Is it possible to save a data partition from your existing ROM that can be flashed with Mobile Odin? So i could flash a new Rom, Kernel, Modem, then the specific Data partition that I saved from my ROM that holds all my user specific data. Is something like that possible? I am tired of having to set all the apps, data, email servers, and appearances of my old ROM back up after flashing a new ROM. It wont stop me from flashing if I cant......LOL...just wondering if its possible.
I know there is TB and Backup apps but they still take to long to do everything needed. I am lookingfor a one flash type thing to just reapply all user data specific stuff. Possible?
Didact74 said:
Is it possible to save a data partition from your existing ROM that can be flashed with Mobile Odin? So i could flash a new Rom, Kernel, Modem, then the specific Data partition that I saved from my ROM that holds all my user specific data. Is something like that possible? I am tired of having to set all the apps, data, email servers, and appearances of my old ROM back up after flashing a new ROM. It wont stop me from flashing if I cant......LOL...just wondering if its possible.
I know there is TB and Backup apps but they still take to long to do everything needed. I am lookingfor a one flash type thing to just reapply all user data specific stuff. Possible?
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You sure can sir, just make sure you don't restore from gb to ics or vice versa, simply go into recovery after new rom is flashed and wipe cache and delvik cache then go to backup and restore and advance restore your data
Awesome, I will give it a try on the next round of leaks!
Thanks.
Just wanted to stop back in and say holy Sh!t. Why have I been bothering with TB and MyBackupPro for so long when I could have been doing this. Soooooooooo much easier.
Make a backup of your data in advance backup
install new rom
restore data with advance restore
Done
No more email setup
No more passwords for wifi
No more home screen setup
Its all done by advance backup and advance restore.
Restoring just got way easier.
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Just wanted to stop back in and say holy Sh!t. Why have I been bothering with TB and MyBackupPro for so long when I could have been doing this. Soooooooooo much easier.
Make a backup of your data in advance backup
install new rom
restore data with advance restore
Done
No more email setup
No more passwords for wifi
No more home screen setup
Its all done by advance backup and advance restore.
Restoring just got way easier.
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Because it doesn't always work....if recovery gives you a md5 mismatch or something and alot of times it can cause force close... Do keep a titanium backup also just in case
Also you can usually do this from tw to tw but not tw to aosp ....can cause problems like I said....similar roms usually ok
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If you are on a good kernel with good recovery and not restoring say from GB to ICS it has always worked for me on my Epic and Epic Touch. Now, if you are changing between GB and ICS it can throw all kinds of gapps, acore, and Google Services Framework errors at you so you may want to keep a Titanium backup like Epix said...just in case
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I ALWAYS use cwm5.0.2.7 for flashing and backup/restore. The only time I use rogue is to flash cwm5. But its rare...
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I was just wondering if I can flash between NAND backups of different ROMs. I Made a NAND of Fresh, Evio, and Cyanogen and would like to be able to quickly flip between them on the fly and it seems like it would work, I was just curious if there are any issues I might run into. Using titanium each time takes way too long to reload my apps and settings.
I'm fairly sure this is not an issue as long as you wipe data/cache/dalvik before each flash.
Yeah that's what I figured. Thanks for the input!
I do it all the time. When I get things set up the way I want, I do a NAND backup. That way if I want to try a new ROM I can do so without worrying about having to set things back up if it's not what I want. If it ends up being an improvement then I lose nothing. If it doesn't work the way I want, I just restore from my backup. If I had multiple ROMs that I switched between for some reason, this is how I would do it.
i can also confirm this works perfectly fine and is my suggested method for those experimenting with roms kernels or even themes.
You do not need to wipe before doign a nand it will wipe everything and restores the dalvik and cache to what it was at the time of the nand.
i also make a back up of roms even if i dont think i want to use it and them pull it off to my pc. It is easier and quicker for me to drop the nand back on there and restore it if i want to go back an try it out again etc then it is to redo everything. (i have a nand for almost every single rom now though not all the latest version lol.)
So if you nand backup does it keep the apps all on there and wallpaper in place or do you have to re setup everything.?
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So if you nand backup does it keep the apps all on there and wallpaper in place or do you have to re setup everything.?
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it will be exactly as it was when you did the backup, minus any radios or other phone programming through the epst.
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it will be exactly as it was when you did the backup, minus any radios or other phone programming through the epst.
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Thanks that is great I have never nand restored
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i have had a problem with nand and not sure wats going on...i made a backup a few days ago and tryd and new rom afterwords...didnt like it so tryd to restore nand and get error message...something about pushing it adb...kinda confused...also last week ran into a problem where nand restore worked but got stuck in boot loop...why so much problems with my nand do u think ? how can i solve this issue ? thanks
NAND is on the storage card right?
so i can just rename the NAND file as i want, no problems, right?
