Full Image Backup - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What software can be used to do a full image backup? And would you be able to run the backup if the device does not boot? Can you write to the internal storage from antoher connected device?

thebrenda said:
What software can be used to do a full image backup? And would you be able to run the backup if the device does not boot? Can you write to the internal storage from antoher connected device?
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If you unlock and root your Xoom you will install a custom ClockworkMod recovery (two custom versions available for the Xoom made by developers here in the xda Xoom forum) and with that you will be able to make a nandroid backup of your system image, to either the external micro sdcard (solarnz v3.2.0.0 R4c Recovery) or to a choice of media, I think (Rogue Recovery using v4.).
You would be able to restore from your saved nandroid by booting into the recovery menu (volume up + power to get to the red dual core logo, wait 3 seconds, then volume down, and then volume up and into your recovery menu).
The PC sees the Xoom as an MTP device. It doesn't act as a mass storage device (at this time) so while there are ways get info into it, it's not the same as actually writing to the internal storage.

is there any commercially available backup software?

thebrenda said:
is there any commercially available backup software?
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No only the free recoveries. You can also just download the images from my sticky, its stock images from Motorola.

i want to install apps and customize my tablet. then take a back.
i run nightly backup on my home system and monthly on my phone. they have saved my ass a couple of times. open software, click restore, go watch TV, and I am back.

thebrenda said:
i want to install apps and customize my tablet. then take a back.
i run nightly backup on my home system and monthly on my phone. they have saved my ass a couple of times. open software, click restore, go watch TV, and I am back.
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To back up apps and data, whatever you choose you can use Titanium Backup on the schedule of your choice. For backing up system image its a nandroid tthru CWM. As a programmer you might figure out a way to schedule auto backups...

okantomi said:
If you unlock and root your Xoom you will install a custom ClockworkMod recovery (two custom versions available for the Xoom made by developers here in the xda Xoom forum) and with that you will be able to make a nandroid backup of your system image, to either the external micro sdcard (solarnz v3.2.0.0 R4c Recovery) or to a choice of media, I think (Rogue Recovery using v4.).
You would be able to restore from your saved nandroid by booting into the recovery menu (volume up + power to get to the red dual core logo, wait 3 seconds, then volume down, and then volume up and into your recovery menu).
The PC sees the Xoom as an MTP device. It doesn't act as a mass storage device (at this time) so while there are ways get info into it, it's not the same as actually writing to the internal storage.
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Using the method mentioned above I use the rogue recovery to make the nandroid back up and if you have a microsd you can tell the recovery to save the backup to the sdcard for external backups.
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thebrenda said:
i want to install apps and customize my tablet. then take a back.
i run nightly backup on my home system and monthly on my phone. they have saved my ass a couple of times. open software, click restore, go watch TV, and I am back.
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This is what recovery backups are. You setup, run a nand backup. When something goes wrong, boot into recovery, restore, watch TV, reboot.
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Complete System Backup / Restore Possible?

I need to exchange my tablet that I've had since Thanksgiving which has been stable on TNT-Lite 2.2 for a while.
Is it possible to backup the entire device (system, apps, settings...etc) as it is on 2.2, and restore it onto the replacement tablet? Like an image buckup/restore.
I have a 16gb sdcard that I've not used yet...
digger44 said:
I need to exchange my tablet that I've had since Thanksgiving which has been stable on TNT-Lite 2.2 for a while.
Is it possible to backup the entire device (system, apps, settings...etc) as it is on 2.2, and restore it onto the replacement tablet? Like an image buckup/restore.
I have a 16gb sdcard that I've not used yet...
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Quick search of the forums provides the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Trist
digger44 said:
I need to exchange my tablet that I've had since Thanksgiving which has been stable on TNT-Lite 2.2 for a while.
Is it possible to backup the entire device (system, apps, settings...etc) as it is on 2.2, and restore it onto the replacement tablet? Like an image buckup/restore.
I have a 16gb sdcard that I've not used yet...
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If you're running Clockworkmod then absolutely. Just boot into Clockwork (Vol Up + Power) and select Backup / Restore and do a backup. When complete reboot, mount the internal storage and backup your clockworkmod folder from internal storage to your PC somewhere safe.
If you're not running clockworkmod take a look at the following thread, first section, on setting that up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Then when you get your new device simply install clockworkmod, mount storage and reverse the process.
Hope this helps.
Thanks Stir... Yes, I use CWM. I guess I didn't realize it was a 'complete' backup/restore...
Thanks again.
digger44 said:
Thanks Stir... Yes, I use CWM. I guess I didn't realize it was a 'complete' backup/restore...
Thanks again.
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Quite welcome.
Use it all the time on my phone, and several times on my gtab. Good stuff =)

