Hello I really need some help.
I have been a little skeptical about nandroid backups so I decided to try and make a backup and restore from it immediatly after. The restoring went well until I booted the phone and all hell broke loose (sorry for drama). Most apps kept FCing and then the phone started rebooting.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
I tried doing a restore from nandroid before but it complained about md5 something so that's why I decided to test now if it would give the same error. But I just got a worse problem from it.
did you do a full wipe before restoring? also did you have enough room on your sd card? if you run out of space recovery dosent tell you... just finishes the backup.
It can also be caused by bad blocks in your SD, have you had any SD issues before, SD unmounting by itself etc?
No I did not do a full wipe before, I didn't know that it was needed. It actually sounds logical that you need a full wipe that was stupid of me.
The SD card is fine haven't had any issues with it. I will try again with full wipe.
If you get an md5 mismatch error is that backup completely unusable?
ynischa said:
No I did not do a full wipe before, I didn't know that it was needed. It actually sounds logical that you need a full wipe that was stupid of me.
The SD card is fine haven't had any issues with it. I will try again with full wipe.
If you get an md5 mismatch error is that backup completely unusable?
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Are you using the same version of CWM? I have read problems with later versions of CWM. And md5 mismatch would certainly cause problems as far as i know...
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I am getting this error when ever I try to do a nand restore : Error: run ' nandroid-mobile.sh restore ' via adb!
I am running amon ra 1.8, I have the latest sprint lovers installed running 3.70, new radios, pri 1.90. Hboot 79. I've succesfully backed up and restored nands in the past but now I get this error. I've tried to backup and then immediately try to restore the backup and I get the same error so its not a corrupt backup. I have more than 6gb available on my sd card and am fully charged. I've looked in other threads and haven't found an answer. Any help is appreciated since I'm flying without a net when I flash if I can't restore my nand.
Run the command from adb shell, and it'll tell you what's wrong. Duh.
In other words, do what it tells you to do. Is it really so hard to follow instructions?
Hey man had the same problem. I was on miui and I went back to sense to update profile and flashed the new radio combo so I made a nandroid of miui first and then when I tried to restore that same back up I got the same error that you got. I'm not positive but I think that it has something to do with flashing the new radio and then switching to aosp rom. I ended up having to reflash miui and then every thing went back to working normally.
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nandroid won't work if battery is low, I think if it's less than 30% charged, might want to try charging it before restoring to see if it helps...
I've had this happen with a full battery. The couple of times I had it happen I just wiped cache and dalvik. Rebooted back up, then gone back into recovery and then was able to restore the nand backup. Might give that a shot.
Nefariouss said:
I've had this happen with a full battery. The couple of times I had it happen I just wiped cache and dalvik. Rebooted back up, then gone back into recovery and then was able to restore the nand backup. Might give that a shot.
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I had the same problem and what nefariouss is saying might work. Also, once i wiped several times and then completely turned the phone off and booted back into recovery and then it would restore. Another time i reflashed the rom that i was trying to restore and once it booted i went back to recovery, wiped all and then it would restore. Hope that helps. Just keep messing with it. I know its a pain but eventually it will restore.
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if your sd card didnt partion properly this will happen.
save everything on your sd.
reboot into recovery
repartition sd card.
read that a few people running clockwork recovery have this issue frequently.
Delete Spaces!
If you are trying to flash a file in recovery that has spaces in it, it will not flash and will give you that error. so 'Fresh Evo.zip' won't work, but FreshEvo.zip will work.
FML, ignore this post please. I was a bit stupid.
Sorry for bumping, I have the same problem on my Optimus One p500
Sorry for bumping but I'm really worried about my phone. I have the same problem on my Optimus One and I've tried stuff mentioned above with NO success. Is there maybe another way to restore stock Froyo or to get this working?? I'm a total noob by the way..
antiother said:
.... Is there maybe another way to restore stock Froyo or to get this working?? I'm a total noob by the way..
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Download and flash this. It is a rooted stock rom (Froyo) that has NOT been deodexed. In other words, it is THE stock HTC sense rom (3.70) that will allow you to maintain root privileges. While in recovery, wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu EXCEPT the SD card BEFORE flashing.
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This happened to me and I tried everything listed. Reformatted my SD card. Copied everything back and nand restore finished first time. Polly unrelated but the only thing different was I had upgraded my RA recovery after I had made the backup.
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This happened to me and I tried everything listed. Reformatted my SD card. Copied everything back and nand restore finished first time. Polly unrelated but the only thing different was I had upgraded my RA recovery after I had made the backup.
