i just received a new Evo after problems with my old one. can i use a nandroid backup from my old device on the new one or is that a big no no?
I believe you can, but you would probably want to make sure the same radio,wimax, etc. were loaded before you did the restore
What elegantai said, but I'd also take a Nandroid backup of the new phone first, just to be safe.
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This might be a stupid question but I can I take a nand backup from one phone and restore it to another phone?
Not sure if there are any identifiers etc that won't match up.
MikeBrWade said:
This might be a stupid question but I can I take a nand backup from one phone and restore it to another phone?
Not sure if there are any identifiers etc that won't match up.
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Worked fine with me, nand backed up from my first one and restored on my second one.
Basically I wanna get mine all setup for my wife then back it up and dump it to hers. I realize I will not be able to set up the Google account sync etc but that's and easy fix on hers. Second question. Will my full nand rootand recovery follow? Guessing at least no on the recovery.
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I think you would need to do the NAND unlock too. I dont think the nandroid backup includes the engineering SPL... could be wrong though. You would also need to have the same recovery that you used to make the Nandroid backup
Unfortunately I cracked the digitizer on my Desire and I'm not really willing to buy a digitizer and then fit it myself in case I do break the phone as obviously my tinkering will void my warranty. So instead I have chosen to get a replacement from Orange. That is £160 and then at least 6 months insurance coming in at £6 a month. For me, a college student, it is the only viable option
Anyway, I am rooted on OpenDesire. If I want my new handset to be in exactly the same state as my current Desire, do I just need to do a complete backup with Titanium Backup onto my microSD, root the new phone with OpenDesire then restore all settings and programs from the backup on my SD? Obviously some things won't be exactly the same such as custom icons but I can redo that myself.
Also, do you think I should restore the Orange rom etc and unroot the phone before returning it?
Thanks in advance, Jake.
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Be sure you unrooted the phone before returning it, its always better. According to the backup, make a nandroid backup, then unroot, after getting the phone back repaired root again and restore from the nandroid backup you made. Everything should be exactly the same as it was when you made the backup
However,wait at least for one another person to support my thought
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.:george:. said:
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Be sure you unrooted the phone before returning it, its always better. According to the backup, make a nandroid backup, then unroot, after getting the phone back repaired root again and restore from the nandroid backup you made. Everything should be exactly the same as it was when you made the backup
However,wait at least for one another person to support my thought
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Sounds like good advice
Just got the Evo. I want to Root it. However, I am trying to understand what each step does.. for example.
All I really have is contacts and few photos that I really don't care about.
At what point in the process do I back up my current image or "Rom" so in case I FuBar I can got back to an Out the box state?
What does Rooting do? Is this like unlocking the phone?
**I know, baby steps but I'll get it*****
drewgo said:
Just got the Evo. I want to Root it. However, I am trying to understand what each step does.. for example.
All I really have is contacts and few photos that I really don't care about.
At what point in the process do I back up my current image or "Rom" so in case I FuBar I can got back to an Out the box state?
What does Rooting do? Is this like unlocking the phone?
**I know, baby steps but I'll get it*****
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Your contacts automatically sync with your gmail account and the photos are stored on the memory card, so those should be safe. The ROM you can restore at anytime but you will want to make a nandroid for your 4G keys as soon as is possible.
Once rooted your phone will be fully unlocked for you to do anything you want with.
Jon, I replied to your PM.
What is a Nandroid? and how do I make that?
drewgo said:
Jon, I replied to your PM.
What is a Nandroid? and how do I make that?
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Okay, not really easy for the noob to learn at first, but get this.
Nandroid is well, u can find the definition on google, and to nandroid backup your 4g keys and such is part of your Amon RA Recovery 1.80 when you root your phone, you're able to make backups of your nandroid and restore them to a backup time where 4g has broken after the time being or whatever keeps the phone from operational mode to your liking.
Hope that helps.
