Originally Posted by DaveQB

I just wanted to clarify what you lose/need to backup when flashing Maemo 5 onto your N900.

So here is what I know.

If you just flash the rootfs, then, as all configs are kept in /home/user/, all of your settings will be as they were, you just need to install the apps you had which can be done by running the Backup app before flashing and then restoring from it after.

So after that you should be in an identical position you were before but with a new image save for any custom scripts you put onto the rootfs yourself. Correct?

Originally Posted by DaveQB

If you flash the eMMC, you need run the Backup app AND copy everything off your /home/user and /home/user/MyDocs partitions?

My logic would say that then restoring from the backup would not get you totally back to where you were. Perhaps putting back all /home/user/.* files and folders would though??

Originally Posted by Rob1n

From my experience, the /home/user/.* files & folders are backed up and restored by the Backup app, so it's just the /home/user/MyDocs you need to worry about.

After doing the full eMMC & firmware flash and restoring from backup, the only things I needed to redo were configuring the IM/sharing connections & re-merging my IM contacts.