Newbie Question: Upgrading from ROM 1.60 to 1.72.187

[benitz8]

Newbie here.

I scanned through the forums and after a couple of hours decided to upgrade my ROM to 1.72.187.

Before upgrading I did an xBackup for all data. Then I went ahead and upgraded from ROM 1.60 to 1.72.187, all ok except that all data was gone. So I did a restore from the backup I did previously; but now device information displays ROM as 1.72.00WWE but ExtROM reverted back to 1.60.44. Did I do anything wrong? How do I upgrade including the ExtRom to 1.72.187 and maintain all installed programs and data, without having to reinstall and reencode stuff.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

[M4io]

after any upgrade I found that restoring a backup made my Himalaya unstable.
Data isn't the problem, installed programs are.
You just have to install all apps again. At least that is my opinion.

extrom version is in the registry, if you restore the registry extrom version will also be restored.

[ZeroXtreme]

I agree with M4io, I noticed that even with Sprite Backup, things dont run as smoothly as they did after a restore. I only backup to be able to restore the device to a fully functional state (even if it does not run as expected) if it ever does a hard reset on me at inconvenient times, after which I purposely do a hard reset and re-sync, reinstall all my software and reconfigure all my personal settings.

Yes, it is very tedious and time consuming, but from my experience at least, its the best way to keep the device in tip-top condition.

[benitz8]

Thanks for your thoughts, M4io & ZeroXtreme. I also ended up deciding to just reinstall everything and reconfigure all my settings. Now everything is running great.

[Kurni]

I know this is a silly question, but after reading most of the threads, I still cannot help it.

I purchased my O2 XDA2 in AU, will the v1.72.187 posted in sourceo2.com work as simple as described in the PDF?

If it will, why does sourceo2.com say that it's only for UK and Ireland users?

Thanks in advance,
Kurni

[Anonymous]

please help
during upgrade my i-mate2020 went blank
and goes to a type of boot up screen says "serial "on top & "v1.06" on bottom
nothing works?
:(