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[EVO 4G Android Development] rldev:
This is a very good guide, but I always experience the same problem every time I change Roms. If I use Titanium, it does not keep my default launcher setting and my widgets never load. I have to manually remove my widgets and then install them again. If anyone has tips for these two items, please let me know.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
As far as I know I haven't experienced this. DC is supposed to have an update tonight that requires a wipe. So tonight I will play around with this and report back.

Anyone else have any thoughts?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kamiller42:
The guide says "Once booted up follow guides above for backing up or restoring." I see a section with "Backing Up," but I don't see a "Restoring" section. Is there a section with the recommended procedure to restore the apps and data?

I'm looking for the dummies guide. All I want to know is this...

Given: My phone as-is with its customized home screens, settings, apps, and apps data.

How To: Flash new ROM (that's covered in other guides) and restore my apps, phone settings, contacts, customized home screens, etc.

It sounds like I can take my phone, back it up using Titanium in batch and choosing the "Backup all user apps + system data"(Any opinion on MyBackup Pro?), flash the new ROM, and restore using 'Restore missing apps + all system data." Yes?

I assume "system data" includes app data.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
I just updated with a restore section. There isn't much to restoring, most of the work exists with backing up. Let me know if you find discrepancies as I am a little busy at the moment and just threw that section together.

I haven't used anything other than TB because it is highly recommend by pretty much everyone here at XDA and for me its the tried and true. I am writing this guide for TB only and will be sticking to that. So I recommend to anyone reading this guide to stick with TB unless you are comfortable exploring.

And yes, you have it down cold! Just flash, and restore with TB. Once you do that you might want to check your apps by opening them up and making sure they are set the way you want them. Then once done I would reboot and check TB again to make sure there are not any other changes needing to be backed up. Alot of times there will be discrepancies after flashing an update or new ROM.

Then last step, once you have everything setup just how you like. NAND backup with Rom Manager. This is your fail safe so always do one once you are setup just the way you want to be.
[EVO 4G Android Development] psychopsilocin:
I just flashed back to Fresh 0.3 from the new DC rom.

I backed up all of my apps and system data with TB before I flashed. I wiped. Then I flashed DC and restored my apps and system data. Many things were missing including SMS messages.

Ahh well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Do you use stock SMS app or a third party like Handcent? I use Handcent and I think last time I wiped I got my messages back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] RichTJ99:
Hi,

I am looking to use TB to backup only my visual voicemails & my text/sms messages in the stock app. The rest of what I use is about 5 or so apps & I use exchange for email so I would prefer a fresh install & a restore of voicemail & SMS. How would I use TB to do that (SMS is the stock app).

Thanks,

Rich
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Instead of running a batch, just click the backup/restore tab and choose what you want to backup and restore. I think you need to long press on each item. Keep in mind it might be difficult to discern what item is what. So if you don't have a lot of apps installed on the phone it might just be easier to batch update all items. For only a few apps with stock rom it shouldn't take long.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Just updated original post with a mention to using app Handy Backup to backup SMS/MMS messages.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jej28806:
Nice work!

Very helpful
[EVO 4G Android Development] mntbkr:
SOOO... It's like a condom for you OS?...It's a pain in the a$$ to put on but you sure feel good when you learn that your hookup came up positive for the claps:D

Thanks for the info as an Android newbie this clears up allot of things for me. It just sucks that I won't be able to root my new device because it's coming with the OTA applied so until then Ill just sit back watch and learn.
[EVO 4G Android Development] naturaltan:
question about backup

if i were to update my phone and loose my root can i just restore a backup and regain my root access.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Land Master:
No..you will be unable to restore a NAND backup unless you have root.

You must re-root, unlock nand, install custom recovery, and use custom recovery to restore backup.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aquarinard:
I got a question, i downloaded quickboot and when i went into it i chose recovery and i got a screen with a blank phone screen and a red exclamation point. What does this mean?
[EVO 4G Android Development] aquarinard:
Can you do a video on this .....
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
awesome post man, this helped me so much, thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Sorry, been buys lately.

As the other user replied, no. You can only NANDROID backup and restore when rooted. Short story, never unroot unless you need to take your phone to sprint.

However, if you unroot, and then later reroot you should be able to then apply a NAND restore once rooted again.

I think this means you need a custom recovery on your phone. You should try Amon Ra's. If that process is too complicated or you do not like it, download Rom Manager from Marketplace, open the app, and then flash Clockwork recovery from within the app. Then try quickboot again.

Your welcome.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sudhirkhanger:
Thank you so much for amazing article.

I would like to keep backup on my computer/dropbox to keep it secure. I have backed up using rom manager and Titanium back up. What folders do i need to copy to my computer? Is it clockworkmod, nandroid and titaniumbackup?

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Excellent question! I will update this guide in the next day or two to reflect this and leave a comment once I do. Sorry, but currently at work :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
I am updating the main post to reflect this reply...

