So can anyone explain what I can do to start my device. I only had one rom on my sdcard and it wont install. It also wont restore my nandroid backups. Already wiped my device, not sure what to do.
SysAdmNj said:
So can anyone explain what I can do to start my device. I only had one rom on my sdcard and it wont install. It also wont restore my nandroid backups. Already wiped my device, not sure what to do.
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You can try to boot into the bootloader and reflash cwm via fastboot. Maybe that will help
Sent from my trasbeaned Galaxy Nexus.
I found twrp recovery on my sdcard and flashed that and that sort of allowed me to flash the rom.
So do you think my cwm was corrupted and flashing it again will fix that? I mean I could also do this from rom manager now?
Hello to all,
I have Arc with ICS .587 installed and rooted, CWM is Also installed. Whenever i try to restore my Backup i end up in bootloop, sometines its restored but somethings are not working like no service, some widgets are Gone, cant get into Phone settings as the setting button is completly gone from phone.
Please can good Samaritan help me
Thanking All in Advance
Do you Wipe Data/Factory Reset/Cache etc before restore?
did you changed kernel?
if you chanege the name of the backup, things will not work.
gabimx said:
did you changed kernel?
if you chanege the name of the backup, things will not work.
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yes....not change the name of backup...
moreover if you have flashed a zip and it didn't go fine....there is a possibility that the istallation have spoiled the backup or file of kernel...(for all I know it happened to me in this way)
Yes Guys i do make a full wipe before restore, and after making a backup i transfer it to pc for Safe storage, so whenever i need it i transfer it back to cloclworkmod folder
centi50 said:
Yes Guys i do make a full wipe before restore, and after making a backup i transfer it to pc for Safe storage, so whenever i need it i transfer it back to cloclworkmod folder
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If u flash custom kernel, u need to also flash wifi modules before rebooting after restore...
I dont Flash custom Kernel, everything is stock, by the way My Arc is Bootlocked so customs kernels
While you make backup does cwm show any errors? have you checked the log ? Does the restore process complete without errors ? And do you fix permissions and mount system /data etc before restoring ?
nikufellow said:
While you make backup does cwm show any errors? have you checked the log ? Does the restore process complete without errors ? And do you fix permissions and mount system /data etc before restoring ?
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Backup Completes without Error, and no i do not Fix permission or Mount System/Data before restore.
centi50 said:
Backup Completes without Error, and no i do not Fix permission or Mount System/Data before restore.
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Then do it ! and try again .
This is what is happening to me. Lets say am Running on GB Rom e.g X-Gamer, now i want to try lets say Optimax Rom, i backup my Current ROM which is X-Gamer, then i try to restore it to see if its works, and i find that it works. so Flash ICS Original Sony ROM and root it. in the end i Have Sony Stock ROM.587 and CWM installed. So far am ok.
Now i Install ICS based ROM like Optimax or JellySandwhich. Everything goes Fine, so i Backup That ROM too and keep a copy on my Laptop. Now i decide to go to my old backup of X-Gamer, i Boot to recovery do a full wipe + i mount data/system and fix permission as i have CWM 5.5.0.4. which has permission option in it. i continue to restore my X-Gamer Backup. After Finnishing of course without error. i reboot the phone and Bam!!. Bootloop.
I reflash GB.42 with Flashtool, root it and install CWM. Boot to recovery and try to restore my X-Gamer backup, and WOLA!! it's restored.
same with ICS Backup. Reflash Stcok Rom root it and restore the ICS backup i made, and it works.
As i know i may be wrong (am a noob) The backup is a snapshot of the rom, so regardless of what rom someone is running when he restores the Backup, he should be back to that ROM in the backup and not to reflash first the corresponding Stock ROM in order for the Backup to work.
Please somebody help and shade some light
Have you used the same recovery all the time? Switching recoveries can "sometimes" not flash backups properly. Either that or it didn't back it up properly in the first place. TBH there's not much we can can do. The backup is corrupted and for that it is causing bootloops and braking things. All I can suggest to you is to reinstall a fresh install of the ROM and then try an advanced restore of your applications and data just not the Boot.img or the system.img
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Jessie-James said:
Have you used the same recovery all the time? Switching recoveries can "sometimes" not flash backups properly. Either that or it didn't back it up properly in the first place. TBH there's not much we can can do. The backup is corrupted and for that it is causing bootloops and braking things. All I can suggest to you is to reinstall a fresh install of the ROM and then try an advanced restore of your applications and data just not the Boot.img or the system.img
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I have tried to use same recovery, but same result. restoring backup across different ROM does not work for me it seems. I have to have a working corresponding rom as the backup am trying to Resotre. for example if i want to restore my backup of GB ROM, i have to have a working GB Rom already on Phone. I Can't restore an ICS Rom while my Phone is On GB and vice verser.
centi50 said:
Please somebody help and shade some light
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Flashing an ftf also flashes the kernel, so restoring a GB backup when you originally installed ICS or vice versa will give you issues as CWM doesn't backup your kernel.
XperienceD said:
Flashing an ftf also flashes the kernel, so restoring a GB backup when you originally installed ICS or vice versa will give you issues as CWM doesn't backup your kernel.
