This is by far the most painful flash I have ever had to do. Let me explain...
I have the htc one m8 with the ViperOne software. Recently they released the Android L version so naturally I downloaded the new 4.0.0 Viper rom and upgraded my firmware. Since I have a lot of data I backed it up using HTC sync manager which has been flawless. I also made a TWRP backup. I then cleared my data and flashed the rom flawlessly. Once that was done I went to restore all my data (pictures, music, settings, wallpaper, etc) using Sync manager. However, everytime I plugged it in and went to restore my data, it would freeze at about 1-7% and I would have to close it. It wouldn't work.
Naturally I restored my phone from TWRP and went into Titanium backup and made a backup. It took awhile, but it was done. I flashed the rom again but instead when I went to restore things from Titanium backup, it wouldn't recognize my data. It just said "searching for application data." I even changed the detection settings, but nothing.
Once again, I restored my phone from TWRP and this time decided to back up Titanium backup to Google Drive. It took an hour but it worked. I flashed the rom again and went to download the Drive zip file to my SD card.
Think I'm homefree right?
Nope, God played his cruel trick on me and instead my computer froze everytime I tried to transfer the file to my SD card. Now my computer is constantly freezing, I can't get HTC sync manager to work without freezing, titanium backup won't recognize my backups no matter what I do. This has been painful.
So here I sit, wondering, what in God's name do I do?
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I'm running streakdroid 1.9 but I would like to do some experimentation with my streak. If I flash a new rom what will I lose? How do you backup your data so you can flash to your hearts content?
Thanks
if u flash stock roms, they do a factory reset during first start up.
So u end up loosing everything.
However if u flash .zip version of the stock roms using CWM or streak recovery , u will retain almost everything but may loose somethings like root and so on.
Remember stock roms will flash its default recovery everytime it boots up
Ok thanks. Is it wise to do a factory reset anyway?
What tools can I use to backup messages, apps, photos, etc?
I use titanium backup.
If you do a nandroid backup, when you restore it, everything will be just as it was before you flashed another ROM...
As far as using Titanium... it has never worked for me completely, nor has MyBackUp Pro, they cause me more headache than being useful...
I have gotten to the point to when I flash a new ROM, I just manually install everything, I know it sounds like some hassle, but you end up with a much smoother operating phone.
I even do a nandroid backup first, then go into my ROM and manually uninstall everything, so that when I boot up my new ROM and setup my market account, it doesn't try to install everything on its own and bog down my phone at first, I install everything manually in the order I want and set them up as I go.
I know this sounds cumbersome, but I have found it creates a cleaner environment and practically eliminated force closes
That is the way I like to do things also but what about the things that you can't just re-install e.g. sms, application specific data?
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I was having a sim card and constant restart issue after updating to streakroid 2.4.4, and even after flashing dsc, the problem persisted. After I reviewed the steps I had taken I realized that I never did a factory resest (fearing I would forever lose my precious app data, which I did -_-). It turned out that was the fix, after doing the factory reset, my sim card was recognized immediately and a couple of the text I had missed showed up. However, I fixed one fixed problem and developed another.
Even though I restored a MyBackup and Titanium backup I did right before resetting I recovered my several apps without their precious data (setting, notes, bookmarks). I tried doing internal backups within the apps, some conveniently had syncs to a cloud yet I missed doing that with a few apps because I have over 100+ and I use more than half on a regular basis (even if for 5 minutes). All my apps are on my device, which is a good thing but I cant appreciate that given the missing data.
So my advice is:
Use apps that have can automatically backup or sync data -- there are enough apps with similiar utility that you can avoid ones without that function.
Do a manual backup within your important apps. -- Some apps backup files to locations that may be wiped during update, doesn't have auto backup or the last backup is months old.
Pics, texts, call logs are easily backed up -- Backup programs will explicitly state or ask what to back up in that regard.
Do a nandroid backup -- I believe this only restores rom and apps but someone can correct me.
Caveat
Through all the research done before actually need to restore a backup I missed the fact when restore apps depending on the restore program every app has to be reinstalled individually. If you have more than 25 apps then #$#@!, also for some reason when restoring with titanium if during a batch restore you come across an app if you hit cancel during one of the install prompts because you actually don't want to restore that app the batch will freeze and you'll have to force close titanium and start the restore all over. Go through the list of restore options and choose each app one by one, save yourself the time.
Lastly, to piggy back off what was said before, a factory reset( FR) after updating rom is always recommended but its not always needed. Most roms will update without causing you to lose any data but like I said previously I had sim card issues when I updated without a FR. YMMV
At this point I don't know if this helps the OP but maybe it will benefit someone else who reads this thread.
This guide by _n0p_ tells how to do an upgrade and minimize the re-installation of apps.
Key items:
Use the backup function of any apps that have it
Don't count on restoring data with TB or My Backup
Make a nandroid - just in case
I have found TB and My Backup to be useful for things like browser bookmarks.
