Anyone know if backups made by one can be used to recover in the other?
VitaminCBold said:
Anyone know if backups made by one can be used to recover in the other?
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Also curious. I've considered switching from AmonRA to TWRP just because Titanium Backup and a couple other apps I have support TWRP, but not AmonRa. Wondering what exact differences in the format, if any, there are between CWM, AmonRA, and TWRP backups.
I believe that with a renaming of the folder that will work. Also TWRP is much better imo. Speed, touch etc
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I agree completely, unfortunately my rom has some mods that use the Villain theme engine which, apparently, does not work with TWRP -_-
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I seem to remember being able to restore across the different recoveries. It's been a while though so I'm not super sure anymore. I only use amon ra on this phonw though. Never used TWRP before.
Does twrp contain all the features from Amon Ra?
a.mcdear said:
Does twrp contain all the features from Amon Ra?
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Not SU. But, if you are already rooted, go to TWRP. Just easier to use.
GrayTheWolf said:
Not SU. But, if you are already rooted, go to TWRP. Just easier to use.
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Can it reformat all the various partitions like /system and /data, or only wipe?
a.mcdear said:
Can it reformat all the various partitions like /system and /data, or only wipe?
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I think wipe. Let me check.
a.mcdear said:
Can it reformat all the various partitions like /system and /data, or only wipe?
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A wipe is a format. It can wipe/format data, system, cache, etc
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a.mcdear said:
Does twrp contain all the features from Amon Ra?
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There are also some themes that won't work with twrp if I remember correctly
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My solution is to just use both. I switch when needed and then use that one until its required to switch again lol
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So do the old flashable wipe zips for the EVO 4G work for us or are they different? I'd rather flash one wipe zip before I flash a rom instead of going through the settings hitting a bunch of different ones each time I flash.
I tried caulkins format all and it didn't work, it said it was using some old scripting way.
But I too would like a flashable zip to wipe.
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Which recovery are you using. I THINK cwm would take it
spencer88 said:
I tried caulkins format all and it didn't work, it said it was using some old scripting way.
But I too would like a flashable zip to wipe.
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coffeehandle said:
Which recovery are you using. I THINK cwm would take it
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I'm using cwm and it didn't work.
twrp has a "wipe everything" option, or something similar. I used it when flashing and so far, no issues.
erikivy said:
twrp has a "wipe everything" option, or something similar. I used it when flashing and so far, no issues.
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It doesn't wipe the system partition. You have to do that manually..
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Did devs get too lazy and not put a format system line in the updater script now?
I've never wiped or formatted system.
Anyways.. Link me to the original files. I'll look at them and see what I can come up with
unCoRrUpTeD said:
Did devs get too lazy and not put a format system line in the updater script now?
I've never wiped or formatted system.
Anyways.. Link me to the original files. I'll look at them and see what I can come up with
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I think this is it: http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133
(You might want to check out the zip first before trying to flash it, just in case)
SH4YD33 said:
It doesn't wipe the system partition. You have to do that manually..
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Might be a stupid question, but just to be clear: manually wiping with TWRP means going into the format menu and "formatting /system"? I'm just getting used to this recovery, still having amon ra flashbacks from my og evo days.
walkingcorpse said:
Might be a stupid question, but just to be clear: manually wiping with TWRP means going into the format menu and "formatting /system"? I'm just getting used to this recovery, still having amon ra flashbacks from my og evo days.
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Correct
Appreciate my help? Thank me
unCoRrUpTeD said:
Did devs get too lazy and not put a format system line in the updater script now?
I've never wiped or formatted system.
Anyways.. Link me to the original files. I'll look at them and see what I can come up with
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Not sure what device you are coming from but Evo 4G we have always needed (strongly advised) to properly wipe/reformat before flashing. It wasn't needed in most cases if just updating nightlies but moving from rom to rom it was a basic requirement to prevent any bugs popping up from remnants of the previous rom.
