Hi i was wondering, i now have rooted and now i want to add the statusbar mod, but they often say make a full backup in case anything goes wrong.
Do they mean like the backup you make with custom recovery like cwm or xzrecovery, or just the phones backup and restore or like titanium backup? As i want to be able to go back to the exact same state the phone is in at that moment but without the mod.
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SaGaR_ said:
Hi i was wondering, i now have rooted and now i want to add the statusbar mod, but they often say make a full backup in case anything goes wrong.
Do they mean like the backup you make with custom recovery like cwm or xzrecovery, or just the phones backup and restore or like titanium backup? As i want to be able to go back to the exact same state the phone is in at that moment but without the mod.
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I believe that would be a Nandroid backup via CWM
SaGaR_ said:
Do they mean like the backup you make with custom recovery like cwm or xzrecovery, or just the phones backup and restore or like titanium backup?
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Do both, better to be safe than sorry, and TB is better for restoring single apps as it's quicker than restoring a full back up.
I tried TWRP but i would like to install cwm and it says it is not yet supported
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And also,
do you have to delete dalvik cache and whatnot everytime you install a mod?
Edit: is it normal to get the message at every startup with "upgrading android system" or something..
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Hi guys, just wanna ask, if I fully backup my ROM, is my app being backup too?
Can someone guide me how to backup everything from cm7, including my app, app data, so that I can restore at a later point?
And also, if I'm returning to stock using nvflash, do I need to revert the ext4 to ext3? If so, how!
Thanks
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Use recovery to back up.. easiest and safest.. it will create an image of your rom on the SD card..
So if i use cwm to do a backup of my current rom that basically just takes a snap shot of my stock rom? So if anything goes wrong when i am flashing a custom rom I can just restore my previous backup and all will be working again? (as long as i haven't caused any lasting damage)
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Sedge
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Fulwood Sedge said:
So if i use cwm to do a backup of my current rom that basically just takes a snap shot of my stock rom? So if anything goes wrong when i am flashing a custom rom I can just restore my previous backup and all will be working again? (as long as i haven't caused any lasting damage)
Many thanks
Sedge
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Yes a CWM backup saves everything.
Use titanium backup....
Mungulz said:
Yes a CWM backup saves everything.
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Hmm.. including apps?
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use Titanium Backup.
root first.
xxdoggyxx said:
Hmm.. including apps?
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Including all... Apps, settings etc. CWM saves the entire content of system, data, boot and cache partitions.
You can even make a specific restore in advanced restore menu of CWM you can restore only data for example..(data is where all user apps with their settings are stored)
A good rising app is AppExtractor (see in market) than can use CWM backup files to restore apps, sms, etc... But this time from within the launched system, not from CWM recovery.
Titanium is a must too.
Hmm, so do I complete backup using cwm and also using titanium backup? Or I just need to backup using cwm only?
Or.. how bout' telling me the step to backup my whole cm7, plus guide to restore it back? This is my first time backing up.. :/
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Hmm, so do I complete backup using cwm and also using titanium backup? Or I just need to backup using cwm only?
Or.. how bout' telling me the step to backup my whole cm7, plus guide to restore it back? This is my first time backing up.. :/
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I have both: one Nandroid using CWM, to be able to restore the entire system if needded or if I want to try another ROM and come back later, plus a Titanium to have only app backups.
There is no howto to write, they are all already written, and using those two apps is really very simple no need to explain. Just menus to explore. Which steps ? Have you ever looked at CWM menu? it's all written : Backup restore etc... just select.
Try it by yourself it's the best way. You can't harm anything.
Try AppExtractor once you've made your backup you will see its possibilities, can nearly replace Titanium.
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I have both: one Nandroid using CWM, to be able to restore the entire system if needded or if I want to try another ROM and come back later, plus a Titanium to have only app backups.
There is no howto to write, they are all already written, and using those two apps is really very simple no need to explain. Just menus to explore. Which steps ? Have you ever looked at CWM menu? it's all written : Backup restore etc... just select.
Try it by yourself it's the best way. You can't harm anything.
Try AppExtractor once you've made your backup you will see its possibilities, can nearly replace Titanium.
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Oh ok, thanks!
And.. if I backup cm7 ROM, I have to be at cm7 in order to restore that back up? Or I can just restore the back up with other ROM?
P.s. What about the ext4 thingy? Do I have to go back TO 3 if I going to flash my phone to stock using nvflash?
Thanks a million man!!!
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Oh ok, thanks!
And.. if I backup cm7 ROM, I have to be at cm7 in order to restore that back up? Or I can just restore the back up with other ROM?
P.s. What about the ext4 thingy? Do I have to go back TO 3 if I going to flash my phone to stock using nvflash?
Thanks a million man!!!
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What are you talking about?
Titanium restores APPS... doesn't have anything to do with ROM version...
CWM restores the entire ROM. And for your info, CWM isn't part of any ROM it is a software installed in a different partition called /recovery. When you are in CWM you are not in a ROM you are in ... CWM.
Ext4 and Ext3 are file systems try Wikipedia, too long to explain... If you restore a ROM with CWM 5.0.2 version you don't have to bother about that as CWM reformat partitions according to what is specified in backup files.
Okay! Now I understand.. Haha
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Hello all,
I have rooted my galaxy note,have recovery working and think i am ready to tweak my machine.
I have created a backup from recovery so am i correct to think that after flashing,lets say,custom kernal,i can get it all back to where i am now by restoring this backup made from recovery?
And same goes for flashing and trying ROCKETROM?
Love this forum by the way,keep it up!
you get back the exact status of which the backup was made from.
you can easily check out different roms and get back to your old system by restoring from the backup (dont forget to geht them specific names as they are named by date+time)
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you get back the exact status of which the backup was made from. i am not sure about the kernel though - i think it remains the same.
you can easily check out different roms and get back to your old system by restoring from the backup (dont forget to geht them specific names as they are named by date+time)
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Now how's that for a quick reply,thanx two_handed,making different backups while trying different stuff is a good one!
The kernel will be over-written by your restore.
If you flash a new kernel and then restore your previous backup, you will lose the new kernel and return to your original setup.
nobnut said:
The kernel will be over-written by your restore.
If you flash a new kernel and then restore your previous backup, you will lose the new kernel and return to your original setup.
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Ahh,tx nobnut,with that i have both my questions answered
Gonna try out sum stuff right away!!
There is just one thing to bear in mind.
Some kernels use different recoveries than 'stock' (e.g. Chainfire's modified recovery). If you use one of these, your restore might not work.
Don't worry. If you flash the Chainfire kernel again using the CWM app or Mobile ODIN, you can then restore your backup.
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There is just one thing to bear in mind.
Some kernels use different recoveries than 'stock' (e.g. Chainfire's modified recovery). If you use one of these, your restore might not work.
Don't worry. If you flash the Chainfire kernel again using the CWM app or Mobile ODIN, you can then restore your backup.
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Okay,so besides my recovery backup i should have this kernal by hand to make sure i have the right recovery once i need to restore?
CF-Root-SGN_XX_AUT_KKA-v5.0-CWM5.zip
Thats actualy the first one i was going to flash using recovery
kriskras said:
Okay,so besides my recovery backup i should have this kernal by hand to make sure i have the right recovery once i need to restore?
CF-Root-SGN_XX_AUT_KKA-v5.0-CWM5.zip
Thats actualy the first one i was going to flash using recovery
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If that's the one you used, yes
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Okay,took me a while but i flashed latest rocketrom that includes a different recovery,not cwm. Does that mean i can not use it to restore my stock,rooted backup?
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Whats the "different" recovery? Red pill? If yes, red pill backups are normally compatible with cwm recoverys and vice versa.
What about just giving it a try?
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;-) eventually I did,hehe. Thanx for the info!
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I hate it when all apps are removed to change ROM. I want to try Nik's JB and I dont want apps to be removed whatsapp....
try Ultimate Backup Tool for non-rooted and Titanium Backup for rooted
In this case it should be enough to do a nandroid backup. You can test JB and if you finished testing, you just restore your old stuff. The JB ROM is amazing but it's not a daily driver yet so it's kinda needless to install all your apps on it
I backed some using titanium but how how to restore them?
What about the backup and and restore on the recovery? What is that used for?
aaa124 said:
I backed some using titanium but how how to restore them?
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After backing up with titanium on your old rom
Download titanium on your new rom and you can re-install, but beware that restoring data from different roms may cause FC's
Can you set Titanium to only restore the apks, no data and cache? That should avoid most issues I suppose?
The interface is a little ... busy... so I havent really given it a go yet.
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Can you set Titanium to only restore the apks, no data and cache? That should avoid most issues I suppose?
The interface is a little ... busy... so I havent really given it a go yet.
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Yes, you can
aaa124 said:
I hate it when all apps are removed to change ROM. I want to try Nik's JB and I dont want apps to be removed whatsapp....
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Buy the premium version of titanium backup then you can batch install apps instead of installing one at a time.
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esbenm said:
Can you set Titanium to only restore the apks, no data and cache? That should avoid most issues I suppose?
The interface is a little ... busy... so I havent really given it a go yet.
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Yep. What I usually do, is go on the batch section click restore app, and choose app only. And then use app+data for my games, so I don't lose my scores and saves.
You could always restore the data partition from your old ROMs nandroid backup. Works for me.
For rooted phone, I'd suggest Go Backup.
Titanium Backup is much more powerful, but some essential features, like batch backup/restore, require paid version. And it loads pretty slowly on my Incredible S.
Go Backup offers backing up both apps and their data, as well as SMS/call log/contacts/wi-fi access points. Go dev team has recently added backup merging feature, which works fine either.
