So I had my Epic 4g Touch running on ics 4.0.4 root and it was working totally fine, UNTIL....I decided to install the cyanogenmod 10.1 rom to see how jellybean 4.2.2 is all about. I followed the instructions exactly as they were depicted on a youtube video, and used clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.7 to backup my current rom (ICS 4.0.4). The 4.2.2 ran totally fine, until I tried restoring my data from the old rom I had before (I hope Im not confusing anyone). After restoring the data, the jellybean rom would stay stuck in the boot up screen. Then I tried just restoring the entire rom from backup, my phone would just boot right back into custom recovery mode after completing the backup restore. I then tried restoring my phone to the old 4.0.4 root that I had before, but I would just run into the same problems whenever trying to do a full backup restore or just a data restore (phone just cycling back into custom recovery mode)
Is there anything I could do???? I can still look into my phone's eternal sd card and see that the recovery files are still there. I just need to restore my phone back because it would be a lot of trouble finding contacts, redownloading apps, as well I had some vital memo pad files that I really need to get back for my business. IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD RECOVER MY PHONE DATA???? PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Thanks guys. I found a solution. I just kept the new cyanogenmod 10.1 and used the nandroid manager app to restore all of my apps and the rest of my data individually. Worked great!!
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I have a rooted galaxy tab 10.1 (Wifi) p7510 from the US
I wanted to flash the pershoot kernel on my galaxy tab so that I could over-clock my processor and so I used ROM Manager to create a back-up and then used CWM to install the kernel. The install went fine and the device booted an was working flawlessly.
Then I decided to go back to my previous stock kernel and thus I booted into CWM, and clicked Backup/Restore and picked the back up I created. At the point where it is restoring data, it quits and says error restoring data and when I tried to boot the tab, I got stuck at the Samsung Boot Logo.
I tried wipe data,cache,Dalvik and nothing work.
I even tried advanced restore and managed to restore all components of the backup except the data.. Still no luck.
I'm downloading a custom ROM now (starburst) but how will I even be able to place it in the root partition if the galaxy tab can't boot into a usable state..
P.S. You may have noticed, I'm a noob so very detailed guides would be very good
Thank you
minamfm said:
I have a rooted galaxy tab 10.1 (Wifi) p7510 from the US
I wanted to flash the pershoot kernel on my galaxy tab so that I could over-clock my processor and so I used ROM Manager to create a back-up and then used CMW to install the kernel. The install went fine and the device booted an was working flawlessly.
Then I decided to go back to my previous stock kernel and thus I booted into CMW, and clicked Backup/Restore and picked the back up I created. At the point where it is restoring data, it quits and says error restoring data and when I tried to boot the tab, I got stuck at the Samsung Boot Logo.
I tried wipe data,cache,Dalvik and nothing work.
I even tried advanced restore and managed to restore all components of the backup except the data.. Still no luck.
I'm downloading a custom ROM now (starburst) but how will I even be able to place it in the root partition if the galaxy tab can't boot into a usable state..
P.S. You may have noticed, I'm a noob so very detailed guides would be very good
Thank you
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How long was it stuck on the samsung logo? If you didn't let it sit for at least 45 minutes, try that first.
So I left it for about 10-15 minutes and it worked.... Barely working though, almost everything crashes, very slow and choppy.. Looks like it's heavily corrupt.. At least now I can copy the custom ROM into the root folder. Is it safe to do so now??
And can you also post me a link to a .zip stock ROM for my tab??
Thanks a lot!
I had the exact same problem and I did following steps to get the tab working
1- find a stock from that flashable with Odin ( I used stock kl2 rom, can be found on tab 10.1 developer forum)
2 - flash the rom (.tar file) via Odin ( same as flashing cwm)
3 - after the flash I was still in boot loop no worries, go to recovery mod ( hold power + volume down then volume down and then volume up)
4 - wipe everything ( simply used very option that says wipe on it)
5 - restart and done! Everything is back to normal again
Only thing was I lost all my data pics etc but I got my tab working again
Btw not claiming these steps are essential, perhaps someone could come up with a more comprehensive method. This is just the way that I was able to restore my tab.