I don't know the guys, any of them, personally but I don't know if it has anything to do with being lazy.
mrrogers1 said:
Not sure what device you are coming from but Evo 4G we have always needed (strongly advised) to properly wipe/reformat before flashing. It wasn't needed in most cases if just updating nightlies but moving from rom to rom it was a basic requirement to prevent any bugs popping up from remnants of the previous rom.
I don't know the guys, any of them, personally but I don't know if it has anything to do with being lazy.
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This is what I'm talking about in the updater script
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p23");
This should be doing the same thing that happens when you do it through recovery. And yes it is in the updater scripts that i have looked at. I'm looking at the OG EVO script now.
.... from recovery. Is it possible?
My backup is saved on internal sd, but i cant acces it from recovery for some reason.
Tnx
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Its possible. Maybe your recovery is outdated so it doesn't have the option to use internal sd. Use the latest romracer's recovery.
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akyboy said:
.... from recovery. Is it possible?
My backup is saved on internal sd, but i cant acces it from recovery for some reason.
Tnx
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Flash Romracers through fastboot >
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Thank you guys,.. that was the problem,...
I Updated, actually downgraded recovery trough the ROM manager , and version was 5.0.2.0 i think,....
but i was prompted to `upgrade` , i couldn't backup my ROM if i didnt do it,.. i guess that was the only way?
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Thank you guys,.. that was the problem,...
I Updated, actually downgraded recovery trough the ROM manager , and version was 5.0.2.0 i think,....
but i was prompted to `upgrade` , i couldn't backup my ROM if i didnt do it,.. i guess that was the only way?
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Dont use the one from rom manager. Romracer's recovery is different from the one from rom manager. Romracer's recovery is specialized for our atrix, so it can detect atrix partition, including partition for webtop and emmc (internal storage).
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While I agree with the previous post about using Romracers recovery, I don't agree with the reasoning, but you should definitely use Romracers. The ROM Manager version, if I am remembering correctly does not allow backup to external sdcard? I forget, but in any event, Romracer's recovery is the most stable and widely used for the Atrix. (Oh yeah, and avoid touch recovery).
Thank you guys,...
I wonder, why they include ROM Manager in roms if we cant really use them?
Same thing with my Asus Transformer
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While I agree with the previous post about using Romracers recovery, I don't agree with the reasoning, but you should definitely use Romracers. The ROM Manager version, if I am remembering correctly does not allow backup to external sdcard? I forget, but in any event, Romracer's recovery is the most stable and widely used for the Atrix. (Oh yeah, and avoid touch recovery).
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You re right. Thank you for the correction. I forget that its external storage that rom manager doesn't support.
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This is a modified wipe. What does it do? It prepares your phone for flashing a new ROM, or an updated ROM where the developer has requested a full wipe.
This zip will wipe /boot /data /system /cache and /devlog. Dalvik-cache is stored in /data so it gets wiped with /data.
It will then reformat those partitions optimally, which should give a slight increase in filesystem speeds. YMMV, seems to be a definite improvement for me, but could be placebo.
Credit for the Format options to TrevE as noted in the zip file.
Note: This is a COMPLETE ROM wipe. The only things it leaves alone are your SD Card(s). I recommend using this before flashing a new ROM. I also recommend you nandroid just in case.
Also if using TWRP, under settings, tell it to use rm -rf for restores, or it will overwrite the format options that are set up.
I take no responsibility if your phone explodes in your hand, burns down your house and eats your dog.
Nor do I take any responsibility for anything else. Use at your own risk.
Let me know if there are any issues please.
Edit: Updated Superwipe. Now wipes /boot, and all extraneous pauses have been removed.
thanks man
loving the support this phone is getting so far
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thanks man
loving the support this phone is getting so far
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No sweat.
I swear by this script since you posted it for testing
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I swear by this script since you posted it for testing
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Good deal. Since I never heard anything negative from you folks who downloaded it I decided to give it its own thread, since it doesn't matter what ROM you're using.
What about dalvik cache?
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thetony said:
What about dalvik cache?
