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Can you delete a rom off your sd card after youve installed said rom and done a nandroid backup? will that backup still bootup and run correctly
If you talking about the actual ROM zip file then yes you can delete it. If you are talking about deleting other Nandroid backups yes you can. Just make sure you don't delete the most recent nand backup.
thank you sir
I usually like to keep my ROM on my SD card so if something goes wrong, at least I have it. The only time this practice has ever been useful was when I flashed Amon Ra and tried to flash a new ROM. Went into bootloops and found out the hard way that Clockwork nand backups don't work with Amon Ra. Because I had my ROM, I fixed it easily.
Just my two cents. Nandroids usually do the trick, though.
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I usually keep 2 nand backups on my SD card 1 stock sense and 1 of my current rom. If I have any other roms Ill just save them to my pc to keep room in the sd card clear.
finding this out now flashed amon ra 1.8 and doesnt see any downloaded roms on sd card, rebooted phone and i have no service. working off wifi only, rom manager is gone and I cant access the market to download ,any ideas
"the process com.android.phone has stopped"
Do you have Rom Manager? If so you can try flashing ClockworkMod...
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cbrewington75 said:
finding this out now flashed amon ra 1.8 and doesnt see any downloaded roms on sd card, rebooted phone and i have no service. working off wifi only, rom manager is gone and I cant access the market to download ,any ideas
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Place the ROM on the root of your SD card. It must not be in your download folder.
I learned my lesson today and will always keep a zip of a rom on my card. The latest version of clockwork was a bust. I couldn't use my phone for almost 2 days. Thank god I fixed it.
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gqstatus0685 said:
I learned my lesson today and will always keep a zip of a rom on my card. The latest version of clockwork was a bust. I couldn't use my phone for almost 2 days. Thank god I fixed it.
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This is why I keep my ROM on my SD card. Glad you fixed it, man.
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OK. so what happens if you are running beliEVO and then flash Cyanogen. Can you restore a backup from a previous ROM without bricking the device? And if you can will app data be there?
Pacothebandit said:
OK. so what happens if you are running beliEVO and then flash Cyanogen. Can you restore a backup from a previous ROM without bricking the device? And if you can will app data be there?
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If you had done a nandroid backup of the beliEVO rom before flashingCyanogen rom, then yes, your can restore the backup and all the apps will be there.
But it's always a good thing to backup the apps before flashing a new rom.
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bigmoogle said:
If you had done a nandroid backup of the beliEVO rom before flashingCyanogen rom, then yes, your can restore the backup and all the apps will be there.
But it's always a good thing to backup the apps before flashing a new rom.
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Awesome. Same rules apply if it was not specifically a Nandroid? I used ROM manager prior to flashing Cyanogen.
This is a helpful thread, i was also wondering this...
I have a question, can I rename my nandroid backups on my SD card so I know which backups are which?
Also, sorry to sorta hijack your thread, but I backup my apps with mybackup, and data with titanium, but how do I restore that info if/when I flash a new rom? I'm using cm6 and loving it but would like to try more... thanks!
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yes, you can rename backups for both RA and CWM backups, I've has issues with putting spaces in the names though so use _ or -
I'm about to take my phone down to sprint for a blown speaker, I'm worried they might replace it. I'd like to make a full nandroid backup just in case, and then just restore it on the new phone if that happens. Is this possible?
9kracing said:
I'm about to take my phone down to sprint for a blown speaker, I'm worried they might replace it. I'd like to make a full nandroid backup just in case, and then just restore it on the new phone if that happens. Is this possible?
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It is if you are rooted. If sprint sees that your phone doesn't have the stock recovery they will probably not replace your phone; as when you root you void your warranty.
So if you are you might want to nandroid backup and then odin EC05 or DI18 and then OTA to EC05. Then root the new replacement and restore nandroid.
if not rooted:
You can use an app like MyBackup Pro; its a paid app but you can try it for like 30 days, so you can backup your apps and data, keep the SD Card and put it in the replacement (your photos are on it as well). Then on the replacement; download the app again and restore.
Hope that helps and good luck at sprint
9kracing said:
I'm about to take my phone down to sprint for a blown speaker, I'm worried they might replace it. I'd like to make a full nandroid backup just in case, and then just restore it on the new phone if that happens. Is this possible?
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Check out App Brain also. Some file managers let you backup apps to the SD card but that is not much different than just redownloading them from the market.
Other than MyBackup and App Brain like mentioned above, you would need to root for many more options then unroot to return your phone.
Ya, I planned on Odin'ing before I take it in, but I was hoping I didn't have to go through the trouble of rooting, flashing roms, kernals, themes, sd speed fixes, etc when I get a new one. I have my backup pro, but it wont restore anything besides my apps and data correct?
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Ya, I planned on Odin'ing before I take it in, but I was hoping I didn't have to go through the trouble of rooting, flashing roms, kernals, themes, sd speed fixes, etc when I get a new one. I have my backup pro, but it wont restore anything besides my apps and data correct?
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Right MyBackup pro will only do call logs, texts, apps and their data.
You can do a nandroid backup before you odin back to stock, that is saved in a folder called clockworkmod/backup. as long as you keep your sd card; when you re-root your replacement you should be able to boot to recovery and restore
Use MyBackup ROOT. It's free on the Market and can back up and restore just about everything, although it's not a total image like Nandroid.
just a quick question:
how do you ota back to ec05 after odin-ing back to..well ec05? Im new to rooting etc. thanks.
