So I was able to get the ICS OTA update no problem and now I'd like to save the recovery from it I guess to flash through ODIN after being on a rom. Can someone direct me to a guide or tell me of a method that I can use that would be able to save the recovery?
And if possible a zip to flash in CWM or Odin to put me on stock ICS? If not then I would just make nandroid backup which is how I got on stock Honeycomb previously for the OTA update.
Bump!
My brother wants the tablet so having this as a backup incase he wants to flash new things to it would be beneficial to me.
jonnyg1097 said:
So I was able to get the ICS OTA update no problem and now I'd like to save the recovery from it I guess to flash through ODIN after being on a rom. Can someone direct me to a guide or tell me of a method that I can use that would be able to save the recovery?
And if possible a zip to flash in CWM or Odin to put me on stock ICS? If not then I would just make nandroid backup which is how I got on stock Honeycomb previously for the OTA update.
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The easiest way is called a nandroid backup, and can be made easily with CWM. You need to get CWM on your tablet via ODIN (CWM 5504 is best choice) and then boot into recovery mode (i.e. when off hold power and volume- buttons together, release power when Samsung logo comes up and release volume- when the 2 options appear), select the recovery-mode (one volume- and then volume+ to activate).
There is a backup/recover option. Select this one and create a backup. It will go into a folder clockworkmod/backup with the date-time stamp as foldername. You will then need to copy that backup off the tablet to your PC and you will have a restore point.
Just google nandroid backup or search in these forums.
Good luck!
Hi there,
I am new to xda and new to Android hacking.
What I wanna ask is, (I guess it's of most newbies concern as well), can we have a 100% backup of our system (stock ROM)? Obviously, it is important because:
If we perform an official (OTA) update to a new Android version. And we don't like it. It is possible to get back to the old original one which we are used to. (not everybody likes new things, and/or not every new thing is good)
If our phones are having some problems. And we have to give it back to the company for a fix. In most cases they will flash a new ROM for us. If we wanna keep using the old one (explained in #1), we have to keep a copy of it by ourselves.
If we want to try new custom ROMs, we may want to switch it back after trying.
Whenever we do any modifications, it's always better to keep a backup/roll-back point. In case anything goes wrong, we have a safeguard.
For the official warranty issue.
Yup I do see there are some official stock ROMs downloads for some particular phones. But those are not really a backup of our original ROMs. And it's always hard to verify if those downloads are the original official releases. And, if those downloads are 100% stock ROMs, this means some guys out there could make it, so what is the way to do so?
Or, how those mobile phone companies do it in their labs?
I have been doing researches on this topic for a few days. Some posts claim that their methods are "backup stock ROM" or "backup before rooting". But after digging into it, they requires rooting and/or flashing CWM. Here comes a few questions:
Questions
Rooting will in fact changes some files/data of the system. So backup after root is NOT getting the original stock ROM. Is it?
Is there a method to "un-root", so ALL the changes are TOTALLY reverted?
Installing/flashing things like CWM in phone requires rooting, which would make the ROM not original. Is there a way to extract the system backup from a computer externally?
In addition, I have found some related pieces. which could be useful to anyone viewing this post, and might be useful for you to solve this (my) question. :fingers-crossed:
* as I'm a new user, I can't post links directly. Please delete the blank spaces in between.
ht tp://www .modaco .com/topic/351269-backup-original-rom/
In reply #5, user C3C0 raised a method of backing up the original stock ROM without root. But it seems he is flashing CWM and that method is only for ZTE Skate.
adb backup tool of Android SDK
At the first sight i came across this approach, I thought it is the official method to do whole system (ROM) backup (WOW - how nice!). But after studying for a few more posts, I think adb backup can only backup app+app_data, and possibly some system settings only. Am I correct? And also, adb backup is only for ICS (Android 4.0), isn't it?
adb backup usage: ht tp://forum.xda-developers .com/showthread.php?t=1420351
(But mentioned in the bottom of #1 the poster is having some issues on using adb backup. Perhaps there are some bugs and not reliable(?)
One more question on adb backup: Can it backup just one app+app_data, and restore just one app+app_data, without affecting other things? If yes, we don't need to root and don't need Titanium Backup (which requires root) for backup app+app_data. Isn't it?
** In case I have said anything or any terms wrongly in this thread, please DO correct me, for helping me and helping others.
P.S. i am using LG Optimus 3D.
