Necessary to save ROM backup off-hone?

[carlk]

any yes I am green

rooted my nexus, flashed Liquid, used ROM manager to do a backup
(so I now have a backup of stock and of liquid)

but to be safe shouldnt I transfer copies to external storage -- like the cloud?

then, should something go haywire and zap my phone I have other copies of both backups

if this is best how do I transfer copies off the phone -- root browser or ES or ROM Manager?

also I have not experienced the hugely greater battery life I read about. seems the same. any thoughtsa on what I could adjust? rather not get into flashing kernels and radios etc. and Liquid has leankernel anyway which Ive read reports increases battery life

appreciate any suggestions/input

 

[zero neck]

You can backup your nandroid's to a harddrive or the cloud if you like, that could come in handy at some point, but you dont really need to worry about it - if you're sd card gets wiped, you can download and flash the stock images and have your phone back up and running in twenty minutes.

In my experience, i flash so often that having backups is really just a safety net, i never go back to them except to get out of a jam or very temporarily if i dont like a new rom ive just flashed. As i change roms weekly, or more, i just delete the old backups except my original stock-rooted back up and whatever my most recent stable rom'ed one is, just in case i bootloop somewhere or the new rom doesnt have the features i want/need.

Hope this helps. the straight answer is it's up to you, but not entirely necessary.

 

[greydarrah]

I would keep a copy of your stock (unlocked and rooted) ROM either on the cloud or just on a PC. I would not mess with other ROM backups. If you loose them, you can just re-download the ROM and flash it.

 

[scarryman04]

Yeah, like others said just keep your stock backup, and the ROMs on file just in case but you don't really need backups unless your experimenting with kernels/oc'ing and don't wanna lose your current set up