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How do you do a nandroid backup with the Desire?

I have a rooted desire and never really tried restoring a backup and when I finally did I came across this error message:
No SD ext found. skipping backup of SD EXT
Generating MD5 sum
error while checking md5 sum!
chcking md5 sum....
MD5 mismatch!
My SD card has no partition whatsoever and I'm using fake flash by paul. My old phone was a N1 and I had no problem whatsoever doing this before. Is making a backup and restoring in the Desire an entirely different process?
Also how do you automatically backup apps in the Market? Meaning if I switch roms and just logged into my Google account the market would automatically "restore" my old apps. I used to be able to do this once in a while with my old N1 but I couldn't do it consistently. With my Desire I can't do it at all.
Thanks

It will give that error if you have no ext partition on your sd card. If you're not using apps 2 sd then you need not worry about it.
Other than that, try the latest clockwork recovery (2.0.1.4) and try a nandroid backup and restore.
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Nandroid backup seems to work and I do get to see the file but when I try to restore it fails! Do I need to make an extension for it to work?
What about restoring apps from the marketplace via the internet? Like I said, I've done it a few times with my N1 wherein it automatically restores everything once I log in my Google account.
Thanks

Try creating an ext partition, convert ext2 to ext3. If it fails again, try backing up and restoring using the Nand using the latest Clockwork Recovery (2.0.0.7).
Your apps are linked to your Google account so when you sign in, they should be available for manual download.
You could also backup and restore your apps and data to your sd card using Titanium backup or MyBackup Pro (available from the Marketplace).
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Apps are indeed linked but how do they become restored automatically? Like I said, I've done it before on my N1 with "applications restored" showing up on the notification bar.
Where do I get the latest clockwork recovery? Tried looking at the forums and came up empty. I just followed Paul's guide for rooting. Still don't understand why I can't restore from a nandroid.
thanks

I am not aware of any method to restore apps automatically from the Marketplace, i do it manually unless using a backup and restore app.
Try reading the fake flash thread on MoDaCo as i remember people had reported the same issue you are experiencing. What version of fake flash are you currently using?
You will find the Clockwork Recovery as an option in the ROM Manager app, which you can download from the Marketplace.
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kingofthebraves said:
Where do I get the latest clockwork recovery? Tried looking at the forums and came up empty. I just followed Paul's guide for rooting. Still don't understand why I can't restore from a nandroid.
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The easiest method is to use unreEVOked (link).
The earlier version of unreEVOked installed a much earlier version of clockwork recovery, and I found that the nandroid backup didn't work properly - it would seem to backup (albeit too quickly), but you couldn't restore due to the MD5 problem. I think it didn't actually ever complete the backup and generate the MD5s.
Version 2 hopefully fixes that problem - certainly Nandroid backups take a lot longer!
Regards,
Dave

Thanks guys.
Will look into unrevoked and try to get it to work. I'll also try to update my fake flash. I have been using the very first version when it came out and never really updated it lol

Updated my fake flash and it worked! Thanks guys!
Didn't know that the clockwork recovery was embedded into fake flash. I thought it was just an enabler or something.
Thanks again!

If you use unrEVOked you don't need Fake Flash, or vice versa.
Regards,
Dave

Have still yet to try unrevoked, what exactly does it do when I plug it into my desire? Does it make me run Amon Ra's N1 recovery image? No more screen with the red triangle?

kingofthebraves said:
Have still yet to try unrevoked, what exactly does it do when I plug it into my desire? Does it make me run Amon Ra's N1 recovery image? No more screen with the red triangle?
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No problem bud, glad it worked out for you
When you enter Recovery, it loads the recovery image straight away, so you get a permanent custom recovery image when you hold power + home.

Will try it out thanks again! Currently experimenting with the Rom manager application. It's pretty neat and u can update the recovery image instantly. I take it as something like an app inside ur phone? Always there in the background waiting to be used?

Hi, is anyone else having the problem that ClockWorkMod 2.5.0.1 just hangs after "Backing up system..." when trying to do a Nandroid backup?
Backup worked fine with 2.0.x.x (the one that came with Unrevoked3), but now I can't seem to complete a backup. Haven't even tried restoring yet...

