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Nandriod...

what is it, where can i find it, why can't I find it anywhere on market or google? is it better than clockwork backup/restore?

I assume you are trying to make a nandroid backup? This can be done thru clockwork recovery. It is making a backup of the NAND, or flash memory in which the system/data is stored on.

Haha
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I actually had to research that early on, so don't feel bad
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Now that's funny.
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This thread is failtastic
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We were all new at some point guys...
To the OP:
1: Boot into Clockwork Recovery.
2: Go down to Backup And Restore
3: Press Backup.
4: Wait about 3minutes til it completes.
Thats what they call a Nandroid Backup. Its not an app or anything like that.
We make Nandroid backups incase we mess up our phones, we just restore it if were able to get into clockwork.
If you dont have Clockworkmod installed, go to the sticky in Android Development for the Epic and follow the guide.
PM me if you need any more help than that. I remember being a noob as well.
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so to sum it up, if you're planning on jumping from rom to rom to theme to kernel,
having a nandroid backup is like using a condom.
which you should, cuz u never know.
Stay in school.

Lol I know what clockwork backup and restore is.....just didn't know it was the same as a nandroid backup. Thanks.... -the noob
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petrafan007 said:
Lol I know what clockwork backup and restore is.....just didn't know it was the same as a nandroid backup. Thanks.... -the noob
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Yup, if you go to backup and restore you can see it says "Nandroid" at the top of the screen. Hence Nandroid Backup.
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petrafan007 said:
Lol I know what clockwork backup and restore is.....just didn't know it was the same as a nandroid backup. Thanks.... -the noob
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Always, always make a full backup prior to making any "major" change (rom, kernel, theme). I archive my backups on my server to keep from cluttering up the sd card and only carry the last backup on the sd.
You can also restore just data or just cache if you do a full wipe (i.e., for a rom flash) and don't want to deal with titanium (advanced restore) - saved my ass on a couple bad downloads/beta roms.
Also, welcome to the wonderful (and addicting) world of modding
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addiction is definitely the right word. probably tried at least 7 roms. finally settled on the quantum rom with dk17 modem. works great! wish it was a little faster though.

petrafan007 said:
addiction is definitely the right word. probably tried at least 7 roms. finally settled on the quantum rom with dk17 modem. works great! wish it was a little faster though.
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DK17 modem? Where did you find this? I'm still on the DK05 modem.

brianbrain said:
DK17 modem? Where did you find this? I'm still on the DK05 modem.
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He either meant to say DK17 Kernel, or DK05 Modem.
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yes, sorry, kernel

i always saw that option before but didnt know what it acully did untill now

[Q] Evo Root Fail

Today I tried the new method to obtain S-off and root my 2.3.3 Evo. All went fine but now my phone will only boot into the clockwork recovery tool. How can I fix my phone or get it back to normal?

Have you tried to flash a ROM?
You can try to download and flash a ROM from this site.
Also can you get to your bootloader by pressing volume down and power if so you can find an ruu to put on your sd to put you back to stock.
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I tried to flash a cm7 but I got a status error 7 so I am downloading synergy now.

Make sure you wipe everything but sdcard.
Also its possible you got a bad download I also recommend using Amon ra 2.3
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I tried installing Synergy but I got the following messages:
assert failed: write_raw_image_("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E:Error in /sdcard/Synergy-RLS1-supersonic.zip (status 7)

You might have a bad dl are you downloading from your phone on 3g.
And you should try this recovery I had nothing but problems with cwm when I first rooted and went to ra and never looked back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
You can also try flashing this before you flash a ROM it will wipe for you and don't worry it won't wipe your sdcard.
http://www.virusrom.com/Tools/VR_SUPERWIPE.zip
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I've been downloading on my computer from my home network. I was able to install my the Rom from it!!! Thank you so much! If I wanted to try on another rom what all would i need to wipe?

