For some odd reason, when I tried to make a nandroid backup yesterday, TWRP was only able to backup the boot and the system and when it tries to backup the data part, it will show up a big red "FAIL" at the top.
I've had success in restoring and backing up nandroids before with this version of TWRP, but for some reason...it just wouldn't let me go through with the backup now. The only thing that changed between the time when nandroid backups were no problem and now is that I flashed one of the compatible boot animation for the GoldenEye ROM. I doubt it...but could that be the problem?
I also delete previous nandroid backups to make room for the new ones...just trying to give as much information as I can hahaha
Thanks in advance!
I'd try clockwork.
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Yeah after trying to find the solution online with no luck, I finally flashed CWM. Thanks anyway though!
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I backed everything up this morning, did a full wipe and flashed another Rom to test. Well after I was done with that Rom I wiped again and restored my back up. When I opened the app drawer every installed app I had was gone. My home screen still had a couple icons for those apps but they weren't installed.
I wiped again flashed the backup a second time with no luck. Then I tried a previous backup and had the same issue. I flashed clockworkmod recovery and tried to restore a previous backup I made with that and still had the same issue.
I'm using synergy rls 1
More freedom kernel
Used RA recovery and clockwork
All of the apps were installed on the phone so they weren't on the SD card.
Has anyone had this issue before?
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It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
that has happened to me before as well. I always use Recovery (AmonRa) for all my backups now and also titanium.
nickelghandi said:
It happens every time to me. Until yesterday. I backed up using recovery instead of ROM Manager and all my apps were there when I restored. I guess just make sure you back up using Recovery, not ROM Manager. Or use Titanium Backup... That always works too.
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It's weird because all of my backups are through recovery. I've never had this issue till today. No matter how many times I restore my user data doesn't show up.
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that that is strange. if you look at the nandroid backup files do you see a data partition file. if so is that file big enough to suggest that contains all of your apps? maybe your recovery is not backing up any apps so there's nothing to the restore later.
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All backups show they have plenty of user data. What's even more weird its that I noticed while restoring that while its doing data I can see that it is actually flashing my info. As to where that info is after I boot up is still a mystery.
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Are there any clues in the recovery log?
I have Clockwordmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
Well there is no cyanogen recovery so that's probably why no one is replying fyi.
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nuggstein said:
I have Cyanogenmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
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I hope you mean clockworkmod and yes.
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xsteven77x said:
Well there is no cyanogen recovery so that's probably why no one is replying fyi.
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Big typo haha.
Exodian said:
I hope you mean clockworkmod and yes.
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So I don't have to worry about losing anything? Once I restore, it will be like I never changed anything? (Almost like an image backup of a computer)?
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Big typo haha.
So I don't have to worry about losing anything? Once I restore, it will be like I never changed anything? (Almost like an image backup of a computer)?
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Make a backup im cwm recovery and you can flash back to it and all will be as it was.
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nuggstein said:
I have Clockwordmod Recovery installed on my GSII (T989). If I do a full backup, and then flash a custom ROM/Kernel...can I just do a complete full restore if I don't like it (from the backup I made)?
Thanks!
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Exodian said:
Make a backup im cwm recovery and you can flash back to it and all will be as it was.
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No i wouldnt suggest doing that when u make a back up in cwm you making a backup of that rom! If your worried about your data use either
Titanium backup or
MyBackup Pro
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umm...I thought CWM recovery backed up everything...including data (excluding microSD card).
So, if I restore it, it restores the original Kernel and ROM? Is that correct?
If something goes wrong, while flashing new kernels/ROMS, I can boot into recovery and just restore?
I'm already rooted, I just want to be sure before I start messing with my device.
Thaks!
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umm...I thought CWM recovery backed up everything...including data (excluding microSD card).
So, if I restore it, it restores the original Kernel and ROM? Is that correct?
If something goes wrong, while flashing new kernels/ROMS, I can boot into recovery and just restore?
I'm already rooted, I just want to be sure before I start messing with my device.
Thaks!