That's what I'm down to with my Tab. Flashing w/o CWM and/or unrooting to see if the /data error clears up. At least I'm not dead (I hope) to the point that I can't back up my SD card to external storage.
I can't restore any nandroid I have w/o the /data error and flashing custom ROMs gives the same result (everything FC's) except no /data error.
Wish I'd brought it to work today so I could tinker w/ it.
I attempted to flash a rom I have downloaded from rom manager and after the recovery had backed everything up it just failed to flash and said the file was (bad)...
So I thought I would be ok and just started up again, once I got into the rom I realised that all my apps have gone and all my system data. I went to download Rom Manager from the Market but obviously my account with google was not signed in so I tried to do that.
NO KEYBOARD!
So now whenever I tap on a text box the keyboard does not appear.
I went back to recovery to try and restore my backup and it says MD5 Mismatch?
I thought I would play it safe and take off all my Titanium Backup file onto my PC so I have everything safe, but its only 10mb?! I backed everything up and there was a few MASSIVE games that took me ages to download, where have my proper backups gone?
I have a really bad feeling that my SD card is corrupted or something nothing seems to be working.
Am I going to try and use fastboot to put a decent rom on there or get the backup to work?
Any help would be a god send!
You got the right idea. Use fastboot to flash a ROM and go from there.
For sure fast boot and i would make sure and do a full fastboot wipe also might be a goos odea to test out sd caed on computer transfer filws to and from it and see of files obtain any issues or data loss
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I spent a while this weekend flashing my Atrix. I don't know what version you were on but this is a relatively safe (but do it at your own risk) method to recover an Atrix to latest Stock.
If you want to go straight to a custom ROM...You can do this:
Download a ROM to your SD card (I tried Turls and Joker's...using Turls right now)
Reboot into your CWM and format your data, system and cache partitions then install from zip from your internal/external card
I like to reboot back into recovery, clear the battery stats and then reboot into the rom
If you want to go to stock...This process worked for me since I have a problem with Nandroid not restoring my /system file so I gave up on trying to use CWM for backup/restore functionality and use Titanium Backup for that. CWM still works great for other functionality....As a side effect of a failed /system restore with CWM I have a non-booting phone...
SO....my recovery for this has been:
Use the Motorola Automatic Update using a PC...It will download the 141 stock SBF and flash your phone, at this point you're basically latest stock (I flashed this over unlocked bootloader)
Unlock your bootloader using the AUTOMATIC_UNLOCK_V4.2
Re-root your phone using the /preinstall method
Restore (if you have a backup) with Titanium Backup
Then download and install a custom rom at a later time
Thanks guys but it was a ****ty SD card! Peace.
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psychephylax said:
I spent a while this weekend flashing my Atrix. I don't know what version you were on but this is a relatively safe (but do it at your own risk) method to recover an Atrix to latest Stock.
If you want to go straight to a custom ROM...You can do this:
Download a ROM to your SD card (I tried Turls and Joker's...using Turls right now)
Reboot into your CWM and format your data, system and cache partitions then install from zip from your internal/external card
I like to reboot back into recovery, clear the battery stats and then reboot into the rom
If you want to go to stock...This process worked for me since I have a problem with Nandroid not restoring my /system file so I gave up on trying to use CWM for backup/restore functionality and use Titanium Backup for that. CWM still works great for other functionality....As a side effect of a failed /system restore with CWM I have a non-booting phone...
SO....my recovery for this has been:
Use the Motorola Automatic Update using a PC...It will download the 141 stock SBF and flash your phone, at this point you're basically latest stock (I flashed this over unlocked bootloader)
Unlock your bootloader using the AUTOMATIC_UNLOCK_V4.2
Re-root your phone using the /preinstall method
Restore (if you have a backup) with Titanium Backup
Then download and install a custom rom at a later time
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Hey thanks for putting so much effort into this mate.. its still really helpful info. I didn't realise you could still get stock rom from moto with unlocked boot loader. Thanks for the help!
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Hey guys, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I've tried searching the forums and using different methods to recover it, but none have worked so far.
