Hi guys!
I just backed up my system because I wanted to load another system/ROM. So I wanted to restore the system is just backed up, but when I restore the ROM/system is different. For example the design is changed, and the home button does not work, I have to press back to exit apps. All my contacts and messages are gone. But my applications is there.
So I looked at the size of the backup files, and it this is how big the files are:
cache.img - Size: 0
data.img - Size: 252772352
nandroid.md5 - Size: 0
system.img - Size: 129997824
So it looks like the cache file and nandroid file is damage/broken. But it will take loong time to fix all this up to how it was.....
Is there something I can do? What can I restore? system, cache, data or what to get my design and contacts back and those things.
I hope you guys understand me.
Thanks for all answers.
Wait... are you saying that you actually back up /system and then restore it when you get a new rom? No no no no no...
/system is where your rom is actually stored, replacing it with the /system of another rom would have all kind of bad consequences.
What you need is to get Titanium Backup and MyBackup Root from the market; Titanium Backup for apps and app data, and MyBackup Root for contacts, sms', etc.
Messing with /system is not advised unless you know exactly what your doing.
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Uuupz..missing here..
Hope you mean Xrecovery BackUp..
1. Yuuup..the BackUp Files is BiiiiiG..coz it BackUp All of Your Phone (inc. ROM, KerneL, Apk, SmS & Phonebook)..coz the BackUp mean "Duplicate Your Phone"..soo when it Restored (Full Restore).."Your Now Phone" JusT Back to "Your Phone" when the last you Back It Up..
2. Never Go to "Advance Restore" To "IndividuaL Restore" anything when you have "Change" your RoM/KerneL..coz it can brick your phone. Just Do It when you still in the same RoM/KerneL..it safer..
3. If It Already Happen but you still can access XRec. then just make a Fresh Flash RoM..
4. If It Already Happen and you can't access XRec. just Flash It through Flash TooL..
I backed up everything with xRecovery. And when I'm now restoring I get the problems as I wrote in the first post.
The problem is that the files looks corrupted or something, because I have the problems above.
Something to try:
Do a fresh install of the rom you backed up(don't restore the backup again, just flash the rom zip from the thread). Then in xrec choose advanced restore> restore data using the 'damaged' backup. Since data.img seems to be intact and it's the same rom, hopefully that will restore apps & contacts, etc.
It is always good practice to back up apps & contacts w/apps like Titanium Backup and MyBackup Root before flashing like Frosty said just in case something like this happens.
Uupz..corrupt backup files..try to Re-Install xRec...
Or
Just do a Fresh Flash through FlasH TooL..and StarT from Begin again..
Ok I made a nandroid backup on my s2 Gti9100 a few days ago
I then tried to do a titanium backup and my s2 rebooted, I then recieved fcs from a load of apps constatly making it impossible to do anything. I was barely able to turn off, i had to keep taping ok untill i got to power off window.
Then I booted into cwm, wiped cache partition and dalvic and did nandroid restore, i then booted up, no fcs, but all my apps on sd came up in my app drawer and home screen with that grey android icon saying this app is not installed on your phone!
went to recovery again wiped cache and dalvic and data/factory reset
then restored system and data and still had the same problem!
what do i do
please help
p.s. i have not partitioned anything for use in apps like link2sd, no ex whatever
are you doing restore from Advance restore, as you mentioned " then restored system and data....." or from the main restore menu?
Did not you use the Titanium backup for your applications?
Do Not restore System Data is the usual answer to this problem .
jje
JJEgan said:
Do Not restore System Data is the usual answer to this problem .
jje
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Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
zaheedahmed said:
are you doing restore from Advance restore, as you mentioned " then restored system and data....." or from the main restore menu?
Did not you use the Titanium backup for your applications?
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yes i am using advanced restore
and it was titanium backup that caused my problem in the first place, while i was trying to backup
all my settings are stil here aswell as the apps in internal. I think only the apps moved to sd are messed up
could it be a problem with .androidsecure? should i delete this and let nandroid replace it after restore, or does nandroid even backup that?
