Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
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I got the same issue before. Some have recommended not using Tom manager and just doing it through recovery with button combo.
Message relayed from the dark side.
Mine gow trough the whole back up and always at the end says that "it could not back up image for /data" :/
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
anomy13 said:
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
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Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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kkholidaze said:
Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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Did u actually try it or ud rather find a different solution? Cuz i had the exaxt same problem and this resolved my issue once and for all.
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kkholidaze said:
Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
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Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
jordanishere said:
Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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Message relayed from the dark side.
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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chib1panda said:
It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
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This is the one. Think it's a issue with ROM manager in general. Deleted the cwm folder, wiped cache/dalvik, backup worked! Somethings up with RM
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Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
linye said:
Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
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Never mind. Tried a second time but as like you, got a error when it got to backing up data. Anyone know what could be causing this?
You guys ahould email koush- the developer of the app. Or follow the link posted in the first few pages as an alternative fix.
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Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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Ok, I updated the recovery to touch (paid for it instead of fastboot to support by the way) and it was still giving me errors. After some testing, I found out what my issue is. If I try to backup to my external SD, I get the errors. If I just backup to my internal SD, backup goes fine. Did the tests a few times to test theory. I have a 32g Kingston card. Not sure why that would be an issue.
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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kkholidaze said:
Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
anomy13 said:
Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
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I tried it but I think I did it wrong. I downloaded the necessary files, I think (NotePad ++ etc.) But if you could walk me through it, is appreciate it
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DouglasK said:
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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This was my issue, not enough space. cleared it and it got fixed.
Related
My backup didn't seem to complete the way it did on my previous devices. I got a weird message and nothing saying the backup was completed successfully. any thoughts?
the last two lines when I try and do a backup are
"unable to find volume."
"Error finding an appropriate backup handler."
I tried to restore a backup I did before I tried to install Google Wallet because every time I reboot I get a box that says "Android Is Updating" and then it proceeds to "optimize" like 100 programs which takes several minutes. When I try to restore it says that the MD5 sum is invalid. Any thoughts?
I even wiped my phone and started over from scratch thinking I messed something up. I keep getting an MD5 sum mismatch when I try to restore from the backup...
vaffanculo403 said:
I tried to restore a backup I did before I tried to install Google Wallet because every time I reboot I get a box that says "Android Is Updating" and then it proceeds to "optimize" like 100 programs which takes several minutes.
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This is normal behavior, whether you've installed google wallet or not.
Nope it only started after I tried to install it and it stopped after I reflashed the stock system image...
MODS I accidentally posted this in the "general" forum and I meant to put it in the Q&A forum. Please move it if this is a problem Thanks!
vaffanculo403 said:
Nope it only started after I tried to install it and it stopped after I reflashed the stock system image...
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Its normal on reboot to get the "optimizing" dialogue and cycling through your apps.
Well I"m telling you that It only started after I tried to install Google Wallet and it stopped after I flashed back to the original factory image and hasn't happened since. I've rebooted at least 12 or 15 times trying to get CWM to work since I reflashed...
vaffanculo403 said:
My backup didn't seem to complete the way it did on my previous devices. I got a weird message and nothing saying the backup was completed successfully. any thoughts?
the last two lines when I try and do a backup are
"unable to find volume."
"Error finding an appropriate backup handler."
I tried to restore a backup I did before I tried to install Google Wallet because every time I reboot I get a box that says "Android Is Updating" and then it proceeds to "optimize" like 100 programs which takes several minutes. When I try to restore it says that the MD5 sum is invalid. Any thoughts?
I even wiped my phone and started over from scratch thinking I messed something up. I keep getting an MD5 sum mismatch when I try to restore from the backup...
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I also getting the same error.
appreciate if u can share the solution if found....
No solution yet and every request for help has fallen on deaf ears...
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I've had the exact same issue every time I've made a backup. Here is the solution to get the backup working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
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nbeebe24 said:
I've had the exact same issue every time I've made a backup. Here is the solution to get the backup working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
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hi,
thanks for posted here for the solution worked from your case. appreciate.
