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[Q] Simple Question about Nandroid Restore

So I got through the entire ROM installation process, checked out EaglesBlood, then backed up and took a look at CM7. Now I'm wanting to go back to EaglesBlood.
My question is this: Can I just choose restore while I'm in recovery mode and get everything back (including the EaglesBlood ROM) or do I need to do a wipe and then reinstall EaglesBlood before I restore my settings?
Thanks!

lyansaine said:
So I got through the entire ROM installation process, checked out EaglesBlood, then backed up and took a look at CM7. Now I'm wanting to go back to EaglesBlood.
My question is this: Can I just choose restore while I'm in recovery mode and get everything back (including the EaglesBlood ROM) or do I need to do a wipe and then reinstall EaglesBlood before I restore my settings?
Thanks!
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alright lemme get this straight, did you do a nandroid backup eagles blood?
if you did you have to wipe system/ data and wipe cache then restore backup

Yeah, sorry, I worded that strangely.
I did a nandroid backup of EaglesBlood. Now I'm wondering if I can do a nandroid restore without flashing EaglesBlood again, or if I have to flash EaglesBlood and THEN do the nandroid restore.
Thanks!

NANDROID??

ok since we getting more roms and have hellraiser over there opening the door. i have ALOT of nandroid back ups.
now having never had to actually use one of these i wanted to know somethings.
is a nandroid like a Rom, i just have to flash over another rom, or from stock and boom i have that Rom back with all my apps and info.
or do i need to load up the rom then nandroid on top of that for it work??
just have never had a use, but i would like to go back to some of my prior setups.

A nandroid is a system restore basically. If you fubar something and can get into recovery you can restore that nandroid to exactly where the phone was before. You don't need to flash anything just be able to get into recovery.
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Thanks am, flashing one now just to see....

the2rrell said:
ok since we getting more roms and have hellraiser over there opening the door. i have ALOT of nandroid back ups.
now having never had to actually use one of these i wanted to know somethings.
is a nandroid like a Rom, i just have to flash over another rom, or from stock and boom i have that Rom back with all my apps and info.
or do i need to load up the rom then nandroid on top of that for it work??
just have never had a use, but i would like to go back to some of my prior setups.
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A nandroid will reflash system, data, cache - everything. The only thing a Nandroid won't flash is a kernel if you're doing a major change (e.g. Froyo to Gingerbread or either of those to CM7 - while it's also GB, it requires special kernels.)

Entropy512 said:
A nandroid will reflash system, data, cache - everything. The only thing a Nandroid won't flash is a kernel if you're doing a major change (e.g. Froyo to Gingerbread or either of those to CM7 - while it's also GB, it requires special kernels.)
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ok with that said, you should flash the Kernel before the nandroid to make sure there is a compatible kernel there for the nandroid to use??
basically match up froyo roms and kernels and visa versa for BG before i decide to flash a Nandroid?

the2rrell said:
ok with that said, you should flash the Kernel before the nandroid to make sure there is a compatible kernel there for the nandroid to use??
basically match up froyo roms and kernels and visa versa for BG before i decide to flash a Nandroid?
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Yup, that would be a good idea - since if you restore the nandroid on an incompatible kernel, you'll have the phone be very unhappy. (Will refuse to boot.)

Much thanks E.........appreciate the time bruh.
this can be closed.

I completely failed here E, i tried to restore a nandroid. i loaded the Infusion GB Kernel then proceeded to restore the nandroid and just get boot loops no matter how i do it.
any thoughts??

Hmm I think I need to look at this later in the week. Starting to sound like Nandroid might be broken in red CWM.

i got it, but i had to load the Kernel - Rom - then do the nandroid. but that kinda of defeats the purpose in my eyes....lol
but yea, if you find something that would be cool to know E.

[Q] After rsdlite back to stock rom 2.1 , does phone remains rooted ?

Currently on CM6 , if I plan to flash back to 2.1 , and after the process , does my phone remain rooted ?

Nope. It's back to the way it came from the factory.

