Hello,
i want to try some of the CM-Builds but i am afraid of setting up OOS again, if i want to go back.
So: My op3 is rooted, latest twrp and encrypted and running latest stock OOS and kernel.
How do i get a complete, full snapshot of exact this phone? Is it enough to do a full backup in twrp? do i have to mess around with encryption, if i restore this backup?
Very very thanks for help.
I think a full backup in twrp is enough for your data. Dont know about the encyption
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No problem with encryption. Twrp handles it very well.
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Hey there!
I have a question? What's the best option for backing up my whole device? I want to flash CM 12.1 but I need TWRP for that, and for TWRP, I need to unlock my bootloader, which (according to people here) means to wipe my data and apps.
If I use the Backup app pre installed in my phone, will I be able to restore if say... I re-flash my stock ASUS ZenUI ROM again?
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Hey there!
I have a question? What's the best option for backing up my whole device? I want to flash CM 12.1 but I need TWRP for that, and for TWRP, I need to unlock my bootloader, which (according to people here) means to wipe my data and apps.
If I use the Backup app pre installed in my phone, will I be able to restore if say... I re-flash my stock ASUS ZenUI ROM again?
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Yes you can restore from the backup using the stock Asus backup app if you decide to go back too stock. If you stick with cm12.1 then I would use titanium backup from the play store to backup and restore apps from a custom rom. However titanium backup also works with the stock rom but if it restores stock apps on a custom rom they will likely crash like mad.
Fun note when I unlocked my bootloader using the unofficial method it didn't wipe my data so I didn't need to restore any app backups. As always backup anything you might need just in case something goes wrong and you need to restore anything.
Pro tip, when doing backups on a phone like that zenfone 2 if you can backup to a removable sdcard cause if something goes wrong and you cant power on your phone you will always be able to access the backups using a sdcard reader.
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I have searched all over the forum and cannot find a clear answer, so here it goes. If I missed something - point me there
With all the hype around M, I was wondering if I can safely try any of M based modes and then return back to factory?
Currently I have - Rooted Z00A with TWRP 3 and full backup of my current system via TWRP.
Will I be able to wipe, try CM13, then restore back to factory to make SIM1 work and restore from backup to get to the state prior to the CM13?
I am only asking because I have a ton of apps and information saved on the phone at the moment on the factory ROM and really don't want to reinstall all from scratch if I would choose to go back to stock. (I know first world problems and all).
You should be able to restore to a stock backup that you made in TWRP coming from CM 13, I don't see why you can't but I have not tried it myself so if someone can confirm that would be great.
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I was using this method to switch between RR & stock roms to test my own build. But for "/system" only, early time, i still re-use "/data" of stock for RR Lollipop, but now upgrade M, required wipe data clean, also cache too, if not, bootloop. Then i use Titanium for backup/restore whatever I want. It worked perfectly without any problems.
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None of the official twrp versions are compatible with MI MAX HYDROGEN WITH MIUI 8.5.1.0 ANDROID NOUGAT 7.0. After successful restore of a successful backup, found only one issue with twrp 3.0.2.0 - cannot make and receive calls and messages. Internet, wifi, bluetooth, gps work fine.
And with twrp 3.0.3.0, 3.1.0.0 and 3.1.1.0 - sim card not found ( baseband - unknown ).
Anyone face this issue. Is there a workaround for this or we need to wait for compatible twrp release for this version of android?
Be more specific, how did you take the backup, what partitions were backed up, with what TWRP version, from what MIUI version, and all the same for the restore process. Post TWRP logs both for taking and restoring backup.
As much as I don't care about MIUI I am really curious what did they change to break the only way we can take/restore reliable offline device backups.
nijel8, I found a workaround for restore. It seems that there is a partition handling incompatibility between twrp and nougat 7.0 based rom. Anyway thanks for asking.
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nijel8, I found a workaround for restore. It seems that there is a partition handling incompatibility between twrp and nougat 7.0 based rom. Anyway thanks for asking.
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Which one? What was the workaround? Come on.. Share more, please. Don't be shy.
nigel8, The partitions that are required actually for a restore are system, data, boot and cache in most cases to restore a bricked smartphone ( so as to boot/start the smartphone ) . Other partitions like efs, firmware, modem and many others are rarely required and optional. The workaround above 3.0.2.0 is restore all partitions except firmware and you are done. Reboot. Go back to recovery and restore firmware. It seems that making a full restore including firmware in one go knocks out all modem partitions. That's it and you are done. For version 3.0.2.0. Make complete restore or skip one partition efs. prior to all this ( better to have in backup) Install app partition backup and restore. Take img backups of required partitions on external storage sdcard. Later install the partition efs( modem, modemst1 and modemst2 ) and you are done. You can even restore a backed up firmware partition through this app for the first case. Also other partitions can be restored through this app.
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Currently I'm using a OnePlus 3 on 6.0.1 (OOS 3.1.1) but I would like to update to Oreo (OOS 5.0). How do I do this when my device is rooted?
I've downloaded the latest OS off the oneplus website. Is it as simple as uninstalling SuperSU and then flashing the latest OS through recovery?
I also have TWRP recovery and Xposed installed.
Would appreciate any help.
Just flash the new OS in recovery, no need to unroot as it will get overwritten anyways. You'll need to root again after updating, of course.
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Just flash the new OS in recovery, no need to unroot as it will get overwritten anyways. You'll need to root again after updating, of course.
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The full zip of oxygen OS will overwrite the TWRP recovery with the stock one?
I can update with the zip in the recovery and root whenever i want or i have to do this at the same time?
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Just flash the new OS in recovery, no need to unroot as it will get overwritten anyways. You'll need to root again after updating, of course.
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It's as easy as that? It's not a problem that I have xposed installed or anything?
What should I wipe before I install the new OS?
Sorry for all the questions, newbie here.
@Edo 91
I'm not sure about overwriting recovery, it's been a long time since I've used OOS (currently on PA, before than on LOS). If I remember correctly the recovery should stay if you DON'T boot into system right after flashing. So, flash the ROM, reboot into recovery first, then boot into system. Can't say if anything changed with Oreo, but that's how I remember it from Nougat and Marshmallow. You can however flash recovery again right after ROM, just to be sure.
You can root later down the road, no need to do everything at once.
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Generally yes, it as easy as that. Xposed and root methods modify system partition - and that gets overwritten when you flash new ROM. That's why those modifications have to be flashed again after every update (some custom ROMs are exception, but rest assured the stock one will nuke all mods).
Anyways, we're talking about Android version upgrade here and not just a minor system update, so I'd recommend a clean installation (but you can try dirty first and then do a clean one in case you experience issues).
First of all, make a full nandroid backup (check everything except "system image" in TWRP). Copy all of your media content (pictures, videos, music ... whatever you don't wanna lose) to another device - better safe than sorry. Optionally, backup apps with Titanium or something similar.
To do it clean: wipe /system, /data and /cache. That means losing all apps and settings, but you'll keep stuff that was stored on the phone. After successfully booting into system you can restore app backups or install them and set up everything again.
To do it dirty: wipe just /system and /cache. You'll lose just system settings, but will keep apps and everything else. Less hassle, but higher chance of something going south.
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@Edo 91
To do it clean: wipe /system, /data and /cache. That means losing all apps and settings, but you'll keep stuff that was stored on the phone. After successfully booting into system you can restore app backups or install them and set up everything again.
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I thought you loose everything when you do a clean install. So photos and files are preserved using this method? I assume text messages will be lost?
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I thought you loose everything when you do a clean install. So photos and files are preserved using this method? I assume text messages will be lost?
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Media is on a (virtually) separate partition and is preserved unless while internal storage is formated. Still, it's never a bad idea to have a backup.
Yes, text messages are lost if not backed up. There are many apps that do that (and can be set to upload to cloud regularly).
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been on the boot animation for 20 minutes now after flashing nandroid backup of FreedomOS because I wanted to try different roms. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong.
Clean wipe->restore and check everything->swipe right->when done, flash magisk(dont know if this is necessary, cant remember if magisk comes along with nandroid backups)->reboot=boot animation in forever.
I'm thinking of flashing FreedomOS again just because of that and start all over again with installing apps and mods
I'm using the latest blu spark twrp
Just found out that twrp actually has an issue with restoring nandroid backups.
"Restoring data partition from backups will lead to boot issues if FBE-encrypted. It's not a TWRP issue but rather a side effect on how FBE works"
I have no problem Restoring from twrp backup. Even If Rom was rooted with magisk. Usually takes maybe 3 minutes to restore. Using official twrp
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Can anyone tell me how to take nandroid backup and restore it? Never used it before.
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Can anyone tell me how to take nandroid backup and restore it? Never used it before.
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Just google it
https://www.google.cz/amp/s/www.how...and-restore-your-android-phone-with-twrp/amp/