Am I able to nandroid restore from MIUI to something with voodoo and vice versa?
I believe you have to odin back to stock first.
the restores are done from CWM so i think yes?
nandroid doesnt back-up the kernel i dont think so you need to flash a kernel thats compatible with whatever rom you backed-up or i think it'll bootloop
using nandroid to go between different CM7/MIUI roms will work (for the most part, as CWM will actually backup the kernel for those). However, you can't use nandroid to go between CM7/MIUI and samsung roms.
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so i installed obsidian v5 beta yesterday nd also did a nandroid back nd titanium backup but i have a question since i have 2.1 stock build of samsumg vibrant backed up can i do a revert back to that build cuz i think i heard some where that you cant revert back if you have 2.2 froyo??
If you restore your nandroid backup, you also have to flash an appropriate 2.1 kernel. Nandroid doesn't backup your kernel, so if you tried to restore your nandroid backup only, you'd have a soft-brick. So long as you also flash a 2.1 kernel, you should be fine.
dhyanabad (thanks in nepali)
ummm would you possibly know how to flash a 2.1 kernel?
^ I put it in the sticky on how to flash, and there is a link to the 2.1 kernel you need. Shortcut is in my signature.
thank youu
so
1. i do a nandroid restore
2. download pakages nd select the vibrant stock kernel
right
Hi
I'm having issues with doing a nandroid backup and restore using current stock roms such as KI3.
I read the boot loader changed here compared to older roms, but I'm not sure that this alone is the issue.
What I did is install a frakenstein stock rom, meaning the whole rom was put together from seperate parts of different versions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278:
This Frankenstein™ Non-Wipe package has: PDA: XXKI3| Modem/phone: XXKI3| CSC: XEUKD1
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/7JTWS2E37R
Over this I installed the rooted rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399: CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KI3-42-v4.2-CWM4.zip
Just from the rom side of view, so using the phone with it everything was fine.
However now I did a nandroid backup and later a restore since I wanted to try Cyanogen mod 7.1
The restore itself ran through without errors, however I found that almost all .apk files of /data/app were missing, even google apps like gmail and market.
I heared CWM did not go well with the new boot loader so I tried running the restore after applying an older rom (first just the old boot loader) but this did not help.
I then found that the backup itself did not contain the missing apk files, so the backup process itself was not done properly.
To get to a working state again I had to extract the apk files from an older backup and collect the apks that were still missing manually.
After restoring again and then copying the apks using adb push I had the system working again.
Anyway:
It seemes to me that i had the original boot loader applied when doing the nandroid backup, but that was apparently not enough to get it running properly.
Can anyone help in creating a properly working nandroid backup from one of the newer stock roms like KI3 and KI8?
Thanx!
Can anyone help in creating a properly working nandroid backup from one of the newer stock roms like KI3 and KI8?
Standard method works CWM restore+ backup . Should know i have done ten backups and restores on KI3 today no problem
jje
>Can anyone help in creating a properly working nandroid backup from one of the newer stock roms like KI3 and KI8?
You mean so you do not have to use odin to flash a such roms?
I think you can make those yourself. Just do a factory reset, clear all caches and then use odin to flash the rom, and then apply root and go into cwm to create a backup.
You could share that backup with others.
Ofcourase that would not be entirely stock anymore since root and CWM would be included there.
>Standard method works CWM restore+ backup . Should know i have done ten backups and restores on KI3 today no problem
Interesting - so no problems at all with CWM backup and restore based on a KI3 at all? Including custom settings and own apps installed?
Which rom exactly did you flash and how did you apply CWM?
JJEgan said:
Can anyone help in creating a properly working nandroid backup from one of the newer stock roms like KI3 and KI8?
Standard method works CWM restore+ backup . Should know i have done ten backups and restores on KI3 today no problem
jje
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Standard CWM backup/restore works for me too.
I used the same KI3 Frankenstein firmware as you (OP) but KI3-v4.1 of cf-root.
Thanx.
I installed the 4.1 kernel and also to be sure the old boot loader and made a CWM backup the data.img is now 259mb instead of just 100mb so I think now its a proper backup.
Now I can go ahead and properly try out CM 7.1
Hello everyone,
I have SGS2 with latest stock firmware (XWKI4) for my region.
Now, I would like to start playing with it with roms and such (yes, I already have Jig just as safety net), however I would like to creat as close as possible original configuration.
Now, I have rooted the phone with zergRush by Doomlord sucessfully and made efs backup as well as kernel image backup via HC-kTool. (This is kernel image backup right?) This way I presume I got pretty much untouched kernel image except rooting, right?
What now I would like to do is to make ROM backup and install some recovery. I know that Clockwork that comes with Rom Manager isnt exactly the same as Chainfires CW that comes with CF-Root and I know that Chainfires CW is optimized for Samsung phones (not to mention that they are not compatible with each other).
I guess my question would be is above that I did make sense, and shall I install CW from ROM Backup or get some CF-Root kernel with CW? I mean what do I lose with each solution, or any other advice how to complete ROM backup so that I can recover it if something, God forbid(knock on the wood), gets fishy?
Cheers
Kepavi said:
Hello everyone,
I have SGS2 with latest stock firmware (XWKI4) for my region.
