Need Help With: 'Complete Data Wipe' - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi guys. i need to unzip a rom to edit a file in it, then zip it back up and install it on my phone. i need to do a complete data wipe before re-installing it. i got 2 questions:
1) how do i do a 'complete data wipe'?
2) if i do a complete data wipe, will this wipe out all the apps i got installed on my phone along with all the custom settings of the apps and the phone?

You do a complete data wipe in recovery wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache
yes you will lose all your data
Titanium Backup can save apps and app data and restore

joemm said:
You do a complete data wipe in recovery wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache
yes you will lose all your data
Titanium Backup can save apps and app data and restore
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hi joemm. in titanium, i get an option to backup the app + system data. and i get another option to backup just the app without system data. which option do i choose to backup my apps along with their customized settings?

bldonne said:
hi joemm. in titanium, i get an option to backup the app + system data. and i get another option to backup just the app without system data. which option do i choose to backup my apps along with their customized settings?
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To keep your personalized settings, backup the apps + app data.

Gutana said:
To keep your personalized settings, backup the apps + app data.
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thanks man.. i appreciate your answer

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How to Backup and Restore Apps ?

How to Restore Apps after installing new Firmware ?
Will Restoring CWM Data do it ?
Hi, before you flash a ROM, you should install titanium backup and backup apps through there. Flash rom, clear data, dalvik, boot normally, set apn etc if needed then reinstall titanium backup and batch restore.
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russ18uk said:
Hi, before you flash a ROM, you should install titanium backup and backup apps through there. Flash rom, clear data, dalvik, boot normally, set apn etc if needed then reinstall titanium backup and batch restore.
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Thanks. Titanium Free will let me do that ?
lkhz said:
Thanks. Titanium Free will let me do that ?
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Yes out will. Choose batch from menu and pick whether to back up apps, or apps and data. Data will be stored on sd card. Apply new rom, clear data and dalvik, reinstall titanium backup. Select batch and pick restore apps or apps and data. Cwm backup can be done before flashing new rom, also; however, as you can restore your old rom, data, everything, including sms and call logs as if you never flashed the new rom.
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[Q] Is my nandroid restore not working or am I doing something wrong?

Ok I made a nandroid backup on my s2 Gti9100 a few days ago
I then tried to do a titanium backup and my s2 rebooted, I then recieved fcs from a load of apps constatly making it impossible to do anything. I was barely able to turn off, i had to keep taping ok untill i got to power off window.
Then I booted into cwm, wiped cache partition and dalvic and did nandroid restore, i then booted up, no fcs, but all my apps on sd came up in my app drawer and home screen with that grey android icon saying this app is not installed on your phone!
went to recovery again wiped cache and dalvic and data/factory reset
then restored system and data and still had the same problem!
what do i do
please help
p.s. i have not partitioned anything for use in apps like link2sd, no ex whatever
are you doing restore from Advance restore, as you mentioned " then restored system and data....." or from the main restore menu?
Did not you use the Titanium backup for your applications?
Do Not restore System Data is the usual answer to this problem .
jje
JJEgan said:
Do Not restore System Data is the usual answer to this problem .
jje
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Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
zaheedahmed said:
are you doing restore from Advance restore, as you mentioned " then restored system and data....." or from the main restore menu?
Did not you use the Titanium backup for your applications?
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yes i am using advanced restore
and it was titanium backup that caused my problem in the first place, while i was trying to backup
all my settings are stil here aswell as the apps in internal. I think only the apps moved to sd are messed up
could it be a problem with .androidsecure? should i delete this and let nandroid replace it after restore, or does nandroid even backup that?
zaheedahmed said:
Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
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I dont mind what method you think of aslong as I can get back to that point
would it be a good idea to extract app backups out of nandroid using titanium, just an idea, i just saw it in its options
if its complicated please explain as im not a phone expert
it is not complicated but a good idea if you have Titanium backup pro (donated version), otherwise you cant...when you selct that option you will automaticaly get prompted the list of applications to install....
By the way why are you selecting advance option for restoring....?
do like this, wipe cache, wipe data fatory reset, and in advance wipe dalvik cache,
go back to Backup and restore select restore at main menu (no advance restore) and select your backup and restore....finish all your stuffs are back....
zaheedahmed said:
Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
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Yes sorry i thought he wanted to restore his Nandroid backup and follow that with TB restore .
jje
zaheedahmed said:
it is not complicated but a good idea if you have Titanium backup pro (donated version), otherwise you cant...when you selct that option you will automaticaly get prompted the list of applications to install....
By the way why are you selecting advance option for restoring....?
do like this, wipe cache, wipe data fatory reset, and in advance wipe dalvik cache,
go back to Backup and restore select restore at main menu (no advance restore) and select your backup and restore....finish all your stuffs are back....
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I have already tried at main menu and advanced, I get the same result
will extracting from nandroid do the trick? with titanium pro
ovgandroid said:
I have already tried at main menu and advanced, I get the same result
will extracting from nandroid do the trick? with titanium pro
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just try....
I dont know while backing up if there was any arror which is causing the problem...can give the treble when you use TB also...
will tb replace app stuff in .androidsecure or sit beside taking up x2 space?
I went to extract from nandroid in pro and when i select my backup the list is empty, app, data, app+data
ovgandroid said:
I went to extract from nandroid in pro and when i select my backup the list is empty, app, data, app+data
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hmmm, that is why you are not getting your apps back when you do nandroid restore...
your backup was not done smoothly, only your system data backed up well not user apps...bad luck
so ive lost it all?
Should i delete .androidsecure, is it just junk files now?
great news!!! turns out all my personal data was kept, I just reinstalled everything and it wae back to normal
p.s. i think the cause of nandroid backup fail was lack of space on my phone, how can i backup to external sd?
If you use the CWM app you can choose between internal/external SD for the location of the backup.
ovgandroid said:
great news!!! turns out all my personal data was kept, I just reinstalled everything and it wae back to normal
p.s. i think the cause of nandroid backup fail was lack of space on my phone, how can i backup to external sd?
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ovgandroid said:
Ok I made a nandroid backup on my s2 Gti9100 a few days ago
I then tried to do a titanium backup and my s2 rebooted, I then recieved fcs from a load of apps constatly making it impossible to do anything. I was barely able to turn off, i had to keep taping ok untill i got to power off window.
Then I booted into cwm, wiped cache partition and dalvic and did nandroid restore, i then booted up, no fcs, but all my apps on sd came up in my app drawer and home screen with that grey android icon saying this app is not installed on your phone!
went to recovery again wiped cache and dalvic and data/factory reset
then restored system and data and still had the same problem!
what do i do
please help
p.s. i have not partitioned anything for use in apps like link2sd, no ex whatever
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Wipe is not needed when restoring in cwm. hope it helps.
so i have reinstalled all my apps, could there be junk or corrupt or duplicate files left on my phone? in androidsecure? or should these fix themselves or been replaced?
Thanks very much for the help! much appreciated
ovgandroid said:
so i have reinstalled all my apps, could there be junk or corrupt or duplicate files left on my phone? in androidsecure? or should these fix themselves or been replaced?
Thanks very much for the help! much appreciated
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why you are so worried about such temporory files...
be happy that now your all apps are back.......as far I know wether you delete such dump files or not will not make any difference,
dont delete the contents of the folder "clockworkmode" especially the "backup" forlder thats all...
ok thanks
was just worried because of the size 1.7GB and no apps on sd
but i suppose ill manage

