Hi All,
I'm considering replacing my S3 with a different color one.
Curious if I'd be able to nandroid my device, copy that over to the new device (along with swapping in my SD card), and just restore the nandroid on the new S3.
Would this work? Would I have to root the new S3 first (obviously I'd have to install the same recovery)?
Is root something that is nandroided?
-Dirk
You'd just need to use the same recovery on the new phone, but it should work fine
Did you use philz to make the backup?
CNexus said:
You'd just need to use the same recovery on the new phone, but it should work fine
Did you use philz to make the backup?
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Yup - philz.
So would I need to pre-root the new phone before restoring the other phone's nandroid (i.e. would root travel with the nandroid)?
dirkdigles said:
Yup - philz.
So would I need to pre-root the new phone before restoring the other phone's nandroid (i.e. would root travel with the nandroid)?
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Nope, all you need is the recovery installed
Root is contained in the system, which is part of the nandroid so you can skip that step
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What exactly does a Nandroid backup. Is it like creating a Hard Drive image for windows?
After installing CM9RC I want to go back to my previous stock configuration. If I restore my phone with a nandroid, will I recover everything previously installed on my phone? I am assuming the stuff in the sdcard folder gets excluded from the wipe right?
Thanks in advanced,
Aphis
Yup a Nandroid is more or less like a restore point. And yes excluding sdcard.
IonAphis said:
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What exactly does a Nandroid backup. Is it like creating a Hard Drive image for windows?
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Yes.
IonAphis said:
After installing CM9RC I want to go back to my previous stock configuration. If I restore my phone with a nandroid, will I recover everything previously installed on my phone?
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Yes. Note that a nandroid backups up the system partition, the boot partition, the recovery partition and the userdata partition (excl. /sdcard). It does not back up your radio or bootloader, so if you change those, you will have to flash them separately.
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I am assuming the stuff in the sdcard folder gets excluded from the wipe right?
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Yes!
EDIT: Ninja'd by WiredPirate.
Thanks for the quick response.
That would mean that if before creating the nandroid I had permanently installed CWM and rooted the phone, restoring the nandroid would keep my phone with CWM and root right?
IonAphis said:
Thanks for the quick response.
That would mean that if before creating the nandroid I had permanently installed CWM and rooted the phone, restoring the nandroid would keep my phone with CWM and root right?
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its a snapshot. whatever you had at that moment when it was created is what you will have when you restore to it.
IonAphis said:
Thanks for the quick response.
That would mean that if before creating the nandroid I had permanently installed CWM and rooted the phone, restoring the nandroid would keep my phone with CWM and root right?
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Yes.
Hi guys! So I mess with my phone all the time, switching kernels etc. I am running the ARHD 7.1.0 ROM and I did a Nandroid backup in CWM just in case anything bad happens to it.
I came from a Galaxy S2 though and was thinking of some questions that came into my mind. It would be nice for u to tell me that:
1. Does the backup flashes the "boot.img" automatically? or u have to "fastboot flash boot boot.img"??
2. Does it backs up the kernel?
3. Does it backs up my personal data like the SMS, Contacts and settings etc?
4. What will happen if I restore my stock nandroid backup over this?
5. Can I restore some other person's HTC One X's Stock/Custom ROM backup? Will it work?
THANKS!! ^_^
what version of RUU u have there ? is it an Asia_India? 1.29.720.11?
WasifSal said:
Hi guys! So I mess with my phone all the time, switching kernels etc. I am running the ARHD 7.1.0 ROM and I did a Nandroid backup in CWM just in case anything bad happens to it.
I came from a Galaxy S2 though and was thinking of some questions that came into my mind. It would be nice for u to tell me that:
1. Does the backup flashes the "boot.img" automatically? or u have to "fastboot flash boot boot.img"??
2. Does it backs up the kernel?
3. Does it backs up my personal data like the SMS, Contacts and settings etc?
4. What will happen if I restore my stock nandroid backup over this?
5. Can I restore some other person's HTC One X's Stock/Custom ROM backup? Will it work?
THANKS!! ^_^
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1. Yes, it flashes the boot.img automatically no need to use adb.
2. Yes, it backs up the kernel you we're on when you made the backup.
3. Yes, the backup will restore things to the exact state your phone was in when you made the backup. But if your really paranoid use something like titanium backup first to back up SMS etc.
4. If you restore your stock backup it will return your phone to complete stock but you will keep root access.
5. Yes technically you could restore another person's backup but I'd be careful doing that as it may cause some problems with corruption.
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shimp208 said:
1. Yes, it flashes the boot.img automatically no need to use adb.
2. Yes, it backs up the kernel you we're on when you made the backup.
3. Yes, the backup will restore things to the exact state your phone was in when you made the backup. But if your really paranoid use something like titanium backup first to back up SMS etc.
4. If you restore your stock backup it will return your phone to complete stock but you will keep root access.
5. Yes technically you could restore another person's backup but I'd be careful doing that as it may cause some problems with corruption.
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Thanks bro! U rawk! \m/
GUARDIANBD said:
what version of RUU u have there ? is it an Asia_India? 1.29.720.11?
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WasifSal said:
Thanks bro! U rawk! \m/
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Well there is some confusion.
A backup doesn't flash anything.
The restore won't flash the boot.img.
Hi, I searched and I'm sure it's already been answered but I can't seem to find my exact answer. Here's the question:
I have a rooted galaxy s3 that has a cracked screen, I got a replacement galaxy s3 that I am going to root soon...
What I need to do is make an exact copy of my rom on my cracked phone and then install it on the new phone. I want to keep all my settings, contacts, wallpaper, programs etc... exactly the same.
