[Verizon] Question about wiping phone to install a custom ROM

[nzdreamer55]

Hello everyone. So I have kind of a dumb question. I have installed a custom ROM before, but each time I really didn't care about wiping the phone, but now since I have had the phone for a while I have some things that I really want to keep. I have run titanium backup on everything on the phone now I want to install a new ROM. If I wipe the phone will I be able to use titanium to get all of my stuff back? I can create a nandroid backup, but I'm not sure that I can use this to restore on top of a new ROM. More of a restore if you screw up installing a new ROM.

Thanks for any pointer.
-S

 

[SolidOrange]

Hello everyone. So I have kind of a dumb question. I have installed a custom ROM before, but each time I really didn't care about wiping the phone, but now since I have had the phone for a while I have some things that I really want to keep. I have run titanium backup on everything on the phone now I want to install a new ROM. If I wipe the phone will I be able to use titanium to get all of my stuff back? I can create a nandroid backup, but I'm not sure that I can use this to restore on top of a new ROM. More of a restore if you screw up installing a new ROM.

Thanks for any pointer.
-S

titanium backups will still be available after a wipe and ROM install. the data is stored on a separate internal partition. same goes for any pictures, music, vids, etc. you have added to the phone.

 

[trophynuts]

also if you use an app like SMSbackup you can backup all of your text messages on your sd partition as well and restore those even.

I have gotten into the habit of wiping everything possible in between Rom flashes.

 

[NSutherl]

I can create a nandroid backup, but I'm not sure that I can use this to restore on top of a new ROM. More of a restore if you screw up installing a new ROM.

You are correct about the Nandroid, it's used to restore a previous ROM (along with its settings at the time of the Nandroid), not apps and their associated data.

 

[colchiro]

You can do an "advanced restore", where just data from a nandroid is copied to your current rom (which really needs to be the same rom, similar version).... but that's risky. I did it once on my DroidX, but don't recall the circumstances. Possibly I had just restored it to stock, rooted and wanted to get up and running fast before installing a rom.