hi
im trying to perform a nandroid backup before flashing a new rom
i'm already rooted but cant figure out how to get into the nandroid bootloader to do this
help
thank you
Get back into recovery using whatever method you used to root - it's step 2 or recovery-windows.bat, whatever you used, and nandroid is under the Backup/Restore section of the recovery menu. Pick nand backup, not the nand+ext.
thanks so much
just tried booting the phone without being connected to the computer and wondered why the option wasnt there to perform a backup
Does anyone know how to backup our rooted stock phones before we start running other roms ?
i think we need a recovery with nandroid before we can really do that, i think clockwork had nandroid so we just need to make that the recovery mode and we should be ok
Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I'm a little confused. I'm aware of all the S-OFF, permarooting etc and the necessary ways to get them. Before I go through with these guides however, I'd like a backup of some sort.
I know ClockworkMod is a custom recovery and you can perform nandroid backups with it, but I also understand there is a default recovery mode you can access from the bootloader that can also do that. Obviously I'd like to make a full nandroid backup before I make any permanent changes.
However, when I select 'Recovery' from the bootloader, my phone goes to a black screen with a generic phone icon and a red ! in a triangle. Why could this be? It is a standard UK T-Mobile Desire Z with no modifications aside from a Gfree S-OFF that was reversed again by copying the backup partition back.
That is the splashscreen of the stock recovery. Press Vol-Up and Power to get past that screen - but you won't be able to do a nandroid unless you have a custom recovery installed - sorry!
Thanks very much for that info. So there's no way of making a nandroid backup before I do things like permarooting? Will the unroot option in Visionary reverse that?
Presumably there's a way of reverting from ClockworkMod to the stock recovery?
the only time you will be able to make a backup is when you install clockwork. No clockwork no backup.
Use titanium backup for the settings and apps and then install clockwork and then do nandroid. if that doesnt work you have your TB to restore.
You can also try to "adb pull /system" and pull everything to your desktop.,... but pushging it back will require skillz.
If you want to revert from clockwork to stock recovery you need to flash stock recovery but do not do it with an incompatible rom.
Thank you, oh wise one!
Don't worry about the fact you can't do a nandroid backup before you root the phone, because it's easy enough to un-root.
You can do the nandroid backup as soon as you've got root/S-OFF, installed ROM Manager and flashed Clockwork recovery. It's very important to do this before you flash any sort of custom ROM. I am amazed by the number of people who seem to flash a custom ROM straight away with no backup whatsoever !
Hi I'm new to android and just bought the verizon Galaxy Nexus (came from the iPhone but regretted buying it just months after buying it) and the new terminology is really confusing. Now that I've familiarized myself with most terms, I have a couple questions about performing certain things.
My first question is: When is a nandroid backup needed, why, and how do you perform one?
second question: If I want to flash a custom ROM, what precautions should I take?
Im sorry if any of these questions have been asked but I could not find them anywhere in the development forum.
Nandroid back up is an exact copy of what ever ROM is currently running on your phone. I.e if you are still on stock ROM then you would make a Nandroid and flash back to stock if you had bugs in a custom ROM.
To make a Nandroid you must first Root the device and install ClockWorkMod (CWM), Once installed hold both volume buttons up and down at the same time an power on the device. Then using the volume keys go to Restore mode and hit the power button, Navigate to backups and restore and then hit back up, this will make a Nandroid.
Precautions to flashing a custom ROM - Make a Nandroid of the stock ROM and you can always flash back.
But i didn't understand a thing yet... If I have a Custom ROM and want to go back to the stock one, and i have a nandroid backup of the stock one, first i have to re-flash the stock rom or i can directly restore the nandroid backup when i've still installed the custom rom?
You can directly restore the nandroid backup. It will start you over at stock just how your phone was when you backed it up
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Maybe you should watch a few videos on Youtube to get a bit familiar with Android and a few basics
mklass said:
Nandroid back up is an exact copy of what ever ROM is currently running on your phone. I.e if you are still on stock ROM then you would make a Nandroid and flash back to stock if you had bugs in a custom ROM.
