I have a Desire HD i have backup my contact through Phone Copier from android Market. after flashing with a new custom ROM i have install Phone Copier again try to download it & try to restore it from my account but it says
Cannot download data from server an error has occured:
EOCD not found; not a Zip archive?
Ravi_26 said:
I have a Desire HD i have backup my contact through Phone Copier from android Market. after flashing with a new custom ROM i have install Phone Copier again try to download it & try to restore it from my account but it says
Cannot download data from server an error has occured:
EOCD not found; not a Zip archive?
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If you've done a nandroid, restore it and backup your data locally.
To do this, use something like spritebackup.
You can also sync with outlook or other (HTCSync, MyPhoneExplorer...).
If you want to backup online why didn't use your google account?
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Hi, By mistake i erased Pico TTs service with Titanium Back up bc I want to install a diferent voice setting. now i got FC's everytime that I try to open voice input and output setting , My q? anyone has the Pico.apk.. if there is any out there.? so i can reinstalled.. ty
spiderman3k said:
Hi, By mistake i erased Pico TTs service with Titanium Back up bc I want to install a diferent voice setting. now i got FC's everytime that I try to open voice input and output setting , My q? anyone has the Pico.apk.. if there is any out there.? so i can reinstalled.. ty
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What ROM are you using? You have 3 options as I see it:
1. Open the rom.zip file, look for the pico apk file... The .zip file for your rom contains ALL files needed to run the rom and the pico apk will be in there
2. An earier method would be to just reflash the rom, DO NOT erase any data if you want to keep your current data
3. Wipe all data and start from scratch << obviously not what you want to do
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What ROM are you using? You have 3 options as I see it:
1. Open the rom.zip file, look for the pico apk file... The .zip file for your rom contains ALL files needed to run the rom and the pico apk will be in there
2. An earier method would be to just reflash the rom, DO NOT erase any data if you want to keep your current data
3. Wipe all data and start from scratch << obviously not what you want to do
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yep.. I ended doing flash everything.. i try to do the first one.. but i couldnt found it..!
Hi there - i am completely new to this so please excuse my ignorance. I rooted my phone and due to some Apps not working that I really needed, I tried to unroot to get back to where I was to start with.
I have now found myself in the awful position of my device having no OS installed and no matter what threads I have followed, I cannot get any ROM to install.
What I have is:
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP installed
S-On
HBOOT 3.16.0.0000
I think I have the right ROM for my device (Vodap001) and i have tried using sideloading and ADB push but none of these work.
Can anyone please help me to get back to a stock ROM
Did you try to sideload a full ROM, or a backup? Asking as backups can't be installed using sideload. If tried to sideload a full ROM, what exactly happened?
You could just sideload any full sense ROM, the place the TWRP Backup for you version into the TWRP Backup folder on your phone and run a restore.
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Did you try to sideload a full ROM, or a backup? Asking as backups can't be installed using sideload. If tried to sideload a full ROM, what exactly happened?
You could just sideload any full sense ROM, the place the TWRP Backup for you version into the TWRP Backup folder on your phone and run a restore.
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Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried to sideload a stock nandroid backup from one of the links. Is this not correct?
Sorry- quite new to this!
Where would I find a full ROM from?
drc_1975 said:
Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried to sideload a stock nandroid backup from one of the links. Is this not correct?
Sorry- quite new to this!
Where would I find a full ROM from?
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see my sig mate
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see my sig mate
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Hi exocetdj
I've followed these instructions but I get a 'failed' message.
Here is the string:
E:Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/TWRP/Backups/rom.zip'
Updating partition details...
Does this mean the zip file is corrupt or something?
I have taken this from one of the Stock nandroid backups here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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Hi exocetdj
I've followed these instructions but I get a 'failed' message.
Here is the string:
E:Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/TWRP/Backups/rom.zip'
Updating partition details...
Does this mean the zip file is corrupt or something?
I have taken this from one of the Stock nandroid backups here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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Put it in root directory of external sd card.
That apart, I saw that some .zip files doesn't open properly at all but keeps on throwing errors even if you try to open it on a PC. If you have 7zip try and extract the .zip file and use 7zip to make it a .zip file again.
