questions about Nandroid Backup ? What's in the Backup - myTouch 3G, Magic General

Hi, As a noob in that matter - I have succesfully backed-up my Magic, and subsequently upgraded to the HERO rom. My question is simple : what's on the backup of the ROM data ? is it the plain rom back-up without privacy details ? (google account, history ..etc ..) or does it contain personal data.
(sub question: how to remove the personal data if they are in the backup ?)
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It is a complete backup of the phone without recovery and SPL.
So if you have backed up your phone after you have installed applications, made calls recieved SMS and so on, they will still be in the rom.
These things can be extracted from data.img

thanks for the answer..
Cheesebaron said:
It is a complete backup of the phone without recovery and SPL.
So if you have backed up your phone after you have installed applications, made calls recieved SMS and so on, they will still be in the rom.
These things can be extracted from data.img
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can nandroid backup be used to restore all of your installed apps and settings after you update to a newer or different ROM?
such as updating from Cyanogen 3.9.10 to 4.0.1 and if i perform a nandroid backup before applying the update.zip and then update would choosing the restore function restore all of my installed apps or settings? or would it simply revert me back to 3.9.10?

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Updated to new ROM, now what?

I did a Sprite backup prior to upgrading. Now that I have upgraded to the new ROM from the HTC site, can I restore the Sprite backup to get my contacts and applications back? Will it screw up anything since it is a new ROM? Thanks in advance.
I did it with Spb Backup in the Rom Upgrade Mode, but without overwrite system files, it worked very good, except 2 little problems i could solve easy.
As a general rule, you shouldnt restore a backup when you have flashed to a new rom. PIM backups are different and safe.

Compete Android OS Image restoration / backup?

Hey all,
When I had my Windows mobile phone, I could use Sprite Backup to make a backup that basically acted as an image that I could store on the SD Card. I could then do anything possible to my phone, and then I could simply restore the image, and it went back to the EXACT state it was when i took the image - registry, ALL apps, messages, icons, etc..., just like a 100% hard drive image.
I have Sprite backup on my Samsung Epic now, and was wondering if it acted the same way?
That is, if I install a custom rom, I would like to be able to factory restore it, then apply the backup to take it back to the exact state it was.
Is this how it works?
Thanks,
Matt!
It's called a nand backup and one of the benefits of rooting
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Great,
I'm rooted, so I'll. Check it out....
Thanks!
Get the one click root and recovery. Once you have clockwork mod you can do a full backup. Also you can do an "advanced restore" and just restore your /data.
I have found that sometimes a restore doesn't work correctly and I have to reflash the rom and just restore /data to put my apps and settings back.
A word of warning, sometimes when you flash an old /data to a new rom it causes issues with programs. Personally, I have had very few issues doing it, even when moving between 2.1 and 2.2.1, but ymmv.

[Q] Save backup

I'm using some ultimate droid ROM via CWM and I want to switch to new CWM CM7 ROM. The thing is that I want to backup save from some game to make them work in my new ROM. And the question is: how to?
I'll be grateful for any tips, points, whatsoever, cause I've looked through many topics and I still have not found any answer.
titanium backup
Use Titanium Backup (be careful using this as it might cause errors during restore) or my personal favorite "MyBackup Pro"...U can also try doing a nandroid backup of UD, flash ur new ROM and then perform an advanced restore (through CWM) of DATA "only"....Haven't tried the 2nd method across different ROMs but some folks have reported it works just as if u were restoring to the same ROM
voncrane said:
Use Titanium Backup (be careful using this as it might cause errors during restore) or my personal favorite "MyBackup Pro"...U can also try doing a nandroid backup of UD, flash ur new ROM and then perform an advanced restore (through CWM) of DATA "only"....Haven't tried the 2nd method across different ROMs but some folks have reported it works just as if u were restoring to the same ROM
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It works like you were restoring the same. U just have to be careful only to restore data but not the system. Otherwise you will get back ur old ROM.
I've done the "only - data" restore form CWM, everything works just fine. All my previous apps, and even my wallpaper is restored
Semen_K said:
I've done the "only - data" restore form CWM, everything works just fine. All my previous apps, and even my wallpaper is restored
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And it's the only way you can restore widgets. With Titanium you have to add them by hand again.