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Same thing happened to me after I updated Amon Ra recovery after doing a nandroid backup. Desire wouldn't boot and got stuck on white screen. Tried to do the backup using ADB but each time I got to the last step it failed. So I tried clearing Dalvik cache etc and finally wiped my card using recovery. After a couple of attempts, I was able to restore the last nandroid backup. Big relief.
i need help!!! i have the same problem of the whole error run nandroid-mobile.sh.. via adb. ive scoured the internet and havent solved my problem. i tried doing the cmd prompt thing and i found the latest backup, put into the cmd prompt but this is what i got.
error: /sdcard/nandroid/mem=477M/BCDEAS-20120130-0411/nandroid.md5 not found,
nnot verify backup data
/ # /sdcard/nandroid/mem=477M/BCDEAS-20120130-0411
/sdcard/nandroid/mem=477M/BCDEAS-20120130-0411
/sbin/sh: /sdcard/nandroid/mem=477M/BCDEAS-20120130-0411: Permission denied
/ #
and i rebooted and have no idea what to do. someone help. i have the nandroid backup saved to my computer as well in case something like this would happen, and if i could restore, things would be fine!!! i dont understand this, i created a nanroid backup and its not corrupt but i can restore it! wth, im lost and confused and i have lots of data on that nandroid backup. someone please help. i partitioned my sd card and lost everything so all i have is the nandroid backup and my original rom, Cyangon MOD 7 is running right now bc i lost all my data, so im at the beginning. PLEASE HELP!
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I was facing similar problem but thanks to @hecklbrg, It did the trick. Cheers.
always when i create a nandroid, after restoring it doesn't go further than the HTC logo screen which appears after starting, the 4th nandroid backup which didn't work:S
Recovery Amon -RA 2.0.0
S-ON
Is it because of my recovery?
TopGear63z said:
always when i create a nandroid, after restoring it doesn't go further than the HTC logo screen which appears after starting, the 4th nandroid backup which didn't work:S
Recovery Amon -RA 2.0.0
S-ON
Is it because of my recovery?
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Are you doing a full wipe ie factory reset, wipe cache, wipe battery stats before restoring?
stringer7 said:
Are you doing a full wipe ie factory reset, wipe cache, wipe battery stats before restoring?
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yes but the weird thing is my device gets usb bricked after every restore, i always perform full wipes before restoring
.. problem solved with usb brick nevermind
but still nandroid backups annoy me a lot
TopGear63z said:
yes but the weird thing is my device gets usb bricked after every restore, i always perform full wipes before restoring
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Strange... Is it worth downloading the latest version of your rom again and reflashing it?
Or could there be a problem with your recovery image, maybe its worth reflashing that also?
stringer7 said:
Strange... Is it worth downloading the latest version of your rom again and reflashing it?
Or could there be a problem with your recovery image, maybe its worth reflashing that also?
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Did both, still thanks for you help just never going to restore a nandroid again always resulting into usb brick
TopGear63z said:
Did both, still thanks for you help just never going to restore a nandroid again always resulting into usb brick
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No worries, hope someone can help, there must be a fix.
Last suggestion, new sd card?
TopGear63z said:
always when i create a nandroid, after restoring it doesn't go further than the HTC logo screen which appears after starting, the 4th nandroid backup which didn't work:S
Recovery Amon -RA 2.0.0
S-ON
Is it because of my recovery?
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Maybe you have an ext partition for your apps and/or data on your sd card which you do not backup?
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Not sure if this is relevant but I bricked my Desire when I did a Nandroid of a recent Starburst rom. I can't remember which version now unfortunately but it offered data2sd. It's my understanding that performing the Nandroid backup was a bad mistake as the rom had moved vital parts of the phone system to the SD card and the Nandroid backup ignored that as it doesn't see it as a vital part to backup.
A subsequent reboot after doing the Nandroid resulted in the phone booting so far, rebooting, booting less far, rebooting and ultimately, SD card not recognised. Many hours spent learning Fastboot stuff fixed that, then I had a USB brick. Yet more hours ensued and eventually I fixed that too.
I've backed up and even transferred my current rom (Insert Coin CM7) to another SD card tonight with no issues at all but this isn't using data2sd. The speed gains on d2sd were great but I'm wary of using such a thing again as I'm pretty certain that that is how mine died after a Nandroid backup.
