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I've searched a dozen different ways to try to read up on this but can't find a thread, I don't want to make a custom rom just copy mine as setup to another epic. If this is easily found could someone just point out the correct search terms. I thought to put this in development but the question seemed to general.
kiab115 said:
I've searched a dozen different ways to try to read up on this but can't find a thread, I don't want to make a custom rom just copy mine as setup to another epic. If this is easily found could someone just point out the correct search terms. I thought to put this in development but the question seemed to general.
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About the only way I could think of doing so would be to go into your clockworkmod folder and copy the backup you have there and move that to the same folder of the other phone and try restoring that. Not sure if it would work being the google accounts/contacts and whatever else.
Just make a nandroid backup. Take the sd card out of the original epic, root your new epic using one click 3.0.0.6, boot into clockwork And then click on backup and restore and restore the nandroid backup you made. Not sure if it'll work, but I would assume it would.
It should work, you may hit an MD5 mismatch and you'd have to copy the MD5 file from a backup on the new phone to the old backup but it will probably be fine.
And make sure you flash a kernel that is ext4 compatable!
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Thanks for the reply's, I did try to take the backup folders (3 in all) and copy them to the new phone, but I did get an md5 mismatch. I need to do this for 30+ company phones so I'm looking for the easiest way to get all the apps and layouts we want to each phone.
Lol, I think you better start changing MD5 instead of posting. Thats a lot of phones!!
Do a nandroid backup and backup everything using my backup root and wipe then put sd in new epic flash cwm3 let it convert to ext4 if that's what you were on otherwise use cwm2.5 and restore the system from cwm only boot up into system go to market log in download my backup root and restore all with that. If it can't find ur backup it sometimes makes an "SD" folder on the sd card itself
Edit: if md5 is mismatched just use any rom zip like srf or bonsai as the system backup is basically just a rom the mybackuproot holds all the app data and phone data
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qbking77 said:
Just make a nandroid backup. Take the sd card out of the original epic, root your new epic using one click 3.0.0.6, boot into clockwork And then click on backup and restore and restore the nandroid backup you made. Not sure if it'll work, but I would assume it would.
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This is how you do it. Yes and like mentioned, flash a EXT4 kenel
Make an odin tar... way easier not to mention quicker on a mass scale, and more reliable. I made a post detailing how.
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chris41g said:
Make an odin tar... way easier not to mention quicker on a mass scale, and more reliable. I made a post detailing how.
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I read threw those post to see if anyone suggested this,atleast it didnt get to a couple pages...
+1 on the odin.tar,way easier.
Sent from my MyFrankenstein EC05OCE using XDAP App...
Hey,
I was just wondering, is there a way to create a flashable ROM (.zip) from an existing backup??
I have used CWM Recovery to create a backup of a ROM that I'm using (BlackICE). It has been customized to an extreme point. Removed several system apps and pushed my own apps to the system. Now I want to save it as a flashable ROM so that others, specifically a few of my friends, could also use it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
You could download a ROM, then use the kitchen in the Chef Central section to add all if your stuff and remove the original developers stuff. That's the fastest way I know. I'm sure there is a better way.
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Thanks. I know of that method, I was just wondering if it were possible to directly convert a backup to a ROM.
I'll keep searching. Thanks though =)
SH31KH said:
Thanks. I know of that method, I was just wondering if it were possible to directly convert a backup to a ROM.
I'll keep searching. Thanks though =)
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I've never tried but you may be able to open the backup and get the data from it
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Root explorer will allow u to zip the archive and make it flashable.. just go to ur back up location, long press it, then hit zip this file.. it'll be saved to the speed software folder
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Kinda slow with my responses but I tried that and although it did create a zip, I was unable to flash it because the file wasn't signed.
Another question comes to mind..
If I give my backup to someone else, will they be able to restore from it? By placing my backup folder into their /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ ??
Just curious =)
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Kinda slow with my responses but I tried that and although it did create a zip, I was unable to flash it because the file wasn't signed.
Another question comes to mind..
If I give my backup to someone else, will they be able to restore from it? By placing my backup folder into their /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ ??
Just curious =)
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You could try toggling signature verification in CWM and then you should be able to flash..
SH31KH said:
Kinda slow with my responses but I tried that and although it did create a zip, I was unable to flash it because the file wasn't signed.
