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Can someone help me please?

My phone won't get passed the t-mobile mytouch 4g screen. This happened after I backed up my stock rom using rom manager and did a full wipe to start clean ut no after I went back and restored my backup, my phone is stuck on the mytouch screen and won't get pass that. Is my phone bricked? or can it be saved? can someone pls help me? I just got this phone yesterday and rooted it with no problem. All I did after the root was add a custom kernel. Everything was going great until I restored my backup. Pls help. Thanks in advance.

try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!

I tried that and still not working. Is there away I can get a stock rom to flash?

Jaylito. said:
try going into the bootloader. press power& the volume down button at the same time. then let it load, select the option to boot into recovery. once u do that wipe all cache, data, and restore the backup u made. but if it doesn't boot up again then it might be a defective backup. might have to start fresh with flashing a new rom. but keep trying once u boot into the phone tho. goodluck!
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Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.

ImABoss said:
Now I can't even boot into clockworkmod recovery. Now it boots me to the stock recovery. How can I get clockworkmod recovery back? I can't flash a rom without it.
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The phone still says s-off so I don't know what is wrong and since I bought the phone yesterday I can take it back to t-mobile to get a new one but won't they notice the s-off and not exchange it?

Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33

jggimi said:
Use Fastboot. It is like adb, but only uses the bootloader on the phone. If you don't have the SDK installed, you can get adb and Fastboot from TrueBlue_Drew's thread in the dev subforum.
HTC Glacier run ning CM7 #33
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I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. AM I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.

ImABoss said:
I'm using fastboot but nothing happens. May I screwed? I'm sorry for all the questions but this has never happened before.
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Is there an official update.zip I can probably apply through the stock recovery?

Thanks Jaylito and Jggimi for your help, was able to get into cwm recovery and flash a new rom. It looks like I had a bad backup. Thanks again to you both.

[A] Bootloop after flashing a ROM via 3.0.0.5 Recovery image.

