Using ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 what option do I choose to backup my current ROM? When I go into backup and restore I have multiple choices and I am not sure which is approperate and where it says Restore All (Be careful)....I decided I better make sure what exactly I am to back up and restore?
I believe the warning to be careful is because you do not want to restore system data if you are not on the same base rom. If you are just creating a backup so you can restore settings on the particular rom you are on, then back up all. If you are looking to backup apps, use titanium
gocats7 said:
Using ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 what option do I choose to backup my current ROM? When I go into backup and restore I have multiple choices and I am not sure which is approperate and where it says Restore All (Be careful)....I decided I better make sure what exactly I am to back up and restore?
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Are you in the Recovery mode or in ROM Manager? In ROM Manager I just choose to backup current ROM, then it restarts into recovery mode and does all of the work for me.
I am in recovery, not ROM manager but I guess I can do it through there too. As long as I get it backed up, thats all that really matters I guess. I want to do a backup so if I go to a new ROM I want to try I can just restore my existing one if the new one doesnt work out.
I've done that through rom manager with no problem. To me, that is the safest path. Good luck.
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Rom manager will not work with certain roms
trekie86 said:
I've done that through rom manager with no problem. To me, that is the safest path. Good luck.
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Hey, I got a problem with restoring a backup on my SGS+. I' m using CWM 6.0.1.2 and in the middle of the restoring process, when it says it' s restoring mobi.cyann.natools-1.apk ( i recored a video so i can see what it is because it dissapears very fast ), phone just turns down. Hopefully i can boot, as it restored the boot image, but half of things is not working. I know i can flash rom again, but i really need files from that backup. What can i do?
EDIT: I tried with older backup i found on my pc and it' s the same, phone turns down. Is it a recovery problem?
And sorry i posted it in i9000 section, but i9001 has only a single post in Q&A and it' s a bit messy.
Magic Stick said:
EDIT: I tried with older backup i found on my pc and it' s the same, phone turns down. Is it a recovery problem?
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you need same recovery as your backup for it to work, workaround is to use a Nandroid browser ( free app from play store) to copy what you need to new ROM
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you need same recovery as your backup for it to work, workaround is to use a Nandroid browser ( free app from play store) to copy what you need to new ROM
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Yup i know about it =) Sorry, i didn' t mention this "old" backup is also in CWM6. It just doesn't have data i need.
hi everyone, i have recently got a HTC one, its rooted and also has custom recovery(TWRP) installed. its currently running stock android 4.2.2 firmware and today i have download the android 4.3 ota update. when i try to install the update it boots the TWRP recovery and i m unable to update. is there any way to update without losing my data, i know i have to flash the stock recover and again try to install the update but will this erase all my data(everything). i was using samsung galaxy s3, and its case there used to be chances to loose the data.. does same happens in HTC too. i don't wan't to lose my data, its about 23GB's..
suyash1629 said:
hi everyone, i have recently got a HTC one, its rooted and also has custom recovery(TWRP) installed. its currently running stock android 4.2.2 firmware and today i have download the android 4.3 ota update. when i try to install the update it boots the TWRP recovery and i m unable to update. is there any way to update without losing my data, i know i have to flash the stock recover and again try to install the update but will this erase all my data(everything). i was using samsung galaxy s3, and its case there used to be chances to loose the data.. does same happens in HTC too. i don't wan't to lose my data, its about 23GB's..
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Your data shouldn't get wiped. No harm in making a backup though, just in case anything goes wrong. You'll just have to reflash twrp once you're done. Just out of curiosity, what's the software number of the update you got?
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n1234d said:
Your data shouldn't get wiped. No harm in making a backup though, just in case anything goes wrong. You'll just have to reflash twrp once you're done. Just out of curiosity, what's the software number of the update you got?
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maybe the updates are older, because it was not updated from so long so, i thought to update. anyways the software no of update is 3.62.401.1.
do i need to lock bootloader too, to perform the update. and should i make backup from recovery? which backup method would u prefer... i don't want to lose anything..
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maybe the updates are older, because it was not updated from so long so, i thought to update. anyways the software no of update is 3.62.401.1.
do i need to lock bootloader too, to perform the update. and should i make backup from recovery? which backup method would u prefer... i don't want to lose anything..
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just a quick word of caution, last time I flashed back a stock recovery (and accessed it, but didnt do anything in it), I was unpleasantly surprised that it wiped my entire internal storage
be safe, and backup your stuff to your PC
and no, you do not need to lock your bootloader.
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just a quick word of caution, last time I flashed back a stock recovery (and accessed it, but didnt do anything in it), I was unpleasantly surprised that it wiped my entire internal storage
be safe, and backup your stuff to your PC
and no, you do not need to lock your bootloader.
