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Okay, so I researched my issue and didn't really find an answer. I'm not sure it is even the same issue, let me explain.
I rooted my phone using unrevoked, the latest one. I haven't flashed any roms or anything. I just deleted some bloatware and use wireless tether and shootme...etc....
The other while I was surfing the net on my laptop, I lost the signal. I went to my room and saw my phone rebooting. I didn't think too much of it until I realized it kept repeating after the 4g screen. I instinctively removed the battery and let it cool down. I replaced the battery and the same thing still happened. I wouldn't boot past the 4g screen.
I made a nandroid backup about a month ago and decided to just backup once again. I backed it up and restored the backup from a month ago. It worked fine. Now I tried to restore the most recent one and it wouldn't work at all. The same repetition of the boot screen, I believe it is called boot loop. I don't know.
My question is how would I be able to restore that most recent back up and why isn't it working? What could've possibly occurred to cause this malfunction?
I also read somewhere that battstatpro could be the culprit?
Cliffnotes:
Rooted phone a month ago
Did a nandroid backup & titanium backup (same day)
Phone stopped working while using wireless tether
Stuck in bootloop?
How do I fix it?
Thank you
wutitizshorty said:
Okay, so I researched my issue and didn't really find an answer. I'm not sure it is even the same issue, let me explain.
I rooted my phone using unrevoked, the latest one. I haven't flashed any roms or anything. I just deleted some bloatware and use wireless tether and shootme...etc....
The other while I was surfing the net on my laptop, I lost the signal. I went to my room and saw my phone rebooting. I didn't think too much of it until I realized it kept repeating after the 4g screen. I instinctively removed the battery and let it cool down. I replaced the battery and the same thing still happened. I wouldn't boot past the 4g screen.
I made a nandroid backup about a month ago and decided to just backup once again. I backed it up and restored the backup from a month ago. It worked fine. Now I tried to restore the most recent one and it wouldn't work at all. The same repetition of the boot screen, I believe it is called boot loop. I don't know.
My question is how would I be able to restore that most recent back up and why isn't it working? What could've possibly occurred to cause this malfunction?
I also read somewhere that battstatpro could be the culprit?
Cliffnotes:
Rooted phone a month ago
Did a nandroid backup & titanium backup (same day)
Phone stopped working while using wireless tether
Stuck in bootloop?
How do I fix it?
Thank you
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Well I can't say for sure what caused the phone to initially wack out and go into a bootloop, but I'll tell you why the nandroid backup didn't work. The reason you can restore you're original backup, from a month ago when you rooted, is because you created that backup when your device was operating correctly. Since this most recent backup was created when you're phone wouldn't even boot to begin with, it will not work. The backup takes an exact copy of your entire system the way that it is when you make that backup. Since your phone was inoperable at the time of the backup, whatever it is that is broken was also copied to that backup, thus the reason it wont work. A nandroid restore will only be as good as your phone was when you created that backup.
Thank you. Is there anyway where I would be able to pull any information off that backup or fix that backup or at least get it to boot?
wutitizshorty said:
Thank you. Is there anyway where I would be able to pull any information off that backup or fix that backup or at least get it to boot?
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Your welcome. I've never tried accessing any info or data from nandroid backup before, but I found this thread on how to do it. I've never tried it, so can't confirm nor deny if it works, but it looks like you're answer may be in this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890508
Thanks...I'll check it out
Hello,
I'm trying to Restore one of my backups from recovery and after reboot, the phone stuck on the white HTC screen, It happen to all the backups I have.
It's the first time this is happen, I managed to do that before without problems.
My recovery version is 3.0.1.5 and always has been (I didn't upgrade/downgrade) it ever.
I'm able to install a new fresh ROM, but I'm not able to Recover and this is very important for me.
I read other threads about it but neither are solving my issue.
Please advice.
Thanks!!!
(The backups are Coredroid and RCMixHD both Gingerbread).
I had the same problem and solved it by first flashing the old, clean ROM (in my case RCMix) and after the first successful boot restoring only data and system (in CWM "backup and restore" -> "advanced restore"). And I suppose if you restore system, the backup should be the same ROM as the one you have installed.
After that everything worked fine again...something must be wrong with CWM, seriously...
frosty_ice said:
I had the same problem and solved it by first flashing the old, clean ROM (in my case RCMix) and after the first successful boot restoring only data and system (in CWM "backup and restore" -> "advanced restore"). And I suppose if you restore system, the backup should be the same ROM as the one you have installed.
