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Root Just Installed Gummy Jar 2.5 and lost all data need help

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chach213

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Just Installed Gummy Jar 2.5 through the rom manager and i lost all my original apps that I had on stock rom like bootstrapper and even z4 root. Is there a way that I can get all my original apps back or do I have to manually load them all over again with a new rom? This is the first new rom I installed after rooting for the first time this morning using z4root. I did a back up on bootstrapper before I attempted this, but as I mentioned it's not listed in any of my apps. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
it looks like the market just recognized the ones that i purchased and not all the free ones i downloaded in the past. i do see the bootstrapper app that i purchased, and i always had the superuser in my apps. any thoughts on what i should do?
 
Did you backup your apps using an app like titanium backup before flashing the new ROM?

If not you'll probably end up having to re-install all you're apps manually, I have flashed quite a few ROMS over the past month or so and not once has the google cloud actually worked for re-syncing my apps, but thats quite possibly a user error.
 
I am definitely going to use titanium back up next time. Do I have to re root? I still have the superuser app but not the z4root app that I used to root. Also should I use bootstrapper to go back to an earlier version i had, so i can use titanium back up and then go back to gummy jar?
 
If you have a bootstrap backup of your setup with all of the apps loaded, you can try doing an advanced restore in bootstrap, and restoring only the /data partition. That will load all of your apps and user data.
 
Welcome to the 'club' ;).

Lost quite a bit of stuff including my phone contacts. Fortunately BackUp Assist got them back for me.
Had a few problems with Liberty and it's layout. Just wasn't for me I guess.
 
Binary that's a great idea and I really wish I read your post before I restored back to the earlier stock rom. I got all my apps/data back and I am going to use titanium backup first before I install another rom. For some reason Backup Assist only captures like 6 of my contacts and forgets about all the rest, so i backed it up with a different app (forgot the name). Thanks for helping out this noob you guys I really appreciate it!
 
I'd recommend not relying on Backup Assistant for your contacts.

Just use Google Contacts to manage them - log into your gmail account associated with the phone, and manage your contacts from there. That way they'll always automatically sync to your phone without having to do anything!
 
binary visions said:
I'd recommend not relying on Backup Assistant for your contacts.

Just use Google Contacts to manage them - log into your gmail account associated with the phone, and manage your contacts from there. That way they'll always automatically sync to your phone without having to do anything!
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