creating an initial backup

[leaveone]

So I recently bought the Charge. It came with EE4 already installed on it which seems to have fixed the exploit used by GingerBreak to root the phone. Before I go screwing around this anymore I'd like to create a backup of the stock ROM with all the settings i've already fixed to my liking. Is this possible? I know how to get into Download mode but can't seem to do anything with it. I came from the D1 where this stuff was simpler with ROM Manager and ClockwordMod Recovery. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

brandon

[bweN diorD]

cwm supports backups but you have to flash it with odin
you can find it at rootzwiki or xda, odin tutorial is here if you need it

[leaveone]

ok, i have flashed cwm and created a backup of my current, mostly stock system. now time to try out some ROMs. in the event that i cant load a ROM or don't like it, can i just do a nandroid restore from the backup i just made, or does it have to be flashed with odin and be in the filename.tar.md5 format?

[Halo]

Just fyi, DO NOT USE Rom Manager. It does not play well with the Charge.

[Halo]

ok, i have flashed cwm and created a backup of my current, mostly stock system. now time to try out some ROMs. in the event that i cant load a ROM or don't like it, can i just do a nandroid restore from the backup i just made, or does it have to be flashed with odin and be in the filename.tar.md5 format?

You can do a restore within CWM.