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[Samsung Captivate Glide] VideoRoy:
First post and I have to say great forum here and lots of great information!!

I am a long time unix / linux user and work in the technology product development and I have been researching for about a week after updating to official ICS over Kies for information on backuping up my phone and rooting.

I had considered rooting before but never had a good reason really until I loaded the official ICS update and had to reset to get it working, losing all my apps / data. Kies was not cooperating so I did not get a good backup and it would not keep my app settings any way. This is when I found out that my old Blackberry and even iPhone had much more complete backup solutions that non-rooted Android. I have totally recovered the other devices without losing anything in the past so I thought Android would be a snap as well.

Any way to the point now. After searching I have found great work done by the members and I feel pretty comfortable proceeding to root my stock ICS and getting Titanium to do a full backup. I will fix my keyboard and few other things while at it.

My questions are:

1. When the next official release comes from ATT / Samsung will I have to reflash to the stock boot.img (found in another thread) to be able to get the upgrade and then root my phone again?

2. Once rooted, is it better to just come back here and get the updated ROM and flash manually?

3. Is the best way to achieve the complete backup solution I am looking for?

I am pretty happy with the stock ROMs but I want to be able to get a good and full backup going forward since it takes so long to reinstall everything. I could even live with the bloatware if I was confident I could completely restore at anytime.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Roy
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Shawn:
Titanium is good for backing up apps and data. If you want a complete back up, you'll want to make a nandroid backup with CWMR. As for the ROM part, it all depends on if you're happy with what you get stock or if you like customized things. I'm sick right now or I would go into detail.

sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] VideoRoy:
Thanks Shawn. I saw a reference to nandroid but did not realize it was part of CWMR. Can I assume if I get CWMR loaded I will be able to backup my current apps / settings or will that just set me up for the next time? I have been sort of assuming once I get CWMR loaded and get root that I may lose my current settings.

Appreciate the reply especially while sick! Hope you feel better soon.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] mvi57:
A nandroid backup is more like an image backup of the flash, so you would have to restore the whole thing to get back any files you may have lost. It's mostly for backing up prior to flashing a new ROM, so if you don't like it you can go back to what you had easily.

If you want to back up pictures and things like that you should be able to plug the phone into a computer and mount the flash as a drive (I've done this on my Linux and Windows systems many times). Then you can copy the files you want to save to your computer, or copy a new ROM to the phone so you can flash it with CWMR.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Shawn:
You're welcome. Nandroid backups are for when your phone bootloops or is "bricked" or if you want to restore to something previous. For me, I use Titanium to backup all app data before flashing something and then make a Nandroid with CWMR. In my opinion its a good idea to use both so you're safe from any problems down the road.

sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] VideoRoy:
mvi57 and Shawn,

Thanks guys, got it now. I will probably do both types of backups as well.

I think I understand the system a little better now. The recovery partition probably does not affect the bootloader or ROM so if I just replace it with CWMR I still boot the same and will not lose my current data. I am guessing the next official ROM will probably load fine but I would probably just have to root the phone again.

Thanks for putting up with the noob questions. I have not done embedded development before but some of the guys on team have so I have some terminology i need to get used to.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Shawn:
You will need to root again once you update. Replacing stock recovery with CWMR will not make you lose any data.

sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ZeroHour064:
It's a hard lesson to learn that there were relatively easy solutions to avoid it :/ I as a fellow long time Linux user, I'm suprised!. I myself can not stand not having root access when I need it. I luckily have had Titanium Backup for quite some time now and it IS a life saver for many of your apps and settings! It's a

must

! I too had the issue of not being able to update via kies and assumed it was because my device was rooted, so in my frustrated lack of sleep mood I had going, I said meh all and grabbed easily accessible data off the memory and flashed the ICS from sammobile.com if i remember right. I've since flashed NardRom as well and am having some signal/sms issues. That being said, MAKE SURE you do a nandroid backup and don't get all anxious and overzealous like I did. If I am not mistaken and understand correctly, sometimes when flashing roms you may overwrite various signal related files like the modem or wireless? With a nandroid backup you can simply restore from that like nothing ever happened! Just follow directions to the T. I've yet to brick my SGH-i927 but I've bricked our captivates a few times ;)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] VideoRoy:
I am with you all the way.

I have installed CWMR now and completed a nandroid backup. After tracking down the backup I copied to my laptop for safe keeping. Also installed the keyboard fix only and it worked fine. Later tonight I will give root a try with Titanium.