rdmjspeed said:
I've been downloading on my computer from my home network. I was able to install my the Rom from it!!! Thank you so much! If I wanted to try on another rom what all would i need to wipe?
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First thing first make a nandroid backup then you can download that vr-superwipe I posted but I'm not really 100% if that works in cwm recovery but when you wipe wipe everything but your sdcard well you don't really have to wipe stats but I don't even think that option is in cwm.
You should really think about switching to Amon ra 2.3 if you haven't you can even flash it from ROM Manager.
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I got Synergy to work and I am beyond pleased with it. Thank you for your incredible help!

rdmjspeed said:
I got Synergy to work and I am beyond pleased with it. Thank you for your incredible help!
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No problem.
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Sorry for bringing this dumb thread back to the top but I couldn't start a whole new thread for one of my stupid questions. I wanted to know if a nandroid backup backs up everything? Like, could I do a back up then wipe my entire phone of everything, install a new rom, and then go back to my old rom from loading the backup?

rdmjspeed said:
Sorry for bringing this dumb thread back to the top but I couldn't start a whole new thread for one of my stupid questions. I wanted to know if a nandroid backup backs up everything? Like, could I do a back up then wipe my entire phone of everything, install a new rom, and then go back to my old rom from loading the backup?
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yes as long as you backup everything then it will restore just make sure to backup everything I'm not sure what recovery you use.
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I'm using the recovery listed earlier in this thread. The one a previous user directed me towards. Thank You sooo much!!!

rdmjspeed said:
I'm using the recovery listed earlier in this thread. The one a previous user directed me towards. Thank You sooo much!!!
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oh I just looked back that was me lol.
Yeah just make sure to backup android-secure and sdext if your partitioned and you should be good thats the whole point of a backup.
Editlus the ones that come checked already data/boot/system etc..
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Haha it was! I guess I really owe you now. Thanks so much!!!

rdmjspeed said:
Haha it was! I guess I really owe you now. Thanks so much!!!
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yes you should be able to do that

Mobile Odin/Pimp my rom

Used PmR to download Bravia Engine to try, used mobile odin to flash it, in the process checking ever root and SU options, clearing Dalvik cavhe and wiping data, now my phone is unable to connect to WiFi and data. This does not bode well..
Link to PmR:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
would appreciate any help on how to recover my use of data

Have you checked your apn and WiFi settings?
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Cnmservad said:
Have you checked your apn and WiFi settings?
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yea set back to the old settings but not working. Currently flashing an original version of the old firmware with odin to try and rescue what's left of my phone

iamwozy said:
Used PmR to download Bravia Engine to try, used mobile odin to flash it, in the process checking ever root and SU options, clearing Dalvik cavhe and wiping data, now my phone is unable to connect to WiFi and data. This does not bode well..
Link to PmR:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
would appreciate any help on how to recover my use of data
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Why you flashed manually with Mobile Odin? The recommended method is to let PmR use the Custom Recovery to flash the MOD. Which recovery do you have installed on your phone? CWM, TWRP?

opgoth said:
Why you flashed manually with Mobile Odin? The recommended method is to let PmR use the Custom Recovery to flash the MOD. Which recovery do you have installed on your phone? CWM, TWRP?
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had CWM, after flashing with odin can't access anything cos of the wipe.
Stupid, stupid me
Stuck at the Samsung logo for quite some time now, what does that mean?
Should i wipe and factory reset or is there an alternative way out?

If you had cwm already then no meaning to use mob odin, anyway if factory reset doesn't work then have to Reflash rom.
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dr.ketan said:
If you had cwm already then no meaning to use mob odin, anyway if factory reset doesn't work then have to Reflash rom.
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had to factory reset, now I have a brand new spanking phone with all my data gone!
Well, at least the wifi and data are both working now, whew

You have a nandroid backup, of course? Try the tools on dr.ketan's signature.
As a last resort, you can try Kies to return to official, unrooted, stock Sammy-blessed state. :cyclops:
And start flashing again, afterwards! :angel:

opgoth said:
You have a nandroid backup, of course? Try the tools on dr.ketan's signature.
As a last resort, you can try Kies to return to official, unrooted, stock Sammy-blessed state. :cyclops:
And start flashing again, afterwards! :angel:
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I actually forgot to create a nand backup before messing with the flashing. UGH.
I guess being spoonfed as a previous iOS user has it's drawbacks.
Time to play with everything now that I have such a clean UI

Glad to know that your phone returned to life.:good:
Remember to make nandroid backups regularly.
Good Luck!

