Fairly new at android, so go easy on me.
Created a backup (apparently incorrectly), and decided to restore the backup. Once it was completed and I rebooted the KF booted into TWRP and no backups exist. The only folder is the TWRP, but boot, cache, data, etc. exist when you move up a level. Any way to force a ROM re-installation at this point? I can mount the drive via TWRP and can access the TWRP folder via windows explorer, but it appears that the entire system has been wiped. I can also use ADB to look at teh status and its saying that its online, rooted, and in recovery mode (5001). Any help would be appreciated.
There are numerous roms in the forum. Look around and find the one that is right for you. There is the stock rom if you want the original kf experience. I reccommend cm7 if you want a fully functional android tablet. Downlad any rom to your pc and copy to the fire using usb mount in twrp. I recommend wiping system, data and dalvik before flashing a new rom to avoid complications. I would add links but that is kinda hard from the fire. Lol
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Awesome... I was stuck here for 4 hours at work today. LOL
Thank you very much.
Hi
I recently got a Nexus 4 after always having had iPhone, so I am quite new to this. =)
Is it possible to root a Nexus 4 without losing the data folder? Either by simply never deleting it or is there any way to get a backup of everything in the data folder(including hidden files and everything in /data/app, etc.) to my computer(windows or mac), when it isin't rooted?
All the rooting guides I have looked at until now says that they will wipe the phone, but I also read a discussion that said it were possible to gain complete access to the data folder by either manually rooting the phone or by not unlocking the bootloader? I posted somewhere else and someone there said that what I want is SU in the OS, but I am not sure about that, since I haven't heard more.
Thank you =)
You can root without wiping data. The trick is to not boot into Android after unlocking bootloader. You do things like this:
1. Setup your pc ( drivers, fastboot )
2. Unlock your bootloader
From now on, you must not boot normally, or else your phone will be wiped.
3. Flash a custom recovery.
4. Enter recovery
5. Wipe cache
6. Flash the SuperSu zip to root.
7. Reboot.
Now you should be rooted, and your data should not be wiped. But I'd make a backup is I were you.
Being a new user, try reading this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2367406
Sorry guys may I ask a question relative to restoring apps via TiBU?
Before flashing stock 4.3 I had updated TiBU and backed up my apk's+data
Wiped everything to have a clean slate for TRIM to work perfectly and I've started to restore my apps.
TIBU takes forever to install a single apk, actually never ends.
Reboot.....
If I try to install apk from the market and then restore only the data from TiBU the app crashes.
After that I cannot reinstall the app anymore even from the play store.
Is there a way to overcome this?
Thanks
PS: I have already tried the solution Menu/Preferences/backup folder location
PS2: Nexus 4 - built JWR66Y - FRANCO r178
vagos696 said:
Sorry guys may I ask a question relative to restoring apps via TiBU?
Before flashing stock 4.3 I had updated TiBU and backed up my apk's+data
Wiped everything to have a clean slate for TRIM to work perfectly and I've started to restore my apps.
TIBU takes forever to install a single apk, actually never ends.
Reboot.....
If I try to install apk from the market and then restore only the data from TiBU the app crashes.
After that I cannot reinstall the app anymore even from the play store.
Is there a way to overcome this?
Thanks
PS: I have already tried the solution Menu/Preferences/backup folder location
PS2: Nexus 4 - built JWR66Y - FRANCO r178
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I don't trust TiBU. its a real mess for me. I for one backup my ANDROID folder, and flash all apps through recovery. and then copy back the Android folder on SDCARD.
How did you root your 4.3 image? Many custom kernels break root on 4.3. Try re-flashing SuperSU or re-flash ROM and stick to the stock kernel.
via Nexus Toolkit. I'm still rooted even after applied Franco, but I'll revert back to stock kernel just to check your possibility.
Even the saved TiBU apk's are not getting installed.
How can I re-install the broken apps which were affected from TiBU? As I mentioned even fresh installation from the play store is not processed.
I was hoping to avoid re-flashing and re-rooting from scratch.
Nope even with stock kernel I face the same problems. Any suggestions?
I guess there's something wrong with your /data partition. I'd either start over with flashing the factory image or at least format /data (not wipe, really format). Don't forget to backup your internal sdcard content first, it will be deleted with both methods.
Also I'd recommend not using a toolkit for flashing the factory image and rooting. It's easy enough using fastboot and a custom recovery. This way you'll be on the safe side, not missing any errors etc.
Make sure your TiBU directory is set to storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup, not storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup.
It worked for me, anyway. Well, after having to perform a factory reset, as it screwed up the UUIDs, that is
Thanks for the suggestion. You were right my path was storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup.
I revert it to the suggested one but I have the same issue.
Factory reset, start from scratch, initial path storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup
The same problem which also end up destroying the fresh apk as well.
Hopeless
Tell us exactly what you're doing. Which ROM / image, software, versions, procedure, all the details. Maybe something other well ring a bell.
