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[Q] Why my Backup with CWM does not work

everytime i do a backup and restore it stay at bootanimation and this starts when i started to use D2EXT+... my questin is: if i use D2EXT+, i cant make a successfuly backup? Thx and sorry for my English.

How r u doing backup? What program r u using?
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shakur91 said:
How r u doing backup? What program r u using?
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With CWM i think that backup is called a nandroid... im not sure

the question isnt clear, are you unable to make a backup? or unable to boot after restoring a nandroid backup?

alkspo said:
the question isnt clear, are you unable to make a backup? or unable to boot after restoring a nandroid backup?
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sorry i thougt that was very clear... ``everytime i do a backup and restore it stay at bootanimation´´ .... the phone does not boot AFTER restoring a nandroid backup, so i asked if the D2EXT+ script cant be backed up because every nandroid backup that i did with S2E a2sdgui when i restored it boot normaly... thx

jesan9 said:
sorry i thougt that was very clear... ``everytime i do a backup and restore it stay at bootanimation´´ .... the phone does not boot AFTER restoring a nandroid backup, so i asked if the D2EXT+ script cant be backed up because every nandroid backup that i did with S2E a2sdgui when i restored it boot normaly... thx
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Some times it can be due to system type if you restore a backup of rfs system on ext4 it may get into bootbloop........not sure but i think iread about this somewhere before
if you think i helped you then hit thanxxxxxxxxxx.

When you make a backup on cwm make sure it displays backup complete. If it doesn't then there might be a problem with the backup and when you restore it it may cause problems so you will need to do the backup again. This doesn't help you now but it may in the future.
To answer your question, no, you can make and restore nandroid backups on cwm recovery with d2ext+. I don't think you can restore a backup that didn't have the script and then install the script before restarting because you are supposed to install the script before you install any user apps (I. E. Right after flashing ROM) If you are trying to do that it might be causing your boot loop. Without more information it's difficult to know what is causing your problem

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When you make a backup on cwm make sure it displays backup complete. If it doesn't then there might be a problem with the backup and when you restore it it may cause problems so you will need to do the backup again. This doesn't help you now but it may in the future.
To answer your question, no, you can make and restore nandroid backups on cwm recovery with d2ext+. I don't think you can restore a backup that didn't have the script and then install the script before restarting because you are supposed to install the script before you install any user apps (I. E. Right after flashing ROM) If you are trying to do that it might be causing your boot loop. Without more information it's difficult to know what is causing your problem
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Thx for your answer... i did like 3 nandroid backups and did not work... now im trying to not install or try something hard with my phone for dont use a nandroid or wipe everything

[Q] CWM to install non stock kernel?

I was running 4.3 on my C5303 with locked bootloader and I didn't like it.
I restored a nandroid back up of 4.1.2 that I'd made in CWM, and rebooted. As the phone was rebooting I expected bootloop as I had forgotten to use Flashtool to flash the 4.1.2 kernel. Oops.
However, to my surprise the phone booted as normal. CWM had restored the older kernel.
My question is - if someone with a custom kernel made a nandroid backup and I restored it via CWM would this give me a custom kernel on locked bootloader?
I used to have an ARC S and JJs Hybrid rom was installed this way. A new rom was installed and user created a nandroid before completing the set up. When user like me restored the backup we got fresh new rom with root and CWM on locked bootloader.
I'm in the UK on O2 and bootloader unlock status is always NO for their phones.
The main problem I see would be the size of the backup file. But CWM can do partial backup/restores. Has this option been explored already?
This may be the only way I can ever experience KitKat Cyanogenmod.

