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Original Rom - Nandroid Backup?

I hate to ask this, but anyone got the original slide rom nandroid backup?
I ran it on mine, and it seemed to work, but now the file is missing and I have a blank sd card. I'm not too worried about the other data lost, but the loss of the restore file is kind of annoying.

I saw a link posted on another thread here somewhere. I have seen so many trying to root this phone that I don't remember exactly. I believe it was the how to root 6/15/10 thread. Sorry not much help but that should narrow your search.

my bad, here's what I saw and thought it was what you were looking for but I don't think it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6828065&postcount=21
I haven't seen anything completely stock 100% yet up here. Good idea though just in case you need it like you do.

I have a new mytouch slide arriving tomorrow and i'm going to take a clean nandroid dump of it. I can put it up and post a link if you still need it.

Yes,
Please if you don't mind, thanks. Never know if we need to go back to stock. Thanks.

Please and thank you!

Good deal Falken. Thanks in the advance for up

No problem, look for it tomorrow night!

I just finished root and installed Titanium backup and grabbed a complete dump of my virgin rooted system.
Not sure if this is the same as nandroid's backup though.

nope. we need the nandroid backup before rooting. Just in case you have to return it, or some such.

Any luck getting this yet?

Not sure if you meant unrooting your phone to flash back to the stock rom, but so far it looks like falken98 was nice enough to make a Stock (rooted) backup for the Slide, so you can flash this if you want all you "stock" feel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705345

[Q] Let's Get It on!

Hi!
This is my first post and I apologize if it would be a bit long but I wanted to be honest and express what I wanted to say.
First of all, I just want to say.. You guys are great!
I have been browsing your forums years ago while I was still using my HTC Desire HD. I wanted to join then I was afraid to brick my phone and didn’t have the liberty of time to research and study how. I just observed as you guys enjoy modding your phones. But this time, I really wanted to start modding and participate in this community that is why I registered. I just bought my new phone and after two weeks of research and contemplating, I decided to get the Nexus 4. With this, I know this is a very good phone to start my modding ventures..
One thing that’s really hard to do is keeping up with all the information that you guys have already discussed or contributed. Honestly, its so hard to back-read pages and pages of different topics or even the same topics! I consider myself a noob coz’ I do not have yet any experience in rooting. I did some modding way back before when I had my MotoRazr flip phone and did some crazy modding to it, but now android is a new world to me in terms of modding.
XDA is such a large forum already and sometimes you’ll really get dizzy back-reading similar topics, trying to find the right guide for me. Im more of interested to know how things work and not just use toolkits. This way I would not just benefit but rather be educated as well.
I really wanted to start modding and in the future, also be able to contribute to this very great community. I am not a guy who has knowledge in scripts and programming but I am an easy learner and have common sense as well. But I’m not that kind of guy who can easily spend to buy a new phone. I really worked hard to be able to buy my new Nexus 4. Since I am just a newbie it is very likely I might make mistakes. I hope you could help me and guide me as I learn from our forum and from you guys. I do not want to end up bricking my phone.
Thank you for all those who would acknowledge my message and help. To all you guys, great job!

I myself coming from Desire HD..I still remember how painful its rooting process was.Nexus 4 isn't like that..From Unlocking to Flashing a Custom Rom..Whole Process is easy to understand & less chance of getting into trouble..
For learning..you can have a look at this thread..
[Guide] Ultimate Nexus 4 Root Guide

