Rooted my nexus 7 this morning and I did a backup of the apps before using the nexus root toolkit. I restored the backup after rooting and all of my games came back except Final Fantasy 3. Its not a big deal, but I was pretty far along in the game and it was the only one I was playing. Am I screwed or did it possibly not restore properly? Im new to this stuff so im curous as to why this happened so I can prevent it from happening again.
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Hey everyone,
I'm pretty new to Android and purchased a Nexus 7 not too long ago and have recently discovered a dead pixel on it. It drives me crazy enough for me to take it back to Best Buy and do an exchange which shouldn't be a problem.
My only concern is performing a complete backup of my current device (Apps, Settings, Maybe even my widgets/home screens), do the in-store exchange, and then do a complete restore on my new Nexus 7.
I am savvy enough to root the device so I have no issue using any community created apps to perform this.
I see a few threads regarding this but I am unsure if they are the correct ones.
Guide Backing up my Nexus 7 from total loss
Google Nexus 7 TOOLKIT V2.0.0 Drivers, Backup, Unlock, Root, CWM, Flash + MUCH MORE
It seems like the Google Nexus 7 toolkit is what I need but I'd like to confirm what the easiest and correct route is.
You are right, the second link Google Nexus 7 Toolkit is what you need, its pretty simple just follow the instructions given.
You can do nandroid backup which backs up pretty much everything system + user apps and save it on your pc.
Thank you! The full NANDROID backup worked.
Another question for anyone. I'm not receiving the 4.1.2 update on my device but when I did a factory reset, I got the update right away. Is this because my Nexus is rooted? I have the stock ROM. All I had done was root the device but I am not receiving the update after doing my NANDROID restore.
I made a full Nandroid through TWRP and a full App/data backup via ROM Toolbox before flashing the OTA zip. I just found the deal breaker for me with 4.2. LogMeIn does not display the remote desktop properly which is essential for me as I use it daily for work. My only concern with running the Nandroid restore is how many scripts and file structure changes were done in 4.2.
Has anyone done this without flashing a fresh 4.1.2 ROM?
i'm trying to restore a nandroid backup of 4.1.2 with TWRP but i dont think it's showing up..only the nandroid i just did..wtf
That's because 4.2 changes the SD card folder structure. You'll have to manually move the backup folder back to its right path.
Nandroids replace everything, so you should be ok going back.
What's wrong with logmein ? My remote desktop app requires that I change the resolution for it to work. I would also screw with the dev options.
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Well I'm back and running 4.1.2, I do think it is much smoother. I flashed a rooted stock rom then did a factory reset. The problem with using just the nandroid was the symlinks created by 4.2. The stock rom reset those, the nandroid may of but I still had to move around some directories and fix the 'sdcard' since the revert left all of my data in the 0 folder and I had to manually move it back to the root of data/media/ as well as consolidate the obb an twrp folders which I did from twrp. Once I was back on a confirmed functioning 4.1.2 base I did a nandroid restore and wiped cache and davlik. All seems to be perfect. I kept root and all.
Logmein was a widespread issue and although it's a $30 app they are slow to support and update it and it is the one app I must have working. There were a few other daily apps that were having issues also, some were updated by the time I reverted though haha. Overall Thought 4.2 was not as quick and was buggy for me. I loved they fixed the volume and the keyboard was great but this is a work device first so ill let xda and the devs iron out the kinks before jumping back up. Volume+ and SwiftKey will hold me over for now
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kangy, i did the same. i figured out that stupid file structure (why is it under /sdcard/0 now?) and i copied the nandroid..took about 1 hour to get everything done how i wanted it.
then i did the stupid thing of flashing the gapps package for 4.2 because i wanted the new apps...without realizing its only for deodex roms, and stock 4.1 is odex lol whoops. had to nandroid like 2 times lol
They did it like that for the multi users to each have their own SD card directory.
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I keep getting the prompt to install the ota update, anyone know how to clear that out and then block it. I have to ride out 4.1.2 until Logmein is fixed sometime in the next decade
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kangy said:
I keep getting the prompt to install the ota update, anyone know how to clear that out and then block it. I have to ride out 4.1.2 until Logmein is fixed sometime in the next decade
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know what i did? installed that FOTA.apk ota killer.....it came up like twice after, and hten never has again....awesome!
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Do you have a link to that apk?
I am running windows 7 64 bit, wug's toolkit, and newest build of jb on my dads nexus 7. I am trying to restore the backup file i created using wug's toolkit before I unlocked the BL. When i click on restore, it reboots the nexus, then gives me the prompt on the device to restore, i click restore, then the device reboots again, goes to the homescreen, just sits there, and does nothing. wug's toolkit says restoring the .ab to your device, and thats it. Shouldnt it be listing the progress on the nexus as it restores? I did this yesterday to my mother in law's nexus 7 same everything, and it worked without a hitch. What am I doing wrong this time?
ok, little update. I was able to restore the .ab file I made from my mother in law's N7 onto my dad's N7.
