Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
So... now what? Other than the user error, things are going great!
Assuming the backup of your stock rom is still intact and now on your computer I would try flashing a new recovery like clockwork mod, clockwork mod touch are just re flash your team win recovery and and try to backup your current google rom again through your recovery "nandroid" hope it works for ya.
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May also be a sd card issue? Try removing in re installing your sd card. I am pretty sure the default save location for backups are in the internal. Memory but it might help...
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Success! It turns out I didn't try replacing the entire TWRP folder with the one I had copied to my computer. That's a relief.
Cool!
I'm having this problem too, now. It looks like if I delete any backup by hand (not with the TWRP interface), TWRP will no longer backup or restore? Crazy! Is my recent backup garbage, just because TWRP refuses to install it?
I had this issue too. here's my current back up path /storage/extSdCard/TWRP/BACKUPS/94937798/"name of your backup". I deleted the numbered part just to have shorter file path but it didn't work. So then i Deleted everything but the main TWRP folder and my Backup of course. then used TWRP to make a nandroid backup and doing that restored the correct full file path. Maybe try it and then place your old nandroid backup in the folder.
Twrp/backup/######/your nandroid backup.
Also your old backup does it display the file path it used to belong to? If so remake that path of folders in the TWRP folder
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I just read your post again.
Try moving your backup on external SD. Not in a folder then try to restore using Twrp you have find your backup location and select it and try checking the skip md5 verification. Make a nandroid backup 1st just to be safe
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
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I just got the same error today. I tried to make a backup with TWRP 2.6.0.0 on my Nexus 4 and it couldn't locate the storage device, even though I had other backups already that I could see! So I flashed TWRP to 2.5.0.0 and could back things up again!
Is this a bug with TWRP 2.6.0.0 ?
sordna said:
I just got the same error today. I tried to make a backup with TWRP 2.6.0.0 on my Nexus 4 and it couldn't locate the storage device, even though I had other backups already that I could see! So I flashed TWRP to 2.5.0.0 and could back things up again!
Is this a bug with TWRP 2.6.0.0 ?
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I just had the same problems after upgrading from 2.5 to 2.6. Can't make a backup "E: Unable to locate storage device.". Can't see backups (list is just empty, but "E: Storage partition "//TWRP/BACKUPS/HT25ZW308588' not found" is in the console). I downgraded to 2.5 and everything started working again.
Tsukasa Buddha said:
Just got the phone today, and right away I rooted it and loaded the Google Play Edition ROM. Everything went smoothly. Then I decided to move the backup I made of the stock ROM to my computer because it is so huge and just keep a Google backup on the device. So I deleted the files in the folder /TWRP/BACKUPS/8e0b378a/1969-12-31--19-11-41. But when I then went to try to backup my Google it kept failing. I tried deleting folders, and then later adding everything back, but nothing helped. It looks like the problems are:
E: Storage partition "//TWRP/backups/8e0b378a' not found
Updating partition details…
E: Unable to locate storage device.
So... now what? Other than the user error, things are going great!
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TWRP 2.6 is a bit buggy - there is some evidence that installing HyperDrive Rom with 2.6 will bootloop the device, whereas 2.5.0.2 will not. I'd steer clear of 2.6.
wolfgrrl said:
TWRP 2.6 is a bit buggy - there is some evidence that installing HyperDrive Rom with 2.6 will bootloop the device, whereas 2.5.0.2 will not. I'd steer clear of 2.6.
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Installed hyperdrive with 2.6 TWRP with out any problem. I will say from using a TWRP recovery on a different device that it does not like having the back up path altered
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Does anyone know what the /sdcard/TWRP/.twrps file is for? Is it general settings that I can safely delete? (without affecting my ability to restore ?)
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
Why aren't we using CWM? ^_^
Thanks
mykeyin said:
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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A simple as that. This did the trick. Thanks!
mykeyin said:
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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fixed after deleting the twrps file, many thanks.
mykeyin said:
I had this problem too, I deleted entire folder /sdcard/TWRP/ and then it works again. I think you just need to delete the .twrps file, this is the config file of twrp.
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I had the same problem, and this solved it. It does seem your assumption is correct. I just deleted the.twrps file and it started working again.
silberj said:
I had the same problem, and this solved it. It does seem your assumption is correct. I just deleted the.twrps file and it started working again.
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Sorted.
Related
Here's my sad story. New to Android. I have a US YP-G1, which had been rooted using SuperOneClick. I installed Steve's Kernel (US version) to get the Voodoo sound. I used Odin3 v1.85. That worked fine. I installed Voodoo control, rebooted; everything still works, sounds great.
Then I decide to explore Clockworkmod recovery. I booted into recovery, ran the the CWM backup option (which I guess is Nandroid backup). It backs up boot/cache/data/datadata/system to what I think is /sdcard. I then reboot out of CWM.
That's it. I'm stuck in a infinite boot loop where I see the swirling pattern and the glowing Samsung logo for a few seconds before it reboots and repeats it again.
I tried CWM USB "mount USB storage". PC can see the sdcard. But the only thing there is the CWM backup directory with all the backup contents and two other folders: .android_secure and external_sd, both of which are empty. That seems kind of unexpected since I thought I should see the internal SD card contents and expected more directories when mounted to PC. Also expected external_sd directory to show the contents of my 32GB SD card, but nothing shows when mounted like that. PC showed about 5.5GB free on the mount.
I also tried CWM recovery restore from the backup I made. This seemingly restored all files from the backup, but after reboot I'm still in the boot loop.
After searching on the web and finding some guides, I've also tried cleaning out the Dalvik cache, and the "wipe data/factory reset" CWM options. Still have the boot loop.
Does anyone have another suggestion for how to get out of the boot loop?
