I'm getting ready to make a backup in twrp, but have a question. What is vendor and vendor image. Should I include both in my backup or not?
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+1. Also system vs system image.
Only thing you need to backup is what is selected by default. System, data and boot I believe ?
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Hi all.
I just made my first TWRP backup there and just accepted the defaults as I always have on any device.
After having a bootloop issue due to vendor.
I'm wondering when making a backup should I tick the Vendor / Vendor image ones too or just leave the defaults?
Vendor, not the img, I believe.
Please somebody could explain exactly what i need to backup in twrp? The system image and vendor image are needed? What they are in def? Thanks in advance...
From this forum, "the /vendor partition would only need backing up if you manually made changes to it yourself (for instance, if you use Layers). Otherwise, you can just use the vendor.img from the factory image if you need to restore /vendor."
From this forum, "According to TWRP in regards to System Image... this is a system read-only option that's intended to help you make a pure backup of your system image that you can later flash to receive over-the-air updates after having rooted or ROMed your device."
"The default backup options in TWRP are system, data, and boot. For most cases, this is sufficient for backing up a ROM. (Note that in some rare cases, boot isn’t available for backup on certain devices). If your device has the option, backing up android_secure and/or sd-ext may be a good idea. There’s usually no reason to back up cache or recovery (recovery not available for backup on some devices)." Answer found here.
enzippo said:
Please somebody could explain exactly what i need to backup in twrp? The system image and vendor image are needed? What they are in def? Thanks in advance...
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Also make sure you backup your efs and keep atleast 2 copies eg 1 on phone and another on computer or in the cloud etc.
You only need to restore this if you loose your imei number due to corruption etc.
Cant recall so many partition options in my earlier phones, but with Oreo 8.1 on Rn5 I find these:
boot, cache, data, recovery, system, system image, vendor, vendor image, modem, efs
In all, 10 backup and restore options. I understand data and system are the main ones for backup and restore. And for safe keeping modem, efs as separate backup to the side (not used in regular backup/restore operations).
What about all these new partitions I'm seeing? system image, vendor, vendor image? If I am backing up 9.5.19 and moving to (miui 10) 8.8.23, is data and system all that is required to backup? Will 8.8.23 (fw-less rom) affect these new partitions mentioned? So to restore 9.5.19, just restore data and system and that is enough?
Much thanks.
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I mean in treble rom
You should do system and data, other partitions dont really matter iirc
Pick system and vendor image instead of the normal system and vendor. Trust me. Its better.
Do them all except system and vendor (do the image varient ones)
Backing up the partitions, System, System Image, Vendor, Vendor Image, Data, and Cache altogether brick the system. Is there any idea why this bricks my device? The only partitions that do work are System Image, Vendor Image, Data, and Boot
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Backing up the partitions, System, System Image, Vendor, Vendor Image, Data, and Cache altogether brick the system. Is there any idea why this bricks my device? The only partitions that do work are System Image, Vendor Image, Data, and Boot
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First of all, to restore such a full backup with all possible options like System and System Image isn't necessary.
You have always to choose if you want to backup/restore 'System' OR 'System Image'. Same for Vendor and Vendor Image.
While the first one does 'only' a backup (via copy) of the data on System or Vendor (which is smaller in space but sometimes problematic), the second one named Image does a full backup of the partition via DD.
Needless to say that the second 'Image' option is the way to go, since you get a perfect 1:1 backup/restore.