i think this should be a yes or no question / verify i understand this
if i root my eris ( just the root image NO recovery imgs or anything just root image) ...i can just boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup, save it onto my sd card and computer then i can flash back to stock whenever if i choose to, correct?
im not missing anything?, i dont need to download a nandroid app or a recovery image?
sorry if its been asked before but i have been searching and need to clarify this because everything on here is spread out and unclear to me.
If I understand what you're saying the answer is no... maybe I'm wrong. You can't boot into recovery without your "recovery image."
I would just install the recovery image because then you can make a nandroid backup. And it can do the exact same as the original one, just more options, but normally, no, you cannot make a nandroid backup without installing the recovery image.
So I installed Rom manager and rooted but have not put any custom roms on the phone yet. Only things I have done was to put VOODOO lag fix and battery widget on phone. I made 2 backup files in ClockworkMod recovery under the nandroid option and thought I would verify that the last backup I did was good. I went through the rom manager into the recovery and into backup/restore and restored my last backup in ClockworkMod recovery. It started the backup and on the screen right now it shows it is restoring system and then starts restoring data and gets to this point and stops:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0
Checking MD5 sums...
Restoreing data...
fota
It has been on the screen for about 45min. If I pull the battery and restart the phone it comes right back to the recovery screen. The only change I made on the phone prior to restoring my backup was to go into rom manager and updated clockworkmod to the latest version. I can get into download mode. Would I just need to get it into download mode and copy a different backup file onto the phone? Any help is appreciated!
Go into download mode and re-flash from the computer. Odin is your friend...
I have a backup previously saved onto SD card.
And then after failing to move onto another rom, I want to restore back to my old one. So I flashed stock rom WKE7.
And rooted it, so I have ROM manager, CWM and Superuser.
I go into CWM and choose Restore, and select it.
Then it reboots to recover, but gets stuck on:
"Checking MD5 sums..."
Any help please?
Thanks in advance
Try turning your phone off and booting into recovery using the buttons and then restore. It's also best to backup from recovery rather than using the cwm app or rom manager.
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I have turnt phone off and tried to boot into recovery. That is the place I get stuck.
I choose back and restore, restore, then choose the restore file. then...
ClockworkMode Recovery v4.0.0.2
With the MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring bot image...
Error while flashing bootimage!
=(
Ok, so the (non-existent) recovery menu on the G-Slate is absolutely unacceptable. I mean really, really? This is what I get when booting into recovery mode:
Entering LG MDP Mode
DO NOT POWER DOWN
downloading NOW......
No options to reboot, Factory Reset, or to do anything and it is assuming you have the file in the right location and know just what the hell it is downloading. This sucks.
So I wanted to get Clockwork on there and found a clockwork recovery I can boot into temporarily using fastboot. The problem is I can't flash it to the g-slate and overwrite the existing recovery.
I can flash it using fastboot but when I put the G-Slate into recovery mode it loads the original recovery as if it didn't actually flash.
So I tried to replace the recovery.img in the nandroid backup and then restore from that backup, but as I suspected I get an md5 sum error. So I figured out how to trick the nandroid into thinking it is still valid after replacing the recovery.img. I restored the modified nandroid but still the g-slate recovery 'menu' is the same.
That's about the extent of my skills. They must have the recovery image locked down tight on this thing. I know there are people out there working on getting the recovery partition hacked. Hopefully we'll have something soon.
So I guess my question now is, does anyone know of a CWM recovery that will flash to the G-Slate, or a method to flash an existing recovery that will work, or is it still a waiting game?
Thanks
I'll try to keep this short:
I STUPIDLY....tried to use the new CM installation of the mod via my pc (their new method). I had made a backup of my original at&t firmware on my internal card...using my preferred method, TWRP.
Now, once the CM installation completed, it gave an error and I decided the heck with that, and I installed Rom Manager back on my phone and selected my original backup; and then....it booted in the CWM recovery and guess what....when I go to restore from sdcard, it CANNOT FIND THE BACKUP.!! I rebooted and looked in rom manager, and its there. Now at the top of the rom manger window, it it showing twrp as the recovery method, but when reboot, it goes only to CWM.....HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to get my backup rom back on my device!!!
Forgot to mention: Once I got the error, it did boot into CM and now I'm stuck on CM. From there, I reinstalled Rom Manager and tried to restore from my backup.
chrisxpierce said:
I'll try to keep this short:
I STUPIDLY....tried to use the new CM installation of the mod via my pc (their new method). I had made a backup of my original at&t firmware on my internal card...using my preferred method, TWRP.
Now, once the CM installation completed, it gave an error and I decided the heck with that, and I installed Rom Manager back on my phone and selected my original backup; and then....it booted in the CWM recovery and guess what....when I go to restore from sdcard, it CANNOT FIND THE BACKUP.!! I rebooted and looked in rom manager, and its there. Now at the top of the rom manger window, it it showing twrp as the recovery method, but when reboot, it goes only to CWM.....HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to get my backup rom back on my device!!!
Forgot to mention: Once I got the error, it did boot into CM and now I'm stuck on CM. From there, I reinstalled Rom Manager and tried to restore from my backup.
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It sounds like you may have to use fastboot to flash twrp recovery. Or try to sideload it.
rdyfor_wteva said:
It sounds like you may have to use fastboot to flash twrp recovery. Or try to sideload it.
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I was able to use ADB to flash it, and when I rebooted, TWRP was there, but...my backup did NOT appear in my backups. I have since flashed a different from; figuring by chance something might be cleared up, guess what.... When I open Rom Manager, my backup is there, (and twrp is indicated as recovery) it FRICKEN REBOOTS in CWM and from there, I can't see my backup; or anything in my storage!!! The only backup I see using CWM is one that i created using CWM and its NOT the one I want/NEED!
I'm thinking hard about trying to return it, again, to stock (unroot), but that's what started all my issues in the first place! LOL!
My problem unfortunately remains, in that I have a backup created in TWRP, that I can't restore to! Is it possible to use ADB to restore a nandroid back up:? I have the backup saved in my adb folder, it is however not a zip file, it saved as just a folder.
chrisxpierce said:
I was able to use ADB to flash it, and when I rebooted, TWRP was there, but...my backup did NOT appear in my backups. I have since flashed a different from; figuring by chance something might be cleared up, guess what.... When I open Rom Manager, my backup is there, (and twrp is indicated as recovery) it FRICKEN REBOOTS in CWM and from there, I can't see my backup; or anything in my storage!!! The only backup I see using CWM is one that i created using CWM and its NOT the one I want/NEED!
I'm thinking hard about trying to return it, again, to stock (unroot), but that's what started all my issues in the first place! LOL!
My problem unfortunately remains, in that I have a backup created in TWRP, that I can't restore to! Is it possible to use ADB to restore a nandroid back up:? I have the backup saved in my adb folder, it is however not a zip file, it saved as just a folder.
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your problem is Rom Manager quit installing it.
use es file manager and move your backup to the new twrp folder
I'm guessing the old backup is in data/media/twrp/backup/ move it to data/media/0/twrp/backup
reboot to recovery (twrp) and restore and your all set
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your problem is Rom Manager quit installing it.
use es file manager and move your backup to the new twrp folder
I'm guessing the old backup is in data/media/twrp/backup/ move it to data/media/0/twrp/backup
reboot to recovery (twrp) and restore and your all set
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SPOT ON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! One happy camper now thanks to you! !!!
chrisxpierce said:
SPOT ON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! One happy camper now thanks to you! !!!
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your welcome ...glad i could help