TIA.
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Here's my sad story. New to Android. I have a US YP-G1, which had been rooted using SuperOneClick. I installed Steve's Kernel (US version) to get the Voodoo sound. I used Odin3 v1.85. That worked fine. I installed Voodoo control, rebooted; everything still works, sounds great.
Then I decide to explore Clockworkmod recovery. I booted into recovery, ran the the CWM backup option (which I guess is Nandroid backup). It backs up boot/cache/data/datadata/system to what I think is /sdcard. I then reboot out of CWM.
That's it. I'm stuck in a infinite boot loop where I see the swirling pattern and the glowing Samsung logo for a few seconds before it reboots and repeats it again.
I tried CWM USB "mount USB storage". PC can see the sdcard. But the only thing there is the CWM backup directory with all the backup contents and two other folders: .android_secure and external_sd, both of which are empty. That seems kind of unexpected since I thought I should see the internal SD card contents and expected more directories when mounted to PC. Also expected external_sd directory to show the contents of my 32GB SD card, but nothing shows when mounted like that. PC showed about 5.5GB free on the mount.
I also tried CWM recovery restore from the backup I made. This seemingly restored all files from the backup, but after reboot I'm still in the boot loop.
After searching on the web and finding some guides, I've also tried cleaning out the Dalvik cache, and the "wipe data/factory reset" CWM options. Still have the boot loop.
Does anyone have another suggestion for how to get out of the boot loop?
TIA.
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I had a similar problem of getting stuck in a boot loop, but I thought it was because I had cleared the dalvik cache. Nandroid backups work flawlessly for me, btw. Anyway, I got my device fixed by reflashing with this stock ROM with ODIN: http://www.filefactory.com/file/c0dd...s2.3.5.tar.md5
After you flash it, it will still be boot loop so go into stock recovery (with 3 button combo) and choose "wipe data/factory reset" and then "wipe cache". Then I rebooted, and I was no longer in boot loop!
You can reflash SteveS kernel after if you want.
Hope this works for you!
Hi Klin,
Thanks for the help. I'm having trouble D/L the ROM from the link you provided. FileFactory says its a bad requst. Can you check that please?
I also tried the sequence you suggested but using the ROM I found from another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412875
I also did the steps you provided using the standard recovery and this got me out of the boot loop. Thanks a bunch for your help!!!
I'll now load SteveS kernel again and see if the backup I made is of any use. If not, then at least I know how to get back to a complete factory reset as you've shown.
logo20heli said:
Hi Klin,
Thanks for the help. I'm having trouble D/L the ROM from the link you provided. FileFactory says its a bad requst. Can you check that please?
I also tried the sequence you suggested but using the ROM I found from another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412875
I also did the steps you provided using the standard recovery and this got me out of the boot loop. Thanks a bunch for your help!!!
I'll now load SteveS kernel again and see if the backup I made is of any use. If not, then at least I know how to get back to a complete factory reset as you've shown.
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No problem. Glad you got it working again.
And of course, no need to click the thanks button, I really don't care much about my thanks meter...
Thanks button clicked!
I tried restoring from the CWM Nandroid restore. After restore, it booted fine, but my apps are missing, including Google Market. Actually, the icons are there, but clicking on them tells me that the "application is not installed on the system". Also, other settings are missing as well like my email accounts and wifi connections/passwords. But app icon layout is correct, and clearly it remembered some of my settings. I got the impression this was supposed to do a "full restore".
I tried "reset permissions", but this didn't fix it. Any clues?
logo20heli said:
Thanks button clicked!
I tried restoring from the CWM Nandroid restore. After restore, it booted fine, but my apps are missing, including Google Market. Actually, the icons are there, but clicking on them tells me that the "application is not installed on the system". Also, other settings are missing as well like my email accounts and wifi connections/passwords. But app icon layout is correct, and clearly it remembered some of my settings. I got the impression this was supposed to do a "full restore".
I tried "reset permissions", but this didn't fix it. Any clues?
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Maybe your nandroid backup wasn't created correctly? Because for me my nandroid backup restored all my settings and apps. Did you have any apps installed on the SD card instead of device? Maybe that might be the problem, but I'm not sure.
I've had exactly the same experience, but with UK version. I had Steves rom and kernel flashed, all looking nice so did a nandroid backup with cwm. No bootloops but everything was gone. Icons were on screen but applications not installed. In the end I did factory reset and reflashed Steves rom. All good but am avoiding cwm!
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Thanks button clicked!
I tried restoring from the CWM Nandroid restore. After restore, it booted fine, but my apps are missing, including Google Market. Actually, the icons are there, but clicking on them tells me that the "application is not installed on the system". Also, other settings are missing as well like my email accounts and wifi connections/passwords. But app icon layout is correct, and clearly it remembered some of my settings. I got the impression this was supposed to do a "full restore".
I tried "reset permissions", but this didn't fix it. Any clues?
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My guess: Steve's CWM implementation is broken and is not backing up/restoring /dbdata (Looking at his recovery.fstab, this SHOULD be working, but maybe his fstab is broken.)
I've seen the same sort of behavior when trying to get CWM working on the 5.0 - I fixed it on mine by fixing /dbdata backup/restore (which is treated as /datadata by CWM)
Can you post a list of files in your backup including sizes?
Hi Entropy,
Thanks for your help. Here is the list of files from my backup:
Code:
01/12/2012 12:00 AM 48,375,360 .android_secure.img
01/11/2012 11:57 PM 7,864,320 boot.img
01/12/2012 12:00 AM 6,633,792 cache.img
01/11/2012 11:59 PM 2,112 data.img
01/11/2012 11:59 PM 13,742,784 datadata.img
01/12/2012 12:00 AM 222 nandroid.md5
01/11/2012 11:59 PM 294,997,824 system.img
Perhaps dbdata is missing as you suspect. But there is a datadata.
