[Q] Backup & Restore Device on a Mac - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been reading/searching everything I can get my hands on but I still have some questions to ask before I bite the bullet on a new ROM for my supersonic.
I've done the unrevoked root and fiddled around (of course did the nandroid backup as instructed). Subsequently I've installed setcpu and other root-requiring tools.
However, now I want to try cyanogenmod but I realize that in the event something goes wrong, even if I have done a nandroid backup, I won't know what to do. All writeups I've found involve using windows command line (fastboot.exe?).
So the short of my question is, how do I:
a) Restore to current setup
or
b) Restore to 100% stock
(I do have rom manager with clockwork recovery installed but don't know how they work (can't find a good write up.))

solidwater said:
I've been reading/searching everything I can get my hands on but I still have some questions to ask before I bite the bullet on a new ROM for my supersonic.
I've done the unrevoked root and fiddled around (of course did the nandroid backup as instructed). Subsequently I've installed setcpu and other root-requiring tools.
However, now I want to try cyanogenmod but I realize that in the event something goes wrong, even if I have done a nandroid backup, I won't know what to do. All writeups I've found involve using windows command line (fastboot.exe?).
So the short of my question is, how do I:
a) Restore to current setup
or
b) Restore to 100% stock
(I do have rom manager with clockwork recovery installed but don't know how they work (can't find a good write up.))
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when you boot into recovery create a new clockwork back...
wipe system/data/davlik cache
flash cyanogogen
flash gapps if you want them
then reboot phone (will boot into cm6)
no at any point in tim you want to go back to the back you made.
power off phone
reboot into boot loader while holding vol down and power
chose recovery
should boot into clockwork mod recovery
wipe system/data/davlik cache
choose backup/restore
chose your restore you made earlier.
let it do its thing and reboot phone
easy money its breeze

Backup your Nandroid to your Mac
I'd advise backing up your Nandroid to your desktop as follows:
Plug your data cable into your Evo.
Plug it into your Mac.
Depending on the ROM you're on, you should have a USB icon show up in your notification bar on your Evo. (That's the bar at the top of your home screen.)
Pull the notification bar down.
Click on the line that says, "Charge only."
Choose "Disk drive," then "Done."
Your phone will show up as a Volume on your desktop.
Double click on it.
A Finder window will open showing the contents of your microSD card.
You want to find the Nandroid and copy it to someplace on your Mac.
I have only used Clockwork Recovery once. The Nandroid is either in a folder named "Nandroid" or it's in a folder called "Backup(s)." You will have two Nandroids, one you made originally when you rooted, and the current one. I'd save both.
I'd also suggest you start using Amon RA for your recovery. It does a better job of wiping Cache and Dalvik and has the ability to backup your Wimax keys. (It doesn't often happen that you lose your Wimax keys, but if you do, it often means replacing your Evo.)
Now, when you're ready to eject your Evo, right click on the Volume on your desktop (mine is called "NO NAME") and eject it.
THEN, go back to your Evo, pull down the notification bar and click on the line that says, "Disk drive."
Click on "Charge only," then "Done."
NOW you can safely unplug your Evo from your Mac.

With clockwork your backups will be located in /clockwork/backup id you intend to back it up to your Mac

How big (MB/GB) should the backup be?

epicroot said:
when you boot into recovery create a new clockwork back...
wipe system/data/davlik cache
flash cyanogogen
flash gapps if you want them
then reboot phone (will boot into cm6)
no at any point in tim you want to go back to the back you made.
power off phone
reboot into boot loader while holding vol down and power
chose recovery
should boot into clockwork mod recovery
wipe system/data/davlik cache
choose backup/restore
chose your restore you made earlier.
let it do its thing and reboot phone
easy money its breeze
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I've tried this and also the automated method from rom manager and nothing works. If I go into recovery it shows fastboot (says nothing about clockwork nor about nandroid). It does give a momentary run down of green text that makes it look like it's trying to locate some files but says they're not present and forces me back to the screen before I can read it all...
Any ideas?

Looks like something was wrong with permissions or clockwork. I reflashed clockwork, forgot and re-allowed rom manager and now it appears to be backing up properly.
Thanks to those who posted up!

