Hello good people of XDA!
First of all I promise, I used the search function, couldn't find anything.
I messed up the restore files, trashed my settings, but I had an image.zip that I saved using recovery-cwmtouch-6.0.3.1-GTI9300.
Question is, how do I restore from the image.zip file?
Stay sharp..
/Maako
maakosan said:
Hello good people of XDA!
First of all I promise, I used the search function, couldn't find anything.
I messed up the restore files, trashed my settings, but I had an image.zip that I saved using recovery-cwmtouch-6.0.3.1-GTI9300.
Question is, how do I restore from the image.zip file?
Stay sharp..
/Maako
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I suppose that as any custom ROM. Just flash it, and see what happens (mine gets hang while doing the flash )
Confirmed. Flash it as any custom ROM
Duh.. Retarded me dropped the image.zip in the clockworkmod backup folder so it complained about the md5sum file. So I moved the file to the external SD card and then it updated, but the phone was still in the trashed state, so I did a full wipe, reinstalled Omega 44.4 and then updated the image.zip again, but now my phone was as it is when you do a full wipe, all settings where as default and not as it was when I restored it.
Doesn't image.zip back up anything..?
In my case fills up a .zip weighting 900Mb, so i suppose yes. It backups anything... Moreover. If you open the zip file, you should see the usual backup files plus a binary script to handle the install
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The image.zip is 647 MB.
Unzipping image.zip gives me:
META-INF [a folder]
image-edify
system.ext4.tar.a
boot.img
system.ext4.tar
And what program do I use to restore this with?
It's up to you. Yua can extract the backup from the .zip file, and restore as usual, or you can flash the .zip itself. It is your choice
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It's up to you. Yua can extract the backup from the .zip file, and restore as usual, or you can flash the .zip itself. It is your choice
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That.s what I did, but the phone was still in the trashed state, so I did a full wipe, reinstalled Omega 44.4 and then updated the image.zip again, but now my phone was as it is when you do a full wipe, all settings where as default and not as it was when I restored it.
maakosan said:
The image.zip is 647 MB.
Unzipping image.zip gives me:
META-INF [a folder]
image-edify
system.ext4.tar.a
boot.img
system.ext4.tar
And what program do I use to restore this with?
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If there's no data.ext4 then theres no data. System.ext4 is your rom only
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rootSU said:
If there's no data.ext4 then theres no data. System.ext4 is your rom only
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I guess I can flash that, but what tool should I use for that?
Why would you bother? Its only the rom. Same as flashing rom.zip
It contains no data
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So it's a pointless backup =(
Yours is
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Hehe, yeah, that sucks..
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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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Hello. I'm coming from a SGSII and now feel like a total noob with my new Xperia S. I´m already updated to ICS, unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone. Then while i was rooting the phone, use the CWM to make a nandroid backup. However when i go to the clockworkmod folder there is a total new type of archive that i not used to know. Normally in my SGSII there is a lot of files, with the Xperia S i just have one file "system.ext4.tar", wich is 549 mb in size. Is that it? Is that my backup?
Thanks in advance! :good:
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That is the system partition backup. You should have a data, a cache, and some others. If your CWM is 6%, there will be also a blobs folder.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
noim said:
The new recovery can do two types of backup..... One the. .tar (which is new) and another the old process..
I think you selected the.tar format.
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I use the CWM-SuperSU-v0.92, then I proceed like others CWM, just enter in backup/restore option, then backup, and then is just a lot of NO's and one YES. It never asked me for a selection.
Felimenta97 said:
That is the system partition backup. You should have a data, a cache, and some others. If your CWM is 6%, there will be also a blobs folder.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
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I have this folder \clockworkmod\backup\1970-04-23.01.20.31 (weird date by the way) and inside the folder is just one file: system.ext4.tar
I can open that file with WinRar, but inside the archive there aren't any of the folders you mentioned
Not inside it, but together with it. Flash the advanced stock kernel. It has a stock kernel with recovery (date bug fixed) and some other things.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
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Not inside it, but together with it. Flash the advanced stock kernel. It has a stock kernel with recovery (date bug fixed) and some other things.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
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I was just reading about that:
Advanced Stock Kernel
I'll give it a try!
Thanks mate!
Well... I try the Advanced Stock Kernel.
All fine with the instalation, my phone boot fine and the CWM looks fine too. However i still have my doubts with the backup. This time the backup is more like i used to know with my SGSII but the files are realy tiny. There are 6 files in total and the file boot.img is the bigger one, it has just 20 Mb. So in total my backup has 6 files with a total amount of 20,4 MB... it's that normal???