CWM treats dbdata as datadata (just a different naming convention) - so it is getting backed up.
Maybe it didn't get restored properly? dunno...
Wait... data.img is only 2112 bytes? Something is WRONG there... That should be the largest image after /system
I just checked my nandroid backup files and data.img was 386.80MB...
Try making another backup and see if it has the same problem...maybe it didn't create correctly.
I've just got done restoring the stock kernel and ROM and loading up all my apps manually again. It took a while to do this. So at the moment I don't have SteveS kernel loaded and hence no CWM recovery. I think I'll wait a while to see how things go before trying the kernel again, at least for the CWM recovery part of it. And I also loaded Titanium backup to help me restore from this kind of problem in the future.
Since keithabi also reported something similar, I guess this isn't an isolated issue. It sounded like he too just made a backup and ran into problems; in other words he wasn't trying to restore from a backup, just create the backup. Creating a backup shouldn't kill your machine.
To confirm, yes I just made a backup and everything was gone....
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keithabi said:
To confirm, yes I just made a backup and everything was gone....
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That is WEIRD. Just making a backup shouldn't do something like that...
I agree. I've done loads of backups with SGS II and HTC Desire, never seen anything like that happen before. I'm sure it'll get sorted. Other than that I'm finding Steves rom great with voodoo. Many thanks.....
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sooo...... please help me out here. i have the same problem as OP. except i have stressed my device trying to find a stock rom for galaxy player 4.0 us version so much, that is has now fully bricked. it wont power on. i am not an entire noob to flashing custom roms. however i dont understand alot of it either. some one who is kind please point me in the right direction at least.
Hey.
My Galaxy S2 is acting up again with bootloop, and I can't access what's on the device. I can get into CWM and I've successfully backed up my current ROM. Now my question is: does CWM back up everything? Like app data and everything? I've got an app that has tons of notes on it that I really need and I'll be distraught if they're gone as it'll take me a good 12 hours of work to get them all back. So if I flash back to stock, then flash the backup will it be exactly like it was left with the notes intact? Thanks for any replies. They're much appreciated.
Thought it was backed up. Apparently not. It's saying something about not finding SD-ext and then something about MD5sum or something? Any help please?
Skellyyy said:
Thought it was backed up. Apparently not. It's saying something about not finding SD-ext and then something about MD5sum or something? Any help please?
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CWM backups everything. literally everything. Try going into Restore from Internal SD card instead of external SD card. It might show up there. No need to reflash anything, just restore the backup and everything should be back to normal. Only the data you backed up will come back btw.
Even after flashing a new rom you can still restore the data.There is an app called nandroid browser which will allow you to browse cwm backup files just like normal files, you can use that app to restore specific data of any app you want.
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Thanks a lot guys. Getting worried about this though, CWM doesn't seem to want to backup for me. It keeps failing on all-sorts of things, just a moment ago I tried and said
"Error while backing up boot image!SD Card Space free: 13200MB"
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But just before that it says:
SD Card Space Free: 0MB
There may not be enough space to complete backup... continuing...
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I can't quite understand it though. Why is it even saying no sd-ext? I've got a 16GB SD card for music and videos inside the phone.
After that it let me attempt the backup and once complete (sort of) it says:
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum.,,
Error while generating md5 sum!
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Is there anything I can do?
Not expert enough but for note app, use programs like 'Evernote' which store all of your notes in the cloud. You can get'em back anytime you want.
pHraiL^ said:
Not expert enough but for note app, use programs like 'Evernote' which store all of your notes in the cloud. You can get'em back anytime you want.
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Not very useful now is it?
I've got them up-to date to about 2 weeks ago via dropbox but there's still a lot I need from then-on.
Skellyyy said:
Thought it was backed up. Apparently not. It's saying something about not finding SD-ext and then something about MD5sum or something? Any help please?
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if you did back up of the ROM from CWM to resolve you bootloop issue then it is wrong...you have first resolve bootloop issue and make back up..
1) the ext-sd which you are talking about is not your external SD card...it is an additional partittion which is made for system data on your external SD. when a rom is backed up from CWM this partition also is backed up. if you are not made such partition on your external SD, the process simply skip saying no ext-sd available, this is not an error, it is not really meant that you have no External SD, this action is the second last one before creating the MD5 during back up process.
2) after the completion of the backing up of all the data it automaticaly create a MD5 checksum file of your back-up files. this is the final action during the backing up. if you get an error while creating MD5 cheksum file your back will be there in your SD card, but you cant use that for restoring from CWM. since MD5 is not created properly, it will show the error MD5 checksum mismatching or something like that.
just flash any other kernel like latest siyah kernel and try CWM back-up is working properly till the end.
Try wiping Cache and Dalvik cache for getting rid of the bootlloop.
if you are not at all able to solve boot loop isntall a new rom, you can install your applications from CWM backup using some applications, like Titaniim back up if you have donated. no matter it is not created the MD5 properly.
zaheedahmed said:
if you did back up of the ROM from CWM to resolve you bootloop issue then it is wrong...you have first resolve bootloop issue and make back up..
1) the ext-sd which you are talking about is not your external SD card...it is an additional partittion which is made for system data on your external SD. when a rom is backed up from CWM this partition also is backed up. if you are not made such partition on your external SD, the process simply skip saying no ext-sd available, this is not an error, it is not really meant that you have no External SD, this action is the second last one before creating the MD5 during back up process.