I would backup the following locations:

- /sdcard/clockwork/backup

This will get all backup performed by clockwork. If you grab the entire clockwork folder then you will get ROM downloads and such too. I don't really recommend this as it never takes more than 25 minutes for me to download any image. Plus with a secure NAND backup, you can always restore quickly.

- /sdcard/nandroid

This should backup the folder used by AmonRa recovery.

- /sdcard/TitaniumBackup

Folder used by TB for backing up of apps.

Of course throw in any other folders you deem important. What that is depends on you. Making a backup of everything else probably wont take long too. For me I rarely have more than 4gb of data on my card so backing up takes roughly 20 minutes, maybe 30.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 4wesome:
very nice guide, nice to have it all together
[EVO 4G Android Development] sudhirkhanger:
Nandroid backup is recommended before all major changes like testing some ROM. Are the previous Nandroid backups useless? Is nandroid backup image of whole system? Can nandroid backup help you get back the bricked phone?

Thanks for the awesome post.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Whether or not a backup is useless is up to you. It depends what changes you made since the last one. I rarely keep old NAND backups around because of the sheer space they take up. The thing I do is make a NAND backup after major changes, like more than 5 or so app updates and or downloads, plus some home screen changes, etc. After the backup is complete I delete the old one. Then I have other NAND backups for other ROMs I'm currently trying out. That way I can easily revert back after playing. But if I know I will not use the ROM I just delete the backup because otherwise it is pure wasted space.

If you do not want to delete old NAND backups you could just copy them to a computer or file server and store them there, then only keep recent ones. That would be a good method too. But IMO there is little point in reverting back to a ROM that has 30 apps that need updates. Which can happen in the matter of a week or two.

Yes, a NAND backup is of the entire system. It is comparable to taking an image of the important partitions needed for a ROM and making a copy of them for later use. All you really need to know is that a NAND backup is everything from a user perspective that matters. Cept cell radio and wimax. Thanks for asking this as I just realized I never fully explained that. I will update my guide to reflect this.

The idea behind bricking a phone is there is no going back. Otherwise it wouldn't be bricked. Probably 90% or higher of HTC users that think they bricked their phones have not in fact bricked them. It is very hard to do unless you start playing around with the other partitions on the phone which most people don't even know how to do. A NAND backup will allow you play around a bit, but if you go too far there is only so much a NAND backup can do.

Don't let that scare you from attempting to root and put a custom ROM on the phone. All of that is very safe and well documented all throughout this forum. If you read and take the time to understand what you are doing then you should be fine. But there needs to be a warning about bricking your phone because it is possible.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sudhirkhanger:
Thanks for great explanation.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ATownI20:
Thanks

This guide has helped alot as I get more comfortable flashing roms,themes,mods etc...:) However, I have searched around and haven't found a way to restore my home screen layouts after flashing. If I have missed the explanation can someone point me in the right direction? :confused:

Evo 4g-Baked Snacks v1.3
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
I thought I mentioned this in the first post while discussing TB (Titanium Backup). I'll check it again and make sure its in there, but TB will backup your home screen layouts and such. Not to mention if you use Rom Manager for backups you can make NAND backups that will capture everything for your ROM of choice. And with Rom Manager you can have multiple backups and name them whatever you like to keep track of them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] frozndevl:
So I've managed to survive a pretty long time without needing to perform a nandroid restore. So I am in the process of restoring a nandroid from last night, and it has been running for nearly an hour. Is this normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
I would say no, that is not normal. Nor I have I read about or experienced that issue. I'm afraid to give you advice because it is possible to brick when breaking up a flash or NAND in the middle of the process.

What recovery are you using? What was the last thing you did before attempting? Is the screen stuck on something, if so what does it say? Are you using a stock SD card or aftermarket?

Plug in your phone to attempt to keep it alive.
[EVO 4G Android Development] yznhmr:
Which Kernel is recommended.. i am still using the eng kernel from the part 2 root instructions..

i am going to flash to 2.2 stock rooted rom(HTC-OTA-3.26.651.6-Final-Froyo-Rooted-Odexed-netarchy-signed.zip) tonight, and trying to decide if i need to upgrade my kernel.. any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dis39tif:
I've been using netarchy's kernels myself on his 2.2 rooted froyo like what you are gonna use. I was running 4.1.8 bfs and it ran great. Now I'm on 4.1.9.1 bfs and it's running like a champ. Good battery life on both although I used setcpu to underclock. People seem to like king's kernels too. I don't think you can go wrong on either.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gmike24:
I just updated to fresh 3.2 and I use clockworkmod to backup. Can I do an advanced restore and only restore my apps and settings from 3.1 if so are they stored in boot,system,data,cache or sd-ext. I'm pretty sure there in data but want to make sure. If it helps I only use clockworkmod inside of recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gmike24:
It was the data file and it worked pretty good. A few apps from SD and preinstalled apps before restoring were lost but no big deal as they were in my downloads in the market so just reinstalled. Hope this helps someone. I wanted to try for awhile just couldn't find any solid info, so I took a stab in the dark. If any problems I'll post them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
First and foremost, make sure you have backups. Do not play around with kernels till you have a fail safe. My favorite kernels right now are anything from Kingslick. This guy works amazing hard and updates to issues people fine come really quick. When he states battery life is amazing with his kernels he isn't lying. But try a few and see what you like best.

