What would be the easiest way to get all my data and rom over to my RMA device? I guess it would be copying sdcard content and restore a nandroid from old phone? Anything, I should take care about?
cheers!
In the nandroid do not backup efs partition. Restoring that on your new device will permanently screw it up.
Yes sure, but other than that, it should work fine?
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Personally, I stay away from restoring a nandroid on a different device (even if it is the same model). It may work just fine, but doing it the safe(r) way is really not that hard.
I'd let contacts/calendar/photos/music be handled by google (gmail account, G+ and Google Music)
For App data, for game progress or Google authenticator codes or tasker profiles etc, I'd use Titanium backup.
Alright, I'll go with titanium backup then, better safe than sorry!
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I recently did a nandroid and transfer of my data only.
Worked like a charm.
Just saying.
WR
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In Total Agreement Restore Data Only from Previous Nandroid
I recently did a nandroid and transfer of my data only
+1
jd1639 said:
In the nandroid do not backup efs partition. Restoring that on your new device will permanently screw it up.
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What means "permanently screw it up"?
Actually I don't know what the efs partition is.
Cloonix said:
What means "permanently screw it up"?
Actually I don't know what the efs partition is.
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Thats where your phones IMEI is stored... If you screw it up without having a backup u are screwed! You wont be able to connect to network without a valid IMEI...
It will brick the device. Its just not a good idea. The same way that you can't take a hardrive that is formatted for one computer operating system and plug it into a different one even if its the exact same hardware. It won't work.
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WarRaven said:
I recently did a nandroid and transfer of my data only.
Worked like a charm.
Just saying.
WR
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On different phones? Sounds good!
Yes, i was using and left a 16gb I gave to wife when my 32 arrived.
So to be clear, I only backed up data and transferred the file over to new phone. Updated (32) to the point where the old one was at, then restored it (data only back up) and here I am today a week later and all is well in my world.
I wasn't sure it would work, but tried and made life simple.
WR
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I'm trying to get a replacement of my GS3 tomorrow since the GPS is acting weird. I backed up apps and system data using TiBu and also made a nandroid when I was still on root66. Then I odin'ed back to stock and did factory reset (by the way, that did get rid of the unlocked padlock //relief) so I'm good to go.
The question is, once I get the new phone and odin root66, can I restore the nandroid on the new phone? If not, can I restore any system data from TiBu?
I did search this in the forums and saw a few similar questions. but 2 posts said no and 1 said yes. so I'm confused.
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I'm trying to get a replacement of my GS3 tomorrow since the GPS is acting weird. I backed up apps and system data using TiBu and also made a nandroid when I was still on root66. Then I odin'ed back to stock and did factory reset (by the way, that did get rid of the unlocked padlock //relief) so I'm good to go.
The question is, once I get the new phone and odin root66, can I restore the nandroid on the new phone? If not, can I restore any system data from TiBu?
I did search this in the forums and saw a few similar questions. but 2 posts said no and 1 said yes. so I'm confused.
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yes you can restore your old nandroid on the new phone..
Smok3d said:
yes you can restore your old nandroid on the new phone..
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But depending on the recovery you are using you may need to put it in the correct id folder. I know amon RA uses specific id labled folders for each device (even the same model).
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Smok3d said:
yes you can restore your old nandroid on the new phone..
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Yes, you can do it (I've done it) but it's not really a great idea.
You are much much better off to spend the time & reinstall everything fresh.
I thought I read somewhere recently that because backups capture phone specific data on Samsung models that you are unable to move a backup from one phone to another without overwriting some valuable individual phone information. I've done it across multiple other model phones and tablets but hear it is Samsung specifically that has issues.
Someone with prior knowledge and/or links to discussion please chime in.
Thanks everyone. I'll err on the safe side and setup everything from scratch.
I see some topics about it. I plan to unlock and root as soon as I get the phone.
Just how important is it to backup this, and anything else I should backup too?
its pretty important.. nothing can go wrong by backing it up. once you root it back it up just in case so your new phone wont be a $600 paperweight!
When you install CWM do a nandroid backup of stock
THE SKATER DUDE said:
its pretty important.. nothing can go wrong by backing it up. once you root it back it up just in case so your new phone wont be a $600 paperweight!
When you install CWM do a nandroid backup of stock
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That's good to hear. I figured I'd make stock backup too. Having stock rooted won't mess it up I'd presume? Is there an app that does it too?
I have flashed all the roms available, including CM10 and had no trouble with IMEI. Always good to backup though. There's a fairly simple process in the CM10 OP.
