i created a nandroid backup using Qcom toolkit. now when i go to restore it using CWM i get an error "Error while restoring /system!" at which point i need to reflash the current rom on the phone in order to boot again. What could be causing this? im running jellybro and the nandroid is of the stock rom rooted with cwm. Thankyou for any help.
MegaNoob said:
i created a nandroid backup using Qcom toolkit. now when i go to restore it using CWM i get an error "Error while restoring /system!" at which point i need to reflash the current rom on the phone in order to boot again. What could be causing this? im running jellybro and the nandroid is of the stock rom rooted with cwm. Thankyou for any help.
I just got in the same boat and now I can't even connect to ODIN properly... Anyoone out there have any ideas?
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I am stuck in restoring earlier date in recovery goes like this below
checking md5 sums
erasing boot before restore
restoring boot image
restoring system
restoring data
error while restoring /data!
I HAD TO WIPE IT AND USED A GNEX TOOLKIT TO REFLASH THE ORIGINAL MYSID TORO AND START FROM STOCK ANDROID ICS AGAIN... I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON TODAY AND I THANK EVERYONE WHO OFFERED THEIR HELP.... IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED THANK YOU ALL... A NOOB NAMED ERIC
Cheetah1971 said:
I am stuck in restoring earlier date in recovery goes like this below
checking md5 sums
erasing boot before restore
restoring boot image
restoring system
restoring data
error while restoring /data!
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Are you using TWRP or CWM? Have you updated to the latest?
I think TWRP can restore CWM, so if you're on CWM, install TWRP then try restoring. Worth a shot.
danielsaenz said:
Are you using TWRP or CWM? Have you updated to the latest?
I think TWRP can restore CWM, so if you're on CWM, install TWRP then try restoring. Worth a shot.
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Backups are different formats so I dont believe either recovery will restore the others backups.
how can i get twrp? I am using CWM v6.0.1.0..
danielsaenz said:
Are you using TWRP or CWM? Have you updated to the latest?
I think TWRP can restore CWM, so if you're on CWM, install TWRP then try restoring. Worth a shot.
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I am a noob for sure and I am using a VZ GNEX if this info helps and thank you so much for replying..Should I find it online on my desktop and download it? because my phone won't restore right now..
again thanks for answering my problem.
is there any hope for me do you think?
mbh87 said:
Backups are different formats so I dont believe either recovery will restore the others backups.
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Thanks for responding and do you think there's any hope for me getting my VZ GNEX back up and running?
Try a different backup or just start fresh and don't use a backup.
is your backup more than 2GB?
I am currently running the ALPHA 6 ROM thanks to sbrissen
This is an incredible ROM btw!!!!
I am trying backup my system in recovery and it crashes on me giving my the following error message "Error while a backup image of /system!"
I am using CWM-based recovery v6.0.1.2
Does anybody have an suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Backup Suggestion
Abrams15 said:
I am currently running the ALPHA 6 ROM thanks to sbrissen
This is an incredible ROM btw!!!!
I am trying backup my system in recovery and it crashes on me giving my the following error message "Error while a backup image of /system!"
I am using CWM-based recovery v6.0.1.2
Does anybody have an suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
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I was able to backup my system by changing the backup format to .tar. (backup and restore>choose backup format>tar)
Abrams15 said:
I was able to backup my system by changing the backup format to .tar. (backup and restore>choose backup format>tar)
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I never did find a work around for the backup issue on cwm 6.0.1.2-6.0.1.3 but I know 6.0.1.4 backup works just fine.
Hi
I seem to be having a strange problem making a backup with CWM. Everytime i try to make a backup itll go through all the steps successfully but when backing up /data it'll say error while backing up data. Im running stock 4.0.4 and i never had a problem backing stuff up in the past, this is the first time i've had an issue. My CWM version is 6.0.12 and i also had the same problem on the older 5.something
Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks
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Sounds like either your cwm or ROM is corrupt. I'd reinstall cwm with ROM manager. If that doesn't work try wiping data/factory reset (will delete all your apps)
I flashed PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 BETA3 from stock DLK4, 4.1.1. It worked but I was ready to revert back to the stock using the nandroid I made before flashing and realized that I did a factory reset when flashing pdroid and lost my nandroid backups. Fortunately I have older Nandroids from 12.12 on my pc. I placed it into the clockworkmod directory, sdcard\clockworkmod\backups, as I normally would but when I reboot into recovery I don't see the nandroid that I placed there. What do I do from here? I tried to do a factory reset from kies of DLK4 but afterwards I get stuck on the "Samsung" loading screen.