I had tried but not working in my issue.
just would like to share the full details about my issue when backup:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.2
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
Backing up .android_secure...
Unable to find volume.
Error finding an appropriate backup handler.
basically, normal successfully backup; we should getting 6 files which is:
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar *missing*
data.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5 *missing*
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
after I got the error above, in the backup folder only got 4 files. I', still failed to resolve the issue by the method from Exca. correct me if I did anything wrong.
Hey vaffan honestly not trying to be rude here but your tone is a little off, you have done these things to your fone not anyone on xda. This forum is a place to discuss and build solutions acting like no one is helping and by some right they should be isn't going to get you anywhere. Its also the holiday season so I am sure many amazing devs are spending time with family.
Now on to your problem. If you have a working solution....flashing back to stock. ... I would try that and work from the beginning reroot your device and reinstall cwm and try just from stock rooted state. You can use logcat and adb to verify things each step of the way.
Half the fun of android for me is breaking it then figuring out where I went wrong
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vaffanculo403 said:
My backup didn't seem to complete the way it did on my previous devices. I got a weird message and nothing saying the backup was completed successfully. any thoughts?
the last two lines when I try and do a backup are
"unable to find volume."
"Error finding an appropriate backup handler."
I tried to restore a backup I did before I tried to install Google Wallet because every time I reboot I get a box that says "Android Is Updating" and then it proceeds to "optimize" like 100 programs which takes several minutes. When I try to restore it says that the MD5 sum is invalid. Any thoughts?
I even wiped my phone and started over from scratch thinking I messed something up. I keep getting an MD5 sum mismatch when I try to restore from the backup...
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Do you have GSM or CDMA edition of GN?
If CDMA, what version of CWM do you use?
There has been som issues with CWM 5.5.0.2 and CDMA edition, but there is an CWM 5.5.0.4 version that is working with CDMA edition.
http://androidcommunity.com/clockworkmod-recovery-now-available-for-verizon-galaxy-nexus-20111215/
Don't know if this solves your problem.
t3alc said:
Do you have GSM or CDMA edition of GN?
If CDMA, what version of CWM do you use?
There has been som issues with CWM 5.5.0.2 and CDMA edition, but there is an CWM 5.5.0.4 version that is working with CDMA edition.
http://androidcommunity.com/clockworkmod-recovery-now-available-for-verizon-galaxy-nexus-20111215/
Don't know if this solves your problem.
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I'm using GSM GN. I had checked the recovery thread for GSM, still is 5.5.0.2
Goat_For_Sale said:
Hey vaffan honestly not trying to be rude here but your tone is a little off, you have done these things to your fone not anyone on xda. This forum is a place to discuss and build solutions acting like no one is helping and by some right they should be isn't going to get you anywhere. Its also the holiday season so I am sure many amazing devs are spending time with family.
Now on to your problem. If you have a working solution....flashing back to stock. ... I would try that and work from the beginning reroot your device and reinstall cwm and try just from stock rooted state. You can use logcat and adb to verify things each step of the way.
Half the fun of android for me is breaking it then figuring out where I went wrong
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I'm going to ignore your first paragraph. I'm a adult and will not tolerate being scolded by you. I'll talk however i want whatever i want. if I make any further comments on this I will end up getting banned. Don't talk to me like that again.
Secondly, I have tried going back to stock (several times in fact). This isn't my first Android device. It is however my first one without an SD card. I believe that it is looking for the SD card and getting confused at certain steps when its finding the internal memory and not the SD card...
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I'm using the CDMA version. I'll try it and report back. Thank you!
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t3alc said:
Do you have GSM or CDMA edition of GN?
If CDMA, what version of CWM do you use?
There has been som issues with CWM 5.5.0.2 and CDMA edition, but there is an CWM 5.5.0.4 version that is working with CDMA edition.
http://androidcommunity.com/clockworkmod-recovery-now-available-for-verizon-galaxy-nexus-20111215/
Don't know if this solves your problem.
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No dice. It was the same version I had installed but I tried or again anyway and got the same error...
