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I backed everything up this morning, did a full wipe and flashed another Rom to test. Well after I was done with that Rom I wiped again and restored my back up. When I opened the app drawer every installed app I had was gone. My home screen still had a couple icons for those apps but they weren't installed.
I wiped again flashed the backup a second time with no luck. Then I tried a previous backup and had the same issue. I flashed clockworkmod recovery and tried to restore a previous backup I made with that and still had the same issue.
I'm using synergy rls 1
More freedom kernel
Used RA recovery and clockwork
All of the apps were installed on the phone so they weren't on the SD card.
Has anyone had this issue before?
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It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
that has happened to me before as well. I always use Recovery (AmonRa) for all my backups now and also titanium.
nickelghandi said:
It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
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It's weird because all of my backups are through recovery. I've never had this issue till today. No matter how many times I restore my user data doesn't show up.
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that that is strange. if you look at the nandroid backup files do you see a data partition file. if so is that file big enough to suggest that contains all of your apps? maybe your recovery is not backing up any apps so there's nothing to the restore later.
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All backups show they have plenty of user data. What's even more weird its that I noticed while restoring that while its doing data I can see that it is actually flashing my info. As to where that info is after I boot up is still a mystery.
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Are there any clues in the recovery log?
i'm using 3.1.0.1 of CW and i recently installed the latest Hawk mod. Have everything setup the way i like and yet when i go to do a backup whether through 3 finger boot or ACS or Rom manager i get the above error. Never had the issue before using any other ROM but can't get past this error. Tried searching but just not finding the answer. I thought about doing a re-install of CW but will that wipe any of my good backups out?
Did you rename your backups? If not there is a string of ADB code you can use to fix the md5 mismatches. I am not on my computer now but I googled Samsung Epic md5 mismatch fix and it was one of hits there.
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Man, this happened to me a few times on the CWM 3.1.0.1. I have been testing the ACS Recovery for almost 2 months and it hasn't happened once. You may want to try it out if you can't fix those mismatches. Nandroids will restore from 3.1.0.1 but only if those MD5's match
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i tried that but it also errors out then reboots... any other ideas? i want to try some other ROMS out but if i can't restore my current ROM then that won't be good....
If you have ADB set up you can try these to restore a MD5 mismatch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271628&page=2
BoscoCosta said:
i tried that but it also errors out then reboots... any other ideas? i want to try some other ROMS out but if i can't restore my current ROM then that won't be good....
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When I got the MD5 mismatches, it basically screwed up everything that was on my SD card. Its always a good idea to backup everything on your SD card to your PC. For instance, my Epic Touch didn't come with an SD card. I took my class 6 16gig card from my Epic, backed it up and put it in my ET4G. Sure enough, after a week I got a corrupt SD card pop-up saying format was required. I formatted it and put my music, wallpapers, and pictures back on the SD and all is good now. Actually, the phone is a bit faster. Its not fun starting from scratch but sometimes its a blessing in disguise. An Odin, re root, format SD card is good every now and then. If I didn't have that backed up on my lappy, I would have lost 500 songs, tons of apps etc..I learned that the hard way
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Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
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I got the same issue before. Some have recommended not using Tom manager and just doing it through recovery with button combo.
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Mine gow trough the whole back up and always at the end says that "it could not back up image for /data" :/
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
anomy13 said:
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
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Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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kkholidaze said:
Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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Did u actually try it or ud rather find a different solution? Cuz i had the exaxt same problem and this resolved my issue once and for all.
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kkholidaze said:
Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
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Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
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Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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Message relayed from the dark side.
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
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This is the one. Think it's a issue with ROM manager in general. Deleted the cwm folder, wiped cache/dalvik, backup worked! Somethings up with RM
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Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
linye said:
Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
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Never mind. Tried a second time but as like you, got a error when it got to backing up data. Anyone know what could be causing this?
You guys ahould email koush- the developer of the app. Or follow the link posted in the first few pages as an alternative fix.
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Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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rpolito73 said:
Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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Ok, I updated the recovery to touch (paid for it instead of fastboot to support by the way) and it was still giving me errors. After some testing, I found out what my issue is. If I try to backup to my external SD, I get the errors. If I just backup to my internal SD, backup goes fine. Did the tests a few times to test theory. I have a 32g Kingston card. Not sure why that would be an issue.
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
anomy13 said:
Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
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I tried it but I think I did it wrong. I downloaded the necessary files, I think (NotePad ++ etc.) But if you could walk me through it, is appreciate it
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DouglasK said:
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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This was my issue, not enough space. cleared it and it got fixed.
I am running rouge cwm recovery. And when it gets close to the end of backing up data it says errlr backing up data. Has anyone else had this problem?
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marshall_634 said:
I am running rouge cwm recovery. And when it gets close to the end of backing up data it says errlr backing up data. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Had this issue too way back in the day, I formatted my sd card and it worked fine after this
Ok bjt if i flrmat my sd card. Am i going to loose my other backup on it.
