hi all gurus,
any one know of a way to do a COMPLETE backup of the kernel / rom /firmware etc from an ACE? as i have two ACEs (one with issue, but i felt it is not morally right to return it back to the retailer). so i am looking for ways can do a complete backup of one phone then using it to restore on another ACE.
so far i tried CWM backup (appears it only backup the ROM, but not kernel such as modem (??)), SGS kernel flasher (can backup kernel, but not able to restore it, either from SGS kernel flasher itself, or from CWM)
so how else i can do a complete image of the phone (i mean complete image of all components), and then can be used to restore?? thanks for all info shared
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Okay, let me start by saying I am no expert. If I had a second phone I would try for you, but I don't.
I have several backups through CWM at different dates using different Kernels and even different versions of CWM. With each restore it brings back the different version of CWM, baseband, and the Kernel I had installed.
Just some food for thought with your situation. Have you tried placing the backup's under the directory for CWM backups on your other phone and flashing? Maybe backup the good one, and flash it onto the broken one.... that way you are not risking anything if a problem arises??
thanks, nice to see a fellow Telus user here, . yes, i tried to do a backup from CWM (appears it backup the boot and system), then load it back via CWM through restore, it did not work out, how to confirm if cwm backup will also include the kernel portion?
-SGA- said:
Okay, let me start by saying I am no expert. If I had a second phone I would try for you, but I don't.
I have several backups through CWM at different dates using different Kernels and even different versions of CWM. With each restore it brings back the different version of CWM, baseband, and the Kernel I had installed.
Just some food for thought with your situation. Have you tried placing the backup's under the directory for CWM backups on your other phone and flashing? Maybe backup the good one, and flash it onto the broken one.... that way you are not risking anything if a problem arises??
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if you want to make backupp of stoc rom and then want to use cm7 etc
first dowbload cf root kernel
and convert system to ext4
then make backupp otherwise you cant restore backupp anymore
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thanks to all of you. the issue i encountered is my phone have been running as "No service", and not able to find any mobile network after i unlocked it. so i tried various roms, and make no difference, so make me wonder if there is any component that never get refreshed. I have another working SGA, so want to find a way to do a complete image of the working phone and then restore at the phone that are not working....
spacecaker said:
if you want to make backupp of stoc rom and then want to use cm7 etc
first dowbload cf root kernel
and convert system to ext4
then make backupp otherwise you cant restore backupp anymore
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oakville said:
thanks to all of you. the issue i encountered is my phone have been running as "No service", and not able to find any mobile network after i unlocked it. so i tried various roms, and make no difference, so make me wonder if there is any component that never get refreshed. I have another working SGA, so want to find a way to do a complete image of the working phone and then restore at the phone that are not working....
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you should never unlock it
look if you have a imei
if not your phone needs to go to service centre
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Hi guys!
Sorry if this already has posted but i couldnt find.
We just love to flash, update roms but sometimes we forget the essential and wanna go back.
So my question is: is there a way to backup and save from a original stock Atrix, things like pds, kernel, webtop, do a whole full backup of everything?
You mean like a Nandroid backup?...
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if you do a nandroid backup from cwm or rom manager it will back up everything on your current rom.
Thanks a lot for your attentio guys!
Doing these backup, even system unique files like pds, kernel, webtop, boot?
yes, its kinda like a ghost backup for a pc. it takes an image more or less.
xpc21 said:
Thanks a lot for your attentio guys!
Doing these backup, even system unique files like pds, kernel, webtop, boot?
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It makes an image of your current phone setup that you can come back to like if you get stuck, or if you want to come back from another ROM...
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Thanks a lot guys! But to use CWM or Rom manager i will have to unlock my boot, so i was wondering if there is a way to do this keeping Atrix untouchable and with this backup?
xpc21 said:
Thanks a lot guys! But to use CWM or Rom manager i will have to unlock my boot, so i was wondering if there is a way to do this keeping Atrix untouchable and with this backup?
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I think nandroid backup requires root and if you want to flash another rom you'll have to unlock the phone.
AizenSousuke92 said:
I think nandroid backup requires root and if you want to flash another rom you'll have to unlock the phone.
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Hum, thanks but to flash another rom i dont need to. I can enter in RSD and flash it without doind anything. Only if i had to flash in fastboot prompt i will need to.
