Hey,
If you do a nandroid backup, then wipe, flash a new rom and a new boot.img, will the boot.img from the previous rom be restored if you do restore it? Or do you have to fastboot flash it again? If so, is the boot.img which is found in the backup folder the one to use?
Thanks
yeah i am wondering the same question. Actually I have a nandroid backup of the stock rom, and i flashed other roms before too. I tried nandroid restore and everything did go back to stock, but I am concerned whether I need to flash any boot.img? if the stock kernel is untouched while flashing other roms, does that mean i dont need to reflash the boot.img?
When flashing other roms the stock kernel is not changed. Unless you have an s-off device. If you did not fastboot flash boot boot.img then when you restore your back up you will be fine. If you did flash a new kernel then you will need to flash the boot.img for your backup as the backup will only restore the kernel on s-off devices.
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Hi there
I just installed venom on my one x successfully and now I'm looking at kernels
Mainly the Bricked kernel
I'd just like to ask if I flash this kernel, and want to restore my phone with my original sense backup (the first nandroid backup I took), do I have to flash another kernel before I can restore the back up or does the Kernel only affect the rom currently installed?
I'm extremely sorry for the unclear language, I'm not exactly sure how to put it
Thanks,
Yadash
When you restore the backup , you have to flash the boot.img (kernel) from that particular backup. It's located in the backup folder
MarcelHofs said:
When you restore the backup , you have to flash the boot.img (kernel) from that particular backup. It's located in the backup folder
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Thanks man!
So basically if I install another rom now, and want to restore the backup I made of Viper
I find the boot.img of Viper and flash it and then restore the rom?
Also when I factory wipe to install the next rom does it clear the kernel too?
Let's make it simple, if you flash a rom you also always flash the kernel from that rom !
The same for a backup.
If you flash some other kernel to a different rom , it won't boot !
If you completely wipe your phone the kernel will stay. The kernel will only be overwritten by flashing a different kernel.
Thanks again
I completely understand now, and thank you so much for the help!
No problem. :thumbup:
Sorry one last one
If I install the bricked kernal and want to go back to the original one that viper came with
Do I just run the boot.img that came with Viper?
No, let's say you flash the bricked kernel
Flash the boot.img with fastboot commands and then enter the recovery and flash the modules from the bricked kernel.
If you want to go back and flash the boot.img that came with viper x you will get a bootloop because the modules do not match.
Or you flash the boot.img from viper and reflash the rom without a full wipe
Or you can use the venom flasher to install different kernels of your choice. The custom (stock viper) is also included in that tool
Oh awsome sir, thanks so much again!!
I'm still a Huge Noob at this sort of stuff
No problem :thumbup:
Hi
I have a HTC one X rooted phone with stack 4.1.1
I get a message that there is a new update 3.20.401.1
After download it tells me to reboot. My phone then goes to ClockWorkmode (CWM)
It stoops there. I do not find any zip file to install.
Any tips for this, or should I just ignore this?
Thanks
Jotne said:
Hi
I have a HTC one X rooted phone with stack 4.1.1
I get a message that there is a new update 3.20.401.1
After download it tells me to reboot. My phone then goes to ClockWorkmode (CWM)
It stoops there. I do not find any zip file to install.
Any tips for this, or should I just ignore this?
Thanks
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To install official updates u need to have stock recovery which comes with phone, but u have CWM
Jotne said:
Hi
I have a HTC one X rooted phone with stack 4.1.1
I get a message that there is a new update 3.20.401.1
After download it tells me to reboot. My phone then goes to ClockWorkmode (CWM)
It stoops there. I do not find any zip file to install.
Any tips for this, or should I just ignore this?
Thanks
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You just need to flash stock recovery through fastboot again mate then on booting up you should be able to install the update. Or you could install a custom rom with that base without having to flash recovery :good:
Thanks for quick reply.
If I go for a custom room, what is the best out there?
Do I loose anything by not upgrading the stock room?
Jotne said:
Thanks for quick reply.
If I go for a custom room, what is the best out there?
Do I loose anything by not upgrading the stock room?
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they are all pretty damn good roms mate! too hard to choose really, just best to flash em, and see remember to make a nandroid backup also
u shouldn't loose anything apart from bloatware
If you want a custom based on stock, i suggest Android revolution, Viper Rom, or SD ROM.
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I did try out Cyanogen lastest image, that do work fine.
But I have to look long for how to find out that I needed to extract boot.img from the cyanogen zip file and install this with flashboot.
But now I like to go back to my original rom. I did take a nandroid backup, and also have an older nandroidbackup.
Its not possible to make the phone go back. When I start restor, all looks ok MD5 etc, but then gets this message
Error while restoring /system!
Do I have to do more flashboot stuf to go back?
I am still able reinstall Cyanogen from zip file. But my Cyanogen backup also fail.
Why
Edit. The Cyanogen Image is 4.2.2 and Orginal image is 4.1.1. Could that be any problem?
Jotne said:
UFFFFF
I did try out Cyanogen lastest image, that do work fine.
But I have to look long for how to find out that I needed to extract boot.img from the cyanogen zip file and install this with flashboot.
But now I like to go back to my original rom. I did take a nandroid backup, and also have an older nandroidbackup.
Its not possible to make the phone go back. When I start restor, all looks ok MD5 etc, but then gets this message
Error while restoring /system!
Do I have to do more flashboot stuf to go back?
I am still able reinstall Cyanogen from zip file. But my Cyanogen backup also fail.
Why
Edit. The Cyanogen Image is 4.2.2 and Orginal image is 4.1.1. Could that be any problem?
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Are you sure you've made the backup with the same recovery as you are attempting to restore it with?
