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Do you have Titanium Backup and ROM Manager installed?

You want to backup all your system data and apps in Titanium Backup. You want to do the Batch Backup/Restore functions in it. That will save all your stuff on your SD Card. Then make a backup with ROM Manager. Then flash a new ROM. Then restore your system data and apps with Titanium Backup.

Now, I am not a flash expert, but I believe that is how it's supposed to be done. This way it separates your data from your OS. Switch the OS and restore all the data. You'll have all your apps and all your settings intact (contacts, apps, login info, movies, music, games, etc).

That's what I've been doing but I haven't been restoring system app data in Titanium, just the app+data.
 
Ah I haven't been using that. I've just been making Nandroid backups for safety.

Nandroids are great and I do them before moving to a new ROM. But you have to do a titanium backup of your apps so you can migrate the app data collected by Titanium to the new ROM you're flashing.
 
Nandroids are great and I do them before moving to a new ROM. But you have to do a titanium backup of your apps so you can migrate the app data collected by Titanium to the new ROM you're flashing.

Well 1 question, before I unlocked my bootloader/installed CM10 I made a Nandroid right after I rooted my GS3 (was still running TouchWiz) if I boot to CWM Recovery and restore from that backup, will that fully revert my phone to Touchwiz/relock my bootloader?
 
Well 1 question, before I unlocked my bootloader/installed CM10 I made a Nandroid right after I rooted my GS3 (was still running TouchWiz) if I boot to CWM Recovery and restore from that backup, will that fully revert my phone to Touchwiz/relock my bootloader?

It will revert it back to TouchWiz as you said but I think you will have to go through further steps to lock the bootloader. I haven't done it myself but I can look into it if you like.
 
It will revert it back to TouchWiz as you said but I think you will have to go through further steps to lock the bootloader. I haven't done it myself but I can look into it if you like.

Alright, I'd appreciate it.. I just want to restore the phone to factory settings if I decide to trade it for a GNex.
 
I have a Verizon nexus. And if I had to do it again I would have gotten the gsm version.
Verizon gimped the nexus. They are so slow with updates as well.

That being said. I really like my nexus. I'm running CNA 3.6 ROM. And it flies. Its really fast and I get great battery life. I would say on par with my iPhone 5. I'm also running the bigger battery. I use the original as back up. But have never needed it in the year I've owned the nexus.
But then again I have chargers all over.

The camera quality isn't that great. Its not bad. But not great.
Its fast though. You can take pictures as fast as you can press the button. Really cool feature that's just coming to other phones like the iPhone 5 a year later.

The screen isn't as good as my iPhone 4 or 5 but is more usable.
That big screen makes surfing and watching movies and videos a pleasure. Movies are awesome on the nexus.
The iPhone screen is still to small. 4" tall but same width is just stupid to me.

If it means anything. I'm typing this on my Nexus while my iPhone 5 is sitting on my desk.
Reading forums and replying to threads like this is so much better on a larger screen.
 
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