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Hi to all!
Well, yesterday i was using xGin 6.2, but trying something, my phone got stuck at boot, and i was not able no enter xRecovery or CWM recovery. So, i restored my phone with PC Companion, and i'm now in stock rom.
But, when i was on xGin, i've made a backup of that rom. What happens if i go to my CWM recovery that i've installed on stock rom, and i restore the xGin backup? can i do that? is that possible?
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Yeah, sure! That's what backups are for!
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Svartehjerte said:
Hi to all!
Well, yesterday i was using xGin 6.2, but trying something, my phone got stuck at boot, and i was not able no enter xRecovery or CWM recovery. So, i restored my phone with PC Companion, and i'm now in stock rom.
But, when i was on xGin, i've made a backup of that rom. What happens if i go to my CWM recovery that i've installed on stock rom, and i restore the xGin backup? can i do that? is that possible?
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But now that you've found the path to PC Companion (enlightenment!), wouldn't it have been more fun to try restoring the backup then ask for help should things not go as planned? It helps the learning curve.
Chris95X8 said:
Yeah, sure! That's what backups are for!
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Exactly! I dont know about the rom you mentioned, so if it is based on custom kernel i think you should flash the kernel first or else you will brick your phone again...
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Saipro said:
But now that you've found the path to PC Companion (enlightenment!), wouldn't it have been more fun to try restoring the backup then ask for help should things not go as planned? It helps the learning curve.
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have you read well? i was not able to enter recovery.
Svartehjerte said:
have you read well? i was not able to enter recovery.
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I did read well (though you rhetorical question smarts of sarcasm - I'm merely trying to help).
Quite a number of kernels have recovery built into them. It's as simple as:
- flashing a kernel with recovery
- restoring your backup
- flashing the kernel compatible with your ROM (if the current one isn't)
- booting your ROM!
Unless your ROM is one of those that give hell when trying to restore from backups (I've encountered a few of such; won't say no names)
If you want the Official TWRP Recovery (now compatible with KK) for your Nexus S just check this link, there will always be the latest TWRP recovery officially out.
For now the latest is: TWRP 2.8.7.0
LINK: https://dl.twrp.me/crespo/
How to flash this? (Recommended way)
- enter in fastboot mode
- plug to your pc
- open a command prompt at the path where fastboot.exe is located
- type: fastboot flash recovery (drag and drop .img file)
- when done, type: fastboot reboot
PS: You now have a custom recovery and you are rooted. Since 2.5.0.0, TWRP roots your phone for you. Just reboot to recovery, and reboot system, if you are not rooted it will prompt you to root, just slide to accept. Let it reboot ,go to the playstore and download SuperSU.
Or if u are rooted:
- download from the playstore: [ROOT]*Rashr - Flash Tool (Playstore) / [ROOT]*Rashr - The mobile Android Flash-Tool (XDA Thread)
- download the latest TWRP.img
- open the app
- select Flash Other Recovery Image
- browse to your downloads folder
- select the TWRP.img file you just downloaded
THANKS to:
Team Win Recovery Project for this awesome custom recovery.
@DsLNeXuS (XDA username) / Ashot Mkrtchyan for the FREE app.
downloading now. thanks
Hi, I have a problem with a nandroid backup done with 2.3.1.0.
One backup done a week ago, works fine
Backup done today (successful restore) not work (stuck on boot, google and the lock)
Two question:
Is there a way to understand way stuck on boot?
If I restore /system from backup one (same rom) and /data from the last one is the same as full restore the last?
thanks
donpippo said:
Hi, I have a problem with a nandroid backup done with 2.3.1.0.
One backup done a week ago, works fine
Backup done today (successful restore) not work (stuck on boot, google and the lock)
Two question:
Is there a way to understand way stuck on boot?
If I restore /system from backup one (same rom) and /data from the last one is the same as full restore the last?
thanks
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cant know why it gets stuck... maybe a faulty backup
u can try to grab data end system and substitute with the first one
Cascabreu said:
cant know why it gets stuck... maybe a faulty backup
u can try to grab data end system and substitute with the first one
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i restored system from the first backup, than data from the second one.
For now works fine. All apps restored with their data.
How is done the backup? Is a dd if=/system of=systembackup ?
If so can I mount -oloop systembackup?
thanks
donpippo said:
i restored system from the first backup, than data from the second one.
For now works fine. All apps restored with their data.
How is done the backup? Is a dd if=/system of=systembackup ?
If so can I mount -oloop systembackup?
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Dont know... i made tgis thread just to share the best recovery ever
Sent from my TH3M3D NEXUS S
Is there any changelog from 2.2.2?
Zunex95 said:
Is there any changelog from 2.2.2?
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stability.
goomanager worked perfectly... thanks for the update
This is no good
luv2vexx said:
This is no good
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Why? I use it in my nexus and works flawlessly
sent from my brand new Nexus 7
problems with twrp
some roms like sense4all,jb4.1.1 stock rom etc doesn't work with twrp.but works fine with cwm.