I cannot however, restore the .ab file I made on my dad's N7 back onto my dad's N7.
Is it possible the backup file I made today on my dad's N7 corrupted? Like I said, when u click restore my data, it just reboots the N7 and my computer just sits there saying restoring the file.
I had a similar config and issue. Are thou using the right Nexus 7 drivers? This was an issue for me.
Yeah I was using the right drivers and such. I think it was just the backup file somehow got corrupted. I later quickly threw some apps in it after a fresh wipe and then made a backup and restored it and it worked with no problems. Then unlocked and rooted and backed up my mom's N7 and had no probs with hers. Just to be safe tho i made 2 backups on hers just in case one got corrupted again.
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Hi.
I have multiple user profiles on my Nexus 10, and as you know the is no good way to backup/restore multiple accounts.
I'm currently running stock 4.2.2, and is wondering what the best way to upgrade to 4.3 is? Should I just use the system update and reroot the device afterwards? Will this keep qll my profile data etc?
How did you do it?
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No one have any suggestions?
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No one have any suggestions?
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I was wondering the same thing
Upgrading to 4.3
I also would like to know what to do. I am currently on 4.22 rooted and running twrp as a custom recovery. Should I use the OTA upgrade to 4.3 and then root or flash the pre rooted AOSP 4.3. I don't want to lose my data or settings
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I also would like to know what to do. I am currently on 4.22 rooted and running twrp as a custom recovery. Should I use the OTA upgrade to 4.3 and then root or flash the pre rooted AOSP 4.3. I don't want to lose my data or settings
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Okay so what I finally did was this: I don't know if you rooted+unlocked it with the wugfresh tool but I had done that a few months ago.
So I opened the nexus tool rootkit from wugfresh --> it updated to the latest version
After that I made a full back up of my data and my system
Then I pressed Flash Stock +Unroot after that it asked if I wanted to install the 4.3 after unrooting
I selected that and followed the orders etc etc
It all went pretty smoothly and now I have an unlocked + unrooted 4.3 nexus 10
You should first check whether fastboot is configured well and update some stuff in de Android SDK manager (I don't know which stuff and I'm not sure if that updating is something that you must do, I'm guessing it won't be necessary ) But the fastboot thing is really important I guess.
Also maybe you better wait till somebody with more computer knowledge answers your questions, because I don't know what I'm doing
I like to screw around with my devices and it hasn't had a bad consequence yet. Just try to google everything if your not totally sure about it.
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Okay so what I finally did was this: I don't know if you rooted+unlocked it with the wugfresh tool but I had done that a few months ago.
So I opened the nexus tool rootkit from wugfresh --> it updated to the latest version
After that I made a full back up of my data and my system
Then I pressed Flash Stock +Unroot after that it asked if I wanted to install the 4.3 after unrooting
I selected that and followed the orders etc etc
It all went pretty smoothly and now I have an unlocked + unrooted 4.3 nexus 10
You should first check whether fastboot is configured well and update some stuff in de Android SDK manager (I don't know which stuff and I'm not sure if that updating is something that you must do, I'm guessing it won't be necessary ) But the fastboot thing is really important I guess.
Also maybe you better wait till somebody with more computer knowledge answers your questions, because I don't know what I'm doing
I like to screw around with my devices and it hasn't had a bad consequence yet. Just try to google everything if your not totally sure about it.
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Did this method made you loose your data/settings? Think this is what i will try. Nandroid backup device, flash stock recovery run ota upgrade, and install custom recovery and root afterwards. Hope this woill work
Yes I lost all my data nut I also had backed up al my data with backup data+media of the wugfresh tool. Both backing up the data and retrieving it afterwards took a long time but I had patience and now I have almy data back again
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I'm not sure restoring the data will be stable, since the directories structure has been slightly changed between 4.2 and 4.3.
I also has multiple accounts. I've tried to backup the users apps with Titanium backup. I thought I would be able to create myself the user profiles, then restore the apps with Titanium. However, this didn't work since Titanium is unable to correctly backup and restore apps for multiple user accounts.
I ended up installing manually the apps for the other user.
Also note that even for your main profile, restoring the apps may require restoring the device uid. Titanium is able to do that if you backup its settings.
So far my atempt left me with a nexus that wont boot, dont know if it is the updated bootloader, but it vibrates a lot at boot, and then goes to bootloader. Think i better just flash the 4.3 stock image and reroot and restore what i can :-/
Hey guys, I'm having some trouble updating and its been about a year since I rooted and forgot most of this stuff. Could someone make it very easy for me to update I have super Su and titanium backup also CWM recovery, I would like to not lose my data on phone and could re root if needed. Also have the ABD on the computer. I know I need to flash the stock information but I'm having a hard time finding that information on the forums.
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698139
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