I recommend titanium backup or same other compare to nandroid.
Nandroid push you back to original state while you want to test mods and roms, titanium will be much helpful to restore data on cross roms.
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dr.ketan said:
I recommend titanium backup or same other compare to nandroid.
Nandroid push you back to original state while you want to test mods and roms, titanium will be much helpful to restore data on cross roms.
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was using titanium before, now i can't restore due to my data not being on cloud/sd card.
wouldn't a "snapshot" of my phone now be a better choice for a situation like this?
opgoth said:
Glad to know that your phone returned to life.:good:
Remember to make nandroid backups regularly.
Good Luck!
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which app to use for nandriod backups? so far I've seen only CWM/TWRP.

I prefer titanium on ext sd card, bcoz note2 wipes internal sd card too.
Yes cwm/TWRP needs for nandroid.
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dr.ketan said:
I prefer titanium on ext sd card, bcoz note2 wipes internal sd card too.
Yes cwm/TWRP needs for nandroid.
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I use both TB and Nand, for peace of mind, and to have all bases covered.

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I use both TB and Nand, for peace of mind, and to have all bases covered.
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TWRP seems to be working pretty well, but do i have to extract the folder and back it up on my desktop in case of another full wipe?

TWRP restores everything including desktop but remember it will be same as on day you have created nandroid. Subsequently changes won't have in it.
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Oh that's cool! So it really just screenshot the entire phone and restores back to when it was made?
Side note, each backup is almost a GB big, won't it eat up a lot of memory on your phone? As such, which options are best to select when using twrp? (eg efs, data, system)
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Efs is just 20mb, needs when you have messed up imei, it is must in my point of view even if you don't want nandroid backup
data is backup of installed applications
System is ROM, which needs to recover device when you have got something wrong.
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[Q] TWRP 2.5 backup problems?

My roms backups have been acting strangely. TWRP tells me it is a complete succesfull backup but when i go to restore the backup it does not restore all my apps data...
It is strange and has never done this before
Iv heard that this might do to that i tried to flash ubuntu toch OS on my phone..
Any ideas? please help?

I know that the latest TWRP allows you to pick what is backed up... Are all boxes checked?
Something I'm curious about, does Ubuntu touch store app data in the traditional location that other ROMs store it? I'm guessing based on your question that Ubuntu backups have worked in the past, yeah?

lead_diet said:
I know that the latest TWRP allows you to pick what is backed up... Are all boxes checked?
Something I'm curious about, does Ubuntu touch store app data in the traditional location that other ROMs store it? I'm guessing based on your question that Ubuntu backups have worked in the past, yeah?
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Yes everything is checked and I never got Ubuntu touch to boot on my fone just installed it
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joshtycobb said:
Yes everything is checked and I never got Ubuntu touch to boot on my fone just installed it
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Reflash your recovery.
Its uncommon, but not unheard of, for recoveries to become corrupted, and that may be what happened to you

CNexus said:
Reflash your recovery.
Its uncommon, but not unheard of, for recoveries to become corrupted, and that may be what happened to you
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I did but same result
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Are you just hitting Restore > restore rom, or are you doing something fancy like Restore > Restore /system only? And go into your backup folder and check for a file thats named something like "data.ext4" or similar. Either that, or post a screenshot of your TWRP backup folder for the ROM you are trying to restore, I'm not familiar with TWRP backups as I've never used TWRP myself.

