How to backup your EVO AND WHY! - EVO 4G General

1. I have never backed up my EVO.
2. Ran PC36IMG.zip update after booting up using volume down and power.
3. Installed 3.29 update.
4. Installed clockworkmod.
5. Installed Su.zip.
Now I would like to back up EVERYTHING, so that I can restore my phone to this state I am in now.
_what is Nandroid backup?
___can I use it with this stock rooted Rom I am on?
___can I use a MAC?
___how do I use it?
_What is titanium backup and instructions on how to use it please?
Thanks in advance, I think his will help a lot of people.
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boot into recovery go to backup or nandroid, run a nandroid backup

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Idiot noob nandroid backup question

I'll just get it out of the way now. I know i am a total noob, idiot, moron. Oh, and I worship the feet of the XDA general forum. I'm a little confused with the whole nandroid, clockworkmod, and odin thing. I like to do minor mods ie root, lag fix and taking other apks from other phones like the nfl.apk from the fasinate. Now i have clockworkmod and have made a backup of my rom. Would that be considered the nandroid backup. I have already used it to restore my rom and it now works fine. Is odin a backup software used from my computer instead of inside my phone like clockwork,but uses the backup that i made fromclockwork. Im confused can i get some help please im an idiot.
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Rom Manager > Recovery > Nandroid
So yes if you've used Rom Manager and/or Recovery yes, you backed up aka made a Nandroid backup.
I just prefer to use Rom Manager because its an easy interface to get into Recovery and do other simple tasks. I however only really boot into Recovery to restore my Roms just because I'm a bit of a control freak like that. I like creating backups via Rom Manager because it will drop into Recovery, create the backup and then reboot all on its own.
Cool thanks for the response, it clears alot up.
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No problem.
After a while everything starts to make sense, but at first you just have to like I did read, read and read until you start to gleem things and it all starts to pull together.
Next thing you know your phone is so far beyond stock and you wonder what the heck did I do. LOL

[Q] Newly Rooted and Need Advice

I rooted my friends Vibrant. He has the official 2.2 update from Kies. Are there any ROMs he can use ?
onveiledwings said:
I rooted my friends Vibrant. He has the official 2.2 update from Kies. Are there any ROMs he can use ?
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He can use just about any rom in our dev section.
First things first, I would advise you to get Titanium Backup (for apps) and ROM Manger (for nandroid backup and clockwork recovery). It's always a good idea to make some backups before you do any modding to your friend's mobile.
Oniyuri said:
He can use just about any rom in our dev section.
First things first, I would advise you to get Titanium Backup (for apps) and ROM Manger (for nandroid backup and clockwork recovery). It's always a good idea to make some backups before you do any modding to your friend's mobile.
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I'm new to this as well I know titanium backup allows you to save all system and third party apps along with there settings so what does nandroid and clockwork do and are the market apps
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Try reading the guides in my signature... may get you off to a good start, specifically the Noob one.
Thanks
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Yeah do lots of reading. I use Titanium backup only for restoring apps since restoring system data can sometimes mess with the roms settings
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a quick rundown of the difference between nandroid and Titanium backup is if you mess up your Rom and cant boot into it but can still boot into recovery, you can do a nandroid restore from a nandroid backup and revert back. Titanium backup is meant more for backing up user apps and data to restore after flashing an "wiping" ROM.

