Mobile Repair

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• Preparing your Android Phone Before Upgrading Firmware
• How to Make Full Android Backup via Titanium Backup, and How to Restore
• How To backup DATA before Upgrading Android phone
• FAQ About Installing Firmware on Samsung Androids
• What is Firmware, Rom and Firmware Flashing ?

Preparing your Android Phone Before Upgrading Firmware Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:26 AM PDT Upgrading your phones firmware and getting bunch of new features is really exited thing but new firmware comes with many problem. You will lost your almost important data, settings and applications. so before upgrading we have to create complete backup of our data and some other task like -preparing pc. below you can see complete guide of preparing phone before upgrading. Please follow all steps of this guide , because it is essential for every android phone before upgrading / installing firmware. (1)  Check your phone compatibility The first and most important thing is to check your phone's current firmware version and status of sim to ensure that you can update your phone or not . you can check firmware version by going to settings > about phone . basic guide –  Other factor is if your phone is locked with network like T-Mobile , AT&T or any of your area. Then it is Probably possible  that you can't update your phone with the firmware of unlocked and international version phone. check your phone network lock status by following this very  basic guide –  Did your phone have any company logo on it ? Do you purchased your phone from a mobile operator store ? Do you got your phone under contract with any sim provider ? Does your phone blocks when you insert another operators sim ? Do you see mobile operators logo when you switch on/off your phone ? If any one or more question's answer is "YES" then it is confirmed your phone is locked with network and you need to skip normal update process . Wait for particular network firmware update (2)  Backup things Note: While upgrading phone manually or installing any leaked/beta/unofficial firmware , please make backup with the methods below. pc suite software for your phone will not recognize your phone after upgrade and you will not able to restore your backup created by your phone's pc suite (e.g. for Samsung KIES) I). Backing up phone data Updating firmware process will delete all data from your phone like – message,contacts,calendar . So we have to make backup on sd card or on pc or on online backup service. You can follow this Guide to Know about backing up your phone data before upgrading. How to Backup Android Phone data before Upgrading Firmware II). Making phone apps backup Upgrading firmware will also delete your pre-installed and purchased apps , to get these apps back you can make your apps backup. Please note that you need to root your phone to make this backup and restore it. Follow this article below - How to Make Full Android Backup with Titanium Backup, and How to Restore it III). Backing up APN settings Updating firmware also restores MMS and APN settings of your mobile operator. To backup these settings you can go to Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names and write down these settings on paper , after upgrade reconfigure them manually  OR use this recommended site to get settings in seconds  (3)  Charge your phone This is the most essential thing while upgrading firmware , before doing anything with your phone please charge your phone battery at least 75% . Otherwise if your phone switched off during update process then you will have a nice brick  (4)  Preparing Your PC Very important thing, remove / completely disable all software that are used with your phone, on PC . This will prevent other softwares to interfere in firmware flashing Install all needed drivers of your phone to work updater software properly (For samsung android phones you can use these drivers) Check that you have right updater software version, before following the updating guide Make sure you have administrator permission on pc in order to work updater software properly Also Stop any antivirus , firewall software on your computer (5) Remove SIM and SD card Many people don't follow this step and it cause many problems , so I highly recommend to remove memory card and SIM that's all , you are ready to start firmware installing process. If you faced any problem feel free to ask it via leaving comments below