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you are correct the Nandroid backup built into the CWM recovery will back up everything on your phone as it is. including any ext partition on your external SD card. (will not backup your FAT partition where your normal downloads and pictures go, as this is where the backups are stored) but your ROM, all apps and their data and anything on your EXT partition (if you have one) will be backed up.
i suggest copying the clockworkmod backup folder to your computer before flashing anything else. just in case it messes up your SD card somehow.
doing the full restore will automatically restore ROM apps and data as they were when you backed up. feel free to flash as many roms as you want, just make sure to keep your backup safe. and to wipe all data in between roms as usual.
although titanium backup is amazing. and will backup apps and their data while booted inside your rom. its amazing, check it out.
Cwm backs up everthing including rom, kernel, and data. When you restore your backup it will restore your phone the way it was the moment that you backed it up.
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malaeus said:
you are correct the Nandroid backup built into the CWM recovery will back up everything on your phone as it is. including any ext partition on your external SD card. (will not backup your FAT partition where your normal downloads and pictures go, as this is where the backups are stored) but your ROM, all apps and their data and anything on your EXT partition (if you have one) will be backed up.
i suggest copying the clockworkmod backup folder to your computer before flashing anything else. just in case it messes up your SD card somehow.
doing the full restore will automatically restore ROM apps and data as they were when you backed up. feel free to flash as many roms as you want, just make sure to keep your backup safe. and to wipe all data in between roms as usual.
although titanium backup is amazing. and will backup apps and their data while booted inside your rom. its amazing, check it out.
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I have TB Pro...are you saying it will back all of my apps/data up, and I can just restore it from within my new ROM?
Correct. Just use caution when trying to restore system apps.
Good.Luck!
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Dude don't sorry so much!!! Super Noob!!! JK! Well not really you are never going to want stock again...just carefully flash your desired ROM.. use TB to restore all of your apps and their data. Do a nandroid back up of your current rom then one of your favorite roms after you set it up to you liking.
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So it's my day off, so I thought I'd spend some of that time messing around with my phone. First thing I do is create a nandroid with CWM, because I'm not an idiot.
Only apparently I am, because after fouling up a restore of a new rom with an unrelated to my nandroid issue I'm working on resolving (Something in my TB backedup data causes Android.process.acore to force close) I restored my nandroid.
Only to be stuck staring at the Galaxy SII logo.
Does anyone know what can cause a bootlock like this just from restoring a nadroid? I've tried just rebooting into recovery and restoring it, wiping cache/dalvik and restoring, full wipe and restore.... nothing. Bootlock.
Please help, and a million thanks in advance.
Are you sure it actually backed up properly. I got caught out there like that one time where I thought I backed up my rom but it failed and did not notice it till I restored.
Check the folder size that your actual backup is in and compare it the file size of another backup you hopefully have
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Are you sure it actually backed up properly. I got caught out there like that one time where I thought I backed up my rom but it failed and did not notice it till I restored.
Check the folder size that your actual backup is in and compare it the file size of another backup you hopefully have
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It's the right size. The other nandroid I had was 1.08 gb, this one is 1.1 gb, so
it's definitely the right size.
If it was on ics and you used el26cwm then you have to restore the nandroid backup then flash an ics kernel.
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peanut1596 said:
If it was on ics and you used el26cwm then you have to restore the nandroid backup then flash an ics kernel.
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O my ruttin god, thank you. I could've sworn I've restored nandroids with EL26CWM, but I guess I've always restored from Agats...thanks.
The problem is I can't restore my Nandroid backups as they fail every time the custom recovery reaches /data. I have tried every custom recovery for the T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I'm no noob when it comes to android, I have done my research and haven't found any solutions. I flash a lot of custom roms and not having a Nandroid backup to go back to is a big pain. This is my first time I've posted on XDA and I really need some help.
You have to odin back to stock and reroot only way it worked for me, kept getting into bootloops when going back to nandroid
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unciviilized said:
You have to odin back to stock and reroot only way it worked for me, kept getting into bootloops when going back to nandroid
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So you're saying that if I odin stock and reroot Nandroid backups will work again?
