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Stock OUYA backup

Can anyone provide a full stock OUYA backup to bring back with CWM? I screwed up but can go back to CWM and lost my backup. Would be helpfull, not just for me, i think.

I picked this link somewhere in the Ouya threads: https://ouyafw.skumler.net/
Firmware collection. Wipe system, data and cache. Flash the latest ROM.

Personnally, I flash latest fw on ouyafw website over Stockplus, wipe cache and dalvik, and do a factory reset with OUYA fw (not with cwm)
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thanks for the link
but it didn't solve my problem
I formatted everthing i could (inkluding:SD card data andchache) had to bring back a recovery and did it with "ouya one click cwm recovery" from this forum. after flashing the firmware and booting with the boot.img from the zip i always got stuck in the bootscreen. also with cwm recovery my device is not recognized as ouya in ADB but "(a long hex code) recovery".
any suggestions but a full backup?

Latest ROM directly from OUYA servers
Try with some older versions of ROMS from the link I posted.
One more thing i ripped from the Ouya firmware...
You can get the latest ROM directly from OUYA by going to this link: https://devs.ouya.tv/api/firmware_builds
On the page, you will see the link looking like this: "http://x.cloudfront.net/ota/RC-OUYA-1.x.x-r1_ota.zip"
Copy the link and open it. This way you can download the firmware directly from the Ouya servers.

I don't have CWM but I think he need a full backup ( maybe without data ) on cwm for restore it ...
If anyone can do that ...

Klindworth said:
thanks for the link
but it didn't solve my problem
I formatted everthing i could (inkluding:SD card data andchache) had to bring back a recovery and did it with "ouya one click cwm recovery" from this forum. after flashing the firmware and booting with the boot.img from the zip i always got stuck in the bootscreen. also with cwm recovery my device is not recognized as ouya in ADB but "(a long hex code) recovery".
any suggestions but a full backup?
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Maybe you could sideload a rom via CWM. Does ADB see your device?

billouetaudrey said:
I don't have CWM but I think he need a full backup ( maybe without data ) on cwm for restore it ...
If anyone can do that ...
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Part of the insane way OUYA Inc operates is that every update is actually a full Rom. You may have some luck with 109(?) It would be three updates back, that's the version of StockPlus I'm running.
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[Q] Help for OTA update!!

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..

suyash1629 said:
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.

nkk71 said:
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?

suyash1629 said:
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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n1234d said:
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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suyash1629 said:
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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nkk71 said:
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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n1234d said:
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?

suyash1629 said:
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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n1234d said:
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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n1234d said:
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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n1234d said:
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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n1234d said:
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

n1234d said:
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
:good::good:
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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??

[RECOVERY][ ClockworkMod Touch v6.0.4.8 ][ With Swipe Gestures ]

Installation:
Make sure fastboot is unchecked in power options and turn phone completely off
Boot into HBOOT then Fastboot
From fastboot. Use command "fastboot erase cache"
From fastboot. Use command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
OR
Flash via Rom Manager(must have root already).
Downloads:
You can now flash in Rom Manager in rom if rooted
Use this (the recovery img) - http://sonic-developers.com/testing/mythi/m8/
OR

Awesome! It's great to see cwm finally here. How is it running? Does it have the same issues that the other two recoveries are having with restoring backups? If not I'd flash this immediately, but I'd like to see some feed back first.
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nory82688 said:
Awesome! It's great to see cwm finally here. How is it running? Does it have the same issues that the other two recoveries are having with restoring backups? If not I'd flash this immediately, but I'd like to see some feed back first.
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i really don't own the device ... but the recovery should boot .

mythi said:
i really don't own the device ... but the recovery should boot .
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OK , thanks for the reply. I'll just wait to see more people flash it , then I'll jump on board if there are no issues.
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nory82688 said:
OK , thanks for the reply. I'll just wait to see more people flash it , then I'll jump on board if there are no issues.
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it won't hurt if you make a small test :good:

Was looking in Rom manager but couldn't find the M8 under HTC . I saw the M8 device but it's listed as M8 under M8 device and might be misleading.
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mythi said:
it won't hurt if you make a small test :good:
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No, didn't hurt. It boots, it flashes, it backs up and restores. Aroma installer looks like a bad tv screen, the same thing on latest PhilZ recovery and usb option still doesn't connect as on any other recovery.
As I didn't much more, time will show what else works or not. I like the idea of swiping, also scrolling up and down is a little pain until you foind out how it works.
Guys you can flash that and use it without nuking your devices. Some more feedback would be welcome. You shouldn't miss the rainbow mode... :laugh:

rootrider said:
No, didn't hurt. It booted, it flashes, it backups and restores. Aroma installer looks like a bad tv screen, the same thing on latest PhilZ recovery and usb option still doesn't connect.
As I didn't much more, time will show what else works or not. I like the idea of swiping, also scrolling up and down is a little pain until you tried how it works a couple of times.
Guys you can flash that and use it without nuking your devices. Some more feedback would be welcome. You shouldn't miss the rainbow mode... :laugh:
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hahaha ... i found the rainbow mode now it looks

mythi said:
hahaha ... i found the rainbow mode now it looks
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Yeah, after a couple of minutes I rebootet to turn it off.

Lol!! Rainbow mode is funny.. Seems to be rock n a rolling ok here. Just running a backup now and will try to restore shortly as both Philz and TWRP aint working right for me.
ANDROID_SECURE.IMG NOT FOUND.. SKIPPING RESTORE....
SADLY NO JOY WITH A SUCCESSFUL RESTORE THUS FAR WITH MY DEVICE. (S-Off HTC One M8 Int. Version)

jody04c said:
Lol!! Rainbow mode is funny.. Seems to be rock n a rolling ok here. Just running a backup now and will try to restore shortly as both Philz and TWRP aint working right for me.
ANDROID_SECURE.IMG NOT FOUND.. SKIPPING RESTORE....
SADLY NO JOY WITH A SUCCESSFUL RESTORE THUS FAR WITH MY DEVICE. (S-Off HTC One M8 Int. Version)
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Android_secure.img? Did you back up that particular directory? If it restores boot.img, system and data that should be enough to restore your device completely.
Android_secure is being skipped here as well, after these three particular backups have been restored. So it's neither important, nor needed!
For backups I'm using online nandroid backup. Very comfortable as you don't need to boot into recovery to do a nandroid backup and it can be customized the hell out of it. No need for any settings in recovery (missing here anyways) so. Give Nandroid Manager a go as well on your device if you need single files being restored.
Ey and I LIKE SWIPING with this recovery. It's the future... Touch was yesterday.
I'll keep it on my device and walk through the functions the next days.

now people ... i need detailed details of whats working and whats not ... i want this to get stable :laugh:

At&t M8 unlocked, S-off, CID-111111.
Tried to backup to sdcard1 and it showed in your recovery before I wiped and restored an older backup.
Wipe/factory reset worked as it should.
Restored older CWM backup and rebooted without an issue.
Looked in ROM Manager for the backup I did before the the wipe and it wasn't there.
Rebooted into recovery via ROM Manager...no issues.
Looked for backup again in sdcard1 and it didn't save.
Factory wipe/reset.
Installed new ROM zip and booted up no issues.
Back into recovery, factory wipe/reset.
Restored last prior backup and dirty flashed updated ROM...worked without issues.
Currently waiting for some free time to try a backup to internal sd.....Hope this helps. Had this type of swipe recovery on my S4...thanks for your time/work and hope you can get it working 100%.
Tried to do backup via ROM Manager...Booted into recovery but E:unknown volume for path /external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/..... Can't mount backup path.
Did a backup to internal sd in CWM and I see the date/backup but haven't wiped and tried restoring yet.

