If I make a Nandroid backup of a particular setup, the install another ROM, don't like it, etc, then can I restore the backup of the other ROM?
For instance, say I've installed VillanROM (which I have) and then install Slim ICS (AOSP based) to try that out. If I don't like that can I restore the backup for VillanROM without a problem?
Yes but you have to do the Nandroid backup at VillanROM then install the new rom if you dont like it you can just restore the nandroid backup witch is basically an image of your os that contains everything
Ah, brilliant. So it's basically like ghost image? I don't need to install VillanROM, then restore?
Not at all. But one thing I recommend is making sure you have every setting and app exactly how u want it as far as configuration. So that way u don't have to redo everything. Nandroid is genius it saves my butt every time
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Not at all. But one thing I recommend is making sure you have every setting and app exactly how u want it as far as configuration. So that way u don't have to redo everything. Nandroid is genius it saves my butt every time
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Well I've just wasted hours downloading and installing different ROM's checking them out and having to mess with my settings each time...then I had this lightbulb idea moment and made this thread!
Thought everybody read the instructions .Most custom anything say do a Nandroid first .
Can also be copied to Pc as the Clockworm mod folder just in case.
jje
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I backed up my stock os with clockwork recovery, and backed up my apps with titanium, I read that I shouldn't back up user data other than wifi and bookmarks due to possible problems. Do I need to do anything else as far as backing up goes? Will I have to reconfigure my apn and network settings to be able to make calls and use data service, or will bionix v include that when I flash?
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It all stays....just be sure your backup is a 2.2 cause your gonna have problem if you run a 2.2 rom and try to restore a 2.1 rom
Well....I'm glad I asked. My plan was to go to bionix v from 2.1 stock rooted. So I'll just be better off downloading them again after flashing? Is there a full list somewhere of all the apps bionix comes with?
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Restoring your apps from to 2.1 to 2.2 shouldn't give you a problem. I did this many times and never had any issues. Its only the system data you need to worry about giving you issues.
Sent from a Galaxy S far....far....away.
the apps, it will never give you a problem.
but restoring the whole system like a nandbackup will if you go from 1 firmware to another.
Other backups like launcher pro backups will not do anything either, they're all in your SD Card.
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the apps, it will never give you a problem.
but restoring the whole system like a nandbackup will if you go from 1 firmware to another.
Other backups like launcher pro backups will not do anything either, they're all in your SD Card.
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What he said....thats what I was getting at
Thanks guys...one last question before I flash.
Will I be ok to backup and then restore on bionix v system (bloatware) like "thinkfree office" and "avatar" and "the sims" and "daily briefing"?
I ask because titanium doesnt back them up when I batch them as user apps so I have to back them up manually.
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Thanks guys...one last question before I flash.
Will I be ok to backup and then restore on bionix v system (bloatware) like "thinkfree office" and "avatar" and "the sims" and "daily briefing"?
I ask because titanium doesnt back them up when I batch them as user apps so I have to back them up manually.
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Hey.."there's an app for that".... yep in the DEV section is an easy tool called Android Customization Suite or you can put them back on manually
I may have to check that out. I think I'm going to go a different route with the applications.
One final question before I flash. I'm just about ready.
In titanium backup.....will I be ok to backup (in 2.1 stock) and restore (in 2.2 bionix) just the green text system data such a MMS settings and Voicemail dialer and my apn settings (only the stuff in green text) our does all of that need put in manually? I've read that its ok to restore green text system data such as bookmarks and wifi but wanted to know if the other green text stuff was ok as well.
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The ROM DEV recommends not to install any system data or system apps from a TB...So I would say, if you went through all of this hard work to get yourself a custom ROM just to have to re-do it because of an incompatible file or data problem..then that would be on you..
If it were me I would not bring anything over from a 2.1 to 2.2 system. I would just put it back in manually
Right on man....thats what I'm gonna do then.