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The problem is I can't restore my Nandroid backups as they fail every time the custom recovery reaches /data. I have tried every custom recovery for the T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I'm no noob when it comes to android, I have done my research and haven't found any solutions. I flash a lot of custom roms and not having a Nandroid backup to go back to is a big pain. This is my first time I've posted on XDA and I really need some help.
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Can't say I've had any issues with nandroid restores (just backed up and flashed, knocking on wood...) do you have sufficient space in your internal storage? Others have report, and I've seen, internal storage filling up from backups that are 'hidden away' by CWM but don't get deleted by a data wipe.
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Can't say I've had any issues with nandroid restores (just backed up and flashed, knocking on wood...) do you have sufficient space in your internal storage? Others have report, and I've seen, internal storage filling up from backups that are 'hidden away' by CWM but don't get deleted by a data wipe.
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I have my backups stored on my External SDCard, I don't think that space is an issue. Also, I odin'd back to stock, re-rooted and all that and I'm still getting the same error.
I feel your pain, but doing odin is a pain in the a$$, have you tried any other recovery yet? That way you can see if it is a recovery issue, do a backup and then a restore to see, maybe even rolling back a version or 2, I would try these, before I go thru all that again.
The Ax says, just trying to help here. Good luck.
Sorry didn't see your last reply, must have happen when I was replying, wow today's technology.
Ive once moved a nandroid to my ext-sdcard and when i tried restoring it wouldnt work, try installing a nandroid from ur internal sd instead
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Your microSD card might be defective. As uncivilized suggested try the restore from internal SD. That should work.
So I just backed-up to the internal SD-Card then Restored from the Internal SD-Card and it failed again.:crying:
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So I just backed-up to the internal SD-Card then Restored from the Internal SD-Card and it failed again.:crying:
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so are you using twrp or cwm? if twrp what version are u running?
unciviilized said:
so are you using twrp or cwm? if twrp what version are u running?
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Right now I am running Philz Touch 5 (a variation of cwm touch) but even when I had TWRP I had the same error when restoring
I just flashed TWRP 2.6.0.0 with Odin and I am currently backing up and then I will restore it to see if I get the error.
It failed in the exact same way.
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It failed in the exact same way.
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arabman said:
Right now I am running Philz Touch 5 (a variation of cwm touch) but even when I had TWRP I had the same error when restoring
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Im using twrp v 2.5.0.3 but im not seeing it in their website. Try using an earlier version than 2.6.0.0 , I would format internal sd card flash a rom from your ext-sd card then use odin to flash an earlier version of twrp.tar
I have followed all of your steps exactly except for I flashed 2.5.2.0 instead of 2.5.3.0 and it still failed, this is pretty frustrating but thanks for the help.:crying:
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Im using twrp v 2.5.0.3 but im not seeing it in their website. Try using an earlier version than 2.6.0.0 , I would format internal sd card flash a rom from your ext-sd card then use odin to flash an earlier version of twrp.tar
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2.5.0.3 was removed, alot of people had problems with it, just like alot of people are having problems with 2.6.0.0. some people reporting that 2.6.0.0 is working fine.
2.5.02 is your best bet, if 2.6.0.0 does not work,
Very weird , when ever ur backing up what boxes are checked to proceed with back up (boot.img, cache etc)
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twrp backups are restorable on any ver of twrp
unciviilized said:
Very weird , when ever ur backing up what boxes are checked to proceed with back up (boot.img, cache etc)
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I check boot, data, system
Any other suggestions guys?
I made a backup of a rom and when I went to restore it I went it to boot loop? So I restored again same thing so a new build came out backed up. Went to restore same thing? I restored to another rom that I had a backup of and it went through good anybody?
ur backup contains a nonnlokified recovery. if u restore, dont restore its recovery and use only one recovery system.
or let s put an other question, how did u get to the recovery before make a backup and restore? power+volup?
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fosunite said:
ur backup contains a nonnlokified recovery. if u restore, dont restore its recovery and use only one recovery system.
or let s put an other question, how did u get to the recovery before make a backup and restore? power+volup?
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I always use twrp and I just hit my power button and hit recovery. Like I have done hundreds of times. I have Flashed this phone at least 50 times or more. I have backed up and restored at least 20 times. That's what is weird.