Can someone provide me the procedure of backing up Stock Gio Rom? I have rooted Gio plus pheixz kernel for stock rom.
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Install custom recovery and backup ? Its that easy
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Install custom recovery and backup ? Its that easy
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I have done that but it gives an error on creating md5 checksum
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I have done that but it gives an error on creating md5 checksum
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Which recovery you are using?
If using CWM try using Phiexz recovery.
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Which recovery you are using?
If using CWM try using Phiexz recovery.
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I am using CWM Pheixz's version
I´m having the exact same problem. Also on stock rom. Installed Phiexz 2.0.2.7 rfs + ext.
And most of the times my phone hangs at backup up cache. Another user also reported it in the CWM thread, but Phiexz doesn´t seem to be very willing to respond. I made a few posts about it, and even pm´d him, but he just wont give an anwer unfortunately.
I managed to do a ´full´ backup once, but also encountered md5 errors.
I tried restoring stock from CWM backup and failed each time. The only method to get back stock I found successful was Odin, but it's from the scratch, not from the backup.
Did you guys try px-recovery? If I didn't have probably unrestorable stock with custom kernel right now, I'd try that myself.
The only CWM I found to be working reliable with stock rfs partitions is the one from here: http://particle.blurringexistence.net/samsung-gt-s5660/clockworkmod-recovery (AFAIK, first CWM build for S5660), by the author of Particle ROM.
If you come from ext4 (CM or derivatives), follow these steps to ensure proper functioning of this CWM version with stock rom:
1. Flash a stock rom using ODIN to get the rfs partition back
2. Use an SD card reader to format the sd-ext (from your microsd card) partition to ext2
3. Flash this CWM with ODIN or install the zip version through stock recovery
Note: skip 2 if you never did set up a sd-ext partition
That should do it, in my case backup/restores are working beautifully, on stock 2.3.6
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The only CWM I found to be working reliable with stock rfs partitions is the one from here: http://particle.blurringexistence.net/samsung-gt-s5660/clockworkmod-recovery (AFAIK, first CWM build for S5660), by the author of Particle ROM.
If you come from ext4 (CM or derivatives), follow these steps to ensure proper functioning of this CWM version with stock rom:
1. Flash a stock rom using ODIN to get the rfs partition back
2. Use an SD card reader to format the sd-ext (from your microsd card) partition to ext2
3. Flash this CWM with ODIN or install the zip version through stock recovery
Note: skip 2 if you never did set up a sd-ext partition
That should do it, in my case backup/restores are working beautifully, on stock 2.3.6
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Flashing stock formats system to rfs, this works for every recovery, and is very annoying if you need to flash a stock rom and connect it to pc just to restore a backup..
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LOL, I never said he has to flash stock/connect to pc each time he would backup - that would be redundant and useless... I provided these steps IN CASE he ever used CM or other roms with ext4. I think the OP isn't switching between ext4 and rfs on regular basis, so flashing is a one time operation in the case mentioned.
Most combined rfs/ext4 CWM are quite buggy on rfs system; only one I have used without any issues (hangs, errors whatever) on rfs is this one.
try to use particle's cwm recovery.its working fine.
It worked for me ... just flashed it through recovery ... Now after trying ICS beta7 I will try to restore that ROM back ... if that works than Kudos!
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Hello all,
Last week I installed CWM V5.0.2.6 on my Samsung Galaxy Gio, in order to flash Adobe Flash support. Everything went accordingly, so I was a happy camper !
After reading some topics about flashing new roms, I got really interested in trying some of them.
But just to be safe I thought I better make a nandroid backup first.
Unfortunately I failed in making a backup because of the following errors:
Code:
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Can't mount /system !
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
etc.
etc.
So I took a look at the topic of the newer version 5.0.2.7
It states the following:
5.0.2.7
If you use stock rom or custom rom with rfs filesystem, you must use cwm with ext4+rfs
cwm-5.0.2.7-ext4only-odin.tar.md5 (Flash With ODIN)
signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4only.zip (Flash from Recovery)
cwm-5.0.2.7-ext4+rfs-odin.tar.md5 (Flash With ODIN)
signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4+rfs.zip (Flash from Recovery) <-- This one right ??
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Since I'm using a stockrom 2.3.5, I'm guessing I need the last one called signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4+rfs.zip (Flash from Recovery) right ?
If yes:
Can I Flash it from CWM, or should I use stock recovery ?
Will my sd card get formatted ?
This is very important to know, because my sd card has 2 fat partitions and I don't want them to get wiped. I use link2sd and the second fat partition contains the data and Dalvik stuff.
PS:
I would have posted my question in the actual Android Development forums, but since I'm a n00b I'm not allowed (yet).
1 yes you can
2 no it will not repartion or erase your sdcard
I installed cwm 5.0.2.6 rfs+ext on my stock rom and then installed cwm 5.0.2.7 rfs+ext w/o any problems.
