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Nandroid restore question

Hi,
My first post.
I recently rooted using unrEVOked 3, did a Nandroid backup right after.
I would like to unlock NAND, but want to go back to my Nandroid backup after I unlock NAND.
After unlocking NAND can I run a Nandroid restore and just use my original Nandroid backup that was rooted?

krypto1300 said:
Hi,
My first post.
I recently rooted using unrEVOked 3, did a Nandroid backup right after.
I would like to unlock NAND, but want to go back to my Nandroid backup after I unlock NAND.
After unlocking NAND can I run a Nandroid restore and just use my original Nandroid backup that was rooted?
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Yes you can BUT if you aren't currently using a rooted stock rom this is going to cause issues and the root wont have that much of an effect as you wont have superuser "app" to allow you to grant su permission.
What i suggest is downloading titanium back up and having it back up all your apps + data. it is free int he market for a basic version (the paid version is EXTREMELY worth it as it allows for auto install of apps without having to click the install and ok buttons along with a few other very nice features) once yuo have all your apps and data backed up do the full nand. Then either flash the stock rooted rom or a custom rom of your choice (lots of great choices out there we have amazing devs working with evo) and then re download titanium back up and have it install apps.
this should give you everything back how it was except you may have to reput out your widgets. Once you have everything back to where you want it (widgets all apps ok etc) on the rom you choose i would go ahead and make a new nand so that you have a fall back in the future.

Unrevoked 3 would have rooted the phone so there won't be any problem with performing a full root (I recommend simpleroot) and installing the NAND

063_XOBX said:
Unrevoked 3 would have rooted the phone so there won't be any problem with performing a full root (I recommend simpleroot) and installing the NAND
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but unrevoked doesnt install a rooted rom does it? with out a rooted rom, the market for example wont work along with a few other things. So if he is on THE stock rom and nandroids back while it will in fact work ... it will have issues functioning fully. until he upgrades to a rooted rom whether it be a stock rooted or a custom rom.
this is all not an issue obviously if he already has a rooted rom (ie stock rooted or custom) that he has flashed to the phone. then no issues nandroid away.

[Q] full backup before upgrading to 2.2 > rooted with Unrevoked, now OTA fails

Hi all,
Sorry if this has been posted before... I have a desire still running on stock 2.1 (unrooted with launcherpro) which is perfect imho but I want to upgrade to 2.2 just to be "up to date".
Now I would like to take a FULL backup (rom, settings, apps, ...) before I execute the upgrade so I can go back if I want to.
What is the best/easiest way to do this and how can I restore my backup if needed?
*EDIT* Used unrevoked3 to root and backup my 2.1 install but now the OTA fails (see next page). Please help!
Thanks
B

U need to root first

Not true, both mybackup and titanium work without requiring root, you do however need paid versions of either app to make 'an at once backup' then restore the same way. Then the OP needs do create a Goldcard to be able to flash any generic wwe 2.2 ROM.
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They don't back up the system partition, though. You need root access to be able to copy those otherwise people wouldn't say do a nandroid before flashing any new ROM

ok so I need to find a root version of my original ROM right? But when I flash this ROM I will lose all my settings and apps I assume?

No
If you root your phone now you won't lose any settings as it just adds root access. You can then backup your phone as it is. You can then do the OTA update to 2.2 (I assume you will update using the prompted OTA, correct??) and your settings will still be intact

great, can you point me in the right direction on how to root my phone? Thx!