After that everything worked fine again...something must be wrong with CWM, seriously...
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yes, but from then, are you able to do Restore as regular, like you did before without any problems ?
Or that only your system is working but your'e still unable to do restores ?
Well I am unable to do a complete restore, but it works when I first install the ROM and afterwards manually restore system and data. So I have got everything set up as if I did a normal restore.
It's almost the same as a regular restore any way, you won't notice any difference.
I will take a look into the CWM backups, maybe I'll find the reason for this bug.
thanks, that's nice, it's not so comfortable, but if I wont have a choice I will do that.
In the meanwhile I prefer fixing this issue, anything can do to fix it ?
(Strange, but my problem has been started since I'm using RCMix, may something in this ROM conflicts with CWM?!)
Quite the same here, I'm using RCMix too. But it might just be a random correlation, unless more people have this problem.
Until it is fixed I will just use my workaround, it is not too much trouble luckily
Oh yeah and I took a look in my backups. On the surface everything seems to be in order....
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Quite the same here, I'm using RCMix too. But it might just be a random correlation, unless more people have this problem.
Until it is fixed I will just use my workaround, it is not too much trouble luckily
Oh yeah and I took a look in my backups. On the surface everything seems to be in order....
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I'm using CM7 and have no problem restoring my Nandroid backup, so IMHO it may be a specific issue with RCMix
Ok guys, problem has been solved by installing the latest recovery version from Rom Manager app. Then restart, wipe and... Restore successfully.
I still suspect the RCMixHD, because the problem has been started since I have installed it, maybe it changed something in the CWM, I'm afraid to reinstall it now , I'm sticking with Coredroid 5.3
Am trying to do a nandroid backup using Amon-Ra 2.3, and it just keeps laying down line after line of dots, taking much longer than I would expect, and never finishes. I've tried the suggestions in this thread on the issue, and I'm still having no luck.
Anyone have any suggestions/wisdom to offer? I've let it go for 20-30 minutes on a couple of occasions, and it's still not working -- I just end up with a screen full of dots.
Part of the reason I'm doing this is that I've been having issues with my wireless, data, etc toggling on and off on its own lately, so I thought a fresh start with a new ROM might be worth a go. Doubt that's related, but who knows, so I'm throwing that out there in case it matters.
Thanks!
PS Currently running VirusROM Airborne RC 6, to the extent it makes a difference.
What rom are you trying to restore?
If you wanted to start fresh, than you can install your new rom fresh, then restore all your apps+data, just not system settings.
I wasn't trying to restore anything, I was just trying to do a nandroid backup so I could flash another ROM. With that said, I've tried to restore an older backup to make sure I had one that worked, and that isn't working, either -- just an endless stream of dots. If I pull the battery in the midst of a restore, will I screw anything up?
jrtoastyman said:
I wasn't trying to restore anything, I was just trying to do a nandroid backup so I could flash another ROM. With that said, I've tried to restore an older backup to make sure I had one that worked, and that isn't working, either -- just an endless stream of dots. If I pull the battery in the midst of a restore, will I screw anything up?
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No it shouldn't.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/PC36IMG.zip Place that on your sdcard, and flash it in the bootloader, that'll re-flash amon_ra 2.3; hopefully that should fix it.
thanks man, I'll give it a try.
Aye aye, and I shall be around if it doesn't work.
well, I'm stuck in the back end of the boot animation now. Hmmm, very frustrating. How horrible would it be to just do a factory reset of the phone? Would I have to re-root?
jrtoastyman said:
well, I'm stuck in the back end of the boot animation now. Hmmm, very frustrating. How horrible would it be to just do a factory reset of the phone? Would I have to re-root?
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If you do a factory reset, that just erases all data. You should always wipe the factory/data, cache, and dalvik cache in recovery before flashing a rom for the first time. You don't have to re-root, just restore your apps from titanium backup.
OK, so here's where I'm at:
1. I can't perform a nandroid backup
2. I can't restore any of my previous backups
3. I can't boot the phone to allow me to flash the new Amon-Ra you provided.
With all of that being the case, I feel like I'm sort of out of options at this point -- maybe just wipe it and flash the new ROM, hope for the best, and perform a nandroid after the flash? Can't really get any more screwed than I am now, right?
jrtoastyman said:
OK, so here's where I'm at:
1. I can't perform a nandroid backup
2. I can't restore any of my previous backups
3. I can't boot the phone to allow me to flash the new Amon-Ra you provided.
With all of that being the case, I feel like I'm sort of out of options at this point -- maybe just wipe it and flash the new ROM, hope for the best, and perform a nandroid after the flash? Can't really get any more screwed than I am now, right?
