Root, ROMs, Backups, Help? :[

[Cat5ive]

Hello Forum, here's my story and situation, if anyone could help that would be great. Thanks in advance. I have the AT&T HTC Aria, it's running 2.1-update1. I've rooted using Unrevoked3, Superuser works. I can get su in the terminal emulator. I'm still running the stock ROM. The phone also still seems to be S-ON even though it is rooted. My issue is that Titanium Backup says that I need to allow applications from Unknown Sources in order to use it. I want to use it so that I can make a backup and flash a custom ROM. My Aria does not have that option. Is there anything I can do?

 

[ls377]

Will it let you do anything without unknown sources? It needs that for the restore, so it should back up just fine. Once you load a custom ROM, you'll have the option.

If that doesn't work, try this.

 

[Cat5ive]

Ah, so just back up using Titanium Backup, then flash to the custom with, say, ROM Manager, then I should be able to restore using TB (aka have the option to check 'Unknown Sources')?

 

[ls377]

Exactly. It needs unknown sources because it basically reinstalls all the apps, and then puts the data in the right place. Backup just needs root access.

 

[Cat5ive]

Thanks so much. I'm at work so I can't try this yet but it sounds like I should have no problem; I'll post back once I give this a shot!

 

[Cat5ive]

In case anyone else is wondering, this did work. Backed it up, flashed to Cyanogenmod 7, and restored like a charm! Happy modding!

 

[keltig]

In case anyone else is wondering, this did work. Backed it up, flashed to Cyanogenmod 7, and restored like a charm! Happy modding!

So cm7 worked? I loaded it and it f'ed up my phone. Took me 5 hours to get it back to normal but my phone sucks now.