I myself coming from Desire HD..I still remember how painful its rooting process was.Nexus 4 isn't like that..From Unlocking to Flashing a Custom Rom..Whole Process is easy to understand & less chance of getting into trouble..
For learning..you can have a look at this thread..
[Guide] Ultimate Nexus 4 Root Guide
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thanks for the reply!
I read here in xda that you just need to turn your bootloader off so that anytime you want to root it or do some mods, you do not have to make factory reset and lose all your data. So I was thinking should I just turn it off first while I am still trying to learn more about rooting, Roms, flashing, etc. before actually doing it? That way I do not have to erase my data during factory reset if I decide to root a little more later in time where I have already made several settings and setups, contacts and messages. Is this right?
But if I were to turn my loader off then eventually I have to do a factory reset. Since this is my first time to mod, root, flash or use custom roms, so I think the first I should learn before anything else is about backup so I could still put it back to original stock in case I needed to. Could you guys guide me how to make a backup or a full backup from stock and unrooted phone? I also read that there are custom recovery/backup. Could I do this or my phone should be rooted first before I could do this which means I would need to factory reset first to turn my loader off and eventually erase my data even before I could make a backup. Are there apps I could use and what particular files should be backed up? Some things I am concerned of losing is the words I have added in the dictionary coz I have to do it all over again. For apps, sms and contacts should I just use apps available at the Play store to back it up or is there a better way to actually backup everything including settings? Pls guide me how should I do this.

vinz_bangiz said:
thanks for the reply!
I read here in xda that you just need to turn your bootloader off so that anytime you want to root it or do some mods, you do not have to make factory reset and lose all your data. So I was thinking should I just turn it off first while I am still trying to learn more about rooting, Roms, flashing, etc. before actually doing it? That way I do not have to erase my data during factory reset if I decide to root a little more later in time where I have already made several settings and setups, contacts and messages. Is this right?
But if I were to turn my loader off then eventually I have to do a factory reset. Since this is my first time to mod, root, flash or use custom roms, so I think the first I should learn before anything else is about backup so I could still put it back to original stock in case I needed to. Could you guys guide me how to make a backup or a full backup from stock and unrooted phone? I also read that there are custom recovery/backup. Could I do this or my phone should be rooted first before I could do this which means I would need to factory reset first to turn my loader off and eventually erase my data even before I could make a backup. Are there apps I could use and what particular files should be backed up? Some things I am concerned of losing is the words I have added in the dictionary coz I have to do it all over again. For apps, sms and contacts should I just use apps available at the Play store to back it up or is there a better way to actually backup everything including settings? Pls guide me how should I do this.
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First setup adb http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/, and stay away from Toolkits
Flash a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP in fastboot for backing up and restoring the whole rom (system and user apps, so the whole configuration).
Install Titanium Backup or Helium to backup and restore users apps and data.

vinz_bangiz said:
thanks for the reply!
I read here in xda that you just need to turn your bootloader off so that anytime you want to root it or do some mods, you do not have to make factory reset and lose all your data. So I was thinking should I just turn it off first while I am still trying to learn more about rooting, Roms, flashing, etc. before actually doing it? That way I do not have to erase my data during factory reset if I decide to root a little more later in time where I have already made several settings and setups, contacts and messages. Is this right?
But if I were to turn my loader off then eventually I have to do a factory reset. Since this is my first time to mod, root, flash or use custom roms, so I think the first I should learn before anything else is about backup so I could still put it back to original stock in case I needed to. Could you guys guide me how to make a backup or a full backup from stock and unrooted phone? I also read that there are custom recovery/backup. Could I do this or my phone should be rooted first before I could do this which means I would need to factory reset first to turn my loader off and eventually erase my data even before I could make a backup. Are there apps I could use and what particular files should be backed up? Some things I am concerned of losing is the words I have added in the dictionary coz I have to do it all over again. For apps, sms and contacts should I just use apps available at the Play store to back it up or is there a better way to actually backup everything including settings? Pls guide me how should I do this.
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Backup all of your data before unlocking the bootloader..It'll wipe everything

gee2012 said:
First setup adb http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/, and stay away from Toolkits
Flash a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP in fastboot for backing up and restoring the whole rom (system and user apps, so the whole configuration).
Install Titanium Backup or Helium to backup and restore users apps and data.
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thanks for the advice! already flashed twrp because I would use PA later on and many said its better to use this recovery. I actually encountered some problems on Bootloop which is my first real challenge in the world of modding. But i managed to solved it with help form xda members as well.
Tonight I will be proceeding with flashing customs rom (PA). im just reading some more threads to learn more and be prepared to solve problems in case something goes wrong.

Successful Restores ... or not?

