[Q] nandroid backup not restoring apps - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I decided to try out one of the ICS ROMs today, so I did a nandroid to take a snapshot of my normal ROM setup. Normal procedure, right?
Cut to a few hours later when I try to restore my phone to its normal state using CWM. nandroid verifies the MD5 and successfully restores my phone to its pre-ICS state, but when I boot up, all my apps are gone. I get the grey Android package icon with "SD" superimposed on it for almost all my apps (including Market). When I try to launch one, an error pops up telling me the app is not installed. This persisted even when I wiped everything and re-restored from my backup. The strange thing is I have no removable SD card installed, so the apps couldn't have been moved as far as I know.
So, does anyone know what's going on here? Is this just a faulty backup or should I just cut my losses and start fresh?

Do a FULL WIPE. And try again. Report back

Done. I did a factory reset, wiped cache, and system. Didn't work—should I go the Odin route next?
NZed said:
Do a FULL WIPE. And try again. Report back
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Install official Samsung stock firmware then root and CWM recovery your nandroid .
jje

Try Appextractor from market. It allows you to extract apps (and more) from a nandroid backup.
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Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. I managed to get things working again by Odin-ing back to stock and reflashing CWM recovery 4.0.1.4. Worked like a charm, apps included.

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[Q] Backup -- Reset to Stock -- Restore help?

I'm running stock Vibrant 2.2 from mini Kies. I have rooted and installed Titanium.
What I want to do is do a backup with Titanium, reset to stock 2.2 for some GPS testing, and then restore to my current state.
How do I do the reset?
Also I'm unclear on the restore. Will I have to root it again before I restore?
hope it helps.
Well first id make sure you have the 3e recovery set up, if you do then install the app Rom Manger off the market. flash the clockwork recovery from the app. then you can do a Nandroid back up. With this back up you can then restore to the moment the back up was made when your ready to. If you reset to full stop and remove root and all that stuff, you will need to add the root and 3e recovery again before your able to do the restore.
the link is to show you how to install the 3e recovery. And you can get a one click root prgm too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
As for the reseting to stock, you have 2 choices i can think of. You can either odin back to 2.1 then upgrade to 2.2 again, or you can use a one click root prgm to unroot your phone, then do a factory reset to it. i normally always do the the odin to have a fresh start when i want to make sure everything is in working order but thats me.
information on odin and other basic rooting help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
The main thing to remember is to always read and reread the instructions on what your going to be doing to make sure you understand it fully.
You lost me on the "your on stock 2.2, installed titanium, and now you want to restore to stock 2.2." Your already on stock 2.2...
jmcghee1973 said:
You lost me on the "your on stock 2.2, installed titanium, and now you want to restore to stock 2.2." Your already on stock 2.2...
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What I meant by restore to stock 2.2 is put the phone back into the state it would be in if I took a phone straight from the factory and did a mini Kies to 2.2. Presumably that means deleting all apps I added and putting all settings back to the defaults. I would hope I would not have to reload the rom, since as you say I am running the stock 2.2 rom.
In this 'stock' state I can run some tests, and if necessary send it in for service.
However, I want to be able to quickly restore to the apps and setting as they are now.
Salithox said:
Well first id make sure you have the 3e recovery set up, if you do then install the app Rom Manger off the market. flash the clockwork recovery from the app. then you can do a Nandroid back up. With this back up you can then restore to the moment the back up was made when your ready to. If you reset to full stop and remove root and all that stuff, you will need to add the root and 3e recovery again before your able to do the restore.
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Thanks for the detailed info. It may come to that, but couldn't I get the effect I described above with a Titanium backup?
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Well with Titanium backup you can back up your apps, but thats all it saves, if you have like a lot of settings changed on your phone or ringtones set for people and stuff it doesn't help with those. But a Nandroid is a full backup of your phone down to settings phones ringtones etc. Normally i use Titanium backup when i'm going from ROM to ROM to quickly reinstall my apps, but if your doing a rest and don't want to go about re setting everything then a Nandroid is th way to go. Hopefully that clarify why i recommended it.

[Q] Countless problems after Nandroid restore

So today I was trying out a Sense version of froyo on my hero, didn't like it as im way too used to launcherPro now anyway I made a Nandroid backup yesterday, did a restore using amonRa recovery, it said the restore was successful... but
At first it didn't want to boot, just completely froze on bootscreen, then after a batt pull i loaded up recov again, wipes everything and then restored...
This time I actually fell asleep while waiting for the phone to boot, in the middle of the day actually , after I woke up the phone looked like the one i used to have but, nothing worked none of the apps that i had worked, half of them were actually completely gone, keyboard didn't work (scandinavian), only the stock ADW launcher worked...
Also when the phone booted it ran the setup wizard, just as if I would have done a fresh ROM install??? I had no contacts, no SMS, no pics, nothing
ISN'T NANDROID SUPPOSED TO BACKUP EVERYTHING and not just the core ROM files?
also if I remove my SD card I find my phone rebooting in matter of seconds :S
I really need help with this, I absolutely dont want to download all my ~100 Apps from the market, setup all of my 5 homescreen and ask all of my friends for their number again that would take weeks!
Try a full wipe, then restore the previous Rom
but that means that i'll have to install all my apps again, reset all my setting, everything... Its my last resort but I'd like to atleast know why this got so ****ed up? isn't nandroid supposed to create an exact image of the phone, and even be transferable to other phones of the same model ?
I'm really pissed of atm, I have put so much into personalizing my phone and now I have to go trough this all again maybe just wait for another ROM I'd like to use and just start over
If you did a nandroid your apps should be restored too : )
A full wipe doesn't touch SD, the SD contains the nandroid so it all should be there. The nandroid you restored sounds like it corrupted the Rom on the phone you didn't wipe. Always wipe before : )
I did a complete wipe and after that a nandroid restore, still nothing

