I have installed Nandroid 2.3 thru clockworkmod recovery 2 month ago.
1. How should i take a backup of this OS?
2. And the zip folder through which i had installed 2.3 should i delete that from my SD Card? Also there are many other files like zImage, Readme.txt, log.txt, initrd.gz...cam i delete these too?
3. Previous to running Nandroid 2.3 i was running 2.2 through SD Card. Can i delete that folder too?
HTC HD2 (Manila Version)
msr.aspiringca said:
I have installed Nandroid 2.3 thru clockworkmod recovery 2 month ago.
1. How should i take a backup of this OS?
2. And the zip folder through which i had installed 2.3 should i delete that from my SD Card? Also there are many other files like zImage, Readme.txt, log.txt, initrd.gz...cam i delete these too?
3. Previous to running Nandroid 2.3 i was running 2.2 through SD Card. Can i delete that folder too?
HTC HD2 (Manila Version)
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1. You can back up via CWM > back up and restore > back up
2.The zip file is needed for the installation. You can delete it, but the other files - NO.
3.The folder of previos rom - if you don't need it ... delete it to. She was for other rom. Now your rom is running from NAND.
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On my AT&T Tilt, once you had installed HARDSPL, you could simply run RUU's which were packaged simply as EXE files on your PC and boom ... new ROM.
For those of us who have rooted and run unrEVOked(2) to get us the custom recovery, can someone please explain generally how a new ROM would get flashed.
<edit> tcberg2010 posted a wonderful analysis in a thread with a heading which will guarantee no one reads it... this is what tcberg2010 said:
Download one of the roms from here. http://inc.sodpit.com/. They are mostly stable might get a few random reboots.
Steps:
1. Download Rom of your choice, unrevolved and JagerRomSense are the 2 newest right now.
2. Copy and Paste onto sdcard. Make sure it is not in any directory's of SD card, just on the sdcard.
3. Verify it's there using Astro or some other File Manager.
4. Run Titanium Backup if you haven't already. (If you don't have it, get it, it's must have for root users.
a. Select Menu, Batch, Backup user apps.
b. let it run, this will take some time.
5. When that's done use Rom Manager to reboot into recovery.
6. Do "Wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"
7. Select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, then select whatever rom you downloaded.
8. When that's done reboot your phone, once your done setting up, download titanium backup, set that up.
9. Select Menu, Batch, Restore User apps.
After that's done you'll have all your apps that you had before, data included, with a fresh new rom to try out. Hope this helps!!
Wipe, Put rom on the root on your sdcard, then re-name the rom update.zip or leave it, go into recovery, flash update.zip, reboot. Very simple.
All you need to do to flash a custom ROM is:
1. You CAN use ROM Manager to flash one by going to Install ROM through SD Card.
2. You can place the .zip file onto your SD Card (it can be named anything) and then go to Install .Zip from SD Card in the Custom Recovery and select Choose File. This will allow you to browse through the files and select the one you want.
Hope this helps.
its easy... Wipe data....then put on SD card search for it with rom manager or with the custom recovery .. and installl its easier than u think i did for the first time ever yesterday no problem
So far I have used update.zip files from the sd card... you can either flash this from Rom Manager or use Clockwork Recovery to flash update from sd card.
In clockwork you select install from sd card- then navigate to where the update is saved on the card and select the .zip you want to install.
In Rom Manager just select the option "Install ROM from SD card" - all you do is direct the app to the .zip you want to install and it takes off from there.
Just remember to backup first.
eezy peezy...
New ROMs stick- updating recovery does not...
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
j1000 said:
Before we change roms and wipe is there a way to backup text messages and restore them after the new rom is installed.
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h t t p ://w w w.appbrain.com/app/com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
SMS Backup and Restore
Works great and fast
sms backup in the market
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I thought it was a super bad idea to try to restore data, am I in error?
I thought one would either use MYBACKUPPRO or TITANIUMBACKUP to take only APPS + App Data; but NOT to backup data itself to be restored on a different rom.
All SMS Backup restores is your txt messages, used it on my wives phone and had no adverse affects. I see everyone say flash update.zip, you may already know this, but the recovery that we use does not require us to change to name to update.zip, you can flash any zip, just know what the name is and flash it.