I checked out that customization suite and I'm think that will be able to help me get the system apps back on here that I want. I won't really know if I can get it to work til after I take a leap of faith and just flash the rom. With what everybody else has said about how badass team whiskey's bionix v is, I guess I should probably trust the overwhelming opinion and flash it. Then worry about how to correctly get the bloatware back on here that I want. Im pretty sure I know what I'm doing at this point. Just have to do it.
Thanks a lot for your help man.... I appreciate the time you took to give me advice....as well as everyone else.
I'll let everyone know how it goes.
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It seems like every time I get ready to flash I come up with another question.
Do I need to copy the nandroid backup of my current stock 2.1 to the external sd or to my pc before flashing? I know bionix wipes the system automatically when flashing so won't it remove the nandroid backup?
** Nevermind....found the answer. Leave nandroid backups where cwr places them. If this is incorrect...someone let me know please**
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sounds right to me...only way its gonna come up missing is if you format or delete the cwm folder yourself
Thanks for your help jmcghee. Finally took the plunge and Im rocking bionix with most of my apps and loving it. This thing is now a rocket ship. It blows my mind how fast it is. Its like going from a dell to an alienware. All I reccommend for you guys that haven't flashed yet but are thinking about it...read, read, read, ask questions and go for it. Its not as hard as it seems at first. And the noob guide is invaluable.
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I am on the Oxygen rom and I want this as my main rom. For gaming I want to switch to CM7, then back to my Oxygen rom when im done. Is there an easy way to do this so I dont have to restore all my apps/settings every time I switch?
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I am on the Oxygen rom and I want this as my main rom. For gaming I want to switch to CM7, then back to my Oxygen rom when im done. Is there an easy way to do this so I dont have to restore all my apps/settings every time I switch?
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If you have installed ROM manager, you have an option of Backup current ROM. You can backup your current ROM through it and restore it whenever you want.
Press thanks if it helped.
Can I backup my oxygen rom, then the CM7 rom. And then choose which one I can to restore? Or can I only have one backup at a time
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Can I backup my oxygen rom, then the CM7 rom. And then choose which one I can to restore? Or can I only have one backup at a time
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Backups rest on your sdcard, in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backups. So, the number of backups you can store at any time is limited by the current free space you have on your sdcard.
Also, you can't update existing backups, meaning for example if you currently have a backup of oxygen and are running it, you run it for a few days, install some new apps, change some settings, and then wish to switch to CM. You will have to delete your current oxygen backup and create a new one if you wish to have the changes persist the next time you feel the craving for oxygen.
Dude give a try to multirom best option for you.
You can switch ROM within 30 sec!!!
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Can I backup my oxygen rom, then the CM7 rom. And then choose which one I can to restore? Or can I only have one backup at a time
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Caveats:
* baseband is not backed up, so if one requires new and one requires old you'd have to restore the backup and reflash appropriate baseband. Multi backups of ROMs that use the same baseband is easy and takes only a few mins.
* To continue what Mihir was saying, any given backup is a snapshot in time. If something happens after that backup it will not be reflected in that backup. You will be restored to the way it was when the backup was made. Easiest way around this is...
* get in the habit of making a backup anytime you boot to recovery. Only takes a couple of mins and can save much pain and applying the same updates over and over...
* backups are only named with a timestamp, not the name of the ROM. It can be difficult to remember what ROM a particular BU holds. I suggest renaming the backups with the name of the ROM asap after you reboot from any new backup/reflash.
Example:
2012-03-04.04.33.25 <-- as named by clockworkmod
2012-03-04.04.33.25-CM7
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2012-03-04.04.33.25-oxygen
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Hey! ... sorry for this noob question .. but i am a newbie to the android world .. i have rooted my s3 with the omega rom and i have taken a nandroid backup using cwm , now if i want to install another rom for example cm10 or checkrom once i install the other rom can i go into cwm and restore the back up??.. if i do so will everything i backed up come back ? .. or will it bring back the omega rom and my phone how it was when i took the backup?
It will restore your phone to how it was when you made the backup
back to omega rom
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It will restore your phone to how it was when you made the backup
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so back to the omega rom? or with new rom but phones previous data and stuff?
