Hi all, I recently had to do my first nandroid restore after going too zealous with some changes. (entirely user error, but thats why we backup first )
Anyway, This restore was the exact same rom made less than an hour before....so no changes there. It went pretty painless but I'm wondering if I should have wiped data or not? I did wipe dalvik and cache, but was not certain on data.
Thanks for your thoughts.
No you're fine, there's no need to wipe anything before a nandroid restore.
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raymond513 said:
No you're fine, there's no need to wipe anything before a nandroid restore.
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Thank you!
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So basically let me try to make this clear:
I bought a HTC thunderbolt already running bolted0.35.
I returned to stock and rooted(made a backup of bolted), installed cwm, s-offed. I'm on 1.12.605.6
Can I restore that backup? I'm pretty sure that backup was on 1.12.605.9
If not, what should I do? I'm fully rooted and everything as mentioned
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royolpunk said:
So basically let me try to make this clear:
I bought a HTC thunderbolt already running bolted0.35.
I returned to stock and rooted(made a backup of bolted), installed cwm, s-offed. I'm on 1.12.605.6
Can I restore that backup? I'm pretty sure that backup was on 1.12.605.9
If not, what should I do? I'm fully rooted and everything as mentioned
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Restoring a backup will replace everything in that backup, no need to clear cache or anything, a mirror image you can say.
magneticzero said:
Restoring a backup will replace everything in that backup, no need to clear cache or anything, a mirror image you can say.
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so can I restore it?
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royolpunk said:
so can I restore it?
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yes, make a backup of what you are running now, then restore, without any problems
magneticzero said:
yes, make a backup of what you are running now, then restore, without any problems
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Thanks so much! My system version didn't change or whatever but I'm running flawlessly so whatever
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I just came across my first downfall with moving the dalvik to SD. Nandroid is stuck trying to backup cache. Im guessing the reason is that nandroid cant find the dalvik because it is not symbollically linked by S2e since we arent booted into the actaul OS. Anyway i can get nandroid to backup without moving it back?
anybody?
Also, i can mount cache in CWM, but not sd-ext. It says error and kicks me out to home screen. Also i tried to view the last_log with file manager and it says it doesnt exist.
i actually have the same problem. please help..
Theres nothing too repare this,the problem born when you make a nandroid backup ,try to flash another rom or wipe data
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rasenkiba said:
Theres nothing too repare this,the problem born when you make a nandroid backup ,try to flash another rom or wipe data
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so.. no way to make it work?
that's a shame because i test so many roms these days
No nothing to do
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This is going to sound like a very noobish question, but I was wondering if you could update your rom, then after you've wiped everything if it was possible to get all your apps and stuff back? I was thinking you could just make a backup then restore only data (or everything but system) but I wasn't sure. Any input is greatly appreciated.
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czajka97 said:
This is going to sound like a very noobish question, but I was wondering if you could update your rom, then after you've wiped everything if it was possible to get all your apps and stuff back? I was thinking you could just make a backup then restore only data (or everything but system) but I wasn't sure. Any input is greatly appreciated.
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You don't always have to wipe data when updating a rom. What rom are you specifically speaking about? But if it were to happen where you had to wipe data, titanium backup + donate is your best option for backing up and restoring apps.
-Cupper- said:
You don't always have to wipe data when updating a rom. What rom are you specifically speaking about? But if it were to happen where you had to wipe data, titanium backup + donate is your best option for backing up and restoring apps.
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I'm thinking of going to either viper4g or OMJ 2.2 odex from stock with goodies JB
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-Cupper- said:
You don't always have to wipe data when updating a rom. What rom are you specifically speaking about? But if it were to happen where you had to wipe data, titanium backup + donate is your best option for backing up and restoring apps.
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But is it not possible to do it inside of twrp? Like could you restore only data from a backup?
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Hello!, I have a doubt aobut restoring backups.. do I need to wipe everything and format data and system? or just restore without wiping and formatting?
iShadows said:
Hello!, I have a doubt aobut restoring backups.. do I need to wipe everything and format data and system? or just restore without wiping and formatting?
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Restoring factory means the apps and data on phone (not sd card) will be erased automatically.... And backed up with stock apps....
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thenitts said:
Restoring factory means the apps and data on phone (not sd card) will be erased automatically.... And backed up with stock apps....
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No, I mean backups that you made wit the recovery... what do i need to resotre them?
First read this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36226688
You'll find your answer at Step6
iShadows said:
No, I mean backups that you made wit the recovery... what do i need to resotre them?
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Take a look at AppExtractor. It can read nandroid backups and you can choose which apps you want restore.
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I guess lone wanderer had notified u in ur last thread that dont make threads for ur questions ask in general chat. Y do u make [email protected]? Pls dont do that again. Help keep xda clean.
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Answer to ur question: go to cwm then go to backup and restore go to restore and chose the backup u want to restore wait patiently till it restores and reboot to system now. U r done! No need to wipe anything neither before nor after
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My little sister has few games on my phone, I frequently change ROMs & my sis will get upset if her game data was lost.
Need few suggestions about keeping\storing the game/app data safe for later use ^^
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Abo3mood said:
My little sister has few games on my phone, I frequently change ROMs & my sis will get upset if her game data was lost.
Need few suggestions about keeping\storing the game/app data safe for later use ^^
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As far i know, i wiped both Dalvik Cache and Cache without data loss.
The data you might refer is stored in Data partition (and if you wipe this, everything is lost).
Feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong.
Titanium bkup mate. Saves all game data +app Great app of playstore. Change rom and restore data and all will be well.
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Wiping dalvik or cache doesn't affect data
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No but flashing a new rom will wont it. Op back up your game and data with titanium bk up before you even try and flash a new rom. Or dirty flash from rom to rom
And risk it. Dont worry about if you go to 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 or even 4.3 it will restore and work. Titanium bkup is a standard thing to have.
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andrewwright said:
No but flashing a new rom will wont it.
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No it wont. Flashing a rom modifies /system. Data is in /data/data or /sdcard/Android/data
Much detail about backups in general > sticky roll-up > understanding the basics before rooting
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Standard in flashing is wipe data. Dirty flashing is not recommended by any dev. Your telling me that if I do a proper install then the game/data will still be there? No chance. You can reinstall the game from playstore and your data wont be there. But if I did a dirty flash then yes if it boots up then it will be but only with a dirty flash. Thats like saying your contacts and texs will still be there
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