What you did .. .. ..
Okay so you've rooted your newly bought MyTouch4G, and you've made sure that s=off and you've flashed Clockwork ROM manager's recovery image that you got from the market. That is all the correct order. But when you flashed a ROM you got stuck in a bootloop.
Am i screwed???
Don't worry you are just in a "soft brick mode", or "limp mode" if you will.
What happened? Why is it doing this?
The Image that you downloaded and installed 3.0.0.5 is for 2.3 (Gingerbread) based ROMs only. [n3rd note] these are ext4 style ROMS. They act and store information differently than 2.2 which are Ext3 ROMs[/n3rd note].
This could also be caused by trying to flash a 2.3 using a older 2.x.x.x version of the Recovery Image. Those will only support the Ext3 style ROMs, which are FroYo (2.2) based ROM.
Okay what do i need to do to fix it, there are two methods.
This is Method one it's the older version.
You must use this method if you do not have the engineering screen
If you are using the 3.0.0.5 Recovery image
To fix your problem you need to flash any 2.3 based ROM, for time sake i will recommend Cyanogen(mod). Link to Cyanogen(mod)'s CM7RC4. While you are there you need to also store the G/Apps.
If you are using the 2.x.x.x Recovery Image
To fix your problem you need to flash any 2.2 based ROM, for time sake i will recommend RoyalGlacier Thread can be found here
- Question: How do i find out what Recovery image i am using
- Answer: Boot the phone into the recovery mode. We'll touch on that in a little bit
Now when you download both of those files you also need to store them to SDCard.
NOTE: If you are using 2.x.x.x and going to flash RoyalGlacier you will not need the g/apps. They have included this in their ROM, and MAKE sure to follow their specific directions for installing the ROM.
- Question: Now how in the world i am going to do that since my phone is in bootloop.
Answer:
Two ways one can do that
1) use a SDcard reader and just plug the card into a main USB port.
2) Mount the SDCard in the phone via the Recovery Image. *** i'd recommend this method since you are going to need to be in recovery anyway ***
Pull the battery from the phone an put it back in, then put the back on the phone. turn the phone on holding the power button along with the volume down rocker button. That will boot the phone into the HBoot (Engineering) Screen. From there you will see an option that says "recovery" [this is what i mentioned earlier, about the different versions] use the volume rocker to select it, then tap the power button to select it. The phone will reboot into what is called the recovery image. From there you will select "mount" then USB. That will mount the SDCard to the Computer.
If you are using the 3.0.0.5 Recovery image
Once you have move Cyanogen(mod) and the g/apps to the SD card unmount the SDCard.
Then navigate to "wipe data/factory reset" you will want to wipe the phone. That will format everything to a fashion that can be written over w/o problems.
Then navigate to "install .zip from sdcard" > " choose .zip " > then flash the main Cyanogen(mod) ROM. Then do the same but flash the g/apps that you downloaded.
Once those are done you can re-boot the phone. That will boot you into cyanogen.
If you are using the 2.x.x.x Recovery image
Please use the link i supplied above to get that ROM up and running once it is done, according to their instructions come back here.
Now i understand that may or may not want Cyanogen nor RoyalGlacier on your phone. Well take care of that
What can i do to prevent this from Happening again?
Once you are up and running (make sure to log into your Google Account) go to the market and download Clockwork ROM manager again, and re-flash the recovery image.
Once you are done with that i HIGHLY suggest upgrading to the newest 3.0.0.6 Recovery image. You can do that one of two ways.
one way is to flash True_Blues method for installing 3.0.0.6 recovery image. Use this thread..
This is the way that i would personally recommend.
The second way is download the 3.0.0.6 recovery image, which i've attached and flash it via the ADB commands. If you want to do it this way you do not need to download Clockwork Rom Manager, you can "just flash it". If you need help with that, if you are using Windows or Mac, see my signature for True_Blue's method on EZ ADB. If you are using Unbutu 10.10 use this This Method to get ADB running. This is the method i used to ADB running on my Linux NetBook.
Download the file that i've attached and store just the recovery image from the .zip to the SDCard, from the ADB commands type
adb shell
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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More information on this process can be found here
That will flash the newest recovery image to your phone
Once you have installed the 3.0.0.6 ROM Manager you can wipe and flash ANY MyTouch4G ROM that you want. It will handle both 2.2 (ext3) and 2.3 (ext4) ROM formats.
This is the New Method - Which is a little easier.
AND YOU MUST HAVE THE ENGINEERING HBOOT
Thanks to TeeJay for inspiring this.
I am going to assume that since you have the Engineering Screen you are more familiar with what you are doing so i'll be more to the point with this walk-through.
you will need to have ADB up and running for this method.
1) Download the attached file and store just the .img to your folder from which you preform all of your ADB commands
2) plug the phone into the computer
3) boot the phone into HBoot
4) from the ADB commands change the drive to the folder where you stored the recovery image.
5) type these commands
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
the screen should say something to the degree of
Code:
sending 'recovery' (3426 KB)... OKAY [ 1.172s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.797s]
finished. total time: 1.969s
6) then select "bootloader"
7) navigate to "reboot recovery"
8) flash your ROM of choice.
9) enjoy your ROM of choice.
Please feel free to use this in your signature or link people back to. If you feel i made an error in this post please PM and i'll edit it accordingly.
If this thread has helped you solve your problem please hit the "thanks" button.
THE RECOVERY IMAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO THE NEWEST ONE.

good summary. originally when i flashed cm7 I had to search a bit to come up with what you said above. one addition, CWM lets you mount sd storage to usb so you can copy files to sdcard (say the recovery image). then update CWM 3.0.0.6 with ADB.

leo221 said:
good summary. originally when i flashed cm7 I had to search a bit to come up with what you said above. one addition, CWM lets you mount sd storage to usb so you can copy files to sdcard (say the recovery image). then update CWM 3.0.0.6 with ADB.
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Added that method as well.

May want to mention that the opposite could be true as well > same boot loop but from flashing 2.3 rom with recovery 2.5.1.2

Thank you for this!! Exactly what I needed...!

austengeist said:
Thank you for this!! Exactly what I needed...!
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Glad it helped, just make sure to hit the "Thanks" button in the first post.

dang man you're the Q&A champ, every time i'm on this you're answering questions.
well this worked like a charm, idk why people on xda always make things more complicated than it has to be.

option94 said:
May want to mention that the opposite could be true as well > same boot loop but from flashing 2.3 rom with recovery 2.5.1.2
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Added.
aalsmadi1 said:
dang man you're the Q&A champ, every time i'm on this you're answering questions.
well this worked like a charm, idk why people on xda always make things more complicated than it has to be.
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Well i work in the Imported Automotive parts. My job requires me to basically sit around and answer the phone when it rings. We have our own "call center" room. I just pick up the phone and answer question and sell parts. Like right now i'm working on a engine rebuild kit for a 1975 2Ton Mercedes Bens..... so i get some free time from time to time, and XDA is one of a few sites they allow me to visit.... BGR/ Android and Me, Android Central are the others....
I can see why some people blow up, spend +$200.00 on a phone then turn around and blow through something w/o taking the time to read something and then you get stuck in a bootloop.... i can see why people go bonkers. But slowing down and reading would solve alot of problems. Heck i've got 3 great threads in my signature that would solve alot question that one could have with a new device.

fixed my problem

Thread stuck.

