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Backup Apps/Games/Data before Updating to 2.3.3

Hi Guys,
Now we are waiting to update to 2.3.3?
How should we backup all data & whats the method to update??
I m in SG & my phone is rooted, can it be updated directly or I need to flash???

if your bootloader is also unlock,
first you may flash(using flashtool) the new hongkong ROM(LT15i_3.0.1.A.0.145_Hong Kong.ftf)
after that, you may proceed to fastboot the hongkong ROM image file(LT15i_3.0.1.A.0.145_Hong_Kong_system.img)
- that exact procedure worked for me (was using global .181 ROM before this new hongkong ROM)
the files i mentioned are given on other recent thread, easy to find and you may just find the from there
and for backing up all your user apps, you may use Titanium backup, then restore it once u flash the new hongkong ROM

Rycon33 said:
if your bootloader is also unlock,
first you may flash(using flashtool) the new hongkong ROM(LT15i_3.0.1.A.0.145_Hong Kong.ftf)
after that, you may proceed to fastboot the hongkong ROM image file(LT15i_3.0.1.A.0.145_Hong_Kong_system.img)
- that exact procedure worked for me (was using global .181 ROM before this new hongkong ROM)
the files i mentioned are given on other recent thread, easy to find and you may just find the from there
and for backing up all your user apps, you may use Titanium backup, then restore it once u flash the new hongkong ROM
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thanks man, but I will wait for proper update in SE..my main worry is that my phone is ROOTED, how should I update once updates available in SG.
Also before updating (i assume that I need to flash my phone as its ROOTED), if I take backup with Titanium Backup, then it (TitBackup) will also be removed, then how will I recover my data after updating..
Sry if I asked something stupid

xperiax10.awesome said:
thanks man, but I will wait for proper update in SE..my main worry is that my phone is ROOTED, how should I update once updates available in SG.
Also before updating (i assume that I need to flash my phone as its ROOTED), if I take backup with Titanium Backup, then it (TitBackup) will also be removed, then how will I recover my data after updating..
Sry if I asked something stupid
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even if u wait for the proper update, the new firmware cant b rooted by using gingerbreak atm..
but its not a prob if u already unlock ur bootloader... u can try this first, n then when official rom for ur region is out, u can flash it back.. of coz its a hassle though..

xperiax10.awesome said:
Also before updating (i assume that I need to flash my phone as its ROOTED), if I take backup with Titanium Backup, then it (TitBackup) will also be removed, then how will I recover my data after updating..
Sry if I asked something stupid
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after flashing and rooting,
you have to redownload the titanium backup apps from the market then install and it will still able to detect the backup file stored previously from your sd card (under "TitaniumBackup" folder).
and of course you still have to install also the busybox app for titatnium backup to work.

xperiax10.awesome said:
Hi Guys,
Now we are waiting to update to 2.3.3?
How should we backup all data & whats the method to update??
I m in SG & my phone is rooted, can it be updated directly or I need to flash???
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I've a exact thread and I'm in your situation!
I'm also using TB to backup my phone and now wondering how can I restore it if the phone cannot be rooted.
My biggest worry is not the contacts/SMS/Call Logs/System settings, but the applications installed and their data. My search continues and so far its been a pitch dark

I think that it's matter of time for a new version of gingerbreak to work with Android 2.3.3.

I just updated my non-rooted phone using pc companion and didn't lose any settings/apps.

When I am searching for update, m always getting error "Could not connect to Network"
Strange!!

I just did the upgrade from PC SE update, it upgraded 2.3.3 sucessfully.
1st reboot taken 10 minutes, take long.
Yes, no more root, but no data loss, all apps + data are still there.
cheers
James

when we download games/apps from market, where does .apk files goes??

Guys now since 2.3.3 update is available in Singapore, please let me know how to take backup of all apps/games??
Or should I go ahead with the update, all data will remain intact??
Note: my phone is rooted with GingerBreak!!
Tried to update using PC Companion, but getting following error:
PC Companion was not able to connect to the phone. Please disconnect & connect again.
For support, see the troubleshooting guide.

