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Here's a quick rundown. Sunday I rooted, installed cwmrecovery, and installed jt's 1200 voodoo kernal. Through the process, I have downloaded ROM manager, Root explorer, SetCPU, and Titanium backup.
I've done all the basics such as renaming bloatware, installing enhanced google search, ran a full titanium backup, and used SetCPU to OC to 1.2. I'm happy to say everything is running at 100%. Haven't had a single problem since modding everything.
Since doing this, I've read that I should have ran a nandroid backup before flashing voodoo in case anything goes wrong...unfortunately the instructions I followed did not include this. Because everything's working so well for me, I really don't want to screw anything up. I'm pretty sure I know how to do this I just want to list my steps and make sure they're right before attempting.
1. disable lag fix
2. reboot
3. boot into recovery mode from ROM manager
4. create a backup? (not sure what the CWMrecovery command is)
5. reboot
6. undo disable lag fix (re-enable lag fix)
7. reboot and pray everything continues to run smoothly
Does this sound about right?
that sounds right
Let me know how this works for you and exactly how you did it. This is what I was trying to do and when I rebooted after doing the disable/lagfix, everything was gone and i had no Google sign in, no market, and no keyboard. Still trying to figure out where i went wrong......
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Your steps look fine.. Make sure #2 is a full reboot.. Don't just disable and then directly reboot into CWM, that won't work.
For some people it works easy as pie, for others, it blows stuff up. Not sure what to tell you.. You're taking your chances either way.. Either something will crash down the line and you'll have no backup, or you disable voodoo and take the risk of that blowing you up, and obviously you have no backup.
I think I would just go ahead and try the uninstall, you should always have at least a basic backup to work from. You might get lucky and just have it work the way it should.
Before you do anything though, I highly recommend installing and running Titanium Root, that will back up your applications, so even if things blow up on you, you can at least do a quick one-touch restore of the apps once your back to stock.
Glad to see I'm not the only one in this boat. I have rooted, cwm, and have OC kernal with 0.2 voodoo. I never backed anything up though...
I may try and follow in your path.
Ok, I felt confident and jumped head first into this because I really wanted to back my phone up with nandroid, so I went for it. After I disabled lagifx, my phone had an emotional breakdown. I attempted to backup with nandroid and I believe it failed, it said "Null" and did nothing. I pulled the battery after about 15 minutes and restarted my phone. Deleted the disable_lagfix file I had created and rebooted my phone. It did the voice and all that fun stuff and froze with the words "Samsung" on the screen. I think I may have made a super boo boo some where along the way.
If anyone knows what I should do now, please help. I'm in over my head for the most part.
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Ok, I felt confident and jumped head first into this because I really wanted to back my phone up with nandroid, so I went for it. After I disabled lagifx, my phone had an emotional breakdown. I attempted to backup with nandroid and I believe it failed, it said "Null" and did nothing. I pulled the battery after about 15 minutes and restarted my phone. Deleted the disable_lagfix file I had created and rebooted my phone. It did the voice and all that fun stuff and froze with the words "Samsung" on the screen. I think I may have made a super boo boo some where along the way.
If anyone knows what I should do now, please help. I'm in over my head for the most part.
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Can you get into CWM?
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Yep, sounds like a pretty standard voodoo uninstall explosion. Happened to me as well.
See the thread "How to completely remove Voodoo". I'd recommend reading it all the way first, then trying it. There's some useful stuff later on.
If you can't get into CWM recovery at all, use odin and re-flash the CWM.tar file in the general CWM recovery thread here. Make sure when using odin you always, always use the "pda" box. Never use the "phone" box or else it's brick city.
Did you boot into recovery as soon as you disabled_lagfix or create the file, reboot, and let the phone completley boot up and then reboot into recovery?
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OK, after my phone got stuck on the Samsung start up screen I pulled the battery and restarted. This time it actually restarted wit my the voice and I had my boot animation from the 1200 oc kernal/voodoo lagfix I had installed. It worked fine but I had to go through the set up for my phone and resign into my Google account. All my apps were gone and I've lost root. I tried to re-root but when I open adb I get the # sign instead of $... I tried to use the one click root but it didn't recognized my phone. Adb does recognize my phone though.
I can get into cwm... I just can't re-root my phone. It appears everything is fine beyond that.