Phoneguy589 said:
At&t M8 unlocked, S-off, CID-111111.
Tried to backup to sdcard1 and it showed in your recovery before I wiped and restored an older backup.
Wipe/factory reset worked as it should.
Restored older CWM backup and rebooted without an issue.
Looked in ROM Manager for the backup I did before the the wipe and it wasn't there.
Rebooted into recovery via ROM Manager...no issues.
Looked for backup again in sdcard1 and it didn't save.
Factory wipe/reset.
Installed new ROM zip and booted up no issues.
Back into recovery, factory wipe/reset.
Restored last prior backup and dirty flashed updated ROM...worked without issues.
Currently waiting for some free time to try a backup to internal sd.....Hope this helps. Had this type of swipe recovery on my S4...thanks for your time/work and hope you can get it working 100%.
Tried to do backup via ROM Manager...Booted into recovery but E:unknown volume for path /external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/..... Can't mount backup path.
Did a backup to internal sd in CWM and I see the date/backup but haven't wiped and tried restoring yet.
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hmmm...will look into that

What was the problem with restore in PhilZ?
I backed up ARHD and after flashing new firmware and everything I wiped the system and everything and restore nandroid without problems... What problem are you talking about the restore?

uhhh ... m confused now :crying:

Phoneguy589 said:
At&t M8 unlocked, S-off, CID-111111.
Tried to backup to sdcard1 and it showed in your recovery before I wiped and restored an older backup.
Wipe/factory reset worked as it should.
Restored older CWM backup and rebooted without an issue.
Looked in ROM Manager for the backup I did before the the wipe and it wasn't there.
Rebooted into recovery via ROM Manager...no issues.
Looked for backup again in sdcard1 and it didn't save.
Factory wipe/reset.
Installed new ROM zip and booted up no issues.
Back into recovery, factory wipe/reset.
Restored last prior backup and dirty flashed updated ROM...worked without issues.
Currently waiting for some free time to try a backup to internal sd.....Hope this helps. Had this type of swipe recovery on my S4...thanks for your time/work and hope you can get it working 100%.
Tried to do backup via ROM Manager...Booted into recovery but E:unknown volume for path /external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/..... Can't mount backup path.
Did a backup to internal sd in CWM and I see the date/backup but haven't wiped and tried restoring yet.
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Did you try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51507928&postcount=1
than backup to SD card

Any support for Verizon m8?
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[Q] freeze in cwm 6.0.4.7 when doing a factory reset

Doing a wipe data / factory reset in cwm i have:
Formatting /data ...
Formatting /cache ...
and nothing more, seems to be freezed.
Known bug ?? any trick ?
thanks

after a long wait (3 minutes ?): Data wipe complete
...
strange no ?

same long wait (perhaps more, 5 minutes?) after a /data restore ...
wtf ...

Yup, you need to wait above 5 minutes..
it's normal if you dont want to wait more try TWRP recovery

normal ?
what cwm is doing during all this time (and without notifying anything) ???

sambastrakan said:
normal ?
what cwm is doing during all this time (and without notifying anything) ???
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CWM is really slow. Try TWRP it's fast.

well, thanks!
But just to be clear: the data restore itself seems to be as quick as twrp, but when it finishes backup (last action displayed) it's "hanging" for a while.

sambastrakan said:
well, thanks!
But just to be clear: the data restore itself seems to be as quick as twrp, but when it finishes backup (last action displayed) it's "hanging" for a while.
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Happens with me too dude..!
CWM actually has a bug with 4.3 and 4.4
I face two issues one is wrong date backup creattion another is very slow backup but the best and most reliable backup is of CWM.
Well I have some good news for you
Flash all the three recoveries at once into your Xperia SP!
Isn't it great
Here follow this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649923http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649923
Enjoy!
Hit thanks if I helped Also check my work if you like

I already installed these 3 recoveries with this tuto.
But with twrp, i faced something like corrupted backup files (.win). When trying to open them as .tar on PC it was impossible.
With cwm it's ok but slow ...
Well, i don't know if it's not a problem on my xperia system files ...

