I did a backup in nandroid. It said no sufficient space in Sd card, external sd not found and then backup completed, generating md5. later I found 6 files in backup folder in internal sd card. Again I did a nandroid backup, this time backup to internal sd card. same messages. Later I found the backup (6 files)in external sd card. both cards got more than 8gb. Now my question is whether these back up are reliable. In case of emergency can I restore this backup?
dsmas said:
I did a backup in nandroid. It said no sufficient space in Sd card, external sd not found and then backup completed, generating md5. later I found 6 files in backup folder in internal sd card. Again I did a nandroid backup, this time backup to internal sd card. same messages. Later I found the backup (6 files)in external sd card. both cards got more than 8gb. Now my question is whether these back up are reliable. In case of emergency can I restore this backup?
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My backup files is 1.2 Gig. I dont think you had a complete backup. If you are running on ics dont use nandroid, only use nandroid if you are on safe kernel, but still i dont use nandroid myself even on safe kernel. Do it at your own risk.
jonpaslim said:
My backup files is 1.2 Gig. I dont think you had a complete backup. If you are running on ics dont use nandroid, only use nandroid if you are on safe kernel, but still i dont use nandroid myself even on safe kernel. Do it at your own risk.
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I wonder what alternatives are available? All I could find is The Infuse Toolkit. Although I have no idea whether is any good or how do you install it and use it :silly:
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where does all the back ups{ie roms} which we do with nandroid do goes?
i mean does it get stored on memory card or on internal memory..
what happens if i'll format my memory card,does all that backup will get vanished
Nandroid is saved to the sd. If you format the card for any reason save data to the pc first then restore to sd.
thanks mate
Sorry Noob here as well. Where in the root folder could I find the Nand backups? I know I have about 4 of them and I couldnt find anything wit the BDS file name...
I have a nandroid folder at the root of my SD card w/ the backups in it.
Lets say I have SD Card (A) and SD Card (B). SD Card (A) has the stock Rom on it, but I want to try out some other ones without running my settings. Is there anyway I can use SD Card (B) to "test" other roms and then if I don't like it I can put SD Card (A) back in and everything fine?
Sorry, I searched didn't find a thing.
No way. The ROM lives in the phone's RAM, not on the sdcard. Sorry.
Great, thanks for your help. I was unsure.
You can always set up a rom use it the way you want then run a nandroid backup go into the sd card and go into nandroid and rename your nandroid as to what rom it was.. =] And then boom you have backups of every rom you tried and what ever settings it had =] Haha
Yeah, you can always swap between NANDroid backups, but it's not exactly convenient. It cannot boot up from the SD card.
I only had a small microSD when I rooted. I ordered a bigger card. When I get the new one can I just copy the files from my original card to my pc and then copy them on to the new card? Maybe a dumb question..I am new to rooting.
I have Titanium backup,what do you recommend should be backed up?? I will have a 16gb card coming. Should I back up everything?? Thanks for any help you can give me. Great forum..I am hooked1
Yes, you can simply transfer the files from card to card. I do it all the time. You don't even need to employ titanium backup at all unless you are changing or reinstalling roms, or doing a factory reset and re-rooting. If you ARE doing that I would suggest doing the "Apps + Data" batch backup. This will restore applications in there exact state.
But if you are just swapping memory cards the only thing I would suggest is that you take advantage of any backup to-sd card features your apps might have before you copy files from one sd card to the other. Then you can restore anything that apps might save on your sdcard(which Titatium backup by the way doesn't save anyways).
After toying around with CM7 via sd card for a week or so, I decided to take the plunge and install it onto internal memory. Prior to doing this, I performed a Nandroid backup via CWM and saved that file onto the sd card and my computer for safe keeping.
Once the install of CM7 to the internal memory was complete and my apps were restored, I was wondering if there's a way to restore my game saves from my cwm/nandroid backup file? Is this possible or should I have done something different prior to nuking the sd card install?
My world isn't lost since I could start each game anew, but it would be nice to continue at a saved spot...
Any input would be helpful.
Thanks!
So, I've gotten good about making backups of everything before flashing another ROM. My question is, where can I access the backups made in CWM recovery so that I can transfer them to my computer in case I need them later?
Inside the clockwork mod folder on your phone.
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Parham112 said:
So, I've gotten good about making backups of everything before flashing another ROM. My question is, where can I access the backups made in CWM recovery so that I can transfer them to my computer in case I need them later?
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Personally, I gotta seriously recommend saving your backups to your EXTERNAL SD card. One of our main fixes it to wipe and start over...doing it that way you'll lose whatever is on the phone's internal SD. I went out of my way just to free up 1.6gb of external sd space just for that very reason....1.6 is a lot when you have about 14-15gigs of music and not much more than some apps...got lucky and found some old TB folders .
//Sideloadable backup and recovery would be the shiznizzle.
skeevydude said:
Personally, I gotta seriously recommend saving your backups to your EXTERNAL SD card. One of our main fixes it to wipe and start over...doing it that way you'll lose whatever is on the phone's internal SD. I went out of my way just to free up 1.6gb of external sd space just for that very reason....1.6 is a lot when you have about 14-15gigs of music and not much more than some apps...got lucky and found some old TB folders .
//Sideloadable backup and recovery would be the shiznizzle.
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You're right! I finally found the clockworkmod folder. I didn't realize when I flashed one of the new ROMs that it moved my stuff to /sdcard/0 and found it in there. Moved my backups to my external SD so now I'm golden. Thanks!
I keep a copy of my backups on my PC as well. If my SD card goes bad, I can copy the backups to a new SD card and restore as required.
Always backup to external and keep on hard drive!
audit13 said:
I keep a copy of my backups on my PC as well. If my SD card goes bad, I can copy the backups to a new SD card and restore as required.
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