I accidentally did a factory reset while in Safe mode. My first time ever getting into Safe mode and I have no idea how I got in there, only realized after the wipe. Thus, I lost all my pictures, videos etc... I made a Nandroid backup before the wipe so that got deleted as well. I have another Nandroid backup on my SD card that I have been trying to copy to the phone's internal memory but I keep getting errors.
First error on CWM was the annoying MD5 mismatch - I think I was able to fix that with the terminal emulator and the Notepad++ and MD5 calculator. Then the next error was, 'error restoring boot image.' I made this Nandroid backup with Semaphore 2.7.4 and still is my kernel now.
I believe this Nandroid recovery is corrupted. Is there any chance of recovering it? I've tried PhotoRec and Recuva already and they didn't work for me. PhotoRec gave me weird filenames and Recuva didn't find the stuff I was looking for. I still have this untouched backup on my SD and everything else on the SD works by the way.
Zytorious said:
I believe this Nandroid recovery is corrupted. Is there any chance of recovering it?
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Have you tried to flash your semaphore kernel + recovery via Odin/Heimdall, so you have a clean recovery?
Cheers
EDIT: If this isn't working for you, you are always able to flash a stock samsung rom and then get back to your current rom + recovery.
If this does not work, i would guess your backup is corrupted. Had this by myself in the past... corrupted backups
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I rooted someone's phone earlier and first tried to flash AmonRA 1.5.2. It wouldn't load into recovery, so I flashed 1.2.3. That one worked, but wanted a newer one, so I went with God Speed. I made a backup and then flashed a 2.1 ROM. I was then showing him how to do a nandroid backup and restore and it wouldn't restore. I made another backup of the new ROM and tried to restore it. Still wouldn't restore. I then flashed AmonRA 1.6.2 and tried the same thing. Still would not restore. Everything works fine on my phone and they are both w/Google phones. I also copied his sdcard to my computer and reformatted his sdcard. Still would not work. Any ideas or suggestions.
'Wouldn't restore' is kind of vague. Did it appear to restore but not? Did the restore fail, and if so, what message came up?
try to rename the nandroid and make sure you phone is plugged into the wall or pc when restoring.
fixxxer2008 said:
try to rename the nandroid and make sure you phone is plugged into the wall or pc when restoring.
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He'll only need to rename it if he already renamed it and put spaces in it. Plugging it into the wall won't make a difference unless the screen is shutting down due to power issues during the restore.
Two reasons why I asked for further clarification on what happens during a restore attempt.
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He'll only need to rename it if he already renamed it and put spaces in it. Plugging it into the wall won't make a difference unless the screen is shutting down due to power issues during the restore.
Two reasons why I asked for further clarification on what happens during a restore attempt.
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i dunno but that always worked for me. i had a message that said restore via adb.
fixxxer2008 said:
i dunno but that always worked for me. i had a message that said restore via adb.
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restore via adb always happens when a nandroid has been renamed and has a space in it. I'm not saying that's the ONLY reason, but it's the only time I've ever seen or heard of it.
let me look at the copies on my computer.
The error I get is to do it via adb. But I didn't rename it or anything. All I did was
1. Flash the recovery
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Perform Nandroid Backup (just the basic nand backup)
4. Installed DC2.07 as that was what I had on my computer
5. Rebooted and let it load
6. Rebooted into recovery
7. tried to restore and I get the error about performing it via adb
Tried the same routine everytime I flashed a new recovery
Edit:Just checked the nandroid backups---There are no spaces
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let me look at the copies on my computer.
The error I get is to do it via adb. But I didn't rename it or anything. All I did was
1. Flash the recovery
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Perform Nandroid Backup (just the basic nand backup)
4. Installed DC2.07 as that was what I had on my computer
5. Rebooted and let it load
6. Rebooted into recovery
7. tried to restore and I get the error about performing it via adb
Tried the same routine everytime I flashed a new recovery
Edit:Just checked the nandroid backups---There are no spaces
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Interesting. Then I'd try what fixxer said and plug it into the wall before trying the restore.