EddyOS said:
No
If you root your phone now you won't lose any settings as it just adds root access. You can then backup your phone as it is. You can then do the OTA update to 2.2 (I assume you will update using the prompted OTA, correct??) and your settings will still be intact
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If he's just going to OTA there's no need of backing anything up, nothing is lost!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

settings and preferences are indeed kept with an OTA upgrade but I want to backup my full 2.1 system before upgrading to 2.2 so I can restore exactly (apps, settings, preferences,...) the way it was
Can someone point me in the direction on how to root my stock phone please? I did this before on my HTC Magic but this involved flashing a rooted ROM which erased all my apps and settings
cheers
B
cheers
B

If you install the OTA update you will loose root and wont be able to restore your backup unless you root 2.2 again.

ste1164 said:
If you install the OTA update you will loose root and wont be able to restore your backup unless you root 2.2 again.
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yep I would imagine this is the case... any pointers on how to root my 2.1 (and the 2.2) so I don't lose all my apps and settings?
So far what I can find on the web is flashing new superuser rom's... this will erase my apps and settings so not really what I'm looking for.
Thx
B

root with unrevoked 3.21 is very easy..it root ur phone and install a custom recovery..u dont lost anything..
-with the custom recovery u can make a nandroid backup of ur 2.1
-then u can update the OTA 2.2
-if u dont like it and want come back, root again with unrevoked
-make an other nandroid backup, just in case
-restore the first backup u did (2.1)

andQlimax said:
root with unrevoked 3.21 is very easy..it root ur phone and install a custom recovery..u dont lost anything..
-with the custom recovery u can make a nandroid backup of ur 2.1
-then u can update the OTA 2.2
-if u dont like it and want come back, root again with unrevoked
-make an other nandroid backup, just in case
-restore the first backup u did (2.1)
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thanks I was just running the unrevoked3 while you posted (looking past the first couple of google hits sometimes helps)
My desire is now rooted so going for a nandroid backup now
thx!!

just an extra question: a nandroid backup is really a full backup of everything (applications, application preferences, settings, ...) right? Or should I take additional backups?
additional question: I can't seem to find my nandroid backup on my SD card? Normally this should be in the "nandroid" folder right? But I don't have this folder
*edit*
never mind, I found it, it's under /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/<timestamp>
I was confused about this one because timestamp is always 1 hour off
cheers
B

ok bad news... I started my OTA upgrade and at about 25% progress I get a picture of a droid and a triangle with exclamation mark.
When I press "menu" I get the Clockworkmod recovery menu and following info:
Clockworkmod recovery v2.5.0.7
Finding update package
Opening update package
Verifying update package
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
I reboot my phone but am still @ 2.1
Any idea's, does this have anything to do with the unrevoked thing?
Thx!
B

ok got it solved, here's what I did
1) I disabled signature verification in the Clockworkmod menu
2) launched the OTA file (which was saved in the "download" directory) from sd card via the Clockworkmod menu
3) after rebooting I got a message that I only had 20Mb available (needed 25) so I deleted angry birds and re-executed the steps 1 & 2
I got a message that the upgrade is successful, my settings seem to be back (launcherpro and stuff) so looking good...
pfieeuw
Now off to downloading angry birds again
PS Looks like I'm still root btw

[Q] How to take back up of exciting ROM

HI everyone,
Can any one explain how to take backup of ROM with installed applications before fashing the new ROM. I am using 2.3.3 with hardly 50 apps. Every time when I flash the ROM I should download all the apps from begining. Please help me by providing the solution.

spdgowda said:
HI everyone,
Can any one explain how to take backup of ROM with installed applications before fashing the new ROM. I am using 2.3.3 with hardly 50 apps. Every time when I flash the ROM I should download all the apps from begining. Please help me by providing the solution.
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hey dude installl cwm to flash zip files or roms of what ever you like... and for your aps you may like to checkout Titanium Pro backup google it or buy it from market.
and titanim pro backup will also help you in linking the apps with market and also the paid ones if you have purchased it from the same google account..
How to install cwm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL62BUZjmgw) check out thats worth seeing..