Great guide!

Same issue, except i flashed 3.0.0.6 beforehand to prevent any problems. Iced Glacier flashed okay, I just didn't care for it much. Ive wiped all the necessary parts prior to flashing as I would before flashing any roms. Ive managed to retrieve and restore a previous back (I can haz backups) so Im not stuck. I would like to be in the cool kids cyanogen club. Any ideas?

DHSdrone said:
Same issue, except i flashed 3.0.0.6 beforehand to prevent any problems. Iced Glacier flashed okay, I just didn't care for it much. Ive wiped all the necessary parts prior to flashing as I would before flashing any roms. Ive managed to retrieve and restore a previous back (I can haz backups) so Im not stuck. I would like to be in the cool kids cyanogen club. Any ideas?
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Meaning you want to run Cyanogen(mod)? Well jump over to their site and download the ROM of your picking; Nightlies are alpha builds, and the RC's are beta builds. I've ran both and both are extremely stable. I have links supplied in the first post. and directions for that matter. just make sure to do a nandroid backup before wiping and flashing.

Thanks ....Saved ME LIFE

Posting so I can see the "thanks" button. Doubley thanks you saved my bacon....err phone!! Hmmmm bacon!

Ok I am having one Problem PLEASE HELP!!!
When I click "wipe data/factory reset" it just shows the clockwork icon (hat and arrow) and nothing happens.
In fact, this happens with all of the options in the clockwork recovery.
I am running clockwork 3.0.0.5. I had CM7 and I did something stupid, tried flashing another ROM via rom manager....I did back up everything though.
Please tell me I am not bricked!!!

b0rnsusp3ct said:
Ok I am having one Problem PLEASE HELP!!!
When I click "wipe data/factory reset" it just shows the clockwork icon (hat and arrow) and nothing happens.
In fact, this happens with all of the options in the clockwork recovery.
I am running clockwork 3.0.0.5. I had CM7 and I did something stupid, tried flashing another ROM via rom manager....I did back up everything though.
Please tell me I am not bricked!!!
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Pull the battery. Hold vol down power on them restore cm7. Then flash cwm 3.0.0.6.
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b0rnsusp3ct said:
Ok I am having one Problem PLEASE HELP!!!
When I click "wipe data/factory reset" it just shows the clockwork icon (hat and arrow) and nothing happens.
In fact, this happens with all of the options in the clockwork recovery.
I am running clockwork 3.0.0.5. I had CM7 and I did something stupid, tried flashing another ROM via rom manager....I did back up everything though.
Please tell me I am not bricked!!!
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What button are you pressing to select the option? you should just use the trackpad.

Loll...wow, I am such a noob i def. shouldn't be rooting or anything.
Thanks so much!

b0rnsusp3ct said:
Loll...wow, I am such a noob i def. shouldn't be rooting or anything.
Thanks so much!
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Why do you say that?

[Q] Noob looking for a little[Atrix custom ROM] guidance

Alrite well ive looked on threads and read through tons of comments on here for several hours. Ive read the Noob guide and several of kenns threads but im quite overwhelmed with all this.
What im wanting to do is get a custom ROM on my phone, like possibly Greyblur. The problem is, im not sure what direction to take. I have already rooted my phone via Gingerbreak and im needing some help on what ORDER of processes i have to do. Not a How-to, just what order of processes on the Noob guide or whatever. THANKS alot if you can help me!
Oh and also how do i keep from losing all of my stuff on my phone if I have to factory reset it or flash a .sbf?

