Mornings,
Had a bit of an issue yesterday in that my phone wouldnt turn on. Finally reflashed a stock and put back on Darkys mod.
In the Recovery mode i did a backup of all my files before i started (couldnt boot the phone to use anything else)
I would like to restore my SMS messages and contacts only.
Is this possible ?
Options i have are:
Restore boot, Restore system, Restore data, Restore cache, Restore sd-ext.
I tried "Restore Data" last night after i got everything working (so i could use one of the SMS Backup + type tools, but the phone wouldn't boot so had to reflash it all.
Thanks
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I have lost my set up wizard and application process. I have clockwork recovery img and back up file on sdcard, can't use apps or pc, what do I do?
power off your fone, hold the home button while you pwer it on, scroll down to nandroid, and select restore then restore from your backup. once you restore reboot. then d/l fresh rom 2.3.3, its the most stable rom and has all extras, you might also be able to do it by wiping dalvik-cache or doing a factory reset, which i would try first, but if you dont want o lose your data, do the restore
much thanx. I love learning about this phone
This is my first time to restore a nandroid backup i recently made. The load bar isnt animated any longer and its sitting on:
"restoring data...
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the first time i pulled the battery after about 5 minutes and rebooted into what appeared to be a partial restore, but the home button didnt work and i powered down before it finished synching my settings. Im on my second attempt, sitting at the same place and its been close to 10 minutes, is this normal or should i just try pulling the battery again and reflashing the rom altogether? I wiped the first time even though my searching said it wasnt necessary, no wipe the second time. here are my unhelpful search results:
http://www.google.com/search?source...s+nandroid+restore+take+on+nexus+one?&qscrl=1
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=did+my+nandroid+restore+freeze?&qscrl=1
Doesn't sound too good i'm afraid & I am of little help either as I too am new to Android ROM flashing - but rather, as a help to others, can you state what type & version of recovery you are using (ClockWorkMod / amon_ra), what Nexus you have (AMOLED / SLCD), whether you have the phone connected over USB when backing up / restoring, android version backed up, what charge level you had etc.
I believe all of these elements can affect your results in one way or another.
e.g, I believe for SLCD, you require amon_ra v1.8.0.1 & some people have reported issues if performing the operations while connected to USB.
Good luck & let us know how you get on.
Steve.
thanks, i ended up just reflashing the rom because restore kept freezing. I remember usb was not plugged in during backup, it may have been during the first restore, i dont recall, but it was definitely not plugged in the second time. Im just glad no serious damage was done though, i guess i just wont do nandroid anymore ill stick with the rom manager backup method. Im using clockwork recovery
AndroidPerson said:
thanks, i ended up just reflashing the rom because restore kept freezing. I remember usb was not plugged in during backup, it may have been during the first restore, i dont recall, but it was definitely not plugged in the second time. Im just glad no serious damage was done though, i guess i just wont do nandroid anymore ill stick with the rom manager backup method. Im using clockwork recovery
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The backup/restore function in Clockwork is the same as what you get in ROM Manager.
I had a restore freeze on me too, during the data segment. Same thing happened twice. Here's what I did to fix it:
1) Booted into Clockwork
2) Wiped cache and data
3) Went into the nandroid menu, "Advanced" restore
4) Restored the data partition *only* - this succeeded where other restores had failed
5) Restored each remaining partition individually as well, also from the Advanced menu
6) Booted up and everything was fine
cmstlist said:
The backup/restore function in Clockwork is the same as what you get in ROM Manager.
I had a restore freeze on me too, during the data segment. Same thing happened twice. Here's what I did to fix it:
1) Booted into Clockwork
2) Wiped cache and data
3) Went into the nandroid menu, "Advanced" restore
4) Restored the data partition *only* - this succeeded where other restores had failed
5) Restored each remaining partition individually as well, also from the Advanced menu
6) Booted up and everything was fine
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thanks im going to remember this, the more things i have to try when something goes bad, the better
cmstlist said:
The backup/restore function in Clockwork is the same as what you get in ROM Manager.