Regards,
oOze
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Oh and yes signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4+rfs.zip is correct to use with cwm.
I think your post is in the correct place this isn't a developing question but a usage/user question.
Thanx for your reply, but if I were to install say a custom rom like CyanogenMod 9.0.0, I wouldn't be able to restore my stock backup because of the filesystem mismatch (RFS vs EXT), right ?
I would be in the same boat as you are in your topic about the same matter, wouldn't I ?
So what good would a backup do in that case ?
Or could I do it like this ?
install CM9 -> flash stockrom with Odin -> restore backup with CWM ?
Sorry for the n00bish questions, but I really don't wont to ruin my phone
Yep that is what i'm going to try. As you can read in my thread.
Kinda depends on your definition of ruined. My phone works fine I just don't know if the ROM I had any specific changes then the one you download from Online.
I guess I will find out. I don't think I will try said above today perhaps tommorow. I'll keep you posted on how it went.
Tbh idk if there are other ways to backup your initial ROM apart from cwm, but thats too late for me now
FYI I also tried CM9 its not usable yet for day to day use its still in the beta stages.
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Thanx for your reply, but if I were to install say a custom rom like CyanogenMod 9.0.0, I wouldn't be able to restore my stock backup because of the filesystem mismatch (RFS vs EXT), right ?
I would be in the same boat as you are in your topic about the same matter, wouldn't I ?
So what good would a backup do in that case ?
Or could I do it like this ?
install CM9 -> flash stockrom with Odin -> restore backup with CWM ?
Sorry for the n00bish questions, but I really don't wont to ruin my phone
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Why the 3`rd step ? "restore backup with CWM ?" since u install stock rom with Odin u will have the rom that came with your phone look in the other topic i posted a link for latest Netherlands stock rom
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Why the 3`rd step ? "restore backup with CWM ?" since u install stock rom with Odin u will have the rom that came with your phone look in the other topic i posted a link for latest Netherlands stock rom
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I didn't make out of your comment that was the latest Netherlands stock rom thats great (your romanian flag had me doubting )
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Why the 3`rd step ? "restore backup with CWM ?" since u install stock rom with Odin u will have the rom that came with your phone look in the other topic i posted a link for latest Netherlands stock rom
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I know, but when you flash a stock rom with Odin, you will lose all your settings. Your phone will be when like you bought it
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that a CWM backup was something similar to a Ghost backup, thus making a backup of your phone in it's current state. Including all settings / ringtones / Wifi hotspots etc. etc.
So if you restore the CWM one, you will have your previous settings back.
Or doesn't it work that way ? If not then the 3rd step isn't needed indeed.
I'm still very n00bish, so I apologize if I'm making stupid comments...
U are right, u will loose all your settings . Then yes if u really don`t want to start fresh then u need the 3`rd step
Then u need to add an 2.5 step after u install with Odin the stock rom, u need to flash CWM again and after that try to restore from your backup that u made. U don`t make stupid comments we all learn new things every day
Help cwm say the all the time when i wanna backup md5 checksum error
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Help cwm say the all the time when i wanna backup md5 checksum error
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Yeah, me too
I'm finally able to make backups without freezes, and now I get MD5 error all the time
I tried this fix discovered by r.ionescu, but I'm still out of luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25252567&postcount=112
I really want to install Adrenaline Rom port by voetbalremco, but before
flashing it, I'd like a decent backup first
Any ideas ?
Use px-recovery
He also has a tool for ext4 formatter without losing data
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Use px-recovery
He also has a tool for ext4 formatter without losing data
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I can't. If I recall correct, PX-recovery is for ext4-only.
I'm on stock rom, so RFS
Yes, thats why you need extformatter, to format your partitions to ext4, and his latest upload backs up first automatically so no data loss..
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Do you have a link?
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Do you have a link?
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NVM, found it !
http://android.phiexz.com/component...56-convert-rfs-to-ext4-without-loss-data.html
Hey guys, sorry for making another thread, but i would really like this resolved soon! Anyway, I want to flash cm7, but in the thread it says:
"If you from stock / custom rom based on rfs filesystem, u must flash ext4-formatter.zip before flash CyanogenMod. link & instruction can fount on This Thread. otherwise you'll stuck on android logo because it cant mount rfs filesystem!"
Im coming from stock rom, i don't know if it is based on rfs filesystem (because I'm still a noob), so I would just like to know if I should flash it first.
Also, should I factory reset from CWM first, or can i do it after?
Thanks!
Flash cm7, then wide data and cache, wait 5 minutes, and its booting.
Note you choose the best recovery, I recommend to use clockworkmod with ext and rfs support
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That's the one I have installed, so I'm good! Thanks for the help!
