[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EternalGrump:
Well, I figured I would copy the backup from the internal sd card to my pc and then to a microsd along with all the other backups I intend to make.

That way they are double backed up.

Unless there's a reason that I wouldn't be able to see the files over mtp then I think that should work.

Well, Sparkrite was giving me the impression that re-flashing the entire stock rom was riskier that restoring a backup made with the custom recovery.

Maybe I misunderstood something but if that was what he meant then I would think that having a pre-rooted backup at least would make the process of getting the device safely back to stock condition easier.

I may make a tweaked backup at the point that I know what I want on the tablet to begin with but right now I'm still figuring out what apps I need.

My last tablet was from a few years ago so it hasn't been able to handle some of the newer things I have access to on the lenovo.

Titanium backup sounds like a good idea, I may do that in addition.

Well, I checked my stock os version number against the one from the rom Ondigo provided and they were the same before I installed that 4.4.4 update.

Is there a reason that after returning to the stock state I couldn't just use the lenovo system updater to install the update again?

Why do I need to load a a zipped update file as opposed to just using the normal update method.

Also where would I get said file as I haven't seen any links posted to it so far in the thread.

That's ok, I do too sometimes. :)

That's probably what I'll do then, sounds simpler.

Ok, I thought it would be, it's worked with every other driver install I've done.

Sometimes there's a reason though, like having 2 drivers for the same device in separate child folders inside a parent folder.

Hard telling which one windows will pick in that situation and it might not be the right one for the intended purpose.

What would it overwrite the custom recovery with, isn't this one of the options from within the custom recovery?

Does that option restore the stock recovery or overwrite the custom recovery with something else entirely?

Why specifically would it be bad to use that option? :confused:

pfff... ha! :rolleyes:

Well, the idea would be to restore the device to it's pre-root state, basically exactly the way it is right now with that pre-root custom recovery backup I mentioned before.

Then after that I would re-flash the stock recovery.

So unless root and any changes made by root apps would persist through the pre-root backup restoration I'm unclear on why it would be any riskier than re-flashing the entire stock rom.

Do you still think it's too risky after that clarification and if so could you be more specific about what flags it might throw up and?

I'm not eager to see if the factory rom will actually work, I'm glad to have it in a worst case scenario but I would rather restore the tablet to stock on the current version of the os than re-install it entirely if I can avoid that.

Also, Have you been through that process before of returning a tablet to stock and submitting it for warranty service?

I would be curious about your experience with it since I never had to do that with my previous tablet.