... but the SMS (I suppose).
What do you think about guys?
I need to backup everything 'cause I have lag + battery issues and I want to flash a new ROM.
If you want to flash new rom then Titanium backup.
It includes SMS too, if you want specific application ' SMS backup Restore' available for SMS.
CWM. That will backup the entire ROM. Titanium only backups apps.
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Hmm let me see if I got it right.
If a new ROM flash was successful then I should restore with Titanium Backup, while if it was unsuccessful then I would have to use CWM to have everything back like before.
Correct?
That's correct
Titanium only backups apps and the appdata, while CWM backups the entire ROM, so if anything goes wrong while flashing you can easilly restore without any problems. It can also be used as a second ROM, so if you want to try the CM9 build you can flash that, and when you want to go back to stock or back to the previous ROM you do a restore, and voila! you're back to your old ROM with all the settings and apps.
CWM is "idiot mode". You can't screw it up if you have a NAND backup.
Alright, thanks for clearing things out.
And in the latest versions, Titanium Backup can even restore apps and data from Nandroids (i.e. CWM backups)
Therefore CWM + TB is the perfect combo.
By the way, if you want to backup MMS on top of SMS, best app is MyBackup
I second sms backup & restore. It saves sms into xml format.
I've got a backup question.
How do you backup, flash a new ROM, and restore where you have Desktops setup the same, desktop folders setup and settings setup, but no bad "Junk" from the previous ROM?
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Hi guys,
I just flashed a new rom -Stocklite 7.1
This is my first attempt at flashing a ROM so bare with me.
I created a Nandroid backup prior to flashing and I also copied the entire contents of the SD card over to my computer.
I am using Link2SD and an ext partion as well.
Flashed succesfully. However none of my previous apps / data show up, this was slightly unexpected. I attempted to peform a nandroid data only backup to get these by going to recovery mode then advanced data only restore.
But i got an md5 mismatch.
Basically.
I am trying to restore my apps / data and I want to keep the stocklite 7.1 ROM. NOT a full restore.
Any help?
I recommend using titanium backup for backing up your apps. But, you can probably get user apps by coppying/flashing them to where they belong.
Options:
1 go back to stock rom by restoring your stock backup, make a backup using titanium backup, flash stock lite, install titanium backup, restore your apps. To succesfully restore your stock nandroid backup use te ext4 manager app, convert system to rfs, go to recovery, restore.
2 - open your stock backup on your computer with unpacking or iso software (like 7 zip), extract your user apps (apk files), create a flashable zip to flash them to data/app, system/app as needed. You can also flash their libs and data files to data/data and dalvik-cache to data/dalvik-cache. That should restore user apps and their data to internal memory if you don't want to use titanium backup.
You lost all your data..you should have a taken app backups with Titanium Backup,Nandroid isn't enough.
MD5 mismatch is showing up because you changed the name of the backup folder ..
You can open the backup manually, and get all the data.It might or not work,that would depend oon your luck
Thanks for the posts guys!
I just wasn't thinking. I had already taken a titanium backup full backup so thats' all good!
I have a few question regarding nandroid backup and titanium backup.
1. If I do nandroid backup of original ROM and then I flash to another ROM, what happens if I directly do restore from the backup from another ROM?
2. What is the difference between nandroid backup and titanium backup? As far as I'm concerned, titanium backup only backup the apps + data. How about nandroid backup?
3. Will nandroid backup, restore all my current states with all the apps + data?
Thanks guys. I'm a bit confuse.
mizuki_kai said:
I have a few question regarding nandroid backup and titanium backup.
1. If I do nandroid backup of original ROM and then I flash to another ROM, what happens if I directly do restore from the backup from another ROM?
2. What is the difference between nandroid backup and titanium backup? As far as I'm concerned, titanium backup only backup the apps + data. How about nandroid backup?
3. Will nandroid backup, restore all my current states with all the apps + data?
Thanks guys. I'm a bit confuse.
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1. If you are restoring from the same android build version then you can directly do restore from nandroid backup.. that will bring your phone in the state you took the backup in.
2. Nandroid backup takes a backup of everything except SD card data... all settings, call logs, messages etc etc.. if you didn't delete anything from SD card then restoring a nandroid backup will restore your phone to your earlier state.
3. Yes, it will.. though it doesn't affect SD card data, so if you delete or add something there it will be like that.
That`s mean i have to flash back to my own ROM and then do nandroid restore. After that, i can get all my previous apps + data? Am I right?
mizuki_kai said:
That`s mean i have to flash back to my own ROM and then do nandroid restore. After that, i can get all my previous apps + data? Am I right?
