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Backup Question

I have a couple of questions I am hoping to get help with. First if I have a custom ROM on my phone like MoDaCo and I wipe back to factory will it also add back the apps I removed like Nascar, footprints, ect. I am asking because after I wiped it through the recovery screen it did not add these back. The second question is when trying to do a Nandroid restore from when I first rooted the phone after I updated it, I get an error telling me it has to be done from the shell. Can I do this and if so how? Thanks

can anyone help with this?

Are you using RA-1.2.3??
My Nandroid backups have never asked me to restore through terminal.
Your back up maybe corrupt?? If so, I am not sure if people have had success loading a Nandroid from another phone, but you are welcome to one of my factory backups if it works. Can someone confirm a Nandroid from another phone will restore? I will Send if it does.
Also, the factory reset in RA1.2.3 should put back all apps. It is a "Factory reset" though I have never done one without immediately loading a rom. Who knows how its actually supposed to work.

Kcarpenter said:
Are you using RA-1.2.3??
My Nandroid backups have never asked me to restore through terminal.
Your back up maybe corrupt?? If so, I am not sure if people have had success loading a Nandroid from another phone, but you are welcome to one of my factory backups if it works. Can someone confirm a Nandroid from another phone will restore? I will Send if it does.
Also, the factory reset in RA1.2.3 should put back all apps. It is a "Factory reset" though I have never done one without immediately loading a rom. Who knows how its actually supposed to work.
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I am using RA-1.2.3. I guess it is possible the backup got corrupt when I moved it to my PC and then back to the phone. What is strange is none of the backups I had saved would take. I was able to do a backup and then right after that restore it so I know it works. I did about three factory resets and it would not add back the system apps I removed, but I think before the Sprint update when I first rooted the phone it did add back all the apps when I reset the phone. I could be wrong or it may be they came back when I put MoDaCo 1.1 on the phone since his ROM has everything with it. Thanks for responding.

last MoDaCo Rom I loaded (1.2c) all the stock apps came back, but I also loaded the Optimzation.zip so i wasn't sure who put them back.
Good to know it was the MoDaCo. It seems that even loading Rom's most things are fairly persistent and don't get wiped or over writen which is nice.
WinMoBo phones usually wipe everything out when you do this stuff.

redram38 said:
I have a couple of questions I am hoping to get help with. First if I have a custom ROM on my phone like MoDaCo and I wipe back to factory will it also add back the apps I removed like Nascar, footprints, ect. I am asking because after I wiped it through the recovery screen it did not add these back. The second question is when trying to do a Nandroid restore from when I first rooted the phone after I updated it, I get an error telling me it has to be done from the shell. Can I do this and if so how? Thanks
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doing a "factory reset" will not replace stock programs you deleted, it will just delete all your settings and apps you installed.
It's a misnomer in fact.... but when HTC made the option, they assumed that you hadn't rooted your phone. That's why all they really delete is the stuff in /data. Nothing in /system is added or modified.
If you really want to do a true factory reset, get the RUU from HTC and run it to reset your phone to exactly what it was when you got it.
As far as Nandroid not working, I've never had that problem either, but if your backup is corrupt then RUU will be your only option.

Quick Question :D

So, I get a replacement hero in a few days from sprint, what is the chance it will have the 2.1 update already? <(Opinions) Because then i wont be able to root mah phone D:
Secondly, I'f i have a nand droid backup from THIS phone... after i root the other is it safe to use that nandroid backup on the NEW phone?

1. Zero chance you will get 2.1 preloaded.
2. Yes you can restore your Nandroid. Backup your new phone first, then paste the old phone's Nandroid inside the new devices Nandroid folder (i.e. HT9BBHF99999).

danknee said:
1. Zero chance you will get 2.1 preloaded.
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Agreed .