Thanks a lot, wholeheartedly,
midnite_
Download CWM recovery img for your device. Start your phone in bootloader mode and connect to PC. Be sure to drivers installed correctly. Type in command line:
fastboot reboot <downloaded img>
Now, the phone will reboot and starting recovery. Make backup, that's all.
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Thanks for your reply R2D2. Would you explain a bit more about the steps? When I flash CWM to my phone, will it change the ROM and that is not a stock ROM anymore? Where should I type the "fastboot reboot <downloaded img>" command?
Thanks,
midnite_
r2d2-andras said:
Download CWM recovery img for your device. Start your phone in bootloader mode and connect to PC. Be sure to drivers installed correctly. Type in command line:
fastboot reboot <downloaded img>
Now, the phone will reboot and starting recovery. Make backup, that's all.
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r2d2-andras said:
Download CWM recovery img for your device. Start your phone in bootloader mode and connect to PC. Be sure to drivers installed correctly. Type in command line:
fastboot reboot <downloaded img>
Now, the phone will reboot and starting recovery. Make backup, that's all.
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Doesn't this operation require rooting of the phone, or root the phone?
No it doesnt
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no it won't
midnite_ said:
Thanks for your reply R2D2. Would you explain a bit more about the steps? When I flash CWM to my phone, will it change the ROM and that is not a stock ROM anymore? Where should I type the "fastboot reboot <downloaded img>" command?
Thanks,
midnite_
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If you flash CWM, you will retain your stock rom unless you try to flash custom rom or updating kernel from CWM recovery or from ROM Manager. if you are using samsung android device, you can check your rom in odin mode
Hit thanks if I helped you!
Just install CWM....it won't affect your rom....in CWM choose backup in backup and restore option....it will create the backup of your current rom on sd card
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coolprateek.kumar said:
Just install CWM....it won't affect your rom....in CWM choose backup in backup and restore option....it will create the backup of your current rom on sd card
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One issue: my phone is not listed as being supported by ROM Manager. (HW-T18, a Cat B10)
Is there any other way to get a full ROM backup before rooting, etc.?
needs help with the HW-T18 (cat B10)
nashton said:
One issue: my phone is not listed as being supported by ROM Manager. (HW-T18, a Cat B10)
Is there any other way to get a full ROM backup before rooting, etc.?
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I'm in the same issue here, looking for a way to backup/extract the stock rom of the HW-T18, cat B10 model, for the purpose of flashing it to other B10's since several of the cat b10's we bought here is without danish and a few has the danish system language.
so i want to take the rom from the b10 with danish and flash to the ones without.
if there is a better way of adding a system language to the phone please let me know (apk maybe ? or flashing an update.zip containing the danish lang) but do remember i'm not a dev i just have ORD.
cwm recovery backup flash new flash back delete cwm recovery servis
Hi Guys,
I understand that cwm recovery will not affect my stock rom. Here is an example what could I need:
I have new galaxy chat with ICS, I will install cwm recovery, create backup of stock (slovak) rom improve rom to some 4.1.2 spain rom and if it won't be good or have some hardware problem I will install again my stock rom but what with cwm recovery. Will it work this way?
Return To Stock Recovery
1. Download StockRecovery.zip
2. Place StockRecovery.zip on your SD Card
3. Boot into CWM Recovery
4. Tap on Install
5. Find StockRecovery.zip file on your SD card.
6. Slide to Flash
7. Reboot System & Enjoy Stock Recovery Again!
or not
thank you
johnoo said:
Hi Guys,
I understand that cwm recovery will not affect my stock rom. Here is an example what could I need:
I have new galaxy chat with ICS, I will install cwm recovery, create backup of stock (slovak) rom improve rom to some 4.1.2 spain rom and if it won't be good or have some hardware problem I will install again my stock rom but what with cwm recovery. Will it work this way?
Return To Stock Recovery
1. Download StockRecovery.zip
2. Place StockRecovery.zip on your SD Card
3. Boot into CWM Recovery
4. Tap on Install
5. Find StockRecovery.zip file on your SD card.
6. Slide to Flash
7. Reboot System & Enjoy Stock Recovery Again!
or not
thank you
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Why would you need stock recovery back anyway?
send mobile for repairing
If something will crash in future like repro or mic. I will need stock rom and recovery.
johnoo said:
If something will crash in future like repro or mic. I will need stock rom and recovery.
