Hi,
after messing with ROMs i got bootlooped. Decided to make an advanced nandroid backup (just DATA partition) and wipe everything, reinstall ROM again..and...
here the stairs starts...
I need to (would like, love to, want to etc..) recover my sms messages from nandroid backup I made. I've extracted image and have files mmssms.db and telephony.db but putting them back to phone (using adb push mmssms.db /data/data_s/com.android.providers.telephony/databases OR by root explorer) does not change a thing - phone says 'no text messages...'
any ideas ?
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So I flashed KaosFroyov38, and now all of a sudden I can't receive texts!!
I've wiped and flashed another ROM (Tazz froyo), and I still can't receive texts!!!
I've tried re-programming using *228, but that did not work.
Can someone please help me with this? What should I do? Thanks.
Btw, I can send, but can't receive.
Edit: I'm using Google Voice for now...but I'd still love some suggestions!!
Here is the process that I use when this happens. You really only need to do it once as long as you keep the backup XML file with your APNs on your SD card.
1. Boot into recovery and make a nandroid backup.
2. Download a ROM with the correct APN files, like Plain Jane (basically a stock ROM with root). One version of Plain Jane can be found here:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718092/
3. Do a full data wipe in recovery and then install the Plain Jane ROM.
4. Boot into the new ROM.
5. Make sure 3G and Sync is on and you should get all your missed text messages, once everything is finished syncing.
6. On the market, grab the app "APN Backup & Restore".
7. Run APN Backup & Restore and backup your APNs. The app will create a folder on you SD card with an XML file. Hold on to those files and if you format your SD card, make sure you backup the XML file.
8. You can now restore to your nandroid backup or load any other ROM. Then just run "APN Backup & Restore" and restore you APNs.
synesthete said:
Here is the process that I use when this happens. You really only need to do it once as long as you keep the backup XML file with your APNs on your SD card.
1. Boot into recovery and make a nandroid backup.
2. Download a ROM with the correct APN files, like Plain Jane (basically a stock ROM with root). One version of Plain Jane can be found here:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718092/
3. Do a full data wipe in recovery and then install the Plain Jane ROM.
4. Boot into the new ROM.
5. Make sure 3G and Sync is on and you should get all your missed text messages, once everything is finished syncing.
6. On the market, grab the app "APN Backup & Restore".
7. Run APN Backup & Restore and backup your APNs. The app will create a folder on you SD card with an XML file. Hold on to those files and if you format your SD card, make sure you backup the XML file.
8. You can now restore to your nandroid backup or load any other ROM. Then just run "APN Backup & Restore" and restore you APNs.
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Thank you!
I'm about to try this and I'll report back.
Edit: Thanks again. It worked.
I almost unrooted and took it into the store! :
Hi guys!
I just backed up my system because I wanted to load another system/ROM. So I wanted to restore the system is just backed up, but when I restore the ROM/system is different. For example the design is changed, and the home button does not work, I have to press back to exit apps. All my contacts and messages are gone. But my applications is there.
So I looked at the size of the backup files, and it this is how big the files are:
cache.img - Size: 0
data.img - Size: 252772352
nandroid.md5 - Size: 0
system.img - Size: 129997824
So it looks like the cache file and nandroid file is damage/broken. But it will take loong time to fix all this up to how it was.....
Is there something I can do? What can I restore? system, cache, data or what to get my design and contacts back and those things.
I hope you guys understand me.
Thanks for all answers.
Wait... are you saying that you actually back up /system and then restore it when you get a new rom? No no no no no...
/system is where your rom is actually stored, replacing it with the /system of another rom would have all kind of bad consequences.
What you need is to get Titanium Backup and MyBackup Root from the market; Titanium Backup for apps and app data, and MyBackup Root for contacts, sms', etc.
Messing with /system is not advised unless you know exactly what your doing.
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Uuupz..missing here..
Hope you mean Xrecovery BackUp..
1. Yuuup..the BackUp Files is BiiiiiG..coz it BackUp All of Your Phone (inc. ROM, KerneL, Apk, SmS & Phonebook)..coz the BackUp mean "Duplicate Your Phone"..soo when it Restored (Full Restore).."Your Now Phone" JusT Back to "Your Phone" when the last you Back It Up..
2. Never Go to "Advance Restore" To "IndividuaL Restore" anything when you have "Change" your RoM/KerneL..coz it can brick your phone. Just Do It when you still in the same RoM/KerneL..it safer..
3. If It Already Happen but you still can access XRec. then just make a Fresh Flash RoM..
4. If It Already Happen and you can't access XRec. just Flash It through Flash TooL..
I backed up everything with xRecovery. And when I'm now restoring I get the problems as I wrote in the first post.
The problem is that the files looks corrupted or something, because I have the problems above.
Something to try:
Do a fresh install of the rom you backed up(don't restore the backup again, just flash the rom zip from the thread). Then in xrec choose advanced restore> restore data using the 'damaged' backup. Since data.img seems to be intact and it's the same rom, hopefully that will restore apps & contacts, etc.
It is always good practice to back up apps & contacts w/apps like Titanium Backup and MyBackup Root before flashing like Frosty said just in case something like this happens.
Uupz..corrupt backup files..try to Re-Install xRec...
Or
Just do a Fresh Flash through FlasH TooL..and StarT from Begin again..
My rom bootlooped somehow, and I was forced to clear the data partition.
Now I want to recover the messages and put them in the (clean) rom. I extracted /data/data/com.android.providers.telephone/databases/mmssms.db from the nandroid backup before I cleared /data.
I tried copying these files into the rom but the messaging app doesn't show any difference.
Is there a way to salvage the messages?
Tool from this thread should help you. After converting your .db file to .xml, use this app to restore messages to phone.
So I backed up all the system and user apps before installing the custom ROM CynaogenMod 10. I restored the user apps and it worked fine. Then I tried restoring the system apps and I had to choose to restore from either XML or system image. I chose system image, rebooted and the phone kept restarting. I then tried using the XML file to restore system files. Again the same problem; the phone kept restarting.
Out of the backed up system files, the most important one for me is the contacts. Is there any way I can restore only the contacts. I have the following files in the backup folder pertaining to contacts.
1) com.android.providers.contacts-1.properties
2) com.android.providers.contacts-1.tar.gz
3) com.android.providers.contacts-1.odex.gz
4) com.android.providers.contacts-1.apk.gz
search for contacts.apk in titanium backup app... tap contacts-restore-app and data....
Is there any other way to restore contacts? because this is not working for me. I have installed s5 glamuruos rom on my s3.
Hello guys,
my issue is that I've made my whole sms data backup. It is in . zip format and I have no idea, how to restore them now. I've tried to copy the zip file to SmsRestore folder and even though its visible to device, still appears message, that there is no backup file.
What shall I do to restore my previously saved messages?
thx in advance