To make a Nandroid you must first Root the device and install ClockWorkMod (CWM), Once installed hold both volume buttons up and down at the same time an power on the device. Then using the volume keys go to Restore mode and hit the power button, Navigate to backups and restore and then hit back up, this will make a Nandroid.
Precautions to flashing a custom ROM - Make a Nandroid of the stock ROM and you can always flash back.
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Thanks for the very helpful response! Does a nandroid save absolutely everything? If not, what will I have to save manually? If I do a nandroid, is a titanium backup needed? The question above about having to revert back to the ROM before flashing the backup is interesting because I've heard that you must flash back to the previous ROM or you'll end up with a bricked phone...
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Thanks for the very helpful response! Does a nandroid save absolutely everything? If not, what will I have to save manually? If I do a nandroid, is a titanium backup needed? The question above about having to revert back to the ROM before flashing the backup is interesting because I've heard that you must flash back to the previous ROM or you'll end up with a bricked phone...
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Yes indeed a Nandroid back up saves EVERYTHING to do with apps installed + login credentials, widget layouts, notification sounds an lights, Messages, recent calls and so on. It may be a wise move to make a copy of the Internal SDcard which I do just in-case because I'm not sure if the Nandroid backup saves the Internal SDcard as it is a non removable card.
Regarding reflashing - You simply just wipe systme, data, Cache and Davlik Cache and reflash the stock Nandroid over and your device will be back to stock ROM.
The only time I would use Titanium back up is when moving from one ROM to another. Each time you flash a new ROM its basically a fresh install and will not have any of your settings saved i.e Wi-fi passwords, wallpapers, wiget layout, icons and folders, Gmail/facebook/twitter account details. Although Google offer a basic backup for your Apps none of the login credentials will be saved.
I have 2 Nandroid backups - 1 is my stock ROM, the other is my Modaco Custom ROM. Every time I flash some thing new over my Madaco ROM i.e custom Mods like new power menu or new kernel, I make a new Nandroid back up and delete the previous one. That way you will always have an exact copy of the ROM just the way you like it.
Hope this helps
Ah makes sense thank you so much! I get the overall picture but small details such as these are needed! I'm sorry if I'm annoying you with all these questions but I have a couple more: how would I make a copy of my internal sd card? My other question is that will I only need titanium backup if I plan on using more than 2 ROM's? Because I'm still a bit confused about why you would need titanium backup if nandroid does the same thing.. If there is a guide about when to delete the cache or do a wipe and stuff, sending a link or explanation would be much appreciated!
Titanium backup and nandroid
Backing up internal SD card is by simply copy pasting everything on SD to PC, Nandroid backup is complete backup of everything, ie if you restore a nandroid backup you will get everything the same before backing up, but Titanium is backup of apps, messages and call registers or contacts, you cannot restore the apps, messages and contacts from nandroid to New ROM, but you can from Titanium. Just in simple you can make titanium backup in case you want to use new ROM with all apps you previously used or use nandroid if you want just to test a new ROM and revert back to previous,
please hit thanks if it helps you or correct me if I am wrong
I just want to confirm this and it might be a foolish question... But if I'm using AOKP and I have a CM10.1 backup, can I do a restore to that backup and it will restore to that ROM as well? Or do I need to re-flash CM10.1 before restoring the backup?
Thanks, still figuring all this out!
The backup contains everything of the rom. Apps/contacts...you name it. Make sure when you are coming from another rom back to the backup to flash the boot.img from the backup !
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The backup contains everything of the rom. Apps/contacts...you name it. Make sure when you are coming from another rom back to the backup to flash the boot.img from the backup !
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Thanks for the quick answer! It actually looks like CWM automatically does the boot.img as well! At least for AOKP back to CM10.1...
Thanks again!
A nandroid backup contains all ! ,the recovery at the time of backing up. Even the boot.img. restoring a nandroid backup wont restore the boot img. It needs to be flashed manually