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mattj3636

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Fast reply would be awesome..

just started using AmonRa recovery over Clockwork and i wanna make my first Nand backup and i have options that i can check off that i want backed up... i know wimax is 4g and im not worried about that..

the first 3 are checked off, are there any others that i should check off?? i just want a basic nand backup like Clockwork used to do for me..

thanks for the quick replies ahead of time.
 
mattj3636 said:
Fast reply would be awesome..

just started using AmonRa recovery over Clockwork and i wanna make my first Nand backup and i have options that i can check off that i want backed up... i know wimax is 4g and im not worried about that..

the first 3 are checked off, are there any others that i should check off?? i just want a basic nand backup like Clockwork used to do for me..

thanks for the quick replies ahead of time.
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Check "Recovery" too and you're gtg.
 
mattj3636 said:
Fast reply would be awesome..

just started using AmonRa recovery over Clockwork and i wanna make my first Nand backup and i have options that i can check off that i want backed up... i know wimax is 4g and im not worried about that..

the first 3 are checked off, are there any others that i should check off?? i just want a basic nand backup like Clockwork used to do for me..

thanks for the quick replies ahead of time.
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I check wimax and android_secure on all of them. Android_secure is the part that is used by froyo apps2sd so if its not backed up, some of your apps might not work when you restore a nandroid
 
Xtremedays said:
Curious Frenchy, what is stored in recovery?
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To my understanding, when you check it (recovery box) in Amon RA Recovery, it is just backing up your current recovery image. (The following is for the new rooters that may come across this thread :p). Outside of that recovery is used to do pretty much what it's called, "recover", by installing updates, performing backups, and restoring them.
 
I kind of figured it was something along those lines but I haven't been able to find any specifics about it in XDA. Thanks for the answers though.
 
mattj3636 said:
Fast reply would be awesome..

just started using AmonRa recovery over Clockwork and i wanna make my first Nand backup and i have options that i can check off that i want backed up... i know wimax is 4g and im not worried about that..

the first 3 are checked off, are there any others that i should check off?? i just want a basic nand backup like Clockwork used to do for me..

thanks for the quick replies ahead of time.
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I usually just do the default 3 along with WiMax. I've never experienced any issues with my apps when restoring.
 
If you use darktremor a2sd, and have created an ext partition on the card to use it, then you need to backup sd-ext. If you haven't, but check that option, it will skip it (RA 2.3 and up). If you use froyo apps2sd, you need to backup .android_secure, otherwise, you'll be missing apps when you restore. I know this was already stated, basically, but that's the main different. As for recovery, I never understood that backup option. How the heck are you supposed to restore a nandroid backup that includes recovery without a recover image? If you lose recovery, and need to restore a nandroid backup, you'll need to flash recovery, first, anyway...
 
akazabam said:
If you use darktremor a2sd, and have created an ext partition on the card to use it, then you need to backup sd-ext. If you haven't, but check that option, it will skip it (RA 2.3 and up). If you use froyo apps2sd, you need to backup .android_secure, otherwise, you'll be missing apps when you restore. I know this was already stated, basically, but that's the main different. As for recovery, I never understood that backup option. How the heck are you supposed to restore a nandroid backup that includes recovery without a recover image? If you lose recovery, and need to restore a nandroid backup, you'll need to flash recovery, first, anyway...
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lol +1
 
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