[Q] md5 mismatch on restore.. running Jelly bean..Solution please.. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I did a backup using cwm before flashing jelly bean onto my Galaxy S3. Now I'm tryin to restore my backup but its showing md5 mismatch. These are the files I have: boot.img, data.ext4.tar, recovery.img and system.ext4.tar. I changed the name of the backup file but left no spaces in between.. Can anyone help please.
Thanks

jpx2008 said:
Hi, I did a backup using cwm before flashing jelly bean onto my Galaxy S3. Now I'm tryin to restore my backup but its showing md5 mismatch. These are the files I have: boot.img, data.ext4.tar, recovery.img and system.ext4.tar. I changed the name of the backup file but left no spaces in between.. Can anyone help please.
Thanks
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Anyone please...Easiest solution

Which file is corrupted? If the data files is intact, you could try manually downloading the rom you had installed before. After flashing it, do a selective restore of the data partition. That should get you back to your old system.
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If you rename the back up through a file manager, changes its name to "backup" i had a similar problem when trying to restore, i changed the name to s"tock" and it reverted fine without any errors

Try this thread. Helped me once when I needed it. I used the terminal emulator method to bypass the md5 check.
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First flash stock rom with Odin, ther root the phone and restore.

sxi200 said:
Try this thread. Helped me once when I needed it. I used the terminal emulator method to bypass the md5 check.
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Can you teach us on how to use terminal emulator and bypass md5 check? having the same problem now

Can't believe it worked
vengeance1990 said:
If you rename the back up through a file manager, changes its name to "backup" i had a similar problem when trying to restore, i changed the name to s"tock" and it reverted fine without any errors
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Thanks man, it actually worked.

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[Q] MD5 mismatching issue.

I recently just tried to restore one of my backups of a different rom and got an MD5 mismatch error. I understand that that can come from errors during a download of a rom but why would I get that error now? Could it be because I renamed the file after it was backed up? Thanks in advance....
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If your file name has spaces in it, it may cause the MD5 mismatch error.
Or the backup was moved to a pc then moved back to the phone. Windows adds a few bytes to a file so the sum is a little different.
rangercaptain said:
Or the backup was moved to a pc then moved back to the phone. Windows adds a few bytes to a file so the sum is a little different.
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I hate windows....it bites! I mean ":cyclops:bytes"
I did it all on my phone using a file manager. So if I change the name to something without spaces it should be fine?
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I had the same problem the other day - a known good backup wouldn't install. After much searching and asking I ended up considering the backup scrapped and moved on. Then the next day I tried again and it worked fine.
Do you have another backup?
Did you change the name of the backup?
rangercaptain said:
Or the backup was moved to a pc then moved back to the phone. Windows adds a few bytes to a file so the sum is a little different.
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I have had this issue since I like to store my older nandroids on my Win 7 PC. Do you know of any way to identify or remove the extra bytes? It would have to be after the file is transferred back to the Note I imagine.
Your should try renaming your file.
tmb993 said:
I recently just tried to restore one of my backups of a different rom and got an MD5 mismatch error. I understand that that can come from errors during a download of a rom but why would I get that error now? Could it be because I renamed the file after it was backed up? Thanks in advance....
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Hi
if you did your backup using CWM and you renamed it after doing the backup I suggest you use "." instead of spaces; example if you rename it "CM9 ROM" try "CM9.ROM" or if you backup your stock rom and rename it "stock android rom" tried "stock.android.rom"
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Ok well I did that and I thought it would fix the problem but now I keep getting this error message in my recovery. Got it when I tried to reflash the recovery that I properly named and then again when I tried to flash on PA's 4.1 CM10. What in the heck does this mean??
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I think that means that your version of CWM is not compatible with the zip you're trying to flash.
lactardjosh said:
I think that means that your version of CWM is not compatible with the zip you're trying to flash.
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Aw man. Well I just had the newest version but reverted back to 5.5.0.4 because it game me a lot of issues. Strange but I also got the same error when I tried to restore from that one backup.
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I could be wrong, I don't know for sure.
But, you could see what recovery other people are using in the ROM thread.
I copy my backups from SD to computer and back and have run into this issue. I followed the instructions in this link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114 and it fixed the MD5 mismatch issue. I guess these commands "clean" the backup of whatever windows does to it when copied. Worked like a charm! Also, I always change my backup names and am sure not to leave spaces. This works even if the name is not what CWR generated.
Bigjoe, can you please add this to your Super Everything page -- probably in the CWM section? Thank you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114

"Md5 mismatch!"