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Originally Posted by nbeebe24
I've had the exact same issue every time I've made a backup. Here is the solution to get the backup working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
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hi,
thanks for posted here for the solution worked from your case. appreciate.
I had tried but not working in my issue.
just would like to share the full details about my issue when backup:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.5.0.2
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
Backing up .android_secure...
Unable to find volume.
Error finding an appropriate backup handler.
basically, normal successfully backup; we should getting 6 files which is:
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar *missing*
data.ext4.tar
nandroid.md5 *missing*
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
after I got the error above, in the backup folder only got 4 files. I', still failed to resolve the issue by the method from Exca. correct me if I did anything wrong.
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Wait, so you did try the method I linked you to? None of my nandroids have all the files you've listed, and I get the exact same messages when backing up. I get a md5 mismatch and that guide fixes it every time
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Why don't you try to flash CWM again? First within From and if no dice then with ADB.
vaffanculo403 said:
No solution yet and every request for help has fallen on deaf ears...
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forelli said:
Why don't you try to flash CWM again? First within From and if no dice then with ADB.
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I've done it probably 40 times though ROM Manager and maybe 6 times with ADB...
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Have you tried adb backup instead? You might be right about cwm having trouble
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
just wanted to add, i've done backups and restores in the past with no problems until now
Do you have an external sd card?
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denti said:
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
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SD card is full lol
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wetrabbit444 said:
SD card is full lol
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+1
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denti said:
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
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How many backups do you currently have? Remove some old one to make room for new ones
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Did you rename the file? If you did, it needs to not have any spaces. Soithastolooklikethis.
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sd is full
My guess it's because your sd is full, make some room and try again. Backup important files to your pc and save a couple gigs for the space the backup needs. Also, I have found that backing up from the rom manager app and rebooting recovery and backing up from cwm recovery produces different md5 sums, so I generally only backup while in recovery and not from the rom manager app itself.
hi folks,
thanks for the replies but the sd card isn't full as i've formatted it so there's no way the external is full.
come on, i'm not that big of a noob
denti said:
hi folks,
thanks for the replies but the sd card isn't full as i've formatted it so there's no way the external is full.
come on, i'm not that big of a noob
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Download rom manager apk and re flash clockworkmod recovery
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i've always had errors backing up to external sd card so i backup to internal storage. i've restored this way as well and no problems. i was not able to determine why i cannot backup to external sd card
.dan said:
i've always had errors backing up to external sd card so i backup to internal storage. i've restored this way as well and no problems. i was not able to determine why i cannot backup to external sd card
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Have you ever tried to reinstall your recovery?
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I had the same problem once.. I was like eh I'll just backup later. did it later and it was fine
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I have the same problem, it only let's me backup to the internal service
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because you need to change the directory to EXTERNAL storage
I've done tons of back ups in the past month, and restores, but I just recently started getting the error as in the op, and now it runs until it gets to image back up, and says it errors backing that up, and then quits. I have 6 GB free on my card, and I only keep the last successful back up in case of fails like this. I haven't changed anything on my own, and the same ROM I backed up last week I now can't. Somewhere something went bad I'm guessing, but I'm glad it's not me that did something wrong. I will try an internal save to see if that works. If that works then I will wipe my card's CW file, and try a fresh one. Maybe just doing a complete factory reset, and fresh new ROM will do the trick. I'll keep ya all posted since more than one is having this issue.
bobbyphoenix said:
I've done tons of back ups in the past month, and restores, but I just recently started getting the error as in the op, and now it runs until it gets to image back up, and says it errors backing that up, and then quits. I have 6 GB free on my card, and I only keep the last successful back up in case of fails like this. I haven't changed anything on my own, and the same ROM I backed up last week I now can't. Somewhere something went bad I'm guessing, but I'm glad it's not me that did something wrong. I will try an internal save to see if that works. If that works then I will wipe my card's CW file, and try a fresh one. Maybe just doing a complete factory reset, and fresh new ROM will do the trick. I'll keep ya all posted since more than one is having this issue.
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I had the same problem. To solve it all I did was open ROM Manager and reflash CWM.
