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Beginner guide for Nandroid

I want to back up my phone using Nandroid, but after reading through the guide posted at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830
i am very confused.
i have JesusFreaks RC33 firmware on my phone. In the above post it says i have to have all this other stuff, which im not sure if i have or not. i also dont know where to begin. Can someone write up a quick guide on how to do this?
Thanks.

Assuming you are running Windows, did you read the second post in that thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3311708&postcount=2
What part do you need help with?

thats how to restore, i need to know how to backup

cronin4392 said:
thats how to restore, i need to know how to backup
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Turn off phone. Hold home+power. Then I believe it is alt+b to make a backup. When it finishes, hit home+back to reboot. The backup image will be on you SD card in a folder named Nandroid.

i kind of understood that part, but i would imagine that i have to do things before that step, like put certain files on my phone.

Nope, it's all integrated into the JF build.

oh lol, wow that was alot easier than i thought.
thanks alot.

last question, is the backup the nandroid folder on my sdcard?

Yes....
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Making Full Image Of Phone?

I have my phone setup exactly the way I want it. Is there a program or a way to create a full image / copy of my phone? That way if screw something or get a phone replacement I can restore everything as it was on the phone - settings, data - everything.
I'm not talking about backups like T. Backup etc. Something like making a image of your computer with Acronis but make an image of your phone.
Thanks in advance.

ROM Manager / ClockWorkMod

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ROM Manager / ClockWorkMod
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Much Thanks!

[Q] Nandroid Backup/Restore with Open Recovery use XT720

Please Help me.. How Nandroid Backup/Restore with Open Recovery use XT720..?
Thanks...

Re:
Just go to modmymobile. step by step instructions are posted there.
I have not tried it yet though.

Your question is very vague, what part are you having trouble with? The installation of OR? Finding Nandroid? Or actually performing a backup in nandroid?

You may find my video tutorial helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943368

Tried to do a backup on my phone using system recovery. Get following errors
"bpsw: Dumping...Failed
E: Fatal error while trying to dump bpsw.
aborting.
Done."
Using System Recovery
Rom Manager does not work
Anbody have any ideas on how to backup entire phone in case app screws up?

Using OpenRecovery on the xt720 you need to skip the Baseband, Bootloader, Logo & Deice Tree Partitions. This hasn't caused me any problems, When I restore a backup all my stuff is still there.
HTH

Coulld you please elaborate on how to do this or if there is a better way to backup everything on the phone. I am not that technical on this phone.

You're on the right track. Just go back to open recovery > nandroid > back up & just check the boxes for all the partitions except Baseband, Bootloader, Logo & Deice Tree & then backup selective. You could also use an app such as Titanium Backup which will save all the data & apps but won't save the layout of all the widgets etc.
HTH

Oh my god, too bad for me, i found this thread a bit late,
i have same problem as you,
"E: fatal blablabla bpsw blablabla
done"
and after reading the comments here, i think it works now,
to do backup select and check all except Baseband, Bootloader, Logo & Deice Tree,
now my xt is compressing the backup, even it's take a bit of time
if i know how to do nandroid backup back there,
there is no need for me to restore froyo again
and customize everything again from the scratch
thanks a lot

[Q] Lost my WP7 restore files. Please help

Hi,
I just had to format my hard drive and thus lost all my WP7 restore files.
Is there anyway to recover all those file so that I can perform a restore on my phone?
I've tried different data restore softwares, but the files are all messed up and I can't remember which folder to put the files in.
Please help me. Thank you.

That really sucks, but this does raise a pretty good question. Where do the phone restore files save to? And how can somebody make sure their backup is going to transfer to a new HDD?

On Win7, try this:
\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\XXX-XXX-XXX\Data
I found 5.8Gb of data in this directory following my upgrade to 7390. This helps explain why the update took nearly an hour to complete...
FWIW, i've moved the data off my pc to another drive and everything functions well. The Zune update page no longers shows the option to restore to the previous update, 7008. Other than that, it all looks normal.

aquanaut88 said:
On Win7, try this:
\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\XXX-XXX-XXX\Data
I found 5.8Gb of data in this directory following my upgrade to 7390. This helps explain why the update took nearly an hour to complete...
FWIW, i've moved the data off my pc to another drive and everything functions well. The Zune update page no longers shows the option to restore to the previous update, 7008. Other than that, it all looks normal.
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Thanks. Can you show me the files and folders contained in that backup?
I wanna try my luck again with this

yea, the other guys are right, I had the same issue but if you follow this you will guarantee that you will find your files

Thanks. But what I need to know is the folders to put my recovered files to

In my case it seems they're here:
C:\Users\your user name here\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\xxxxx - xxxxx - xxxxxx - xxxxx\RestorePoint\xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx\Data
I hope it helps

If you formatted your Hard Drive after you made your backup, you might be SOL unless you have a backup of your hard drive after you backed up your phone.
If you dont, The only real way is to find a rom for your phone.
The folder would be in...
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update

[help] obtaining contact from nandroid

This nandroid was the first one I ever made. I made the mistake of transferring this backup to my PC via USB instead of airdroid or some other wireless application. Because of this when I tried to restore it on my phone I got an error. The contact was saved to phone but not synced to google account. There is an important contact that was saved along with that nandroid. I need that contact....pretty much now lol. The nandroid is still on my PC. I have 7zip if that's what I'll need. What part of the nandroid should I be looking in to retrieve contact information? Any help is GREATLY appreciated. If I need any other programs just let me know.
**EDIT- I tried extracting data.img and it says "file is broken." Basically, transferring this nandroid over USB corrupted the file somehow. Is there a way to fix it so I can extract theme .img's and find my missing contact?
**EDIT- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114 This thread explains how to fix corrupt md5 sums. However, it's a little over my head. Can anyone help me through the process please?

I DID IT! In the last few hours I was able to teach myself how to install and run basic ADB Shell commands to fix my corrupted MD5 sum in my stock rooted nandroid backup and was able to obtain my lost contacts. If anyone ever has an issue with a corrupted MD5/nandroid the above link's method is confirmed to work....REALLY saved my ass.

Nice job man I might have to do this on my other phone there's a bug where cwm craps out when generating md5 so the backups are useless.

Hey nice job man! I love to see people that figure out problems on their own. That's how you learn. :thumbup:

Thanks guys. Oh yeah, it was definitely a learning process that won't be forgotten!

Nice job! I had a problem with a nandroid corrupting my MD5 (was an older version of CWM at the time). That thread saved my bacon too!