Every time that I flash a new NAND build (almost every day), I find myself at list one hour seating and installing all the apk files on my sd card.
Is there a way to install all the files on the first boot ? to save them on one folder and on the first boot android will install all of them ?
I know that in SD card builds it's possible.
Please advice.
No, that's not possible. It was a feature of SD builds only.
Why not use Titanium Backup to backup all your apps and data, and the restore them all with just 1 click (if paid - lots of clicks if not!)
Or keep your apps on a rom with ext partition support.
Backup in nandroid, wipe, install new rom, reboot cwm, restore backup where you can choose, select SD ext part.
Reboot, enjoy not having to install all your apk files
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
I am going to switch to a new ROM (one of the MccM builds once I know which one to use!) after CoreDroid crashed on me (SD builds)
There are some apps I like cooked into CoreDroid for which I see the apks are in the Android Apps folder.
Can i just copy these apks into the same folder on the new ROM and will they be installed/work from 1st boot or is it not that straight forward?
yes u can copy them into the zip befor flashing ...but dobt copy mutch or the file will be big for the partition ...i tried one and it wouldnt boot but when i deleted some of the apps i copied it booted ...or just usr titanium backup to save all ur apps
wigwam12 said:
I am going to switch to a new ROM (one of the MccM builds once I know which one to use!) after CoreDroid crashed on me (SD builds)
There are some apps I like cooked into CoreDroid for which I see the apks are in the Android Apps folder.
Can i just copy these apks into the same folder on the new ROM and will they be installed/work from 1st boot or is it not that straight forward?
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The easiest way is to use titanium backup (free on the android market but you probably have it already).
yes but sadly Titanium is one of the apps permanently crashed on current build
You can copy the apks like you said and install them on your new rom. Just do it after flashing and do not copy them to the system folder.... but your data will be lost this way.
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sorry i got confused by what you just said. if i copy the apk to the android apps folder, when i do a first boot will they not be installed to this build?
if not, how do i do it then please?
you copy the apk to your sd card and install them normally on your new build by selecting the apks in a file explorer.
Hi every
I used recovery to backup my rom and after I tried another roms I decided to come back the previous one.so I copied the backup folder including all files to Sd-Card and used "restore and backup option" in recovery(CLK),but it seems it cant find any file to restore.
what should I do?
did you move the files fromthe sd card to your computer and back again? did you rename any of the folders?
remembering too taht cwm looks in 'clockwork/backup' not just backup.
Richy99 said:
did you move the files fromthe sd card to your computer and back again? did you rename any of the folders?
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of course I moved back to sd card.all files are in one folder.the name is the date and time that I made backup.I think when I copied it to sd-card renamed it to "backup".does it matter?
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remembering too taht cwm looks in 'clockwork/backup' not just backup.
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I didn't get what you are saying.I went to CWR and advanced\restore and backup
Cwr looks in the folder "sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-11-21.23.27.32/" (example date from my backup folder) so it sounds like you aren't copying the backup to the correct place.
Hi everybody,
I have installed a NativeSD Rom and at the moment I have nothing on the NAND. I am trying to install the backup of my old NAND ROM on the NAND again, but when I choose the right backup file from MAGLDR Ad Recovery / install zip from sdcard / choose zip from sdcard, the system says: "CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.6 / No files found"!!!
I've checked the backup file and it has all the files (about 695MB)...
I have just tried to choose the NativeSD ROM file which I also have on the SDcard and the system accept it (of course I break the install process in this case)!
What I'm doing wrong? I'm just trying to restore the old ROM to NAND, so it should not interract with the NativeSD ROM...
Best regards,
Conrad
Conrad-007 said:
.. from MAGLDR Ad Recovery / install zip from sdcard / choose zip from sdcard, the system says: "CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.6 / No files found"!!! ..
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Hi to you,
I thought restoring backups had nothing to do with "install zip from sdcard"? Why are you going there?
*Re-reads your post again and tries to find another meaning to what you said*
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Hydroxyl, NOW I understand! You are doing it wrong
In order to restore a backup, the backup must be located in "/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/" (That's for android 4.1.2 and earlier, don't know about 4.2). And you don't install it like any ROM.zip file. From the main menu of CWM, go to "Backup/Restore" .. then Restore .. then choose your backup. (provided it's in the aforementioned location).