Gam3r 4 Life
Well-Known Member
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but you said reroot with recovery. How is that done? Ive always used either debugfs or the Samsung GS3 ToolKit. Thanks
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Guide to using Mobile Odin
- Thread starter Shabbypenguin
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thatguy96
Android Enthusiast
The root is in the all root guide it's under the post is under the title of clockwork mod
thatguy96
Android Enthusiast
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
dont really understand how, i flashed multiple times today with every option enabled to make sure nothing would go wrong so i could write it up.
did you use mobile odin free or pro?
what settings did you enable?
airtioteclint
Android Expert
Yes. Yes.
Edit: to be more clear. Yes you can make a backup in twrp. Yes you can restore any other backups you have, including older touchwiz.
It also wiped my internal. But I was prepared for that. I moved everything important to my external.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
i dont understand i tested this all out and i didnt lose anything on my internal.. ill revise the guide to make sure to use some new instructions
thatguy96
Android Enthusiast
my internal did not get wiped...
morgankslade
Android Expert
I did not check Wipe Data and cache. Is this correct?
I followed the screenshot. My SD and extSD intact. Nothing missing.
So using Mobile Odin method will allow me to restore backups through TWRP?
Should I do the NV Backup again now that Im on 4.1.2.
I followed the screenshot. My SD and extSD intact. Nothing missing.
So using Mobile Odin method will allow me to restore backups through TWRP?
Should I do the NV Backup again now that Im on 4.1.2.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
what do you mean your backups?
morgankslade
Android Expert
Back up of Metropolis, Blackbean.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
restoring blackbean's data will likely cause you to bootloop, as for metropolis i dont think its a good idea but you may be able to get away with restoring teh data
thatguy96
Android Enthusiast
this reminds me...if i go to another rom come back to 4.1.2 can i still go back to my backup of the other rom?
EDIT: never mind i realized that the backups morgankslade was referring to was pre 4.1.2 flash...i guess any backups i make now are fine...
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
im trying to wrap my head around this all... so help me understand.
you are on 4.1.2
you flash rom XY
decide to come back to 4.1.2 so you restore a backup of it?
or you want to leave 4.1.2 so you restore a backup of rom XY?
jtw1216
Android Expert
n4zty
Android Expert
jtw1216
Android Expert
ok, so a tar file is the full thing straight up as is. a zip compresses the full thing into a file easier to keep?
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
more than just that as well, inside teh tar is the IMG file which is a direct vtye for btye copy of the entire system partition. meanwhile metropolis 1.1.0 and ldrifta's rom are just teh files and compressed so they can be smaller 
c0ntrolfre4k15
Member
i flashed lj1, but after i flashed the lj1 i rooted, installed twrp recovery and restored my old backup of stock rooted touchwiz i had. so can i install this tar and go back to that backup from ics made with twrp?
oo and btw i also flashed an aokp rom and got a '0' folder and went back to the stock backup i had and the zero folder remained until i moved the files out of it and deleted the 0 folder, i dont know if that will make a difference in anything but i thought i'd let you know, just in case.
oo and btw i also flashed an aokp rom and got a '0' folder and went back to the stock backup i had and the zero folder remained until i moved the files out of it and deleted the 0 folder, i dont know if that will make a difference in anything but i thought i'd let you know, just in case.