It will take you back to whatever you were on when you hit the backup button, Rom, kernel, data...the lot, as I previously said
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It will take you back to whatever you were on when you hit the backup button, Rom, kernel, data...the lot, as I previously said
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Thank you so much! ... sorry if i got you angry! God Bless do you happen to know how to customize omega rom ? i want to add the ACID sound engine to this rom is this possible?
Omega kitchen is available on the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.indieroms.OmegaFilesJB
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Thank you so much! ... sorry if i got you angry! God Bless do you happen to know how to customize omega rom ? i want to add the ACID sound engine to this rom is this possible?
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I don't do anger.....just faux anger!
ratatattata said:
Omega kitchen is available on the play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.indieroms.OmegaFilesJB
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Thank you
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Thank you
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yes but how do i install the mods just download the zip file and flash through cwm?
i have a fantastic answer for you...
if you flash a new custom rom and then you want to restore all the settings from the old one, you can go in Cwm mode > Backup and restore > Advanced restore > restore DATA...
in this way you restore only the app and the configuration of system...
i hope i help you!
so the app and the configuration from the old rom will be in the new rom ..??? .. wow! thank you for your answer!
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so the app and the configuration from the old rom will be in the new rom ..??? .. wow! thank you for your answer!
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Exercise caution doing this
Always make one before flashing.
Remember that full backups take a lot of space. Download titanium backup and backup user apps and their data, delete them and then make a nandroid backup. Takes less space and its a lot faster.
I curently have 2 backups. My stock ROM and a curently used custom ROM. Once my custom ROM is updated I delete the backup of the custom ROM, I update it, then make another Nandroid backup with the updated version that way it saves me a lot of space.
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musgo said:
if you flash a new custom rom and then you want to restore all the settings from the old one, you can go in Cwm mode > Backup and restore > Advanced restore > restore DATA...
in this way you restore only the app and the configuration of system.
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Use this with caution.
Its better to set you phone manually than to brick it due to lack of time, or doing it manually.
Stick with the basics, basics dont get your phone bricked. Trust me
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I have restored data with no problem using Data only Nandroid backups for years .
But i always only restore data to a same build rom that is no restore of ICS to JB and no restore of KLP to JB .
On PC original factory rom + Nandroid copy of last known full working custom rom .
Worked on custom roms are backed up to ext sd card .
Worst problem i ever have is usually if i wipe something without thinking clear Nandroid backups and forget to update . Even then its only a stock rom Odin flash to start again .
jje
JJEgan said:
I have restored data with no problem using Data only Nandroid backups for years .
But i always only restore data to a same build rom that is no restore of ICS to JB and no restore of KLP to JB .
On PC original factory rom + Nandroid copy of last known full working custom rom .
Worked on custom roms are backed up to ext sd card .
Worst problem i ever have is usually if i wipe something without thinking clear Nandroid backups and forget to update . Even then its only a stock rom Odin flash to start again .
jje
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I have restored data too. I haven't tried restoring data from CM to AOKP to TW, or vise-versa.. Or different Android version. Not knowing if it is a go, cant recommend it to somebody and then messing up their phone for not giving the correct info.
Keep it in mind buddy
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I have restored data too. I haven't tried restoring data from CM to AOKP to TW, or vise-versa.. Or different Android version. Not knowing if it is a go, cant recommend it to somebody and then messing up their phone for not giving the correct info.
Keep it in mind buddy
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Well no you cannot restore two different OS data backups one is Android one is Samsung Android .
jje
So from titanium backup shall I create a zip file.. of all user apps and data.. .?.. is it possible to flash that file from recovery later?.. or should I give back up all user apps and system data which is given as the third option ? Am sorry but I'm new to the Android world.. thank you all for your help!
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galaxys3lover said:
So from titanium backup shall I create a zip file.. of all user apps and data.. .?.. is it possible to flash that file from recovery later?.. or should I give back up all user apps and system data which is given as the third option ? Am sorry but I'm new to the Android world.. thank you all for your help!
