What causes backups to become corrupt? - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I tried restoring 4 backups I made with CWM and the MD5 values didn't match. I successfully restored 1. What causes this and is there a way to test in advance if the backup was corrupt?
Is my reasoning wrong: I'm trying out different ROMs and before I flash to a new one I backup with CWM so when I decide which one I like I flash back to it?
Thanks for any replies.

It happens to me everytime I change the name of the backup folder and left an "space"
For Example:
"Arconium 5 backup" = MD5 mismatch... I need to name it "Arconium5backup" without spaces to make it work

...format sd from pc.
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Overdose1986 said:
It happens to me everytime I change the name of the backup folder and left an "space"
For Example:
"Arconium 5 backup" = MD5 mismatch... I need to name it "Arconium5backup" without spaces to make it work
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That`s exactly what did it

itsup said:
That`s exactly what did it
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Haha brilliant.
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The generated folder name cant be changed, well it can but if you want to restore using it you will need to rename it back to what it was.
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A pretty cool utility

guys i found this, some of you might find it quite nice and useful, it's a utility to backup and restore and ton's of other features in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772338
Lloir said:
guys i found this, some of you might find it quite nice and useful, it's a utility to backup and restore and ton's of other features in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772338
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is there a way to back up apps onto your computer and then you can restore them via usb onto your phone? cause i was wondering if there was a faster way than titanium backup
there is.. nandroid backup your old rom
then on the new rom.. restore data only
5min and all ur apps are back
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What steps should I use?
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How would i RESTORE DATA ONLY? What do you mean?
served24 said:
What steps should I use?
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How would i RESTORE DATA ONLY? What do you mean?
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use TWRP recovery. from there, when you go to RESTORE, you can choose to restore only DATA or BOOT or SYSTEM.... you wipe everything, flash your desired rom, then go to recovery (be sure to backup your old rom first) and from there you go to restore - data. done!
1ceb0x said:
use TWRP recovery. from there, when you go to RESTORE, you can choose to restore only DATA or BOOT or SYSTEM.... you wipe everything, flash your desired rom, then go to recovery (be sure to backup your old rom first) and from there you go to restore - data. done!
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Is there a way to do that with CWM? Or with ROM manager or another software instead of me having to download and install TWRP? What happens if I flash twrp while I already have cwm? Will I end up with two recoveries? Or how will that work?
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u can do that with cwm also dude
go to backup and restore
advanced restore
select data only
done
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paarthdesai said:
u can do that with cwm also dude
go to backup and restore
advanced restore
select data only
done
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Thanks! i got it
paarthdesai said:
u can do that with cwm also dude
go to backup and restore
advanced restore
select data only
done
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Didn't work data restore all time.....sometimes it gives fc's all the way.....
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yes i know.. just now happened to me
was trying new pa and restored data from pacman.. all i was getting wad fc's
its because with apps it also restores our preferences and setting's
if other rom has different ui nd settings it will give fcs
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paarthdesai said:
yes i know.. just now happened to me
was trying new pa and restored data from pacman.. all i was getting wad fc's
its because with apps it also restores our preferences and setting's
if other rom has different ui nd settings it will give fcs
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Yup right......
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Awesome!
Thanks to you, this is a GREAT utility.
guys if any of you have issues with it, tell the dev and he'll fix it
restore data doesnt work...i restored data once and my screen looked like a damn kaleidoscope.......!!!
mihirengg19 said:
restore data doesnt work...i restored data once and my screen looked like a damn kaleidoscope.......!!!
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go tell the developer and not here, he's really helpful

[Q] Phone Storage is near Full, but wait...

Hi, I searched the forum and didn't seem to find much on this, only on "fake notifications" of low space when there is space.
My problem is a little different, my phone reports almost nothing being on it, but my available space is only 1.32 Gb out of 12 available.
When adding up the things stored in it though, it gets only to about 5 Gb (see print screen). Where is the rest of this stuff coming from? How can I clean it safely?
I am running Frosty JB v7 currently, on stock li7 kernel. And i have barely any apps installed.
My guess is the files from apps I installed prior to flashing Frosty JB are still there somewhere, even though i did a factory reset. (i had a few big games like Shadowgun, nova 3, Riptide GP, and a few more, lots of smaller games too. If this is the case, how can I remove them safely? )
Guys, i'm sorry about bumping my own post like this, but please, can anyone help?
borbitz said:
Guys, i'm sorry about bumping my own post like this, but please, can anyone help?
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First off, do you have any items in your recycle bin from your internal storage? If so, empty your recycle bin and check your storage. Secondly, check inside your internal storage for your CWM or TWRP folder. Check to see how many backups you have located in those folders, because twrp and cwm wipes wont delete nandroid backups. Do a factory wipe from stock and you should be good.
Did you wipe system before installing your current rom?
I think mattedwards2686 has your ansewer, nandroid backups.
verboten said:
I think mattedwards2686 has your ansewer, nandroid backups.
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No. Nandroid backups would be under miscellaneous. I just checked.
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I think your just seeing wrong reportings because the bar graph at the top says you've only used about 45%.
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Crisisx1 said:
No. Nandroid backups would be under miscellaneous. I just checked.
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I think your just seeing wrong reportings because the bar graph at the top says you've only used about 45%.
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Best option is superwipe. I am using frosty and had the same issue - it helped. Other options discussed here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004089
Crisisx1 said:
No. Nandroid backups would be under miscellaneous. I just checked.
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I think your just seeing wrong reportings because the bar graph at the top says you've only used about 45%.
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I had the exact same issue on my G2X. Wiping everything including system fixed it. Make a backup of your apps and stick them on your pc for safe keeping. Wipe/format everything. Install your favorite rom and reinstall your apps with titanium backup.
agm1101 said:
Best option is superwipe. I am using frosty and had the same issue - it helped. Other options discussed here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004089
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jcbofkc said:
I had the exact same issue on my G2X. Wiping everything including system fixed it. Make a backup of your apps and stick them on your pc for safe keeping. Wipe/format everything. Install your favorite rom and reinstall your apps with titanium backup.
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thank you for the help guys, i used super wipe, and now, instead of 1Gb free, i have 10Gb o/
I was a little reluctant in wiping everything and starting from 0 again, but used the new update on frosty as an excuse

MD5 mismatch?

