Hello,
If I did a full image backup on this phone, system restored and unrooted it and sent it in for warranty, could I put the full backup I took on the new phone? How would I do this?
Thank you
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Make sure you have a full nandroid backup and the new phone is rooted. Put the sd card in the new phone and boot into recovery, after installing clockwork mod of course, and go to restore and restore your backup. I have done it many times when changing phones.
Installing clockwork mod is usually part of the rooting process, right? Thanks
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Yes it is.
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Will I be able to Update a Rooted HTC Evo with stock Froyo 2.2 Rom to Gingerbread 2.3 through sprint update ?
I rooted my phone with UnrEVOked about 2 weeks ago , so I'm still in a learning the hole rooting process .
Thank you 4 the help & info u guys here in XDA provide , keep up the good work .
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Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
fmedina2 said:
Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
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And since the source code comes out tomorrow, you probably won't be waiting long
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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You should always wipe when flashing a new ROM. Just back up all your apps with titanium backup or mybackup pro. Your contacts should be back up'd by Google.
No. well you can use apps like Titanium Backup, that you can use to backup any apps and their data, but other than that, you just need to sign back in to e-mail and gmail and fb,twitter, ect...
Use your Nandroid
oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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If you're fully rooted with recovery, reboot your phone while holding the volume down button and you should be in either the Amon-Ra or Clockworkmod recovery.
From there explore your menus a bit, and you'll find a place to do a Nandroid backup.
Do that - it will literally back up everything - your kernel, your stock ROM, your apps, your data, all to a nandroid image file on your SDCard.
Then you can wipe everything in your recovery and flash whatever you want.
Now you can play with other ROMS, learn to flash alternatives and such, and if you ever need/want to go back to how it was, just go back into recovery and choose a Nandroid restore.
Also if you use clockwork nand you can restore your apps after youve changed the rom. Flash your current rom first, then wipe everything the new rom needs you to. After flashing the new rom to the nandroid and select advanced restore. Select data and your done. Reboot and enjoy.
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If your going to back up your rom to flash another one use RA recovery to wipe and backup your phone. Clockworkmod does not do a proper wipe of your phone and will leave remnants of your old rom on your phone.
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I havent had any issues and I flash almost once a week. To each its own.
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I lost u guys . Lol ;-)
I'm new to this & not sure exactly how to do it .
I rooted my Evo with UnrEVOked 3
& using the stock 2.2 Froyo Rom
I followed the rooting process from a YouTube video & I did back up during the root process .
I'm not sure what's a nandroid & I think I had to go through some part that had clockwork mod but again as I said I'm not sure what it is . ( I'm sill a rookie with this sorry )
What should I do next ? Did I back up the stock Rom properly via UnrEVOked 3 rooting method ?
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Google nandroid backup. You'll probably be able to find alot of info on youtube as well
Swyped on my precious Eva
i was trying to flash build 9.i did the same steps as usual including the mtd boot.zip
and now im stuck in a bootloop..ive tried to restore my back ups and re flash the rom and it never gets past the cyanogen mod 7 screen...what do i need to do
Do a nandroid restore.
If that doesn't work, try doing a
"wipe/factory reset" from recovey menu.
Then
Apply cyanogen mod .zip again
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xologist said:
Do a nandroid restore.
If that doesn't work, try doing a
"wipe/factory reset" from recovey menu.
Then
Apply cyanogen mod .zip again
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i did all of that prior to posting.. i ended up erasing the mtd partitions and starting from scratch with everything
Try it without the mtd boot.zip stuff?
I know that kind of defeats the purpose, but well, who knows. D:
So build 7, and 8 and all those worked, right?
Yeah everything worked up until build 9..but I ended up restoring a very old backup and it worked..then reflashed build 9 and mtd..
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The same thing happened to me, boot zip got me into a splash1 bootloop, no logcat. Wiped everything and reflashed and it worked. It happened after I flashed the new radio
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I backed everything up this morning, did a full wipe and flashed another Rom to test. Well after I was done with that Rom I wiped again and restored my back up. When I opened the app drawer every installed app I had was gone. My home screen still had a couple icons for those apps but they weren't installed.
I wiped again flashed the backup a second time with no luck. Then I tried a previous backup and had the same issue. I flashed clockworkmod recovery and tried to restore a previous backup I made with that and still had the same issue.
I'm using synergy rls 1
More freedom kernel
Used RA recovery and clockwork
All of the apps were installed on the phone so they weren't on the SD card.
Has anyone had this issue before?
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It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
that has happened to me before as well. I always use Recovery (AmonRa) for all my backups now and also titanium.
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It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
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It's weird because all of my backups are through recovery. I've never had this issue till today. No matter how many times I restore my user data doesn't show up.
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that that is strange. if you look at the nandroid backup files do you see a data partition file. if so is that file big enough to suggest that contains all of your apps? maybe your recovery is not backing up any apps so there's nothing to the restore later.
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All backups show they have plenty of user data. What's even more weird its that I noticed while restoring that while its doing data I can see that it is actually flashing my info. As to where that info is after I boot up is still a mystery.
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Are there any clues in the recovery log?
So I am getting a sensation (on my way to Nexus Prime) and I am going to sell my G2 that is rooted.
