what does nandroid restore?? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

for example, if i back up my VI rom through the recovery and flash a new rom to test it out ( lets say skytouch 4g ) and go back to vi, when i restore my nandroid, will its restore my phone to the way it was before backing up? (apps, data, settings, texts ect.)

Everything is backed up.
When you restore it will all be there. Interestingly, Titanium Backup can pull apps from a nandroid to restore them to a new ROM. Careful though, as that can be more trouble than it's worth.

NovaxxBite said:
for example, if i back up my VI rom through the recovery and flash a new rom to test it out ( lets say skytouch 4g ) and go back to vi, when i restore my nandroid, will its restore my phone to the way it was before backing up? (apps, data, settings, texts ect.)
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Yes. the nandroid backup contains all partitions. The restore allows you to set the phone back to it's state when the backup was taken. I recommend performing nandroid backups at regular intervals as a best practice for easy recovery just incase something happens to your config.

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Will nandroid restore work after MR?

If i wipe my phone, install RUU, and then install the MR, will I be able to do a Nandroid restore to get all my apps setting etc back?
fx17 said:
If i wipe my phone, install RUU, and then install the MR, will I be able to do a Nandroid restore to get all my apps setting etc back?
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No.
Nandroid restore sets the phone back completely to what it had when you did the backup.
Well, it'll "work" but it will restore your phone to the pre-MR state.

When flashing a new rom

I know you should make a backup. So when you wipe and flash a new rom and kernel, do you restore data and that will restore all the programs you had prior at the time of the backup?
Thanks.
mynewepic10 said:
I know you should make a backup. So when you wipe and flash a new rom and kernel, do you restore data and that will restore all the programs you had prior at the time of the backup?
Thanks.
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If you do an advanced restore of your data through CWM recovery, yes it will restore all your programs and settings. However, this can cause problems as the old data does not get along with some ROMs.
mattallica76 said:
If you do an advanced restore of your data through CWM recovery, yes it will restore all your programs and settings. However, this can cause problems as the old data does not get along with some ROMs.
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So it is best to just reinstall programs?
I would use Titanium Backup or My Backup Pro to back up you apps+data. After the flash you can either restore everything from the backup or just the data. Some people have said that it's best to re-download your apps from the market and only install the data from the backup (as opposed to restoring app and data). I don't know, I've done it both ways and have never noticed a difference.

[Q] Restoring Nandroid does not restore my apps and settings

I did a Nandroid backup a while ago but when I do a restore it restores it almost back to defaults. None of my installed apps are there. No customisations on the desktop etc (Like Circlelauncher). I was using Revolver 0.2.1 at the time. I made sure I flashed back to that firmware before doing the restore.
I don't know why it's not restoring everything like it should. When I did the backup I just chose the default backup option (Not advanced or anything) and likewise for the restore.
Any ideas?
I give up. Going to give the nvflash backup and restore method a go.

[Q] TWRP Recovery- How to use?

So I am currently on Paranoid Android and wish to switch to another ROM (most likely AOKP or PACman just to try). In TWRP recovery, what would I select to just back up my app data and NOT my ROM, and after that is possible, what must I restore to get it back and in what order of flashing alon with my new ROM and GAPPS???:silly:
You can go into TWRP and backup and choose what partitions you want to backup. However, I'd suggest you backup everything and don't try to restore the data to another ROM.
I use Titanium to backup all app data as well as MMS history, WiFi networks etc then do a full backup in TWRP. Then wipe everything and flash the new ROM. Then boot up and reconfigure accounts and restore apps + data with titanium.
It may be a little more effort but this way you can always roll back to the previous setup if anything goes wrong and you're less likely to run into any weird issues from moving data around between ROMs.
Or you could try something like app2zip off the play store to make a flashable zip of only selected apps and data which is probably safer than the whole partition. If you do a full backup first you can always rollback if something goes wrong.
When using Titanium Backup, when I hit run backup, where does it go and how do I restore it after I flash my new ROM. Or do I do the update.zip option and flash that when I'm doing my new ROM?
GraysonB said:
When using Titanium Backup, when I hit run backup, where does it go and how do I restore it after I flash my new ROM. Or do I do the update.zip option and flash that when I'm doing my new ROM?
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It goes into a folder on /sdcard called TitaniumBackup. When you flash a new rom, you will need to redownload titanium backup. When you redownload it, it will find the backups and you can click on the app to restore it.
Theres no need to use the update.zip method. Do it like this ^

Backup and Restore

Hey Guys,
I want to update to 4.3 now with the Tools offered here, but this time on my Phone are a lot of data that I want keep save.
So what is the best method to backup and restore them? Shall I use TWRP and save all of it? Or shall I use other Stuff.
I also have Titanium Free Version. But this will not save my Data I asume?
best wishes,
Ehnoah said:
Hey Guys,
I want to update to 4.3 now with the Tools offered here, but this time on my Phone are a lot of data that I want keep save.
So what is the best method to backup and restore them? Shall I use TWRP and save all of it? Or shall I use other Stuff.
I also have Titanium Free Version. But this will not save my Data I asume?
best wishes,
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Hi,
TWRP offer "nandroid backup" which is a phone backup solution, it work best to restore everything if you system data goes wrong and unable to start your phone. It also means you cannot selectively restore certain apps that you want with TWRP alone.
You can either use Helium (formerly Carbon) or Titanium Backup to backup your user apps. It will save your data so no worries here. For Titanium Backup to work, you need root. Helium works fine without root, but you need to install the desktop client.
Hope it helps.
Thanks for this tipp:
so if I make Nandroid Backup and Flash new Rom (4.3) and restore a nandroid Backup it go down again to 4.2.2 or it recover just apps / Images etc. to it?
Ehnoah said:
Thanks for this tipp:
so if I make Nandroid Backup and Flash new Rom (4.3) and restore a nandroid Backup it go down again to 4.2.2 or it recover just apps / Images etc. to it?
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Nandroid backup works like a system snapshot, so yes it will go back to 4.2.2 in ur case. Pictures & musics in /sdcard (/data/media) is untouched, they won't be backed up when nandroid or wiped when you do factory reset. It's an isolated zone for custom recovery.

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