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A lot of Questions about changing sdcard

Currently I have two partitions (FAT32 and Ext3), Could you explain how to transfer the two partitions on the new sdcard ?
Should I install a recovery and HBOOT oxygen again ?
Or only restore nandroid back up ?
thanks for the answer

that wouldl be nice to know

sooooo nobody ?

fourire said:
Currently I have two partitions (FAT32 and Ext3), Could you explain how to transfer the two partitions on the new sdcard ?
Should I install a recovery and HBOOT oxygen again ?
Or only restore nandroid back up ?
thanks for the answer
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Hi,
Your problem will be solved by restoring the Nandroid backup. It would be better to use following applications, which are easy to use and take very short time:
- DroidMod
- SPRecovery

Nandroid backup HELP!! :(

I'm freaking out. I was running Leedroid and switched to Coredroid. I did a nandroid backup like I always do and now I'm trying to restore back to Leedroid and it doesn't do a full restore. Pretty much everything is gone. PLEEEEEEEEASE someone help me. I can't even download stuff from the market. I'm so frustrated!

I would try restoring my phone to stock and then attempt to restore leedroid..
also do you make sure you restore phone back to factory and wipe dalvik cache?
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ThEiiNoCeNT said:
I would try restoring my phone to stock and then attempt to restore leedroid..
also do you make sure you restore phone back to factory and wipe dalvik cache?
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will do thanks

Or u could try reset data/cache (factory reset) in CWM console, and clear out dalvik cache, and then restoring ur backup.

diablo009 said:
Or u could try reset data/cache (factory reset) in CWM console, and clear out dalvik cache, and then restoring ur backup.
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I went and got a new phone today. I was able to "unroot" it and get a new one. I'm rooting it as I type using the Simple One Click method. I should be able to just use my nandroid back up then to get back the the Leedroid rom right? I think what may have happened is I didn't do a ext4 whipe when I went from Leedroid 2.x to 3.x so when I went to switch back from Coredroid which uses ext4 it got messed up. Maybe?

Focustom said:
I went and got a new phone today. I was able to "unroot" it and get a new one. I'm rooting it as I type using the Simple One Click method. I should be able to just use my nandroid back up then to get back the the Leedroid rom right? I think what may have happened is I didn't do a ext4 whipe when I went from Leedroid 2.x to 3.x so when I went to switch back from Coredroid which uses ext4 it got messed up. Maybe?
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As far as I know, not all ROMs support EXT4. So be careful when flashing a ROM that does not support EXT4 on ur phone if ur /data is etx4 formatted.

diablo009 said:
As far as I know, not all ROMs support EXT4. So be careful when flashing a ROM that does not support EXT4 on ur phone if ur /data is etx4 formatted.
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Oh yeah for sure I understand that. How do you switch between ext4 and ext3? Does using titanium backup work between the two? As in I flashed an ext3 rom backed up my apps using TB and then flashed an ext4 rom. Would I be able to use the Titanium backup at that point?

Focustom said:
Oh yeah for sure I understand that. How do you switch between ext4 and ext3? Does using titanium backup work between the two? As in I flashed an ext3 rom backed up my apps using TB and then flashed an ext4 rom. Would I be able to use the Titanium backup at that point?
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TiBu:
Since Tibu backs up apps and data, and not any file system related info, you should be able to backup and restore using it. It worked for me when moving between ROMs since I got my Inspire, and I didnt' format my /data to EXT4 on my early ROMs.
But nandroid might not work. I tried I think when I got my phone a couple weeks back to restore data and it came back with MD5 check failed.
EXT4:
1. Going into CWM and resetting to factory formats data and cache partitions. This should be getting it into the default file system (I think this should be RFS, but not sure, and definitely not EXT4).
2. I have a script that can be used to format data partition into EXT4 (got it from Android Revolution 5.1.x ROM thread). I run it when I know the ROM supports EXT4, but does not do it when installing ROM.
E.g., Android Revolution 5.1.x supports data as EXT4, but does not do it.
Gingerbeast 2.1.x supports EXT4, and auto converts too.
I am attaching the script to this post. Copy it onto ur SD, and run the steps in sequence mentioned below.
1. Get into recovery
2. Factory reset (formats /data and /cache)
3. Wipe dalvik cache (under advanced menu)
4. Run the script attached to this post (optional, and needed only if ROM does not auto convert)
5. Install ROM of ur choice
6. Reboot