I had a restore freeze on me too, during the data segment. Same thing happened twice. Here's what I did to fix it:
1) Booted into Clockwork
2) Wiped cache and data
3) Went into the nandroid menu, "Advanced" restore
4) Restored the data partition *only* - this succeeded where other restores had failed
5) Restored each remaining partition individually as well, also from the Advanced menu
6) Booted up and everything was fine
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I've run into a similar hangup before running Clockwork, and fixed it pretty much the same way you did. I've since gone back to Amon's recovery, as its nandroid functions seem to be more reliable.
I had my phone randomly soft brick today and I was wondering if someone might be able to shed some light on what happened to me.
So, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000M on Bell Canada. Rooted, ADW, Clockword Recovery, *No* Lagfix (I removed it), GPS Update. Today I went to open an app and the phone froze and subsequently rebooted. Upon restart the boot animation displayed for a while and then went to a black screen. Phone did not respond to any input. Force restarting led to the same effect. Tried a battery pull, no dice. Wiped the cache partition, no dice. Booted into recovery then clockwork recovery. Restored to my last nandroid backup. Phone restarted, displayed boot animation for a long time then went to the black screen and accepted no input. Restored to my nandroid before that, no luck. Wiped dalvik cache, no luck. Connected the usb, booted into recovery, opened android commander, and pulled down a copy of everything on the internal sd card. Finally, while walking to the Bell Canada store to get a replacement, I did a factory reset... The phone booted.
So what has me extremely curious is what did a factory reset do, that restoring from a nandroid backup didn't? And what the hell happened to the phone that an app crash trigged a quasi soft brick. Let me know if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks!
I had the same thing happen to me all the time on the XXJPC TOM after having installed the TaskManager update (it was 1.4 back then) from Samsung Apps. Everything seemed fine until I rebooted. After the boot animation played, there was the "I'm crashing" vibration (vibrating once, then three times shorty after) at which point the phone went off. I had this happen four times in a row before I figured out (by accident) that it's the TaskManager update that did this to me. Only a factory reset could revive the phone. Did you, by any chance, install the TaskManager update, too, on a Froyo ROM?
Hope this helps a bit. It was rather frustrating to me.
I'm just running a rooted stock i9000 rom (android 2.1). No task manager update.
I did manage to recover. The process ended up being this:
Backup data on internal sd card while in recovery mode
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Boot
Install rom manger
Copy data back to internal sd card
Restore from most recent nandroid backup
The only thing I can think of is somehow I suffered a corruption of my data partition, so the factory reset fixed it by wiping the partition. Not sure if that's a possible explanation.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App
Hi All,
Suddenly my phone gets stuck during booting at the S logo and it vibrates sometimes similar to FC-ing.
I have the feeling that some process keeps crasing in an infinite loop.
I havent touched the ROM for at least a month.
It was upgraded to JPY via KIES with reg hacking and it has worked fine until today.
Yesterday before going to sleep I shut it down and when this morning I turned it on it could not get past the logo it just vibrates and front leds are lit.
Battery is fully charged, screen showing fully green battery when charging.
I can enter both Recovery and Dowload modes, nothing unusual is displayed there.
Battery out-in did not help.
No lagfix, phone was rooted with modified kernel (chainfire afair) more than 1 month ago.
No problems like this whatsoever.
Last successful boot was yesterday evening, no signs of any problem.
I have not done factory reset yet as my last Titanium Backup was quite a long ago.
Questions:
- is there any kind of "safe mode" boot like in windows?
- I can not access its internal SD card from PC (USB), is there a trick to make the pc recognize it?
- any other suggestion before FR?
It is International Galaxy S, JPY, unbranded
Thanks in advance!
if you have CWM recovery then i think there is an option to mount the sd card so its visible on your pc,
another thing. there is a safe mode i accidentally entered it a few months ago, what you need to do is boot up the phone and whilst it is booting press the left key (menu) until the keys light turns off, (or keep pressing the menu key) and then the phone should come up in safe mode..
i havent tried it with a boot loop and i dont know if anyone else has so it may not work..
and finally if you do have CWM you can do a nandroid backup thru that, then do a factory reset and re-apply the nandroid backup.