2) after the completion of the backing up of all the data it automaticaly create a MD5 checksum file of your back-up files. this is the final action during the backing up. if you get an error while creating MD5 cheksum file your back will be there in your SD card, but you cant use that for restoring from CWM. since MD5 is not created properly, it will show the error MD5 checksum mismatching or something like that.
just flash any other kernel like latest siyah kernel and try CWM back-up is working properly till the end.
Try wiping Cache and Dalvik cache for getting rid of the bootlloop.
if you are not at all able to solve boot loop isntall a new rom, you can install your applications from CWM backup using some applications, like Titaniim back up if you have donated. no matter it is not created the MD5 properly.
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Thanks for that. But won't installing a new ROM erase app data? Which is the whole point of the thread really, I can't extract the data which is needed.
Trying to charge it here, and the phone is getting ridiculously hot, so much so that I can't actually hold it for more then a few seconds. Do you think this could all just be a battery issue? I had one previously like this, bootlooping also, but previously without a power source, the phone would not turn on at all. This time it will. I'm just very confused.
Skellyyy said:
Thanks for that. But won't installing a new ROM erase app data? Which is the whole point of the thread really, I can't extract the data which is needed.
Trying to charge it here, and the phone is getting ridiculously hot, so much so that I can't actually hold it for more then a few seconds. Do you think this could all just be a battery issue? I had one previously like this, bootlooping also, but previously without a power source, the phone would not turn on at all. This time it will. I'm just very confused.
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Installing a new rom doesn't erase data app since all your data is in /data. It will only erase data if you wipe data/factory reset. I suggest you wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, format /system and flash your rom and flash gapps (if gapps not included in rom). This way, your internal apps data is always safe
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Skellyyy said:
Thanks for that. But won't installing a new ROM erase app data? Which is the whole point of the thread really, I can't extract the data which is needed.
Trying to charge it here, and the phone is getting ridiculously hot, so much so that I can't actually hold it for more then a few seconds. Do you think this could all just be a battery issue? I had one previously like this, bootlooping also, but previously without a power source, the phone would not turn on at all. This time it will. I'm just very confused.
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Yes it will erase your apps and data...if you are flashing a wipe ROM, but if you have a non wipe rom of your current ROM flashing of that wont erase...
you have made a back up which the process reached till MD5 check sum....that means that back should be there in your SD card from which you can restore your applications..
you go to recovery again and go to mout and storage and mout USB storage after connecting to the PC...check are you able to access the SD card and check clockworkmode folder and the backup file....if it is there then copy paste to PC.
if you are able to access SD Card then you can download another kernel or rom and paste on the SD card for flashing from CWM.
before flashing another ROM you can try changing your Kernel,
on which firmware are you currently?
Hey guys - I'm back. I've had to use my girlfriends old Samsung Genio for a few days. Worst days of my life to say the least.
I need my SII back. A few days ago it wouldn't charge at all (hence not being able to get to CWM). But it seems to be doing just fine now. Although I've still got the same boot-loop. I've mounted the SD card, and found the backups - they contain these files:
boot.img
data.ext4.tar
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
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Are these all the necessary files to restore? I'm very wary.
Also, if I do flash a different ROM, how will that have the data from my previous ROM if the new ROM doesn't have the apps?
If I do end up restoring, will that restore everything? I mean settings, SMS, app preferences, widgets, app data (Twitter drafts especially) and stuff like that?
Just want to be safe before I go and ruin things.
Btw could all this be due to the lack of free space on the phone? Seems like there is no space whatsoever. Finder is claiming there is 'Zero bytes' available. Surely that can't be good.
Bump. I really don't know what I should be doing.
Skellyyy said:
Hey guys - I'm back. I've had to use my girlfriends old Samsung Genio for a few days. Worst days of my life to say the least.
I need my SII back. A few days ago it wouldn't charge at all (hence not being able to get to CWM). But it seems to be doing just fine now. Although I've still got the same boot-loop. I've mounted the SD card, and found the backups - they contain these files:
Are these all the necessary files to restore? I'm very wary.
Also, if I do flash a different ROM, how will that have the data from my previous ROM if the new ROM doesn't have the apps?
If I do end up restoring, will that restore everything? I mean settings, SMS, app preferences, widgets, app data (Twitter drafts especially) and stuff like that?
Just want to be safe before I go and ruin things.
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A full cwm backup contains of:
- .android_secure.vfat.tar
- boot.img
- cache.ext4.tar
- data.ext4.tar
- nandroid.md5
- system.ext4.tar
If you do a full cwm backup, all youre data (Apps, Contacts, Sms, Settings and so on) will be safed
After restoring a cwm backup you will get exactly that system, which you had before flashing, bricking or whatever.
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Dr.MacHack said:
A full cwm backup contains of:
- .android_secure.vfat.tar
- boot.img
- cache.ext4.tar
- data.ext4.tar
- nandroid.md5
- system.ext4.tar
If you do a full cwm backup, all youre data (Apps, Contacts, Sms, Settings and so on) will be safed
After restoring a cwm backup you will get exactly that system, which you had before flashing, bricking or whatever.
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Thanks for that! But do you know if I'd be able to fully restore even if I don't have all of the files? It seems that there is two missing from the CWM folder for me.
Skellyyy said:
Thanks for that! But do you know if I'd be able to fully restore even if I don't have all of the files? It seems that there is two missing from the CWM folder for me.
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Yes I think it should work for you
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hi all, hoping someone can help point me in the right direction, new to samsung devices
had my i9300 a couple of months now - rooted using SGS3 toolkit
I finally plucked up the courage to flash a custom rom and went a bit crazy!!!
