Hi guys! After flashing siyah kernel 2.6.13 i cant finish a nandroid backup with the customized cwm. Does anyone have the same thing? Any ideas how to solve it?
When I run into troubles like this I've just put a kernel on that I knew did work, made the backup, and made sure that I had the desired kernel to flash back to after a restore, so basically I've substituted to get around this sort of thing.
It seems, though, that the kernels are getting more and more temperamental about which ones will flash each other by CWM recently. Siyah isnt as friendly anymore for whatever teason. Because of this I've been using mobile Odin and pulling the tar files out of CWM zips as this works regardless.
Enough space on the sdcard?
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Hello everyone,
I have SGS2 with latest stock firmware (XWKI4) for my region.
Now, I would like to start playing with it with roms and such (yes, I already have Jig just as safety net), however I would like to creat as close as possible original configuration.
Now, I have rooted the phone with zergRush by Doomlord sucessfully and made efs backup as well as kernel image backup via HC-kTool. (This is kernel image backup right?) This way I presume I got pretty much untouched kernel image except rooting, right?
What now I would like to do is to make ROM backup and install some recovery. I know that Clockwork that comes with Rom Manager isnt exactly the same as Chainfires CW that comes with CF-Root and I know that Chainfires CW is optimized for Samsung phones (not to mention that they are not compatible with each other).
I guess my question would be is above that I did make sense, and shall I install CW from ROM Backup or get some CF-Root kernel with CW? I mean what do I lose with each solution, or any other advice how to complete ROM backup so that I can recover it if something, God forbid(knock on the wood), gets fishy?
Cheers
Kepavi said:
Hello everyone,
I have SGS2 with latest stock firmware (XWKI4) for my region.
Now, I would like to start playing with it with roms and such (yes, I already have Jig just as safety net), however I would like to creat as close as possible original configuration.
Now, I have rooted the phone with zergRush by Doomlord sucessfully and made efs backup as well as kernel image backup via HC-kTool. (This is kernel image backup right?) This way I presume I got pretty much untouched kernel image except rooting, right?
What now I would like to do is to make ROM backup and install some recovery. I know that Clockwork that comes with Rom Manager isnt exactly the same as Chainfires CW that comes with CF-Root and I know that Chainfires CW is optimized for Samsung phones (not to mention that they are not compatible with each other).
I guess my question would be is above that I did make sense, and shall I install CW from ROM Backup or get some CF-Root kernel with CW? I mean what do I lose with each solution, or any other advice how to complete ROM backup so that I can recover it if something, God forbid(knock on the wood), gets fishy?
Cheers
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If you take some time and search different threads in xda developers forum, you will find many user posting statements not to use ROM manager.
As I do not use ROM manager at all, I did not read the whole posts. That's why I do not exactly know, what the issues are about ROM manager.
(Incompatibility with many ROMs and kernels, but there must be more issues.)
I am using CWM Manager app (included in Chainfire's CF-Root kernel) or CWM5 recovery mode to create a complete system / nandroid backup.
So, in case of an emergency I only have to flash a kernel containing CWM5 recovery and restore my last system backup.
Just to be on the "safe" side, I also copied my efs folder to my external sd card.
And all my apps (+ app data) are under Titanium Backup control.
So, I recommend to use plain CWM recovery backup.
If you are not sure about ROM manager, please search the forums and make up your own mind.
Good luck !
So basically, I can instead of Rom Manager install DarkyROM2 Tool, flash some kernel with CWM support e.g. Hellcat, CF-Root, and boot to recovery and make backup of current rom(with higher compatibility), right?
Sorry if this is obvious, but I have just started with this kind of tweaks...
This is my first time posting.
I am a noob, but I am trying to get beyond that. I have flashed kernels and ROMS to my GT-I9100, with success. The other day, I was going to flash a new ROM, and I tried to make a Clockworkmod backup of my current ROM...while the phone was charging. Is this a major blunder?
The reason that I ask is that CWM crashed in the middle of the backup, and now I can't enter CWM recovery and the phone doesn't boot properly. I just get stuck in a bootloop. I can get into download mode. I used Pistachio's post about how to fix a soft-bricked GS2 to flash back to stock thru Odin. Then I used CF-ROOT to re-root the phone. After that, everything works fine, and I can get to Android recovery mode. Then when I try to flash a ROM, Titanium Backup must be restoring the previous version of ROM Manager, and I get stuck in the same bootloop when trying to get into CWM recovery.
Is Clockworkmod corrupted? Did the recovery partition get corrupted? Should I flash back to stock, delete ROM Manager, then re-install it? Should I bite the bullet and delete my Titanium Backup folder, then re-install everything from scratch? Should I flash back to stock with Pistachio's .PIT file and tick RE-PARTITION?
I looked for an answer specific to this problem, and cannot find the exact same scenario in any other threads. There are similar problems, but I think that I have a CWM app or recovery partition problem, or I may have a NAND rw corruption. I don't think that it is a NAND rw corruption though, because I can flash different kernels and ROMs.
