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[Q] Installing Rom/data question

Hello I know that after installing a ROM all your data is gone and all the good stuff. I would like to know that if a rom gets rid of some system files and deletes some other stuff, would a nandroid backup of ur phone bring all those files back without any problem?

Yes, a nandroid backup is a complete system image.

Backups
Chibix said:
Hello I know that after installing a ROM all your data is gone and all the good stuff. I would like to know that if a rom gets rid of some system files and deletes some other stuff, would a nandroid backup of ur phone bring all those files back without any problem?
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I don't know obout Droidness, but with WinMo 6.5.x, If you want to extract some files from the backup made from a certian ROM, then you must re-flash that ROM that the backup was made from.
Or it might not work.
And I'm not sure if a downgrade is a good idea... (with Droid)
I don't know if there is an "App For That" like SKTools, but the backups that I create can be extracted either on the device or on the PC. (WindowsXP PRO).
Hope this helps..
EDIT:
That sounds much simplier. Thanks DirkGently1.

Wow thx that helps alot. If nandroid doesnt work, ill keep the flashing rom before backup in mind thx!
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Chibix said:
Wow thx that helps alot. If nandroid doesnt work, ill keep the flashing rom before backup in mind thx!
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Wait... Can you restore the individual components of a nandroid backup? Or is that a higher level of hacking?
RandyO

[Q] make a flashable package

i am a newbie...
i wanted to ask if it is possible to flash a package in cwm which contains all the .apks i want in my cell
that i thought would make installing apk at once once i flash a new rom instead of app backup and restore
just flash such a package and its done.
i want to know is it possible to make such a flashable package///

Hellboundz said:
i am a newbie...
i wanted to ask if it is possible to flash a package in cwm which contains all the .apks i want in my cell
that i thought would make installing apk at once once i flash a new rom instead of app backup and restore
just flash such a package and its done.
i want to know is it possible to make such a flashable package///
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yes it is possible i think so but it will not be much successful to make a flasheble ip of apks..
btw in a rom in system there are all req apks of phone that can be combined together.. but still there is a risk of briking your device so better not to flash your homemade zip.. ..
press thanks if it helped..

titanium backup pro now have that option

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Will i hav to purchase pro version ?
I currently have titanium backup and theres no such option in it

Yes its possible.
Hellboundz said:
i am a newbie...
i wanted to ask if it is possible to flash a package in cwm which contains all the .apks i want in my cell
that i thought would make installing apk at once once i flash a new rom instead of app backup and restore
just flash such a package and its done.
i want to know is it possible to make such a flashable package///
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Hey its possible using this application (though its in initial days) check it out at the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951478
press thanks on getting helped :good:

But how many apps u can flash???...our phone has hardly 200 mb internal menory in system/app...and except official cm7 all the roms occupy 160-170 mbs of space by default...and if it reaches to 190 phone starts lagging like hell and starts giving memory full warnings...so installing them is the better way or buy a S3
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just rooted

hey i guys i just rooted my 2 week old pico now what i should do first flash back to yanou recovery or add partition or what and also i wanted to remove some apps i installed rooot uninstaller but it shows disable wheres uninstall? and tell me if anything else also need to be done am not flashing rom for a while anyway.
and i need to install that app busybox from play store or not and set cpu and gpu will work good on stock rom plz clear all this newb doubts am *** myself soory and thanks and be brief plz

There r so many guides which will help u ....
So refer any one and fly..........
Any method will work
Its on u to decide weather which rom u want to get.....
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ok plz give me a advice on this thread
http://htcexplorertips.blogspot.in/2012/05/configuring-your-sd-card-to-use-link2sd.html
is this all 100% correct for the stock rom ,jaggy and xperia purenes?
and also i need to know i can flash these anyway or need new recovery :|

TUDVAD said:
ok plz give me a advice on this thread
http://htcexplorertips.blogspot.in/2012/05/configuring-your-sd-card-to-use-link2sd.html
is this all 100% correct for the stock rom ,jaggy and xperia purenes?
and also i need to know i can flash these anyway or need new recovery :|
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You don't need recovery for link2sd. But for other things like flashing roms you will need recovery. Twrp is nice option.
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ok downloading jaggy 4.0

u can also partition sd card using cwm
to use link2sd
as i do in my case :
go to cwm recovery
go to advanced in cwm
partition sd card choose required partition (i recommend 1/4th of your sd total )
takes time ( bigger the partition more time)
select swap = 0
choose ext type as .ext2
download link2d it will automatically detect the second partition
ur good to go
also dont uninstall system apps it may make ur rom and other system apps unstable (i tried it using titanium backup pro)
hit thanks if helped i need it

Problem in CWM recovery

Hi,I installed stock rom through odin(S5670XWKQ2) and then I installed the CWM recovery.After few days I wanted to backup the stock rom,so I go to recovery,backup/restore and backup,and when it need to backup the systrm it tell me that ''error in mounting /system'' and exit the backup,I tried to mount system before backup but ''can't mount /system''.The strange thing is that in SD/clockworkmod is a backed up file but when I tap it for restore it tell me ''MD5 sum error''.
Anyone faced this problem?
PS:the phone wasn't rooted(but I don't think this is the problem)
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CWM can't backup stock i.e. rfs roms. However, there might b some modified CWMs capable for this.
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Galaxy_Rohit said:
CWM can't backup stock i.e. rfs roms. However, there might b some modified CWMs capable for this.
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Yup...there is one for rfs...but it was well back posted by pratyush.creed and i cant give link to that attachment...i forgot...
But our tj's CWM wont work with stock...
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Here's the link to pratyush explaining, how to take backup of rfs based stock rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374033
But it's easier to use Cwm recovery for backup & restore if u are on a custom ROM with ext4 partition

Tanks guys,but I found Andro-id 3.3.1 is just like stock,only more costumized and some new features.Thanks again.
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[Q] how to backup and restore everything after flashing

Hi,
Currently i am on Suvi ROM V10. last time i flashed the rom i forget to create a backup but luckily nothing went wrong but i lost my contacts and app data. Now i want to flash V12 but this time i want to make complete backup of all contacts and apps first. I am completely new to this so can you suggest me any tool or app to create backup and process to restore it.
It will be very helpful.
Thanks in advance.

Titanium backup is the best 1 till now...
Its create backup with data.

Thanks
I will give it a try.
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Go backup is Much Much better than Titanium Backup and fast too..
juz use .. u'll see difference :thumbup::thumbup:
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abhia110 said:
Hi,
Currently i am on Suvi ROM V10. last time i flashed the rom i forget to create a backup but luckily nothing went wrong but i lost my contacts and app data. Now i want to flash V12 but this time i want to make complete backup of all contacts and apps first. I am completely new to this so can you suggest me any tool or app to create backup and process to restore it.
It will be very helpful.
Thanks in advance.
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use cwm backup..... to take backup.... then restore with advance restore > data ...... it will work 100% with all apps with its data......

For rom backup-use cmw backup
For contacts-use phone deflaut backup i.e. export to sd card
For msgs and apps-use titanium backup pro.
For images and other data- just copy paste your data in ur pc.
For gaming scores and apps stats-cut ur folder of android data and paste it later on(it may nt prove tp bw useful in all cases.)