And rooting is not like unlocking. It lets you make changes or totally alter your phone's system, as well as let you have superuser (or developer) permissions. Reeeeealy worth it. I would flash myns rom right away.
alekosy said:
Okay, not really easy for the noob to learn at first, but get this.
Nandroid is well, u can find the definition on google, and to nandroid backup your 4g keys and such is part of your Amon RA Recovery 1.80 when you root your phone, you're able to make backups of your nandroid and restore them to a backup time where 4g has broken after the time being or whatever keeps the phone from operational mode to your liking.
Hope that helps.
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yes it does... I've spent countless hours reading, viewing and learning about this. It's my first Android phone.
dkdude36 said:
And rooting is not like unlocking. It lets you make changes or totally alter your phone's system, as well as let you have superuser (or developer) permissions. Reeeeealy worth it. I would flash myns rom right away.
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I'm on it...
I have a question on restoring a stock rom with clockwork...
Im going to do a backup of my current stock rom (in case i want to go back from CM7 to what i have now, which is stock...havent even rooted yet)
My problem is that, while searching the forum, i came across this post, which scared me a bit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
So, my question is, if i do a backup of my current situation, and then when i go back i just restore the said backup, do i have any chances of having the problem mentioned in the thread i posted above??
Thanks all in advance!
coldsun15 said:
I have a question on restoring a stock rom with clockwork...
Im going to do a backup of my current stock rom (in case i want to go back from CM7 to what i have now, which is stock...havent even rooted yet)
My problem is that, while searching the forum, i came across this post, which scared me a bit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
So, my question is, if i do a backup of my current situation, and then when i go back i just restore the said backup, do i have any chances of having the problem mentioned in the thread i posted above??
Thanks all in advance!
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What you're talking about is making and/or restoring a nandroid backup of your current system, what that thread is talking about is something entirely different. There's no problem restoring your stock nandroid, I've had to in the past when I've needed to pull some apps out of it.
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OriginalGabriel said:
What you're talking about is making and/or restoring a nandroid backup of your current system, what that thread is talking about is something entirely different. There's no problem restoring your stock nandroid, I've had to in the past when I've needed to pull some apps out of it.
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thanks!!!
one more question though, just to have things clear... if i were to go back to the way i am now, and unroot and everything... i would have no problem in restoring the backup and then just unrooting?? simple as that?
thanks!
It would be slightly different. Firstly I can't imagine you needing to go back to stock unless for warranty cause there are stock rooted Roms available, but there are also instructions for unrooting around here somewhere
noneabove said:
It would be slightly different. Firstly I can't imagine you needing to go back to stock unless for warranty cause there are stock rooted Roms available, but there are also instructions for unrooting around here somewhere
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hey, first things first, thanks for the answer
secondly, i do understand the procedure to be different, what i meant was, if i restore my own nandroid stock backup (the one i created myslef), once restored, i'll still be rooted, right? (with s-off and stuff)
thanks
Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Thanks a lot!! really cleared stuff up!!
noneabove said:
Well considering you could only actually make the Nandroid backup with a rooted rom, yes it still will be when restored it took me awhile to get used to this too, when you do a restore, save for your SD, your phone will LITERALLY be EXACTLY the same as when you did the backup (also save for any corruption that could occur, but if it's an important backup then put it on your computer )
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Sorry, i just have another question (total noob here, hehehe), is root the same as getting s-off? or are they completely different things?
Cause, if i just root (keeping s-on (if its even possible)) and do a nandroid backup, and then i do the s-off... when i restore, id have root, but s-on, right?? and wouldnt that be just the same problem as the one stated in the thread i posted in the first post??
sorry again, i know im probably making a big mess out of something relatively simple...
thanks in advance
No no, it's natural to be worried the problem that what you posted talks about its trying to install the official OTA rom while s-off which you won't be doing anyways and while s-off isn't the same as rooting I believe you need s-off to root.. I'll do a bit of research in the morning but in the mean time take a look an see what you can learn on your own
Great, thanks!!! if u find out anything else, please dont doubt in sharing!! everything is welcome!!