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EDIT: After a while of trying I finally figured out that I was able to use Adb, I just don't know what I'm doing most of the time. ADB and now I have my root back. The one click root did not work, but manually everything went ok. I still have voodoo and OC kernal, but eh, better than nothing at this point. I wanted to be able to created a nandroid back up... I still have yet to accomplish this, LOL, I may give it another try further down the road.
Thanks to everyone who tried to help me!
Wow...not sure if I want to try this or not now.
Has anyone done this SUCCESSFULLY?
So let's say I decide not to create a nandroid and leave my phone the way it is now...what's the worst that could happen? I have all my apps backed up through titanium backup.
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Wow...not sure if I want to try this or not now.
Has anyone done this SUCCESSFULLY?
So let's say I decide not to create a nandroid and leave my phone the way it is now...what's the worst that could happen? I have all my apps backed up through titanium backup.
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It may work for you. Voodoo is weird from what I've read, for some it's fine and others not so much. I had a flurry of problems after disabling the lagfix and I almost felt like it wasn't worth it. Also, after finally getting my root back my accelerometer stopped working and I had to completely remove Voodoo and then re-flash back to voodoo to get it to work agian. I forgot to backup with nandroid again.... :? If you are going to try it, I would say completely remove voodoo via the uninstaller and then backup, because its hell if voodoo decides to go bipolar on your phone. You may lose all your data and root like I did. Who knows when it comes to voodoo?
I'm leaving mine as is and may backup with nandroid later. If you go for it, good luck.
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what's the worst that could happen? I have all my apps backed up through titanium backup.
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Between Titanium Backup and My Backup Pro (seems to handle things like the call log and sms/mms messages a little better, at least for me), I haven't used a Nandroid in a couple of weeks.
It's actually a pretty nice, streamlined process:
-Run the backups
-Do whatever hacky thing I'm doing
-Wipe data
-Sign in to Google and download Titanium from the market
-Restore apps with Titanium, then data with MB Pro.
-Fix any funny widgets
-Enjoy!
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Wow...not sure if I want to try this or not now.
Has anyone done this SUCCESSFULLY?
So let's say I decide not to create a nandroid and leave my phone the way it is now...what's the worst that could happen? I have all my apps backed up through titanium backup.
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I just created my nandroid backup! I chose to uninstall Voodoo then re-root my phone instead of just disabling voodoo. I haven't put voodoo back on yet, but I probably will. Not with the OC kernal because none of them are stable enough IMO. When I used the OC lagfix my phone would always freeze up when I did anything extensive. Google Earth for example, would cause it freeze up. Oh well, hopefully someone will come up with a good OC, and I'll be happy to donate to them for their hard work.
Seriously, I think you should just uninstall and create a backup. Then reinstall voodoo for that sweet Quadrant score. LOL
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I just created my nandroid backup! I chose to uninstall Voodoo then re-root my phone instead of just disabling voodoo. I haven't put voodoo back on yet, but I probably will. Not with the OC kernal because none of them are stable enough IMO. When I used the OC lagfix my phone would always freeze up when I did anything extensive. Google Earth for example, would cause it freeze up. Oh well, hopefully someone will come up with a good OC, and I'll be happy to donate to them for their hard work.
Seriously, I think you should just uninstall and create a backup. Then reinstall voodoo for that sweet Quadrant score. LOL
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Respectfully, the kernels are fine. Different processors handle the same kernels differently. Most kernel threads have several different versions partly because of this. For instance, My GFs phone will run Dirks UC/OC well, without issue, but mine occasionally borked when I tried it, so I use JT's. You will see this effect more pronounced on boards for devices with many different kernels available.
Always a good idea to try each version of each kernel for a bit to see how you do.
Wow, I forgot about removing voodoo before doing nandroid backup / restore. I've done 2 backups and 1 restore without issue. Did I just get lucky? Man there's a lot of stuff to keep track of here!
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Between Titanium Backup and My Backup Pro (seems to handle things like the call log and sms/mms messages a little better, at least for me), I haven't used a Nandroid in a couple of weeks.
It's actually a pretty nice, streamlined process:
-Run the backups
-Do whatever hacky thing I'm doing
-Wipe data
-Sign in to Google and download Titanium from the market
-Restore apps with Titanium, then data with MB Pro.