[Q] Titanium Backup

Hi guys, quick question
I have backed my phone up with titanium Backup, if I was to lose all my data how would I be able to re apply it? Would I just log in to titanium with my user name and upload everything??
I have looked at forums for the answer but have had no luck,
Thanks
Titanuim backup is an app. If you make a backup through this app it will back everything up into a folder on the SD card.
When you perform a factory reset it will wipe everything except whatever is on the sd card.
So after the wipe, install titanium from the market, and restore all the apps.
if your going to format the sd card, copy over the titanuim backup folder onto your pc or upload to dropbox or similar. Format the sd card, copy the folder back over and restore.
easy peasy
azzledazzle said:
Titanuim backup is an app. If you make a backup through this app it will back everything up into a folder on the SD card.
When you perform a factory reset it will wipe everything except whatever is on the sd card.
So after the wipe, install titanium from the market, and restore all the apps.
if your going to format the sd card, copy over the titanuim backup folder onto your pc or upload to dropbox or similar. Format the sd card, copy the folder back over and restore.
easy peasy
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Thanks for the reply.
With out sounding to thick what I would do..
I dont have an sd card in my phone, so if I lost everything then how would I be able to get my details back on my phone?
Can I not just copy everything and put in in a folder on my computer, if then I lost all data I could then transfer it back to my phone from my computer
I did a superboot yesterday ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577831 ) and when reading other topics about rooting they always tell you to back everything up...
Whats my best option?
Cheers
sorry im confused ? Are you using the One S now ?? or are you trying to back up files from an older phone to restore onto the One S ??
it doesnt matter if you dont have external sd (One S doesnt anyway) it will be backed up to the internal SD.
All you have to do is plug in USB and tranfer from old phone > PC > New phone
cliff0796 said:
Thanks for the reply.
With out sounding to thick what I would do..
I dont have an sd card in my phone, so if I lost everything then how would I be able to get my details back on my phone?
Can I not just copy everything and put in in a folder on my computer, if then I lost all data I could then transfer it back to my phone from my computer
I did a superboot yesterday ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577831 ) and when reading other topics about rooting they always tell you to back everything up...
Whats my best option?
Cheers
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It is best to do a nandroidbackup. You can make a nandroidbackup in the recovery menu. When you have made this backup, you have copied everything on the phone as it was when you started the first time. To make a nandroidbackup you must have CWM (clockworkmod).
azzledazzle said:
sorry im confused ? Are you using the One S now ?? or are you trying to back up files from an older phone to restore onto the One S ??
it doesnt matter if you dont have external sd (One S doesnt anyway) it will be backed up to the internal SD.
All you have to do is plug in USB and tranfer from old phone > PC > New phone
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Using HTC One S now..
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To back up full rom..like everything,as the post says above you would boot into recovery and back it up that way at the moment due to not having official clockworkmod..dont know if it is yet,but you can do that way.itll save everything just as you left it.
titanium back up will save apps and there data..
and can save the way you have saved your settings etc.
itll save your profile without needing to login.then click on options..then batch if its apps.or if its system data and apps choose that option.
beware though if you got 100 apps youll be there for a good ten minutes reinstalling lol.
(note--asop isnt around yet fully but dont restore system data from sense roms to asop and vice versa itll just mess your system up)
your external storage( will never be touched with relation to flashing roms etc.the only way it can happen is if your a complete numpty and select that option yourself.
best way to be honest is just play around with titanium youll get the hang of it
Torparn said:
It is best to do a nandroidbackup. You can make a nandroidbackup in the recovery menu. When you have made this backup, you have copied everything on the phone as it was when you started the first time. To make a nandroidbackup you must have CWN (clockworkmod).
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Thanks, I'm new to all this so still learning the ropes.
arknailed7754 said:
To back up full rom..like everything,as the post says above you would boot into recovery and back it up that way at the moment due to not having official clockworkmod..dont know if it is yet,but you can do that way.itll save everything just as you left it.
titanium back up will save apps and there data..
and can save the way you have saved your settings etc.
itll save your profile without needing to login.then click on options..then batch if its apps.or if its system data and apps choose that option.
beware though if you got 100 apps youll be there for a good ten minutes reinstalling lol.
(note--asop isnt around yet fully but dont restore system data from sense roms to asop and vice versa itll just mess your system up)
your external storage( will never be touched with relation to flashing roms etc.the only way it can happen is if your a complete numpty and select that option yourself.
best way to be honest is just play around with titanium youll get the hang of it
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Thanks for the reply, when I go in to recovery it just starts the phone back up, what am I doing wrong, is there any chance you can give me the basic idiots guide on how to do this, dont want to lose all my stuff, if anything was to happen then I will be goosed..
when you go into CWM recovery and select backup, It just starts without confirmation.
It will save under a folder named 'clockwork' on your sd card, Inside that will be your nandroid backup, It consists of all apps, data, system, everything except firmware and radio. (which doesnt matter as you havent changed it)
if you every run into a problem that cannot be fixed, restoring the nandroid will put your phone back to the state it was in when you made it..
Titanium on the other hand, this backs up all apps and app data (game saves, login info ect) you mainly use this when changing ROM or doing a wipe. so that you dont have to install them all 1 by 1..
Only restore a nandroid when you run in to serious errors. NOT everytime you wipe / change ROM
Do you actually get into recovery?
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arknailed7754 said:
Do you actually get into recovery?
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Recovery then CWM
Yeah this is what I mean..
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azzledazzle said:
when you go into CWM recovery and select backup, It just starts without confirmation.
It will save under a folder named 'clockwork' on your sd card, Inside that will be your nandroid backup, It consists of all apps, data, system, everything except firmware and radio. (which doesnt matter as you havent changed it)
if you every run into a problem that cannot be fixed, restoring the nandroid will put your phone back to the state it was in when you made it..
Titanium on the other hand, this backs up all apps and app data (game saves, login info ect) you mainly use this when changing ROM or doing a wipe. so that you dont have to install them all 1 by 1..
Only restore a nandroid when you run in to serious errors. NOT everytime you wipe / change ROM
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Thanks for your patience, when I go in to Rom Manager I click on backup current rom, it tells me the date and time, I then click ok, the phone then restarts, when I look in manage and restore backups it's just blank??? I am using Rom Manager v5.0.0.6, is it better using a premium Rom Manager as I also have rom toolbox, when I click backup on this one it says that I must upgrade to be able to do this..
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No mate far as im aware rom manager isnt supporting the s yet,the cwm had issues,youll need to switch off and boot into bootloader then choose recovery from there then into cwm then back it up.
switch off,hold volume then power till bootloader rocks up..choose recovery then your in clockworkmod then back up
+1 to that !! also, if you have root (i assume you do with having TiBackup) you can use quickboot - available on market for free, it will allow you to boot into bootloader, recovery, without having to do the button combo
Torparn said:
Recovery then CWM
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No, just turned the phone off, turned back on with vol down, scroll down to recovery then pressed the power button and the phone just turns on,
azzledazzle said:
+1 to that !! also, if you have root (i assume you do with having TiBackup) you can use quickboot - available on market for free, it will allow you to boot into bootloader, recovery, without having to do the button combo
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Have installed quickboot, when I click on bootloader it takes me to the screen, I then click recovery and.....the phone just starts, I tried the other way in quickboot..pressed the recovery button and .......the phone just starts..arrhhh
did you flash the custom recovery ?
Sounds to me that your install of cwm went wrong? Although how are you rooted if it did...strange daft question inbound...you followed all the steps?
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Full Android backup to PC possible?

Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated
bflmpsvz said:
Hello I wonder if making a full phone backup to PC's hard drive would be possible...I mean something similar to Acronis trueimage of Windows partition...but do this on phone with exclusion of the main firmware. Because of no SDcard slot I need store everything to connected PC HDD...
Looked at TitaniumBackup which probably is close to what I need but I'm afraid it lacks support for storing to networked location. Any working solution is highly appreciated
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Take backup using Cwm and u can reflash it using ir phone again.
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You need to root (gain root/superuser access) your device and install a custom recovery. Clockwork Mod is one of the (CWM), TWRP is another (having used both, I prefer TWRP - but you can try either/both yourself). You can then copy or cut the backed-up files from the recovery's folder to your computer.
Thanks, probably give it a try if anything else fails. Would it be possible to mount a windows shared drive to phone's internal filesystem? So that TB could access it as internal folder...
use nandroid backup (cwm)
you must root your device
backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
http://www.1mobile.com/go-backup-pro-550518.html
Thanks for your suggestion
LEON_HEART said:
backup cwm will get what you want
or you can try this GO Backup Pro 2.9
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Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.
bflmpsvz said:
Thanks for the advices. I finally managed to install CWM
CWM's backup = Nandroid?
This works for SDcard, however the condition to backup directly to my PC's hard drive is not met
Remember I suffer with lack of space on builtin SDcard so I need to exclude it from backup process at all even as temporary location.
One more question about CWM, where can I find the latest version? I have 6.0.1.2.
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Yeah, you need to be able to access files in the phone not on sd card, the phone has a seperate memory he wants to access, I think he is asking how to put the phone (everything) onto PC.... im not sure how to do this myself but I will look into it for you, I believe you can access that info but im not sure where the files you want are.
The backup is saved into /sdcard/clockworkmod/blob/ but the problem I have with it is that used soace in internal memory is over 1.5GB while free space on Sdcard is usually several 100s MB...
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Bootloop, how to recover data??

