So, I have a regular U8800 with Oxygen and ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6.
My question is: what does Nandroid backup? If I manage to null my IMEI, will a restore bring it back? And if I brick it in some way, but manage to get into Recovery, will it restore everything?
I want to install the Aurora ROM, but if I mess up something, I want to know if Recovery can keep me somewhat safe.
a nandroid backup is protecticting you from any soft brick. By that I mean any software faults. For example if you accidentally delete something from your system a restore will make your phone identical as before. If you flash aurora and you want to revert to your backup this will make your phone look identical as before. I don't think that it is protecting you from a null IMEI though. If you want to be sure and to backup your phone completely you can follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374511
Ok, I will do that as soon as I get home. Thanks!
So I'm doing a nandroid on my VS980, and when I restore it.... it doesn't restore everything. It's not even getting half the apps. Am I doing something wrong? It's a backup that's being kicked off by ROM Installer.
I backed up my phone using Online Nandroid and now when I try to restore the apps don't detect the backup. How can I either manually restore it, or get the apps to detect my backup?
Ok, so I had to get a replacement Note 4 due to camera hardware issues. I made a TWRP backup of my original phone, now I want to restore things on my new phone. My question is what should I restore? The things I backed was everything I could:
Boot
Recovery
System
Data
Cache
EFS
Modem
Should I restore everything? I get the feeling that I shouldn't try to restore EFS for some reason, but I am not sure. Anything I definitely should not restore on the new device? Thanks
Has anyone tried to restore from a twrp backup before with the v20? Made a backup after root, would like to return to that state if possible. Just don't want to wipe and it can't boot and I got a paperweight since there is no ddl for restoring to stock