I will try that tomorrow
sandboxlove said:
hi there
i actually had the same problem today but then i learned (through a search...woah!!) that there is an newer ra, and after an update it worked like a beaut. perhaps your recovery is outdated...or maybe the nandroid is corrupted?
good luck!
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I'm pretty sure 1.6.2 is the newest which is what is on there now. I've read of other peoples problems and solutions and tried what i rememebered, but it happened with every one I tried.
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I'm pretty sure 1.6.2 is the newest which is what is on there now. I've read of other peoples problems and solutions and tried what i rememebered, but it happened with every one I tried.
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You're not on an ext4 filesystem are you? If so, you'll want godspeed (toast's version of the 1.6.2 recovery image). I believe it handles ext4 restores whereas the original 1.6.2 doesn't (if I remember correctly).
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You're not on an ext4 filesystem are you? If so, you'll want godspeed (toast's version of the 1.6.2 recovery image). I believe it handles ext4 restores whereas the original 1.6.2 doesn't (if I remember correctly).
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No, I did partition it to see if that would help, but only converted it to ext3. But I did not try nand+ext. I had him register with the site and will direct him to this thread.
Nandroid Restore
Yeah, i'm the one having this problem. I'm new to modding phones and not for sure what to do. &RoidRage is trying to help me out, if anyone else can that's figure it out that would be great.
Anytime I received the the "via adb" error, it was due to their not being enough memory on the sd card. I found you typically will need a little over 1 GB on the card remaining to do anything: Restore, or backup.
Hope that helps.
And make sure your battery is charged.
Hey guys,
I used odin to get boot it back up and then I used ClockworkMod to restore backed up data....
After phone said 'restore complete,' I let the phone reboot, but the phone will not reboot
at&t screen pops up and then black out then pops up again then into android recovery mode.
Any ideas?
Could you please provide a little more information about how you got to where you are? (e.g. what rom/kernel/modem/theme you were flashing, what ODIN you used, what version of CWM, etc.) Anything you provide will be helpful in troubleshooting.
Well I had cognitive 4.5.3 installed and I tried restoring using clockmod recovery
the restore wasn't successful and the phone would stay black screened after Galaxy S logo screen
So I turned on odin3 and put my phone on download mode then hit start on odin3
that successfully restored the phone to froyo 2.2 without any of my data
so I tried using clockmod recovery once again to restore the backup
and then... that's where I am
The phone won't boot. It will just go into recovery mode
Here's the message I got after trying to restore once again
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ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.2
Checking MD5 sums...
Restoring system...
Restoring data...
Restoring datadata...
.android_secure.img not found. Skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure.
Restoring cache...
sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext/.
Restore complete!
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When did you make that nandroid backup? If you made it while on stock, you'll have to go back to stock first, then run the restore command. If on cognition, you'll need to be on the version you were on when you made the backup and restore there.
Here's the link I found on how to return to stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
I've done the first part - before the master reset and then tried restoring the backup and that is how I got to where I am right now.
Do I need to factory reset as well?
If I do factory reset, won't that erase the backup file?
Thanks. I really appreciate your help
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Here's the link I found on how to return to stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
I've done the first part - before the master reset and then tried restoring the backup and that is how I got to where I am right now.
Do I need to factory reset as well?
If I do factory reset, won't that erase the backup file?
Thanks. I really appreciate your help
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To answer your question, doing the master clear will erase EVERYTHING stored in the phone's internal memory. Don't do that step now, as you should be able to get out of where you are without doing that.
I think where your problem occurred is that at some point you made a nandroid backup in CWM, and by trying to restore that on stock, it's freaking out. If you can remember what ROM setup you had on your phone when you made the backup, you could try to get back to that setup to use the restore option in CWM.
Before doing any of the things you're doing now, had you made a backup in Titanium Backup?
I do have backup made with Titanium Backup.
apps data and everything that I could backup with Titanium Backup
Will restoring what I had backed up with Titanium Backup and then restoring the system using CWM work?
