rooted evo, rom question

[bscabl]

ok, this may have been covered, but there are SO many posts involving this its hard to track it all down, so ill ask..

the situation:

froyo with newest OTA, just rooted with unrevoked.
made nand backup

what i want to do:

explore other roms, but use my nand [if possible] to restore my programs and settings to the new rom

the question:

can it be done, and how? [if someone has a link to a tutorial that makes sense to an andriod newbie with computer knowledge thats fine too, but in fairness, even unrevoked's instructions arent exactly complete, luckily im not an idiot ]


thank you all!

 

[2CupsWithString]

You're really looking for titanium backup, it's a program in the market, it will back up your apps plus app data (browser cookies or like levels on angry birds, etc.).

Nandroid backs up your entire system, the ROM itself the apps, all their data, home screen settings, etc. It's pretty much creating an image of the different partitions of your Evo.

I do this:

I backup all my apps with Titanium Backup, then I create a Nandroid of what I'm running if I like it, then I go in to recovery (or ROM Manager) and install a new ROM (don't forget to wipe!!), if I dig it off the bat I'll fire up Titanium and do a batch restore of all my apps + data, if I like the way that is running I'll save a quick Nandroid just so I always have it setup w/all of my apps.

That's just my way of experimenting without losing any functionality of my apps or account settings.

edit: Just as a heads up, batch functionality in Titanium is only available if you get the paid version, what's easy about this though is you keep the license file on the SD card, so it's really the only app you have to get from the market when you install a new ROM, then just do a batch restore and in a few minutes you're on a new rom with all of your apps. You can tell it to backup system apps and info but I just stick to the user stuff, restoring system things in two different ROMs can become messy.

 

[bscabl]

extremely helpfull! thank you!

2nd question:

any way with a free app to delete stock sprint apps? [i have -some- linux experience so i could even accomplish this ssh'ing in if need be [came from a palm pre... ssh was my best friend on that thing]]

 

[2CupsWithString]

double post, please remove.

 

[2CupsWithString]

extremely helpfull! thank you!

2nd question:

any way with a free app to delete stock sprint apps? [i have -some- linux experience so i could even accomplish this ssh'ing in if need be [came from a palm pre... ssh was my best friend on that thing]]

Sure, you can look in to the Android SDK and it gives you a shell for accessing ssh on android, you could just rm the APKs

Or you can get the app root explorer and delete the files that way. Another way may be if you get terminal emulator from the market and give it SU, then you may be able to remove the APKs that way as well. Don't get removal crazy though a stock ROM even rooted requires a lot of that information to give you a good experience!

edit: Or of course you can use Titanium Backup, just long press and go to "uninstall" (this is my preferred method of removing apps, for no particular reason). Basically ROM Manager, Titanium Backup, and Terminal Emulator are great tools to have when rooted. You could add root explorer to that list but I get by without it.

 

[igotsanevo4g]

A warning for titanium back up- sometimes it causes problems, from reboots to force close.

My recommendation is syncing with app brain, wipe, flash new ron, and re download from app brain. But each to their own I suppose, I prefer not using titanium tho.

 

[2CupsWithString]

A warning for titanium back up- sometimes it causes problems, from reboots to force close.

My recommendation is syncing with app brain, wipe, flash new ron, and re download from app brain. But each to their own I suppose, I prefer not using titanium tho.

I never have a problem with this, I did forget to mention part of my "routine" is using "Fix Permissions" in Rom Manager, I wonder if that has something to do with it?

 

[bscabl]

yea, i went the adb method, really i only want to get rid of a couple of them [amazonmp3 anyone?]
that constantly start up even tho ive NEVER used them
tho im afraid to do anything but browse, im scared ill break it even tho i know how to use a root shell :/

 

[beezy]

yea, i went the adb method, really i only want to get rid of a couple of them [amazonmp3 anyone?]
that constantly start up even tho ive NEVER used them
tho im afraid to do anything but browse, im scared ill break it even tho i know how to use a root shell :/

just cause a app is open in the background doesn't mean it's using any cpu.If you close somethinga and it re-opens then it's ment to be open in the background you would waste more battery closing the it and then having it open itself backup.As for removing amazonmp3 you can it won't cause issues.It's not tied to anything.

 

[bscabl]

ah, excellent.. i had gotten quite good with my pre, but im a total driod newbie and was nervous to take the root plunge, im excited to see that this community is just as helpfull as the webos one was

 

[beezy]

ah, excellent.. i had gotten quite good with my pre, but im a total driod newbie and was nervous to take the root plunge, im excited to see that this community is just as helpfull as the webos one was

Welcome to android. Yeah there's a lot of apps that people think need killed off but really they don't it does more harm then good.The phone will kill off what it needd to when memory is requested.Things might get a little laggy thats when your phone should handle the business and free up memory for you.If it gets to laggy just reboot instead of killing of all apps.

 

[2CupsWithString]

Once you get in to different ROMs you can find ones with a lot of the excess apps already removed, it's really a fun hobby that doubles as having a customized device. If you haven't already check out the xda forums to see what options you have for roms when you're ready.