Hello everyone,
because of some reason (I am not sure why, maybe I was doing an update by pushing "ok" somewhere) my GT2 doesn't boot anymore. There comes the Boot Screen with the Melody and then it writes "SAMSUNG" and then...REBOOT. This loops again and again.
The most important thing for me is now, to recover my Pictures I have saved on the device. They are on the internal flash (not SD Card) so I cannot take it out and plug it into my PC. So I have no idea how the get my data.
Because of the importance of the pictures (I really don't care about warranty now, there are so many Pictures of my son on it) I just installed ClockWorkMod Recovery (6.0.1.2) with hope to get data. However, I have no idea what to do now. There is a backup menu when I open it, but is this what I am looking for? Is there any way to access my images???
Thanks!!!
Regards
Fresh
If its just your images just do a backup and flash a new rom using recovery. Internal sd card will not be erased by doing that. Just do not format internal and all is well. And when you get the new rom up you can use titanium backup pro to restore your apps from nandroid.
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In CWM mount usb storage and plug into a computer.
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Hi,
first: Thank you very very much for your help!!
I will try this when I am back at home. I have CWM on my Device but it is not rooted. Is this enough to install a new Samsung Firmware (e.g. from SamMobile) or do I need to root the device?
@shakatu: Can I access the internal flash storage this way? That would be fantastic. I will try this immediately when I can!
Thanks!
Regards
Fresh

How to create full rom backup with or without data [stock or custom]

This Is Process Of Saving The Current State Of Device So That If Anything Wrong Happens We Can Restore That State. After Rooting Users Actually Experiment A Lot With Their Android Devices.Sometimes Users Mess With System Files And Get Android Into Bootloop Or Bricked Mood.To Prevent These Issues Its Good Practice To Take Backup Of Whole System And Later Can Restore If Anything Bad Happens.This Is Also Called Nandroid Backup. Taking Full Backup Of Android Using TWRP Recovery Is Super Simple.You can restore This anytime by just single click on restore button So Without Talking Much Let’s Get Started
Requirements
TWRP RECOVERY. IF YOU HAVEN’T FLASHED RECOVERY YET CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW TO FLASH
MEMORY STORAGE MORE THAN 2.5GB HERE
ANDROID MUST HAVE MORE THAN 50% CHARGE.
Procedure
1ower Off Your Android And Boot It Into Recovery Mode By Pressing Volume Up Key,Home And Power Button Simultaneously And Leave It When Logo Appears.
2:Now On Twrp Main Screen Click On Backup
backup
3:Then Select Boot,Cache And System.(If You Want To Backup With Your Apps And Their Data Then Select Data Checkbox Also) And Swipe Right To Start Process.Wait For 5 Mins Till Progress Bar Reaches 100%
backup_process
4:After Completion Of This Process Hit Reboot System And Wait Till Android Restarts.Now Go To File Manager And In Root Of Device Storage You Should See A Folded Named TWRP
twrp_folder
5:This Folder Should Have Bigger Size You Can Keep It On Hardrive And At The Time Of Restoration Move It To Sd Card Or Internal Storage And Then On Twrp Recovery Navigate To This Backup File Using Twrp File Manager And Flash This File To Restore Full ROM

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