-Fix any funny widgets
-Enjoy!
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I like the sound of this! But I have a question...I looked into the MBPro and supposedly it backs up all of your apps along with your data/personal settings. If that's the case, why use titanium backup?
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I installed Cognition 2.2 beta 9(with voodoo) and got my phone all set up and did a nandroid backup without disabling voodoo. I never thought to disable it and the backup worked fine. Now today I restored the backup and forgot about disabling voodoo and it worked but I didn't have any of my apps or the market, and I realized it was probably because I never disabled voodoo. So I disabled voodoo and restored the backup again and it worked perfectly.
So I don't think you need to disable voodoo to do a nandroid backup; just to restore one.
I haven't re-enabled voodoo yet. Battery needs to charge a bit.
I've done backup and restore without disabling voodoo, because I forgot. It worked fine though. Now that I have read about issues with disabling voodoo I am kinda nervous to to even try it.
What do you think I should do in the future?
Thanx, you guys rock for making our phones faster and better...
Okay, I'm here everyday reading this stuff, Id first like to say you guys rock. Everyone here, and the makers of these awesome mods, you have made my phone and my life quit amazing, and less boring like stock!
It seems something is wrong
I sort of switch back and forth between cm and savage zen when each have an update. I love savage zen because of the higher resolution, makes my evo screen crystal clear, while cm is much more stable, and has not only the meat, but the potatoes and gravy, while savage only has the meat
But anyway, no matter what I do, gmail crashes, and media crashes, market doesn't work etc. The google apps in rom manager have worked before, when I was using 2.3.4 I was able to find that google app package somewhere online.
The google apps in rom manager that im thinking of says its compatible with 2.3.3, and well I used it for a few weeks perfectly. Silly me though I'm never satisfied...
I'm running 7.0.3.1, but it seems the google apps that comes with that package has never worked, you know when you check the box for google apps.
So instead I would do it manually, and again I mean it worked fine.
I decided to go back to savage zen, loved it (everytime deleting delvik cache and full wipe)
I think I am missing something...
The order I would do things is, wipe dalvik cache/data, install mod/google apps. I mean that has always worked before just fine. I tried a before and after also, booted it before restoring my data, nothing crashed, it all went smoothly.
In recovery, I go to restore, advanced restore, then restore data. My 2 latest backups both fail. Am I not restoring correctly, oh im sure this is all my fault.
Sorry im sure this has been answered many times over...I found a few threads but they wernt quite what I was looking for because the person I was reading about both times was using cm6, and I think I did the steps correctly..but thats what I'm here for, Please help me fix my bad *** phone.
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Okay, so yeah I do still have more to learn. I was thinking well maybe if I just wipe the cache partition....(havnt done that before..just did full wipes)
Is this all my fault? Maybe all this going back and forth is just not good? lol
I figured this out by myself. I went into titanium backup, and wiped the cache of every program that was giving me the error. Done and done. I guess clockwork mod doesn't get rid of all cache?
Well..thanks anyway...I didn't find the fix on google, or anywhere for that matter..It just came to me..
I remember reading comments about how clockwork dosent nandroid wimax keys and does not fully wipe like it should, you should try switching to amon's RA recovery.
I switched to Amon Ra a few months ago. I agree it's way better and it's nice to be able to whipe dalvik cache without waiting a few minutes for it to even get to the right screen, but I have still had a few problems even after dalvik/cache wipe. Titanium backup is a nice way of cleaning things up also, media storage!
That's something I figured out, it was media that kept crashing and it's happened again, but I do flash like a junkie! Always making sure to wipe dalvik/cache and making a nandroid backup before flashing.
Going into settings, applications, media storage then clear data. Works like a charm.
Also once I had 2 ringtones playing when my phone rang...couldn't figure it out and did EVERYTHING. Clearing media storage saved the day.
I think I'm done flashing..may of found my perfect combo
Synergy rls1 + godmode with aggressive freedom kernal.
mmmmm delicious! RLS1 made the phone actually seem to be overclocked before overclocking it (If that makes sense LOL), it ran just as smooth as it did running cyanogen overclocked to 1190. Of course I overclocked it anyway
So basically, I did a factory reset based on advice in the PRIME 1.4 thread. I'd already backed up my apps with Titanium Backup and so all was good.
