I am unable to restore my nandroids on the Atrix.
I tried at least 2 out of the 3 recoveries (ClockWorkMod fails, RomRacer fails, I don't remember if I tried the other one)
The backup is created and it is about 800mb however when I go to restore the backup it errors out restoring /system partition, in the logs I see:
DE_ta.binde-DE_gl0_sg.binfr-FR_nk0_sg.bines-ES_ta.binit-IT_cm0_sg.binit-IT_ta.binen-GB_kh0_sg.bintar: write error: No space left on device
es-ES_zl0_sg.binen-US_lh0_sg.binen-US_ta.binfr-FR_ta.binen-GB_ta.binhostsvsuite_config.xmlhdmiSolDefLg.gifecryptfs.tab12m_files_copy.shlocation.cfgfmc_init_6450.2.btscom.nvidia.display.xmlcom.google.android.maps.xmlplatform.xmlhandheld_core_hardware.xmlcom.scalado.caps.xmlcom.motorola.android.tcmd.xmlcom.blockbuster.lib.moto.xmljcifs-krb5-1.3.12.xmlandroid.hardware.wifi.xmltouchpad.cfgtouchpad.cfgtouchpad.cfgexcluded-input-devices.xmlapns-conf.xmlgoogle_generic_update.txtblacklist.confauto_pairing.confinput.confaudio.confmain.confevent-log-tagshdmiSolDefSm.gifam2server.pubkeymve.inibt_init.configpvplayer.cfgde_DE_frami.affpt_BR.dicpt_BR.affen_US.dicen_US.affit_IT.dicError while restoring /system!
Which is surprising since it's a nandroid...Does anyone know how to recover from this problem? The only way I know to get my phone to work is a rather lengthy process:
Flash 141 sbf
Flash the unlockable bootloader
Flash preinstall and re-root
Restore from TitaniumBackup
This takes a good hour to do, and naturally i'd like to be able to make snapshots of my phone for backups. I think I need to resize/repartition but I am not sure if that will delete my internal files.
NOTE, I did try 2 different roms on the phone, CM7.2 RC1 and Jokersax CM9 build which worked great (but I want this phone on stock right now)
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I'm curious about this. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
Lets say that I'm on stock 2.2, rooted. I do a nandroid backup. Then I allow the upgrade for 2.2.2. Of course I lose root.
Will a nandroid restore, restore root, or will I have to root again?
A full nandroid restore will restore everything - the system and data - and you will be right back where you were, on 2.2 and rooted.
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A full nandroid restore will restore everything - the system and data - and you will be right back where you were, on 2.2 and rooted.
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Ahh, okay.
So to confirm that I understand you correctly...
...the 2.2.2 update won't hold after the nandroid restore? I'll be back to 2.2, as it was before the (2.2.2) update?
If you just wanna backup and restore your apps, use Titanium Backup (it's free on the Market).
Nandroid backs up your entire phone. When you restore a nandroid backup your phone will be exactly like it was when you made the backup. Restoring a nandroid backup is used to recover from a crash or to revert to a previous ROM.
After a ROM change I will set up my accounts, root if needed and do any other basic setup stuff and then, before installing any apps, do a nandroid backup. I can then go back to a "fresh install" if I want to. I also do a nandroid each weekly to capture the state of my phone.
Backing up apps and restoring them across different ROMs may or may not work for you. When I have tried this with Titanium Backup I had many force closes and ended up reinstalling everything from the market. Others have had success. I have read the MyBackup pro does better, but most suggest that you just backup and restore data not the app itself.
I have not tried backing up my apps to Google, which you can do in later versions of Android. Go to Privacy in the setting menu and then to Backup and restore. There are boxes for data backup and automatic restore you can check. maybe someone who has used this can comment on how well it works.
If your nandroid backups hang up at "backing up firstboot" get the latest version of StreakMod Recovery.
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Backing up apps and restoring them across different ROMs may or may not work for you. When I have tried this with Titanium Backup I had many force closes and ended up reinstalling everything from the market. Others have had success. I have read the MyBackup pro does better, but most suggest that you just backup and restore data not the app itself.
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After installing a fresh ROM and rooting my device, the first thing I do is install Busybox. Then, with Titanium Backup I do Restore Apps Only, then reboot my device. I never get any FC's with this restore process.
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Thank you everyone. I appreciate the info.
I've used Titanium BU, and have busybox installed too.
It was just a matter of if after an update (OTA), and restore with Nandroid, would root still be in place.
I totally understand what you guys are saying now.
I've also been using MyBackup to see how it compares to Titanium. So far so good.
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I prefer mybackup root to titanium. It's far more user friendly and more automated (in the free version). As for nandroids, I always take a backup before doing any system changes (hacks or rom updates) so I can roll back to a known good system if needs be.
BTW - it is a good idea to copy your ROM backups to another device, just in case your SD card dies. I copy mine to one of my desktop computers and to a USB drive. I usually back up my entire SD card, except my music folders, every couple of weeks.
