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[Q] Noob needs help restore using CWM

Total noob here. I’m rooting for the first time and something did not go quite right so I want to restore the original configuration. I started with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980669&highlight=So+you+bought+a+NOOKcolor%2C+now+what and made a backup using CWM (screen says v3.0.0.5) and made a backup as outlined. That seemed to ok and created 5 files on the mSD. When selecting “- Restore” CWM reports “Couldn’t open directory”. The files are still in the folder the backup created. What step am I missing? Do I need to more the files from the backup folder to a restore folder?
Thanks!

Do you have any spaces in your folder name?
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danger-rat said:
Do you have any spaces in your folder name?
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No. I created a folder named backup in the root of the card. The backup process created a sub-folder named 2011-03-19.18.11.28. There are 5 files in the folder: boot.img, cache.img, data.img, nandroid.md5 and system.img.
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[Q] Using Dropbox and TitaniumBackup on Captivate

TitaniumBackup app seems to be Dropbox aware in that it has a button to 'Sync to Dropbox now!' But I am having a terrible time making them work together.
I had a TitaniumBackup folder in the phone from when made before flashing Cog 4.3. I just did another TitaniumBackup to capture all the apps I have added and commanded the 'Sync to Dropbox now!', but I cannot decipher exactly what it did, and where things are stored.
Now,
-my online Dropbox TitaniumBackup folder has some files dated when first backup was made and some from just now.
-same when the Dropbox app is opened on the phone. The TitaniumBackup folder is in the app along with Contacts, Photos, and Public folders.
-same with Dropbox folder on the PC
(I deleted this folder because of the mixed 'versions' of files in it--believing that that deletion would propagate to the phone and to the online store. It didn't. They are still there)
-when I use Root Explorer and look for these files, there is a TitaniumBackup folder in /sdcard/dropbox, and Public is also there, but not Contacts and Photos folders!!! (Why not? they show inside the dropbox app.) This folder also has the mixed dates on the files inside it.
So, I guess my original backup has been destroyed by most of the files being being overwritten (but I do have a copy I saved on an external drive off the home PC).
I just now do not have a feel at all for where the files are created, and where they are copied to if you use the standard "process" ...
When you run TitaniumBackup, where does it put the folder it makes?
When you tell TitaniumBackup to 'Sync to Dropbox now!', what folder (location) does it sync from and to where?
Finally, if you have Dropbox on phone, PC, and the online account, are changes in any of the three locations propagated and to where--the other two? To online only? I ask because the folder deletion on the PC did not get propagated anywhere.
Finally, am I to conclude that your current TitaniumBackup folder should be deleted before you run TitaniumBackup again?

1. when you run a backup the backups are stored in a folder called /sdcard/titaniumbackup
2. syncing to dropbox will only UPLOAD to your dropbox, and not replicate changes BACK to your phone
3. changes all populate through all devices, what you see in /sdcard/dropbox/ are files that you have accessed from your phone and are a local copy, not necessarily a folder that is also replicating to dropbox (from my understanding of using it. i have 30% of 5gb eaten up in dropbox and that folder only contains items that i have opened/uploaded on my phone)
4. NO! you do not need to delete the titaniumbackup folder located in /sdcard/ you can keep appending to it with your sub sequential backups. you just need to understand how to do the batch backups and how to clear out old items that you no longer want in your backup folder (this can be done within the titanium backup app)

Pirateghost said:
...4. NO! you do not need to delete the titaniumbackup folder located in /sdcard/ you can keep appending to it with your sub sequential backups. you just need to understand how to do the batch backups and how to clear out old items that you no longer want in your backup folder (this can be done within the titanium backup app)
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Thanks; that helps a lot.
On 4, though, I probably want my backups to contain "what the phone looks like right now.' So, I will normally just want to do all apps + data. That is what I did this time, and it seemed to merge the two rather than replace it. That's why I concluded I needed to delete the old backup off the phone, after saving a copy of it somewhere. That brought up the uncertainty then of how the Dropbox synced copies would react.

