Hey guys, I need some help...
Last night I did a nandroid backup of my DC3.2.3 install, so I could update to 3.5 (as well as installing the WIMAX update, which I hadn't done previously).. Today, I wanted to flash back to it for a minute, so I went back into nandroid to restore it, and when I tried, I got an error "couldn't open directory /sdcard/nandroid/"
So, I booted back into android and checked it out.. No nandroid folder on my sdcard, but the backup is saved in the root of the SDCard.. So I created a folder and moved my backup into that folder.. tried again, and then got an error "couldn't open directory /sdcard/nandroid/recovery.img"
Any help?
Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but couldn't you have put it here?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
And what method did you use to root?
bigant262 said:
Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but couldn't you have put it here?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
And what method did you use to root?
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Sorry, didn't occur to me. Mods can feel free to move it.
Rooted with Simpleroot..
Did you use rom manager to back up? If so, you need to use clockwork mod to restore. You can't switch between ra/clockwork.
UrbanMuppet said:
Did you use rom manager to back up? If so, you need to use clockwork mod to restore. You can't switch between ra/clockwork.
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No, I backed up from nandroid inside the bootloader/recovery..
badutahboy said:
No, I backed up from nandroid inside the bootloader/recovery..
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Got it working with Rom manager... Thanks for the tip!
Does anyone know if ClockworkMOD Recovery has Switchrom implemented?
i found this very useful with amon-ra 1.7.0 and was just wondering if CW Recovery had this
TheDeadWalk said:
Does anyone know if ClockworkMOD Recovery has Switchrom implemented?
i found this very useful with amon-ra 1.7.0 and was just wondering if CW Recovery had this
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correct me if i'm wrong, but a quick google search tells me that switchrom is a script that will backup your entire phone before flashing a new ROM enabling you to have a backup in case anything were to go haywire.
yes ROM manager/clockwork have this feature, to use it just put the .zip of the ROM you want to flash on your sdcard, then go into ROM manager and select "install ROM from sdcard" from there you can go to the ROM you want to flash and select it, at this point your phone will ask if you want to perform a backup and/or wipe before flashing, you can choose either or both and hit ok, and your phone will boot to recovery and flash the ROM for you
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g_grey said:
correct me if i'm wrong, but a quick google search tells me that switchrom is a script that will backup your entire phone before flashing a new ROM enabling you to have a backup in case anything were to go haywire.
yes ROM manager/clockwork have this feature, to use it just put the .zip of the ROM you want to flash on your sdcard, then go into ROM manager and select "install ROM from sdcard" from there you can go to the ROM you want to flash and select it, at this point your phone will ask if you want to perform a backup and/or wipe before flashing, you can choose either or both and hit ok, and your phone will boot to recovery and flash the ROM for you
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your google search is correct.
But do you know if it still uses the commands such as switchrom -s, switchrom -r etc...?
Or is it only restoring and backing up through rom manager?
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So...I'm planning on converting to amonra 1.8 (hopefully it's the latest version) and I was wondering about the nandroids that I made on clockwork. How do I move my recoveries from clockwork to amonra? Or how would I backup and restore my old nandroids with amonra? Thanks.
I believe you'd have to switch back to clockwork to flash those nandroids. They won't transfer over.
evo4gfan said:
So...I'm planning on converting to amonra 1.8 (hopefully it's the latest version) and I was wondering about the nandroids that I made on clockwork. How do I move my recoveries from clockwork to amonra? Or how would I backup and restore my old nandroids with amonra? Thanks.
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Sent from the void...
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I believe you'd have to switch back to clockwork to flash those nandroids. They won't transfer over.
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Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....
evo4gfan said:
Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....
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yes, i can confirm this. its quite a well known fact.
t3project said:
yes, i can confirm this. its quite a well known fact.
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yes but how would I be ABLE to restore old nandroids with amonRA without having to keep flashing the recovery images each time?
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you would have to restore the back up then flash the alternate recovery and back up
Simple idea:
1) Restore Nandroid via Clockwork.
2) Use ROM Manager to flash Amon_RA.
3) Take Nandroid backup via Amon_RA.
4) Repeat as needed.
However, if you do something stupid which causes you to screw everything up (like using a Nandroid backup from another device), you're on your own.
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Simple idea:
1) Restore Nandroid via Clockwork.
