Is it possible to restore/flash a backed up ROM /NAND backup of another phone to your phone ? And the other phone is the same brand and model ?? (Identical hardware) ??
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I could say yes, but I'm gonna say NO, don't try that.
For what I've seen devices behave somewhat diffrent from one another. If you move something from one device to another identical device you could be messing with some sort of signature of the original device.
I actually have got no idea, but I'd advice against it.
If you really want to do it, use Titanium Backup to find out your Android ID then use it to change it after flashing. Otherwise some apps will not work due to license issue.
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yes absouloutly you can and i tryed it my self !!!
Ayman is right; of course you can.
The only problem you might run into is if the version of CWM you use to restore the backup is a lot (say 12 mths or more) newer than the version of CWM you used to make the backup. If that happens, you'd need to use a kernel that has a version of CWM closer to the one you made the backup with.
But if the backup is recent (< a few mths), you shouldn't have any dramas at all.
Cool..actually I want to restore a NAND back of one of my dead Samsung Galaxy S II to a new one
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Try it.
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Can Clockwork Mod be installed on the SGS2 too enable backups etc???
I'm not a complete noob when it comes to Android, but am new to Samsung devices and just want a easy way to backup and restore before I start messing with themes kernels etc etc
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Not until it has been added to the supported devices for CWM. Each device is different, different boot sectors, different partition sizes and a fair few other bits. Each one has to be supported, and as of yet, CWM does not support SGS II.
Hopefully soon it will
Still no Rom manager compatible with SG2 ????....
Short answer: no
Long answer:no!
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This is sad. i been using Rom manager since nexus1 n nexus S..
Btw, is there any way to backup current Rom before flaming update Rom?
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Btw, is there any way to backup current Rom before flaming update Rom?
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No, but all the firmware is available in the dev forum guide section
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Just to check will all data be lost after flashing a new firmware ?
shlomo78 said:
Still no Rom manager compatible with SG2 ????....
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Phone not yet a month old .
Donate SGS 2 to CWM team and i am sure they will get a move on .
jje
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Just to check will all data be lost after flashing a new firmware ?
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If you follow the instructions properly, you will not lose any apps or user data.
Now then guys... i am thinking about rooting my phone to put jelly bean on my samsung galaxy s2 .... i was just wondering views on which is the best one to go for ( LINKS PLEASE ) and is it easy to do you know the usual questions you will have heard them before lol IM A NEWBIE !!!
Cheers People
Download Siyah 3.5.2.
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/07/29/siyahkernel-s2-v3-5/
Tar for Odin.
Then use this guide.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s2-i9100-root-android-4-0-3-ics-xwlpd-88120/
Nevermind it says Cf-root. I flashed my Siyah kernel that way.
After that, flash any rom you want in recovery. Just do a Nandroid backup in recovery and backup apps with Titanium backup from Market!!!
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Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
Im not sure why everyone is worried about backing up there apps ive flashed about a 100 roms and never had to back them up cause if u go to the play store under my apps there always there
Infact there are apps there id forgotten about just pick which ones u want and re install .some roms auto instal them for u .make sure you have a google acc obviously!
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Some want the data
Not
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Some want the data
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What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
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What type of data? Music and photos are saved to the external SD card for me, and as for game save data, I believe that is externally backed up as well.
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Only if the application is on the external memory card then it's backed up there. Otherwise they'll loose the data if that's not the case.
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it says in tutorial to use CM9 do i have to ??
przemcio510 said:
Don't restore apps after flashing newer ROM, cause your phone will bootloop.
Better create text file and write names of installed apps.
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Rubbish!
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If you restore from google play, you loose all your app settings and you will have to reconfigure each app.
Also, Google Play will not show apps installed offline (apk)
Restoring app data with third party app like titanium backup is safe if app is compatible with the target rom
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one more question after i done tht tutorial how do i flash the rom to my phone?? and then how would you put another one on if i gt bored of tht one ?? cheers
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CWM-and have you bothered reading a Rom thread as there's normally install instructions.
And when I get bored of a rom I just restore my nand backup of something previous.
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yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
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yes but it kinda seems all confusing for me shall do i just do what the tutorial from the first page .... download a rom then when i have done all the instructions do i just install the rom
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in order to install a perticular custom rom , all u have to do is to follow the install instruction's of the same in there OP. and the same applies to all other roms also.
since installation instruction do vary from one custom rom to another
Jasper,you are better to read up on things so you are familiar with the processes of like rooting/kernels/roms/cwm/Odin/troubleshooting.
I understand reading 1000s of posts is tedious,but you could end up with a non working phone.
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so i succesfully flashed Siyah 3.5.2 onto my phone now on to flashing the rom onto my phone
Done it people I officially have flashed paranoid android hybrid 1.9.5 cm10 on my galaxy s2 yet .... the newbie is not a newbie anymore ... anything else I can do with my phone ????
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jasper69 said:
anything else I can do with my phone ????
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Yeah,make a nand backup asap.
ps-when people take their valuable time to help you,they appreciate people hitting the "thanks" button.
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And how ex actly do o make a band back up and what is it used for ? And there is no thanks button to press :s
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Hi guys,
I just root my sgs3 yesterday thanks to guide from xda.
Now come to flashing.
Base on my phone information, please advice which room is suitable for me to start flashing.
I am afraid that i use wrong room and brick my only phone.
Base band: I9300DXLE8
Build version: IMM76D.I9300XXALE8
Thank you
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hipziro said:
Hi guys,
I just root my sgs3 yesterday thanks to guide from xda.
Now come to flashing.
Base on my phone information, please advice which room is suitable for me to start flashing.
I am afraid that i use wrong room and brick my only phone.