diablo009 said:
TiBu:
Since Tibu backs up apps and data, and not any file system related info, you should be able to backup and restore using it. It worked for me when moving between ROMs since I got my Inspire, and I didnt' format my /data to EXT4 on my early ROMs.
But nandroid might not work. I tried I think when I got my phone a couple weeks back to restore data and it came back with MD5 check failed.
EXT4:
1. Going into CWM and resetting to factory formats data and cache partitions. This should be getting it into the default file system (I think this should be RFS, but not sure, and definitely not EXT4).
2. I have a script that can be used to format data partition into EXT4 (got it from Android Revolution 5.1.x ROM thread). I run it when I know the ROM supports EXT4, but does not do it when installing ROM.
E.g., Android Revolution 5.1.x supports data as EXT4, but does not do it.
Gingerbeast 2.1.x supports EXT4, and auto converts too.
I am attaching the script to this post. Copy it onto ur SD, and run the steps in sequence mentioned below.
1. Get into recovery
2. Factory reset (formats /data and /cache)
3. Wipe dalvik cache (under advanced menu)
4. Run the script attached to this post (optional, and needed only if ROM does not auto convert)
5. Install ROM of ur choice
6. Reboot
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Ok great so it must have messed up the phone while doing the nandroid restore then. When I did the TB I do remember it coming back with errors for a lot of things. Could that be because it was running Sense 3.0 vs 2.3 (the backup was done on 2.3)?

Focustom said:
Ok great so it must have messed up the phone while doing the nandroid restore then. When I did the TB I do remember it coming back with errors for a lot of things. Could that be because it was running Sense 3.0 vs 2.3 (the backup was done on 2.3)?
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The way I see it, Sense is an optional set of components over base android, and has nothing to do with TiBu. The ROM I have on now doesn't have any traces of Sense

diablo009 said:
The way I see it, Sense is an optional set of components over base android, and has nothing to do with TiBu. The ROM I have on now doesn't have any traces of Sense
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Hmm and it backs up/restores just fine?

Ok so I just rooted my new inspire and the boot logo is something completely different when I restored from my nandroid backup. Can these back ups become currupt? The only thing I want from this back are my texts and one of my apps everything else is fine without.

Focustom said:
Hmm and it backs up/restores just fine?
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Yes
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restoring between ext3 andext4

i have a question...If i have backups of two roms and one of them is ext3 and one is ext4 can i simply restore one or the other when i want to switch?

steevod79 said:
i have a question...If i have backups of two roms and one of them is ext3 and one is ext4 can i simply restore one or the other when i want to switch?
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Yes. Nandroid restores everything as it was previously. So it will rewrite ext3 or ext4.

Nickovtyme said:
Yes. Nandroid restores everything as it was previously. So it will rewrite ext3 or ext4.
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Good to know
I was always done changing EXT, before restore different rom EXT,

Has anybody actually done this that can verify because I would like to know also.
Thanks.

Yes I switch between the two VIA backup all the time. Zero problems
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oxlong27 said:
Yes I switch between the two VIA backup all the time. Zero problems
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Thank You.

Will a Clockwork Recovery backup do the same - restore the EXT3 file system?

I thought that was how you do the nandroid?
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schinner16 said:
I thought that was how you do the nandroid?
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Yep.
slapdaddy said:
Will a Clockwork Recovery backup do the same - restore the EXT3 file system?
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The nandroid backups that everyone talks about are created using Clockwork Recovery. It uses the NAND backup and restore method, so in essence CWR does a "NANDroid" backup.

henrybravo said:
Yep.
The nandroid backups that everyone talks about are created using Clockwork Recovery. It uses the NAND backup and restore method, so in essence CWR does a "NANDroid" backup.
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Nice Thanks!

[Q] Nandroid Backup Question

Can you use a Nandroid backup across any ROM, or is it specific to the one you backed it up on? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question... I just switched ROMs cause I'm trying a few of them out, but for some reason it's saying my SIM card has no contacts. I'd also like my SMS's back too. THanks

I think so, wait for confirmation as I'm not 100 percent. But I do believe that is one of the main capabilities of a nandroid.
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@OP:
Nandroid backup holds good ONLY for the ROM u flashed.
1. Flashed ROM 1
2. Took a nandroid backup
3. Cleaned and flashed ROM 2
At this point, the nandroid backup at step 2 will not hold good for ROM 2. If u restore it after step 3, u'll get back to ROM 1.
If u want internal stuff like contacts, etc, u got to use an app like TiBu.
1. Flashed ROM 1
2. Took a backup of user apps and data with TiBu
3. Cleaned and flashed ROM 2
4. Restored user apps and data using TiBu
For contacts, u wud need to back up and restore system data (only) "Contacts and Storage". This is the only system data I have been able to successfully restore across multiple ROMs.

Do I need to be flashed to that ROM to restore a backup of it? I've been getting stuck at the HTC loading screen, and after using HBoot or w/e and returning to stock, tried using CWM to restore from a backup. Do I need to flash RCMix3D ROM before I can restore from the backup made from it?

Restoring a nandroid backup from rcmix3d will put you back to that Rom with all apps and data you had at the point you made the backup. If you are restoring apps and data using titanium backup, you will have to flash rcmix3d first.
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I thought so too, but all it's too is getting me stuck on the HTC boot screen. Been like that for 20 minutes so far. Dunno what I did wrong, but I'd like to get everything back to the way it was

A couple of my backups refused to flash. Do you have more than 1?
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I have two for each of my ROMs, so four total. Created days apart though.