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Just got an S3 and I absolutely hate the unpolished and laggy Samsung skinning of Android. I want to flash CM10, but would like to know what I should back up first in case some critical information gets lost. This is a virgin phone, no apps or user data need to be backed so no need to worry about that. However, I would like to know how to back up IMEI, device ID, etc. Is it enough just to back up the /efs partition? If not, what else should I be backing up?
Thanks in advance
loonieryan said:
Just got an S3 and I absolutely hate the unpolished and laggy Samsung skinning of Android. I want to flash CM10, but would like to know what I should back up first in case some critical information gets lost. This is a virgin phone, no apps or user data need to be backed so no need to worry about that. However, I would like to know how to back up IMEI, device ID, etc. Is it enough just to back up the /efs partition? If not, what else should I be backing up?
Thanks in advance
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Read this and this.
It was pretty overwhelming for me at first, but get through it best you can.
It's easier to do the preventative backup rather than the post repair.
themadproducer said:
Read this and this.
It was pretty overwhelming for me at first, but get through it best you can.
It's easier to do the preventative backup rather than the post repair.
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Thank you! I've got experience flashing custom kernels and ROMs, so I should be ok. The only thing is that with every phone model what you need to back up is different, so I wanted to make sure I had the right stuff backed up from my stock S3 before I did anything to it.
So is an IMEI back up via QPST the only thing needed? What about device ID, and other details? Do those need to be backed up and how?
loonieryan said:
Thank you! I've got experience flashing custom kernels and ROMs, so I should be ok. The only thing is that with every phone model what you need to back up is different, so I wanted to make sure I had the right stuff backed up from my stock S3 before I did anything to it.
So is an IMEI back up via QPST the only thing needed? What about device ID, and other details? Do those need to be backed up and how?
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As long as your IMEI is backed up you should be OK. When I first flashed CM10 I made a Nandroid and backed up my IMEI. I have not had any issues with my IMEI or anything but I know people that have.
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As long as your IMEI is backed up you should be OK. When I first flashed CM10 I made a Nandroid and backed up my IMEI. I have not had any issues with my IMEI or anything but I know people that have.
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Just so I'm clear, you:
1) Flashed CWM recovery
2) Did a Nandroid backup of the stock ROM and backed up IMEI
3) Flashed CM10
Right?
loonieryan said:
Just so I'm clear, you:
1) Flashed CWM recovery
2) Did a Nandroid backup of the stock ROM and backed up IMEI
3) Flashed CM10
Right?
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Ever since i got my s3 never had to do anything do the IMEI... If you like wasting time i guess you can.. but if your smart with your phone you wont have to consider that extra step.. MAKE SURE U FLASH SGH-I747 roms only!!! and i mean ONLY... (tmo roms work too just make sure you change the apn settings) dont flash any other variants because they have different hardware. you will **** up the bootloader by flashing anyother variant.. Anyway back to the subject. I backup nandroid, then i use ultimate backup (like titanium backup just faster) its by jrummmy and thats it and im good to go to flash custom roms
amzi said:
Ever since i got my s3 never had to do anything do the IMEI... If you like wasting time i guess you can.. but if your smart with your phone you wont have to consider that extra step.. MAKE SURE U FLASH SGH-I747 roms only!!! and i mean ONLY... (tmo roms work too just make sure you change the apn settings) dont flash any other variants because they have different hardware. you will **** up the bootloader by flashing anyother variant.. Anyway back to the subject. I backup nandroid, then i use ultimate backup (like titanium backup just faster) its by jrummmy and thats it and im good to go to flash custom roms
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No Offense Amzi,
but I only flashed STOCK OTA rom upgrades and some mods SPECIFIC to my i747m and I lost my IMEI a few months ago. I have tons of Android Flashing experience, and I did a lot of reading before I did my first S3 flash. My heart sank when it happened. When it happens, you lose your data connection and that's what tipped me off. And from all I have read up till now...no one knows why it RANDOMLY happens. So I would HIGHLY ADVISE to backup those files as per the link(s) I provided.