On a side note, are you trying to flash a backup again instead of a ROM? Just because you download a backup and rename it ROM.zip doesn't make it a ROM anymore than taking a baseball bat and naming it a soccer ball makes it a "soccer ball"
Download any stock ROM from Android Development ROM Repository. You could also just download a custom ROM quickly, flash the ROM. When that's done go into recovery and restore the nandroid backup for your device.
drc_1975 said:
Hi exocetdj
I've followed these instructions but I get a 'failed' message.
Here is the string:
E:Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/TWRP/Backups/rom.zip'
Updating partition details...
Does this mean the zip file is corrupt or something?
I have taken this from one of the Stock nandroid backups here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
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Zip file is not corrupted ... the way you do it totally wrong.
Stock nandroid backup is NOT a ROM.zip
See this on how to use a nandroid backup in proper way (replace the numbers with the one that you downloaded) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55316046&postcount=1894
HTCNerdYoda said:
Did you try to sideload a full ROM, or a backup? Asking as backups can't be installed using sideload. If tried to sideload a full ROM, what exactly happened?
You could just sideload any full sense ROM, the place the TWRP Backup for you version into the TWRP Backup folder on your phone and run a restore.
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same with my phone no OS..but i have in internal storage TWRP restore 2014-09-04--12-57-49 KOT49H release-keys,what to do?
shengaurhen said:
same with my phone no OS..but i have in internal storage TWRP restore 2014-09-04--12-57-49 KOT49H release-keys,what to do?
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If you just wiped the system partition you can got into TWRP, choose Restore and using this menu restore your OS that you have backed up and on your internal storage.
Hi, I'm still not having any luck with trying to get an OS back on my HTC One M8.
I've followed the advice and done the following:
1. I have extracted a nandroid stock backup, put this into the TWRP\backup folder and attempted to restore this from TWRP. This appears to do everything, i get no errors and looks great until I swipe to reboot and i get the mesage stating No OS Installed. Am I wrong in thinking this shoudl restore the OS?
2. I have downloaded ViperOneM8_2.4.0 and put this zip file in the root of my SD Card. I have then used the Install menu in TWRP, selected the .zip file and I still get the message E:Unable to open zip file. I have checked using 7Z and the file appears in tact and not corrupt.
can someone give me an idiots guide of how to get out of this mess I have created?
Thanks
I have recently done an update on my firmware to 4.4 and upgraded to Viper Rom 3.1.0 so I am well aware on how the steps are done etc...
However, last time i didn't want to lose any apps and data so everything was done NOWIPE
My question after reading many posts here: if i go for the full wipe to install the rom, do you advice to do the same for the firmware 4.16.401.10?
Also, what's the best procedure/tool to do a backup for apps + data/images? I am not sure if Titanium Backup is best option or maybe the TWRP recovery backup is best?
thanks again for all the work and patience with us, regards!
My advice is to update to the latest firmware , if your in GSM you can just run the RUU for lollipop and then flash a rom.
I think you can use this one:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17smFr95pleeTQ5U1NzNkZzM0U/edit?pli=1
I have used two methods for backing up;
Follow them if you wish.
[Easy] HTC Backup Tool
If the ROM you're running is Sense based, you can either sideload it or download from the PlayStore (HTC Backup),
You sign in and simply press "Sign in HTC account" if you have one or sign up, press "backup everything", then
select your google account (Drive). Let it do it and when you update, flash a new rom (any even stock or the RUU)
and in the setup process press "Restore from HTC Backup". It'll restore
[Messages, Accounts, Apps, and more, even the settings].
You'll have to backup and restore your files however.
[Medium] App Backup & Restore
This is annoying because you can restore your apps but not the settings and stuff, just apps.
the internal storage you'll have to backup yourself.
Link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup&hl=en
You could restore SMS though using
Link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
[Hard] TWRP Backups
you can backup a whole partition and restore everything without breaking the system (rom).
Before doing anything, backup using TWRP these partitions:
boot, system, data, cache and then reboot, drag the whole TWRP folder to your desktop;
backup internal storage.
flash an RUU wipe do anything; after that, reboot with the updated firmware, drag the TWRP folder back on your phone
and flash the recovery once again; go and download this app on your phone:
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore&hl=en
open it and go through the setup, after that press on the backup you did press restore and it'll
give you options to restore messages, call history, apps and data, and so forth. Settings aren't saved.
