How to make a flashable ODIN backup? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hey guys,
I'm looking for some info from a knowledgeable dev on how to create a custom ODIN backup that can be restored using the ODIN executable for Windows? My goal is to create a complete hard image of my entire device (including my apps/personal data) that I can restore at anytime (as if it was never touched since the backup) using ODIN.
If anyone can fill me in on the details I would highly appreciate this.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I see some other guides here, here, and here. But I noticed some of the blocks they reference are nonexistant on the Galaxy Nexus.
Update #1: Looking for answer to this - Link to post
Update #2: May have found it - Link to post
Info that may help #1
Info that may help #2

would also like to know how to backup with odin since my nandroids always fail at restoring data and then im forced to fresh install a rom

The Race To Die said:
would also like to know how to backup with odin since my nandroids always fail at restoring data and then im forced to fresh install a rom
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Yes! Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has this issue. Are you using Touch CWM 5.8.0.2? Or the regular 5.5.0.4?

open1your1eyes0 said:
EDIT: I see some outdated guides here, here, and here. But I noticed some of the blocks they reference are nonexistant on the Galaxy Nexus.
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How are these guides outdated? They work just fine for the devices they were written for. The Charge uses a completely different device layout compared to the Nexus. They are meant for completely different phones, hence the reason stuff isn't the same. Someone needs to find the proper names for the items that are dumped, and then an Odin package can be put together, but every device will have it's own guide on how to make the packages.

open1your1eyes0 said:
Yes! Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has this issue. Are you using Touch CWM 5.8.0.2? Or the regular 5.5.0.4?
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Haven't tried koush's touch yet. Doesn't look as good to me as the unstableapps touch recovery, but have no luck with unstable or regular cwm recovery
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imnuts said:
How are these guides outdated? They work just fine for the devices they were written for. The Charge uses a completely different device layout compared to the Nexus. They are meant for completely different phones, hence the reason stuff isn't the same. Someone needs to find the proper names for the items that are dumped, and then an Odin package can be put together, but every device will have it's own guide on how to make the packages.
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I see, so each device has different blocks allocated. I wonder how people figure out what blocks go to what?
The Race To Die said:
Haven't tried koush's touch yet. Doesn't look as good to me as the unstableapps touch recovery, but have no luck with unstable or regular cwm recovery
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I'm assuming you're referring to the first Touch Recovery (Unofficial) that was released? But really? Even the regular CWM doesn't work for you? This is a serious issue if we can't restore backups. How are we the only ones who noticed?

Yes that is the one I am talking about. Creating backups works fine, but restoring always fails while restoring data.
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The Race To Die said:
Yes that is the one I am talking about. Creating backups works fine, but restoring always fails while restoring data.
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I can confirm the same on the official Touch CWM 5.8.0.2 however I think I can recall making and restoring backups back when there was only the regular 5.5.0.4. Do you mind flashing that and testing if you can make a backup and restore it again?

open1your1eyes0 said:
I see, so each device has different blocks allocated. I wonder how people figure out what blocks go to what?
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Look in /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name
Those are what you set your "if" path to.
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open1your1eyes0 said:
I can confirm the same on the official Touch CWM 5.8.0.2 however I think I can recall making and restoring backups back when there was only the regular 5.5.0.4. Do you mind flashing that and testing if you can make a backup and restore it again?
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sure, will report back in a little. could it have been that i ran out of space? i only had 5 or 6 gigs left, but just erased all my backups and now have about 18gb

efrant said:
Look in /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name
Those are what you set your "if" path to.
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I'll take a look right now.
The Race To Die said:
sure, will report back in a little. could it have been that i ran out of space? i only had 5 or 6 gigs left, but just erased all my backups and now have about 18gb
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That is possible actually, I only had about 2-3GB left when I had the failed restores. Now that I redid my phone maybe it won't be an issue.