You can't boot any custom kernel on a locked bootloader! If you try it'll brick your phone (I'm not 100% sure if it even could be a hard brick). Until now you can "only" flash 4.3 cyanogenmod/AOKP/PAC-Man on locked bootloader, which is also awesome, that this is possible.
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I understand you cannot flash a non stock kernel because you can't use fastboot.
As part of the nandroid back up it creates a boot.img file.
When I restored my back up it replaced the 4.3 kernel with the 4.1.2 kernel. So it must have restored boot.img?
I wondered if there was any way to restore someone else's non-stock kernel via cwm nandroid boot.img.

rents1977 said:
I understand you cannot flash a non stock kernel because you can't use fastboot.
As part of the nandroid back up it creates a boot.img file.
When I restored my back up it replaced the 4.3 kernel with the 4.1.2 kernel. So it must have restored boot.img?
I wondered if there was any way to restore someone else's non-stock kernel via cwm nandroid boot.img.
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Yes, it makes a backup of almost everything so also from the kernel.
I understand what you want but the custom kernels arent boot.img but kernel.elf and these ones have a different ramdisk (is it called ramdisk?!) and a different ramdisk requires you to unlock your bootloader so it would definitely brick your device if it is not the stock 4.3 kernel
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That is disappointing, I had hoped that as it worked on ARC S it might have worked on SP.
Obviously it isn't something I can test myself. I had hoped that no matter what the kernel CWM would have been able to restore it from a backup.
I must read more about the ramdisk.

rents1977 said:
That is disappointing, I had hoped that as it worked on ARC S it might have worked on SP.
Obviously it isn't something I can test myself. I had hoped that no matter what the kernel CWM would have been able to restore it from a backup.
I must read more about the ramdisk.
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The problem I think is that your bootloader isn't unlockable. If it worked on Arc S this is because the nandroid backup also backed up the bootloader status (I thinkso). So since your bootloader isn't unlockable, you won't have the chance to do so :/
Actually CWM could restore it from the backup but it would be the same, as if you would flash a custom kernel on a locked bootloader manually, which always should (hard)brick the device.

My Arc S had a locked bootloader too. Someone accidentally posted a nandroid backup with doomlord kernel instead of stock and I had doomlord kernel on locked bootloader.

rents1977 said:
My Arc S had a locked bootloader too. Someone accidentally posted a nandroid backup with doomlord kernel instead of stock and I had doomlord kernel on locked bootloader.
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No, since this is not possible (yet) the recovery must have backed up the bootloader status (unlocked) since the one who made the nandroid backup had an unlocked bootloader, so with restoring the backup it basically unlocked your bootloader, respectively your own one got overwritten.
But since your bootloader is not unlockable, it won't restore the bootloader status because it is in no way possible to unlock your phone's bootloader!
I hope you understood what I mean?
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Ok, I think I've got it now
When I later restored a different nandroid on the ARC that's when my BL went back to being locked.
I guess that Sony must handle the TA or something differently now which prevents this from working with XSP.
Ok, it was worth asking I guess. I'd hoped with sources being released for our model and some hack like this I could have maybe gotten to try KitKat on locked BL.
It really puts me off buying Sony again, HTC don't lock their phones down anywhere near as tightly. You can get fastboot and change out the kernel for root really quickly. I even installed a rom on the the Desire which had the Sony UI that I love.

Hey guyz, i'm on cm11 and i want to go back to 4.1 ics arc s. But i'm not having my pc with me. So what should i do to flash the kernel. Can you guyz help me to install kernel via restore method with nandroid backup. I don't know if that can be done. If possible plz send me kernel restore file for lupus v16 for arc s(ics)
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DeathStroke said:
Hey guyz, i'm on cm11 and i want to go back to 4.1 ics arc s. But i'm not having my pc with me. So what should i do to flash the kernel. Can you guyz help me to install kernel via restore method with nandroid backup. I don't know if that can be done. If possible plz send me kernel restore file for lupus v16 for arc s(ics)
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I couldn't figure out if you have a nandroid backup. Do you have one? The nandroid backup also contains the kernel, so if you restore a nandroid backup, kernel of when you made the backup gets also restored.
If you only want to restore the kernel with a nandroid backup you go into recovery → backup and restore → restore partial backup (or however it is called) and select boot.img