You wont need to backup your data. To successfully connect to the PC Companion Software make sure you are in the correct USB mode. The PC Companion Software will usually display a message how to do so.

Since gingerbreak is not available for 2.3.3 yet, I'm assuming updating at this stage means:
1. You wont lose any apps/photos you currently have on your phone
2. Can't root with gingerbreak yet so you can't really use titanium backup to restore anything (if you need)
3. The crap wares which we had previously removed/frozen are now reinstalled on 2.3.3
4. Once gingerbreak is available on 2.3.3, we would have to root it again and then go through the process of removing/freezing the list of crapwares?
Are these the right assumptions? Can someone who has successfully updated to 2.3.3 confirm this? Thanks.
Sent from my LT15i using XDA App

Since my phone is unbranded I unlocked the bootloader and flashed a rooted GenericUK ROM. You can find it in the Xperia Arc development section. Of course all your data on your phone will be wiped, but you can use Titanium Backup to get itl all running again. Contacta were a bit messed up, no other problems encountered so far.
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for updating with SEUS
dun think there's a no need to backup unless u select repair
img199.imageshack.us/img199/9374/updatend.jpg

I have updated my arc to 2.3.3 !!
just to confirm there is no NO NEED for backup (if u rooted ur phone with Gingerbreak).
All ur apps/games will remain intact!!

[Q] Best way to FULLY backup W/O Root

Hi everyone, not long ago I rooted my N7, all was well untill the 4.1.2 update came along. I updated my N7 and low and behold I've lost root.
I want to root again, but I don't want to loose all my apps etc AGAIN!
What is the best way to FULLY backup my N7 so that when I root again, I can restore it to its former glory?
Shall I use the in-built Backup function?
Copy and paste everything to laptop?
Any apps that make a FULL backup?
THANKS !

Im just using Mike's toolkit to backup, hope this is a good method

a bit off-topic.. rooting wont make u lose ur apps, if properly done of course..
only unlocking the bootloader factory resets the device.. since u have rooted before, ur bootloader should be unlocked already..

iamelton said:
a bit off-topic.. rooting wont make u lose ur apps, if properly done of course..
only unlocking the bootloader factory resets the device.. since u have rooted before, ur bootloader should be unlocked already..
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You were right mate, haha thanks !
I went through all the backing up etc, rooted it and lost nothing, silly me !

HELP!! I upgraded to 4.4.2 and can't roll back using ODIN :( (T-Mobile)

Hey everyone,
I put a stock image of 4.3 on my phone - T Mobile to remove root, update to 4.4.2; then realized that it's really not worth the issues I'm dealing with in customizing the phone. I really regret doing this!!! I have no idea how to roll it back because when I do so in odin 3.07 or 3.09 with UVUEMK2 I have to reflash the "stock boot img" in order to get my S4 back alive as trying to roll it back that way "FAILS" in odin and breaks the stock boot and the phone asks me to plug it in and use kies to troubleshoot; when I just flash the bootloader and it's fine again.
ULTIMATELY:
1- Can ANYONE tell me how I can roll it back to 4.3 until I JUMP to my S5 in April?
2- If not how does one go about removing - ROOT - by Chainfire or CF-AutoRoot?
=> so I can at least trade in my phone for the 5 and be done with this mess in a month.
Reason I want 4.3 is because I had much more control over the system and was able to perform tethering tasks and APN tricks that have been blocked by the Kitkat update.
Thank you to whomever has the capacity to help me I've spent all day trying to figure it out and I have a 4 page grad paper I'm postponing because I gotta figure this out first, for some apparent reason. So any help APPRECIATED!!

