Help with Nandroid files. - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm just looking for a clarification here.
I understand that by doing an Nandroid backup, it backs up EVERYthing, from Rom, to apps, to data, all they way down to texts and every intimate detail about settings. I was wondering, when I do a Nandroid backup, and it saves the "nandroid" folder on my SD card, is this EVERYTHING I need?
Reason being is this.
I WAS running CyanogenMod6. I have a nandroid backup on my SD Card of it.
I switched to Ava's froyo rom.
I want to go back to Cyanogen using my nandroid.
Could I:
Transfer the Nandroid from my SD to my computer then create a NEW nandroid on my SD of AVA and have these be two complete backups of everything minus the special folders on my SD that isn't a Nandroid folder?
I guess in easier terms im asking, is the ENTIRE nandroid backup stored in the nandroid folder and contain just the
boot/data/system images along w/ the md5 file?

What recovery are you running? If you're on AmonRa you can just make another nandroid backup of your current ROM, then go into restore and pick the prior backup (they're catalogued by date/time of backup).
I'm not sure how ClockworkMod recovery works, if it's the same or not.
I have something like 7 backups on my SD card. I need to pare that down though so I just have my original stock 2.1 ROM setup and then my current ROM as those are the only two I really need.

phobos512 said:
What recovery are you running? If you're on AmonRa you can just make another nandroid backup of your current ROM, then go into restore and pick the prior backup (they're catalogued by date/time of backup).
I'm not sure how ClockworkMod recovery works, if it's the same or not.
I have something like 7 backups on my SD card. I need to pare that down though so I just have my original stock 2.1 ROM setup and then my current ROM as those are the only two I really need.
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I'm Running CWM right now for recovery. Kind of wanted to switch to the AmonRa, searching on how to do that.

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Reinstall Nandroid?

I realized recently that my nandroid backups were not completing correctly (see pic). I noticed this because I have done numerous nandroid backups and there is only one backup showing in the nandroid folder. It always says "backup complete" but above that it looks like it might not be completing correctly? Is there a way to reinstall nandroid backup?
this is normal...
I've experienced problems with backups in Amon Ra as well. I've had a lot more success backing up via Rom Manager through Clockwork. Just an FYI for the future.
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
ryan2202 said:
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
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*sigh*
clockwork is a recovery just like amon is a recovery -
THEY BOTH have nandroid backup feature... its just as easy if not easier in clockwork and yes it is a complete nandroid backup
ryan2202 said:
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
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Clockwork & Nandroid are two different things. Amon RA & Clockwork are two different recoveries, & the nandroid backups can be performed by both of them.
I'm personally using Amon RA's recovery because i heard Clockwork doesn't wipe data as it's supposed to.
In the image you posted you are using clockworkmod backup/recovery. Therefore your back up images are in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup, not nandroid.
Iceman5000 said:
In the image you posted you are using clockworkmod backup/recovery. Therefore your back up images are in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup, not nandroid.
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exactly...
OK I think I got it now. I thought Nandroid backed up differently than the Clockwork or Amon tools. I didnt realize the Clockwork (which I have been using) is a COMPLETE back up of the phone. I thought it was only backing up the ROM and not the data and apps, etc.
So since I have Clockwork/Amon through ROM Manager I can just use that to run my complete backups instead of going into Nandroid through recovery mode?
You can only use Clockwork to backup via ROM Manager. If you use Amon RA you'll have to manually boot into Recovery & backup from there.
Clockwork is not working properly. It is not backing up sdcard's and is not wiping all data. I recommend just using nand and quickboot however the new clockwork flashed over nand had to reinstall Nand Recovery via adb etc..
I'm new to this all myself but I think the reason it won't back up the SD card is because it would have to backup the entire card and where would it put the file? I'm guessing your SD card would have to be large enough and partitioned for it to write the backup to. That is total speculation of course...
First of all, according to the pic, your sdcard is pretty critically low on space so a nand backup probably won't complete fully. Second, the message about android.secure is a directory reference that occurs if you have transferred your apps to your sdcard. Since it can't find the directory, I'm assuming you aren't using apps2sd. The second message about the sd-ext directory only applies if you've actually created a secondary partition on your sdcard. So just because it skips those two areas doesn't mean that the remainder of your data has not been backed up.
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Nandroid - Clockworkmod/amonRA

Is there a difference between nandroid in Clockworkmod or amonRA recovery? If no can I move my nandroid backups from Clockworkmod directory to nandroid and do restores with amonRA nandroid?
Can I rename my nandroid backups to something more meaningful without causing a problem?
also wondering the same thing. Can you change the name to atleast the date?
You can rename the backup before it starts if you're using ROM Manager. Otherwise, make a copy of the backup you want on your PC, rename it, and try it. If it doesn't work, it will just not go and you can reboot and try something else. Worst case, you load the original nandroid, install your preferred recovery with ROM Manager, and re-nandroid it with a useful name.

[Q] Nand backups

Can you change the name of the backups on the sdcard/ clockwork/ backups, i know they are listed by date, but is it possible to change it to say the rom that was ran on that particular backup, so that way i can backup to that rom instead of guessing by date, lol.
so i decided to find out myself, since no one else could answer this, but yes you can rename your backups so when you go to recovery and do a nand restore they are renamed to what rom your running instead of date and time.

[q] complete backup

I have PhilzTouch Recovery.
I'm currently running SentinelRom 5.0, and while I'm extremely happy with my current setup, I want to try out the new Note3 ROMs out there.
I want to make a COMPLETE backup in the easiest way possible before I try out any other new ROM so that I can return to my current set up if I don't like the other ROMs.
When I say COMPLETE, I mean EVERYTHING on my Internal Memory, including all the apps, app data, obb folder, messages phonebook, etc.
I basically want to create a snapshot of my current setup that can be restored later.
I created a nandroid backup from recovery, but it's size is only ~2.5gb, while my data files themselves exceed this size, so IDK what has been backed up and what hasn't.
I also want to copy this backup to my PC so that I can format my phone when I try out the new ROMs.
Help!
I think you have to make a backup of your internal and external SD cards as well....

Nandroid b/u vs copying everything to pc

I'm just trying to understand.
I know how to make a Nandroid backup using TWRP. And I know I can use this b/u to restore the system.
If, instead of the Nandroid, I copy every thing on the Nexus 7 to my pc, including the root drive, would recopying all those files back to the tablet restore the system in the same way, or not?
How is the Nandroid b/u different?
Thanks.

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