SO I flashed the ICS Domination theme over Diet ICS rom, stuff was continuously force closing, so I factory wiped with the intention of re-flashing just the rom... after a reset the phone was stuck on the samsung boot screen.
I've tried using Odin to load the stock Rogers rom, it says it worked, but trying to boot the phone up its stuck on the samsung boot screen.
Am I missing something? Is there anything you guys can suggest I try??
use ODIN to flash a new recovery.img and restore from a nandroid
I didn't make a nandroid backup (i know, retarded), where can I get one and how can I push it to my internal memory considering the phone won't start up and I can't flash from external SD
I have been using JB I9100XWLSN_I9100OXXLS8_NEE for several months without problem. Rooted, with PhilZ-cwm6-XWLSN-OXX-4.92.3-signed.
3 days ago I updated to I9100XWMS1_I9100NEELS1_NEE with no problems. Today the phone stuck and when I booted into recovery I saw the default recovery not Philz. So I flashed it again (the newer version)
But I had a boot loop, so I tried to restore nandroid backup, it didn't work.
I tried to reinstall earlier ROM (LSN) but it gave errors.
Now I can only boot to Philz recovery without doing anything.
How can I restore the phone to anything which works, so that I can root it again.
Back to stock via Odin/download mode, re-root your phone, restore nandroid or reflash custom rom/kernel & start again from scratch.
I did as you said. Flashed the earlier ROM with ODIN but still cannot boot. I just read the Galaxy S II logo at the start and the phone will not start.
Boot into recovery - factory reset ?
Edit - Failing that, search for Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread. There's a link to a 3 part firmware in that thread, try flashing that via Odin if you can't factory reset or it doesn't work.
All right, trying.
Well I booted, thanks. If you don't mind, can you guide me further? I'll just write what I intend to do:
1- Boot into recovery and flash Philz again.
2-Using Philz, will try to restore Nandroid backup. I had copied the backup to my computer. As Philz had errors restoring the backup, I copied the one on the computer to SD card, but the MD5 had changed. So I had to disable MD5 check in Philz. Is it normal to change after copying?
Yep those steps make sense. Simply copying a nandroid from your PC back to your phone (I've done this in the past) shouldn't normally change the MD5. The only way the MD5 would change is if any of the files/directories are different in any way.
I guess you're only going to find out if this makes any difference when you try to restore the backup.
Unfortunately, the backup did not work. You need this once in a while and it fails... So dissappointing. I will have to install everything manually. Lots of backup to put into the trash!
Thanks a lot.
Maybe see what you can salvage from the nandroids you have with some of the various apps on GP that allow you to extract files from nandroids (Nandroid Browser, etc) ?
OK. I'll give a try. It would be quite an help if I rescued some.
I also have a Titanium Backup. I'll check if it does most of the job.
Yep, you should be able to get most of your apps/settings back easily with Ti given you'll be restoring them to the same rom/kernel setup. Just remember not to restore system apps or settings. Hopefully you'll be able to pull other stuff out of your nandroids (contacts/call logs/sms/calendar/etc) with those apps I mentioned if you don't have those backed up to Google/elsewhere.
Actually, I just need Call logs and SMS. Most of other stuff are already online, no problem with Contacts, etc.
I had an earlier backup of SMS but will see whether it works or not.
If Nandroid Browser saves these, all will be OK.
I restored almost everything. Just some hours spent.
Thanks again.
Good job, glad you got everything working as it should again. I know doing everything from scratch is a pain, I did a completely clean install on an I9505 on Friday night which took a few hours. You're welcome
Hello guys, i've recently got back to stock rom just to be sure to delete every mod done to my MB860, did this via RSD (A safe method tested even after with unlocked bootloader).
Thing is, when doing a backup of the rom via CWM says the next message:
error while making a backup image of /pds!
I've installed long ago the PDS Fix but after i've replaced my touchscreen i've rolled back to my stock backed PDS, but the CMW doesn't seems to be able to back up that partition, so CWM is a no go, and i have to roll to TWRP to backup, but i wish to know if there's a fix to this issue.
Thanks.