Hi guys just a quick thought i had, is it possible to make a backup file into a flashable rom?
So if you had a whole bunch of HTC Desires and you setup a really nice quick ROM with all the apps you wanted and email accounts, everything... could you save it to a .zip or something and flash it to another phone?
I don't think so. But you could copy the nand backup across and restore on a number of phones.
Assuming they were all the same spec..
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Hi,
I need advice what is-not-possible if I delete the backup file inside the folder. I am using backup apps nowadays.
These filed are very big in mega byte size.
Thank you.
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If you flash a rom and something goes wrong then you will have two options to wipe and start again or restore your backed up rom and data .....useful if you like to flash custom Roms alot, or if you like to modify your phones boot,splash etc and then want to revert back
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Hi,
I need advice what is-not-possible if I delete the backup file inside the folder. I am using backup apps nowadays.
These filed are very big in mega byte size.
Thank you.
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The reason it's big is because it's the backup of your stock ROM. You should NEVER delete this as you may need it in the future if something goes wrong with your handset.
It is not purely a back up of apps on the phone, it is the backup of the operating system that the phone cannot run without.
If you delete it and you brick your phone somehow, then you have small chance of getting it back again.
Nah it is not that serious, a full wipe + custom rom will restore a phone just like a nandroid backup would.
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True, but what if you want to revert it back to stock in order to send it back to your carrier if you have a hardware problem that needs fixing?
Thank you for you reply. I will keep one the oldest copy.
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to be on the safe side, keep a backup of your stock ROM and all of your installed ROM on your SDcard and on your PC/Portable Drive. If you upgrade your custom ROM, delete the old one on your SD to save space. Anyway its just 800MB on your stock ROM plus 400-600MB on your custom ROM
I've backed up my phone quite a few times and now want to tidy up my restore list so I only have one pointing to the original HTC Sense restore and another pointing to the custom ROM I've chosen. Is there a way to do this? Also has anyone any idea what size each back up is?
Thanks.
Either delete them with a file explorer (sd/clockworkmod/backup) or use rom manger. Size depends on rom and how much apps where installed.
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My current HTC Desire has a broken sensor so I will be going to get it replaced with a new one tomorrow, will most likely be another HTC Desire.
So I found this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733640
Just want to confirm what I need to do.
On my current phone, copy the nandroid folder to my SDCard, and then move it to my computer.
Once I have my new phone. Root it, do a nandroid backup.
Then take the old phone nandroid backup and rename it to the new nandroid backup.
Then do a restore on the new phone with the old renamed nandroid backup?
Also, if I happen to get a different phone (they say if they are out of my current model they give a different one) is there anyway I can use my old nandroid backup?
you don't need to rename anything.. just put the old nandroid folder onto your sd (that's what it's called if you use Amon Ra recovery anyway) and then restore.
AFAIK no, you will not be able to use your nandroid for a different device for multitudes of reasons... it would be like trying e.g. to flash a DHD ROM on a Desire... just wouldn't work.
Awesome thanks
Went to backup the nandroid folder and I can't seem to find it.
Where exactly do I find it?
Clockworkmod then backup
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theyau said:
Clockworkmod then backup
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What? I know how to do a Nandroid backup. Asking where the backup is saved so I can move/back it up to my computer.
Hello, I have HTC Desire HD. I rooted the phone with Ace Hack Kit and installed Cyanogen on the phone. I have a few questions:
1. I did a rom backup with all my apps installed with ROM manager just before I did the install. Then I did the factory erase and did a rom backup again saving it under a different name. My question is when you do a rom backup does it backups everything such as your apps, messages in inbox...
2. On HTC I had HTC sence so If I lose my phone I would be able to trace it and lock it or erase it. Can I install this on Cyanogen?
3. I had some messages in inbox, but they didnt come back when I synhronized. I was wondering if they are stored somewhere in the rom backup and if I can extract them back or I can just install the rom backup?
Thank you all for help
1. Do not know about the sms/mms, but it backs up everything apps ect, and you will find those in clockwork recovery / restore / advanced restore / system /data (i think)
2. Go to the market and install Cerberus, its classed as a free app but it does ask for a 2euro donation to unlock all features, which is the cheapest app on the market for what it offers you in protection with out any monthly fees ect.
3. Text messages are not synced with google servers, if they are stored on the backup i dont know what they would be under maybe someone else can help you out with that one, but imo they are only text messages, im pretty sure it wont be long before someone else texts you again. (You could always in the future use smsbackup and just make a backup before you flash a new rom again)
Try titanium to back everything
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in the first question, I think it will restore the whole things such as the ROM
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Try titanium to back everything
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Don't listen to this guy. He's bad news. Hehehe....
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Don't listen to this guy. He's bad news. Hehehe....
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Probably true man..
1-yes It Backup Up everything
2-use an app called Where is my droid
3-to ur msgs u can restore ur stock rom and install sms backup and restore amd backup all if ur sms than on cyanogen install the app again and restore
hope that i helped You
for more details feel free to ask
Get this app and back up all your sms messages. Then each time you flash a ROM you can restore them all
https://market.android.com/details?...mNvbS5yaXRlc2hzYWh1LlNNU0JhY2t1cFJlc3RvcmUiXQ..
Hi
I have the HTC Desire which has been rooted. A few months ago I did a nandroid backup. It was rooted with the cmr2 hboot and a runnymede rom
over the weekend I managed to drop the phone in water! I'm not holding out much hope for it working again.
So I want to ask - can this back up/data be transferred to another phone at all? Or how can I get to the data? I can get to the Hboot in recovery mode
Thanks
Manny
Your nandroid backups are stored in the clockworkmod folder. Just get it from there as for transferring data into another phone, you will have to unpack the data.img file. Then adb push them manually into the new phone
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itachi1706 said:
Your nandroid backups are stored in the clockworkmod folder. Just get it from there as for transferring data into another phone, you will have to unpack the data.img file. Then adb push them manually into the new phone
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Thanks for that - is there any guides available on how to do this?
My old phone is a htc desire and i'm looking to purchase a samsung galaxy s2 - will i be able to transfer the back up to the samsung or will i not gain anything?
If it can't be done is there anything i can salvage from the old phone?
Thanks
Manny
mannysroot said:
Hi
Thanks for that - is there any guides available on how to do this?
My old phone is a htc desire and i'm looking to purchase a samsung galaxy s2 - will i be able to transfer the back up to the samsung or will i not gain anything?
If it can't be done is there anything i can salvage from the old phone?
Thanks
Manny
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I believe there is such a guide on XDA. You can try searching extracting from nandroid with unyaffs or something like that (tapatalk doesn't work well with searches ) the file for extracting is here http://db.tt/mM2YDjDE.
Yes you should be able to transfer the backup. But you will not be able to restore it from recovery. You must either use the method in the 2nd post or use titanium backup's extract from nandroid function to restore your apps and data but I don't know if that's a pro only function or not as I have the pro version.
Possibly if it's a pro only feature and you don't have pro, you can see if the play store has another such app that allows you to do the same
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