Flashed the following roms:
Android Revolution
Revolution Resurrection
3 minit
and finally
Hellybean
Before flashing each new rom I did the following:
Backed up my apps and data with TB pro
a full nandroid back up of my existing rom
followed by a factory data reset and wipes of cache and dalvik
I thought I had covered my butt pretty well but apparently not!!
i really liked hellybean and decided to restore my apps with TB but I got an error "unable to access external sd card" I tried changing the backup location folder which seemed to work, but once back in the main program I get the unable to access error....
So I thought ok i'll restore my nandroid backup!!! but that gives me an error "error restoring /data"
then I tried flashing the 3 minit rom again and then back into cwm and trying to restore that backup and I got an error restoring system this time!!!!
I'm not sure what to do now....have I lost my data for ever???
Is there a way to try and restore using odin??
and any hints for backing up and restoring in the future??
many thanks if anyone who can help
rgds
dibb
sdcard/0/0/0/0/0
Update 1.
Well on further reading it seems 4.2 has a 'unique' feature!!!
I'm using my own words here to help me comprehend whats going on, so forgive me if i'm not using "android-speak"
When upgrading to 4.2 it creates a new "partition" on your /sdcard called /emulated and all your new 4.2 data etc goes in here....all your pre 4.2 stuff goes into /sdcard/0...
I believe this happens also whenever you flash a new rom
so if you get a flash happy as I did then all of a sudden you get /sdcard/0/0/0/0/0/0...???? can this be correct????
The issue is I have different files in each of these "0" folders. My titanium Backup folder is in /sdcard/0/0/0/0 - which TB cannot access...I checked the /data/media folder which I believe is where my files are actually residing and sure enough in /data/media/0/0/0/0 theres my TB b/u folder
what i'd like to know now is if I can copy that folder to say, data/media without causing havoc?
Of course my next question is can I also move my cwm backup folder from sdcard/0/0/0/0/0/0 to data/media even tho I already have a cwm folder in there but which does not have the same files in it???
The other question is how to figure out which of the sdcard "0" folders hold which rom???
Anyone out there thats been thru the same thing???
Update 2
ok I just booted to cwm and did a backup just to see where it gets stored to...
Took ext sdcard out to force to int storage
backup saved by cwm to /sdcard
boot to android and fire up Total Commander
the only file in my cwm folder on /sdcard is an older one which cwm will not restore from
navigate to /data/media and sure enought theres my backup
boot back to cwm to restore my backup and cwm says No file found....wtf...
cwm cannot restore the backup it just made??
so back to android and check all my '0' folders and zip nothing?
my backup is in internal storage but NOT /sdcard??
So it would seem, that once you install a 4.2 rom - no apps can find their backups cos theyre
stored in a different location which they are unable to access??
thoughts people??
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Hi dibb_nz,
As a new participant to installing custom ROMs I can confirm I'm having exactly the same issue that you're experiencing, my file system adding an extra /0 every time I flash an update to my Carbon ROM. It's causing major issues restoring backups from various apps and I'd also love to know if it's possible to fix this issue.
Any help from the more experienced would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards.
rpm-speed
rpm-speed said:
Hi dibb_nz,
As a new participant to installing custom ROMs I can confirm I'm having exactly the same issue that you're experiencing, my file system adding an extra /0 every time I flash an update to my Carbon ROM. It's causing major issues restoring backups from various apps and I'd also love to know if it's possible to fix this issue.
Any help from the more experienced would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards.
rpm-speed
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Just make sure you use the latest version of clockworkmod or twrp recovery...that should fix your issue
Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
odin13 said:
Just make sure you use the latest version of clockworkmod or twrp recovery...that should fix your issue
Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
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Hi odin13,
Flashed the latest CWM and will flash my ROM once again, thank you for your swift reply, I'll post the results shortly.
Kind regards
rpm-speed
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rpm-speed said:
Hi odin13,
Flashed the latest CWM and will flash my ROM once again, thank you for your swift reply, I'll post the results shortly.
Kind regards
rpm-speed
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Well sadly that didn't work...
Re-flashed the ROM and now have /storage/sdcard0/0/0/0/0/0/0
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Kind regards.
rpm-speed
rpm-speed said:
Hi dibb_nz,
As a new participant to installing. ustom ROMs I can confirm I'm having exactly the same issue that you're experiencing, my file system adding an extra /0 every time I flash an update to my Carbon ROM. It's causing major issues restoring backups from various apps and I'd also love to know if it's possible to fix this issue.
Any help from the more experienced would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards.
rpm-speed
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odin13 said:
Just make sure you use the latest version of clockworkmod or twrp recovery...that should fix your issue
Verstuurd van mijn Galaxy Nexus met Tapatalk
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EDIT: sorry for the format of my post its difficult to read...not sure why it ended up like that
Using latest recovery only allows cwm to find yr backups, it will not
'fix' the 0 folder issue IF you already have more than one.
I found it best to totally reformat the internal storage and starting fresh.
I manually deleted the 0 folders with a file explorer. Then formatted the
internal SD in cwm.
I also made sure my backups saved to .tar rather than the .DUP format,
as I had also ended up with 1000's of .blob files which totally
confused the situation even more....they would not restore after taking
hours and hours to copy....
As previous poster said....using the latest cwm will prevent the creation
of multiple 0 folders.
Save what data you need to your external SD or PC. I had a couple
older SD cards laying around so I used those.
After that, delete all 0 folders, remember to enable read/write access
to the data partition so they stay deleted!!!
Using the latest cwm or twrp - format data/media,...
If u don't want to use the new .dup/blob incremental backup, change
the option "default backup format" to .tar...this could already be enabled
in the latest cwm, I'm not sure on that!