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when in doubt, use the version with most compatibility =)
ext4+rfs worked fine for my Gio with stock ROM 2.3.3
Hi guys,
I got my Gio back from repair, after I bricked it with ROM Manager. I have now been trying a lot of different CWM's, but none work with ROM Manager on my device. Now I have decided that I don't really need ROM Manager, but I would like to have CWM recovery, so I can back up my ROM before installing anything else, and still be able to go back to my stock rom a bit faster than the whole procedure with Odin.
My stock rom is S5660XXKTK_S5660XXKT6_S5660COVKS1_HOME.tar.md5
I have tried different versions of CWM Recovery, including this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650. Since I am on stock rom, I have installed the versions cwm-5.0.2.7-ext4+rfs-odin.tar.md5 (installed with Odin) and signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4+rfs.zip (installed from stock recovery).
In both cases I can make a backup, but I can not restore it again. Recovery fails when it is trying to format the system partition - and after that, of course it is back to Odin and the stock rom !
If this is a kernel issue, can you recommend another kernel that will work ?
Hope somebody can help me with this !
Its impossible to restore stock ROM backup from CWM . Whichever CWM u use to backup u can't restore or neither flash it so u will have to use Odin to flash stock ROM. The reason is that when u flash CM9 or any other ROM it changes ur file system to ext4 and stock ROM is RFS file system.
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Its impossible to restore stock ROM backup from CWM . Whichever CWM u use to backup u can't restore or neither flash it so u will have to use Odin to flash stock ROM. The reason is that when u flash CM9 or any other ROM it changes ur file system to ext4 and stock ROM is RFS file system.
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Thank you so much - I think I have spent 50+ hours to get this working. At least it's nice to know, that it was not me (or my telephone) that did something wrong.
Now I'm looking at Adrenaline, to see if it can become my new "standard system".
Hi,
I just rooted my Samsung GIO (GT-S5660) and installed CWM 5.0.2.6. So, currently, I still have my good old stock rom (android 2.3.6)
To go further I would like to make a nandroid back'up, BUT CWM can't load system, data and cache ("error mounting /system")... thus it doesn't backup stuff.
I would like to replace CWM with PX Recovery. Can I do this at this stage? (using stock recovery and dreaming at Cyanogen 9)
And... note that PX Recovery has only support for ext4. This means I won't be able to use it with my stock rom?
My insecurity comes from the fact I didn't quite understood in which case of the following I'm in:
ext4 only
ext4+rfs
U can't use px recovery since stock ROM's use RFS Filesystem and px recovery supports only ext4 and by the way why using old cwm? Use latest one which supports rfs file system
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If I understood correctly, you are telling me that my CWM 5.0.2.6 doesn't support RFS.
Based on this, my current STOCK rom is not supported.
This is why I can't mount those partitions?
Continuing the logic, installing PX Recovery won't change my situation; it won't support my STOCK rom.
Finally... Your advice is to (remember that currently I'm using my stock rom):
install ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.7 ext+rfs (Phiexz)
make nandroid backup of my stock rom (should work, right?)
use ext4-formatter.zip ?? (do I need this step? what should I expect to happen if I flash this?)
install CM9 by Phiexz or Maclaw
Many thanks
P.S.: OR... should I take this path:
install ClockWorkMod 6.1.0.2
make nandroid backup of my stock rom (should work, right?)
install CM9 by Phiexz or Maclaw
veverone said:
If I understood correctly, you are telling me that my CWM 5.0.2.6 doesn't support RFS.
Based on this, my current STOCK rom is not supported.
This is why I can't mount those partitions?
Continuing the logic, installing PX Recovery won't change my situation; it won't support my STOCK rom.
Finally... Your advice is to (remember that currently I'm using my stock rom):
install ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.7 ext+rfs (Phiexz)
make nandroid backup of my stock rom (should work, right?)
use ext4-formatter.zip ?? (do I need this step? what should I expect to happen if I flash this?)
install CM9 by Phiexz or Maclaw
Many thanks
P.S.: OR... should I take this path:
install ClockWorkMod 6.1.0.2
make nandroid backup of my stock rom (should work, right?)
install CM9 by Phiexz or Maclaw
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.Yea u should install Clockworkmod which supports
both filesystem
.Well u can make backup but if u flash the and custom rom and ext4 formatter zip ur filesystem will be ext4 and not rfs so u wouldnt be able to restore it but u wouldnt brick ur phone tht easily
.Install any ROM u want
. Flash ext4-filesystem formatter.zip when u flash the ROM.(In my case i really didnt flash this zip when i go from stock to custom rom i just rebooted and waited for some mins and then it booted)
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tl;dr: What happens if I upgrade to CWM 6 after having used Darkside Superwipe on CWM 5?