Cascabreu said:
Why? I use it in my nexus and works flawlessly
Just tried to restore a TWRP backup, said it was successful, reboot to system and all I get is "Fastboot Mode - No boot or recovery img"
I can still boot to recovery (TWRP)....
What should I do??
Here's what I did to fix: After restoring backup I wiped caches and installed ROM over the top. It is booting now. Thank goodness... I really didn't want to have to start over from scratch!!
Sucks that I can't rely on my nandroid backups though. Unless I am missing something.. This bug needs to be fixed!
not worth it, i reverted back to clockwork 5.8.0
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luv2vexx said:
Cascabreu said:
Why? I use it in my nexus and works flawlessly
Just tried to restore a TWRP backup, said it was successful, reboot to system and all I get is "Fastboot Mode - No boot or recovery img"
I can still boot to recovery (TWRP)....
What should I do??
Here's what I did to fix: After restoring backup I wiped caches and installed ROM over the top. It is booting now. Thank goodness... I really didn't want to have to start over from scratch!!
Sucks that I can't rely on my nandroid backups though. Unless I am missing something.. This bug needs to be fixed!
not worth it, i reverted back to clockwork 5.8.0
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Had that issue once and i reflashed the backup and it worked... i still prefer trwp, but different folks for different strokes....
sent from my not almost retired Nexus S
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luv2vexx said:
Just tried to restore a TWRP backup, said it was successful, reboot to system and all I get is "Fastboot Mode - No boot or recovery img"
I can still boot to recovery (TWRP)....
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I have this problem too.
I workarounded by flashing ROM's zip and then restoring backup without boot partition
yerazero said:
I have this problem too.
I workarounded by flashing ROM's zip and then restoring backup without boot partition
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I tried again today and i can confirm that issue, but no biggie if u have the rom too... Lets hpe next version fixes it
Or we are not checking the little box on bbackup the boot partition.... Dunno
sent from my brand new Nexus 7
Cascabreu said:
I tried again today and i can confirm that issue, but no biggie if u have the rom too... Lets hpe next version fixes it
Or we are not checking the little box on bbackup the boot partition.... Dunno
sent from my brand new Nexus 7
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I'm absolutely sure that I checked System, Data and Boot
thanks for your great work anyway
yerazero said:
I'm absolutely sure that I checked System, Data and Boot
thanks for your great work anyway
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Thanks but i dont make these recoveries im only sharing it cuz i think apart from this issues wich turn out to be not a problem, twrp is more realiable than cwm...
sent from my brand new Nexus 7
Sorry for being late, OP updated to the latest 2.3.3.0
Now totally supports 4.2 roms
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Flashed this as instructed but when I try to boot into recovery I get the dead android guy with the red "!" icon. I'm trying to boot recovery from fastboot, is there another way it should be done?
hello i have cwm on the phone as recovery but id like to put on twrp so my question is doi have to take off cwm first (if so how) and then install twrp or can i just install twrp and it will replce cwm? i have the n version of phone running dmodv6 all help will be appreciated-i did try the goo manager but it didnt work for me also which twrp would be best for this phone?
ppm48 said:
hello i have cwm on the phone as recovery but id like to put on twrp so my question is doi have to take off cwm first (if so how) and then install twrp or can i just install twrp and it will replce cwm? i have the n version of phone running dmodv6 all help will be appreciated-i did try the goo manager but it didnt work for me also which twrp would be best for this phone?
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you can flash twrp and it will replace cwm and vice versa.
i changed from twrp to cwm only by flashing it over, because twrp caues problems (backups were damaged or not recognized - never had such problems with cwm).
HTH
JackoMJ
Ok thank you for the advise will look for twrp and see which is best for this device
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JackoMJ said:
you can flash twrp and it will replace cwm and vice versa.
i changed from twrp to cwm only by flashing it over, because twrp caues problems (backups were damaged or not recognized - never had such problems with cwm).
HTH
JackoMJ
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but sir tyson says twrp is better?
They both work fine, but I prefer TWRP for more advanced features.
Did you by any chance rename your backup-folders with spaces in them?
That would explain why they weren't found by recovery.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.1
İ think twpr is better when iwas at cwm it doesnt wipe good. İ have to flash orjinal rom after 3 or 4 flashing because of reboots .but after twpr there is no need to flash orginal rom.
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tys0n said:
They both work fine, but I prefer TWRP for more advanced features.
Did you by any chance rename your backup-folders with spaces in them?
That would explain why they weren't found by recovery.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.1
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i used both modes. I know that spaces are forbidden so i didn´t use them or rename anything.
But the fact is that two times twrp produced a corrupt backup i couldn´t reflash.
Never had such problems with cwm (but the same with cwm touch :crying
HTH
JackoMJ
p.s. thanks tys0n for the incredible greyandroid bootlogo
now i have TWRP another question is this if i do just a data backup and install a new rom can i restore that data backup to the new rom and have all my apps back up again????
ppm48 said:
now i have TWRP another question is this if i do just a data backup and install a new rom can i restore that data backup to the new rom and have all my apps back up again????
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You can use nandroid manager from store to install apps and data . İt is very usefull for me.