ROM Manager question

Ok so I DLed ROM Manager to my epic and hit "back up ROM". I now have a backup with todays date under the Clockwork mod folder on my SD.
1. Am I all backed up? If wiped phone and re flashed I could get my angry bird levels back?
2. If I switch to a different ROM, can I still use this backup?
3. If I do restore, how do I do it? Thru CWM?
durrett syndrome said:
Ok so I DLed ROM Manager to my epic and hit "back up ROM". I now have a backup with todays date under the Clockwork mod folder on my SD.
1. Am I all backed up? If wiped phone and re flashed I could get my angry bird levels back?
2. If I switch to a different ROM, can I still use this backup?
3. If I do restore, how do I do it? Thru CWM?
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In my experience with Rom Manager, it doesn't work with the epic.
Backup your apps with Titanium backup.
I suggest doing both rom manager and titanium backup
Just in case.
If you go to a differemt rom you could restore all apps in clockwork by going into advanced restore under cwm and choosing to restore only /data however with some roms that's not recommended and could cause issues. If you restore the whole backup through cwm then it would overwrite whatever rom you have loaded.
With titanium backup you can backup just individual applications and restore their data or data and the app itself so as someone else said above that's your best bet.
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futureprospect said:
In my experience with Rom Manager, it doesn't work with the epic.
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Backing up with rom manager is literally backing up with clockwork mod. ROM manager just reboots the phone into cwm and makes the backup there. Clockwork mod backups have always worked for me.
When I tried to use ROM Manager it wouldn't work properly. Someone a while ago complained that booting into cwm with the app causes errors. I wouldn't rely on the app at all if I were you.
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Manually boot into cwm and backup, the app doesnt work properly. I tried backing up a rom and it said it was backed up after 10 seconds. The rom file was 3 mbs...the backup should be near 100, if not more.
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Gotta add my cold water here. ROM manager has been less than useless for me, screwing up things every time I've tried it.
Stick to backing up the entire system from CWM, and a full backup via Titanium to have access to individual apps as needed. This has always worked for me, and many others here.
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So if I ODIN my phone with a new modem and flash a completely different rom, I can still restore with a backup made with a different ROM? Thanks.
durrett syndrome said:
So if I ODIN my phone with a new modem and flash a completely different rom, I can still restore with a backup made with a different ROM? Thanks.
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Technically, yes, but it is not recommended. Restoring data when moving between roms is usually when errors start happening. Also Rom manager does not work with the epic so there is probably no data in the file it created. You would have to boot into clockwork mod and backup from there.or use titanium backup and then restore just the apps when you switch roms.
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Just my 2 cents...everyone here keeps saying to use Titanium, give Mybackup Root a try. Its free and has a good UI. Titanium seems to make it more complicated than it needs to be.
Other than that, the other posts here are correct, it doesnt matter what ROM you are running when you make or restore a backup, apps and their data will transfer and restore just fine, BUT like stated by others, system data does not always play well between ROMs and in my opinion you are better off not trying to restore that when you switch between ROMs...has given me more than one headache.
+1 on MyBackup Root. I find it to be more user friendly and just as effective as Titanium as well. I make a backup of everything (apks,data,photos,system settings, etc) at 4am everyday while I'm asleep. I plan on sticking with ACS so this is just a security net since they still do not use journaling. However if I want to try a different rom I can always choose to restore only the apks from the backup file.
The epic has not gotten rom manager support yet so it doesn't work and cwm can fail if you are switching between cm7 and acs cwm will give you a md5 mismatch so I had to re flash acs then restore data. So use titanium to restore apps.
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Clockworkmod vs Titanium?