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Dalvik is in /data so it gets wiped automatically. I'll update the OP though.
Ahh its nice to ser this again. I used this for quite some time on my OG EVO and 3D. Thanks for the post man. Makes life so much easier
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reverepats said:
Ahh its nice to ser this again. I used this for quite some time on my OG EVO and 3D. Thanks for the post man. Makes life so much easier
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Not a problem, sir.
smw6180 said:
Dalvik is in /data so it gets wiped automatically. I'll update the OP though.
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Well ya learn something new everyday thanks man!
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This might be the booze talking but does this wipe/data/media also?
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Gibson.Dubs said:
This might be the booze talking but does this wipe/data/media also?
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media is on your sdcards
/sdcard/media (internal card)
/sdcard2/media (external card)
It's not in /data.
I never understood the point of these zips. Custom recoveries can do everything these do.
For example:
Factory reset/data wipe formats both /data and /cache
Then when you flash a Rom zip it will format /system and completely overwrite /boot
For me personally its just extra steps to flash something else.
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I never understood the point of these zips. Custom recoveries can do everything these do.
For example:
Factory reset/data wipe formats both /data and /cache
Then when you flash a Rom zip it will format /system and completely overwrite /boot
For me personally its just extra steps to flash something else.
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Mmmhmm. I typically agree with you. However it's actually easier (and fewer steps) to flash one zip then to manually do each one.
And you should always wipe system anyhow. Sometimes devs make mistakes and forget to wipe /system. Doesn't hurt anything to manually wipe /system.
For the record I normally wipe manually in recovery, but enough people had asked for a wipe zip that I made one.
This one doesn't do that silly 'wipe 3 times' stuff...that has never been necessary, though hundreds of people will say I'm wrong. It just does one good format on each filesystem that's necessary for a clean flash.
Is this device specific
Great!! been waiting for this, not better than a superwipe....Thank You!!!
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Is this device specific
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Since partition IDs change from device to device, I'd say yes.
If you were thinking of using it on the HTC One X for example I'd advise against it, since I don't know that the partitions are laid out the same way.
For the wipe it doesn't matter what ROM you're on, but it DOES matter what PHONE you're on.
Sorry I'm coming from a tablet where the sdcard was mounted on /data/media. I figured it was the same here.
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Sorry I'm coming from a tablet where the sdcard was mounted on /data/media. I figured it was the same here.
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Nope. Or at least not on my phone, which is reasonably stock (ViperROM).
Obviously I'm hoping people do their normal nandroids before wiping their phones, but if anyone DOES run into anything that isn't right I'd appreciate it being brought to my attention so I can fix it.
This is awesome. Sorry, but just to be clear what does the OP mean by switching a setting in TWRP recovery for restores?
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I made a recovery using TWRP 2.x but it will not allow me to restore to a replacement phone. What recovery can? Can EXT4?
If you made the backup with twrp, then you have to restore with twrp.
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molitar said:
I made a recovery using TWRP 2.x but it will not allow me to restore to a replacement phone. What recovery can? Can EXT4?
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Just asking, but are you sure you have the exact same options checked (wimax, system, etc) as you had when you made the backup?
I would also have it make a backup of the existing software, to make sure it generates the correct file structure on the SD card, and then copy the one you want to restore onto the phone. The backups should be in folders sorted by date if memory serves, so I would copy the entire folder to the new device.
I might also try by un-checking the "enable MD5 checking of backups files" box.
Good luck,
I made a recovery using TWRP 2.x but it will not allow me to restore to a replacement phone. What recovery can? Can EXT4?
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As a rule of thumb. It is not a good idea to restore nandroids from 1 phone to another. Consider yourself lucky that you've failed.
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hockeyfamily737 said:
As a rule of thumb. It is not a good idea to restore nandroids from 1 phone to another. Consider yourself lucky that you've failed.
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I've did it before with Clockwork!
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I've did it before with Clockwork!
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Lol.... I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said it shouldn't be done. Nandroids contain device specific data, and really shouldn't be interchanged.
