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Backup rom

Hi, I want to ask you, if there is any way to backup whole rom without flashing new clockwork mod?
1) How do I backup?
2) How can I restore it?

Yes, but you do need to be rooted. Have a look at this thread.

Thanks, but I can't see here the answer for my two questions. It's not problem to be rooted, but I don't know, how to make full ROM backup before factory reset and flashing new ROM.

Angorass said:
Thanks, but I can't see here the answer for my two questions. It's not problem to be rooted, but I don't know, how to make full ROM backup before factory reset and flashing new ROM.
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Using an alternative recovery
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Except for backing up your stock recovery, everything else should ideally be done in CWM.
You'll get Nandroid backup which is a lot simpler to use than the dd command I explain in that other thread.

Darkshado said:
Except for backing up your stock recovery, everything else should ideally be done in CWM.
You'll get Nandroid backup which is a lot simpler to use than the dd command I explain in that other thread.
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So, I flashed CWM a few minutes ago, but when I wanna make there backup, it's starting, but then it writes something like: Can't mount... I have to have ext4 partition on my sd card?

No, you don't have to repartition your SD.
What firmware do you want to backup? CWM won't work for 2.2.x AFAIK.

JustVass said:
No, you don't have to repartition your SD.
What firmware do you want to backup? CWM won't work for 2.2.x AFAIK.
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Android 2.3.3 S5660XXKPA GINGERBREAD rooted.

BAckup
1 question from me ???? if i make a Nandroid baukup from CWM....its full ROM backup??? means system n app settings? installed apps ??? each n everythin thing in Nandroid backup any 1 explain?????thanx

mnhs1010 said:
1 question from me ???? if i make a Nandroid baukup from CWM....its full ROM backup??? means system n app settings? installed apps ??? each n everythin thing in Nandroid backup any 1 explain?????thanx
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Yes, everything. Like a reboot
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voetbalremco said:
Yes, everything. Like a reboot
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OMG thats great now i dnt want to use 3rd party app for backup of my intalled apps thans for in4mation

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.

opgoth said:
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] Just got the Note 2.

Hello,
I just have the note 2, and i rooted it with the rootkit i found on xda.
Now i've made a backup with TeamWin, and selected to backup everything.
Now my question is, is this my stockrom now that i back-upped?
And i noticed the counter went up to 2.
And for most of all, can i load custom rom's now?
And if i load a custom rom, will it effect my personal data? If so, how can i back this up and load it back?
Kind regards,
Hoolz14

if you installed TWRP or CWM recovery yes, you can flash roms. to clean the flash counter use triangle away and while you having a custom recovery check the option reset on every boot.
you should also check that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093599
it is known that some phones have that issue and maybe yours so be aware of that
hope i helped, bests
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Hoolz14 said:
Hello,
I just have the note 2, and i rooted it with the rootkit i found on xda.
Now i've made a backup with TeamWin, and selected to backup everything.
Now my question is, is this my stockrom now that i back-upped?
And i noticed the counter went up to 2.
And for most of all, can i load custom rom's now?
And if i load a custom rom, will it effect my personal data? If so, how can i back this up and load it back?
Kind regards,
Hoolz14
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you can restore ur backup using recovery..... flash counter went two i think 1 for the root and 1 for the custom recovery.,.,

Make sure you do a separate backup of EFS and you can flash any rom on your device
Triangle away will help you in resetting the flash counter

Awesome
Used titanium backup for backing up my user apps.
Can i restore these on another custom rom?
Thanks everyone for the quick reply's, very appriciated!

Hoolz14 said:
Awesome
Used titanium backup for backing up my user apps.
Can i restore these on another custom rom?
Thanks everyone for the quick reply's, very appriciated!
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Yes, you can restore your app and the data as well. But for some reason, it would not recommend to restore too many data on another rom. But app is ok, just restore as many as you like.
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Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?

Hoolz14 said:
Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?
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restore the new rom ?? what u mean?? u should install the new rom after those steps.. restore can be done if u have backup before... happy flashing.. hope u took a efs backup earlier

Hoolz14 said:
Awesome, thanks
Downloading a ROM now.
When installing i have to:
Wipe data / factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Restore the new ROM
Right?
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I dont want to make you confuse, just follow the step of installation stated at the op the rom you downloading. It should enough for you.
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tornado92 said:
restore the new rom ?? what u mean?? u should install the new rom after those steps.. restore can be done if u have backup before... happy flashing.. hope u took a efs backup earlier
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Thanks,
I made an efs backup, and a backup of everything that could be crossed.
Flashing worked

So Wat rom did u flash
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Hoolz14 said:
Thanks,
I made an efs backup, and a backup of everything that could be crossed.
Flashing worked
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nice work friend... congrats..:highfive::highfive::highfive:

NANDROID Backups Don't Restore

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?

arabman said:
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.

Toleraen said:
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:

arabman said:
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.

arabman said:
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:

unciviilized said:
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?