Hey
I was on GingerReal1.4, and wanted to try out overclocking on CM7. Made a backup on CWM and then installed CM7, tried, happy and decided to go back.
Now when I try to restore the backup, most of my apps arent being detected and the launcher is back to touchwiz and I can't seem to find superuser also. I assumed this maybe because sd-ext is not being detected. So I tried installing a2sd-gui from my titanium backup, that seems to work and isn't showing me any problem. I also tried reinstalling the kernel, didn't work.
And Ive tried restoring about 5 times till now, same result.
Am I doing something wrong?? Any help would be rly rly awesome...
Thanks
easswar said:
Hey
I was on GingerReal1.4, and wanted to try out overclocking on CM7. Made a backup on CWM and then installed CM7, tried, happy and decided to go back.
Now when I try to restore the backup, most of my apps arent being detected and the launcher is back to touchwiz and I can't seem to find superuser also. I assumed this maybe because sd-ext is not being detected. So I tried installing a2sd-gui from my titanium backup, that seems to work and isn't showing me any problem. I also tried reinstalling the kernel, didn't work.
And Ive tried restoring about 5 times till now, same result.
Am I doing something wrong?? Any help would be rly rly awesome...
Thanks
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Did you format all partitions in CWM before restoring ?
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I think flashing the darktremor script may work.
EmoBoiix3 said:
Did you format all partitions in CWM before restoring ?
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Tried it, didn't work.. I formatted everything everything except the sdcard(i did format sd-ext)..
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I think flashing the darktremor script may work.
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You mean the script given here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158197 ?
Tried that, didn't work.
Even apps that were preinstalled on the ROM like ext4manager and Gmail are missing!!!
Thanks a lot guys
Then logically the problem is in that backup.
yea, that's what I'm thinking, though I did not get any errors while doing the backup.
I read about someone else having a similar issue a long tym back in the galaxy s forum, and i dont see any suggestions or solutions there.
Anyway, given up for now, will take care of it some other tym...
Backing up all i got and switching to CM now.
Do let me know if something pop's up and you remember this issue of mine.
Thanks again
No.. The backup is not the problem. I have read somewhere that the problem lies with the bootloader.
When you upgrade to CM 7, it uses the 2.3.7 bootloader. And now you are trying to restore a backup associated with a 2.3.4 bootloader. The restore does not contain the bootloader. Thus you may experience a bootloop.
The only get around is to flash via odin.
Hit thanks if i helped.
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shaaan said:
No.. The backup is not the problem. I have read somewhere that the problem lies with the bootloader.
When you upgrade to CM 7, it uses the 2.3.7 bootloader. And now you are trying to restore a backup associated with a 2.3.4 bootloader. The restore does not contain the bootloader. Thus you may experience a bootloop.
The only get around is to flash via odin.
Hit thanks if i helped.
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The restore does restore boot .
It erases boot before restore and will restore .
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EmoBoiix3 said:
The restore does restore boot .
It erases boot before restore and will restore .
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Oh. Okay.
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I have a bit different problem but how they always say.. dont start a new thread. So.. I want to have the newest official FW and my data. heres the problem: if I want to backup my data with Titainum Backup I need root, bur when I already have CWM, I cant root anymore.. So do you guys think theres some way out of it..? I already have my official fw and odin on my PC so thats not a problem..
saruboy said:
I have a bit different problem but how they always say.. dont start a new thread. So.. I want to have the newest official FW and my data. heres the problem: if I want to backup my data with Titainum Backup I need root, bur when I already have CWM, I cant root anymore.. So do you guys think theres some way out of it..? I already have my official fw and odin on my PC so thats not a problem..
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What do you mean when you say you cant root anymore because you have CWM? Rooting and CWM are on separate tracks in this case, CWM does not stop you from rooting your phone. Are you saying you dont want to root?
Also, rooting is very simple, just change your kernel to cf-root(to be flashed via CWM, check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158197 ) and you get added advantages like ext4, BLN, a2sd support etc.
PS: Read all you can before doing anything
Hello guys.
What is the best way to wipe my phone, so its completely ready for new ROM?
Sorry if its alrdy out there. But hopefully you can help, im a bit new.
