I am looking at installing the cyanogenmod on my htc aria and was wondering if there is a way to make a backup image of what I currently have on phone so that I won't have to reinstall and reconfigure everything if I decide to go back to the sense ui. Is there a way to do this?
SSMI said:
I am looking at installing the cyanogenmod on my htc aria and was wondering if there is a way to make a backup image of what I currently have on phone so that I won't have to reinstall and reconfigure everything if I decide to go back to the sense ui. Is there a way to do this?
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Step 1 in the instructions for installing cyanongenmod is a Nandroid backup. This is full image of your current ROM on the phone.
You would perform this via ClockworkMod Recovery menu.
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Tom
Is there a way to do this?
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Of course you can use nandroid to get an image of your phone as it is now and not have to do anything to get back to normal. If you try out cm6 you Will have to redo all your settings agian such as email accounts, contacts, old apps etc... It is a little bit of work. Hopefully you have some way to auto sync your contacts at least.
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i have been trying to find this out - why i need to do one????
You don't have to ... up to you .
It is for peace of mind .
It things don't workout or you don't like what you did ...
You can put the phone back to what it was !
If you wish to fly with no parachute ...
Then jump ...
Please let us know how the landing goes
Does the nandroid only back up the software and settings -
If i just download the rom from HTC then that will put it back to the latest official rom wont it..
i was under the impression that a Original hero was only 1 rom away?
You don't need a nandroid backup at all. I use it all the time though.
You just asked a question that Dan330 had already answered in his previous post... yes it backs up basically everything. There are a few things that it doesn't back up but they aren't too significant (They are left out to prevent further problems).
If you downloaded a rom from HTC well, Duh. Of course it will put it back to the official rom. If it's rootable, then you can just restore a nandroid backup if you wanna go back to what you had before. Hopefully the HTC rom doesn't prevent you from rooting otherwise you won't be able to.
What the heck do you mean Original Hero was 1 rom away? Huh?
HTC Rom image will restore the rom.
A 'normal' data backup will store the data, ie drag from the SD card.
You can reinstall any marketplace apps from the marketplace.
The Google cloud will store calendar, contacts, mail, etc.
For the average user, nandroid is not necessary. But I understand the usefulness to a rom cooking enthusiast and the speed of a single backup. All the averages do not need to worry about nandroid though.
thank you cbailey
and sorry KAwAtA i was rushing to work - and talking crap at the same time...
I never even thought that HTC would try and stop you from rooting the phone....
just always thought that having a unbranded HTC ment i can install any rom at any time, and still install the latest HTC Rom if i wanted.
Very New to Rooting. so i need a few weeks to catch up.
Nandroid takes like a "photo" of your phone at the exact time you did it and will rstore everything exactly like it was at that time, e.g. rom, data, apps EVERYTHING.
you should always do one before flashing or removing anything on your phone that you should not "officially" be doing as that way if something goes wrong you can easily get back to your working rom.
Lennyuk said:
Nandroid takes like a "photo" of your phone at the exact time you did it and will rstore everything exactly like it was at that time, e.g. rom, data, apps EVERYTHING.
you should always do one before flashing or removing anything on your phone that you should not "officially" be doing as that way if something goes wrong you can easily get back to your working rom.
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Nandroid backup keeps installed apps aswel?... I was under the assumption that I needed to use Titanium or Mybackup Pro for that.
So just to clear up, if i dont mind losing contacts, sms and calender, but want to back up current ROM with apps and games, Nandroid is the one?...
ddotpatel said:
Nandroid backup keeps installed apps aswel?... I was under the assumption that I needed to use Titanium or Mybackup Pro for that.
So just to clear up, if i dont mind losing contacts, sms and calender, but want to back up current ROM with apps and games, Nandroid is the one?...
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Nandroid takes a complete image of your phone as it is, will restore it all exactly as it was at the time you backed it up.
if your looking to change roms then you need to use another app to backup your data and apps.
Aha,... Nice one Lenny!!
nandroid backup
having problems.. Im using the old ra for some reason it doesnt let me perform an nandroid back up... I tried teh newer ra same problm...any suggestions???