So you did an advanced restore from recovery and pulled out only data? Sweet good work. I myself haven't played around with advanced restore, but it is good to know that functionality exists! Great work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gmike24:
Thanks, considering I'm a complete amateur I'll take the compliments when ever I can. So far so good , only lost the apps that were installed by fresh 3.2 and 4 apps that I reinstalled after flashing 3.2. When I restored Data from 3.1 it wrote over the 3.2 Data. Now I'm wondering if I wrote over anything that was new/needed by fresh 3.2.
[EVO 4G Android Development] e1allen:
Excellent guide, I came from the PRE and I had to learn everything all over. One thing about forums I don't necessarily like. The wealth of knowledge may be in one post but you have to find it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Well one thing the devs of this forum try to do is have wiki pages of important and useful posts. So hopefully you can find what you need from there. If not, just ask a question here. Might be off topic but if I know how to help I'll be glad to do so.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Just updated this guide with some more relevant items. I also updated the links so that they work again. The wiki links changed on me...
[EVO 4G Android Development] rajas_evo:
thankx for this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
No problem, glad it helps!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mevensen:
For me, Clockwork has been a more reliable Nandroid backup tool, but I'm not exactly sure why.

With Clockwork, I can easily backup and restore without issue.

With Ra, I haven't had much success with restoring from my backups. What are the essential parts to backup using Ra (since it gives me choices), assuming I want to completely resurrect an install? Check everything?

When I've tried to restore in Ra, I've done one successful restore, and two unsuccessul ones (fortunately, I had some recent Clockwork backups to fall back to). But I don't know why Ra failed. I didn't touch any of the files after backing up (no name changes, location changes, or anything). My SD card has ample space (>4GB) free. There was a message about an error log, but I don't know how to access it, or what the error messages might mean.

This is, I'd like to use Ra, since it seems more adept as flashing other items and the SD partition and extension controls seem more accessible.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xfullmetal17:
In RA, if you do get a failure, go to Other (second from the bottom) and select "Move recovery.log to SD" Go back to the main RA screen and select "USB-MS toggle." Find recovery.log in Windows Explorer and open it. Search for the word "something" and right before the "something went wrong" message should be what the error was.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Blokgang:
good post, this should be stickied
[Android Software Development] manfly9884:
I've been reading the various posts regarding the new batch of Android Tablets that are coming out of the woodwork. It is good information but it is spread all over the android forums. I think it would be a good idea if we could petition the forum moderators here for a separate android tablet section. It is an upcoming technology that we should start to prepare for since we here have been at the forefront of the android community.

What do you all say???
[Android Software Development] deneme13:
I say YES. I have an APAD running Android 1.5.
[Android Software Development] slaming:
yes yes yes, 100% yes
[Android Software Development] andreimoto:
yes...i hope it. may someday i have it...
[Android Software Development] manfly9884:
Not much support for now. I do think however that we should continue to support the idea.
[Android Software Development] degogar:
good idea , there is starting to be quick a few around these days
[Android Software Development] Darkfibre50:
Android (APAD) Tablet

These things are all over ebay from $100 for the 5 inch to $200 for the 10 inch versions.

All running 1.5 (Some say 1.7) and I have just bought one. A great way to start and they are preety handy when traveling for email and browsing, games etc.

I say "YES" to a seperate forum.
[Android Software Development] rbenchley:
Another vote for a separate tablet/slate section.
[Android Software Development] azturbomini:
I vote yes. I have a 10.2" running 2.1 and a 1 gig processor that will be delivered Friday. Yup, 2.1!

$208.11 Shipped from China
[Android Software Development] gonzoangel:
i think a tablet forum would be helpful. i plan on getting one of the cheap ones from Kmart.
[Android Software Development] cafcwest:
More interest here.

