Is it advisable to backup the EFS folder each time you flash a new rom, or going from ics to jellybean, or once you have it backed up you can restore it to any rom configuration. Thanks in advance.
josephal said:
Is it advisable to backup the EFS folder each time you flash a new rom, or going from ics to jellybean, or once you have it backed up you can restore it to any rom configuration. Thanks in advance.
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Just back it up once.. Move it somewhere else for safekeeping.. You are now good to go.. Happy flashing
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Hello,
I am currenty running 2.3.4 kph fw. So i wanted to know that is there any way that when i flash a custom rom i can have all my data back e.g themes,apps,settings and sms etc? How to do this? Last time i made app backup with titanium and then updated to 2.3.4 and when restored it didnt work..
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Why didnt titanium backup work?
Dont know but restoring with that just messed up everything and i had to reflash the rom
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yes, only install CWM and you make a NANdroid Backup, ... flash whit the new room and reinstalling the recovery CWM, and give in advanced-backup-restore here only select data...
sorry for my bad english
carvajaljn said:
yes, only install CWM and you make a NANdroid Backup, ... flash whit the new room and reinstalling the recovery CWM, and give in advanced-backup-restore here only select data...
sorry for my bad english
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Does it restore only the apps?
hassaan123 said:
Dont know but restoring with that just messed up everything and i had to reflash the rom
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I have been using it for long. But never had any problem. Don't get what problem you had!
Jeah, install CWM recovery and use NANDROID backup(like adiles sayed) for RESTORING(its the BEST WAY). But if you want only restore you APPS, then you can use TITANIUM BACKUP. It works very well!
CHEERS!
What exactly does nan droid backup restore??
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Nandroid is a complete backup of your system. But with advanced restore you can also only restore the phone settings.
I wouldn't advise you to restore settings from a Froyo ROM to a Gingerbread one though.
Same goes with Titanium Backup. When you upgrade to GB, just reinstall the Apps from market and only restore Appdata with Titanium.
When changing from a stock gb rom to a custom gb rom is it safe to do a complete nandroid backup? Or i should only backup the app data with titanium?
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adiles said:
Does it restore only the apps?
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yes, apps, paswords, notes, all DATA.... and for the sms use backups restore sms download from market
hassaan123 said:
When changing from a stock gb rom to a custom gb rom is it safe to do a complete nandroid backup? Or i should only backup the app data with titanium?
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Both the things are completely different.
Nadroid backup is used backup complete rom(system, recovery, apps, data, cache, settings).
Whereas titanium backup can only backup apps & data.
You can only restore with titanium backup after you have a working rom & titanium backup installed.
Whereas with nandroid you can restore if you have cwm recovery working.
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Considering this thread I can't see why you were able to troll in the GingerReal thread when you don't even know as much as this.
Hatshipuh said:
Considering this thread I can't see why you were able to troll in the GingerReal thread when you don't even know as much as this.
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Positive trolling here sir LOL
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What's the difference between doing a NANDROID backup and having a copy of the stock rom on your PC to flash via ODIN? I went from stock to CM7 without making a backup and instead got a copy of the stock on my pc.
i'am a n00b here......
but i think nandroid backup is save EVERYTHING on the internal memory......
including installed apps, contact, message......
123r4ka456 said:
i'am a n00b here......
but i think nandroid backup is save EVERYTHING on the internal memory......
including installed apps, contact, message......
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I think the same too.
NANDROID backup backups everything on your internal memory,you apps,settings,data,your rom,everything.By telling having a copy of the rom on your PC,I think you mean that you have a copy of the firmware on your PC.Its not the same at all,where is the data and all your apps?NANDROID can do that
Or you could take individual copies of all of your apps and setting using titanium backup.
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Prawesome said:
NANDROID backup backups everything on your internal memory,you apps,settings,data,your rom,everything.By telling having a copy of the rom on your PC,I think you mean that you have a copy of the firmware on your PC.Its not the same at all,where is the data and all your apps?NANDROID can do that
Or you could take individual copies of all of your apps and setting using titanium backup.
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Thanked for the info. And yeah, I have a copy of the firmware on the PC and all my apps and settings backed up by Titanium. So I'm guessing I should make a back up as soon as I get back to my stock rom just in case, right? And what if I decide to make a copy of the CM7 I'm using now instead of the stock rom? Does it work the same?
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Thanked for the info. And yeah, I have a copy of the firmware on the PC and all my apps and settings backed up by Titanium. So I'm guessing I should make a back up as soon as I get back to my stock rom just in case, right? And what if I decide to make a copy of the CM7 I'm using now instead of the stock rom? Does it work the same?
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It works the same.