Where does Nandroid put the backups so I can rename them and save off phone?
mine (from Streakmod recovery) are in /sdcard/rom_backup
StreakMod recovery puts the backups on the SD Card in a folder named rom_backup.
Each backup is in a sub-folder of it's own and uses a date-time format for the folder name. I rename the folders with a meaningful name by just pre-pending to the name. So my last backup is named BB351-2011-06-18-02.41.04. The following files are created:
.android_secure.img
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
firstboot.img
recovery.img
system.img
nandroid.md5
the md5 file is a text file that contains the md5 sums for the other files. This file is used to verify the other files when they are restored.
so guys, I had tried out eclipse for the first time. It was damn impressive, but there was a few things that I was missing, and I had a problem with my corporate sync, which was a dealbreaker for today. I thought I would just quick BSR nandroid back to my stock setup for today.
Well, the restore didn't take. There was a barrage of FC's, and after I was finally able to wade through them, it was clear there was an issue. I still have the superuser app, but BSR is not working. It shows installed in the app drawer, but when I try to install again from the app it says it doesn't have permission. When I plug in the phone it turns on and goes to the moto logo and just stays there. Maybe 1/2 my apps restored. I noticed all my old texts were back.
This was my first attempted use of restore, I'm thinking perhaps I was supposed to wipe before hand? I'm curious if there's any way to save this, or if I have to do the SBF dance, and then can I try the restore again once I'm back up to 2.3.5?
And yes, the backup was a 2.3.5 backup
You can't restore a 2.3.4 backup if you're currently running on 2.3.5. I tried this too a while back and realized that is what messed me up. Only issue I had was that wifi would not connect no matter what. It just said error. You will need to SBF to go back to 2.3.4 if you try to restore a ROM based on 2.3.4 framework (CM7, stock, liberty, molten, etc). You can NAND restore between all of those ^ without issue as I do it DAILY.
So to successfully restore a NANDROID backup of a 2.3.4 ROM you must already be on 2.3.4 or a ROM based off of it.
I don't really ever use Eclipse anymore, but when I flash something else I always SBF first just to be sure I'm not going to have any problems later.
Edit: Just noticed you said it was a 2.3.5 backup, sorry. You didn't rename the backup did you? If you did, did you add spaces to the file name? This will break your backup.
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Nope, no file name changes. My current theory is something about the SD flip must have gone haywire. I somehow seemed to have lost root.
And yes, everything here was 2.3.5 418 based
err, nevermind this post
did the sbf dance last night, tried the BSR restore again, same results!
so I SBF'd again and got back to 2.3.5 rooted stock and am sitting here for now
I know somebody out there knows more about this than I do
oh, and the damn yahoo account sync isn't working, had to install email only as imap
and how can there be data left on the phone after a datawipe? I have backups from app configs available from months ago.
three west said:
did the sbf dance last night, tried the BSR restore again, same results!
so I SBF'd again and got back to 2.3.5 rooted stock and am sitting here for now
I know somebody out there knows more about this than I do
oh, and the damn yahoo account sync isn't working, had to install email only as imap
and how can there be data left on the phone after a datawipe? I have backups from app configs available from months ago.
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Who knows, maybe the SD flip did have something to do with it. I've never personally used/looked into it. Could your SD card be dying? Try charging your phone and making a new NANDROID backup and see if you're able to restore that one. Could just be an issue with that backup file.
& SBF wipes internal phone storage so if you had app data backed up on SD, it'll still be there. It doesn't touch external SD data. That's why I keep everything on my external SD card. .
I've sbf'ed and data wiped plenty of times with my removable SD card inserted.
Cyanogenmod all day
RoyJ said:
Who knows, maybe the SD flip did have something to do with it. I've never personally used/looked into it. Could your SD card be dying? Try charging your phone and making a new NANDROID backup and see if you're able to restore that one. Could just be an issue with that backup file.
& SBF wipes internal phone storage so if you had app data backed up on SD, it'll still be there. It doesn't touch external SD data. That's why I keep everything on my external SD card. .
I've sbf'ed and data wiped plenty of times with my removable SD card inserted.
Cyanogenmod all day
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Thanks for the reply Roy. I deleted stuff from my SD manually, so there was nothing left there. Just plugging into mass storage mode and exploring the interal storage I can see the old data still there in the data folder. I don't know how it survived 2 data wipes? At this point I need to take a night off. Next I may try my eclipse backup and see if that works.
Another thought was that the SD was fairly full, but I didn't see any messages about running out of space. Any idea how big a BSR backup should be?
And since this is my first attempt at BSR restore, it IS supposed to restore everything, right?
three west said:
Thanks for the reply Roy. I deleted stuff from my SD manually, so there was nothing left there. Just plugging into mass storage mode and exploring the interal storage I can see the old data still there in the data folder. I don't know how it survived 2 data wipes? At this point I need to take a night off. Next I may try my eclipse backup and see if that works.
Another thought was that the SD was fairly full, but I didn't see any messages about running out of space. Any idea how big a BSR backup should be?
And since this is my first attempt at BSR restore, it IS supposed to restore everything, right?
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Just make sure you're already on 2.3.5 before you try to restore your Eclipse backup.
