I dont know if this is the right place to post this but
after i install the cwm and i will make a nandroid back up before rooting the phone.
if i restore the unrooted back up. Will i go back to became unroot again and go back to out of the box state? or i will still be rooted? thanks
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Hi all,
I am interested in trying custom roms for various reasons on my G2. With the recent breakthrough in allowing full root, now seems to be a good time to try.
What I don't seem to be grasping is the whole process so, here is what I think* needs to be done, and I'd appreciate a more seasoned person to set me straight
1. Obtain full root via RAGE or oneclick Visionary method
2. Install RomManager
3. Obtain Rom
Here is where I kind of get blurry on the whole topic.
Once I have the files needed, Does RomManager do a nandroid backup so I can revert back in case I want to revert back to stock? Is this how I would revert back to stock or do I need to find the original pre or post OTA rom for the g2?
Does a program like Titanium Backup allow me to backup all of my apps and settings so they are easily restored no matter the rom, or if I revert back to stock?
Thanks in advance all, I have been reading every subset of these forums but I still feel a bit scared to try and wanted to get the facts straight before trying. I'm mostly just concerned that I wouldnt be able to revert back to stock if I had to.
gjm777 said:
Once I have the files needed, Does RomManager do a nandroid backup so I can revert back in case I want to revert back to stock? Is this how I would revert back to stock or do I need to find the original pre or post OTA rom for the g2?
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rom manager can perform the backup, wipe, and install of a new ROM all in one go, you just need to tell rom manager where the ROM is on the sdcard and it will ask if you want to backup and/or wipe first
gjm777 said:
Does a program like Titanium Backup allow me to backup all of my apps and settings so they are easily restored no matter the rom, or if I revert back to stock?
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i do not know if titanium backup will restore the settings within the apps, but the backed up apps will work on any custom ROM you install on your phone.
Thank you for making that more clear!
So when wiping for a new rom, you want to wipe the cache, and do a full system wipe as well?
Lastly, now that I have the stock g2 rom backed up (did it manually via recovery, not in the rommanager app) I can flash as many roms I want to try them, but really can revert back to stock based on that backup. I guess what I'm saying is, I dont have to revert to stock before trying out a new rom right?
Thanks again, this is a huge help!
With your ROM backed up, that's essentially a "screenshot" of the state of your phone at that time. So yes, you can jump from ROM to ROM, clearing data, and whenever you're ready to go back to stock, you just restore your stock ROM and pretend nothing happened.
And yes, I recommend wiping everything when flashing a new ROM. Although if you're coming from the same type of ROM (I.E HTC Sense to another HTC Sense) you can probably get away with not wiping data.
And with Titanium Backup, I do reckon that settings are kept. When you restore apps, you're given the option to restore the app or app+data.
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Perfect,
Thanks for the help all, much appreciated.
I would like to return to full stock but keep my phone rooted.
Is there a stock Rom that's already rooted and that I can flash in recovery 2.5.x
I really don't want to flash the stock image then re root my phone.
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The only way I know of would leave you requiring to re-root again, but i think S stays off, so you only need to run visionary.
put this file on the root of your sd card. Power off the phone. then press the power button and volume down.
let it do its thing, and you'll be stock.
I get a PD15IMG.zip "no image" and a "wrong image"?
Try this one
Much appreciated but the results are the same.
does the PD15IMG file restore everything to stock or just the rom?
does it also restore the recovery to stock?
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Much appreciated but the results are the same.
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Sorry. I've never seen a case where that file wouldn't restore a phone. Maybe someone else will come along with a better idea.
There's not much pleasure in being the first in this case!
See my thread "Is it a brick? Or can I fix it?"
I'm afraid it's a brick.... It boots up and runs but I can't get apps, no Gmail, etc. and I can't go back or flash any other ROM. I sure wish I knew what I'd done...
Start from the beginning. What has been done?
Thanks for the link. I was thinking that I had a brick for a while there. The file on the root took everything back to stock.
Just for future reference I'm pretty sure there is a stock cwr backup somewhere in these forums. Believe its labeled stock nandroid.
hi, my first post here
just before i go ahead and root my atrix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060), i want to make sure i can go back to my factory default (or stock rom if they are the same thing) in case i screw up.
since i am with bell canada, the thread showing how to go back to stock doens't have the bell files (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072)
so, i found this thread which is useful for backing up the stock rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497511
my question is, am i making things complicated here? i just want to make sure that if i screw up or if there are flaws with the device, i can go back to an unrooted stock phone and get the manufacturer's warranty.
is backing up the stock rom unnessary? will factory reset bring everything back to stock state, even erasing traces of root or attempt to root?
thank you very much in advance
edited: seems like factory reset will not remove root from another thread... but if we still have the stock rom installed, why wouldn't it just overwrite and take away the super user app too?
I screwed up and had to do a factory reset after my 1st tb restore...
Good news for someone else looking for this... I was unrooted after my factory reset - no need to fuse about going back to stock rom to get unrooted
Bell atrix
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thanks for this thread. im probably going to root tonight. been holding off until the leak showed up, but im impatient
Thank you very much for sharing this, I just got the phone today and I'm gonna root it tonight
Tried to update my LG G2. I had put a backup on a few months ago, but i really don't want to revert to that. I just want to get back to what it was like before I decided to update. Does anyone know how? I'm stuck. No ROM flashed I was just using stock OS. device is rooted with the backup,
Phone is rooted with no ROM. TWRP rooted with 1 backup.
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Phone is rooted with no ROM. TWRP rooted with 1 backup.
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I sadly think you have no other option than to install that backup you have. If you then wish to revert back to stock, follow the sticky guide in the forums
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I sadly think you have no other option than to install that backup you have. If you then wish to revert back to stock, follow the sticky guide in the forums
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Tried to load the back up...Still stuck in the TWRP menu...I don't know what to do...loading my backup wont work and restoring to factory default wont work...I'm scared did I just lose my phone forever?
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Tried to load the back up...Still stuck in the TWRP menu...I don't know what to do...loading my backup wont work and restoring to factory default wont work...I'm scared did I just lose my phone forever?
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No mate, it has a solution. Just wait for someone more competent than me to come in.
Can you push adb from your computer to your phone?
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No mate, it has a solution. Just wait for someone more competent than me to come in.
Can you push adb from your computer to your phone?
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I tried plugging my phone into my computer, and no notification of my phone being plugged in is recognized. I used to know how to do some ADB stuff but haven't done it in awhile.
Great, now that i did the whole restore to default deal it deleted my backup....
Trying to put it into download mode and I dont see that working...
Hi guys,
I'm running a custom ROM on my G2 D802.
I have a Nandroid back-up of my rooted Stock OS.
If I reinstall my back up and then Factory Reset will that then allow me to take OTA updates from LG again?
I know I will lose root but just wanted to suss out my options.
Thanks in advance.
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Can anybody help please?
Thanks
i was looking for an answer for the same question , and i eventually found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370&page=7
(read the 1st comment in that page, and then go back to the 1st page for the guide )
Thanks for that.....did you ever try the way I suggested?
no i didn't try it , but as i understood from what i read in few threads, the phone will still state that its rooted and it will not update (even if you remove root using superSU's remove root feature), so you'll need to got to completely stock firmware (by the way , i doubt factory reset will remove the root since superSU -or any other root management app- should be a system app)