I recently made a nAndroid backup using TWRP. I backup System,Data, Boot. I would like to know if i make a full wipe(wipe everything except external storage), will I be able to restore it, or I just restore it without wiping anything over the current ROM ? Thanks in advance guys
PS. I am in a bit of a hary
Geocfu1 said:
I recently made a nAndroid backup using TWRP. I backup System,Data, Boot. I would like to know if i make a full wipe(wipe everything except external storage), will I be able to restore it, or I just restore it without wiping anything over the current ROM ? Thanks in advance guys
PS. I am in a bit of a hary
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Yup!!
That's what a Nadroid is meant for!!
Newyork! said:
Yup!!
That's what a Nadroid is meant for!!
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So whether i do a full wipe or not my backup is going to work no matter what?
Geocfu1 said:
So whether i do a full wipe or not my backup is going to work no matter what?
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If you're downgrading or upgrading your firmware then you might not be able to use your backup. but 99 percent that you're good to go!
I still don't get it. If I make a full wipe will I be able to restore the backup.
Geocfu1 said:
I still don't get it. If I make a full wipe will I be able to restore the backup.
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Depends on what you consider a full wipe.
If you wipe (delete) the backup, then no.
If the backup is on your sd card and you do NOT wipe the sdcard you will be able to restore.
If you delete everything on your phone EXCPET /recovery partiton and your backup you will be able to restore.
Also I don't recommend wiping the /boot partiton because A) It is required to boot the phone B) Some phones have the recovery on the /boot partition and wiping /boot would leave you without the recovery.
So basicly in 90% of time you will be able to restore (unless you really screw up)
Thanks a lot mate. You really helped me!
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If a install requires a FULL wipe, does that mean a factory reset/ data wipe/ a cache wipe and ext wipe?
if not, how to do a full wipe.
also, if i install a new recovery, does it overwrite my Nadroid backup? and can i still recover a backup if i have a new recovery. WIll the full wipe erase my backup?
thank you for any help!
P.S. i know this is a stupid question, im just new to phone modding.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=507
thank you!
Tigger166 said:
If a install requires a FULL wipe, does that mean a factory reset/ data wipe/ a cache wipe and ext wipe?
if not, how to do a full wipe.
also, if i install a new recovery, does it overwrite my Nadroid backup? and can i still recover a backup if i have a new recovery. WIll the full wipe erase my backup?
thank you for any help!
P.S. i know this is a stupid question, im just new to phone modding.
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since the other guy wouldnt help out. but hes right, should be asked in Q&A section.
back ur sd card up on your computer, including the nanoid backup folder, install recovery, do a fullwipe, mount your phone again and transfer the saved files back to your sd card, you will still be able to use the nanoid backup you have saved on your sd card.
as for what to wipe, im not 100% on it i just wipe all but ext3 usually.
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HMS Pinnafore, a donkey, and 400lbs of butter.
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LMFAO!!!!!!!
...that's how I did it >_> lol
mghtyred said:
HMS Pinnafore, a donkey, and 400lbs of butter.
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And here I thought speaking parseltongue was needed, guess not, huh?
Hi,
i am using CWM.
currently, i am under Cyanogen.
i want to try AOKP.
my question is
i have followed the steps below
a backup
Wipe data
Wipe system
Install AOKp
Till now am i right?
and after to come back to my backup
step 1
Should i Wipe Data?
step 2
Should i wipe system ?
Restore CWM of Cyanogen
are the steps 1 and 2 necessary?
is it a bad practice?
do it let gremlim?
moreover can i restore a back up made under TWRP from CWM?
Can i restore a back up made under CWM from TWRP?
how do you restore the back up?
am i missing steps? Fix permissions?
do i need to recalibrate my battery each time?
Thanks
Heniki
You can only restore CWM backups with CWM and TWRP backups with TWRP. As of now CWM 6's backup function is broken but it is being worked on. So make sure your Backups are from either TWRP or CMW 5 if you want them to work.
To restore a backup I wipe data/factory reset and wipe system. Then choose the backup I want to restore. No need to fix permissions unless things start to act funny after the restore. As far as battery calibration goes it's a myth.
hechoen said:
You can only restore CWM backups with CWM and TWRP backups with TWRP. As of now CWM 6's backup function is broken but it is being worked on. So make sure your Backups are from either TWRP or CMW 5 if you want them to work.
To restore a backup I wipe data/factory reset and wipe system. Then choose the backup I want to restore. No need to fix permissions unless things start to act funny after the restore. As far as battery calibration goes it's a myth.
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With R6, Bryan said he fixed the backup and restore issues with CWM6. Idk about the rest of the features
When you say "Cyanogen" I think many assume you mean CM9 (ICS).
If you are running CM7 (GB), be very careful how you restore. Most system data (and perhaps some user data) from GB is not compatible with ICS.
jeffsf said:
When you say "Cyanogen" I think many assume you mean CM9 (ICS).
If you are running CM7 (GB), be very careful how you restore. Most system data (and perhaps some user data) from GB is not compatible with ICS.