2) Use ROM Manager to flash Amon_RA.
3) Take Nandroid backup via Amon_RA.
4) Repeat as needed.
However, if you do something stupid which causes you to screw everything up (like using a Nandroid backup from another device), you're on your own.
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I figure, thanks. I hate flashing all the time . I feel like my evo gets slower and slower each day. SMDH...
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Can someone confirm this? I read from somewhere that you can take the recovery in your SD card and rename and put it into amonra backup folder....
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What do have to rename the Clockworkmod?
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rooted my htc evo 4g with android 2.2 using unrevoked3. Got superuser permissions. All rooted apps work well but I have one main issue. The issue is that when I use the ROM manager to backup current rom the phone cuts off and then goes to the white htc evo screen and stays there. I have to pull the battery and restart my phone so it can work. My understanding is that one must back up current ROM before installing other ROMs. The steps I am taking are as follows: 1. Go into ROM manager 2. Flash clockworkmod recovery 3. backup current rom. This is where my phone gets stuck on the white htc evo page. Someone please help so I can enjoy my phone. Thanks
in rom manager almost at the bottom o the menu there is an option that says flash alternative recovery or something similar and underneath it it says amon ra, flash that recovery it will put amon ra recovery on your phone, after that you reboot into recovery(turn phone off and then turn it on while pressing volume down, once in recovery you go to backup and select all, then back it up and after that you can wipe cache, dalvik, and data(you see those options when you click wipe in recovery mode) then you can go ahead and flash your rom
keyeblackmon said:
rooted my htc evo 4g with android 2.2 using unrevoked3. Got superuser permissions. All rooted apps work well but I have one main issue. The issue is that when I use the ROM manager to backup current rom the phone cuts off and then goes to the white htc evo screen and stays there. I have to pull the battery and restart my phone so it can work. My understanding is that one must back up current ROM before installing other ROMs. The steps I am taking are as follows: 1. Go into ROM manager 2. Flash clockworkmod recovery 3. backup current rom. This is where my phone gets stuck on the white htc evo page. Someone please help so I can enjoy my phone. Thanks
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First of all Welcome! Now, just boot into recovery.Shut phone off>hold down the "Volume -" and press the power button> when in bootloader use the "Volume -" button to navigate to "recovery" and press the power button. You should now be in recovery now read the menus and navigate to where you can back up the rom.
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thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
keyeblackmon said:
thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
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Okay, so you followed his instructions exactly? When you used rom manager to flash alternate (amon ra) recovery, did that complete successfully? If so, when you shut the phone down, and boot to the bootloader, then selected recovery, is that where you hang at the white htc evo 4g screen? It doesn't successfully boot to recovery, just hangs at the splash screen? If I understand you correctly, and that is accurate, then you should try flashing a recovery from the bootloader. Download the PC36IMG I'll attatch. Place it on the main directory of your SD card. (Now would also be a good time to put the ROM of your choice on your sd card as well). Be sure it's named exactly PC36IMG. Shut your phone off. Hold power and volume down button to get to the bootlaoder. Wait a few seconds and it should ask you to update. Select Volume Up. This recovery is Amon Ra V2.3. Once that's done flashing, don't reboot. Select no on reboot, and then choose 'recovery'. Do you successfully boot to recovery? If yes, go to 'wipe' Wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, and system. You can also flash calkulin's format all.zip if you'd like. Once you're done wiping, go back to the main screen of recovery, and select 'flash zip from sd card' and then 'choose zip from sd card'. Then find the ROM that you put on your sd card, choose it, and flash it. Once done, reboot. That *should* work. If that's exactly what you already tried, I apologize, and report back, we'll come up with some other things to try. If you didn't try that, try it step by step.
when i am in recovery the options i see close to what your instructions state is backup/restore. i clicked on that but i dont see a select all. I see nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system file and restore google prorietary system files. what do i choose. Thanks
keyeblackmon said:
thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
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huh.. I'm suspecting its your recovery thats bad. Download THIS and place it on the root of you sd card. Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time> Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go.
you then can follow the instruction we posted earlier and hopefully it'll let you get into recovery mode to backup and flash roms.