Base band: I9300DXLE8
Build version: IMM76D.I9300XXALE8
Thank you
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There are many roms available such as cm etc.. Don't worry you'll not brick your device as long as you follow the given instructions..
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rachit.rc96 said:
There are many roms available such as cm etc.. Don't worry you'll not brick your device as long as you follow the given instructions..
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This.
Also, you should make a backup of your EFS, just in case. It contains very valuable information of your device such as IMEI and other stuff, and it's not recoverable without a proper Backup or Sammy's help in the rare event that it gets screwed. Look for a piece of software called EFS PRO on this forum. I'd like to give you the proper url, but I'm kind of busy in a crappy PC at work.
And make sure you use a i9300 compatible ROM, just wanted to make it clear because I've seen people with variants (like US) trying to flash a i9300 ROM and get it pretty messy.
Stock ROMs are fairly easy for starters.
Good luck!.-
PS: When using ODIN make sure that you don't have Re-Partition selected. I repeat, it must be NOT CHECKED. Or you'll be DOOMED.-
Hi
Why don’t you try with Omega first.
There's a flashing guide in post #4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656
Personal I prefer AOSP ROMs with MIUI.
Good luck
Edit: just make sure you do a nandroid backup. Always good to have a backup to go back to if things don't go as hoped. Have saved me many times.
hipziro said:
Hi guys,
I just root my sgs3 yesterday thanks to guide from xda.
Now come to flashing.
Base on my phone information, please advice which room is suitable for me to start flashing.
I am afraid that i use wrong room and brick my only phone.
Base band: I9300DXLE8
Build version: IMM76D.I9300XXALE8
Thank you
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Hi!
since you are new, have you read the Forum Rules? I hope you did
Anyway, do not be afraid to try on ROMs, take a leap and just follow all the instructions handed to you also, NEVER forget to search first.. Just follow all the instructions and you will be good to go, do not hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you out.. so here is the list of ROMs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
Go! and flash! xD lol
I hope this helps! Cheers!
Thanks all. I finally up the CM10 now and long it.
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Does anyone have solutions for "error restore / data" when restore by CWM?
I notice that my backup is quite big. Its more than 3 Gb.
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Your backup could be damaged. I had this problem once with my Galaxy S, so I couldn't use my backup and had to install all apps manually...
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OK, this has been said a few times, titanium backup is only good to use on the same base rom... Going from ICS to JB rom means there are going to be lots of FC's and other problems... Its like installing a mac os on a windows PC... Not gonna work.... You are trying to force JB to use ICS file structure and it doesn't like it...
Hey,
So I'm messing around with my rom you know uot kitchen and stuff but the thing is I dont want to flash my customized rom to my phone because I allready bricked it once and dont want to do so again. And I heard of someting called a virtual box or something so I was wondering how does that work and will i be able to flash a rom in the virtual device??
Just take a nandroid before flashing anything so you can restore.
You sound very new at this. Please read all the guides and FAQs before you do anything.
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Yes I am pretty new at this and by nandroid do you mean a backup with clockworkmod?
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Yes a nandroid backup via a custom recovery such as clockworkmod
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I'm afraid.. If boot menu wnt come after bricking we can use nandroid only for secondary flash r8?
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I suspect Joshua was not using brick in its true sense, which is to brick a device meaning it is nothing but an expensive paperweight
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But I'll have to admit, a smartphone emulator is a cool concept. Android emulators exist already, but not specific device emulators
Hello
I have a S3 and will probably flash MIUI on it but i want to back up my android system completely with the stock software just in case i want to get back to my original software
Can anyone help me out ?
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1st you ask in wrong section
2nd post Q&A section, which is this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1569
xXDarkBozzXx said:
Hello
I have a S3 and will probably flash MIUI on it but i want to back up my android system completely with the stock software just in case i want to get back to my original software
Can anyone help me out ?
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Again reported...
Even though you are posting in the wrong section I will answer this for you once.
You can make a nandroid backup. By making a nandroid backup you basically backup your whole system that is currently installed on your phone. The Nandroid backup takes an image of your phone the way it is which can be restored later. I highly recommend you to do this every time you want to install a new ROM. Just in case anything goes wrong you will always be able to restore your nandroid backup and you're having a working phone in no-time again.
Thnxx and sorry for posting in the wrong secrion cuz my question was related to a rom i thought it would match here ..
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Might i also add to make a nandroid backup you require a modded recovery for your phone.
The most stable and popular one is surely cwm (clockworkmod).
Though i also suggest philz touch recovery for galaxy s3 only because it can compress much more nandroid backups than cwm, plus it has some other cool features.
Im telling you because from your original post i can tell you probably never used a recovery.
You can find VERY easy and trustworthy guides online to do set up a recovery on your cell easily, so i'll let you search for your self, but if you want the absolute fastest way to get cwm recovery on your phone just install the app called rom manager from the play store. from there it is pretty much straightforward and simple....
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question if i do a nandroid backup flash back to stockrom from samsung.
re-calibrate mine touchscreen.
put back the nandroid backup. am i going to lose the re-calibrate???
What?
I have no idea really, it is best you make your own thread for this....and fully describe this recalibration situation...
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xXDarkBozzXx said:
Hello
I have a S3 and will probably flash MIUI on it but i want to back up my android system completely with the stock software just in case i want to get back to my original software
Can anyone help me out ?
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Please could you take the time to read General > Sticky Roll-up thread > Understanding the basics before rooting? I have laid out the answer to hopefully, pretty much any "root" question you may have.
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dioii said:
question if i do a nandroid backup flash back to stockrom from samsung.
re-calibrate mine touchscreen.
put back the nandroid backup. am i going to lose the re-calibrate???
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Anything that is lost after a factory reset, is also lost if you nandroid over it.
You can make a full nandroid backup with philz recovery.
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So iam Going tot losse the calibrate?
Yes