Hi xda
So ist got a question about nandroid Backups
1) so ive done a nandroid Backup of my rom and also saved the files on my PC but was concerned what would happen if i loose my phone permanently e.g. getting stoled. Could i be 100% sure that i can restore the img to any device i would get?
If not...
2) ist there the a way to emulate android on my pc and get a costum recovery for it, then being able to load the img? If so would this method be guaranteed to work?
Greets
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For some reason no matter how many times I try or how full my battery is... I can't seem to create a nandroid backup, funny thing is... I CAN create and restore the stock rom image, however, it will not work AT ALL for the Megatron rom... The error that I receive is "Error: run "nandroid-mobile.sh" via adb."
Any ideas?
Are you trying to backup ext also?
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D'oh! Does that not work? Lol.
Some people report problems with backing up ext with the 1st version of the recovery, try the latest version of the recovery.
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I have a gtab that I've set-up just the way I want it.
Is it possible to clone it to another gtab?
Thanks.
Yes. I've an idea.
use CWM... make sure the same one is on each with the same bootloader version.
I haven't done a clone, but this might work. Make a backup in CWM on the tab you want to clone, then boot up your Gtab. Launch a file manager and go to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. Copy the folder for the backup you just made (filed by date) over to the new Gtab in the same folder tree. Go into CWM and do a restore.
Would we be able to transfer this backup from cwm to PC then be able to use it for a restore after trying different Roms ?
If you have apps you want restored, try using titanium backup, its in the market
Icedvoco said:
Would we be able to transfer this backup from cwm to PC then be able to use it for a restore after trying different Roms ?
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Yes, but not necessary. Changing rom won't affect your sdcard partition.
Hi folks,
I had a HD2 which I made run Android. The touch screen died on it at the weekend but thankfully it had hardware buttons. I was able to run a CWM backup and have a copy of it.
Normally I'd get a new HD2 and restore the backup to it, but they are out of stock so I now have a Desire HD. Unfortunately this means I can't restore the CWM backup.
Has anyone ever put anything together on how to recover as much as possible manually in situations like this? I imagine it has to happen to quite a few people..
my phone crashed during a billiard game and now the screen shattered, it's fine cause i have warranty but i don't know if they'll change the screen or replace the phone so i need to know everything is backed up.
i have a backup with titanium, and cmw and i know they both save the backup in the sdcard but does they can restore the information to a new phone? i just need to put the sdcard in the new one and titanium will restore the information?
second question, i have a lot of reminders in the "notes" widget that i can not remember, can i run the phone in a virtual machine in the computer even just once to see what i wrote there? i really need those notes.
thank you very much, sorry on my English and all have a good day and a great weekend
Yes. You should be able to restore your CWM backup to your new phone. You won't need your Ti backup as the CWM backup is a 'snapshot' of your phone at the time you took the backup.
the thing is the CMW backup is a bit old, can i restore the TI in a new phone?
what about getting the notes back?(i need them before the phone will be fixed)
OK. Think about what a CWM backup is & what happens when you restore one.
When you restore a CWM backup your phone (all of it; app settings, etc) will be restored exactly as they were when you took the backup.
The Ti Backup might restore OK to a different phone, never heard of anyone on here trying it, so you're only going to find that out when you try it.
As long as the version of CWM you use to do the restore isn't too far away from the version you used to take the backup, it should restore OK. If it doesn't, you might have to flash a kernel with the same CWM version you used to make the backup (to make a certainty of the restore working).\\
You can use ADB to pull stuff off a phone with a broken screen. Lots of tutorials about same on here/elsewhere (search).
dvirginz said:
the thing is the CMW backup is a bit old, can i restore the TI in a new phone?
what about getting the notes back?(i need them before the phone will be fixed)
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thank you very much, new question, can i somehow backup (a cmw backup) the phone without the screen?
do you know in which folder the notes widget and the info of what i wrote is in the sdcard?
i've opened the phone on the coputer, but no folder contains the info for the notes widget, where the phone contains it?
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7629/13531407120489.png
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edit:someone knows something like that to the S2? it will help me a lot with backing up and reading the notes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEeHaszOMi0
i managed to get the notes via kies but can't open them, someone know a way to open .smm files in the pc? can't find nothing on google
Can i use nandroid backups to switch systems
Like to switch back after trying a new rom without pc
If by nandroid you mean TWRP backups, then yes.
Like flash rros and then use the backup to return to stock with all my files and apps?
Yes a nandroid backup (aka twrp backup) saves a snapshot of the system in time so it doesn't matter what you do afterwards, once you restore the backup your device will go back to the same exact spot as it was the time when you'd taken the backup. Also when you often hear ppl say take backup before trying new update/rom/zip, this is exactly what they mean.
And yes you don't need pc as long as you can access your backup through otg USB/memory card etc.
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Like flash rros and then use the backup to return to stock with all my files and apps?
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Take care to backup the system image and not system. And use the same version of TWRP for backing up and restoring. Both these are not a must but to be on the safer side.