CNexus said:
Are you just hitting Restore > restore rom, or are you doing something fancy like Restore > Restore /system only? And go into your backup folder and check for a file thats named something like "data.ext4" or similar. Either that, or post a screenshot of your TWRP backup folder for the ROM you are trying to restore, I'm not familiar with TWRP backups as I've never used TWRP myself.
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I flashed 2.4.4 and restored my old back ups and they are perfect. Just weird that 2.5 would not completely restore my ROMs
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joshtycobb said:
I flashed 2.4.4 and restored my old back ups and they are perfect. Just weird that 2.5 would not completely restore my ROMs
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Your recovery may have gotten corrupted...happens, not often, but it does
As you found, reflashing it fixes it

CNexus said:
Your recovery may have gotten corrupted...happens, not often, but it does
As you found, reflashing it fixes it
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Well I reflashed 2.5 like 3 times idk wat was wrong
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joshtycobb said:
Well I reflashed 2.5 like 3 times idk wat was wrong
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Did you verify the md5sum of what you were flashing?

CNexus said:
Did you verify the md5sum of what you were flashing?
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Ohh maybe it was a bad download :/
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joshtycobb said:
Ohh maybe it was a bad download :/
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Yeah, could very well have been

My phone acting extremely weird HELP!!!!

So i decided to go from illusion to stockaroma v2 and once i got the phone setup it said i was running low on storage space so later on i rebooted my phone and i got android.phone has crashed blabla
Upon rebooting it kept crashing and crashing so i decided to wipe and reflash stockaroma but funny thing is everytime id wipe and start over I'd get same settings apps and stuff already preloaded as if cwm wasnt even wiping i tried couple times reflashing the rom didnt work..
So i decided to restore my backup now when i went ahead to do that o couldn't because it was saying there is no files ? And i flashed a rom i had on my sdcard but even tho i wiped i got some stuff preloaded which is not normal ? And now i got like 7 times the same directory it looks like this : sdcard/emulated/0/0/0/0 ??
Everything is messed up and down i do not want to go through odin since i have a damn slow computer which shutdowns by its own now imagine me flashing and it crashes...
So my question is how may i restore my backup ? I have like many "0" directory just not sure which one to delete as each contains different file ??
Please help me out im not a noob but this is the first time ive seen this
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Does each "O" folder have a recovery folder?
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alloycowboy said:
Does each "O" folder have a recovery folder?
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Nope and just accidentally lost half of my data and my 500 music about 400pics i am going to murder someone f*king hellllll today is not a good day for me
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Sorry but Odin seems to be your best bet or go buy an external sdcard and reader (as I've advertised on all forums before). This is also why we say to update your recovery to the latest one constantly, in many threads and most OP posts of most roms. Good luck. Also always having a backup of all your contemts on memory is recommended before messing with flashing ROMs. Live and learn.
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mt3g said:
Sorry but Odin seems to be your best bet or go buy an external sdcard and reader (as I've advertised on all forums before). This is also why we say to update your recovery to the latest one constantly, in many threads and most OP posts of most roms. Good luck. Also always having a backup of all your contemts on memory is recommended before messing with flashing ROMs. Live and learn.
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Funny thing is in 4 years never been through anything similar you're telling me live and learn like i probably never read anything before flashing which is not the case i am always careful....
My guess is i ran out of storage space and maybe thats why there was so many /0 folders now that i cleaned some junk im all set up back and running just was wondering what happened and i had the latest cwm touch recovery so i don't know how should i upgrade my recovery if an update isn't out?
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Personally I use TWRP. You may try that instead. CWM may or may not be the problem
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shahkam said:
Funny thing is in 4 years never been through anything similar you're telling me live and learn like i probably never read anything before flashing which is not the case i am always careful....
My guess is i ran out of storage space and maybe thats why there was so many /0 folders now that i cleaned some junk im all set up back and running just was wondering what happened and i had the latest cwm touch recovery so i don't know how should i upgrade my recovery if an update isn't out?
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I say live and learn cause you didn't have thing backed up like you should and you made a mistake. I've yet to see anyone have duplicate /0 for that reason and I'm pretty sure that wasn't the cause. Its cause you weren't on the latest or even up to date to handle 4.2.2. I never said you weren't careful but in lots of the threads including illusion my post and Ramsay's, I think, says make sure you have updated your recovery and backup your sdcard contents. Just saying and its a friendly heads up, also advised you on external sdcard. No need to be defensive, just giving pointers and helping, bud.
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mt3g said:
I say live and learn cause you didn't have thing backed up like you should and you made a mistake. I've yet to see anyone have duplicate /0 for that reason and I'm pretty sure that wasn't the cause. Its cause you weren't on the latest or even up to date to handle 4.2.2. I never said you weren't careful but in lots of the threads including illusion my post and Ramsay's, I think, says make sure you have updated your recovery and backup your sdcard contents. Just saying and its a friendly heads up, also advised you on external sdcard. No need to be defensive, just giving pointers and helping, bud.
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Yeah sorry having just another bad day but from now on i will be backing up content to dropbox on my pc aswell just to make sure its just that i never though of such a thing ever happening and it did....
And the most annoying part here is i can't delete the multiple "0" folder i did delete two of em but the rest i can't it says some files were not delete using oi file manager
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I haven't ever ran into the issue so maybe someone else can chime in. I would just format it if you don't care what else you lose.
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Can you delete them from the built-in file manager in recovery?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Can you delete them from the built-in file manager in recovery?
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I can't :/
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In TWRP there's an option to only wipe internal sd if you want to try that.
Or maybe if you Odin the stock firmware it'll kill the symlink or whatever is holding it there. Then try to delete.
Or factory reset?
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DocHoliday77 said:
In TWRP there's an option to only wipe internal sd if you want to try that.
Or maybe if you Odin the stock firmware it'll kill the symlink or whatever is holding it there. Then try to delete.
Or factory reset?
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Usually I'd odin but since i broken my laptop i only got my super buggy one which crashes random moments and just don't want to risk that happening while im in odin flashing the stock firmware...
But my issue is solved as i flashed illusion rom a copy i had on my sd just little annoyed i can't restore my nandroid backups might delete them its taking 3gig of space for nothing lol..
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Isn't there a way you can extract specific data from them? Never had to myself but I swear I've seen it mentioned somewhere.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Isn't there a way you can extract specific data from them? Never had to myself but I swear I've seen it mentioned somewhere.
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You can use TiBu. But I just open them with WinRAR. Any archiver should work.