Now, I would like to start playing with it with roms and such (yes, I already have Jig just as safety net), however I would like to creat as close as possible original configuration.
Now, I have rooted the phone with zergRush by Doomlord sucessfully and made efs backup as well as kernel image backup via HC-kTool. (This is kernel image backup right?) This way I presume I got pretty much untouched kernel image except rooting, right?
What now I would like to do is to make ROM backup and install some recovery. I know that Clockwork that comes with Rom Manager isnt exactly the same as Chainfires CW that comes with CF-Root and I know that Chainfires CW is optimized for Samsung phones (not to mention that they are not compatible with each other).
I guess my question would be is above that I did make sense, and shall I install CW from ROM Backup or get some CF-Root kernel with CW? I mean what do I lose with each solution, or any other advice how to complete ROM backup so that I can recover it if something, God forbid(knock on the wood), gets fishy?
Cheers
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If you take some time and search different threads in xda developers forum, you will find many user posting statements not to use ROM manager.
As I do not use ROM manager at all, I did not read the whole posts. That's why I do not exactly know, what the issues are about ROM manager.
(Incompatibility with many ROMs and kernels, but there must be more issues.)
I am using CWM Manager app (included in Chainfire's CF-Root kernel) or CWM5 recovery mode to create a complete system / nandroid backup.
So, in case of an emergency I only have to flash a kernel containing CWM5 recovery and restore my last system backup.
Just to be on the "safe" side, I also copied my efs folder to my external sd card.
And all my apps (+ app data) are under Titanium Backup control.
So, I recommend to use plain CWM recovery backup.
If you are not sure about ROM manager, please search the forums and make up your own mind.
Good luck !
So basically, I can instead of Rom Manager install DarkyROM2 Tool, flash some kernel with CWM support e.g. Hellcat, CF-Root, and boot to recovery and make backup of current rom(with higher compatibility), right?
Sorry if this is obvious, but I have just started with this kind of tweaks...
Does a restore through recovery restore the Kernel or just the ROM and Modem?
I know they used to not restore the kernel but some have been saying that it does restore the kernel now.
Yes. The kernel will be restored along with everything else.
And doing so will not trip the flash counter.
Sent from my páhhōniē
Nandroid in CWM 5.x (the I777 has never had anything older) does restore kernel.
2.5.x (common on first-gen GalaxyS, especially the Voodoo-modified one) did not.
Some background info: I got my phone used, so the rooting and stuff was done for me.
When I got the phone, the top of the recovery said Semaphore CWM 6.something, I don't know what I did to it but now the recovery says CWM based recovery. I also notice that fix permissions is not there anymore, there is probably more things missing that I never noticed. My question is, How do I get back to the original Clockworkmod?
Also, does anyone want to give me the basics on flashing stuff? I see people talking about Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Every time I want to make a backup I just go into the recovery and make a backup there. What's ROM Manager? What's the best way to do this kind of stuff?
EDIT: I just booted back into recovery since a while (when I flashed my current rom) and noticed that it's back to normal. It says Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8, when it used to say CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6. Back then, it also gave me a warning called Warning: no file_contexts. That's gone now, should I have anything to worry about?
oneupe1even said:
Some background info: I got my phone used, so the rooting and stuff was done for me.
When I got the phone, the top of the recovery said Semaphore CWM 6.something, I don't know what I did to it but now the recovery says CWM based recovery. I also notice that fix permissions is not there anymore, there is probably more things missing that I never noticed. My question is, How do I get back to the original Clockworkmod?
Also, does anyone want to give me the basics on flashing stuff? I see people talking about Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Every time I want to make a backup I just go into the recovery and make a backup there. What's ROM Manager? What's the best way to do this kind of stuff?
EDIT: I just booted back into recovery since a while (when I flashed my current rom) and noticed that it's back to normal. It says Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8, when it used to say CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6. Back then, it also gave me a warning called Warning: no file_contexts. That's gone now, should I have anything to worry about?
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Usually your ROM comes pre-packaged with a version of recovery.
ROMs that use the Semaphore kernel also generally come pre-packaged with a modified version of Clockworkmod recovery designed to compliment the kernel.
for reference:
if your recovery says: CWM recovery X.X.X.X then its usually the official version
Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8 is a modified version for use with Semaphore kernel
CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6 - is a modified version likely for use with another kernel (They dont always specify)
I would recommend just sticking with whatever version comes with your ROM.
there is rarely a need to change it.
ROM manager is an App that makes flashing clockworkmod recovery easy as well as downloading and flashing ROMs.
but for the most part if you know how to use recovery already your probably better off doing stuff manually in my opinion.
Titanium backup - is an app that lets you back up and restore all of your installed apps and data.
so for instance if you wanted to install a new ROM. you could back your apps and data up with Titanium backup and then install your new ROM and even wipe user data and still be able to get all of your apps back just as they were before you switched ROMs.
in comparison a nandroid backup (the backup done through recovery) backs up everything including your current ROM so restoring from that would also restore whatever ROM you were using when you made the backup.
as an example if you do both a Nandroid and Titanium backup while running android 2.3
then you decide to update to android 4.1
after the update if you restore from the nandroid backup you will be back at android 2.3 with all of your apps and everything back the way it was.
if you restore from a titanium backup you'll still be on android 4.1 but you'll have all your apps back as they were before.