Thanx for that info,i had assumed before that it wouldnt work as cyanogenmod and stock have different builds
Hi there, I'm kinda new to android and was wondering: is there a way to back up the S3 like the iPhone? Where everything gets backed up into a file and if i were to reformat my phone I can just restore it and everything will be there. Thanks. :angel:
I really like Go Backup. Never had an issue with it, even from going to stock firmware to CM9 or 10, which usually ruins titanium backups.
But the one file backup would be a nandroid, which is done through recovery.
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Hi there, I'm kinda new to android and was wondering: is there a way to back up the S3 like the iPhone? Where everything gets backed up into a file and if i were to reformat my phone I can just restore it and everything will be there. Thanks. :angel:
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I prefer titanium backup and twrp. Of course you need to be rooted for these to be installed
How do u restore things using titanium backup? Can i restore data like settings when going from stock to other aosp roms?
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gyromuff said:
I prefer titanium backup and twrp. Of course you need to be rooted for these to be installed
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Do yo ureally have TWRP for i9300 ?
rsxsniper said:
How do u restore things using titanium backup? Can i restore data like settings when going from stock to other aosp roms?
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Yes you can restore but it is not advisable..will create conflicts and FCs..Best bet is to restore all the apps with data from TB..all the apps will have their settings intact..only problem is TW launcher but if you are going to AOSP then that is not a problem...otherwise backup TWlauncher also and restore it with Data..force closes may come though..
Titanium Backup works great for me, but be careful restoring system aps.
Make a nandroid backup just in case you mess something up
With both nandroid backup and titanium backup, I feel like immortal
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With both nandroid backup and titanium backup, I feel like immortal
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But you would be proven as not with no backed up EFS folder .
jje
JJEgan said:
But you would be proven as not with no backed up EFS folder .
jje
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+1.......the most overlooked, but most important backup of all, everything else is just a matter of data loss, but losing efs= goodbye precious!
how about Ultimate Backup Tool?
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Hi
I want to install a costume Rom on my phone
but first I want to make a backup of my stock rom (just in case)
I found a backup option in the CWM app
so i need to know:
dose this option backs up only the Rom or will it back up the kernel also?
Are there better ways to backup the rom?
in general what does the "create a backup" option do? (in CWM in mean)
thanks in advance
best regards
backs up all but not the EFS and Modem
roostaamir said:
Hi
I want to install a costume Rom on my phone
but first I want to make a backup of my stock rom (just in case)
I found a backup option in the CWM app
so i need to know:
dose this option backs up only the Rom or will it back up the kernel also?
Are there better ways to backup the rom?
in general what does the "create a backup" option do? (in CWM in mean)
thanks in advance
best regards
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the backup option will backup every thing on you system and data partition but not the kernel and modem..
there is no better way than this..
correct me if I am wrong:
1-the backup options backs up my data (such as save data for games) too
2-if I want to restore to my stock firmware,this backup WON'T do it properly since it won't restore the kernel
roostaamir said:
correct me if I am wrong:
1-the backup options backs up my data (such as save data for games) too
2-if I want to restore to my stock firmware,this backup WON'T do it properly since it won't restore the kernel
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It backups everything including kernel except modem and efs. So if you restore it back you will have your stock kernel there
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roostaamir said:
correct me if I am wrong:
1-the backup options backs up my data (such as save data for games) too
2-if I want to restore to my stock firmware,this backup WON'T do it properly since it won't restore the kernel
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As Bala said Kernel is backed up..so I may be wrong here..but I read somewhere that kernel is not backed up..so anyways..you will have the stock kernel if I am wrong..
the games data is stored on your internal sdcard..so it wont be backed up..and in between if require a factory reset it will be lost..
thanks guys
you helped me so much (and fast)
and one more thing i remembered right now:
the backup will be a CWM flashable zip file.right?
roostaamir said:
thanks guys
you helped me so much (and fast)
and one more thing i remembered right now:
the backup will be a CWM flashable zip file.right?
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To restore you go to backup and restore and select restore(from internal or external sd card) depending on where the back up was created.
Hi is is safe to flash stock roms with odin.
can the imei be erased flashing a stock roms?
if so, how can i prevent it?
back up efs with k tools or one of the other backup tools before doing anything, then copy backup to computer/dropbox/flash drive....as many places as you can!
Odin much safer than kies, straight forward to use, just make sure you know what you are doing before proceeding
Odin is the best! Go ahead, you will have no problems if you know how to flash correct.
Be sure to backup efs in first place.
It is better to be safe than sorry.
Is there any way to copy EFS folder without root? from pc or something?
i want to stay stock.
As far as I know, there isn't. You have to root and then use something like EFS backup pro for efs folder backup.
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0mega007 said:
Is there any way to copy EFS folder without root? from pc or something?
i want to stay stock.
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You need root access to backup the efs folder.