Hello,
I was just curious, if I do a nandroid backup of my phone before I load a rom, could I then restore from that backup later if I was unhappy with the rom? These roms look so tempting, but I need my phone for business stuff as well, so im tentative to not be able to go back to the (mostly) functioning stock image.
Thanks,
Andy
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Yes.
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Thanks for the clarification, I figured that it would, I just wasn't positive on it.
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Ok here I go ....I'm ready to stick my toe in the custom rom pool and I thought I had read everything I need to know. Reading the installation instructions and the first thing it says is to "wipe data/factory reset" that scared the @#$% outa me. Will I be able to go back to my stock rom and everything still be the way I left it?
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Backup before you wipe data!
There is an option to create a backup in both sprecovery and clockwork.
You will be able to revert back using this backup if anything goes wrong.
Cool thanks that's what I thought just wanted to make sure....sorry I have one other question: Once I install the new ROM will I have to set it up and get all my apps and widgets all over again or will they be there
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You gotta do that backup. Have to download ROM Manager and install Clockwork Mod Recovery. Don't you dare do anything until you do that. Good luck.
TripleNP said:
Cool thanks that's what I thought just wanted to make sure....sorry I have one other question: Once I install the new ROM will I have to set it up and get all my apps and widgets all over again or will they be there
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After wiping everything, it will all be gone. Apps and widgets won't go with you but if you get Titanium Backup, you can backup each app and widget and then restore it once you flash the new custom rom and it'll be just like it was before!
Ok I'm running Liberty feels good nice and smooth....got all my apps back but only 6 of about 100 contacts synced. Also I see they didn't bring along the 3G hot spot. I don't wanna give up yet...need a lil help
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Ok I'm running Liberty feels good nice and smooth....got all my apps back but only 6 of about 100 contacts synced. Also I see they didn't bring along the 3G hot spot. I don't wanna give up yet...need a lil help
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I just flashed my first ROM last night and lost my contacts too. Luckily I had them all saved on my wife's phone. I don't know about your droid but my captivate asks where I wold like to save a contact when I add a new one. I saved all of them to my gmail account just incase this happens again. There may be an easier way to do it. But this seems to work for me.
Any idea about the 3G Hot spot for Liberty
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While I was loosing my mind over this great new phone I wiped my factory ROM away. Please help! maybe someone is nice enough to up load a nice backup. I did get clock work before I went INSANE!!!
wich files do u need from system ? boot.img and ?
Im here to help ! even if im gonna broke my phone !
Thank you, even if I pick up on a little snarkiness. I have clockwork installed. I wrote over my ROM with a backup from my MyTouch 4G. So I need help getting back to square one. Many thanks.
catalystcorp said:
Thank you, even if I pick up on a little snarkiness. I have clockwork installed. I wrote over my ROM with a backup from my MyTouch 4G. So I need help getting back to square one. Many thanks.
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I feel your pain - surprising error, but you need the rom. I am sure there will be a clean one available soon.
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catalystcorp said:
Thank you, even if I pick up on a little snarkiness. I have clockwork installed. I wrote over my ROM with a backup from my MyTouch 4G. So I need help getting back to square one. Many thanks.
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Lessons not learned in blood are soon forgotten, hopefully you won't do something stops like this again
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catalystcorp said:
Thank you, even if I pick up on a little snarkiness. I have clockwork installed. I wrote over my ROM with a backup from my MyTouch 4G. So I need help getting back to square one. Many thanks.
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Didn't you do a nandroid first?
omarsalmin said:
Didn't you do a nandroid first?
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current recovery errors on nandroid backup
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i rooted my Nexus S following the instructions on the following link
http://jaxov.com/2011/02/how-to-root-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-s/
on a final note it stated that:
"At this stage, you have successfully rooted your Nexus S on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread but your phone will continue to replace ClockworkMod Recovery on reboot. To prevent your phone from doing so, follow the steps below:"
what's the perpose of ClockworkMod?
i'm asking because once i brought my NSN back up, it started syncing with Google, and re-installed all my apps that were removed automatically.
if i rename the install-recovery.sh and flash ClockworkMod, would that create a problem with my backup on google?
i do not want to install diffrent roms, i just wanted to root my phone to get advantage of a few apps out there.
thanks in advance
cheers
nixguy said:
i rooted my Nexus S following the instructions on the following link
http://jaxov.com/2011/02/how-to-root-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-s/
on a final note it stated that:
"At this stage, you have successfully rooted your Nexus S on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread but your phone will continue to replace ClockworkMod Recovery on reboot. To prevent your phone from doing so, follow the steps below:"
what's the perpose of ClockworkMod?
i'm asking because once i brought my NSN back up, it started syncing with Google, and re-installed all my apps that were removed automatically.
if i rename the install-recovery.sh and flash ClockworkMod, would that create a problem with my backup on google?
i do not want to install diffrent roms, i just wanted to root my phone to get advantage of a few apps out there.
thanks in advance
cheers
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1. You need cwm to flash roms. Also you need it to backup and restore incase you need it.
2. Renaming install-recovery.sh will only stop your android os from restroring your original recovery instead of cwm. It will not mess up your backup from google.
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Curious! I never did that step and my clockwork recovery is intact.
i did the change of thename, but the funny thing is when i rebooted my phone this morning, the name changed back to install-recovery.sh
i guess it's all good
Thanks again
Cheers
deejaylobo said:
Curious! I never did that step and my clockwork recovery is intact.
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It could be that one of the thing you flashed modified that or some sort that's why it's not restoring the stock recovery.
