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.
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I was hoping someone could write up (in layman's terms) the exact steps needed to save a copy of the current rom a person has so if something bad happens you can restore everything back to the way it was.
Hopefully HTC will be sending out an update soon and many of us would be wise to protect what we currently have before installing or updating anything HTC gives us.
So how about it? A nice check list and links to any software that is needed and all presented in a way a novice can handle.
andyclay said:
I was hoping someone could write up (in layman's terms) the exact steps needed to save a copy of the current rom a person has so if something bad happens you can restore everything back to the way it was.
Hopefully HTC will be sending out an update soon and many of us would be wise to protect what we currently have before installing or updating anything HTC gives us.
So how about it? A nice check list and links to any software that is needed and all presented in a way a novice can handle.
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you're just looking for a good backup utility. Do a search for either SPB Backup or Sprite Backup. Either way, you won't be able to restore the backup onto the new rom, but if you have issues with the new rom, you could always reflash the rom that you are currently using and then apply the backup.
crispyj said:
If I'm understanding you correctly, you're just looking for a good backup utility. Do a search for either SPB Backup or Sprite Backup. Either way, you won't be able to restore the backup onto the new rom, but if you have issues with the new rom, you could always reflash the rom that you are currently using and then apply the backup.
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I recommend SPB Backup. You can set it to backup once a week...
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
SH4YD33 said:
I recommend SPB Backup. You can set it to backup once a week...
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
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I recommend Sprite Backup. You can set it to backup once a day
http://www.spritesoftware.com/sprite-backup/
Sorry I was not clear. I'm not talking about backing up the usual area's in the TyTn II. I'm talking about backup up the ROM itself.
If HTC offer's us a ROM update and for some reason it messes things up worse then how things are now it would be a handy thing to have backed up the ROM we have at the moment and be able to roll ourselves back to that previous version.
"Backing up" your current rom in a way that it can be reinstalled to protect us from anything HTC might give us is what I'm asking for here. A nice user friendly easy to understand set of steps that we can all use to protect what we have before we try whatever HTC might be offering us to correct our driver problems and god knows what else.
Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
cqms13 said:
Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
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Yes, anything that was not on the ext partition will restore.
cqms13 said:
Hi all,
I have a nandroid backup of cm4.1.999 saved to my PC
However I had to return my G1 for repair and I had to repeat the rooting process when I got it back as I got a new main board fitted (thats a whole other story!!)
So... now I am now running cm4.1.11.1.
My question is ...
Can I just do a nandroid restore of .999 and avoid having to repeat the flashing of the HTC files etc
cheers..
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Yes. After you do so, you should upgrade to 4.2.3.1 ASAP.
Verified. I have personally unrooted (for important reason), rerooted and restored a nandroid backup. I got everything back, even my apps. Simple as copying the fat32 and ext partition data to pc and restoring it to scdard before restoring nandroid backup.
Cheers guys
Nandroided (is that even a word??) and flashed 4.3.2.1
Everything working great
thanks again
J.
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.
Me and my wife use the exact same model phone and both are rooted. Hers has had a few issues that have made it unusable at times. Mine works as it should. Question is, can I use my backup on her phone to restore a 'good known working' system? and then just modify it for her stuff. I'm assuming she would keep her phone number and all that (I get a little foggy when it comes to all imei/sim stuff).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
yes you can, but only do NOT restore EFS and is all good.
Make a nandroid backup first.
onolox said:
yes you can, but only do NOT restore EFS and is all good.
Make a nandroid backup first.
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Thanks for the info.
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.