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well thanks a lot.. can i backup apps data too?
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maybe the updates are older, because it was not updated from so long so, i thought to update. anyways the software no of update is 3.62.401.1.
do i need to lock bootloader too, to perform the update. and should i make backup from recovery? which backup method would u prefer... i don't want to lose anything..
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All the info needed to update is here http://www.htc1guru.com/2013/10/ota/
First flash the guru reset mentioned, then the OTA•
You could use titanium backup for all your apps and manually copy all the stuff from the internal sdcard to your pc. Making a nandroid won't really help, coz then you'll be restoring an older nandroid to a phone with a newer firmware, which doesn't work well. If you're completely stock right now, you could make a nandroid, and then after updating, if you want stuff to be like before, you could restore only your data partition. Works on Viper, not sure about stock.
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All the info needed to update is here http://www.htc1guru.com/2013/10/ota/
First flash the guru reset mentioned, then the OTA•
You could use titanium backup for all your apps and manually copy all the stuff from the internal sdcard to your pc. Making a nandroid won't really help, coz then you'll be restoring an older nandroid to a phone with a newer firmware, which doesn't work well. If you're completely stock right now, you could make a nandroid, and then after updating, if you want stuff to be like before, you could restore only your data partition. Works on Viper, not sure about stock.
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*Stuff*= all your apps, settings etc from the old rom will be transferred to the new rom
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well thanks a lot.. can i backup apps data too?
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I would
I use Titanium Backup Pro for that (there's also a free version), both require root though. if you need a solution without root, check out Helium; i've never tried it but it should also work.
for SMS and call logs, I use "SMS Backup & Restore" and "Call Logs Backup & Restore" by Ritesh Sahu, which work better than Titanium IMHO.
Then I put everything on my PC, and I'm good to go
Okay, maybe I confused you a bit here, lets do this step by step
1. Make a nandroid of your current rom(data partition) with twrp (make sure you copy this to your pc), backup all apps with titanium backup, copy all data from internal storage
2. Flash guru reset.
3. Flash OTA.
4. Flash twrp, get root
5. Make a nandroid of the new rom (just in case), and then restore only the "Data" partition from the nandroid backup. If it works, amazing. If not, restore all apps from titanium backup. Good luck
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just a quick word of caution, last time I flashed back a stock recovery (and accessed it, but didnt do anything in it), I was unpleasantly surprised that it wiped my entire internal storage
be safe, and backup your stuff to your PC
and no, you do not need to lock your bootloader.
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Never happened to me..
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Okay, maybe I confused you a bit here, lets do this step by step
1. Make a nandroid of your current rom(data partition) with twrp (make sure you copy this to your pc), backup all apps with titanium backup, copy all data from internal storage
2. Flash guru reset.
3. Flash OTA.
4. Flash twrp, get root
5. Make a nandroid of the new rom (just in case), and then restore only the "Data" partition from the nandroid backup. If it works, amazing. If not, restore all apps from titanium backup. Good luck
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Never happened to me..
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well can i just flash stock recovery instead of flash guru reset and than flash ota update.. if i can do so why i need to download that huge(1gb) file to just ota update.. also can u give me a download link to stock recovery.
Edit: i have got the link to stock recovery: http://d-h.st/rZj
Do i have to worry about anything else.. Things i will do now:
1. make a backup of all sd-card data
2. make a titanium backup of all apps
3. use Super Backup : SMS & Contacts to backup call logs, sms and contacts
4. make a nandroid backup of system
5. Flash the stock recovery
6. do an OTA update
I thing this much will do the update right? or is there anything to worry about?
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Do i have to worry about anything else.. Things i will do now:
1. make a backup of all sd-card data
2. make a titanium backup of all apps
3. use Super Backup : SMS & Contacts to backup call logs, sms and contacts
4. make a nandroid backup of system
5. Flash the stock recovery
6. do an OTA update
I thing this much will do the update right? or is there anything to worry about?
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Why I'm suggesting that you download the guru reset is that it'll ensure that you're completely stock before the OTA. having a rooted rom with all of those tweaks that anyone will generally install can cause many complications, so just to keep the process straightforward, rather do it. Leave it to download overnight By "nandroid backup of system", do you mean a complete backup or only of the system partition? Because, you need to make a backup of your data partition, not system. A complete backup will also do.
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Why I'm suggesting that you download the guru reset is that it'll ensure that you're completely stock before the OTA. having a rooted rom with all of those tweaks that anyone will generally install can cause many complications, so just to keep the process straightforward, rather do it. Leave it to download overnight By "nandroid backup of system", do you mean a complete backup or only of the system partition? Because, you need to make a backup of your data partition, not system. A complete backup will also do.