My backup size;
CM7
790,132,736 total
.android_secure.img / 2,112
cache.img / 21,120
data.img / 636,345,600
nandroid.md5 / 132
system.img / 153,757,824
That's my CM7 backup, but then again I do have a lot of apps and other miscellaneous data backed up as well. Here's a 2.3.4 Rooted backup. Completely stock;
2.3.4 Rooted
569,897,600 total
.android_secure.img / 2,112
cache.img / 29,568
data.img / 249,917,184
nandroid.md5 / 132
system.img / 319,942,656
Yes it WILL restore everything you had backed up. SMS inbox messages, call logs with dates and times, system settings, laucher and desktop setting, etc.
I usually backup pretty often. After I switch up my homescreen settings, launcher effects and transitions, updating applications, etc. ALWAYS before trying to flash a new ROM or hacking/modding.
So for example my CM7 was backed up with like 9 apps with updates available from the Play Store, so I updated them all. If I restore to say, CM9 for example, and go back to CM7 using that same backup file, I will need to re-download those 9 updates I did before I restored CM9.
If you are on CM7 and restore a CM9 backup and get a phone call/text message while on 9 - and you restore back to 7 - you will be missing that log/text because it wasn't backed up, get it?? Restores everything exactly to how it was when you booted in BSR, selected-> Backup & Restore-> External SD-> Backup.
something must have gone haywire with the data wipe. Those are approximately the size of my backups of 2.3.5 stock and eclipse 2.2.
I'm back 2.3.5 rooted stock now, started from scratch rather than restore.
I some how have ADW icons available that are not yet even installed since wipe...
Hello, while I was using my phone it rebooted and aparrently someting from my /data got corupted disabling my Rom from booting ever again.
So I created a nandroid via CWM6, installed a new rom and I'm now scratching my head on how to extract certain apps from that backup. Using CWM5 I could do this via the use of Titanium Backup, but now it's more complex than that CWM6 nandroids are unreadable from anything that exists out there. The only app which could analyze the backup correctly was the latest beta of "app extractor" but even that could not extract the apks *with* their data.
Basically my apps' data is precious and I wish to restore it at all costs, I have a nandroid of them, but the format is so unspeakably complex that it is basically useless. So the other "solution" was restore the nandroid and pull the whole /data partition in my PC via ADB, but I'm not sure what I can do with it.
So as it stands I now have two copies of my apps, one in a nandroid format another as it was pulled from the phone but I'm not sure how I can go on and restore them in a new rom. As I have found out CWM6 was quite a downgrade for/to those who backup/recover frequently, it's sad that I have found about it in such a disastrous way
Today I decided to upgrade the cyanogenmod software of my girlfriend's phone. I did a android backup before doing it and I have it both on my SD card and on the phone. The upgrade went wrong (dont'know why i was having many crashes of some apps) so i decided to restore the android backup. I have tarp recovery and i'm having two problems. The first one is when I select MD5 check: it's written MD5 failed to match on... maybe because I followed the guide about creating an MD5 blank file ( I was having problems in matching MD5). When I uncheck the MD5 check box, the backup starts and it seems it works, but when I press reboot the system it says NO OS INSTALLED. I need some help please I've tried for two hours fixing it.
What partitions did you backup and try to restore? Sounds like /system or /boot didn't backup or restore properly. You could try to reinstall the original rom she was on and then do just a /data restore and see if that works. Other than that, either another rom or back to stock are the main options. What was going wrong on the new rom? Did you try to upgrade by dirty flashing - as in not wiping /data? Sometimes it also helps to format /system too when upgrading the rom to make sure there's nothing leftover. Also, getting the correct Gapps are important for everything to run correctly.
PS: I've been having some issues with backups in TWRP on my phone as well and wasn't able to restore /data and if I just choose to restore just boot and /system then it would at least boot backup and be usable. I'm not sure if this is a similar issue to yours or just phone specific.
Hi. I hope this is the proper place to post this. I've been away from playing with phones for almost 5 years (Couldn't even remember my password here!) due to being very busy with my business. So I feel like a total noob again!
I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and rooted my Oneplus Nord N10 5g using TWRP and Magisk. Now, before I go any further I want to take a Nandroid backup. Do they still even call it that?
In the unlocking and rooting process there were dire warnings about not formatting certain partitions. I would have to refer back to my notes to see which ones but that is irrelevant to my question right now.
I boot to TWRP, go to backup and I have the following options: Metadata, Boot, Recovery, Data, Modem, EFS, and Super. Is it safe to backup and restore all of these? I have no intentions at this time of installing a custom kernel, eventually some different rom's maybe. I'm just looking for a complete backup where I can restore the entire phone in the event of a total fail.
Thanks, and it's great to be back playing with phones again!
So it seems a lot changed with Android 11. The partition Super is now a partition that contains other partitions if I read correctly. If I include all partitions in the backup, would it be safe to restore them all? Or is the Super partition the container for all the other ones? And if so, is that what I need to backup for a full nandroid backup? Really need to figure this out before I flash any other rom's to it.