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Thanks XperienceD for Clarifying. now i undersatnd. Just wanted to ask is it possible to flash A GB Sock Kernel on an ICS ROM or vice versa, then using the backup to restore thru CWM, as this will save time than to reflash the ftf, root it and install CWM just only to restore your backup.
centi50 said:
as this will save time than to reflash the ftf, root it and install CWM just only to restore your backup.
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This is why it's better to unlock your BL, then it's just a flash of a kernel then restoring your backup.
Hi guys
I'm having g some weird issues I have a gs3 from bell. I rooted it and been flashing all kinds of Roms and never having any issues going back to restoring stable Roms until I decided to try twrp recovery but I noticed that I couldn't restore anything backed up by cwm so I flashed cwm though Rom manager and since then whenever I try to backup a Rom it finishes then when I try to restore them they say md5 mismatch. So after a lot of research I managed to notice that cwm isn't making any nandroid md5 files.
So my question is have I flashed a bad version of cwm through Rom manager or may I have just screwed my phones files somehow I was thinking of uprooting my phone and rerooting it but I don't know if that will fix this. Please help
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Good luck
Just so u know i've read through that 3 times already I don't have that issue ... I dOnt have a nandroid md5 like showing up in any of my backups so thanks for nothing if you would have read my post you would have understood That already
solved***** unrooted......rerooted..........backups and restors working fine..........my guess. rom manger`s update of cwm got messed up no more rom manager for me ;p
DLM2583 said:
solved***** unrooted......rerooted..........backups and restors working fine..........my guess. rom manger`s update of cwm got messed up no more rom manager for me ;p
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Hi, I am still having the same problem as you, and I bought Cwm touch from rom manager and i created a backup and when i restore it it says md5 mistmatch.. So did you get a different older version of cwm? How did you end up using the backup that you couldn't open? Thanks for your help
Hello! I am posting this because i'm new to this rooting/custom roms thing. OK. So i have a Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100. I rooted it using odin, then tried to install new rom. Downloaded CWM, booted into recovery mode and installed new rom. After this, i accidentally pressed 'Reboot' instead of installing gapps & wiping cache and that stuff. Now, my phone starts with the new rom, but i can't get back into recovery mode to start over. When i press vol-, home and power button, after pressing vol+ it goes into download mode (i can't do anything here). Any help will be appreciated!
UPDATE! I tried to flash odin recovery, and now my phone is stuck at the bootscreen. The only thing i can do is get into download mode. PLEASE HELP!
I've managed to get rid of the problem above by installing original firmware from samsung (android 4.3) and worked. The problem is, after that, i installed X-note rom (v2.1) and i think my imei is corrupted now. When i installed x-note, it asked me if i want to make an efs backup, and i accepted. If this is the problem, does anyone know how to restore the backup made? I found it on phone memory (i know it exists) but when i go into recovery mode in cm and i click restore from /sdcard nothing happens (no files to restore). Can someone tell me how could i restore the efs backup?
P.S. I checked phone's IMEI and it starts with 0049.
darkn3ss88 said:
I've managed to get rid of the problem above by installing original firmware from samsung (android 4.3) and worked. The problem is, after that, i installed X-note rom (v2.1) and i think my imei is corrupted now. When i installed x-note, it asked me if i want to make an efs backup, and i accepted. If this is the problem, does anyone know how to restore the backup made? I found it on phone memory (i know it exists) but when i go into recovery mode in cm and i click restore from /sdcard nothing happens (no files to restore). Can someone tell me how could i restore the efs backup?
P.S. I checked phone's IMEI and it starts with 0049.
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Alright so what is the back up extension ? Is it efs.IMG? Is it 20 KB ?
Please note that restoring efs backup has nothing to do with CWM recovery, its a program you download on PC that backs up and restores your device.
With regards,
Overdub
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Hi! My efs file is .tar and it is <1kb, somewhere around 20 bytes. When i open it, it doesn't show any items in the archive.
Hi everyone. My phone doesn't boot up after restoring twrp backup. Yesterday I made a Full backup and now if I try to restore that my phone just go into a bootloop. How can I resolve this problem?
mr.banana said:
Hi everyone. My phone doesn't boot up after restoring twrp backup. Yesterday I made a Full backup and now if I try to restore that my phone just go into a bootloop. How can I resolve this problem?
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It depends on a lot of factors.
What ROM, what TWRP version, what partitions did you back up, etc.
If you want to get your phone working, you can flash any ROM of your choice from TWRP or restore stock image.
indian84 said:
It depends on a lot of factors.
What ROM, what TWRP version, what partitions did you back up, etc.
If you want to get your phone working, you can flash any ROM of your choice from TWRP or restore stock image.
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TWRP Version is the last one (I think). I backup every partition so I made a full backup of everything. The rom Is the simple aosp. I very want back all my stuff
mr.banana said:
TWRP Version is the last one (I think). I backup every partition so I made a full backup of everything. The rom Is the simple aosp. I very want back all my stuff
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Backing up all the partitions was the mistake.
Getting your stuff back looks difficult.
If you flash ROM using TWRP, your media files and anything stored on your phone won't be deleted.
But all your apps and stuff will be lost.