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I have flashed all the roms available, including CM10 and had no trouble with IMEI. Always good to backup though. There's a fairly simple process in the CM10 OP.
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It's built in I assume?
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That's good to hear. I figured I'd make stock backup too. Having stock rooted won't mess it up I'd presume? Is there an app that does it too?
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once rooted and you have installed clockwork mod recovery or TWRP you can make a back up of your whole phone..this will not mess up anything. You can get these two recoveries by using the ez recovery app on google play....... To make a backup in the recovery it will say backup and restore as one of the main options
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once rooted and you have installed clockwork mod recovery or TWRP you can make a back up of your whole phone..this will not mess up anything. You can get these two recoveries by using the ez recovery app on google play
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Sorry I don't think I was clear, I know about ROMs cause I do it on my Incredible. What I meant was backing up my IMEI
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Sorry I don't think I was clear, I know about ROMs cause I do it on my Incredible. What I meant was backing up my IMEI
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O my bad you have to be rooted in order to run the operation through a terminal emulator app
If you poke around in development there's one for Mac/Ubuntu (I think Ubuntu anyway) that does root and clockwork recovery from your computer, and that's what I use because it's pretty quick and easy.
If it can ever be important you should make a backup of it though. Since fixing things is always a process, having comprehensive resources for it can trim a lot of time.
Using QPST it only took me like 5 minutes to back mine up. Really simple. Then I put a copy of the file on my HD, on my phone's SD card and one on my Google drive. Now I'm sure I can't lose it. LoL they are small files too. Under 500kb
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I’d like to look further into it.
I lost my IMEI and other connection data with a bad flash of a CM10 nightly. I had to do a lot of stuff, including manually typing in my IMEI using QPST and then returning my phone to the Verizon store for them to do some factory-reset style stuff to it before I got connectivity again. (Even though I was bone-stock with a re-locked bootloader they still knew I had rooted and messed with the kernel and other stuff, btw). And its not completely correct, even though I am in my home service area I constantly have the flashing grey triangle that says I am doing international roaming. Pretty weird. So long story short, backup IMEI and everything else BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING.
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Using QPST it only took me like 5 minutes to back mine up. Really simple. Then I put a copy of the file on my HD, on my phone's SD card and one on my Google drive. Now I'm sure I can't lose it. LoL they are small files too. Under 500kb
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That's good, I'll probably put it on my Skydrive then too.
Is there a high chance of losing it on flashing though? I just plan to flash CM10 really.
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That's good, I'll probably put it on my Skydrive then too.
Is there a high chance of losing it on flashing though? I just plan to flash CM10 really.
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Yes, there's always a chance you'll loose it. Better to be safe, than sorry. It only takes a couple of minutes to backup and it may save you the hassle of an exchange.
I backed up the IMEI using this method ( QPST) http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32397-tutorial-imei-backup-nv-with-qpst-us-variants/ It doesn't say should i reset the modems to mtp-adb?
it doesn't say and i would have posted it there but the guy at the end of the thread seems like he is all pissy if you ask any questions. thanks guys
Check out this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
Flash the file in the OP in cwm recovery for an easy backup. NOTE: Your bootloader must be unlocked for it to work.
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thanks bro i did that one first but they say do all of them just in case. so i did .
I just got a warrantied out replacement phone and want to restore a previously saved nandroid backup. I noticed TWRP on the new phone doesn't default to the previous backup folder and backs up to a new folder. Can I re-store a nandroid from a different phone to my new one? Or is this going to cause problems?
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I just got a warrantied out replacement phone and want to restore a previously saved nandroid backup. I noticed TWRP on the new phone doesn't default to the previous backup folder and backs up to a new folder. Can I re-store a nandroid from a different phone to my new one? Or is this going to cause problems?
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It should work fine.
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To play it safe, you may be better off installing everything from scratch. jiggity janx said this on the SGS3 "I thought I read somewhere recently that because backups capture phone specific data on Samsung models that you are unable to move a backup from one phone to another without overwriting some valuable individual phone information". Besides, the location of the folder would make a difference also.
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It should work fine.
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Yeah, I wouldn't do that though. I would start fresh.
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Thanks everyone. I did restore the nandroid without any issues. I would have started from scratch but I had a Corp email account which is secured and I didn't want to try and reset it up as I would have had to give a reason I was doing it and didn't want to admit I bricked the phone.
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My wife's new Nexus 5 recharger died yesterday after just 3 weeks of use. I contacted Google and instead of just replacing the charger they insisted on a total exchange. Ridiculous!
Here's what I need advice about.