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Your warranty won't void on custom recovery ....it gets void only on root
Any Android?
coolprateek.kumar said:
Your warranty won't void on custom recovery ....it gets void only on root
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Will ClockworkMod Recovery install on any android phone? I have a,
HDC Galaxy S4 I9500- Exynos Quad Core 1.7GHz 5.0inch HD IPS Screen Android 4.2.3
in the mail. Will it install no problem? If not, any alternative solution?
bupbup777 said:
Will ClockworkMod Recovery install on any android phone? I have a,
HDC Galaxy S4 I9500- Exynos Quad Core 1.7GHz 5.0inch HD IPS Screen Android 4.2.3
in the mail. Will it install no problem? If not, any alternative solution?
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Every device has it's own cwm or twrp recovery....google "cwm for .........(your phone)
reply and request
I want to know how to backup full rom because me too have an a103 sc6820 mt6515 android 4.0.1 clone SIII dual sim and trying to root then its bricked. So i have found an another phone which have the same system like for mine and i would try to backup the rom for the new and to restore this to the bricked.
coolprateek.kumar said:
Every device has it's own cwm or twrp recovery....google "cwm for .........(your phone)
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That's not correct, not every phone has a clockworkmod built for it, my phone is a alcatel authority, and not only is there no clockworkmod, but the newest update.zip, unroots it, and sorceforge only has the the stock update. In any case the manufacturer has put the wrong id's into their usb drivers for it. You can't even use the clockworkmod builder, for it. The only phones that get support, are the more popular models.
does the bootloader need to be unlocked for this to work
reggjoo said:
That's not correct, not every phone has a clockworkmod built for it, my phone is a alcatel authority, and not only is there no clockworkmod, but the newest update.zip, unroots it, and sorceforge only has the the stock update. In any case the manufacturer has put the wrong id's into their usb drivers for it. You can't even use the clockworkmod builder, for it. The only phones that get support, are the more popular models.
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I meant that every phone who HAS a cwm has it for that particular phone.
Hit thanks for help
r2d2-andras said:
Download CWM recovery img for your device. Start your phone in bootloader mode and connect to PC. Be sure to drivers installed correctly. Type in command line:
fastboot reboot <downloaded img>
Now, the phone will reboot and starting recovery. Make backup, that's all.
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How to start phone in bootloader mode and where to type that command?
I have searched alot over the internet..:silly:
Still I dont get proper details on How to do a stock rom recovery after flashing a custom ROM.
I need the Steps for doing a stock ROM Backup and steps to restore it back after flashing custom ROM..
Hope It might help other users too..
Thanks..
Thor91 said:
I have searched alot over the internet..:silly:
Still I dont get proper details on How to do a stock rom recovery after flashing a custom ROM.
I need the Steps for doing a stock ROM Backup and steps to restore it back after flashing custom ROM..
Hope It might help other users too..
Thanks..
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Relock Bootloader and Install Official ROM
Conect USB on Bootloader FASTBOOT
Use command:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
and install for example:
RUU_EVITARE_UL_JB_45_Cingular_US_1.19.502.1_Radio_2.14.55.01_18.21.95.55L_release_310178_signed.EXE
lol I speak only spanish!
Thanks for reply..
Sad I can only speak English..
where can I find that zip bro??
HTC EvitaRE and HTC ENRC2B (HTC One X+) Shipped Roms (RUUs)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094118
More info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140442
Thor91 said:
I have searched alot over the internet..:silly:
Still I dont get proper details on How to do a stock rom recovery after flashing a custom ROM.
I need the Steps for doing a stock ROM Backup and steps to restore it back after flashing custom ROM..
Hope It might help other users too..
Thanks..
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If I get your question right . you mean to say you want to backup and restore stock HOX+ recovery.
To backup the stock rom in that case you can follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2551826
You just need to flash the recovery through the FASTBOOT .
You should of made a nandroid back up of the stock Rom what I do is make a nandroid of it before I put a custom Rom on... You need to get a nandroid of the stock Rom flash the boot.zip(kernel) 're lock the boot loader then run an ruu
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Thanks for ur reply..:good:
I am dead confused..
I am a complete noob..
I have not unlocked or rooted my phone yet..:angel:
so I guess I dont need a ruu..
I read about nandroid backup ..
plss check if these steps are right for doing a backup..
1.Install ClockWorkMod
2.Boot into Recovery mode
3.Select Backup and restore>Backup >hit Yes
Will it really restore my whole stock sense 5 rom after installing a custom rom..
Coz many of my friends say sometimes it doesnt seem to work..
