clone g1. is it possible?!

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can i get an image of my g1 and restore it on another g1? basically, i'm trying to see if i can switch to a white g1 with the same tweaks that i have on my current black g1

is it possible?

Originally Posted by Mr.Jigolo

can i get an image of my g1 and restore it on another g1? basically, i'm trying to see if i can switch to a white g1 with the same tweaks that i have on my current black g1

is it possible?

If you use Cyan's recovery on both G1's, you can do that by making a Nandroid back up, taking it off the first G1's SD card and put it on the other one. But make sure EVERYTHING is the same beforehand, such as same apps installed, Apps2SD, etc. Settings, configurations, layouts, ROM type will be restored with the transfer.

Any questions, let me know :]

thanx. but, when u say "make sure everything is the same beforehand", what does that mean? i'm thinking about buying a white g1, get a nandroid backup copy of my current black g1, and restore on the new white g1. does that work? i guess what i wanna know is whether a nandroid backup will be extracted and restored on another g1 and make it a clone of the original one.

if it's possible, do i need to format the new sd with ext2 beforehand?

You don't need to format your ext2 because nandroid doesn't back that up. I think that luke means that you should have the gmail accounts the same and other stock data that you have to input.

i'm using jf 1.51 with cyanogenmod, which is supposed to format the new sd with ext2

my question is: can i just put a copy of my nandroid backup on the new sd, put it in the new phone and restore it so the new phone will be a clone of the current one? (of course, using the same gmail account)

Originally Posted by Mr.Jigolo

i'm using jf 1.51 with cyanogenmod, which is supposed to format the new sd with ext2

my question is: can i just put a copy of my nandroid backup on the new sd, put it in the new phone and restore it so the new phone will be a clone of the current one? (of course, using the same gmail account)

Yes but the new phone must have root And the same radio, spl, etc..

Just set the new G1 up the same. The same way and you should have no problems.

Originally Posted by alritewhadeva

You don't need to format your ext2 because nandroid doesn't back that up. I think that luke means that you should have the gmail accounts the same and other stock data that you have to input.

Originally Posted by Mr.Jigolo

thanx. but, when u say "make sure everything is the same beforehand", what does that mean? i'm thinking about buying a white g1, get a nandroid backup copy of my current black g1, and restore on the new white g1. does that work? i guess what i wanna know is whether a nandroid backup will be extracted and restored on another g1 and make it a clone of the original one.

if it's possible, do i need to format the new sd with ext2 beforehand?

Gmail accounts don't necessarily have to be the same (although I could be wrong, I think nandroid automatically includes the Gmail with all the sync info), but the most important is to just have all your apps the same. Reason being, when you pull the nandroid backup onto the new phone and install, it'll be looking for apps that aren't there anymore and cause massive anarchy.

Make sure all your core root features are the same as well, same radio, same SPL, same recovery, etc. That's key too and may brick a phone if you don't have that set up right.

Otherwise, it should work splendidly :]

i see. so basically, i have to root the new phone first.right?

1. root the new phone.
2. install the same radio, SPL, and ROM you have on the old phone on the new one.
3. install cyanogen's recovery image on the new phone.
4. nandroid backup your old phone.
5. put your old sd card in your new phone.
6. nandroid restore your new phone.

after that, its just a matter of setting up apps2sd and transferring the contents of your old SD card to your new one. however, keep in mind that only the phone with your sim card in it will work. afaik, you cant dupe sim cards and you cant register two to the same phone line.