Tiny, these are good reasons to root. In fact, they are the exact reasons I originally rooted. The root will not wipe data on your phone, only flashing on a new ROM will.
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i tried it but it wont back up my stuff
im backing everyhting up right now with titanium backup and so if something goes wrong, what do i do to retsore it? do i just copy and paste everything and were?
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i tried it but it wont back up my stuff
im backing everyhting up right now with titanium backup and so if something goes wrong, what do i do to retsore it? do i just copy and paste everything and were?
If you're using Titanium back up it means you have Root. If you have root, then a nandriod back up will take care of everything for you. All you have to do is go to your recovery, choose the option that says Nand Backup or something similar and then let it do it's thing. Once it's done you will have a folder on your SD called Nandroid. This back up will restore the exact point in your phone that you took it at. If you flash a ROM and decide you don't like it, just do the nandroid restore and your phone will be exactly back to where it was when you created your Nandroid backup. Titanium is good for backing up apps, especially their data, that you want to carry over to your new ROM.
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its ok, i've seen other people post this problem but i just cant seem to find those posts becuase i think there is a way to fix it.
anyone got any ideas?
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Hey everyone,
Thanks so much for your help and patience. I was able to revert back to the 2.27.651.5 release and then root the phone. I finally got rid of those awful applications and it seems like my phone runs much smoother and loads way faster. I couldn't be happier. For now that's it for me messing around with the phone as I'm very pleased with the outcome. Thanks again for helping me out so much!
Thanks so much for your help and patience. I was able to revert back to the 2.27.651.5 release and then root the phone. I finally got rid of those awful applications and it seems like my phone runs much smoother and loads way faster. I couldn't be happier. For now that's it for me messing around with the phone as I'm very pleased with the outcome. Thanks again for helping me out so much!
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Just wanted to drop a line in here and say thanks to Kelmar for helping me with a few steps I got confused on while rooting.
I am now rooted, although all I have done so far was remove the sprint apps, except sprint TV and nascar.
Looking through the Roms now and trying to decide if I wanna try one ^^
Thanks again
I am now rooted, although all I have done so far was remove the sprint apps, except sprint TV and nascar.
Looking through the Roms now and trying to decide if I wanna try one ^^
Thanks again
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You may wanna research it, I haven't flashed a rom yet myself and I just rooted for the first time but...I think everything I read says you have to wipe first.
Again, may wanna check more yourself because I definitely can't say for sure.
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Yes, wipe before EVERY flash (unless going from version A of a ROM to version B and the developer says it's ok to not wipe). I always wipe the first 3 options every time.
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I was just wondering...
With all this talk of OTA updates... If I had already rooted and installed Fresh ROM 2.1.2 before these updates were pushed, is it still necessary to disable the OTA updates?
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Nope, I'm not 100% sure about how the phones know to receive the OTA updates (probably uses getprop or something), but you won't get them unless you are running the stock 2.27.651.5 update
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What do I do if my phone automatically updated the OTA update? Whenever I try to follow the steps, teh Superuser Permission App doesn't come up. I was having trouble with a backup and now I am SOL. Is there a way to root my phone or is it impossible now? I don't see the backup that I made when I first rooted the phone.
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In the main menu or the Recovery Screen, you will see an option that says
Code:
Backup/Restore
Choose that option, and then choose the option
Code:
Nand backup
This can take up to 5 minutes, so be patient while you see the
Code:
............
Once done, a nandroid backup of your phone will be created and saved to your sdcard in the folder directory:
Code:
/sdcard/nandroid/(your serial number)/
When it is complete, hit the back button to return to the Main menu, and hit "Reboot system now" from the menu to reboot normally!
I did this when I was first rooting my phone. How do I restore that image? I found the backup files on my sdcard. How do I restore the image?
Code:
Backup/Restore
Choose that option, and then choose the option
Code:
Nand backup
This can take up to 5 minutes, so be patient while you see the
Code:
............
Once done, a nandroid backup of your phone will be created and saved to your sdcard in the folder directory:
Code:
/sdcard/nandroid/(your serial number)/
When it is complete, hit the back button to return to the Main menu, and hit "Reboot system now" from the menu to reboot normally!
I did this when I was first rooting my phone. How do I restore that image? I found the backup files on my sdcard. How do I restore the image?
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Hey all, I've been a long time lurker of this site, you all are a wealth of knowledge which is why my first post is a problem. I just rooted using the one click method stated on page 2. When I tried to boot into recovery mode, I got a phone with a red triangle with an exclamation point....now I hit home/power again and got into another menu. The error on the bottom shows "E: can't open/cache/recovery/command" I did search and found that someone had this issue back in December, but was never resolved. Thanks in advance!
SNOW
sorry, forgot to mention, official 2.1 without OTA update. Menu does say android system recovery....no option for nandroid back up, which is what I'm trying to accomplish.
SNOW
sorry, forgot to mention, official 2.1 without OTA update. Menu does say android system recovery....no option for nandroid back up, which is what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Hellow all
Well i to have been a lurker on this site for about 6 mnths ,and want to thank everyone on here for all the usefulle information this forum has given me about my hero, Now For my bad news i have been watching this whole forum on rooting and finally decided about 4 hrs ago to try it myself , not very computer savvy but after reading and reading and lurking and lurking and reading , you get the point , notice i said 4 hrs ago lol i just can't get it to work and believe me i have tried and exhausted all the patience i have and about 300000% more lol , I have come to the conclusion since i was one of fools who did the update on 6/4 and my softwhere build # is 2.27.651.6 that i am screwed ,can't even tell you all how dissappointed i am , after spending nearly 2 hrs a day on this forum for the past 6 mnths just lurking . would appreciate if it is true that i know longer have the ability to root my phone , this is my first post and would sincerely appreciate any help plssssssssssssssss lol my eyes are exhausted thanks very mch so sorry for the long POST
Well i to have been a lurker on this site for about 6 mnths ,and want to thank everyone on here for all the usefulle information this forum has given me about my hero, Now For my bad news i have been watching this whole forum on rooting and finally decided about 4 hrs ago to try it myself , not very computer savvy but after reading and reading and lurking and lurking and reading , you get the point , notice i said 4 hrs ago lol i just can't get it to work and believe me i have tried and exhausted all the patience i have and about 300000% more lol , I have come to the conclusion since i was one of fools who did the update on 6/4 and my softwhere build # is 2.27.651.6 that i am screwed ,can't even tell you all how dissappointed i am , after spending nearly 2 hrs a day on this forum for the past 6 mnths just lurking . would appreciate if it is true that i know longer have the ability to root my phone , this is my first post and would sincerely appreciate any help plssssssssssssssss lol my eyes are exhausted thanks very mch so sorry for the long POST
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Welcome to the site!
I am not familiar with the 1 click method for 2.1 yet. You might try doing it manually if you are having issues.
If you can bot into recovery, you may not see it say "nandroid backup" but instead something like backup/restore. In that menu there should be nandroid backup
Hello and Welcome!
As far as I know, if you have the OTA update installed on the Stock 2.1, you cannot root it (as of right now). There was talk of running the 2.27.651.5 RUU and seeing if you can then root it, but I am not sure if that has been successful yet.
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I was over at xda site since the last post and saw what you are saying about reverting back to .5 but sounded outta my league , especially sinse i don't get alot of the terminology , But a very sincer thanks again for your responce , if you do find a way that works to revert back to .5 pls let me know thanks again Jim Boyd = Geminiflooring@comcast.net
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