So, n00b to the forums here, at least as far as posting, but I've been lurking around and I'm pretty familiar with rooting and its processes (been doing it for about a year now).
Anyways, on to the issue:
I have a Droid X. I originally rooted it when I get it around Sept. of 2010. Hadn't touched it, all was swell. Wanted to get updated to .340, and I was on the old leaked Froyo. So I decided to start clean, did a Titanium Backup of all files (just in case) then did a data/cache wipe and did an SBF boot using RSD Lite to .340. After the boot, I had to re-activate and resync my phone and immediately thereafter I went ahead and re-rooted and put on MIUI. (The new version, found at the forum here. ) All seems well and good, got it booted up, loving the new interface. But when I go in to contacts, I only have 14, compared to my previous 200 or so.
Now yes, I do use Google backup for contact sync. So I went in to my google account on my laptop, and the blasted thing is only showing 14 contacts too! So apparently, at some point after the SBF and loading MIUI it got corrupted somehow. Maybe because I went straight in to downloading z4root and re-rooting and re-bootstrapping in to MIUI, I'm not sure. Regardless, I'm missing all my contacts. I did check My Verizon and they are all there, but the format My Verizon uses is not compatible with the MIUI interface.
So, here's my question. I really don't want to have to go through and add all 180+ missing contacts manually from My Verizon, OR have to go back to a stock ROM to sync from My Verizon. I do have a Titanium Backup copy of my contacts though. That being said, MIUI uses a different contact storage system than the OTA. Is there a way to translate those files to the MIUI interface? Or for that manner even get it on to MIUI? The rest of my app recovery through Titanium Backup has gone swimmingly, but when I try Recover the data portion of the Contact Storage, it just puts it on an endless loop and never recovers.
Any ideas?
I'm thinking about selling my Streak to a friend. I'm also relatively new to Android, so I'm not sure how the Market apps transfer to a new device. What's the best way to ensure that my apps transfer to my new device without a problem?
A factory reset?
If I have manually removed items using Titanium backup, such as the Stage UI, will a factory reset fail?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Once u sign into the market it will have all your purchased apps. Do a factory reset on the phone before u sell it.
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Selling your Streak? Say it ain't so! May I ask what you're replacing it with?
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
I went to sell my Streak 2 weeks ago, did factory reset and the phone got stuck in a loop, usual fixes wouldn't work so sent it back to dell and got a new one back a week later.
Sold my Desire HD instead and kept the dell
donalgodon said:
I'm thinking about selling my Streak to a friend. I'm also relatively new to Android, so I'm not sure how the Market apps transfer to a new device. What's the best way to ensure that my apps transfer to my new device without a problem?
A factory reset?
If I have manually removed items using Titanium backup, such as the Stage UI, will a factory reset fail?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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If you have made many alterations/modding to be safe I would flash a stock ROM with the stock recovery. This is the equivalent of a factory reset and the phone will have to be set up from scratch. If the person you are selling to wants a custom rom flash the stock ROM the custom ROM is based on and then flash the custom ROM.
Your Android Market apps will follow your gmail account. Set up your new phone with that account and your paid apps will be shown in the market on the new phone. You can also turn on the setting to back up your data to Google on the old phone and let that sync before wiping/flashing it. Your data is supposed to be restored when you set up the new phone and reinstall the apps. I would sync your old phone and restore your new phone while connected to WiFi.
Go to Settings->Privacy
select Back up my data and Automatic restore
Thanks for the help. I'm debating switching to a Galaxy SII at this point.
So i have a Nook Simple Touch I was using about 9 months ago, which fell to disuse for a bit for a variety of reasons. It's running 1.1.0, and is rooted.
I dusted it off to recently give it some more use again, and wanted to update some of the apps, but discovered that the Market doesn't seem to work anymore - I know it used to, but now, whenever I try to download anything, I get a dialog: "Download Errror: Download was unsuccessful, please try again." I've waited an extra day, as I remember that was originally necessary to complete the registration process, but still nothing. Searching (with Market Search) works, even for things I haven't looked up before, and it still recognizes my account, as I see my email, though I noticed that the Nook Touch doesn't get listed in the Google Play Store under devices.
Any ideas what might be going wrong here, or things to try? I'm also willing to upgrade to a newer firmware (1.2.1), but am not sure of the best method to update a rooted device. I can pull it into a separate post, but I'll include it here for now:
I'm sure I'l have to root again, but Is it possible to upgrade the rooted device and then simply re-root, or will I lose everything I've installed? Is it just better to wipe, update and re-root? If so, is there any convenient way to keep all of my settings?
Thanks!
mrgygar said:
So i have a Nook Simple Touch I was using about 9 months ago, which fell to disuse for a bit for a variety of reasons. It's running 1.1.0, and is rooted.