First of all you say that your phone is not rooted and not Unclocked . In that case the the very first step would be Unlocking your device(unless you have S-OFF) and then ROOTING your device. There are numerous workarounds floating over xda on how to unlock and root your HOX+. Else you can also try "Kingo Onle Click Root", this just works fine on HOX+(enrc2b) having S-OFF.
Once Done you can Backup your Stock Recovery(Optional).
Here on you can go ahead and install a Custom Recovery(TWRP or CWM) and Do a Nandroid backup.
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First of all you say that your phone is not rooted and not Unclocked . In that case the the very first step would be Unlocking your device(unless you have S-OFF) and then ROOTING your device. There are numerous workarounds floating over xda on how to unlock and root your HOX+. Else you can also try "Kingo Onle Click Root", this just works fine on HOX+(enrc2b) having S-OFF.
Once Done you can Backup your Stock Recovery(Optional).
Here on you can go ahead and install a Custom Recovery(TWRP or CWM) and Do a Nandroid backup.
And yes a NandRoid Backup will restore pretty much everything . One thing you make sure that you should use the same RECOVERY for both backup and restore, since back up made with one of these recoveries is not compatible with the other.
Thor91 said:
Thanks for ur reply..:good:
I am dead confused..
I am a complete noob..
I have not unlocked or rooted my phone yet..:angel:
so I guess I dont need a ruu..
I read about nandroid backup ..
plss check if these steps are right for doing a backup..
1.Install ClockWorkMod
2.Boot into Recovery mode
3.Select Backup and restore>Backup >hit Yes
Will it really restore my whole stock sense 5 rom after installing a custom rom..
Coz many of my friends say sometimes it doesnt seem to work..
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First of all you say that your phone is not rooted and not Unclocked . In that case the the very first step would be Unlocking your device(unless you have S-OFF) and then ROOTING your device. There are numerous workarounds floating over xda on how to unlock and root your HOX+. Else you can also try "Kingo Onle Click Root", this just works fine on HOX+(enrc2b) having S-OFF.
Once Done you can Backup your Stock Recovery(Optional).
Here on you can go ahead and install a Custom Recovery(TWRP or CWM) and Do a Nandroid backup.
And yes a NandRoid Backup will restore pretty much everything . One thing you make sure that you should use the same RECOVERY for both backup and restore, since back up made with one of these recoveries is not compatible with the other.
ethanon said:
First of all you say that your phone is not rooted and not Unclocked . In that case the the very first step would be Unlocking your device(unless you have S-OFF) and then ROOTING your device. There are numerous workarounds floating over xda on how to unlock and root your HOX+. Else you can also try "Kingo Onle Click Root", this just works fine on HOX+(enrc2b) having S-OFF.
Once Done you can Backup your Stock Recovery(Optional).
Here on you can go ahead and install a Custom Recovery(TWRP or CWM) and Do a Nandroid backup.
And yes a NandRoid Backup will restore pretty much everything . One thing you make sure that you should use the same RECOVERY for both backup and restore, since back up made with one of these recoveries is not compatible with the other.
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well Yes I need to unlock and root my device first...
Now I am very much clear about custom recovery and nandroid backup..thanks to U!:good:
But I have another grave issue..
I really need ur opinion on that..
If I am not wrong A device with ext4 System format cannot flash or restore a backup with rfs system format...
Coz I encountered thisproblem a few days ago while trying to root my old device(My first root)..
so on my old device,I first rooted it,installed CWM,,made backup of stock rom(which was rfs)..flashed official CynogenMod(ext4)..And I was not able to restore my stock rom(gave an error while restoring System)..while I could restore a backup of the installed cynogenmod rom..
So will I be able to restore stock after installing CynogenMod on HOX+...
Curious to hear from U..
Well this is a queer issue .. though . Ofcourse you can restore your STOCK rom after installing CyanogenMod or any other ROM is that case. But one thing you should keep in mind is that the RECOVERY that you are using must be the same . That is if you take a Backup of your STOCK rom using TWRP in that case you need to use TWRP to restore this backup . same is applicable for ClockWorkMod. So just keep this in mind and happy flashing .
Hi,
following the instructions on cyanogenmod.org, I have flashed CWM (using heimdall), then made a cwm backup of the stock rom, then installed CM10.1.3 stable. Works great.
Now I'm trying to restore my stock backup temporarily because I forgot to export my address book and my text messages (stupid me, I know). Of course, I have made a cwm backup of my CM first.
