How to Create and Restore Nandroid Backup on Android


How about backing up the whole system?
Whole system means, the operating system of an Android device, including all the system data, system apps, system settings, each and everything and that’s called Nandroid Backup. In short, the backup of the Android operating system in a device is called Nandroid Backup. The very advantage of this Backup is, once you’ve made it and you tweaked / flashed your device  and something goes wrong during this process and ends up soft bricking your device, you’re safe even now because you’ve created a Nandroid Backup and flashing Nandroid Backup will take you to the last working state of your Android device within a few seconds. Nandroid Backup is also useful if you’re phone has got some radio issues after flashing something weird, the old system will definitely bring back the working Radio that was present in the device at that time and give your device it’s life back. Now the point comes how you can create this Backup and how you can restore it and where is it store on your device, well let’s discuss it now. One of the greatest discoveries to come out in the world of Android were the custom Recoveries, and these recoveries actually boosted up the Android development.Custom Recoveries (TWRP / CWM) actually allow creating the Nandroid Backup. It is created in the form of a zip file or an image file that can be flashed using the same custom recovery. Nandroid Backup doesn’t backup data stored on the internal sd card of your device because it, itself is stored on the sd card however as explained it backs up the whole system. In the following post we’ll be having a look on the steps that will help you even more to create and restore Nandroid Backup easily. Let’s go through these methods.
Using TWRP Recovery:
Team Win Recovery Project is by far the most easy to use, and simple recovery available for Android devices. Might not be the best choice for many, but it really impressed me with it’s UI. TWRP Recovery allows you to backup Nandroid easily, you simply need to follow these steps.
      1. Install TWRP Recovery on your Android device.
      2. Once installed, open TWRP Recovery on your Android device using the method for your device specifically.
      3. Once in TWRP Recovery, tap “Backup”.
      4. You will find the following options in the Recovery now:
      • Boot
      • Recovery
      • System
      • Data
      • Cache
      • EFS
      1. all these will be followed by their size, select the options you want to backup.
      2. You will also find compression options, enable if you want.
      3. Below these options, there will be the storage location shown as well, tapping the location will allow you to pick up your desired storage location (Internal or External SD if your device supports).
      4. Wipe to Back Up.
      5. As soon as you swipe, the Backup process will start and complete in a few minutes.
      6. Once complete, you may copy the Nandroid Backup to your PC for safety measures.
      7. You can flash the same Nandroid Backup using the Install option in the recovery.
      8. That’s All

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