Trying to run a ROM backup using ROM Manager and Nandriod Backup but both go to a screen with a red triangle
Phone is rooted and running Defrost
I want to update to defrost 6.1
Any other way of backing up the ROM ?
Thanks

BorgCymru said:
Trying to run a ROM backup using ROM Manager and Nandriod Backup but both go to a screen with a red triangle
Phone is rooted and running Defrost
I want to update to defrost 6.1
Any other way of backing up the ROM ?
Thanks
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Boot in to recovery manually and back up or clear the download cache in rom manager and reflash clockworkmod. If it still fails try to disable signature verification in recovery (under install zip form sd)

I can't get to recovery though thats the problem.
How do you reflash clockworkmod ? Through ROM Manager ?

yes, first option when you open rom manager

Cashe cleared, then I tried to run the update ROM option selected back up and clear data etc.
Went straight to a red triangle, will now try and see about changing this clockworkmod
Thanks.

Ran the re-flash clockwork option, first one on the list, still gets the red triangle of noness.

[Q] how to transfer clockworkmod recoveries to amonra?

So...I'm planning on converting to amonra 1.8 (hopefully it's the latest version) and I was wondering about the nandroids that I made on clockwork. How do I move my recoveries from clockwork to amonra? Or how would I backup and restore my old nandroids with amonra? Thanks.

I believe you'd have to switch back to clockwork to flash those nandroids. They won't transfer over.
evo4gfan said:
So...I'm planning on converting to amonra 1.8 (hopefully it's the latest version) and I was wondering about the nandroids that I made on clockwork. How do I move my recoveries from clockwork to amonra? Or how would I backup and restore my old nandroids with amonra? Thanks.
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Sent from the void...

wuclan48 said:
I believe you'd have to switch back to clockwork to flash those nandroids. They won't transfer over.
Sent from the void...
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Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....

evo4gfan said:
Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....
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yes, i can confirm this. its quite a well known fact.

t3project said:
yes, i can confirm this. its quite a well known fact.
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yes but how would I be ABLE to restore old nandroids with amonRA without having to keep flashing the recovery images each time?
:/

you would have to restore the back up then flash the alternate recovery and back up

Simple idea:
1) Restore Nandroid via Clockwork.
2) Use ROM Manager to flash Amon_RA.
3) Take Nandroid backup via Amon_RA.
4) Repeat as needed.
However, if you do something stupid which causes you to screw everything up (like using a Nandroid backup from another device), you're on your own.

drmacinyasha said:
Simple idea:
1) Restore Nandroid via Clockwork.
2) Use ROM Manager to flash Amon_RA.
3) Take Nandroid backup via Amon_RA.
4) Repeat as needed.
However, if you do something stupid which causes you to screw everything up (like using a Nandroid backup from another device), you're on your own.
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I figure, thanks. I hate flashing all the time . I feel like my evo gets slower and slower each day. SMDH...

evo4gfan said:
Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....
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What do have to rename the Clockworkmod?
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[Q] when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version

when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version i made back up with? i had to unroot my evo from cyanogen mod 7 to take it to sprint. now im trying to restore my evo back to how it was. the nandroid restoring keeps failing. this is the log
clockworkmod recovery v2.6.0.1
checking MD5 sums...
erasing boot image...
restoring boot image...
error while flashing boot image!
i dont remember which version of clockwork i had when i made the back up. what can i do fix this?

Yes, you need to restore the backup with same recovery you used to make it.

teh roxxorz said:
Yes, you need to restore the backup with same recovery you used to make it.
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thanks for fast reply..
that sucks, is there anyway i can figure out which one i used to make it?

hotboyray said:
thanks for fast reply..
that sucks, is there anyway i can figure out which one i used to make it?
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On your sd card you will see the folder:
clockwork if cwm recovery was used
and
nandroid if amon_ra recovery was used

teh roxxorz said:
On your sd card you will see the folder:
clockwork if cwm recovery was used
and
nandroid if amon_ra recovery was used
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i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.

hotboyray said:
i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.
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Any version of clockwork will be okay.

teh roxxorz said:
Any version of clockwork will be okay.
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are u sure? why isnt the back up restoring than?

hotboyray said:
i know i used clockwork mod to make the backup. i just dont know which version of clockwork i used to make the back up.
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maybe you didnt use clockwork.. flash amon_ra recovery and try restore

Only recovery I used for my evo has always been clock work recovery. I used it with rom manager. This sucks.. I had alot of settings I don't want to reconfigure and apps I don't remember.
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hotboyray said:
when restoring nandroid back ups does it have to be with same recovery version i made back up with? i had to unroot my evo from cyanogen mod 7 to take it to sprint. now im trying to restore my evo back to how it was. the nandroid restoring keeps failing. this is the log
clockworkmod recovery v2.6.0.1
checking MD5 sums...
erasing boot image...
restoring boot image...
error while flashing boot image!
i dont remember which version of clockwork i had when i made the back up. what can i do fix this?
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Not the case for me, I made a backup with the backup/restore feature running ClockWorkMod 2.6.0.1 (somewhere around that version ) and was successfully able to restore it using ClockWorkMod 3.0.0.1.

hotboyray said:
are u sure? why isnt the back up restoring than?
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1. Has the backup somehow become corrupt?
2. Are you restoring it from a different evo?