[Q] 'System UIDs inconsistent' after restoring from backup in Clockworkmod recovery

OK. So I made a backup of my debloat froyo state using Clockworkmod so that I can try out those gingerbread roms. I didn't like it, and tried to restore back to where I was.
So here's what I did. I wiped everything, flashed the debloat froyo rom, then performed a restore action.
Now, when I boot my phone, all the apps I used to have are missing, and all I get is the 'System UIDs inconsistent' message, with a button saying 'I'm feeling lucky'. Is there any way I can fix this?
Also, if there is a proper way to restore a backup in Clockworkmod, what is it?
Thank you.
what25 said:
OK. So I made a backup of my debloat froyo state using Clockworkmod so that I can try out those gingerbread roms. I didn't like it, and tried to restore back to where I was.
So here's what I did. I wiped everything, flashed the debloat froyo rom, then performed a restore action.
Now, when I boot my phone, all the apps I used to have are missing, and all I get is the 'System UIDs inconsistent' message, with a button saying 'I'm feeling lucky'. Is there any way I can fix this?
Also, if there is a proper way to restore a backup in Clockworkmod, what is it?
Thank you.
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Generally that's bad news
You can try to google around or look on xda (in forums other than the thunderbolt) for people who have encountered that, but generally it means you have to start over with a fresh system.
Ok. So I am looking at the screen as it does the restore, and it seems to stop midway in the 'Restoring data...', step, where it looks like everything is running fine, and all of a sudden I see the clockworkmod menu. It seems to be an incomplete restore. Is there any way to fix this?
After I had that happen I had to flash a new rom so I just upgraded to Gingerbread.
I also had to do a fresh install (ie, deleting data & cache) after getting this error randomly this morning.
Still in the process of redoing everything on my phone, doh!

[Q] Missing checkrom apps after restoring from new flash.

Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
yongjie222 said:
Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
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Your not restoring apps with cwm that is flashing the backed up rom. CWM doesn't back up apps to restore them after a flash. Use titainium back up for that
yongjie222 said:
Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
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As above post said you should use Titanium backup to be able to backup your apps and restore when you want. If i was you id pay for the pro version as that makes life alot easier for you...Restores everything with the push of a button and installs them for you as well. But if you go for the free version you will have to do it one by one

[Q] Problem restoring via CWM - Data

Hello, I need some help with restoring via CWM on the Galaxy S3.
On the S2 I pretty much always used CM9 and jumped back and forth between versions and backing up/ restoring was never an issue.
Now however I am using the stock ROM and its rooted of course.
I made a back up of my stock rom 'cause I wanted to try and install some stuff.
I tried installing the jelly bean transition effects but the install failed, the device felt kinda sluggish (maybe my imagination) afterwards so I decided to restore my phone. The restoring went good but the last ting that happens is that CWM says that restoring /Data failed.
I reboot my phone and I come to the first start up screen where I get to choose language and so on. Everything but photos has been deleted. I try to install CM9, and I do that without any issues. Then I trie to backup my stock backup but I get the same error message and I get back to stock setup page.
My backup is a staggering 6GB, and I read somewhere that CWM can only restore 2GB?
I've deleted that backup and done another one but that is also 6GB.
Does anyone know how to restore from that first restore or how to make future restores work?
undegaard said:
Hello, I need some help with restoring via CWM on the Galaxy S3.
On the S2 I pretty much always used CM9 and jumped back and forth between versions and backing up/ restoring was never an issue.
Now however I am using the stock ROM and its rooted of course.
I made a back up of my stock rom 'cause I wanted to try and install some stuff.
I tried installing the jelly bean transition effects but the install failed, the device felt kinda sluggish (maybe my imagination) afterwards so I decided to restore my phone. The restoring went good but the last ting that happens is that CWM says that restoring /Data failed.
I reboot my phone and I come to the first start up screen where I get to choose language and so on. Everything but photos has been deleted. I try to install CM9, and I do that without any issues. Then I trie to backup my stock backup but I get the same error message and I get back to stock setup page.
My backup is a staggering 6GB, and I read somewhere that CWM can only restore 2GB?
I've deleted that backup and done another one but that is also 6GB.
Does anyone know how to restore from that first restore or how to make future restores work?
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I had this problem with my sisters Xperia X8,couldn't restore anything that i backed up.It goes for a while and stops.But she had bootloader locked.I was shore that i unlocked her bootloader but i didn't,so i unlocked bootloader,and tried to backup and restore and it worked fine.
I'm not 100% and i don't know is that the way CWM works,but i think in order to restore your data,that you backed up,you have to unlock your bootloader.But it's the best to wait someone who knows this for 100% sure.
If you haven't unlocked bootloader try that,or you don't won't to lose your warranty!?
Good luck!
I don't think that CWM has size limitation but i can be wrong.
Have you made sure that your CWM is up-to-date? if in doubt flash the latest CF-root.
was there ever a resolution to this problem? I did the same thing, rooted the galaxy s 3 and unlock the bootloader. Get a backup of my stock set up using clockwork recovery mod. Now when I try to restore, it does not restore the data. All of my apps look like they are there, but none of them are really installed. I think I can just reinstall all of the apps by hand, I would like to know how to get over this.

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