Another question comes to mind..
If I give my backup to someone else, will they be able to restore from it? By placing my backup folder into their /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ ??
Just curious =)
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Yes, that should work, as long as you have the same phones (mytouch4g). although, any texts or personal contact info will also restore to your friends phone
Nicgraner said:
You could try toggling signature verification in CWM and then you should be able to flash..
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Greetings,
I made image files with dd command (boot.img, recover.img, system.img, etc.).
I zipped them, but when I wanted to flash them (usin toggling the signature), it requests an update file, which is not available.
(the phone is a bit different, Alcatel 918D)
I have been looking for the solution for 3 days with google.
Could anybody suggest?
Thanks,
Cappa.
I built a couple of CWM Recovery Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted and devoid of bloatware.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
You should update to the latest CWM Recovery port, i.e. VENTANA RECOVERY from http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
UNZIP the folder to /clockworkmod/backup/ on EXTERNAL SD-CARD
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the backup folder
There are TWO options currently:
NO BLOATWARE 0089 / OTA2.5 -- 350MB zip
No-Bloat 0089/OTA2.5 US Rooted Nandroid - NEW LINK
NO BLOATWARE 0075 / OTA1 -- 330MB zip
NO Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
pwstein said:
I built a couple of CWR Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted.
Useful for users wanting to roll back to an earlier firmware (0075) on US supported Thinkpads with CWR installed.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
PLEASE -
UPDATE TO THE LATEST CWR port
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
IT IS ZIPPED - UNZIP and move to EXTERNAL SD-CARD
The SD_CARD should have:
/clockworkmod/backup/no_bloat_0075_US_root_NANDROID/**files**
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the unzipped backup
YES BLOATWARE -- I allowed the Lenovo Add-on apps to install - 550MB, i.e. stock, factory fresh US build
YES Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
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Thanks for doing this!
I kept having trouble with downloading the files.
After entering the security code & clicking on Dowload File, it will automatically refresh the page & bring me back to the beginning again.
I tried both on Firefox & IE.
Which CWR are you referring to?
I can't locate the new port in the original CWM thread...I'm using the one posted in the first post of that thread.
Konker
konker said:
Thanks for doing this!
I kept having trouble with downloading the files.
After entering the security code & clicking on Dowload File, it will automatically refresh the page & bring me back to the beginning again.
I tried both on Firefox & IE.
Which CWR are you referring to?
I can't locate the new port in the original CWM thread...I'm using the one posted in the first post of that thread.
Konker
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I don't know why the site isn't working for downloading, seems like lots of folks have been successful. I ran in to the same issue trying to test the download. Any ideas from the forum?
CWR/CWM Recovery -- It is called ventana_recovery and can be found in US or ROW types in 16, 32 and 64 iterations at everyrandom.
http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
New link for the No Bloatware Nandroid added to original post. When I can get the other Nandroid uploaded to the new server, I'll add that link.
Don't know why the other links wouldn't serve up... sorry all.
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I don't know why the site isn't working for downloading, seems like lots of folks have been successful. I ran in to the same issue trying to test the download. Any ideas from the forum?
CWR/CWM Recovery -- It is called ventana_recovery and can be found in US or ROW types in 16, 32 and 64 iterations at everyrandom.
http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
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Is this the one I should be using for my 32Gb TPT?
It's labelled ventana32_recovery.img.
I don't know what happened but yesterday, I couldn't even browse the Files folder to view other files.
Thanks for reposting the Nandroid backups!
Yes, you've located the right one if you've got a US tablet.
The gps.conf is modified from the original file that shipped on tablet. This causes updates to fail.
CWM will cause OTA2 to fail during update. My apologies about GPS.conf, I missed that. It is a simple thing to fix.
Also, there are OTA builds that don't require the original files and recovery here in XDA.
I downloaded the 0075_US file. I am looking to replace a couple of system/app files (mainly PinyinIME.apk) as I deleted them before without a backup.
I want to take my TPT back to stock or run some sort of update without too much trouble as I plan on selling my TPT (need the money).
Is there a way that I can extract the files that I need from the 0075_US files that was posted here?
