Last nite I tried to install a new rom. I ended up partiting my SD card. I lost my photos, music, and my wifi does not work. How do I restore phone and retain phone #s. I did a nandroid backup and restore but I goofed that up too. Any help would be appreciated.
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Folx,
I got bitten by the rooting bug. However, as I do use the phone quite a bit, I want to play it safe , so that if the ROMs I am about to try, don't quite work out, I want to get back to stock img and the apps I have and the settings I have etc.
So - as I perform Nandroid backup - does it backup everything ? In other words, if/when I have to restore from the said backup, will I get EVERYTHING back - all the apps and settings, as if nothing has changed ?
Or will I have to reinstall and configure all the apps anew ?
Yes, you will get your apps and settings back.
However I think it doesn't backup other partitions like "radio", because I recently had a problem with my radio and nandroid restore didn't help, I had to flash it again. Anyway, yes, as far as apps, settings, SMS, contacts etc. are concerned you're good.
BlueScreenJunky said:
Yes, you will get your apps and settings back.
However I think it doesn't backup other partitions like "radio", because I recently had a problem with my radio and nandroid restore didn't help, I had to flash it again. Anyway, yes, as far as apps, settings, SMS, contacts etc. are concerned you're good.
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It creates img files of boot, data, system (and your ext partition on your sd card if you are using one). Anything found in those will be imaged and backed up. It is way too dangerous and pointless to backup the radio. Radio isn't a partition btw.
Don't confuse nandroid backups with other (titanium for example) backups that can carry your settings from one rom to another...
So I have to have the radio image in order to safely restore a NANDROID backup? This thread is old and I don't know if things have changed by now...
PS: Unsure if I have to start a new thread to get an answer to this...
If you won't have a radio image intact, your phone won't boot at all. It won't even turn on.
Hello everyone,
I recently flashed CM7 and everything went well, it runs smooth and everything works as far as I tested... However, Kies is a b*tch . As expected, it no longer recognizes my phone, but the problem is : I have done a backup of all contacts I had, and now I can't get it back, since they are stored in a 2.2gb (along with loads of videos, pictures, etc.) .sbu file that kies won't touch unless I plug a "i9000m" phone in it.
So, is there any way to open those .sbu backup files or to retrieve the information stored in them? I guess if there's no other way I could flash back to stock ROM, restore with kies, find another way to backup and then reflash CM7, but I really don't feel like it ...
By the way, I also have a CWM backup from before the flash that I could use, but I'm not sure if it would work with CM7. If I only restore "data" will I get those contacts back? and will it mess up my phone because of CM7?
Thanks for the answers
Edit: Ignore this, the contacts are actually in a separate .spb file... So, how do I open/use that?
koflem said:
Hello everyone,
I recently flashed CM7 and everything went well, it runs smooth and everything works as far as I tested... However, Kies is a b*tch . As expected, it no longer recognizes my phone, but the problem is : I have done a backup of all contacts I had, and now I can't get it back, since they are stored in a 2.2gb (along with loads of videos, pictures, etc.) .sbu file that kies won't touch unless I plug a "i9000m" phone in it.
So, is there any way to open those .sbu backup files or to retrieve the information stored in them? I guess if there's no other way I could flash back to stock ROM, restore with kies, find another way to backup and then reflash CM7, but I really don't feel like it ...
By the way, I also have a CWM backup from before the flash that I could use, but I'm not sure if it would work with CM7. If I only restore "data" will I get those contacts back? and will it mess up my phone because of CM7?
Thanks for the answers
Edit: Ignore this, the contacts are actually in a separate .spb file... So, how do I open/use that?
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easy flash back stock and put your backups back on your phone then back them up to google mail
P.S sorry for awaking a old thread but im having the same prob got some naughty pics i want back
Hello everyone.
So I have a pretty unique problem. I've been using GingerDX for quite some time (about 2-3 months) and i didnt get any big problems other than some lag, not that serious though.
Suddenly, my Wi-Fi stopped working, it would say it's on, but wouldn't actually connect or find any networks, so I decided to do a full wipe, didn't work, and then I reflashed the stock rom (2.1) to start all over again.
Of course I backed up all of my apps with Titanium, and I found the stock backup & restore app here in XDA.
After backing up and reflashing stock ROM, then GDX. I installed the backup & restore app with xrecovery.
Sadly, the app wouldn't recognize the .sbf file, but the older ones worked perfectly. Can anyone help me please?? I didn't have any other backups of my messages and bookmarks. Is there any way to extract that .sbf file? I've been searching for an hour and didn't find anything!!!
If you backup using TB you need use TB to recover data.
By default it is backing up only user apps+data (not system ones), so it |IS possible that you lose your bookmarks and messages
Yes, my apps are fully restored, what I'm worried about is the msgs and bookmarks, and it looks like I'm not going to be able to restore them :'(...
Hi all,
I have been trolling through all the forums on the GT-I9300T then the 9305T, and found so far a heap of tips and tricks for tweaking my phone.
I've been happily Rooting and ROMing my 9305T for a month now all without issue. What I've noticed is that with each ROM i put on my phone, it accumulates more files, folders and other legacy junk from the previous ROM. Do that over four ROM's and you get the idea...
So i thought i would restore from backup, my factory ROM which i have on internal and external SD. Unfortunately the restore came up with an error saying it was missing a file during the data backup (The Boot, Cache etc. all restored without a hitch) so it went into a boot loop...
I got out of the boot loop OK, installed the correct factory ROM form SamMobile and all is well. The phone works and everything is intact, but i now have a lot of junk on my phone I'd like to get rid of to restore it to the day i bought it. With my backup image not working can a full wipe and re-install be done to accomplish this?
My phone was on .230 for the longest time. Since JB dropped I decided to finally back everything up and start fresh and FXZ my phone back to .905 and proceeded to update to .246 and then to JB. My phone finally works again, better than it ever has. The only problem is my backup is nowhere to be found. I backed it up while on .230 and I tested the backup before proceeding. I looked on internal SD and external SD and can't find my file anywhere and now I am without my contacts, which is not good at all as I have many business/personal contacts that won't be easy to recover. Does anybody have any suggestions in order to recover my lost contacts or are they just simply that, lost contacts? I would rather have my phone back on .230 constantly freezing and slow as all hell to have my contacts fully back. Any help is much appreciated.