I am very interested in this topic since the stock image for my phone is not available. I would like to have an option to restore the stock image in case of a warranty issue.
I was exploring using ADB backup. Would it make sense to do a factory reset before creating the backup image?
Stuck on 4.0.1

efrant said:
Look in /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name
Those are what you set your "if" path to.
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How do you differenciate which one refers to which partition (data, dbdata, system, etc...). I think this is the main issue here.

open1your1eyes0 said:
How do you differenciate which one refers to which partition (data, dbdata, system, etc...). I think this is the main issue here.
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Not really sure what you are referring to. Each of those is a partition. User data is the data partition, system is the system partition, boot is the boot partition, etc, etc.
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efrant said:
Not really sure what you are referring to. Each of those is a partition. User data is the data partition, system is the system partition, boot is the boot partition, etc, etc.
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EDIT: Disregard I was looking in the wrong directory.

flashed 5.5.0.4 through rom manager
rebooted into recovery
backup completed fine
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/IMG_20120208_204435.jpg?w=d80708cb
now making a backup through rom manager just for the hell of it to see if one works over the other

The Race To Die said:
flashed 5.5.0.4 through rom manager
rebooted into recovery
backup completed fine
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/IMG_20120208_204435.jpg?w=d80708cb
now making a backup through rom manager just for the hell of it to see if one works over the other
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Really hope it works.

efrant said:
Look in /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name
Those are what you set your "if" path to.
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Ok so I figured out which block goes to what partition (here). Now using this, how can I make a flashable package for ODIN? Also do the filenames of the "of" have to be a specific extension or name or it can be named anything? How does ODIN know which "of" file to treat as which partition in that case?

amazingly it worked! must not have had enough space to restore all of the data or something. now to figure out this odin thing. first samsung ive owned so ive never used it, had an og before my nexus.

The Race To Die said:
amazingly it worked! must not have had enough space to restore all of the data or something.
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Thank you for testing this! I will stick to 5.5.0.4 for now and make sure I have enough space from now on.
FYI, I found another backup method: Link and More Info. For that you need to have the latest adb.exe from the Android SDK. I am attaching it to this post.

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[UTILITY] HellFire Kindle Nullifier 1.0

