I have twrp on my nexus 4 and made a back up. now I have my nexus 5 with twrp, can I use the back up from the 4 to transfer all apps and app data to the 5? if so how?
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ABSOLUTELY NOT, DO NOT DO THAT
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jblack41510 said:
I have twrp on my nexus 4 and made a back up. now I have my nexus 5 with twrp, can I use the back up from the 4 to transfer all apps and app data to the 5? if so how?
thanks
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No, thats not possible as you would also install N4 system files on your N5 besides user apps. Restore user apps and data with Titanium Backup or Helium.
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Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from another device if it's the same model.
Ie backup my nexus 5 in twrp copy it to my friends nexus 5 storage and restore it twrp?
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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chef_christoph said:
TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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Yeah i'm aware of that
Pirateghost said:
I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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Ben36 said:
I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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So which is it lol?
what if i just backup and restore the /data partition? that's guaranteed to work or is it better to restore /system with it also?
I've done this switching between mytouch4g, captivates, and gs2s. No problems at all...
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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Lol sorry didn't mean to sound like that, I sometimes forget that things like tone/facial expression etc are lost when writing. Good advice, appreciate your help!
It's a bit complicated but basically I'm buying the phone off him, so it's for my personal use so I have no problem troubleshooting if anything goes wrong.
I'll give or a shot then, thanks for all the answers
I'm somewhat of a N00B and I was just wondering if I did a NANDROID backup using TWRP on my current N5 then got a replacement would I be able just to restore the NANDROID backup on the new device without any issues? I would think I'd be able to, but I just want to be sure.
Yes you would be able to
I didn't know you could do that.. I've never tried it before... Thought each back up was also phone specific..
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KTT16 said:
I didn't know you could do that.. I've never tried it before... Thought each back up was also phone specific..
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It's specific to a phone type. He's going from one n5 to another. If you had say an s2 and you wanted to put a nandroid from an n5 on it, that without be a problem.
Makes sense.. By phone specific, I just meant exact same device.. Not just same model. Thanks!
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KTT16 said:
Makes sense.. By phone specific, I just meant exact same device.. Not just same model. Thanks!
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The nandroid does have personal information on it so I wouldn't recommend sending one to a friend or stranger
BE CAREFUL!
If you restore your EFS to your new phone (which I just did), you're screwed.
Like, badly screwed.
leblvin said:
BE CAREFUL!
If you restore your EFS to your new phone (which I just did), you're screwed.
Like, badly screwed.
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You're right. But most nandroids only backup system, data and boot. You don't want the efs partition if your going to put it on a different phone.
Edit, leblvin, flash the factory image through fastboot and you should be ok.
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Edit, leblvin, flash the factory image through fastboot and you should be ok.
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I did that, but somehow me IMEI is still 0.
I'm pretty desperate at the moment, I hope I'll find something
I used to use Orange Backup to make daily nandroid backups but once KitKat came out, it was no longer supported. Are there any alternatives now?
What's the problem using recovery exactly?
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it requires supervised time. with orange backup you can schedule it to run at a certain time every day. i set it up when i'm asleep.
In which case i'd recommend looking at "tasker" and this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593687
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from what i just read about the orange backup app, it doesnt preform a nandroid backup, it just backups files that you choose.
Only a nandroid can backup your complete rom and restore it. As far as I know. ;l
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Here you go.
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Here you go.
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That's the same alternative I moved to when OBackup development stopped. I support PhilipTD's recommendation. To compliment that backup solution I added FolderSync to automate coping the Nandroid backups to another device or a cloud service. To round out the device backup solution I also use Titanium Backup and FolderSync.
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3DSammy said:
That's the same alternative I moved to when OBackup development stopped. I support PhilipTD's recommendation. To compliment that backup solution I added FolderSync to automate coping the Nandroid backups to another device or a cloud service. To round out the device backup solution I also use Titanium Backup and FolderSync.
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Yeah, I use Foldersync, too.
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Yeah, I use Foldersync, too.
