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[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
ok guys, here we are again.. you're wanting to backup your phone for if you want to try a test rom, or just to have a backup in case something goes wrong. this tut will show you how! I will also explain how to restore your phone to a backup you've previously made. it is also possible to backup/restore using rom manager but this is the harder way.. not too hard once you figure it out, but thats all opinion

Pre Requirements:

1.) be rooted

2.) have clockwork recovery installed

3.) not a necessity, but it DEFINITELY helps to have the engineering build installed at least once

BACKUP STEPS:

1.) boot into clockwork recovery mode

2.) scroll down to nandroid and select

3.) click backup

4.) it will now automatically backup your ENTIRE PHONE.. this includes your contacts, messages, emails, everything you have on the phone prior to booting into recovery. you will see a yellow bar at the bottom that shows progress

5.) REBOOT!

6.) there is no step 6... you're done ;)

RESTORE STEPS:

1.)boot into clockwork recovery mode

2.) scroll down to nandroid and select

3.) scroll down to restore and select

4.) scroll to your desired restore nandroid and select

5.) scroll to yes and select

6.) it will now auto restore your backup and everything in it. when done it will tell you DONE!

7.) reboot and you're done!

well there ya go guys, one (two?) more tut(s) done and have fun be safe and remember to wipe if you're ever scared you have a boot loop
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] fermunky:
I actually do have a specific question about these nandroid backups. If I backup, then flash a "updated" ROM (update to an existing one already installed), and THEN do a restore, does the restore take me back to the previous version of the ROM? I've never used the nandroid backups as I usually never have a need to.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] marty22877:
the restore takes your phone back to exactly how it was when you performed the backup
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] fermunky:
Gotcha, so if you backup, wipe, and then update a ROM, you cannot expect to be able to use your nandroid backup to restore anything you had previously, unless you wanted to go back to the ROMs previous version... gotcha.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] poetik517:
where are these backups stored?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] fermunky:
I think it's /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/[BackupDate]/
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] poetik517:
is it safe to remove them from the sdcard & store for safekeeping until needed & replace in same location?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
yep, sure is!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] romis138:
Is it necessary to perform a wipe before restoring, if you currently have a different ROM than what is being restored? Or does nandroid wipe for you?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
no, nandroid doesnt wipe for you. i suggest always wiping if you're changing roms
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] chrisgu15:
hi im kinda new to this, but I rooted my slide using the tuts from droiddog.com and here. Got mostly everything working but when I try to backup my current rom clockwork crashes and it doesn't take me to recovery and just reboots the phone. Ive tried clearing the download cashe and downloading an older recovery but nothing seems to work. I basically cant boot into recovery to make backups or flash any roms. any suggestions on what else I could try.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] donepate:
I gave this explination of a nandroid to a friend of mine today. It will act like a time machine and put your device back exactly as it was when you did the backup. Now if you need an explination like that, you realy should not be messing with your phone that way.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nerosm:
freeze

hi

i have a problem. when i try to restore my backup. everything looks fine. but when restoring finish and reboot my phone screen is freezing on htc logo. what can i do?

sorry for my bad english!:D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Just wait it takes a while to boot sometimes, treat it like you would treat a new ROM being flashed.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nerosm:
i need to wipe data/factory reset or?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nerosm:
ok

i wipe data.. restore backup from nandroid.. reboot phone and i waiting almost 30 min and screen still show only htc logo..:confused:
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] warewolf4586:
I have copied the nandroid backups on my SD card

but in recovery mode, it is not showing any nandroid backup file ?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dancingtortoise:
is it in the sd\clockworkmod\backup folder??
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] zealouszee:
Hello,

I have a question about Nandroid backups using CWM...I read on some forum that...the backup and the installed version of CWM recovery should match to make it work..I.e If I took the backup using CWM version 5.0.0.0 I have to use the same CWM recovery version to restore the ROM and I can not restore nandroid backup using the later version lets say 5.0.1.5 of CWM...is it true?

Thanks..
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] DocHoliday77:
I kinda doubt that. Itd be much more likely that a nandroid created by 5.0 couldnt be used by an earlier version. I doubt that is true either, just more likely than the other way around.

Nothing wrong with waiting for better confirmation than mine, but if it were an issue I think wed have heard a lot more about it by now.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] zealouszee:
thanks mate..confirmation from any one else as well?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkgbz:
with the same server, Any idea why it works for one device but not for other?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Hi all,

So I'm on O2 UK with a branded (and I assume locked) Desire.