I have a PanDigital Novel, and have been enjoying this device greatly. I believe a subforum here devoted to tablets will only increase the exposure (and subsquent development) of these devices.
[Android Software Development] TheCopacabanaMan:
Yes, I'm interested. I have a Eken M002 (the shYYtty one! )
[Android Software Development] draven806:
Agreed. Don't have one yet, but will soon. And would be nice to know that maybe I could someday root it and run custom roms and kernels. On a side note. Any thoughts as to which is the best so far? Sorry if that last remark is off topic.
[Android Software Development] zharptitza:
That would be great. Otherwise I'm going to have to split time between here and SlateDroid for my Pandigital Novel hacking. Would be great to have easier access to so much of the expertise here.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smolck:
My hero is one of the OC sensitive ones. I was running Aloysius 2.1 with overclock widget running at 710 no problem. I then wanted to change it up so I went to RegawMOD's themed ROM (love it!). So then I decided to add the new OC widget (the one for Honeybun works on this ROM) and it boot looped 3 times. The 4th time out of frustration I just held the menu key down until after about 20 seconds I get the Regaw boot screen and she fires right up. My Benchmark PI scores confirm it is indeed running OC now (went from 14500ish to 9800). I turned it off and back on and repeated the above process again, booted right up. Why does holding menu make it boot? I have had that happen when I tried to run Darchdroid 2.7 ROM but it only did it once, from then on it wouldn't boot ever again :(
[HD2 General] conscept:
Hi guys/girls,

It used to but now when I play videos in coreplayer it wont rotate when fullscreen.

So I click fullscreen and it stays as it is, rather than going landscape like it used to.

Anyone know how to fix this?:)
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
For fixed rotation

Menu -> Options -> Orientation -> Left-handed / Right-handed

For rotation assisted by G-Sensor

Menu -> Options -> Orientation -> Follow GUI

You need to make sure CorePlayer is in the G-Sensor Whitelist to use Option 2.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] plmiller0905:
I know there's a thread about how to get the transparent genie Widget. But do anyone know where I can get the transparent youtube widget and the transparent Music Widget and how I go about installing them??

I didn't want to hijack the other thread about Transparent Genie Widget by asking my question so please bare with me.

Nevertheless, any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saf100792:
I can make the youtube.apk for you just give me a second. I looked all over for the music widget files but can't find them. Any one know which apk they're in?

Edit: Youtube apk uploaded(Worked for me)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] shad0w77:
mind posting a screenshot???
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saf100792:
Screenshot

Heres a quick screenie
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] shad0w77:
Sweet! I will try it tomorrow or later tonight
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] warmthsound:
Would the best way to install this be through adb? Tried through root explorer and youtube is plain missing. I know I botched that one.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saf100792:
Yea i use a program called android commander(much simpler) and i just pushed it into system/app. Worked for me
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] plmiller0905:
Sorry for the late reply, I've been working some long hours + taking some classes. But on a more serious note, Wow...thanks for making that youtube widget for me! I'm bumping this right now.

But I made a mistake in what I was asking for. I meant to ask for the black, smoke effect for music widget, Power Widget, facebook widget and the Youtube Widget.

I want all my widgets (News&weather, Power Widget, Youtube and Music Widget) to all look like those on Bugless Beast Rom.

Here's a pic of them:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=700175

Thanks

If you look on BB Rom he has them on there
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saf100792:
I believe these are what you want. I haven't tested them though so i would backup before pushing them but they should work
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] shad0w77:
screenies of the facebook and settings apk???
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Globetrahter:
Got a Question, I want the Facebook and the Music.apk but do I have to remove my stock ones first?

and can I install these with astromanager
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Raadius:
They Genie one didn't work, do I have to push it or can I just install it via Astro?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] onepanda:
I also have the same question if anyone has an answer.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] t1jordan:
I am waiting for the answer to this aswell.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] naps79:
I keep getting forced closes with the youtube app.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Shane112358:
Would also like to figure out how to install these...exactly what I was looking for. My opaque gray news/weather widget looks so blah.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brownhornet:
I used root explorer to replace the youtube app but it wont install
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] toatman1313:
First download a terminal app from market. I use root explorer to delete the stock Genie widget from /system/app. Now we can install the new Genie widget. Make sure genie widget is on the root of sdcard. Now open the terminal you downloaded.type in as follows.

su

cd /system/app

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

install /sdcard/geniewidget.apk /system/app/geniewidget.apk

press enter after each line. your new genie widget should be installed now. make sure to spell genie widget just like it is spelled on it sdcard.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Argon0:
Trying to get the genie widget for alarm clock plus...

Samsung galaxy s, can I safely do the above?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DJ_Bizarro:
heres a thread with a lot more... maybe start requesting there cause theses all work and its already a big thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796399
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] -Apollo-:
Here's a few I did last weekend minus the clock and music widget. I didn't do the YouTube as I don't use that widget, but I'll do it up and post later if you like!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] -Apollo-:
Here's a couple more.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] saenz4931:
Clear bar and clear rossie

can some tell me where i can find the Clear rossie and Clear task bar, with transparent background and transparent drawer,, would i appreciated.

by the way i notice that most of the apps in this treat are old and thats probably the reason they do FC.. i installed then via root explore but no luck .. forceclose and show update on the market.