Must one factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik...all before restoring a nandroid backup? Sorry for the noob question...just wondering.
you dont have to.
Zepius said:
you dont have to.
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Advised? Or not make a difference at all??
No difference at all
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bpark32 said:
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Maybe not a Factory Reset but clear cache partition and clear dalvik won't hurt if you do. Better safe than sorry.
If you are restoring from a different ROM I would.
Although if something goes wrong you can then Clear before Restore.
bpark32 said:
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a backup overwrites those partitions.
Awesome! Thanks guys!!
I do wipe dalvik/cache and reset to factory before restoring to NAND of a different ROM. I am not sure it if helps or not, but I figure there is nothing to lose and it definitely can't make things worse.
Dalvik and cache can be wiped anytime you want anyway... It gets recreated on next boot.
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If you watch the dialogues when restoring a nandroid you'll see that it formats everything automatically when you restore a backup. So, no. Just restore it.
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Good idea to do a full wipe before doing a full nandroid restore?
Yes a full wipe should be done before a restore. It only takes a second anyway.
Schraader said:
Yes a full wipe should be done before a restore. It only takes a second anyway.
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Thanks appreciate the advice.
Schraader said:
Yes a full wipe should be done before a restore. It only takes a second anyway.
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Guys, does this still hold true? I'm on TWRP 2.5 and when I restore a nandroid, TWRP wipes data, system and cache before the restore happens...
Idk about cwm but on twrp you don't need to wipe, it will do it for you. But there's nothing wrong with wiping twice.
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Hi!
I installed CM10, but I don't like it yet.
How do I go back to CM9? Just flashing the older ROM again doesn't work (it was stuck in a boot animation loop), although I didn't wipe.
Please help.
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Prysewhert said:
Hi!
I installed CM10, but I don't like it yet.
How do I go back to CM9? Just flashing the older ROM again doesn't work (it was stuck in a boot animation loop), although I didn't wipe.
Please help.
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Well, back up, then wipe
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iok1 said:
Well, back up, then wipe
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Are you sure that's gonna work? I don't wanna wipe for nothing.
/Oh with backup you mean the things I would wipe? or some thing in CWM?
i am not entirely stupid, but i am kinda new to this.
Prysewhert said:
Are you sure that's gonna work? I don't wanna wipe for nothing.
/Oh with backup you mean the things I would wipe? or some thing in CWM?
i am not entirely stupid, but i am kinda new to this.
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I mean with titanium, go backup, app2zip etc...... anything that can backup your apps and data
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Make a backup of you apps with Titanium Backup (not the system apps!), reboot in recovery, make a backup if you want, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache, install rom, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache again. Then it should work.
LordJeremy said:
Make a backup of you apps with Titanium Backup (not the system apps!), reboot in recovery, make a backup if you want, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache, install rom, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache again. Then it should work.
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thank you, that did it.
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I guess what I'm asking is, with CM10 and Clockwork, is there a way to not do a dirty flash and still keep your apps and data installed or do you either have to dirty flash or wipe everything?
tgeery said:
I guess what I'm asking is, with CM10 and Clockwork, is there a way to not do a dirty flash and still keep your apps and data installed or do you either have to dirty flash or wipe everything?
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its either one or the other. a reset wouldnt be a reset if you didnt clear data. thats the whole point of a factory reset.
simms22 said:
its either one or the other. a reset wouldnt be a reset if you didnt clear data. thats the whole point of a factory reset.
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agree with that... was just wondering if there is an in between - somewhere shy of a wipe all that is better than a dirty flash but still keeps apps and app data intact?
Can someone please help. Running a rooted GS4 4.3. Made a backup with Rom Manager. was trying some zips to try and get WALLET with tap and pay working, well no go. so I did a full wipe, then booted into recovery and restored the back up I had. Now everything just force closes, making the phone pretty much unusable. There is no Fix Permissions in RM 6.0.2.2 to see if that will help. can someone please help!!!
Thank you
Rick
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dvst8ion said:
Can someone please help. Running a rooted GS4 4.3. Made a backup with Rom Manager. was trying some zips to try and get WALLET with tap and pay working, well no go. so I did a full wipe, then booted into recovery and restored the back up I had. Now everything just force closes, making the phone pretty much unusable. There is no Fix Permissions in RM 6.0.2.2 to see if that will help. can someone please help!!!
Thank you
Rick
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Try this, before you restore the nandroid backup in cwm recovery wipe data, system, cache, dalvik cache
and last but not least do a "factory reset".
Once that's done go a head and restore the nandroid backup in cwm recovery.
There is a very good chance it will work just fine after doing that.
Good luck!
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Try this, before you restore the nandroid backup in cwm recovery wipe data, system, cache, dalvik cache
and last but not least do a "factory reset".
Once that's done go a head and restore the nandroid backup in cwm recovery.
There is a very good chance it will work just fine after doing that.
Good luck!
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There is no data wipe in touch 6.0.4.4 it has data wipe/factory reset.
dvst8ion said:
There is no data wipe in touch 6.0.4.4 it has data wipe/factory reset.
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That's ok too, just do the data wipe factory reset and all the other wipes, system, cache, dalvik cache.
Misterjunky said:
That's ok too, just do the data wipe factory reset and all the other wipes, system, cache, dalvik cache.
