Nandroid question

[Joehunni]

So I successfully rooted my hero earlier, my question is this. During the process of rooting it prompts you to make a nandroid, now if I were to restore this nandroid where exactly would that put me?

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[Sixxx]

back where you started.

 

[Joehunni]

Like immediately after gaining root? I was attempting to copy over fresh 2.1.2 I think but I think I messed up so I just wanna go back to before I downloaded it.

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[KitsapAndroid]

Yes, right after gaining root. The nandroid will return you to where you were before you tried Fresh.

 

[Joehunni]

Okay here's the thing, when I tried to install fresh I actually extracted the contents of the .zip to the root of my sd instead of just moving the whole .zip itself over. Can someone tell me what those files/folders are so I can delete them and get that space back to try again, I wanna say there were 4 or 5 items?

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[ronbien]

Okay here's the thing, when I tried to install fresh I actually extracted the contents of the .zip to the root of my sd instead of just moving the whole .zip itself over. Can someone tell me what those files/folders are so I can delete them and get that space back to try again, I wanna say there were 4 or 5 items?

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Here is the list from the ZIP
Looks like 3 directories and a file.

Good Luck!

 

[Joehunni]

Awesome Ron thanks a lot!

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[Rcecarbldr]

How do you Flash to an old ROM that you did a Nandroid Backup of?

 

[JB in AZ]

How do you Flash to an old ROM that you did a Nandroid Backup of?

Boot to recovery (Hold home and power)
Make a nandroid of the current setup

Choose restore from the same menu
Select the Nandroid you want to go back to. Unless you re-named them, they are named with a date and time, but it is in Greenwich time.

 

[JonB]

I have another question about nandroids. I'm running fresh 2.1.2 right now and want to try out another rom. If i do a nandroid now, then wipe and flash a new rom, and find i don't like it, can i just do a nandroid restore and go back to where i was before with fresh? Or do i have to reflash fresh and start all over again?

 

[330D]

If you make a nandroid right now, and restore to that nandroid, it will be exactly what you had right when you made it.

 

[KitsapAndroid]

The nandroid will put you back to exactly where you were when you made it.

 

[Joehunni]

Do you still need to have the .zip files for the Rom your gonna nandroid to on the SD card? I'm asking because I've made a couple but delete the zips when I move on to a new Rom. I think it would still work buy I'm not positive?

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[KitsapAndroid]

No, you do not have to have the ROM.zip file on your sd card for the nandroid to work.