restored in your phone, when you use clockwork, then you're doing something wrong for sure...
Sent from my bla bla bla, you know the rest...

fjsferreira said:
Clockwork does restore contacts, settings, sms, etc, in short, it makes a snapshot of your phone in any given time, and then, when you restore, your phone returns exactly how it was before. If contacts, settings and other stuff isn't being restored in your phone, when you use clockwork, then you're doing something wrong for sure...
Sent from my bla bla bla, you know the rest...
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HOW it's even possible to do something wrong if all you have to do to backup and restore-is click on 1 menu item in restore menu? STrange but for me it only restored apps, that's it no settings nothing.

Maybe it's a stupid question but anyway... I wonder where is a location of backup witch is made in CMW-based Recovery 4.0.1.5?
Because I am making a lot of backup's and upgrades these days so I'll have to clean up it some how.

I rooted my cell after updating it to jb but my internal memory has turned permanentl

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Uh if it's rooted thendownload root explorer and then open internal memory and press mount as r/w not sure if it will work also I don't take responcibility of your device so do it on your own risk best of luck :thumbup:
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more info
what do you mean internal memory has turned permanentl?

Need help too please!
I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!

backup?
RicciLeigha said:
I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!
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did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?

Hmmmm
ironhide602 said:
did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?
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Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/

RicciLeigha said:
Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/
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edit... Pull the battery on your phone and put it back in. Hold up vol, home button and Power till you see the little words in the top left corner. It should say booting recovery really small. at that point take your finger off of the power button only and it will boot into Recovery.
If you have CWM recovery or TWRP you are golden...
Or else... see below
Find your phone in it's section you should be able to find a method using Odin to flash it back to stock and then you can read up and find the way to do everything you want.
Just do your research and look through the forum for your phone type/carrier and you should be able to find all of the information that you are looking for.
Search and you shall succeed!
:victory:

Sewrizer said:
why do you guys make things so complicated? the guy wants his phone back to stock.
The only thing you have to do is to go to www.sammobile.com/firmwares. Then put your phone number i9100 in the search box and choose any of the roms below. They are all stock, 2.3/4.x.x etc. The rom is in a zip file, however, you have to extract the tar file inside it.
Power off your phone then, while holding vol down, press and hold power.
Open odin in your pc then connect the phone to pc while being in download mode. press the pda button in odin and insert the .tar rom whoch you have just extracted. press start and you are done.
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Way to jump in 5 days later and after a ton of pm's... and he only wanted more memory to run aps not stock.
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Sewrizer said:
Sorry, I didn't look at the date, but that would have been a good fix.
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Well returning to stock is just as easy as finding a stock ROM in his phones thread and flashing it, it'll be better in the long run that way as well because maybe he'll learn something.
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Copy all of my apps from my S3 Mini to the S5?

Hi there, I'm new to the Galaxy S5 forum and don't actually own the device itself yet, but I'm planning on getting it in a few months so here goes my ? :
Since I've got around 300 apps on my current phone, I don't wanna download and update each apps's settings all over again when I get my new S5 and I was wondering if doing a nandroid backup of my S3 Mini containing just the "data" partition and restoring it on the S5 will work and all of my apps will be copied over with all of their settings untouched, BUT I also won't lose any of the preinstalled apps on the S5 itself?
Or maybe I can try this app and make flashable zips of my apps and then flash them on the GS5?
This has always been the main trouble I have had when switching phones before, though I never switched from Android to Android. Hope someone can shed some light on my question and make me buy the S5 sooner Good night all!!
P.S. I DON'T CARE ABOUT KNOX AND SUCH CRAP. THE FIRST DAY I GET MY PHONE IT'S GONNA BE ROOTED AND WITH TWRP INSTALLED.

Try Helium app from goggle --> „Helium - App Sync and Backup”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup or try Titanium Backup

*elmo* said:
Try Helium app from goggle --> „Helium - App Sync and Backup”
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup or try Titanium Backup
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Will do, but will any of the methods I described work? I just don't wanna install an app if it is possible just with TWRP.

I have used titanium backup pro for 5 years and even more phones. I have never had a problem with any of the backups or restores.

metalfan78 said:
I have used titanium backup pro for 5 years and even more phones. I have never had a problem with any of the backups or restores.
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Titanium is the best. Additionally you can remove or frezze system app....

