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Rename my Nandroid backups?

i thought you could rename the folder of each nandroid backup, but after searching i read that now they might not restore anymore. is this true? i havent tried to restore any of them.
i used the time stamp of each folder to rename them based on the order of first to last because i didnt pay attention that the folder name was actually the date. so i dont know if i named them correctly, i.e. stock rom, cyan #1, etc.
are my restore files now trashed? also i havent done a restore yet cause i wasnt sure how much re-installing i would have to do. what exactly does nandroid restore, is it just the OS and all settings, but no apps? thanks!

Nandroid is basically an image or 'Snapshot' of your phone i.e. everything from your applications to your settings to the bootloader animation. As for renaming them, I think you need to keep the same folder structure but you can rename the 'BDES-20100430-1259' part to something more user-friendly.

nDrg said:
Nandroid is basically an image or 'Snapshot' of your phone i.e. everything from your applications to your settings to the bootloader animation. As for renaming them, I think you need to keep the same folder structure but you can rename the 'BDES-20100430-1259' part to something more user-friendly.
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Wait it grabs everything including apps, OS settings, even my desire black notification bar, etc?
I'm totally noob so I wanna do my first restore but don't know what if anything I'll lose and if its worth it to even restore. I'm wondering how feasible it is to bounce around between nanDroid backups and I always hear about titanium backup but don't understand the difference and why to use that or just the recovery. Thanks

I rename my nandroid backup folders on a regular basis, so I can quickly find a backup for any stage of modification I'd like to go back to. ORIGINAL, CYAN-506-BARE, CYAN-506-LOADED, FROYO-BARE, FROYO-LOADED, etc....
And it SHOULD backup everything (well, except for the radio image), and it generally does. I have done a few restores where it misses an app or setting or two but the majority of everything is there.

mine works restoring when renaming folders. i label mine using the rom versions (kang/cyan/etc)

And you don't lose root if you flash back to stock ROM, the one I made right after I first rooted?

RogerPodacter said:
And you don't lose root if you flash back to stock ROM, the one I made right after I first rooted?
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If the backup was created while you had root access, then you should still have root access. Those permissions will be copied as a part of the backup.

crap my restore just failed. It said:
Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore ' via adb
Are my backups lost forever? I tried all of them and all gave that error.

That's beyond me. The only time I've had an issue with nandroid backups was when my SD card was close to full. My troubleshooting skills on that are limited, I'm afraid.

I rename all mine according to ROM/kernel...etc and yes nandroid backsup everything to the "T" the way it was when u aplly the backup. You should always keep more than one nandroid on ur card or save them on ur computer. They are known to sometimes not work. It has happened to me.

Ok I'm really having some problems. I just now created another brand new nand backup and didn't rename itand tried to restore it and get the same error. Google has tons of info on this with a million different answers. I tried removing all spaces in my backup name with no luck.

codesplice said:
I rename my nandroid backup folders ... ORIGINAL, CYAN-506-BARE, CYAN-506-LOADED, FROYO-BARE, FROYO-LOADED, etc ...
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hahaha, ****t codesplice, you and I do it the exact same way!!!
Since I've been playing with different kernels for Froyo, I now have to include the kernel name in my backups.

crap my restore just failed. It said:
Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore ' via adb
Are my backups lost forever? I tried all of them and all gave that error.
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[Q] trouble with titanium backup

I just flashed the new overcome ROM 2.0.0 RC1 Gingerbread and before doing so I backup-ed the apps that I wanted saved now I can't figure for the life of me how to get them back they didn't save in an individual folder I have a series of files that end with apk.gz tar.gz and .properties. There are 3 of these for each app, for instance lets say angry birds with have a file that ends in apk.gz then another with tar.gz and one more with .properties. Can someone please help me figure out how to restore these apps? Also when I got to batch everything says 0 under the restore section, so basically I can't figure out how to get titanium backup to read these files to restore them.

MrKite4 said:
I just flashed the new overcome ROM 2.0.0 RC1 Gingerbread and before doing so I backup-ed the apps that I wanted saved now I can't figure for the life of me how to get them back they didn't save in an individual folder I have a series of files that end with apk.gz tar.gz and .properties. There are 3 of these for each app, for instance lets say angry birds with have a file that ends in apk.gz then another with tar.gz and one more with .properties. Can someone please help me figure out how to restore these apps? Also when I got to batch everything says 0 under the restore section, so basically I can't figure out how to get titanium backup to read these files to restore them.
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ok here is what u can do , go to preferences and choose from there choose the restore folder from ur root sd card seems like u change the folder place or something go wrong , try this one

awesome, thanks so much.