By the way, the wierd date is still there.
Edit: I almost forgot something, there is a new folder inside the \clockworkmod, the new one is \blobs, wich has a lots of folders inside. Should i kept safe this new folder?
Yeah. Also, download ROM manager to manage the backups.
"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
yeah the backup is somewhat small but no worries, all your files are in there. dont you like it less mb on backup, but when you restore it comes back to a big file .
What about the \blobs folder. Anyone know what it is that folder?
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What about the \blobs folder. Anyone know what it is that folder?
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The rest of the backup.
@ALL: Someone knows an app that can explore this new backup format? Neither App Extractor and Nandroid Explorer works.
Felimenta97 said:
The rest of the backup.
@ALL: Someone knows an app that can explore this new backup format? Neither App Extractor and Nandroid Explorer works.
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i would like to know that to!
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Dear Members, is there a way to make a nandroid backup into a single zip or tar file?
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Dear Members, is there a way to make a nandroid backup into a single zip or tar file?
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Use an older version of clockwork recovery (5.5.x or touch 6.1) and they create a single zip, latest clockwork did offer an option to change the way it backups last time I checked also.
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I tried to use zip from CWM but it doesn't seem to do the full nandroid backup. Any ideas?
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Use an older version of clockwork recovery (5.5.x or touch 6.1) and they create a single zip.
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Go into recovery..change the backup format to tar ..press create image.zip..it will create a cwm flashable zip file..
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Go into recovery..change the backup format to tar ..press create image.zip..it will create a cwm flashable zip file..
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It created the zip file and some other files in the folder, however the size is too small to be the recovery image. I doesn't create the full image. Still doesnt work. Is there a way to create a full nandroid backup into a single file with all the settings as it is done in normal cwr backup? Any help appreciated.
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It created the zip file and some other files in the folder, however the size is too small to be the recovery image. I doesn't create the full image. Still doesnt work. Is there a way to create a full nandroid backup into a single file with all the settings as it is done in normal cwr backup? Any help appreciated.
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Just change default backup to tar then backup as normal that should work.
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Just change default backup to tar then backup as normal that should work.
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Creating tar recovery results in multiple files in recovery folder not a single zip file. My question was is there a way to create a single zip file that can be flashed in recovery as a custom rom.
I use the older version of cwm which creates full nandroid into 5 or so files. I then zip it into one but you have to unzip it to restore it. I don't think there is a clean way to create one full flashable nandroid with all your data and settings etc... I would also like to know if there is a way.
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I use the older version of cwm which creates full nandroid into 5 or so files. I then zip it into one but you have to unzip it to restore it. I don't think there is a clean way to create one full flashable nandroid with all your data and settings etc... I would also like to know if there is a way.
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The same thing for me, searched for forums and no success. Thank you for your answer. Perhaps you could also know if there is any possible way to install stock samsung bootanimation on CM10 rom?
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The same thing for me, searched for forums and no success. Thank you for your answer. Perhaps you could also know if there is any possible way to install stock samsung bootanimation on CM10 rom?
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Not on CM10 they might have different locations for there boot image not sure.
In regards to the Nandroid I was just thinking about it actually and I find it quite strange as to why after ALL this time there isnt a way to create a FULL nandroid with apps,settings,themes,data.contacts, EVERYTHING all in the one file so its flashable. I mean it wouldnt be that hrd for the dev to do it as there is an option for the update zip. I really dont get it. Wouldnt everyone prefer it that way?
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Not on CM10 they might have different locations for there boot image not sure.
In regards to the Nandroid I was just thinking about it actually and I find it quite strange as to why after ALL this time there isnt a way to create a FULL nandroid with apps,settings,themes,data.contacts, EVERYTHING all in the one file so its flashable. I mean it wouldnt be that hrd for the dev to do it as there is an option for the update zip. I really dont get it. Wouldnt everyone prefer it that way?
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I fully agree, it would have been much easier for testers to get back to the rom they tuned and customized. Any ideas are always welcome.
Yes. It will be very easy to keep the backups if we could make a signal zip file. so we can name it with date and keep.
Hello All,
I have a Rooted VZW GN2 running Scott's CleanROM with the Perseus kernel with TWRP as the recovery tool. I screwed up royally a few days ago and bricked my phone (dicking around with the Google Wallet mod, which failed I might add) but was able to fix it and get all my settings back the right way. Well given that it took nearly 3 days, I'd like to save a backup of everything how it is.