There area couple of things I would do and they are as follows
1. Do a backup of all your apps with Titanium or some other program like that
2. Do a full Nandroid back up of your current rom just incase you soft brick your phone.
3. Back up your EFS folder once that is gone its pretty hard to get it back. I have never had a problem but others have.
4. Make sure you wipe your cache/user data with CWM and also dalvik cache. This is to insure you dont have any issues with your old rom conflicting with the new one its sucks I have done this even if it says NO-WIPE rom.
5. Install your new rom whatever that may be
TLR
MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR APPS
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP
iCon878 said:
There area couple of things I would do and they are as follows
1. Do a backup of all your apps with Titanium or some other program like that
2. Do a full Nandroid back up of your current rom just incase you soft brick your phone.
3. Back up your EFS folder once that is gone its pretty hard to get it back. I have never had a problem but others have.
4. Make sure you wipe your cache/user data with CWM and also dalvik cache. This is to insure you dont have any issues with your old rom conflicting with the new one its sucks I have done this even if it says NO-WIPE rom.
5. Install your new rom whatever that may be
TLR
MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR APPS
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP
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In addition to the steps, you can also format the system and emmc, If you want a clean slate. Just remember to place New ROM and nandroid backup on ext SD card before formatting
I was a bit hasty when flashing, and did not get a original rom backup(nandroid). Am I completely ****ed now? My current rom works just fine, just wondering if my next flash softbricks it. Could I back up my current rom and return to that?
Also, if I flash a original sammy rom from the original rom thread(the one I presume my phone came with), will I be able to update through the built in sammy function(Search for updates)?
Sorry for hijacking, but this thread seemed suitable rather than starting a new.
Cheers!
edgenet said:
I was a bit hasty when flashing, and did not get a original rom backup(nandroid). Am I completely ****ed now? My current rom works just fine, just wondering if my next flash softbricks it. Could I back up my current rom and return to that?
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Sure, any backup of a working ROM is good. You can always pull an official firmware from Intratech's thread to flash back to stock if you need to in the future.
edgenet said:
Also, if I flash a original sammy rom from the original rom thread(the one I presume my phone came with), will I be able to update through the built in sammy function(Search for updates)?
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Maybe. I see a Norwegian flag in your profile. If you flash back to stock, it MAY work for you. Doesn't for me, but that's because I'm in the US, and no one officially carries this phone here.. so neither Kies nor OTA work for updates for me.
edgenet said:
I was a bit hasty when flashing, and did not get a original rom backup(nandroid). Am I completely ****ed now? My current rom works just fine, just wondering if my next flash softbricks it. Could I back up my current rom and return to that?
Also, if I flash a original sammy rom from the original rom thread(the one I presume my phone came with), will I be able to update through the built in sammy function(Search for updates)?
Sorry for hijacking, but this thread seemed suitable rather than starting a new.
Cheers!
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No, not suitable at all.
Hijacking bigtime and not using "search" either - good start, you'll not be popular if you carry on like this...
Since like me you're in Norway and can't sleep either I'll try to help - no links though, you gotta search:
If you're careful with flashing the softbrick chances are small. Yes, you can back up your current ROM.
No, you can't update via "search for updates" on the phone. It's an OTA feature that's never been implemented in Gingerbread - at least not here in Norge.
And you can't "presume" what your original firmware/ROM was - you either know it or you don't.
To be honest, you don't sound like you're ready for custom ROMs yet. I'd do a lot more reading here if I were you.
Lykke til.
If i format system and emmc ..will i have to root the phone again?
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pnjbibomb said:
If i format system and emmc ..will i have to root the phone again?
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Do you mean format /system? I'm thinking if you format /system, you'll have to re-flash the phone's firmware.
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That does a full wipe, whilst keeping root.
If you change Roms, you will lose your root.
But when you install a custom kernel, most auto root anyway.
Finally words of advice, ALWAYS be sure what your doing if flashing anything!
Don't rush into Anything until YOU KNOW what your doing.
Not sure about something, ask. (dont guess or assume)
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Thanks..
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I have galaxy sii GT-I9100 and I want to revert back to stock so i can cleanly install the new RR rom. Any help would be awesome. I was quite knowledgable with my old samsung infuse 4g, but this phone is a lot more complex than that one so please simple terms if possible
If you go to samfirmware download your desired rom then flash it in odin via the PDA section. This will return your phone to stock, but you will loose root. All the best.
