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[Anon9mouz]

So when did this 3.30.651.2 come out and is it ota or what

[rainfreak]

In all honesty the easiest way is to root and then flash a custom ROM that has the bloatware already removed. Then install all your apps, setup all your email accounts, ringers, homescreen, etc, then do a NAND backup. Then, if anything happens, you can do a NAND restore and be back up and running in no time.

You could try using Root Explorer (or a similar app) to manually remove the Sprint crap, but you may run into issues. That and all the custom ROMs already have good battery and other tweaks to make them run better than stock, IMHO.

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by Anon9mouz

Wanting to know if doing and nand back up will still allow me to keep root and recovery if i decide to jump from a custom rom back to my stock rooted and recovery rom. And the sprint apps i was wondering what was the easiest way to uninstal preinstaled apps bc every method i seen seems hard and seems like u have to use the terminal emu and im not to familar with it. So any help would be great thank u

if your not going to bother to learn how to remove apps, its going to be hard for you to flash roms.

backing up a rom is just that.. a backup.

if you mess up by flashing a new custom rom.. just restore your 'backup'

you can have many different backups, so you can pretty much 'restore' back to any 'backup' rom you want. they're stored on your memory card either under clockworkmod or nandroid folders (depending on the recovery your using)

i recommending renaming them to something you can remember because if you just rename them by date it'll confuse you as to which rom it is.

i THINK some apps (.apks) can be moved out of the system/apps folder using the root mode from estrongs file manager. some roms already have sprint bloatware removed for you.

[danh18]

I think about a week ago or so. It's the latest official sprint rom, and I would assume you can get it OTA if you choose to allow updates to your phone. There are plenty of custom roms already out with this release, so no need to go lock up your phone to get the latest version.

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[Anon9mouz]

Originally Posted by rainfreak

In all honesty the easiest way is to root and then flash a custom ROM that has the bloatware already removed. Then install all your apps, setup all your email accounts, ringers, homescreen, etc, then do a NAND backup. Then, if anything happens, you can do a NAND restore and be back up and running in no time.

You could try using Root Explorer (or a similar app) to manually remove the Sprint crap, but you may run into issues. That and all the custom ROMs already have good battery and other tweaks to make them run better than stock, IMHO.

Ok thanks. I got a ? If i did want to back up this stock rom thats rooted and recovery, will i get it back on a restore if dont like any roms out there. I know it doesnt sound right but i want to see how much i can make a stock rom better than stock

[rainfreak]

Absolutely. Do a NAND backup before you flash a custom ROM and you can go back like you never changed. I have multiple NAND backups of different ROMs that I can bounce back and forth between. You can flash and run a ROM for a day and if you don't like it, be back up and running within 5 minutes exactly where you were before the flash.

[muzicman82]

Ok, I got an EVO yesterday and read hundreds of posts here and over at XDA.

First of all, I can't seem to root this thing. I followed this guide from XDA, but unrevoked3 doesn't work for some reason. I tried after the Android 2.1 downgrade and from 2.2 with no other changes. I get a "triumph" message, but the HBOOT doesn't unlock and there is no recovery image after it completes. I've tried the 3.14 used in the post, and I've tried the newest 3.21 version. What am I doing wrong? I've tried on a Windows 7 PC and a Mac. Same results.

Secondly, I'm looking for the best/easiest way to fully backup my EVO settings and programs. I went ahead and purchased MyBackup Pro at the suggestion of several people here.

After my failures yesterday with rooting, I went back to 2.2 and went to restore everything from MyBackup Pro. First of all, it takes forever. It backed up all 500+ Facebook contacts and all 900+ e-mails. Is this necessary since my e-mail is IMAP and my contacts would be downloaded after I log into Facebook?

It did NOT backup or perhaps restore my Facebook or Twitter log-ins, or my multiple e-mail accounts and their settings. The only things it restored were the contacts, SMS, call log, and applications. It did restore my Sense Scenes, but when I clicked on the custom one I had spent a lot of time making (and did save), all of the pages were blank!!

I've just come from a very good experience with a Touch Pro2 and Energy ROM. I had that thing setup with XDA_UC to full provision the phone after each ROM flash. It was perfect. I'm looking for the same kind of backup/restore here. Does MyBackup Pro do more once the phone is rooted?

I've used Sprite Backup for Windows Mobile, and that was very good. I read that it sucks for Android and the EVO. Is that true or is that better these days?

Any suggestions?

[Nygel]

wrong forum!!!!!!

[muzicman82]

Originally Posted by Nygel

wrong forum!!!!!!

Oh, sorry. Can someone move this? I suppose I figured it was going here because I am trying to upgrade. Haha.

[dakidobf]

I recommend the app Rom Manager. I found this to be an easy way to backup, flash, restore, rename and delete Roms on the go. Some chefs even have their roms linked to ROM manager so you can download and flash the rom right from within the app.

Also get Titanium backup. That program backs up all your apps and settings, that way if you flash to a similarly based ROM, like one custom sense to another custom sense, you can restore your apps and all your settings like email and ringtones and such.