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jdelano said:
Right MyBackup pro will only do call logs, texts, apps and their data.
You can do a nandroid backup before you odin back to stock, that is saved in a folder called clockworkmod/backup. as long as you keep your sd card; when you re-root your replacement you should be able to boot to recovery and restore
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awesome that's exactly what I wanted to hear
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You may have an MD5 mismatch, if that is the case make a nand backup on the new phone then take the MD5 file and paste it into the older backup.
I reccomond titanium backup
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063_XOBX said:
You may have an MD5 mismatch, if that is the case make a nand backup on the new phone then take the MD5 file and paste it into the older backup.
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Heh, I had a feeling it wasn't going to be that easy. If I have to start mounting the phone to pull off backups, modify them, do a new backup, etc... I might as well just flash the ROM, Kenel and theme lol. Ah well, I was hoping it would be as easy as restoring a nandroid backup once I rooted.
Thanks for the help guys.
Do the nandroid backup. Move that folder to a location on your pc (or keep your sd card). If you do get a replacement, you just have to do the one-click root w/ cwm. Odin to the appropriate froyo for your rom, then restore. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes
taekwondo4ever said:
just a quick question:
how do you ota back to ec05 after odin-ing back to..well ec05? Im new to rooting etc. thanks.
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First: Not possible, you can't "update" to the same version you are already on, you have to odin to Di18.
Second: If you dont even know the answer to this, seemingly simple, question, why are you rooted?
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Thanks.
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I have recently rooted my phone using the Unrevoked3 method, and have loaded up the Dark Cocoa III rom. After doing this the rom worked great but I lost access to all the apps availabe on the stock rom. Is there any way I can unlock access to the SD card so I can use the already downloaded applications?
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I have recently rooted my phone using the Unrevoked3 method, and have loaded up the Dark Cocoa III rom.
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Outstanding
After doing this the rom worked great but I lost access to all the apps availabe on the stock rom.
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I will take this to mean that you did not create a nandroid backup of your initial setup prior to flash Dark Cocoa III. Having said that, is there a folder on your SD card associated with Dark Cocoa? Sometimes, a folder is created on your card when you flash a custom rom that contains the Sprint apps and other stuff that were removed by the developer.
Is there any way I can unlock access to the SD card so I can use the already downloaded applications?
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What do you mean when you say "unlock access to the SD card"? Can you not use a file manager like Astro, ES Explorer or preferably, Root Explorer to access the files and folders on your card?
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Idk if there is anything wrong. What u should do is go download "sprint lover" Rom. This Rom has everything stock. After u download it follow the flashing directions in that OP. after flashing and booting into the Rom, download Titanium Backup. Backup the stock original roms that u want (back up system apps). After it backs up, Nandroid back to your desired Rom. Download titanium again and restore your system apps that u backed up before hand... this should get u back in the game buddy!
Also any stock based Rom will have the original sprint apps unless noted otherwise
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DonSolo said:
Idk if there is anything wrong....
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Like you, I, too, am unsure if anything is wrong.
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So you flashed the new ROM and didn't do a nandroid backup or use titanium to backup user apps? Just trying to understand what process you went through to get your new ROM.
Like mentioned most sense ROMs that remove apps create a folder on your sd card with removed apps so you can reinstall them if you want.
Also, you don't need to unlock anything to get access to your sd card, just need a file explorer like Astro or Root Explorer (I recommend having both).
Hey is there any way to backup my 4g keys/wimax for use on another epic 4g?
thanks
I haven't tried this yet myself but I would think this should work. Use Titanium backup to do a full backup. Copy the Titanium backup directory from the SD on the old phone to the SD card on the new phone. Install Titanium backup on the new phone and do a restore. Let me know if it works.
You can back up but only restore on the same device. NEVER EVER EVER EVER TRY TO RESTORE KEYS ONTO A NEW DEVICE YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOSE 4G AND POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
now as far as backing up on the epic idk if you can. On the evo (my phone) its done in recovery.
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PhxkinMassacre said:
You can back up but only restore on the same device. NEVER EVER EVER EVER TRY TO RESTORE KEYS ONTO A NEW DEVICE YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOSE 4G AND POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
now as far as backing up on the epic idk if you can. On the evo (my phone) its done in recovery.
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My mistake. I didn't see that they said 4G keys. I was thinking WiFi for some reason. Yeah what I said won't work.
I believe wifi passwords are saved on your google account if you enabled it if that's what your talking about?
Then whatever device you sign in on should have them. At least that's how it worked with cyanogen
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Hello!
So this is what I did:
Rooted my R800at 2.3.3 with DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4]
Installed CWM
Performed a Nandroid backup
Copied everything from my SD to my computer (including all dot/hidden files)
Installed Titanium Backup
So now I can freeze/delete stuff and really play around with my phone. If I need to restore my phone back to normal, I can:
Turn off phone
Wipe SD
Copy previously backed up files from my computer to my SD
Perform a Nandroid restore
Unroot with DooMLoRD's Unrooting Toolkit [v1]
Is this correct? Or do I need to use other backup tools? Sorry, I am a newbie and I am really trying to figure this out. I appreciate all the help I can get!
Yes, a Nandroid will completely restore your phone. However there is no need to wipe your sd card
Awesome. Thanks! I'm down to 30 MB free of internal so I'm itching to purge.
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deurbroucq said:
Awesome. Thanks! I'm down to 30 MB free of internal so I'm itching to purge.
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titanium backup will prob be better or maybe link2sd
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