Thanks for the walkthrough. I will have to give this a try--as you point out, the apps that are affected are the ones with data stored on SD. Also, it is strange that I have to run fix_permissions after flashing to get certain apps to work--what is that all about?
The A2XMLPrinter2.jar thread was here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555334 I got the app running ;) --Ed On Oct 1, 2:02 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > The correct way to restore the backup is by using fastboot. > i.e. put your phone into fastboot mode and run "fastboot flash > userdata data.img" from your computer. > It does work, 100% without exception. > Especially if you verify the correctness of the backup by unyaffs'ing > it before you actually *need* it. > > 1) No, as a user of a google experience device, YOU WERE licensed to > use those apps and therefore what you were doing was perfectly LEGAL. > > 2) Not necessarily. Your provider will provide the OTA update using > standard unencrypted HTTP (signed so that it will only be installable > on the particular hardware they sell), so you can simply download it > to your computer first (or grab the ADP1 image from htc), pull out the > required binaries, shove them into the mod-firmware-update.zip, resign > it, and flash away. You can write a 10 line script to fully automate > this whole process, which results in a googleified mod-firmware- > update.zip file, which is PERFECTLY LEGAL for YOU TO USE, but most > definitely you may not DISTRIBUTE IT. > > 3) See above. > > 4) If you have 150 apps, they are on your sdcard, which will NOT be > affected by a wipe anyways. The only parts that will be lost are the > actual program DATA folders, which, as I have explained above, you can > easily make a backup of. > > FYI: if you just want to backup the /data partition, then as root ON > YOUR PHONE, run this; > "tar -pcf /sdcard/databackup.tar /data" > > And when it is time to restore,... simply untar it into /data. > Guaranteed. Unless you don't follow the instructions. > > Re: AXMLPrinter2.jar... I seem to have missed that tip... there is so > much crap over there to sift through. Got a link? > > On Oct 1, 11:34 am, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi lbcoder, > > > Thanks very much for your assistance. Unfortunately, I have used > > nandroid and other methods(backup apps), but the restore process never > > quite works for me (more details below). > > > Here is what I meant by bringing up my 150 apps: > > 1) The old way--apparently illegal--was to flash a new ROM image, > > usually with no wipe. It took 15-20 minutes tops, and my apps would > > work just fine. > > > 2) The new way is to flash back to a stock ROM, get it updated (so you > > can have the latest versions of Google software, like Market), backup > > the Google stuff, flash the ROM you actually want, and restore the > > Google stuff. This step will take quite a while by itself. > > > 3. The nandroid restore has not worked for me while going through some > > of the processes described immediately above. Apparently, I am not > > alone--a quick Google search shows that people who have had nandroid > > restore problems were basically told to wipe and start over. > > > 4. This potentially leaves me with the problem of having 150 apps to > > start over with. Not a nice prospect. > > > 5. My parenthetical comment "(Try that on your stock G1 ;) )" was > > indeed a jab at stock ROMs. > > > An another note, I hope my tip about AXMLPrinter2.jar on the xda > > forums was useful for you. It really does a great job with the > > Manifest files. > > > --Ed > > > On Sep 30, 12:31 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Read his WHOLE response. Unless he is schizophrenic, the two > > > statements are assumed to be related. My questioning the relevance of > > > the 150 apps is with regards to backups, i.e. assuming that a > > > statement should somehow be bound by logic to the rest of the thought > > > being expressed. > > > > On Sep 30, 9:48 am, Cédric Berger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 20:19, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree that this is the way you would have to do it. I am > > > > > disappointed because I have over 150 apps on my cyanogen-modded phone, > > > > > including 50 paid apps. (Try that on your stock G1 ;) ) > > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 15:29, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I don't see the relevance of talking about your "150 apps". Whether > > > > > the firmware includes google apps or not has no relation to backing up > > > > > your installed apps. > > > > > He just talked about his 150 apps to show why he needed a modded ROM. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
