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After using a G1 with stock Android 1.6 for quite a while, about 1 month ago I decided to try out a custom ROM.
With ROMmanager I installed clockwork recovery and Cyanogen 6.0. Some time later I switched to 6.1 RC1. I don't know why, but Cyanogen turned out to be very slow on my G1, so 2 days ago I decided to go back to the original one. For this, from ROMmanager I selected the backup made before 1st flashing to be restored.
So far, everything went ok. Stock 1.6 is back and runs smoothly. However, the keyboard layout is wrong. I've german keyboard layout. That was correct with 1.6 and also with Cyanogen. But after restore it's wrong.
I tried to restore the system partition from the backup again (in nandroid), where the keyboard layout files are. Even after resetting to factory default (from 1.6 system menu) that didn't change.
Any idea what went wrong and how I can fix this?
Hey guys, I flashed my HTC Magic with ginger yoshi 1.2 a few weeks ago. There's is a new version 1.2.1 now and I don't really know how to update my phone without losing data. Can I just flash the new file?
You can use something like Titanium Backup to save your apps, program data and sms/contacts. Additionally, I would use Nandroid or BART to save your existing os in case anything goes wrong you can simply restore everything at once.
That said, simply flashing over top usually does work but is not recommended because of possible glitches that can occur, and it only takes a few minutes to run a back up.
Long story short I've been rooted since I initially got my Nexus S last summer, but was having the dreaded search bug since I got it - I'm finally sending it out to samsung for repair.
Anyway, over time I lost my original nandroid backup. SO after a lot of searching I got trigger happy and used GRH78 then locked my phone. My phone is now working great but the radio's not working. Not a big deal because I plan to reroot and reflash an ICS ROM once it gets back from samsung. However, I'm afraid they'll misdiagnose the source of my problem and I won't get my screen replaced.
With the radio not working, I'm unable to perform Google's OTAs to fix the problem.
So I need a fully stock nandroid backup for the 19020A that won't break the radio. Can anyone help me?
In this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445621
you can find full 2.3.6 GRK39F (do not use C, buggy release), it's also flashable via stock recovery (just rename to update.zip or use recovery menu). I used it couple of days ago, and it worked great.
Hey guys I flashed my Omnia 7 to the latest 7.8 ROM that just came out, but had some stability issues and decided to go back to Tango, so I flashed it back to a factory Optus (my carrier) ROM and updated accordingly back to Tango.
I made a backup using WP7 easy backup before I did all of this and was wondering if there's a way to restore the phone to it. I've tried doing it via Zune but it just fails giving me error 801812E0.
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Hello,
I will try to keep this short. Was running 4.1.1 and rooted with moto2fail and installed safestrap recovery then I made a stock backup.
One day, my camera quit working (camera screen loads then a box pops up saying unfortunately, the camera has stopped) Anyways, I cleared data, rebooted same results. I didn't want to mess around with any files, so I decided to update to 4.1.2.
After the update, i get message that the update failed but everything seemed to be fine. AND the camera started working again.. Ending up losing root in the process, motochopper appears to install fine, but I get an error message when trying to update supersu. So, I reverted back to my 4.1.1 backup through the rp(?) tools in the stock recovery.
So now I'm back to 4.1.1 with full root, but no working camera. I can update to 4.1.2, but I think I'm gonna have problems with rooting again.
I did try reinstalling the stock MotCamera.apk from a stock razr m 4.1.1 rip. but it still fails. How can I fix the camera issues without having to mess around rsd lite?
Sorry about the confusion, just trying to lay out my issues and I will answer questions as I can.
i'm having the exact same issue, after failing to update to 4.1.2, i restored to 4.1.1 backup i had, but the camera just force closes. i'm on stock room.
bobross82 said:
Hello,
I will try to keep this short. Was running 4.1.1 and rooted with moto2fail and installed safestrap recovery then I made a stock backup.
One day, my camera quit working (camera screen loads then a box pops up saying unfortunately, the camera has stopped) Anyways, I cleared data, rebooted same results. I didn't want to mess around with any files, so I decided to update to 4.1.2.
After the update, i get message that the update failed but everything seemed to be fine. AND the camera started working again.. Ending up losing root in the process, motochopper appears to install fine, but I get an error message when trying to update supersu. So, I reverted back to my 4.1.1 backup through the rp(?) tools in the stock recovery.
So now I'm back to 4.1.1 with full root, but no working camera. I can update to 4.1.2, but I think I'm gonna have problems with rooting again.
I did try reinstalling the stock MotCamera.apk from a stock razr m 4.1.1 rip. but it still fails. How can I fix the camera issues without having to mess around rsd lite?
Sorry about the confusion, just trying to lay out my issues and I will answer questions as I can.
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It could be that the Update has updated the firmware of the Camera itself, causing it to now be incompatible with the older 4.1.1 drivers baked in.
Typically when I get into these types of scenarios, I always feel best doing something along the lines of an RSDlite wipe and start fresh. Do the update straight, then customize afterwards.
I would unlock your bootloader prior to guarantee you have a back door into the phone afterwards.
I can't rsd back to 4.1.1, i get a preflash verification error, the only thing that works is matt's new utility that flashes to 4.1.2, the camera works after that, but i want the camera to work on the backup I did when i was on 4.1.1 before the update.
cybrnook said:
It could be that the Update has updated the firmware of the Camera itself, causing it to now be incompatible with the older 4.1.1 drivers baked in.
Typically when I get into these types of scenarios, I always feel best doing something along the lines of an RSDlite wipe and start fresh. Do the update straight, then customize afterwards.
I would unlock your bootloader prior to guarantee you have a back door into the phone afterwards.
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I ended up booting in stock recovery by trying to get into fast boot, then selecting ap or rp tools(can't remember which). Truthfully, didn't even realize what it was. It loaded up what to me looked like the recovery menu with safestrap. Which I thought I uninstalled. From there, i restored the 4.1.1 backup I had. Then updated superuser and supersu from the play store. read in another thread to check and uncheck temp unroot in voodoo ota. twice.
Then I took the 4.1.2 update, was then able to install the supersu binary once it was finished and checked, and it kept root through the update. Camera works also. I still received a update fail message afterwards. But all appears to be okay, camera works, root checker says I have root, so all appears to be good.
I did make a backup of this in safestrap, and updated my backups in titanium, and froze a bunch of apps. Everything seems to be working just fine. I haven't unlocked the bootloader because I don't really feel like flashing any roms to this phone. Stock rom and rooted seems to be be good enough for me. For now.
If you still have a locked bootloader, you can't revert back without having issues. Once you've installed 4.1.2 and its boot.img, you shouldn't be able to restore a 4.1.1 ROM. If you are unlocked, then it's a different story.
For the OP, the best solution is to use Matt's Utility 1.20 and fastboot flash to 4.1.2. This utility does not require the use of RSD. After you flash, boot up the phone and just do basic setup, then use the Motochopper function in the utility to get root access. After you get root, then continue set up on the phone.