shahkam said:
Yeah sorry having just another bad day but from now on i will be backing up content to dropbox on my pc aswell just to make sure its just that i never though of such a thing ever happening and it did....
And the most annoying part here is i can't delete the multiple "0" folder i did delete two of em but the rest i can't it says some files were not delete using oi file manager
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Use Odin and switch to the latest twrp, lots of ppl have been having issues with cwm lately as its not updated with the latest flashing scripts and such, most cwm recoveries can't handle preload or wipe everything needed for 4.2 roms, try twrp and u shouldn't have anymore issues...
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soupysoup said:
Use Odin and switch to the latest twrp, lots of ppl have been having issues with cwm lately as its not updated with the latest flashing scripts and such, most cwm recoveries can't handle preload or wipe everything needed for 4.2 roms, try twrp and u shouldn't have anymore issues...
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Will try its just that I've always used cwm before feeling more comfortable whit that but will try twrp also and let you know how it goes
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DocHoliday77 said:
Isn't there a way you can extract specific data from them? Never had to myself but I swear I've seen it mentioned somewhere.
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(In TWRP) Restore>Advanced>Select the partitions you want to restore
There is a similar option in CWM6 (at least there was last time I used it on my old phone) but I don't remember the specifics.

Adreaver said:
(In TWRP) Restore>Advanced>Select the partitions you want to restore
There is a similar option in CWM6 (at least there was last time I used it on my old phone) but I don't remember the specifics.
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Yeah, that's an option in both, but I was referring to the ability to just pull a certain app and data out of one of those partition backups.
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Yeah, that's an option in both, but I was referring to the ability to just pull a certain app and data out of one of those partition backups.
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Ah ok. Yeah thats in Titanium. Batch>Restore>Data from Nandroid, then you should be able to select the specific data/apps you want.