I am currently at 2.2 Froyo, which was the rom I was using when backing up using CWM
You've flashed 2.2 stock? If so just flash the rom you previously had with cwm then let it boot. After it boots reboot into cwm then perform a restore in cwm. If that doesnt work nand backup might not be good and you will just have to flash stock again and just rub tibu and leave it at that.
**Thing about NAND backups is that you have to use the same system when you restore (i.e. you nand backup usng cognition then you flash another rom when you nand restore its not going to boot).
Thanks guys for the suggestions!
My phone has been saved!
I tried restoring from a nandroid backup I made and after the restore, I could only get as far as the i9000 boot screen. I went into recovery to try and flash a ROM, but CMW recovery could not mount my partitions (partitions got messed up by nandroid?) The only quick way I could think of was to use odin and refalsh and repartition.
I restored my nandroid from within CWM recovery. Is there something I am missing in the restore process? Obviously something went wrong.
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I tried restoring from a nandroid backup I made and after the restore, I could only get as far as the i9000 boot screen. I went into recovery to try and flash a ROM, but CMW recovery could not mount my partitions (partitions got messed up by nandroid?) The only quick way I could think of was to use odin and refalsh and repartition.
I restored my nandroid from within CWM recovery. Is there something I am missing in the restore process? Obviously something went wrong.
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Hey man, sounds like you tried to restore one system over another,
Forexample, stock over cm7? and that messes up the partitions as you see!
Try to install the rom you are trying to restore before you start restoring!
Should work then!
Hope this helps
I did indeed try to restore a ROM which was very different from the installed ROM. I will keep your suggestion in mind the next time I do a restore.
Just to confirm : yes, you need to flash the base ROM you're trying to restore.
I played with ICS over the weekend and got back by flashing a stock - well stock+ - JVZ and restoring nandroid.
Did the same thing, stupid as I am,
the big problem is that none of the computers I've tried with is detecting my phone right now.
I get in to CWM but and to download mode but that ain't helping me since i can't use Odin to flash back to stock rom.
Any ideas?
Hello!
Before I want to go on to CWM I want to tell you what happened before.
Yesterday I flashed TWRP recovery which resulted in a really bad situation. I was stuck in recovery. If I pressed reboot it went straigt to recovery again, even if I pulled out the battery. So flashed the stock firmware via the KDZ flashing method and everything worked again.
Then I rooted again, installed CWM, installed CM, installed all my apps (TB backup on PC was quite old),....
So all in all it was a big amount of work and it took me a few hours.
Then everything was working again as it should and I updated all my TB backups and then I wanted to make a Nandroid backup so that I wouldnt have to do all that flashing and installing again.
So I went to recovery--> backup and restore --> backup
But it didnt finish. It always stopped with this error: Error while meaking a backup image of /system!
So i thought maybe I should install everything again, which i did. (I had already made a TB backup of all my apps, so i thought this woulb be done fast)
Well, went to recovery again, did a factory reset, wiped dalvik cache and even formated /system. Then I installed the latest CM + GAPPS and rebooted.
And the first thing i recognized was that the screen popped where it says "android is upgrading". And I wondered even more when I realized that all my apps where stille there. So obviously the factory reset and also format /system didnt work properly.
If I format /system and dont install any ROM then the device doesnt boot (which i guess is the normal behaviour). But what I want to say is that the format works there but if I flash CM afterwards all my apps are still there (despite the fact that i also did a factory reset).
All in all the phone does work normal now, but I'm not able to make a Nandroid backup and I'm really wondering why.
(I also reflashed CWM recovery but that didnt change anything)
I would be glad if s1 could help me.
PS: Could the solution be to flash stock again via KDZ and then do everything from the beginning?
Never heard of anything like this before.
Did you flash the recovery as a .IMG or through Rom manager (I would suggest to flash it with Rom manager).
Try this and report back (maybe your recovery image is damaged or smth.)
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I have no idea what caused this crazy behavoiur of CWM, but I started over again with flashing kdz and now everything is fine
Maybe your SD card is full. Try deleting a few files from your SD and then do the backup.
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I dont have any external sd card and on phone memory there were more than 10GB free space
Is it possible to retrieve data from a soft bricked phone (failed to mount /system (invalid argument))?
