Hey guys, I have done some searching but didn't find what i was looking for. Here's my ? When I back up a ROM using ROM manager and then flash to another ROM, if I restore back to the old ROM will it restore everything like all my apps, settings, and layout of icons and widgets?
I like CM7 very much and have recently tried Leedroid and now wanna try a couple more but don't wanna have to DL everything and resetup cm7 or leedroid if i go back to them. I've heard of tibackup but have also heard it can have issues too.
So if someone could answer my first question about backup and restore w/ RM, and then your thoughts about ti-backup
TIA
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Cool thanks. Isn't rom managers backup and restore the same thing as nandroid backup? And I was reading about some roms that want to format your SD card in recovery but if your zip files are stored there how are you suppose to flash a rom after you format the card? I must be missing something
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Backup and restore via Rom Manager (aka nandroid backups) will restore everything EXACTLY as it was during backup (call log, messages, widgets, EVERYTHING). That includes the rom, so if you've flashed a different rom and restore a previous backup, you'll lose your current flash. You should religiously do nandroid backups before you flash or mod anything. Trust me, you'll save yourself A LOT of time.
I recommend Titanium Backup if you're wanting to restore to a
different rom. Before flashing, backup all system data & apps in Titanium (menu > batch > backup all system data & apps). When on the new rom, download Titanium again, then ONLY RESTORE MISSING APPS + DATA. This will allow you to bring all of your apps over, in the exact state that they were. Restoring system data across roms will cause problems.
I believe recovery only formats the sd card if there is an app2sd partition found. I've recently wiped and flashed: it skipped formatting sd-ext because no app2sd partition was found. Always backup your sd files to a laptop/computer, in case. The easiest way to do a clean install (wipe data then new rom - after all necessary backups, of course) is to select the rom zip from a file manager (I use
this one) and select Rom Manager. Then select "wipe data & cache" (you can uncheck the dalvik option, it's included in "wipe data & cache"). Also select "backup existing rom" if you haven't backed up already. From here, you can set the phone down and get some milk & cookies, because once it's done, it'll boot the new rom. The process takes around 10-15 minutes.
Titanium will allow you to restore apps (in their exact state) across roms and nandroid will allow you to revert anything you've done by putting the phone in the exact state at the time of backup, EXACT.
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