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when i am in recovery the options i see close to what your instructions state is backup/restore. i clicked on that but i dont see a select all. I see nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system file and restore google prorietary system files. what do i choose. Thanks
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That was correct! You want to select 'nandroid backup' > That is what you are creating. Once you select that, it will give you a list of what you want to backup. Check all the boxes, and then select 'perform backup'. It should take a few minutes to complete, and you'll see a bunch of ........ Maybe 4-6 lines of them. Once done, you can then do your wipe and flash your ROM, if you'd like
sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
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sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
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See my last post. But you select nandroid backup. Then, as I said, it will ask you what you want to backup. Check every box. Then select 'perform backup'
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sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
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nandroid backup... and then backup google propritary then wipe the first 3 listed under the wipe menu and also flash the attached zip. Then you may flash the rom of your choice.
it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
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it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
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No you dont need to reboot your phone. No you cannot wipe in rom manger. Do everything in recovery, learn to love recovery. It's your new best friend. Backup, wipe, and flash roms in recovery to save you a headache.
Is your SD card full? I had the same thing happen to me and realized I had no space available. You might try deleting some previous nandroid backups or other large files. If your card isn't full, then the other posters have the right advice.
EDIT: Looks like you got it working before I could submit my post. Hope the rest goes smoothly for you.
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Is your SD card full? I had the same thing happen to me and realized I had no space available. You might try deleting some previous nandroid backups or other large files. If your card isn't full, then the other posters have the right advice.
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No his sd card isn't full or at least shouldnt be since this will be his first nandroid backup.
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it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
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As blakeboy said, forget about ROM manager. You are far better off doing everything manually, in recovery. It's far more reliable, and is very easy to use anyways. And as was already posted, use the CalkulinFormat all.zip before you flash a ROM (after you make your backup, of course)
After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
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After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
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no, wipe and then flash the zip then flash your rom then reboot
the reason you wipe then flash is because the zip adds extra wiping to ensure a clean flash of the new rom so to minimize the chance of a problems occurring.
keyeblackmon said:
After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
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You should be able to go back to the main screen of recovery, and then go to wipe. Do your wipes, and then go back to 'flash zip from sd card' And then choose your rom and flash it. Once it's done flashing, then reboot.
how do i flash the zip file to my sd card if my phone is not showing up on my computer?
Hi, I searched and I'm sure it's already been answered but I can't seem to find my exact answer. Here's the question:
I have a rooted galaxy s3 that has a cracked screen, I got a replacement galaxy s3 that I am going to root soon...
What I need to do is make an exact copy of my rom on my cracked phone and then install it on the new phone. I want to keep all my settings, contacts, wallpaper, programs etc... exactly the same.
What is the easiest way to do this?
My recovery is CWM 5.5.. Thanks in advance.
Make a nandroid backup of the broken phone. Copy it to a pc. As long as the new device is the same you can just copy the backup to the new phone and flash using the same recovery you used on the broken phone
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Make a nandroid backup of the broken phone. Copy it to a pc. As long as the new device is the same you can just copy the backup to the new phone and flash using the same recovery you used on the broken phone
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Thank you so much for the fast reply, I went to rom manager and it had me update to ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.2 I am looking for how to make a nandroid but all I see is "backup" after performing backup, I can't seem to find the new rom. no files seem big enough to have the entire rom in them. Where would I find said backup?
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Thank you so much for the fast reply, I went to rom manager and it had me update to ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.2 I am looking for how to make a nandroid but all I see is "backup" after performing backup, I can't seem to find the new rom. no files seem big enough to have the entire rom in them. Where would I find said backup?
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Scroll to the bottom of ROM Manager and choose to install an earlier version of CWM. Choose 5.5 (or whatever version you used on the current phone) flash that and it should recognize the backup you created on the first phone.
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Scroll to the bottom of ROM Manager and choose to install an earlier version of CWM. Choose 5.5 (or whatever version you used on the current phone) flash that and it should recognize the backup you created on the first phone.
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I meant I updated on the old cracked phone... is "backup to SD card" going to work? So, boot to the new CMW, "backup to sd", put SD card in new phone, boot to CMW, and restore from backup and I'll have exact carbon copy of old phone? Thanks again.
yeah, put the earlier version of CWM on the cracked phone and do a nandroid to the SD card. Install the same version of CWM on the new phone, put in the SD card with the nandroid from the cracked phone into the new phone, boot into recovery with the older version of CWM installed and restore the nandroid from the cracked phone. You should then be good to go.
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