Thanks for your response Teddy. Yeah I have read to about TiBu not always working correctly so ill take your advice and try MyBackupPro.
I came across your guide for installing Rom's with rom manager on the Droid forums, yours right? ( very nice by the way ) I think ill use that. So when I backup with RM that will backup everything except apps? I also read that in step 4 it also has a option to wipe dalvik ( that is not mentioned in the guide due to updates) so I wipe that also?
I decided to use 5.4, seemed like it had less problems that the other versions. I know your using 5.6,what do you think of 5.4? I also read somewhere that when switching to gingerbread from Froyo that you may encounter problems, should I stick to Froyo?
Thanks
I am having problems recovering apps on TiBu because I have to buy the paid version but I don't want TiBu I was gonna get MyBackupPro. Will I be able to restore them with mbup?
Well this is kind of nice because I think (hope) I can answer most of your questions here instead of having to reply to the pm as well.
Yes, the guide on droidforums was a collaboration between me and guidot, I taught him all he knows, lol. However I am working on a like guide at my site and will include more updated info for rom manager since it has been updated quite a bit since then.
For you I would suggest using MyBackupRoot (MBR) as it does everything I use MyBackupPro to do; how do I say the difference? MyBackupPro allows you to backup/restore app settings, something I never do anyways. My bad luck, it's a history lesson now. So yes, first use MBR to backup your apps and then the data sections I recommended if they are important to you and then flash your rom as in the guide you found. Sometimes after signing back into your google account, your apps will be re-installed, otherwise you can use a combination of MBR and/or the list of your apps in MBR to re-install them from the market (usually the best way).
When you backup with rom manager/ClockworkMod recovery (CWRecovery) it will make a complete snap shot of your phone at the time you create it. Everything. Apps, call logs, texts, settings, everything.
Now to the question of which rom. Well that question is in the eye of the asker. Early on, I used to tell people to look beyond those that posted about how 'cool' their rom was and to look deeper (at droidforums rescue squad) to those that had problems. Later I started being very 'to the point' and would reply in said thread, "If only I had a dollar for every time this was asked", he he, didn't make me many friends. In essence for me, the roms that the least noise was made about worked best for me, but YMMV (your mileage may vary). Froyo roms seems to be the most stable and trouble free for the A855, but as I already posted I am running SS5.6 just fine.
Meh, I got too windy.
p.s. For the readers, the thread that NUNNYA was referring to is this one:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/rescue-squad-guides/95227-flashing-rom-droid-1-best-practices.html
but IMHO, my info needs a tiny bit of updating in reference to using Rom Manager/CWRecovery. I did start a guide, need to now finish it up and post it, someday soon.
