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SM-T210 Backup

Hi,
how do i create a backup of my device (Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Wifi) (nand or whatever) so i can always restore later on if i screw something up?
Is there already a way to reset flash counter?
Thanks a lot

cassinni said:
Hi,
how do i create a backup of my device (Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Wifi) (nand or whatever) so i can always restore later on if i screw something up?
Is there already a way to reset flash counter?
Thanks a lot
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Look in the Dev section and install either CWM or TWRP. They are custom recoveries that will allow you to create a backup of your current setup.
There is currently no way to reset the flash counter on the Tab 3s.

or you use Titanium Backup
The Pro Version can save System Apps to

[HELP] CM12 based ROM back to Stock Rom or Custom ROM

Good day!
I have been on CM12/CM12.5 and lately, I found out it's not working well for me. It's very buggy. I wanted to go back to either stock rom or one of the custom roms that I have, dr.Ketan v7 or Phoenix ROM 4.3. Is it possible? Can I request for a step by step instruction on how as this is quite new to me? Also, will my back-up (Super Back-up) SMS and Contact back-ups stored on my Internal Storage be erased once I flash the new ROM?
Thank you very much!

- Download new ROM and copy it to internal storage or sd card.
- Backup.
- Boot to recovery "twrp recommanded".
- Wipe ( Cache / System / Dilvik / Factory reset ).
- Then install zip , choose rom and flash it..
first boot may take minutes.... just wait it will boot..

Ba7rani said:
- Download new ROM and copy it to internal storage or sd card.
- Backup.
- Boot to recovery "twrp recommanded".
- Wipe ( Cache / System / Dilvik / Factory reset ).
- Then install zip , choose rom and flash it..
first boot may take minutes.... just wait it will boot..
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Dont it need any mj5 stuff? The procedure you mentioned are like the instructions in installing CM custom rom, is it really the same? no need for Odin or something? thanks!

If you have TWRP recovery installed in your phone no need for Odin. You can download a flashable zip to phone and flash it using the twrp. Also I would suggest you to backup your sms and contacts. Infact do a full nandroid backup with twrp so if anything goes wrong you can go back to you last working state.

manubhagat said:
If you have TWRP recovery installed in your phone no need for Odin. You can download a flashable zip to phone and flash it using the twrp. Also I would suggest you to backup your sms and contacts. Infact do a full nandroid backup with twrp so if anything goes wrong you can go back to you last working state.
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wow! great to know. I think that this will be easier. if I'll be making a full nandroid back-up, does it cover the SMS and contact? then i'll store it on my external SD card? or is it safe to store on my internal memory just like how my Super Back-up app works?
I know that this is a bit off-topic but, what's the best/recommended ROM for Note 2 outside CM?

rowtare said:
wow! great to know. I think that this will be easier. if I'll be making a full nandroid back-up, does it cover the SMS and contact? then i'll store it on my external SD card? or is it safe to store on my internal memory just like how my Super Back-up app works?
I know that this is a bit off-topic but, what's the best/recommended ROM for Note 2 outside CM?
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Yes it will cover SMS and contacts and I would recommend you store it on your SD card. I had tried DN4 rom which I liked, it had features like Note 4. Now I am also looking for another rom to try, will let you know once I do.

manubhagat said:
Yes it will cover SMS and contacts and I would recommend you store it on your SD card. I had tried DN4 rom which I liked, it had features like Note 4. Now I am also looking for another rom to try, will let you know once I do.
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sorry, will it also cover my files on my gallery? Would it also be redundant if I make a Titanium Pro back-up for my user app data then do a full nandroid back-up through TWRP Recovery mode? Thanks for accomodating all my questions! I'll look for the DN4 rom that you're referring to.

