What should everyone back up before flashing new roms?
I think the most important one would be IMEI but i dont know how to back it up since EFS backup isnt enough according to a lot of people
so my question is how can i backup imei correctly and what other things should i have backed up in case something goes wrong
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So I have to return my phone cause one of my led flashes isnt working right so I'm going to run the ruu and return to stock for the return. my question is when I get my new one, after I root again can I restore my nandorid backup on the new phone without issues or is it not gonna work cause of different esn numbers etc?
Bleh, no one knows hehe?
I sure don't know, bunp!
when I get my new one, after I root again can I restore my nandorid backup on the new phone without issues or is it not gonna work cause of different esn numbers etc?
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Absolutely not. You will permanently overwrite your wimax keys, and risk messing many other things up. You cannot restore backups from different phones.
Titanium Backup, however, will work just fine for your apps. Just dont restore any system data, just apps only.
tkrechel said:
Bleh, no one knows hehe?
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sitlet said:
Absolutely not. You will permanently overwrite your wimax keys, and risk messing many other things up. You cannot restore backups from different phones.
Titanium Backup, however, will work just fine for your apps. Just dont restore any system data, just apps only.
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he could restore a nandroid backup as long as he doesn't backup wimax withvit. Then the wimax won't be touched, as long as he's using amon ra he can choose not to back up wimax and cache and recovery, just the other options boot, system, sdext, android secure and it shouldn't do any harm whatsoever. Only if wimax is backed up will it Bork the keys. I made just a back up of my wimax saved it to my pc and never back up wimax when I nandroid. Saves some space and keeps my wimax safe from being lost in case of a catastrophic SD failure, like the night I was bored in the hospital after a car accident, was all doped up on an iv of dilaudid and wiped my sdcard while I was flashing roms DOH! I felt like a retard when I went to flash from SD and it was blank lol. Luckily I had my tablet with my SD backup with me or I woulda been really bored with a dead phone.
I just purchased a brand new EVO, untouched. I am going to root it.
What is the FOOL proof way to back up the entire ROM and anything else prior to rooting to make sure I can restore it to BRAND NEW condition?
I have tried to restore a couple NANDROID backups on my older EVO, and none of the restores worked correctly, ended up having to reinstall the ROM, and then restoring the NANDROID stuff. Nothing has ever been, just do this and that and BAM, all is good.
Thanks
eggsack said:
I just purchased a brand new EVO, untouched. I am going to root it.
What is the FOOL proof way to back up the entire ROM and anything else prior to rooting to make sure I can restore it to BRAND NEW condition?
I have tried to restore a couple NANDROID backups on my older EVO, and none of the restores worked correctly, ended up having to reinstall the ROM, and then restoring the NANDROID stuff. Nothing has ever been, just do this and that and BAM, all is good.
Thanks
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Been in these forums for a while now and have never seen what you are looking for. But running an RUU file will work the same way. Just have to figure out your S-Off method. I am not sure what recovery you used in the past but may I suggest Amon for backing up and restoring. I have never had an issue with that.
The moment you get s-off and prior to flashing su file if you are using the new method just backup that rom. Then you will have a backup of your non rooted rom incase you need it in the future. Then proceed to root it.
Sorry as far as I know and how seen I know nothing that does what you ask all in one shot
How imporant is it? ive been flashing roms back and forth aosp and touchwiz jb and i havent lost my imei should i back it up and if its actully necessary can someone kinda dumb it down a little so i could understand easily
Thank you!!
I would say.. if you can then you should back it up. Reason being.. it seems to be a lot easier than going through the process of putting it back onto your phone when it's missing. That being said, I have done the same thing and have not lost my imei. At the same time, I also know that there's a way to get it back so I do not worry about it. But, you could go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997and back it up. to me, it's only as important as you see fit. meaning.. if you think it's more work to fix it after it's gone then back it up now. if not then dont worry about it.
It's like insurance, you only miss it when you need it. It costs nothing to do it and is obnoxiously easy to do so.
wujiku said:
I would say.. if you can then you should back it up. Reason being.. it seems to be a lot easier than going through the process of putting it back onto your phone when it's missing. That being said, I have done the same thing and have not lost my imei. At the same time, I also know that there's a way to get it back so I do not worry about it. But, you could go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997and back it up. to me, it's only as important as you see fit. meaning.. if you think it's more work to fix it after it's gone then back it up now. if not then dont worry about it.
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how easy is it.. i dont wanna mess up my phone just trying to backup my imei? could you tell me what to download and how exactly to do it. I know i can read the posts but it seems kind of confusing. But i do want to be safe and back it up..
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It's like insurance, you only miss it when you need it. It costs nothing to do it and is obnoxiously easy to do so.
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like im on AOKP 4.1.2 rom and on his kernel and the post says something different about each rom/ kernel so how would you recommend me doing it?
