Hi
I took and backup of my rom to try a new one but wanted to go back to the old one. When I try to restore the backup through ClockWorkMod Recovery, it restores the system but when restoring data and PDU, ClockWorkMod Recovery restarts.
When I get to my desktop, all my icons are there but the apps themselves are missing along with a lot of other stuff.
Any idea why this might be happening and what I can do to restore my backup??
Thanks
I could give you a solution, but whatever happens, its not my fault!! , because maybe CWM recovery did that for a reason.
But anyway...
Take the data.img file from your sdcard(in clockworkMod folder) and extract it (many programs out there that extract .img files, i use 'ext2explore')
Then make a flashable .zip file and flash it (make sure its signed, and has the right folder structure and updater-script code).
I've never dont this, but theoretically it should work.
Or, You could flash it via fastboot.
Place the same data.img in your SDK/tools folder, boot into fastboot & fire up your cmd window
Code:
fastboot flash data data.img
Again the same disclaimer applies, use at your own risk.
I'm having the same problem and I tried to flash data.img,
"fastboot flash userdata data.img" ,
But it said my back was too large.
I'm gonna try the ext2explorer and see if that works.
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@Andyharney post: yea, you could do it that way!, i forgot all about that method
Thanks for your help.
You must be right. There must be something wrong with the backup and that's why it isn't restoring and dont wanna risk breaking anything more.
Again, thanks for helping.
ext2explorer says somthing about the masterblock not being found. Im not sure what to do, just gnna use the titanium backups frm a couple days back
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hello,
last night i tried to flash an update from cm7 nightly and after trying it, decided to return to the previous build i was using. i did a nan restore and encountered an error "md5 mismatch". i asked for 3xeno help as to what could have possibly caused the error and suggested some possible causes and solution to my problem which I am still trying to figure out till now. but in the meantime i have just decided to reflash the nightly i was using and reinstalled all the apps i was using.
i read quite a few articles and threads here and if i understood it right there are some cwm version that encounter nandroid restore problems. i am currently using cwm 3.0.0.6 and i was wondering if there is a cwm version that i can use which is more stable and will not create any problems if i would make nan restores in the future.
thanks.
Switch to 5.0.2.0. No issues with Nandroid Backups / Restores. I have done tons of restores with this version.
3xeno said:
Switch to 5.0.2.0. No issues with Nandroid Backups / Restores. I have done tons of restores with this version.
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will give it a try and see how it goes.
edit: i found the link from your guide you posted before sir. the zip for cwm 5.0.2.0 with the PC49IMG zip. sorry for the stupid question, should i flash both zip?
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will give it a try and see how it goes.
edit: i found the link from your guide you posted before sir. the zip for cwm 5.0.2.0 with the PC49IMG zip. sorry for the stupid question, should i flash both zip?
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The two zips are different ways of installing it.
Download PC49IMG.zip only and place on SD card root, go into hboot and press volume up when it asks you to update
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jacktyler1807 said:
The two zips are different ways of installing it.
Download PC49IMG.zip only and place on SD card root, go into hboot and press volume up when it asks you to update
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Manage to flash it as per 3xeno guide and suggestions. Im now on cwm 5.0.2.0. Thought i had it figured out at first but it was only temporary recovery. Flashed PC4IMG zip and now everything is good.
Thanks.
3xeno said:
Switch to 5.0.2.0. No issues with Nandroid Backups / Restores. I have done tons of restores with this version.
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I get lots of MD5SUM errors with this version of CWM, 4 out of 5 nands fail on me. I think my card may be to blame but i really dont trust my backups now. I'm sketchy about any mods I do now because i cant be sure if my backups will restore.
If you are ready to use fastboot, you can use it to push all the IMG files directly to your Wildfire without bothering about MD5 checksums. (I had loads of MD5 errors on versions 4.x, but not a single one yet, as I said before, on 5.0.2.0)
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If you are ready to use fastboot, you can use it to push all the IMG files directly to your Wildfire without bothering about MD5 checksums. (I had loads of MD5 errors on versions 4.x, but not a single one yet, as I said before, on 5.0.2.0)
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Will probably try to learn that method over the weekend. I tried a nandroid backup and restore with cwm 5.0.2.0 and it went well so far. Thank you for the suggestion sir.
If my previous backups including my stock rom gets really messed up, I guess Im just gonna stick with cm7. I'm loving it anyway.