[Hopefully i helped in one way or another let me know the outcome.]
i4GS said:
My advice is to update to the latest firmware , if your in GSM you can just run the RUU for lollipop and then flash a rom.
I think you can use this one:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17smFr95pleeTQ5U1NzNkZzM0U/edit?pli=1
I have used two methods for backing up;
Follow them if you wish.
[Easy] HTC Backup Tool
If the ROM you're running is Sense based, you can either sideload it or download from the PlayStore (HTC Backup),
You sign in and simply press "Sign in HTC account" if you have one or sign up, press "backup everything", then
select your google account (Drive). Let it do it and when you update, flash a new rom (any even stock or the RUU)
and in the setup process press "Restore from HTC Backup". It'll restore
[Messages, Accounts, Apps, and more, even the settings].
You'll have to backup and restore your files however.
[Medium] App Backup & Restore
This is annoying because you can restore your apps but not the settings and stuff, just apps.
the internal storage you'll have to backup yourself.
Link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup&hl=en
You could restore SMS though using
Link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
[Hard] TWRP Backups
you can backup a whole partition and restore everything without breaking the system (rom).
Before doing anything, backup using TWRP these partitions:
boot, system, data, cache and then reboot, drag the whole TWRP folder to your desktop;
backup internal storage.
flash an RUU wipe do anything; after that, reboot with the updated firmware, drag the TWRP folder back on your phone
and flash the recovery once again; go and download this app on your phone:
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore&hl=en
open it and go through the setup, after that press on the backup you did press restore and it'll
give you options to restore messages, call history, apps and data, and so forth. Settings aren't saved.
[Hopefully i helped in one way or another let me know the outcome.]
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So this method with the RUU will wipe everything?
The HTC bakup is an app i already have, so can i just use it to backup apps and data?
thanks
I upgrade Xperia S by pc compinion. After I open the phone it stucks sony boot logo and I want to reach contacts and messages.How I recover them? I need help.
You are upgrading from which version of android?Is your Phone unlocked or locked?
nageswarswain said:
You are upgrading from which version of android?Is your Phone unlocked or locked?
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I was upgrading to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to 6.2.B.1.96 it is unlocked and I don't want to lose contacts and messages. If I use flash tool by unchecking wipe data and wipe cache, will messages and contacts lose? or anything else what can I do not lose them?
blurvit said:
I was upgrading to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to 6.2.B.1.96 it is unlocked and I don't want to lose contacts and messages. If I use flash tool by unchecking wipe data and wipe cache, will messages and contacts lose? or anything else what can I do not lose them?
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If you signed in to google account then all your contacts must be backed up or synchronized automatically.so when you flash a new rom and sign in to that google account,all of your contacts are again recovered from there automatically by synchronization.alsoYou can take backup of contacts manually to your sd card.there is also an app called SMS backup which can backup your SMS and restore it after flashing.
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nageswarswain said:
If you signed in to google account then all your contacts must be backed up or synchronized automatically.so when you flash a new rom and sign in to that google account,all of your contacts are again recovered from there automatically by synchronization.alsoYou can take backup of contacts manually to your sd card.there is also an app called SMS backup which can backup your SMS and restore it after flashing.
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yes I know that but I didn't synchronise google account my contacts and I search flashing a rom from xda. If I flash a rom,Contacts and message will delete only sd card does not delete but I wonder that only when I start flash tools, I see some options like wipe data,wipe cache. If I tick off them, my contacts and message will delete or not delete?
blurvit said:
yes I know that but I didn't synchronise google account my contacts and I search flashing a rom from xda. If I flash a rom,Contacts and message will delete only sd card does not delete but I wonder that only when I start flash tools, I see some options like wipe data,wipe cache. If I tick off them, my contacts and message will delete or not delete?
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When you are switching from an older version of rom its recommended to wipe all except sd card to avoid any bugs...if you don't wipe cache or dalvik then your device may boot or may not...so in my opinion you take backup of all ur necessary things and flash as your wish...and share your experience here...
