When I put my backed up apps into a zip folder and try to flash it it says faild to flash and blah blah......and when i try to put it inside the rom like system-app it dosent flash my apps just the ones I didn't put in
Any advice
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What did you use to back the apps up?
App backup & restore
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You have to use the app to restore your backed up apps. Not flash them...
I used the app to backup my apps than I took those backed up apps and put them inside a. Zip folder or a rom like cyanogenmod inside the system-apps after that I put the zip file on my sdcard and rebbot to recovery when I try to flash it says error
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Again, You have to use the app to restore your backed up apps. Not flash them...
Barry:// said:
When I put my backed up apps into a zip folder and try to flash it it says faild to flash and blah blah......and when i try to put it inside the rom like system-app it dosent flash my apps just the ones I didn't put in
Any advice
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Whatever app you used to back them up with is what you use to resore them. As far as installing things via recovery, you can't just throw a bunch of apps into a zip file, you need to script things accordingly as well. If you're wanting to go that route, for whatever reason, look into how to create an update.zip
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If I wanted to delete my stock browser from my phone would I do this using root explorer?? And is there a way to access the apk through my computer and save the browser file there just in case later on I decide to put it back?
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there's an app in the market called Uninstaller for Root...it allows you to backup the .apk and uninstall it. Awesome app and its free.
Ill try that out. Thanks.
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I use root explorer, and COPY the browser file deep in the sdcard, then go back to original place where the browser apk is, then delete it. You have a copy if needed. You can also backup with titanuim as well, or just reflash your current rom again and it will reinstall. Many ways it can be done and you really really don't even need a backup of the browser apk to be honest its easily obtainable lol.
Nonsense!
Be careful doing that or do a bckup in titanium b4 you do I have found sometimes when I use other browsers downloads don't go through all the time.
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dunes20 said:
Be careful doing that or do a bckup in titanium b4 you do I have found sometimes when I use other browsers downloads don't go through all the time.
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Good to know thanks for that. I'll def proceed with caution now.
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If I flash a zip on my phone and I don't like it or it doesn't work, is there anyway I can just remove with out reflashing
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That is why you make a nandroid backup. You can't just undo flashing something
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Only way to uninstall zips is to plug your phone into your computer and find the zip file and hit delete but it is best to always check the ROM out before you back it up get it set up the way you like then back it up but always back up your stock ROM that way you can go back to it
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Only way to uninstall zips is to plug your phone into your computer and find the zip file and hit delete but it is best to always check the ROM out before you back it up get it set up the way you like then back it up but always back up your stock ROM that way you can go back to it
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That doesn't uninstall anything, it just deletes it off your sd card. Like the other guy said, Do a nandroid before you flash anything because flashes can't be undone. you can flash over it but you can't undo a flash.
That's basically what I was saying
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Not even lol. Deleting the .zip file is the file itself, it's already flashed to the phone. You could boot with no SD and still have your.zip flashed. Basically, you have to reflash the rom if you don't have a backup.
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That's basically what I was saying
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Haha that's nothing like u were saying bro lmao
@OP
Open the zip,
find the files it modifies inside system folder
Open ur roms zip file with 7z or similar
Find the needed files
Replace into zip overwriting with the originals ofc, follow the layout.
Put on SD
boot to CWM
Disable signatures
Flash zip
Clear cache/fix permissions if necessary, you haven't described what your flashing..
Reboot.
Done.
But if you don't make a backup of it and restore it's still on there?
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But if you don't make a backup of it and restore it's still on there?
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If it ads files then yes technicly but by replacing the main files it wont be initiating only as the otigionals.. u can delete extras with a delete command in updater-script..
And yet again u didn't specify what you were "restoring"
Guess I need to be more specific lmao
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Yes you can remove by deleting apk just like copying apk will install (as long as it is folder you have write access to and you restart the phone).
Also keeping a copy of any apk will allow reinstall later just enable non market sources in settings use file browser select apk for install while running OS and it does not require a restart to use the app by the way). You have to use app such as titanium backup to backup your apps settings and data though.
You can also un/install using adb
Adb install blah.apk
(Google for options)
As well. Just like if you copy apks in to a ROM zip (right directories don't just drop in root; Google if needed) before flash they will also install when ROM zip is flashed (may need to re-sign but these days that usually is not required).