Do they all hang when booting?
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A nandroid backup makes a complete copy of your phone as is when you perform the backup, obviously this includes the rom you are currently running.
If you are running rom A and do a nandroid and then flash rom B, and then restore the nandroid backup you previously made you lose everything you've done since the backup and you are back where you were on rom A when you did the nandroid.
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biglittlegato said:
A couple of my backups refused to flash. Do you have more than 1?
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Check out if both are EXT4 compatible.
ROM 1: EXT4 not compatible
ROM 2: EXT4 compatible
1. Flash ROM 1 (formats to non-ext4 and flashes ROM)
2. Nandroid backup of ROM 1
3. Flash ROM 2 (formats to ext4 and flashes ROM)
4. Nandroid backup of ROM 2
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5. Restore backup of ROM 1
This could fail since partitions are ext4 and ROM 1 is not ext4 compatible.
Here is what I do as a standard before restoring any backup:
1. Data/factory wipe
2. Dalvik cache wipe
3. Restore ROM
This worked all the time, except once when I got MD5 error (probably cos I backed up on an earlier version of CWM, not sure though).

@biglittlegato
Yeah, they all hang on the HTC screen. It's starting to piss me off. I know that it's a risk with rooting and stuff, but I'd rather just not have to start all over with my content.... again. I just flashed a clean RCMix3D, so maybe it will let me restore my backup from that.
@Perseids
That kind of thing may be obvious to you, but not to those of us who are new to Android and rooting. Hence why I was asking in the first place. I get that I'd lose everything I haven't backed up... but right now I seem to have lost everything period, as none of my backups want to work for some reason.
Maybe I am doing it wrong? After getting to the stock version of 2.2, I go to ROM Manager, and then to manage backups/restores. I click on that, then hit the backup I want to restore from, and it's supposed to work. It does it's thing, then just freezes on the HTC screen once it reboots. I watched it and read the script, and there were no errors or anything that would give an indication as to why it's doing that...

diablo009 said:
Check out if both are EXT4 compatible.
ROM 1: EXT4 not compatible
ROM 2: EXT4 compatible
1. Flash ROM 1 (formats to non-ext4 and flashes ROM)
2. Nandroid backup of ROM 1
3. Flash ROM 2 (formats to ext4 and flashes ROM)
4. Nandroid backup of ROM 2
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5. Restore backup of ROM 1
This could fail since partitions are ext4 and ROM 1 is not ext4 compatible.
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Thanks for the help.... but I have no idea what this means haha. I get the basic idea, but I don't know what ext4 is.

elijahpr said:
Thanks for the help.... but I have no idea what this means haha. I get the basic idea, but I don't know what ext4 is.
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Don't worry too much. EXT4 is a partition type. Most recent ROMs support this. Just make sure in the ROM thread OP if it converts partitions to EXT4 (if yes, what all partitions).

I was just reading the script while it was (trying) to restore, and it said something about erasing boot before restore... is that normal? I just did a full wipe, flashed to the ROM I did the backup from, and the backup seems to be stuck again.Dang.

elijahpr said:
I was just reading the script while it was (trying) to restore, and it said something about erasing boot before restore... is that normal? I just did a full wipe, flashed to the ROM I did the backup from, and the backup seems to be stuck again.Dang.
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Restoring process erases everything, and restores. Compare this to norton ghost partition restoration process.

I guess I might as well just start over from scratch. It was only a few days worth of pictures/videos/texts and stuff, so not a HUGE loss. Still, wish the backups had worked as they were supposed to. As of right now it's still frozen on the HTC screen hah.

elijahpr said:
I guess I might as well just start over from scratch. It was only a few days worth of pictures/videos/texts and stuff, so not a HUGE loss. Still, wish the backups had worked as they were supposed to. As of right now it's still frozen on the HTC screen hah.
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Data on SD card will NOT be deleted unless u choose to format SD card. All ur pics, vids, etc reside on ur SD card.

It doesn't show up anywhere. I just booted into CWM, and tried to select one of the backups, but it said "no file found". WTF. Sooooo it's telling me the backups are there, but don't contain anything I think. Nice.

elijahpr said:
It doesn't show up anywhere. I just booted into CWM, and tried to select one of the backups, but it said "no file found". WTF. Sooooo it's telling me the backups are there, but don't contain anything I think. Nice.
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If you're backups are not restoring you will lose data that's part of the ROM. Your pics and videos would definitely still reside on the SD card. You'd have to format SD to lost those.
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Boot partition backup

Hey, I want to flash the ICS Kernel, but with doing a backup before flashing.
Does an nandroid backup with CWM include boote partition backup or not?
And if not, how to make one?
Thank you
Chris

Yes it does. When doing a backup you backup everything basically