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yes with nandroid u restore your system
tisov said:
yes with nandroid u restore your system
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Just to be sure.
First - Do nandroid backup of current original ROM (with apps + data).
Second - Flash to other type of ROM (GB, ICS, JB) for testing.
Third - Change back to original ROM.
- 1st - Flash Back to ori ROM.
- 2nd - Do nandroid restore.
Fourth - Get back original ROM with apps and data like before (same thing as in First)
I would like to try some ROMs but my prolem is that if I dont like it I want to come back, BUT i don't want to create everything again with Link2SD.
So I can creat a nandroid backup -> instal new rom and IF I dont like it, -> restore nandroid backup or install previous rom and then do the nandoird restore?
Link2sd restores work fine provided you remove 05mountsd script from init.d prior to backup. The script creates a conflict with Link2sd after restoring a nandroid for some reason. At least this is the case on CM7.
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NunoPitbull said:
I would like to try some ROMs but my prolem is that if I dont like it I want to come back, BUT i don't want to create everything again with Link2SD.
So I can creat a nandroid backup -> instal new rom and IF I dont like it, -> restore nandroid backup or install previous rom and then do the nandoird restore?
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Nandroid backups store all data and symlinks of link2sd.
If you restore a nandroid backup you'll have the rom as you left it, including all apps on the partition, their data and link2sd links, so no need to link everything again.
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Nandroid backups store all data and symlinks of link2sd.
If you restore a nandroid backup you'll have the rom as you left it, including all apps on the partition, their data and link2sd links, so no need to link everything again.
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I'm on stocklitle 7.1 and i want to upgradeto 8, I can do:
Nandroid abckup with CWM -> Install new ROM -> Restore Nandroid backup and everyting will be the same but with updated ROM?
NunoPitbull said:
I'm on stocklitle 7.1 and i want to upgradeto 8, I can do:
Nandroid abckup with CWM -> Install new ROM -> Restore Nandroid backup and everyting will be the same but with updated ROM?
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No. Nandroid backups alao store system and kernel, you'd be back to stocklite 7.
You can try this:
-nandroid backup your stocklite 7
-wipes, flash stocklite 8
-if it didn't change drastically, you can restore only the data of your previous backup (advanced restore > restore data).
-if it gives you bootloops... bad luck, you'll have to use titanium backup and relink apps afterwards.
I have gotten this to work for lots of nightly upgrades of cm7 roms, and sometimes even when changing cm7 roms if they're not too different. Nothing lost by trying as long as you got your backup.
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No. Nandroid backups alao store system and kernel, you'd be back to stocklite 7.
You can try this:
-nandroid backup your stocklite 7
-wipes, flash stocklite 8
-if it didn't change drastically, you can restore only the data of your previous backup (advanced restore > restore data).
-if it gives you bootloops... bad luck, you'll have to use titanium backup and relink apps afterwards.
I have gotten this to work for lots of nightly upgrades of cm7 roms, and sometimes even when changing cm7 roms if they're not too different. Nothing lost by trying as long as you got your backup.
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I'll try it maybe
if i back up my rom from cwm revocery menu then my installed mods and apps are backup too or not ??
i want to take full backup of my rom and mods and apps and the data !
what am i got to do for this kind of backup ??
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if i back up my rom from cwm revocery menu then my installed mods and apps are backup too or not ??
i want to take full backup of my rom and mods and apps and the data !
what am i got to do for this kind of backup ??
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When you backup the rom, everything will be backed up. However, using a backup made by cwm will technically not backup your applications for you. While they will be there if you restore the backup, you won't have access to them if you go to a new rom or ftf or whatever it is that you are trying to do.
Titanium Backup is a great tool to backup your apps. It does both the app and the data, so it's pretty convenient. Personally, I like to make sure that the backup folder is somewhere on my sd card.
Hey Guys ,,
is there any way to move a backup data to the ROM
i have ATT note 3,, i did backup using safe strap and after x note ROM instillation i tried to do restore data but it failed,,,any solution
I believe the Safestrap backups are similar to just TWRP or Nandroid backups.
They'll save the entire partition as is, to restore back to that state at a later date.
They aren't good for, say, moving all your apps and appdata to a new Rom.
For that, you should use Titanium Backup or a similar backup manager like Helium.
Then back up just the apps and appdata (not system apps, since they'll often conflict with the new rom) to your SDCard, and restore them when on the new app.
Sorry, it doesn't help when you've already done the TWRP backup and flashed a new rom.