Quick question about switching ROMs

If I am switching ROMs of the same build, lets say CM10 7/23 build to a future unofficial CM10 build, would it be necessary to do a data wipe and factory reset?
Necessary? Probably not. A good idea? Probably yes.
Okay so similarly if I go to CM10 from another Rom wipe data and reset... but if I backup my with Titanium Backup what is recommended to be restored after flash? All system data + apps + app data, just apps and data or just apps. If I have contacts backed up to email etc, photos and such data stored elsewhere... would it be recommended to use the least amount of data restored from last install to the new Rom? I just donr want to load wrong values upon restoring my apps. I don't mind if app data or system data is factory reset but not if unnecessary and only if its not a prob and won't mess up any Ron specific settings.

Easiest way to backup data to survive super wipe?

Hello,
This has been discussed in the past but a) it a long time time ago, so maybe newer tools are out and b) no definite conclusion was drawn, so please can I ask again, what's the easiest way to back up all apps, data and settings (idealy including home screen settings, ringtones, everything) to survive a superwipe (i.e. restore it after a super wipe and new ROM version installation)?
Thanks in advance.
Use CWM Recovery to do a complete backup. Very easy to backup and restore.
saheb117 said:
Use CWM Recovery to do a complete backup. Very easy to backup and restore.
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But restoring a CWM backup will overwrite the new system with the old one. What I want is backup all data, apps and settings but not the system data. And then restore them after I install the new ROM.

[Q] Advanced Restore of Kernels

Noob question again Sir/s...
In advance restore in recovery of different kernels...
What will be restore if I restore the ff...
1. Restore boot - ???
2. Restore System and Preload - ???
3. Restore data - ??? (i thinks apps that has been downloaded from Playstore)
4. Restore cache - ???
Additional question also...If I want to restore my text messages and call logs, which one should I restore from the choices above?...
I hope somebody will answer my questions...Newbie here in restoring, coz I always want fresh Installation of Roms without doing a Back-up...
Thanks in advance Sir/s...
Resore boot - restores kernel and recovery
Restore system and preload - restores whole system with all of its apk lib so files blah blah
Restore data - restores whole installed apps and its data including system datas
Restore cache restores what is stored in /cache partition, usualy dex files used by dalvik cache
You cant restore sms with cwm, only with titanium backup of something similar
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krazy1101 said:
Resore boot - restores kernel and recovery
Restore system and preload - restores whole system with all of its apk lib so files blah blah
Restore data - restores whole installed apps and its data including system datas
Restore cache restores what is stored in /cache partition, usualy dex files used by dalvik cache
You cant restore sms with cwm, only with titanium backup of something similar
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Hhmmnn it is now clear with me...thank you so much Sir @krazy1101...all I need to restore for me then is the Data...it will save time installing again the apps I installed specialy those from play store...
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You can easily make a CWM flashable of your apps/data with TiBu Pro.
MistahBungle said:
You can easily make a CWM flashable of your apps/data with TiBu Pro.
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Is it not just enough to restore may apps from recovery mode?...
You can do exactly that with a CWM flashable made with TI. Put all your non-system apps/data (if you want) into a flashable zip, get your new rom clean installed/phone re-rooted/whatever, flash the zip, done. No need to muck around restoring whole partitions which can cause problems particularly if you're changing to completely different rom/TW to AOSP & VV/or a different base (say 4.2 to 4.3, etc).

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