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Originally Posted by Sethman
Ok that certainly sounds very appealing. How about all future firmware updates from B&N, would new files have to be created for these?
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While there is no guarantee that there will be a painless pre-rooted update path for future upgrades, this has often been the case on some other android platforms. You would have to wait and see if a friendly hacker makes one available, so there may be lag between BN update and painless-update for your rooted device. But I wouldn't count on it, just be happy if it happens.
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Also what about your book shelves, or ADE files? Are all these preserved as well?
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Yes.
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Makes me wonder why would anyone autonooter, if this is so perfect.
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Well, do read the
clockwork summary, it lists the disadvantages.
Here are some possible restore failure cases:
- Clockwork install is corrupted. This is what probably happened to Volwrath -- he had to repair his recovery partition and his backup had mismatched md5 (so it was probably a bad backup). It's probably worth it to test your restore before assuming you have a good clockwork install.
- Your BN keys get updated. The restore puts back all data. If you BN keys get changed (say you deregister and re-register) you have bad BN data in your backup. You may be able to clear this (there are XDA instructions), but it will mean your restore won't be perfect.
- You wait too long between backups. Should go without saying, but people do forget. ROM Manager does have the option to do scheduled backups, but they take up a lot of SD card space and I haven't personally tested them on the Nook, myself.
- There is a bug in clockwork mod and it won't restore your particular backup (a good reason to try restores now and then).