Hi, maybe a stupid question.. If I update my phone to 4.2 and then I want to come back, is restoring a CWM backup after a full wipe enough? Or do I need to flash a Google image from scratch?
Thank you for your time.
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Jar3112 said:
Hi, maybe a stupid question.. If I update my phone to 4.2 and then I want to come back, is restoring a CWM backup after a full wipe enough? Or do I need to flash a Google image from scratch?
Thank you for your time.
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Are you on the latest version of CWM? The reason I ask is because the earlier versions are incompatible with Android 4.2.
Anyways, you should be able to restore a nandroid backup of 4.1.2 (or earlier version) after wiping your system/data/cache.
DZYR said:
Are you on the latest version of CWM? The reason I ask is because the earlier versions are incompatible with Android 4.2.
Anyways, you should be able to restore a nandroid backup of 4.1.2 (or earlier version) after wiping your system/data/cache.
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I suppose yes, I flashed cwm6 using the galaxy nexus toolkit!
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Jar3112 said:
I suppose yes, I flashed cwm6 using the galaxy nexus toolkit!
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I recommend that you switch from CWM to the latest TWRP because when I upgraded to 4.2 with CWM I faced the sdcard/0/ issue so CWM could no longer find the nandroid backup to restore it. I have no idea if this has been fixed in CWM but it is working fine in the latest TWRP recovery which I am using now.
Take note that CWM backup is not compatible with TWRP backup so you have to make a TWRP backup to restore it later.
If you would like to have TWRP then you have to do the following assuming you are already rooted:
1- Download GooManager from the Play Store
2- Open it then install the TWRP recovery
3- Switch off the phone then go into TWRP recovery
4- Make a backup using TWRP
5- Do whatever you want now but remember that if you are wiping everything then you will have to install TWRP recovery again (either via fastboot or by rooting then downloading GooManager to install it) after starting the new ROM in order to restore your nandroid backup because wiping everything will wipe the recovery as well.
I hope that is clear
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I know it says unlocking my device will void the warranty, but is there any way I can re-lock it later on so I could send it in for repairs or something in the event I have to do that? Would they be able to tell if I had previously unlocked it?
Yes...you can simply restore the device and relock the bootloader. The toolkit in the stickies in Verizon galaxy nexus development makes all that very easy.
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Awesome, just needed confirmation I could do that if I had any problems. Thanks!
You can flash the stock images and relock the bootloader, and they can't tell.
One more question. I have CWM installed and made a backup in it (plus an apps backup in Titanium)
If I, say, install CM9 and something weird happens (for instance, the radio magically stops working), will restoring from that CWM backup restore stuff like the radio and such (in addition to my stock 4.0.2 ROM, etc)??
EDIT: So I've backed up my apps with Titanium, but now the guide I am using says to wipe my device in CWM before installing a new ROM. If I do that, won't it also wipe the backup I just made?
Matt08642 said:
One more question. I have CWM installed and made a backup in it (plus an apps backup in Titanium)
If I, say, install CM9 and something weird happens (for instance, the radio magically stops working), will restoring from that CWM backup restore stuff like the radio and such (in addition to my stock 4.0.2 ROM, etc)??
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CWM backs up your ROM, kernel, recovery and data. Not your radio or bootloader. But all the radios are available in the radio thread and all the boot loaders are available in the bootloader thread
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EDIT: So I've backed up my apps with Titanium, but now the guide I am using says to wipe my device in CWM before installing a new ROM. If I do that, won't it also wipe the backup I just made?
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No, a wipe in CWM will not wipe /sdcard.
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I installed yesterday Alliancerom but I wanted to go back to another customrom install and I have done that but I've got the problem with Recovery mod TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) me here you for helping me to see TWRP not received please
Can you please describe precisely what the problem is? Do you have problems getting into recoverymode? Or do you want to restore an older nandroid backup from a previous install of another custom Rom?
retrorom said:
Can you please describe precisely what the problem is? Do you have problems getting into recoverymode? Or do you want to restore an older nandroid backup from a previous install of another custom Rom?
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Yes I just want the old recovery mod because I want back my previous backup restore recovery but with this I can not see my backup so I want the old version of recovery you can help me here please
06-Ayhan said:
Yes I just want the old recovery mod because I want back my previous backup restore recovery but with this I can not see my backup so I want the old version of recovery you can help me here please
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I got through this recovery another custom ROM installed but every time I go this mod recovery remain the same I just want this recovery from
You mean you have stock recovery now but you want twrp recovery back ?
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06-Ayhan said:
Yes I just want the old recovery mod because I want back my previous backup restore recovery but with this I can not see my backup so I want the old version of recovery you can help me here please
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Ok, if I understand correctly you have a rooted phone, and you have tried a CWM recovery, then made a nandroid backup. Then decided to flash TWRP Recovery, and with this recovery you are unable to restore your first nandroid backup, correct?
So you used to have cwm recovery then? Backups made in cwm are not compatible with twrp so you'll need to flash cwm again before you restore your backup. You can find cwm in the Original Android Development section.
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Wwwwwhat?:what:
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D3_ said:
So you used to have cwm recovery then? Backups made in cwm are not compatible with twrp so you'll need to flash cwm again before you restore your backup. You can find cwm in the Original Android Development section.
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thanks guys it's okay I have the old version of cwm
Hi all,
So I've gotten myself into a bootloop by messing with permissions/ownership in the /data/ directory. I would like to recover by losing as little data/settings as possible (I only rooted with chainfire AutoRoot anyway, so stock, rooted, ROM).
1) I have a few months-old TWRP backup, is it possible to extract what I need from this?
2) If not, what rom is my best bet to flash to recover a stock, rooted ROM, with my old data? I tried re-flashing CF-AutoRoot, but it didn't do anything...
Thanks for any help
Well first things first.
1. Did you install a custom ROM?
2.or backup your rooted stock?
3. Did you already do a full wipe
(Data/factory reset)
4. If you didn't do step 3 but you did step 1...I would advise a dirty flash of the custom ROM that you had
4. If only step two is applicable I only see two possible routes
4.1a. Use Odin to update twrp or download a new custom stock ROM and flash that so you can boot...then try and update twrp to the newest version and then try to flash your backup to see if it was a version problem
OR
4.1b. Start from scratch but I would advise using cwm from now on. twrp to my knowledge isn't updated as frequently as cwm
Hope that helps. Feel free to pm
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infamous916 said:
Well first things first.
1. Did you install a custom ROM?
2.or backup your rooted stock?
3. Did you already do a full wipe
(Data/factory reset)
4. If you didn't do step 3 but you did step 1...I would advise a dirty flash of the custom ROM that you had
4. If only step two is applicable I only see two possible routes
4.1a. Use Odin to update twrp or download a new custom stock ROM and flash that so you can boot...then try and update twrp to the newest version and then try to flash your backup to see if it was a version problem
OR
4.1b. Start from scratch but I would advise using cwm from now on. twrp to my knowledge isn't updated as frequently as cwm
Hope that helps. Feel free to pm
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Hi! Thanks for the reply!
I have not done a data wipe, and I would like not to...
I used CF-AutoRoot, I'm not 100% sure if this counts as flashing a custom ROM or not, it's supposed to keep stock ROM but give you SU. I have tried repeating CF-AutoRoot again, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem...
The only backup I have is of the full phone image, which I don't want to restore since it is months old and I would lose data... Is there a way to only restore selected files from the backup? So far I have restored CWM and can access an adb shell...
Thanks
OK so basically as far as I know you are Sol on your original rom ....that's why I always flash a custom ROM but the data stored should still be on your internal (pictures, videos, things of that nature). your app data and accounts however is not...for example games and such...I would advise titanium backup and do a backup of all your app data at least once a week from now on
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Agreed ...you are going to lose data in this case ...as you will need a restore of your old backup ..or fresh install of a new rom ...
Backups are king when playing with device roms and recoveries etcetera ..g
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Btw twrp has been updated
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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.
Hello,
I'm about to install a custom recovery... I'm on stock 4.2.2 & rooted
Is there anyway to backup my current stock recovery??
Titanium backup
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Deep Nox said:
Titanium backup
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And how??
You could make a complete backup of your current system ( should always do and save to the desktop) or just the recovery. Open TB go to backup and recovery, scroll down til you find the recovery and click on it.
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absolutely no need
the recovery comes with official roms, are always bundled with the rom itself
samsung have made it quite funny, as every time you flash samsung's original rom
it erase everything and install it's own stuff
(which is including erasing everything in the internal memory)
if you use a custom rom, you don't ever need the old recovery
it's function is too limited
I didn't know that flashing the stock rom will revert also to the stock recovery
Thanks
By the way, I didnt find backing up reovery in TB
Does anyone have the link to download TWRP 2.7.0.0 ? I can't access my USB storage with 2.6.3.0. I need it for the GT-N5110. Thank you in advance.
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