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Not sure if this is relevant but I bricked my Desire when I did a Nandroid of a recent Starburst rom. I can't remember which version now unfortunately but it offered data2sd. It's my understanding that performing the Nandroid backup was a bad mistake as the rom had moved vital parts of the phone system to the SD card and the Nandroid backup ignored that as it doesn't see it as a vital part to backup.
A subsequent reboot after doing the Nandroid resulted in the phone booting so far, rebooting, booting less far, rebooting and ultimately, SD card not recognised. Many hours spent learning Fastboot stuff fixed that, then I had a USB brick. Yet more hours ensued and eventually I fixed that too.
I've backed up and even transferred my current rom (Insert Coin CM7) to another SD card tonight with no issues at all but this isn't using data2sd. The speed gains on d2sd were great but I'm wary of using such a thing again as I'm pretty certain that that is how mine died after a Nandroid backup.
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I used data2sd but that didn't work at all, starburst was slow as hell, i have to say i moved a lot of things to sd, not ext not only in android.secure, that could be the problem, but if i don't do that i don't have enough space on my internal
Thanks,, i think that i now know what my problem is
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Maybe you have an ext partition for your apps and/or data on your sd card which you do not backup?
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No that isn't it i always backup nand+ext
I have s-off and am permanently rooted. I am able to flash and run such roms as CM7.1 and RMK Gingersense from the original .zip file without a problem. However I have been unable to restore a single backup made with ClockworkMod Recovery.
For example, once I flash Gingersense I am unable to restore a backup to CM7.1. If I flash CM7.1 I am unable to restore a backup to Gingersense. In fact, I can't even successfully restore a previous backup of the same rom. I have reloaded CMR several times.
Every time I try to restore a backup, when I reboot I freeze on the white HTC screen. I have tried wiping everything before restoring, but that doesn't help.
It's a pain not being able to play with new roms and variations without being able to painlessly restore from a backup.
Any ideas?
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I have s-off and am permanently rooted. I am able to flash and run such roms as CM7.1 and RMK Gingersense from the original .zip file without a problem. However I have been unable to restore a single backup made with ClockworkMod Recovery.
For example, once I flash Gingersense I am unable to restore a backup to CM7.1. If I flash CM7.1 I am unable to restore a backup to Gingersense. In fact, I can't even successfully restore a previous backup of the same rom. I have reloaded CMR several times.
Every time I try to restore a backup, when I reboot I freeze on the white HTC screen. I have tried wiping everything before restoring, but that doesn't help.
It's a pain not being able to play with new roms and variations without being able to painlessly restore from a backup.
Any ideas?
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Here are a couple of thoughts.
1 - Is your SD Card full? I had been flashing ROMs and doing back ups a lot recently. As I flashed a ROM to give it a try, I noticed that my back up went very quick. I thought nothing of it, but when I restored that back up, it did not work and caused problems. Looking into things, their was not enough room on the SD Card for the back up to complete all partitions, so it did what it could and finished. You may have several back ups that are incomplete.
2 - You are not waiting long enough for the phone to boot. I have had my phone stuck on the HTC screen for a minute or more before it finally starts the boot animation. If the HTC animation keeps starting over, you have a boot loop, but if it is just on the screen, it may just be taking longer to boot.
I hope this helps.
I had some similar issues at one point. I would try deleting the entire clockwork folder from your SD card and let it recreate when you go back into cwr. That's what worked for me. I believe it was due to some older files that were left behind from prior versions of cwr.
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Sounds like the same problem I had. Which was a bad SD card format. You can try to format your SD card via Windows and start all over. One thing to note is when you hook your phone up to your computer and mount it that you must use the safely remove device icon in the system tray. This will cause many problems for you if you don't. Trust me, I learned the hard way!
Thanks for suggestions, but I don't think we've got it yet.
Plenty of room for backups (more than 7 GB) on SD card. Have looked at backup files and am pretty sure they are complete. Backups take the usual amount of time, but I notice the failed restores go more quickly than full new installs.
Always use safely disconnect to disconnect from computer (rarely mount to computer anyway - files are usually sent to phone through Dropbox).
Suppose I can reformat SD card, but what a hassle to copy/paste everything back on.
Will try deleting CMR folder, but don't think there could be vestiges from previous versions since this is the first/only version installed since root.
Any other ideas from the incredibly bright and helpful people on this forum?
Have you tried reflashing recovery?
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Have you tried reflashing recovery?
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Yeah, even tried using an earlier version. No joy.
bsteenson said:
Suppose I can reformat SD card, but what a hassle to copy/paste everything back on.
Any other ideas from the incredibly bright and helpful people on this forum?
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This is your best solution. If it doesn't work then you might have a bad SD card. It is a hassle to format the card but if you want it to work then it's the best solution.
Just a follow-up for anyone who lands on this thread because they have a similar problem.
Following the advice of spizzo03, I completely deleted ClockworkMod Recovery -- the app, the paid license app and the folder on the SD card. I then reinstalled just the free app of CMR from the Market.
Testing by trying to restore one of my backups ... IT NOW WORKS. Goes through the entire restore process -- system, data, cache, etc. -- whereas before it used to stop while restoring system.
Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
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Just a follow-up for anyone who lands on this thread because they have a similar problem.
Following the advice of spizzo03, I completely deleted ClockworkMod Recovery -- the app, the paid license app and the folder on the SD card. I then reinstalled just the free app of CMR from the Market.
Testing by trying to restore one of my backups ... IT NOW WORKS. Goes through the entire restore process -- system, data, cache, etc. -- whereas before it used to stop while restoring system.
Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
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Another one here. I was having issues as well restoring backups and simply wiping the sdcard's clockworkmod folder was enough for me.
Recently, every time I try to do a basic nandroid backup either to my SD card, or my internal SD, I get the same message right as the backup looks like it's about to finish. "Could not backup image /data!" What the hell? This has never happened to me before and it's frustrating because I want to try out different ROM's, but not without a successful backup in case of a bad flash. I am currently on KonstantinKeller's CM9 Nightly build, and apparently some other guys on this ROM are having the same issue. I've tried just about everything and nothing is working. If someone could offer a fix, I would be very greatful. Thanks.
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Recently, every time I try to do a basic nandroid backup either to my SD card, or my internal SD, I get the same message right as the backup looks like it's about to finish. "Could not backup image /data!" What the hell? This has never happened to me before and it's frustrating because I want to try out different ROM's, but not without a successful backup in case of a bad flash. I am currently on KonstantinKeller's CM9 Nightly build, and apparently some other guys on this ROM are having the same issue. I've tried just about everything and nothing is working. If someone could offer a fix, I would be very greatful. Thanks.
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Under mounts and storage, try manually mounting /data and see if that helps. Failing that, I would suggest flashing a different recovery like the other cwm that you're not on or twrp
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Under mounts and storage, try manually mounting /data and see if that helps. Failing that, I would suggest flashing a different recovery like the other cwm that you're not on or twrp
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Mounting data unfortunately failed to work. Can you link me over to touch recovery?
FYI Touch Recovery failed to backup as well. ANYONE at all experiencing anything close to this?
Hi
Please help i have lost all my apps
I am using Oxygen rom and app2ext i think
I took of my sdcard where i had all the apps and put another one just for a moment.when i inserted the original card where i had all the apps they were gone.can i do something to bring them back.i know that the apps are still on my card but not readable.
Thanks and please help quickly if you can.
I am tired of reinstalling roms and apps
Restore a working nand backups, if you have some.
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Restore a working nand backups, if you have some.
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No nandroid backup nor titanium backup.
When i try to install same app when i had before it says that will replace the app...
I have checked the sd_ext folder and all the apps are there , so one way would be to install them one by one from there but i am seeking for better method.
What stands for the android_secure folder?
That's why you should make a nand backup from time to time.
Please post something useful if you know how to help. This is useless for me
What was said to you is actually useful for you... just not in your current situation. So the next time you mess with your phone do a nand.
What you can do is reflash the rom from the original sd card WITHOUT wiping. Just put the rom zip on the original sd card and flash. That should reinitiate and detect your sd ext.
Of course I haven't tried this but given your situation this might just work. If it doesn't then you should have made a nand prior like what was said before.
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What was said to you is actually useful for you... just not in your current situation. So the next time you mess with your phone do a nand.
What you can do is reflash the rom from the original sd card WITHOUT wiping. Just put the rom zip on the original sd card and flash. That should reinitiate and detect your sd ext.
Of course I haven't tried this but given your situation this might just work. If it doesn't then you should have made a nand prior like what was said before.
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Nobody wants to listen, they all just go mad.
Symlinks are broken, try to delete cache and dalvik from recovery, but I'm not sure if it will help.
The best solution is to start from scratch, it's only your fault that you don't have any backup.
THE GOLDEN RULE OF FLASHING - MAKE A NAND BACKUP PRIOR FLASHING AND PLAYING WITH YOUR PHONE!!!