How do I accomplish this task? I read on xda that a lot of people use "nandroid" so I downloaded it, did the backup using the "online version" that lets you do a nandroid backup while the phone is running (not in Recovery mode) and it saved the copy to a "clockworkmod" folder. Now I know that clockwork recovery is an option besides TWRP, but since I have TWRP does it make this backup useless? Or can I do a full TWRP backup (everything selected) and will it serve the exact same purpose?
Thanks for the help everyone!!!
-Taxmaster
Taxmaster said:
Hello All,
I have a Rooted VZW GN2 running Scott's CleanROM with the Perseus kernel with TWRP as the recovery tool. I screwed up royally a few days ago and bricked my phone (dicking around with the Google Wallet mod, which failed I might add) but was able to fix it and get all my settings back the right way. Well given that it took nearly 3 days, I'd like to save a backup of everything how it is.
How do I accomplish this task? I read on xda that a lot of people use "nandroid" so I downloaded it, did the backup using the "online version" that lets you do a nandroid backup while the phone is running (not in Recovery mode) and it saved the copy to a "clockworkmod" folder. Now I know that clockwork recovery is an option besides TWRP, but since I have TWRP does it make this backup useless? Or can I do a full TWRP backup (everything selected) and will it serve the exact same purpose?
Thanks for the help everyone!!!
-Taxmaster
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OK. First i would ALWAYS backup via recovery. So go in TWRP and back it up. However you could try to restore it and if it didn't work it would say MD5 mismatch.
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weeo said:
OK. First i would ALWAYS backup via recovery. So go in TWRP and back it up. However you could try to restore it and if it didn't work it would say MD5 mismatch.
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1. Okay so are you saying that a full TWRP backup (all options selected) = nandroid backup?
2. Does this mean that restoring the back-up TWRP file would restore everything as it is now (down to the last detail) or what could I expect of a restore?
Taxmaster said:
1. Okay so are you saying that a full TWRP backup (all options selected) = nandroid backup?
2. Does this mean that restoring the back-up TWRP file would restore everything as it is now (down to the last detail) or what could I expect of a restore?
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Yes. Every last detail would he saved. All save games and even draft messaging... The whole lot. I believe it is correct as they both output the same back up. However i prefer CWM
Good luck
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weeo said:
Yes. Every last detail would he saved. All save games and even draft messaging... The whole lot. I believe it is correct as they both output the same back up. However i prefer CWM
Good luck
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Thank you! Well now I'm trying to save my files to my Dropbox but Dropbox doesn't let me upload the entire folder for the Backup. If I use RootExplorer and convert it to a zip, would that be okay? Will TWRP allow a zip for restoring or would I have to do an extraction first?
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Thank you! Well now I'm trying to save my files to my Dropbox but Dropbox doesn't let me upload the entire folder for the Backup. If I use RootExplorer and convert it to a zip, would that be okay? Will TWRP allow a zip for restoring or would I have to do an extraction first?
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TWRP will make its own back up and save it in a selected folder. Are you talking about uploading the backup already made from TWRP
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Also look at Orange back up. Just came in the portal. It puts Nandroids on the cloud. Talk about timing
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I'd just like to be efficient with what memory I do have at the moment. I know that TWRP saves the file in its own folder, but it's actually a large collection of files. My plan was to zip them and upload the zip file to Dropbox and delete the "on-phone" copies. Then if worst came to worst, I would just download the zip back on there via my USB cable (I could extract if it necessary) and then I'd restore it. I just want to know if that would work and whether or not TWRP would be able to use a .ZIP file or if it would need all of the files individually.
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I'd just like to be efficient with what memory I do have at the moment. I know that TWRP saves the file in its own folder, but it's actually a large collection of files. My plan was to zip them and upload the zip file to Dropbox and delete the "on-phone" copies. Then if worst came to worst, I would just download the zip back on there via my USB cable (I could extract if it necessary) and then I'd restore it. I just want to know if that would work and whether or not TWRP would be able to use a .ZIP file or if it would need all of the files individually.
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No. It would need to be in the folder format... Have you looked at Orange Back Up?
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No. It would need to be in the folder format... Have you looked at Orange Back Up?
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Link ==> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/orange-backup-sends-a-nandroid-to-the-cloud-with-one-click/
Okay, I just did some light reading on Orange Back Up but I'm unsure how it works. Does it replace TWRP / Clockwork? Does it require one or the other for reflashing it's nandroid backup? I really like TWRP's setup and would be reluctant to change from it (although I would do it if the advantages stack up).