The post linked to discussed going from Froyo to Gingerbread but the same techniques apply for moving to any other ROM.
Last time i changed roms, i used the Dell backup utility for evertyhing but the apps, which can be backed up together with their data with QtADB which creates a backup folder on your SD. After installing the new rom, i chose advanced recovery from the Dell Utility and set it to recover everything but the apps, which i recovered with QtADB. However, I also strongly recommend nandroid, in case the steak doesn't boot after the install.
I've got TB pro, so i did a batch backup and decided before i flash any new roms again, that TB is working.
Backing up completes fine.
But it won't restore apps.
I updated to the latest TB pro, cleared my data and set app processing mode to AUTO, Indirect, but that didn't help either.
Any solutions?
Maybe TB can´t find the path for the backup? That happened to me when I flashed an ICS rom that changes the path of both internal and external SD.
I cant imagine how, i havent changed roms at all!
I literally just batch backed up all my apps, then uninstalled two apps and tried restore them but neither would restore
Got the same problem for a long time now..... Tried everything
If u made a zip file then extract it nomrally and install the apps
next time use nandroid backup.
Dont forget hitting thanks......
so guys, I had tried out eclipse for the first time. It was damn impressive, but there was a few things that I was missing, and I had a problem with my corporate sync, which was a dealbreaker for today. I thought I would just quick BSR nandroid back to my stock setup for today.
Well, the restore didn't take. There was a barrage of FC's, and after I was finally able to wade through them, it was clear there was an issue. I still have the superuser app, but BSR is not working. It shows installed in the app drawer, but when I try to install again from the app it says it doesn't have permission. When I plug in the phone it turns on and goes to the moto logo and just stays there. Maybe 1/2 my apps restored. I noticed all my old texts were back.
This was my first attempted use of restore, I'm thinking perhaps I was supposed to wipe before hand? I'm curious if there's any way to save this, or if I have to do the SBF dance, and then can I try the restore again once I'm back up to 2.3.5?
And yes, the backup was a 2.3.5 backup
You can't restore a 2.3.4 backup if you're currently running on 2.3.5. I tried this too a while back and realized that is what messed me up. Only issue I had was that wifi would not connect no matter what. It just said error. You will need to SBF to go back to 2.3.4 if you try to restore a ROM based on 2.3.4 framework (CM7, stock, liberty, molten, etc). You can NAND restore between all of those ^ without issue as I do it DAILY.
So to successfully restore a NANDROID backup of a 2.3.4 ROM you must already be on 2.3.4 or a ROM based off of it.
I don't really ever use Eclipse anymore, but when I flash something else I always SBF first just to be sure I'm not going to have any problems later.
Edit: Just noticed you said it was a 2.3.5 backup, sorry. You didn't rename the backup did you? If you did, did you add spaces to the file name? This will break your backup.
Sent from my MB870 using XDA
Nope, no file name changes. My current theory is something about the SD flip must have gone haywire. I somehow seemed to have lost root.
And yes, everything here was 2.3.5 418 based
err, nevermind this post
did the sbf dance last night, tried the BSR restore again, same results!
so I SBF'd again and got back to 2.3.5 rooted stock and am sitting here for now
I know somebody out there knows more about this than I do
oh, and the damn yahoo account sync isn't working, had to install email only as imap
and how can there be data left on the phone after a datawipe? I have backups from app configs available from months ago.
three west said:
did the sbf dance last night, tried the BSR restore again, same results!
so I SBF'd again and got back to 2.3.5 rooted stock and am sitting here for now
I know somebody out there knows more about this than I do
oh, and the damn yahoo account sync isn't working, had to install email only as imap
and how can there be data left on the phone after a datawipe? I have backups from app configs available from months ago.
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Who knows, maybe the SD flip did have something to do with it. I've never personally used/looked into it. Could your SD card be dying? Try charging your phone and making a new NANDROID backup and see if you're able to restore that one. Could just be an issue with that backup file.
& SBF wipes internal phone storage so if you had app data backed up on SD, it'll still be there. It doesn't touch external SD data. That's why I keep everything on my external SD card. .
I've sbf'ed and data wiped plenty of times with my removable SD card inserted.
Cyanogenmod all day
RoyJ said:
Who knows, maybe the SD flip did have something to do with it. I've never personally used/looked into it. Could your SD card be dying? Try charging your phone and making a new NANDROID backup and see if you're able to restore that one. Could just be an issue with that backup file.
& SBF wipes internal phone storage so if you had app data backed up on SD, it'll still be there. It doesn't touch external SD data. That's why I keep everything on my external SD card. .
I've sbf'ed and data wiped plenty of times with my removable SD card inserted.