Wait, wait, wait! I don't understand this...
I downloaded a zip I want to flash to my PC.
I put it into Dropbox folder on PC.
I went into Dropbox app on the phone, the file showed there, press it and it downloads. So far, all is great.
I start ROM Manager to move the file from Dropbox to /sdcard so I can reboot to CWM and flash it.
The zip is not in /sdcard/dropbox !!! But it SHOWS when I open the Dropbox app. What the?
Where is the downloaded zip in the file structure so I can move it to /sdcard?
And arghhhh. Why is this always so hard.

Wtf?
Plug in the phone to your computer and copy the file you want.
You're doing it wrong
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Use Dropbox for file syncing, not flashing
I use Dropbox to keep a copy of my backup (created by TiBu). I agree that copying the rom file directly to your computer is far easier than introducing Dropbox.

OK, y'all do it a different way. Mine is wrong because it is different from how you do it. Thanks.
That would still leave my question unanswered...where did Dropbox store the file...why was it not in /sdcard/dropbox?
But later I found it; for some reason, some of dropbox files are where I expected, but THAT download was stored in /external_sd/dropbox for some reason. It is unclear how Dropbox chooses where to put stuff it syncs down.
So I was able to move the file to /sdcard and flash it easily.

[MIUI] IMEI restore from backup after the MIUI 6.1x update

This may help anyone who's IMEI got changed or perhaps even deleted by the MIUI MGC 6 or 6.11 update and perhaps even on further updates.
You need "Root Explorer" (or perhaps something similar) from the market and an backup of your original efs folder!
While the initial installation of MIUI there has been a backup folder created on your sd-card. In this folder there is the backup of your IMEI.
To restore your IMEI just copy "nv_data.bin" and "nv_data.bin.md5" files with root explorer to your original efs folder and replace the old files.
After that you must reboot. The IMEI should be restored now.
This worked for me, perhaps it may help you too!

Nice one

mosen5 said:
This may help anyone who's IMEI got changed or perhaps even deleted by the MIUI MGC 6 or 6.11 update and perhaps even on further updates.
You need "Root Explorer" (or perhaps something similar) from the market and an backup of your original efs folder!
While the initial installation of MIUI there has been a backup folder created on your sd-card. In this folder there is the backup of your IMEI.
To restore your IMEI just copy "nv_data.bin" and "nv_data.bin.md5" files with root explorer to your original efs folder and replace the old files.
After that you must reboot. The IMEI should be restored now.
This worked for me, perhaps it may help you too!
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This didn't work. I also tried installing EZbase Froyo and the IMEI was still 004999010640000...
Is there a working solution for this yet???

Mosen5, you say to copy to original eds folder. But where is that? Also do I not copy IMEI folder as well (that is within the backup folder)
Its frustrating this as I reflashed this about 5 times now and still stuck with no service.
Updated: Never mind. I found that efs folder (didn't show up with ezexplorer I had used). Pasted those two files and.... it didn't work for me :-(
I even took set it as flight mode, sim out, etc.
I suspect its resetting those files back to what it was because if you try delete them, its back in again straight away. So, pasting those files, would mean it might get reset back to what it had in the first place.

Found a solution. Going along the lines of what mosen5 suggested, but have to use adb command.
Full details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914

Important notes the author forget to say:
YOU HAVE TO SET THE PERMISSION ACCODINGLY TO THE OTHER FILES ALREADY PRESENT IN THE EFS FOLDER,otherwise it won't work
Thx

Help - Deleted Apps

Okay, I rooted and deleted apps before there was a recovery. Now I want to put the apps back on before recovery and backup. I'd like to have these apps on my phone should I need to return the phone. Problem is, I deleted "Guided Tours" and "News" and I have no idea where to find these apps. Everything else is on my phone. Any suggestions?