rowtare said:
sorry, will it also cover my files on my gallery? Would it also be redundant if I make a Titanium Pro back-up for my user app data then do a full nandroid back-up through TWRP Recovery mode? Thanks for accomodating all my questions! I'll look for the DN4 rom that you're referring to.
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Depends on options you choose while doing nandroid backups, from twrp you can backup system, data, boot, efs, storage (internal, external). If your gallery is on internal storage then do backup internal storage as well. But since you plan to install a different rom backup you gallery, sms, contacts and other important files elsewhere may be on a computer so later on you can copy it back.
Remember nandroid backup is complete backup of your phone current state including the rom & settings while Titanium is individual backup for apps. So when you have a new rom you might want to restore individual app data from Titanium. Nandroid is for scenarios where you device becomes unusable or you don't like the new rom so you can easily go back to last rom & settings.

manubhagat said:
Depends on options you choose while doing nandroid backups, from twrp you can backup system, data, boot, efs, storage (internal, external). If your gallery is on internal storage then do backup internal storage as well. But since you plan to install a different rom backup you gallery, sms, contacts and other important files elsewhere may be on a computer so later on you can copy it back.
Remember nandroid backup is complete backup of your phone current state including the rom & settings while Titanium is individual backup for apps. So when you have a new rom you might want to restore individual app data from Titanium. Nandroid is for scenarios where you device becomes unusable or you don't like the new rom so you can easily go back to last rom & settings.
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Thank you very much! will try your inputs! Appreciate everything. Now I'm torn between leaving CM12.1 to DN4 or stay for a while. Hope I could also figure out my daily driver.

Hi I successfuly flashed the DN4 rom from CM 12.1, however I tried to restore some files from my Nandroid back-up. however, when I tried to restore everything including data and system, it removed my ROM. what should be selected to be restore if I just want to restore my phone settings and SMS and contacts?

rowtare said:
Hi I successfuly flashed the DN4 rom from CM 12.1, however I tried to restore some files from my Nandroid back-up. however, when I tried to restore everything including data and system, it removed my ROM. what should be selected to be restore if I just want to restore my phone settings and SMS and contacts?
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Did you make a backup of sms and contacts using Titanium? If yes you can try restoring from it. Also if you have Titanium pro you can open the nandroid backup and choose selective things to restore but better and quick is to restore your Titanium backup.
Note, as mentioned in earlier if you restore complete nandroid backup it will return your phone to last ROM state.

Backup

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?

Fraot said:
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.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using Tapatalk

What TWRP are people using for curtana?

Hi all, I'm currently running miui EU rom 11.0.11 with bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed. However there are so many different twrp recoveries available all with different things working....
So far I've only flashed one rom since I've got the phone but with all these amazing looking custom ROMs around, I'd like to try out a few but it seems backup and restore is currently not possible.
TLDR: anyone know of a TWRP with working backup for Xiaomi redmi note 9s CURTANA?
Cheers

1qazwsx4 said:
Hi all, I'm currently running miui EU rom 11.0.11 with bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed. However there are so many different twrp recoveries available all with different things working....
So far I've only flashed one rom since I've got the phone but with all these amazing looking custom ROMs around, I'd like to try out a few but it seems backup and restore is currently not possible.
TLDR: anyone know of a TWRP with working backup for Xiaomi redmi note 9s CURTANA?
Cheers
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You should use the latest recovery version available, I think now is the OrangeFox recovery, it's the unified (miatoll) version. To can make backup, the recovery need to able to handle the encryption installed by ROM. To restore the backup... another challenge. I using only data backup and when want to restore, I wipe data, flash the rom, wait for first boot (set same pin code as used in backup), than restore the data in recovery. In case of unlucky situation (encryption difference between "restored" and previous rom, the rom stuck at first boot and need to format data partition (will delete internal storage too!!).

I use ofox recovery, having stock rom in an sd card and migrate backup I just flash new rom and when I want to come back, I flash stock and restore migrate. Nandroid backups are a bit risky I think.

How to backup Redmi K30 5G for update from MIUI12 to MIUI 13

Hello
I have a Redmi K30 5G running MIUI by xiaomi.eu (V12.5.7.0.RGICNXM stable - Android 11) with TWRP 3.5.2_10-5 by hadenix.
I am wishing to update rom to xiaomi.eu (V13.0.1.0.SGICNXM stable - Android 12).
Before doing so i wish to take the precaution of making a backup of the phone in case something goes wrong during the update and I need to roll back.
I am not interested in rooting the phone.
What is the best (safest) way to do this?
Am I correct in stating the best way to do this is using my TWRP?
I am considering using the TWRP backup method (something I have never done before).
Most of the online methods show System, Data & Boot as the necessary partitions required to be backed up/restored to roll back the phone.
Is that correct?
In my TWRP I cannot see the System partition listed in the BACKUP partitions.
Yet I can see the system partition listed in the MOUNT partitions.
So I am unsure where to go from here.
I am hoping someone out there has knowledge on this backup/restore procedure (for K30 5G with TWRP 3.5.2_10-5 by hadenix) and can assist.
Thanks.

wmr68 said:
Hello
I have a Redmi K30 5G running MIUI by xiaomi.eu (V12.5.7.0.RGICNXM stable - Android 11) with TWRP 3.5.2_10-5 by hadenix.
I am wishing to update rom to xiaomi.eu (V13.0.1.0.SGICNXM stable - Android 12).
Before doing so i wish to take the precaution of making a backup of the phone in case something goes wrong during the update and I need to roll back.
I am not interested in rooting the phone.
What is the best (safest) way to do this?
Am I correct in stating the best way to do this is using my TWRP?
I am considering using the TWRP backup method (something I have never done before).
Most of the online methods show System, Data & Boot as the necessary partitions required to be backed up/restored to roll back the phone.
Is that correct?
In my TWRP I cannot see the System partition listed in the BACKUP partitions.
Yet I can see the system partition listed in the MOUNT partitions.
So I am unsure where to go from here.
I am hoping someone out there has knowledge on this backup/restore procedure (for K30 5G with TWRP 3.5.2_10-5 by hadenix) and can assist.
Thanks.
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Backup/Restore will not work with TWRP.
Try with:Micloud,Miphone assistant,Google or third-party apps.
But in general the update goes well using the script included in the zip:windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat

NOSS8 said:
Backup/Restore will not work with TWRP.
Try with:Micloud,Miphone assistant,Google or third-party apps.
But in general the update goes well using the script included in the zip:windows_fastboot_update_rom.bat
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Thanks for the reply!
In the past I have backed up with MIUI and Google but I am keen to explore the TWRP option as my understanding is that this is a more complete backup. There are guides online showing how to do this, so i am curious as to why you say that "Backup/Restore will not work with TWRP."?

wmr68 said:
Thanks for the reply!
In the past I have backed up with MIUI and Google but I am keen to explore the TWRP option as my understanding is that this is a more complete backup. There are guides online showing how to do this, so i am curious as to why you say that "Backup/Restore will not work with TWRP."?
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Android 11 to 12.

NOSS8 said:
Android 11 to 12.
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Thanks for the reply! I take your point.
But in this instance I would be restoring an Android 11 backup with TWRP (TWRP works for Android 11).
Even though I would be restoring the Android 11 backup over an Android 12 rom using TWRP, would that not work?
What would be the reasons that this wouldn't work?
I am trying to learn how all of this stuff works!
Thanks for your advice so far.

wmr68 said:
Thanks for the reply! I take your point.
But in this instance I would be restoring an Android 11 backup with TWRP (TWRP works for Android 11).
Even though I would be restoring the Android 11 backup over an Android 12 rom using TWRP, would that not work?
What would be the reasons that this wouldn't work?
I am trying to learn how all of this stuff works!
Thanks for your advice so far.
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Twrp for android 12 Cannot decrypt data
System is different
The backup works but not the restore, now you can try with the last TWRP A12, I had tried with the penultimate one.
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=318240

"Twrp for android 12 Cannot decrypt data" - Got it. Thanks! Now I understand.