Cyanogenmod all day
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Thanks for the reply Roy. I deleted stuff from my SD manually, so there was nothing left there. Just plugging into mass storage mode and exploring the interal storage I can see the old data still there in the data folder. I don't know how it survived 2 data wipes? At this point I need to take a night off. Next I may try my eclipse backup and see if that works.
Another thought was that the SD was fairly full, but I didn't see any messages about running out of space. Any idea how big a BSR backup should be?
And since this is my first attempt at BSR restore, it IS supposed to restore everything, right?
three west said:
Thanks for the reply Roy. I deleted stuff from my SD manually, so there was nothing left there. Just plugging into mass storage mode and exploring the interal storage I can see the old data still there in the data folder. I don't know how it survived 2 data wipes? At this point I need to take a night off. Next I may try my eclipse backup and see if that works.
Another thought was that the SD was fairly full, but I didn't see any messages about running out of space. Any idea how big a BSR backup should be?
And since this is my first attempt at BSR restore, it IS supposed to restore everything, right?
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Just make sure you're already on 2.3.5 before you try to restore your Eclipse backup.
My backup size;
CM7
790,132,736 total
.android_secure.img / 2,112
cache.img / 21,120
data.img / 636,345,600
nandroid.md5 / 132
system.img / 153,757,824
That's my CM7 backup, but then again I do have a lot of apps and other miscellaneous data backed up as well. Here's a 2.3.4 Rooted backup. Completely stock;
2.3.4 Rooted
569,897,600 total
.android_secure.img / 2,112
cache.img / 29,568
data.img / 249,917,184
nandroid.md5 / 132
system.img / 319,942,656
Yes it WILL restore everything you had backed up. SMS inbox messages, call logs with dates and times, system settings, laucher and desktop setting, etc.
I usually backup pretty often. After I switch up my homescreen settings, launcher effects and transitions, updating applications, etc. ALWAYS before trying to flash a new ROM or hacking/modding.
So for example my CM7 was backed up with like 9 apps with updates available from the Play Store, so I updated them all. If I restore to say, CM9 for example, and go back to CM7 using that same backup file, I will need to re-download those 9 updates I did before I restored CM9.
If you are on CM7 and restore a CM9 backup and get a phone call/text message while on 9 - and you restore back to 7 - you will be missing that log/text because it wasn't backed up, get it?? Restores everything exactly to how it was when you booted in BSR, selected-> Backup & Restore-> External SD-> Backup.
something must have gone haywire with the data wipe. Those are approximately the size of my backups of 2.3.5 stock and eclipse 2.2.
I'm back 2.3.5 rooted stock now, started from scratch rather than restore.
I some how have ADW icons available that are not yet even installed since wipe...
Alright...
I had the Shishir rom on my phone for many months and it worked very well. Tonight I dropped my phone (has happened many times before with no repercussions) while it was plugged in and the rom would no longer load on start up. The boot sequence would run all the way through and get stuck on the four colored X.
So I booted into CWM and made a backup because I had not previously backed up my contacts recently. I transferred this backup to my pc. I restored backup and now my phone works fine. However all of the contacts and messages are gone.
So I ask, I plead, is there any way to manually extract the contact database from the CWM backup image?
-drmorbo
Titanium backup
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
I tried it. Titanium sees the backup but says there is nothing in it...so was all the data corrupted the moment the phone fell and the backup is worthless or..?
Long Story Short: On a CM12(Nightly) Moto G(Falcon) that had to be thoroughly reformatted after an unexplained disaster, I'm trying to use a TWRP backup made earlier and ensconced on my computer to restore my phone. After using the backup function once to establish the filepath, I transfer the backup to the backups folder in TWRP and use the restore function. At first, it said that it was a f2fs backup or something, but after reformatting to match it just hangs when trying to restore the data folder(without a specific error), and throws a "Failed" message. Backup doesn't work, phone gets one step closer to being launched out the window. I've thoroughly reformatted everything, reflashed recovery, and double checked all the catches I know of(the backup is under 2.5 gb for instance).
I'm stumped. Should I give up at this point? Is the backup just gone(especially given that it's connected to how this all got started)? Is there nothing I can do with having captured all the folders onto my PC?
(Full story)
While fiddling around with Moto G 2013(falcon/xt1032) running CM12 Nightly this morning I decided I should take a backup with TWRP (which I had also specifically installed this morning because of rumors of it working with encryption). The moment after I rebooted from the (supposedly successful)backup, my phone got stuck in a nasty bootloop, would even reboot from attempting to start recovery half the time. After a lot of cursing and trial and error I successfully formatted everything and reinstalled TWRP, and that stopped.
I had even managed a mass evacuation of my files (simply dragging everything off with windows explorer) to my computer. This included that fateful backup that TWRP made, that didn't seem to be worse the wear. There are some things on here that I'd rather miss (especially since I just cleaned out my PC based backup program yesterday), so I'm trying to restore my phone from there.