Does the nandroid backup also backup sdcard.
I am about to format my sd card and I already saved what matters like photos and nandroid backups, but im wondering if anything goes wrong will the nandroid backup fix the problem or do I have to backup to my pc (which sadly doesnt have the space)
Nope, just the phone. If you app2sd then it will back up the ext partition that the apps are on but that about as good as it gets.
You could always back it up to a usb drive or dvd-rw if you have them.
Ok, i've just done flashing Virtuous ROM on my DZ. Want to restore all my apps backups using Titanium Backup....
and to my horror... it restored all my apps on my internal memory!!! I thought Titanium Backup should place it back on where it is? anyway to move it all to the SD card?
Hey guys, just got a question about Nandroid.
If I have apps that I moved to the SD card, will Nandroid backup these data? That is, let's say I did a Nandroid backup, and copied out the cwm folder from SD card. If I now:
- wipe SD
- copy back the cwm folder
- restore backup from cwm
Will I get back my application data and settings for those apps moved to the SD card?
Thanks!
Yes.
10char
Yes. You will see a .android_secure during the process being backupped.
Also if you move using Link2SD, it will backup as sd_ext.
Two quick questions about backups:
What happens when you perform a Nandroid backup (via recovery) and your device is configured with Link2SD. In particular, what happens if you restore the Nandroid? What happens if you restore the Nandroid, but the partition for Link2SD is removed/changed.
When you have a device with many apps on Link2SD, what happens when you backup using Titanium Backup? As an example, suppose I wish to backup my scores for a certain game linked to the (second partition of the) SD card. The device is then wiped. Can Titanium restore the program without access to the second partition?
TSGM said:
Two quick questions about backups:
What happens when you perform a Nandroid backup (via recovery) and your device is configured with Link2SD. In particular, what happens if you restore the Nandroid? What happens if you restore the Nandroid, but the partition for Link2SD is removed/changed.
When you have a device with many apps on Link2SD, what happens when you backup using Titanium Backup? As an example, suppose I wish to backup my scores for a certain game linked to the (second partition of the) SD card. The device is then wiped. Can Titanium restore the program without access to the second partition?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
csoulr666 said:
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Diggin up an old thread, because somehow I do have the same questions and came across the same scenarios of restoring apps which were linked to the external partition.
To be more specific, as guided for Link2SD, the external partition is the second primary partition (first partition needs to be primary Fat32) on the MicroSD card (SanDisk 16GB UHSC in my case) and can be ext2/3/4.
For my Galaxy S-IV running WanamLite 4.2 ROM, it gets mounted to the root folder /data/sdext2 , so in that case :
1. A nandroid backup supposedly should backup the /data/sdext2 as a normal folder, even though it is a linked mount directory and all the contents in /data/sdext2 actually reside on the 2nd partition on the MicroSD card.
2. Not sure about it, a titanium backup. It does not uses the APK , as in it does not execute the APK, it simply backups the apk file as contents. So they Link2SD is described to work is that it moves the actual APK file from the "internal" memory to the /data/sdext2 (which is actually on the MicroSD card), and leaves a symbolic link in the actual program folder. Guess I cant say that when titanium backup reaches to backup a certain app, does it or would it simply backup the symbolic link present in the original app folder or would it follow the symbolic link to find the actual APK in /data/sdext2 and then back it up.
The whole process with apps linked to /data/sdext2 in extrenal microSD card using Link2SD and trying to create a backup using Titanium backup works or should work fine , the real pain and trick comes when restoring such a mixed backup of apps (internal, SD, and external MicroSD) during a system upgrade or complete system wipe , installing a new ROM (with or without wiping the 2nd partition on MicroSD). To date i havent found a problem free solution to it and always have to make my way through to ensure apps are available.
Thanks.
csoulr666 said:
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Diggin up an old thread, because somehow I do have the same questions and came across the same scenarios of restoring apps which were linked to the external partition.
To be more specific, as guided for Link2SD, the external partition is the second primary partition (first partition needs to be primary Fat32) on the MicroSD card (SanDisk 16GB UHSC in my case) and can be ext2/3/4.
For my Galaxy S-IV running WanamLite 4.2 ROM, it gets mounted to the root folder /data/sdext2 , so in that case :
1. A nandroid backup supposedly should backup the /data/sdext2 as a normal folder, even though it is a linked mount directory and all the contents in /data/sdext2 actually reside on the 2nd partition on the MicroSD card.
2. Not sure about it, a titanium backup. It does not uses the APK , as in it does not execute the APK, it simply backups the apk file as contents. So they Link2SD is described to work is that it moves the actual APK file from the "internal" memory to the /data/sdext2 (which is actually on the MicroSD card), and leaves a symbolic link in the actual program folder. Guess I cant say that when titanium backup reaches to backup a certain app, does it or would it simply backup the symbolic link present in the original app folder or would it follow the symbolic link to find the actual APK in /data/sdext2 and then back it up.
The whole process with apps linked to /data/sdext2 in extrenal microSD card and using Link2SD is still tricky to me.
csoulr666 said:
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was backup nandroid on lin2sd system but i cant restore it coz i was reformat ext4 patition..so i think backup nandroid cant backup link2sd partition
Link2sd partition not seen by cwm
My cwm doesn't seem to see the link2sd partition. My cwm backup is around 3 go, and my link2sd partition is 7 go, so I assume that I need to manually backup the last one. Can't find an android tool to backup the hole partition in one (split) file.
I used titanium backup to backup my apps for when i installed the Lion 5.5 rom. I backed them up to my INTERNAL SD card. I then realized that after backing the apps up, and moved them to the SD card ( by copying the entire folder to the SD card ). I installed the Lion rom as stated before, and then installed Titanium backup, I set the location of the backup folder to the folder where the backup is and then I tried to restore. It said that there were zero apps to restore. Any ideas?
Edit: I also have a backup of my entire system, and the lion rom. If you need me to go back to the original OS when i first backed up the files I can do that, I just cant restore the apps using twrp ( which I used to backup the entire OS ).
Never mind. I got it to work, I had to wipe everything except the internal storage, so when i upgraded to the lion rom, and installed titanium backup It founf my files automatically and I was able to restore.