So that's mean if I want to flash back to CM6 again later , I got to do the whole complete process again ( from root until install open recovery ) ?

Yes. I personally don't see why people choose to inflict this pain on themselves. The *only* times I would consider flashing an sbf are
Returning phone to Motorola/carrier for service
Soft brick (phone won't boot *AND* you cannot get into OpenRecovery)
Install or remove xt720modsbf
The rest is just stupid, wasteful superstition.

Mioze7Ae said:
Yes. I personally don't see why people choose to inflict this pain on themselves. The *only* times I would consider flashing an sbf are
Returning phone to Motorola/carrier for service
Soft brick (phone won't boot *AND* you cannot get into OpenRecovery)
Install or remove xt720modsbf
The rest is just stupid, wasteful superstition.
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Unless you flash xt720mod, which might be better for cm9. Except for that, I agree that so far, I've never seen any gain from flashing to stock.
Or maybe I'm way out of left field.
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Mioze7Ae said:
Yes. I personally don't see why people choose to inflict this pain on themselves. The *only* times I would consider flashing an sbf are
Returning phone to Motorola/carrier for service
Soft brick (phone won't boot *AND* you cannot get into OpenRecovery)
Install or remove xt720modsbf
The rest is just stupid, wasteful superstition.
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So, when for exemple you want to upgrade from cm7.2 to cm9 you simply apply update and wipe ? or do you restore 2.1 nandroid first ?

Zachary57 said:
So, when for exemple you want to upgrade from cm7.2 to cm9 you simply apply update and wipe ? or do you restore 2.1 nandroid first ?
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Just apply update and wipe (sometimes the other way around). Restoring 2.1 nandroid is pointless unless you want to actually use it.

Mioze7Ae said:
Just apply update and wipe (sometimes the other way around). Restoring 2.1 nandroid is pointless unless you want to actually use it.
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What about this ? If I want to switch from cm6 to cm7 (android 2.3) , I just simply have to flash it over open recovery , and then do the 3 wipes ? There isn't the need to flash to stock before flash to other custom rom ? If I'm going to switch back to cm6 after some moment of "tasting" , still the same , just flash cm6 rom without back to stock ? Thanks =)

nikctsh said:
What about this ? If I want to switch from cm6 to cm7 (android 2.3) , I just simply have to flash it over open recovery , and then do the 3 wipes ? There isn't the need to flash to stock before flash to other custom rom ? If I'm going to switch back to cm6 after some moment of "tasting" , still the same , just flash cm6 rom without back to stock ? Thanks =)
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Yes. I do this all the time. But I only wipe once.
More specifically, before flashing a "sampling rom":
nandroid > backup > system, data, SD data
factory reset
install sampling rom
To come back
nandroid > restore > all
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik-cache
SD card utilities > convert to ext4 (or ext3, I prefer ext4)
reboot

Mioze7Ae said:
Yes. I do this all the time. But I only wipe once.
More specifically, before flashing a "sampling rom":
nandroid > backup > system, data, SD data
factory reset
install sampling rom
To come back
nandroid > restore > all
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik-cache
SD card utilities > convert to ext4 (or ext3, I prefer ext4)
reboot
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Does this mean I can have all data recovered after restore all backup to come back to CM6 ? Including all those apps stored in my ext2 using link2sd ? Wow , that's really sweet , because I just want to "taste" other roms and I'll come back to CM6 after a moment for sure

[Q] I did something bad in ICS

I thought I could flash a theme to the stock ICS leak. But apparently that doesn't work because it's not de-odexed. Is there a way to de-odex the stock ROM on my phone? If not, is there a way to undo my theme flash (I forgot to make a backup ). Or, can I go back to stock ICS by just flashing the Odin one click ICS leak?

