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Hey all,
Are nandroid restores specific to one particular device or can they be interchanged between two G1's? I have a spare G1 that I play around with that has root while my other G1 doesn't have root. I am thinking about rooting the other one and wanted to know if I could just go through the rooting process, (radio, spl, cyanogen recovery etc) throw on a cyanogenmod or JF, then do a nandroid restore from the spare device with all my settings on it. I know that nandroid creates a unique numerical folder that has your latest backup in it so I wasn't sure if this folder would be seen by nandroid on a different phone.
Any thoughts?
EDIT:
Just wanted to update this thread in case anyone else wanted/needed to do this. As I suspected, I ran into folder name problems when trying to copy one nandroid restore to my spare phone and trying a restore. There is a simple fix however....
1) Perform a nandroid backup on the phone you WANT to backup.
2) Copy that nandroid folder from the phone to your PC.
3) Perform a nandroid backup on the phone you DON'T WANT to backup.
4) Copy that nandroid folder from the phone to your PC.
5) Compare the nandroid subfolder name (should be alpha-numeric starting with HT) of the backup you want to the name of the one you don't.
6) Change the name of the nandroid subfolder on the backup you want to restore to the same name of the folder you don't want. This way you fool nandroid into thinking that the backup was originally done on that phone.
7) Copy the entire nandroid folder (with the newly changed subfolder name) to the sdcard of the phone you want to restore.
8) Boot into recovery (power+home) and perform the nandroid restore. If the restore fails, you probably don't have the correct subfolder name. Return to step 5 and 6.
9) If the restore is successful, reboot and you should be all set!
Good question. I wouldn't have thought there would be issues with it bar of course your settings etc but then a wipe before would resolve that. Just make sure to do what you've said though (upgrade radio, SPL, recovery etc) first.
DirectMatrix said:
Hey all,
Are nandroid restores specific to one particular device or can they be interchanged between two G1's? I have a spare G1 that I play around with that has root while my other G1 doesn't have root. I am thinking about rooting the other one and wanted to know if I could just go through the rooting process, (radio, spl, cyanogen recovery etc) throw on a cyanogenmod or JF, then do a nandroid restore from the spare device with all my settings on it. I know that nandroid creates a unique numerical folder that has your latest backup in it so I wasn't sure if this folder would be seen by nandroid on a different phone.
Any thoughts?
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It won't upgrade your SPL, radio, and recovery. If you look in the nandroid folder, you'll see exactly what is backed up. I think its the /system folder and the /data folder as well as something else. But if you have another phone that is already rooted and has the correct SPL, radio, and recovery, this will work.
Should be fine then as he's planning on doing the usual steps up until flashing the desired ROM of choice. Tell us how it goes DirectMatrix and if it works, please change your thread title to include [SOLVED] so we all know ^_^
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Should be fine then as he's planning on doing the usual steps up until flashing the desired ROM of choice. Tell us how it goes DirectMatrix and if it works, please change your thread title to include [SOLVED] so we all know ^_^
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Gonna start rooting the other phone now so I'll keep this thread updated with whether nandroid backups are swappable between phones. I hope so as that will save me quite a bit of settings/data calibrations.
@h.nocturna... LOL, you have been dealing with n00bs too long in the Q&A section....of course nandroid won't upgrade my radio, SPL, and recovery, but I had a good laugh anyways. Thanks all for the advice
I need a backup for the dual sim versoin of the htc one. RUU files don't work and I can't find any backups or roms :/.
If you need any other information I will be happy to give it ou t.
Bootloader version: 2.27.0000
Version Main: 2.25.1402.1
If it helps I have philz touch 5 (CWM Base Version 6.0.3.3)
Oh I also cannot mount /data because I would get error.
lol./
here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44589867&postcount=970
Sesamechicken said:
I need a backup for the dual sim versoin of the htc one. RUU files don't work and I can't find any backups or roms :/.
If you need any other information I will be happy to give it ou t.
Bootloader version: 2.27.0000
Version Main: 2.25.1402.1
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This is a cwm nandroid stock backup 2.25.1402.1 for the htc one 802w
https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=f+y/ULh+j8tG5cnGPQFXNk5WWY5IjuqJZvdclEnYEFg=&locale=ru
criszz said:
here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44589867&postcount=970
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2.25.1402.1
Not 2.17
rodfrang said:
This is a cwm nandroid stock backup 2.25.1402.1 for the htc one 802w
https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=f+y/ULh+j8tG5cnGPQFXNk5WWY5IjuqJZvdclEnYEFg=&locale=ru
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That's in a .rar file, I don't know what to do with a .rar file, lol, can you plz tell me what to do with it? But I see it has everything to make my system boot. Do I extract it and then flash it??
