On TWRP Nandroid Backup there are 7 options that can be backed up: Boot,System,Data,Cache,Recovery,EFS and Preload. The 1st 3 are always checked but I was wondering which of the other 4 options do most people check when doing a Nandriod?
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Boot,System,Data,
that is ALL
You might want to backup efs once just in case you lose it down the road. But I've never had to use it
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That is a given, but is it not needed every backup. backup efs for sure once, and put it in a safe place.
Thanks for input guys. So it it just makes the Nandroid a bigger file with all checked but not really necessary.
RonH54 said:
Thanks for input guys
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Thanks button would be nice
I made two Nandroids after rooting; 1st being Boot+System+Data and 2nd just EFS alone
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Can someone tell me if an android backup is the same as an android backup ? What is the difference ?
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skyskioc said:
Can someone tell me if an android backup is the same as an android backup ? What is the difference ?
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dont think there is a difference. a nandroid backup is a complete image of your file system at the time of backup. essentially a complete copy of your phone's state. its done in clockwork/bootstrap recovery
+1 for racinwarrior
and i think you made a typo in your op.
Thanks 4 your help it looks like you clarified that for me. Oh ya I did eff up on my spelling. Ment to say nandroid back up and android back up. okay so I have bootstrap recovery and have done a backup. so does this mean if my phone is messed up I can revert back to that date I did the backup and my phone should be okay ? And do I need to do a complete wipe data of my phone ? thanks for everyones help
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Yeah, i always wipe system, data, cache when i'm restoring a back up just to be on the safe side as a nandroid will literally restore your phone to the condition it was in when you backed it up
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My phone suddenly went bonkers this afternoon, didn't have any signal and the IMEI was blank. Using stock rom KI8 with speedmod. It was running fine for days but I don't know why it did what it did for no reason at all.
Good thing I backed up my /efs folder with an app. I had a problem with restoring my efs backup using the .img but for some reason with the .tar it works (thank God I backed up using both ways).
I'm wondering why it just suddenly did this on its own? Wasn't doing anything extraordinary with it. Odd.
The reason why a backup is so important. I don't even want to see a service center. I take my precautions accordingly.
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Good to hear that you managed to resolve everything
But maybe just keep it to one post, yeah?
screamworks said:
Good to hear that you managed to resolve everything
But maybe just keep it to one post, yeah?
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Haven't resolved everything yet actually. Why is it that using the img file to restore doesn't work. It just gets stuck. Though the .tar backup works.
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My bad, I was under the impression you did.
So you say that your .tar backup works, yeah? What exactly do you mean by that? Or are you saying that you've managed to restore your IMEI (using the .tar), but still want to know why it happened?
If so, there honestly could be a plethora of reasons, including rouge apps, a ROM dev. who didn't check their work, etc. etc.
If you still need to fix it / want someone to share some of the more technical information, try contacting Odia, I know he is able to restore IMEI's without backups, so he'd probably be your best bet.
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My bad, I was under the impression you did.
So you say that your .tar backup works, yeah? What exactly do you mean by that? Or are you saying that you've managed to restore your IMEI (using the .tar), but still want to know why it happened?
If so, there honestly could be a plethora of reasons, including rouge apps, a ROM dev. who didn't check their work, etc. etc.
If you still need to fix it / want someone to share some of the more technical information, try contacting Odia, I know he is able to restore IMEI's without backups, so he'd probably be your best bet.
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Thanks for pointing me to the right direction.
Let me set the facts straight. I was able to restore it using a tar backup. Initially I used an img to try to restore but that failed. Good thing that during the time I backed up my efs I was amused with the app and made both img and tar backups just for kicks.
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prinzhernan said:
Thanks for pointing me to the right direction.
Let me set the facts straight. I was able to restore it using a tar backup. Initially I used an img to try to restore but that failed. Good thing that during the time I backed up my efs I was amused with the app and made both img and tar backups just for kicks.
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Could I ask which app precisely? Just wanting to know!
jamesa9911 said:
Could I ask which app precisely? Just wanting to know!
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It's called EFS Pro 1.2.6. Can be found in xda.
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Bout to get my nexus 4, will be dropped off by UPS tomorow. And i have a few questions, if anyone will be kind enough to answer.
Would it be a smart idea to unlock the bootloader and root it with TWRP recovery like the second i take it out of the box so that way i dont have to back anything up?
And then, when i decide to switch to a non stock ROM i will just need Titanium backup to backup my stuff and then im good to go?
Also, one more question, since nexus's dont have SD cards, wont my titanium backups get wiped when i flash a rom?
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1) Yes it would probably be a good idea to unlock and root right away. That's what I done with my Nexus 7. I didn't install recovery though because I wasn't interested in custom ROMs. If you're going to be flashing things right away then yes install the recovery aswell.
2) Titanium Backup will do that perfectly for you but you could always just make the backup through recovery. As you said you'll be using TWRP it means you can restore data separately from a backup anyway.
3) You don't need to worry about backups being wiped because they're stored in the internal SD. It's essentially just space to make sure important things can still be safe even if you factory reset.
Hope that helps
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Btw I would recommend Helium instead of Titanium Backup for backing up your stuff. Works much more efficiently, at least for me. Helium backs up everything, apps and app data, launcher, WiFi settings, user dictionary, launcher setup, and all your SMS data. I really like it and I've fully replaced Titanium Backup with it.