sambastrakan said:
I already installed these 3 recoveries with this tuto.
But with twrp, i faced something like corrupted backup files (.win). When trying to open them as .tar on PC it was impossible.
With cwm it's ok but slow ...
Well, i don't know if it's not a problem on my xperia system files ...
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you cant open these on pc they are fine
they are backed uo that way so no one can ness with ur backupps so they are safe to restore
twrp can restore them and arent corrupter
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SpaceCaker said:
you cant open these on pc they are fine
they are backed uo that way so no one can ness with ur backupps so they are safe to restore
twrp can restore them and arent corrupter
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I used twrp on my mortorola Atrix and it was possible to extract backup content on my pc with 7zip (.win files).
So perhaps it's a newer twrp version used here and backup files are criated in a different way ?
I also faced this strange thing when restoring with twrp: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/help/issue-restore-twrp-t2836727
So I'm now using cwm ... but it is slower.

sambastrakan said:
I used twrp on my mortorola Atrix and it was possible to extract backup content on my pc with 7zip (.win files).
So perhaps it's a newer twrp version used here and backup files are criated in a different way ?
I also faced this strange thing when restoring with twrp: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-sp/help/issue-restore-twrp-t2836727
So I'm now using cwm ... but it is slower.
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new backup method i think,
even if you cant extract with pc it doesnt mean that it doesnt work in recovery
i personally use twrp as i dont trust cwm and this is due to me using cwm on my first android phone till now cwm always failed with something and twrp worked fine always

SpaceCaker said:
you cant open these on pc they are fine
they are backed uo that way so no one can ness with ur backupps so they are safe to restore
twrp can restore them and arent corrupter
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I found a way to manage twrp backup files on PC: with TotalComander and renaming files as .tar
This wasn't necessary with twrp on Motorola Atrix (can be open with 7zip), but the version with Xperia is different.

[SOLVED]HTC One m7 partitions screwed up

OK. So I soft bricked my phone earlier, and just restored by flashing the RUU. Now that I'm trying to root back, I'm noticing that my file system is totally different from what it used to be. TWRP actually says no OS is installed, but the stock version of 4.4.2 is most certainly there and boots just fine. How can I rectify this?
UPDATED: There was actually no problem with the file system. It appears I likely had a bad download of TWRP so it wasn't recognizing the mount points.

MarkBell said:
OK. So I soft bricked my phone earlier, and just restored by flashing the RUU. Now that I'm trying to root back, I'm noticing that my file system is totally different from what it used to be. TWRP actually says no OS is installed, but the stock version of 4.4.2 is most certainly there and boots just fine. How can I rectify this?
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What version of TWRP do you have installed? 2.7.1.1 wipes OS version from bootloader, but that doesn't affect anything. If you want OS to be shown flash TWRP 2.6.3.3. It's the most stable recovery and you won't have problems flashing ROMs with it. On the other hand, if your phone works fine, leave it as it is
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What version of TWRP do you have installed? 2.7.1.1 wipes OS version from bootloader, but that doesn't affect anything. If you want OS to be shown flash TWRP 2.6.3.3. It's the most stable recovery and you won't have problems flashing ROMs with it. On the other hand, if your phone works fine, leave it as it is
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It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.

MarkBell said:
It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.
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I wanted to add, the only partition showing as mounted in TWRP is the Data. Can't mount cache or system. Going to restore shows my internal storage at 37 MB. Going to file manager shows I am in the folder "/." In this folder are a boot, cache, data, deve, etc, license, proc, recovery, res, root, sbin, sdcard, supersu, sys, system, tmp, usb-otg, default.prop, file_contexts, fstab.goldfish, fstab.qcom, init, init.rc, init.recovery.qcom.rc, property_contexts, seapp_contexts, sepolicy, ueventd.goldfish.rc, ueventd.rc. Most of these have nothing in them. SuperSu does have a Superuser.apk inside, but its not the SuperSu file I downloaded from Chainfire's page, and with only Data being mounted I'm afraid to flash the default one.
The other funny thing is that when I go to reboot system in TWRP, it says that no OS is installed, but like I said, the stock system boots just fine. I believe everything on my phone is installed to Data.

