[Q] Reformatted sd and now NO apps - Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

[Rooted with xtrSense 5.0.1 ROM]
Well the first issue I was having was my phone wouldn't boot past the white android screen. I popped the sd out and then it booted up fine. Turned off/on and again same issue. So I decided to copy everything on my sd to my computer, format, then converted it to ext2 to ext3. Copied everything back to the sd from my computer. It booted up fine this time but now none of my apps will work. (I had apps2sd as you probably figured) - I also re-flashed it and still no apps working.
Anybody have any ideas?

thetornado said:
[Rooted with xtrSense 5.0.1 ROM]
Well the first issue I was having was my phone wouldn't boot past the white android screen. I popped the sd out and then it booted up fine. Turned off/on and again same issue. So I decided to copy everything on my sd to my computer, format, then converted it to ext2 to ext3. Copied everything back to the sd from my computer. It booted up fine this time but now none of my apps will work. (I had apps2sd as you probably figured) - I also re-flashed it and still no apps working.
Anybody have any ideas?
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Yes. The ext2 or ext3 partition was probably not visible from your PC - I am guessing it is Windows. You probably only copied the files from your FAT32 partition, but the files in your ext3 partition - where your apps are stored on apps2sd - were not copied, and when you re-partitioned, you basically formatted the disk and erased them if they were there.
If you look at the backup/restore menu in Amon_RA recovery, there is an item called Nandroid+ext backup - this would backup (and allow Nandroid restore to restore) the apps on your ext3 partition. If you have a Nandroid backup that you made with the Nandroid+ext item, you should be able to restore your apps. If not, you'll have to reinstall them. (If you installed and backed up with Titanium Backup, you could restore them from there as well, with data.)

I did a nandroid and a nandroid+ext backup before formatting my sd, so I will go ahead and restore the nd+ext now.
So what actually backups for the nandroid? ..and for the +ext?

thetornado said:
I did a nandroid and a nandroid+ext backup before formatting my sd, so I will go ahead and restore the nd+ext now.
So what actually backups for the nandroid? ..and for the +ext?
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Nandroid (on Amon_RA) backs up /system, /data and the boot partition. (If you installed the trackball optional version of Amon_RA created by Scary Alien, it also backs up the /cache partition.) Nandroid+ext does all of these and adds the SD ext partition. Nandroids from Amon_RA are named automatically with names that start with something like BDS, BCDS, BDES, followed by yyyymmdd-hhmm - these letters let you know what was backed up with that backup - (B)oot, (D)ata, (C)ache, (E)xtended partition, and (S)ystem, plus the GMT date and time of the backup.
So, any of your backups with BDES should have your apps.

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[Q] .android_secure backup issue.

Hello, when i try backup my current default ROM, everything goes fine until it reaches .Android_secure and says "Error while making a bacup of /sdcard/.android_secure!"
No idea whats wrong.
I've tried backing up via the ROM manager and the Nandroid method.
Using ROM Manager to backup is a nandroid backup... the back up you're referring to is just the app data you had installed on your SD card. Perhaps you can choose to restore the other partitions but leave out the android secure image...
Edit: Oh, I misunderstood your post. You're trying to back up... well, you could move the apps you have on your SD card back to your phone and then create the backup. That will eliminate the need for the android secure image.
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Okay well I just removed the files in .android_secure (backed up onto PC)
and now i get an error while making a backup image of /cache -.-.
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[Q] Boot Loop 'process system is not responding'