Today I installed 4.1.1-based ROM from Nikhil, downloaded Go Backup from the Market, ran backup restoration and voila, in 5 minutes I got all my apps back, including paid ones.
This app is constantly being updated, which is also a weighty argument (at least for me).
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You could always restore the data partition from your old ROMs nandroid backup. Works for me.
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That seems like a great idea, anything not to do, or just copy and place..
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That seems like a great idea, anything not to do, or just copy and place..
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I'm using 4ext, I just choose advanced restore and choose data partition.
So if I restore my ROM from a previous backup, it will restore all my apps with data too?
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TheDareDevil said:
So if I restore my ROM from a previous backup, it will restore all my apps with data too?
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If it's nandroid, sure
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I'm using 4ext, I just choose advanced restore and choose data partition.
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Thanks for the info, when Nicks new roms settle in a bit and I try them again I'm going to try your method.
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Is it really the same restoring an app from a backup as from Google play? Market links work and the app is registered by the os, integrated into the share menu (facebook for instance) and so on?
Just trying to learn how android works... Something like that would never work in windows, registry entries would probably break...
Nonverbose can you please explain more about the nandroid backup. I tried titanium and it worked.
I am curious about your method.
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aaa124 said:
Nonverbose can you please explain more about the nandroid backup. I tried titanium and it worked.
I am curious about your method.
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nandroid is the backup/restore function in you recovery A nandroid backup will save your COMPLETE ROM with all apps, data and everything else. After a backup you can install whatever you want on your phone and install new things, whatever. And if you had enough, you can restore your backup and your entire phone will be just like when you did the backup It's also a great method to switch between ROMs for example your daily driver (let's say ProjectX) and JB Evolution You can configure both ROMs like you want it, do backups and switch between them The process of backing up/restoring a ROM takes about 5min.
I hope this answered all your questions
Yup I tried this one today but I didnt know it was called nandroid. Thanks
I am completely new top Android and i currently have installed Android revolution hd 7.1.
I want to try another rom but therefore you need too wipe youre data for what ive onderstand.
Is there a way to completely backup my currentsettings included aps and data and after i indtslled a clean rom place e everything from the backup back?
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You could use this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuYmFja3VwIl0.
Or this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5rZXJhbWlkYXMuVGl0YW5pdW1CYWNrdXAiXQ..
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I'm new as well, from what I understand (and my short experience) you should also make a Nandroid backup before you start messing around in case it all goes to **** at some point. It's basically a snapshot of everything on your phone at that current time.
Boot into recovery and create a backup in there with CWM or whatever you're using. Then I would also copy the backup file over to your computer so you have a safe copy.
To restore just use the recovery again and select restore.
You should only have to use this if something goes wrong though. Or you want to return to your phone's current state at some point.
Although you can restore just the apps and data with this method if you flash a new ROM with the advanced restore option and select restore data from the Nandroid backup you made, Titanium and Carbon are the better option for restoring user data and apps, IMHO.
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100% do a backup - I was trying roms and could not get HTC TV to install for some reason - it's your ultimate fallback to your stock settings
Hi,
I have stock 4.2.2 with 6.0.3 Recovery (dual CWM with TWRAP),
If I backup or restore nandroid from CWM recovery it takes about 30-50 minutes..
If I backup from app (Nandroid Manager), it backup in less than 10 minutes (like it was in my old phone - HTC DHD).
Is it normal? I mean the backup file is larger than what I had in my old HTC (2.5GB compare to less than 1GB), but it seems to transfor each file so slowly.. (it transform about 1.3 files in a second..)
Perhaps there is a better recovery I could flash so the performance would get improven?
If so please recommend one. and can I flash it on stock ROM?
Thanks!
Jordan.
mcjordan92 said:
Hi,
I have stock 4.2.2 with 6.0.3 Recovery (dual CWM with TWRAP),
If I backup or restore nandroid from CWM recovery it takes about 30-50 minutes..
If I backup from app (Nandroid Manager), it backup in less than 10 minutes (like it was in my old phone - HTC DHD).
Is it normal? I mean the backup file is larger than what I had in my old HTC (2.5GB compare to less than 1GB), but it seems to transfor each file so slowly.. (it transform about 1.3 files in a second..)
Perhaps there is a better recovery I could flash so the performance would get improven?
If so please recommend one. and can I flash it on stock ROM?
Thanks!
Jordan.
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in Rom Manager go to settings and enable quick backup and restore
Teo032 said:
in Rom Manager go to settings and enable quick backup and restore
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Done it.
The app doesn't even recognize the device, it ain't on the list.. :\
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Use TWRP, so much faster
*boy*racer* said:
Use TWRP, so much faster
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+1
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mcjordan92 said:
Done it.
The app doesn't even recognize the device, it ain't on the list.. :\
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you just need to enable that option, there is no "official" release for our device but that setting applies.