After rebooting from CWM I went through the set up and got to the launcher. Installed TB and started restoring my apps. Straight away I started getting FCs all over the place.
I rebooted and ended up boot-looping.
I flashed back to PRIMORDIAL 3.1 and got to the setup. Rebooted into CWM and re-flashed PRIME 1.4
Started restoring one app at a time and again started getting FCs on certain apps (all variations of Angry Birds, Audiogalaxy, etc.)
Any ideas?
did you do a full wipe through CWM + dalvik wipe yet?
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did you do a full wipe through CWM + dalvik wipe yet?
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Yep. I think the full wipe started this fiasco.
To add insult to injury, tapping 'My apps' in Market now FCs too
Sent from my rooted ASUS Transformer running PRIME 1.4
I'd suggest doing a full wipe again through CWM, flash PRIME! 1.4, do a factory reset right off the bat if you want. If that fails unroot your tab by pushing the original Asus blob and rerooting your tab.
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I'd suggest doing a full wipe again through CWM, flash PRIME! 1.4, do a factory reset right off the bat if you want. If that fails unroot your tab by pushing the original Asus blob and rerooting your tab.
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OK, found a symptom, but I don't likewhat the cause seems to be. If I uninstall the app (Angry Birds, say) and then install from market, it works. I can then restore the data from TB and I'm good. Like I said, I don't like where this is going, because it *could* mean an issue with TB.
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OK, found a symptom, but I don't likewhat the cause seems to be. If I uninstall the app (Angry Birds, say) and then install from market, it works. I can then restore the data from TB and I'm good. Like I said, I don't like where this is going, because it *could* mean an issue with TB.
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Sounds like a TB issue.
Restoring data from tb has always been sketchy.
Decided to do a full unroot back to 8.2.3.9 and start again. We'll see how it goes.
FYI: I *was* able to restore from TB the first time I rooted and flashed PRIMORDIAL 3.1 when I first got the device.
On Prime 1.4 did you have one of the power button reboot mods applied? If you wipe/factory reset with that applied Roach warns it will cause Boot Loops, and he has a file posted to go back to stock button mod for after wiping. Maybe this was your issue
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On Prime 1.4 did you have one of the power button reboot mods applied? If you wipe/factory reset with that applied Roach warns it will cause Boot Loops, and he has a file posted to go back to stock button mod for after wiping. Maybe this was your issue
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Yeah I did. But I was still getting the boot-looping after re-flashing just PRIME 1.4 on its own.
Anyway I'm back up and running after going through a complete roll back to 3.0.1.
ProTip: Install solarnz's CWM prior doing factory reset if you want to avoid feeling like a complete idiot for the rest of the day (in addition to everything else!)
Also, dont restore system data through TB. defeats the whole purpose of wiping between flash
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Also, dont restore system data through TB. defeats the whole purpose of wiping between flash
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Yeah understood (I'm a one year owner of a rooted Droid X)
Status Update: I'm back on PRIME 1.4 and didn't restore anything via TB (although it WAS useful in reminding me what was installed)
I've done a nandroid backup, so I may do a TB backup and then uninstall an app and attempt a restore though TB.
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Agree with tjwoo. I shy away from allowing TB to restore data along with apps. Never had an issue when installing ONLY apps. Yeah, takes a bit longer but saves from the hassle you describe.
That would be RE-installing apps.
I'm stuck at the boot-screen of Deck's 1.2 rom, however, I can still access HBOOT and Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I don't see an explicit option, but is there a way I could access Apps or other data to save as a back-up?
I foolishly deleted my rom back-up, and last time I used Titanium Backup was a few weeks ago, so it's not a good option. Thanks!
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I'm stuck at the boot-screen of Deck's 1.2 rom, however, I can still access HBOOT and Clockwork Mod Recovery.
I don't see an explicit option, but is there a way I could access Apps or other data to save as a back-up?
I foolishly deleted my rom back-up, and last time I used Titanium Backup was a few weeks ago, so it's not a good option. Thanks!
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As long as the .zip for the ROM doesn't wipe /data, you could reflash "Deck's 1.2 ROM hopefully fixing your issue and not losing your apps.
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As long as the .zip for the ROM doesn't wipe /data, you could reflash "Deck's 1.2 ROM hopefully fixing your issue and not losing your apps.