I've had such great help in these forums (Nook specifically) I couldn't resist trying my luck in these (Droid X) forums as well.
So, I've searched for Clockworkmod threads but they are all (That I found or noticed) from back in August.
Plenty of info to be had on Titanium Backup.
So my question, is Titanium the backup/restore program of choice? I was hoping for an idiots guide to backup and restore (especially in the event of problems) but the guides are kind of sketchy on the restore part.
Titanium
Use titanium backup to backup and restore all your apps. Useful when trying out new roms, although without the paid version of titanium you will spend alot of time tapping through the installation screens as it goes through your apps. Titanium won't help you recover a broken system.
SBF
Use RSDLITE 4.9 with a .SBF file to perform what many call a "sbf". This is usually used to restore a phone back to stock, or to recover from a bad/corrupted operating system. If your phone is unbootable, this is your recovery option. SBF'ing your phone is not as scary as it sounds, just download the system restore file (.sbf), connect your phone via usb to your computer, and use RSDLITE 4.9 to flash the phone.
Nand backups / Clockwork recovery
Use clockworkmod to do a full backup of your phone. Think of it as a clone of your phone. Restore your phone by booting into clockwork recovery and instead of choosing "backup", use the "restore" command. It will then allow you to select one of the backups you have made with clockwork. Pretty easy stuff here.
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Nand backups / Clockwork recovery
Use clockworkmod to do a full backup of your phone. Think of it as a clone of your phone. Restore your phone by booting into clockwork recovery and instead of choosing "backup", use the "restore" command. It will then allow you to select one of the backups you have made with clockwork. Pretty easy stuff here.
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was after. My only problem remains that I do not see any guides on how to go about downloading/installing/operating this program. I'll keep searching now that I know more about what I'm searching for. Thanks!
Search the market for "rom manager", it's free. Load it and tap "flash clockworkmod recovery".
You can use this app to reboot into recovery or by holding down the home and volume down buttons while pushing the power on button.
You can also download the DX bootstrapper from koushik's site, just google "koush bootstrap". Also free.
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Woah there buddy.
I'm going to clarify this process a bit for you before you mess something up, if you don't mind.
Root your phone.
The simplest method is to search for Z4Root here in the forums...it's a .apk that roots your phone for you.
Now...
I assume you want a sweeeeeeeet rom, ya?
We can do that...
MY personal recommendation would be this...
Make sure you have at least 2-3 gigs free on your SD...it won't need to STAY that way...but during this process, it will.
Open your contacts.
Click the options button.
Backup your contacts to your SD card.
Now download Titanium from the market...
The free version works fine for 99% of what you need.
The only problem is (as mentioned) you have to manually click the "install" button for all 500098098098 of your apps when you restore...as opposed to just one button and letting it work for a few minutes.
Open Titanium and backup all of your apps+data.
Do you want Liberty 2.0? I personally use it and LOOOOOOVE it...but you currently have to pay $5.99 for it...a free version should be released soon.
If you do...just download liberty toolbox donate from the market.
It will install the rom for you! The option is under the "Rom Manager" part...
Make sure you select both options when installing....The "Backup" and "clear data" ones.
If you don't want liberty...read below...if you've chosen to pay the $5.99...skip down to the ****** below.
Download either DX bootstrap or Rom Manager.
Rom manager actually installs Clockwork...where bootstrap is simply a method of booting into clockwork via an application.
Either work fine.
Find the ROM you'd like to install and download the .zip
Put the zip on the root of your SD card.
Boot into clockwork.
(With DX bootstrap you click "bootstrap" and when it finishes click "reboot recovery")
Backup. (Camera button selects options, volume moves up and down, and power moves back a page)
Now Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Now...Wipe Data/Factory Reset
And again.
And again.
I usually do that 3-4 times just for extra security.
Now install zip from SD card.
Pick the "Choose Zip from SD card" option.
Find your rom's .zip
Click Reboot.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
You're running a custom ROM!
Now...if you're contacts don't automatically start restoring...
You can choose the backup that you made from the options menu in your contacts.
Now...restore all apps+data with Titanium.
And you're back to where you were before the rom.
All your contacts...all your apps...
You may need to go back into your settings menu and change those back to your exact specifications.
Now...
If you don't like your rom...
You can boot into recovery again...
And restore to where you were previously with one click.
At this point after deciding I like the rom (I don't keep much free space on my SD)
I usually move my nandroid backup from before the rom to my computer...and delete it from my SD card...and then do another backup of my current (rom'd) setup.
I keep a copy of the titanium backup on my PC as well...and delete it from my SD card...there is no reason to waste a gig of space that can easily be transferred back when needed.
My recommendation is to always have you're most recent nandroid backup on your SD card and a copy of your last few on your computer.
You can rename the backup folders for organization...but don't use any spaces or special characters.
If you're REALLY hurting for space...
You can delete the nandroid backup safely if you have a microSD reader on your computer...in the case that your phone doesn't work and need to transfer the backup back onto your SD card.
Happy modding!
Thanks for the info, all of which answered my question just right. I've been using Gingerbread rooted & deoxed since Friday and it is quite nice. The improved battery life is phenomenal!
I want to STRONGLY recommend that everyone who is new/does not know what they are doing actually go through the process of flashing the rom. I was inexperienced once and I hard bricked it (unfixable). No one needs to go through that and anyway that's what keeps our bootloaders locked.
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STEPS
If you do not wipe data/cache/dalvik cache/battery stats, you will bootloop. Repeatedly wiping is not at all necessary but its good for ocd.
If you do not mount system and data, your phone WILL NOT BOOT and you will have to sbf.
SBF'ing is not difficult but a pain in the ass. First of all you do not need version 4.9. I used 4.7 three days ago to flash the most recent system version. Make sure that you have the file for your bootloader version or again your phone WILL NOT BOOT.
That being said, I have found that all problems are almost always careless mistakes or at least mine have been
You will find that as long as you're careful and follow all instructions, you'll never have any problems
Ok. Great info. I have been reading through the stickies n then came across this.
I am currently running darkslide 4.2 with blur. Flashed using clockwork mod on DX rooted with z4. I know that's alot of acronyms but yall understand. I used the bootstrap to get to clockwork and load everything using astro file manager.
Here is the question.
Do I have to wipe my cache in clockwork or can I leave it? So far I have left it n its running fine but doesn't seem any faster and my battery runs down in about a day.
I also use Titanium to back up my stuff but do I ha e to back up everything manually or is the free version one touch good enough? I noticed there are alot of things not backed up in to do list. I will happily get the donate version if its recommended.
Thank you all for your time and effort to answer our beginner questions.
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Glad to see you are making progress, jperro. It never hurts (in my experience) to wipe the cache.
The paid version of Titanium backup lets you perform batch operations without interacting with every single install screen. There are other features that make it good, but thats the main one that saves you time/frustration.
I only back up a few system apps/data like Contacts Storage and Wifi Hotspots Storage. If I'm restoring my phone, chances are I'm either trying a new rom and I don't really want to muck it up with any old data - so I don't back up all the system apps/data that Titanium Backup shows as "not backed up". Besides, I've got nand backups in case I'm flashing back to a previous setup, so restoring system data or apps via Titanium seems redundant.
Ahhh. Ok. Thanks jeftep for the info. Very useful and informative.
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After Flashing ROM Then What?