[Q] Smooth Rom 4.4

Hi
As you've prob guessed I'm a noob, hence the help.
Ive just recently rooted and unlocked my nexus 7 with wugfresh 1.6.2 and am now looking at putting a custom rom on it.
Ive followed the advice and put titanium backup on and backed up my apps and system data.
Having read the instructions for installing Smooth Rom 4.4, it states 'Please do not restore a 'system' data backup as it would overwritte some important files'
does this mean I cannot restore my apps from titanium backup as I cant restore system data as they where backed up together or is there some other way for me to do it ?
does titanium backup get wiped as well ?
All Help appreciated, this is my first rom install and I dont wanna **** it up.
Robbie_UK said:
All Help appreciated, this is my first rom install and I dont wanna **** it up.
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The most important thing to do is to make a FULL nandroid backup before you begin.
The 2nd most important thing to do is to get that backup copied someplace else besides the tablet. (PC, USB key, etc) Screw-ups involving accidental erasure of the psuedo- SD card area on the tablet are commonplace with folks that are new to this. It won't do you any good to make a backup if you immediately erase it while fooling around with a custom recovery (or toolkit) that is new to you.
I suggest you learn to make backups using the custom recovery rather than relying on a toolkit.
If you are happy with the tablet in it's current configuration, then a back-up allows you to survive any ****-ups that inevitably follow as you can return back to a known state and proceed again having learned from your mistakes.
FULL NANDROID BACKUPS. COPIED SOMEPLACE SAFE (OFF THE TABLET)
As for TiB, the only thing that is 100% safe is to only restore apps & their data that are NOT pre-installed in whatever ROM you are installing. Note this means not restoring any of the Google gapps as well, as you may have had a different versions of those apps running on your current ROM than on the to-be-installed ROM, whether pre-installed or updated later.
Yeah it's a bit of work restoring apps one by one and re-configuring things. There probably are System apps that can have their data safely restored to the wrong version of the app - but there are absolutely no guarantees that correct operation of the app will follow that.
cheers and good luck

Help with backup/restore

Hey guys,
May I ask for a few hints on backing up/restoring from rom to rom?
More specifically, how do you proceed every time you switch custom roms?
Titanium/helium/native google cloud? Do you first restore through playstore/samsung accounts, or from titanium backups, and so on?
My current protocol is backup via Titanium, flash, login to google apps/samsung account/playstore, let it download everything, and then selectively restore some info (ex. sms, wifi passes, accounts, apps, etc) from titanium, but that takes way too long, and i am not sure this is the proper way (as info get merged sometimes, viber will never restore properly, etc).
So, a few tips please?
ocelot_gr said:
Hey guys,
May I ask for a few hints on backing up/restoring from rom to rom?
More specifically, how do you proceed every time you switch custom roms?
Titanium/helium/native google cloud? Do you first restore through playstore/samsung accounts, or from titanium backups, and so on?
My current protocol is backup via Titanium, flash, login to google apps/samsung account/playstore, let it download everything, and then selectively restore some info (ex. sms, wifi passes, accounts, apps, etc) from titanium, but that takes way too long, and i am not sure this is the proper way (as info get merged sometimes, viber will never restore properly, etc).
So, a few tips please?
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Make a Nandroid back up in your custom recovery,it's the easiest way
ludoke said:
Make a Nandroid back up in your custom recovery,it's the easiest way
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Nandroid of *not* the whole system? Is that possible? Recovery or adb?
I mostly care about apps and their data, settings etc...
ocelot_gr said:
Nandroid of *not* the whole system? Is that possible? Recovery or adb?
I mostly care about apps and their data, settings etc...
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In Custom recovery select backup ,check all the options and be sure the backup path is your SD card.
If ,in the future you restore the back up everething will be the same as before,restore also in custom recovery .
If you made the back in TWRP then resore in TWRP. For CWM the same
Just use the backup function of your recovery it will backup apps, settings, kernel and rom. It doesn't back up the baseband though. So if you have a rom that uses a different one. You have to flash the old one again with odin to get the old backup working.
I think I mis-presented it or something.
I dont think i need a nandroid backup, as this would restore the rom/system as well.
What I ask for comments on is the quick/correct restoration of the *apps* and their data only (since the whole point of the question is how to restore apps after a new custom rom flash/update).

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