Related

Nandroid for Hero

Anyone got Nanadroid working with Hero yet?
Need to take a back up on my device before I start playing around with it!
recovery.img with nandroid here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543571
Beat me to it - I did a successful Nandroid backup today before I rooted my Hero. So I guess if I need to I can restore that unrooted image. I used the recovery image in the rooting thread above xx
Hi Dayzee,
I'm pretty new to all this, su just to be on the safe side: does your method (linked above) allow me to make a full backup of everything I have in my phone now, and to restore that backup if / when I brick it trying to root it or install a different build?
Thanks in advance.
frandavid100 said:
Hi Dayzee,
I'm pretty new to all this, su just to be on the safe side: does your method (linked above) allow me to make a full backup of everything I have in my phone now, and to restore that backup if / when I brick it trying to root it or install a different build?
Thanks in advance.
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yes it will restore whatever you had when you made the backup inlcuding setting and just anything you can imagine.
i think that is what Nandroid does, but I've never had to restore from a backup so can't be sure - any thread or wiki on Nandroid will tell you.
The recovery image that you boot during the rooting process has Nandroid built in - when you get to the recovery console screen, scroll down to Nandroid back up and press the scroll wheel - away it goes, and then says back up completed - the file is then on your SD card in a folder called Nandroid and from the looks of the console, to restore, you'd just scroll to that option and press the scroll button.
If you're in doubt - do nowt - that's my moto. But good luck if you want to have a go
Dayzee
Thanks minogue, that's relieving. I'd like to start learning to make the most of my hero, but I'm quite afraid of breaking it, what with being so expensive and me having a monthly data fee for it and all.
Hi,
What is the image 'cm-hero-recovery.img' exactly?
Is it a particular Hero release? I presume this is the image of the rooted hero....but how does it compare to the unlocked HTC supplied Hero? Are there missing applications, widgets etc...?
Thanks
Phil
n00b question no. 1
I'm new to Android so I suspect you'll need to be patient with me, very patient. I'm trying to backup my device but I've been unsuccessful so far. This is what I'm doing:
1. Power down handset
2. Power handset back up(holding down back key) This brings up the Fastboot, I think, screen.
3. Plug in USB cable
4. Fire up CMD.exe
5. Enter "fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img" - this brings up Android system recovery screen.
6. but now when I select "[Alt+B]Nandroid v2.2 backup" it says performing backup for a second or so but results in: Error running nandroid backup. Backup not performed.
I tried removing the USB cable but that doesn't help. Any advice/ideas/anything, I'm desperate(not really, maybe a little: ). Thanks
roeblerrieland said:
I'm new to Android so I suspect you'll need to be patient with me, very patient. I'm trying to backup my device but I've been unsuccessful so far. This is what I'm doing:
1. Power down handset
2. Power handset back up(holding down back key) This brings up the Fastboot, I think, screen.
3. Plug in USB cable
4. Fire up CMD.exe
5. Enter "fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img" - this brings up Android system recovery screen.
6. but now when I select "[Alt+B]Nandroid v2.2 backup" it says performing backup for a second or so but results in: Error running nandroid backup. Backup not performed.
I tried removing the USB cable but that doesn't help. Any advice/ideas/anything, I'm desperate(not really, maybe a little: ). Thanks
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hmmm, you need to have at least 152 MB + the size of your data partition free on your sdcard.If you have the space and still doesn't work, you can try to do a backup using command line from the recovery:
Code:
adb shell
nandroid-mobile.sh -b
ps. nandroid options:
Code:
nandroid-mobile v2.1
Usage: /sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh {-b|--backup|-r|--restore|-d|--delete|-u|--getupdate|--webget|--compress|--bzip2} [options]
At least one operation must be defined, try /sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh --help for more information
Not choices: Space! Thanks.
OK just did a backup works great Thank you all