Lacedaemon said:
Not the case for me, I made a backup with the backup/restore feature running ClockWorkMod 2.6.0.1 (somewhere around that version ) and was successfully able to restore it using ClockWorkMod 3.0.0.1.
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any ideas why mine isnt working?

Restoring backup has nothing to do with unrooting anyway. When you run the ruu, its going to wipe everything. And next time, use amon ra
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

can you restore a nandroid to a different evo?

lamarcusoliver said:
can you restore a nandroid to a different evo?
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Technically, yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so.

teh roxxorz said:
Technically, yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so.
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why? they are both the same hardware number.

lamarcusoliver said:
why? they are both the same hardware number.
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Because the system data will be different, and can and most likely will cause problems.
The best thing too do is backup your launcher settings and apps via titanium, then restore them on the new evo, though when restoring the app, ONLY do apps+data, NOT system settings.

The problem lies within your first post you cannot wipe boot with clockwork. You need to download and flash vrsuperwipe or calkulins format all. Then restore your backup because it is failing to flash your boot.img on top of an unwiped boot.
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I'm going to repeat what I just said; it doesn't matter. When you unropot, everything will be wiped anyway. You will loose your data and have no way of getting it back unless you back up apps and texts before running ruu
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Khilbron said:
The problem lies within your first post you cannot wipe boot with clockwork. You need to download and flash vrsuperwipe or calkulins format all. Then restore your backup because it is failing to flash your boot.img on top of an unwiped boot.
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super wipe failed.. can someone provide link for formatall that works with 2.3 evo

[Q] Firmware problem

So I thought I would see what happened (I don't have a better excuse why) if I installed the 2.3.4. RUU. So I renamed it PG32IMG.zip like they stated in the post, and flash it in the bootloader. It installed, blah blah and apparently I've wiped out my root lol. I've still got S-Off and the HBOOT version is 6.13.1002 . I need to know what I need to do to get back to root and be able to use my 4ext, titanium backup and all that jazz. Thanks fellas.

chattguy said:
So I thought I would see what happened (I don't have a better excuse why) if I installed the 2.3.4. RUU. So I renamed it PG32IMG.zip like they stated in the post, and flash it in the bootloader. It installed, blah blah and apparently I've wiped out my root lol. I've still got S-Off and the HBOOT version is 6.13.1002 . I need to know what I need to do to get back to root and be able to use my 4ext, titanium backup and all that jazz. Thanks fellas.
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Dowload clockwork recovery, flash it, then flash the latest Superuser zip or an already rooted rom or backup.
There was a modified Clockwork recovery that came in several colors a while back, which was in the form of an h-boot flashable zip (PG32IMG.zip).
I can send you both that and the SU zip in the morning.

Found both files on my sdcard... Here they are:
Recovery, rename to just PG32IMG.zip.
SU, flash in recovery.

Oh, clockwork recovery won't restore an 4ext backup, so you'll have to get root on an existing rom or flash a rooted rom, then install 4ext control from the market and overwrite CWM recovery with 4ext.
Isn't this fun? I bet you won't flash another RUU any time soon!

ChrisDDD said:
Oh, clockwork recovery won't restore an 4ext backup, so you'll have to get root on an existing rom or flash a rooted rom, then install 4ext control from the market and overwrite CWM recovery with 4ext.
Isn't this fun? I bet you won't flash another RUU any time soon!
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No I won't, I'd rather sew my eyelids shut with steel wool. Anyway yeah I appreciate your help a ton. I fastboot flashed CWM, booted into recovery and restored a CM7 backup. Thanks again.

No prob, glad I could help.

