Making a NANDROID backup of a device with broken touchscreen This is the first of a series of questions about "the broken tablet saga". Basically I have an Acer A500 with broken touchscreen to get ready for warranty. I won't ask all of my questions in a single topic.

I want to make a full backup of my tablet without using the touchscreen. The tablet is rooted.

How do I - without using the touchscreen - make a NANDROID backup of it to be restored on the replacement device Acer will hopefully send to me? (Or just to restore the repaired tablet)

I currently don't have the device in my hands. I suppose it is equipped with the classic ClockworkMod recovery. As a backup plan, I would like to know what can I do to install ClockworkMod without touchscreen support.

I'll have the device in my hands in a few hours. I would like to be prepared for that (including downloading any additional software or firmware from an unlimited data connection)

[Update] I must install CWM without using Acer Recovery Installer. I can't find a link to a binary and instructions on how to flash a recovery (there are plenties of tutorials for download mode on Samsungs)
The "classic CWM" does not even support the touch screen. It is operated solely via hardware keys -- usually the volume up/down keys to navigate, and the power button to confirm actions. On devices featuring a trackball (as the "classic htc-wildfire for example), this can be used as well to scroll the menus and confirm actions.

Note that there's also a touch-enabled CWM available -- but that's not the "classical one".

However, if your device comes from the manufacturer, it is not equipped with clockworkmod, but with a stock recovery. Stock recovery does not support nandroid backups. So you would first need to flash the recovery in order to use that. Depending on the device, there may be different installation instructions (and different requirements), so make sure to check that first. CWM would then replace the existing "3e" recovery located on the /recovery partition, but should leave the other parts (e.g. your /data and /system) intact.