ROM Manager - Backups

[jmcsmith]

Its this kinda thing that has kept me from rooting my phone. i am unclear on exactly what i need to do and i dont have the money to buy a new phone if i brick one

 

[belogical]

You did the unrevoked2 tool right?

If you have already run the unrevoked tool then try this:

In Titanium click Problems? and click Yes, do it. It needs to install BusyBox. Titanium will install a stable version for you.

Sweet, that worked, thanks! (why would I ever click on problems? if I had a problem? )

 

[sklemp]

(why would I ever click on problems? if I had a problem? )

Trust me, I know. Sometimes it almost makes too much sense.

Just for the record, if you have the money, get the donate version. Well worth the one-click restore.

And you support the Dev

 

[belogical]

Trust me, I know. Sometimes it almost makes too much sense.

Just for the record, if you have the money, get the donate version. Well worth the one-click restore.

And you support the Dev

will do for sure, looks like the batch operation of "backup all user apps + system data" will do the trick. that sound about right?

 

[sklemp]

Yes! You got it!

 

[belogical]

Yes! You got it!

so what else am I missing?

before the ROM I will run a ROM manager backup, and a titanium backup. flash with my new ROM using ROM manager.

after the flash, will i have to install titanium and ROM manager again on the newly flashed ROM (if not included)?

then do restore of titanium which will get all my apps in my new ROM, correct?

then if it's a crap ROM, restore from the ROM manager backup, then the titanium backup?

dude, I think I need to take you out for pizza with all these questions. let me know when you are in Atlanta

 

[belogical]

i think what i hear them saying is that unrevoked backs up the actual OS, so Android 2.1 with sense, if your using an incredible. Then Titanium backs up all of your personal data from apps and from the phone. Both of these i assume are stored on your SD card so they are not deleted when you load a new rom.

Once everything is set up you can load a new rom, say CM6, and then restore your titanium backup and all your apps and things will be set up correctly.

that sounds about right to me, I hope

 

[sklemp]

so what else am I missing?

before the ROM I will run a ROM manager backup, and a titanium backup. flash with my new ROM using ROM manager.

after the flash, will i have to install titanium and ROM manager again on the newly flashed ROM (if not included)?

then do restore of titanium which will get all my apps in my new ROM, correct?

then if it's a crap ROM, restore from the ROM manager backup, then the titanium backup?

dude, I think I need to take you out for pizza with all these questions. let me know when you are in Atlanta

After you flash the new ROM, all you need to do is install Titanium Backup. And run the restore batch like we talked about. If Rom Manager wasn't already on that Rom, Titanium will install it from the market.

As for Titanium, I always do a backup before I flash but I also have it automatically backup at 3 AM every night.

If it's a crap ROM, you should only need to restore from the ROM manager backup. That's what I just did (about an hour ago) and everything was the same. I use Titanium mostly for bringing all my OS settings back into the new OS.

As for the pizza, I can't take credit for this information. I simply learned it from other people and from screwing things up in the OS. But I do love a good sausage and pepperoni pizza. I think I know what I'm having for dinner.

Let me know if you have anymore questions. You can also gtalk me at sklemp.

 

[belogical]

After you flash the new ROM, all you need to do is install Titanium Backup. And run the restore batch like we talked about. If Rom Manager wasn't already on that Rom, Titanium will install it from the market.

As for Titanium, I always do a backup before I flash but I also have it automatically backup at 3 AM every night.

If it's a crap ROM, you should only need to restore from the ROM manager backup. That's what I just did (about an hour ago) and everything was the same. I use Titanium mostly for bringing all my OS settings back into the new OS.

As for the pizza, I can't take credit for this information. I simply learned it from other people and from screwing things up in the OS. But I do love a good sausage and pepperoni pizza. I think I know what I'm having for dinner.

Let me know if you have anymore questions. You can also gtalk me at sklemp.

thanks for everything! now that I have used and abused you, I'll tell you I'm a Redskins fan I see you are from Philly. Maybe just a transplant like me, but thanks again!

 

[sklemp]

You are right, I am a transplant. I'm originally from Dallas.

Does that help? Haha.

 

[belogical]

You are right, I am a transplant. I'm originally from Dallas.

Does that help? Haha.

Wow, if I had known that I wouldn't have accepted your help, haha!

 

[jmcsmith]

ok, unrevoked2 got me doing some more research and I got it all accomplished. i will post my process in case it helps another ROM newbie like me. first, i noticed the 2 at the end which I hadn't noticed before. unrevoked2 is the flash utility as the members above have stated. more info here: public:unrevoked2 [RootWiki]

#1) I downloaded the windows package from unrevoked2 recovery reflash tool, v2.1

#2) Opened and installed the package, and it puts a few files on the desktop.

#3) Opened up "hboot driver.htm" for instructions on how to load the driver in windows while the device is in the "HBOOT" menu (unrEVOked modified USB driver)

#4) After you have done that successfully, reboot Windows and load the same driver while the phone is fully booted up into the OS (unrEVOked modified USB driver) FYI, I let windows fully reboot, phone fully boot, then plugged it in and loaded the same drivers.

#5) Now your ready to run the reflash.exe (let it run it's course until you see Done!) phone will reboot a couple times

#6) When it's done your phone will boot to the ClockworkMod recovery mode. you can make selections (like reboot device into OS) using the volume up/down keys. you have to make the selection by pressing the optical button, NOT the power button. after you select the reboot option, it will boot into your OS fine.

#7) Open ROM Manager, click "flash ClockworkMod recovery", let it finish, confirm your device

#8) Click "backup current ROM" and you are off to the races! my backup took about 10 minutes to complete, then booted back into the OS.

I assume now I am ready to load custom ROMs now that I have a solid backup.

i have just gotten root and i am going to try this after my hour drive from job #1 to job #2