I have been using Resurrection Remix versions 2.2, 2.4.1, and 2.5.3.
I have been using Siyah 3.3.2 kernel.
Please help, and excuse my noobness if I am beating a dead horse with this question.
Sounds like Rom Manager borked CWM/CWRecovery, which it seems to do on SGS2 quite a lot.
Most of the scenario you outlined in para.3 of your post (back to stock, delete ROM Manager) sounds like a good WTG, but do not reinstall it.
If you're going to use a kernel which has CWM/CWRecovery (like Siyah), do not use Rom Manager at all. Uninstall it & keep it that way. CWM/Recovery can do pretty much everything Rom Manager can, and you're playing with fire having both on the phone. Eventually Rom Manager will bork CWM again if you use it.
In the first instance, go back to stock, re-root your phone & reinstall the rom/kernel you're wanting to use. If Rom Manager is installed by default, uninstall it before you do anything else. With a bit of luck, you shouldn't have to do anything else (like messing around with PIT's which you also mentioned in para.3). If you batch restore your apps with TI, make sure you don't restore Rom Manager.
Thanks for the speedy reply.
I will try what you have suggested, but how do I flash the .zip file from my phone without ROM Manager? Do I have to do it through Odin?
Yep, that's right. Get an Odin flashable rom from Intratech's thread (search for it on here). If links in that thread don't work, search here or Samfirmware.
Edit - And once you've got your phone back up & running the way you want, use CWRecovery to do all your flashing.
My apologies, I should have been more specific. I want to flash the RR 2.5.3.zip. Should I still download it to the PC, then flash through Odin, or can I use Android recovery to do it through the phone?
OK. Let's rewind a bit.
What state is your phone in right now ?
I am flashed back to stock, and about to use CF-ROOT.
OK. Root the phone, CWM/Recovery will be installed by default. Once the phone is rooted, reboot into CWRecovery, flash your RR zip & you should be GTG. Just remove Rom Manager if it's installed as part of that process before you do anything else (including backing up). If you're going to restore a backup, again, uninstall Rom Manager immediately after you restore.
OK, after I flash CF-ROOT, I will re-install Titanium Backup, and delete ROM Manager to be safe before proceeding. Then I will flash the ROM.zip and test CW recovery and reboot again. I will reply after doing so.
Thanks
ARRRGH!
After flashing CF-ROOT I cannot get to the splash screen upon reboot. I made sure that I ticked USB debugging before flashing the kernel. I can still get into download mode and CWRecovery, so I flashed back to stock, and tried again to no avail. I tried flashing the RR 2.5.3.zip, in CWRecovery, and it flashed. I get to the splash screen but no further. I feel like a terrible noob now, because yesterday I had the phone flashed to stock and rooted no problem. Is there something that I am missing? I made sure that I used the proper CF-ROOT kernel.
So you're getting bootloop when you flash RR ? Have you tried booting into recovery & doing a wipe/factory reset ?
I believe that I am fixed.
I restored a Nandroid backup of my stock ICS from right after my original rooting, and the phone booted fine. I did a wipe/factory reset and wiped cache. Then I flashed RR 2.5.3. The phone rebooted fine again. I IMMEDIATELY uninstalled ROM Manager and made sure it was out of Titanium Backup as well. I have rebooted several times, normal, download, and CWRecovery, and everything works as it should. I think that I am getting over my noobness.
I WILL NEVER INSTALL ROM MANAGER AGAIN...DOWN WITH ROM MANAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except for the Little Alex icon, that's still pretty cool.
A thousand thanks for your help. At least I was on the right track when I first asked for help. I was pretty sure it was a problem with ROM Manager, because when it crashed, it started this whole mess. I'll be sure to press the THANKS button for your help, and I'm going to thank Pistachio for his thread as well.
Not n00bness, stuff happens sometimes ;-) You weren't the first person to get tripped up by Rom Manager (I did not long after I got my phone), and you won't be the last.
Yep you had a fair idea of what might have caused it, and your detailed OP certainly made it a lot easier to work out WTF was causing the problems.
No probs. Glad you got it sorted ;-)
Guys, currently I'm using DorimanX kernel. It has the latest CWM which is version 6. But I dislike CWM v6 because when I backup my ROM it will give out 2 folders that are backup and blobs. It is quite irritating to me because before this I copied the backed up ROM into my laptop and back to my phone but an error persisted, it said "MD5 mismatch". Thus, I would love to go back to CWM v5 without losing the DorimanX kernel, is that anyhow possible?
Thanks in advance.
SyzwnFrzRdz said:
Guys, currently I'm using DorimanX kernel. It has the latest CWM which is version 6. But I dislike CWM v6 because when I backup my ROM it will give out 2 folders that are backup and blobs. It is quite irritating to me because before this I copied the backed up ROM into my laptop and back to my phone but an error persisted, it said "MD5 mismatch". Thus, I would love to go back to CWM v5 without losing the DorimanX kernel, is that anyhow possible?
Thanks in advance.