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That's in a .rar file, I don't know what to do with a .rar file, lol, can you plz tell me what to do with it? But I see it has everything to make my system boot. Do I extract it and then flash it??
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It is a nandroid backup with cwm recovery which you have to be installed first in your phone
Just extract the rar and copy the ota directory in the clockworkmod/backup directory in your phone.
Enter in recovery mode and restore the ota directory
do wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache
reboot
Regards
rodfrang said:
It is a nandroid backup with cwm recovery which you have to be installed first in your phone
Just extract the rar and copy the ota directory in the clockworkmod/backup directory in your phone.
Enter in recovery mode and restore the ota directory
do wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache
reboot
Regards
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Currently at work right now, will try when I get back! Thanks! And if it works, what's a way I can give that 2.66 usd to you?
Sesamechicken said:
Currently at work right now, will try when I get back! Thanks! And if it works, what's a way I can give that 2.66 usd to you?
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i didn't help you for the money, do a simple thanks if i helped you. :good:
Regards
rodfrang said:
It is a nandroid backup with cwm recovery which you have to be installed first in your phone
Just extract the rar and copy the ota directory in the clockworkmod/backup directory in your phone.
Enter in recovery mode and restore the ota directory
do wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache
reboot
Regards
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If I don't have that folder, I would have to create a new folder on my external sd card named "clockworkmod" and inside the "clockworkmod" folder, I would have to create another folder named "backup" and inside the "backup" folder, I would put the "OTA" folder into the "backup" folder correct?
And then I would go into recovery mode and "restore from backup on external sd" correct? But just to be safe, what if CWM doesn't recognize the backup?
Sesamechicken said:
If I don't have that folder, I would have to create a new folder on my external sd card named "clockworkmod" and inside the "clockworkmod" folder, I would have to create another folder named "backup" and inside the "backup" folder, I would put the "OTA" folder into the "backup" folder correct?
And then I would go into recovery mode and "restore from backup on external sd" correct? But just to be safe, what if CWM doesn't recognize the backup?
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correct, It works perfectly for me this way and cwm recognize the backup.
2.25.1402.1
hi, i have jus downloaded the update for htc one 802, i have rooted my cell, i dont know much abut these things.
But wen i tired to install the software update of abut 50.8MB, it opened in the recovery mode, but thn installinf failed was the msg.
Kindly help me so as what shud i do next.
i have the download in my system still.
rodfrang said:
It is a nandroid backup with cwm recovery which you have to be installed first in your phone
Just extract the rar and copy the ota directory in the clockworkmod/backup directory in your phone.
Enter in recovery mode and restore the ota directory
do wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache
reboot
Regards
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Hi, rodfrang! Was wondering if this nandroid backup for the 2.25.1402.1 build already includes google play and the blinkfeed updates for facebook, twitter, etc?
also, do i have to perform other things like s-off, relock, etc?
i currently have android 4.2.2 with 2.17.1402.2 build which i downloaded though bgncn's nandroid file.
thanks!
johngan said:
Hi, rodfrang! Was wondering if this nandroid backup for the 2.25.1402.1 build already includes google play and the blinkfeed updates for facebook, twitter, etc?
also, do i have to perform other things like s-off, relock, etc?
i currently have android 4.2.2 with 2.17.1402.2 build which i downloaded though bgncn's nandroid file.
thanks!
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Is a stock backup nandroid and does not have google play and you have to patch blinkfeed.
Always do s-off if you can, but it is no necessary for install this nandroid backup.
Regards
for more information
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2495697
Can someone post a working link to an HTCCN703 802W Nandroid backup please.
I want to get to a position where I can get the EU ROM installed with the guide available on this forum, but I am currently stuck as I have a rogue Kernel installed from too much playing around that will not let me install OTA or RUU's. This is the last thing I can think of to get me "unstuck"
I am currently on 4.4.2 sense 6 boot 2.49 Chinese ROM. Any advice would be appreciated.
rodfrang said:
This is a cwm nandroid stock backup 2.25.1402.1 for the htc one 802w
https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=f+y/ULh+j8tG5cnGPQFXNk5WWY5IjuqJZvdclEnYEFg=&locale=ru
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Look like it has been removed, any other links, I'm desperate. Thanks.
sbellseb said:
Can someone post a working link to an HTCCN703 802W Nandroid backup please.