If you're 'experimenting' with 4.2 ROMs - you will always have a
0 folder, its just how things are done so don't go deleting that one
in future! And you might wanna look at dual booting if you're a wee bit
'flash-happy' like me, lol....I'm using siyahmod app and have 3 ROMs
installed, although I really only use 2. If your apps have a save to
external SD option, use it!!! Likewise with your nandroid backups
And titanium backups, I've had lottsa trouble with TB not being able
to find or access backups even after it finds the backup folder??
Also remember, 4.2 apps are different to 4.1apps, its not good practice
to restore 4.1 apps to a 4.2 ROM or vice versa....things get screwy!!!
If you want to go dual boot, 4.2 ROMs MUST Only be installed as
the secondary rom, it cannot be installed as your primary ROM.
If you only want to run 2 ROMs then use siyah kernel and the stweaks app.
If you want to have 3 ROMs then use siyah kernel and siyahmod multi boot app.
There can be issues with the sjiyahmod app...i find it best to use either whether?
but not both.
That's been my experience anyway....hope it helps and good luck
rgds dibb
PS I've had no issues at all running the siyah kernel with any other ROM,
even works we'll with my stock ROM...
Hey everyone. So I wanted to try out the vanilla root box ROM today and after a while of checking it out I decided to swap back to the back up I made before doing the ROM install. Problem is, when I boot into recovery, and press restore...non of my backups are there. Can anyone help? Where did my back ups go?
ok, sorry guys, i was on my phone at a friends place when i posted this thread so i wasnt able to search to much on google. so the deal is my TWRP isnt seeing the backups i did after i rooted my note 2 and the backup i did before i flashed my vanilla rootbox rom. kinda weird. anyways, i looked thru my phone files with file manager and the backups are indeed there...
does anyone know where i need to move these files to have them show up under restore in TWRP? i tried one method of making another backup and then moving the backups to where the new backup was stored. but when i go to look, the new backup doesnt show in file manager in the location where TWRP said the backup was stored...i even searched for it and still no dice. lmk if you have a fix for this. thanks!
i also went into TWRP, went to advanced, file manager, data, media, twrp, backups, the back i was looking for was there.
i tried moving it to the media/0 location like mentioned in this youtube vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ziillAA-I
it doesnt let me copy the folder over like shown in the vid. waited like 3 mins, then says it failed. then wont even try after each attempt afterwards, just goes straight to fail....
WHAT THE DEUCE!?
Ima connect the phone to my laptop and see if I can locate the newest backup I made and see about moving the older ones to that location. Seen if they show up. If anyone knows the actual location or fix for this do let me know. Seems that the newest version of twrp was suppose to fix this but I guess not.
ok so i figured it out.
somehow the first couple stock backups i made ended up in the TWRP backup folder on the internal drive of the phone.
the new backup was stored in the TWRP backup folder on my SD Card.
so after finding both locations, i cut the two stock backups i made and pasted them into the SD Card TWRPs Backup folder and BAM! they show up now in my restore option on TWRP.
ok just to confirm, my first nandroid backup flashes correctly. but the backup i made before i flashed the vanilla rootbox rom some reasno fails...i dunno. im just happy i got my backups to show up now. and at least one works. ima try and get the one backup to work again but well see. hope this thread helps someone out if they are having this same problem.
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ok just to confirm, my first nandroid backup flashes correctly. but the backup i made before i flashed the vanilla rootbox rom some reasno fails...i dunno. im just happy i got my backups to show up now. and at least one works. ima try and get the one backup to work again but well see. hope this thread helps someone out if they are having this same problem.
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Glad you found them and are you're good to go!
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flip06 said:
ok just to confirm, my first nandroid backup flashes correctly. but the backup i made before i flashed the vanilla rootbox rom some reason fails...i dunno. im just happy i got my backups to show up now. and at least one works. ima try and get the one backup to work again but well see. hope this thread helps someone out if they are having this same problem.
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Sorry I am late to the party... But in twrp at the top of the screen you can change where to get the backup from its a bar that says data(xxxx) however much space you have left.. Tap it and you can. Go from internal to external memory and search any folder. Doesn't have to be in the twrp backup folder either... Just for future references... Again sorry probably could have saved you time and effort if I saw this earlier.
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craigbailey1986 said:
Sorry I am late to the party... But in twrp at the top of the screen you can change where to get the backup from its a bar that says data(xxxx) however much space you have left.. Tap it and you can. Go from internal to external memory and search any folder. Doesn't have to be in the twrp backup folder either... Just for future references... Again sorry probably could have saved you time and effort if I saw this earlier.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
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hey man, thanks for the info. yea i didnt realize you could change the location, i dont even remember tapping that part of the screen before initializing the backup process...maybe i hit it and didnt think about it. *FACEPALM!*
anyways, ill keep that in mind for next time.
flip06 said:
hey man, thanks for the info. yea i didnt realize you could change the location, i dont even remember tapping that part of the screen before initializing the backup process...maybe i hit it and didnt think about it. *FACEPALM!*
anyways, ill keep that in mind for next time.
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Sorry, but what part of the screen are you tapping? I can select between different drives, but I don't see any directory in there (and neither the classic two dots to go one directory back). I am using 2.7
Thanks
actually i can see my backups they are unpacked i got same issue twrp not seeing them. i really would like to go back to stock
E_n_T said:
actually i can see my backups they are unpacked i got same issue twrp not seeing them. i really would like to go back to stock
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Follow instructions in post 8.
For fellow googlers out there: if, like me, TWRP shows only the "internal storage" and the "SD card" options but you can't see any folder, even though your backup is there, check if it's the serial number of the phone! Your backup should be in TWRP/Backups/<serial number>/Name of the backup. If you saved your backup in another phone, you need to check the serial number and rename the folder with the serial number.
