Nandroid Restore Question- Wipes Required? (+1 for great answer!)

[Guest JetKun]

Just a quick q, I'm away from my pc, does a nandroid backup work with s2e/Link2SD or my ext3 partition- will it restore all the data, etc, to the correct partitions?

If I want to try out a new ROM, and I nandroid back-up the one I am currently on (being CM7, wanting CM9), can I simply restore it via CWM and not run out of memory, or not corrupt anything, etc, if most of the apps I had are on the EXT3 partition?

I can answer any questions ;)

One more question- do I need to wipe cache, dalvik cache and the whole kaboodle as if I was installing a ROM when I do a Nandroid restore?

Edited February 27, 2012 by JetKun

[Guest Frankish]

Yes cwm supports ext partitions as standard.

[Guest JetKun]

Great! Thanks Frankish!

+1

[Guest JetKun]

One more question- do I need to wipe cache, dalvik cache and the whole kaboodle as if I was installing a ROM when I do a Nandroid restore?

[Guest razzmataz1478]

One more question- do I need to wipe cache, dalvik cache and the whole kaboodle as if I was installing a ROM when I do a Nandroid restore?

No just restore

[Guest JetKun]

Wonderful! That'll work for CM9 to CM7, right?

(By the way, there's your +1)

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Wonderful! That'll work for CM9 to CM7, right?

(By the way, there's your +1)

Yep, backup and restore to your delight :)

[Guest JetKun]

Thanks man! If there's any more input, it's welcome!

(+1'd)

[Guest razzmataz1478]

Thanks man! If there's any more input, it's welcome!

(+1'd)

Yes I can put more in, :) You don't have to wipe because when you restore a nandroid it basically overwrites all of the partitions, therefore there is no trace of what was there before ;)