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There is no need to go back to an older CWM recovery version.
(You would have to flash a new kernel with the other CWM. Or flash a temporarily CWM just before using CWM recovery.)
Boot into CWM recovery, then select BackUp & Restore. There you can change the backup format from dup (incremental backup format with blobs) to tar (classic full backup).
Good luck !
Some background info: I got my phone used, so the rooting and stuff was done for me.
When I got the phone, the top of the recovery said Semaphore CWM 6.something, I don't know what I did to it but now the recovery says CWM based recovery. I also notice that fix permissions is not there anymore, there is probably more things missing that I never noticed. My question is, How do I get back to the original Clockworkmod?
Also, does anyone want to give me the basics on flashing stuff? I see people talking about Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Every time I want to make a backup I just go into the recovery and make a backup there. What's ROM Manager? What's the best way to do this kind of stuff?
EDIT: I just booted back into recovery since a while (when I flashed my current rom) and noticed that it's back to normal. It says Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8, when it used to say CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6. Back then, it also gave me a warning called Warning: no file_contexts. That's gone now, should I have anything to worry about?
oneupe1even said:
Some background info: I got my phone used, so the rooting and stuff was done for me.
When I got the phone, the top of the recovery said Semaphore CWM 6.something, I don't know what I did to it but now the recovery says CWM based recovery. I also notice that fix permissions is not there anymore, there is probably more things missing that I never noticed. My question is, How do I get back to the original Clockworkmod?
Also, does anyone want to give me the basics on flashing stuff? I see people talking about Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Every time I want to make a backup I just go into the recovery and make a backup there. What's ROM Manager? What's the best way to do this kind of stuff?
EDIT: I just booted back into recovery since a while (when I flashed my current rom) and noticed that it's back to normal. It says Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8, when it used to say CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6. Back then, it also gave me a warning called Warning: no file_contexts. That's gone now, should I have anything to worry about?
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Usually your ROM comes pre-packaged with a version of recovery.
ROMs that use the Semaphore kernel also generally come pre-packaged with a modified version of Clockworkmod recovery designed to compliment the kernel.
for reference:
if your recovery says: CWM recovery X.X.X.X then its usually the official version
Semaphore CWM Recovery 6.0.3.8 is a modified version for use with Semaphore kernel
CWM-based recovery 6.0.3.6 - is a modified version likely for use with another kernel (They dont always specify)
I would recommend just sticking with whatever version comes with your ROM.
there is rarely a need to change it.
ROM manager is an App that makes flashing clockworkmod recovery easy as well as downloading and flashing ROMs.
but for the most part if you know how to use recovery already your probably better off doing stuff manually in my opinion.
Titanium backup - is an app that lets you back up and restore all of your installed apps and data.
so for instance if you wanted to install a new ROM. you could back your apps and data up with Titanium backup and then install your new ROM and even wipe user data and still be able to get all of your apps back just as they were before you switched ROMs.
in comparison a nandroid backup (the backup done through recovery) backs up everything including your current ROM so restoring from that would also restore whatever ROM you were using when you made the backup.
as an example if you do both a Nandroid and Titanium backup while running android 2.3
then you decide to update to android 4.1
after the update if you restore from the nandroid backup you will be back at android 2.3 with all of your apps and everything back the way it was.
if you restore from a titanium backup you'll still be on android 4.1 but you'll have all your apps back as they were before.
Hello,
I would appreciate help, please.
I have been with cyanogenmod for about 18 months, I was using a recent nightly for CM10.2 (11th January I think) . On a whim, I thought I might have a peek at Omnirom to see what the KitKat fuss was about.
I downloaded the necessaries (correct nightly rom, correct gapps, supersu), made a backup, did the wipes and installed the zips.
However, omnirom gets stuck in a bootloop. No worries, I've been here before, do a battery pull, reboot into recovery and do a recovery.
My problem is that rebooting into recovery gives me twrp, not cwm, and there's no way to restore my backup. I can enter download mode.
I assume I now need to use Odin to somehow reflash cwm to allow me access my backup and do a restore. The backup exists on my external sdcard01.
If someone can either explain or direct me to the appropriate instructions, I would be really grateful.
Thanks in advance.
Ok, think I've fixed it. I'll leave this explanation in case anyone does the same daft thing.
Odin will indeed flash cwm over twrp, so that's what i did.
From there, simple case of restoring the backup from sdcard.
Panic over.
Don't know if twrp supports it but is something like an USB mode available? If so you could copy a kernel with cwm over and flash it. Otherwise you have to use odin as far as i know.
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The twrp was included in the omni kernel. If you want to restore next time back then just download a kernel like kitkat compatible kernel with cwm and flash it with recovery. If you want to do it harder and more dangerous and you dont have a kitkat backup then flash siyah kernel.tar with odin.
Kk backup need kk compatible kernel i believe.
Twrp has usb support. But i suggest for everyone always have an sd card or internal storage with some kernels and roms so if you screw up and you dont have a pc at the moment then you can always flash some older one and download the rom you want and flash again.
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