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Boot into CWM and go to advanced and then show log. see if you have any errors. I would personally do a partition wipe. If this works, from a running system, go to rom manager and do a fix permissions.
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Yes, from CWM, 4th option down. 'wipe cache partition'
You will lose only things that are stored in the cache. Similar to clearing cookies on a PC. Android will create a new cache upon next boot (which will take a little longer than normal)
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Might be your sdcard. Backup everything and format it with SDFormatter then copy your files back,if you keep receiving errors about sdcard you could have a faulty sdcard.
You could also backup your data with titanium backup, boot into CWM make a backup of current ROM and make a fresh install of a new ROM, there are stock, CM7 and MIUI as CWM flashable zips for easy install in CWM pick the one you need, flash it and restore your apps with titanium backup (preferably only app not app+data as you're getting databases errors).
Make a backup of your new ROM in CWM once you finish setting it up as you want for precaution. Remove your old backup.
NOTE: If you install CM7 again make sure you have latest build (Internal: Alpha12 | sdcard: Final). Also verify the md5 of the download so you know its not corrupted.
~ Veronica
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jenuhferr said:
Spoke too soon. TB still won't let me backup due to insufficient storage space. Now it says that my SD card is 200mb and I only have 1mb free??? I took SD card out and put back in, no change, reboots no change. Evernote is complaining too. WTF How can a card just go bad??
Laptop is saying the same. Considering reformatting and trying again?
Sent from my Nook Tablet using XDA
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You mentioned that you flashed CM7 sd image right? so you have to resize the last partition to the end of your sdcard. Last partiton is the one that will act as "sdcard".
~ Veronica
Oop
jenuhferr said:
Using easus partition master, resized the last partition to use unallocated space and nook said 200mb SD card anyway. I don't get it.
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Used different software and partition resized. This time set up started which I didn't see before. All seemed fine, started adding some apps from the market since I have no backup.
Suddenly it rebooted and bypassed/ignored the SD card and booted into the previous set up. I powered off, removed/replaced SD card then booted but same thing. I started to post HERE and it rebooted with the SD card! Then it rebooted into the previous set up without the card.
Was.thinking of doing the internal install. Does this indicate a bad SD card or problem with nook seeing it? Considering a surface scan in windows?
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It looks like because seems that the Nook Tablet unmount your sdcard or it unmount itself randomly, so if you are running a ROM from sdcard it's logical it will reboot because no system is found. Try with another sdcard if possible to know better if its a software issue or hardware sdcard issue.
~ Veronica
lg gt540
i have root my lg gt540 with z4 and shows me "Sorry! Process system is not respondig. I can press force close or wait but wathever i choose appears black background please help. :crying:

Unable to restore Nandroid backup

my s3 is unable to restore nandroid backup until restoring data proses.
it will give error restoring data thus stop the proses.
already tried backup in internal & external memory but still fails.
my cwm version is 5.5.0.4 cf-v1.5
need advice & help.
i dont have problem with my s2.
thanks.
What a coincidence. I was going to send similar post . Yesterday I experienced the same problem. I wanted to go back to ICS from JB but CWM failed to restore data. Fortunately I had titanium backup as well, so I could restore all my applications.
The error message was "Error while restoring /data!". I have recovery.log if someone wants to look at it.
Use the same CF Root version and CWM to restore that was used to backup sometimes helps .
jje
I used the same version for backup and restore.
Maybe you should try touch recover 6.0.1.2
It work fine for me
Can I restore my old backups with touch recover?
Try using advanced restore and reinstall the components separately
marklar666 said:
Can I restore my old backups with touch recover?
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Yes backward compatibility.
Ok. Will try it in future. Already recovered all my data from titanium backup.
never had this problem myself, have you checked the size of the backups, if they are less than 700 meg the backup process may not have worked, was there enough space on your're SD card to do the backup in the first place?.
Try copying the backup to the other SD card, does it copy ok, if so try to restore from there. Seems to be there has to be a reason for this that you should try to get the bottom of.
My backup was around 3.5GB. There was over 9GB free space on sdcard and 5GB free on extsdcard. Don't think there was not enough space.
i have backup & restored in internal & external memory yet the restoration of data still failed.
in addition i have tried restoring nandroid by "advance restore from internal sdcard" step by step & still failed when restoring data.
noted that i have used the same version on cwm with my nandroid.
hope someone able to give me a solution for my problem.
i never have this problem with my S2.
Problem solved!
I have manage to successfully restored my nandroid backup by flashing cwm touch recovery 6.0.1.2 from this thread click here.
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Same problem as kakiboyer, except a bit funkier.
got the 64GB microSD card off amazon popped it in and it just just went. no formatting no nothing.
backed up my original stock image using cwm5.5 and saved it onto the external SD card.
then flashed supernexus build 5 which gave a problem with my external 64GB SD card when i turned it on,it said it was damaged and needed a reformat (not fat32 im guessing) either way the flash was fine, i just need to reclaim the stuff on my 64GB SD card.
I then tried restoring to my original image and then removing the data that way, but instead i got the /data error (hence why i'm here).
Same set up as kakiboyer by the way.
using cwm version 5.5.0.4 cf-v1.5
so when i updated to cmw touch 6.0 it now can't see the external sd card (only the internal one).
BUT when i flash back to 5.5 it can see the external SD as well as the original backups, all my music/movie files etc. on the external SD.
So since the OS can't see the card, touch 6.0 can't see it and i can't revert back to the original image; how can i get my stuff off this SD card?
Fixed it!
Slapped the sd card into my windows machine and ran "chkdsk F: /r" with F: been whatever the sd card is!
got everything back, it was extFAT so copied everything off, reformatted to fat32 and put everything back on.
Happy days!