Schokonuss said:
I couldn't figure out if you have a nandroid backup. Do you have one? The nandroid backup also contains the kernel, so if you restore a nandroid backup, kernel of when you made the backup gets also restored.
If you only want to restore the kernel with a nandroid backup you go into recovery → backup and restore → restore partial backup (or however it is called) and select boot.img
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No, m not having nandroid backup. If you can provide me, that will solve my problem. M away from home 2000kms. M stuck with cm11, it drain lot of battery and lot of bugs. Could you please provide me backup for ics latest build with lupus kernel v16.
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DeathStroke said:
No, m not having nandroid backup. If you can provide me, that will solve my problem. M away from home 2000kms. M stuck with cm11, it drain lot of battery and lot of bugs. Could you please provide me backup for ics latest build with lupus kernel v16.
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The thing is I have Sony Xperia SP with AOKP (4.3.1). Can't you flash a stock based ROM or a stock ROM just slightly modified (deodexed, pre-rooted or such things)?
Furthermore Xperia SP never had ICS. It came out with JB 4.1.2

Schokonuss said:
The thing is I have Sony Xperia SP with AOKP (4.3.1). Can't you flash a stock based ROM or a stock ROM just slightly modified (deodexed, pre-rooted or such things)?
Furthermore Xperia SP never had ICS. It came out with JB 4.1.2
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The thing is i m unable to change my kernel as i don't have access to my PC and without kernel i can't do anything.
So i was asking if there is anyway to do that ie flash kernel via cwm?
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[quote name="Schokonuss" post=52000762]The thing is I have Sony Xperia SP with AOKP (4.3.1). Can't you flash a stock based ROM or a stock ROM just slightly modified (deodexed, pre-rooted or such things)?<br />
Furthermore Xperia SP never had ICS. It came out with JB 4.1.2
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The thing is i m unable to change my kernel as i don't have access to my PC and without kernel i can't do anything. <br />
So i was asking if there is anyway to do that ie flash kernel via cwm?<br />
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I'm not 100% if that's possible. Maybe if you download a ROM with a kernel and delete the ROM out of the .zip (don't try that, it is just an idea!). If I were you I would download and flash another ROM (stock-based) that has an in-built kernel via recovery.

I'm not 100% if that's possible. Maybe if you download a ROM with a kernel and delete the ROM out of the .zip (don't try that, it is just an idea!). If I were you I would download and flash another ROM (stock-based) that has an in-built kernel via recovery.
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ROMs for arc s don't have kernel inside rom zip. I always flash separately.
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DeathStroke said:
ROMs for arc s don't have kernel inside rom zip. I always flash separately.
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What about trying it with GooManager?

Schokonuss said:
What about trying it with GooManager?
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Goomanager only install roms, not kernel.
I have tried hell lot of softwares paid as well as free but nothing worked.
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Auto going to cwm after flashing every rom ( flashable zip)

Hi,
I am using Sony xperia sp c5303, unlocked bootloader.
Everytime i try to flash a rom through cwm,it is auto switching to recovery again in every boot.
Only working when i am flashing ftf or flashing cm11 through cwm.
But non of sony stock zip is working. Please help me out. Hope my problem makes sense i wipe and erase Everytime data cache system dalvik but no luck.
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Wish I could help but it seemed it might will not help you. So here come suggestions.
My friend's XSP also faced this problem. But I fixed it easily by wiping the phone's system partition and re-flash the ROM.

TechnoSparks said:
Wish I could help but it seemed it might will not help you. So here come suggestions.
My friend's XSP also faced this problem. But I fixed it easily by wiping the phone's system partition and re-flash the ROM.
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I wiped more than i brush these days ty btw

amigo911 said:
I wiped more than i brush these days ty btw
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Lets use an another odd method that I once got something fixed with. Only if you choose to take your time.
First do a nandroid backup of your device. Then flash stock ROM and wipe everything via flashtool. Afterwards root it, and install a recovery. Then from that recovery restore your nandroid backup.
Things to note:
- Make sure integrity of your nandroid backup
- For safety backup your apps through Titanium Backup too
- If SP does not boot after restoring nandroid, flash the ROM zip again. This may have to do with the kernel.