Zezombye said:
For fellow googlers out there: if, like me, TWRP shows only the "internal storage" and the "SD card" options but you can't see any folder, even though your backup is there, check if it's the serial number of the phone! Your backup should be in TWRP/Backups/<serial number>/Name of the backup. If you saved your backup in another phone, you need to check the serial number and rename the folder with the serial number.
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Thank You. You saved my buns.
Zezombye said:
For fellow googlers out there: if, like me, TWRP shows only the "internal storage" and the "SD card" options but you can't see any folder, even though your backup is there, check if it's the serial number of the phone! Your backup should be in TWRP/Backups/<serial number>/Name of the backup. If you saved your backup in another phone, you need to check the serial number and rename the folder with the serial number.
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In fact, the correct path where all your disk image files (data.ext4.win etc.) have to be stored, is /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/<serial number>/<name of folder with disk image files>, so BACKUPS in capital letters.
TWRP does not "find" your backup otherwise (tested with 2.8).
sugarcake said:
In fact, the correct path where all your disk image files (data.ext4.win etc.) have to be stored, is /data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/<serial number>/<name of folder with disk image files>, so BACKUPS in capital letters.
TWRP does not "find" your backup otherwise (tested with 2.8).
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That was very helpful. Thanks
Thanks for the complete directory info!
Can anyone give me backup file of note 2 to restore from custom rom plz help ... i dnt hv backup when i flash .. if i create backup file from other note 2 can it works .. is it in dead risk ?
flip06 said:
ok so i figured it out.
somehow the first couple stock backups i made ended up in the TWRP backup folder on the internal drive of the phone.
the new backup was stored in the TWRP backup folder on my SD Card.
so after finding both locations, i cut the two stock backups i made and pasted them into the SD Card TWRPs Backup folder and BAM! they show up now in my restore option on TWRP.
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Thanks dude, I've done the same and it worked!
restorimg data error when I performe a restore for your rom. Why?
I'll appreciate if someone could help me here as I'm new to ROM flashing etc.
I have the stock ROM atm and want to install CyanogenMod 10.1.
I have read the guide but there are a few points that I'd like to clarify,which are not really explained in the guide.
I understand that I have to wipe everything to install the new ROM.
I have TWRP and have just made a full backup, after installing the new ROM,can I get all my stuff back, eg. messages,contacts,apps settings and messages(e.g viber messages) and so on?
if yes, how do I do so?
Thanks
cpu2007 said:
I'll appreciate if someone could help me here as I'm new to ROM flashing etc.
I have the stock ROM atm and want to install CyanogenMod 10.1.
I have read the guide but there are a few points that I'd like to clarify,which are not really explained in the guide.
I understand that I have to wipe everything to install the new ROM.
I have TWRP and have just made a full backup, after installing the new ROM,can I get all my stuff back, eg. messages,contacts,apps settings and messages(e.g viber messages) and so on?
if yes, how do I do so?
Thanks
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You should use your applications to backup your messages / settings etc. if it is supported.
You need to create a folder named 0 in root of the virtual SD card and move all your contents under 0 folder.
Of course you need to flash the ROM with a compatible kernel..
After installing the new ROM, I've tried to restore the data that I backed up using TWRP but it didn't work.
Now I want to go back to the stock rom and I tried to restore my last backup but it's stuck on the htc splash screen.
I believe I need to fastboot the stock boot.img file but I don't have anywhere, where can I get it from?
Now I'm in a very desperate situation. I've been searching for a stock boot.img file so I could restore back everything.
I thought I found one, I used fastboot to flash the recovery.img file and then went to recovery to restore my backup
now all the data has disappeared ! no restore files etc !
what shall I do?
cpu2007 said:
Now I'm in a very desperate situation. I've been searching for a stock boot.img file so I could restore back everything.
I thought I found one, I used fastboot to flash the recovery.img file and then went to recovery to restore my backup
now all the data has disappeared ! no restore files etc !
what shall I do?
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recovery.img is not kernel (boot.img).
Flash TWRP recovery image again and hopefully you will find your backups... Never tried such funny things, so not sure ...
Addicted2xda said:
recovery.img is not kernel (boot.img).
Flash TWRP recovery image again and hopefully you will find your backups... Never tried such funny things, so not sure ...
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can you please tell me where I can find both the kernel(boot.img) and twrp.img ?
and do I use the same process to flash the twrp.img file?(e,g fastboot boot twrp.img)?
Thanks
ps: I found the twrp img file, I used the latest version 2.5.0 and flashed it using fastboot but it didn't work:/
cpu2007 said:
can you please tell me where I can find both the kernel(boot.img) and twrp.img ?
and do I use the same process to flash the twrp.img file?(e,g fastboot boot twrp.img)?
Thanks
ps: I found the twrp img file, I used the latest version 2.5.0 and flashed it using fastboot but it didn't work:/
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If you did not format /data partition in recovery, your data should still be there, but it sounds like there's something messed up with the /0 folder on your virtual sdcard, created due to multi user feature of android 4.2.
I suggest you chose a rom you'd like to try, flash the correct boot.img (kernel) for this rom, and then install rom using "adb sideload" command.
You should then be able to find your previous sdcard content on your phone using a root explorer and if necessary move it to the right sdcard folder for your android version:
Android 4.1: /data/media/
Android 4.2: /data/media/0/
if it's in the right place you should be able to backup your data to your computer, where it is safe while you can try whatever rom pleases you.
reaper90 said:
If you did not format /data partition in recovery, your data should still be there, but it sounds like there's something messed up with the /0 folder on your virtual sdcard, created due to multi user feature of android 4.2.
I suggest you chose a rom you'd like to try, flash the correct boot.img (kernel) for this rom, and then install rom using "adb sideload" command.
