Simple question..

[_Killer_]

I've looked for this answer before and never found it...

I've had my droid for a bit.. ROOTED my droid.. went back stock/back to root enough times now.. i know what i'm doing when it comes to that..

MY question is.. I just got a replacement phone.. Can i just restore a back up from when my phone was rooted OR do i have to go through the root process THEN restore the back up again??

 

[OneTenderRebel]

You have to root to get a custom recovery and then you can restore your back up.

 

[Abe21599]

if the backup was made in clockwork or SPRecovery youll need to root to restore that. custom recoveries wont work unless ur rooted.

 

[_Killer_]

This is getting old!! lol, this is the second phone i've had to do this phone in two days.. plus having to flash stock sbf's so that i can return the others...

oh well! thanks for your help!!!

 

[OneTenderRebel]

This is getting old!! lol, this is the second phone i've had to do this phone in two days.. plus having to flash stock sbf's so that i can return the others...

oh well! thanks for your help!!!

Well if nothing else you will be a pro at flashing sbf's by the end of all this, haha.

 

[Abe21599]

This is getting old!! lol, this is the second phone i've had to do this phone in two days.. plus having to flash stock sbf's so that i can return the others...

oh well! thanks for your help!!!

Well if nothing else you will be a pro at flashing sbf's by the end of all this, haha.

then help others having trouble with RSD lite lol

 

[TekHawk]

This is getting old!! lol, this is the second phone i've had to do this phone in two days.. plus having to flash stock sbf's so that i can return the others...

oh well! thanks for your help!!!

There are rooting apps on the market to root through the bluetooth hack I think thats what they are using at least but point is that you do not need to use the SBF flash to root now though I only recommend rooting this way if you already know how to do the SBF methods

1. Use app
2. Flash recovery though rom manager
3. reboot into recover
4 restore and enjoy

 

[Tallica]

Like Abe said, if your backup is CW then you must root 1st to install CW.

But if you make a backup with SPR 1st then all you have to do is flash the SPR only.sbf on the new phone and restore your backup.