Quoting myself from a previous post:
2) Use Fastboot
- Download this attachment and extract it to any folder (eg: C:\fastboot)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...1&d=1308537074
- Download CWM IMG Image for Wildfire (Buzz) from here:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/rec...0.2.0-buzz.img
- Place that IMG file along with the 4 files from the attachment in the same folder you created
- Now, turn off your Wildfire, connect to PC, and turn on in HBoot
- Navigate to Fastboot and Select it
- Open a Command Prompt Window (Start > Run > cmd)
- Type the following one by one and press Enter (It is assumed you created the folder in C Drive and have named it fastboot)
- cd\
- cd fastboot
- fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-buzz.img
- This should produce 2 lines of code - SENDING RECOVERY and WRITING RECOVERY. If both states OK at the end, you should have CWM installed successfully after this.
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The above Quote was for installing a Recovery Image like CWM. Fastboot commands use the following syntax:
fastboot flash <partition name> <name of IMG file to be flashed>
So, the other command names will change according to the files from your previous Nandroid Backup. Examples:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash data data.img
... and so on
will give this a try sir. thanks
I am trying to use the new amona ra recovery to partition my sd card. I go into fastboot and it finds the file but says update failed and "the main version is older". I just installed the latest version for the recovery and its still giving me the same thing. What am I doing wrong here?
So you flashed to which version of ra? 3.11? And you are trying to partition SD through recovery? What part isn't working?
My phone did the same thing. I unlocked the bootloader (2.18) with HTC Dev and I ended up extracting the recovery.img and using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to put recovery on my phone.
Not to derail the current convo, BUT...
Has anyone had any funky files created in your nandroid folder? I had about 30-40 files created with some crazy hieroglyphs as their file names. I also have a nandroid backup saved with the same funkiness. I've deleted most of them, but there are a handful that are blocked from deletion.
I'm not really sure what to do with them. They're all 0kb, and I tried moving them to a separate 'junk' folder but that is blocked as well. They are more of an annoyance at this time for the simple fact that I don't like looking at them, and don't want to risk drunk flashing them in the middle of the night.
jettamk4 said:
My phone did the same thing. I unlocked the bootloader (2.18) with HTC Dev and I ended up extracting the recovery.img and using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to put recovery on my phone.
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This is one way to do it.
The other way is to use the zip I attached here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22113435&postcount=15
The zip includes RA-supersonic-v2.3 HAUS MOD rev.A. If you'd prefer to flash a different recovery, simply open the zip (prefereably using 7-zip), and replace the included recovery.img with the recovery.img of your choice .
Hi
Would it be possible for me to do the above without having to connect my phone to my laptop every time?
I know I have would have to load the boot.img first from a cmd window whenever i wanted to try a new rom, but was just wondering if I'd have to do that with it already on the internal sd card.
Any help would be appreciated.
Wiggo
Unless the backup you're restoring uses the same boot.img as the one you're using you will need to flash the one from your backup (using fastboot) when you restore it.
Recovery doesn't have permission to write to the boot partition; this means whether you're flashing a ROM or a backup from recovery the boot.img won't be written and you'll have to do it manually.
hopscotchjunkie said:
Unless the backup you're restoring uses the same boot.img as the one you're using you will need to flash the one from your backup (using fastboot) when you restore it.
Recovery doesn't have permission to write to the boot partition; this means whether you're flashing a ROM or a backup from recovery the boot.img won't be written and you'll have to do it manually.
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That makes sense. Thanks very much for your help
Hi guys,
It seems I have no clue what I'm doing and am very desparate (almost threw phone out the window).
Right now I have CWM recovery but no zip on the card. The phone won't boot any further so I can't upload anything to the SD card. I used this guide as a tip from another forum member > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery
But I do not understand the guide. It does not tell me how I should get a nandroid backup onto the phone, it merely tells me to put the backup on the sd card and use cwm to install it. It also constantly refers to .zip backup files while the nandroid comes in .rar and .tar. So I'm probably missing something, but i've been at it for hours and the more time I spend on this the more lost I get.
Can anybody tell me how I can install a rom through cwm without being able to boot into anything but cwm or flashboot? And if you would be so kind, please explain it to me step by step.. all the guides have thrown me into mazes I can't get out of...
Thanks alot!
Wisse
extreemwisse said:
Hi guys,
It seems I have no clue what I'm doing and am very desparate (almost threw phone out the window).
Right now I have CWM recovery but no zip on the card. The phone won't boot any further so I can't upload anything to the SD card. I used this guide as a tip from another forum member > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery
But I do not understand the guide. It does not tell me how I should get a nandroid backup onto the phone, it merely tells me to put the backup on the sd card and use cwm to install it. It also constantly refers to .zip backup files while the nandroid comes in .rar and .tar. So I'm probably missing something, but i've been at it for hours and the more time I spend on this the more lost I get.
Can anybody tell me how I can install a rom through cwm without being able to boot into anything but cwm or flashboot? And if you would be so kind, please explain it to me step by step.. all the guides have thrown me into mazes I can't get out of...
Thanks alot!