Raneman110 said:
Alrite well ive looked on threads and read through tons of comments on here for several hours. Ive read the Noob guide and several of kenns threads but im quite overwhelmed with all this.
What im wanting to do is get a custom ROM on my phone, like possibly Greyblur. The problem is, im not sure what direction to take. I have already rooted my phone via Gingerbreak and im needing some help on what ORDER of processes i have to do. Not a How-to, just what order of processes on the Noob guide or whatever. THANKS alot if you can help me!
Oh and also how do i keep from losing all of my stuff on my phone if I have to factory reset it or flash a .sbf?
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You can backup your Contacts/SMS/Call Logs etc. using My Backup Root or My Backup Pro!
Regarding steps, follow this sequence:
Step 1: Unlock the bootloader (flashing pudding)
a. Install all drivers
b. Download Pudding SBF from XDA
c. Flash the Pudding SBF through RSD Lite
d. Start the phone in fastboot mode
e. Run the commands to unlock (fastboot oem unlock)
f. fastboot reboot
Step 2: Flash CWM recovery
a. Download Tenfar's CWM recovery from XDA (CWM recovery from ROM Manager has some issues currently, stay away for the time being)
b. Start the phone in fastboot mode
c. Run command to flash Tenfar's CWM recovery to your phone (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
d. fastboot reboot
Step 3: Explore custom ROMs
a. Put the zip of required ROM in the root of SDCard
b. Start the phone in Recovery mode (will take you to the flashed CWM from step 2)
c. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
d. Wipe Cache
e. Wipe Dalvik Cache
f. Install Zip from SDCard, select the zip file you downloaded and flash!
g. Reboot
Step 4: Enjoy!

What is the reason for flashing a SBF if I still have my stock 1.8.3?

[Q] OMG!! Help!

Hi, i'm new here so i can't post in the development section.
I have a xoom wi-fi only US version and things have gone terribly wrong. I had unlocked bootloader + Android 3.2 rooted and i was trying to install a theme by using the clockwork mod recovery, but after I did it just kept replaying the boot animation and would not actually start. I freaked out and used clockwork recovery to format user data, cache, /system and the like. Now i can't get off the Motorola screen and i was wondering if there is a way to reinstall (the latest rooted version of) android on my device. Someone please help me, and if you can can you walk me through it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

have you tried downloading another version, put it on your SD card and flash it from CWM recovery?

This forum may be able to help you as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209341

i suggest u to flash a new rom instead.

Ok, I have the latest rooted version of android here on my PC.
How exactly do I get it installed onto my xoom? I am aware that you can use adb but can you please go over the exact procedure? (i got it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242524) Thanks that would be very helpful. I just want my device back

How do u do that using ADB? Please help!

Neardood1 said:
How do u do that using ADB? Please help!
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ok first off just relax and you posted this in the right section... General or Q&A is where you post questions not Development so you are ok. Now on to your issue, download another rooted rom preferably Tiamat from here. Follow instructions on how to flash the file and that should get you back up and running. Now no need to ask for specifics and wait for it since all OP's in Development will instruct you on what to do.
Also did you make a backup, if you did it would be easier to just flash that. Hope it helps and dont panic. Next time make a backup before flashing themes. Oh yea if you still have the original rom you were running on your sd card just flash that again. If you still have an issue after flashing then do a factory reset wipe in CWM and try and reboot.
So basically your gonna try and flash a rom to see what happens... Any rom you have...

Ok, so i've copied it onto the micro SD card from my phone, there's a lot of other crap in there but I've just put it on into root (not in any folders). Now, how exactly do i install it because the thread just says to "install rom". i'm in clockwork recovery now, what do i select to get it to install?

I have ClocworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.4, and there doesn't seem to be an external sd card option, just the /sdcard directory from within android. Does this mean that I have to find a way to flash the rom into that directory using fastboot or something? If so, pleese just tell me how.

Neardood1 said:
I have ClocworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.4, and there doesn't seem to be an external sd card option, just the /sdcard directory from within android. Does this mean that I have to find a way to flash the rom into that directory using fastboot or something? If so, pleese just tell me how.
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My friend this is why I told you to follow OPs instruction. How did you flash your last rom or get rooted in the first place. This procedure is no different, relax and read the options in clockwork and it with will all come to you. You are installing/flashing a rom so it would be install from zip. Since I may not be on here to help you when your ready this is why I stress reading the intructions. They will give your answers
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Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

You're still not helping me, and neither is the other posts; their not specific enough. just tell me how to flash a rom to my /sdcard directory so i can use it in clockwork mod. What commands from my PC do i enter to transfer the .zip???