I want to get to a position where I can get the EU ROM installed with the guide available on this forum, but I am currently stuck as I have a rogue Kernel installed from too much playing around that will not let me install OTA or RUU's. This is the last thing I can think of to get me "unstuck"
I am currently on 4.4.2 sense 6 boot 2.49 Chinese ROM. Any advice would be appreciated.
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hope this helps you
regards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559891
Thnkas, in fact that is entirely what I am trying to do, it's just this rogue kernel stopping me from doing anything.
One thing I have just thought of, as nobody seems to have a full nandroid backup .......
Is it possible to remove the image file (which I believe contains the kernel) from a nandroid backup and replace with a known good stock image file?
At last we have the 4.10.708.1 Sense 6.0 update for the HK version.
Unfortunately, this release appears to have some problems with the gallery and blinkfeed apps. For the best results, I recommend installing the previous version (3.06, linked below in this post) and applying the OTA update yourself.
Without further ado, here are the links!
Download link:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/dlxpul_stock_4.10.708.1_CL344680_release-keys.zip (MD5)
If you are S-ON, after installing the ROM, you also have to unpack boot.img from the zip and flash it using fastboot:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Verified to install without a problem on an S-OFF phone using the recovery built by @kairi_zeroblade in this thread.
For each of the available OTA updates, you can also find the actual OTA package, the firmware included within and the stock recovery for that version. If you want to flash the whole firmware package (including recovery, radio, kernel/boot and many other things), just grab the appropriate firmware.zip, rename it to PO68IMG.zip, put it into the root of your external SD card and reboot your phone into the bootloader – the update will be applied automatically.
URL: http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/OTA/
Old versions below.
Here's the 3.06.708.3 KitKat 4.4.2 update.
Before installing, take a moment to read this. This update introduces extended filesystem capability flags and SELinux labels. The installer in this ZIP tries to set them in the same way as the OTA update does, but in TWRP this fails, because the recovery doesn't have support for these kinds of metadata. However, setting the medatada is done as the last step, so even if it fails and the installation aborts, the ROM is still installed properly, just without this extra bit.
I repeat:
Read the installer messages. If it says "Done!" and fails afterwards, the installation is complete. If it fails before printing the message "Done!", then the installation is not OK.
The latest CWM Touch should give the best results, although I haven't tried installing it through CWM.
If you are S-ON, after installing the ROM, you also have to unpack boot.img from the zip and flash it using fastboot:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Download link:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/dlxpul_stock_3.06.708.3_CL315079_release-keys_SELinux.zip (MD5)
@Zarboz also made a ZIP of this version of the stock ROM, I'm told it contains some flavor of Superuser preinstalled:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8I81hbg3bIwOWNlZHBMUy1tanc/edit?usp=sharing
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Just before Christmas we have a new stock ROM with Android 4.3 and Sense 5.5 available. Same as with previous version, the installer contains all preload apps, in addition, it also contains the HTC Notes app, otherwise it leaves /data as it is, so in case something does not work, remember to wipe data before installing.
Download link:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/dlxpul_signed_stock_2.21.708.1_CL288207_release-keys.zip (MD5)
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This is an image of the stock ROM after installing the 1.23.708.3 OTA update. The installer also contains all preload applications (Flashlight, Calculator, PDF viewer and others). Other than installing / updating all preload apps, the package doesn't touch /data in any other way. If you need to wipe your data partition, do it before installing this ROM, otherwise you'll wipe your freshly-installed preload applications. (Note that some of them have been updated in the OTA, which means they differ from the APKs I posted separately.) Does not contain the Notes OTA update, it should ask after first boot.
Here's the download link:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/dlxpul_signed_stock_1.23.708.3_CL241753_release-keys.zip (MD5)
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Made from a dump taken from my 901S just after unlocking the bootloader, pure preinstalled stock ROM, no root, no mods of any kind. Only contains /system and kernel+initrd, doesn't touch /data, /cache or anything else. If you want a clean state, wipe your phone before or after installing.
Download:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/dlxpul_signed_stock_1.11.708.1_CL215607_release-keys.zip (MD5 here)
The ROM is also available as a TWRP backup:
http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/stock-901s-twrp-backup.tar (MD5 here)
For those interested, I also made a backup of the original internal storage ("sdcard") before unlocking which is available here (MD5). It should be pretty close to the original state, though I did run a few apps there to get a feeling of the device.
