basicaly i have only 2 questions.
1, when creating whole ROM backup of my system do i need to create full copy of my SD card?(as i understand it ClockworkMod does not backup SD card) in case that after full WIPE and ROM reinstall i would like to go back to old ROM i would need it. i have a lot of apps stored on SD card.
2, when creating apps backup with titanium backup, i dont need to store any SD card data, because this is stored by titanium backup and after WIPE apps will be installed back to SD card(in new ROM)?
As long as you dont format your SD card, doing a full wipe before installing a new ROM will not affect it.
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i have a 4g mem with 512 ext3. how can i copy the data on ext to the new larger ext i will create on my 32g with 2g ext3?
make a nandroid +ext backup on the current sd card, then transfer the nandroid folder over to the new sd once you have formatted and partitioned it. restore the nandroid and voila! your ext is restored.'
edit: this shouldnt be in the development section by the way...
Not actually tried it myself but...
If you backup your rom, then copy your clockworkmod folder from your current SD card to the FAT 32 section of your new SD card, then put your new SD into the phone, boot into bootloader, maybe do a full wipe for good measure then restore your rom from recovery.
As i say i have not done this myself but it sounds logical.
Might be better off in the Q+A section?
I wanna format the SD card on my phone but i have a nandroid backup on it.
So 1. how do i format the card?
2. how do i do that and saving the nandroid backup?
mazinya said:
I wanna format the SD card on my phone but i have a nandroid backup on it.
So 1. how do i format the card?
2. how do i do that and saving the nandroid backup?
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You can't do a Nandroid backup of your SD card. A Nandroid backup is only for backing up the image on your phone.
Simply plug your phone into the PC, select Disk Drive and backup all your SD card data to your PC. Once complete right click the SD Card Drive, click Format. Copy data back to SD card.
EDIT: Sorry - misread the question. Same procedure really - just copy the Nandroid backup onto your PC and then copy it back afterwards. Usually the Nandroid backup and be found in the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard. The folder containing the nandroid backup is usually time stamped.
Does it mean i also have to reflash the radio?
Formatting (or replacing) the SD card will not require you to reflash any part of the phone. The ROM and the Radio are kept on the internal phone memory and never on the SD card.
Simply do as dr9722 has stated - take a copy of the nandroid backup onto your PC, then format the SD card and copy the backup back from the PC afterward and you'll be fine.
So I'm planning on ditching honeycomb and switching to an Ics rom... I backed up all my apps using TitaniumBackup but the rom requires a full wipe and cache wipes, question is, would performing the required wipes before flashing the rom also wipe the backups TitaniumBackup made on the internal storage?
No. All that is stored on a different partition...so you're safe. Just don't use the SuperWipeFULL version zip. THAT...will wipe all downloaded stuff on the internal SD storage.
Infact...to make it easy for you...just download and use the SuperWipe Lite script from the Revolution HD thread. That's what I do...when I need to wipe.
Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card
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Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card
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Don't forget to change it back after you wipe and reinstall titanium, or it will just look like you lost all your backups since it defaults to internal storage.
After reinstalling TB, you can have it do a quick scan to pick up any folder that tb uses.
Also remember that TB stores its own settings on removable card if available on /Removable/MicroSD/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
So Synergy has been the first rom that I installed on my phone. Now, if i make backups on ROM Manager, and decide to flash to a different rom, say cyanogen for example. If I wipe all of my data, which I would assume is my best choice of action when flashing to a new rom, will these backups that I've made on the SD card be saved or will they disappear with the rest of my data? Should I buy a micro SD to store all of those on or can i even do backups to the external sd card?.
Also, when making Titanium backups, are those something I want to store on an external SD? Or can i restore from places like dropbox? I appreciate any input.
I flash roms three times, and wipe user data every time.
The data on internal sd card is safe.
But I think backup to external sd card is much safer,so I get one(32G) :laugh:
And yes ,Titanium and clockworkmod can backup to external sd card,change the Titanium backup store path and look for cwm menu!
Hi,
I installed Gimlo 2 and I installed all my apps and data, etc. Now my internal SD is acting up a little with stopping apps,etc.
I would like to try to swap the internal & external SD to see if it might be the hardware.
Is it possible to install gimlo and swap sd and than restore a backup? Or would that also restore the swap?
Just asking because otherwise would be a pain in the ass to restore everything by hand.