Some questions on nandroid backup

please dont scold me. im a noob
i think nandroid backup is backing up my phone stuff?
if my n1 bricks in case can i unbrick it by restoring the backup
if i make a new backup will the previously made backup get deleted.
can i delete backups because it uses lot of space
thanks appreciate your help

yrdito said:
please dont scold me. im a noob
i think nandroid backup is backing up my phone stuff?
if my n1 bricks in case can i unbrick it by restoring the backup
if i make a new backup will the previously made backup get deleted.
can i delete backups because it uses lot of space
thanks appreciate your help
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Nandroid backs up the entire phone state.
If you brick your phone then nothing can help, hence the name. If you have any problems that fall short of bricking then you can restore the backup to revert the phone.
You give every new backup a unique name and you can have as many as you want.
Delete any that you want to, just don't delete your original ROM backup.

Or you can just put some of your backups on your computer so you always have one just in case. You can always put it back and restore it if needed.

Backup/restore Nexus 6

Can I just restore the twrp generated nandroid on a replacement nexus 6?

not recommended, but you can try; just be prepared to restore it from scratch if it locks up..

NiNJAwitaRaZR said:
Can I just restore the twrp generated nandroid on a replacement nexus 6?
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Do NOT do this. A nandroid contains files that are device specific. You could end up needing a new replacement.

The replacment is another nexus 6 and I'm talking about the backup that twrp makes.

NiNJAwitaRaZR said:
The replacment is another nexus 6 and I'm talking about the backup that twrp makes.
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I know what you are talking about. Apparently you do not know just what the nandroid does or what its purpose is. A nandroid is a back up off the partitions on your device and some contain files made per device.
Just save yourself the head ache and set it up fresh. Doesnt take too long.

K thank you for the info

ok, all you people saying no, ive done this a few times with absolutely no issues after. BUT, it has to be done right, or you will have issues. just be sure that you create a nandroid on the new n6 first. then delete that new nandroid and stick the old nandroid in that same exact spot, within that folder. if the nandroid is from a phone thats not a n6, then make sure that only data is backed up and restored, nothing else.

simms22 said:
ok, all you people saying no, ive done this a few times with absolutely no issues after. BUT, it has to be done right, or you will have issues. just be sure that you create a nandroid on the new n6 first. then delete that new nandroid and stick the old nandroid in that same exact spot, within that folder. if the nandroid is from a phone thats not a n6, then make sure that only data is backed up and restored, nothing else.
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Then you are running a very big risk of messing your imei and baseband up permanently. Nandroid backups include all partitions. They should only be restored on the device it was pulled from. Too many people trying to take the easy way out and being lazy. This leads to people doing warranty returns which to be honest unless you always remained stock and never modded then you should never use.

I'd done this to my one plus one but restore only boot , system and data partitions none other , no problem.. But thus is Nexus 6 , I don't want to take risk.

zelendel said:
Then you are running a very big risk of messing your imei and baseband up permanently. Nandroid backups include all partitions. They should only be restored on the device it was pulled from. Too many people trying to take the easy way out and being lazy. This leads to people doing warranty returns which to be honest unless you always remained stock and never modded then you should never use.
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wrong.. nandroid backup have whatever partition you included in the backup. DO NOT BACKUP YOUR IMEI!

simms22 said:
wrong.. nandroid backup have whatever partition you included in the backup. DO NOT BACKUP YOUR IMEI!
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Before telling someone they are wrong. Let alone me. You have to take into account how normal people will do it. Now just from your statement people will be expecting an IMEI partition. When they dont see one they will do a full nandroid and then guess what happens? You have to remember that people understanding what they are doing is not the people that need help with something like this. No one that has any real clue would restore a nandroid from one device to another. Hell most dont even bother with nandroids anymore. They are more noob tools then anything else.

complete software backup Note 9

Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance

BlackJackN9 said:
Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance
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Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.

koragg97 said:
Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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You made me really happy then really sad. xD
anyways thanks
ill try them both.

koragg97 said:
Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.

BlackJackN9 said:
Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.
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I haven't had any experience with TWRP or such things on phones newer than the Galaxy S5. I don't see a point to root or tinker with my Note 9 as it's perfect stock so can't really test if i can backup the system image myself. All things are important in a backup, is it grayed out or something? I'd always do a full 1 backup though, not in parts. Seems easier to restore later.