Go use the sbf or what ever its called now. Flash Your phone then reroot then do what You need to do.
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knitpurlgurl said:
Okay, I rooted and deleted apps before there was a recovery. Now I want to put the apps back on before recovery and backup. I'd like to have these apps on my phone should I need to return the phone. Problem is, I deleted "Guided Tours" and "News" and I have no idea where to find these apps. Everything else is on my phone. Any suggestions?
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Here are the files you wanted. They are in zip format and have the corresponding .odex files. Place these in your /system/app folder and be sure to to change the permissions to rw-r-r-- on each file.

knitpurlgurl said:
Okay, I rooted and deleted apps before there was a recovery. Now I want to put the apps back on before recovery and backup. I'd like to have these apps on my phone should I need to return the phone. Problem is, I deleted "Guided Tours" and "News" and I have no idea where to find these apps. Everything else is on my phone. Any suggestions?
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Just run the FXZ(Formerly SBF) if you want to install an OTA, if/when one comes out. No need to get your apps back just to make a stock backup. The FXZ gets you back to stock.

Terri M said:
Here are the files you wanted. They are in zip format and have the corresponding .odex files. Place these in your /system/app folder and be sure to to change the permissions to rw-r-r-- on each file.
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I have both zip files in /system/app - do I extract these here and install? When I clicked on permissions - I changed it to - Owner: write, Group: read, Others: read. Is that correct?
Right now what I see in my /system/app is GuidedTours.apk and NewsWidget.apk. I don't see any ODEX files

knitpurlgurl said:
I have both zip files in /system/app - do I extract these here and install? When I clicked on permissions - I changed it to - Owner: write, Group: read, Others: read. Is that correct?
Right now what I see in my /system/app is GuidedTours.apk and NewsWidget.apk. I don't see any ODEX files
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Unzip this to /system/app then change permissions.
XDA doesn't allow .odex files to be upload - says unknown file type.

This might come in handy for you. It's my /system/app dump all apks and.odex files from stock bionic.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16326094/bionic apks.rar

Transferring data, etc. to replacement phone

So i had to get my N6 replaced becasue the top speaker was all wacked out, so i got the new one and hope someone can help me (i know there will be ) first i'm trying to copy the titanium backup files, i keep getting an error on certain files saying "cannot copy, device has stopped responding or has been disconnected" when clearly neither of those things have happened. I am on stock rooted & unencrypted. I tried searching but found no answer to this..
Just created an update.zip but when i look on the computer, i cannot see the file..

how are you trying to copy the backup files?
I usually copy it to an online storage (dropbox/box etc). Make sure you download and restore it to your new phone before wiping/returning your old phone.

I'll try dropbox, what i did was had it create an update.zip which contains apps+data so i could flash it in recovery on the new phone. I can see the file with root explorer on the sdcard, but when i plug it in to the computer i don't see the file..

I'm trying to drag the tibu folder to dropbox and it won't do anything...

ryanallaire said:
I'll try dropbox, what i did was had it create an update.zip which contains apps+data so i could flash it in recovery on the new phone. I can see the file with root explorer on the sdcard, but when i plug it in to the computer i don't see the file..
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Are read/write permissions set on the file/directory?
Try moving it to your phones "Downloads" directory and see if it shows on your computer? Enable "view hidden file types".

rwxrwx-- the only part not checked is where it says others..
Edit: I tried checking the boxes next to others and it said permissions could not be changed..

blyndfyre said:
Are read/write permissions set on the file/directory?
Try moving it to your phones "Downloads" directory and see if it shows on your computer? Enable "view hidden file types".
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I moved it to downloads, backups, with view hidden file types and still nada...

Ok i have it syncing to dropbox now, i 've never used dropbox to sync data so i did some reading and found out how. What i couldn't find was after it syncs to dropbox, do i restore apps+data to the replacement phone?