I'm curious as to whether anyone has successfully restored one of the recently posted backups to the point where you can take a OTA update. For that matter, has anyone successfully restored to the point where you can boot into the system and use it. We have various people who fear that they've bricked.
Has anyone who can't get their phone working returned it? And if so, has Alcatel accepted it and given you your money? It may be too soon to know on this, I realize.
I don't need to change anything at the moment, but I have some trepidation about doing a restore out of fear that I'll brick my phone or something close to it. I don't want to be on 5.02 for as long as I have the phone.
It would be nice if Alcatel would release system images. I'm not holding my breath, though. Has anyone contacted them to make that request? Any response from them about this?
My purpose here is to get, for all of us, a sense of what works and what doesn't, whether or not people should feel confident about rooting their phone, etc.

As it was mentioned, their support is lacking any usefull info on any question (my experience writing to them from different email accs) or they aren't willing to share.. Too bad I would say..

source code will be given, but i think after next big update. Releasing source code of lauch firmware does not make any sense.
I have spoken with Alcatel support here in Czech republic and they said, they will sure release the source code and that the updates will come every 4-6 weeks.
And for the restore thing. You can always root your device, make backup, and when update is online, just backup your apps (titanium backup), restore the system., unroot, update. Then root, and restore your apps using titanium backup. Sounds complicated, but its matter of one hour maximum.

DallasCZ said:
source code will be given, but i think after next big update. Releasing source code of lauch firmware does not make any sense.
I have spoken with Alcatel support here in Czech republic and they said, they will sure release the source code and that the updates will come every 4-6 weeks.
And for the restore thing. You can always root your device, make backup, and when update is online, just backup your apps (titanium backup), restore the system., unroot, update. Then root, and restore your apps using titanium backup. Sounds complicated, but its matter of one hour maximum.
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I had a disaster of sorts yesterday that ended up answering a lot of the questions I had in the OP. I had some concerns, based on experiences a few had posted here, that restoring the backups posted in another topic weren't a sure thing. I got into a situation where I had to start over again from scratch. I wiped my data from TWRP, then restored the UER0 backup. It appeared that I was back to factory status. TWRP even prompted me about whether or not I wanted to maintain a state where I'd be able to take an OTA or compromise it to root. And the updater on the phone worked, too, though I was running the latest and there was no need for it to download anything. But it gave all the right messages. So getting into a state to receive an OTA or return the device seems very doable.
Foolishly, I hadn't done a nandroid or Titanium backup, yet, so I had to do a lot of this the hard way, other than that I copied the contents of my sdcards to my computer. But, yes, now I've done a nandroid and a Titanium backup of the reconfiguration and am well positioned to make a quick recovery should I have to do this again or when the next OTA arrives. I agree that once set up right with backups, that the whole process is less daunting than it would seem on the surface.

i don't get the point.. you just want to say, that you have mafe a restore of a system successfully? great.

DallasCZ said:
i don't get the point.. you just want to say, that you have mafe a restore of a system successfully? great.
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I started this topic to get feedback from people on whether they'd successfully restored the system with the backups that have been provided here on the forum. Some had expressed that their attempts had failed and they feared that they were bricked. If there are problems inherent in these devices for whatever reason with respect to this, users here should know about them and we should be able to find out whether or not those problems can be remedied by one protocol or another. I was concerned that people with rooted phones, myself included, were potentially facing problems that would prevent us from getting OTA updates, among other things. Nobody came forward here to respond to my questions. That's OK. No one is obligated. But the topic has had 344 views, so some people must be curious. So I wanted to let people know that the UER0 backup does work, at least for me.
Others have had trouble, possibly even when trying to restore from TWRP in what they think are appropriate ways. I'm not clear exactly why, but it would be great to be able to help them, if possible. Nobody wants their new phone to be bricked. Everyone wants to know what works and what doesn't when they're faced with starting over again or getting set to take an OTA. These are new, low priced phones. There are no system images available from the manufacturer. People have generously done all they could here to work around that. We don't have the resources available to us that a Nexus phone does, or some of the others that have larger sales and communities here. Without data to show whether the efforts on XDA are succeeding or not, it's harder to act with confidence. So I'm providing some.
That's the point.

i think if you flash the corresponding system image there should be no problem. Twrp backup is device specific since it allows to backup also persiat partitions with device specific imei. I just unrooted the phone and the chceck for updates worked as it should.

