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Backup before full wipe

Dear all
Is there some way to copy on computer titaniums' backup for progs, settings... and copy back for reinstall after full wipeout? Anyone knows what folders to save if the answer is yes?
Tkx
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It's a folder called titanium backup in the internal sd...
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So such restore is possible then,? Tkx
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nand restore trouble

tried restoring a backup and it says md5 or whatever mismatch... is there anything i can do so i can flash that?

I think there is a way to bypass the security in the advandced options in CWM as long as you are certain the restore is valid. there should be no problems? but I'm no expert
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What version of clockworkmod are u on and what version of clockworkmod is the back up from?
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Esteway.619 said:
What version of clockworkmod are u on and what version of clockworkmod is the back up from?
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both from the new one 3.0.25

steviee7 said:
both from the new one 3.0.25
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Huh that's strange. U might have to just reflash the rom and really do everything. Never heard of that problem
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Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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shortyboy said:
Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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i am both EXT4

If you change the file name of a backup, it will give you that error. Did you do that?

maybe file corruption on the sd card ??
you could try making a backup of the sd card on your pc, then formatting the SD card, then restoring what's necessary to do the nandroid restore .. just another suggestion.

Just shell into your phone goto the backups dir and do
Md5sum -t *.img > nandroid.md5
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i n00b teh pwns said:
If you change the file name of a backup, it will give you that error. Did you do that?
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I did! it was hard to find the exact one

Making a new nandroid.md5 file like I described above will fix the issue
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shortyboy said:
Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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This will not make a difference backups are made into a yaffs image. You can backup a rfs system and restore it to an ext4 system.
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skeeterslint said:
This will not make a difference backups are made into a yaffs image. You can backup a rfs system and restore it to an ext4 system.
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But yet a lot of people seem to go into boot loops restoring a backup of an RFS system on a newly formatted EXT4 system.
Do you BONSAI?

kennyglass123 said:
But yet a lot of people seem to go into boot loops restoring a backup of an RFS system on a newly formatted EXT4 system.
Do you BONSAI?
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From my experience with nand backups is that its like the whole /data partition gets backed up/restored which brings in things that can cuase conflicts, things in dalvik cache and such.I have only ever had luck restore a nand to the same rom that the backup was made from I have always had issues going from one rom to another.IMO backing up your apps with Titanium Backup and restoring them without restoring system data has always been a win for me, nand backups have always been hit or miss.

skeeterslint said:
From my experience with nand backups is that its like the whole /data partition gets backed up/restored which brings in things that can cuase conflicts, things in dalvik cache and such.I have only ever had luck restore a nand to the same rom that the backup was made from I have always had issues going from one rom to another.IMO backing up your apps with Titanium Backup and restoring them without restoring system data has always been a win for me, nand backups have always been hit or miss.
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Best to clear cache dalvik and tombstone at the very least after a nandroid restore
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chris41g said:
Best to clear cache dalvik and tombstone at the very least after a nandroid restore
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Yeah good call on that.

nandroid backup stored were

Hey all silly question but when nexus 7 is rooted and a nandroid backup taken what happens when you really format the data partition from cwm does that wipe out the backup? Only ever had one device and it has a SD slot which stores the backups. Sorry for the newbie question.

It places the backups on the internal memory
/sdcard partition
It will not be erased if you format data from recovery
It will be erased if you do factory reset or fastboot erase userdata
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bagofcrap24 said:
It places the backups on the internal memory
/sdcard partition
It will not be erased if you format data from recovery
It will be erased if you do factory reset or fastboot erase userdata
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Ok thanks. After a bit a research I found that twrp will backup and restore straight from otg usb storage so will use that.

blucmal said:
Ok thanks. After a bit a research I found that twrp will backup and restore straight from otg usb storage so will use that.
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I decided to do the same: what's worth a backup on a device you probably cannot access any longer?
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AndDiSa said:
I decided to do the same: what's worth a backup on a device you probably cannot access any longer?
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wondering what you would do to be not able to access a nexus device...

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wondering what you would do to be not able to access a nexus device...
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Are you backing up your hard disk on itself? What do you do, if there is a hardware failure? Or even simpler: a 'wrongly' programmed install script which is formatting the data partition ...
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use the cloud.

If you can live with that, do it. I for myself prefer to have a copy near to me accessible all the time.
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[Q] Questions about backing up and restoring

So I made a backup using CWM (I am running Paranoid Android 3). If I flash a different ROM, can I use this to restore all of my data? And were are the backup files located? Thanks.

Use titanium backup to restore apps and app data but do not restore system apps or data.
Your cwm nandroids are stored in /data/media/clockworkmod
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So does that restore the internal sd card as well?
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Ultra_Saucy said:
So does that restore the internal sd card as well?
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No. The ONLY way to backup your sdcard is to copy it elsewhere. PC USB otg or something. NONE of the backup utilities actually backup your sdcard
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Ok that helped a ton. Thanks!
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Backup help.

I tried backing up my efs folder to my sd card using philz recovery but when I do it and then reboot and go to the backup that I made the folder is blank. What is the best way to backup my efs folder?
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I managed to back it up with terminal emulator but im not sure how to restore it if I corrupt my imei or anything like that so if anyone knows an easy way to restore it that would help me a lot lol
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OK I have 2 backups that I made.
Efs.img
Efs-backup.tar.gz
I know I can restore them using terminal emulator but im just wondering if these were done correctly.
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