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If want to flash Reccuriton remix rom on ur s2 just root ur cell first than just install it from CMW there is no need to go complete stock for that...but if u r totally new to this after rooting make a BACKUP OF EFS first than start playing with roms.
Just flash stock firmware...... Download from sammobile.com samsung-update ....
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HANDSY said:
If you go to samfirmware download your desired rom then flash it in odin via the PDA section. This will return your phone to stock, but you will loose root. All the best.
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Is http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ the website you were talking about? Thank you, I could probably figure out how to root again, and unlock if I loose it.
I think that is it, but I can't find my firmware
rakesh595160 said:
If want to flash Reccuriton remix rom on ur s2 just root ur cell first than just install it from CMW there is no need to go complete stock for that...but if u r totally new to this after rooting make a BACKUP OF EFS first than start playing with roms.
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I am rooted and I prefer to go to stock all the time because it gives me a fresh start and now bs files that I don't need, however is that EFS backup in CWM?
joeym11 said:
Is http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ the website you were talking about? Thank you, I could probably figure out how to root again, and unlock if I loose it.
I think that is it, but I can't find my firmware
I am rooted and I prefer to go to stock all the time because it gives me a fresh start and now bs files that I don't need, however is that EFS backup in CWM?
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If you want a fresh start just format system whilst performing your wipes. Only do this with a safe kernel as anything based on stock 4.0.4 will brick your phone. When I ever change ROMs I just run wipes and format system then flash my chosen rom. That is the correct site and you can flash any rom for your phone regardless of region. EFS back up is a separate tool which you download on to your pc which then backs up the EFS folder. There are other apps that do this too. I use them all, can never have too many copies of it.
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HANDSY said:
If you want a fresh start just format system whilst performing your wipes. Only do this with a safe kernel as anything based on stock 4.0.4 will brick your phone. When I ever change ROMs I just run wipes and format system then flash my chosen rom. That is the correct site and you can flash any rom for your phone regardless of region. EFS back up is a separate tool which you download on to your pc which then backs up the EFS folder. There are other apps that do this too. I use them all, can never have too many copies of it.
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So if I just do all the wipes, it should be all good? There is a lot of files that I don't want if they don't belong to my rom, should I delete some or what should I do? The basic thing I am trying to do is only have files from apps that I have and ones that the rom needs.
HANDSY said:
If you go to samfirmware download your desired rom then flash it in odin via the PDA section. This will return your phone to stock, but you will loose root. All the best.
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When I went from RR back to GB stock I just flash with mobile odin pro and root is still there.I never need to use a pc now....
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joeym11 said:
So if I just do all the wipes, it should be all good? There is a lot of files that I don't want if they don't belong to my rom, should I delete some or what should I do? The basic thing I am trying to do is only have files from apps that I have and ones that the rom needs.
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I understand what you're after factory reset, wipe dalvik and format system will give you a clean installation in terms of rom. If it's a complete wipe you can wipe the sd card from setting /backup and reset. But this will wipe music photos too. Once rooted you can always browse the directories and manually delete any unwanted files/folders. Please check your kernel first.
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I've had similar problem when I was a bit happy at flashing. I went from RR 2.6.1 to cm 10 jb and lost my unlock now when ever I reboot I have too re unlock. I've still not found a solution and can't restore my nv backup as it always says permissions wrong.using astro
Byani v3 jb siyah 4.1.
How to stock > custom rom > 100% same stock?
Hello,
did not want to start new thread with same name, but my question a little different.
So I bought S2 and I would like to play with some custom ROM of course. Not my first Android phone, but new phone new unknown things.
I read many post, but it is still not clear if I can make my stock rom and kernel backup, then root it, have some fun and if I need just restore stock rom and kernel and every thing would be as it was new?
I understand how to root and this CF-Root in Stock Recovery method looks like can do this. But will it be that way?
For example, with this method I have my stock kernel backup, also make stock rom backup, install some custom ROMs/kernels and later just install stock rom and restore stock kernel using this method and I am back to starting point?
Hi, to return your phone to stock all you need to do is:
Make note of your current ROM and download the same from samfirmware
Download Odin
Perform full wipes and format system in recovery mode
Then into download mode where you flash the stock ROM in the PDA section of doing.
Included will be a stock kernel and root would have been lost.