MrKite4 said:
awesome, thanks so much.
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no prob

You Process didnt work
k0sh said:
ok here is what u can do , go to preferences and choose from there choose the restore folder from ur root sd card seems like u change the folder place or something go wrong , try this one
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Sorry your procedure only set the location of Titanium backup folder. I want to know that how to restore *.apk.gz and *.tar.gz of same app.
I did it with *.tibkp by going menu > Import Backup (TiBkp)
this is simple to restore *.tibkp but I want to restore *.apk.gz and *.tar.gz of same app.
I m using Titanium Backup Pro v6.1.0
and I also want to know to make backup in *.tibkp format because titanium backup giving me three option for compression (LZO, GZIP, BIP2)
there is NO option to compress backup in *.tibkp format.
kindly help me as soon as possible

Flash Kernel or not?

Hi,
I'd like to root my friend's Samsung Galaxy S Plus and install CM9, because he's always complaining about how much trouble he has with his stock ROM.
Now when I install a new version of CM on my own phone (Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, currently with CM10) I have to extract the boot.img file and flash this first, then go into recovery (the recovery which is included in the boot.img file) and flash the ROM that goes with this boot file.
Is this also necessary on a Samsung? Cause I heard that you just have to install the .zip from sd with these phones, and the boot file will be automatically included..
Grtz!

Just flash the zip and ur good
Btw, heres a good tutorial: http://www.android.gs/update-samsung-galaxy-s-i9001-plus-to-cm9-ics-custom-rom/

Gi11i4m said:
Hi,
I'd like to root my friend's Samsung Galaxy S Plus and install CM9, because he's always complaining about how much trouble he has with his stock ROM.
Now when I install a new version of CM on my own phone (Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, currently with CM10) I have to extract the boot.img file and flash this first, then go into recovery (the recovery which is included in the boot.img file) and flash the ROM that goes with this boot file.
Is this also necessary on a Samsung? Cause I heard that you just have to install the .zip from sd with these phones, and the boot file will be automatically included..
Grtz!
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Yeah what he said. just flash the zip but make sure its in the ROOT of your mates INTERNAL sd card.

Cool, thanks! And that tutorial is the best I've seen so far so thanks again .
Another question, in all the tutorials I read "To backup applications, SMS, Call Logs and the APN Internet Settings use the following tools: AppBAK for Android apps backup | SMS backup & restore | Call Logs backup & restore | APN Settings Backup & Restore." but My Backup Root does all this (and it's only one app), so isn't My Backup the best option?

Gi11i4m said:
Cool, thanks! And that tutorial is the best I've seen so far so thanks again .
Another question, in all the tutorials I read "To backup applications, SMS, Call Logs and the APN Internet Settings use the following tools: AppBAK for Android apps backup | SMS backup & restore | Call Logs backup & restore | APN Settings Backup & Restore." but My Backup Root does all this (and it's only one app), so isn't My Backup the best option?
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No prob. I dont know anything about those backup apps, i only use Titanium Backup to backup my apps+data and it works good
But i think MyBackup is cool if it does all that, have to try it out sometime

Yes, My Backup Root is awesome!

[Q] Using old rom ADB file on new rom?

Hi Guys!
I've just flashed my HTC One to the ViperOne ROM. And since i backed up all my apps beforehand with ADB i was wondering if i could use the backup file that i have on my PC taken with the stock ROM, on my new rom?
Cheers!

What do you mean by 'backed up using adb'? Did you copy files from your phone to your computer?

deeevan said:
What do you mean by 'backed up using adb'? Did you copy files from your phone to your computer?
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Thanks for the fast reply!
I've followed this vid through the root process where it was suggested to do a backup as seen here: http://youtu.be/qpj6dEMn9dw?t=2m45s
So i basically used ADB to backup apps settings etc and it saved a file on my comp. And i was wondering if i could use that even if made on a different ROM.

I'm out and on my phone, don't really want to watch a video to find out what command you ran. I assume it was a whole system backup like a nandroid.
Because you've now installed a different ROM, you only want to restore certain parts of your backup ie. You just want your user apps and data restored. If you restored your whole backup, you'd wipe Viper ROM and be back where you started.
Have a look at TitaniumBackup and Helium which will allow you to just backup and restore apps. I use Titanium and it has options to extract from a nandroid or adb backup.

I ran it and it seems to have worked. Still on the Viper rom atleast!
But thanks for the help!

Just read up about adb backup. Thanks, learnt something new today.
You should look at Titanium as it will give you finer grain control over restoring.

Need Lg backup assistant apk file please

I changed my rom from stock to another and i had backed up my files in lg's backup assistant
searched a lot but could not find the file if u have it please upload it
THANKS!

please guys i need this apk file

the apk is dependant on system framework, and will (most probably) not work on non- stock or stock-based roms

what should i do to restore my backup

Go back to stocl, restore backup, then backup what you need with titanium backup or similar app

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Go back to stocl, restore backup, then backup what you need with titanium backup or similar app
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I made same mistake first time, but on this way I succeed to get my data back. TB rulez! :good: