What would you guys leave on the SD card if you are selling your Hero to somewant who wants it to remain rooted?
I want to restore to my nandroid, which is the Stock Sprint ROM (after getting root of course). Should i then Restore my nandroid backup to factory setting and Nandroid that then put fresh 1.1 on so that way all of my numbers and data are cleared but he still has root.
I also want to format the SD but I know the Nandroid and Recovery Img are there so should i just leave those?
I would format the SD completely, leave nothing. Tell them to make a nandroid backup and such.
At least leave the wallpapers.
yea i formatted the SD and did a Nandroid backup at the initial boot up screen after a Wipe. I am going to install Fresh 1.1 for him though.
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Hi all,
I own an G1 which is currently running JACxRom-1.4r3. I've made a nandroid backup and then upgraded to JACxRom-1.5r4.
Before that I hoped, that I can restore my sms, settings and so on with nandroid.
But after trying, I realized that a full nandroid restore will also restore the old custom rom.
(Which it does perfectly , but unfortunately this is not what I need right now..)
Therefore I wanted to ask, if I there's a way to restore selectively with nandroid?
My idea was to only restore the data-, cache- and userdata-img files (from nandroid) via fastboot,
hoping that this would leave the freshly installed rom intact. Is this possible?
Cheers, Kleo
Not in recovery but if you go into your sd card..
Nandroid >
then it should have 2 folders with letters not forming any words.
The first 1 on the left is the last back up and the next one on the right is the older nandroid.
For example.
I was running Cyans rom.
Nandroid.
Wipe and flash to soul life.
Nandroid.
On the sd card of mine it will have two folders
The first one is Soul life
and the second one is Cyan.
But I have had trouble after doing this, Nandroid couldn't be preformed but all you do to fix that is remove the nandroid folder off your sd card/place it on your desktop so when you do a nandroid it will create a new folder that's not buggy.
Im running fresh 0.5.3 and have the latest amon recovery, i can do a ext+nandroid backup fine but when i try to restore after i reboot, it gets hung on the
htc screen and will not load. Ive tried several backups and it will not work when restoring. Any ideas?
Make sure you're wiping the data, cache and dalvic before restoring the backup.
Are you sure the backup is getting created?
I know SteelH was posting yesterday about the NAND + EXT backup not even working with amon recovery.
I personally don't even know what it does, but all my backups are just "NAND backups and seem to work fine.
I'm assuming you used Amon_ra to create the backup and you're using Amon_ra to restore?
I created a backup with amon_ra and tried to restore with Clockworkmod and the backup doesn't even show up and vice versa. I found out by trial and error that backups created by clockworkmod have to be restore with clockworkmod and backups created by amon_ra have to be restored with amon_ra.
I don't know if that's the case for everyone, but it sure is for me. I'm running whitslack's 1.47 and Evolution V9.
Back to the Nand+Ext, maybe SteelH has figured it out, maybe send him a pm or search for his posts in the Q&A forum from yesterday.
make sure your batt has enough power
I am fully charged when i nandroid. It creates the backup and restores it but when i reboot it freezes on the htc screen. So this is a bug with the amon recovery image then? It would be nice to be able to backup & restore my ext apps because i use apps2sd. I could use titanium backup but nandroid is faster.
Hello,
I just S-Off using sunshine and flashed TWRP recovery. I am still running stock rom and everytime I try and backup through TWRP the backup fails on system image. Does anyone know why that would be happening. I don't want to do any new rom installs without a solid backup. Thanks
Adabow12 said:
Hello,
I just S-Off using sunshine and flashed TWRP recovery. I am still running stock rom and everytime I try and backup through TWRP the backup fails on system image. Does anyone know why that would be happening. I don't want to do any new rom installs without a solid backup. Thanks
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If you're trying to backup to sdCard instead of Internal it will continue to malfunction.
Til something changes, you can backup to Internal and set it to compress the backup so you don't run out of room.
