I downloaded miui 2.11.2 and it's on ics. I was wondering if I have to flash this with full wipe cause I don't want to lose my data and stuff.
You'd probably have to wipe. Do a full rom backup in CWM and flash MIUI without wipe. If that doesn't work, restore rom and backup using titanium backup or some other backup app, then wipe and flash MIUI, and install apps and restore data.
Probably best if you download the apps yourself then use backup app to restore data only.
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Hey guys,
Im currently on latest MIUI.
Can I flash newest VillainROM within recovery, do I have to wipe (idc if I have to) and do you think I will succeed.
Thanxx
Yes you can, but you gotta wipe the data partitions and caches. Do a nandroid backup before you start. If you wanna keep your user app data, use titanium backup
Currently, I'm using CM 7.2 RC2.
I'm willing to try Lasan's MIUI ROM.
But, what if I decide to come back to CM 7.2 and don't want to reconfigure everything?
I know that I must create a backup before wiping current data.
How do I restore? Does the backup file contain the whole system and old cache?
Should I firstly flash the ROM and then the backup file?
Or should I flash the backup file directly?
davidcmc said:
Currently, I'm using CM 7.2 RC2.
I'm willing to try Lasan's MIUI ROM.
But, what if I decide to come back to CM 7.2 and don't want to reconfigure everything?
I know that I must create a backup before wiping current data.
How do I restore? Does the backup file contain the whole system and old cache?
Should I firstly flash the ROM and then the backup file?
Or should I flash the backup file directly?
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CWM backup includes the whole /system, /data, /cache, dalvik-cache and android-secure folders. All settings are saved in /data, so no reconfiguration is needed after restoring.
First make backup and then install the ROM, else you will back up your new ROM, losing all your data.
Dear XDAers,
I would like to ask whether if I nandroid backup my xxlsj rom, can I restore the backup in another rom (get back my app data, like titanium backup?)? Or is it going to be back to the xxlsj rom?
And can I flash my backup (lsj) without flashing lsj then restore backup?
Thanks
b_ongzhenyu said:
Dear XDAers,
I would like to ask whether if I nandroid backup my xxlsj rom, can I restore the backup in another rom (get back my app data, like titanium backup?)? Or is it going to be back to the xxlsj rom?
And can I flash my backup (lsj) without flashing lsj then restore backup?
Thanks
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yes in cwm backup & restore go to advance restore and you can restore boot, system, data, cache, sd-ext...
you can restore only data from there. But you might get fc's on some apps if you will restore data backed up in xxlsj and restore in AOSP or AOKP... may be sometimes phone sticks at boot also...
so watch what you are doing...
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yes in cwm backup & restore go to advance restore and you can restore boot, system, data, cache, sd-ext...
you can restore only data from there. But you might get fc's on some apps if you will restore data backed up in xxlsj and restore in AOSP or AOKP... may be sometimes phone sticks at boot also...
so watch what you are doing...
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Alright, so doing a Nandroid backup means backing up the whole OS? When restoring the backup on AOSP or AOKP, etc, means it will still go back to the backuped ROM?
b_ongzhenyu said:
Alright, so doing a Nandroid backup means backing up the whole OS? When restoring the backup on AOSP or AOKP, etc, means it will still go back to the backuped ROM?
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Yes if you are restoring from internal or external sd it will restore to that ROM in which you had made backup and if you go to advance restore option, you can restore data only...
I had taken the titanium backup in stock rom. Now I have installed some other rom which is lagging I want my stock rom back. So can I use the same titanium backup
I don't think so. I believe Titanium Backup if for apps only.
We cant
They're correct. This is why it's always suggested to make a backup in your custom recovery - called a nandroid. Otherwise you'll have to install the stock firmware and re-root.
Hey, everytime I want to flash a new ROM or even new version of the same ROM,
I like to clear everything beforehand and factory reset my device.
The issue is everytime I do that I have to download all my apps again and configure the device all over again (apps & phone settings) .
I need some guide about backing up the maximum data possible (settings and applications) while still keeping the new flash as clean as possible.
I own Titanium paid version.
Thanks a lot!
if u have titanium backup than all you need to do is backup all your user apps + data. then when flashing a new rom you can rather manually wipe the phone through recovery. in twrp you can go to wipe and then advanced wipe and choose Cache,Dalvik,Data and System..DONOT choose internel storage else youll wipe everything even ur media and backups.
in titanium you can create titanium backup as a zip file for you to flash, so create that.after flashing a new rom flash the titanium backup as well, so as soon as your phone is up and running you can go straight to titanium backup batch actions and restore all user apps and data. you wouldnt need to download your apps again.
hope it makes sense and helps