1. The device is rooted and I obviously need to unroot and destroy its data before sending it back. Is there a simple way to do that so Google doesn't find evidence of rooting that would disqualify the warranty? I remember something about a "tamper" setting.....
2. The phone has a T-Mobile sim for a prepaid plan which I obviously need to move. Will it be necessary to reenable it because of the changed phone?
3. Because the phone is rooted I have phandroid TWRP and titanium backups. Can I just transfer the phandroid backup to the new phone and restore it even though it's a different phone? What steps do I need to be aware of?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
This is all you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
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1) follow the factory image thread stuck at the top of general
2) although I have no experience with T-Mobile specifically (I assume you mean T-Mobile USA, not other T-Mobiles?) a sim is a sim. Once it's activated, you insert it in any phone and it should work
3) phandroid? Do you mean nandoid? If so, yes you can restore it on another phone but DO NOT RESTORE EFS AS YOU'LL BRICK THE NEW PHONE!
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1) While you're still rooted, download BootUnlocker from Google Play and reset the tamper flag. Then reflash the factory image and lock the bootloader.
2) You should be able to transfer the SIM to the new handset and have it work. It worked for me when I was on AT&T and went from the S4 to the N5. If it doesn't work, I would assume all you have to do is call T-Mobile and add the new IMEI to their network.
3) You can restore the backups from your old phone, but DO NOT under any circumstances restore the EFS partition backup from the old phone as restoring an EFS backup from one phone to another will brick the new phone and there is no way to get back once you do this.
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3) phandroid? Do you mean nandoid? If so, yes you can restore it on another phone but DO NOT RESTORE EFS AS YOU'LL BRICK THE NEW PHONE!
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Thank you.
Yes I meant nandroid. What is an efs?
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Thank you.
Yes I meant nandroid. What is an efs?
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Read this thread carefully and backup your EFS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
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Read this thread carefully and backup your EFS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
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Further to this, checkin your backup. You may have files called EFS. Do not restore those.
Also take a backup of the new phone before restoring a backup of the old one
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I looked at my TWRP backups. Restore gives options to restore 3 items
1 boot
2 system
3 Data
None of these say efs.
Can I safely assume my backups don't include efs? I'm not sure I have another way to check.
Maybe I should skip restoring the TWRP nandroid from one phone to the other.
Just restore #3 (data) from the nandroid. Would that be safer?
Or just titanium backup?
I meant look in the backup using a file manager
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Personally I'd save myself the headache and just buy a new charger for $14. The efs backup option is in the advanced back-up menu on twrp.
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My wife's new Nexus 5 recharger died yesterday after just 3 weeks of use. I contacted Google and instead of just replacing the charger they insisted on a total exchange. Ridiculous!
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Do you have to send the current phone back before they send the replacement? If not, can't you just take the charger from the replacement phone and send the broken charger back with the replacement handset. You'd save yourself a lot of trouble.
That would be the logical thing to do........ They are sending me the replacement first.
I was thinking of doing just that but they asked for the imei of the phone I was returning so I'm worried about that messing things up.
I may call them back after the replacement phone gets here and say something like I changed my mind, will buy my own charger, and can I just return the replacement phone they sent and see if that will work.
Let's hope that will work.
Okay, so i have the LG Nexus 5 [Naww :victory:] but , i am paranoid , i guess about the EFS partition held on these devices.
After every update/rom flash i restore the EFS i created the first day i rooted, because of whatever reason dealing
with Samsung devices i feel like it could be corrupted, at the point i run stock rom and leave untouched.
Someone shine some light on this topic for me, explain to me why or why it would not happen and great thanks!
-i4GS/NiRuX
There's absolutely no need to backup and restore your efs every time you flash something. Back it up once and store it off your phone.
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jd1639 said:
There's absolutely no need to backup and restore your efs every time you flash something. Back it up once and store it off your phone.
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Still though, chances of EFS corrupting are ?
i4GS said:
Still though, chances of EFS corrupting are ?
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Very low, I'd be afraid to backup and restore the efs every time I flashed something. There's more chance of a bad nandroid and corruption that way. Just back it up and store it off your phone. If you lose your imei, flash the cache.img in fastboot first then try and restore the efs.
I've never seen anyone lose there imei without much worse happening, bad emmc which is not recoverable from.
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Still though, chances of EFS corrupting are ?
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Slim to none IMO. The only way I know to corrupt the EFS is to flash the EFS partition from one device to another. Not saying it can't happen, but the chances of corrupting the EFS are greater if you're constantly restoring it as opposed to from flashing ROMs, kernels, etc.