SaintlySinner said:
I had the same problem. To solve it all I did was open ROM Manager and reflash CWM.
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No go for me. Just re-flashed CWM, and it still fails trying to back up image to either internal or external. ugh
Well I flashed a new rom from scratch, and now it works again. The old one must have gotten corrupt.
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I cannot make backups to external as well. I am on Rom Manager V5.0.0.7 .
Has anyone tried twerp recovery for backups???
Can anyone advise how one would go about fixing the S3's internal partition tables? I believe I need to flash someone else's table?
Help!
Some context:
I've been having this issue where my S3 runs into a symlink failure/Status 7 error whenever I try to flash a Jelly Bean rom, ie. CM10/PA/Jellybro. This occurred despite me having the latest 5.8.4.7. CWM, wiped and reformatted EVERYTHING, etc. I posted a sample of where the recovery error log shows the flashing processes failing here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30287780&postcount=302
Lots of XDA member offered advice with no avail. I remember one member mentioned something about partition tables, so I dug a little deeper. I noticed that the error log also contained error messages about missing directories and my sd-ext not mounting, which is strange since I can access my external sdcard under /mnt/extsdcard directory, and the two directory names aren't matching. So I downloaded an partition table app and saw the following:
http://imgur.com/6r4Vo
Basically, it looks like my partition tables are somehow corrupted and my sdcard and external SD is being mounted for use, but somehow...incorrectly. I'm thinking this is the likely culprit.
What was the app you ran to get that? And what rom were you running when you took that screenshot?
You said its happening when you try to flash jellybean. Do you have any problems with cm9, or stock?
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DocHoliday77 said:
What was the app you ran to get that? And what rom were you running when you took that screenshot?
You said its happening when you try to flash jellybean. Do you have any problems with cm9, or stock?
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I ran this app called partition table.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5jbHMucGFydGl0aW9uIl0.
Oy, I missed the reviews where people are saying that this returns bogus info.
Anyways, here's the situation with what I could/could not flash
-Could not flash CM10/ParanoidA/Jellybro/one other ICS rom that I couldn't think of
-COULD flash CM9, as well as restore nandroid backup of older redrum stripped stock (which is what I ran this off of)
-Tried to flash from CWM/TWRP, neither worked
Back to the partition table, even though that app may be malfunctioning, there were still lines in the recovery error log that indicated that the loader was trying to access /sd-ext, when the external SD in my CWM is displayed as /external_sd. Also, it was trying to reference, edit, and delete from non-existent sources, which seems to indicate that these instructions are being misdirected. If this sounds like another error, I'm all ears.
Well, that is an odd problem! If stock based and other roms flash and run normally, I seriously doubt it'll be a partition related problem. While in cwm recovery, in mounts and storage did you check to make sure your sd was mounted? I may be wrong but I seem to remember some had problems with it correctly recognizing the external sd. In twrp there should be an option just above the slider to use either internal or external.
Sounds like its a problem more with your recovery to me. Try downloading goo.im from play store and use that to install the latest twrp recovery.
If that doesn't work the only other thing I can think to try is to apply the FULL latest update from samsung, UVALH I believe. Install using kies and I think it will rewrite the whole system to pure stock. You will have to reroot, but its definately worth trying before messing with the partitions. If you do that, use goo.im to reinstall twrp and give it a go again.
If I think of anything else to try ill let you know but for now that's the best I can think of.
Just to be sure what model phone do you have? T999, T999V, i9300?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Well, that is an odd problem! If stock based and other roms flash and run normally, I seriously doubt it'll be a partition related problem. While in cwm recovery, in mounts and storage did you check to make sure your sd was mounted? I may be wrong but I seem to remember some had problems with it correctly recognizing the external sd. In twrp there should be an option just above the slider to use either internal or external.
Sounds like its a problem more with your recovery to me. Try downloading goo.im from play store and use that to install the latest twrp recovery.
If that doesn't work the only other thing I can think to try is to apply the FULL latest update from samsung, UVALH I believe. Install using kies and I think it will rewrite the whole system to pure stock. You will have to reroot, but its definately worth trying before messing with the partitions. If you do that, use goo.im to reinstall twrp and give it a go again.
