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Is it possible to use Nandroid to backup an AVD instance?

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should be, but why not just use the built in snapshot system? – ewanm89 Oct 8 '12 at 19:37
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An AVD instance can be backed up, found in hidden directory called .android/avd.. – t0mm13b Oct 8 '12 at 19:43
Because I would extract the system.img of the Nandroid backup and use it to create other AVD instances based on that backup. If I use the snapshot function I am not sure I can create new virtual devices with different HW and the same system image. – Andrea Oct 8 '12 at 19:45
I've been looking into the .android/avd/ folder, but I didn't actually find any system.img file. Am I missing something? – Andrea Oct 8 '12 at 19:47

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The system images system.img are located in the android SDK install directory under system-images/android-<platform-version>/<platform-type>.

Once you create the AVD, in the %USERPROFILE%/.android/avd/<AVD_NAME>.avd you will find the img files for /sdcard/ and /data/, but /system and such are loaded from the SDK path mentioned above.

In order to create an AVD you must install the system images from the SDK manager.

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Ok, thanks for this clarification. Anyway I still don't get how I could for example install one application in the emulator, save its current state (the system state, i.e. the system.img file, I guess) and use it to create a new AVD. With the system.img I could just put it in one of the android-sdk/platforms/android-XX/images folders, and create a new AVD with that platform to have an exact system replication... – Andrea Oct 8 '12 at 20:30
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you would basically copy the sdcard.img and userdata.img between the instances of the AVD. – Ryan Conrad Oct 8 '12 at 20:39
Ok, I got where I was wrong. I was trying to backup the system.img file with Nandroid, while I actually needed the userdata-qemu.img file and I can easily grab it in the AVD folder. Thanks for your help. – Andrea Oct 17 '12 at 10:25

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