I was so absent minded that I actually copied out a TB backup from 2013 (I probably saved it into another folder) into my computer instead of the latest copy. I am hoping to be able to retrieve my latest TB backup copy from the internal SD.
Before disaster happened, was already rooted with custom rom on JB 4.3.
What happened:
Tried to update from 4.3 to 4.4 through Odin but halfway got stuck at boot.img.
Unplugged and tried to reset but phone was stuck in the screen - firmware upgrade encountered an issue... ......
Flashed a kernel found in this forum to get it out of that screen.
Managed to get into recovery (android recovery instead of CWM) and there was an error with mounting /system, /data and some others which I can't recall.
So I tried flashing 4.4 again and finally after multiple attempts including changing ports and cables was the flash was successful.
Then I rooted and tried to restore my backups which was when I realised that I have the old backup files instead.
Couldn't find my latest backup anywhere which is why I'm here.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks all for viewing.
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Is it possible to retrieve data from a soft bricked phone (failed to mount /system (invalid argument))?
I was so absent minded that I actually copied out a TB backup from 2013 (I probably saved it into another folder) into my computer instead of the latest copy. I am hoping to be able to retrieve my latest TB backup copy from the internal SD.
Before disaster happened, was already rooted with custom rom on JB 4.3.
What happened:
Tried to update from 4.3 to 4.4 through Odin but halfway got stuck at boot.img.
Unplugged and tried to reset but phone was stuck in the screen - firmware upgrade encountered an issue... ......
Flashed a kernel found in this forum to get it out of that screen.
Managed to get into recovery (android recovery instead of CWM) and there was an error with mounting /system, /data and some others which I can't recall.
So I tried flashing 4.4 again and finally after multiple attempts including changing ports and cables was the flash was successful.
Then I rooted and tried to restore my backups which was when I realised that I have the old backup files instead.
Couldn't find my latest backup anywhere which is why I'm here.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks all for viewing.
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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say, your phone is able to boot but you can't find backups that were stored on your internal SD before flashing 4.4? Have you tried looking for them with Total Commander? (Or any other file manager with root access).
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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say, your phone is able to boot but you can't find backups that were stored on your internal SD before flashing 4.4? Have you tried looking for them with Total Commander? (Or any other file manager with root access).
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It was soft bricked for awhile and then I managed to flash a rom successfully so afterwards it was able to boot. Actually it seems like my entire phone was wiped because I couldn't find traces of anything with a file manager.
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It was soft bricked for awhile and then I managed to flash a rom successfully so afterwards it was able to boot. Actually it seems like my entire phone was wiped because I couldn't find traces of anything with a file manager.
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Is /data/media/0 empty?
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Is /data/media/0 empty?
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Yup, empty. I meant that it was all there before I flashed 4.4 but I saved the wrong backups and after flashing I couldn't find them anymore.
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Yup, empty. I meant that it was all there before I flashed 4.4 but I saved the wrong backups and after flashing I couldn't find them anymore.
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Odin probably formats the main partitions when it flashes a ROM. I had something similar happen after flashing 4.3 to recover from a softbrick. Did you ever make a nandroid backup or did you only use TB? Also, if you lost your contacts you could check whether they were also saved onto your sim card.
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Odin probably formats the main partitions when it flashes a ROM. I had something similar happen after flashing 4.3 to recover from a softbrick. Did you ever make a nandroid backup or did you only use TB? Also, if you lost your contacts you could check whether they were also saved onto your sim card.
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Nandroid is the one that is saved as update.zip?
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Nandroid is the one that is saved as update.zip?
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No, you make them using a custom recovery and they are a series of .tar, .img or .win files.
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No, you make them using a custom recovery and they are a series of .tar, .img or .win files.
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I did make a nandroid backup but it couldn't be found after the soft brick recovered
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I did make a nandroid backup but it couldn't be found after the soft brick recovered
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If you don't have any backups on your external SD then you might be out of luck unfortunately.
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If you don't have any backups on your external SD then you might be out of luck unfortunately.
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I did suspect that... Just wanted to be sure. But thanks so much for your help