BTW I was having SMS issues with the stock ICS. No alerts and basic funky things. I have loaded Go SMS Pro and am happier not only fixing the app issues but giving me Group text mode so I am not an outcast with the rest of my iPhone family :cool:

Thanks for helping me get going here.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Shawn:
ICS has a bunch of issues, including the bad notifications.

sent from my captivate glide running ICS (NardROM 0.4 Rooted)
[Samsung Captivate Glide] dudejb:
As others have posted. I back up all my information per app via Titanium backup and every few months I make a new Nandroid backup. This gives me the best of both worlds. A full backup that I can get back to via Nandroid backup and little backups from Titanium backup if I choose to uninstall and re-install an individual app later on in the future.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] ZeroHour064:
Just a few other tips from my recent experiences. Since the problems I was having with NardROM... an entire night with no text msgs from my ole lady got me pretty worried and I learned it was issues with my flash or the rom with my phone so I wiped it out and went back to the stock ICS. I also flashed the keyboard fix and have noticed no problems. I did flash the tether fix too but it's not working for me at the moment so I'll play with it later. I'm also using my regular Captivate as a secondary phone/toy using google voice and wireless so if I'm not getting anything on one # during testing or usage I will notice it and get it on the other phone.

Also, as a long time GOSMS user I like to try out the various features but I must warn you stay away from, or have a backup plan on top of it, if you purchase the 180-day premium features and utilize the local backup. I'm not fond of having things backed up to a cloud so like you I back up all my phone stuff to my server and desktops at home but running raid 5 (paranoid much?). The problem I had is when I restored all my text from the cloud after a flash and noticed the new local backup feature in a GOSMS update I thought hey i can do away with the cloud and use this right!? Wrong. I deleted the cloud backup without double checking and on this last flash, attempted to restore roughly 20k+ messages from the Gosms local backup feature and it errored out or froze the phone EVERY time I tried. Frantically searching through everything I had, I learned that Titanium Backup does do a backup typically of the related data, I beleive the listed backup is SMS/APN/MMS or something similar. You have to enable writing to /system in Titanium's settings. There's a howto on xda I beleive and google searches on restoring it. Another thing, if you have numerous backups and are playing around and i.e. have just flashed, installed Titaniumbackup and want to backup something before you restore it from an older version, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHANGED MAX # of BACKUPS FIRST, otherwise you have just overwritten your previous backup :crying:

*Correction* I'm using jayjayjoker2's debloated ICS 4.0.4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1843001
[Samsung Captivate Glide] VideoRoy:
Great information thanks!!

The backups I am most worried about are all the system settings, app settings and data mostly. I am probably older than most folks here and I do not really text much except family and a few co-workers. I honestly never worried about backing up my SMS / MMS but I will check on my APNs because I had that problem on a Blackberry once. Email is where I store most important stuff and talk about paranoid I have multiple copies of my emails on different computers on different operating systems. 20 years working in storage will do that to you :o

I believe that if Google or Samsung even came up with a backup solution that did what Blackberry or Apple could do it would solve a lot and I probably would not even be working on this. Blackberry saved my bacon more than once with the complete backup they do in their clunky software and last year when my daughters iPhone would no longer power off, I was able to use iTunes to do a complete backup and she was up and running on a new phone in 15 mins exactly where she left off.

Thanks for the advice!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kipphh:
I am having problems since installing 4.1.1 with my mic during phone calls on my end. I will make calls where I can talk for 2 hours no problem then the next phone call after 2 min the caller on the other end keeps saying im breaking up and then cant hear me all. I can hear them loud and clear as they keep saying hello and asking if im still there. I have to hang up and call them back and that call could go good or at random times I have the same issue again. Has anyone had this issue and if so is there a fix out there? I have tried reflashing the rom with no luck I superwipe each time. Im on Verizon (no verizon jokes lol) thanks for any help anyone has!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mfillibene16:
Have u tried dowloading the new radios???

Heres the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1860005
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kipphh:
I have not didnt know there was a new radio out there. Thanks Ill give that a try and see if that works.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chilly30:
Hey everyone, i'm a fresh member to the forums.

I got my nexus 7 yesterday and managed to root it and all that fun stuff with all the research i've done on this forum (you guys are amazing btw)

I have a question

When scrolling between home screens on my tablet the border of each home screen shows. Is there a way to hide it?

I'm running Paranoid Android (original) for Nexus 7 (jelly bean)

I've tried going through the settings and interface options but i've had no luck with such option.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockNrolling:
You can't hide the blue border on the stock launcher. The only way is to switch launchers to something like Nova or Apex.

Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chilly30:
Ah, thanks!