Dear Community,
The goal was to obtain a copy of my call history log, and restore it on a new installation of the same ROM.
I found the apps Magisk and OAndBackup 6.0.0.
I created a backup of package com.android.providers.telephony and exported it to my PC.
I reflashed the ROM, and I am now in the process of restoring the backup. But I get the following error:
Could not restore a file due to a failed root command: mv: bad '/data/user/0/com.machiav3lli.backup/cache/restore_somelargenumber/shared_prefs': Operation not permitted
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The ROM in use before and after is LineageOS 17.1, last weekly build.
The only difference is that the new installation has the Open Gapps pico installed.
The whole reason why I needed to re-flash (and make a backup) was to get the gapps installed.
I checked whether a backup created on the new ROM installation would be restorable, but no: it doesn't work, either.
Is there a way to make use of this backup, outside of OAndBackupX?
So that I could have more control over the process and maybe get more info on what's failing.
What would you try doing, at this point?
oferty said:
Dear Community,
The goal was to obtain a copy of my call history log, and restore it on a new installation of the same ROM.
I found the apps Magisk and OAndBackup 6.0.0.
I created a backup of package com.android.providers.telephony and exported it to my PC.
I reflashed the ROM, and I am now in the process of restoring the backup. But I get the following error:
The ROM in use before and after is LineageOS 17.1, last weekly build.
The only difference is that the new installation has the Open Gapps pico installed.
The whole reason why I needed to re-flash (and make a backup) was to get the gapps installed.
I checked whether a backup created on the new ROM installation would be restorable, but no: it doesn't work, either.
Is there a way to make use of this backup, outside of OAndBackupX?
So that I could have more control over the process and maybe get more info on what's failing.
What would you try doing, at this point?
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to restore you call history log you need a "DATA only" backup of "com.android.providers.contacts" (contact storage)
after flashing the rom,force stop and clear data of "contact storage"
restore "data only"
force stop and open the phone app you use (dialer) or reboot
loopypalm said:
to restore you call history log you need a "DATA only" backup of "com.android.providers.contacts" (contact storage)
after flashing the rom,force stop and clear data of "contact storage"
restore "data only"
force stop and open the phone app you use (dialer) or reboot
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Is that the case? I have already flashed the new rom, so the data is gone, at this point.
I trusted this piece of info: https://github.com/machiav3lli/oandbackupx/blob/main/FAQ.md#how-can-i-backup-sms--call-log
It says I should have backed up telephony, and so I did.
All is lost?
oferty said:
Is that the case? I have already flashed the new rom, so the data is gone, at this point.
I trusted this piece of info: https://github.com/machiav3lli/oandbackupx/blob/main/FAQ.md#how-can-i-backup-sms--call-log
It says I should have backed up telephony, and so I did.
All is lost?
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i did not read the info anywhere, i just do lot of experiments and found about contact storage it's also the app responsible for storing contacts and numbers (as it's name suggest) ...
if you don't have a recovery backup of data = lost
you should always backup if you have important data
loopypalm said:
i did not read the info anywhere, i just do lot of experiments and found about contact storage it's also the app responsible for storing contacts and numbers (as it's name suggest) ...
if you don't have a recovery backup of data = lost
you should always backup if you have important data
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I am not trying to restore my contacts. My phone had no contacts stored in it. Hence I did not save the package that had "contacts" in its name.
What I hope to restore (and what I hope I made a backup of) is the call history log and, hopefully, also the SMSs.
Is telephony the right package? The FAQ refers to it. That is what I backed up
oferty said:
I am not trying to restore my contacts. My phone had no contacts stored in it. Hence I did not save the package that had "contacts" in its name.
What I hope to restore (and what I hope I made a backup of) is the call history log and, hopefully, also the SMSs.
Is telephony the right package? The FAQ refers to it. That is what I backed up
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in my reply, i said "it's also" that means beside having data of the call log it has also contacts
and as i always say, i don"t believe websites ---> i do experiments ...
loopypalm said:
in my reply, i said "it's also" that means beside having data of the call log it has also contacts
and as i always say, i don"t believe websites ---> i do experiments ...
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I see. Then I guess the data is lost forever I'll try to let that project's FAQ know... so they can fix it.
Thanks for the support