I dusted it off to recently give it some more use again, and wanted to update some of the apps, but discovered that the Market doesn't seem to work anymore - I know it used to, but now, whenever I try to download anything, I get a dialog: "Download Errror: Download was unsuccessful, please try again." I've waited an extra day, as I remember that was originally necessary to complete the registration process, but still nothing. Searching (with Market Search) works, even for things I haven't looked up before, and it still recognizes my account, as I see my email, though I noticed that the Nook Touch doesn't get listed in the Google Play Store under devices.
Any ideas what might be going wrong here, or things to try? I'm also willing to upgrade to a newer firmware (1.2.1), but am not sure of the best method to update a rooted device. I can pull it into a separate post, but I'll include it here for now:
I'm sure I'l have to root again, but Is it possible to upgrade the rooted device and then simply re-root, or will I lose everything I've installed? Is it just better to wipe, update and re-root? If so, is there any convenient way to keep all of my settings?
Thanks!
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Sad, no one wants to reply. Or perhaps no one knows.
Did a backup, and experimented. I couldn't update directly, so I wiped back to a stock ROM, and upgraded to 1.2.1. Rooted with ManualNooter, and the market worked. So I have no idea what was going on, but it works now. Sadly, a computer accident made me lose my backups (including unrooted images). But at least I've got something functional.
I am currently in the same boat with my NST (BNRV300) running rooted 1.1.2. I last installed and/or updated some Market apps successfully perhaps about a year ago, and have not made any other change to the Nook, so I am at a lost as to what might be the cause. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
For now, my workaround this problem is to download the desired app's apk file from an alternate source (e.g., APKPure) then side-load it onto the NST.
My guess would be that somehow your authtication with Google has been lost on the device.
If you go to the PlayStore on a computer do you see your NST listed as a device, and if so, when you select an app that way does it eventually appear on your NST?
Sent from my NST
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My guess would be that somehow your authtication with Google has been lost on the device.
If you go to the PlayStore on a computer do you see your NST listed as a device, and if so, when you select an app that way does it eventually appear on your NST?
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I think you are right -- my NST credential with the Playstore must have expired or more likely become invalid when I changed my password on my Gmail account.
If so I can't figure out how to re-validate the credential: I recall entering my Google login/password via the YouTube app during the course of rooting my NST using the MinimalTouch tool's 2-phase process, but now I can't even get the YouTube app to start (error message: ... problem starting up, please check your network connection and system time).
Look here
I responded to a related issue awhile back. Not sure if the info at the link might kick-start the signing in process.
Thanks for the pointer.
I decided to go the route of "factory reset, upgrade to 1.2.1 and re-root using Nook Manager", as simply re-rooting 1.1.2 using the old tool (Minimal Touch) is tedious & somewhat error-prone -- plus I'd like to try out 1.2.1.
That was what I would usually suggest but the farther I have gotten from that "day 1", the less likely I am to take/offer the same advice. I've made so many modifications at this point I don't think I'd ever get it back to its present state! Back up early and often...and, apparently, access the Market every so often, even if you don't want anything.
Good luck!
Well, i'm having a huge issue going on the past few days. I wish to start a new account on a game called Knights & Dragons and the developers are of no help at all [it's a GREE game]. Somehow the app keeps loading up my old account and I cant get it to stop. I've tried the following:
Factory reset
Flashing new ROMs and GApps [4.3 and 4.4 ROMs]
Change ID in Titanium Backup
Spoof all info with XPrivacy
Made a new google account completely after all of the above
Formatted and erased completely my SD card through CWM.
Used PDroid to block/spoof info.
Nothing seems working. When I open the app it'll show the "complete tutorial and get so and so" above the loading bar which is fine and dandy but then it goes to update the game and boom. Old account loaded even with the Google Play ID and all Phone infor not only changed but being randomized as well.
On my Note 10.1 all I had to do was flash a new ROM and GApps and it made a new account without me even intending to do it.
I'm so lost so my last ditch resort here is to completely wipe EVERYTHING possible and then get my ROM back up and running, reroot and all that jazz. My question is how do I go about doing so without completely bricking my device? I need to get this new fresh start going here and I don't care if I lose everything as I backed up all stuff already to my laptop.
Any ideas?
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today I've decided to take a chance on getting my Note 3 to Jasmine ROM. Luckily got everything working even with setting up as MultiSystem Virtual Image. I use the phone to check my corporate email and it check for rooted device. Can I unroot the virtual image using one of the playstore app so I can connect to my corporate email? if I do, will it also remove the root from the main ROM? I thought the idea of the MultipSystem is that I can do anything and it doesn't affect the main ROM but I see that if I install an app, it also installs on the main ROM so this worries me. TIA.