If backing it up doesn't work, you can always use an RUU. As long as you can get into the bootloader, an RUU will fix any problem by flashing the official firmware.
Verizon RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-10/how-to/verizon-official-ruu-1-19-605-9-t3377586
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If you're trying to backup to sdCard instead of Internal it will continue to malfunction.
Til something changes, you can backup to Internal and set it to compress the backup so you don't run out of room.
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I am having the same issue trying to backup to my Ext. SD. Could I backup to my internal SD and then manually move the backup file onto the ext SD?
veyec said:
I am having the same issue trying to backup to my Ext. SD. Could I backup to my internal SD and then manually move the backup file onto the ext SD?
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Haven't tried that, but it would probably work. Thing is, TWRP won't see it on the SDCard, so it would have to go back into Internal if you needed to restore it.
Hi, this is my problem:
I want to change the rom of my zenfone from stock to a custm one. The issue i have is that every time i factory reset i have to spend 2 hours downloafing everything and changing the settings of my phone. How can i avoid that when switching rom? If i do a nandroid backup with twrp, can i restore only the data on the other rom? Or this is a problem? Should i use titanium backup? Id like to save photos and every setting too
biondo_92 said:
Hi, this is my problem:
I want to change the rom of my zenfone from stock to a custm one. The issue i have is that every time i factory reset i have to spend 2 hours downloafing everything and changing the settings of my phone. How can i avoid that when switching rom? If i do a nandroid backup with twrp, can i restore only the data on the other rom? Or this is a problem? Should i use titanium backup? Id like to save photos and every setting too
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You can't restore just the TWRP's /data backup from Stock to, let's say CM or from CM to Stock, the system's phone won't boot.
TWRP's Data Factory Reset or flahsing a custom Rom using TWRP won't erase the internal memory, so the files you have in the internal memory will be there.
Yes, you should use Titanium Backup when possible to restore your apps or some setting/data.
TWRP's nandroid backup is usually used to restore the "hole" Rom (data, system and boot, at least).
Regards.
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You can't restore just the TWRP's /data backup from Stock to, let's say CM or from CM to Stock, the system's phone won't boot.
TWRP's Data Factory Reset or flahsing a custom Rom using TWRP won't erase the internal memory, so the files you have in the internal memory will be there.
Yes, you should use Titanium Backup when possible to restore your apps or some setting/data.
TWRP's nandroid backup is usually used to restore the "hole" Rom (data, system and boot, at least).
Regards.
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Many thanks, I'll use Titanium then.
Anyway i want to save a nandroid backup just in case
If i have a nandroid backup saved on my phone, and i factory reset, will it stay or will be erased?
I don't have an sd now, and looks like i cant copy it on my PC
biondo_92 said:
Many thanks, I'll use Titanium then.
Anyway i want to save a nandroid backup just in case
If i have a nandroid backup saved on my phone, and i factory reset, will it stay or will be erased?
I don't have an sd now, and looks like i cant copy it on my PC
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TWRP makes the backup in the /TWRP folder placed on the internal memory, external memory/SD and maybe (I have not tried on this device and his TWRP version), OTG USB storage, at your choice.
As I told you before TWRP´s Data Factory Reset won't erase the internal memory, so TWRP folder won't be erased neither, but maybe have a copy of the /TWRP folder from your internal memory in your PC is a good option too.
But keep in mind that the stock recovery's Data Factory Reset will erase all the internal memory (not only /data).
Regards.
If I backup my system on tw recovery, and flash a new rom, will wiping my phone delete the tw recovery backup in case I have to restore my phone? Feel free to correct me on this, but to my understanding teamwin has it's own partition, and wiping does not mess with this partition?
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If I backup my system on tw recovery, and flash a new rom, will wiping my phone delete the tw recovery backup in case I have to restore my phone? Feel free to correct me on this, but to my understanding teamwin has it's own partition, and wiping does not mess with this partition?