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like im on AOKP 4.1.2 rom and on his kernel and the post says something different about each rom/ kernel so how would you recommend me doing it?
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I backed mine up right after rooting before I started flashing roms. It only took a few minutes and I've had to restore it once since then, and it was very easy. Back it up and keep it in a couple of places. I have a copy on my laptop and on a usb stick.
Look here for info on backing up and restoring...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
[FIX/TOOL] Backup/Restore/Fix IMEI & Data Restore Tool v3.0 - Updated 11/01/2012!!!
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I backed mine up right after rooting before I started flashing roms. It only took a few minutes and I've had to restore it once since then, and it was very easy. Back it up and keep it in a couple of places. I have a copy on my laptop and on a usb stick.
Look here for info on backing up and restoring...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
[FIX/TOOL] Backup/Restore/Fix IMEI & Data Restore Tool v3.0 - Updated 11/01/2012!!!
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Thanks for responding were you as well on aokp 4.1.2 and on ktoonsez kernel while backing it up? do i just download the software and say backup easy as that?
Thank you!
Edit: downloaded software now i need to know how to get on diag mode do i just copy and paste it to a script runner on my phone??
Yes, when I lost it I was on AOKP. Instead of messing with dialog mode to get into the hidden menu, I restored a nandroid of stock that I made right after I rooted. If you have a stock backup, back up your current rom, restore your stock backup and do it that way if you're not comfortable with the dialog. You can then restore your current backup after you get your imei backed up or restored. Hopefully someone can help you out if you don't have a stock backup because I'm not familiar with the other way. Just read through the thread and look for the info you need.
First thing I did after rooting, restored imei twice now. There are a couple or roms that eat imei's and gps.
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all went well except that im not sure if i backed up right because the picture isnt a phone and the backups name by default was 00000000_0 cqn i finished at 100 percent and im able to find the backup in the bin folder but i just wanna know if i did it right. can any one confirm i have a screenshot as well
Thank you!
Just have a quick question. Recently bought a phone on craigslist and even though the guy did a factory reset before giving it to me, it still has some of his files and apparently TB backups on the internal. So, wanting to have a way of tracking this guy down if things go bad, say, I get blacklisted, I'd like to be able to do so. I think I know the answer but want to make sure, a nandroid will save all the information on the internal including TB backups, data files, EVERYTHING, right? As if you were restoring it to the exact state it was in when you made the nandroid, right? If I were to use Rom Manager to make a complete backup, is it going to backup the SD card too? I want to say the last time I made a backup on my old phone, it was HUGE compared to the previous backup. Meaning, almost 3 gigs I think as opposed to maybe an 800 mb one before. Or could that be because the old backup was ICS and JB is just that much bigger.
I think I'm confident in believing that just making a nandroid would be all I need since the SD card is mine and contains none of his information. I want to make sure just in case and thought this would be the best way to figure it out. I would have no idea how to search for a question like this lol. Thanks in advance folks.
Backup your files and then tell us.
I highly doubt that it would work. My reason being is that if I backed up my files on my exterbal sd card and say get another note 2 and restored the same bacjup on there it would just install it correctly. See where im going?
If it were to change the imei number from the other phone then there would be two phones running the same imei number... which is paradoxical. Not possible.
Theres always variable change though. It might work it might not.
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Just have a quick question. Recently bought a phone on craigslist and even though the guy did a factory reset before giving it to me, it still has some of his files and apparently TB backups on the internal. So, wanting to have a way of tracking this guy down if things go bad, say, I get blacklisted, I'd like to be able to do so. I think I know the answer but want to make sure, a nandroid will save all the information on the internal including TB backups, data files, EVERYTHING, right? As if you were restoring it to the exact state it was in when you made the nandroid, right? If I were to use Rom Manager to make a complete backup, is it going to backup the SD card too? I want to say the last time I made a backup on my old phone, it was HUGE compared to the previous backup. Meaning, almost 3 gigs I think as opposed to maybe an 800 mb one before. Or could that be because the old backup was ICS and JB is just that much bigger.
I think I'm confident in believing that just making a nandroid would be all I need since the SD card is mine and contains none of his information. I want to make sure just in case and thought this would be the best way to figure it out. I would have no idea how to search for a question like this lol. Thanks in advance folks.
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A nandroid backup is a exact image of your OS, kernel, and boot image, that doesn't make a backup of your titanium backups because your titanium backups are stored in your internal SD. The best thing to do is make a copy of your internal SD in your computer or just copy your titanium backup folder to your computer.
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Hmm, basically everything I had written was wrong besides the links.
If someone reads this post, the real key to ensuring efs backup is probably install recovery and backup, also use a kernel that performs auto-backup of efs for flash seems like a good idea.