Hey guys i made a nand backup and now i want to restore it and all it says is MD5 mismatch.. Im using N7100 with CWM.. help thanks
This is a security feature.
If it wasn't there you could have got an error or even though it restored normally you would have a soft bricked phone.
Md5 mismatch means that the backup is corrupted. I don't think it can be helped in any way.
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This is common issue, particularly if you have moved /rename folder
Sometime it happens without any reason
I exactly don't remember but there is adb command to disable MD5 check
Try searching it otherwise will post tomorrow i wrote somewhere on my office pc.
Just to note if your backup is corrupted it may restore corrupt data,
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Austin3161337 said:
Hey guys i made a nand backup and now i want to restore it and all it says is MD5 mismatch.. Im using N7100 with CWM.. help thanks
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With a root explorer, go to the backup folder of clockworkmod. Then in your backup folder you have to delete file named nandroid.md5 which already contains entries and create a new empty one with the same name. Then you can restore your backup without md5sum checking.

Can a certain app be extracted from a nandroid?

The title explains it.
If i had made a full nandroid backup,(system,data,boot,modem), is it possible to extract an app and its data?
zeeshanonlyme said:
The title explains it.
If i had made a full nandroid backup,(system,data,boot,modem), is it possible to extract an app and its data?
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Yes, it can be done. You can unzip tar.gz archives on Linux natively or on WinRAR. After that, its only a matter of finding the apk you want and extracting it to the system.
Data can be done the same way if you know where an apps associated files are.
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gadgetroid said:
Yes, it can be done. You can unzip tar.gz archives on Linux natively or on WinRAR. After that, its only a matter of finding the apk you want and extracting it to the system.
Data can be done the same way if you know where an apps associated files are.
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Out of my thanx limit
Thanx.
Can you tell me what is mcRegistry?
It was in the backed up /app folder
Easiest way is to use Titanium backup, it have option to restore application from nandroid backup, you can select application you want to restore.
Even no need to eatract, TB will do job.
Open TB - Menu - Extract from Nandroid backup.
dr.ketan said:
Easiest way is to use Titanium backup, it have option to restore application from nandroid backup, you can select application you want to restore.
Even no need to eatract, TB will do job.
Open TB - Menu - Extract from Nandroid backup.
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Yes, that would be beneficial if you only wanted to restore the apps. Many of the ROM devs use the method I mentioned to get a perfect dump of the stock ROM and then work on it.
Who knows, OP maybe getting into developing. And using TB is just having an extra app on the phone.
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zeeshanonlyme said:
Out of my thanx limit
Thanx.
Can you tell me what is mcRegistry?
It was in the backed up /app folder
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Uh, I currently don't have access to a PC, can you tell me what's inside folder? If that's what's in the second screenshot, then you don't have to worry. It's not connected to the app data in any way.
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dr.ketan said:
Easiest way is to use Titanium backup, it have option to restore application from nandroid backup, you can select application you want to restore.
Even no need to eatract, TB will do job.
Open TB - Menu - Extract from Nandroid backup.
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Thank you,thank you,thank you!
Youre a life saver!

Help please!!!! MD5 mismatch

hi.
will someone help me with that?? i flashed Pacman rom...and before flashing i was running darthstalker rom...ive done backup and today i wanted to go back to darth stalker rom..when i try to run restore ive got md5 mismatch..i try everything what i found on this forum but still getting error...
here is my log from cwm recovery
please help
Are you using CWM? Did you rename the backup folder? If you used spaces while renaming it will give an md5 mismatch.
meekrawb said:
Are you using CWM? Did you rename the backup folder? If you used spaces while renaming it will give an md5 mismatch.
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i didnt rename
Create a blank text and rename it to nandroid.md5, the recovery will skip it and everything will be fine
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or change anything
cysiek said:
i didnt rename
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andhikafajarms said:
Create a blank text and rename it to nandroid.md5, the recovery will skip it and everything will be fine
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nope...nnot working
cysiek said:
nope...nnot working
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Try Nandroid Manager, it has a feature to Generate MD5, It's on Google Play
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i made a new backup and i figured out that i maybe missing a file cache.ext4.tar
still getting md5 mismatch
cysiek said:
i made a new backup and i figured out that i maybe missing a file cache.ext4.tar
still getting md5 mismatch
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If nandroid manager doesn't work, the only thing I can think of is to try upgrading to CWM 6 and see if it helps. Probably won't work if the backup is hosed though.
meekrawb said:
If nandroid manager doesn't work, the only thing I can think of is to try upgrading to CWM 6 and see if it helps. Probably won't work if the backup is hosed though.
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when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img
cysiek said:
when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img
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This is only a wild shot in the dark but have you tried renaming your nandroid.md5 to nandroid.md5.bak and then creating a new, blank nandroid.md5 like andhikafajarms said a few posts up? Other than that, I think your best bet is just to reinstall the ROM you are trying to restore. It sucks but it may be easier.
cysiek said:
when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img
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that's the problem the rest are missing
can somebody tell me which file from backup is responsible for backed up apk's and is there any chance to convert it to TB backup??
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