Sprite or other backup software, when they do the backup is it an image of the system or just copies of the files with system state?
i'm thinking of creating a backup soon but i dont wanna lose all the settings/software installed in case i hard reset and then restore.
many thanks
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Hi
Just wanted to know if a backup was performed by selecting all data, would it save all the programs stored in storage memory too also my text messages and what else?
The "All data" option of xBackup will backup all data in volatile RAM; since RAM is further divided into program and storage portions, both program and storage data will be backed up. To make is easy to remember, xBackup backs up everything that you'd lose if you do a hard reset.
Storage and Storage Card data are not backed up.
Hope that helps.
I made a backup with Xbackup,
So you tell me, if I perform a hard reset, xbackup can place all my settings, docs and programs back???
that's great news !!!
Yes, that's what xBackup is meant for. 8)
On a few ocassions when newly-installed software causes problems with my Mini, I will do a hard reset and restore from xBackup.
I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.
But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine. Maybe it was due to the softwares I installed but I don't care. Now I've switched to Sprite Backup which is much much faster, takes up half the storage space and much more reliable. Looking back, xbackup is just crappy.
I had just the opposite experience: I switched from Sprite Backup back to xBackup.
No doubt Sprite Backup is much faster and allows me to select what I would like to backup or restore, but this caused me to revert to xBackup:
1. Installed errant software, ending up with lots of DLLs etc in the Windows folder.
2. Decided to restore with Sprite Backup with an image prior to the software installation.
3. Still saw old DLLs in the Windows folder.
I concluded then that Sprite Backup didn't restore cleanly; the same scenario with xBackup worked wonderfully; no old DLLs.
Besides, I kept losing my custom ringtones and Contact ID photos (I am using a Mini) whenever I restored from Sprite Backup. xBackup works for me.
solitary said:
I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.
But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine.
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You get this error message with Activesync restore if your Regional Settings are different. e.g. you backed up while set to the UK but are trying to restore on machine with the default USA setting. It will also give this error if the OS is a different version (e.g you applied a firmware upgrade). Because of this, it's worth indicating the region and firmware level in the backup filename for future reference.
Maybe xbackup is the same? Try changing the region before you restore.
Hello
Perhaps a silly question, but are the nandroid files that are stored in the nandroid folder on the SD-card, the only files that nandroid needs to put back a back up?
I want to perform a second backup without loosing my first backup (taken just after rooting).
Thank you in advance,
Erwin
You can perform as many backups as you like
Each backup has a different name, do not overwrite the previous
Thank you both for your responses!
So I ca assume it is safe to store the nandroid backup files on my computer in order to save space on my SD-card?
Erwin
Yeah 10char
I'd like to back up my new Nook and also backup periodically the rooted Nook. I'm aware of a method using diskimage and mini-partition wizard, but that seems overkill because it requires deleting all partitions of the Nook, thus if anything goes wrong with the backup the nook is destroyed. Besides, I think the image produced by diskimage will be a total backup whereas I think only the rooted part needs to be backup up periodically.
Is there any way to do periodic backups without using the diskimage/partition wizard procedure?
Well, you only need to delete all the partitions to restore the backup.
Or you can use CWM
won't Titanium work on the nst / glowworm?
backups
Yes, I have titanium backup and back up all my apps, etc. Works very well. But what if the system root becomes corrupt? I'm not very knowledgeable about android, but by analogy with a windows system, backing up up my programs and data will make it easier to restore many things after a system crash, but won't help to restore the system to working condition.
As I understand rooting, the original nook system is not altered but some partitions are changed or added by rooting. Only the boot program is changed to allow choice of either nook original or nook rooted. Is that correct?
What I'm looking, then, for is some way to restore all the rooted partitions only, without first destroying all the nook partitions if the root becomes corrupted (but not the original nook part of the system). If I knew which were the root partitions, I could choose those partitions that had been backed up with diskimage, but how would I restore only those partitions - mini partition wizard won't do that apparently. It requires all partitions be deleted before it will restore the disimage backup; I can't pick and choose partitions, as far as I understand from directions about that app.
I'm worrying about in destroying all the nook partitions is that something goes wrong with my restore procedure. If that happens, then the nook is bricked, probably forever. If only the rooted partitions were replaced, then the restore could be repeated (or I could re-root the Nook).
Perhaps cwm does what I need?
The image based backup (boot from noogie; dd the image of the complete device) is your complete backup.
The Titanium backup is your incremental backup.
Keep a couple of full image backups around and back up more often with Titanium. Restore your rooted backup, then run Titanium to restore your apps.
Rooting changes /boot, /system and /data and the best way to get a reliable /boot backup is to boot from a different disk (noogie) and do the full backup.
As long as you have a viable restore to how the device was shipped, you should in a pinch be able to re-root, reinstall Titanium and then restore your programs and data. I have ~36 gig of NST and glowworm backups in the house and am very glad that I do. Disk is cheap and I think the restore is faster from an image based backup than from a CWR backup.
Hi,
Suppose I do a nandroid backup of my ROM, I want to know if files such as music, photos and such are backed up too. If I delete them/format the internal storage, and restore the nandroid (of course I'll backup the nandroid backup on the computer first ), will those files be restored too?
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Hi,
Suppose I do a nandroid backup of my ROM, I want to know if files such as music, photos and such are backed up too. If I delete them/format the internal storage, and restore the nandroid (of course I'll backup the nandroid backup on the computer first ), will those files be restored too?
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Nope. Check how big your Nandroid backup is..
It backs up your system settings + rom + data (messages, call logs, etc). Not your /sdcard.
Hey,
I want to backup my ROM onto my PC so that I can restore it in a weeks time but I dont have enough space to do it with titanium backup...
Any ideas?
Thanks
You can use adb for backup to pc. Google it. I assume you backing up apps+data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-backup-data-root-t2824790