If I think of anything else to try ill let you know but for now that's the best I can think of.
Just to be sure what model phone do you have? T999, T999V, i9300?
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I'm on the T999, T-Mobile.
To your question I've tried TWRP and CWM and neither works. The external SD cards were mounted in recovery during my attempts. I've actually tried using an earlier version of CWM to flash directly from the external SD card, to the exact same results.
I'll try the Samsung update; my hope is that it also provides a partition refresh. It is indeed a unique problem!
Its the best thing I can think of, so hope it fixes everything. If it is a corrupt partition it should rewrite it, so lets hope!
One other thing, what version of twrp were you using? 2.2.1.1 is the latest for our phone. I think there's an older unofficial one out there and even though it would say the sd was mounted, you would have to go into the backup section and look at available space to confirm that. There were also problems with the touch cwm recovery...
I think the way the gs3 handles the sdcard is part of the problem with those though.
Anyway, good luck! Let me know how it goes!
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DocHoliday77 said:
Its the best thing I can think of, so hope it fixes everything. If it is a corrupt partition it should rewrite it, so lets hope!
One other thing, what version of twrp were you using? 2.2.1.1 is the latest for our phone. I think there's an older unofficial one out there and even though it would say the sd was mounted, you would have to go into the backup section and look at available space to confirm that. There were also problems with the touch cwm recovery...
I think the way the gs3 handles the sdcard is part of the problem with those though.
Anyway, good luck! Let me know how it goes!
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TWRP didn't work and neither did flashing the new Samsung update.
I'm absolutely baffled at this point. I can't find what the hell are causing these symlink errors anywhere.
Sorry I don't have any other ideas. Just to be sure though, did you flash the rooted rom, or use kies or odin to install the update directly from samsung?
Actually, one or two more ideas, though I wouldn't expect much at this point.
You could try using odin to reflash the original shipped version....you never know.
Or
Go into the updater-script and wherever it tries to use /sd-ext, change it to /external_sd, or whatever your error log says its looking for.
Definately ask another dev if its worth trying before doing that!
You may want to examine what is happening with any simlinks in there as well. Unfortunately Im probably not the best person to troubleshoot that stuff. But if you want to attach a copy of your logfile ill be glad to take a look.
Sorry I haven't been better help for you.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry I don't have any other ideas. Just to be sure though, did you flash the rooted rom, or use kies or odin to install the update directly from samsung?
Actually, one or two more ideas, though I wouldn't expect much at this point.
You could try using odin to reflash the original shipped version....you never know.
Or
Go into the updater-script and wherever it tries to use /sd-ext, change it to /external_sd, or whatever your error log says its looking for.
Definately ask another dev if its worth trying before doing that!
You may want to examine what is happening with any simlinks in there as well. Unfortunately Im probably not the best person to troubleshoot that stuff. But if you want to attach a copy of your logfile ill be glad to take a look.
Sorry I haven't been better help for you.
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No I'm more than appreciative, believe me.
I've attached some log files from various attempts. There are some common error lines, including various referencing missing directories and such.
W:Unable to get recovery.fstab info for /datadata during fstab generation!
W:Unable to get recovery.fstab info for /emmc during fstab generation!
W:Unable to get recovery.fstab info for /sd-ext during fstab generation!
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Cool, just got home so ill take a look at these in a bit.
In the meantime there's a new rom, Speed Rom which you may want to try. A few min ago I saw the dev had posted that it is in fact based on cm10.
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Cool, just got home so ill take a look at these in a bit.
In the meantime there's a new rom, Speed Rom which you may want to try. A few min ago I saw the dev had posted that it is in fact based on cm10.
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Hey, I actually fixed it; It turns out I had to reflash a stock insecure kernel, reboot into recovery, AND force a signature check to get it to work. It's strange, because the first flash had some issues and upon trying to reflash it I had to repeat the whole kernel flash process all over again or else it ran into the same symlink error.