And now the long explanation of what happened:
I have a Telus T989D, and I had installed the stock Telus JB ROM from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343748
I previously had CWM, but as per the instructions in the thread I installed TWRP, ran the Infamous Superwipe zip file, and then proceeded to flash the ROM.
Then today I decided to install CM 10.1. The first thing I did was flash CWM 6.x (I forget the exact version, but it was the latest one) from ODIN. Then I downloaded the latest stable build (CM 10.1.2). I then ran the Infamous Superwipe zip file again, and flashed CM 10.1. The result was that the phone would get stuck on the Cyanogenmod circle logo. I did some Googling and found out some people who had bootloops after installing Cyanogenmod, and it was suggested that this was due to a bad wipe, and that using Darkside Superwipe would fix the problem. So I proceeded to give Darkside Superwipe a try... Of course at the time I hadn't realized that 1) What I had was not actually a boot loop (it wasn't rebooting, it was just stuck at the logo), and 2) that Darkside Superwipe should not be used with CWM 6. After flashing the Darkside file, my CWM 6 would load up but would fail to flash ANY zip file that I selected (it would just get stuck on the first line, "Installing xxx.zip"). It would also fail to wipe the /cache partition (would freeze at "wiping /cache partition").
After soft-bricking my phone by trying to flash a different recovery from Heimdall, I ended up following a guide on this forum to flash the stock Gingerbread ROM from Odin. I then flashed CWM 5.0.2.7, did the Darkside Superwipe, installed CM 10.1, and now thankfully the phone works.
My question is... Does anybody know what happened here? And any ideas what will happen if I try to upgrade my CyanogenMod later on? Will I have any issues running CWM 5.x with CM 10.1 or 10.2? I'm a bit afraid of updating to CWM 6 since I have no idea what the result will be.
I later learned that Infamous Wipe is only to be used with TW-based 4.1.2 ROMs, since it adds a preload partition. Did I end up somehow messing up my partitions by using the Infamous & Darkside Superwipe files?
Sorry for the long post... I just figured I should give as much information as possible! I'd really appreciate it if anybody has an explanation for what happened (messed up partitions?) and how to fix it!
OK so what u need to do first is stop flashing all these recoveries, DL twrp2.6.1.0 and flash that with Odin, stay with this recovery, cwm is OK but not updated frequently enough to keep up with newer flashing scripts, now don't use superwipe/super cache wipes with twrp, they will cause loops, do a full wipe with twrp, mount to USB move all files off SD cards and format them, replace any/all files from SD card that u want, now flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot and let sit ten min, this should fix ur issues, as far as what happens, u used superwipe scripts on 6.x+cwm, those scripts were meant for cwm5x, it'll loop every time...
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OK so what u need to do first is stop flashing all these recoveries, DL twrp2.6.1.0 and flash that with Odin, stay with this recovery, cwm is OK but not updated frequently enough to keep up with newer flashing scripts, now don't use superwipe/super cache wipes with twrp, they will cause loops, do a full wipe with twrp, mount to USB move all files off SD cards and format them, replace any/all files from SD card that u want, now flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot and let sit ten min, this should fix ur issues, as far as what happens, u used superwipe scripts on 6.x+cwm, those scripts were meant for cwm5x, it'll loop every time...
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Thanks soupysoup! I will do that the next time I update the phone. And just another quick question: do you know if TWRP is safe to use with CyanogenMod (since it seems that they recommend CWM)?
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Thanks soupysoup! I will do that the next time I update the phone. And just another quick question: do you know if TWRP is safe to use with CyanogenMod (since it seems that they recommend CWM)?
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Yes, actually I reccomend twrp to everyone for every ROM, the only way a ROM could be recovery specific would be if the ROM called for specific flashing scripts a certain recovery used/ran but twrp is updated a lot and always uses the newest flashing scripts in there builds, plus the recovery itself is very user friendly, the newest version is 2.6.1.0, go check that out n fully 4.3 compatible
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Yes, actually I reccomend twrp to everyone for every ROM, the only way a ROM could be recovery specific would be if the ROM called for specific flashing scripts a certain recovery used/ran but twrp is updated a lot and always uses the newest flashing scripts in there builds, plus the recovery itself is very user friendly, the newest version is 2.6.1.0, go check that out n fully 4.3 compatible
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Perfect, thanks! Just one last question, then: In your previous post you said to flash TWRP through Odin. Does it matter if I flash through Odin or if I just download Goo manager and switch to TWRP from there? Which one of the two options is safer/better?
Faruk88 said:
Perfect, thanks! Just one last question, then: In your previous post you said to flash TWRP through Odin. Does it matter if I flash through Odin or if I just download Goo manager and switch to TWRP from there? Which one of the two options is safer/better?
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U can use goo manager if u want, but I will say this, sometimes too can cause soft bricks, in which case u would need Odin to recover , so in my professional opinion I would suggest using Odin from scratch
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