As already quoted
1. Before updating to 4.3, I updated TiBU to the latest version and kept backup of the apps+data
2. Clean flash of stock 4.3 ROM (JWR66Y) via Nexus Toolkit
3. Root (Busybox, SU etc)
4. Flashing Franco Kernel r178
5. Installation of TiBU
6. Try to restore - PROBLEM
Plan B:
1. Factory Data Reset
2. BusyBox gone but still have root access
3. Stock ROM - Stock Kernel - Rooted
4. Install TiBU
5. Restoring - PROBLEM
Description of the PROBLEM:
I cannot restore apk's is getting into a loop and never ends.
I can restore data to an installed apk, but then the app crashes
I cannot re-install the (restored) app via playstore, I get "unknown error code during installation -24-"
Current situation
1. Factory Data Reset again
2. Franco r178
3. No restores via TiBU
Don't shoot me, but it still sounds like the TiBu 4.3 ROM backup folder path problem. Here's what I do and what works for me:
1. Open TiBu
2. Click on "Menu"
3. Click on "Preferences"
4. Click on "Backup folder location"
5. Click on "DETECT!"
6. Click on "Whole device"
7. Choose "/storage/emulated/legacy/TitaniumBackup"
8. Click on "Use the current folder"
9. TiBu will now ask if it should move the other backups to the new folder, say no.
10. Exit the preferences with the back key
11. TiBu will now reload with the new preferences
Now restoring should work if the path is the problem.
About loosing root with a custom kernel on 4.3 ROMs:
If you lose root by flashing a custom kernel it may still seem like root is active, i.e. the root frontend app will still be there and ask for root permissions etc. Try the following to ensure that TiBu is running with full root privileges: Uninstall some unimportant system application (some Gapp for example, like Google Currents - backup first if you need it). If uninstalling gets cancelled with a message like "Can't find the apk file", it's likely that root doesn't work properly.
Come on man, I hate to give up
Thanks for the inspiration but unfortunately:
1. I can unistall, backup and restore properly Google Currents (hence proper root)
2. Back up folder was set properly also by verifying your steps (2-10)
And again if I try to restore an old app (not the data) it gets to the familiar loop.
Ok. I'd now flash the full factory image, thus resetting every partition (backup internal sdcard first). Please try without a toolkit to be safe. You need the drivers installed (your toolkit should already have taken care of that) and have adb and fastboot ready. There are batch/shell scripts included in the factory image which invoke the fastboot commands in one step.
Next flash a custom recovery with fastboot and use it to flash SuperSU for root access.
Refrain from flashing a custom kernel now and try if you can successfully restore with TiBu at this point.
If you can, the problem was either one of your partitions/filesystems f_cked up or the toolkit doing something wrong.
Model is P48WVB4 which I think is the Kindle Fire HD 7".
Software version is 11.3.2.2
I found instructions here: http://kfsowi.com/guides/root
If I understand them correctly, it is replacing the boot image with the older software version one.
Then rooting it.
Then replacing the boot image again.
My question is does replacing the boot image wipe the device?
I'm trying to root so I can either backup the clash of clans data with titanium backup to move it to another device.
Or so I can associate it with a google+ account.
So obviously I don't want to erase the data in the rooting process.
I tried backing up the data with Helium but it wouldn't backup clash of clans.
Will Rickards said:
Model is P48WVB4 which I think is the Kindle Fire HD 7".
Software version is 11.3.2.2
I found instructions here: http://kfsowi.com/guides/root
If I understand them correctly, it is replacing the boot image with the older software version one.
Then rooting it.
Then replacing the boot image again.
My question is does replacing the boot image wipe the device?
I'm trying to root so I can either backup the clash of clans data with titanium backup to move it to another device.
Or so I can associate it with a google+ account.
So obviously I don't want to erase the data in the rooting process.
I tried backing up the data with Helium but it wouldn't backup clash of clans.
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i haven't checked the script for rooting a kfsowi, but replacing a bootimg doesn't in itself wipe anything, all the bootimg is is the kernel +intramfs. I don't think the rooting process on kfsowi touches the data partition outside of storing some temp data. Like i said i have not looked at the script to see how the process works yet though.
Edit: didn't see anything that looks like it will wipe it in the script!
OK, I played with Titanium Backup and removed some Samsung apps like S health... Now I am stuck at boot loop and phone wont start. I am on stock rom 6.01 rooted. tried everything I could read:
- installed TWRP - did not quite work, gave me an error "is not seadroid"
- installed CWM - I can boot into it, but not much I can do to fix the boot, I tried wiping the partition cache and dalvik, but not help
- installed root again with stock recovery, nothing..
If I install the latest version of stock firmware, will I loose my app data? All I care about is to preserve my notes from ColorNote I read somewher that if a rom does not have userdata img, it wont wipe. Does the stock firmware have that? I am just looking for a way to get back in, backup stuff, and then reflash properly.
I tried going the adb route, but nothing there either. In cmd it says now unlock your phone for the pull command to compete, which obviously I cannot do.
Any other options to save my ColorNotes and Pictures?
OK, I was able to execute:
adb pull / C:\Myfile
This copied system files pretty much. How do I copy the app data or personal data - that's what I actually need
Got lucky...
I had to flash the latest stock firmware, but because I was running it anyway, just not the latest security patch, I the system ended up upgrading and all my files were preserved. It is as if I simply got the monthly patch.