I'm looking through the threads and haven't been able to find anything that can tell me the easiest way to back up my information before I root it. Most instrucgtions just say to back it up before starting. And also will the backup keep all the apps I have already downloaded or do I need to by an app to back those up too.
Thanks for the help,
sandy
Most people recommend backing up AFTER rooting, but prior to flashing a new ROM. Once you root, you can do a complete backup of the nand, including any apps you've installed, via Amon_RA's recovery.
If you're willing to spend $5 you can get MyBackupPro from the market.
It will basically back up everything you need onto your sd, then you can restore the files after you've flashed a rom.
But yeah, if you root your phone and flash Amon_RA's recovery you can use nandroid for free like Uansari1 said. Also, after you root get titanium backup, its good
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I successfully ran the 1-click root and installed cyanogen 4.0.1 on my MyTouch 3G. It works great and I want to run it, but I havent seen a good way to backup my data and bring it into a new ROM. I backed up all my apps and made a simple windows batch file to reinstall all of them through adb, but I can't seem to get at the /data/data directory from the stock ROM.
I tried flashing data.img from my nandroid backup. It worked, but my phone just hung at the mytouch logo, I wound up having to wipe and restore.
I'm back in the stock ROM now, and of course I can't get to the data dir because I'm not root. I can get into it through the recovery console, but it appears empty. Any idea why?
I've seen other threads about this sort of thing, but I haven't really seen an answer as to how to take your data between ROMs. I've had this phone about a month now before rooting it, so there's things I'd rather not lose.
Everyone seems excited about this, what exactly is it? Does it just restore the phone back from root or what? I am still a WM user, but ordered a Inc so looking forward to rooting it. Just lookin ahead
It simplifies and automates the root process. Whereas before you had to sit there repeatedly rebooting and uplugging your Droid a billion times to get it into root (if at all), then follow a bunch of steps after that, this program fully automates it. All you have to do is install some drivers, start the program and it goes through and does just about everything for you, rebooting the phone and everything.
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It simplifies and automates the root process. Whereas before you had to sit there repeatedly rebooting and uplugging your Droid a billion times to get it into root (if at all), then follow a bunch of steps after that, this program fully automates it. All you have to do is install some drivers, start the program and it goes through and does just about everything for you, rebooting the phone and everything.
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partly true, but you need to be rooted before the reflasher will work
reflashing the recovery is a big thing. it allows you to do nandroid backups (full system backups) and flash unsigned (custom) roms. which give you options such as overclocked kernels, sense-less roms and stuff of that nature
The process the unrevoked team made flashes the clockwork recovery which allows us to flash custom roms, make nandroid backups, partition and mount and write system files... etc etc... basically allowing us to fully customize our phone with a simple, easy to use menu..
ok, so from what I understand you have to be rooted before you run recovery. You run recovery so it will give you a menu to work with instead of having to hook the phone up to the computer to add kernels or whatever you are trying to do?
I am trying to understand it all, linux is just new to me.
I think there is a misunderstanding of the purpose of recovery. Recovery has nothing to do with root, although you need it to apply a custom one. It is built into all android phones, it is what allows the phone to apply updates to /system and it also is used when wiping to factory reset the phone.
The recovery's that Amon_Ra and Koush have worked on are similar, but just with added functionality to allow things like making backups, restoring backups formating the SD card etc. By having the ability to backup and restore /system and /data it allows you to roll back to a state where the phone still functioned properly in case you went and messed something up by accident (or on purpose).
You can still have root and flash custom ROMs w/o custom recovery. its just reckless as you could be left with a broken phone.
ah ok, so basically I can backup my phone from the stock settings with the recovery program that way if I ever want to revert back to the outofbox ROM I can. Then I can try other ROMs and always be able to revert back.
That said, if I backup my phone will it save everything (account settings, programs, appearance...)?
Hi all,
I am interested in trying custom roms for various reasons on my G2. With the recent breakthrough in allowing full root, now seems to be a good time to try.
What I don't seem to be grasping is the whole process so, here is what I think* needs to be done, and I'd appreciate a more seasoned person to set me straight
1. Obtain full root via RAGE or oneclick Visionary method
2. Install RomManager
3. Obtain Rom
Here is where I kind of get blurry on the whole topic.
Once I have the files needed, Does RomManager do a nandroid backup so I can revert back in case I want to revert back to stock? Is this how I would revert back to stock or do I need to find the original pre or post OTA rom for the g2?
Does a program like Titanium Backup allow me to backup all of my apps and settings so they are easily restored no matter the rom, or if I revert back to stock?
Thanks in advance all, I have been reading every subset of these forums but I still feel a bit scared to try and wanted to get the facts straight before trying. I'm mostly just concerned that I wouldnt be able to revert back to stock if I had to.
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Once I have the files needed, Does RomManager do a nandroid backup so I can revert back in case I want to revert back to stock? Is this how I would revert back to stock or do I need to find the original pre or post OTA rom for the g2?
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rom manager can perform the backup, wipe, and install of a new ROM all in one go, you just need to tell rom manager where the ROM is on the sdcard and it will ask if you want to backup and/or wipe first
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Does a program like Titanium Backup allow me to backup all of my apps and settings so they are easily restored no matter the rom, or if I revert back to stock?
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i do not know if titanium backup will restore the settings within the apps, but the backed up apps will work on any custom ROM you install on your phone.
Thank you for making that more clear!
So when wiping for a new rom, you want to wipe the cache, and do a full system wipe as well?
Lastly, now that I have the stock g2 rom backed up (did it manually via recovery, not in the rommanager app) I can flash as many roms I want to try them, but really can revert back to stock based on that backup. I guess what I'm saying is, I dont have to revert to stock before trying out a new rom right?
Thanks again, this is a huge help!
With your ROM backed up, that's essentially a "screenshot" of the state of your phone at that time. So yes, you can jump from ROM to ROM, clearing data, and whenever you're ready to go back to stock, you just restore your stock ROM and pretend nothing happened.
And yes, I recommend wiping everything when flashing a new ROM. Although if you're coming from the same type of ROM (I.E HTC Sense to another HTC Sense) you can probably get away with not wiping data.
And with Titanium Backup, I do reckon that settings are kept. When you restore apps, you're given the option to restore the app or app+data.
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Perfect,
Thanks for the help all, much appreciated.
Have flashed and rooted - can someone confirm
a) OTA updates no longer work - what will happen if I accidently OK the install prompts - is there any way to suppress these?
B) best app to made backups - clockwork recovery with titanium backup - if I make full nandroid - will titatium restore all apps fully?
c) I plan to test out paranoid android first then probably the modoco ROM - any other suggestions
Thanks in advance
A)No, OTA updates will not work if you're rooted. I don't know what would happen, but it wouldn't be pretty. Don't sweat it, just don't accept the update
B)I back up my apps with titanium backup, so j can restore them onto new ROMs that I flash and still have the same in app data and whatnot, but if you do a nandroid, it will backup everything into a (somewhat large) file, apps included. I use ROM manager to create my nandroids, but you can do it in clockwork mod recovery without the app too.
C)As for what ROM, its a good idea to try a few out, then settle with the one that you like and enjoy using the most. I would suggest at least try out the glazed jellybean ROM, super smooth and stable
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.
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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