Hello,,
I would like to know what is
Backup/Restore > Advanced restore > Data.
What does it restore exactly ?
Thanks
If you have made a nandroid backup, the advanced restore option let's you decide what to restore. If you select data, all of your data from the backup will be restored, but not the system and kernel. Do not do this between roms since this will propably create a boot loop. This feature is handy when you i.e have changed a file on your data partition and the whole system screws up. Instead of restoring everything, you just restore the backup of the data partition. Keep in mind that you will need to create a full nandroid backup to be able to use the advanced restore.
Thanks for all these infos ^^
I'm a little confused by the AmonRa wipe options. Could anyone explain to me what I should wipe before installing a new ROM. In other words, what is a full wipe using AmonRa?
Scary place xda so pleasant answers much appreciated
I'm using v2.0.0 btw
All features are explained here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621
When you install a new rom, you have to do a full wipe. This is the option "wipe ALL userdata" in amonra. If you just update your current rom, a wipe of /dache and dalvik-cache will be enough.
But before you do this, you should backup all userdata and systemdata with titanium backup:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/titanium-backup-★-root/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup (menu>batch>backup all user apps and system data).
For your sms you can SMS Backup + for example:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sms-backup/com.zegoggles.smssync
A good guide how to flash a rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
After flashing the new rom, download titanium backup from market (if necessary) and restore "missing apps and userdata" (menu>batch>restore missing apps and userdata). If you flash a non-sense-rom coming from a sense-rom or reverse, only restore missing apps. Otherwise there can appear strange system issues. After a reboot download from market sms backup + (if necessary) and restore sms with it.
Thank you for a very full answer
I'm currently running Synergy, and have been flashing nightlies every so often to keep up wit hthe changes and small errors that I encounter, hoping there's a fix in them, However reflashing a nightly every few days can be a pain as I keep having to reset all of my phone settings (ringtone, notifications, display, accounts, sms, etc...)
What is everyone's opinion of the best way to reliably backup your phone settings to easily restore them to a new rom after a flash?
I use Titanium Backup, but honestly I'm not sure what all the system settings are saved as, or even if that's a good idea as the way settings are setup might have changed from the las tbackup, and don't want to screw things up.
Ideas?
All you have to do is reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, and then create a nandroid backup of only the data. If you have an ext3 partition and your third party apps are stored there, then also select to backup the sd-ext and your android.secure (if you have paid apps). Now all you have to do after a clean install of Synergy or its nightly builds is to boot to your homescreen, bypass the sign-in stuff, and then remove all of the default homescreen widgets. After that, reboot into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik and then restore the aforementioned backup. When you reboot, all of your settings, data, apps and homescreens will be as they were on your previous installs.
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dougjamal said:
All you have to do is reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, and then create a nandroid backup of only the data. If you have an ext3 partition and your third party apps are stored there, then also select to backup the sd-ext and your android.secure (if you have paid apps). Now all you have to do after a clean install of Synergy or its nightly builds is to boot to your homescreen, bypass the sign-in stuff, and then remove all of the default homescreen widgets. After that, reboot into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik and then restore the aforementioned backup. When you reboot, all of your settings, data, apps and homescreens will be as they were on your previous installs.
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thanks for the reply. just to be sure I understand you completely, using my current rom, would this be the proper order?
reboot into recovery (I use Amon Ra)
wipe CACHE, & DALVIK-CACHE
backup the following items: [ ]boot, [ ]system, [x]data, [ ]cache, [ ]recovery, [ ]wimax, [ ]sd-ext, [x].android_secure
wipe ALL userdata/factory reset
flash latest rom
boot to homescreen
remove all widgets/icons
reboot into recovery
restore nandroid backup created above
reboot normally
Also, as a side note, when wiping before flashing rom, I usually wipe ALL, CACHE, & DALVIK-CACHE, which are covered above. With the new Amon Ra, should I be wiping any of these as well before I flash? - DATA, SDCARD:.android_secure, BOOT, SYSTEM, SDCARD, SDEXT, DATA:battery stats, DATA:rotate settings?
Thanks for all the info! I appreciate it!
Include the sd-ext in the backup if you have an ext3 partition with apps on it. Other than that, you got it right. As for what to wipe before flashing, if I'm just flashing nightlies, I sometimes only wipe cache & dalvik, but I'm big on wiping EVERYTHING in amonRA's wipe menu EXCEPT the SD card before I flash a rom.
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okay. thanks.
this is actually a follow up question, but the sd-ext, is that a special partition that I can setup that will expand the base storage of my EVO onto the SD card so I stop getting complaints about running out of space? And can that be setup through Amon Ra?
Hi,
would you consider following the steps below as a "clean flash"?!
1. Boot into Recovery
2. Make a Nandroid backup
3. Wipe data/factory reset
4. Wipe cache partition
5. Wipe Dalvik Cache
6. Flash ROM
7. DO NOT REBOOT – STAY IN RECOVERY
8. Select backup and restore
9. Select advanced restore
10. Select the Nandroid backup you made above
11. Select Restore data
I am having problems setting up an exchange account so I wanted to do a clean flash to see if it solves the problem!
Thanks!
Uh.
4 and 5 are redundant after performing 3.
Restoring data from a nandroid within recovery is the same thing as not wiping anything in recovery before flashing. Also you should wipe system partition at some point before flashing ROM.
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Hello, I have CWM for long time but that's second time when I used it to restore my stock firmware with apps from a backup made before changing a ROM.
I was using Cyanogenmod 12.1 and before it I did backup of my stock firmware by CWM.
The problem is, when I did restore from a backup, It restored system well, but ... not exactly data.
System booted well, but I don't see any of my apps. Hovewer, when I check in App Manager, I see many apps that i HAD installed but they are shown as 0,00 B weight and have "android" icon.
Memory of my phone is filled as same as when I did backup but apps don't show.
How should I use restore from backup to restore entire system well?
Go to recovery and wipe data,cache and dalvik. Then use advance restore option to restore data and cache.
Now data should work but I recommend using folder mount or sd fix to modify the sdcard restrictions on stock kitkat.