I'm using some ultimate droid ROM via CWM and I want to switch to new CWM CM7 ROM. The thing is that I want to backup save from some game to make them work in my new ROM. And the question is: how to?
I'll be grateful for any tips, points, whatsoever, cause I've looked through many topics and I still have not found any answer.
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Use Titanium Backup (be careful using this as it might cause errors during restore) or my personal favorite "MyBackup Pro"...U can also try doing a nandroid backup of UD, flash ur new ROM and then perform an advanced restore (through CWM) of DATA "only"....Haven't tried the 2nd method across different ROMs but some folks have reported it works just as if u were restoring to the same ROM
voncrane said:
Use Titanium Backup (be careful using this as it might cause errors during restore) or my personal favorite "MyBackup Pro"...U can also try doing a nandroid backup of UD, flash ur new ROM and then perform an advanced restore (through CWM) of DATA "only"....Haven't tried the 2nd method across different ROMs but some folks have reported it works just as if u were restoring to the same ROM
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It works like you were restoring the same. U just have to be careful only to restore data but not the system. Otherwise you will get back ur old ROM.
I've done the "only - data" restore form CWM, everything works just fine. All my previous apps, and even my wallpaper is restored
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I've done the "only - data" restore form CWM, everything works just fine. All my previous apps, and even my wallpaper is restored
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And it's the only way you can restore widgets. With Titanium you have to add them by hand again.
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Forgive my ignorance.
I am following randyshear's excellent video and just rooted for the first time and wish to flash viperrom 4.0.2.a.
The only question I can't find an answer to is whether I can keep all of my data intact (my email accounts, the apps I've downloaded, etc), or whether this process will completely wipe out my data?
Maybe I'm already on the right track? I booted into clockwork recovery and selected "backup and restore" and made a backup to my sd card. I copied this nandroid backup to my PC. Will I be able to "restore" this after I flash the viperrom?
Thanks and sorry for the ignorance!
I prefer Mybackup Pro over Titanium.
Yep, my back up pro, or the free root version.
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Or once you install your new ROM, you can boot back into recovery, go to backup and restore, then advanced restore, and just restore your data. This should restore all of your apps, settings, sms, ect without messing up the ROM.
b3nny said:
Or once you install your new ROM, you can boot back into recovery, go to backup and restore, then advanced restore, and just restore your data. This should restore all of your apps, settings, sms, ect without messing up the ROM.
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I have flashed several roms several times waiting to find that ultimate rom that I cant live without, everytime i have had to try and figure out how to get all my data back, will this method work without fail? have you done this before. please let me know, if this is true you will have become my new hero. thanks
If you are coming from 2.1 or any other rom then data restore can cause fc and stabilit problems. I'm not saying this happens to everyone on every rom but it has happened to me multiple times after wiping data/cache 3 times flashing the rom, booting, clockwork data restore etc.. I generally don't try it anymore as it caused more problems than it solved. Just my 2 bytes.
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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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So I haven't really used any custom ROMs due to the huge work needed after flashing one, I have too many apps installed and save games that I don't wish to lose.
Well I've decided to check out a few of the ROMs today and see which one I will like best, but I would first like to ask how I would back up my stock ROM is the first place. Now as far as I know you can do a nandroid backup using CWM and so I did that, it made a backup of my stock ROM along with data files off all the apps.
Now let's say I've been with this custom ROM for a few weeks and I'm sick of it, and I would like to return to the stock one. Can I restore stock by flashing CWM again, going to the backup menu and choose restore and then browse to the backup I made? Will it restore my stock ROM + data without problems?
Another thing I'm curious to know is, what's the best way to backup all of my apps along with their save games so that I can restore them to the custom ROM once I've flashed it? I've read about Titanium Backup but I do not see a "Select all" option, backup one after another would be a pain.
I hope I didnt confuse anyone with all these questions.
Use batch operation in TBackup
It allows u to backup n restore all apps+data
You can restore ur backup
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alkesh95 said:
Use batch operation in TBackup
It allows u to backup n restore all apps+data
You can restore ur backup
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Stupid me, how could I have not noticed that option. Thanks I have just started backing everything up, I suppose the correct option is "Backup all user apps + system data"?
As for the stock ROM backup, will it work as I said? I've read that CWM has bugs when it comes to restoring such nandroid backups. Also do I need to wipe cache and data before I can restore my stock nandroid backup?
Mitko said:
Stupid me, how could I have not noticed that option. Thanks I have just started backing everything up, I suppose the correct option is "Backup all user apps + system data"?
As for the stock ROM backup, will it work as I said? I've read that CWM has bugs when it comes to restoring such nandroid backups. Also do I need to wipe cache and data before I can restore my stock nandroid backup?
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1) Yes, its the correct option. It even backups save games and the entire data
2) It doesnt matter if you wipe data or not. But its fine if you dont do that. I dont wipe data at every nandroid restore and had no problems. Either way its the same, no need to worry about this. CWM backups wont restore or give some problems only when you restore a backup with different kernel. For restoring to work perfectly , the present kernel(before restore) and to be restored kernel must be the same.
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1) Yes, its the correct option. It even backups save games and the entire data
2) It doesnt matter if you wipe data or not. But its fine if you dont do that. I dont wipe data at every nandroid restore and had no problems. Either way its the same, no need to worry about this. CWM backups wont restore or give some problems only when you restore a backup with different kernel. For restoring to work perfectly , the present kernel(before restore) and to be restored kernel must be the same.
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Great, thank you.
For now I have transfered all the files from my TitaniumBackup folder to my computer. I am planning on transferring them back to my SD card once the ROM flashing is complete. After I put the TitaniumBackup folder on my SD card, I install Titanium Backup again and it will read the backups right? Then all I do is choose the option to restore them all and it will work with no problems?
Sorry again for too much questions but I always like to be on the safe side when doing such things, :angel: I crapped my pants when I ended up with a bootloop on my old phone :laugh:
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Great, thank you.
For now I have transfered all the files from my TitaniumBackup folder to my computer. I am planning on transferring them back to my SD card once the ROM flashing is complete. After I put the TitaniumBackup folder on my SD card, I install Titanium Backup again and it will read the backups right? Then all I do is choose the option to restore them all and it will work with no problems?
Sorry again for too much questions but I always like to be on the safe side when doing such things, :angel: I crapped my pants when I ended up with a bootloop on my old phone :laugh:
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Yes, It will detect. Restoring should go fine
Thanks. I will let you know with results.
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Thanks it worked.
Good luck to your new custom ROM
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Good luck to your new custom ROM
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Thanks I'm already enjoying it.
Hello,
Just flashed my first ROM using GooManager. It worked perfectly, and now my device is up and running and installing all the apps again. GooManager took a backup before it flashed the ROM.
How do I get back all the settings for my phone? ie. everything, APN, icon placement etc.
Okay, learning as I go along. Got into TWRP recovery, there are three check boxes. If I want to keep the ROM I installed, and just want my old settings, which should I check?
Edit: Options are System Data and Boot.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's not recommended to do that since it can bring problems to the new ROM. I recommend using something like Titanium backup, it's marvelous. :good:
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's not recommended to do that since it can bring problems to the new ROM. I recommend using something like Titanium backup, it's marvelous. :good:
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Ya I'm not sure but I think recoveries only redo full ROM restore, not apps.
I believe TiBu can pull apps from a backup, perhaps ROM Toolbox too.
Your best bet is likely to backup again, restore previous backup, run TiBu or Toolbox and backup user apps. Restore newest ROM, restore apps. Since you just flashed though may not be worth backing up current, just reflash it after you go back to do the apps.
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cheeseypi said:
I have been scouring the internet for over 2 hours, and I can't seem to find anyone who has done something similar to this, so here goes:
I currently have a Nexus 6P with the Pure Nexus Project Rom installed. I would like to switch to CyanogenMod. Normally, this would be no problem, however I am running into some difficulties with backups. Ideally, I would just do a NANDroid backup from TWRP, but I don't have enough space on my device. Right now I am running a full ADB backup to my computer, but in this instance I don't know if I'll be able to restore that backup to a new CyanogenMod installation.
TL;DR: Will an ADB backup restore to a new custom rom i.e. restore to CM from PureNexus? If not, is there a way to do a NANDroid backup directly to my computer?
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You shouldn't be using TWRP to backup/restore data between different ROMs in the first place. That will not only back up your apps but all settings as well, which will cause problems on a different ROM. The only safe way is to use Titanium Backup to backup your user apps (not system apps) and then restore that backup on the new ROM.
Heisenberg said:
You shouldn't be using TWRP to backup/restore data between different ROMs in the first place. That will not only back up your apps but all settings as well, which will cause problems on a different ROM. The only safe way is to use Titanium Backup to backup your user apps (not system apps) and then restore that backup on the new ROM.
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Well that goes against everything I've seen... Thanks though.
cheeseypi said:
Well that goes against everything I've seen... Thanks though.
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Could you point me to where you've seen someone recommending to restore a nandroid /data backup on a different ROM? It's widely known that this is nothing but trouble, if it's on XDA it probably needs to be taken care of.
cheeseypi said:
I have been scouring the internet for over 2 hours, and I can't seem to find anyone who has done something similar to this, so here goes:
I currently have a Nexus 6P with the Pure Nexus Project Rom installed. I would like to switch to CyanogenMod. Normally, this would be no problem, however I am running into some difficulties with backups. Ideally, I would just do a NANDroid backup from TWRP, but I don't have enough space on my device. Right now I am running a full ADB backup to my computer, but in this instance I don't know if I'll be able to restore that backup to a new CyanogenMod installation.
TL;DR: Will an ADB backup restore to a new custom rom i.e. restore to CM from PureNexus? If not, is there a way to do a NANDroid backup directly to my computer?
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Titanium backup is the only really viable solution in such a case. When you need to make a snapshot of your whole system in case of failure you use a Nandroid backup, however when you need to transfer data between /system formats then it's best if you use titanium backup.