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Me too, only as a plugin for Tasker
How long does Online Nandroid Backup take to do a regular noncompressed backup? Mine was on for over an hour so I stopped it. My nandroids in recovery usually only take about 5 min.
Greetings!
I have my unlocked, rooted Nexus 5 that's on 4.4.3. I had to flash the original stock on since the OTA failed and then flash the factory 4.4.3 build. That's all fine!
I backed up a few days prior to this. Now I was dummy and didn't export a file out of this fuel log app. Two years worth of data in it.
I used WugFresh's Nexus Root Tool Kit and the Nandroid back included with it.
If I could recover just that app and hopefully the data that comes with it that'd be awesome! I just don't know how to go after just one app! YouTube has been rather useless cause everybody show you how to totally backup and/or restore!
Hey, if it can't be done I'm not going to cry over it.
Hope you can help! Thanks much in advance!
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Try nandroid manager from the playstore
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Cool! Hope the free version will let me do this since I just bought Titanium yesterday.
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MrBiggzz said:
Cool! Hope the free version will let me do this since I just bought Titanium yesterday.
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You can to it with titanium too, go up menu and then to extract from nandroid backup
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Juansegovia20 said:
You can to it with titanium too, go up menu and then to extract from nandroid backup
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I'll have to dive into it! I really hadn't had a chance to sit down with it and see the options! That just made my life a tad bit easier!
The latest update keeps giving me error 504 from the play store which I've googled and done the things suggested for the error. Wipe cache and data of play store. Remove Google account and log it back in. But still nothing so i manually downloaded from apk mirror and even that way says not installed when trying to update.
Any one have any ideas?
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Ben36 said:
The latest update keeps giving me error 504 from the play store which I've googled and done the things suggested for the error. Wipe cache and data of play store. Remove Google account and log it back in. But still nothing so i manually downloaded from apk mirror and even that way says not installed when trying to update.
Any one have any ideas?
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I know its not exactly a solution but I uninstalled Chrome using Titanium backup and reinstalled from playstore and it updates perfectly well.
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Achilles. said:
I know its not exactly a solution but I uninstalled Chrome using Titanium backup and reinstalled from playstore and it updates perfectly well.
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Will it lose all its data (password saves) etc doing this?
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Ben36 said:
Will it lose all its data (password saves) etc doing this?
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I don't think so because they are saved to Google server and linked to your gmail. So you will get back on signing in.
Also if you want you can backup using Tbk then reinstall and restore data only.
Hopefully that will serve your purpose. [emoji111]
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Try logging into the account from a PC and click install from there. Sometimes it clears the error and triggers the update when you sync back up with your phone.
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Will it lose all its data (password saves) etc doing this?
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It shouldn't, the data is usually saved outside the application folder.
To be safe you can use Titanium Backup.
Seems weird because you'd think manually downloading and installing would work still
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I faced the same issue again and I simply turned off the merge tabs option and it updated flawlessly.
I know it is not related and might just be a coincidence.
But worth giving it a shot.
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Ok here's what i ended up doing.
Backed up app and data (ended up using ultimate backup app)
Root uninstalled. Rebooted. Re installed from the play store. It did lose saved info data. So restored data only from the backup and all is now fine.
Thanks for your help everyone!
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Is sync/bookmarks working in chrome again?
Ben36 said:
Ok here's what i ended up doing.
Backed up app and data (ended up using ultimate backup app)
Root uninstalled. Rebooted. Re installed from the play store. It did lose saved info data. So restored data only from the backup and all is now fine.
Thanks for your help everyone!
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MatthewPresley said:
Is sync/bookmarks working in chrome again?
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What u mean again? It always has done for me
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Sorry, I just realized I posted this question on the wrong thread. I meant to ask this on the Android M thread.
Ben36 said:
What u mean again? It always has done for me
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MatthewPresley said:
Sorry, I just realized I posted this question on the wrong thread. I meant to ask this on the Android M thread.
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I am on M tho
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