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nixguy said:
i did the change of thename, but the funny thing is when i rebooted my phone this morning, the name changed back to install-recovery.sh
i guess it's all good
Thanks again
Cheers
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You could just flash a new aosp rom. That way you're as close to stock as possible plus you get more features.
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markfavis said:
You could just flash a new aosp rom. That way you're as close to stock as possible plus you get more features.
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i flashed infin1ty and i like it...i'm debating if i should try NSCollab
have you tried it, any feedback?
Nscollab is pretty much cm7 but with minor changes. You might like it. I actually liked it. But I'm more into stock so i used an AOSP rom.
Just make a nandroid then try it. You might like it.
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markfavis said:
Nscollab is pretty much cm7 but with minor changes. You might like it. I actually liked it. But I'm more into stock so i used an AOSP rom.
Just make a nandroid then try it. You might like it.
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i can't find nandroid on the market
where can i get it,
Thanks
Nandroid is a backup of your phones current state.
To make a nandroid, boot into clockwork recovery, then go to backup and restore. Then select backup.
This will automatically backup your current installed rom, kernel, apps etc.
Making a nandroid is always recommended before flashing a new rom, just in case something goes wrong while flashing, you can restore back to your previous state.
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Nandroid is like going back in time to a previous state. Takes a while to do.
I personally don't do nandroid backups. But as a beginner, I'd recommend it so you can lean back on that.
The only nandroid backup I currently have is of stock 2.3.2.
Ah...I thought it was a market tool,....cool, I did my backup, I guess now I have to download the radio then the Rom. ... thanks I'll give it a shot tonight
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nixguy said:
Ah...I thought it was a market tool,....cool, I did my backup, I guess now I have to download the radio then the Rom. ... thanks I'll give it a shot tonight
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Oh and I forgot to add. Your radio is not backed up by nandroid. But no worries. There's a guide in the android development forum for flashing new radio and where you can also download all previous radios.
Have fun flashing!
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markfavis said:
Oh and I forgot to add. Your radio is not backed up by nandroid. But no worries. There's a guide in the android development forum for flashing new radio and where you can also download all previous radios.
Have fun flashing!
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why do i need to update radio to NSRadio-XXKB3
currently i have I9020XXDK1
According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884
KD1 is newer then KB3, so technically i'm downgrading...
i guess i just need more info, can't figure it out
i guess a better question would be, do i need to update the radio to KB3 from KD1 in order to flash NSCollab??
thanks
never mind,...the nscollab instructions stat to download the latest radio
next time i'll read the instructions 2ice
thanks again...
nixguy said:
i guess a better question would be, do i need to update the radio to KB3 from KD1 in order to flash NSCollab??
thanks
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no you dont have to. you can flash nscollab with any radio that you have. some people have better coverage/signal on a specific radio. i think it varies by location but im not entirely sure why people get better reception on the other. you should experiment too which radio is best for you. you can use speedtest from the android market to test your bandwidth.
heres the link for the android development thread of the radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116884&highlight=radio
Will the link posted in the original post work for 2.3.4 Gingerbread?
sm1ke said:
Will the link posted in the original post work for 2.3.4 Gingerbread?
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Yes, my phone was on 2.3.4 when I rooted
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Thanks for the confirmation!
Ok so im planning on rooting my gs3 as i do with all of my phones. However im am very confused on this imei thing. Now that the bootloader is unlockable does the imei need to be backed up? And if i dont back it up what happens? This is just very confusing as ive never had this issue with any other phones. Thank for the community help.
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When flashing Roms (mostly AOSP) there is a small chance you will lose your IMEI. It's nice to back it up so you won't have to hassle later trying to get it back. Always back up things when you flash because even though you do everything right, things can go wrong.
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Yeah back it up using QPST. I found it over at rootzwiki. The bootloader doesn't have to do with that. It's very sporadic it seems for people losing IMEI.
If you don't back it up and you lose it, you won't have data or basically a connection to Verizon. There is a way to restore it if you didn't back up but it leaves you in roaming. Backing up using QPST is very easy, do it!
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Check out the new backup method thats a flashable .zip in cwm recovery.
thanks for all you repsonses guys. Guess when in doubt backup everything!!!! i should know better, but i guess im geting a little lazy. with all the awesome devs out there i guess i expect perfection lol
dawiseguy77 said:
thanks for all you repsonses guys. Guess when in doubt backup everything!!!! i should know better, but i guess im geting a little lazy. with all the awesome devs out there i guess i expect perfection lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792499
SynergyROM has incorporated the flashable backup into their build. I can't confirm that it's working as my IMEI has remained intact, but the backup folder was created and populated during my last install.
I'll second synergy thread as well. Great info from eschalon and TrevE.
I also did qpst backup as well. Doesn't hurt to be cautious.
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Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from another device if it's the same model.
Ie backup my nexus 5 in twrp copy it to my friends nexus 5 storage and restore it twrp?
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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chef_christoph said:
TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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Yeah i'm aware of that
Pirateghost said:
I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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Ben36 said:
I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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So which is it lol?
what if i just backup and restore the /data partition? that's guaranteed to work or is it better to restore /system with it also?
I've done this switching between mytouch4g, captivates, and gs2s. No problems at all...
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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chef_christoph said:
OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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Lol sorry didn't mean to sound like that, I sometimes forget that things like tone/facial expression etc are lost when writing. Good advice, appreciate your help!
It's a bit complicated but basically I'm buying the phone off him, so it's for my personal use so I have no problem troubleshooting if anything goes wrong.
I'll give or a shot then, thanks for all the answers