Unfortunately I do not have CWM.
I tried safe mode the way you wrote but it did not work for me, neither worked the other Menu + Home + Power combination mentioned elsewhere, probably the problem comes earlier than that.
Is there a chance to install CWM in this limited mode of my phone?
the problem is that int sd does not seem accessible.
does update.zip work only from internal sd?
im afraid so yes its not possible to do it from the external sd unless you have a steam kernel.
looks like your only option would be to do a factory reset in recover or re-flash through odin.. but you will lose your data..
your best bet is to just write down as many apps as you can remember you had, and maybe re download them after the flash 1 by one.
but all the stuff on your internal sd card WILL STAY INTACT. e.g pictures music movies ect
EDIT::: you can now access the market on-line so perhaps you check that to see if your apps show on there before you do the reset... I've not checked it out yet...
My market on web looks good so that should not be a problem.
I was just told that I could have CWM by flashing a kernel that contains it.
If that is true I can do what you said earlier: do a nandroid backup + FR + restore
I except this to save my Angry Brids achievements that are in not on the int sd card but only in the app data.
Does this make sense?
jasahu said:
My market on web looks good so that should not be a problem.
I was just told that I could have CWM by flashing a kernel that contains it.
If that is true I can do what you said earlier: do a nandroid backup + FR + restore
I except this to save my Angry Brids achievements that are in not on the int sd card but only in the app data.
Does this make sense?
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Replying to myself: It made sense.
I flashed a SpeedMod kernel to have CWM
- tried booting, but no success (as expected)
and then from CWM
- I mounted USB storage to back up SD card
- did Nandroid backup as well to make backup of the rest
Then Factory Reset -> phone could boot again
tried to only 'Restore data' from nandroid backup -> failed to boot
ok, FR again and get back the most from my 1 month old titanium backup
My is guess that some program with root rights corrupted something which made me unable to boot
What I learned -> backup frequently !
Now what remained is to get back my Angry Birds progress from nandroid backup
Thanks for help!
I have a rooted HTC Hero (Sprint) and during preparations for upgrading to CM7 I ran into issues with ROM Manager.
First, I backed up everything (apps and data) via two different methods. I cleared davlik cache, and then performed a CWM Flash Recovery backup. Once that completed successfully, I sought out to apply the CM7 ROM. I selected it from the GUI menu, rather than rebooting into the Flash Recovery. I selected to backup everything and then wipe the data/cache. During the process, the phone hung (white HTC screen for over 10 minutes). I could reboot successfully after this, and selecting "Recovery" didn't work either. I figured my phone was bricked. But miraculously, it managed to finally recover.
The recovered ROM was a fresh clean slate. So, I installed ROM Manager and Titanium backup again. However, when I tried to reboot to the CWM Flash Recovery, or even try entering the CWM CUI menu from power up (by holding the HOME key), the phone hangs. Something is seriously screwed up with ROM Manager. I'd like to wipe it completely clean and start over, but everything I've tried results in a phone that hangs. I'm now thinking I should use a different program for managing the ROMs... but, being familiar with ROM Manager and seeing other people use it successfully, I feel determined to make it work. Any suggestions?
I would just flash an RUU and start from scratch.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9lyYjZr_O3gZnJrRVFqRmh4eVU/edit
I was able to recover.
What I didn't realize is that the first boot can take upwards of 20-30 minutes. I pulled the battery after around 15 minutes, thinking my phone had hung.
Anyway, when I selected "Recovery" again I left the phone alone and eventually I got a stock ROM again. Whew!
While ClockworkMod is fine for 2.1, when you're on 2.3 there's no question that TWRP is the way to go. I've flashed it to my phone (did "flash_image recovery [recoveryfilename.img]") from the terminal window and it's working great, far more extensive than ClockworkMod.