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this HTC one is only rooted and also has a custom recovery, others suggested only flashing stock recovery will do everything, without having a mess. and yes i have made a complete nandroid backup..
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suyash1629 said:
this HTC one is only rooted and also has a custom recovery, others suggested only flashing stock recovery will do everything, without having a mess. and yes i have made a complete nandroid backup..
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Cool then, that's all you need, go ahead
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Cool then, that's all you need, go ahead
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im trying to copy the nandroid backup to pc but while i try to copy whole twrp folder it copies in seconds and when i checked the backup folder, i find only two files copied. if i try to manually copy those files than large files no not get copied, no error notification pops up but also the files do not get copied.. any ideas??
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suyash1629 said:
im trying to copy the nandroid backup to pc but while i try to copy whole twrp folder it copies in seconds and when i checked the backup folder, i find only two files copied. if i try to manually copy those files than large files no not get copied, no error notification pops up but also the files do not get copied.. any ideas??
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Try with version 2.6.3.0 or 2.6.3.3, some of the older ones don't allow copying of backups because of some form of encryption
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Try with version 2.6.3.0 or 2.6.3.3, some of the older ones don't allow copying of backups because of some form of encryption
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can i flash newer version directly from recovery mode or i should use pc
sorry for asking lots of questions... i just wanted to verify everything so that nothing goes wrong
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suyash1629 said:
can i flash newer version directly from recovery mode or i should use pc
sorry for asking lots of questions... i just wanted to verify everything so that nothing goes wrong
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Flash it via fastboot just like you flashed this one.
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Flash it via fastboot just like you flashed this one.
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hey thanks for your help, everything worked perfect for me.. no loss of data after update, now i need to root it again. but everything worked perfect
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Never happened to me..
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I know that's what I thought too, here's exactly what I did and where I was:
1- I just wanted to take a screenshot of stock recovery, and was on ARHD 13.3 with CWM
2- flashed stock recovery (the usual way)
3- took pictures (attached)
4- flashed back the same CWM
5- rebooted, and it hit me with the setup wizard, skipped it, and boom, NOTHING on the phone except the ROM
6- i didnt wipe anything except the "fastboot erase cache"
wonder why it happened
suyash1629 said:
hey thanks for your help, everything worked perfect for me.. no loss of data after update, now i need to root it again. but everything worked perfect
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:good::good:
nkk71 said:
I know that's what I thought too, here's exactly what I did and where I was:
1- I just wanted to take a screenshot of stock recovery, and was on ARHD 13.3 with CWM
2- flashed stock recovery (the usual way)
3- took pictures (attached)
4- flashed back the same CWM
5- rebooted, and it hit me with the setup wizard, skipped it, and boom, NOTHING on the phone except the ROM
6- i didnt wipe anything except the "fastboot erase cache"
wonder why it happened
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thanks for ur help guys, everything is working fine, i think volume is decreased a bit, getting less sound than previous. Do u guys know how to claim the 25GB free google drive space, i even tried to lock the boot loader but ins not working.. is there any way??
Hello, I am running a kernel that doesn't force encryption, with CM12. What's an easy way to keep all of my data, and then take off the encryption? Simple question, need a simple answer. Will give thanks.
I don't necessarily need to keep my stuff, just back it up and restore it.
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I don't necessarily need to keep my stuff, just back it up and restore it.
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For me the quickest way is to flash a kernel that doesn't force encryption and format the data partition from recovery.,
OK, now what is the quickest way to get that data back immediately after I am done?
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OK, now what is the quickest way to get that data back immediately after I am done?
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Back it up and restore it via USB OTG. It works perfectly from recovery and maintains the correct permissions. You can also do the same with your nandroid.
I don't have a USB OTG cable. But can I just back the whole system how it is via Nandroid, then restore it back just with no encryption afterwords?
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I don't have a USB OTG cable. But can I just back the whole system how it is via Nandroid, then restore it back just with no encryption afterwords?
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Flashing kernel is the easiest way to get rid of force encryption and flashing kernel doesn't wipe date. Then why are you even worried about loosing data?
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I don't have a USB OTG cable. But can I just back the whole system how it is via Nandroid, then restore it back just with no encryption afterwords?
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no because when you format data/internal storage both need to be formatted to unencrypt and when you do this it will delete your backup you need to backup to an external device.
Alright, so I guess I'll backup to my PC with Nexus toolkit before I format data.
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Alright, so I guess I'll backup to my PC with Nexus toolkit before I format data.
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yup that will be fine
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