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What do you mean you can't get to the bootloader?
Power the phone off/battery pull, upon turning on, hold vol+down till you see the white android screen, then it'll scan for the PC36IMG, which you apply update, then reboot. And it can still be saved.
I guess the question was how do I get the file onto my phone when I can't get the phone to boot up, but it occurs to me that I can pull the card out and load it on there that way, so let me give that a go and follow those steps. Now, I've just got to find that little card adapter thingy...
Thanks again, appreciate the assistance
Ah yes...the adapter...tis why I just always leave it in my laptop. But that will work, and you're welcome.
that did the trick, back up and running. Whew!
Much appreciated!
Glad that it worked.
ok im kind of a bit of a noob to rooting but ive been at it a few months, i tried to flash a custom rom today (first time) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17235986 everything went fine i did all the wipes x3 and followed the instructions and it makes it to the revolution boot screen then loops back to clockwork recovery mod so before i bring it back to stock with odin in a few hours, is there ANY way to resolve this?
Could be a # of problems. Ill try to help after I get some sleep and get t work. I just didn't want you to feel stranded.
ive decided to go ahead and use odin and try to install another custom rom later. maybe ill have some feedback by then
now i just have a phone picture an exclamation point and a computer showing up
ok nvm i managed to get it back to stock. i do want to figure out what went wrong to begin with though.
Probably a bad flash or a bad download.... re download it and try again.... Does cwm show any hint that something went wrong with the installation?
At a quick read is says it auto converts you to EXT4 so as long as that went OK it may be what Theduce said. It could also be bad data. You may have to do a factory data reset before flashing if you have everything backed up and can restore your apps and stuff. Sometimes a reflash when you are in the boot loop will work. As a tester I often have to factory data reset after getting boot loops. Probably why my SD card is littered with backups.
i used titanium backup and backed everything up before i used odin, afterward i checked my sd card and it looks like everything is still there, how do i get it back? also if i cant get my backup back can someone give me a link to a one click root file my computer keeps reading the ones i have already as bad so it wont even run them
EDIT: ok so after reading yet another guide on flashing roms it appears i did do everything right, probably a bad rom like everyones guessing also, should i even try to reinstall this rom or just try and find another one? (any suggestions? im on EC05)
sephiroth009 said:
i used titanium backup and backed everything up before i used odin, afterward i checked my sd card and it looks like everything is still there, how do i get it back? also if i cant get my backup back can someone give me a link to a one click root file my computer keeps reading the ones i have already as bad so it wont even run them
EDIT: ok so after reading yet another guide on flashing roms it appears i did do everything right, probably a bad rom like everyones guessing also, should i even try to reinstall this rom or just try and find another one? (any suggestions? im on EC05)
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What rom? the file u have I would download a new copy of "said" rom check md5 and I bet u will find that the first rom zip file u have it bad.
As for TB and restoring ur apps and data. Just go in TB and restore user apps
Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
You will have to root again, download Titanium from the market and restore user apps. Redownload the ROM if you are dead set on trying that one. Once you know how to get everything working again after a failed flash the hard part is over. Just an inconvenience when stuff blows up.
kennyglass123 said:
You will have to root again, download Titanium from the market and restore user apps. Redownload the ROM if you are dead set on trying that one. Once you know how to get everything working again after a failed flash the hard part is over. Just an inconvenience when stuff blows up.
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Way ahead of you XD. Rerooted, figured out titanium backup, and installed syndicate rom last night =P. E.R.A was just a bad rom/download I guess. As for zrom it was syndicate obviously >_>
odin is your best friend and its always good to make sure you back everything up
So I was got my s3 awhile back and rooted it and ran Clean bean without any problems, well after those annoying system update messages started to get to me I decided I wanted to try and new rom and update my phone a bit as I would be leaving the country and wanted my phone updated. So I decided to flash slimbeam , It went off without a hitch. Only problem was I could not figure out how to get Titanium backup to restore all my contacts and app data. I saved all the backup files on my computer and even after putting them in the Titanium backup directory it would not let me do it. Anyway.....I decided to try and use the titanium backup program that lets you extract the data from a nandroid backup and flash it in recovery. I forgot to put it on my internal card when doing so and when I did my wipe I deleted it (epic facepalm) so I have to reflash cleanbean go back into my phone and make the .zip file to flash...