To reset binary counter look at the app triangle away by chain fire.
All the best.
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Ok, thanks for great answare.
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No problem chap, happy flashing.
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@Handsy - Reaaly sorry to bump into someone else's thread.. Apologies..Curiosity took a toll on me..
In case i have a Nandroid backup and i wish to restore it, how do i do it? I mean, i am aware that i will have to do it using CWM Recovery. I have my Nandroid backup on my external SD card. I wish to try some custom ROM's and would like to restore my Nandroid if i am not satisfied with the custom ROM experience.
Could you please list out the steps
Thanks a lot!!
gokul1980 said:
@Handsy - Reaaly sorry to bump into someone else's thread.. Apologies..Curiosity took a toll on me..
In case i have a Nandroid backup and i wish to restore it, how do i do it? I mean, i am aware that i will have to do it using CWM Recovery. I have my Nandroid backup on my external SD card. I wish to try some custom ROM's and would like to restore my Nandroid if i am not satisfied with the custom ROM experience.
Could you please list out the steps
Thanks a lot!!
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To restore a back up:
Boot into recovery mode
In recovery mode enter back up and restored menu
Then select restore from external memory / sd card
Phone will restore to the time the back up was made.
Some kernels have different CWM menu layouts but the above should get you to the Nandroid backup you made.
All the best
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Hello all. Happy Saturday!
I came on the site after a few months searching for a solution to my problem... I seen that others also had the same problem even on Google
First off I I stalled ICS from cyanogen a few days ago but I feel the phone a bit laggy especially when I type or scroll thru pages.
It doesn't feel fluid, I did do a factory full wipe and it formatted fine and deleted cache ..
So after I felt the problem I decided to format and delete cache again and reinstall ICS from cyanogen to see if it would fix the problem...
But when I now go into clock work recovery and choose the wipe option it starts to format but then when it gets down to SD card data it says something like it couldn't format or mount sdcard/ data! And then stops..
So I decided to Install aokp jb ROM. Thinking maybe that would solve the problem
It installed fine but the problem carried over and its driving me nutsoooo.. it also seems like I can no longer make backups either..
Alittle help would be extremely helpful. Thanks all
It's not a problem.
It's a null error. Means nothing. Stop worrying about it
Raise yer mizzenmast and swab 'er poop deck!
As far as i know it does that so as to not erase your external sd card. At least that's what I heard. From a birdie.
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Hey guys, thanks for the quick response.
But as I was saying i don't remember it doing that with previous ROMs.
And it doesn't seem to be making backups either. Or it won't even go back to my previous backups that I made in the past
I never had that problem before all my backups used to work.
Which recovery can we use besides cwm. On the i777?
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Hey guys, thanks for the quick response.
But as I was saying i don't remember it doing that with previous ROMs.
And it doesn't seem to be making backups either. Or it won't even go back to my previous backups that I made in the past
I never had that problem before all my backups used to work.
Which recovery can we use besides cwm. On the i777?
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Flash back to stock then root again to see if problem persists?
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Flash back to stock then root again to see if problem persists?
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That's actually one of the backups I'm trying to flash back to. Or do you mean using Odin?
True or not true when I was researching I read something about ICS or jb changing the file system format and that may cause problems?
xxkhbxx said:
That's actually one of the backups I'm trying to flash back to. Or do you mean using Odin?
True or not true when I was researching I read something about ICS or jb changing the file system format and that may cause problems?
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using odin
The 6.x versions of CWM recovery uses blobs. It's a different backup scheme all together. Your old backups made with a 5.x or earlier version of CWM recovery will not restore in 6.x version. You would have to first flash a kernel with a 5.x version of CWM recovery, then restore the old backups. You should be able to find a CWM flashable version of the kernel you need, or CWM flash a complete firmware with the correct kernel.
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The 6.x versions of CWM recovery uses blobs. It's a different backup scheme all together. Your old backups made with a 5.x or earlier version of CWM recovery will not restore in 6.x version. You would have to first flash a kernel with a 5.x version of CWM recovery, then restore the old backups. You should be able to find a CWM flashable version of the kernel you need, or CWM flash a complete firmware with the correct kernel.
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Didn't know that. But why do I get the feeling the cwm is not making a full backup tho. It gives me an error but I'll try to write down what it says. Thank you all