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OFFMODE CHARGING IS OFFICIALLY FIXED!!!
Partitions:
The internal sdcard will be /sdcard
The external sdcard will be /external_sd
Download:
Mirror1: http://flyhalf205.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.5.0-vigor.img
Mirror2: http://vp-zp.com/snuzzo/roms/flyhalf205/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.5.0-vigor.img
I will give it a chance.
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Very nice to have options. Thanks
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Did they fix the problem with the phone not charging ?
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Thanks for the continued effort, I'll flash in the morning and provide feedback after a battery drain
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Did they fix the problem with the phone not charging ?
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I attempted to fix it. I was able to charge my phone so I'm hoping one of you guys could verify if it charges yours if you know how to get it back on.
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Are you working on a fix to be able to back up to ext SD card?
Oh, And Thank you very much for giving the community options... Your work is appreciated!!
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Are you working on a fix to be able to back up to ext SD card?
Oh, And Thank you very much for giving the community options... Your work is appreciated!!
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Thanks! I won't be able to add that feature into this version because I can't touch the source. I can with v6.0.1.4 but backups aren't working so I won't post it until it is fixed. In TWRP I could add it though.
I ported v5.8.1.5 just for the heck of it. All the versions above it giving me problems. This one seems to be the best.
Awesome
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I fixed v5.8.1.5 causing status 7 error when trying to install files. The recovery still thought it was a HTC Desire still . Charging issue is fixed. This recovery is good to go! It now knows it is a Rezound.
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I fixed v5.8.1.5 causing status 7 error when trying to install files. The recovery still thought it was a HTC Desire still . Charging issue is fixed. This recovery is good to go! It now knows it is a Rezound.
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Thanks
Sorry for the noob question ,but I assume this must be flashed with a PC right?
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tm1618 said:
Sorry for the noob question ,but I assume this must be flashed with a PC right?
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It can be. Or you can download to your sdcard. Rename the .zip to PH98IMG.zip to the root of the sdcard. Boot into HBOOT and flash.
I just tried to restore a backup and it states md5 mismatch and wont restore it ?!?!? When I did the backup it didnt give me any issues or problems . What should I do ?
jscarano said:
I just tried to restore a backup and it states md5 mismatch and wont restore it ?!?!? When I did the backup it didnt give me any issues or problems . What should I do ?
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Try
adb shell
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-06-29.20.22.53
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
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I know backups and restore do work. I backed up Vigor360, installed Newts Sense 4.1, and restored Vigor360.
I ported over version 6.0.1.0. Backups and restore are slow as everything but a nice recovery over all.
The changelog of version 6.x.x.x
Changes:
New backup format that deduplicates data between backups.
Faster backups.
Fixed restores > 2GB.
Minor UI tweaks (new background, animated Android)
LIES about being faster. But of course it wasn't designed for our devices
Would anyone be interested in me porting over 4ext recovery?
Flyhalf205 said:
I attempted to fix it. I was able to charge my phone so I'm hoping one of you guys could verify if it charges yours if you know how to get it back on.
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The last time my phone died on the previous versions of this recovery, it took me two hours of jerkin' with it to get it back.
Sorry...good luck finding a volunteer.
Flyhalf205 said:
I ported over version 6.0.1.0. Backups and restore are slow as everything but a nice recovery over all.
The changelog of version 6.x.x.x
Changes:
New backup format that deduplicates data between backups.
Faster backups.
Fixed restores > 2GB.
Minor UI tweaks (new background, animated Android)
LIES about being faster. But of course it wasn't designed for our devices
Would anyone be interested in me porting over 4ext recovery?
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i like 4ext. keep up the great work! i think you should apply to be the official maintainer of these recoveries for our device
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douger1957 said:
The last time my phone died on the previous versions of this recovery, it took me two hours of jerkin' with it to get it back.
Sorry...good luck finding a volunteer.
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The latest recoveries I've posted I have fixed that problem. I verify it on my phone before testing. And its been verified by other users its fixed.
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