I had tried flashing other kernels before but still had errors; it took be sitting down and flashing every kernel for the phone I could find, paired with a ODIN stock flash, to get it to work. I'm still not sure why this phone seems to have this sensitivity about it.
Anyways, thanks for your help; I'm going to post this around in case anyone else has this issue.
Awesome! Great work figuring that out!
(And props for changing the title!)
I'm still a little confused as to why symlinks were failing, but in the end as long as there's a resolution Im thinking it'll be ok!
After getting it to install again have you tried installing anything from recovery? Just curious if its a problem you will have to dance around on future flashes, or if this seems to have solved it altogether.
Either way, excellent job! I love solutions!
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Awesome! Great work figuring that out!
(And props for changing the title!)
I'm still a little confused as to why symlinks were failing, but in the end as long as there's a resolution Im thinking it'll be ok!
After getting it to install again have you tried installing anything from recovery? Just curious if its a problem you will have to dance around on future flashes, or if this seems to have solved it altogether.
Either way, excellent job! I love solutions!
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I just can't tell. And it's also worth noting that that failure occurred with different kernels.
I'm going to flash more JB roms as they come along but I'll have backups ready this time. Ostensibly, now that I have a base down I should be able to get around similar errors with a little elbow grease, as opposed to days of OCD-driven anguish. But you'll note that I already ran into the error right after successfully flashed it the first time. I still feel like there's some setting or another that needs to be adjusted in the background. But for now, at least I can sleep.
Cheers and thanks for the help and suggestions mate. :good:
Rest well! You deserve it after all that!
And id be keeping multiple nandroid backups laying around!
Anyway, I've only had a chance to glance at those logs you posted. Now that things have calmed down ill look at em more closely in case anything jumps out at me. I think you are probably right that there is still some issue in there somewhere. I don't know about you but I hate that feeling!
But at least that sense of urgency is diminished!
Ill let you know if I find anything a little later.
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Rest well! You deserve it after all that!
And id be keeping multiple nandroid backups laying around!
Anyway, I've only had a chance to glance at those logs you posted. Now that things have calmed down ill look at em more closely in case anything jumps out at me. I think you are probably right that there is still some issue in there somewhere. I don't know about you but I hate that feeling!
But at least that sense of urgency is diminished!
Ill let you know if I find anything a little later.
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I just tried to flash the latest 8/20 CM10 with all of the aforementioned precautions and it failed a couple of times, even reflashing the 8/18 rom from last night didn't work. It seems like after several tries it just...clicked? And it then did flash.
I wonder if it's a bad sector in my internal memory?
Ugh, I would hope not. How long have you had the phone? If you can it may be worth thinking about trying to exchange for another.
Bad memory can cause all sorts of crazy problems. If it were me I might not want to risk waiting to see how it goes.
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I have similar issues. If I flash speed rom or any cm10, I get the error. Also if I flash wicked v2 it won't boot, this is a rom based on stock4.0.4. My question is where did you find the signature verification? I have stock recovery 3e I believe, but don't see that option.
Btw, all other roms flash and run fine, including aokp, wicked v1, xquisite, and everything else.
You'll have to have a custom recovery installed.
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I have similar issues. If I flash speed rom or any cm10, I get the error. Also if I flash wicked v2 it won't boot, this is a rom based on stock4.0.4. My question is where did you find the signature verification? I have stock recovery 3e I believe, but don't see that option.
Btw, all other roms flash and run fine, including aokp, wicked v1, xquisite, and everything else.
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You'll have to have a custom recovery installed.
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Right, you'll want CWM or (I think) TWRP. CWM definitely has it; you should be able to flash it from rom manager if nothing else.
Meh, looks like I'm right back where i started, symlink failures up the wazoo again.
Need to find way to flash roms in ODIN, if that's even possible.
Hello.
