Updating Partition in Preparation for MIUI ICS

[ORiN]

I just updated my Xiaomi to the latest 2.3.5r. In preparation to MIUI ICS, I read that I need to update my partitions. However, I would like to confirm with the community whether my apps and data will still be intact after updating the partition.

Thanks in advance to anyone who will be replying!

 

[bluebird]

My experience - which was a lesson in how not to do it was quite reassuring. The one thing I did right was to use the MIUI backup utility. (not the cloud although I use that too). So what I lost was the email/corporate/facebook/twitter/Xiaomi accounts and bookmarks. So I would suggest keeping a record of these somewhere in case you need to re enter them. Everything else could be restored from MIUI backup - contacts, texts, call log, WIFI settings, etc.

Again, this only relates to my worst case scenario where I ended up reflashing, others may be able to share a more standard experience

 

[MarkHUK]

Seems a sensible approach. Backup from GB first, go into recovery, update partitions etc, flash ICS then perform a restore.