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In TiBu (Titanium Backup) just back up user apss (like facebook,twitter,games,apps downloaded through GooglePlay Store)
Run a batch backing up user apps and then from System>Apps uninstal all of them but TiBu. Just like that once you've returned from making the backup, open TiBu and select backups/restore tab in the top section again and press the menu/options softkey. Select Batch and then Restore all missing user apps.
No need to make a .zip file, not flashable through recovery.
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In TiBu (Titanium Backup) just back up user apss (like facebook,twitter,games,apps downloaded through GooglePlay Store)
Run a batch backing up user apps and then from System>Apps uninstal all of them but TiBu. Just like that once you've returned from making the backup, open TiBu and select backups/restore tab in the top section again and press the menu/options softkey. Select Batch and then Restore all missing user apps.
No need to make a .zip file, not flashable through recovery.
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thank you i have done the backup user apps and system data .. will uninstall the apps and make a nandroid backup , come back and restore them using TiBu.
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thank you i have done the backup user apps and system data .. will uninstall the apps and make a nandroid backup , come back and restore them using TiBu.
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you got it. Glad to help buddy. That will make your NandBackup a lot smaller. Feel free to ask again whatever you want, will do my best to help!
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I am planning to use All-in-One or Odin to bring my phone up from 4.1.1. to 4.1.2 or higher, and I have Titanium Backup working - is this app gunna help me recover from a disaster? I have to admit, the interface there boggles my mind. thx!
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You need 2 things. Full nandroid backup - to restore your current state in case of emergency AND full backup via Titanium Backup - to restore your things on the new ROM. I always do both and never have issues!
Yes titanium will do job
Indeed if you flash 4.1.2 on your existing rom, you won't lose data (but erase root) though i always prefers clean install and recommend to factory reset after flashing rom for best performance.
After this reboot and install titanium
Select batch perform
Select scenario 'restore missing application' and you will get all application back
For more details on restore option read 'how to keep data backup up to date' from my signature
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Titanium is one in all for android device.you name and it has all the features.its must buy.
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Titanium Backup is a must have.. I am using it since my Xperia X10i days
It is an ABSOLUTE must have for anybody using custom ROMs
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Agree with the above people above... I've been using it ever since they made android possible for the HD2.
I dont think its a MUST... Like some body said further up I prefer a clean install.. I like starting from scratch every time.. I LOVE flashing ROMS. My phone feels brand new every time I flash
I don't know it is must for all or not, but at least for me it is. I too prefer clean flash, always factory reset whenever flashing rom. But really i never found any difference whether i restore user application by titanium or re install individual application. (once or twice only I did re install each application ) in fact it is big headache to setup each and every application from scratch with individual preferences for each application(I do have usually 150 applications) And I never wish I have to lose all the level in games I have achieved before reseting device.
One more thing, it is not practical to find hundreds of applications to re download from market one by one and install it. And if we keep backup copies of those applications in sd card then what is wrong to install backup from titanium who does same job but in batch.
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I dont think its a MUST... Like some body said further up I prefer a clean install.. I like starting from scratch every time.. I LOVE flashing ROMS. My phone feels brand new every time I flash
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Well, if you have apps that contain data that you need in the future (after a newly flashed rom or a mistake factory restore) it's a must have.
Actually I don't recommend wiping data when you're upgrading. But having Titanium is always good.
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No titanium Backup= if you wipe (what is higly recommended if changing the ROM base) download again every app and definitly losing every settings for these apps. It also means losing every progress in every games you may have, so starting again each game from the beginning. It also means you may lose SMS/MMS unless you back them up with another app. Having to configure again every bluetooth or wifi settings, etc
With Titanium backup= in a single operation you'll recover every app with its settings, starting your games from where you left them and not from the beginning
So yes, it's a must have!
Beside backing up, it can also fix google play problems, clean dalvick and many other features.