HBOOT: 0.80

Firmware version: 2.1-update1

Rom version: 1.20.207.3

Bottom line is, I want to root before O2 push out their 2.2 update which will inevitably increase my HBOOT version. I'm a actually a software developer by trade, but I'm scared and want to take this whole rooting process slowly.

I've already created a goldcard but I've also set up my PC ready for the Unrevoked method, so I'll probably end up using that. So my main question is:

- Once I've rooted with unrevoked, do I HAVE to install a custom ROM that very minute or can I simply reboot my phone and use the stock ROM until I feel I'm ready to reflash?

Thank you! (my first post, be gentle please!)

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tillus:
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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamiegt10:
Good evening lodger. I was in the same place s you, o2, new desire and first time boot.

I used the unrevoked method, it took 5 mins and have not needed a gold card.

I have flashed another ROM straight away however my phone re booted in to the original Rom and I could continue to use it with the original o2 Rom but just with root access.

Hope this is of some help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Thank you for the quick replies!

So please correct me if my understanding is wrong, I run the unrevoked process and I get a new recovery rom that lets me perform nandroid backups and flash custom roms but nothing more (yet)?

So if I were to just take a nandroid backup at this point and boot the phone normally, I would see no difference until I actually flashed a custom rom with root access?

I'm actually unsure as to whether the phone is actually locked as I've been with O2 for a looooong time and never had a locked phone from them and unfortunately I don't have another sim card to try in it. The only branding is the O2 boot screen, nothing else. So if anyone could confirm the thing about needing an unlock code that would be great.

Sorry for all of the questions, I'd just like to understand the process a little better before applying it to my pride and joy :p

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobyspin:
As of unrevoked version 3.0 it will root your desire and install a custom recovery.

So you'll have a stock Rom that's rooted, then you can nandroid backup and install a custom Rom when ever you want.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbdags:
I can confirm the first reply you got was wrong. Unrevoked is the easiest and best method to use. It WILL root your phone as well as install a custom recovery. You can then continue to use the stock rom with the benefits of root.

;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I RICHY I:
You won't require an unlock code for an o2 branded phone.

O2 phones are normally locked, but iirc you can use Orange sim cards in there too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
The only people who need an unlock code are Orange users.

As for unrEVOked, it will give you root. The handset will be perfectly usable as soon as unrEVOked is finished. You can then choose to stay as you are or play with all the roms in the dev forum.

Personally I'd jump straight into the dev section and download like a geek on speed :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Thank you everyone. You've helped clarify thing no-end and given me the confidence to go ahead and join you all in root land :D Ok, one last round of questions:

So once I'm rooted, I can jump straight onto the market and download titanium backup and get all my stuff backed up, then I'm pretty much good to go right? (I'll feel a LOT happier once I have a backup!)

Any recommendations as to which rom I should go with first? There are a LOT out there and as a newbie to all of this, sifting through them is a tad daunting.

What's the deal with radio updates? Is there anything I should be aware of when applying them? Should they be applied first, before the OS rom or the other way around?

Having already created a goldcard, is it worth hanging onto it? I hear they do come in handy.

Again, sorry for all the questions but I figure it's best to ask them now rather than get stuck further down the line.

Thanks again

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Update: I'm rooted! nandroid backup is running now! Phew! :D

Thank you again everyone!

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
It depends what your looking for in a rom. If you want froyo with sense you could try ones by pays, or the leedroid one. If you want plain android, I'd go for defrost by richard trip, or opendesire by adamg.

You will need the latest radio for the new froyo roms for stability and to ensure no echo during calls. The radio is the baseband that you see listed in about phone. It will also increase your wifi and mobile network strength.

When flashing the radio your phone will reboot twice. It is extremely important that you do not interrupt the flashing process and if it looks like it's frozen or whatever, just leave it, and be patient. The radio flash is perfectly safe, but if you do interrupt it you will have an unrecoverable brick!

Titanium will work as soon as you have root, I'd get the paid version if you have a lot of apps, as the free version requires you to confirm each app install one by one, paid version is fully automatic.

Finally, if you want to put your apps to sd card, then the froyo one is rubbish! Most if not all the custom roms use oldschool a2sd which is far better but requires an ext3 partition to be made on your card. To make the ext3 partition use either the custom recovery you have from unrEVOked or download rom manager from the market. The process of creating the partition will ddelete your sd card though so take a backup if needed.

Hope this helps you a bit, and good luck. Once you have tried a few roms you will love it :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirbz:
This is wrong, Orange users must use a compatable radio meaning there's no need to unlock.