[SOLVED][Q] [C6506] [CWM 6.0.4.7] Restore - Baseband/IMEI Unknown

Running AOKP KK 4.4.2, I made a full backup of my system using CWM Recovery 6.0.4.7. I reinstalled stock ROM 4.2.2 10.3.1.A.2.67 to check for upgrades. (Sony removed all 4.3 upgrades for the C6506.
After that, I reflashed the boot.img, and restored my backup. On boot, the cell signal was "No Service". Looking at status, no Baseband, No IMEI, and no service.
Only way around it was to restore the stock ROM and then do a clean install of AOKP. I have been unable to restore a CWM backup.
I had my charger plugged in during both backup and restore. While I did read there was a bug with CWM and chargers, before I try this again, does anyone here have a suggestion or workaround? Be a shame not to be able to use Backup/Restore.
Thank you.

I have same issue after restoring back obtained by CWM for AOKP ROM 4.4 kitkat network is lost......best way is to restore the backup first and get all the data and apps in place .....................
And then dirty flash the AOKP ROM zip and gapps you will get the network back.
This will get you all your apps and data back ...some of the data is lost like progress in temple run so also back up all apps and data by Titanium backup. Apps can also be restored with data if something is missing.
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apitruia1 said:
I have same issue after restoring back obtained by CWM for AOKP ROM 4.4 kitkat network is lost......best way is to restore the backup first and get all the data and apps in place .....................
And then dirty flash the AOKP ROM zip and gapps you will get the network back.
This will get you all your apps and data back ...some of the data is lost like progress in temple run so also back up all apps and data by Titanium backup. Apps can also be restored with data if something is missing.
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Seems awful kludgy. I am glad to know there is a problem, but this workaround is good to know. I still think the bug portends something more serious. For example, I lose my home screen settings (I only backup user apps). Oh well.
Thanks and keep posted if you learn more.

So, which baseband worked fine, and what do you currently have installed on your phone?
Btw, you you can flash the baseband only part of the ftf...
And I hate that my 6506 reports that it's a 6503... I should do something about that.
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scifan said:
So, which baseband worked fine, and what do you currently have installed on your phone?
Btw, you you can flash the baseband only part of the ftf...
And I hate that my 6506 reports that it's a 6503... I should do something about that.
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Sony only publishes open source AOSP for the 6XX3 models. The 6502, 6503, and 6506 have identical hardware except for radio frequencies supported. So any AOSP flavor will cause slight loss of functionality in terms of frequencies covered.
I tried reflashing just the baseband after this issue. It did not help. For me (although I did not try the dirty flashing method yet), the only thing that worked was to reinstall clean AOKP on top of clean Sony Firmware. Anything with a backup and restore resulted in no baseband/IMEI.

When I do a restore I always do a full wipe first, then install system (+ gapps if wanted), then restore data only. Maybe this would work?!

THAT is a good suggestion
detective zero said:
When I do a restore I always do a full wipe first, then install system (+ gapps if wanted), then restore data only. Maybe this would work?!
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Now, have you experienced the problem we are describing here? Have you tried the dirty install method proposed? Curious now. I like the idea of installing data only. Will try. Thx

pete4abw said:
Now, have you experienced the problem we are describing here? Have you tried the dirty install method proposed? Curious now. I like the idea of installing data only. Will try. Thx
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No, I didn't have that particular problem. But I often had problems with restores when coming from other ROMs/kernels. This always worked for me...

detective zero said:
No, I didn't have that particular problem. But I often had problems with restores when coming from other ROMs/kernels. This always worked for me...
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I will give it a try. Will report next time I revert to stock.

pete4abw said:
I will give it a try. Will report next time I revert to stock.
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Yeah, I hope it helps. Please tell me here!

[SOLVED] [C6506] [CWM 6.0.4.7] Restore - Baseband/IMEI Unknown
detective zero said:
Yeah, I hope it helps. Please tell me here!
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Kudos for your suggestion. I went from stock --> unloick bootloader --> install boot.img --> install custom ROM zips and Gapps --> restore DATA only using CWM Recovery. On first boot, everything is fine. Baseband, IMEI shows fine.
Thank you again. this is a terrific solution and should be pinned. (@MOD). Cheers.:cyclops:

pete4abw said:
Kudos for your suggestion. I went from stock --> unloick bootloader --> install boot.img --> install custom ROM zips and Gapps --> restore DATA only using CWM Recovery. On first boot, everything is fine. Baseband, IMEI shows fine.
Thank you again. this is a terrific solution and should be pinned. (@MOD). Cheers.:cyclops:
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Wow, great. Glad, I could help you!

Thankyou
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apitruia1 said:
I have same issue after restoring back obtained by CWM for AOKP ROM 4.4 kitkat network is lost......best way is to restore the backup first and get all the data and apps in place .....................
And then dirty flash the AOKP ROM zip and gapps you will get the network back.
This will get you all your apps and data back ...some of the data is lost like progress in temple run so also back up all apps and data by Titanium backup. Apps can also be restored with data if something is missing.
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Thankyou
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Brilliant Thankyou!!!!!!!

help me please
hi can i ask if that your c6506 compatible to my c6502?..same here lost imei and base band can you give me the backup you have?...im just newbie..please help me:crying::crying::crying::crying: