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nandroid backup

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

Restoring boot recovery loader wiped my phone. Please help with restore!

Last Sunday I rooted my phone, changed the boot animation, removed City ID and Tweet/Peep, and installed wireless tethering.
Today I decided to apply s-off and put back the original boot/recovery loader so I can get the OTA update.
I downloaded what was supposed to be the boot loader. It was a pb311mg.zip file. It put in the boot loader but it also wiped my phone. I wasn't expecting that
I have Nandroid and Titanium backups. Which do I restore to get all my apps and settings back?
So I think I should have just had a zipupdate file. I guess I need to reflash unrevoked3, run a full Nandroid restore, and then a full Titanium restore. Just need verification.

They are all called "pb311mg.zip" so that doesn't help. That's the filename the phone looks for in HBOOT to force an automatic flash of its contents.
It sounds like you meant to flash a zip with just the stock recovery, but may have flashed one which was stock rom.
Regardless, if you can still get into ClockWorkMod, then restore your nandroid. Can you still get into ClockWorkMod?

No. It did put back the original boot loader. I can install clockwork again though. So I'm guessing I reflash with unrevoked3 and then run a Nandroid restore and then a Titanium restore?
I reflashed unrevoked3 and ran my Nandroid restore. It looks like everything is as it was! So don't need a Titanium restore? I thought I would for apps and app settings.

The thing is that the .zip can have multiple IMG files, what you wanted was one with just recovery.img

Yes. I found a img file with just the boot loader. That a Nandroid restore and I'm back. Thanks

[Q] DZ Recoery Mode

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 !

Restoring CWM backup with TWRP, possible?

I made a backup of the stock ROM using CWM but had issues getting certain ROMs to work until I changed the recovery to TWRP. Is it possible to restore the backup made in CWM with TWRP?
I was planning on backing current ROM with TWRP, going back to CWM; restoring stock ROM, installing TWRP and recreating backup with TWRP but I'm just wondering if it's possible.
Thanks!
EDIT: I found the answer myself not 10 seconds after posting this. I hate it when that happens!! FYI, the answer is No.

Return to rooted stock from CM

Dearest XDA Gods,
I currently have a rooted HTC One m8 (international) running Marshmallow with an unlocked bootloader, twrp recovery installed and S-Off (thank you Sunshine!).
I'm toying with the idea of switching to cyanogenmod as I have installed it on a couple of my other devices and I love it but I'll probably wait until they've got a CM13 snapshot available (anyone know when this might be?) because I don't want the hassle of downloading nightlies and stability issues.
When I do finally get round to flashing CM, is there a way to get back to my current setup, if I wanted to, without losing root/bootloader/s off? I've created a Nandroid backup of my current system but I understand that this may not be enough to restore the kernel, which I gather is very important if you want your phone to... well... work. I imagine I could just download the stock firmware and flash that but would that mean that I lose my unlocked bootloader and my s off (I love sunshine but I don't want to pay those guys twice!).
Greatly appreciate any advice !
Thanks guys,
George

When you restore your nandroid backup .. it will restore all kernel/boot, data & system (you need to select these in restore menu)
You won't lose unlocked bootloader and S-Off by restoring nandroid (you'll lose them when you manually change them with fastboot commands) and if your nandroid include root, it will restore your root too. If it is not backup with root, simply flash SuperSU.zip will root it again.
Restoring a nandroid will restore your settings too.

ckpv5 said:
When you restore your nandroid backup .. it will restore all kernel/boot, data & system (you need to select these in restore menu)
You won't lose unlocked bootloader and S-Off by restoring nandroid (you'll lose them when you manually change them with fastboot commands) and if your nandroid include root, it will restore your root too. If it is not backup with root, simply flash SuperSU.zip will root it again.
Restoring a nandroid will restore your settings too.
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Thanks for the fast response man! I think I see what you mean, so if I backup the boot partition (which contains the kernel), and my system and data partitions then it should restore everything on my phone, including root (because I was rooted when I created my backups).

Yes .. correct