As for you, if your phone is locked then you will need to flash a compatable radio like orange users. I'm not sure which radio versions o2 uses so it may be worth googling or checking which radio your running. In future when flashing a custom firmware use one that doesn't have a radio file bundled with it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
Unless something has changed you are incorrect. Any radio updated away from the stock one locked orange handsets. No other networks are affected.

All froyo roms require the latest radio. This is not optional.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirbz:
Something has changed because I have a locked orange desire, with the latest radio running the latest open desire firmware and have not had a sim lock message.

I wouldn't of said what I did if I wasn't sure :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbdags:
Best custom rom is neophyte 1.6 if you want sense froyo ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Well I guess the only way to find out will be to pop a different sim in and see what happens. I haven't yet seen anyone with an O2 branded phone with problems flashing to froyo on my forum travels, but I guess its worth finding out for sure. I'm prepared to pay for an unlock code if need be.

So would I be better off using clockworkmod to flash to 2.2 or Rom manager? I assume I have the choice now?

I've taken a titanium backup so now all I have to do is put the radio and os roms on the root of my SD card, flash, *pray* then restore my apps after it reboots?

Thank you again to all. I wouldn't have done any of this if it wasn't for you guys taking the time to help me understand this whole process. I prefer to know more than just "Follow these steps and this happens".

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
Well I finally grew a pair and flashed neophyte 1.6 and i'm proper impressed! Thank you to everyone again for your help and advice.

For the record, I didn't need an unlock code. I just flashed the latest radio and rom straight after each other in clockwork and rebooted. That first boot is a loooong scary one but it was all good in the end :)

Thanks everyone!

-L
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbdags:
Good stuff!! See it wasn't that bad was it? ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Well,you remind me of myself when I tried to root my Hero...The whole process had scared the **** out of me!Well,until VillainRom booted that is! ;)

I haven't rooted my Desire yet as I was stupid enough to install the 2.2 OTA,but will do something soon enough...UnrEVOked can't do anything with the new HBOOT,can it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0dger:
It was by far the scariest thing I've done this year!

Only thing I seem to be having a problem with is Juice Defender + Ultimate Juice (if anyone uses it?). When Juice Defender disables mobile data depending e.g. when the screen is locked, it keeps coming back on by itself which just adds to the battery drain. I've scoured setting after setting in case there's something forcing mobile data back on after JD disables it but found nothing. This used to work perfectly before I switched roms and it's kinda frustrating.

I'll probably have to try a couple of roms until I find one that works well with all my apps.

No, UnrEVOked doesn't work with a HBOOT > 0.80. From what I've read, there is a way to downgrade your HBOOT to 0.80 but with very mixed success rates.
[Omnia II General] tugausa:
I found that my O2 is probably a stolen one... is it possible to change its IMEI back to normal? How can I do this?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamasi36:
how do I get it from my phone on here?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamasi36:
View attachment 374833

hope this works. All credit to the dev Sky raider rom.

I'm using Enom's 2.11 Rom I just set user agent to desktop. Google hulu widget player and bookmark it, then your all set.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdarkknight96:
Is it the same version that's on the market? Says I already have it installed!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamasi36:
No you have to uninstall that version and then install this one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdarkknight96:
Ah, Gotcha! thanks!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamasi36:
You got it working? Seems to work pretty well. Not choppy. Watching an episode of Chuck now. Full screen double tap alignment in browser is better than old version. I'm wondering if their version of flash player is out of Beta. With Verizon I understand it comes in the Rom, but we have to get it from the market. At any rate this one has been hacked.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdarkknight96:
Sweet, yep working fine on my N1 on CM6!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
NOTE: THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED, See this post #97 by "teppic74" for how I fixed the phone

My flatmate recently got a Desire from Vodafone, it's got their latest ROM on it with all their bloatware.

I told him I could debrand it, but the goldcard method didn't work because he had bootloader 0.83.

So I followed a thread to this site on how to downgrade the bootloader:

http://www.tolxdorff.net/tutorials/?step=2

So I did step 4... and then the screen went blank. I left it for a while, I thought it may be installing...

After a long time, I pulled the battery out and rebooted the phone ... I'm pretty nervous by this point LOL

Anyway, the phone reboots and I can hear the annoying HTC chime, which never happened on the Voda rom...

But I can't see anything. It appears that the phone is booting up, but the screen is not working.

