Here are some tips on what not to do when restoring a nandroid
A. Forgetting to wipe system before restoring a nandroid
B. Forgetting to wipe data, cache, and dalvik at the same time
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Yeah wrong section.
My advice: know which kernel you are on before doing a nandroid backup. Make sure you are on a compatible kernel first, flash the same rom as the nandroid backup just in case.
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Forgetting to run Qkster wipe script.
Sometime renaming the nandroid zip creates trouble.
Actually I was referring to when you wipe everything on ics cwm recovery and trying to restore a nandroid
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I've restored nandroids many times and have NEVER wiped anything before doing so without any issues. I'm not sure why you'd worry about wiping everything when it is all overwritten by the restore process.
it happens between the Slim ICS Restore and CM9 flash
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I'm currently running ics bata10 and was wounding when I Restore one of my back up should I wipe everything then restore or don't need to wipe just restore
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smok3thekid said:
I'm currently running ics bata10 and was wounding when I Restore one of my back up should I wipe everything then restore or don't need to wipe just restore
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Technically you don't have to wipe because the nand restore process actually does a full wipe for you... but me personally, I always wipe at least cache and dalvik before restoring a nand, just to make sure there's nothing left over from the previous ROM.
I was running a ROM versed on ulcb3 and using the entropy DD kernel. I just restored a nandroid backup to an L2 based ROM that was packaged with infusion-GB A2. I wiped prior to restore in cwm.
My settings now tells me I'm using the b3 baseband, and I can't tell what kernel I'm on. does a nandroid backup restore the modern and the kernel? I'm guessing kernel yes, modem no. Can anyone confirm?
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You have to flash the kernel you were using with the backup. I wipe data, flash the kernel that is supposed to be with my restore then ill do my nandroid restore. You then have to flash the modem that you want. Doing restores on the infuse is a little tricky at first.
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On a similar note.... when switching between roms that are both nandroided, full wipe, cache, and dalvic are still necessary? I figured a nandroid restore would rebuild the whole phone to the snapshot that was taken at the time of backup......
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chipstien said:
On a similar note.... when switching between roms that are both nandroided, full wipe, cache, and dalvic are still necessary? I figured a nandroid restore would rebuild the whole phone to the snapshot that was taken at the time of backup......
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I do a full wipe. It only takes 20 seconds extra.
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Ya for some odd reason when i attempt to use the nandroid back up & restore future i get bootloops on the samsung screen upon restoring, i don't get it. On my HTC i can do it without any problems. Do i have to flash the appropriate kernel for the ROM when i want to revert to it?
slicingtaco said:
Ya for some odd reason when i attempt to use the nandroid back up & restore future i get bootloops on the samsung screen upon restoring, i don't get it. On my HTC i can do it without any problems. Do i have to flash the appropriate kernel for the ROM when i want to revert to it?
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Never had luck with the nan backup...I use Zen tool kit for the infuse...to do a full back up...works great...
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slicingtaco said:
Ya for some odd reason when i attempt to use the nandroid back up & restore future i get bootloops on the samsung screen upon restoring, i don't get it. On my HTC i can do it without any problems. Do i have to flash the appropriate kernel for the ROM when i want to revert to it?
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When restoring a nandroid, you should only restore the data in the advanced restore option. Make sure to do wipes prior to flashing a new ROM.
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quck and easy one, when doing a nandroid restore do i need to wipe all partitions or just go ahead and do it?
Yes I Always wipe before restore . Also wipe cash and dalvik, I also factory reset and stay in recovery upon completion to restore . Then reboot. This gives a clean installation. You're making sure the old Rom is gone before restoring. Hope this helps. If I'm in doubt I always wipe. Just to be safe. Remember even though is a backup, your still coming from a different Rom. So you will want a clean installation before restoring. I do my restorations this way and had never had a problem.
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ldefeo1 said:
quck and easy one, when doing a nandroid restore do i need to wipe all partitions or just go ahead and do it?
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No. It does that on it's own.
What you are supposed to do though, is search before posting a new thread.
well i have 2 contradicating answer here...
ldefeo1 said:
well i have 2 contradicating answer here...
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Hi,
No need to wipe before restore.
The whole point of a nandroid is to wipe what's currently there and restore the backup you made. Wiping before restoring is wasted time/power/flash writing.
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I've been thinking. I wonder if it's best to wipe everything (system, cache, dalvik, factory reset) before you do a nandroid restore. I thought I remember reading in a thread once that someone thought some things carry over from the rom you were on even though you restored your previous backup. Does anyone wipe before they restore a backup? I usually don't but this last time I did. I don't think I'm going the notice any difference tho but maybe that's why some people have problems. If they're on a rom that has a bunch of bugs some of them could carry over without doing a wipe before restoring a backup.
If you look at the nandroid procedure it wipes system and data. I never thought of the caches. Hmmm.
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If you look at the nandroid procedure it wipes system and data. I never thought of the caches. Hmmm.
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Yea I did notice that after I posted this lol.
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is there any need to do any wiping if restoring a nandroid backup? would there be any benefit?
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Nah, not that I know of. I do a factory reset and system wipe just out of habit. I'm fairly certain restoring a nandroid wipes the system partition in the initial steps.
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