I have a AT&T Galaxy S4 running Pacrom 4.2.2 stable.
I would like to upgrade to one of the 4.3 nightlys. Can I just flash the new zip, or do I need to do a full format since it's going from 4.2 to 4.3?
Thanks for any help
da64u said:
I have a AT&T Galaxy S4 running Pacrom 4.2.2 stable.
I would like to upgrade to one of the 4.3 nightlys. Can I just flash the new zip, or do I need to do a full format since it's going from 4.2 to 4.3?
Thanks for any help
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Full wipe is mandatory. You will get FCs coming out of your ears if you do not do a full wipe
Langes said:
Full wipe is mandatory. You will get FCs coming out of your ears if you do not do a full wipe
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Thanks. And now that I have this open what's the easiest way to backup as much of my info and settings as possible when switching?
da64u said:
Thanks. And now that I have this open what's the easiest way to backup as much of my info and settings as possible when switching?
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What has worked the best for me is doing an 'online nandroid' backup and use 'nandroid manager' to restore apps. Only restore data of things you absolutely need. Like games. The rest just do restore app. You can find both in play store. You can use 'pac backup' to save settings. Never restore system apps through nandroid manager
da64u said:
Thanks. And now that I have this open what's the easiest way to backup as much of my info and settings as possible when switching?
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Titanium backup or a similar app. Batch backup and batch restore.
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Hi guys, I lost my titanium backups after moving back to stock and then doing the OTA update to 4.3
Is there anyway to get them back or find them? I'm pretty gutted about losing my gallery and everything right now
Thanks for any help
What did you do to go back to stock?
If you used the Nexus Image Flasher then it will wipe EVERYTHING anyway.
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Mercado_Negro said:
What did you do to go back to stock?
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I used one of the toolkits, either root toolkit or nexus toolkit, I thought titanium backups would not get deleted...
I have a Galaxy s4 4.2.2 touchwiz rooted.
I want to backup and install Slimbean 4.3
And if I need, restore to my touchwiz.
Is it possible? Can someone help me or giving the link to the guide?
Is it a good idea to move from touchwiz to Slimbean ?
Thanks
master-i said:
I have a Galaxy s4 4.2.2 touchwiz rooted.
I want to backup and install Slimbean 4.3
And if I need, restore to my touchwiz.
Is it possible? Can someone help me or giving the link to the guide?
Is it a good idea to move from touchwiz to Slimbean ?
Thanks
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well from my experience with rooting, although i failed to flash slimbean 4.3 on my i9500, i did do a complete wipe and all, so when i restored my backup it came back to the stock i had before.
so basiclly i think that if you do a wipe -> flash slimbean and don't like it you could always do a wipe -> restore your backup...but take me for granted i'm no expert in this
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How do you backup & restore? With clockworkmod?
master-i said:
@maoroh
How do you backup & restore? With clockworkmod?
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I used the feature in cwm and it worked for me, slimbean doesn't support the i9500, only the i9505 and the US variants atm
Hey guys
Quick question here guys, im a complete noob on android. Ive rooted my phone, and have installed greenify, titanium backup, and clockworkmod recovery software. I read somewhere i should have made a back up copy before rooting. Is it too late to unroot, or can i still do it now? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
The general idea is to to root, install a custom recovery and make a backup before you proceed with installing any new root-access apps, roms, etc. Backups (nandroids) are made in a custom recovery like twrp or, in your case, cwm. Cheers
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xBeerdroiDx said:
The general idea is to to root, install a custom recovery and make a backup before you proceed with installing any new root-access apps, roms, etc. Backups (nandroids) are made in a custom recovery like twrp or, in your case, cwm. Cheers
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awesome thanks, just did it and it worked fine!
thanks
xBeerdroiDx said:
The general idea is to to root, install a custom recovery and make a backup before you proceed with installing any new root-access apps, roms, etc. Backups (nandroids) are made in a custom recovery like twrp or, in your case, cwm. Cheers
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Is it too late to make a backup if I've done all that stuff? Wow I've got gaps in my knowledge as a noob.
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Wittyusernametaken said:
Is it too late to make a backup if I've done all that stuff? Wow I've got gaps in my knowledge as a noob.
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If your already rooted and have MDL/MDB bootloaders and a custom rom you can make a nandroid backup at anytime. This is good practice whenever switching Roms performing a backup before flashing a new rom. It gives you something to restore in case you have issues with the new rom or just don't like it and want to be back to where you were before. Think of a nandroud backup as an ISO IMAGE where everything is saved/restored exactly like the point you made the backup.
