I rooted my phone a few days back and put Fresh's rooted stock ROM on it. Aside from removing some Sprint crapware, I didn't do much rootish to the phone. It's been acting strangely (battery life sucked, kept rebooting back to the 4g screen when idle, etc.). So this morning, I backed up with NANDROID, wiped, and installed the DamageControl ROM. I just tried to unyaffs data.img, but there's no data folder in there. The IMG is only 50MB. I tried restoring it, but it looks wiped.
So, I've lost a few days worth of data (which sucks, since the main reason I like restoring data is to get my bike logs back, and I went on some great rides yesterday). I'm pretty sure I didn't wipe before backing up.
My SD card was acting strangely this morning. (It went from 0KB available to 1+GB available. I did delete some files to get space back, but it didn't go immediately give me any space back, and I would be surprised if I had used exactly the capacity of the disk). I don't know how full my SD card actually was when I ran NANDROID or if it somehow ran out of room during the backup. I'm using Amon_RA's recovery.
I realize my data is gone forever, which sucks but it's just a phone. I'm only sharing this here in case anyone finds it helpful.
Sounds like your SD card was corrupted.
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Well that's…fun. Do I need to worry about further data loss in the future?
I would reformat to be on the safe side.
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Had this same thing happen to me last night. In my case there just wasnt enough room on the SD card to comeplete the nandroid backup, so wen i went to restore it, it tried then put me into a boot loop for a good hour. (I wasnt sure if the new rom was settting up for bootlooping so i let it) It just took a button press to get to recovery then reflash to fix.
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Ok here is the deal...I got the phone and knew I was rooting from day 1. So I did so.
Rooted, CWM, ROM Manager, Root Explorer, Titanium Backup, SetCPU, ASTRO, JT voodoo kernel .2.
Thats what I had before the problems started happening. I then flashed JT's 1000 with animation over top of the .2 due to everyone saying you could...well all hell broke loose. My sd card somehow went bad...so today I went to the verizon store after my phone magically went back to stock with a root...so I un-rooted before going to the store and they gave me a new sd card no questions asked. Well I put the new sd card in...and the phone brings up the wizard asking me english or spanish blah blah...
Now the weird part...I put the CWM update.zip onto the sd card and boot into it and flash the .2 kernel and WAHLAH...my old launcher pro comes up with EVERYTHING installed on the phone still from before...however my super user wasn's showing up so I simply went to the market and got it.
HOWEVER the phone is basically in a weird way acting up...like before I could hard reset and get right into CWM but now the only way in is to run the update.zip. Also now my facebook wont work AT all as far as syncing my contacts. Also without launcher pro I couldn't load anything onto the phone because it was saying I didn't have any internal memory space.
Now the part that REALLY gets me is I actually odined back to stock...atleast so I thought I did. I loaded it up, ran the stock .md5 for the i500 and thought all was well, keep in mind this was before flashing the .2 kernel. However everything was still acting funny, couldnt sync or download and all that...
Basically what I am ranting for is because I would GLADLY and LOVE to go back to a phone basically as if I got it out of the box today especially knowing how to do everything now after much research...basically lesson learned on flashing over another kernel...
ANYWAYS...PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET THE OUT OF THE BOX PHONE BACK!!!
You will get MANY thanks
-Tim V
edit - don't get me wrong, I would love to keep everything on here as its all still working correctly, however the little bugs now are a killer and quite the annoyance!
Please refer to adrynalynes post on how to completely remove voodoo. This will take care of your problem with 0.00 internal storage.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
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Please refer to adrynalynes post on how to completely remove voodoo. This will take care of your problem with 0.00 internal storage.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
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well thats the thing...when I re-flashed .2 back on top of the 1000 with animations...it took me from the stock screen with not having any internal storage back into launcher pro with everything installed but not validated. Like I had to get the super user icon back and re enter codes for titanium and such...makes no sense to me...
Right now your mbr is hosed. You are not going to get it back by flashing other voodoo kernels. You need to take care of this problem before you can go any further.
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Right now your mbr is hosed. You are not going to get it back by flashing other voodoo kernels. You need to take care of this problem before you can go any further.
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yessir lol when it says lose all data...is that saying my phone will be like out of the box?
Yes, but your contacts will resync when you sign into gmail and if you have a backup you can get your apps and settings back.
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Yes, but your contacts will resync when you sign into gmail and if you have a backup you can get your apps and settings back.
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see thats the part that sucks...the nandroid I made was on my sd card that went bad....blah oh well at least my phone will be fixed
used the uninstaller...back to stock...here goes nothing putting it all back lol...thank you!!!
vecchioni27 said:
see thats the part that sucks...the nandroid I made was on my sd card that went bad....blah oh well at least my phone will be fixed
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Your sdcard went bad too? The internal memory problem you had was not related to your sdcard. I'm not sure if you are confused or if I am. Either way glad you have everything working again and that the uninstaller worked for you.
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Your sdcard went bad too? The internal memory problem you had was not related to your sdcard. I'm not sure if you are confused or if I am. Either way glad you have everything working again and that the uninstaller worked for you.