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Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
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I dont mind what method you think of aslong as I can get back to that point
would it be a good idea to extract app backups out of nandroid using titanium, just an idea, i just saw it in its options
if its complicated please explain as im not a phone expert
it is not complicated but a good idea if you have Titanium backup pro (donated version), otherwise you cant...when you selct that option you will automaticaly get prompted the list of applications to install....
By the way why are you selecting advance option for restoring....?
do like this, wipe cache, wipe data fatory reset, and in advance wipe dalvik cache,
go back to Backup and restore select restore at main menu (no advance restore) and select your backup and restore....finish all your stuffs are back....
zaheedahmed said:
Yes of cosrse, if he is doing his restore from Titanium back up,
but OP's concern is about his Nandroid backup, which is a photocopy of his earlier ROM, NO option to avoid system Data restore unles he goes into the advance restore of CWM....
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Yes sorry i thought he wanted to restore his Nandroid backup and follow that with TB restore .
jje
zaheedahmed said:
it is not complicated but a good idea if you have Titanium backup pro (donated version), otherwise you cant...when you selct that option you will automaticaly get prompted the list of applications to install....
By the way why are you selecting advance option for restoring....?
do like this, wipe cache, wipe data fatory reset, and in advance wipe dalvik cache,
go back to Backup and restore select restore at main menu (no advance restore) and select your backup and restore....finish all your stuffs are back....
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I have already tried at main menu and advanced, I get the same result
will extracting from nandroid do the trick? with titanium pro
ovgandroid said:
I have already tried at main menu and advanced, I get the same result
will extracting from nandroid do the trick? with titanium pro
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just try....
I dont know while backing up if there was any arror which is causing the problem...can give the treble when you use TB also...
will tb replace app stuff in .androidsecure or sit beside taking up x2 space?
I went to extract from nandroid in pro and when i select my backup the list is empty, app, data, app+data
ovgandroid said:
I went to extract from nandroid in pro and when i select my backup the list is empty, app, data, app+data
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hmmm, that is why you are not getting your apps back when you do nandroid restore...
your backup was not done smoothly, only your system data backed up well not user apps...bad luck
so ive lost it all?
Should i delete .androidsecure, is it just junk files now?
great news!!! turns out all my personal data was kept, I just reinstalled everything and it wae back to normal
p.s. i think the cause of nandroid backup fail was lack of space on my phone, how can i backup to external sd?
If you use the CWM app you can choose between internal/external SD for the location of the backup.
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great news!!! turns out all my personal data was kept, I just reinstalled everything and it wae back to normal
p.s. i think the cause of nandroid backup fail was lack of space on my phone, how can i backup to external sd?
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ovgandroid said:
Ok I made a nandroid backup on my s2 Gti9100 a few days ago
I then tried to do a titanium backup and my s2 rebooted, I then recieved fcs from a load of apps constatly making it impossible to do anything. I was barely able to turn off, i had to keep taping ok untill i got to power off window.
Then I booted into cwm, wiped cache partition and dalvic and did nandroid restore, i then booted up, no fcs, but all my apps on sd came up in my app drawer and home screen with that grey android icon saying this app is not installed on your phone!
went to recovery again wiped cache and dalvic and data/factory reset
then restored system and data and still had the same problem!
what do i do
please help
p.s. i have not partitioned anything for use in apps like link2sd, no ex whatever
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Wipe is not needed when restoring in cwm. hope it helps.
so i have reinstalled all my apps, could there be junk or corrupt or duplicate files left on my phone? in androidsecure? or should these fix themselves or been replaced?
Thanks very much for the help! much appreciated
ovgandroid said:
so i have reinstalled all my apps, could there be junk or corrupt or duplicate files left on my phone? in androidsecure? or should these fix themselves or been replaced?