So Nova and Apex's are themes? I'm not quite familiar with all the lingo just yet. I seemed to have found Nova in the Google Play store. Install and i'm good? I'm guessing i may have to play with the settings?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chilly30:
Lol nvm! I get it now, they take over the home screens.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chilly30:
Q: Updating ROMs

I have one more question, when a new ROM update is up.

Will backing up my stuff keep its settings? Cause when i flashed the updated ROM i had to flash GAPPS again and then it asked me to input my google information as if I were doing this for the first time.

Or is this something that i'm just going to have to get used to?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockNrolling:
If you you flash gapps at the same time as the ROM update, you shouldn't have to re-enter your info.

So the sequence for flashing an update would be: reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, flash ROM update, flash gapps, reboot.

You shouldn't have to re-enter your Google info again if you follow those steps. :)

Also, you can backup your paranoid app settings in settings>paranoid settings>backup and restore. That way when you flash an update, you can just go back to settings and restore your paranoid settings for all your apps.

Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 7
[HTC One X] mrjayviper:
edit... found out. seems I need to hold the buttons longer than I'm used to. :3
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlareHeart:
A friend of my brother's had a Captivate and it's screen is completely dead. Cracked and broken physically, and won't display anything. I know the phone still kinda works since there is a row of pixels at the top that kinda lights up when the power button is pushed. The lights seem to correspond to a normal boot up and screen on/off functionality.

I am not versed in this particular phone, is there any way for me to get the data off of it? The guy who used it can't remember the google account info (...yes I know...) so he's come to me, the resident techie, to try and get the data off of it.

Is it possible? It's unrooted, stock, basically untouched from what I know. So we're dealing with something that has zero root access.

Do you guys think it's still possible to get it into fastboot mode and get something off of it? Maybe using ODIN?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Well, I am guessing that it is impossible to activate USB mass storage given the condition of the screen. The best way would be to odin a kernel that has CWM, and blindly navigate through the menus in order to mount USB storage. I have seen this done before; it's easy if you know how many times to press the buttons. I suppose I could help with that if you can't find another reference.

Or you could use ADB but that relies on USB debugging being enabled, which isn't likely if the person was an average user.

BTW, I'm jealous of your current devices...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlareHeart:
You can ODIN a kernel with CWM on an unrooted device? I did not know that! Could you kindly point me in the direction of some sort of ODIN how-to? I'm not versed in the Samsung proprietary stuff. I should also add that it's not just the "USB Storage" that needs to be retrieved, things like contacts and stuff too if possible. I tried explaining that the Google account would have the stuff synced, but that's where the "I dunno the login" comes in. -sigh-

USB Debugging is not enabled as far as I know this is purely a stock device. Nothing changed other than basic usage settings.

I'm a bit of a Nexus junkie...my husband gets my older stuff...so he's kind of up to date (only out by a year or so), and I get the fancy really new stuff lol.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Yep, rooting only affects things at the OS level, while download mode has access to everything right out of the box. Do you happen to know which stock version the phone was running? That will affect which kernel I suggest.

As far as the contacts go... I suppose we can do a nandroid backup of the device from recovery, and to get the other stuff out, I figure you'd have to restore it to a different device and deal with it from there.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlareHeart:
No idea what version it was running prior to crash, and I don't have another Captivate to restore a nandroid to, so I'm not sure how well this is going to work...

I'm kinda leaning towards the..."nope you borked it" answer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
Okay, well in that case you should probably just try a froyo kernel because we don't know if you have gingerbread bootloaders or not.

And I'm pretty sure you can extract that kind of stuff from a nandroid using titanium backup.

Sent from a jelly bean
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlareHeart:
I plugged the phone into my PC to charge, and it's not making the chime...I know it won't pop up as a storage location, but shouldn't the PC still chime to indicate that it sees the device? Also, something appears to have caused it to cease powering up like before. The lights on the buttons don't come on anymore, and the power button no longer seems to elicit the normal pixel line at the top showing power...I think it just finished dying.

I don't think it's going to work for us.

Thanks anyway though!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laughingT:
remote screen: if you can figure how to install myphoneexplorer client on your cappy and then install the myphoneexplorer on you pc, it has a driver to remote the cappy screen via usb into a window on the pc. you can use the mouse to do anything you would do with your finger on the cappy screen.

search 'my phone explorer' via google play. the developer of the app may have a way for you to get it on the cappy via usb.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] horr1blek1tten:
I have my i717 unlocked and on TMOBILE ok question I hate the at&t startup animation as well as the 4G indicator. Can I flash the TMOBILE note ics stock rom onto my at&t note? If not is there an app that can change my 4G indicator?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
It's well past noon. What are you talking about?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] horr1blek1tten:
I meant Noob lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] beakybuzzard:
Short and sweet, no you shouldn't flash a non At&t rom on your At&t Note. However after reading and researching a bit you may find a custom rom that you like and/or there may be something useful in the theme and apps section.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] horr1blek1tten:
Well is there a way I can get the 4G indicator from the TMOBILE version? I hate the one on the stock att rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Just put a piece of bacon over it. Then you won't mind looking at it.