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Right, i am under CM9
Thanks guys
How i Can move from TWRP To CWM?
i found this one to move from CWM to TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721489.
i want really to understand what are the bad practices which will create gremlims
heniki said:
Thanks guys
How i Can move from TWRP To CWM?
i found this one to move from CWM to TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721489.
i want really to understand what are the bad practices which will create gremlims
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As Fb said in the post you linked you flash the boot.img that came with your rom or reflash the rom.
The more times you flash roms the more issues you could have with "gremlins". Read more about it in the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
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Hi,
I have a general and simple question.
Last week I changed to paranoid rom and I want to return to 11S rom.
If I'm just restoring the nandroid backup and wipe catch and data it is as the same as fleshing it new?
thanks!
Not really,
Anyway, since you gonna wipe data anyway,
Why dont you just flash the whole new rom altogether, instead of nandroid rstore,
Wont take u longer either
It's just easier to do(no need to root again and open the bootloader and recovery) !
Anyway, when I'm installing new rom it will erase my internal storage or just the data/contacts etc.?
thanks!
otonieru said:
Not really,
Anyway, since you gonna wipe data anyway,
Why dont you just flash the whole new rom altogether, instead of nandroid rstore,
Wont take u longer either
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There's no need to flash the ROM from scratch, a nandroid restore is perfectly fine.
efee123 said:
It's just easier to do(no need to root again and open the bootloader and recovery) !
Anyway, when I'm installing new rom it will erase my internal storage or just the data/contacts etc.?
thanks!
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Just go ahead and restore your nandroid backup, it's exactly what they're designed for. The process should wipe the necessary partitions for you but I always wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik cache first anyway just to be sure.
And no, installing a ROM doesn't erase your user data unless you do it yourself. Erasing the data partition only erases apps, settings, etc.
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Great!! many thanks!
Hi,
I flashed Twrp but I can't backup, because it can't mount data.
I thought, I'd try to revert back to stock recovery and then flash twrp again.
Does anybody know how to do that without flashing an entire stock Rom?
Thanks
nearlygod said:
Hi,
I flashed Twrp but I can't backup, because it can't mount data.
I thought, I'd try to revert back to stock recovery and then flash twrp again.
Does anybody know how to do that without flashing an entire stock Rom?
Thanks
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Hi
Why you just flash TWRP again and start from begining?
Anyhow if you wish to reflash your stock recovery You need to reflash a stock boot.img
Here you have 2 ways to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66934553&postcount=218
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66922116&postcount=215
In those threads the point was to re root but the principle is valid you can use them as guides
nearlygod said:
Hi,
I flashed Twrp but I can't backup, because it can't mount data.
I thought, I'd try to revert back to stock recovery and then flash twrp again.
Does anybody know how to do that without flashing an entire stock Rom?
Thanks
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I had this problem and found out in my case, at least, it was because when I rooted, I didn't "format data" during the process. I've been told that if you don't format data during the process, you leave the data partition encrypted, and thus it can't be mounted (at least by non-system apps and processes). No guarantees here as always, but If you back everything up and redo the root process and do the data format, then you may be able to mount data. At that point you can restore your apps and info. I've also read (but haven't tried this!) that you can do a nandroid backup and restore ALL your data from that nandroid after you reset your phone (which the data format will do). You should google everything I have suggested and see if you can get what you need in this way, without having to reflash the ROM entirely or try to revert to stock recovery.
kettir said:
I had this problem and found out in my case, at least, it was because when I rooted, I didn't "format data" during the process. I've been told that if you don't format data during the process, you leave the data partition encrypted, and thus it can't be mounted (at least by non-system apps and processes). No guarantees here as always, but If you back everything up and redo the root process and do the data format, then you may be able to mount data. At that point you can restore your apps and info. I've also read (but haven't tried this!) that you can do a nandroid backup and restore ALL your data from that nandroid after you reset your phone (which the data format will do). You should google everything I have suggested and see if you can get what you need in this way, without having to reflash the ROM entirely or try to revert to stock recovery.
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Hi. Yes, I had to format everything. Now it works. Also the issues I had with Titanium Backup are gone. I flashed the ExtSdFix and I'm almost running like on Kitkat, yeah
Hello,
On Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra with TWRP 3.4.2b-0623 wzsx150, i did a full backup (all partitions) then after some moding and all on phone. decided to restore the full backup trought TWRP
the phone goes on bootloop and didnt want to start.
i already fixed the phone by flashing rom again, but i'm wondering why a TWRP full restore give a bootloop ? any help to understand to avoid this next time
thanks a lot
This is late but this happened to me before aswell. You have to flash the rom which you've done the backup on and then just restore the data partition.
Does your device keep in a frozen black screen?
Psych0t1c20 said:
This is late but this happened to me before aswell. You have to flash the rom which you've done the backup on and then just restore the data partition.
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i did it with same rom, but i think the issue is from me restoring all partition, i think i need to choose only ones needed
Rovyo said:
i did it with same rom, but i think the issue is from me restoring all partition, i think i need to choose only ones needed
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If you are restoring to the same device of the backup, just restore it and then wipe data.
Reboot and it will work perfectly.
VD171 said:
If you are restoring to the same device of the backup, just restore it and then wipe data.
Reboot and it will work perfectly.
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exactly what i have did, but i checked all partitions when i did the restore i think i need to uncheck some of them in order to avoid the bootloop