Hi there XDA,
This is my first post here, hope its in the right spot and not to stupid a question. As the title suggests I have no nandroid option in clockwork (rooted 2.2). I had it for 2.1 but after updating it is no longer available. I would love to backup my phone, just incase, is there any way to get it back. Would rerooting a rooted phone hurt it? Can 2.2 even be rooted? I do have S-Off if that helps. Thanks in advance.
EDIT:all fixed thanks elborak. Dont know how I missed that when you select "backup and restore" in the next screen its titled nandroid......I feel kinda silly.
iwould4adollar said:
I have no nandroid option in clockwork (rooted 2.2). I had it for 2.1 but after updating it is no longer available.
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It's still there, just renamed.
So the "backup and restore" is exactly like nandroid? Again sorry if its a stupid question.
EDIT:yes, yes it does.
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So i've just rooted my mytouch slide (had a g1 running CM 6) however, i'm alittle hesitant to flash a custom rom mainly because I'm unsure of the degree of backup nandroid provides....maybe someone can clear it up - please answer only if you know for certain.
Running stock and rooted, if I do a nandroid backup - and decide to flash CM...then decide I want to go back to stock - Can I easily use the nandroid restore function? Will i get back everything? Will I get back stock apps such as swype? Honestly I would think the answers to my questions are "yes" but I really want to be certain.
Thanks in advance!
matt897 said:
So i've just rooted my mytouch slide (had a g1 running CM 6) however, i'm alittle hesitant to flash a custom rom mainly because I'm unsure of the degree of backup nandroid provides....maybe someone can clear it up - please answer only if you know for certain.
Running stock and rooted, if I do a nandroid backup - and decide to flash CM...then decide I want to go back to stock - Can I easily use the nandroid restore function? Will i get back everything? Will I get back stock apps such as swype? Honestly I would think the answers to my questions are "yes" but I really want to be certain.
Thanks in advance!
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Wrong forum.
But yes, a nandroid backup will restore everything. Settings, applications, themes, emails, etc.
oops! thanks for the clarification! next time i'll try to post in the right area
Yup, think of nandroid taking a snapshot of what your phone currently has.
exxxcellent, sounds good enough for me! I always figured it would restore me back.....obviously thats the point, but i never had an issue with my G1 so i figured it didn't hurt to double check. Thanks for the help.
matt897 said:
exxxcellent, sounds good enough for me! I always figured it would restore me back.....obviously thats the point, but i never had an issue with my G1 so i figured it didn't hurt to double check. Thanks for the help.
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I was in the same situation, never had to use Nandroid until this phone.
Hey all, hopefully a simple question...
I finally sacked up and used the test version of Unrevoked on my Stock 2.2 Incredible. Booted up with the "superuser" icon. Finally got it to go back to Clockworkmod recovery screen to do a nandroid backup. Only problem is...it never said "nandroid" specifically, as I read in all the tutorials. It did have "recovery" and all the stuff I thought I'd see in the backup process. I ran the backup, and looked on the SD card in the Clockworkmod folder and there are all the backup files.
So basically am I seeing and using Nandroid, but it's not calling it Nandroid for some reason? If not, what should I be doing.
Thanks for the support...
-Ian
Clockwork changed the menu options in one of the latest updates so it no longer says nandroid. But if you go to the backup and restore menu and select backup (as it looks like you did) you have your backup or "nandroid."
PS. Post this in the general section next time.
Thanks for the quick reply...and sorry about leaving the question here...
Ok, so I'm a noob at all this Rooting, Rom'ing, flashing and whatnot. Infact I'm a noob at Smartphones in general. The G2 is my first..
When I did the Clockwork flash of baconbits it asked me to backup, so I did. Is that the same thing as a nandroid backup that everyone talks about with such importance?
Or will I need to get a backup from somewhere? Would someone elses backup even work with my phone?
Yes.
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lol. Sorry, my title and post are a bit jumbled. What were you saying yes to?
Do I even need a "nandroid" backup? Or is the clockwork backup I made the same thing?
FrenicX said:
lol. Sorry, my title and post are a bit jumbled. What were you saying yes to?
Do I even need a "nandroid" backup? Or is the clockwork backup I made the same thing?
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I believe from what you said in the first post, yes it performed a nandroid backup, then flashed the kernal. If you want check in your clockwork folder on sd card and see if theres the backup you made earlier. I recommend putting that onto your pc in a safe place....just in case sd card gets error or somethtnig.
