Any way to turn a previous backup to a flashable ROM?

[charkswitlazers]

So here's the deal.... I have a backup of CM7-IHO on my sd card, but I'm going to buy another phone. (same model)
Is there any way I can put my sd in the new phone, and flash that backup so I won't have to start from scratch again?
If so, how exactly would I go about that?

 

[thewraith420]

So here's the deal.... I have a backup of CM7-IHO on my sd card, but I'm going to buy another phone. (same model)
Is there any way I can put my sd in the new phone, and flash that backup so I won't have to start from scratch again?
If so, how exactly would I go about that?

Well... I think you can do it if the backup is from the same make & model phone. You'll need to root it and install a custom recovery. But if you have a backup you should know how to do that. The backups are saved on your sd card anyway so you'll restore it like you would now. The only problem I could think of is old screen vs New screen. If someone else could comment it'd be great though because I'm pretty new to this myself

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[jdcnosse]

Well... I think you can do it if the backup is from the same make & model phone. You'll need to root it and install a custom recovery. But if you have a backup you should know how to do that. The backups are saved on your sd card anyway so you'll restore it like you would now. The only problem I could think of is old screen vs New screen. If someone else could comment it'd be great though because I'm pretty new to this myself

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I would agree with you on that standpoint. As long as you got the same phone (ie if your backup is from the Optimus V, you need another Optimus V because of driver reasons) and probably the same recovery with root on the phone already...and then it should be fine, except for the new screen vs old screen thing...but even that might possibly be an easy fix...I dunno if simply flashing a compatible kernel with the new screen drivers would work.

 

[bigsupersquid]

yes, your backup should just move from OV to OV with no problems.
just switch the old backup card into the new phone after you install recovery on your new phone.
Use the same recovery... Bob's IHO recovery works on either screen type.
then just restore the backup as usual, the only reason it wouldn't work is that the backup got corrupted, and then recovery should refuse to restore it anyway.
if you're using an iho build more recent than early september, it won't matter which screen type you're moving to since Bob's kernel takes care of that.

 

[JerryScript]

Remember, a backup will include all your personal information, accounts, saved passwords, usernames, and your google market data.

 

[charkswitlazers]

I use Xionia recovery on this phone,a friend flashed it on here for me... The only issue is that I can't find a download link for it anywhere. There was one on droidhype but it said I want authorized to download it. Anyone happen to know an easy link for Xionia? Or does it not matter completely which recovery I use :0

 

[LeslieAnn]

I use Xionia recovery on this phone,a friend flashed it on here for me... The only issue is that I can't find a download link for it anywhere. There was one on droidhype but it said I want authorized to download it. Anyone happen to know an easy link for Xionia? Or does it not matter completely which recovery I use :0

Some of the newer recoveries should be capable of restoring Xionia backups.

One problem no one has mentioned...
Xionia doesn't like new roms, and I don't think it likes the new OV.

I would highly recomend using this to update your recovery and make a newer backup:
https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/android_device_lge_thunderc/wiki/IHO-Recovery

Use this recovery and guide to update to the IHO recovery.
This gets you a newer recovery allowing you to use newer roms, but also ensures you will work on newer phones. I beleive it will restore older Xionia backups as well. I am sure I used it for that in the past.


To be honest though, you should look into titanium backup or my preference, Mybackup Pro and learn to make backups you can switch between roms and phones easier.

 

[bigsupersquid]

as an extra bit of info, I haven't had issues installing any backup across any different recoveries (except I haven't tried restoring newer backups on getitnowmarketing's thunder recovery.)
the backups are just .img files, the recoveries don't have issues with those, like they do the different versions of update zip scripting for rom installs.
except, with xionia recovery being compiled for the optimus S;
there are a few tiny differences in the nand reader programming in the optimus s kernel for the mtd partitions (a few numbers here and there, but that can make all kinds of difference) so I could see why there are sometimes issues with xionia.
also, the optimus s has different mtd partition sizes than the optimus v, so a recovery expecting a bigger /system partition (like the sprint optimus has) might have write problems, I don't know for sure.

 

[charkswitlazers]

Some of the newer recoveries should be capable of restoring Xionia backups.

One problem no one has mentioned...
Xionia doesn't like new roms, and I don't think it likes the new OV.

I would highly recomend using this to update your recovery and make a newer backup:
https://github.com/inferiorhumanorgans/android_device_lge_thunderc/wiki/IHO-Recovery

Use this recovery and guide to update to the IHO recovery.
This gets you a newer recovery allowing you to use newer roms, but also ensures you will work on newer phones. I beleive it will restore older Xionia backups as well. I am sure I used it for that in the past.


To be honest though, you should look into titanium backup or my preference, Mybackup Pro and learn to make backups you can switch between roms and phones easier.

I actually have the newer OV, and Xionia was the only recovery at the time that was working with this phone. Some others were giving me the black screen. But I'll keep that link in mind :B

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[LeslieAnn]

I actually have the newer OV, and Xionia was the only recovery at the time that was working with this phone. Some others were giving me the black screen. But I'll keep that link in mind :B

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Oooops, I was thinking wrong way round. That makes sense though since Xionia was meant of the OS.
Bobzhome recovery should work.