How not to Google Play when using diffrent roms

[mengfei]

Since there are more & more New Users of the HD2 here's a simple way for you not to always go to Google Play each time & download those apps & this is also useful when you don't have any data/ WiFi connections.

As we all know our beloved HD2 is so remarkable that almost each day new roms, NAND & SD, keep on popping up & there's a new development to run SD as fast or better than NAND, Horrraayyyy for the dev's & non-dev's that keeps our HD2 alive!

BUT what if your one of those that wants a clean data.ext4 or the recovery files seems to fail or sometimes the backup just konks out?

- First download all the apps you normally would via Google Play
- then Get Android Assistant https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
- run the app > Tools > app Backup
- check all > backup selected, it will create an *.apk file of all the apps you downloaded & save them on SD.
- you now have all those apps in your SD & you can use them anytime you have a new ROM to try out or you don't have data/ WiFi connection at that moment.

- for SD ROMs, all you have to do is just copy the whole SD to your PC to make a backup or just the data.ext4 but be sure that all apps are inside the data.ext4.
- You can re-use the data.ext4 for updated Roms with the same build, they sometime also work with other roms, you can try to experiment

for other data/ SMS/ message there's always an app for that like the ones listed below & off course recovery
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=backup&c=apps

 

[hellrokr]

Thanks... I needed this actually.. Its the first time I've used anything except iphone so i dont know much about it...


Also for app data I was thinking to buy ROM Toolbox Pro..


I more thing.. How do we update the rom ? I know normally in Nand Androids, we just use clockwork and update it using the zip file. Does the same work in SD builds?

 

[mengfei]

for SD you just copy the updated SD ROM & re-use the data.ext4 from the previous version, sometimes that data.ext4 will work with different builds, you can give it a try no harm done as long as you have a backup/ copy in your PC

 

[hellrokr]

for SD you just copy the updated SD ROM & re-use the data.ext4 from the previous version, sometimes that data.ext4 will work with different builds, you can give it a try no harm done as long as you have a backup/ copy in your PC

thanks... will try it when update comes !!!

right now no bugs in ICS --> nexusHD2

 

[mengfei]

thanks... will try it when update comes !!!

right now no bugs in ICS --> nexusHD2

the method above is also useful when using the NativeSD method if you have like 10ROMS in one SD you just point your installer to the Android Assistant_Backup folder to install your app for the given ROM

Not yet sure if there is already a way to have a common folder/ installer for all ROMs though.