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flashing without loosing apps

Sorry, I am new and maybe this is a silly question. Can I flash a new rom without loosing my apps and their settings and my games and their saves ? Like backing-up all these.
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If you are rooted use titanium backup from market, but the fact you asked this indicated you need to study more before you start flashing roms
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hahaha. Thank you very much for your quick answer ! Maybe you are right. The fact is that I already flashed my phone 2-3 times but never interested in backing-up. On the other hand now, I have spent a lot of time with it and I do not want to loose my apps. Is there something specific I should do with titanium back-up ? or I just back-up with this app and then, after I flash, I restore ? ( sorry haven' t used it before )
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Yeah you just backup before flashing, restore after. Bear in mind I don't think it is compatible between cm7/miui and samsung - based roms.
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Well restoring app data can cause problems, but that is depending on what rom you are flashing to and from, and like any app you need to learn to use it I recommend paid version as it allows you to batch restore and backup
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I am going to flash an oficial rom. 2.3.4 Don' t know which yet.
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I am going to flash an oficial rom. 2.3.4 Don' t know which yet.
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And what rom are you on now?
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The greek official rom. 2.2
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You may have problems with app data but I'm really not sure, you will know if you do because you will get a lot of fc of apps
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thank you slaphead20 and jaju123 very much ! I will try to save anything I can with titanium. flashing is much more important for me.
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Some games store their save files on the SD card (data or similar). So if you flash a new ROM, all you need to do is reinstall the game and you can start where you left.

Thank you !

ive never had any problems backing up and restoriing ONLY user downloaded apps between cm7, stock and miui using titanium. the only thing which would cause you problems would be restoring system apps..
if you wish to backup messages also and use them with other firmwares u could also use GoSMS, which has a backup function

Anyway to update prl without sense?

Anyway to update prl without sense? and whats the latest prl out?

Nope
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Look for a thread in Hero(cdma) forums by a guy named Kuyoko he used Qpst but IMO would be easier to use a sense nandroid. Sorry i'd link it but am workin.
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Thanks, guess I will just nand my old mikmik nand later to night and run the new prl update.

Well if you feel up to it heres the link :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162091
It's a good guide with pics
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Will take a look, thanks.

mind if i ask how this method worked out for you? i don't want to do a nandroid because it doesn't seem like cm backs up my ext partition, and it's quite a hassle restoring stuff.
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finalhit said:
mind if i ask how this method worked out for you? i don't want to do a nandroid because it doesn't seem like cm backs up my ext partition, and it's quite a hassle restoring stuff.
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Ended up not doing it just nand to an old mikg1.4 backup

finalhit said:
mind if i ask how this method worked out for you? i don't want to do a nandroid because it doesn't seem like cm backs up my ext partition, and it's quite a hassle restoring stuff.
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Have you tried just rebooting after a restore? I found CWM would restore my sd-ext but wouldn't mount it the first time. If I rebooted it'd be fine. Or try just going into backups and doing an advanced restore of just your sd-ext partition.
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i did, and it's hit or miss. rebooting it several times seems to get it eventually mount, but after my last bout when i decided to leave the CM7 setup to try the new sense3.0 (didn't like it), when i tried to go back, i couldn't get it mount at all. later i found out, it's possibly my version of cm7 nightly.
it was too late though, since i panicked, and ended up carelessly formatting my sd. (lost my Titanium backups). this is really more of a user error, than anything else, but i'm still a bit weiry of switching roms.
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Backup apps before rooting?

Hey, so I dislike how the Nexus 7 started to lag after the update and plan to go root with custom ROM and get some of that root goodness. On my phone I would use titanium backup, but my tablet isn't rooted yet so that's a no go.
I just want to keep my apps and the data before jumping in. I don't want to start over in world of goo!
Thanks in advanced.
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You can root your stock rom before flashing a new one, in fact, it's a prerequisite. After rooting, backup using titanium backup
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Use Carbon. It's made by the same guy as CWM and doesn't require root. Be sure to move the backups to your computer though because rooting will require you to unlock the boot loader which will wipe the device clean.
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jnewman1991 said:
Use Carbon. It's made by the same guy as CWM and doesn't require root. Be sure to move the backups to your computer though because rooting will require you to unlock the boot loader which will wipe the device clean.
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Oh wow, I wasn't aware of Carbon. That's awesome.
By the way, what ROMs do you recommend as being the most stable and overall best in your opinion?
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I've used CyanogenMod, AOKP, and Paranoid Android. Right now I'm using CM because I feel it is much closer to stock with a few tweaks and I have gotten a little better battery life out of it. I also use Matr1x kernel. I recommend trying different ROMs and kernels out and see which combination gives you what you're looking for.
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Polaris office restore with TiBu on MEA

I recently flashed mint jelly. I liked Polaris office 5. I'd like to keep using it. Question is, would restoring app+data thru TiBu, a backup which was made on MDL, to my new MEA base work? Or would the pre installed app have an entitlement check of some sort that wouldn't allow me to use it?
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It most likely will work. I'd give it a shot. You don't have anything to loose. Make a nandriod first just in case.
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Planktron said:
I recently flashed mint jelly. I liked Polaris office 5. I'd like to keep using it. Question is, would restoring app+data thru TiBu, a backup which was made on MDL, to my new MEA base work? Or would the pre installed app have an entitlement check of some sort that wouldn't allow me to use it?
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You can jump download it off the samsung apps applications

balpreetsaini said:
You can jump download it off the samsung apps applications
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Haha. Thanks man. :thumbup:
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New n4 user

Hi all
Looking for guide to install paranoid on my n4 but need access to stock ROM too so I can revert to it if I ever need too.
Thanks
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vphotographic said:
Hi all
Looking for guide to install paranoid on my n4 but need access to stock ROM too so I can revert to it if I ever need too.
Thanks
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Root your phone and make and nandroid backup

arc_u said:
Root your phone and make and nandroid backup
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+1 this. Or Google the stock rom or go look in the development stickies.
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Because searching is for p**sies.

vphotographic said:
Hi all
Looking for guide to install paranoid on my n4 but need access to stock ROM too so I can revert to it if I ever need too.
Thanks
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Root and install either Clockworkmod or TWRP Recovery following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266654
Before flashing any custom ROM or kernel, make a nandroid backup so you can revert back if the changes cause your phone to crash.

before flashing anything, learn about your device and the basics to modding your device first. or youll soon start a "new user, help me i think i bricked my device" thread.

thanks guys.
run through maybe 5 roms now to find one that works with whatsapp and i like !!!!
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vphotographic said:
thanks guys.
run through maybe 5 roms now to find one that works with whatsapp and i like !!!!
Hahaha
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They should all work with whatsapp as far as I know. As for liking the ROM that's completely subjective of course. Personally I doubt I could find a ROM that I actually disliked for this phone since the're mostly minor variations from stock and I like stock as well.