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Hi guys,
So I'm a noob so don't stab me or anything. But I have just rooted/flashed my s3 with frosty jb. I did make a backup of the stock rom. However, when I did the back up I had a HUGE cache from google music, like 1.5 gb. So when I tried to get my data restored it kept failing. I have sifted through some other threads that direct people to unzip the data.tar and then remove some files and rezip it. And I did do this and deleted all of the music cache. Even after I rezipped it, put it back in the backup directory, and redid the whole md5sum it still doesn't work and says failed to restore data. :crying:
Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
Try Mobile Odin.
Search it here on xda for a free version and instructions, or get pro on app store.
I highly reccomend pro.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try Mobile Odin.
Search it here on xda for a free version and instructions, or get pro on app store.
I highly reccomend pro.
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Does that mean I can use the original 2.4gb data file?
Use a cache cleaning app before backing up. Like App Cache Cleaner (has a free version), or SD Maid.
Actually, Im not sure it will work, but could be worth a shot. With mobile odin it doesn't have to be zipped. Just point to the .img file.
This is a nandroid backup I'm assumin so you will have to restore it using the same recovery as before. Cwm won't restore twrp backups and vice versa. Usually the recovery version won't matter, but if your having problems try restoring with the exact same version you made it with.
When you stripped it down, did you rmtry it without adding the md5 back? Again not sure if it'll work but you could try....
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Actually, Im not sure it will work, but could be worth a shot. With mobile odin it doesn't have to be zipped. Just point to the .img file.
This is a nandroid backup I'm assumin so you will have to restore it using the same recovery as before. Cwm won't restore twrp backups and vice versa. Usually the recovery version won't matter, but if your having problems try restoring with the exact same version you made it with.
When you stripped it down, did you rmtry it without adding the md5 back? Again not sure if it'll work but you could try....
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Ok so I did make a nandroid backup using CWM. After I got rid of the files that I didn't need I deleted the md5 and reassigned it using the whole android terminal commands. But now it doesn't fail once it reaches 2gb in the restore process. It just fails to start /data restore.
Try renaming it to data.img and flash in mobile odin (you can find with a quick search)
Or archive it into a .tar and try regular odin. Never tried this so don't know if it'll work or cause issues. It will trip your flash counter with the pc odin method.
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Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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durps said:
Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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You shouldn't loose root by a factory reset, how did you install the rom if you flashed it the.apk can be taken out of the zip file using root explorer or an app like root explorer the apk you downloaded may not be compatible I'm going too upload my apk and ill post the link in a second you can't just click to install the apk has too be put into system/app folder
Here is the link
http://db.tt/H9dS2wkW
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durps said:
Well I was deleting stuff to clean up and ended up deleting it by mistake. But I downloaded the apk and it wont install, I even pushed it to the application folder in the system part of the phone and it doesnt work. What do I do?
Also if I factory reset do I lose root? Im on stock jb rom and kernel, just rooted. Thanks guys
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Don't factory reset, because it won't fix your problem. Factory reset doesn't touch the system partition, where the file was deleted from.
Make sure after you copy the file to the system partition, then set permissions for the file, otherwise it won't work. Using root explorer, set permissions so that they are the same as all the other apps in the apps folder.
Then reboot and that should fix your problem.
Thanks guys, I installed using rootexplorer and it worked!
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Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
If you are using ROM manager then Open the app ->click on Manage and Restore Back up -> Click on the back up you want to delete -> it'll give you option to delete.
Hit the thanks button if I helped you
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Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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Yes get root explorer and go to the stored files and delete them or you can use es file explorer its a bit more friendly to navigate. Hope this helps.
Yeah like already mentioned, ROM Manager is the easiest way to manage your CWM backup files. You could also go into settings and switch backup location to extSD Card.
For those without ROM Manager, look in mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
You'll need a file explorer that can access root files.
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Im using cwm recovery and I have 4 roms backed up and I want to delete them.I looked in the files folder and I couldn't find the roms on my device or sd card.I can only find the roms is when I boot into recovery and go to backup and restore but theres no way to delete the roms in recovery. I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain the process on deleting my backed up romd. Thanks
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In addition to the above suggestions, DiskUsage (available on play store) also makes it easy to see and delete nandroids. I also use ROM Manager for some of my nandroid management but after it caused me a bootloop recently while flashing a ROM I am reducing my dependency on that particular app.
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