If you're not worried about losing anything try factory reset. Sometimes themes will stick, if it does just flash through Odin and your good to go.
Sent from a Galaxy Device

Infekxion said:
If you're not worried about losing anything try factory reset. Sometimes themes will stick, if it does just flash through Odin and your good to go.
Sent from a Galaxy Device
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Yeah, I tried the factory reset. It didn't do anything. I'm not worried about losing data though. I have everything backed up with Titanium. So, I can flash directly from Odin without clearing cache, etc through CWM?

Themes do not work on odexed . Period. Flash one of the custom . Deodexed ics roms if u wsnt a theme
If u flash the collective ics rom . You will not loose data or anything. Just download and flash. It will sort out your issue. And give u a good rom check it out here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1548469
Its the 4.0.3 ics rom at the bottom of the op

silver03wrx said:
If u flash the collective ics rom . You will not loose data or anything. Just download and flash. It will sort out your issue. And give u a good rom check it out here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=1548469
Its the 4.0.3 ics rom at the bottom of the op
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I'm a little confused. Do I just flash it in CWM without wiping anything, or do I follow these instructions?
1. Make a nandroid backup, it is always a good idea
2. Have your apps backed-up with titanium
3. Downloadrom, and place onsd card
4. Shutdown, and boot to cwm recovery
5. Wipe data, wipe cache
6. Select mounts/storage, and choose format system
7. Flash rom
8. Fix permissions
9. Reboot.
10. Enjoy
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Sathed said:
I'm a little confused. Do I just flash it in CWM without wiping anything, or do I follow these instructions?
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Follow his 10 steps then restore your apps using titanium as step 11.
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For my ics rom. Wipe NOTHIng. Just flash it

Some Back up Questions

Hi,
i am using CWM.
currently, i am under Cyanogen.
i want to try AOKP.
my question is
i have followed the steps below
a backup
Wipe data
Wipe system
Install AOKp
Till now am i right?
and after to come back to my backup
step 1
Should i Wipe Data?
step 2
Should i wipe system ?
Restore CWM of Cyanogen
are the steps 1 and 2 necessary?
is it a bad practice?
do it let gremlim?
moreover can i restore a back up made under TWRP from CWM?
Can i restore a back up made under CWM from TWRP?
how do you restore the back up?
am i missing steps? Fix permissions?
do i need to recalibrate my battery each time?
Thanks
Heniki

You can only restore CWM backups with CWM and TWRP backups with TWRP. As of now CWM 6's backup function is broken but it is being worked on. So make sure your Backups are from either TWRP or CMW 5 if you want them to work.
To restore a backup I wipe data/factory reset and wipe system. Then choose the backup I want to restore. No need to fix permissions unless things start to act funny after the restore. As far as battery calibration goes it's a myth.

hechoen said:
You can only restore CWM backups with CWM and TWRP backups with TWRP. As of now CWM 6's backup function is broken but it is being worked on. So make sure your Backups are from either TWRP or CMW 5 if you want them to work.
To restore a backup I wipe data/factory reset and wipe system. Then choose the backup I want to restore. No need to fix permissions unless things start to act funny after the restore. As far as battery calibration goes it's a myth.
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With R6, Bryan said he fixed the backup and restore issues with CWM6. Idk about the rest of the features

When you say "Cyanogen" I think many assume you mean CM9 (ICS).
If you are running CM7 (GB), be very careful how you restore. Most system data (and perhaps some user data) from GB is not compatible with ICS.

jeffsf said:
When you say "Cyanogen" I think many assume you mean CM9 (ICS).
If you are running CM7 (GB), be very careful how you restore. Most system data (and perhaps some user data) from GB is not compatible with ICS.
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Right, i am under CM9

Thanks guys
How i Can move from TWRP To CWM?
i found this one to move from CWM to TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721489.
i want really to understand what are the bad practices which will create gremlims

heniki said:
Thanks guys
How i Can move from TWRP To CWM?
i found this one to move from CWM to TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721489.
i want really to understand what are the bad practices which will create gremlims
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As Fb said in the post you linked you flash the boot.img that came with your rom or reflash the rom.
The more times you flash roms the more issues you could have with "gremlins". Read more about it in the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
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