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maybe it was just a bad combination of things...but yes my sd card they gave me in my replacement phone was bad after i installed the kernel on top of the other one...same day not instantly. Have no idea if it was a coincidence or not that they both messed up at the same time...but basically I took a 1GB micro sd from my old phone and put it in and the phone decided to magically boot up to stock but rooted with the super user icon on the front screen...but everything was acting up internally then...couldn't download anything and I couldn't sync properly. So new sd card from the store after un-rooting...that was all i had to do cause the phone did the rest for me as far as appearing stock for visiting the store...got me...just glad everything is working correctly now...just will take all day at work tomorrow to get everything back the way i like it!
So, I just rooted my Mytouch 4G a few days ago using the 'Ultimate' guide on this forum. I had root access and I disabled and deleted some stock apps from my phone. I was using LauncherPro instead of the HTC Sense launcher. I made a backup in Clockworkmod recovery immediately after installing Clockworkmod, before I'd made any major changes.
So, I spent the past few days removing and tweaking things. I had my phone working extremely well. But then I realized that I actually wanted an .apk file (the stock visual voicemail app) that I'd already deleted from the phone. It should be in my original backup file, right? So I figured that I'd make a new backup, restore my old backup containing the .apk file, copy the .apk file off of the phone, then restore my recent backup. Well...this didn't work.
When I restored either the original backup or the more recent backup, the phone would boot up and I'd get a message that the System UIDs are inconsistent. The phone would let me make phone calls, but 95% of my apps were missing from the loader. Most of the icons on my home screens were grayed out and would tell me the applications were missing when I tried to click on them.
I tried Fix Permissions in Clockworkmod recovery, but it didn't help. My Android Market app and all of my file manager apps didn't work, so I couldn't reinstall any apps. When I'd wipe all the data on my phone, but only restore the System backup, the Android Market would work and the phone basically returns to stock. But as soon as I restore my Data backup, everything breaks.
At this point, I've already wiped the phone and started over from scratch, but I'm afraid to rely on Clockworkmod/Rom Manager for backups again. Any ideas what went wrong?
did you flash a different kernel? this may be the issue, as I know that for other devices CWM does not restore the kernel.
this happens when your backups/card gets corrupted... it could of been a number of things... changing the name of something to how much you scan the card... hard to say exactly what caused it... If your really worried about it I would suggest making a backup of your backup on your computer just to be safe...
Hmm. Mine does.
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did you flash a different kernel? this may be the issue, as I know that for other devices CWM does not restore the kernel.
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I did make a backup of my backup, but it's not like these backups sat on the memory card for months before they got used. I ran the restore within minutes of when I made the last backup. Besides, aren't the backups hashed with md5 and then retested before restoring? So, if the files did get corrupted, I would think Clockworkmod would have notified me, no?
I just wish that after making a backup, there was some way to test it out without taking the chance of trashing my phone.
Regarding using a different kernel, I did not. I did not flash any experimental/downloaded images, these were simple backups and restores of my existing phone data.
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did you flash a different kernel? this may be the issue, as I know that for other devices CWM does not restore the kernel.
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This is for phones that dont support Nand like the vibrant. HTC phones is a full backup including kernel.
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I did make a backup of my backup, but it's not like these backups sat on the memory card for months before they got used. I ran the restore within minutes of when I made the last backup. Besides, aren't the backups hashed with md5 and then retested before restoring? So, if the files did get corrupted, I would think Clockworkmod would have notified me, no?
I just wish that after making a backup, there was some way to test it out without taking the chance of trashing my phone.
Regarding using a different kernel, I did not. I did not flash any experimental/downloaded images, these were simple backups and restores of my existing phone data.
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Your right, CWM does do a md5 check when restoring. I'm sorry, I don't know what could be wrong. I currently have like 5 backups of 4 ROMS and have to restored to just to play around. Did you do apps2sd? This can cause major issues when switching ROM's.
I am also having a problem restoring to my stock rom. how big does my backup file have to be?
I have had this problem before. I think in my case my issue was caused by and incompatible version of CWM. I found that to be safe, I usually make two back ups, one with recovery in 2.5.12 and one with 3.0.0.6.
It was the file. It was only 60mb, apparently I ran out of memory thanks though my other backups work fine and I found the stock rom on a thread.
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oh haha i was about to post.
Hello all,
I tried to restore a nandroid backup via Clockwork recovery, at the end I got a E:Error in CACHE:recovery/log (No space left on device) message. After restart I am stuck at the htc screen (green letters on white screen). Any solutions please?
Thank you.
That's almost the exact same thing that happened to me after a nandroid restore, it just hung on that HTC screen forever. I'm not sure what the problem was in my case, but restoring an earlier backup worked for me so it's possible that the backup that I was trying to restore was somehow corrupted.. could be the same with yours.
try doing an advanced restore then restore everything EXCEPT sd-ext. had a similar problem too. checked my sd-ext after restore (full, not advanced). got nothing on it except folders with no files on each whatsoever. my phone still bootloops. maybe some of the great devs here could shed some light.
doing the advanced restore thingy though always works for me. HTH
I still get this and was wondering if there was a solution
This is a problem I've only heard of on backing up with different versions of CWM. Try checking into that.