Last but not least, there were certain applications preinstalled in the /data partition which gets erased completely when unlocking. I managed to find out which ones they were and back up their APKs. The APKs are located at http://heh.sk/~johnny64/901S/preload/. To install them, create the directory /data/preload on your device and push the APKs in there using adb or something. The apps should appear after a reboot. Most of them are probably not very interesting (since they are for news from the HK area), I was mostly interested in the calculator, flashlight and PDF viewer, but I backed them all up anyway, so suit yourselves.
XDA:DevDB Information
Stock ROM, ROM for the HTC Butterfly S
Contributors
koniiiik
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x
Based On: Stock Sense 6
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 4.10.708.1
Stable Release Date: 2014-07-08
Created 2014-07-08
Last Updated 2014-07-07
Thank You for posting this!! Worked perfectly!
Thanks bro
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Any one can help me please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45074137&postcount=35
Solved by sending maxims Rom via sideload.....rgrds
Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks for sharing!!!
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hi please any help how to restore from this backup.....i already download this file and after that i put it as it is in the folder twrp\BACKUPS\
but when i try to restore from twrp i do not found the backup file to restore....
do i make any fault ......help me please
hasan_abeer said:
hi please any help how to restore from this backup.....i already download this file and after that i put it as it is in the folder twrp\BACKUPS\
but when i try to restore from twrp i do not found the backup file to restore....
do i make any fault ......help me please
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Well, the file is a tar archive. You have to extract it into TWRP/BACKUPS/<your phone's serial number>. The backup itself consists of multiple files, I just made a single archive for easier downloading.
koniiiik said:
Well, the file is a tar archive. You have to extract it into TWRP/BACKUPS/<your phone's serial number>. The backup itself consists of multiple files, I just made a single archive for easier downloading.
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thanks for answering
please do you mean by (your phone's serial number) is to rename file after extract bu my serial no?
hasan_abeer said:
thanks for answering
please do you mean by (your phone's serial number) is to rename file after extract bu my serial no?
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I don't really understand your question, but I'll try again and slower this time. (-;
First, extract the archive on your phone, any decent file manager app should be able to do that. You'll notice the archive contains one directory named 2013-08-22--21-11-59. This directory contains a bunch of files.
Next, look up your phone's serial number in settings -> about -> phone identity. Navigate into TWRP/BACKUPS on your SD card and check if there's a directory with the same name as your serial number. If there's no such directory, create it.
Finally, move the 2013-08-22--21-11-59 directory into the one you just created.
koniiiik said:
I don't really understand your question, but I'll try again and slower this time. (-;
First, extract the archive on your phone, any decent file manager app should be able to do that. You'll notice the archive contains one directory named 2013-08-22--21-11-59. This directory contains a bunch of files.
Next, look up your phone's serial number in settings -> about -> phone identity. Navigate into TWRP/BACKUPS on your SD card and check if there's a directory with the same name as your serial number. If there's no such directory, create it.
Finally, move the 2013-08-22--21-11-59 directory into the one you just created.
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please im now use maxims rom rooted one , do i need to re lock my phone then restore copy the adapted one as you mentioned above ?or i can restore it now as i am
hasan_abeer said:
please im now use maxims rom rooted one , do i need to re lock my phone then restore copy the adapted one as you mentioned above ?or i can restore it now as i am
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You can just go ahead and restore the backup.
koniiiik said:
You can just go ahead and restore the backup.
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but if when i restore over maxim rom i faced a system restore problem?
Okay, now I don't understand your question. Did you try to restore the backup and it failed with an error? If that's the case, then I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. Anyway, you might want to post the exact error message you're getting in case someone else would be able to help you out.
any idea how to backup stock recovery? im about to unlock my phone but not sure if I will be able to backup stock recovery.
shadow071506 said:
any idea how to backup stock recovery? im about to unlock my phone but not sure if I will be able to backup stock recovery.
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Used search for "stock recovery" and found this thread. contact the OP to confirm it's the stock recovery for the Butterfly S.
Where is your backup hosted at? The download is taking a long ass time?!
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Damn it! I cant get this file to download.
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zounduser said:
Where is your backup hosted at? The download is taking a long ass time?!
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Damn it! I cant get this file to download.
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It is hosted on a Raspberry Pi sitting on a shelf in my campus room. It should have 100 mbit connectivity. I noticed in the HTTP server logs that a lot of people are using downloaders which open more than 20 connections in parallel, some go even as high as 50. Since it is a really weak machine, I limited it to 5 parallel connections. If you're trying to download with such a tool, try to crank it down a little bit.
cortez.i said:
Used search for "stock recovery" and found this thread. contact the OP to confirm it's the stock recovery for the Butterfly S.