FrenicX said:
Ok, so I'm a noob at all this Rooting, Rom'ing, flashing and whatnot. Infact I'm a noob at Smartphones in general. The G2 is my first..
When I did the Clockwork flash of baconbits it asked me to backup, so I did. Is that the same thing as a nandroid backup that everyone talks about with such importance?
Or will I need to get a backup from somewhere? Would someone elses backup even work with my phone?
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Yes, a backup in cm recovery is same as nandroid backup only it does it through the cm recovery as opposed to stock recovery.
There are stock roms with root and some other features provided in the development forum that you can flash using rom manager.
Thanks guys. Now that I've figured that out with your help, I have been having a blast trying all these roms. Next up is Villains stuff.
Hello...
Maybe this is a silly question, but please do bear with me - I'm a newbie with Android, just managed to downgrade, root and install the Revolution HD ROM.
I was wondering - I've read about Nandroid, but the only specific thread I've found here is for the G1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830). Will this do for the DHD? Or is the Backup/Restore function of the ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3 the same?
Thanks in advance!
PS Android is so much more difficult to hack than WinMo... but so much more exciting
In theory you should be able to just boot into rcovery (power+volume down ) then in clockwork gobto backup and restore and and choose backup. This is how I would do it on my incredible so I assume it would be the same on another htc phone
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Hmmm... thanks for your reply - actually I'm doing a Recovery backup as I'm typing this.
But if it's the same, then how come that so many procedures in here state "do a Nandroid backup" since the very same procedures also say you should have a recovery mode?
Thanks again
You can't afaik do a backup without a custom recovery.
"Nandroid" is the most common and is also used as a generic term. So do a "nandroid backup" or "recovery backup" are the same thing. They are just making a reference to the fact that you are making the backup using the recovery console (CWM e.g.) rather than through an App.
Or have I mis-understood your question?
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You can't afaik do a backup without a custom recovery.
"Nandroid" is the most common and is also used as a generic term. So do a "nandroid backup" or "recovery backup" are the same thing. They are just making a reference to the fact that you are making the backup using the recovery console (CWM e.g.) rather than through an App.
Or have I mis-understood your question?
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No, mate, that was exactly my question. Thanks for a complete and concise reply
Hello all,
I'm sorry if my question was answered in this forum, but I wasn't able to find the answer to be 100% sure.
I used Rezo609's all in one utility, so I unlocked the bootloader, rooted the phone and when doing this, the software made a backup of my phone (it's saved on the SD card).
I use Android 2.3.5. and now I'd like to try Android 4.0 on my WFS.
My question is, when it will not work for me (or I don't like it), can I restore the phone from that backup? I mean my 2.3.5, my apps, contacts, emails etc?
Thank you so much, and again I'm sorry if it was posted somewhere here :angel:
Pribina said:
Hello all,
I'm sorry if my question was answered in this forum, but I wasn't able to find the answer to be 100% sure.
I used Rezo609's all in one utility, so I unlocked the bootloader, rooted the phone and when doing this, the software made a backup of my phone (it's saved on the SD card).
I use Android 2.3.5. and now I'd like to try Android 4.0 on my WFS.
My question is, when it will not work for me (or I don't like it), can I restore the phone from that backup? I mean my 2.3.5, my apps, contacts, emails etc?
Thank you so much, and again I'm sorry if it was posted somewhere here :angel:
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I don't know what backup it made coz i haven't used that utility ever.
But here's another way of being sure.
I suppose you have clockwork Recovery installed already, If you don't, download rom manager from market and do.
Boot into recovery.
>go to backup and restore and backup.
>It will take some time.
> Now in sd card, you'll see a folder named clockwork, save that folder somewhere in your pc cozz that is a lifesaver for you.
> Install whatever rom u want now.
> If you want to restore, just go to clockwork and restore.
Hope i helped.
Best way....... Download rom manager from the play store... Then select "Backup current rom" If backs up your rom.....
Thank you both guys!
The clockwork recovery is part of the utility so I have the backup done, that was the backup I was writing in my first post.
So right now I have to find the best 4.0 ROM
Pribina said:
Thank you both guys!
The clockwork recovery is part of the utility so I have the backup done, that was the backup I was writing in my first post.
So right now I have to find the best 4.0 ROM
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Cm9 Alpha 3.
sukhjit321 said:
Cm9 Alpha 3.
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will try today, thanks for the tip!