The buyer wants it rooted, so I need to know a) that factory reset will not get rid of root, and b) how to restore to stock OR that factory reset won't mess with CM7.
Additionally, I will be transferring my files (music, app data, etc) to my computer to use on the new phone, but I need to know which files need to stay on the G2 sd card for the new owner. (CWM, etc).
I rooted with visionary/gfree.
Thanks in advance, n sorry if I am repeating questions already asked.
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brian314g said:
So I am getting a sensation (on my way to Nexus Prime) and I am going to sell my G2 that is rooted.
The buyer wants it rooted, so I need to know a) that factory reset will not get rid of root, and b) how to restore to stock OR that factory reset won't mess with CM7.
Additionally, I will be transferring my files (music, app data, etc) to my computer to use on the new phone, but I need to know which files need to stay on the G2 sd card for the new owner. (CWM, etc).
I rooted with visionary/gfree.
Thanks in advance, n sorry if I am repeating questions already asked.
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A factory reset shouldn't do anything to root or CM7, I've had to reset a few times and never ran into issues. If they want the stock ROM, you can download a rooted stock from here and flash that for them.
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A factory reset is the exact same as wiping data/cache from recovery when you flash new roms. Can do it with ANY rom. As far as stock, just make sure you save your original nandroid backup which u should of made before flashing any other rom. As far as sd card, just don't delete the clockworkmod folder and if you are going to leave games or something don't delete associated folders if there is saved data you want to share.
To be honest the only thing on sd card I would remove is personal stuff..dirty pics, regular pics, videos etc etc
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you can do a factory reset, or just completely wipe and reflash. It wont effect CM7 or root.
as for the SDcard, take what you need off of it, and format it (as a safety precaution IMHO).
Thanks, folks. Appreciate the help!
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I have Clockwordmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
Well there is no cyanogen recovery so that's probably why no one is replying fyi.
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nuggstein said:
I have Cyanogenmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
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I hope you mean clockworkmod and yes.
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xsteven77x said:
Well there is no cyanogen recovery so that's probably why no one is replying fyi.
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Big typo haha.
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I hope you mean clockworkmod and yes.
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So I don't have to worry about losing anything? Once I restore, it will be like I never changed anything? (Almost like an image backup of a computer)?
nuggstein said:
Big typo haha.
So I don't have to worry about losing anything? Once I restore, it will be like I never changed anything? (Almost like an image backup of a computer)?
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Make a backup im cwm recovery and you can flash back to it and all will be as it was.
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nuggstein said:
I have Clockwordmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
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Exodian said:
Make a backup im cwm recovery and you can flash back to it and all will be as it was.
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No i wouldnt suggest doing that when u make a back up in cwm you making a backup of that rom! If your worried about your data use either
Titanium backup or
MyBackup Pro
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umm...I thought CWM recovery backed up everything...including data (excluding microSD card).
So, if I restore it, it restores the original Kernel and ROM? Is that correct?
If something goes wrong, while flashing new kernels/ROMS, I can boot into recovery and just restore?
I'm already rooted, I just want to be sure before I start messing with my device.
Thaks!
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umm...I thought CWM recovery backed up everything...including data (excluding microSD card).
So, if I restore it, it restores the original Kernel and ROM? Is that correct?
If something goes wrong, while flashing new kernels/ROMS, I can boot into recovery and just restore?
I'm already rooted, I just want to be sure before I start messing with my device.
Thaks!
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you are correct the Nandroid backup built into the CWM recovery will back up everything on your phone as it is. including any ext partition on your external SD card. (will not backup your FAT partition where your normal downloads and pictures go, as this is where the backups are stored) but your ROM, all apps and their data and anything on your EXT partition (if you have one) will be backed up.
i suggest copying the clockworkmod backup folder to your computer before flashing anything else. just in case it messes up your SD card somehow.
doing the full restore will automatically restore ROM apps and data as they were when you backed up. feel free to flash as many roms as you want, just make sure to keep your backup safe. and to wipe all data in between roms as usual.
although titanium backup is amazing. and will backup apps and their data while booted inside your rom. its amazing, check it out.
Cwm backs up everthing including rom, kernel, and data. When you restore your backup it will restore your phone the way it was the moment that you backed it up.
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malaeus said:
you are correct the Nandroid backup built into the CWM recovery will back up everything on your phone as it is. including any ext partition on your external SD card. (will not backup your FAT partition where your normal downloads and pictures go, as this is where the backups are stored) but your ROM, all apps and their data and anything on your EXT partition (if you have one) will be backed up.
i suggest copying the clockworkmod backup folder to your computer before flashing anything else. just in case it messes up your SD card somehow.
doing the full restore will automatically restore ROM apps and data as they were when you backed up. feel free to flash as many roms as you want, just make sure to keep your backup safe. and to wipe all data in between roms as usual.
although titanium backup is amazing. and will backup apps and their data while booted inside your rom. its amazing, check it out.
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I have TB Pro...are you saying it will back all of my apps/data up, and I can just restore it from within my new ROM?
Correct. Just use caution when trying to restore system apps.
Good.Luck!
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Dude don't sorry so much!!! Super Noob!!! JK! Well not really you are never going to want stock again...just carefully flash your desired ROM.. use TB to restore all of your apps and their data. Do a nandroid back up of your current rom then one of your favorite roms after you set it up to you liking.
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