I was wondering if I make a backup through clockwork and I need to revert back to the backup, do I need the files on my sd card that are included in the backup.
For example I root my phone and use a certain kernel and rom. I make a backup after this is installed. Can I remove the rom and kernel from my sd card or does it need to stay on there?
Thanks.
Yeah you can remove the rom and kernel .Zip's and everything will be fine..... as long as you keep all the files that the backup made (the .md5 and .img's)
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Yeah you can remove the rom and kernel .Zip's and everything will be fine..... as long as you keep all the files that the backup made (the .md5 and .img's)
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Yea I planned on keeping those, was just going to delete some of the zip files.
Thanks.
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i did a backup on nandroid AND rom manager, but i heard its the same, but my question is, say i didnt do a nadroid backup, and only a rom manager backup, how would i access the one from rom manager and restore that one if something went wrong with the os?
Assuming you could still boot into your ClockworkMod recovery (power + volume down) the backup would be on a folder in your SD card, and CWM would find it automatically. You could do a full data wipe and still recovery using the backup files, they don't reside on the phone's internal memory. And, yes, they are the same thing.
so i can delete my nandroid backup?
ROM Manager performs a nandroid backup through recovery.
TheBiles said:
ROM Manager performs a nandroid backup through recovery.
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yeah but now i have two backups, one from nandroid it self and one from rom manager, so can/ do i delete my nandroid folder, or whats inside the folder?
and just a quick question, every time i make a backup, does the old one get deleted or can i do that? u dont have to keep them ALL do you?
Rocklee99 said:
yeah but now i have two backups, one from nandroid it self and one from rom manager, so can/ do i delete my nandroid folder, or whats inside the folder?
and just a quick question, every time i make a backup, does the old one get deleted or can i do that? u dont have to keep them ALL do you?
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It just adds the new backup. You have to manually delete the older nandroid backups if you want them gone.
is there an app or way to read the info from a nandroid backup to know which rom and kernel its using without flashing it first.
i have several, and have long forgotten which rom/kernel they were.
so i would like to be able to load them in some program and see what they are.
can this be done?
v_lestat said:
is there an app or way to read the info from a nandroid backup to know which rom and kernel its using without flashing it first.
i have several, and have long forgotten which rom/kernel they were.
so i would like to be able to load them in some program and see what they are.
can this be done?
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just back up existing one rename it to something
then restore the others to check them and rename/delete them
then when done nandroid back to current one
there isn't really a way to check them without doing that
Same here. After I make the nandroid backup, I rename it to whatever ROM it is.
yeah well i did that a few times then got away from it.
and now am stuck with some backups i would rather not flash,, then rename, then flash back to what i was on.
the android emulator might, i just dont know how to load them, guess i will maybe have to check with one of the dev's.
and just to clarify what these guys are saying, for those who don't know... they are renaming the folder that the backup files are in. //sdcard/nandroid/xxxxxxxx/ gets renamed to //sdcard/nandroid/9.4.10_stock_root_2.2/ or whatever your rom is called.
you do not, and never should rename the files in the backup folder.
Easy question. Do I need to keep the original zip files on my phone in order for my backup/restore (s) to work correctly, or can I always restore my ROM's without the orginal files? Just looking to save space, I have 3 great ROM's now, Codename Droid, Gummy Nex & FoxHound. I change em up often.
If you are talking about the original install files you can delete them if you already have an nandroid of the ROM.
the .zip is just the installer. Once you have a backup made you will be able to restore that just fine.
All,
I was wondering if there was a way to back up your Galaxy S3 applications and settings? I have been pretty happy with my CM10 build, but new ones of course always come out. Every time I flash and update the ROM, I have to manually install my Google play apps because I do not want all the apps i have downloaded back on my phone. Also, I did not know if i could backup like Nova/message settings and apply the backup every time I flash a new ROM? Thanks, let me know!
Pmart317 said:
All,
I was wondering if there was a way to back up your Galaxy S3 applications and settings? I have been pretty happy with my CM10 build, but new ones of course always come out. Every time I flash and update the ROM, I have to manually install my Google play apps because I do not want all the apps i have downloaded back on my phone. Also, I did not know if i could backup like Nova/message settings and apply the backup every time I flash a new ROM? Thanks, let me know!
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ok so when u full wipe your phone and all that good stuff and you also backed up already flash your rom! then go back to the nandriod you just made and choose to restore data... BOOM! all your data/apps/messaging is still there!!
If your tooo lazy to do that use titanium backup search it on the playstore!
Is a nandroid backup through Clockwork or any app that I need to download? It does not make sense if I backup my current ROM and restore its data. Where can I find this? Sorry I am new to this!
Pmart317 said:
Is a nandroid backup through Clockwork or any app that I need to download? It does not make sense if I backup my current ROM and restore its data. Where can I find this? Sorry I am new to this!
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The system (as in operating system) files are stored in the /system directory, this includes apps that are packaged with whatever ROM you are flashing. The /data directory is only user installed apps and their data, either from the market or other sources. I simply use titanium backup on a daily schedule backup my apps and also manually export my sms messages before a wipe. I also keep a copy of the titanium apk on my sd so i can copy it over to the the new ROM after flashing but before rebooting using a recovery based file manager. This way i can full wipe, flash, reboot, restore backups from titanium and be back to where i left off in under 10 minutes. It is also wise to keep a recent full nandroid backup just incase anything goes wrong during the process.
Thanks for respoding! Where do I go to make a nandroid backup? Titanium backup might be my best bet!
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Thanks for respoding! Where do I go to make a nandroid backup? Titanium backup might be my best bet!
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From your recovery.
Is there a way to copy the .apk over to my sdcard or do i have to download a file somewhere on the internet?
Pmart317 said:
Is there a way to copy the .apk over to my sdcard or do i have to download a file somewhere on the internet?
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I'm not getting your question what are you trying to say?
Pmart317 said:
Is there a way to copy the .apk over to my sdcard or do i have to download a file somewhere on the internet?
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If you are speaking of an app that is already installed on your phone then you can simply copy the .apk from the /data/app folder, unless it is a system app then it would be in /system/app.
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Thanks for respoding! Where do I go to make a nandroid backup? Titanium backup might be my best bet!
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jst do what i said above k so when u full wipe your phone and all that good stuff and you also backed up already flash your rom! then go back to the nandriod you just made and choose to restore data... BOOM! all your data/apps/messaging is still there!!
When it restores DATA it restores data from apps/games/ whatever data you have i always do this and i have all my messages and games still in my new rom
You have to install clock work mod recovery. To boot into cwm, hold volume up + power + home button as you are powering on your phone.
From there, go to backup and restore > backup. This should create a full backup of your data (settings etc.) but not things on your sdcard like music or pictures. To restore after flashing, go to cwm recovery > backup and restore > advanced restore > select your backup you made > /data
On another note, what's the difference between wiping (/data, /system /cache) > flashing rom > advanced restore /data and just flashing the new rom on top of old rom? Does the new rom not delete/overwrite the old ROMs files? Also, can you just wipe /system /cache and flash new rom? Sorry for hijacking thread. Lol..
I don't see it anywhere, just info about the ZVA -> ZVC update. I've made too many modifications to my root partition to try to switch them all back and just want to flash ZVC...
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I don't see it anywhere, just info about the ZVA -> ZVC update. I've made too many modifications to my root partition to try to switch them all back and just want to flash ZVC...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702422
Havnt seen one, Just unroot, flash, reroot or is your phone not able to un root?
As I said, too many changes to the system partition, there is no way it's going to flash the OTA even if I unroot. If I use the TOT everything gets wiped including sdcard space... Not ideal even if I take a Titanium Backup.
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As I said, too many changes to the system partition, there is no way it's going to flash the OTA even if I unroot. If I use the TOT everything gets wiped including sdcard space... Not ideal even if I take a Titanium Backup.
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What about a nandroid backup and then tot then restoring from the nandroid with titanium backup. To be honest though I'm
not sure how exactly the nandroid titanium backup restore process works though as I haven't done it myself.
That may be an option but never used a nandroid to restore in Titanium Backup either...
Your best bet is to use the ZVC tot method. Here's what I did:
Backup apps & settings with Titanium Backup.
Copy the contents of internal SD card to a PC (or Dropbox, etc)
Photos, Titanium Backup files, anything else you want to save
Restore via the .tot method.
Root your phone with IOROOT.
Put the copied SD card contents back on the phone.
Reinstall Titanium Backup from Play Store.
Restore all your apps/settings via Titanium.
I didn't have any problems. You also don't need to have a custom recovery this way, either.
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Your best bet is to use the ZVC tot method. Here's what I did:
Backup apps & settings with Titanium Backup.
Copy the contents of internal SD card to a PC (or Dropbox, etc)
Photos, Titanium Backup files, anything else you want to save
Restore via the .tot method.
Root your phone with IOROOT.
Put the copied SD card contents back on the phone.
Reinstall Titanium Backup from Play Store.
Restore all your apps/settings via Titanium.
I didn't have any problems. You also don't need to have a custom recovery this way, either.
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This is the method I took as well. It seemed to be the easier approach rather than trying to undo all of the system partition modifications.
hotbbq said:
Your best bet is to use the ZVC tot method. Here's what I did:
Backup apps & settings with Titanium Backup.
Copy the contents of internal SD card to a PC (or Dropbox, etc)
Photos, Titanium Backup files, anything else you want to save
Restore via the .tot method.
Root your phone with IOROOT.
Put the copied SD card contents back on the phone.
Reinstall Titanium Backup from Play Store.
Restore all your apps/settings via Titanium.
I didn't have any problems. You also don't need to have a custom recovery this way, either.
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Can you do this using any current version of ROM or recovery? I'm on youdug's ZVA rooted version with TWRP 2.6.3.3 and some mods (camera and hotspot). Plus I have some frozen apps, etc. Don't know what that necessarily means as far as aboot, etc., but I would like to get on ZVC. Sorry for the newb questions.
Thanks.
esoh said:
Can you do this using any current version of ROM or recovery? I'm on youdug's ZVA rooted version with TWRP 2.6.3.3 and some mods (camera and hotspot). Plus I have some frozen apps, etc. Don't know what that necessarily means as far as aboot, etc., but I would like to get on ZVC. Sorry for the newb questions.
Thanks.
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I've used this guide with out any problems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
They have the files also.
One thing I have noticed, you don't have to power phone off after you get it set to com 41, while in download mode. Just pull the USB, and reconnect.
I've tot'ted at least 10 times without issue. I've even had a buddy use the same thing no problem. If you have a question just ask
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