Now if you WANT to save a backup if the stock firmware right after you rooted it then no you cannot just do that easily. To do it you will need to Odin back to the stock firmware (MDB/MDL firmwares) then re root your phone, make a backup, then flash the Roms you want.
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RockRatt said:
If your already rooted and have MDL/MDB bootloaders and a custom rom you can make a nandroid backup at anytime. This is good practice whenever switching Roms performing a backup before flashing a new rom. It gives you something to restore in case you have issues with the new rom or just don't like it and want to be back to where you were before. Think of a nandroud backup as an ISO IMAGE where everything is saved/restored exactly like the point you made the backup.
Now if you WANT to save a backup if the stock firmware right after you rooted it then no you cannot just do that easily. To do it you will need to Odin back to the stock firmware (MDB/MDL firmwares) then re root your phone, make a backup, then flash the Roms you want.
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Well darn. I'm running stock mdl. Haven't tried a custom rom because I don't have a external storage card, not to mention after using Titanium and greenify and whatnot I've pretty much got it how I want it at this point. Oh well live and learn. Thank you for the information. There's so much I'm trying to learn post iPhone 5.
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I am moving from a Odexed MF9 (Stock / Rooted) Rom to a Deodexed version (MF9 / Stock / Rooted).
Can I use TB to restore Apps and data or will it mess things up since the backup was made on a Odexed ROM and the restore would be on a deodexed rom?
AzWizzard said:
I am moving from a Odexed MF9 (Stock / Rooted) Rom to a Deodexed version (MF9 / Stock / Rooted).
Can I use TB to restore Apps and data or will it mess things up since the backup was made on a Odexed ROM and the restore would be on a deodexed rom?
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I would say it conflict buddy some apps need odex to work correctly and restore data will add some of the odex file back if im not mistaken buddy but I could be wrong but you have a backup so if everything goes wrong just restore the backup but if you dont have a nandroid make one before doing this
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As long as you are just restoring user apps/data then there will be no conflict. The trouble starts when restoring system apps/data, that's never a good idea after flashing a new rom.
Thanks. I was mostly interested in restoring the App Data more than anything else. Worst case it doesn't work, and I will wipe and reflash and go from there...
I've been using Titanium Backup for about 4 years across multiple phones and updates and haven't had any issues just with user apps.
metalfan78 said:
I've been using Titanium Backup for about 4 years across multiple phones and updates and haven't had any issues just with user apps.
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Thanks for clearing that up for me I wasnt to sure on it hey learn something new everyday
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Im on stock rooted rom and there is an app i see on titanium backup called KNOXStore.apk can i delete that?
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churchey360 said:
Im on stock rooted rom and there is an app i see on titanium backup called KNOXStore.apk can i delete that?
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Yes and knoxagent.apk too but before deleting freeze it wipe data on it and then delete it and reboot
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Just in case anyone was wondering...
I did a fresh install of the Deodexed Stock Rooted MF9 Rom. I used TB to restore my Apps and Data and it worked just fine (coming from the Odexed ROM).
Obvisously I didn't restore the system apps
Flash~a~holic!
Swipe
metalfan78 said:
As long as you are just restoring user apps/data then there will be no conflict. The trouble starts when restoring system apps/data, that's never a good idea after flashing a new rom.
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I want to restore Swipe but it is considered a system app, what do you think?
I'm rooted with mk2 and no issues. Downloaded wanam, which is awesome, but later read xposed framework can cause a lot of problems and I should perform a backup. I've had no issues yet, but would still like a backup. I have a titanium backup of apps only, but not of the current stock rom. Nandroid won't work with mk2 because of the locked bootloader, so what can I do? Is it possible I'm okay with xposed if it hasn't given me problems yet?
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I'm rooted with mk2 and no issues. Downloaded wanam, which is awesome, but later read xposed framework can cause a lot of problems and I should perform a backup. I've had no issues yet, but would still like a backup. I have a titanium backup of apps only, but not of the current stock rom. Nandroid won't work with mk2 because of the locked bootloader, so what can I do? Is it possible I'm okay with xposed if it hasn't given me problems yet?
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I always make a system dump of my current stock firmware before I start fiddling with my phone. That way I can easily replace any modified/missing files with stock versions when the next ota update comes out.
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I always make a system dump of my current stock firmware before I start fiddling with my phone. That way I can easily replace any modified/missing files with stock versions when the next ota update comes out.
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Thanks. But at this point I'm obviously a little further down the line. What can I do to backup my phone now?
Surely there would be a stock ROM floating out there somewhere I could flash if worst came to worst?
Nevermind, I found a thread explaining it.