What LS997-compatible ROM contains *all* working LG Stock Apps?

So the whole reason I rooted this damn phone was to be able to install working stock apps. Not just the Music and Gallery apps either--ALL THE LG APPS. Which LS997-compatible 100%-working ROM can I flash and get them all, if any? I keep hearing one exists, but no one bothers sharing that info and when I search I find nothing.

Really? No one?

bgibson72 said:
Really? No one?
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Look in the development section it's like the 5th one down has ls997 in the title

@bgibson72
Im the only person developing a STOCK LS997 rom currently.. It contains the LG base apps and all the removed ones that we didnt get shipped with out model . Includes a ton of extras as well, alternatively we have 3 or 4 aosp roms you can use, but make sure you use twrp and backup your efs before flashing as it tends to jumble your programming up and cause issues. Otherwise you can flash the stock rom the Dev who provided the dirty santa unlock method.
Theres a good bit of info here to locate everything you need to have a awesome experience with the LG V20!
My link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923
READ THE ENTIRE FIRST 3 POSTS!!! A LOT OF TIME WENT INTO THIS TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION!
I also itemized a list of 15 or so mods and add-ons that we can use to increase our enjoyment with perspective links to their home locations and the devs that built and maintain them.

jerrycoffman45 said:
Look in the development section it's like the 5th one down has ls997 in the title
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This one?
{ROMS}[LS997] Stock-ish Magisk+3minit+ModControl 3/10/17
Other than DirtySanta, this is the only other one with LS997 in the title on that page. I'll give it a shot, and thanks for answering.

Team DevDigitel said:
@bgibson72
Im the only person developing a STOCK LS997 rom currently.. It contains the LG base apps and all the removed ones that we didnt get shipped with out model . Includes a ton of extras as well, alternatively we have 3 or 4 aosp roms you can use, but make sure you use twrp and backup your efs before flashing as it tends to jumble your programming up and cause issues. Otherwise you can flash the stock rom the Dev who provided the dirty santa unlock method.
Theres a good bit of info here to locate everything you need to have a awesome experience with the LG V20!
My link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923
READ THE ENTIRE FIRST 3 POSTS!!! A LOT OF TIME WENT INTO THIS TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION!
I also itemized a list of 15 or so mods and add-ons that we can use to increase our enjoyment with perspective links to their home locations and the devs that built and maintain them.
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Hey thanks--I was fairly sure this was the ROM in question. Thank you for providing this! I was hesitant to flash because I'm always a little skeptical about the amount of help I'll get should I get stuck. I'm not exactly a noob at this, but I have plenty to learn. It looks like you've done a lot of work to provide a positive experience, so I'll give it a shot and see how it goes. I promise to read and re-read the instructions on the first 3 posts, and to NOT bother you with questions that have already been addressed in the thread. . Thanks!!

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Hey thanks--I was fairly sure this was the ROM in question. Thank you for providing this! I was hesitant to flash because I'm always a little skeptical about the amount of help I'll get should I get stuck. I'm not exactly a noob at this, but I have plenty to learn. It looks like you've done a lot of work to provide a positive experience, so I'll give it a shot and see how it goes. I promise to read and re-read the instructions on the first 3 posts, and to NOT bother you with questions that have already been addressed in the thread. . Thanks!!
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if you made it through dirty santa the rest should be cake. 99% of the issues i covered for people were
after going to AOSP and not having a backup of their programing info in their efs and having to find a way to
manually go in and fix each fd up piece.
The other is being on older software and downloading a OTA and rebooting with it in your internal storage.
This one causes a endless boot loop into twrp, so be advised to delete the update if your on older software or be prepared to
hit my post # 3 for fixes and be near a pc as you need to fastboot erase the fota and misc directories to resolve the boot loop. A twrp wipe will not fix it and restores etc wont either lol.
Otherwise theres now a lil over 100 pages of chatting and troubleshooting, fixes and things that have gone on, and mostly its all outdated as ive provided the fixes for 99% of everything in the latest version 7.5
Just be prepared to take 15-20 minutes for the phone to boot up the 1st time. My rom is deodexed, and the 1st boot is doing 298 things before you get to the optimization part. There is not boot animations as the phone will always have the static screen issue on reboots so i went ahead a placed a disabled command there to just save time/batt life. The setup wizard is stripped and only there to give you the notice its done booting and time to get to playing around.
Magisk is kinda finicy being its systemless design. It takes some time to get used to it, and be aware that some older apps that dont support exotic root or systemless root may not request root and not fully work. Titanium backup is one i know is getting attacked by googles app scanning and needs to have that turned off before it will work, most of my apps have a option to set "force root" so it asks for a root request regardless if it understands MagiskSu's root methods.
just some food for thought. Hope everything goes well, and there is a ton of people on the forum here that have great knowlege and can help with troubleshooting issues you may have

