I've done some extensive research over the past few days, and I think I'm ready to flash my first custom rom on my GS3. I only have one question. When you do a full backup of your current rom should you backup to your internal storage (the phone) or an external storage (SD card)? What happens if I don't do it external? Which is recommended most strongly?
Question about flashing custom roms and backing up current rom
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In either case, you should also keep a second copy elsewhere. Computer, external HDD, etc. in case you completely brick your device and simultaneously lose the SD (for whatever reason)
A very useful app to have when flashing ROMs is Titanium Backup. What it does is backup your apps+data on your phone. After you flash a new ROM, all you do is download the app and it'll restore the apps+data back to your phone. The Pro key costs $6.50 though. I know the price seems steep buy it's very much worth it if you're going to be flashing ROMs in the future. There are actually many tools in the app as well as backing up/restoring apps.
Titanium Backup gives you the option to backup your apps to internal storage or to sdcard. I highly suggest backing up your apps to the sdcard just in case something happens to your phone. Just recently, I was having data issues and had to update my modem. I didn't realize updating my modem would wipe everything in my internal storage. So, I was very thankful my backups were on the sdcard.
To backup your apps on sdcard with Titanium Backup, you want to first make a folder in the sdcard called 'Titanium Backup'. Then open the app and go to Problems ? (on bottom-right of the app) > Preferences > Backup folder location and change the location to storage/sdcard1/Titanium Backup. After you change the backup up location, the app will restart and you'll be good to go. After you flash a new ROM, you'll want to repeat the steps so your apps will restore from the sdcard location.
Good luck with flashing.
Titanium Backup gives you the option to backup your apps to internal storage or to sdcard. I highly suggest backing up your apps to the sdcard just in case something happens to your phone. Just recently, I was having data issues and had to update my modem. I didn't realize updating my modem would wipe everything in my internal storage. So, I was very thankful my backups were on the sdcard.
To backup your apps on sdcard with Titanium Backup, you want to first make a folder in the sdcard called 'Titanium Backup'. Then open the app and go to Problems ? (on bottom-right of the app) > Preferences > Backup folder location and change the location to storage/sdcard1/Titanium Backup. After you change the backup up location, the app will restart and you'll be good to go. After you flash a new ROM, you'll want to repeat the steps so your apps will restore from the sdcard location.
Good luck with flashing.
How big should my SD card be to back up my current ROMs data? Also, how does one back up their current rom on their computer?
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Okay that seems simple enough. If anything happens to my phone (like if I brick it or the custom rom is very unstable) then can I just hook it to my PC put it in recovery and drag and copy the rom back on the phone and restore it that way?
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