You should then be able to find your previous sdcard content on your phone using a root explorer and if necessary move it to the right sdcard folder for your android version:
Android 4.1: /data/media/
Android 4.2: /data/media/0/
if it's in the right place you should be able to backup your data to your computer, where it is safe while you can try whatever rom pleases you.
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Thank you
I already made a full backup before trying cyanmod and just to be sure I saved the folder of the backup inside my pc; however I can't fiind the stoch boot.img file that I need to flash it back to stock rom.
toolkit
put the cm 10.1 in your phone. your bootloader has to be unlocked, you must be rooted, and have a custom recovery, everything so far ? next what i do is i go into bootloader flash the boot.img then go into recovery and flash the rom and gapps.Use hassons toolkit to flash the cm 10.1 boot.img.
SomebodyEpic said:
put the cm 10.1 in your phone. your bootloader has to be unlocked, you must be rooted, and have a custom recovery, everything so far ? next what i do is i go into bootloader flash the boot.img then go into recovery and flash the rom and gapps.Use hassons toolkit to flash the cm 10.1 boot.img.
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I can't push my files using adb sideload
fastboot devices works in bootloader
but when in twrp I activate sideload and then from the pc I try to use adb sideload to push files ,it says no device found
adb devices shows an empty list.
It worked only once at the beginning but not anymore
ps:
I can connect now; I am using the following command
adb sideload nameOfTheFile
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is this how is done? it goes through but on the phone is says failed.
Ok, I managed to isntall cyanmod again but I can't find my previous data, all pics,music and everything is gone.
I didn't format the data so it must be somewhere but can't find it.
I can see any folder called 0 or 1 in the data folder
PS: FINALLy I managed to restore my last backup, all the settings and apps seems to be fine the backup retained all the settings, apps,messages etc.
however I lost all the music, pics etc.
I didn't format and I remember someone mentioned that they might be somewhere else, where can they be? as I can't see any path called data/media
there's a "data" folder in the device but is empty
Thanks
It should be on the root of your Virtual SD card - as it was...
However if you backup normally - music etc are not backed up.
If there is a 0 named folder in root of your VSD - check there...
Addicted2xda said:
It should be on the root of your Virtual SD card - as it was...
However if you backup normally - music etc are not backed up.
If there is a 0 named folder in root of your VSD - check there...
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yes there is a folder called "0" in the following path /sdcard/0
but is empty . I mean it has all the folder names (e.g music,dcim) but all are empty.
in Addition: If I check how much free space I have in my phone ,it says 55.6GB ,so its sort of emtpy :/
cpu2007 said:
yes there is a folder called "0" in the following path /sdcard/0
but is empty . I mean it has all the folder names (e.g music,dcim) but all are empty.
in Addition: If I check how much free space I have in my phone ,it says 55.6GB ,so its sort of emtpy :/
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So,
Unfortunately evverything is deleted....
cpu2007 said:
PS: FINALLy I managed to restore my last backup, all the settings and apps seems to be fine the backup retained all the settings, apps,messages etc.
however I lost all the music, pics etc.
I didn't format and I remember someone mentioned that they might be somewhere else, where can they be? as I can't see any path called data/media
there's a "data" folder in the device but is empty
Thanks
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You must use a file explorer with root function and you actually have to grant superuser access for it, otherwise /data folder will be displayed as empty. As i said if you did not format /data partition in TWRP, your data should still be there.
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cpu2007 said:
in Addition: If I check how much free space I have in my phone ,it says 55.6GB ,so its sort of emtpy :/
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ah sry, didn't read that. then it's most probably deleted... you can still check your /data/media/ folder with a root explorer, but it seem your data is gone...
I can't believe it, I didn't even format or anyting like that.
I had some important stuff in it and it's all gone now :/
Can someone tell me if there's a way to do a complete backup that includes media as well?
I'd like to try to cyanmod because ive lost all my data anyway, so what is the best way to restore all my apps,messages,contacts etc. once I've installed cyanmod?
THanks
change the cm10.1 name to just rom.zip then push
SomebodyEpic said:
change the cm10.1 name to just rom.zip then push
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I'm not sure what your talking about.
cpu2007 said:
I can't believe it, I didn't even format or anyting like that.
I had some important stuff in it and it's all gone now :/
Can someone tell me if there's a way to do a complete backup that includes media as well?
I'd like to try to cyanmod because ive lost all my data anyway, so what is the best way to restore all my apps,messages,contacts etc. once I've installed cyanmod?
THanks
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The only way to backup your virtual sdcard is copying the content to your computer.
So you're now back on stock rom or any rooted rom?
If you're rooted you can backup your apps and app settings with Titanium Backup, without root you should try Helium - App Sync and Backup. For messages you can use SMS Backup & Restore and the Contacts app has an export function.
After you made all these backups, copy all the content of your phones internal memory to your computer, so these backups are safe.
Then you can try any rom you want, copy back the sdcard contents and restore your backups.
reaper90 said:
The only way to backup your virtual sdcard is copying the content to your computer.
So you're now back on stock rom or any rooted rom?
If you're rooted you can backup your apps and app settings with Titanium Backup, without root you should try Helium - App Sync and Backup. For messages you can use SMS Backup & Restore and the Contacts app has an export function.
After you made all these backups, copy all the content of your phones internal memory to your computer, so these backups are safe.
Then you can try any rom you want, copy back the sdcard contents and restore your backups.
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These sort of backups seem to be a headache. The only good one seem titanium backup ,which I believe has the batch option but you have to pay for it; i heard is worth it.
I am back to my original rom,which isn't stock(i forgot that I had a custom rom lol) but revolution.
The app that you've suggested are very specific, for example I have kik,viber etc and these don't have a backup functionality-will I be using titanium for them too? does titanium do a full backup of contacts and messages as well?