Is there a way to transfer all my settings/apps/data from one ROM to a new one? Because every time I flash, it's a blank slate. I'd like to keep all my apps and stuff that I have installed on my current ROM but put it onto a newer ROM. Is it possible?
make a nandroid backup taht way when you flash if you dont like it you can restore your last image, or if you want to transfer your contacts go to People>hit menu>import/export to SD
Titanium backup.
well nandroid doesn't back up my apps and wallpapers and stuff... oh well
Nandroid does backup your apps and data. It backs up an exact image of your phone the way it is when you back up
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jasonyump said:
Nandroid does backup your apps and data. It backs up an exact image of your phone the way it is when you back up
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To that specific ROM yes, but to another ROM, no.
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To that specific ROM yes, but to another ROM, no.
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No, its for every ROM... Thats why its called NANDroid. It backs up the entire NAND for later use.
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No, its for every ROM... Thats why its called NANDroid. It backs up the entire NAND for later use.
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It backs up whatever info I have to lets say attn1's Liberated Aria ROM. Ok, I back that up in nandroid, then I go to flash the clean eclair beta v2 one. It says to wipe and then flash. Ok, then when the flashing is done, its clean and none of my apps are there. I want something to back my info up from one ROM to another.
well with some roms, (this is experimental and doesnt work with every combination of roms) you can use nandroid for an advanced backup, and restore only the data partition(which is your apps, settings etc.). but it doesnt work with every combination of roms. but you can also use titanium backup to just backup apps, and settings etc.
Alright, that's what I needed to hear. Thanks
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.
Hi,
I have a problem with TB.
I setup custom labels in the app and clicked on the Sync TB settings box in preferences. But when I wipe and flash a new rom and reinstall the app, my labels do not return.
Another issue I have is when I try to create an update.zip file. I go to flash it and it doesn't install. I've tried both signed and unsigned and it's the same result.
Anybody got any ideas?
1 labels for what? and are you backing up the correct thing to back them all up?
update.zip has always been flaky for me as well. when are you flashing it? ive noticed it doesnt work after flashing rom but after rebooting doin a few things in the rom (im sure you could just boot back to recovery after sign in) and flashing its there annnd thats on aosp roms i have had less sucess on sense roms
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1 labels for what? and are you backing up the correct thing to back them all up?
update.zip has always been flaky for me as well. when are you flashing it? ive noticed it doesnt work after flashing rom but after rebooting doin a few things in the rom (im sure you could just boot back to recovery after sign in) and flashing its there annnd thats on aosp roms i have had less sucess on sense roms
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from TB you can create custom labels and then associate an app to them. Since the labels are created in TB, it is part of the settings. With the sync settings option selected, TB should be saving the settings to the SD card.
Theoretically, I should be able to wipe the phone and then re-install TB which is theoretically suppose to sync the previous settings and the custom labels should come back.
then when in filters the label is selected and you hit apply, all of those apps that were associated with the label should appear.
This makes restoring apps from a fresh ROM much easier than rifling through old back-ups.
Thanks for the heads up on the update.zip.
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Does anybody have a suggestion on how to do the above easier?
How do you guys and/or gals flash new roms and get your most used apps up and running quickly?
Flash rom, download titanium, batch restore. Takes about 30-60 minutes depending on how many apps I restore.
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Cool Cake said:
Hi,
I have a problem with TB.
I setup custom labels in the app and clicked on the Sync TB settings box in preferences. But when I wipe and flash a new rom and reinstall the app, my labels do not return.
Another issue I have is when I try to create an update.zip file. I go to flash it and it doesn't install. I've tried both signed and unsigned and it's the same result.
Anybody got any ideas?
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Solved :
Figured out what happened. The ROM I flashed had TiBu installed and didn't sync previous settings.
I uninstalled TiBu and reinstalled it. And it works.
Detailed disccusion with solutuions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955323
terxw said:
Detailed disccusion with solutuions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955323
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Very helpful link and very much appreciated...
you deserve your first thanks for that one.
i need a tutorial to back up my phone. I want to try a rom for few days but i will go back to my actual rom(cm7).
i dont want to start from beginning to configure phone ,emails and other settings after flashing rom.
adempozhari said:
i need a tutorial to back up my phone. I want to try a rom for few days but i will go back to my actual rom(cm7).
i dont want to start from beginning to configure phone ,emails and other settings after flashing rom.
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Just do a full backup in CWM. To be safe, use Titanium Backup as well, and maybe even super backup for contacts and SMS. However, unless the CWM backup is somehow corrupted which is rather unlikely, then you shouldn't need to worry about this.
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use this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480343