If this is in the wrong section I apologize.
I have rooted using Revolutionary and after flashing Superuser I installed ROM Manager and Titanium Backup (along with some other programs that work only in root). I wish to flash a new ROM and get away from stock. I am thinking CyanogenMod 7 ROM or gingerbread-evo-deck ROM (it has 4G).
I want to keep things simple so I will be using ROM Manager. I will make a backup with ROM Manager and will backup my apps using Titanium.
I will be flashing from within ROM Manager as it automatically does the "factory reset" and other things that I would otherwise need to do manually.
Once ROM is installed am I correct in that I need to re-download Titanium and then make a restore which should give me ROM Manager back?
Is there anything I am missing?
Thanks for any contribution you can give.
DocEsq
Ok, let me help you out here.
1, don't use ROM Manager. It has been shown to cause problems.
The first thing you want to do is get Amon Ra for your recovery. You'll find the thread in the Development section.
There's a link in my signature that gives a great walk through on flashing ROMS. I made it for MIUI, but you can use it for any ROM.
TB is great. just make sure you only backup and restore YOUR apps, not the system apps, HTC apps, System apps. They should be the ones that are in white.
Hope this gets you started.
Don't forget to make a Nandroid backup! It's the ultimate safety net.
HipKat said:
Ok, let me help you out here.
1, don't use ROM Manager. It has been shown to cause problems.
The first thing you want to do is get Amon Ra for your recovery. You'll find the thread in the Development section.
There's a link in my signature that gives a great walk through on flashing ROMS. I made it for MIUI, but you can use it for any ROM.
TB is great. just make sure you only backup and restore YOUR apps, not the system apps, HTC apps, System apps. They should be the ones that are in white.
Hope this gets you started.
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ROM manager = Problems
Amon Ra = EVO Love lol.
Plus its kinda cool going into recovery and flashing on ur own. It's much easier than it sounds.
Just remember NANDROID is your friend! Lol. And NEVER pull ur battery while updating ur radio and Wimax.
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Northbeach said:
Don't forget to make a Nandroid backup! It's the ultimate safety net.
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lol.. my link has 3 times you make nandroids in it

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