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How would I get a different version of CWM then? Cuz I can't get pass the HTC splash screen.
Happened to me, too.
I don't know what else to do but load a different nandroid.
Now, I'm trying to load my first nandroid (because my sms messages are HORRIBLY late).
NO. GO.
Is it because of the lack of space on my microsd card? Possibly related? Also, what the heck is taking up all the damn space on an 8 gig card?! I deleted almost all my photos. Is it nandroid backups?
HERO CDMA
I have enough space on my SD card cuz I have 32gigs and only use about 10gigs. I was told that there were issues with 5.0.x.x versions of clockworkmod......
Using nightly 150 and everything was going well. Now the nook can't quite get through an entire boot process. The screen goes blank and I have to reboot/plug into charger/unplug/replug. When trying to restore back to an old backup it gets about halfway through restoring system before the screen goes black and may or may not reboot. I have been trying to fix this for 3 days now. I cant get through a whole restore process without this happening. I need help. Thank you in advance for any ideas/suggestions.
EDIT: I put on a new anti-glare screen protector just minutes before this started. Could that have anything to do with this? Four corners being pushed down or something like that. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
In CWM, format System, Data, and Cache. Then install the latest Nightly, and from there re-flash CWM. Then restore the backup of data.
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In CWM, format System, Data, and Cache. Then install the latest Nightly, and from there re-flash CWM. Then restore the backup of data.
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I have tried this from recovery and it does not get through the install before shutting off on me. Should I try using a CWM SD card? Do you think that would make a difference?
Definitely try a CWM sd card. Make the sd card and copy the "clockworkmod" folder from your current sd card to the CWM sd card. From there restore the backup.
Edit: Try taking off the Screen Protector first.
Solved! I think it might have had something to do with my charger. The base of the cable is frayed and it may have not been getting charged. So the battery would die before it was getting through the install. Never gave me the battery low indication though til today. Thank you iKing for your fast response. Calling 1800thebook to see if they still send out new ones!
Alright, Congrats on getting it to work. And yes, they should give you a free cable. They did mine when my cable was screwed. Good Luck!
Gotta be the worst cable ever made!
I ran a custom ROM today (10-13-2011) and wasn't completely satisfied, so I tried to flash back to my last working nandroid backup that I had created earlier this morning. Unfortunately, it got stuck while loading one particular file. After several battery pulls and several attempts at installation I ended up flashing a nandroid I had created 4 days ago (10-08-2011). This flash was successful which indicates to me that clockworkmod rom manager must have created a corrupt nandroid when I made one this morning. This is a bit disturbing to me bc I have OCD and now I'll be wondering if the nandroid backups I make from here on out are jacked up. Do you guys know why this may have happened? Or do you know a way to tell whether or not a nandroid is corrupt (before trying to flash it)? Should I be concerned with any of this at all?
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Don't know why this happens, but it has happened a few times to me
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It doesn't happen to you every time does it?
How long was it stick on a certain file? Mine sometimes seems to get hung up, but will continue after a minute or two...
It was hung up on that one file for like 5-10 minutes. When I flashed the older backup I didn't have that issue though.
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Update: About a week ago I had this same issue again. I made another nandroid backup, tried to flash it, and discovered it was corrupted and had to (yet again) flash back to that backup I made on 10-08-2011. Today (10-31-2011) I tried to make a backup and it actually successfully flashed after install. I was happy to see that happen....however I'm still disturbed by the inconsistancy I'm now experiencing with Clockwork Mod ROM Manager. Do you guys have any explaination for why I may be having these inconsistent issues?
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I'm just like you with the OCD about this...but I've luckily never had it happen to me.
I'm probably wrong on this, but it seems to me that these issues mostly started sprouting up on the 5.0.2.0(that's right, isn't it?) build.
What I've always done since hearing about this the first time is create a backup...and then restore the backup without even leaving cwm.
That way if MD5's don't match...(hopefully just that) I know it right away.
And if it fails on a single file...I can hope that it isn't a crucial file and my phone will still boot.
It gives me a little blanket of trust in my nandroid, at least.
I too must report many recent problems with nandroid backups (using CWM 5.0.2).
I take a full backup every week or so, as well as before doing something like changing a ROM. A couple of the backups are stored on my SD card, but the rest I push up to my NAS via FTP (to keep a longer history).
Yesterday I went to go back to a point in time only to find out that the backup didn't work (failed MD5 checksum). I managed to get a recent backup restored, but it had something broken in it, so I opted for a fully working backup. I ended up going through ALL of the nandroid backups that I've taken since getting my phone, and none of them work anymore!!! (even the broken one that did manage to restore once yesterday).
This is super weird, as I know that some of these backups were good as I have already restored them successfully!
I can't help but wonder if my file transfer method is playing a role here. First I was using FTP over WiFi, but then I switched to USB cable to PC as Flash drive -> NAS via wired Ethernet.
Whatever is going on here... it is really a serious problem. If you can't count on a full system backup like this, then there is really no point to it.
geva