Does this sound correct?
I backed up my stock ROM in CWR and got a file about 1gb
I then backed up my Omega ROM and got a file about 5GB.
Thanks
Actually the huge difference is the data part of the backup - but there was really no great difference in the data files between stock and Omega
My s3 is a 16GB one and I have 3GB free. If I do a nandroid backup will I need over a 13gb sd card?
generally they are 2GB or there abouts. It varies depending on what you have installed and the rom etc.
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So what does nandroid actually backup?
If I've used 13gb, how is the backup only 2gb or so?
uf21 said:
So what does nandroid actually backup?
If I've used 13gb, how is the backup only 2gb or so?
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All bar modem and EFS folder .
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uf21 said:
So what does nandroid actually backup?
If I've used 13gb, how is the backup only 2gb or so?
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it doesn't back up your internal or external sd cards, but it does backup all your system data and apps, user apps and data
Ok so if I do a nandroid backup and I flash a new ROM and something is ot working thwn reflash from the nandroid backup, will everything like apps and their data, photos, settings be the way it was before I flashed a new ROM?
uf21 said:
Ok so if I do a nandroid backup and I flash a new ROM and something is ot working thwn reflash from the nandroid backup, will everything like apps and their data, photos, settings be the way it was before I flashed a new ROM?
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Yes... flashing shouldnt touch your media files like photos or music (internal/external sdcard)
uf21 said:
Ok so if I do a nandroid backup and I flash a new ROM and something is ot working thwn reflash from the nandroid backup, will everything like apps and their data, photos, settings be the way it was before I flashed a new ROM?
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I'm not so sure about that. When you restore, I thought you definitely want to be on the same Kernel as you were on when you created the Nandroid and to be safet it's also good to be on the same Rom as you were when you created the Nandroid backup. Otherwise... bootloop and ugly stuff. At least that's what I get from poking around the Infuse forums (my phone)... mileage may vary with S3.
I'd be interested to hear if others have opinion on this. I stumbled onto this thread while searching about Nandroid procedures.
I made a TAR format nandroid backup from the custom recovery for the P769 in preparation to unlock the bootloader. I have basically no space left on my phone, android is saying I need to clear up my phone, and windows says I have 78.5 MB free of 1.8 GB. The nandroid backup is 1.88 GB. So that seems normal, but what I don't understand is, did that make a backup of just my data or my system along with the data.
Hi guys... I have a quick question..
I want to make a nandroid backup before I try a custom rom, so i can simply restore my backup if i dont like the rom.
I only have about 1.8GB left on my internal storage... I dont have an external sd card right now.
The backup size is about 2.8GB... so I am 1GB short...
My question is, if I backup System and Boot as first batch, then transfer the file to my PC to free up my phone again, then backup Data as 2nd batch and transfer that to my PC again..... now once I want to restore my backup, will those 2 batches of restore process work or not? Im not sure if a nandroid backup needs to be a single file only.... Im out of storage capacity that's why splitting the backup is my only option
thanks in advance!
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Hi guys... I have a quick question..
I want to make a nandroid backup before I try a custom rom, so i can simply restore my backup if i dont like the rom.
I only have about 1.8GB left on my internal storage... I dont have an external sd card right now.
The backup size is about 2.8GB... so I am 1GB short...
My question is, if I backup System and Boot as first batch, then transfer the file to my PC to free up my phone again, then backup Data as 2nd batch and transfer that to my PC again..... now once I want to restore my backup, will those 2 batches of restore process work or not? Im not sure if a nandroid backup needs to be a single file only.... Im out of storage capacity that's why splitting the backup is my only option
thanks in advance!
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I know the answer already... I just tried it... Yes it will work as they are in different partitions.
I just made a backup and I was 9000 mb
is that normal?