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Ok so now in CWM Touch i cannot see my backup. I can see it when I'm in Rom Manager though. I did make a copy of the backup via Rom Manager server and saved it to my computer. How do I restore this back to my phone so CWM can see it.
This really sucks. I can not figure out how to get my backup into the secure section /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup. I tried to manually put it there using Root Explorer, but that doesnt work.. Really need help here.
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This really sucks. I can not figure out how to get my backup into the secure section /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup. I tried to manually put it there using Root Explorer, but that doesnt work.. Really need help here.
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Maybe try to restore from Rom Manager. Maybe it will restore through their server the same way you backed up. Just a thought.Good luck.
grncherry said:
Maybe try to restore from Rom Manager. Maybe it will restore through their server the same way you backed up. Just a thought.Good luck.
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It only gives me an option to download to my computer not from the computer to the phone.
dvst8ion said:
It only gives me an option to download to my computer not from the computer to the phone.
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From the short search that I did, it appears the restore function is only available with the Premium version.
grncherry said:
From the short search that I did, it appears the restore function is only available with the Premium version.
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I have the Premium. It is only one way it looks like. It makes a Zip file, which from my research, is a flashable zip. However i try to flash it and it fails;
dvst8ion said:
I have the Premium. It is only one way it looks like. It makes a Zip file, which from my research, is a flashable zip. However i try to flash it and it fails;
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I think you have to flash it through your CWM recovery. Try to boot into recovery and hit install.Seems there's a backup and restore function through Rom Manager.
You may want to reflash your kernel too, just for the heck of it.
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i think i forgot to wipe cache & slavik before i flashed the custom rom
if i will do it now there is a chance i will lose my IMEI or S/N because of it?
i already lost my IMEI twice and i cant take a chance of losing it again
DrCow said:
i think i forgot to wipe cache & slavik before i flashed the custom rom
if i will do it now there is a chance i will lose my IMEI or S/N because of it?
i already lost my IMEI twice and i cant take a chance of losing it again
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No, it'd not cause any problem. Just take the EFS bakup (You haven't did it before?), and then feel free to do anything on your own. And man, It's Dalvik Cache not salvik.
m.b.jikre said:
No, it'd not cause any problem. Just take the EFS bakup (You haven't did it before?), and then feel free to do anything on your own. And man, It's Dalvik Cache not salvik.
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i had a backup of the EFS
i tried different ways to backup my EFS folder
but none of them actually worked
DrCow said:
i had a backup of the EFS
i tried different ways to backup my EFS folder
but none of them actually worked
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Try it with philz recovery, you'd found an option under 'Backup and restore >> Custom backup to sdcard0 / 1', you've to uncheck all options except efs (because it flags a caution/warning there that efs backup must be made seperately).
Otherwise try backing up your efs content with Dr.Ketan's mutitool, download: http://d-h.st/wgy
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Try it with philz recovery, you'd found an option under 'Backup and restore >> Custom backup to sdcard0 / 1', you've to uncheck all options except efs (because it flags a caution/warning there that efs backup must be made seperately).
Otherwise try backing up your efs content with Dr.Ketan's mutitool, download: http://d-h.st/wgy
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i guess i will do it with Philz
anyway i dont have my phone atm so i cant try that
the reason im thinking i didnt wiped cache is because it's take quite a while for the phone to boot up
DrCow said:
i guess i will do it with Philz
anyway i dont have my phone atm so i cant try that
the reason im thinking i didnt wiped cache is because it's take quite a while for the phone to boot up
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For first use only, and for optimising apps and cache for same. From second boot it doesn't check.
m.b.jikre said:
For first use only, and for optimising apps and cache for same. From second boot it doesn't check.
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and if it does take a while to boot after the first time?
it's mean i didnt wiped?
DrCow said:
and if it does take a while to boot after the first time?
it's mean i didnt wiped?
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I mean when you wipe the cache then it optimises apps for only once, thereafter it'd not needed until you tried to do it. And comin' to point it'd not stuck at boot, it flags, after rebooting action on screen that 'Optimising apps xxx from xxx'. And this definately done if you are used your current rom for a while.
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I mean when you wipe the cache then it optimises apps for only once, thereafter it'd not needed until you tried to do it. And comin' to point it'd not stuck at boot, it flags, after rebooting action on screen that 'Optimising apps xxx from xxx'. And this definately done if you are used your current rom for a while.
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i only rebooted my phone like twice or so after i flashed the rom
and honestly i dont remember if it did anything or went straight to the language select menu
DrCow said:
i only rebooted my phone like twice or so after i flashed the rom
and honestly i dont remember if it did anything or went straight to the language select menu
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It does man, maybe you wasn't looking at the phone. And it is no. of applications dependent so for time it'd take less for less apps. I just want to know how you are in need to Wipe cache?
m.b.jikre said:
It does man, maybe you wasn't looking at the phone. And it is no. of applications dependent so for time it'd take less for less apps. I just want to know how you are in need to Wipe cache?
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Like i said i dont have my phone with me atm
so i cant really check if it actually boot without too many delays
So i got my phone back
It does get stuck about 10 seconds on the samsung logo
Dunno if its should be like this because i dont really remember how it was
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