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Instead of titanium backup use go backup pro and save it to the cloud
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After you root & unlock the device I strongly suggest you play around with the phone for a few days and see how battery is and its performance as well. After those few days if you want you could just install any rom or kernel you want. You'll thank me later. Lol
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1) Yes it would probably be a good idea to unlock and root right away. That's what I done with my Nexus 7. I didn't install recovery though because I wasn't interested in custom ROMs. If you're going to be flashing things right away then yes install the recovery aswell.
2) Titanium Backup will do that perfectly for you but you could always just make the backup through recovery. As you said you'll be using TWRP it means you can restore data separately from a backup anyway.
3) You don't need to worry about backups being wiped because they're stored in the internal SD. It's essentially just space to make sure important things can still be safe even if you factory reset.
Hope that helps
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Btw I would recommend Helium instead of Titanium Backup for backing up your stuff. Works much more efficiently, at least for me. Helium backs up everything, apps and app data, launcher, WiFi settings, user dictionary, launcher setup, and all your SMS data. I really like it and I've fully replaced Titanium Backup with it.
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ayo234 said:
Instead of titanium backup use go backup pro and save it to the cloud
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scream4cheese said:
After you root & unlock the device I strongly suggest you play around with the phone for a few days and see how battery is and it's performance as well. After those few days if you want you could just install any rom or kernel you want. You'll thank me later. Lol
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thank you all so much! I really appreciate the answers. I will look into all three of those options for backing up my data! Thank you. and the internal sd card thing makes perfect sense so thank you for that explanation. You all have a good day!
I accidently deleted my twrp backup while I was flashing a rom and is there anyway to recover my twrp backup because its very important
No.
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Another answer than no,I think there some ways to restore data on android
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Another answer than no,I think there some ways to restore data on android
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no, youre not restoring it. might as well take it out of your head. if it was a photo, or a small file, id say you had a chance. not a file as large as a nandroid, sorry.
How are we backing up EFS? TWRP? Some other app?
You don't need to backup efs,
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but yes you can back it up with twrp
Have things changed from the Nexus 5 days? I recall the recommendation with the N5 was to make an EFS backup in case of IMEI problems. Different now on the N6P?
I do it no matter what but didn't have a problem with corrupted EFS until OnePlus One.
During flashing to stock on OPO, EFS got messed up. Luckily I had a EFS backup handy so I flashed it back and my phone was good to go again. I tried restoring EFS backup I made in TWRP but it did no good. Since I always make backup using terminal (which gives you two files). I restored the two files to get working EFS and IMEI back.
However on N6P, I couldn't use the same method. Either the EFS partition is different than before or there was something else since I got "permission denied" error. I am also looking for method to backup EFS before its messed up.
Looks like a poor soul already ran into a corrupted EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/efs-corrupted-stock-unrooted-t3236513
Should be fine for him to refresh stock, efs was only an issue on Samsung devices because they were stupid enough to have the entire part in an area that could be wiped, no other manufacturers do or did that. I found out first hand with the Nexus s, but the 5 and so on were fine if you just refreshed the system image
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enaybee above says he had problems on a 1+1 too. I don't plan on restoring EFS ever, but I'd still like to take a backup if possible, just in case. I just don't know what's reliable, I know TWRP has an option and I used it on my old N5 but who knows if you can actually restore from it should you ever need to.
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You don't need to backup efs,
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Why on earth would you say that? An EFS backup should be made on any device where it is possible.
Heisenberg said:
Why on earth would you say that? An EFS backup should be made on any device where it is possible.
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Read my second post.
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italia0101 said:
Read my second post.
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It isn't a matter of the EFS partition being wiped, it's a matter of it becoming corrupt, which can happen randomly. You shouldn't be giving advice like this if you don't fully understand the situation.
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It isn't a matter of the EFS partition being wiped, it's a matter of it becoming corrupt, which can happen randomly. You shouldn't be giving advice like this if you don't fully understand the situation.
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OK fella. Had all the Nexus devices since the S, but OK, can't be bothered to argue with you. Have a nice day
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How do we backup efs on the 6p?
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How do we backup efs on the 6p?
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You can use TWRP to back it up, I have instructions in my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
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You can use TWRP to back it up, I have instructions in my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
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I hope a restore works, but I'm not brave enough to try it. There's a report above that a restore in TWRP didn't work on a 1+1 phone. Still good to have this TWRP backup, until we learn more.
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You can use TWRP to back it up, I have instructions in my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
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Hmm, twrp says it cant mount storage
Do I need to be decrypted to do this?
nyjumpman said:
Hmm, twrp says it cant mount storage
Do I need to be decrypted to do this?
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No, you just need the latest TWRP 2.8.7.2 it can decrypt fine. If you have this version, does it not prompt you to enter a pin/password?
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No, you just need the latest TWRP 2.8.7.2 it can decrypt fine. If you have this version, does it not prompt you to enter a pin/password?
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Oooh, it does, I was just hitting cancel
Thanks so much, entered my pin to decrypt and efs backed up without a hitch
Now to just pray I never have to use it!!
nyjumpman said:
Oooh, it does, I was just hitting cancel
Thanks so much, entered my pin to decrypt and efs backed up without a hitch
Now to just pray I never have to use it!!
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I suggest making a copy of that backup to your computer or dropbox, gdrive, not just on the phone. The sdcard may end up wiped by accident when you play with TWRP, etc.
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I suggest making a copy of that backup to your computer or dropbox, gdrive, not just on the phone. The sdcard may end up wiped by accident when you play with TWRP, etc.
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This is advice to live by, make a backup of your backup!