So I updated my phone from Juwe's ported rom :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156046
to ICS passion.
I backed up my apps data using TB. Then I did a nandroid backup from CWM and flashed ICS passion.
Then I realized that I forgot to backup my contacts and SMS (some of my contacts are not stored on Google). So I tried using the nandroid backup to go back but was stuck at the vibrant logo - bricked.
I went through all the procedures of getting the JVD, flashing, rooting, installing CMW and then GB bootloaders. Tried getting back to the Juwe's rom to no avail, got stuck in the recovery bootloop. Nothing worked.
So I re-installed ICS passion without my contacts and SMS. Any way to get back the system data from the backups?
Nandroid doesn't backup your kernel so when you restored it put you back on gb but still had the ics kernel. You just need to be back on a gb rom and your nandroid should restore fine.
Edit: Correction. New versions of cwm DO backup the kernel. I've had problems restoring nandroids across different os's though so still try it from gb.
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Earlier I rooted my phone and flashed it with Bionix Fusion. All went well and it was working just fine. Although after looking through the new rom I remembered I forgot to save my contacts.... I followed the instructions on installing bionix and I created a nandroid backup. Somebody who similarly forgot to save his contacts said to restore the backup sync the contacts to google and then flash the rom over again.
My issue is that I tried to flash my backup and now its been stuck on the Vibrant screen for the past 10 minutes. What went wrong?
please help and ty for your time
well because I couldnt get the nandroid backup to restore correctly I ended up just going back and flashing the bionix fusion rom again and its booting up just fine. Unfortunately I feel that I just lost all my contacts. Anybody have any ideas? Did my nandroid backup just get corrupt somehow? Is there anyways i can somehow get my contacts from the backup?
Whoever posted that must have meant that you should make a backup before flashing any rom. If yiu did that, you could have went back to that backup with all you contacts intact. Its too late now, hopefully google synced most of your contacts.
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If you are running Voodoo lagfix, you have to disable the lagfix BEFORE restoring
i did do the backup before flashing. But i guess it just got screwed up somehow. I've never used any lagfixes either
Which version did you flash? I'm going to guess you used one that did not have a stock kernel (JAC/KK)... you would have to flash the stock kernel before restoring a nandroid backup from JI6 or JFD since IT has a stock kernel. The nandroid does not replace the kernel, hence why it would hang at the Vibrant screen.
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Which version did you flash? I'm going to guess you used one that did not have a stock kernel (JAC/KK)... you would have to flash the stock kernel before restoring a nandroid backup from JI6 or JFD since IT has a stock kernel. The nandroid does not replace the kernel, hence why it would hang at the Vibrant screen.
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Do you mean oden when you say "flash the stock kernel"?
I followed the steps on development to root and back up with CWM. After i flashed a 2.2 rom, nero 3 with voodoo, I found that all my contacts were gone, so I did a restore to save the contacts on my backed up to my sim card. I did disable any lagfix and flashed a 2.1 modem Jl6 before i restore back to my stock back up using CWM. Everything looked good until i got to the "sweep to unlock phone" screen. THe phone would just freeze there and keeps restarting the sweep to unlock phone screen. Any solutions to this? Even though i'm loving the new rom but I would love to be able to revert back to stock (my backed up rom) when samsung releases the official 2.2 update. Thanks a bunch for looking at my issue.
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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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.
I updated my SGS2 from Gingerbread to ICS today via Kies. Before I did so, I made a backup with CWM. I have since decided to downgrade back to GB, however when I try to do so with CWM, it does not work properly.
I have successfully reverted back to GB, but none of my apps or contacts have been restored. Strangely, all my messages have been successfully restored, and even my wallpaper.
I have tried flashing the stock GB ROM through Odin and then trying to restore with CWM again, but I am experiencing the same result.
I am confident that the CWM backup is not in any way corrupt, as I have tried to restore previous CWM backups also, which I know for certain have worked in the past, but to no avail.
I would really appreciate some help with this issue, as I would rather not have to go to the trouble of installing and tweaking everything again if I can help it, not to mention the fact that I have lost all my contacts.
EDIT: if it helps, I was able to update via kies because I used SpoofFW
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i unrooted my ics official rom i777 using ODIN and then backed up with cwm n also titanium back up. I then flashes the latest shostock3 rom and tried to restore my apps but about 30 odds apparently couldnt be restored which if i recall the prompt correctly was due to them being incompatible with the rom.
After using the shostock3 rom i realized im getting really bad battery life so i wanted to unroot and try the official jelly bean update on kies. But i'm a little confused on how to restore the apps i backed up using titanium after unrooting if i it cant work without root access. I understand the process to be wipe, flash official rom but then wouldnt i then not be able to restore my apps and data after that?
After you flash back to stock, just use Framaroot to root it, then TiBu will work.