I did a Nandroid backup a while back on 2.1 and effed my phone, so I tried to restore and they never worked. I ended up SBFing back to stock. Did all 3 of my backups just screw up? Also, if I decide to install a custom ROM and then later want to go back to 2.2 OTA will a Nandroid do that, or will I need to SBF and then load the Nandroid?
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My phone is rooted, backedup with clockwork and I even used sprite backup to backup the phone just in case. I plan on flashing my phone for the first time with the Epic Experience rom since it seems to be the most popular.
I'm pretty happy with my phone's current state except the battery life once in a while. So after flashing with a custom rom how do I revert back and restore my phone to the "EXACT" way it is now?
Make a nandroid backup in clockwork, then you can go back whenever you like.
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Restore nandroid backup and flash stock kernel. You will most likely have to flash a non stock kernel for a custom rom, and even if you dont HAVE to, you will probably want to.
So to go back to stock, flash back to a stock kernel, and then restore the nandroid backup.
are the steps to creating nandroid backup the same on the epic as others? I can't locate a tutorial for the epic specific
dannieboiz said:
are the steps to creating nandroid backup the same on the epic as others? I can't locate a tutorial for the epic specific
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yeah its pretty self explanatory, boot into clockworkmod > backup. or you can choose backup current rom an rom manager if you use it. thats your nandroid system backup
that's just confusing. So basically, a nandroid backup is the backup creating using clockwork? lol if so, that was the first thing I did after I installed clockwork.
Hey all, sorry if this has been asked, but if I run a full back up in recovery, then try another ROM after doing a full wipe, and dislike it, when I restore the old backup, will it return my device to exactly the same point (accounts, apps, text etc) as when I backed it up?
Or will I have to reenter all account information again?
Cheers!
Restore will put the device back to exactly as it was at the point the backup was made.
From my understanding a nandroid will backup everything and restore it back to that point except for the kernel. So say you were OCed in the backup and not currently when you restore you'll get everything back but you'll still need to re-flash the kernel to OC again. Good luck!
Awesome,
Thanks very much for the info!!
nandroid is a life saver. I flash roms all the time just to try them out because I can always go back.
I've had my sensation for a few weeks now. Still on stock room 2.3.3, no root.
I want to do a full backup and restore of the ROM, like a nandroid backup, before experimenting with other ROMs.
If I boot into the recovery/backup mode and do a backup, is that the same as a nandroid? Will it backup the entire ROM as is?
If so... if I then S-OFF, experiment with other ROMs, and then recover from that backup, would my phone still be S-OFF or would it revert back to S-ON?
I know the preferred method is to root and then do ClockWork Recovery, but I'm wondering if it's possible to do a full ROM backup before rooting.
Thanks.
MPenguin said:
I've had my sensation for a few weeks now. Still on stock room 2.3.3, no root.
I want to do a full backup and restore of the ROM, like a nandroid backup, before experimenting with other ROMs.
If I boot into the recovery/backup mode and do a backup, is that the same as a nandroid? Will it backup the entire ROM as is?
If so... if I then S-OFF, experiment with other ROMs, and then recover from that backup, would my phone still be S-OFF or would it revert back to S-ON?
I know the preferred method is to root and then do ClockWork Recovery, but I'm wondering if it's possible to do a full ROM backup before rooting.
Thanks.
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A nandroid backup is done using ClockworkMod rcovery, which means you need to S-Off and install CWM before you backup. This will be a full backup of the phone at that point and would allow you to restore to that same point.
So what is the difference between the nandroid/ClockWork backup and the backup done after holding the volume down and starting the phone?
The latter only backs up contacts/settings/etc?
MPenguin said:
So what is the difference between the nandroid/ClockWork backup and the backup done after holding the volume down and starting the phone?
The latter only backs up contacts/settings/etc?
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When you hold the Volume down and Power button, it takes you to the HBoot screen. If you select Recovery, that takes you to the Recovery mode. If you have ClockworkMod installed, you will get a recovery menu which has the backup and restore options ands this is a nandroid backup. I have never seen the standard HTC recovery screen, so I don't know if there is a backup/restore option or not. Every thing I have read about nandroid backups has been in reference to CWM and that's the way I have always done it on my 3 HTC devices.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm always eager to learn.
If I make a backup in recovery, can I restore from any rom after?
For instance I made a backup when I was running Infused 1.6 Froyo. Now I am currently running CM7 (which I love by the way), but down the road if I want to go back to a froyo rom, and my backup at that...can I just hit restore and itll be right back to where I made the backup?
thanks
joho5 said:
If I make a backup in recovery, can I restore from any rom after?
For instance I made a backup when I was running Infused 1.6 Froyo. Now I am currently running CM7 (which I love by the way), but down the road if I want to go back to a froyo rom, and my backup at that...can I just hit restore and itll be right back to where I made the backup?
thanks
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If you want to restore a backup you should restore from the same color CWM. So if your on CM7, you need to go back to whatever color you backed up with because Froyo is either red or green, CM7 is blue.
Hello all. I need to put my watch back to stock. I have the classic BT version. I plan on restoring a nandroid backup I made but what would be the best way to go about reverting the recovery back to stock from TWRP? Thanks!!