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I think TWRP backups are normally stored on your internal storage partition, so if you perform a (EDIT full factory reset doesnt wipe this, thanks Silesh) or wipe your internal storage, your backups will be erased too. The TWRP itself does install to the recovery partition (which will only be affected by a flash to the recovery, which a wipe will not perform), you're correct on that but the backups are held separately to that. You can copy your backups to another computer or SD card, I found my backup under /SDcard/TWRP/BACKUPS - you could either copy the folder with a root browser or use the ADB pull command (with the ADB terminal), though the TWRP backup may not show on a Windows desktop even if it's been copied correctly. However, if copied back to your phone, the TWRP backup should function.
Edit: thanks Silesh for correcting me, I was thinking of app data rather than user data!
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I think TWRP backups are normally stored on your internal storage partition, so if you perform a full factory reset or wipe your internal storage, your backups will be erased too. The TWRP itself does install to the recovery partition (which will only be affected by a flash to the recovery, which a wipe will not perform), you're correct on that but the backups are held separately to that. You can copy your backups to another computer or SD card, I found my backup under /SDcard/TWRP/BACKUPS - you could either copy the folder with a root browser or use the ADB pull command (with the ADB terminal), though the TWRP backup may not show on a Windows desktop even if it's been copied correctly. However, if copied back to your phone, the TWRP backup should function.
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Thanks for replying. I can't transfer files from my computer to my phone, but I have thought about using the ADB sideload option from recovery. Is there a way that I can move my backup from my phone to my computer (and to my phone from my computer) using the sideload option, just in case I need the backup? I refuse to flash a new ROM without access to my complete backup, lol.
Internal storage is not formatted during a normal wipe. You have to specifically go into the advanced wipe and select internal storage to wipe it completely. So there is no issue while flashing a new rom if you don't choose the advanced wipe option.
You could also create the twrp backup in your external sdcard. That way your backup stays even if you wipe your phone using a factory reset or by mistake.
Strange. What's the problem of making backups to external SD? The function is right there (as Silesh mentioned). BTW: the very last version of TWRP is able to make backups straight to pc. This needs to be done FROM a pc though. TWRP is capable to work with fastboot now (using special command though, or with this GUI for pc: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-twrp-backup-restore-tool-pc-t3572241 )
You can choose whether you want to use internal storage or SD card when making a backup. It doesn't matter which you choose as long as you (and I learned this the hard way) pay attention to what you are doing and DO NOT WIPE internal storage or your SD card. Advantages of SD card is you won't lose your backup if you decide to flash stock. Disadvantage: if your card craps out on you backup is lost unless you have copied to PC or saved on cloud.
My Solution
I solved my problem by using the pull command in adb. Now if I decide to flash a new ROM, I can push my TWRP recovery back to my phone using adb and then recover it in my TWRP recovery.. I also backup using adb backup which backs it up directly to my computer anyways.
I knew about storing my TWRP backup on an sd card, but I haven't made time to get one. . I recently switched to the Motorola G4 Plus after my iPhone 6s decided to turn off and not turn back on. I eventually grew tired of the iPhone anyways due to lack of accessibility and freedom. Back in the day I owned androids but never rooted one or had one that was rooted. I did jailbreak my 4th generation iPod a few years ago. But I went through an iPhone 5s, and upgraded to a 6s and had that for a few months. I eventually just switched back to android after the longest time and I can't say that I regret it.
My Moto G4 Plus has been an amazing phone. I've only had it for a few weeks now, but I rooted it the day after I got it . So I'm a bit of a noob in the rooting community, . Since then it's been a pretty smooth transition. I've only got root access and xposed framework as of now. I was thinking about flashing a ROM so I made backups just in case, but I don't plan on making any major changes to the kernel or flashing another ROM. I'm satisfied with the stock ROM since Motorola pretty much made it as minimal as possible. I would recommend this phone to anyone. It's the most solid phone I've had yet.