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marshall_634 said:
Ok bjt if i flrmat my sd card. Am i going to loose my other backup on it.
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Ya you'll lose everything so take the back up off your sd and put it on your pc then format and try it. I think the previous is interfering with the new backup
Also remove everything else. You lose everything on it
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I am running rouge cwm recovery. And when it gets close to the end of backing up data it says errlr backing up data. Has anyone else had this problem?
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The first question is are you backing up to internal or external storage? The second question is what was the exact error message?
I am backing up to the sd card. And it says .... Error when backing up /data
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marshall_634 said:
I am backing up to the sd card. And it says .... Error when backing up /data
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Sorry. Generally when you receive an error message in CWR it gives you a "(status #)" at the end off the message. It helps in the identifying of the root cause of the issue.
Before formatting the card I'd try backing up to internal storage to see if you receive the same error. If that doesn't work flash a different recovery and try again.
If that doesn't with transfer all odd you're info off the SDcard to your PC and format the card from the PC. Reinsert the card into your phone and first it from the phone. Attempt backup again.
I'd it doesn't work you've probably got a dying card.
Good luck!
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
just wanted to add, i've done backups and restores in the past with no problems until now
Do you have an external sd card?
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denti said:
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
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SD card is full lol
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wetrabbit444 said:
SD card is full lol
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+1
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denti said:
Hi, wondering if someone might be able to help me out.
Trying to do a nand back-up but it keeps failing with an error of
"Errror while making a backup image of /data!"
I've tried to upgrade to cwm 5.8.1.3 same thing. formated my SD card and same thing.
Any suggestions?
thank you
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How many backups do you currently have? Remove some old one to make room for new ones
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Did you rename the file? If you did, it needs to not have any spaces. Soithastolooklikethis.
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sd is full
My guess it's because your sd is full, make some room and try again. Backup important files to your pc and save a couple gigs for the space the backup needs. Also, I have found that backing up from the rom manager app and rebooting recovery and backing up from cwm recovery produces different md5 sums, so I generally only backup while in recovery and not from the rom manager app itself.
hi folks,
thanks for the replies but the sd card isn't full as i've formatted it so there's no way the external is full.
come on, i'm not that big of a noob
denti said:
hi folks,
thanks for the replies but the sd card isn't full as i've formatted it so there's no way the external is full.
come on, i'm not that big of a noob
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Download rom manager apk and re flash clockworkmod recovery
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i've always had errors backing up to external sd card so i backup to internal storage. i've restored this way as well and no problems. i was not able to determine why i cannot backup to external sd card
.dan said:
i've always had errors backing up to external sd card so i backup to internal storage. i've restored this way as well and no problems. i was not able to determine why i cannot backup to external sd card
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Have you ever tried to reinstall your recovery?
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I had the same problem once.. I was like eh I'll just backup later. did it later and it was fine
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I have the same problem, it only let's me backup to the internal service
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because you need to change the directory to EXTERNAL storage
I've done tons of back ups in the past month, and restores, but I just recently started getting the error as in the op, and now it runs until it gets to image back up, and says it errors backing that up, and then quits. I have 6 GB free on my card, and I only keep the last successful back up in case of fails like this. I haven't changed anything on my own, and the same ROM I backed up last week I now can't. Somewhere something went bad I'm guessing, but I'm glad it's not me that did something wrong. I will try an internal save to see if that works. If that works then I will wipe my card's CW file, and try a fresh one. Maybe just doing a complete factory reset, and fresh new ROM will do the trick. I'll keep ya all posted since more than one is having this issue.
bobbyphoenix said:
I've done tons of back ups in the past month, and restores, but I just recently started getting the error as in the op, and now it runs until it gets to image back up, and says it errors backing that up, and then quits. I have 6 GB free on my card, and I only keep the last successful back up in case of fails like this. I haven't changed anything on my own, and the same ROM I backed up last week I now can't. Somewhere something went bad I'm guessing, but I'm glad it's not me that did something wrong. I will try an internal save to see if that works. If that works then I will wipe my card's CW file, and try a fresh one. Maybe just doing a complete factory reset, and fresh new ROM will do the trick. I'll keep ya all posted since more than one is having this issue.
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I had the same problem. To solve it all I did was open ROM Manager and reflash CWM.
SaintlySinner said:
I had the same problem. To solve it all I did was open ROM Manager and reflash CWM.
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No go for me. Just re-flashed CWM, and it still fails trying to back up image to either internal or external. ugh
Well I flashed a new rom from scratch, and now it works again. The old one must have gotten corrupt.
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I cannot make backups to external as well. I am on Rom Manager V5.0.0.7 .
Has anyone tried twerp recovery for backups???