this is made by Volk released by me with his permission
The Nullifier.
This uses a special command in combination with a special file to overwrite the internal partitions with 0's, hence "Null" for 0 and "-ifier" for the fact that it does something. It also formats *all* the partitions afterward and *new* checks for, and repairs any errors on them.
Some brief need to knows:
1. This is a little lengthy process so please bear with it. The longest wipe is on /data which will take about 7 minutes. Obviously, make sure you have plenty of battery life before running it or are charging.
2. You *must not* power off your tablet without first installing a new ROM or restoring a nandroid after you use this. See post here:
3. I will provide help, support, etc., but I am not, nor is anyone else involved with this, responsible for any problems you may have in the extremely unlikely event that you do.
Folder:
http://www.mediafire.com/?unsvbx50wt3hh13
Q: Why not just format everything?
A: Because a format isn't intended to erase data, though to a degree does so. This script is intended and will wipe out the data and leave a clean set of partitions for a ROM to be installed to.
Q: (Submitted by Cargohook) Would it be idiotic or fruitless to run this and then restore a nandroid backup? I mean, would that defeat the purpose?
A: I highly doubt it would be a waste of your time. On an educated hunch, when you restore a nandroid all CWM does is format the partitions then load the data from the nandroid to those partitions; back to square 1 with old data being left behind.
Q: Why don't I get a message about formatting /boot?
A: Because it doesn't format /boot. Why? In testing I found that it doesn't need it. It's all a matter of how Android uses boot.img and how it's copied.
Q: Does this wipe Dlavik?
A: Technically. Dalvik is contained within /cache which gets Nullified so, yes. And see the following post regarding not needing to wipe the Dalvik on top of wiping /cache:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1564287
Q: Does this wipe internal or external SD? (added because it keeps getting asked)
A: In a word, no.
Q: Will using this cause nand-failure or make my phone unusable if used too much?
A: In my opinion, no. In other's, yes. To give you a better answer, please see Overground's post on that subject here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=327
(Thanks for the objective opinion overground)
reserved for later
I'll give it a shot. Sounds like a good deal for a clean install.
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If anyone runs this and has errors please make sure to get the log and either post it or copy the info on it... We wont be guessing as to the error and gotta have specifics to get great resolution. Please and thank you.
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I'd like to restate this btw:
You *must not* power off your tablet without first installing a new ROM or restoring a nandroid after you use this.
Nice I was wondering if volk would port this for the KF as well.
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pio_masaki said:
Nice I was wondering if volk would port this for the KF as well.
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yea he needs to get the Fire as well... but yup He's been wanting to do it for a while now actually. Glad its finally here too.
As this is being released by hell should I start on the videos for this as well? Also, I would love this for my Acer iconia too. Has this been tested on twrp and cwm yet?
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
pio_masaki said:
As this is being released by hell should I start on the videos for this as well? Also, I would love this for my Acer iconia too. Has this been tested on twrp and cwm yet?
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
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ill leave that one up to you. but afaik its only been tested in cwm.
pio_masaki said:
As this is being released by hell should I start on the videos for this as well? Also, I would love this for my Acer iconia too. Has this been tested on twrp and cwm yet?
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
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Yes ran it on cmw
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OK when I get some time later I'll test it with twrp.
Edit: testing with twrp now, I'll post back battery % used and total time spent nullifying when it completes. Dual wipe, so just half it for a single pass.
Edit 2: here's my findings using dual pass on twrp:
Starting battery 81% at 11:31am
Dual wipe end 77% 11:46am
Install hfks
After flash 76% 11:47am
Reboot
75% 11:51am at system start
Using this information you should get an idea of how much battery is minimum required for nullifying and flashing a rom then rebooting into the system. Works perfectly fine with twrp, so twrp and cwm users rejoice, we have nullifire for the KF! Thanks to Volk and hell for releasing this tool.
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Sorry to sound like a noob, but I've never used a script through twrp. How do you do it? I usually just run scripts with from toolbox but don't want to try and have it get screwed. Thanks a lot, I know its probably really simple, just wanted some steps to do it.
Nick B
Its the same as flashing a rom, just pick the nullifier zip instead of a rom. I'm working on a video to show the process in twrp, but for now here goes....
Boot into your recovery ( twrp or cwm doesn't matter), pick install zip from SD card, go to where you have the nullifire.zip, select it, and hit flash. After its done be sure to restore a nandroid or flash a rom, never power down or reboot without one or the other being done first! Also make sure to have 30% or more battery, or be plugged in before starting.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
BrooksBlood said:
Sorry to sound like a noob, but I've never used a script through twrp. How do you do it? I usually just run scripts with from toolbox but don't want to try and have it get screwed. Thanks a lot, I know its probably really simple, just wanted some steps to do it.
Nick B
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its simple. Download the script. then reboot into twrp or cwm then install the script.. once its done then install your chosen rom... wait for it to be done. fix permissions then reboot and enjoy.. super simple and super cool..
Holy crap I'm stupid, if I would've noticed it was a zip I would've known that hahaha sorry guys
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BrooksBlood said:
Holy crap I'm stupid, if I would've noticed it was a zip I would've known that hahaha sorry guys
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA
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No biggy, I think its a little confusing as its referred to as a script, and generally those are in a zip file, extracted, then run in system, not flashed through recovery.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
Ok, I'm really going to come across as a noob, but what are the benefits to running this? I guess I'm confused to what it actually does.
Stage said:
Ok, I'm really going to come across as a noob, but what are the benefits to running this? I guess I'm confused to what it actually does.
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The concept to its use is to minimize bugs caused by left over data. The wipe process of cwm and twrp is a format, it deletes the arrows pointing to where data is, but the data remains intact. It allows the system to overwrite the data. Nullifier overwrites the data itself with zeros, making it so no leftover data is there to cause problems later, then formats afterwards for rom use. Essentially leaving a blank slate to read and write from without worries of old data creeping in.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
pio_masaki said:
The concept to its use is to minimize bugs caused by left over data. The wipe process of cwm and twrp is a format, it deletes the arrows pointing to where data is, but the data remains intact. It allows the system to overwrite the data. Nullifier overwrites the data itself with zeros, making it so no leftover data is there to cause problems later, then formats afterwards for rom use. Essentially leaving a blank slate to read and write from without worries of old data creeping in.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Flex Reaper RF1.
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Ok thank you!
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I can't get the link to work :-\
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BrooksBlood said:
I can't get the link to work :-\
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MF was giving me issues too.. but I thought it was my kinda limited data connection in my office building.. give a few ill upload it here...
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Here you go, Ive attached it.