Thanks
There is a system dump provided by GodfatherIP at another forum, here is a link http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6846397/System.zip
Maybe that'll help...
hey guys!
i was looking for such a non bloated rom - yet, im not sure on how to exactly install cwm ... call me stupid, but i can't really find a step by step guide and rom manager wasnt working for me. could someone link me (obviously too stupid for the search function) a thread or give a guideline?
thanks in advance, also for the rom!
hansonenator said:
I downloaded the 0075_US file. I am looking to replace a couple of system/app files (mainly PinyinIME.apk) as I deleted them before without a backup.
I want to take my TPT back to stock or run some sort of update without too much trouble as I plan on selling my TPT (need the money).
Is there a way that I can extract the files that I need from the 0075_US files that was posted here?
Thanks
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Download the archive and open it with winrar. You will find system.ext4.tar. Open it inside winrar and it will extract it. In the app directory you will find all system apps.
Copy PinyinIME.apk and the odex to your device /system/app and do :
chmod 644 /system/app/PinyinIME.*
pau-pau123 said:
hey guys!
i was looking for such a non bloated rom - yet, im not sure on how to exactly install cwm ... call me stupid, but i can't really find a step by step guide and rom manager wasnt working for me. could someone link me (obviously too stupid for the search function) a thread or give a guideline?
thanks in advance, also for the rom!
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noone can help me here?
my post to Temetka might help you
pwstein said:
my post to Temetka might help you
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thanks, worked fine after some more research
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10649086/0089_US_no-bloat_rooted.zip
is the link down just for me?
//jk, worked
MD5 checksum mismatch?
pwstein said:
I built a couple of CWM Recovery Nandroid backups for all the folks looking for a stock restore image that is pre-rooted and devoid of bloatware.
Built on: 1838CTO 32GB US Thinkpad Tablet with Gobi 3000 WWAN. No internet connection made during boot. No account information entered. Superuser pre-activated.
You should update to the latest CWM Recovery port, i.e. VENTANA RECOVERY from http://everyrandom.com/files/files.php
BACK-UP YOUR OWN THINKPAD FIRST USING CWR
- and report your experiences afterwards!
UNZIP the folder to /clockworkmod/backup/ on EXTERNAL SD-CARD
Use CWR after a full power down, choose backup/restore, choose restore, choose the backup folder
There are TWO options currently:
NO BLOATWARE 0089 / OTA2.5 -- 350MB zip
No-Bloat 0089/OTA2.5 US Rooted Nandroid - NEW LINK
NO BLOATWARE 0075 / OTA1 -- 330MB zip
NO Bloat 0075 US Rooted Nandroid ZIPPED
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pwstein,
Finally got down to restoring your Nandroid backup to my TPT.
However, I kept getting the MD5 checksum mismatch error.
Am downloading again to try and see if it makes any difference.
Do I need to preserve the folder name 0089_US_no-bloat_rooted?
Konker
konker said:
pwstein,
Finally got down to restoring your Nandroid backup to my TPT.
However, I kept getting the MD5 checksum mismatch error.
Am downloading again to try and see if it makes any difference.
Do I need to preserve the folder name 0089_US_no-bloat_rooted?
Konker
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Reloaded the 0089 package but ended up with the same MD5 mismatch error.
Tried this method to recreate the nandroid.md5 but my TPT does not have md5sum even though busybox is already installed.
Anyone has a clue what I can do to overcome this?
Konker
Off the top of my head, and I apologize if you have made this apparent elsewhere, are you using a US (or UK) firmware Tablet?
pwstein said:
Off the top of my head, and I apologize if you have made this apparent elsewhere, are you using a US (or UK) firmware Tablet?
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I'm using a US TPT.
Do you think the CWR versions we're using matters?
I've since upgraded the CWR to the version you recommended & so I'm wondering if this is a factor.
Konker
I don't know about the different CWM Recovery. I wish I did.