Any help would be appreciated. I spent the last 4 hours going through treads as I normally do when having problems but I created my first thread because I screwed up beyond what I can repair myself
edit: while in recovery, I made a backup of pdroid2.99 to see where it saved. When I opened the directly using my pc, I couldn't find that backup I just made. I put the nandroid onto my external sd card and that I could see it in recovery but I get the following error "Error while restoring /system!"
michaeln91 said:
I flashed PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 BETA3 from stock DLK4, 4.1.1. It worked but I was ready to revert back to the stock using the nandroid I made before flashing and realized that I did a factory reset when flashing pdroid and lost my nandroid backups. Fortunately I have older Nandroids from 12.12 on my pc. I placed it into the clockworkmod directory, sdcard\clockworkmod\backups, as I normally would but when I reboot into recovery I don't see the nandroid that I placed there. What do I do from here? I tried to do a factory reset from kies of DLK4 but afterwards I get stuck on the "Samsung" loading screen.
Any help would be appreciated. I spent the last 4 hours going through treads as I normally do when having problems but I created my first thread because I screwed up beyond what I can repair myself
edit: while in recovery, I made a backup of pdroid2.99 to see where it saved. When I opened the directly using my pc, I couldn't find that backup I just made. I put the nandroid onto my external sd card and that I could see it in recovery but I get the following error "Error while restoring /system!"
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You flashed a 4.2 ROM with an out of date recovery by the sound of it. 4.2 modifies the directory structure of you're phone which is unsupported in old recoveries. I run TWRP myself and I just moved my backups to my new root folder which can be found in: /storage/emulated/0
CWM stores recoveries in blobs and I'm unsure if this method will work for you. Your only option if that doesn't work is to ODIN back to stock. Once you've performed an ODIN back, go into your recovery and factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik.
Then update your recovery for future flashes. I recommend TWRP. Overall an easier recovery.
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I successfully flashed back to stock 4.1.1 using ODIN using the rom I got from samsung-updates. I've lost IMEI so I have to inject l that back later on. I'm using CWM 6.0.1.2 and when in recovery when I try to restore my backup and get to "error while restoring /system!"
I've been trying to find other threads, tried what they suggested but no luck
edit: I've found TWRP v2.3.3.1 and but I don't see /storage/emulated/0 instead I put my backup in /storagr/TWRP/BACKUPS/911de9 and tried to restore but it fails
What I did was make a nandroid on the ROM you have and just copy and paste the old one into the new directory and you can flash that old nandroid. Worked perfect for me
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hednik said:
What I did was make a nandroid on the ROM you have and just copy and paste the old one into the new directory and you can flash that old nandroid. Worked perfect for me
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This is what I typically do but now I get "error while restoring /system!" when restoring any of my old nandroid backups!
Why I like twrp. Maybe most of it is just a placebo but it seems more stable and easier to navigate
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Hello everyone,
I have rooted and unlocked my bootloader, and installed CWM 6.0.2 I believe (summer 2012). I was using 4.3 Deodexed ROM and decided to upgrade to 4.4, so I mad a nandroid backup through CWM. Then I found out that 4.4 required me to update my CWM to 6.0.4.3, so I did. After upgrading CWM, I was unable to restore my old 6.0.2 backup. Is there any way to restore it, or do I have to downgrade CWM?
If I need to downgrade CWM, can I first perform a backup of my current 4.4 ROM and then downgrade, or is there a chance it will mess with old CWM?
Thanks in advance,
silentz0r
Sorry for bumping, I have noticed that after upgrading CWM, it made new directories into /sdcard and moved my old directories into /sdcard/0. I tried copying the contents of the old CWM directory into the new one (/blobs and /backup) and tried to restore, but still got the same error message notifying me that no backup is found. Is there no way to restore an old CWM backup with newer CWM?
If anyone ever has this problem, I suggest installing ROM Manager. My backups spontaneously started working through ROM Manager (even in CWM recovery). I have no idea why the backup could not be found before, but using this pretty much fixed itself. Marked as Solved.
silentz0r_ said:
If anyone ever has this problem, I suggest installing ROM Manager. My backups spontaneously started working through ROM Manager (even in CWM recovery). I have no idea why the backup could not be found before, but using this pretty much fixed itself. Marked as Solved.
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Thanks for the heads up!
But shouldn't you just have made a back-up before CWM upgrade, then upgrade CWM, make another backup (just in case) and then install 4.4?
I am still on 4.3 and I will do it this way in the near future.