Newb Sorta Needing ICS on the Epic 4G

I'm more familiar with my nexus, but my friend has the epic 4g touch for sprint and he needs my assistance in getting CM9 on this. He has a rom on it now, but it sucks and giving him issues. I don't think he has clockwork on it, just an ODIN mode and I'm not too familiar with that.
Can someone lend some insight and help for me to help him do his phone. I need to get CM9 on this guy. Is there a clockwork I can flash? Can you flash at all, or have to use ODIN? I'm not familiar with using ODIN at all. Does it work the same way with putting zips on the sdcard and flashing? Can I even get clockwork, and then flash cm9?
Thank you!
Ok so I found out, he already has agat_recovery trec v0.2.1 on it.....which I guess is clockwork but for this phone. So that's cool. I want to nandroid, but its saying it cannot mount the backup path. I think because we took out his microsd card. Is there anyway we can make it so it mounts to internal rom instead?
chugger93 said:
Ok so I found out, he already has agat_recovery trec v0.2.1 on it.....which I guess is clockwork but for this phone. So that's cool. I want to nandroid, but its saying it cannot mount the backup path. I think because we took out his microsd card. Is there anyway we can make it so it mounts to internal rom instead?
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Choose the 'switch to internal storage" option.
I got it, thank you! So just throw on cm9 alpha 6 zip, flash, and call it a day right?
Ok so the nandroid backup failed. Error: while making a backup image of /data!
which ok, whatever..if I can't backup my image that's fine. Maybe its cuz I only have my 1.6G free on my internal storage
Only time I've seen that is a space issue. Id say that you're correct.
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Making a backup of his ROM, but I dont think wiping/data impacts that. Any good kernels to run alongside cm9, or is the majority of you using stock?
I dont run cm builds. Only thing I can suggest is to read the thread.
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Do I have to flash gapps with cm9? if so, where are they?
chugger93 said:
Making a backup of his ROM, but I dont think wiping/data impacts that. Any good kernels to run alongside cm9, or is the majority of you using stock?
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According to this, the E4GT isn't supported by Cyanogen:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung
I myself run (and prefer) the stock rooted rom with cwm. That may change one day, but I find that I can customize my setup and software to my satisfaction. In fact, I tried the OTA FF18 (rooted) and didn't like it, especially the fact that Google seems to be more invasive (i.e., auto signing into all google sites with no apparent recourse). I also had wifi LOS on 2 separate E4GTs that required me to turn wifi off and back on every few mins.
I odined back to GB, installed a hack to get rid of the OTA update nag and haven't looked back. I guess I'll wait for the next rollout.
Well, it clearly works at least tho...
http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html
chugger93 said:
Ok so the nandroid backup failed. Error: while making a backup image of /data!
which ok, whatever..if I can't backup my image that's fine. Maybe its cuz I only have my 1.6G free on my internal storage
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I wouldn't flash anything until I had a known good nandroid. In fact, that's the first issue you should address, even if it means making room on the card or getting an external SD card to write it to.
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chugger93 said:
Well, it clearly works at least tho...
http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html
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I stand corrected.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28507701
Cm9 is well on its way to official support and has been a great ROM for some time now
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[Q] Possible to create a .tgz file to flash (as a backup)?

I have a toro galaxy nexus, and i wanted to create a flashable tgz file with everything in it (radios, system, userdata, boot, bootloader, etc). I wanted to do it because I have my Gnex working wonderfully with a custom ROM, all the apps I wanted installed, with the updated radios and bootloader, etc...was wondering if its possible to "pull" what i have on it now and either put it into a tgz file or a way to do it directly...that way i could just flash it with the rooting kit if ever i got into trouble...
Just make a nandroid backup. I really fail to see how that doesn't do exactly what you you want and with less effort.
063_XOBX said:
Just make a nandroid backup. I really fail to see how that doesn't do exactly what you you want and with less effort.
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well i think a nandroid backup only backs up; system, data, and boot...but i want to do a tgz file with everything there, so that if instead of going back to stock to clean up my files (if i got a corrupt media file or something going wrong in there), i can go back to a point where everything is right where i want it...i know the factory google tgz file includes; system, data, boot, radio, bootloader, userdata and whatever else i may be missing...
its just to shortcut the "going back to stock" to clean up the system...especially because right now there is no google factory image for 4.2 for the Toro galaxy nexus...
It does lack a radio and bootloader but for the most part its exactly what you're asking for. I'm not sure how likely what you're actually asking for is.
063_XOBX said:
It does lack a radio and bootloader but for the most part its exactly what you're asking for. I'm not sure how likely what you're actually asking for is.
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Well I was hoping for a full backup of everything...would make it easier to return back to a stable point with a custom rom instead of going back to factory then re flashing everything...
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So again I ask, is it possible? If so, how? Not if I should or shouldn't...
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808phoneaddict said:
So again I ask, is it possible? If so, how? Not if I should or shouldn't...
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Omapflash
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Seriously?
Nandroid and do regular backups.............
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[Q] Fail to flash any rom in my Note 2 sgh i317

Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
maztermdq said:
Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
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Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
CharliexCharger said:
Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
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Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
maztermdq said:
Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
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That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
CharliexCharger said:
That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
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I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
maztermdq said:
I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
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Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
CharliexCharger said:
Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
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Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
maztermdq said:
Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
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Yes it is. You can find the stock here.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-stock-firmwares/
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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AlonB. said:
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
maztermdq said:
I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
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It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
AlonB. said:
It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
KDurantula said:
How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
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Hi KDurantula,
At the begining abuout 20-30 minutes.
One time I waited for more than an hour.
Lately, no more than 15 min.
maztermdq said:
Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
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AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
maztermdq said:
AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
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Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
maztermdq said:
Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
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The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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AlonB. said:
The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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I did it imediatly!
Thank you for your help.
Regards.

[Q] TWRP 2.5 backup problems?

My roms backups have been acting strangely. TWRP tells me it is a complete succesfull backup but when i go to restore the backup it does not restore all my apps data...
It is strange and has never done this before
Iv heard that this might do to that i tried to flash ubuntu toch OS on my phone..
Any ideas? please help?
I know that the latest TWRP allows you to pick what is backed up... Are all boxes checked?
Something I'm curious about, does Ubuntu touch store app data in the traditional location that other ROMs store it? I'm guessing based on your question that Ubuntu backups have worked in the past, yeah?
lead_diet said:
I know that the latest TWRP allows you to pick what is backed up... Are all boxes checked?
Something I'm curious about, does Ubuntu touch store app data in the traditional location that other ROMs store it? I'm guessing based on your question that Ubuntu backups have worked in the past, yeah?
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Yes everything is checked and I never got Ubuntu touch to boot on my fone just installed it
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joshtycobb said:
Yes everything is checked and I never got Ubuntu touch to boot on my fone just installed it
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Reflash your recovery.
Its uncommon, but not unheard of, for recoveries to become corrupted, and that may be what happened to you
CNexus said:
Reflash your recovery.
Its uncommon, but not unheard of, for recoveries to become corrupted, and that may be what happened to you
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I did but same result
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Are you just hitting Restore > restore rom, or are you doing something fancy like Restore > Restore /system only? And go into your backup folder and check for a file thats named something like "data.ext4" or similar. Either that, or post a screenshot of your TWRP backup folder for the ROM you are trying to restore, I'm not familiar with TWRP backups as I've never used TWRP myself.
CNexus said:
Are you just hitting Restore > restore rom, or are you doing something fancy like Restore > Restore /system only? And go into your backup folder and check for a file thats named something like "data.ext4" or similar. Either that, or post a screenshot of your TWRP backup folder for the ROM you are trying to restore, I'm not familiar with TWRP backups as I've never used TWRP myself.
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I flashed 2.4.4 and restored my old back ups and they are perfect. Just weird that 2.5 would not completely restore my ROMs
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joshtycobb said:
I flashed 2.4.4 and restored my old back ups and they are perfect. Just weird that 2.5 would not completely restore my ROMs
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Your recovery may have gotten corrupted...happens, not often, but it does
As you found, reflashing it fixes it
CNexus said:
Your recovery may have gotten corrupted...happens, not often, but it does
As you found, reflashing it fixes it
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Well I reflashed 2.5 like 3 times idk wat was wrong
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joshtycobb said:
Well I reflashed 2.5 like 3 times idk wat was wrong
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Did you verify the md5sum of what you were flashing?
CNexus said:
Did you verify the md5sum of what you were flashing?
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Ohh maybe it was a bad download :/
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joshtycobb said:
Ohh maybe it was a bad download :/
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Yeah, could very well have been

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