But truthfully, to change that icon is a difficult and lengthy task. So far, no one has done it, that I know of.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtraini7:
I have a tf300 with jellybean firmware JRO03C.US_epad-10.4.2.9-20120809 and the bootloader is unlocked.

I can charge my tablet, but any computer i try, it cannot connect to the computer.

Is there any way I can root it? Thanks for the help!
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sib64:
You can install TRWP 2.2.2.0 with

Terminal Emulator apk

If you can push the blob files on your internal SDcard, after you can just follow the process

TWRP 2.2 - Asus Transformer TF300T(G) page

but for rooted your TF, you will need one computer...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klownin5643:
If you get the recovery working. I would assume you could flash a new rom stock or custom thats rooted already
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sib64:
Your answer has no sense with OP request :confused:
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtraini7:
I need to root first tho :( i guess i am screwed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OmegaBlaze:
I went to a local page plus dealer and after several tries trying to flash i was told i could flash my phone because of my memory was read only or something like that? Is this something dealing with the kernel? I'm on Aokp and i see the yellow triangle every time i boot up..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Your rom should only make it easier imo.. Id suggest flashing a stock rom for dial codes such as the mms fix and 4g mac address alterations, if you even need it!

Flash it back to stock using odin, go get it flashed, then root and rom.

Another suggestion is to learn the "flashing" process. Youd be surprised at what youll learn and it comes in handy!

As always read, read again, and re read everything you just read!

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OmegaBlaze:
Thanks for the quick reply!!

Long story short, i just bought this phone 2 days ago and i'm trying to grasp everything.

I came from a droid x and it was much different. To go back to factory, all we had to do was SBF.

Are you familiar with what files i need to go back to stock?

Oh yeah, im currently on a nandroid backup that i made when i first rooted my phone. But i see that i'm on Agat's dirty kernel. Which kernel do i need to be back stock? EL26? FH13? etc
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OmegaBlaze:
Maybe this would help as well:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Take a glance in the dev section it has everything youll need there. I suggest EL26 odin package. NO BRICK! id also read up on the post in this section describing "for the most part" the flashing process for boost. That will kinda give you a general overview of what your in for if you decide you wanna do it yourself. Btw odin isnt hard to figure out at all at all but like i said read the directions in the op carefully TWICE, THEN AGAIN AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND READ IT AS YOUR DOING THE FLASH PROCESS.

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!

---------- Post added at 02:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:25 AM ----------

Yeah i learned to flash between boost and verizon/sprint and some tricks a few months ago but im no pro.. It honestly doesnt matter what your on or what your using.. Odin is pretty simple and you can use it on whatever rom. at least i have. But you take your own risks lol if you screw it up its not on me.

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OmegaBlaze:
Do you have any links to help guide me?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416477

EL26 ^ ~ Odin factory\rooted restore. Root isnt going to do anything but help the guy or you.. Just sayin lol

Btw there are some assholes here and usually i would have told you to browse the threads and use the search feature but i find its alot easier when your new to have someone kinda spoon feed this stuff to you. However, if you ask me something thats in the op/tutorial, that tells me you didnt do the one thing i asked.. READ! LOL

Other than that i wont mind helping but others might not be so helpful with spoonfeeding so to speak. No offense intended.

And dont be afraid to hit the thanks button! ;)

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OmegaBlaze:
Ahhh...I think i'm learning..So with my droid x, i used to use Rslite(Not sure if you're familiar with it) to go back to my stock ota rom.

I'm assuming Odin would be the same thing. It lets me go back to Ota updates whenever? Am i on the right track? :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Yeap! I had an atrix but i prefer samsung. And your definately on the right track. Odin can be used to flash custom roms as well if there made for it.

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
So howd it go?

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 11secEVO:
I can't find the Page Plus ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint. Where can I find the rom, can someone please help me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
Just flash it by yourself!

Force fed a failcake via Swype
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 11secEVO:
Ok I would flash it myself but where can I find the ROM? I don't have the ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
There is no ROM. I use the same roms as anyone would use on sprint. You flash stuff to your nvram

Force fed a failcake via Swype
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 11secEVO:
Do you have any instructions? Please