Hi this is my first post on xda so bear with my n00biness.
I've flashed Entropy's ClockworkMod and a couple of ics roms and it was really nice and getting better every new release. However, my occasional need for my camera and flash player brought me to do a restore back to stock rom (which I backed up on cwm).
Unfortunately, when cwm checks its md5 sum it ends up with an error saying there's a mismatch.
Is there a problem with my version of cwm? Or would I have to wipe my data beforehand?
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well what i do when i flash back my recovery i factory reset and then clear cache and wipe dalvik cache then i flash my recovery
Did you rename the backup? Sometimes this causes CWM to mess up. If you did rename it then name it something like 'stock' and try restoring again
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try this,enter terminal emulator and use this commands ..offcourse chage directory with yours
su
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-06-29.20.22.53
rm nandroid.md5
md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
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thank you so much the bit of time you've given for me, guys.. even after answering questions that you may have said already
Well now this smart guy decided to see if he has the md5 file inside the recovery file, and, pretty surprisingly, there were no nandroid file except for one of my newer backups. (But that apparently doesn't have the md5 file included in that nandroid file either )
Oh well. Renaming the backup won't bring back the file, will it? are all md5's unique per backup? And, just making sure, there needs to be a nandroid file in the recovery folder, right...?
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umm i think they are different and yes there has to be a nandroid file in the backup folder or else if you screw up the backup wont help either way
create an empty text file and name it nandroid.md5 in the backup folder
then use my script which is located in sig
I have a similar issue with not being able to locate the backups in a folder. Not in cwm folder where they should be. I went through every file I could think of to locate with no prevail, but yet in recovery - there they are! Is this because the cwm recovery is pushed in with the kernel and not through rom manager? Also, has anybody messed around with selecting a different device in rom manager because galaxy player is not listed?
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[Q] Nandroid fails to restore

Hello,
I recently flashed my phone back to stock after running a custom rom, before i flashed the custom rom i did take a nandroid of the stock rom, today i tried to restore my nandroid which i saved on my computer, CMW tells me "Couldn`t open directory. No files found." I`ve tried to put the folder in /mnt/extsdcard/clockworkmod/backup, with no luck
Can someone please help me and tell me whats wrong or what can fix it
Thanks for any help
Are you copying the exact same files? Which cwm are you using? What backup method do you use? (Tar/blob)
If you've backed up with blobs abs since then flashed later cwm's (which now use tar as default) it may not find that back up.
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Theshawty said:
Are you copying the exact same files? Which cwm are you using? What backup method do you use? (Tar/blob)
If you've backed up with blobs abs since then flashed later cwm's (which now use tar as default) it may not find that back up.
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My backup consists of mostly tar files
This is what the backup folder contains:
System.ext4.tar
Nandroid.md5
recovery.img
data.ext4.tar
Boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
I`m using CMW v.5.5.0.4 CF- v1.5
Thanks for the quick reply.
Re root with the exact same CWM version you backed up with .
jje
solved
JJEgan said:
Re root with the exact same CWM version you backed up with .
jje
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I`m not sure which CMW i backed it up with, but anyway i took a new backup and let cmw make it`s own folder on my sd card then i just pasted the old backup in the folder and it worked. Thanks for the help!
JJEgan said:
Re root with the exact same CWM version you backed up with .
jje
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Hi, JJE
I am experiencing a similar situation. I understand I need to roo again the phone using the exact same CWM version I did my bkp with.
The thing is I don't seem to find that CWM version. Is there a place where I can try CWM from version 4.x to 6.x?
Thanks
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[Q] MD5 mismatch while restoring from a bootloop

Hi forum,
I tried to change my system font via the TYPEFRESH app and I am stuck in bootloop now I did do a nandroid backup right before I change the font. However when I tried to restore the backup file, it says MD5 mismatch
I read some post about using adb shell to change some code or remeoving spaces from the name of the backup folder...but it requires me to have my phone on in order to do that. What should I do now? I don't want to lose all my app data.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
Noob.
Flash siyah.
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gastonw said:
Flash siyah.
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will I lose my app data?
Nope.
It's a kernel.
Let's see if it gives you trouble to restore nandroid.
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[Q] Problem with YP-G1 Backups

My galaxy player 4.0 is rooted and has the stock rom with the terrasilent 1.3.5 kernel installed. I attempted to follow this thread to backup the EFS and such before installing a custom ROM image. However, after attempting the first backup command (the one for EFS) the command prompt responded there was no such location. Can anyone direct me on how to fix this or what tutorial I should be using instead? Thank you.
Hello,
Try to replace "sdcard" with "mnt/sdcard"
Good luck,
MrBrubble
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PlakRast said:
My galaxy player 4.0 is rooted and has the stock rom with the terrasilent 1.3.5 kernel installed. I attempted to follow this thread to backup the EFS and such before installing a custom ROM image. However, after attempting the first backup command (the one for EFS) the command prompt responded there was no such location. Can anyone direct me on how to fix this or what tutorial I should be using instead? Thank you.
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you could just take your efs folder using a file explorer and create a zip of your efs which would mean that you would have to manually restore i though
goldflame09 said:
you could just take your efs folder using a file explorer and create a zip of your efs which would mean that you would have to manually restore i though
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Thanks, I'll try both of the solutions posted here when I have time.

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