A few questions before first root attempt

Ok, going to follow the SimpleRoot OTA 1.47 how-to, but I have a few questions first.
How do I back up things like my Contacts?
What the latest "radio" and how do I check and get the newest?
How do I wipe caches? Or will the SimpleRoot guide tell me?
Any ROM recommendations? I was thinking of just trying Fresh.
Do I need to do any adb setup prior to starting?
I have been reading through the guides, but there is SO much info here, it takes too long to get through it all. Plus, I'm not even sure of all the questions I need to ask!
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
1. Use Titanium Backup. It will back up whatever you want, I backed up EVERYTHING (apps + system data) and it brought back all my settings, texts, even my scenes. I had to use Unrevoked on my 1.32.651.6 stock build to install TB, followed TheBiles "Idiot-Proof" guide for that part.
2. The radio is the baseband. I actually never flashed mine, and I haven't had issues, but I don't use 4g so I wouldn't know how that works. There are links to a few radios here, but otherwise check the thread or webpage for the custom ROM you want to flash and it might link to the recommended radio.
3. Wiping caches is done through recovery (Amon RA, Clockwork, or using ROM Manager from within a rooted ROM). You do it right before you flash the custom ROM. SimpleRoot will just root the phone, then you'll want to install ROM Manager and use that flash your preferred recovery (that's a whole separate debate).
4. I've been reading up a lot in the last day or two, and Fresh seems to be very popular. I'm using it right now, no problems so far! I've used DC, I had a couple of issues, CM6 is cool but still changing all the time. Go with Fresh at least to get your feet wet. Follow the guide that flipz provides in his Fresh thread.
5. I didn't use SimpleRoot, I rooted manually using ADB. If you're comfortable with using a terminal/command line (or at least typing and following directions) ADB might be a good idea. But if SR gives you a full-root, you don't need ADB at all. It's basically just a telnet connection to your phone.
Hey, whatdya know? I answered them all! There may be better answers, but I think this is all correct. PM me if you need more help, or I'll subscribe to this thread for a few days. I'm new but I'm learning fast and I LOVE this stuff!
Also, here's a good portal for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709267
Titanium backup works great for most things but you have to be rooted to use it. Your contacts should be backed up directly to your google account if you have done it correctly. When you add a contact to your phone it will ask if you want to add it to google or as a "phone" contact. Make sure you save it as a google contact. Or you can go to your google account on your computer and sync all your contacts. I used SimpleRoot to get my phone started and then I went through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
That is where I started with everything.....fully unlocked and stock rooted with the newest radio. I also used Amon recovery from SimpleRoot instead of Clockwork. SR will clear all your cache, factory data, etc. Im running Damage Control ROM right now and love it. But it's fun to get your phone rooted and then just start using root apps and go from there. Oh, and the best thing for me about using SR and then going through the next thread I posted is that you dont have to use ADB. ADB is pretty simple but the SR + thread process took me about 25min.
Yeah, on that note, it's super-easy to just make a Nandroid or Clockwork backup of your flash, then flash something else to try it out. If you want to go back, just restore the backup and you're right where you were before.
And, of course, backing up contacts on Google is easier.
Running through the SimpleRoot and it got to Starting Part 2... and it's just hanging out doing nothing, been that way for a few minutes now. I didn't copy the PC36IMG file to the SD card, was I supposed to?
Will it bork anything if I disconnect, switch back to Disk Drive as the connection type and drop the file on the SD card? Do I need to do that? Am I retarded?
Not sure as I went through toast's manual method, but it shouldn't do any damage to start over. If Android is still running, I think the system will still be intact.
Well, I think I figured it out, sort of. I never got prompted to reboot into the bootloader until I disconnected the phone. Once I did that, it told me what to do. But, when I installed the update, the bootloader gave me this message: Main version is older, update fail!
Do I need to use the PC36IMG file for 1.47 now? SimpleRoot did push the PC36IMG file to the phone, btw.
ElectricWraith said:
Well, I think I figured it out, sort of. I never got prompted to reboot into the bootloader until I disconnected the phone. Once I did that, it told me what to do. But, when I installed the update, the bootloader gave me this message: Main version is older, update fail!
Do I need to use the PC36IMG file for 1.47 now? SimpleRoot did push the PC36IMG file to the phone, btw.
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i had the same issue, you need to make sure all the steps are complete before you go into step 4 and boot into bootloader...so make sure after pushing the files you finish step 2 and 4...it worked for me...my pc kept hanging on some steps so i tried it on a different pc and it went throught perfectly the first time around.
Uhh, starting to get a little worried here. I deleted the PCIMG36.zip file per the "Starting Over..." thread, and copied the su-2.1 file on to the SD card. Rebooted into bootloader, selected Recovery per the instructions, now I have a red triangle with and exclamation point and an unresponsive phone!
ElectricWraith said:
Uhh, starting to get a little worried here. I deleted the PCIMG36.zip file per the "Starting Over..." thread, and copied the su-2.1 file on to the SD card. Rebooted into bootloader, selected Recovery per the instructions, now I have a red triangle with and exclamation point and an unresponsive phone!