The Android version shouldn't really matter, but there may be exceptions for some things.
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Jotne said:
UFFFFF
I did try out Cyanogen lastest image, that do work fine.
But I have to look long for how to find out that I needed to extract boot.img from the cyanogen zip file and install this with flashboot.
But now I like to go back to my original rom. I did take a nandroid backup, and also have an older nandroidbackup.
Its not possible to make the phone go back. When I start restor, all looks ok MD5 etc, but then gets this message
Error while restoring /system!
Do I have to do more flashboot stuf to go back?
I am still able reinstall Cyanogen from zip file. But my Cyanogen backup also fail.
Why
Edit. The Cyanogen Image is 4.2.2 and Orginal image is 4.1.1. Could that be any problem?
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If you are using CWM recovery u should be able to go into the backup file (under clockwork mod/backup on sd) and take the boot.img u need to flash via fastboot there. Put it in your fastboot file and then flash using "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
So I should take the boot.img from the backup, run fastimage and restore it?
Then try to restore the backup using clockworkmod?
I am not user if the backup was made with
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.2.7-endeavoru.img or
recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-endeavoru.img
Is it important to restore with correct version? If so how to see what version that was used?
I am not able to go back to my old image
Not sure why, but the Cyanogenmod does not give me any Mobil data (3G etc)??
I tried to restore the boot.img from correct backup using flashboot flash boot boot.img and then try to restore.
But still I get Error while restoring /system!
Some note:
I made a backup of my working Cyanogenmod, this I am able to restore without getting the restoring error.
No I also have tried recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
But there are some different thing going on.
When I first tested to restore my original image, I get menu like this when trying to restore:
Code:
Yes-Restore
No
Go-Back
Now I do get:
Code:
No
No
No
No
No
Yes-Restore
No
No
No
*** Go back
Have I used another clockworkmode to make the backup?
If you want to be sure you use the same recovery as where the nandroid is made with ? Flash the recovery.img from the nandroid folder.
Then flash the boot.img from the nandroid folder, go into recovery :
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced - wipe dalvik cache
Mounts & storage - format cache, data, system
Then restore the nandroid.
Thanks
You saved my day.
It seems that the backup was done with CWM based v6.0.2.7
Not sure where I have got this version.
Latest version listed here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager is 5.8.4.0 and not 6.0.2.7 that I have used
Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941630 is 6.0.3.2 listed
What is the latest version of CWM for HTC ONE x and where to get it?
And last, what is the best to use
Yeah well after all the replies i thought i chip in give my 2 cents
This is one of the latest i use now.
http://db.tt/SPXdFfPw
Everything is working fine and I start to understand how its connected together.
But there are one thing that still puzzle me, the boot.img
When and why do I need to change that when I go to and from CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) and Original image 4.1.1
What trigger the need of the change?
Should not this be restored correctly when I restore a backup. (In Clockwork mode)?
Does this work automatically whit Philz recovery 5.6.1.img?
I do like to change image in my phone without need a PC to run fastboot !!
When you change rom you need to flash the corresponding boot.img from that particular rom or nandroid backup.
We can't flash boot.img files via recovery because we have s-on devices so fastboot is a must.
Wilts panttsic
Ok, thats some sad, but thanks a lot for you help here
No problem.
CASE CLOSED !
Mr Hofs said:
No problem.
CASE CLOSED !
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Another one for the Hof!!! :good:
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Another one for the Hof!!! :good:
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1 for Hofs = 1 for everybody mate.....we all are helping here !
Hey guys, just a quick question about restoring from a nandroid backup. Let's assuming I'm using custom rom A and made a nandroid backup of it. Then later on, I change to custom rom B and made another nandroid backup of that.
Well, assuming the boot.img from both custom rom A and B are different, then say if I were to restore back to custom rom A, I would have to re-flash the boot.img for that rom correct? OR, will restoring custom rom A from the nandroid backup also flash the boot.img for me automatically?
I came from other phones where flashing a new rom or from a nandroid backup is simply a one-step process. HTC One X is the first phone I've used where I have to deal with flashing the boot.img as an additional step as well, so just wanna confirm if this is the case for a nandroid restore as well.
chaoscreater said:
Hey guys, just a quick question about restoring from a nandroid backup. Let's assuming I'm using custom rom A and made a nandroid backup of it. Then later on, I change to custom rom B and made another nandroid backup of that.
Well, assuming the boot.img from both custom rom A and B are different, then say if I were to restore back to custom rom A, I would have to re-flash the boot.img for that rom correct? OR, will restoring custom rom A from the nandroid backup also flash the boot.img for me automatically?
I came from other phones where flashing a new rom or from a nandroid backup is simply a one-step process. HTC One X is the first phone I've used where I have to deal with flashing the boot.img as an additional step as well, so just wanna confirm if this is the case for a nandroid restore as well.
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You have to flash the boot.img for the ROM you're restoring through fastboot. Recovery cannot flash boot.img for you since you need S-OFF, which impossible to achieve (let's not go there).
tomascus said:
You have to flash the boot.img for the ROM you're restoring through fastboot. Recovery cannot flash boot.img for you since you need S-OFF, which impossible to achieve (let's not go there).
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yup got it. Thanks!
Hello!
I need to return using a stock rom (at the moment i'm using aicp). I have a nandroid backup of the stock rom just after unlocking the bootloader, but since then i changed kernel (from stock to xmister) and the recovery (from clockwork to twrp). Do i have to change recovery and kernel before restoring the nandroid backup? or can i leave everything as it is and flash without problem?
Thank you!
Flash the stock boot image from the nandroid zip and also a jellybean cwm recovery as the kitkat recovery will not let you restore jb nandroid.