Hi everyone,
I guess I need some help... I'm on rooted stock and recently had to install busybox (for recovering my accidentally deleted image folder ). Now when I try to install the current OTA update, it says "/system/xbin/nc has unexpected contents" and won't let me install the update. /system/xbin/nc is actually not existing currently (removed all the busybox links, just kept the busybox binary). Don't know if it was there before I installed busybox.
I tried to download and unpack a TWRP nandroid backup of my current software version in an attempt to find and restore any file possibly overwritten by busybox links, but there was no /system/xbin folder in the nandroid backup.
Any ideas how I might be able to install the OTA again? I don't want to flash stock again and backup/restore all my data. There has to be a way! :highfive:
Thx
brot2
brot2 said:
Hi everyone,
I guess I need some help... I'm on rooted stock and recently had to install busybox (for recovering my accidentally deleted image folder ). Now when I try to install the current OTA update, it says "/system/xbin/nc has unexpected contents" and won't let me install the update. /system/xbin/nc is actually not existing currently (removed all the busybox links, just kept the busybox binary). Don't know if it was there before I installed busybox.
I tried to download and unpack a TWRP nandroid backup of my current software version in an attempt to find and restore any file possibly overwritten by busybox links, but there was no /system/xbin folder in the nandroid backup.
Any ideas how I might be able to install the OTA again? I don't want to flash stock again and backup/restore all my data. There has to be a way! :highfive:
Thx
brot2
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Make a nandroid of your present ROM.
Then flash only the System part of the restore from the stock nandroid.
Only the System portion!
Then see how it goes.
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th3 said:
Make a nandroid of your present ROM.
Then flash only the System part of the restore from the stock nandroid.
Only the System portion!
Then see how it goes.
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That actually sounds quite smart. I'm going to give it a try tonight. I never knew you could just restore the system part of a nandroid backup. I'll have to figure out how to do that.
brot2 said:
That actually sounds quite smart. I'm going to give it a try tonight. I never knew you could just restore the system part of a nandroid backup. I'll have to figure out how to do that.
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Under Advanced, you can restore just that portion and it'll be fixed to flash the OTA without touching any data.
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Hi guys
Maybe i have a serous problems here, yestarday i install android 4.1 to test, but before this i do a NANDBackup and then i install android 4.1, but today when i want to back to ICS restoring my backup i have this alert in recovery ( MD5 mismatch ) and now i can restoring my backup and my phone dont want boot because i do a superwipe after install my backup, how i can fix this problem knowing that my phone dont want boot?????
Thanks
wallendiaz said:
Hi guys
Maybe i have a serous problems here, yestarday i install android 4.1 to test, but before this i do a NANDBackup and then i install android 4.1, but today when i want to back to ICS restoring my backup i have this alert in recovery ( MD5 mismatch ) and now i can restoring my backup and my phone dont want boot because i do a superwipe after install my backup, how i can fix this problem knowing that my phone dont want boot?????
Thanks
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For a nandroid restore to work properly in CWM, the path to the images needs to be EXACTLY the same as it was when you created it. For example, if when you did the backup, the file was located in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012.06.30.07.30.00, then you need to make sure that that path is exactly the same. Otherwise, you will need to regenerate the MD5, and then it will work by doing this:
adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-06-30.07.30.00
rm nandroid.md5
md5sum *.* > nandroid.md5
exit
EDIT: And please change your title. Your phone is not bricked. Bricked means it is as useful as a brick -- i.e., it does not work anymore and it cannot be fixed without returning it. You may have messed up the firmware, but your device certainly works just fine.
wallendiaz said:
Hi guys
Maybe i have a serous problems here, yestarday i install android 4.1 to test, but before this i do a NANDBackup and then i install android 4.1, but today when i want to back to ICS restoring my backup i have this alert in recovery ( MD5 mismatch ) and now i can restoring my backup and my phone dont want boot because i do a superwipe after install my backup, how i can fix this problem knowing that my phone dont want boot?????
Thanks
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What recovery are you using and how exactly did you try to restore?
If you renamed the backup make sure there are no spaces
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If you can get to recovery then you are definitely NOT bricked.
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Ok so I am currently running the newest version of MIUI. I just got it a few hours ago and I want to go back to my old ROM (codename android) to back up all of my apps to titanium backup. I make 2 nandroid backups before I installed MIUI. Every time I go into clockworkmod and try to restore one of the backups. I get an error saying "error while restoring /system." Is there anything that I am doing wrong? I tried wiping data/cache/dalvik and then installing the ROM, but I get an error saying "some symlinks failed." Any help with this? I need all of my apps back.
Titanium will allow you to restore apps from a nandroid backup. You could also pull them out yourself -- the nandroid script stores them in a tarball.
efrant said:
Titanium will allow you to restore apps from a nandroid backup. You could also pull them out yourself -- the nandroid script stores them in a tarball.
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Ok, I will do that. But I also need to know how to get back to my old ROM?
maxbakerman said:
Ok, I will do that. But I also need to know how to get back to my old ROM?
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Just redownload it and flash it, no? After that you can use TB to extract your apps, or you could even just restore /data in CWM -- if I remember correctly, it should allow you to restore each partition individually. So if you are having problems restore the nandroid as a whole (because it fails on /system) just restore /data and /boot.
efrant said:
Just redownload it and flash it, no? After that you can use TB to extract your apps, or you could even just restore /data in CWM -- if I remember correctly, it should allow you to restore each partition individually. So if you are having problems restore the nandroid as a whole (because it fails on /system) just restore /data and /boot.