Team DevDigitel said:
if you made it through dirty santa the rest should be cake. 99% of the issues i covered for people were
after going to AOSP and not having a backup of their programing info in their efs and having to find a way to
manually go in and fix each fd up piece.
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Yeah, I didn't have many problems there, although I did get stuck in the TWRP loop once.
The other is being on older software and downloading a OTA and rebooting with it in your internal storage.
This one causes a endless boot loop into twrp, so be advised to delete the update if your on older software or be prepared to
hit my post # 3 for fixes and be near a pc as you need to fastboot erase the fota and misc directories to resolve the boot loop. A twrp wipe will not fix it and restores etc wont either lol.
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I am on the ZV3 version of the software. I do have the ZV5 update in my cache folder--are you saying it's a good idea to delete the update.zip file?
Otherwise theres now a lil over 100 pages of chatting and troubleshooting, fixes and things that have gone on, and mostly its all outdated as ive provided the fixes for 99% of everything in the latest version 7.5
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That's what I like to hear! :good:
Just be prepared to take 15-20 minutes for the phone to boot up the 1st time. My rom is deodexed, and the 1st boot is doing 298 things before you get to the optimization part. There is not boot animations as the phone will always have the static screen issue on reboots so i went ahead a placed a disabled command there to just save time/batt life. The setup wizard is stripped and only there to give you the notice its done booting and time to get to playing around.
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Appreciate the heads up. Familiar with the long boot process from DS, lol.
Magisk is kinda finicy being its systemless design. It takes some time to get used to it, and be aware that some older apps that dont support exotic root or systemless root may not request root and not fully work. Titanium backup is one i know is getting attacked by googles app scanning and needs to have that turned off before it will work, most of my apps have a option to set "force root" so it asks for a root request regardless if it understands MagiskSu's root methods.
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Magisk is a new animal for me, as I've had zero experience with it. I do have Titanium Backup installed, so I'll make a mental note on that.
just some food for thought. Hope everything goes well, and there is a ton of people on the forum here that have great knowlege and can help with troubleshooting issues you may have
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Thanks again--I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this!

bgibson72 said:
Yeah, I didn't have many problems there, although I did get stuck in the TWRP loop once.
I am on the ZV3 version of the software. I do have the ZV5 update in my cache folder--are you saying it's a good idea to delete the update.zip file?
YES, dont boot into twrp until you remove it, or its back into the twrp loop you go hehe
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Team DevDigitel said:
bgibson72 said:
Yeah, I didn't have many problems there, although I did get stuck in the TWRP loop once.
I am on the ZV3 version of the software. I do have the ZV5 update in my cache folder--are you saying it's a good idea to delete the update.zip file?
YES, dont boot into twrp until you remove it, or its back into the twrp loop you go hehe
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Will do!
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TWRP Backup Warning

I discovered the hard way not to include the System Image when backing up with TWRP. But it seems I overlooked the Vendor Image. Turns out all of the backups I've made for the last few months have been worthless because I neglected to uncheck it. My question is why are those two options even included when they trash the backup?:crying:

lewmur said:
I discovered the hard way not to include the System Image when backing up with TWRP. But it seems I overlooked the Vendor Image. Turns out all of the backups I've made for the last few months have been worthless because I neglected to uncheck it. My question is why are those two options even included when they trash the backup?:crying:
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Not sure what you mean - simply UNselecting them when restoring the backup should be the same as not backing them up at all.

Nimueh said:
Not sure what you mean - simply UNselecting them when restoring the backup should be the same as not backing them up at all.
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That assumes I knew what was causing the problem in the first place. Had I known then, what I know now, I would never have included the vendor image in the backup and wouldn't need to uncheck it in the restore. All I knew at the time was that when I had problems with the latest release and tried to restore the backups, they all failed. So I erased them and started from scratch. :crying: It wasn't until later I figured out the problem. That's why I'm warning others.

lewmur said:
That assumes I knew what was causing the problem in the first place. Had I known then, what I know now, I would never have included the vendor image in the backup and wouldn't need to uncheck it in the restore. All I knew at the time was that when I had problems with the latest release and tried to restore the backups, they all failed. So I erased them and started from scratch. :crying: It wasn't until later I figured out the problem. That's why I'm warning others.
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But there are reasons someone would want to back up those partitions, so a general statement saying they shouldn't be in a backup is simply wrong.
I've always read up on a new device, checked XDA, asked in Telegram groups to find out exactly what to backup and/or restore. You can't blame the maker(s) of TWRP for you not doing your research

Nimueh said:
But there are reasons someone would want to back up those partitions, so a general statement saying they shouldn't be in a backup is simply wrong.
I've always read up on a new device, checked XDA, asked in Telegram groups to find out exactly what to backup and/or restore. You can't blame the maker(s) of TWRP for you not doing your research
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I can blame anyone I care to blame. You have your opinion and I have mine. I have been using TWRP backup for years and never had a need for those options and don't have one now. And I have used XDA for years and have never seen ANYONE state a need or reason for them. As far as I'm concerned, your remarks serve no purpose at all except to irritate me.

@lewmur You seem to disagree with the advice given, but as far as I can see @Nimueh is only trying to clarify things and help. Your remarks come off as quite rude, so could you please dial that down a few notches before things get out of hand. I understand that you are frustrated for having gone through this, but I advice you to look at this experience as you having learned something new. And every day you learn something new is a good day.
I'll add that I have many times benefited from backing up the system partitions on my devices when testing different things. Every device might be different though, so the advice of doing research is not a bad one. Luckily for the next user you have now been able to share your experience and others can hopefully benefit from your warning.
Remember to keep things friendly on the forum. That way everyone involved benefits from the exchange.
Cheers
Didgeridoohan
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Didgeridoohan said:
@lewmur You seem to disagree with the advice given, but as far as I can see @Nimueh is only trying to clarify things and help. Your remarks come off as quite rude, so could you please dial that down a few notches before things get out of hand. I understand that you are frustrated for having gone through this, but I advice you to look at this experience as you having learned something new. And every day you learn something new is a good day.
I'll add that I have many times benefited from backing up the system partitions on my devices when testing different things. Every device might be different though, so the advice of doing research is not a bad one. Luckily for the next user you have now been able to share your experience and others can hopefully benefit from your warning.
Remember to keep things friendly on the forum. That way everyone involved benefits from the exchange.
Cheers
Didgeridoohan
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I found HIS remarks to be insulting and of no help at all. Just how does saying MY warning is of no use, help anyone?
edit: BTW, it wasn't backing up the system PARTITION that was a problem. It was backing up the system IMAGE. How many times have you found THAT to be useful???? Much less the vendor IMAGE??

lewmur said:
I found HIS remarks to be insulting and of no help at all. Just how does saying MY warning is of no use, help anyone?
edit: BTW, it wasn't backing up the system PARTITION that was a problem. It was backing up the system IMAGE. How many times have you found THAT to be useful???? Much less the vendor IMAGE??
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Nowhere does @Nimueh claim that your warning is of no use or doesn't help anyone. Their first post is simply about a clarification that it is possible to not restore all parts of a backup.
You might want to read the TWRP faq on how the backup function works:
https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html
As far as I'm concerned, as long as any further discussions are kept friendly and respectful, this is a closed chapter.
Happy flashing.
Didgeridoohan
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