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can anyone confirm if this is the correct stock recovery? just incase it is needed in the near future (probably OTA and stuff)
shadow071506 said:
can anyone confirm if this is the correct stock recovery? just incase it is needed in the near future (probably OTA and stuff)
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this is my stock recovery... I got it after s-off in a specialized center.
I'll bite... A bit of a kerfuffel upgrading from ARHD 51 to 52. But, I'd taken a backup of the 51 image and ported it to my laptop using the ROM Manager download server. However, when I try to restore the file (by installing the ZIP it created), it fails on me. Am I doing something wrong? There's no option in ROM Manager to restore the ZIP file. Anyone have this problem and knows how to resolve it?
And yes, I know this may not be the optimal place for this thread, but frankly I can't find a better place. Just looking for someone who may have an idea to help
TIA
diceman725 said:
I'll bite... A bit of a kerfuffel upgrading from ARHD 51 to 52. But, I'd taken a backup of the 51 image and ported it to my laptop using the ROM Manager download server. However, when I try to restore the file (by installing the ZIP it created), it fails on me. Am I doing something wrong? There's no option in ROM Manager to restore the ZIP file. Anyone have this problem and knows how to resolve it?
And yes, I know this may not be the optimal place for this thread, but frankly I can't find a better place. Just looking for someone who may have an idea to help
TIA
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Well, you can just copy/paste the backup zip onto your pc. Re-transfer it to THE CORRECT DIRECTORY on the internal storage of the One. If you have, it will restore perfectly. I've tried a TWRP backup, that worked like a charm. NO reason why CWM would be different.
raghav kapur said:
Well, you can just copy/paste the backup zip onto your pc. Re-transfer it to THE CORRECT DIRECTORY on the internal storage of the One. If you have, it will restore perfectly. I've tried a TWRP backup, that worked like a charm. NO reason why CWM would be different.
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Yea, tried that. I may have a corrupt ZIP or something like that. I'll play with it some more.
Thanks for response
Hey Everyone,
I am new to XDA forums,(have used it for troubleshooting in the past but just registered today)
I am also new to android and linux, personally i don't use my phone for anything other than calls or games(i mostly do pc's), however my wife does a lot, she has written her own code, does mods, etc...., and we are both stumped. I am asking this on her behalf, due to a terminal illness she has lost the ability to do several things. On April 30th the lollipop update was pushed to her Note 4 (T-mobile US branded) and it wiped out all of her app data as well as her entire SD card. My question is in 2 parts one regarding the TWRP backup for this phone, and another regarding recovering the SD data from this phone(please let me know if i need to break this out into multiple sections of the site).
We have a TWRP backup that was compressed and loaded onto her cloud storage on 4/27/15, and we are unable to figure out how to get TWRP to recognize it without giving an error about the binary code or just not working period. Here is what we have tried(On advice not just from other XDA posts but various android forums as well)
Using TWRP(7zip for unpacking and repacking)
1. Downloaded the TWRP back up into windows
2. Renamed all files of the back up to be .tar, with the exception of boot which was converted to .img
3. Added Meta-Inf file from what was suppose to be stock ROM( she was not running a custom on this phone)
4. Re-archived everything back into Zip and sideloaded.
result : Error in binary code
Using Odin
1. Converted recovery (file only from backup) to md5 using Cygwin
2. Flashed using Odin
Result: Gained back a few programs but no app data or text histories
We have also tried varying versions of this, i.e. converting extra files or renaming extra files and receive the same issue. I am wondering if it is just an issue with the cloud stored compressed backup(or more likely i dont know what im doing)?
Second question comes from above, I was able to recovery all of the data from the SD card(everything was stored here, app data, recovery files, imgs, everything). When recovering the data it split everything up so all the sub peices of each recovery file are spread out is there a way to combine the individual file parts that were recovered from the SD card into functional android files again?
As i mentioned before i have never really dealt with this type of thing before but i want to try and fix this for her as between the 2 issues she has lost 5 years of data.
Thank you so much for your responses.
Hi, what you need to do is put the backup back into the exact same form it was before, an uncompressed, unzipped folder, then put it into the exact directory where TWRP puts backups when it makes them, and then in TWRP choose the option to restore. If you put the backup in the correct directory, TWRP will see it and allow you to choose it to restore it. Basically you just wanna put the backup back where it was before and then restore it in TWRP.