[Q] 4Ext Recovery Backup Problem

Hello everyone!
I do have a strange problem from my understanding!
I ran a Nandroid Backup with 4Ext Touch Recovery v1.0.0.4 RC3!
To do this I started the 4Ext Recovery Control and chose new backup with the Option not to stay in recovery after backup finished.
My Desire rebooted in recovery and performed the backup without any problems then rebooted and got stuck on the HTC bootscreen!? (How is that even possible? The backup itself shouldn´t change anything?)
I pulled the battery twice and restarted afterwards with no change
I then booted in recovery and only restored the boot partition of the previously created backup and stuck again!
Next step was to first format the boot partition and then restore it from the backup (possibly unnecessary because when restoring boot 4Ext does erase the boot partition before it recovers it anyway!?) and stuck again!
Now I am at a point where I do not know what to do next and I find it really disturbing that I cannot even rely on the creation of a Nandroid backup nor the recovery of it!
Is it possible that this might have something to do with the version of HBOOT I use? It is the one revolutionary flashed during S-OFF!
Is there anything else I can do now?
Kind regards,
Guido

Think some people encountered an issue with that version under certain circumstances, can't remember if it was related to wipe/format of boot or Sys partition or something else. If you can revert back to RC 2, or flash one of the newer test versions and try that.
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Kosh_ac said:
Hello everyone!
I do have a strange problem from my understanding!
I ran a Nandroid Backup with 4Ext Touch Recovery v1.0.0.4 RC3!
To do this I started the 4Ext Recovery Control and chose new backup with the Option not to stay in recovery after backup finished.
My Desire rebooted in recovery and performed the backup without any problems then rebooted and got stuck on the HTC bootscreen!? (How is that even possible? The backup itself shouldn´t change anything?)
I pulled the battery twice and restarted afterwards with no change
I then booted in recovery and only restored the boot partition of the previously created backup and stuck again!
Next step was to first format the boot partition and then restore it from the backup (possibly unnecessary because when restoring boot 4Ext does erase the boot partition before it recovers it anyway!?) and stuck again!
Now I am at a point where I do not know what to do next and I find it really disturbing that I cannot even rely on the creation of a Nandroid backup nor the recovery of it!
Is it possible that this might have something to do with the version of HBOOT I use? It is the one revolutionary flashed during S-OFF!
Is there anything else I can do now?
Kind regards,
Guido
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I encountered this problem in CWM recovery months ago, too.
I just restored nandroid and it booted again.
So if you are in this situation try this.
If you solved, try use previous version RC2 for next nandrod backup.

paolo-red1 said:
I encountered this problem in CWM recovery months ago, too.
I just restored nandroid and it booted again.
So if you are in this situation try this.
If you solved, try use previous version RC2 for next nandrod backup.
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Just tried a complete recovery, problem unfortunately persists
Regards,
Guido

So after a newly try to recover my latest backup this also failed :-(
I got no errors, but after reboot I got stuck again on bootscreen!
I then reflashed the ROM I am using and to my surprise that worked!
I really don't know what the problem is with recovery, but it's getting a little frustrating...
Regards,
Guido

Kosh_ac said:
So after a newly try to recover my latest backup this also failed :-(
I got no errors, but after reboot I got stuck again on bootscreen!
I then reflashed the ROM I am using and to my surprise that worked!
I really don't know what the problem is with recovery, but it's getting a little frustrating...
Regards,
Guido
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have you changed your hboot without flashing another recovery? i've read that this can be a problem too. just give it a try, flashing a fresh recovery.
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andy.smith said:
have you changed your hboot without flashing another recovery? i've read that this can be a problem too. just give it a try, flashing a fresh recovery.
sent by an android
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No! I did not flash another HBOOT after S-OFF with revolutionary!
Regards,
Guido

Try updating your 4EXT recovery to the latest one available from your working ROM. Could be that your previous recovery screwed up MD5 sums of your backup, or the recovery didn't flash properly.
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SANCAH said:
Try updating your 4EXT recovery to the latest one available from your working ROM. Could be that your previous recovery screwed up MD5 sums of your backup, or the recovery didn't flash properly.
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Thanks for the tip!
I am using the latest RC Version! I am unsure whether I can safely use the Testing Versions over the RC ones!?!
Regards,
Guido

Kosh_ac said:
Thanks for the tip!
I am using the latest RC Version! I am unsure whether I can safely use the Testing Versions over the RC ones!?!
Regards,
Guido
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I am using the latest version of the touch test recovery, haven't had any issues so far.
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Hello everyone!
Just wanted to give feedback about my problem!
Updated to 4Ext Recovery 1.0.0.5 RC3 prior to installing Supernova Extreme and made a Nandroid Backup without the problem I encountered before!
Did two additional Nandroid Backups after flashing the new ROM also without any problems!
So this thread can be closed
Thanks again to everyone for your helpful ideas!
Regards,
Guido