I wipe everything (factory reset in cwm), then restore my stock backup in cwm, and it goes through smoothly. However, when I reboot, after the Samsung logo there's the boot sound, and the screen goes blank completely. Nothing happens after that.
I can reboot (hold down power button forever), go back to cwm, and restore my CM backup, and everything works perfectly again. But I can't get my stock backup to work.
Can anyone help? Or is there a way to find the address book or text messages in the cwm backup files manually?
Thanks!
kingstah
What firmware was you on? What's you're nandroid bkup firmware?
andrewwright said:
What firmware was you on? What's you're nandroid bkup firmware?
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You mean Android version? I believe stock was 4.04 (official OTA update quiet some time ago), the cwm Version is 6.06, I think. And CM10.1is Android 4.1.
Best thing you can to get it running is flash stock with Odin and forget about 4.0.4 nandroid. You see the 4.0.4 firmware has a bug which may brick you're phone. Don't factory reset whatever you do. Can you not mount as USB is recovery and get the data that way.?
andrewwright said:
Best thing you can to get it running is flash stock with Odin and forget about 4.0.4 nandroid. You see the 4.0.4 firmware has a bug which may brick you're phone. Don't factory reset whatever you do. Can you not mount as USB is recovery and get the data that way.?
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Sorry, I just checked again, cwm is this, so JB 6.0.2.9:
http://cmw.cmfs.me/c1/recovery/GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9.tar
Regarding Android stock version, I'm not sure if it's 4.0.4 or 4.1.
I can access the nand backup easily, it is on the external SD - is it possible to get the address book out of the nand directly?
Thanks so much...
I'd concentrate on getting the phone up and running first as once you have a working phone, the options for recovering ur data get that much easier......example....I believe you can use titanium backup to retrieve data from nandroids.......
And as @andrewwright says.....stay away from 4.0.4
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
Got it. What I did was
0) Make a complete cwm nandroid backup.
1) Restore only the /data partition of my old cwm nandroid backup using cwm, then stay in cwm recovery and copy my old contacts database to my computer:
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
2) Use the dump-contacts2db script from the awesome project at https://github.com/stachre/dump-contacts2db to dump a vcf file from contacts2.db.
3) Restore the cwm nandroid backup made in 0).
4) Copy the vcf file to my phone and import it in contacts.
I found awesome advice here: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/7851/restore-only-part-of-nandroid-image
and here: http://www.droidwiki.de/Datenwiederherstellung#Kontakte
Nice work and great feed back. Add solved to thread title. :thumbup:
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i`ve got a serios problem
i usually google my problems and find the \cure/ myself...but this time i cant get any luck
so...i flashed a custom ROM...and at the first boot everything was working preety well..then i saw that the Phone and some other apps were not installed
i remembered then that i havent deleted the cache and dalvick before flashing
so..i deleted them and reflashed ROM...in CWR after i finished flash i hit reboot..my phone didnt turn on
now...it turnes on after a very long press of the power button and the image is like a negative photo...i canot install any app..wi-fi not working
so..i mention that i have a nandroid backup on the device and the debug mode is enable
if someone can help me...that would be awesome `cauz ive runned out of solutions
Is the nandroid restore not working or something?
es0tericcha0s said:
Is the nandroid restore not working or something?
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i dont know for sure...i want to install nandroid manager but i cant install any app..
I guess I am confused on where you are at with this then. Typically when someone says they have a nandroid, they completed a full back up via their custom recovery. First thing to try when this happens is to restore the nandroid backup via the same recovery. Are you not able to boot into CWM anymore as well?
es0tericcha0s said:
I guess I am confused on where you are at with this then. Typically when someone says they have a nandroid, they completed a full back up via their custom recovery. First thing to try when this happens is to restore the nandroid backup via the same recovery. Are you not able to boot into CWM anymore as well?
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exactly cant boot into recovery....i can turn the phone up and the image is like a negative photo...beeing unable to instal any app
optiC.viber said:
exactly cant boot into recovery....i can turn the phone up and the image is like a negative photo...beeing unable to instal any app
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K, well if it does boot up into the OS, then you should be able to use the command: adb reboot recovery - and see if that will kick you back into it to restore.
If that doesn't work, then you'll have to do a full restore probably.
Here's the official software from their site:
http://www.mobistel.com/wordpress/wp-content/download/CynusT1_JellyBeanSoftwareVer.05.zip
Guide:
http://www.mobistel.com/wordpress/wp-content/download/NewSoftware-Update-Instruction.pdf