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I already tried wiping cache and dalvik, reflashing the rom, and I still get stuck in a boot-loop =/
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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I already tried wiping cache and dalvik, reflashing the rom, and I still get stuck in a boot-loop =/
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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You could wipe /boot and /system as well and reflash and see if that fixes it.
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You could wipe /boot and /system as well and reflash and see if that fixes it.
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I just tried that and it didn't work either. This is maddening.
The last thing I remember doing was tinkering with the lockscreen settings in the advanced settings. I set up a rotary revamped lockscreen with Dolphin Browser HD as my custom application. I have Dolphin saved to SD too, but I don't see why such a small thing would cause constant bootloops.
It ran fine before 1.2 stable and messing with the lockscreen.
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I just tried that and it didn't work either. This is maddening.
The last thing I remember doing was tinkering with the lockscreen settings in the advanced settings. I set up a rotary revamped lockscreen with Dolphin Browser HD as my custom application. I have Dolphin saved to SD too, but I don't see why such a small thing would cause constant bootloops.
It ran fine before 1.2 stable and messing with the lockscreen.
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I have titanium backup run every night along with my call log back up app and go sms to back up texts.
Prevents this kind of thing.
Nothing you've said you have done explains a boot loop.
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I have titanium backup run every night along with my call log back up app and go sms to back up texts.
Prevents this kind of thing.
Nothing you've said you have done explains a boot loop.
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That's a good idea. I usually just use Titanium backup when I'm doing a full wipe or flashing a ROM with significant updates, but since I'd been using Deck's for a while and having no issues whatsoever really and just updating incrementally, I didn't think to backup in a while.
I had actually backed-up the ROM prior to flashing 1.2 stable, but I needed to delete it to make room to back up the newer version, and I didn't think it'd be a big deal since it was stable for a few boots. I guess I got too comfortable.
This is ridiculous, I didn't make any changes to the ROM or flash any new radios or anything of the sort that should cause a bootloop.
I do also use the Theme Manager MattedBlues theme but I've been using that for over a week or so with no issues, so I doubt that's the cause.
Oh well, thanks for the ideas though.
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That's a good idea. I usually just use Titanium backup when I'm doing a full wipe or flashing a ROM with significant updates, but since I'd been using Deck's for a while and having no issues whatsoever really and just updating incrementally, I didn't think to backup in a while.
I had actually backed-up the ROM prior to flashing 1.2 stable, but I needed to delete it to make room to back up the newer version, and I didn't think it'd be a big deal since it was stable for a few boots. I guess I got too comfortable.
This is ridiculous, I didn't make any changes to the ROM or flash any new radios or anything of the sort that should cause a bootloop.
I do also use the Theme Manager MattedBlues theme but I've been using that for over a week or so with no issues, so I doubt that's the cause.
Oh well, thanks for the ideas though.
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Sorry I took my Xanax to sleep or else I'd likely be able to think of some kind of solution.
Hopefully someone else can help you out.
I think in CWM if you mount System&Data /apps you could utilize adb pull..... Also did you set up any custom partitions, a2sd, data2ext, ect... ?
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Actually thanks for the suggestions guys, I managed to dig up an older version of the rom saved on my downloads folder and flashed it and booted.
For some odd reason, an older release labeled as experimental works better than the 1.2 stable...
It's strange too because I looked around Deck's thread and no one else reported any problems similar to what I was having at all.
For all intents and purposes it appears to be very stable and functional for everyone BUT me
Thanks for the suggestions though. I guess I'll hold off on flashing any roms for a while or wait for a newer version and try flashing with a full wipe.
Cool glad you got her going.
Kaaameeehameeehaaaaaa!
It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
kingofyo1 said:
ummmmm ever heard of titanium backup?
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That would be nice IF he was rooted.
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Actually, when I did a TB of all my apps on Gingerbread when I switched to ICS, it couldn't restore them. Would FC every time.
1) I would certainly do individual program backups. Much of your customization in ADW Launcher can be restored just by doing a backup in ADW and then restoring that backup later.
2) What's to lose by NOT doing a wipe now? Presumably once you have ICS if you are having problems you could do a factory data reset and then be returned to a reset version of ICS. Seems to me like you might as well give it a shot first.
What about the asus backup app? Ideal for this
It would be nice if Asus actually told us stock unrooted guys the correct update procedure.
