Hey Guys
I want to make sure I did this right....I installed the latest bootrap and did a nandroid backup. On my SD card it created 4 files in a subfolder:
cache.ext3.tar
data.ext3.tar
nandroid.md5
system.ext3.tar
Is this correct? Is the above enough to do a proper restore?
Thanks....Just want to make sure this is working...
Considering you can't get a boot.img file or anything like that since it isn't truely unlocked yet (forgive me if I am wrong) thats what you should see.
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I've been running Apps2sd for quite a while, and have made a lot of nandroid +ext backups while I was using it. I've decided that I actually don't need apps2sd, so I repartitioned my SD card. What will happen if I try to restore one of my nand +ext backups now that I don't have that ext partition on my sd card???
good question... probably an error code.
bump...anyone?
I'm in the process of re-flashing and re-configuring my phone now so I can't try it yet
Just try it and find out. It shouldn't hurt anything.
mrcharlesiv said:
Just try it and find out. It shouldn't hurt anything.
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I'm going to once I finish configuring and make a nand backup of what I'm running now. Just wasn't sure if anyone had experienced this and knew what would happen.
Looks like it restores just fine, but locks up at boot screen...
Oh well, guess I can't use any of my nand backups
Have u tried deleting the ext2.tar file in your nandroid backups? Try that and see if it boots all the way.
All I can think of is, download titanium backup or something, backup all your apps using it. and then try doing a nand restore with the .tar file removed. See if that fixes the boot problem.
Edit: Save the .tar file because you can always open it with a program like 7-zip and pull out the "app" and "app-private" folders, then push them onto your phone with adb
So I switch between multiple roms every few days...would i be able to store a few backups on my sd and just flash between them whenever i feel like it? i use the same partition for all of them so re-partitioning seems a little redundant
advice? thank youuuu
Yes they store on your sd card but they're listed by date and time backed in a format similar to 525101345 so 5-25-10 at 13:45
You could defiantly do it but would need to remember what is what.
can i just rename them or would that screw it up somehow?
i wouldnt recommend it
that's why I use bart - the name is always defaultrom. Once I bart something, I'll go in and rename it to something more descriptive. Then if I need it, I just rename it defaultrom and boom... back in business.
It's more of a pain, but I think bart is more stable and it feels more comprehensive than nandroid + ext.
Or use the switchrom script which is available at the commandline on most roms. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=541183
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can i just rename them or would that screw it up somehow?
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I rename nandroids all the time and have never had a problem
Is there a way to make a nandroid that gets directly dumped onto my computer rather than my sd card?
overthinkingme said:
Is there a way to make a nandroid that gets directly dumped onto my computer rather than my sd card?
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No.. just make a nandroid backup. Then mount the sdcard to your computer and navigate to Nandroid > ht25blahblah > and you should see the file. Just copy it to anywhere on your computer and delete it from your phone. I always leave atleast 1 or 2 nandroids on my phone of different roms and a backup up of my current just in case.
little OT, but i still have the first nandroid i ever did when rooting became available for the hero. seems so long ago.....
When I enable/disable lagfixes, it automatically does a nandroid backup. Do I have to delete old backups, or is it done automatically? If I have to do it, where are they stored?
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They are stored in the clockwork folder on the root of your internal sd. I think.
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When I enable/disable lagfixes, it automatically does a nandroid backup. Do I have to delete old backups, or is it done automatically? If I have to do it, where are they stored?
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You don't have to. They become somewhat redundant after a while and begin taking up space if you create them often. Only the most recent one is really relevant, as long as your rom is working correctly. In one sense, they're kind of like restore points in windows.
I had SpeedMod kernel installed for a while, and if I remember correctly, they go into the sdcard/clockworkmod/backup directory, same as regular nandroid backups.
Hi, I recently tried different Roms on my device. Every time I made a back up of each rom. Now I dont need some of them and I want to delet them. I searched for them in my sd card but couldn't find it.
Does anybody know where these backup files are saved?
did you take nandroid backup from cwm?
did you look at your sd card deeply
it is in clockworkmod like folder with some tar.gz files.
agritux said:
did you take nandroid backup from cwm?
did you look at your sd card deeply
it is in clockworkmod like folder with some tar.gz files.
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tnx didn't search for this yet, but I was wondering where I could find the backup.
/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup