Hey guys,
So I have been searchign the interwebs for hours trying to figure this one out but I'm having no real luck. It doesn't help that I am running Winfails and have no idea whats going on in linux.
So I did a backup and it came out as system.tar data.tar sd-ext.tar and cache.tar.
The program that gave me those backup files ...... wont restore them.
I need a method of pushing or flashing these files to my GIo. I'm currently in the process of learning ADB so I can try to untar the files but I still havn't worked it out yet.
Another consideration would be to merge these into a rom.
Any help is much appreciated
Did you make this backup with Clockwordmod Recovery?
If so you can restore it with that.
Akida said:
The program that gave me those backup files ...... wont restore them.
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And what would that be?
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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!
is there an app or way to read the info from a nandroid backup to know which rom and kernel its using without flashing it first.
i have several, and have long forgotten which rom/kernel they were.
so i would like to be able to load them in some program and see what they are.
can this be done?
v_lestat said:
is there an app or way to read the info from a nandroid backup to know which rom and kernel its using without flashing it first.
i have several, and have long forgotten which rom/kernel they were.
so i would like to be able to load them in some program and see what they are.
can this be done?
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just back up existing one rename it to something
then restore the others to check them and rename/delete them
then when done nandroid back to current one
there isn't really a way to check them without doing that
Same here. After I make the nandroid backup, I rename it to whatever ROM it is.
yeah well i did that a few times then got away from it.
and now am stuck with some backups i would rather not flash,, then rename, then flash back to what i was on.
the android emulator might, i just dont know how to load them, guess i will maybe have to check with one of the dev's.
and just to clarify what these guys are saying, for those who don't know... they are renaming the folder that the backup files are in. //sdcard/nandroid/xxxxxxxx/ gets renamed to //sdcard/nandroid/9.4.10_stock_root_2.2/ or whatever your rom is called.
you do not, and never should rename the files in the backup folder.
I wanted to tryout cm10 nightly build for my s3. I backed it up and installed the rom. After playing with it, I went to restore and now it says no files found?????
Any clue how to find it?
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Created another backup, so I was able to put my original backup in the new backup folder and restored it from cwm recovery. Worked.
Your post contains no information anyone could use to help you. Please explain with great detail what steps you took and what happened.
Aerowinder said:
Your post contains no information anyone could use to help you. Please explain with great detail what steps you took and what happened.
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Sorry, was a bit shocked when it happened.
Well i found the back up, but when I go to CWM to restore it says no files here. But I can access them when I connect my s3 to my computer. Whats an alternate of way restoring this backup?
Where is the backup supposed to be? I have a feeling this is an emulation issue.
Aerowinder said:
Where is the backup supposed to be? I have a feeling this is an emulation issue.
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Its supposed to be in Internal Storage/S3/Clockwork Mod/Backup
When i try to boot into recovery and restore from there it says
"Couldnt open directory"
No files found
What version of CWM are you using? Check /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/legacy/0.
Hi Guys
First time poster here so hello from me, need a little advice please, I am trying to unroot my HTC One M8 (ATT) and I was going along quite nicely using the unlockr guide and then got to the "Flash the Stock Nandroid Backup" part and I am stuck big time!
Long story short I just can't find the files when I boot into recovery, I downloaded the stock stock Nandroid backup unzipped them or RAR and put it in the /TWRP/backups/ folder which I had to create the Backups sub folder. Then I boot into recovery mode and nothing, it can't see the files, I have the correct files I double checked I got the correct one but it just can't see it.
Anyone had this issue, I bet I am doing something stupid I just don't know what!
Help
Thanks
Stuart
If anyone could help me with this you would be doing me such a big favour, will be traveling tomorrow overseas and hoping to get it taken care of before I go. Thanks again
Stuart
It will be TWRP/backups/youserialnumber. Go into TWRP and make a back up of your boot partition. That should create the folder that you need to install your nandroid backup zip to.
Thank you so much for the reply, I did try earlier to try make a copy of the boot partition but I have never done it before and it didn't work out very well. Any advice or apps recommended please?
Thanks
Stuart
outatime80 said:
Thank you so much for the reply, I did try earlier to try make a copy of the boot partition but I have never done it before and it didn't work out very well. Any advice or apps recommended please?
Thanks
Stuart
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Boot into recovery
choose backup
uncheck everything except boot
backup
reboot phone
browse to where the back was made from you pc
put the nandroid you downloaded in the folder that was just created by TWRP backup.
reboot to recovery and restore the backup ... done
Hi there,
I have spent hours trying to fix my issue that i am trying to fix and i was wondering if you guys could help me out?
A few weeks ago i went to go and plug my phone in as it was completely flat but for some reason it began some kind of boot loop where it would reach the lock screen for a few seconds and then power off again because it did not have enough power.
I left this on over night in the hope that it would charge my phone but when i tried to power it on in the morning it just got stuck at the Samsung logo. I did a quick web search and they suggested leaving your phone at the Samsung logo, clearing you cache/dalvic cache and finally resetting it. After all of the above failed i thought that maybe a a full restore in odin would work, the same thing happened when i tried to power it on.
I then went back into the stock recovery after the reset to find the error "E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)".
After quite some research into this i found a possible zip that may fix the issue from people having a similar issue but of coarse it diddn't work.
It seems as if the /efs folder/partition may be corrupted in some way.
I am really stuck on this now and i am reluctant to pay lots of money to someone to fix it
Do you have any ideas?
Many thanks,
Shenstone
EDIT: The phone has CWM recovery installed and i have attemped to flash the stock firmware with both Kies and Odin
Bro, maybe flash stock firmware will solve the prolem
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Bro, maybe flash stock firmware will solve the prolem
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Sorry forgot to mention that, i have flashed stock firmware with both odin and kies but both do not work, same process still occurs
Any other ideas? :/
Do you have the original EFS folder backed up? If so, then try restoring it and flashing a stock ROM... If you don't have your EFS backed from earlier you might have some problems, I don't know if it's possible to fix it then...
librapt said:
Do you have the original EFS folder backed up? If so, then try restoring it and flashing a stock ROM... If you don't have your EFS backed from earlier you might have some problems, I don't know if it's possible to fix it then...
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I didn't specifically backup the EFS folder, however I performed a full backup in CWM recovery. Do you know if there is a backup of the EFS folder there?
Just a quick question, is it possible to re-create a EFS folder or not?
Many thanks!
shenstone said:
I didn't specifically backup the EFS folder, however I performed a full backup in CWM recovery. Do you know if there is a backup of the EFS folder there?
Just a quick question, is it possible to re-create a EFS folder or not?
Many thanks!
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See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420881
shenstone said:
I didn't specifically backup the EFS folder, however I performed a full backup in CWM recovery. Do you know if there is a backup of the EFS folder there?
Just a quick question, is it possible to re-create a EFS folder or not?
Many thanks!
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I use this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269318