How to Make Full Android Backup via Titanium Backup, and How to Restore Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT Backup and restore in android phones is now necessity of users. In this modern age there were many devices out there especially Android OS phones used like a PC. According to using there were lots of activities are done on a single phone. And suddenly all created data crashed cause of mistaken or need of custom settings of older phone in new phone is being a headache for users. As in android phones there were a inbuilt feature is also come with the phone for creating backup. But they were not much fine and ease like. So there is great news for android users related to this subject. There is third party backup application for android users namedTitanium Backup Key feature of "Titanium Backup" Backup of every app with its associated data. Backup of every app with its system settings. Contacts and card backup. Schedule Backup. Required Things Titanium backup. Grab it here. Android phone with rooting ability, Grab rooting guide for your phone here After rooting install Superuser app. Grab it here. (After rooting will see this app in applications folder) Instructions to Install Titanium Backup app in your rooted android device. 1) Installing Titanium backup After rooting and installing super user app you can install titanium backup on your device via android market , but please not enable unknown source in application settings (settings>applications) When you will run it , allow root permissions to it via superuser. 2) Creating first Titanium backup Open Titanium backup app. Tap on the Backup/Restore tab in home screen of "Titanium Backup-All". 3.In this portion press menu button of phone. Now a slide pop -up menu is appear, select batch from this. 4.The batch menu is appearing. Now choose "[RUN] Backup all users apps+ system data". 5.Above menu is appear where we have two option one is "Exclude active apps" where we can uncheck to particular apps which apps data is not needed for creating backup. And other is "Kill active apps" which select all of them. 6.Now choose kill active apps. And tap on the button "Run the batch operation". 7.Now the Backup process is started and takes some time to complete. 8.When process is completed the Backup and Restore menu is again appear. Here some smiley faces, caution triangle and check marks are right after the apps appears. For more tap menu and click on legend from the pop-up window. 9.Except smiley faces and check marks there were caution triangles are the sign of missing backups so run the batch again until all becomes in smiley and checked. 10.Now it's completed. We are suggested you to safe a copy of this backup in your PC by copying TitaniumBackup Folder from SD card to PC. 3) Scheduling Titanium backups It's happen by choosing the "Schedules" tab in Titanium home screen. 4) Restoring Titanium backups Go to the batch menu in which we go earlier. Now select your suitable option from the "Restore" Header. 2.Like if we want to restore angry bird unlocked levels that have miss then for an individual app hit on the top option. That's all is about the use of Titanium Backup app in your android phone Enjoy! Your android phone upgraded with Titanium Backup feature with the happy feelings of restoring every loss thing in your phone anytime, anywhere with the Titanium backup App. If you face any problem you can read Titanium Backup wiki here Note Rooted android phone is especially needed for this purpose because this app needed administrator permission for deep backup of system files and rooting process will help him to allow this. Superuser is a helpful app. If the phone is already rooted then this app helps you to manage what app is allowed to access protected areas of your system. The Titanium Backup in require section is a free version you can also purchase it. More about it. Pay attention If user should use schedule Titanium backup feature then allow titanium to go on this easily by checking the Remember box so it don't ask for permission every time for this. Enable the setting "installation of app files from unknown source" (settings>applications). It is required in restoring from previous backup. After installation pay attention on every step and check out each step in this process carefully. Know more about Titanium backup here.

How To backup DATA before Upgrading Android phone Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:58 AM PDT Open source makes android more flexible regarding to choosing the device, there is huge range of android phones are available in the market ,with different hardware capacities and different manufacturer . but Good thing always have its bad side - it is so hard to select right phone and settle on one. and reason behind it is -every  week manufacturers are launching new devices with better hardware and look , obviously everyone want highest capabilities . So we upgrade our old device and while upgrading your phone main problem occurs "migrating your data to new one" you need to backup all your contacts,sms,e-mail,notes and settings as well. today i am posting some useful ways to backup your android phone data and restore it anytime when you purchase a new phone OR exchange your phone with someone for a short period of time. 1. Android Cloud Storage: This one is free and android's native backup option provided by Google. this option is only available on android 2.2 or later. You can find it on your phone via going to settings>privacy. when you enable this option it will sync your installed applications, wi-fi settings and wallpapers. there is also an option available "automatic restore". it backups saved application data, such as game progress or app settings. when you sign in with your Google account on new device ,it automatically restore your data. it will apply all your settings and restores all installed applications. but this default feature is not complete solution due to its limitations. if you are running android 2.2 later version with manufacturer with custom shell , it is not possible to backup because manufacturer block permission for Google it didn't backup apps your all applications in attempt to thwart piracy it will only back up apps whose developers have specifically enabled that capability 2. My Backup pro: MyBackup Pro , this application is a premium solution . it is available for $4.60 from android market and it is one of the best. It will allow you to back up almost everything, such as your applications (also those that are not supported by Google's backup ), contacts,  SMS/MMS messages, alarms,bookmarks, user dictionary. it can also backup homescreen widgets and shortcuts. it is very simple to use , when you start this app it will ask you to backup application,other data. it has two option to store backup first is on SD card and second mybackuppro's secure servers. it also let you schedule backups. 3. Titanium backup: This application is available both free and paid versions ($US6.14). just unlike mybackup pro it requires root permissions and it can backup restricted application by system as well. in short it can backup absolutely everything. it is not only a backup application but also includes tools useful for rooted devices, such as file encryption, ROM management, application version freezing, and an experimental bloatware exterminator for uninstalling pre-installed softwares. if you want to restore backup created but titanium backup then it is fine but if you have a new device to restore , then it can be problematic . because rooting method of different devices are different and can take long time to discover. I advise you to always use backup solutions that not require root permisions

FAQ About Installing Firmware on Samsung Androids Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:51 AM PDT Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is Firmware and flashing ? A:  This is little bit huge answer so we have separated it in this post – What is firmware, flashing ? Q: Why We need to flash firmware ? A: Usually latest updates are leaked and available before official updates so we have to flash them manually using a pc software To Downgrade Firmware To install another country firmware version Q:   Will I need to root my phone? A:   No. Q:   Will I still get root permissions on new firmware ? A:   No, it will unroot your phone so make sure there are rooting available for your new firmware Q:   When i use one of your firmwares and i flash my phone, do i lose my guarantee? A:   Yes and no, if you do it right there will be no problems about guarantee, but if phone get brick under flash you will lose it Q:   How can i flash correct? A:   Simple just follow our guides and take always your region software. Q:   What could happen if i flash correct but use different region software. A:   Your phone could stop working or Samsung's own KIES program will not recognize your cellphone. also possible to lose 3G networks. Q:   Samsung Mobile says i will lost my guarantee when i flash my phone. A:  Yes that's correct, but when you flash correct Samsung can't see any problem there.

What is Firmware, Rom and Firmware Flashing ? Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:49 AM PDT In android world it is possible that (i am sure) many time you heard about firmwares, roms and flashing. These strange words really annoys newbies , So i created a simple article on it. I hope this will help you to understand what is firmwares, roms and flashing process This is very comman question popups in mind that what the heck is this firmware. Defination of firmware is Permanent software programmed into a read-only memory In Simple words you can understand it like windows for pc , in case of android we are going to do same thing – installing firmware (Froyo,Gingerbread etc.) on your phone. All phones have their different firmwares and installing tools regard less to the Andriod version (Froyo,Gingerbred). So never think that we can install any firmware on any android phone like we do in PCs. What is Flashing ? Flashing stands for installing a firmware in ROM , in simple words flashing is called installing firmware on your phone. What is ROM ? This is also very interesting question to answer – ROM is the memory where firmware installs . It cannot be seen by connecting your phone to pc via usb cable either Browsing  in phone . You can see peoples are talking about ROMs  like This is Gingerbread ROM or froyo ROM or miui ROM or blah blah ROM Actually they are talking about firmware that is going to be installed on ROM . How to install Firmware ? Firmware installing is very simple like installing windows on pc , but in case of android we need to run a small software on pc and need to select which firmware to flash and that's it, these small software and firmwares are different for every phone . There are two methods of installing firmwares Via  Phone Updating Software : While you update your phone , it is also a firmware installing – but you dont have any control on it , you can use this only when company launches firmware updates. Manual installing method :  This is a little risky method and used by developers , using this method you have fully control on installing firmwares. you can install any firmware you want Why i need to install firmware manually ? If you got  firmware  before company launch them officially, which are called leaked Firmwares (Leaked roms) . So we need to install leaked firmwares manually Or if you are not satisfied with your current firmware then you can install any firmware version following manual method You can find step by step and separate firmware installing guides for your phone in ourfirmware section

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