Ok. Titanium it is then. 10x for the help guys
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koragg97 said:
Ok. Titanium it is then. 10x for the help guys
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My Backup Pro is also a good choice.

koragg97 said:
P.S. I DON'T CARE ABOUT KNOX AND SUCH CRAP. THE FIRST DAY I GET MY PHONE IT'S GONNA BE ROOTED AND WITH TWRP INSTALLED.
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+1 for Titanium backup.
Other method, google for nandroid manager (need root so).
Just copy your (previous) recovery backup on phone, and restore via nandroid manager all that you want.
Be aware of system apps not to restore of course.
Good luck
Franky

fgth90 said:
+1 for Titanium backup.
Other method, google for nandroid manager (need root so).
Just copy your (previous) recovery backup on phone, and restore via nandroid manager all that you want.
Be aware of system apps not to restore of course.
Good luck
Franky
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Won't this actually work just by hitting restore in TWRP and choosing only the "data" part of my backup (why an app)? Or maybe TWRP won't recognise my S3 Mini backup, because it's from another phone?

koragg97 said:
Won't this actually work just by hitting restore in TWRP and choosing only the "data" part of my backup (why an app)? Or maybe TWRP won't recognise my S3 Mini backup, because it's from another phone?
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No, I don't think so.
AFAIK, restoring data will restore all data without restrictions, and it could be bad if you come from another phone or ROM.
With nandroid manager, you can choose what you want to restore (app or app+data) for user app or system app, for every app you want.
You have to copy your last backup from old phone to new one, choose it by nandroid manager then navigate for options of restore.
You can restore bluetooth-wifi pairings, sms, mms, call logs, and apps (app or app+data).
Google for a tuto on "how to", here's an exemple http://www.informationlord.com/how-to-restore-nandroid-backup-without-cwm/.
Good luck
Franky

fgth90 said:
No, I don't think so.
AFAIK, restoring data will restore all data without restrictions, and it could be bad if you come from another phone or ROM.
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I think that choosing Advanced Restore in TWRP settings gets you to this window and then you choose what to restore. It's the same with backing up, you choose backup and then select with "x" the partitions you wanna backup. I just didn't know if restoring just "data" will break my phone, but now I know it won't, because when the phone is new there aren't going to be any apps installed in the "data" partition (all are pre-installed in "system"). So I'll just have to go to TWRP, choose advanced restore and only select "data" with "x", then swipe to restore. If something goes wrong I can always go back to recovery and wipe "data" (I'll still have all of my system apps) or even flash a stock ROM with Odin

koragg97 said:
I think that choosing Advanced Restore in TWRP settings gets you to this window and then you choose what to restore. It's the same with backing up, you choose backup and then select with "x" the partitions you wanna backup. I just didn't know if restoring just "data" will break my phone, but now I know it won't, because when the phone is new there aren't going to be any apps installed in the "data" partition (all are pre-installed in "system"). So I'll just have to go to TWRP, choose advanced restore and only select "data" with "x", then swipe to restore. If something goes wrong I can always go back to recovery and wipe "data" (I'll still have all of my system apps) or even flash a stock ROM with Odin
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Yep, starting from zero = you risk nothing
Could you please report and say if it's ok or not (just to have the info).
Thanks in advance
Franky

fgth90 said:
Yep, starting from zero = you risk nothing
Could you please report and say if it's ok or not (just to have the info).
Thanks in advance
Franky
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Ok, but I'm not getting my S5 since Christmas (maybe even February) so you might have to wait a bit Thanks for the tips, though
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koragg97 said:
Ok, but I'm not getting my S5 since Christmas (maybe even February) so you might have to wait a bit Thanks for the tips, though
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the least we can say is that you'll be prepared!

fgth90 said:
the least we can say is that you'll be prepared!
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Yup xD
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It's almost here
My S5 arrives next week I'm gonna use this app, because I don't want to restore all of my apps (gonna flash Alliance 5.6 so.. xD). Will report if it works, as promised

A word of caution.......
Your new S5 will be preinstalled with KK.
If your old phone has a different version of Android, be VERY cautious about installing app data.....There is a very good chance that doing so will cause instability and force closes of your apps.......
Restoring the apps themselves this way shouldn't cause any issue......you'll just see a message that says something like "android is upgrading.......1 of xx apps" before your phone starts.....but as I said, data *may* prove to be a whole other issue.......
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Sooo... here I am. It worked 50% with ZipMe. Apps copied but their data didn't.
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