MarkBell said:
It was actually tdhite's 2.7.1.3 that I flashed that really screwed up my phone.
I was using 2.7.1.1 fine before. I flashed back to 2.7.1.1 after getting my phone working again with the RUU. I have a full backup of my rooted phone saved to my computer and would love to be able to restore it back through TWRP. But the actual filing system in ES File Explorer looks different.
In TWRP, I can't even get to SuperSU to become root because of the way the file system is so different.
When I was soft bricked, I may have played around in the Mount function of TWRP and screwed it up that way.
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The file system has not changed since 4.1.2 to 4.2.2
was your old system 4.1.2 ?
You should also make it Clear you Have a Sprint HTC One

clsA said:
The file system has not changed since 4.1.2 to 4.2.2
was your old system 4.1.2 ?
You should also make it Clear you Have a Sprint HTC One
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Yes. It's the Sprint HTC One m7. This is the most bizarre problem I have come across. And I was successfully rooted (SuperSU) with TWRP 2.7.1.1 installed prior to installing TDHITE's 2.7.1.3, which really seemed to mess things up for some reason. I used liquidsmooth custom rom, but ended up going back to the stock ROM and using Xposed framework because I do like a lot of the stock features, but I loved being able to tweak them with Xposed. Now I'm stuck on stock with a weird looking file system.

MarkBell said:
Yes. It's the Sprint HTC One m7. This is the most bizarre problem I have come across. And I was successfully rooted (SuperSU) with TWRP 2.7.1.1 installed prior to installing TDHITE's 2.7.1.3, which really seemed to mess things up for some reason. I used liquidsmooth custom rom, but ended up going back to the stock ROM and using Xposed framework because I do like a lot of the stock features, but I loved being able to tweak them with Xposed. Now I'm stuck on stock with a weird looking file system.
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Flash recovery from here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls
Start it choose wipe, choose format data, Reboot recovery
choose wipe / factory reset, reboot recovery
push/sideload this rom to your phone and flash it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/development/rom-sense-6-4-4-3-stock-t2848102

Dude, we could really do some serious damage to your phone. As clsA said, you really should make it clear that it's Sprint version. Did you by any chance flash something that's not for Sprint phones? That could screw up your system.
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Is this possibly just a problem with TWRP? I actually notice in ES File Explorer that things arent' too different after all. I've got a / (Device) folder and a "0" folder which is my internal storage. It's just stuff isn't showing right in TWRP I guess, and TWRP seems to only be mounting my data partition.

MarkBell said:
Is this possibly just a problem with TWRP? I actually notice in ES File Explorer that things arent' too different after all. I've got a / (Device) folder and a "0" folder which is my internal storage. It's just stuff isn't showing right in TWRP I guess, and TWRP seems to only be mounting my data partition.
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Go back to post 7 and do what I ask

clsA said:
Flash recovery from here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7wls
Start it choose wipe, choose format data, Reboot recovery
choose wipe / factory reset, reboot recovery
push/sideload this rom to your phone and flash it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one/development/rom-sense-6-4-4-3-stock-t2848102
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This did it. Maybe I just had a bad TWRP image flashed before? Thanks for your help!

MarkBell said:
This did it. Maybe I just had a bad TWRP image flashed before? Thanks for your help!
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Flashing that TWRP is what got it working. I didn't follow any of the other steps. Thanks so much! Now to load my backup and restore! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Making a stock backup first of course. I love these forums. Seriously. Anything is possible with the fine people of XDA.

MarkBell said:
Flashing that TWRP is what got it working. I didn't follow any of the other steps. Thanks so much! Now to load my backup and restore! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Making a stock backup first of course.
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Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]

clsA said:
Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]
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I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.

MarkBell said:
I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.
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Advanced Edit

clsA said:
Go back and hit the thanks button, it helps so others know my reputation. and you can edit your first post title to include [solved]
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Your reputation is one of the highest here :good: :good:
MarkBell said:
I did the thanks, but I can't seem to edit the title of my first post. Title box doesn't show up when I hit edit.
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to edit the main thread title to include [SOLVED] (go to 1st post click EDIT, at the bottom of the edit window click GO ADVANCED, then you can edit the main title)