What is the easiest way to do this?
My recovery is CWM 5.5.. Thanks in advance.
Make a nandroid backup of the broken phone. Copy it to a pc. As long as the new device is the same you can just copy the backup to the new phone and flash using the same recovery you used on the broken phone
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Make a nandroid backup of the broken phone. Copy it to a pc. As long as the new device is the same you can just copy the backup to the new phone and flash using the same recovery you used on the broken phone
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Thank you so much for the fast reply, I went to rom manager and it had me update to ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.2 I am looking for how to make a nandroid but all I see is "backup" after performing backup, I can't seem to find the new rom. no files seem big enough to have the entire rom in them. Where would I find said backup?
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Thank you so much for the fast reply, I went to rom manager and it had me update to ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.2 I am looking for how to make a nandroid but all I see is "backup" after performing backup, I can't seem to find the new rom. no files seem big enough to have the entire rom in them. Where would I find said backup?
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Scroll to the bottom of ROM Manager and choose to install an earlier version of CWM. Choose 5.5 (or whatever version you used on the current phone) flash that and it should recognize the backup you created on the first phone.
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Scroll to the bottom of ROM Manager and choose to install an earlier version of CWM. Choose 5.5 (or whatever version you used on the current phone) flash that and it should recognize the backup you created on the first phone.
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I meant I updated on the old cracked phone... is "backup to SD card" going to work? So, boot to the new CMW, "backup to sd", put SD card in new phone, boot to CMW, and restore from backup and I'll have exact carbon copy of old phone? Thanks again.
yeah, put the earlier version of CWM on the cracked phone and do a nandroid to the SD card. Install the same version of CWM on the new phone, put in the SD card with the nandroid from the cracked phone into the new phone, boot into recovery with the older version of CWM installed and restore the nandroid from the cracked phone. You should then be good to go.
Team Win Recovery for the win!
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Hi,
Installed ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.10 on GNex GSM. It is touch sensitive and nice. Out of curiosity, I tried to test around the possibilities of this Recovery but the self discovery is not very productive because of my lack of experience. For example, I tested "Advanced / Key Test" and didn't know how to exit (other than pulling the battery out). Or when doing a Backup, what does that CWM Backup save exactly?
In other words, I would appreciate if you can point me to a User Manual of ClockworkMod Recovery. The best I have found so far is http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Using_the_Recovery#Custom_Recovery_Images
Thanks for any help.
Backup basically saves a copy of your ROM.
Restore restores your backup of your ROM.
Beamed from my Maguro
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Backup basically saves a copy of your ROM. Restore restores your backup of your ROM.
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Does that mean the OS + User Apps + System Apps + all data?
Let's take an example. I got the phone from the carrier, I installed CWM Recovery + take a backup. Then I play around with Custom ROM, rooting, etc. Then I need to return the phone for warranty. I then restore the backup I made initially. Would that return the phone to its initial state?
2LoT said:
Does that mean the OS + User Apps + System Apps + all data?
Let's take an example. I got the phone from the carrier, I installed CWM Recovery + take a backup. Then I play around with Custom ROM, rooting, etc. Then I need to return the phone for warranty. I then restore the backup I made initially. Would that return the phone to its initial state?
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Yep, unless you've flashed things that aren't backed up using CWM e.g. bootloader. Also, if you've flashed CWM directly onto your phone, the recovery that is backed up is CWM so make sure you have a copy of the original recovery somewhere.
2LoT said:
Does that mean the OS + User Apps + System Apps + all data?
Let's take an example. I got the phone from the carrier, I installed CWM Recovery + take a backup. Then I play around with Custom ROM, rooting, etc. Then I need to return the phone for warranty. I then restore the backup I made initially. Would that return the phone to its initial state?
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Essentially you take a carbon copy of your ROM. Think of it as a paper. Your super customized ROM is a beautiful ink drawing, one you couldn't replicate by hand. So you scan it onto your computer. It saves every single line, every stroke. You have an exact digital copy. That's a backup. The restore would be printing a new copy. Okay, perhaps that's not the best metaphor, but it works.
A better metaphor might be it takes an exact copy. Then when it restores that copy it puts it back, exactly how it was. Actually that's not a metaphor. That's exactly how it works
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Yep, unless you've flashed things that aren't backed up using CWM e.g. bootloader. Also, if you've flashed CWM directly onto your phone, the recovery that is backed up is CWM so make sure you have a copy of the original recovery somewhere.
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Oh crap, that would be the case. Because indeed, I flashed CWM, then after that I booted into recovery mode which is CWM and made a backup. In this case the carrier would discover I changed something. I am not too worried, the original ROM is stock Android 4.02 so I think I can always put it back.
Nothing to worry about, you can easily flash stock in fastboot.
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I want to root my phone, should I use TWRP or CWM? Which is the best way to backup EFS? How do I ensure I don't lose my IMEI. I wish to root for the purpose of flashing the Jedi X rom.
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I want to root my phone, should I use TWRP or CWM? Which is the best way to backup EFS? How do I ensure I don't lose my IMEI. I wish to root for the purpose of flashing the Jedi X rom.
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I alway use CWM on note1 & 2 & never try TWRP so I cant answer this question .
Here is easy way to backup EFS ( this method save EFS file to PC not to phone which is great) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922473
You will be fine if follow OP install instruction and nandroid backup before flash any rom
yeah about an hour after the post I just went ahead and got the donated version of the toolkit and used it to root and install CWM, an amazing program glad I donated. I tried twrp about the first time but couldn't get into recovery so I flashed CWM the 2nd time and got into it.