After you have extracted the zip, the folder can be renamed but it should be placed within the backup folder, like:
EXTERNAL SD-CARD ROOT/clockworkmod/backup/0089_US_no-bloat_rooted/**files**
Hello guys, I have a question about the nandroid backup on Nexus 4
See I got my Nexus 4 the other day, and I flashed Clockworkmod Recovery 6.0.2.0, then I made a nandroid backup. The recovery said this backup was stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. But when I return to my normal system I cannot find this folder(using root explorer). I can see that 1 or 2G space was used by something but I cannot find this folder no matter how, although this folder does exist. Later I found out that Rom Manager can get access to this folder.So is the recovery using a special way to hide this folder or what? Hope you guys can tell me something about this. Many thanks XD
ShawnZhang said:
Hello guys, I have a question about the nandroid backup on Nexus 4
See I got my Nexus 4 the other day, and I flashed Clockworkmod Recovery 6.0.2.0, then I made a nandroid backup. The recovery said this backup was stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. But when I return to my normal system I cannot find this folder(using root explorer). I can see that 1 or 2G space was used by something but I cannot find this folder no matter how, although this folder does exist. Later I found out that Rom Manager can get access to this folder.So is the recovery using a special way to hide this folder or what? Hope you guys can tell me something about this. Many thanks XD
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Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
Sent from my Xperia Pro using xda app-developers app
Check in /data/media as prev post said.
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CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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I see, thank you bro:good:
ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
Sent from my Xperia Pro using xda app-developers app
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that will be much safer... Thanks bro~~ thanks for the explanation
CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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Finally I found that folder with your direction. Thank you bro!
Anyone else notice older versions of CWM backups were sometimes over 1gb and these new ones are only about 50mb?
dralways said:
Anyone else notice older versions of CWM backups were sometimes over 1gb and these new ones are only about 50mb?
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Yes, that's a new feature that tries to combine the backups and only re-backup newly changed data
Forgive my ignorance guys, but if you wipe the data partition, do you lose your backups? I want to get this straight before I root my phone that will apparently never be shipped to me.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
estallings15 said:
Forgive my ignorance guys, but if you wipe the data partition, do you lose your backups? I want to get this straight before I root my phone that will apparently never be shipped to me.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
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No you don't as the data partition is separate from the backup folder. But just to be sure, make a backup of your backup on your PC :cyclops:
Does TWRP also stores their back ups here too??
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ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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how if when i plug my phone to the computer all i can see is the stuff in the SD drive?
Sparta507 said:
Does TWRP also stores their back ups here too??
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how if when i plug my phone to the computer all i can see is the stuff in the SD drive?
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I think you can copy your data/media/clockworkmod to your SDcard(with root explorer or something like that), then plug the phone to your PC, move the clockworkmod folder to your PC. I did it this afternoon
how do i go about doing a nandroid backup? steps please
so nandroid backup? save the backup folder to PC, then i can flash a custom rom like matrix1, and how do i get back all my apps/folders again? just put back the backupfolder?
can i just connect to my PC and copy and paste ALL OF the nexus4 drive? is that backing up as well?
ajabhi95 said:
This recovery folder is only accessible by Clockwordmod when it is running. It cannot be displayed in file explorers for safety reasons, such as accidental deletion. But this folder can be accessed with a PC when your phone is connected to it, in order to take a backup of the folder. Hope this helps
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How do i save the backup to my pc? I do not see the data folder when i pluge in my nexus 4 to my computer.
CMNein said:
Look in /data/media/Clockworkmod.
NOT the /sdcard/data, but in system root.
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Is this directory stored on the internal storage? In other words, when I do a wipe to I flash a rom, would this directory be included in that wipe? I mean, it sounds like a stupid question. And I would expect it to be located in the internal storage, but I don't wanna do a wipe and install the rom and now I'm stuck without my backup.
what would be the quickest process to copy a nandroid backup from my nexus4 to a computer?
and when i wanted to paste it back onto my phone, how would i go about doing that to restore from it?
I finally got fed up with reliability issues of CM (system crashing/freezing/etc) so I'm going back to stock (and I'm using the most current stable version). I took a stock backup in February using TWRP but find CWM to be more reliable so I use that now. I took a backup of the CM install today, using CWM, before doing anything, but I cannot find it. It doesn't appear in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backups although when using CWM, I can view past backups and even restore from them and it's saying it's coming from that directory. Any clues as to how to view these backups so I can copy them to my PC?
I granted my file manager root access so that shouldn't be the issue. It only shows a downloads folder under the clockworkmod folder, no backups folder with the actual backups in them.
Thanks for the help,
Spike
Did you check for any hidden files? Or maybe any other folder.
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XxLordxX said:
Did you check for any hidden files? Or maybe any other folder.
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Its in. /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
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Its in. /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
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Yes it was thank you so much for the help!