I may be giving you bad news but last time I checked the ota notice said you cannot roll back ... I have yet yo see anyone roll back from KitKat official on the 9500
The new boot loader is pretty persistent at rollback prevention.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

How about in terms of Unrooting? CF-Autoroot has the option in SuperUser app to unroot. I'm guessing this will do the trick for when I hand the phone back over to T-Mo? Or have they added things to circumvent removing SU?
I basically don't want to do it now (Figure out how to unroot) if I don't have to quite yet.
Gillion said:
I may be giving you bad news but last time I checked the ota notice said you cannot roll back ... I have yet yo see anyone roll back from KitKat official on the 9500
The new boot loader is pretty persistent at rollback prevention.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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zz1049 said:
Hey everyone,
1- Can ANYONE tell me how I can roll it back to 4.3 until I JUMP to my S5 in April?
2- If not how does one go about removing - ROOT - by Chainfire or CF-AutoRoot?
=> so I can at least trade in my phone for the 5 and be done with this mess in a month.
Reason I want 4.3 is because I had much more control over the system and was able to perform tethering tasks and APN tricks that have been blocked by the Kitkat update.
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Once you have installed 4.4.2 with the matching boot loader, you cannot install 4.3 with Odin. However you can restore an Nandroid backup of your old 4.3 setup from recovery, so the phone will be back to how it was before the upgrade.
If you want to unroot, you can fire up SuperSU and select the "Full Unroot" option from the settings tab.
In order to restore APN settings on 4.4.2, I have always taken a backup of them on earlier versions using this great app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.APNBackupRestore
In order to make it work on 4.4.2, you move the APK from /Data/App to /System/priv-app using Root Explorer or similar, then reboot. Disable the ICS check in the settings section of APNBackupRestore, and you're good to go!
For tethering by USB, this works very well for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
Good Luck!

Nandroid recovery
Hi VogonP0et,
I have a Sprint S4. I also upgraded OTA to 4.4.2 and am regretting it. I was not rooted when upgrading. Haven't been rooted for a few months. I do not like 4.4.2 restrictive sd card. Screwed up my Doc's to Go and Sygic nav.
I do have a nandroid recovery back up from last summer. MDL i believe.
Do I understand you correctly, I can root 4.4.2 reinstall TWRP. Then do a recovery back to my earlier version. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance.
Jim

Clean install rooted 4.4.2
BrickBait said:
Hi VogonP0et,
I have a Sprint S4. I also upgraded OTA to 4.4.2 and am regretting it. I was not rooted when upgrading. Haven't been rooted for a few months. I do not like 4.4.2 restrictive sd card. Screwed up my Doc's to Go and Sygic nav.
I do have a nandroid recovery back up from last summer. MDL i believe.
Do I understand you correctly, I can root 4.4.2 reinstall TWRP. Then do a recovery back to my earlier version. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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Hi Jim
You can only restore a 4.3 or 4.4.2 backup, not an earlier version.
I have an International i9505 jfltexx, although I believe the process would be the same for you. Here's what I did:
- Nandroid backup to the external SD card first job! Copy to the PC for safety.
- Power off the phone, and manually re-start in Download mode.
- Flash original factory KitKat 4.4.2 firmware of choice using Odin (I used V3.09), which will include the matching boot loader.
- Allow the phone to start up, which will take some time.
- Power off the phone, and manually re-start in Download mode.
- Use Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root to root it, using the Odin that comes in the package. Find it here (3rd post):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
- phone will re-start when the process is complete
- I did a full wipe at this point, and although it's a bit of a pain to restore all your data with Titanium backup it gives a problem-free start.
- Full wipe made my Sygic work properly again!
- Before you drop in a custom recovery, it is a good idea to use Chainfire's Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. It seems that the Flash Counter needs to be zero for successful operation of Mobile Odin in future.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.triangleaway
- once you have set up your Google Play account, download SGS4Flasher here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.bvgemert.flasher
- SGS4Flasher will drop in the recovery of your choice. I use and recommend TWRP personally.
- You're good to go, and Flash Counter is still zero!
- Now you can restore an earlier Nandroid backup of a 4.3 ROM, or install a new custom 4.3 or 4.4.2 ROM
After this I installed the custom ROM of my choice, which is Echoe V16 based on 4.4.2. Echoe makes all the limitations and restrictions of 4.4.2 go away, but there must be a custom ROM suitable for you. I don't think you can use Echoe on your phone, but you may have a favourite. I have to say that doing the full wipe was an important step to make it all work well, so worth the hassle.
The only concern I have is that your backup at version at MDL may actually be Android 4.2, which I don't think you can use directly. However Titanium Backup can extract the data from a Nandroid backup to restore. I have spent quite a bit of time understanding the 4.4.2 limitations and restrictions, and found ways to make it do what I want now. Overall I'm happy, but it has taken some time to get there.
Good Luck!