I have done as per your guidance , but I unable to get back my apps, please help.

matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=TB+-+User's+guide check this out hope it will help

Is your phone rooted ? If so, then it's easy, use TitaniumBackup to backup all your apps.
If you don't have permanent root (i.e. by using the HTCdev bootloader unlock tool and then rooting, or by using the XTC Clip device and rooting), then you can get temporary root and still do the backup/restore that way. Just with temp root you will have to re-do the rooting after a reboot.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

Easiest way is to use CLockwork Mod and create a nandroid of your current Rom, then when you try other roms and decide to go back to previous Rom, you just use cwm and select restore.
Also use Titanium Backup as suggested earlier.
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Aef 101 said:
Easiest way is to use CLockwork Mod and create a nandroid of your current Rom, then when you try other roms and decide to go back to previous Rom, you just use cwm and select restore.
Also use Titanium Backup as suggested earlier.
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Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .

spdgowda said:
Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .
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Thanks, Yesterday I have I have installed CM7 from 2.3.3 even I have taken back up with Titanium back up. Now I have installed Titanium backup in cm7. Now please guide me how to install my previous apps .
Please can any one help.

[Q] Make an original state backup

Hello there, I have a HTC Wildfire S I bought last week, I've already unlocked the bootloader, installed the CWM recovery and rooted the phone but I wanted to try new roms but at the same time I do not want to reinstall all my apps from my stock rom so I wanted to know a way of making a backup of the actual rom while keeping the installed apps so I wouldn't have to reinstall them, like going back time.
Yes I've made a backup of the stock rom after I rooted it and yes it is on some place safe.
Thanks.

Yepi69 said:
Hello there, I have a HTC Wildfire S I bought last week, I've already unlocked the bootloader, installed the CWM recovery and rooted the phone but I wanted to try new roms but at the same time I do not want to reinstall all my apps from my stock rom so I wanted to know a way of making a backup of the actual rom while keeping the installed apps so I wouldn't have to reinstall them, like going back time.
Yes I've made a backup of the stock rom after I rooted it and yes it is on some place safe.
Thanks.
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Use Titanium Backup app to backup all the apps and their data and keep the TitaniumBackup folder from SD card in a safe place and after installing a new ROM, transfer the TitaniumBackup folder into the root of your SD card, install Titanium backup app and then restore apps.
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Cwm backups all data in their current state, including applications.
If you're talking about bringing your already installed apps to another Rom,I wouldn't recommend doing it.

It worked as you guys said, thank you so much now I can enjoy CM10 and rollback to my stock rom with my apps already installed

Galaxy Nexus nandroid backup restore failed after CWM update

Hello everyone,
I have rooted and unlocked my bootloader, and installed CWM 6.0.2 I believe (summer 2012). I was using 4.3 Deodexed ROM and decided to upgrade to 4.4, so I mad a nandroid backup through CWM. Then I found out that 4.4 required me to update my CWM to 6.0.4.3, so I did. After upgrading CWM, I was unable to restore my old 6.0.2 backup. Is there any way to restore it, or do I have to downgrade CWM?
If I need to downgrade CWM, can I first perform a backup of my current 4.4 ROM and then downgrade, or is there a chance it will mess with old CWM?
Thanks in advance,
silentz0r

Sorry for bumping, I have noticed that after upgrading CWM, it made new directories into /sdcard and moved my old directories into /sdcard/0. I tried copying the contents of the old CWM directory into the new one (/blobs and /backup) and tried to restore, but still got the same error message notifying me that no backup is found. Is there no way to restore an old CWM backup with newer CWM?

If anyone ever has this problem, I suggest installing ROM Manager. My backups spontaneously started working through ROM Manager (even in CWM recovery). I have no idea why the backup could not be found before, but using this pretty much fixed itself. Marked as Solved.

silentz0r_ said:
If anyone ever has this problem, I suggest installing ROM Manager. My backups spontaneously started working through ROM Manager (even in CWM recovery). I have no idea why the backup could not be found before, but using this pretty much fixed itself. Marked as Solved.
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Thanks for the heads up!
But shouldn't you just have made a back-up before CWM upgrade, then upgrade CWM, make another backup (just in case) and then install 4.4?
I am still on 4.3 and I will do it this way in the near future.