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Root Nandroid Backup ?
- Thread starter LaZeR
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- motorola droid x
bouchigo
Android Expert
Where's it at and what's it called? I assumed it would go to the sdcard but cannot locate a recent file when browsing that looks like it anywhere.
I successfully did one in CWR or so I thought I did.
clockworkmod>backup on sd card.
LaZeR
Android Enthusiast
Yea.. Proceeded through Droid2 Bootstrap which I've just let on my phone since using it for GB.
alprazolam
Android Expert
One good thing to note is that if you go to your backup on the sd card, you can rename it to something more meaningful so that you will know what it is when you decide to do a restore a month from now. 
gmenfan83
Android Expert
+1 and to touch on this DO NOT include spaces in your renameOne good thing to note is that if you go to your backup on the sd card, you can rename it to something more meaningful so that you will know what it is when you decide to do a restore a month from now.
example:STOCK_ROOT
notice the underscore where a space should be, no spaces!If you include spaces when you try to restore it in clockwork recovery the md5 wont match and will fail
gmenfan83
Android Expert
here is also a post i copied that i explained in another thread that will help
One more thing I would like to touch on about backups ....when they file as they read it is numbers and dates on your sd card, after making numerous backups you won't remember which is which , so to cut down on confusion we rename them, now this can be done in rom manager which I don't use or just as easy from your file manager ( I use astro or estrongs) now after you make the backup go to your file manager and open it, scroll to sd card and open it, then go to clockworkmod and open it then backups and open it, here you will be presented with a list of the ones you made, longpress it and you will be given a list of options, select rename, now the most important step is DO NOT include any spaces in your rename, instead substitute spaces for underscores or dashes, reason is if you include spaces when you go to restore from recovery the md5 cheksum wont match, so my backups tend to look like this
APEX_1.4.1 or
STOCK_ROOT
Notice the underscores etc , not sure if this was explained to you yet or not but im just trying to save you troubles
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and another
Another great tip I can provide is AFTER you flash your rom and AFTER you get it all set back up with homescreens and how you want it make a backup of it that way you have a clean backup of that rom so if you install any mods or themes for your chosen rom and something goes wrong no fear you have a clean backup of the rom all set up already to restore, this is a time saver my friend because if you didn't have this backup and something did go wrong then you have to reflash the rom etc, this tip will cut all that out if the equation, this is also useful for installing themes for your rom, it's never good to flash a theme on top of another one as it can leave trails like a color or icon from your old theme to your new one so let's say you have your rom installed and want a theme and install it, well 2 months later you decide that you want a change, don't flash your new theme over the top of the old, instead restore our clean rom backup as I described above THEN flash your new theme and you can do this whenever you want to jump from theme to theme, again im not trying to overwhelm you with info just providing tips myself and others have had to learn the hard way with or been passed along from others
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hope this helps
One more thing I would like to touch on about backups ....when they file as they read it is numbers and dates on your sd card, after making numerous backups you won't remember which is which , so to cut down on confusion we rename them, now this can be done in rom manager which I don't use or just as easy from your file manager ( I use astro or estrongs) now after you make the backup go to your file manager and open it, scroll to sd card and open it, then go to clockworkmod and open it then backups and open it, here you will be presented with a list of the ones you made, longpress it and you will be given a list of options, select rename, now the most important step is DO NOT include any spaces in your rename, instead substitute spaces for underscores or dashes, reason is if you include spaces when you go to restore from recovery the md5 cheksum wont match, so my backups tend to look like this
APEX_1.4.1 or
STOCK_ROOT
Notice the underscores etc , not sure if this was explained to you yet or not but im just trying to save you troubles
__________________
and another
Another great tip I can provide is AFTER you flash your rom and AFTER you get it all set back up with homescreens and how you want it make a backup of it that way you have a clean backup of that rom so if you install any mods or themes for your chosen rom and something goes wrong no fear you have a clean backup of the rom all set up already to restore, this is a time saver my friend because if you didn't have this backup and something did go wrong then you have to reflash the rom etc, this tip will cut all that out if the equation, this is also useful for installing themes for your rom, it's never good to flash a theme on top of another one as it can leave trails like a color or icon from your old theme to your new one so let's say you have your rom installed and want a theme and install it, well 2 months later you decide that you want a change, don't flash your new theme over the top of the old, instead restore our clean rom backup as I described above THEN flash your new theme and you can do this whenever you want to jump from theme to theme, again im not trying to overwhelm you with info just providing tips myself and others have had to learn the hard way with or been passed along from others
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hope this helps