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I did some searching and I wasn't able to find the answer I was looking for, so here goes.
Last night I rooted my GB Evo with the new Revolutionary method. I got all excited to put my MikG ROM back on the device using AmonRa, and without thinking I cleared cache, delvic-cache, and then data ... THEN I did my Nandroid backup.
If I ever decide to restore back to my backup, is this going to cause problems? What exactly is lost when you choose to clear data?
Thanks for your help.
That will clear all your settings definitely and apps I think.
Clearing data I mean .
Clearing cache and dalvik cache will do nothing I do that before backing up to save memory.
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You pretty much only backed up the system and wimax.
i dont think it will boot up if you restore. try it and tell us your results you can always go back into recovery and flash a new rom
Make another backup and don't wipe data I only keep backups that I want to go back to and incase something goes wrong .
As long as you have your apps backed up you can always flash a stock rooted ROM and restore your apps.
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so currently im on fxp45 with doomlords kernel for CM7
everything is awesome first of all
problem is that i wanna try an MIUI rom but want to be able to go back on CM7 with everything i have right now
if i back up my system switch kernels, run MIUI ROM with appropriate kernel, then revert back to CM7 kernel can i restore to the backup i made b4?
greatly appreciate it
I tried it and i can confirm that it works. But before you restore you have to switch back to the freexperia kernel or doomkernel, wipe cache and user data in CWM recovery and then recover the backup, otherwise it won't work (at least it didn't work for me, unless i wiped the cache and user data).
Thank you I will try tommorrow
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Thank you I will try tommorrow
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Backup restore ONLY apps, not data.
Because this restore backup data causes a lots force close for you.
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taaviu said:
Backup restore ONLY apps, not data.
Because this restore backup data causes a lots force close for you.
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I guess zainthesnipe was talking about a full system backup (via CWM recovery), there is no difference between app and data in those backups. After restore the complete ROM will be exactly like it has been before. Settings, apps, user data, just everything. I just don't know what happens, if some apps are stored on SD... haven't tested it yet.
Ok, for starters, I am new to flashing new roms and kernals and such. I've viewed most of the "new? read this first" threads but I guess I'm just not making sense of things? In order to flash another rom, I have to flash a kernal that'll work with it first, right? I just need a little more guidance before I'll fully understand and be able to do this easily.
Off topic, I would like to add that the work you guys do and the time you put into this stuff is absolutely astounding. You don't go unappreciated.
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Ok, for starters, I am new to flashing new roms and kernals and such. I've viewed most of the "new? read this first" threads but I guess I'm just not making sense of things? In order to flash another rom, I have to flash a kernal that'll work with it first, right? I just need a little more guidance before I'll fully understand and be able to do this easily.
Off topic, I would like to add that the work you guys do and the time you put into this stuff is absolutely astounding. You don't go unappreciated.
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When you flash a rom, the rom will include the kernal as well. To flash a rom, boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup (optional, but safe) then wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. Then flash the rom and reboot ( the first reboot will take a while). The only time you need to flash a kernal, is if you're flashing a custom kernal. My advice, stay away from ics, aosp, and aokp roms until you get the hang of things.
Depending on what rom you're trying to install, I'd check out qbking77's easy to follow tutorials on youtube. Here's a good example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu1P...DvjVQa1PpcFMG8vvw1JCMbr-EksEinDfXlSZPXNKiA-w=
He's has many more for different roms, and they're all very easy to follow.
Very nice videos, just watched a few of them to get a better idea. A couple of questions tho, when flashing a new rom, when I wipe data, will that wipe everything in my internal memory? I don't have a memory card right now. And what roms would you guys suggest?
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It's recommended to go with a clean install. Use something like Calkulin's FormatAll. You will loose apps/data, therefore it is strongly suggested to use a program like Titanium backup to backup your programs to sd card before installing the ROM. That way once you wipe everything and install the new ROM you will have a clean phone and you can re-install your apps via Ti Backup. Hope this helps.
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It's recommended to go with a clean install. Use something like Calkulin's FormatAll. You will loose apps/data, therefore it is strongly suggested to use a program like Titanium backup to backup your programs to sd card before installing the ROM. That way once you wipe everything and install the new ROM you will have a clean phone and you can re-install your apps via Ti Backup. Hope this helps.
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Yes it does, thank you. But since its just internal memory and not a physical sd card, I could backup with titanium backup and save the backup on my computer, then reinstall after I'm done flashing a new rom? And I'm also curious, can I use mobile odin to do all my flashing?
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Ok titanium back up is great for restoring mistakes within the rom you are using but can have some data conflicts switching Between roms. I've found the best thing to do if you have no sd card is to download app backup and contact back up off the market. That will back up your contacts to a file you can upload to your google account later. App back up will save all your apps to a folder, all in apk format so you can easily install them after you flash your rom. Now transfer your your backup folders and any other data you need to saver to your pc. Go to recovery and wipe everything then flash Calkulins format all then flash your rom. Make sure you get in the habit of doing a nandroid backup and backing up your data. I'm backed up with a nandroid and on my PC and a flash drive. Read everything first.
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Ok titanium back up is great for restoring mistakes within the rom you are using but can have some data conflicts switching Between roms. I've found the best thing to do if you have no sd card is to download app backup and contact back up off the market. That will back up your contacts to a file you can upload to your google account later. App back up will save all your apps to a folder, all in apk format so you can easily install them after you flash your rom. Now transfer your your backup folders and any other data you need to saver to your pc. Go to recovery and wipe everything then flash Calkulins format all then flash your rom. Make sure you get in the habit of doing a nandroid backup and backing up your data. I'm backed up with a nandroid and on my PC and a flash drive. Read everything first. Oh and moniker Odin its safer and works great. Never use rom manager or rom toolbox. Odin..recovery..auto root..or mobile Odin. Those aster the safest ways. And stay away from aosp,ics,muiROMS till you know what you're doing. Don't use CWM9 touch or hitmans kernel either. Just asking for a brick that way. I recommend cwm5 or7.
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Ok titanium back up is great for restoring mistakes within the rom you are using but can have some data conflicts switching Between roms. I've found the best thing to do if you have no sd card is to download app backup and contact back up off the market. That will back up your contacts to a file you can upload to your google account later. App back up will save all your apps to a folder, all in apk format so you can easily install them after you flash your rom. Now transfer your your backup folders and any other data you need to saver to your pc. Go to recovery and wipe everything then flash Calkulins format all then flash your rom. Make sure you get in the habit of doing a nandroid backup and backing up your data. I'm backed up with a nandroid and on my PC and a flash drive. Read everything first. Oh and moniker Odin its safer and works great. Never use rom manager or rom toolbox. Odin..recovery..auto root..or mobile Odin. Those aster the safest ways. And stay away from aosp,ics,muiROMS till you know what you're doing. Don't use CWM9 touch or hitmans kernel either. Just asking for a brick that way. I recommend cwm5 or7.
You guys have been very helpful! I have successfully flashed my first rom and restored all apps and contacts and messages etc. I have 2 nandroid backups of my original setup just in case and everything has gone super smooth. I'm gonna wait before I get into more advanced roms/kernals etc and do more research. Thanks guys!
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Very nice videos, just watched a few of them to get a better idea. A couple of questions tho, when flashing a new rom, when I wipe data, will that wipe everything in my internal memory? I don't have a memory card right now. And what roms would you guys suggest?
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I've tried almost all the rom but keep going back to either Calk BG http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837, Blazer http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071 and recently UnOfficial ICS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594730
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peanut1596 said:
You guys have been very helpful! I have successfully flashed my first rom and restored all apps and contacts and messages etc. I have 2 nandroid backups of my original setup just in case and everything has gone super smooth. I'm gonna wait before I get into more advanced roms/kernals etc and do more research. Thanks guys!
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Take the time to get yourself familiarized with the process of flashing etc...I have been doing it for a while however bricked my phone last night...been phoneless all day
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I've tried almost all the rom but keep going back to either Calk BG http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837, Blazer http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071 and recently UnOfficial ICS http://forum.xda-developers.[/QUOTE...s very nice.
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Noob question, I should know this by now, but I don't. What exactly gets backed up with a nandroid? I was thinking of trying some JB roms but don't want to reconfigure my working ICS stuff in case something is not working correctly or I don't like it. Will a nandroid restore bring back everything that was on my phone at the time seamlessly? I know some of you flash roms daily and assume that nandroid backups are the way to go, but I want to make sure. Thanks!
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Noob question, I should know this by now, but I don't. What exactly gets backed up with a nandroid? I was thinking of trying some JB roms but don't want to reconfigure my working ICS stuff in case something is not working correctly or I don't like it. Will a nandroid restore bring back everything that was on my phone at the time seamlessly? I know some of you flash roms daily and assume that nandroid backups are the way to go, but I want to make sure. Thanks!
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On TWRP, it gives you some options, but the usual that is backed up is system, data and boot. Basically your entire current installation. Nandroids will bring back everything back.
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xAshxMoneyx said:
Noob question, I should know this by now, but I don't. What exactly gets backed up with a nandroid? I was thinking of trying some JB roms but don't want to reconfigure my working ICS stuff in case something is not working correctly or I don't like it. Will a nandroid restore bring back everything that was on my phone at the time seamlessly? I know some of you flash roms daily and assume that nandroid backups are the way to go, but I want to make sure. Thanks!
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A nandroid backup is an exactly image off your boot, kernel, operating system, dalvick cache, android secure, and cache.
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Think of a nandroid backup as a save point in a video game
If you mess everything up, you can just continue.
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