Hooray!!!
Yay! I've managed to fix my xoom by flashing a stock android 3.0 rom to it. Thank you to everyone involved who took the time to help me, although none of your advice was relevant to the way i fixed it.
For the sake of anyone who was in the same predicamant as me, the steps I took to fix it were:
1) Go to this http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/ link and download the US release (122 mb, down the bottom of first table)
2) Unzip it and extract the contents (should be a set of .img files) to your android-sdk/tools folder
3) Put your xoom into fastboot mode (power on and during the motorola logo repeatedly press volume down until the menu appears in top left of screen, press volume down until you see fastboot, then press volume up, will show starting fastboot protocols)
4) Open a command window in your /tools directory (select tools folder and shift+right click and choose it from the menu that appears in windows)
5) Type the following: fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
6) Once that is done, type fastboot reboot or hold power+volume up (reboots device). you are now done and it should boot into android
IF ANYONE FOUND THIS HELPFUL, PLEASE SAY SO!

Backup fully an unrooted OnePlus 5

After a long research for finding a full backup method for an unrooted OnePlus 5 android, I'm now asking if anybody can help.
I have tried using ADB.
Code:
adb backup -apk -shared -all -obb -system -f "C:\backup.ab"
adb restore "C:\backup.ab"
Here I have to
But it does not restore everything. So I don't fully trust ADB.
Then I thought, what about backup the partitions to image files, and later be able to restore them via fastboot or something.
So my question is,
can you make a backup using "fastboot", to an image just like a rom with personal data.
Or if this is not possible, then can you use linux tool dd to make image backup of my Phone?.
If there is nothing left, but to root? Then I have seen a lot of tools, apps and windows utilities to make a backup.
But what do you recommend I use?

Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.

chrismast said:
Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.
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yes but you still need to have unlocked the phone

B0unze said:
yes but you still need to have unlocked the phone
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Also any custom recovery requires you to root (SuperSU or Magisk) because as soon as you boot to the system the custom recovery will be automatically be replaced with the stock recovery. So in effect to create a nandroid backup means being unlocked, having a custom recovery and flashing a root solution. You don't need to alter the ROM any more than that though.

egominus said:
After a long research for finding a full backup method for an unrooted OnePlus 5 android, I'm now asking if anybody can help.
I have tried using ADB.
Here I have to
But it does not restore everything. So I don't fully trust ADB.
Then I thought, what about backup the partitions to image files, and later be able to restore them via fastboot or something.
So my question is,
can you make a backup using "fastboot", to an image just like a rom with personal data.
Or if this is not possible, then can you use linux tool dd to make image backup of my Phone?.
If there is nothing left, but to root? Then I have seen a lot of tools, apps and windows utilities to make a backup.
But what do you recommend I use?
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What do you mean by it does not restore everything? I'm planning to root my phone but want to create a nandroid backup first

BenSow said:
What do you mean by it does not restore everything? I'm planning to root my phone but want to create a nandroid backup first
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I have trouble backup with ADB, sometimes it hangs. And according to this link https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-phone-backup-unlock-root-t1420351 it does not backup everything like SMS and Call Logs. And pictures can have problems.
I also have problems with ADB hangs, and does not finish.

chrismast said:
Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.
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So now I'm a little confused? Because you say I can boot into nandroid from a custom recovery.
What do I need to boot into custom recovery?
Do I need to unlock phone? Because this will wipe my phone, and would rather not.
Can I boot into custom recovery directly from image, without flash anything?
If I need to flash custom recovery, then do I need to root my phone?

egominus said:
Do I need to unlock phone? Because this will wipe my phone, and would rather not.
Can I boot into custom recovery directly from image, without flash anything?
If I need to flash custom recovery, then do I need to root my phone?
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I think I have the answer my own questions. But please correct me or tell me if it's the right direction.
According to this link https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/android-tip-boot-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/ I can boot into custom recovery. But I need to Unlock my phone first. But the question remains, can I make nandroid backup without root, because here http://trendblog.net/android-guide-make-nandroid-backup-android-phone/ it says I need root?

egominus said:
I think I have the answer my own questions. But please correct me or tell me if it's the right direction.
According to this link https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013...t-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/ I can boot into custom recovery. But I need to Unlock my phone first. But the question remains, can I make nandroid backup without root, because here http://trendblog.net/android-guide-make-nandroid-backup-android-phone/ it says I need root?
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Yes, you will need an unlocked phone.
To my understanding you can then flash a custom recovery via usb whereas after reboot of phone it will be reset. This allows you though to boot into custom recovery and do a quick nandroid. Again I might be wrong, I thought you do not need root for this process but maybe someone can correct me.

Ur probably just going to need to hook it up to a computer and take everything off then just spend some free time logging back into each app. The only way i know without doing this is an app called Huawei Backup. It keeps all settings and logins for each app. If you can somehow find a way to install it on a one plus device you would be okay. Try an older version or inject it somehow.