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you're fine that's just telling you that you're in recovery mode follow the steps....it should tell you to run a command in you're command prompt which will get you into recovery and then you backup nand, wipe, and load image from sd card
Ah, OK. I pulled the battery and it came back to life. Didn't see anything in that thread about commands, but I will read it again.
just boot your phone holding power and volume up button and then when you see the white screen go down to recovery and press the power button...now you should be in recovery mode from there just follow instructions. you should backup nand, wipe cache and wipe data, and install rom from sd card.
That's the problem, following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915, I don't get any instructions for the recovery portion that match what I actually get on the phone. I don't get the different menu so I don't get a chance to flash from the su-2.1 file.
Arrrgh! Here's what I did:
Replaced the PCIMG36.zip file that was in the SimpleRootOTA folder that I downloaded with the PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip file (renamed to PCIMG36.zip)
Ran SimpleRootOTA, followed all instructions
When I got to the place in Step 4 where I was supposed to be prompted to install the update at the bootloader, it didn't happen. I assume that this was due to the fact that I had already applied that update
I unplugged, looked in the root of the SD card, found that the PCIMG36.zip file had not been pushed.
I copied the file on to the SD card, rebooted into the bootloader, let it scan the PCIMG36.zip file and apply the update, then rebooted.
So, that's where it sits now. I'm out of time and can't do anything more with it, so I just re-installed MyBackup and am restoring apps and data.
Any ideas as to what I should do next?
Hopefully you are just transposing numbers in your post? According to the thread you linked, the name of file should be PC36IMG.zip....you are writing PCIMG36.zip....those are very different.
edit...and if you are getting stuck at step 4...that sounds like what you did.
youngdhillon said:
just boot your phone holding power and volume up button .
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volume DOWN button
2. Power off your phone.
3. Hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons until the white screen appears.
4. HBOOT will scan the PC36IMG.zip file. You'll see a blue progress bar on the right side of the screen.
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ElectricWraith said:
That's the problem, following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915, I don't get any instructions for the recovery portion that match what I actually get on the phone. I don't get the different menu so I don't get a chance to flash from the su-2.1 file.
Arrrgh! Here's what I did:
Replaced the PCIMG36.zip file that was in the SimpleRootOTA folder that I downloaded with the PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip file (renamed to PCIMG36.zip)
Ran SimpleRootOTA, followed all instructions
When I got to the place in Step 4 where I was supposed to be prompted to install the update at the bootloader, it didn't happen. I assume that this was due to the fact that I had already applied that update
I unplugged, looked in the root of the SD card, found that the PCIMG36.zip file had not been pushed.
I copied the file on to the SD card, rebooted into the bootloader, let it scan the PCIMG36.zip file and apply the update, then rebooted.
So, that's where it sits now. I'm out of time and can't do anything more with it, so I just re-installed MyBackup and am restoring apps and data.
Any ideas as to what I should do next?
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ok if you has updated without any errors and you're rooted...
1)turn off your phone power it back on holding the volume down button and power button at the same time
2)when you see the white screen with HBoot menu scroll down using volume down button, highlight recovery and press power button.
3)you should now see a different menu (black&green) you are now in recovery from here:
4)select backup nand it will ask you to confirm hit power button and wait till it backs up you're nand
5)go down to wipe data...highlight wipe data hit power, confirm
6)wipe cache...confirm
7)load rom from sd card (you should have the su-2.1 in you're sd card) it will let you choose, choose su-2.1 hit power, confirm and let it finish.
you're done wait for the phone to reboot into you're new rom
sablesurfer said:
volume DOWN button
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oops sorry about that, volume down
Yes, I was just transposing digits, DERP.
I will try again later. Thanks for all the help!
Well, I just booted into the bootloader, it scanned the PC36IMG.zip file, but didn't do anything else but put me back at the bootlader menu. I selected Recovery, hit the power button, then black screen with image of phone and red triangle w/exclamation point.
No idea what's wrong or what to do now except pull the battery.
ElectricWraith said:
Well, I just booted into the bootloader, it scanned the PC36IMG.zip file, but didn't do anything else but put me back at the bootlader menu. I selected Recovery, hit the power button, then black screen with image of phone and red triangle w/exclamation point.
No idea what's wrong or what to do now except pull the battery.
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I remember this problem and I'm trying to remember what I had to do. It seems like after it scanned the PC36IMG.zip it asked if I wanted to scan and I had to say "no" and then after that I could boot in to recovery. I remember it being some dumb little mistake that I made like 2 times in a row and then had a "d'oh" moment when I realized why I kept getting the red triangle. Man, I'm gonna try to remember this and post later. Hopefully you get it though.

stuck on white htc evo 4g screen

ok so i tried to update the radio wiimax and prl cause i wanted to update to myns rom something went wrong and now im stuck at the white evo 4g screen i did make a back up and tried to recover but its still stuck someone hellp please ..
any help would be great cant imagin being wihout my evo =[
it also says wrong image when i boot in2 hboot or recovery im a noob at this so if anyone can get back o me id be willing to give any info needed to fix this
also when going into nandroid to restore it says
"sd-ext.img not found skipping restore of /sd-ext."
I had a similar issue when I first flashed a ROM. What version of what recovery are you using? Is it clockworkmod or RA? You will probably need to flash a new PC36IMG.zip file to get it back up and running. I used the unrooted version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Then I re-rooted with unrevoked, and proceeded to reflash the ROM. If you are using clockworkmod, you need to change to RA, and if you are using an older version of RA you need to update. Let me know what you're using, and I'll try to help.
roy.money said:
I had a similar issue when I first flashed a ROM. What version of what recovery are you using? Is it clockworkmod or RA? You will probably need to flash a new PC36IMG.zip file to get it back up and running. I used the unrooted version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Then I re-rooted with unrevoked, and proceeded to reflash the ROM. If you are using clockworkmod, you need to change to RA, and if you are using an older version of RA you need to update. Let me know what you're using, and I'll try to help.
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yes im using clockworkmod and how can i sync my phone with my comp to flash the pc36img.zip .?
You'll have to do it while in recovery. Pull the battery on the phone, and put it back in. Hold donw the volume down button on the side while you hold down the power button. This will boot the phone into the bootloader. After a few seconds it will scan for some files, just ignore that. Once it scans, you can move your sleection by using the volume down button. Move your selection to recovery, and push the power button to select it. Then you'll see the recovery screen come up. In one of the menus there is a selection for mass storage, or something like that. When you toggle that on, you can use your phone like a disk drive, and just drop the PC36IMG.zip file in the folder.
ok fter i do that what should i do
again thank you so much for your help
in clockwork recovery you will have
-reboot system now
-apply sdcard:update.zip
-wipe data/ factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-install zip from sdcard
-nandroid
-partition menu
- advanced
**You want to select partition menu**
Partition menu gives you thes options:
mount/data
unmount/ cache
mount/ sdcard
format system'format data
format cache
format boot
mount USB storage
**Now plug your phone into your computer and select mount USB Storage**
ok so in the exact order after i put the file on my sd card
In order to install the update, follow the steps below. This will erase everything you had stored in your phone, and set it back to how it was when you got it from the factory. Once you drop the new PC36IMG.zip file onto the phone, shut the phone off. If there's no menu option, then pull the battery. Then power the phone into bootloader again. It should scan for the same files, and this time find the one you put in there. When this happens a blue bar will show up on the right side. When the bar finishes, it will ask if you want to update with the new file. Say yes, and let it finish. It will probably restart once during the update, so don't freak. When it's all done it will ask if you want to reboot. Say yes. Now it will be back to stock. If you want to try to flash again, re-root using enrevoked. When that's done, isntall ROM Manager from the market. When that's installed, open it. At the bottom of the screen should be a selection for flash an alternate recovery (Amon RA), if it's higher than version 1.8, then install it and you're good to go. Clockworkmod has a lot of issues.
Did it work out for you?
yes thank you so much I got my phone up and running
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

[Q] Help With Restore

Hi All,
Just tried to install the Latest Leedroid ROM (GB) but then the desire hung on the HTC white screen.
I used Clockwork to install the ROM, but before doing so backed up via clockwork.
Now i want to restore that backup, but can't find a way of doing it.
I have been able to get to the recovery screen using 'Flash ROM', however from here when i try installing clockwork via the the zip file it does not work.
I used the option resotre from Nand but no Nandroid folder exists.
Having interrogated the SD Card there is a folder called clockworkrecovery and it does contain a backup folder with files that have a .img extension.
Can someone please help me get back to a working ROM, or explain a way i can use the backup i took to recover my phone.
Thanks in advance.
I have been looking for a simple enough guide to follow (2hrs +) but i have found nothing.
the_last_don said:
Hi All,
Just tried to install the Latest Leedroid ROM (GB) but then the desire hung on the HTC white screen.
I used Clockwork to install the ROM, but before doing so backed up via clockwork.
Now i want to restore that backup, but can't find a way of doing it.
I have been able to get to the recovery screen using 'Flash ROM', however from here when i try installing clockwork via the the zip file it does not work.
I used the option resotre from Nand but no Nandroid folder exists.
Having interrogated the SD Card there is a folder called clockworkrecovery and it does contain a backup folder with files that have a .img extension.
Can someone please help me get back to a working ROM, or explain a way i can use the backup i took to recover my phone.
Thanks in advance.
I have been looking for a simple enough guide to follow (2hrs +) but i have found nothing.
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Can you boot to recovery? ie; turn phone off. Hold volume button (-) and press power button? Should boot to recovery. Then you can navigate to select the recovery file.
Yes i can get to recovery, it give me a red triangle with an exclamation mark, at that point i use Flash ROM - recovery-windows.bat to get into recovery, it at that point i am stuck, because none of the options give me the ability to restore from the backup i took via clockwork
First go to Normal recovery (Red Triangle) by maintaining Vol Down + Power
and then press Vol Up + Power
This will bring you to another recovery menu where you can : Reboot , Flash from sd , Wipe Data/factory ,Wipe Cache
THANKS!!!!
Can't believe i spent that long for such a simple task!
the_last_don said:
THANKS!!!!
Can't believe i spent that long for such a simple task!
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Not such a simple task, if you don't know about it.
On a more personal note, I've been reading a lot of issues with LeeDroid ROMs lately. Maybe it is the spring weather. And it concerns updating.
Just a notice...
Be sure to hit Thanks! If it helped.

[Q] Can't nandroid backup - it freezes

I can't seem to get the nandroid backup thing working. I'm new to this rooting stuff, but i got i done with unrevoked. I haven't done anything since rooting, but trying to get the damn thing to backup. Everytime i try, no matter if its through rom manager or directly through the recovery menu, it freezes when trying to backup the system apk's. Specifically at either the weather.apk or calculator.odex.
The first time i tried it, it corrupted my SD card! Good thing i didn't have anything important on there though.
Any ideas?
All you need to do is flash a new recovery since yours is ill-functioning.
The best way of flashing recovery is through fastboot. In order for this to work your device needs to be S-OFF. You can do this by using the new Alpharev/Unrevoked tool.
Once you have S-OFF, you can use fastboot commander, to flash the recovery.
If you get into any trouble or need any further help just holla
Okay, i have to S-OFF - seems simple enough with the new tool.
But after that, can you please guide me a little, I'm still completly new to this, and is somewhat worried about bricking when I haven't got a backup
All you have to do is downlaod fastboot commander, and the java jdk for the tool to work.
Then, download the Ra Desire recovery
Once you've got that, but into fastboot (power off, hold back key & power), and plug in via USB.
run fastboot commander, navigate to the "misc" tab, select "recovery" and nothing else and click "erase chosen partition", then go back to the "Hboot, radio & rec" tab, choose "recovery", and find the recovery.img you have downloaded.
Then, simply press flash recovery
Once that's done, power off and reboot into recovery (power off, volume down & power, then use volume down key to navigate to RECOVERY and press power to select)
Then do a nandroid backup.
Okay, I now got all that, and its making the backup, but how long should it take? It's been around 10 minutes now i think, and the screen is almost filled by rows of dots
wow, that's never happened to me... When I backup cyanogenmod 7.03 it takes under a minute!... this is a little strange.. If I were you I'd backup your texts (and apps if you want) and do a fresh install of a ROM (as in with fastboot commander, go to the "misc" tab, and wipe boot, system, userdata, sd-ext and cache then flash a new ROM through recovery), and try again. I've never had a problem like this before.
understand that if you're having problems with recovery now and if it didn't allow you to install, and if you wipe everything you might be stuck in fastboot, and then your only salvation would be a RUU
bortak said:
understand that if you're having problems with recovery now and if it didn't allow you to install, and if you wipe everything you might be stuck in fastboot, and then your only salvation would be a RUU
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Well i did everything you said with succes, so i don't think there were any problems there.
I tried again and the backup completed! Thank you very much for your help!
numb92 said:
Well i did everything you said with succes, so i don't think there were any problems there.
I tried again and the backup completed! Thank you very much for your help!
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