Ive had titanium backup on all 3 android phones I have had and can say it is really useful. Especially when you have rooted your phone
I dont think it is must have app because always good think to do backup with cwm and about apps and data go backup is really useful
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vazovskiiii said:
I dont think it is must have app because always good think to do backup with cwm and about apps and data go backup is really useful
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backup with cwm is deferent
if you upgrade/change rom then you need full wipe,you cant restore with cwm.
because it will make your device back to previous ROM.
but with titanium backuo after full wipe..you can restore any apks and setting only with few click..(Pro Version)
without change the ROM/kernels..
i always back up on both CWM and Titanium then put my Back Ups to my Pc..
To have certain application must or not depends on own criteria and priority, but yes if you are conscious to your data and want to remain tension free, titanium + schedule backup is best to it.
It never disappoint in case your device suddenly hang and you need wipe everything.
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I prefer mybackup pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&hl=en
It is easier to use for the "noobs" and it gets the job done. But now I just start fresh if I flash a new rom. It's easier.
wipe system
wipe data (no exceptions)
wipe cache
Flash Rom
Reboot
I'm working now to flash rom to the slick rom jb however the wipe data/cache/system has me frightened a bit....been trying to find something to backup this information. Ive gotta be missing something. I to lg's website and downloaded the drivers and lg mobile tool and in the tool I cant find my version of phone to backup? i have titantium backup installed but absolutely no idea how to use it effectively or at all actually....
teach me oh rom guru's?
Do you know what a nandroid backup is?
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autosurgeon said:
Do you know what a nandroid backup is?
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not a clue but i think i got it
however i always like to learn to whats a nandroid backup?
autosurgeon said:
Do you know what a nandroid backup is?
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Its a backup that will restore you phone to exactly the way it was when the backup was made. The ROM, apps, settings, everything.
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Oh and it's done through the backup option in the recovery.
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A nandroid is kinda like making an image of a PC using Ghost (if that helps at all).
You should make a nandroid when:
- You love your build/configuration
- You getting ready to flash a new ROM
- You gonna do anything unfamiliar
It is your way back to a working and configured device.
Ex...
I want to flash romX. Boot into recovery, make a nandroid. Do my wipes. Flash romX. Reboot. Play with new from. Find out I hate romX or its missing a feature I love. Fine. Reboot into recovery restore my nandroid. I am now back where I started...with my phone as it was before I started.
Ti (titanium backup) is a great tool. Yes, it's confusing.
1) buy the pro version...it's worth it
2) don't restore system apps (someone else can perhaps correct me or explain this one)
3) if you move from one aosp rom to another you can restore your user apps and data...this can save you a lot of time.
Oh yeah....ALWAYS keep a good nandroid copy on your computer. If your really frell things up and wipe everything or if the files get corrupt...you will be happy you have it.
Don't feel bad, there has been some weird twist and turns on the dev of this device. It was much easier on my old EVO4G. THE LGOG has confused me several times as well.
Good luck.
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You sir/ma'am are awesome
As well as those above
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DraginMagik said:
A nandroid is kinda like making an image of a PC using Ghost (if that helps at all).
You should make a nandroid when:
- You love your build/configuration
- You getting ready to flash a new ROM
- You gonna do anything unfamiliar
It is your way back to a working and configured device.
Ex...
I want to flash romX. Boot into recovery, make a nandroid. Do my wipes. Flash romX. Reboot. Play with new from. Find out I hate romX or its missing a feature I love. Fine. Reboot into recovery restore my nandroid. I am now back where I started...with my phone as it was before I started.
Ti (titanium backup) is a great tool. Yes, it's confusing.
1) buy the pro version...it's worth it
2) don't restore system apps (someone else can perhaps correct me or explain things one)
3) if you move from one aosp rom to another you can restore your user apps and data...this can save you a lot of time.
Oh yeah....ALWAYS keep a good nandroid copy on your computer. If your really frell things up and wipe everything or if the files get corrupt...you will be happy you have it.
Don't feel bad, there has been some weird twist and turns on the dev of this device. It was much easier on my old EVO4G. THE LGOG has confused me several times as well.
Good luck.
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edit: got it!