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Link ==> http://www.xda-developers.com/android/orange-backup-sends-a-nandroid-to-the-cloud-with-one-click/
Okay, I just did some light reading on Orange Back Up but I'm unsure how it works. Does it replace TWRP / Clockwork? Does it require one or the other for reflashing it's nandroid backup? I really like TWRP's setup and would be reluctant to change from it (although I would do it if the advantages stack up).
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Hmmm. If you want it simple just zip the backup and dropbox it... Then unzip when you need it
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Hmmm. If you want it simple just zip the backup and dropbox it... Then unzip when you need it
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I'm confused, isn't that what I've been saying the last several posts? What I plan on doing is zipping up my TWRP files, DropBoxing them, and if I need them I'll just hardload them onto my SD card (extracted into the folder or as a zip file depending on what TWRP needs) and then I'd restore that way.
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I'm confused, isn't that what I've been saying the last several posts? What I plan on doing is zipping up my TWRP files, DropBoxing them, and if I need them I'll just hardload them onto my SD card (extracted into the folder or as a zip file depending on what TWRP needs) and then I'd restore that way.
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Yes. I though the Orange back up would be easier. So just do it your way. It will work
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Just make sure to not compress the zip. Not sure that TWRP will be able to restore a compressed backup (probably won't).
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I understand you're concerned about saving as much memory as you can. This is something the rest of us face as well, but quit trying to cut corners and simply do a backup the way you're supposed to and move on with your life instead of trying to invent a shortcut. The tried and true methods used within these forums have worked for years the way they're supposed to.
Either use CWM or TWRP to make your backup. I always keep one active backup and delete older ones. It's easy and almost impossible to screw up.
After I soft bricked my device, I found myself making several types of backups after reading on the forums many different ways of backing up. It appears that my efforts are superfluous and that only one backup is necessary. For this reason, I was trying to figure out the best way to store the backup files. I was zipping the file not to save space as much as I was to have only one file to export to Dropbox, as Dropbox only allows files to be imported instead of entire backup folders.
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Help. I installed this mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/themes-apps/mod-advanced-settings-mod-v1-t3022409
and i thought that it will work on Stock roms 4.4.4 so i tried and installed it and now i cant see the Settings app anymore on my device so im asking/requesting if anyone has a back up of it im using 4.4.4 Stock LTE version unbranded device. i have done a back up using titanium but i can't restore the Settings App is not listed.
Another thing i kept my Pre-Rooted 4.4.4 firmware which i created weeks ago so i can root my 4.4.4 device. if worst happens can i just flash it via recovery so that my phone will be back to normal? if YES then will my root be gone? do i need to flash the kernels again via Flash Tool like before?
thanks in advance for who will help me
Note* Im not blaming @Rajeev or anything it was my own personal mistake not reading carefully
I just uploaded my settings in a rar file. The apk is 2mb over the limit so I had to zip it. That should get you out of trouble. Just download winrar for android to unzip and move to /system/priv-app/ with 644 permissions.
I would assume if you reflash a stock ftf you will loose root. Next time you should backup your rom in recovery and if anything bad happens you can restore the system partition.
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I just uploaded my settings in a rar file. The apk is 2mb over the limit so I had to zip it. That should get you out of trouble. Just download winrar for android to unzip and move to /system/priv-app/ with 644 permissions.
I would assume if you reflash a stock ftf you will loose root. Next time you should backup your rom in recovery and if anything bad happens you can restore the system partition.
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Than you so muck i backed up via Titanium before doing the mod but it did not do the trick ill try it now thanks
Yea titanium is hit and miss. Best to do a nandroid backup in twrp or cwm.
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I just uploaded my settings in a rar file. The apk is 2mb over the limit so I had to zip it. That should get you out of trouble. Just download winrar for android to unzip and move to /system/priv-app/ with 644 permissions.
I would assume if you reflash a stock ftf you will loose root. Next time you should backup your rom in recovery and if anything bad happens you can restore the system partition.
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is it correct? i tried extracting using computer and it says its damaged?
is it ok to upload it again? its damaged according to PC and Rar for android
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Yea titanium is hit and miss. Best to do a nandroid backup in twrp or cwm.
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i was able to locate my settings.apk from my back up and tried to copy it to the destination you gave and use the permission but it won't install it gives error =(
The download works for me. I just downloaded the rar, extracted the file and replaced my settings file.
You don't install it, just move the apk to /system/priv-app and change the permissions to 0644. That's it.
Thanks everything is working back to normal
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Yea titanium is hit and miss. Best to do a nandroid backup in twrp or cwm.
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Titanium is not great. The best backup is full backup (in CWM/TWRP).