[Q] Nand backups - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

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Help with Nandroid files.

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.

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] Restoring a broken nandroid backup

First off I'm at the final stage before I introduce a 'software error' onto this phone and return it to a sprint shop for a replacement.
I have a broken nandroid backup, that DID however backup my wimax partition.
Now, my wimax RSA keys got nuked somehow and I figure if there's a way for me to restore JUST the wimax.img file, I might be in with a chance of having a workable evo again.
The thing is, I can only find guides for restoring a full nandroid backup, and nothing for restoring wimax individually.
Would anyone be able to help?
Thanks.
welp, i answered my own question.
I just copied the nandroid backup .img to wimax.img in my root directory and everything works fine now
Remember boys and girls - BACKUP FIRST. Thank-me
I might be wrong, but you should be able to make a new backup, and just copy the WiMax partition over. If your keys got nuked though, it might throw off the checksum of the backup, which I don't know how to change. And again, thats mostly theory, I'm no Dev.
Do a new nandroid backup, reboot, brows your SD card for nandroid, then there will be another folder, and inside that one will be the different backups. Open up the one with the working wimax partition, copy it, and put it in the nandroid you want to recover.
I would be sure to do yet another nandroid backup, just in case you mess something up.
Edit: Slow typing ftl, looks like you got it!

[Q]: Renaming CMR Backups

Is it possible to rename ClockworkMod Recovery backups to help better identify what specifically they are without corrupting the backup itself? Does anyone have any experience at doing this successfully?
acme anvil said:
Is it possible to rename ClockworkMod Recovery backups to help better identify what specifically they are without corrupting the backup itself? Does anyone have any experience at doing this successfully?
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yes it is possible by using a file explorer and going into the folder of clockwork and going in to back and changing the name of it. i do it all the time to help me
I havent used clockwork in quite some time but I know you can use ROM Manager to backup and name them whatever you want. You could also rename them after backing up manually and then doing this to get rid of the md5 error http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
I believe that things have changed in clockwork though so Im not sure if the above method still works.
yea im on the latest 6.0.1.2 cwm and i've renamed the backup folder (the timestamped one in backup/) and restored from it successfully. just don't use spaces, im not sure if cwm supports folders with spaces

[Q] ClockworkMod Recovery questions

Hello,
I have a few questions about ClockworkMod Recovery.
When ClockworkMod Recovery creates backups, does it overwrite the previous backup or does it create a new one?
The name that that my backup had didn't follow any logical naming convention that I could recall. It is usually date/time or similar?
Is it possible to rename the backup to something more meaningful? I recently had to restore a backup when my phone was stuck on the samsung logo. If i have several backups, it could become potentially confusing.
Thank you in advance.
cynflux said:
Hello,
I have a few questions about ClockworkMod Recovery.
When ClockworkMod Recovery creates backups, does it overwrite the previous backup or does it create a new one?
The name that that my backup had didn't follow any logical naming convention that I could recall. It is usually date/time or similar?
Is it possible to rename the backup to something more meaningful? I recently had to restore a backup when my phone was stuck on the samsung logo. If i have several backups, it could become potentially confusing.
Thank you in advance.
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it creates a new file
it can't access the date and time so the filename isn't useful
you can use rom toolbox to create a backup with a specific name (it will boot to recovery, run the backup for the specified name and then reboot back to system) or run the normal backup in recovery and rename the backup file with a file explorer (ES or Root Explorer to name a few) after the backup and subsequent boot back to the system (just don't put spaces in the name)
Hope that helps

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