TechnoSparks said:
Lets use an another odd method that I once got something fixed with. Only if you choose to take your time.
First do a nandroid backup of your device. Then flash stock ROM and wipe everything via flashtool. Afterwards root it, and install a recovery. Then from that recovery restore your nandroid backup.
Things to note:
- Make sure integrity of your nandroid backup
- For safety backup your apps through Titanium Backup too
- If SP does not boot after restoring nandroid, flash the ROM zip again. This may have to do with the kernel.
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Alright honey, on it. Will let you know update ?

[Q] How do I Lock my bootloader again and go back to stock sony firmware? :(

So im currently rooted running cm11. I really dont like it and want to go back to stock. When I unlocked my bootloader I saved my TA partition rar file which I have stored on my pc. I am quite familiar using flashtool but not that much.
In other words I want to:
1) Lock my bootloader
2) Go back to stock sony firmware
Please help me thanks
p.s if it's worth staying rooted what rom should I install? cm11 is kinda rubbish...

Flashtool will relock your boot loader and reset to stock

My flashtools not display the button "relock" after clicking "BLU", how to proceed?

Here's my solution:
Relock your TA with TA Backup from the previously saved zip file. It doesn't matter what system you use under the procedure, but remember. If you use CM11 (or any non-stock based system) do not try to power on your phone before you flash the stock firmware with Flashtool. Otherwise you can soft brick the device, or if you lucky, you will get only bootloop. And two more thing: Before you start, charge your phone's battery to minimum 50 percent, and before you really start the backup, test it with "Restore dry-run" option. If it sucsess, you can do the trick. But if it fail, re-flash a stock KitKat based ROM, root it, and try this again. If it fails again, maybe your backup file is corrupted.
This method worked on my old SL, and on my Z too, so I hope it will be help to you too.

naaboula said:
So im currently rooted running cm11. I really dont like it and want to go back to stock. When I unlocked my bootloader I saved my TA partition rar file which I have stored on my pc. I am quite familiar using flashtool but not that much.
In other words I want to:
1) Lock my bootloader
2) Go back to stock sony firmware
Please help me thanks
p.s if it's worth staying rooted what rom should I install? cm11 is kinda rubbish...
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You don't need to relock bootloader to flash a stock based custom ROM. You can flash rajeevs purexz rom via recovery after wiping system and data partitions.
Locked bootloader is only needed for some Sony stuff like Bravia engine and stock Sony screen mirroring.
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How To Do Full NANDROID Backup

Hey everyone
I've just unlocked my bootloader on the Moto G 2104 (XT1072) and I'm fully aware you can use TWRP or CWM. However, this means flashing the recovery partition using fastboot which then means I can't capture a backup of the stock recovery. I would like to FULLY backup my phone including the stock recovery. How would I do that?
Many thanks
Will

Use Flashify to backup stock recovery and then with TWRP you can backup all partition

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Use Flashify to backup stock recovery and then with TWRP you can backup all partition
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Can't actually get into the ROM as there was a problem with it. It's only just come back from the repair company and there's nothing they can do because apparently it's rooted (which it hasn't).
The bootloader hasn't been unlocked and I can't even unlock it because a setting has to be changed in the developer options under settings, which isn't going to happen because I can't even get into the ROM in the first place.
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Why you can't get into the rom? you usually do a backup before you edit something on your Rom/Kernel. I don't know any other option to do a full backup without TWRP sry

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Why you can't get into the rom? you usually do a backup before you edit something on your Rom/Kernel. I don't know any other option to do a full backup without TWRP sry
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The phone played up. A family member was using it as normal and one day it wouldn't power up into the ROM. To unlock the bootloader I need to get into the developer settings and enable the check box for allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
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