[Q] Does TWRP not backup apps on ext sd?

I just restored a nandroid I had and all the apps I had moved to the sd were missing. Is there a way to correct this or do they have to be in the phone storage to be included in the backup? Of course I had everything in TiB, but that's not the same. When I do a nandroid I expect it be exactly the way I left it.
a nandroid backup usually includes the system, data, and boot images. user apps are usually installed on the data partition, but if you chose to move apps to your sd card via application settings then it would not be backed up.

[Q] CM10, forgot Google password

CM10 on the Nook Tablet. My daughter forgot her Google password. Tried everything to recover it with Google, no luck. Created a new Google account for her. But how to "set it" (change it) in CM10? As soon as it boots it displays:
Too many pattern attempts
To unlock, sign in with your Google account.
Username:
password:
Nothing happens if I enter in the new account I created for her, it just sits there with the same info displayed.
Side question: What does SDC Recovery do in the boot menu?
baytee said:
CM10 on the Nook Tablet. My daughter forgot her Google password. Tried everything to recover it with Google, no luck. Created a new Google account for her. But how to "set it" (change it) in CM10? As soon as it boots it displays:
Too many pattern attempts
To unlock, sign in with your Google account.
Username:
password:
Nothing happens if I enter in the new account I created for her, it just sits there with the same info displayed.
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Did you try deleting previous Google account and re-adding the new account under Settings->Accounts?
Side question: What does SDC Recovery do in the boot menu?
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It's meant for rebooting into SD-based CWM recovery (assuming that your NT can boot off SD untethered with powered USB).
forgot password
That's the thing. Apparently after you setup your Google account, from then on CM10 boots auto-logging in, but if you'd setup a login "pattern" (grid of dots you trace a pattern on to login), CM10 will then demand the google id/pw) She did have one of those pattern login things setup before.
But basically, there's nothing on the screen besides what I described. If you can tell me how to get to settings when I see no icons or anything, I'd love to do that.
Re: the SD int recovery, I wasn't sure...I thought maybe that would let me access the backup I'd made long ago of the SD card via the boot menu, to maybe get it functional.
baytee said:
Re: the SD int recovery, I wasn't sure...I thought maybe that would let me access the backup I'd made long ago of the SD card via the boot menu, to maybe get it functional.
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You will access recovery and be able to install a backup, but wouldn't that backup have the same password? The one you don't know. Do I understand it correcttly that you are running CM10 from sd card? If so, you can always start over with a freshly made sd card. Very easy if you use Succulent's ready-made image files. CM10: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
(He has CM10.1 as well but personally I still prefer his final CM10. SOlid as a rock and I couldn't see any advantages using the CM10.1 I tried last week, but that's just my opinion))
asawi said:
You will access recovery and be able to install a backup, but wouldn't that backup have the same password? The one you don't know. Do I understand it correcttly that you are running CM10 from sd card? If so, you can always start over with a freshly made sd card. Very easy if you use Succulent's ready-made image files. CM10: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
(He has CM10.1 as well but personally I still prefer his final CM10. SOlid as a rock and I couldn't see any advantages using the CM10.1 I tried last week, but that's just my opinion))
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I had a previous good backup on my PC, from right after I'd built the sdcard and before it was used. (& well before she forgot the password and got locked out like it is now) I copied it to the SD card and did Restore from SD. It restored, I rebooted, and we had the same screen demanding the google id/pw. So, all I can determine from this is that the restore does not FULLy restore what was on the SD card from you backup image.
I saw some other options on these menus, I'd like some clarification on, since I don't want to screw up the Nook part of the tablet!.
On the main CM menu:
"wipe cache partition": Does it wipe a cache partition on the internal Nook card? Or just the SD card?
Under Advanced, reboot recovery: what does this recover exactly? Does it mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Under Advanced, wipe dalvik cache: Does it mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Under Backup and Restore, Advanced Restore: There are 5 restore options here. Are any of them going to mess with the Nook card, or just the ext SD? When I choose Restore off the main menu, and select my image, is it doing all 5 of these steps during the restore ? If not, see below.
Restore Boot (is this what I need? Because the 1st screen I get at boot is this screen asking for the id/pw. What is it restoring FROM?
Restore System, Restore Data, Restore Cache: Do these mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Restore sd-ext: Not sure what this is? How is it different from picking Restore off the main menu and choosing your image and letting it run?
I'd appreciate knowing these things, at least for the future..... If nothing pans out, yes I'll rebuild, it's just time consuming since I customized the partition sizes.
baytee said:
If nothing pans out, yes I'll rebuild, it's just time consuming since I customized the partition sizes.
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Time consuming? I'd say a grand total of less than an hour to
1. Download and extract the img file
2. Burn image to sd card
3. Open for example Mini Tool Partition Wizard and resize the partitions. The ones you'd want to resize are the last two, and it's very easily done. The steps I took when I redid it just now:
a) Deleted last two partitions
b) created new partition 3, named it DATA (doesn't matter!), made it the size I wanted, made it EXT4 (according to instructions
on Succulent's site), Primary
c) created new partition 4 with all the remaining unallocated memory. FAT32, Primary
I already had the software for burning sd card ( I use WinImage) and MiniToolPartitionWizard installed, but I did a fresh download of the img file, extracted it and made the card. The whole process took about 35 minutes. Having said that, the download is kind of big, so it can take a lot longer than the 5 minutes it took me today.
baytee said:
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On the main CM menu:
"wipe cache partition": Does it wipe a cache partition on the internal Nook card? Or just the SD card?
Under Advanced, reboot recovery: what does this recover exactly? Does it mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Under Advanced, wipe dalvik cache: Does it mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Under Backup and Restore, Advanced Restore: There are 5 restore options here. Are any of them going to mess with the Nook card, or just the ext SD? When I choose Restore off the main menu, and select my image, is it doing all 5 of these steps during the restore ? If not, see below.
Restore Boot (is this what I need? Because the 1st screen I get at boot is this screen asking for the id/pw. What is it restoring FROM?
Restore System, Restore Data, Restore Cache: Do these mess with the internal Nook card at all or just the SD card?
Restore sd-ext: Not sure what this is? How is it different from picking Restore off the main menu and choosing your image and letting it run?
I'd appreciate knowing these things, at least for the future..... If nothing pans out, yes I'll rebuild, it's just time consuming since I customized the partition sizes.
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/cache is always the internal emmc /cache partition, even when running ROM off SD card.
Except for sd-ext, backup/restore operations are relative to the internal emmc partitions (/boot, /recovery, /system, /data, /cache).
digixmax said:
/cache is always the internal emmc /cache partition, even when running ROM off SD card.
Except for sd-ext, backup/restore operations are relative to the internal emmc partitions (/boot, /recovery, /system, /data, /cache).
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you have to go into settings and un sync the google account but since you cant do that cause your locked out i would just reflash the CM image to it all over again , if you have awesome internets it shouldnt take that long to restore your apps and stuff , esp if you already have titanium back ups of app data.
the sdc boots a second reovery image off microsd card ,
if your not gonna miss anything just reflash cm to it , and then restore from the google account once you get the password or if you have the apps backed up ,

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