Wisse
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mate mount the sd card. there is an option in cwm to mount sd card.
then tranfer the rom.zip to the sd card
take boot.img from rom.zip and put it in fastboot folder.
now install the rom through cwm
boot into fastboot and flash the boot.img
erase cache
your phone should boot fine.
1. Download the latest official CWM recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819 and extract it.
2. Connect your phone to your computer, hold the power+volume down button for 10 seconds. Go to fastboot. Open a cmd windows to the path where your recovery file is. Flash the recovery by typing "fastboot flash recovery <name of recovery file>"
3. Download the ROM you want to flash and extract the boot image from the RAR file. Also, place the ROM on the root of your SD card. Open up a cmd window where you extracted the boot image, and then flash it by typing "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
4. Hit hboot. And then hit recovery. You will now go to CWM.
5. Wipe data partition, wipe cache partition and go to advanced and wipe Dalvik cache.
6. Choose install zip from SD card, choose zip from SD card.
7. Choose the RAR file of the ROM.
8. When it flashes it, reboot system. And you're done
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I'm sorry bro, after you flash boot.img. Head to recovery > mounts and storage > mount USB > and then move the ROM to your SD card. And then flash the ROM.
Hi there,
Thanks alot!
Next issue; md5 mismatch.
Im following these steps to fix the issue:
type in teminal:
Code:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/Name_of_the_nandbackup_folder
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
But it doesnt work. The guidelines ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140&highlight=clockworkmod+recovery ) state that I should remove nandroid.md5 but that doesn't exsist. When I do LS I see:
/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/XDABackup # ls
Stock backup XDA HTC__E11 - Android 4.0.4 sense 4.1 - 2.17.401.2.rar
Stock backup XDA HTC__E11 - Android 4.0.4 sense 4.1 - 2.17.401.2.rar.checksum
I do see that rar checksum thingy, which I can't remove because there are spaces between the words in the filename. The shell tries to remove each individual word as if it were an individual file.
So is it me, or is the ''guide'' wrong? I'm desparate once again.. please help me
Thanks,
Wisse
faiz02 said:
mate mount the sd card. there is an option in cwm to mount sd card.
then tranfer the rom.zip to the sd card
take boot.img from rom.zip and put it in fastboot folder.
now install the rom through cwm
boot into fastboot and flash the boot.img
erase cache
your phone should boot fine.
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Ok i'm alittle further,
When I remove the MD5 and create a new one, it keeps saying MD5 mismatch when I try to run the restore from cwm. Anyone have a clue why?
Thanks!
extreemwisse said:
Ok i'm alittle further,
When I remove the MD5 and create a new one, it keeps saying MD5 mismatch when I try to run the restore from cwm. Anyone have a clue why?
Thanks!
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why are you restoring nandroid backup?
do you want to go back to stock?
why don't you just flash any ICS based rom or cm10/AOKP roms?
All you have to do is download the rom and flash..
and i am sorry i can't help with the nandroid error, I got no idea about it.. wait for some one else to answer.
Hi faiz02,
Thanks for your reply.
I need to revert to stock as it has another issue and requires warranty.
Thank you for your help, but I need to revert stock using nandroid
Cheers
faiz02 said:
why are you restoring nandroid backup?
do you want to go back to stock?
why don't you just flash any ICS based rom or cm10/AOKP roms?
All you have to do is download the rom and flash..
and i am sorry i can't help with the nandroid error, I got no idea about it.. wait for some one else to answer.
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okay then try this link http://htcruu.com/?dir=Endeavor
search for your country specific ruu.
since you trying to restore the nandroid backup of 2.17.401.2
I see there is a ruu available with the same version. 2.17.401.2
download and run the ruu. It will automatically restore your phone to stock.
extreemwisse said:
Ok i'm alittle further,
When I remove the MD5 and create a new one, it keeps saying MD5 mismatch when I try to run the restore from cwm. Anyone have a clue why?
Thanks!
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You've got spaces in the file name. Rename your backup to something sensible (i.e. without spaces) and it should work.
Hi, I just flashed DN3 ROM to my note 2, before flashing I get a copy of my working EFS folder as a zip. but now i can't find a way to flash it back. noone tells how can u make your efs.zip usable for restoring.
* i know there are better back up ways, I will use them later, but this time i need a way to use my efs.zip as a back up.
TWRP
use TWRP recovery to Flash or restore your backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938733
I already have it as my recovery tool. But it asks for md5 file when I want to flash my zip. So it seems I need to back up my efs with recovery tool next time.
but for this time,I need to find a way to use my zip as EFS back up.
or how can I convert my efs.zip into something usable?
can fastboot or odin solve my problem? how can I flash my efs.zip file to my phone. (no MD5, no tar. i only got a efs folder zip back up)
noone knows how to use my efs folder's zip file to recover my IMEI?