Anyone got any advice on what I might do to fix this or am I toast? Grateful for any advice.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
Have you try it again or download a original rom (maybe on vodafone...on my o2site it give a original rom and also here on xda)...or have you tried unrevoked...what say the h boot now..?????

with kind regards...Alex
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Unforunately that's the problem... the phone is working and booting up, but the screen is blank... so I can't see anything.

I'll try to find and flash the voda rom, that's a good idea
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesirableHTC:
so you cant even get into recovery?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
you have no acsess to bootloader or recovery.....??

try vol down (hold it) and phone on (power)...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Well... I think I can get into recovery... it's just I can't tell because the screen is not showing anything...

if I was to make a noob guess at what's wrong, and this is unsubstantiated, it's that it's a new desire with SLCD screen and that it's get the driver for the AMOLED screen installed when I downgraded...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Two more people over at modaco at reporting the same issue, I think:

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...o-com/315329/ive-bricked-my-flatmates-desire/

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/315332/borked-recovery-image/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgemv:
Test your theory.

Pull out the battery and put it back in.

Press and hold volume down and birefly press power on.

Keep volume down pressed for 5 seconds, then release it.

Count 20 seconds, then press the power key briefly once more.

You should now be in fastboot.

Connect your phone to the USB port and it should list it self when you execute fastboot devices.

If see it listed, you can restore the original ROM via the vodafone RUU file.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
have you try phone on...wait 3-5 min and flash the original rom....or maybe a original ota with h boot 092...maybe windows recognizes the phone
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
not bad...that is what i think too ;)

edit: but better explained :) :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
Correct that's me.

I tried a normal boot, unrevoked found the phone but got stuck waiting for boot loader.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
I did follow the test you mentioned regarding fastboot.

Windows did make a bleep bleep sound when i plugged it in, but when I ran adb devices (is that what you meant when you asked "is it listed"?), there were no devices listed.

The phone does make the annoying htc sound on normal boot... just no screen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
nothing in the list also not unknown...?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Thanks I did try to flash an original ROM... but I get the same problem I had before when running the RUU (error 140)

If I find a .92 ROM, i'm not sure I can install it without seeing what's on the screen though...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Nah, it just says "List of devices attached" and then nothing
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgemv:
ADB will not find your phone in fastboot. You need to download fastboot binary and run fastboot devices to list devices in fastboot mode. If you use windows, you also need to install the fastboot windows driver. (I think you can find that in the android SDK)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
I no longer even get the startup beep. Think I am totally screwed?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Thanks for your help. I'm working on it. Get back to ya soon.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
I'm getting the bleep bleep cause I tried to install the generic rom... you're probably not getting it because you only tried to root the existing rom, is that correct?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
yeah i used this driver...open attached htm file (if you have download unrevoke...its also in) adb
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
YEP I can see it with fastboot devices !!!

What next?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
Yeah I tried to re-root and it got stuck at boot loader as I said.

Got the phone Thursday :(

Going to Carphone Warehouse tomorrow and will act dumb, hope they can just give me a new one over the counter! Who knows I might get HBOOT 0.80!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
-double post-
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
have you read my last post with the driver on site 2
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
Yes thanks, I've installed the driver as per the instructions. What next?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgemv:
Find the RUU file with the ROM your device had factory installed and run in while in fastboot mode. It should bring your device back to stock.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
now try to flash again...so from begin..what georgemv says:

Test your theory.

Pull out the battery and put it back in.

Press and hold volume down and birefly press power on.

Keep volume down pressed for 5 seconds, then release it.

Count 20 seconds, then press the power key briefly once more.

You should now be in fastboot.

Connect your phone to the USB port and it should list it self when you execute fastboot devices.

If see it listed, you can restore the original ROM via the vodafone RUU file.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
After leaving it for a while I can now boot again, well blank screen still.

I can even adjust ringer volume.

So I then tried the steps to get into fastboot but adb devices shows nothing. I know the driver isn't a problem as I had ran adb devices earlier on in the day.

Using RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe the process got stuck at waiting for bootloader.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
edit if it´s not listed...try one of the installed driver (i have chose htc dream or something)...it do the job...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgemv:
Check a few posts back. adb devices will show nothing. You need to run fastboot devices and install the fastboot driver.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
Ah my mistake. Yes ok I can see the phone now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmm_ok:
The problem is that I need a RUU with a hboot of at least 0.83, I've tried the generic RUU but I get error 140.

Can anyone help me with finding an appropriate RUU? I don't really know what I'm looking for...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SavageCore:
USB Connection error if trying to flash from fastboot? Even though it shows in device manager/fastboot devices?