I wasn't sure if you had done this or not. If you have the backup folder with all the contents in their original form, it should work. I've even moved a backup from one phone onto another phone, exact same model of course, and then restored that backup onto the new phone!
I've never converted a backup into another form to be flashed another way, like Odin or as a zip in TWRP. Although I guess it could be possible it seems like it could be pretty messy.
Also if the TWRP backup was for a kit at build it will not restore on the lollipop baseband. You will need to Odin back to the kitkat NK4 build them you should be able to take the data.
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ShrekOpher said:
Also if the TWRP backup was for a kit at build it will not restore on the lollipop baseband. You will need to Odin back to the kitkat NK4 build them you should be able to take the data.
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YrrchSebor said:
Hi, what you need to do is put the backup back into the exact same form it was before, an uncompressed, unzipped folder, then put it into the exact directory where TWRP puts backups when it makes them, and then in TWRP choose the option to restore. If you put the backup in the correct directory, TWRP will see it and allow you to choose it to restore it. Basically you just wanna put the backup back where it was before and then restore it in TWRP.
I wasn't sure if you had done this or not. If you have the backup folder with all the contents in their original form, it should work. I've even moved a backup from one phone onto another phone, exact same model of course, and then restored that backup onto the new phone!
I've never converted a backup into another form to be flashed another way, like Odin or as a zip in TWRP. Although I guess it could be possible it seems like it could be pretty messy.
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Thank you both for the suggestions i will give them a try shortly and i will provide an update on how things go.
Yeah, if you put the backup folder in the right directory, which is either internal or external sdxard/TWRP/BACKUPS/serial #/, you could restore just the data at least and it ought to be mostly ok. You ,might need to clear data in an app here or there if they force close.... or if it's too much then yeah, Odin back to KitKat and restore the desired components of the backup.
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Yeah, if you put the backup folder in the right directory, which is either internal or external sdxard/TWRP/BACKUPS/serial #/, you could restore just the data at least and it ought to be mostly ok. You ,might need to clear data in an app here or there if they force close.... or if it's too much then yeah, Odin back to KitKat and restore the desired components of the backup.
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Thank you for this, i double checked we had it in the right directory, but it still failed. At first it said something about a missing md5, but i tried again and i was able to get the log for the failure though. (attached below)
Hmm, I looked at the logs trying to make sure you chose to Restore in TWRP and not Install. If so it's possible the backup could have gotten altered or corrupted in the transferring back and forth. If you get it intact as it was, it SHOULD work, but I'm but sure what else to do at the moment. I hope you get it working
Sorry for the delay
Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the delay its been a long week, bad thing after bad thing kept happening. I was able to try your suggestions and i put together some additional information in hope this might help us try and figure it out.
*I must figure out how to recover, texts, contacts, call locks. My default texting app was google messenger.
So I figured I would start with the phone
I am using a Samsung SM-910T on 4.4.4 (build *ANK4) It was pretty Vanilla -> rooted, but running the stock ROM
1. The phone was set to do a full internal backup nightly using the online nandroid backup (by H3r3T1L)
2. Backups were set to be in TWRP backup format and to save to an external SD card, then to compress before being uploaded to google drive
3. Backups were set to delete from SD card after the upload was finished.
What happened
1. When stock 5.0.1 firmware OTA came out i was trying to dismiss the notification but apparently hit "accept" by mistake, causing the system to crash.
2. While restoring the phone, i attempted to download the most recent backup from the google drive and flash the zip to restore my data.
3. This Zip would not install, and i noticed all of the backups uploaded had the same anomally-a few of the files were 0 bytes
4. I downgraded the phone to ANK4 based on the above recommendation but it has made no difference.
5. I still get updated binary error and each time i flash the zip, my OS gets wiped.
6. I have tried instructions to just unzip and flash , to put zips in twrp backup folder, to build new file with meta-inf, etc. and nothing seems to work.
When the SD card got deleted I was able to retrieve some data from the deleted SD card, but don't know where the text messages are located or how to combine them back into a usable format. Or at the very least be able to extract the SMS/MMS history.
I hope this extra information helps. In any way im am desperate to try and fix this for my wife.
I believe you can use Titanium Backup to extract files from a TWRP image. If you can't extract anything from the backup it's either corrupted, in the wrong place, or in the wrong form - that is due to the compression decompression not being compatible (all zip programs are not equal). Best of luck.
BTW, you must restore TWRP files not install them.
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