Thanks very much for the help! much appreciated
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why you are so worried about such temporory files...
be happy that now your all apps are back.......as far I know wether you delete such dump files or not will not make any difference,
dont delete the contents of the folder "clockworkmode" especially the "backup" forlder thats all...
ok thanks
was just worried because of the size 1.7GB and no apps on sd
but i suppose ill manage
So i just installed Cyanogenmod 10, and all my contacts and apps have been wiped, fortunately i backed up before flashing the rom, what's the best to restore my contacts and apps after i flash cyanogen?
Well a nandroid will recover eveything to previous state. To backup particular items like contacts and apps then youll need titanium backup or Mybackup pro which will save these for you and can be restored individually to a new rom also root is recommended to backup the most data.
Also contacts can be backed up with out root using the export/import option on the contacts menu screen it will create a file that can be imported to another rom using the same menu just make sure once u create the file its NOT on the internal sd when u do wipes Same goes for the mybackup pro or TB backups make sure to either move them from the internal b4 a wipe and put them back after or link those apps to backup to your external sd card which u can setup within the backup app u choose.
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Well a nandroid will recover eveything to previous state. To backup particular items like contacts and apps then youll need titanium backup or Mybackup pro which will save these for you and can be restored individually to a new rom also root is recommended to backup the most data.
Also contacts can be backed up with out root using the export/import option on the contacts menu screen it will create a file that can be imported to another rom using the same menu just make sure once u create the file its NOT on the internal sd when u do wipes Same goes for the mybackup pro or TB backups make sure to either move them from the internal b4 a wipe and put them back after or link those apps to backup to your external sd card which u can setup within the backup app u choose.
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Thanks for answering, i have a question though, i backed up from the recovery screen, would i be able to return to before i flashed the rom?
Use your contacts app to export a vcard and put it into your extSD location. Then use Titanium Backup to do a backup of all your apps (again to the extSD)
If you want to do that for your messages, call logs, and wifi spots. Use Titanium Backup to "Export XML" you will be able to export all three things that I just mentioned.
when you flash the new rom, you just have to reverse the process.
(import vcard, import xml, restore apps and data)
EDIT: Forgot to answer your other question. what you can do is to make a backup of your new rom (nandroid), restore the older one, do all the things i mentioned earlier, restore the new rom, then finally import them all back in.
hello! I've been using titanium backup all this while, whenever I flash a new ROM, but I recently did a batch backup of all the apps+system apps with their data (total size around 1.5gb) and then after flashing the ROM I open titanium backup to restore it, and It recognizes none of them!
please note that,
I have all my backups in the backup location, there are no permission issues as I can create new folders while making backup, I tried clearing data, uninstalling, installing a different one...
PS: I tried making another backup of an app in the new ROM and when I try to restore the backups it shows only 1 backup found where as the folder has 1.5gb of older backups which are not being recognized?
Open the Preferences and search for the backup folder location. Also, don't restore system apps / data. Typically a bad idea.
doesn't work... it just shows 0 backups found...
I've had this happen once or twice before, I believe this is what I did:
Go to preferences, then backup folder location.
Click the line of text that talks about file system.
Select document provider.
Click the menu button and click show internal storage.
Navigate to the PARENT folder of your Titanium folder, not the Titanium folder itself. Select it...it will then say you have permission to view it and go back to the familair TiBU folder selection screen.
Then select your Titanium folder. Press back to reload then proceed as usual.
don't you try to root it again?? or did you try to check it again in your storage, if the file is missing?
The root access works just fine... And I have 3 files for each backup ( 2 compressed files and 1 text)
i dont find the option to only backup apks without including data? i only want my apks to be backed up without including any data
cheera
When you choose to restore with the batch option, then you can choose to restore app only. You also have an option to clear user data under the batch Manipulate option.
I need to backup apk only in batch actions...
Tried using the option "backup app external data"
Then chosed "enabled for apps within a chosen label"
Then I chosed a label
And it keeps backing up data for ALL apps
If you try to backup an application and then remove the .tar.gz file, it will not be detected again.
So, only way is gunzipping first, deleting files using tar, and then gzipping again.
Remember to keep the folder "data/data/./app.package.name", because it is created on application install.
If you delete it and then restore using titaniumbackup, your application will not work.
Good luck