Do we just update? Or do we back up everything using the new Asus backup app?
I would assume the update will wipe the tablet anyway, but Asus should really let us know.
Update went fine without doing any backup or wiping. If I do encounter problems, I'll bother with the factory reset. Until then, eh.
When I updated my Xoom to ICS from HC a month ago, I had no problems. I did not factory reset or wipe and everything worked perfect. But, it was my Xoom. I hope my TF101 goes as smooth. <fingers crossed>
The way I see it, a full wipe allows one to really assess whether or not the installed apps are still useful. There is a lot of junk that gets added on over the months just to test stuff out and just sits there, especially games. I don't do any fancy customizations, thankfully, so there is no worries. I am sure others may not be too happy about losing those obviously.
I think I will go with wiping the tablet after the update if I see issues, too lazy to reinstall everything but I prefer a clean install rather than the upgrade OS over honeycomb way.
I believe the problem with the Prime update was some apps/widgets were not compatible with ICS hence all the reboot issues.
In a way I wish Asus would force a clean install for the tablet providing a warning message prior so that incompatible apps don't muck up the system.
To be honest I don't want my data wiped since I actually store a lot of data on my transformer
It would be nice if they gave the option (i.e. made it optional) but I doubt they will
I have flashed my Nexus S just yesterday (2.3.6 -> 4.0.3; yes, I AM a late adapter..), and it went all smooth; no data loss at all (not-rooted, stock). So, I assume, TF should give the same treat when upgrading..
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<...> This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 <...>
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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Relax . One man went from MS-DOS to windows 7 by upgrading one by one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnehDhGa14
I won't wipe everything. If I will experience some problems I can wipe after upgrade. That`s no difference to wipe before, or after. And in case of no problems I will have everything persited
The TFP's ICS update id not require app backup or anything like that. In fact, first ICS bootup the system scanned each individual app and checked for compatibility and modified the data to be compatible with the system.
I'm assuming the TF's ICS update is like this as well.
For those that are unrooted stock, just update. No worries.
Considering all the problems I'm having with my TF101, I'll be wiping and starting ICS fresh.
Sent from my HP Touchpad running ICS
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It is great news I hear they are finally rolling out ICS but the big question I have even before this pending update is:
For those on stock how many plan to do a system wipe, that is Factory Data Reset and then update to ICS? I have over 100 apps and many tiring, tedious customizations on ADW EX launcher. This would be a new OS much like moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 therefore starting fresh seems like a logical choice so I can avoid junk messing with a new OS install,
But .... the thought of installing every single app and redoing all the widgets and customizations is giving me a brain tumor.
The question, yay or nay on factory reset?
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You know ADW-EX has its own backup-restore feature for your settings and layout right?
Your apps should be synced with Google if you selected that. That means once you run the original setup program again for the first time it SHOULD re-download all your apps.
Or,
you could root, install Rogue Recovery, and backup your data partition. Then install ICS and restore your apps from the backup. Restoring the entire backup might work, but might not...
No way would Asus release an update that wipes data. Can you imagine grandma who has her TF101 set up perfectly losing everything because she clicked the "you have an update" button that popped up. It would be a customer service nightmare if it was a wipe update.
I will be wiping mine just because all my data is stored in Google/Evernote/OneNote and I can always reinstall apps I need as I go along (don't play games on it so that doesn't matter). I like a clean install of the base OS.
Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?
I would do a Backup then update without wipe then when you do sort out after update you've always got those apps available if you want them back(e.g. Unknown Source apps that are not available through market)
Owner of Asus Transformer TF101 with Dock [Rooted][Netformer1.6OC Kernel][Stock(Honeycomb)ROM]
And.. Xperia Play R800i [Rooted][DarkForestROM3.0.5][DooMKernelOC1.6_Governor=SmartAssV2_I/Oscheduler=Deadline][BaseBand=36][RAMmanagerPro=Balanced(MoreFreeMemory)][ZeamLauncher][SDext2=1GB][Link2SD'd][280mbFreeInternalSpace]
ericshmerick said:
Edit: what's the best way to do a full wipe tomorrow, once ICS is available? Just using the menu to format the device then install the OTA?
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If you're using CWM, then do a regular format prior to flashing your update.zip.
If you're completely stock, then a simple data reset should be fine. More wiping requires root/custom recovery.