[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Brains requested to make clean installs easier

Hey Guys,

There are a heck of a lot of brains here on XDA. Only places I can think of to beat us is maybe MIT and JPL off the top of my head. So, hopefully, we all can contribute to get an answer to an issue that can be "more than vexing" at times.

I am asking everyone to contribute what they know about "going clean" and helping to make this process a little less painless. For some, it is no big deal, they use it as a phone, contacts restored, and some basic gapps. For others, this is a nightmare. We have all of our choice apps installed, some or many are paid apps. We have a dozen or more accounts in the system, ALL of them require logins and passwords, plus accounts for apps that require them. We have desktop layouts, wallpapers, shortcuts, and widgets. Putting all THAT back from scratch is very time consuming and for those that need glasses, a genuine challenge.

Yes, we could do it little by little, but for many of us, we want it NOW. I use and paid for Titanium Backup Pro (TB), and I must use it to restore my system ID or else my SVOX paid voice will disappear, even if restored by TB. The play store will make me purchase it again unless I retain my system ID. There are some other paid apps that rely on the system ID. Not a huge issue with TB. TB can restore all of the the system ID and the apps with data if chosen. It is not recommended to restore data but for the same version, it is

usually not a problem

, however, you risk FCs after such a data restore and no way to fix it but do it again, from scratch. I can restore, let's say, Facebook and the account with it by restoring data. But what about all the system accounts and passwords, desktop layouts, shortcuts, widgets, developer mode, debugging, input and language, and all the rest? Is there any app, service, or combination of such that could help with restoring all of this fairly easily and quickly? TB can create something called "Update.zip" and you flash it just like CM11 and gapps, just flash it last. I have to re-read the instructions, not sure if I must boot first before flashing update.zip, never done it before. But it is supposed to put back everything you had before. I have instructions on update.zip from XDA and from sdforums.com. Also from the company itself, Titanium Track.

Okay, no, I do not need "

cheese with that whine

". But seriously, do any of you have secrets, shortcuts, tips, or solutions to make a clean install back to what you had, less painful?

Thank you for your time. Any serious replies, suggestions, tips, or ideas are all welcome. Thank you all for your support. What does Flo from Progressive Insurance say? "We make a great team". ;)

---------- Post added at 12:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 AM ----------

Jake knows what he is talking about and you will get a very good answer from him. But a basic answer is no. JBX is a performance kernel that allows you to do such things as overclock the phone. A stock Droid Razr runs at 1.2 Ghz. JBX will allow you to run it at 1.3 Ghz safely. However, there are governor settings such as "Performance" that will make your phone scream like a rocket, but not be stable at all. Can cause reboots, lockups, and worse if you do not know what you are doing. You can also adjust things like memory settings, voltage, and other very risky stuff to play with. And it comes with a nice "Battery Friend" option to help save battery power.

If you do not NEED or REALLY WANT that stuff, do not use it. I do miss the overclock, but it is no biggie. And not having it installed makes troubleshooting a LOT easier and less likely to cause problems. There were some very vexing issues with signal loss, black screen lockup, and USB choke points in cm11 that Micheal has been working on for a long time. He recently sent the updated information to the JBX developer to incorporate into the jbx kernel. Once it is done, it would be safer to try. Not sure of the current jbx status on this issue though. JBX is a very good kernel, otherwise. HTH