Is there any way that I can create a backup of the exact way my phone is right now, theme, sounds, apps, etc so that I can make a flashable rom from it..?
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Still new to flashing and such, but reading and learning. I was looking to add the Blue ics style icons from DAGr8's ICS rom, but wanted to keep a backup of the originals incase. I backed up the system ui with titanium backup, is there anything else I should include in the backup, or is that sufficient.
Thanks
Found my answer.
Even tried my hand at editing the .apk, all went well.
Excuse my nooberance - but I want to test out some different firmwares, roms and kernels.
Once I've installed new firmware, kernels or roms I'd like to be able to easily and quickly restore all my apps and settings. What is the easiest way to do this?
I've CWM installed and have made a backup of my current state - but is it simpler to use something like Titanium Backup as from what I understand the backup I've made with CWM is like a complete image and if I restore that image it will overwirte any other rom, kernel or firmware - but maybe I've misunderstood (quite likely - as there's a lot to learn about Android coming from a long time iOS user).
Thanks in advance.
yes you can use TiBU to restore almost anything. However it is recommended to restore only "user apps and their data". You can backup messages and call logs using samsung account or use "MyBackUp" app for it.
TiBU however is most widely used.
There are guides and tutorials for using Titanium Backup but I'll give a little info to maybe clear things up for you.
A Nandroid backup will indeed backup EVERYTHING like a complete image, so yes if you installed a new ROM or Kernel, and restored the Nandroid backup, this would overwrite and you would be back at square one. Nandroid backups are useful if you are doing modifications to the system like new themes or changes to settings etc, in case it goes wrong you can restore.
Download Titanium Backup (I do recommend getting Pro version).
Backup your USER apps only. NOT THE SYSTEM APPS.
Choose any system apps you do require (maybe)
Then on the new ROM you can just restore all your user apps.. simple..
PM me if you need any more help and I will go into more detail
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if I have a nandroid of a specific ROM with many mods, a theme, etc.. and then changed this and now currently on a completly other Rom.
The question is, do I just simply restore nandroid and everything will work perfectly? No FC or other issues? I mean do I have to clear data or format or do something before, or just simply restore and it will be as smooth as it was before?
Thank you very much for your time.
I think you can just restore without wipe, but let someone more experienced answer this in more proffesional way
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A simple restore will restore everything from your nandroid and nothing more. Any mods or changes you've made, files, folders, or apps you've added, or ROMs you've flashed after the backup was made won't be present. So yes.. just restore your backup and you'll be exactly where you left off!
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Coreym said:
A simple restore will restore everything from your nandroid and nothing more. Any mods or changes you've made, files, folders, or apps you've added, or ROMs you've flashed after the backup was made won't be present. So yes.. just restore your backup and you'll be exactly where you left off!
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You misunderstood me. I customized a rom the way i want, with all the mods i want, icons, themes etc.. Now i made a nandroid after i finished all the customization.
The question is, i want to make another rom customized also but differently, and then if i didnt like the new customization, can i just normally restore my old backup and all my mods, customization, theme will come back with no issues?
Thanks for your time
ayoubij said:
You misunderstood me. I customized a rom the way i want, with all the mods i want, icons, themes etc.. Now i made a nandroid after i finished all the customization.
The question is, i want to make another rom customized also but differently, and then if i didnt like the new customization, can i just normally restore my old backup and all my mods, customization, theme will come back with no issues?
Thanks for your time
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Maybe I worded it wrongly but yes. Just restore and you won't have to worry about any issues.. Theme, mods, customization will all be back with no issues
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Restoring the backup will literally restore the phone state exactly - including everything, apps, data, settings, mods
So call me a fool, but I've never made a nandriod when flashing roms and such, but want to do that now, but lets say I back up with one rom, then flash another rom, is there a way to only restore apps, contacts, etc with out any system files, or no? Thanks!
Greetings,
I'm loving my GS4 so far and I've gotten it rooted and just wiped data and flashed gruesomewolf_sacs_custom_rom.
My question for ya'll (and forgive me if this is in the wrong place) but how do you handle going quickly and easily between ROMs without brain damage?
What I mean by this is yes I did a Titanium backup and SMS backup before I flashed the new ROM however you still have SO much to restore after you flash a new ROM. I'm the kinda guy who tweaks all my settings, widgets, ringtones and such just the way I like them and I hate when I have to do that all over again. So yes, I am able to restore apps, and some data from the Titanium backups but I still have to go back through and set all my ringtones and all my widgets and settings within certain apps all over again.
That's probably just the name of the game and I need to get used to it if I plan on flashing new ROMs but I'm just wondering what's the easiest way to back the most up and get the most restored?
Thanks for all your input!
I felt the same way as you when I switched ROMs. It was such a pain to reload everything customize it the way you had it before.
My solution was simply use TitaniumBackup prior to flashing the next ROM and Batch backup all the apps and app data that you will want.
TitaniumBackup also has a Batch Restore function. So I just use that function after flashing the ROM. I think it can also restore designated ringtones as long as you back up that system file that contains the ringtone selection. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which one that is.
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I felt the same way as you when I switched ROMs. It was such a pain to reload everything customize it the way you had it before.
My solution was simply use TitaniumBackup prior to flashing the next ROM and Batch backup all the apps and app data that you will want.
TitaniumBackup also has a Batch Restore function. So I just use that function after flashing the ROM. I think it can also restore designated ringtones as long as you back up that system file that contains the ringtone selection. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which one that is.
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Thanks for the reply! Yeah that's kind of what I'm doing, I guess I'll need to explore Titanium Backup a bit more. I'm curious if it actually backs up and can restore system settings as well. It does a pretty decent job of backing up apps + data but I never know if when doing a restore if I should restore the system data as well because it could be different from ROM to ROM.
Thanks for the advice!