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It wont let me flash it. That's my problem. I get an error saying "some symlinks failed." And also whenever I try to just restore /data or /system it fails
maxbakerman said:
It wont let me flash it. That's my problem. I get an error saying "some symlinks failed." And also whenever I try to just restore /data or /system it fails
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what recovery/version are you using?
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bk201doesntexist said:
what recovery/version are you using?
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cwm 6.0.1.0
use old cwm.
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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.
Hey,
I just flashed the stock ROM for Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, and I've been trying to root it. The DooMLoRD method doesn't work. Are there any other ways for me to root?
6Slipknot6 said:
Hey,
I just flashed the stock ROM for Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, and I've been trying to root it. The DooMLoRD method doesn't work. Are there any other ways for me to root?
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I'm aware of 2 different root methods for R800x on 2.3.4. This post should point you in the right direction:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59132138
Thanks man! It worked! Now how do I make it so if I do a system restore it automatically installs Superuser and Busybox? Thanks!
6Slipknot6 said:
Thanks man! It worked! Now how do I make it so if I do a system restore it automatically installs Superuser and Busybox? Thanks!
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Cool man... Glad to hear you got it rooted. After you get the phone setup how you like it (including Superuser/SuperSU and busybox already installed ), then make a Nandroid backup in CWM. Keep a copy of that backup somewhere safe (like on your external sd card and an additional one on your computer), then you can always restore that Nandroid backup after wiping cache, wiping dalvik, and doing a factory reset in CWM. (Also.... If you mess the phone up really bad when tinkering with it, you can always use Androxyde's Flashtool to restore the phone to Stock.... then root it again /reinstall CWM, and restore that Nandroid backup. I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that when experimenting with different things on the phone).
I don't know of any other way to restore with a Superuser app and busybox already installed.... (other than to flash a ROM/Kernel that already includes these... but you will have to unlock your bootloader-- if not done already-- in order to flash custom kernels).
PS: check out Titanium Backup Pro from the Play Store if you're not familiar with it already... as it's a useful tool to let you backup individual apps and individual app data.
mattnmag said:
Cool man... Glad to hear you got it rooted. After you get the phone setup how you like it (including Superuser/SuperSU and busybox already installed ), then make a Nandroid backup in CWM. Keep a copy of that backup somewhere safe (like on your external sd card and an additional one on your computer), then you can always restore that Nandroid backup after wiping cache, wiping dalvik, and doing a factory reset in CWM. (Also.... If you mess the phone up really bad when tinkering with it, you can always use Androxyde's Flashtool to restore the phone to Stock.... then root it again /reinstall CWM, and restore that Nandroid backup. I can't tell you how many times I've had to do that when experimenting with different things on the phone).
I don't know of any other way to restore with a Superuser app and busybox already installed.... (other than to flash a ROM/Kernel that already includes these... but you will have to unlock your bootloader-- if not done already-- in order to flash custom kernels).
PS: check out Titanium Backup Pro from the Play Store if you're not familiar with it already... as it's a useful tool to let you backup individual apps and individual app data.
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Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?
6Slipknot6 said:
Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?
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No. You have to install the Clockwork Mod Recovery separately.
This thread should help you to get it installed - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55290171
6Slipknot6 said:
Does the root method you introduced to me come with CWM restore?
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Another way to install CWM Recovery is to use the Xparts app, (also called the CWM Auto Installer)... but you have to use an older version (v.5) for the R800x. If you'd rather use the Xparts app, then go to this thread:
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21237127 ).
Scroll to the bottom of the first post to find several versions of the app. Download and install ("CWM Installer-v5.apk").... then use the app to install CWM. I've not used this method, but others report that it works.
I flashed and older pre-root image and then ended up updating the SuperSu app and su binary.
Can I update to the newer firmware simply by flashing the new pre-rooted image? I don't want to loose all my data in the process.
virajmahesh said:
I flashed and older pre-root image and then ended up updating the SuperSu app and su binary.
Can I update to the newer firmware simply by flashing the new pre-rooted image? I don't want to loose all my data in the process.
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Not sure, but the rooting post doesn't mention any loss of data. I think it should just be fine. How about backup it all and then flashing the new pre-rooted?
What would be the best way to backup? SOrry for the noob questions. I'm new to the whole rooting thing
virajmahesh said:
What would be the best way to backup? SOrry for the noob questions. I'm new to the whole rooting thing
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There is no loss of data....Just make sure you dont wipe data/cache from the recovery menu... You dont have to worry about loss of data if you follow the guide correctly....Still if you want a backup open the backup app from the drawer and backup your apks+data...You can also backup using adb or other tools available online (You can try Titanium Backup or Helium)
And DONT APPLY ANY OTA...UPDATE USING ADB....Rest everything will be great
mhp1995 said:
There is no loss of data....Just make sure you dont wipe data/cache from the recovery menu... You dont have to worry about loss of data if you follow the guide correctly....Still if you want a backup open the backup app from the drawer and backup your apks+data...You can also backup using adb or other tools available online (You can try Titanium Backup or Helium)
And DONT APPLY ANY OTA...UPDATE USING ADB....Rest everything will be great
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Agreed. I just rooted mine and the whole rooting process didn't gave me any loss of data. All apps and everything stays the same. So in future if we flash the update, it should be the same
Thanks btw!