I want to restore my friends galaxy s2 (t989), but no matter what I do it will not restore. I tried odin and I tried flashing a different rom through cwm recovery, but everytime i boot it up after restoring it stays the same way. Meaning that all of the app, settings, photos, etc remain on the phone. As if I didnt even try to restore it. I am guessing it is a virus but I dont know how to remove it Another hint that it is a virus, every time i remove or install a new app from the play store, when I reboot the changes are un-done, meaning that the apps that I removed come back, and the apps that I installed are gone. It is almost as if it is stuck on a state and keeps reverting to it after every reboot. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
Try doing a factory reset in the phone settings then go into recovery and wipe as if u are about to flash another ROM. Manually put the phone into download mode and try to restore from there
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Hello.
I want to restore my friends galaxy s2 (t989), but no matter what I do it will not restore. I tried odin and I tried flashing a different rom through cwm recovery, but everytime i boot it up after restoring it stays the same way. Meaning that all of the app, settings, photos, etc remain on the phone. As if I didnt even try to restore it. I am guessing it is a virus but I dont know how to remove it Another hint that it is a virus, every time i remove or install a new app from the play store, when I reboot the changes are un-done, meaning that the apps that I removed come back, and the apps that I installed are gone. It is almost as if it is stuck on a state and keeps reverting to it after every reboot. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
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In recovery go to mount and storage section. Then format data,system, and cache. Then factory data reset. This will fix it. The same way you format a sd card and it wipes it clean thats what happens when you format data,system, and cache.
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Try doing a factory reset in the phone settings then go into recovery and wipe as if u are about to flash another ROM. Manually put the phone into download mode and try to restore from there
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richardlibeau said:
In recovery go to mount and storage section. Then format data,system, and cache. Then factory data reset. This will fix it. The same way you format a sd card and it wipes it clean thats what happens when you format data,system, and cache.
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Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/347685-internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
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Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible...internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
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Only way I can think of is in root explorer. At the top it says mount as hit the toggle to R/W.
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sadakli2010 said:
Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/347685-internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
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Flash new rom then go back into recovery and format everything and reset. some recoveries have mount system options so maybe find another one. Something is definitely weird going on. Root explorer, Root toolbox,and other apps have option to mount system as rw as well like biglil said
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Flash new rom then go back into recovery and format everything and reset. some recoveries have mount system options so maybe find another one. Something is definitely weird going on. Root explorer, Root toolbox,and other apps have option to mount system as rw as well like biglil said
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biglil1 said:
Only way I can think of is in root explorer. At the top it says mount as hit the toggle to R/W.
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Im bad at explaining stuff so let me try explaining it a different way.
Like I said, I want to change the rom on my friends phone. I have a fair amount of experience in doing this since I also have an s2 running jedi knight 6. As usual, I would reboot into recovery, wipe system/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik then install rom. This is where it gets weird, after I boot up the phone, it goes back to the way it was, as if I did not wipe anything. I even tried flashing a completely different rom and I even tried restoring it back to stock rom through ODIN nothing happens. Also, the mount toggle in root explorer is only for the root system, not the internel memory of the phone. Thanks for the help though.
Ok use titanium backup. Two options guaranteed to work. Find the wipe all system and data option use that. If that doesn't work find unintegrate system dalvik option and use that. One these should definitely work.
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richardlibeau said:
Ok use titanium backup. Two options guaranteed to work. Find the wipe all system and data option use that. If that doesn't work find unintegrate system dalvik option and use that. One these should definitely work.
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I tried that but it didn't work either. I think i am out of ideas lol. We even sent it to Samsung about a month ago and they couldn't fix it, mainly because it was rooted. Anyways, I appreciate you guys trying to help me.
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I tried that but it didn't work either. I think i am out of ideas lol. We even sent it to Samsung about a month ago and they couldn't fix it, mainly because it was rooted. Anyways, I appreciate you guys trying to help me.
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NP always try to help were I can. Sorry nothing worked. I'm interested in the out come of this problem. If u get it back up and running please post back the details. Curiosity gets the best of me.
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Any time I try to flash a rom or anything I keep getting this message: E:/error opening '/data/lost+found'
I've tried flashing different roms but it hasn't helped.
I'm having this weird problem where when I flash a new rom about 20 random apps are transferred over to the new rom. (like random games and apps)
Also every time I uninstall any app I get "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but this just concerns me.
Could anyone help me out? I just want to do a fresh install of liquid smooth.
Rayz321 said:
Any time I try to flash a rom or anything I keep getting this message: E:/error opening '/data/lost+found'
I've tried flashing different roms but it hasn't helped.
I'm having this weird problem where when I flash a new rom about 20 random apps are transferred over to the new rom. (like random games and apps)
Also every time I uninstall any app I get "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but this just concerns me.
Could anyone help me out? I just want to do a fresh install of liquid smooth.
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I found this in the Nexus 4 forum-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147501. Sounds like the same issue.
joeyhdownsouth said:
I found this in the Nexus 4 forum-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147501. Sounds like the same issue.
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When I searched around with this issue I did find that and tried to follow those steps but even after trying it a few times I'm still having the same problem.
Rayz321 said:
When I searched around with this issue I did find that and tried to follow those steps but even after trying it a few times I'm still having the same problem.
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Are you wiping data?
joeyhdownsouth said:
Are you wiping data?
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Yes and I'm on Team Win 2.5
Does anyone think they can help me out?
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Does anyone think they can help me out?
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Wipe everything, data, system, cache and dalvik
Then try reflashing your rom
Ok have you installed any app to sd type of application? It sounds like your internal storage is being read as external and visa versa.
Also i know there's lots of support for twrp but I swear by cwm when it comes to the GS3. I use twrp on my Nexus and that's fine but on the S3 cwm has always worked better in my opinion.
What roms are you trying to flash? They are sprint s3 roms right from this section?
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Wipe everything, data, system, cache and dalvik
Then try reflashing your rom
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I've done that. That's what the one post suggested.
I just don't understand why I'm still getting apps showing up when I install new roms.
What about wiping storage? I know you don't want to lose anything but it sounds like something in your storage causing this.
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I've done that. That's what the one post suggested.
I just don't understand why I'm still getting apps showing up when I install new roms.
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Please see my post right above this one I quoted here. Let us know a few of those things and maybe we can get you going in the right direction.
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Ok have you installed any app to sd type of application? It sounds like your internal storage is being read as external and visa versa.
Also i know there's lots of support for twrp but I swear by cwm when it comes to the GS3. I use twrp on my Nexus and that's fine but on the S3 cwm has always worked better in my opinion.
What roms are you trying to flash? They are sprint s3 roms right from this section?
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I haven't installed any app to sd type applications.
I do think part of the internal is being used as external but I thought that's just how it was.
I only have roms, nandroids, and titanium backups on my sd card.
I installed twrp because when I first started it seemed like that was what most people were recommending but it doesn't matter to me. I might switch.
Also I've been switching between cleanbean and liquid smooth, both from this section.
The main thing that bugs me is when uninstalling apps says "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but it just doesn't seem good.
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I haven't installed any app to sd type applications.
I do think part of the internal is being used as external but I thought that's just how it was.
I only have roms, nandroids, and titanium backups on my sd card.
I installed twrp because when I first started it seemed like that was what most people were recommending but it doesn't matter to me. I might switch.
Also I've been switching between cleanbean and liquid smooth, both from this section.
The main thing that bugs me is when uninstalling apps says "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but it just doesn't seem good.
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A couple weeks ago, I was switching from a AOSP ROM to a TW ROM and I got the same error. Thinking it was TWRP, I hooked my phone up to my computer and flashed CWM. I then tried to flash the ROM in CWM and it was a no go. I still got the same error. I just decided to transfer all my data from my internal sd to my computer. I used Odin to flash the stock tar file. After that, I used QBKing77's method to root from recovery. Then I flashed my ROM and I got 0 errors. So all I had to do was start fresh haha. It took a bit of time because I was taking many precautions (as should you) Good luck!
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Yes just as posted above, but before going the route of Odin back to stock. Copy all your files (important) from internal and external to your computer. Then boot into recovery no need to change now and reformat your internal and external storage, wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions and reboot. Then download a fresh zip of a rom to flash and test it. If it all works then go through your files and move back what you need. I'm pretty sure you have a bunch of O folders in your internal.
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