So I got tired and went to bed before flashing anything else, when I wake up. My phone is stuck on the samsung boot image screen. I try starting only to get the same thing. So I boot to CWS recovery and try to restore one of my nandroid backups. I accidentally hit backup to external sd and it started to run a backup, thenn my car charger came unplugged and the phone died....thinking it would just make that specific nandroid corrupt I thought nothing of it. So I reboot to CWS recovery again and actually try to do a restore with my oldest nandroid, But I get the error "Error updating /system" and error updating "/data".....I tried multiple backups that I have, none of them work and all produce that message.. 'm fairly new to this, What Am I doing wrong? I really love this site and all you guys do and I will be forever greatful of any help you guys can give me. I leave the country for Mexico in 2 days and I cant afford to pay the $150 to get my phone warrantied from sprint!
Thanks in advance, and sorry for spelling/grammar mistakes (at work, not suppose to be on here)
-Lucid.
Lucid420 said:
So I was got my s3 awhile back and rooted it and ran Clean bean without any problems, well after those annoying system update messages started to get to me I decided I wanted to try and new rom and update my phone a bit as I would be leaving the country and wanted my phone updated. So I decided to flash slimbeam , It went off without a hitch. Only problem was I could not figure out how to get Titanium backup to restore all my contacts and app data. I saved all the backup files on my computer and even after putting them in the Titanium backup directory it would not let me do it. Anyway.....I decided to try and use the titanium backup program that lets you extract the data from a nandroid backup and flash it in recovery. I forgot to put it on my internal card when doing so and when I did my wipe I deleted it (epic facepalm) so I have to reflash cleanbean go back into my phone and make the .zip file to flash...
So I got tired and went to bed before flashing anything else, when I wake up. My phone is stuck on the samsung boot image screen. I try starting only to get the same thing. So I boot to CWS recovery and try to restore one of my nandroid backups. I accidentally hit backup to external sd and it started to run a backup, thenn my car charger came unplugged and the phone died....thinking it would just make that specific nandroid corrupt I thought nothing of it. So I reboot to CWS recovery again and actually try to do a restore with my oldest nandroid, But I get the error "Error updating /system" and error updating "/data".....I tried multiple backups that I have, none of them work and all produce that message.. 'm fairly new to this, What Am I doing wrong? I really love this site and all you guys do and I will be forever greatful of any help you guys can give me. I leave the country for Mexico in 2 days and I cant afford to pay the $150 to get my phone warrantied from sprint!
Thanks in advance, and sorry for spelling/grammar mistakes (at work, not suppose to be on here)
-Lucid.
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Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
THANKS
topherk said:
Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
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Thanks man! Most appreciated! You just relieved a large amount of stress! I'll pay it forward!
topherk said:
Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
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Do what he said, I can vouch that restoring data through tibu from a nandroid has never worked for me either. If you backed up your contacts with Google you can just export them into a file (either .csv or .xml i forget) and then import that into your contacts
Sent from my SPH-L710
sevenpioverthree said:
Do what he said, I can vouch that restoring data through tibu from a nandroid has never worked for me either. If you backed up your contacts with Google you can just export them into a file (either .csv or .xml i forget) and then import that into your contacts
Sent from my SPH-L710
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And after looking through the sextape forums thread a bit more, you don't actually have to reroot, just use the following TAR file:
"Restore" Versions - Wipes your user data
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Stock_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Rooted_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
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They also have really good instructions for the Odin work on there.
Hope you get it working!
GOT IT! Thanks for the help man, worked like a charm. Even learned a thing or two .....So can you tell me how I get my stuff back using titanium backup? I got the backup files on my computer and I'm flashing a rom as I type this.
Lucid420 said:
GOT IT! Thanks for the help man, worked like a charm. Even learned a thing or two .....So can you tell me how I get my stuff back using titanium backup? I got the backup files on my computer and I'm flashing a rom as I type this.
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Here is a link to a post where I talked about Tianium Backup and what not to restore. It should be fairly informative.
In TiBu for SMS and call logs hit menu from the main screen and backup data as XML, select save locally when it's done. Move the xml files to external SD if you're gonna flash a 4.2.2 rom, flash new rom move the xmls back to internal, go to tibu, same menu, restore from xml and select which one you want to restore. It'll open a quasi file explorer, locate the corresponding xml for the option you chose(call log, SMS, wifi, bookmarks) and select it. It will restore the data via XML and you'll have all your call logs, sms, bookmarks and wifi accesspoints back like you never left your previous rom.
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