[Q] Noob Question on upgrading to 4.4.2 for Canadian Variant SGH-I337M

My apology if this has been asked as I've scanned through a few with not much luck.
Came across this and i went to sammobile and dl the TELUS 4.4.2 firmware and judging by this article, this is an non-wipe install via Odin3.
I know it is best to wipe and start fresh but hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction as I would like to upgrade without wiping.
Thanks a bunch!
http://www.howtoroot.mobi/2014/04/install-i337mvlufnc1-442-for-galaxy-s4.html

shuweee said:
My apology if this has been asked as I've scanned through a few with not much luck.
Came across this and i went to sammobile and dl the TELUS 4.4.2 firmware and judging by this article, this is an non-wipe install via Odin3.
I know it is best to wipe and start fresh but hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction as I would like to upgrade without wiping.
Thanks a bunch!
http://www.howtoroot.mobi/2014/04/install-i337mvlufnc1-442-for-galaxy-s4.html
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You cant update your phone without whipping your device if using odin unless its an OTA cause if you do you will most like end up in boot llop thus just backup and then flash using odin, what i assume from the article is that it wont wipe your internal sd card but will wipe your data i.e applications and settings etc.

Depends where you are trying to get to..... if you are not rooted on 4.3 and just want to go to 4.4.2, I would just use Kies. If you are rooted and want to go to 4.4.2 then yes this looks like the right method. Things to concider are.... do you want to be able to go back to 4.3 at anytime is so, you really shouldn't use this method as I believe it is going to update your bootloader which means no going back... If you intend on rooting anyway, I would suggest using CF- auto root, added a custom recovery and flashing Mapleleaf rom..... plus the NC1 modem... this is mostly stock, you will have root access and retain the 4.3 bootloader should you want to revert back to 4.3.......this will trip you Knox so if you want to keep warrenty well this isn't a good way to go either... unless of course you have already tripped it...

[Q]about backups, root, TWRP recovery

Hi,
a little background first and then my question, i'm not new to rooting phone and so on, and every device i had up till now was rooted almost in the second i got home after buying it. but rooting via tools others made , i'm not a developer and no expert on ADB or such. just used other ppl guides and methoods.
but, my new s7e international version with the exynos chip is one week old and not rooted yet. and i didn't find my stock Rom on sammobile website, so i was wondering should i root or not, decided to root, so i got all the files for rooting ready, but since i didn't find my original stock Rom on the web, yet, i was wondering how can i backup my original stock rom before rooting it so i have it just in case something goes wrong.
questions:
1. is there a way to backup the entire original stock Rom that cam with my device ?
2. if i flash TWRP via Odin, and only TWRP , without Chainfire's CF auto root . will i be able to backup my my original rom?
thanks for helpers
sol

You can always restore your phone with smart switch

MATRIKS said:
You can always restore your phone with smart switch
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Does smart switch do a full rom backup or just my app data?
Sent from my SM-G935F

Theres no way to backup your entire phone as stock (not that I know of), Once you root that thing you can never use smart switch (again not sure but with knowledge that everything Samsung updates/updating related will not work once youre rooted), but going back to stock is easy.
Once youre rooted and got TWRP installed, you can now backup your whole phone using the TWRP backup.
Stock Firmwares:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935F/

For now i leave it stock. Once i see my operator stock rom in sammobile list ill root it. Because for once i want to have my stock rom as a backup
Thanks anyways
Sent from my SM-G935F