Ok will try it thank you
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hey guys,
things first:
c5303, .201... rootet, LB...
so tried to do a "advanced restore" only of "system" with CWM... then tells me "error"... want to reboot... tells me "no root, wanna root via CWM?"... i say "NO", cause i once got a problem throught that...
phone reboots, GETS STUCK at "SONY"... nothing more, nothing less... no way to get into flashmode, or any recovery, doesn't do anything?!
what to do now??? i'm freaking out here, because not even "flashmode" wants to get activated?!
any one able to support any assistance?!
thx in advance
E: ok, good thing, FLASHMODE working now!
what to do next? is it possible to flash an old backup (by CWM) with this?
E 2: just reseted my phone... flashed everything new... hopefully i can restore an old backup now Oo
Possibly a recovery issue. When you tried to restore system, it might have formatted the system partition and then couldn't write to it throwing out an "error", so you ended up with no ROM and no recovery.
Since you can enter flashmode, option is to flash a ROM ftf with flashtool and root again. Because you're with locked bootloader, might have to start again with Android 4.1.2
Try newer versions of recoveries. They don't seem to have problems in restoring.
E.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649923
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funny thing is, that i had the most updated stuff on phone (at least i think so ...
but will flash update again, just du be sure... so thx for link...
regentonne said:
funny thing is, that i had the most updated stuff on phone (at least i think so ...
but will flash update again, just du be sure... so thx for link...
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I also had similar experience some time back with CWM. But no issues with recent Philz recovery (plain CWM not using much now.. ).
Another link for you to check..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2704506
Hey guys, I cannot wipe data/factory reset in CWM recovery. When i click on wipe data/factory reset there are 5 ''no'' options only. Every one of them sends me back to the main menu. I cannot flash the rom, it requires me to wipe the data. How can i solve this? I really dont want to screw this up again, I hard-bricked my s4 mini recently.
Nythrend said:
Hey guys, I cannot wipe data/factory reset in CWM recovery. When i click on wipe data/factory reset there are 5 ''no'' options only. Every one of them sends me back to the main menu. I cannot flash the rom, it requires me to wipe the data. How can i solve this? I really dont want to screw this up again, I hard-bricked my s4 mini recently.
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How about twrp?
Zokhii said:
How about twrp?
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I tried to install twrp to my s4 mini (i had the cw installed) using twrp manager but i hard-bricked my phone, so im not big fan of using twrp. I want to try downgrading my cwm but I have no idea how to do that. Is it possible to install over the current cwm with using odin or should i do a clean installation first, reinstalling stock recovery then flashing the new cwm recovery? Or any other solution?
Nythrend said:
I tried to install twrp to my s4 mini (i had the cw installed) using twrp manager but i hard-bricked my phone, so im not big fan of using twrp. I want to try downgrading my cwm but I have no idea how to do that. Is it possible to install over the current cwm with using odin or should i do a clean installation first, reinstalling stock recovery then flashing the new cwm recovery? Or any other solution?
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S4 Mini? This forum is for S3 Mini
Nythrend said:
''I really dont want to screw this up again, I hard-bricked my s4 mini recently.
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Zokhii said:
S4 Mini? This forum is for S3 Mini
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Its my old phone.
Nythrend said:
Its my old phone.
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You won't screw up anything if you take a good guide and flashing manual through odin is (imo) the best way to do this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52581015&postcount=3
Guide says "Download and extract "GT-I8190_TWRP_2.7.0.0.tar.md5.zip" but there is a newer version available so use 2.8.7.3 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347840977
Good luck!
Zokhii said:
You won't screw up anything if you take a good guide and flashing manual through odin is (imo) the best way to do this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52581015&postcount=3
Guide says "Download and extract "GT-I8190_TWRP_2.7.0.0.tar.md5.zip" but there is a newer version available so use 2.8.7.3 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347840977
Good luck!
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I have CWM installed already, will it be a problem?
Nythrend said:
I have CWM installed already, will it be a problem?
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No no, of course not. This will simply overwrite your current recovery. Don't forget: This is for i8190 model only. Don't try this on i8200!
Zokhii said:
No no, of course not. This will simply overwrite your current recovery. Don't forget: This is for i8190 model only. Don't try this on i8200!
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Last question. I already did a backup with CWM, do i need to do it again for TWRP? Can i use the CWM backup for restoring later?
Nythrend said:
Last question. I already did a backup with CWM, do i need to do it again for TWRP? Can i use the CWM backup for restoring later?
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Nope, cwm backups are unfortunately not compatible with twrp. But don't worry, flashing a new recovery doesn't wipe data or system.
If, contrary to expectations, something should go wrong, you can still flash cwm again and restore your cwm backup. So no matter what - do always a backup, it is always useful.
Zokhii said:
Nope, cwm backups are unfortunately not compatible with twrp. But don't worry, flashing a new recovery doesn't wipe data or system.
If, contrary to expectations, something should go wrong, you can still flash cwm again and restore your cwm backup. So no matter what - do always a backup, it is always useful.
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Thanks buddy, everything works perfectly. <3