I recently did a nandroid backup and it worked. I then flashed a theme that I thought I liked but didn't so I ended up using the restore nandroid process in recovery mode and it worked. I then changed the name of the first folder inside of the Nandroid folder so I know which ROM it is. I then ended up flashing another theme that I did not like. I tried to do a nandroid restore but this time I get an error says to do "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" or something like that from ADB.
How do I do the restore from ADB? I would use the CMD correct? I tried looking for possible command using CMD but could find nothing. Anyone know why this happened. Why I get this error? I use to get this error all the time on my G1 so I instead would use SwitchRom, but does anyone know if a SwitchRom exists for NexusOne?
I got this same error tonight!
unfortunately my computer no longer recognises my nexus one in either windows or linux, so i can't use ADB anymore.
MFK DGAF said:
I recently did a nandroid backup and it worked. I then flashed a theme that I thought I liked but didn't so I ended up using the restore nandroid process in recovery mode and it worked. I then changed the name of the first folder inside of the Nandroid folder so I know which ROM it is. I then ended up flashing another theme that I did not like. I tried to do a nandroid restore but this time I get an error says to do "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" or something like that from ADB.
How do I do the restore from ADB? I would use the CMD correct? I tried looking for possible command using CMD but could find nothing. Anyone know why this happened. Why I get this error? I use to get this error all the time on my G1 so I instead would use SwitchRom, but does anyone know if a SwitchRom exists for NexusOne?
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if you are using RA recovery, just open CMD and type
Code:
adb shell
# switchrom
when you are in recovery... from there you can do what you need to do... but if you are only restoring a nandroid, use BART (also built into RA recovery)
Code:
adb shell
# bart
a list of options will come up, for nandroid backup i think it is just
Code:
bart -n
but im not entirely sure.
you can also restore the backup from the actual recovery... scroll down to nandroid/backup and then choose bart nand restore or whatever the option is.
Sometimes that happens to me when my phone is low on battery try fully charging your phone.
Does changing the name somehow cause this problem?
I have noticed that when you change the name of the folder that contains the nandroid backup it will fail to restore it.
McFroger3 said:
I have noticed that when you change the name of the folder that contains the nandroid backup it will fail to restore it.
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The name of the folder has to be "Nandroid" or its will not properly restore. I never had to noticce this, it was actually obviously since the G1 days.. don't know how I already knew.
You'll get that error if you battery is <30%
Full charge when you flash people, full charge.
(Edit: and search)
Is there a way that I can retrieve/extract my contact list from a nandroid backup without restoring the phone to said backup? If so, please explain... thanks guys
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Do you store your contacts with your gmail account?
They're not in any of the attached accounts.
Dunno what i was thinking but when i created new contacts i added them to "phone" instead of "gmail"
I flashed a new rom and kept all my apps and junk but only maintained my gmail and facebook contacts, as woulda been expected if i was thinking.
Is there a virtual drive or something similar that i can use to mount the .img files from the nandroid backup?
Thanks.
MagicISO won't mount it
EDIT: I decided to just go ahead and restore to the old backup and then export the contacts, but, the old nandroid backup is saying "MD5 mismatch" so, any good ideas?
This may help:
ihtfp69 said:
I figured I would post this fix here in case anyone else ran into this problem. This is assuming you did not change the folder names and let Clockworkmod create them. I haven't had it happen until today, but it's not a nice message to see when you are trying to do a restore.
Code:
Checking MD5 sums...
MD5 mismatch!
To fix this problem use the code below. Substitute the final folder name for the backup you need to fix.
Code:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-06-29.20.22.53
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
When that finishes, re-run the restore and everything should be fine.
NOTE: As rpearl stated, there could be something really wrong with your nandroid, so use this tutorial as a learning experience and not a fix-all. In my case, everything was fine after restoring. However, that may not always be the case. Do this with caution.
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Good luck, hope it helps.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4.
So I was able to do a full adb backup when I was on 4.1.2 before I updated to 4.2.2.. I wanted to do another full adb backup again on 4.2.2 before putting a recovery or custom rom on my device so it would be easy to restore back to my completely stock experience (with root) if I choose. But for some reason after letting it run all the way through (I let it run overnight since it takes so long) the backup is nowhere to be found which leads me to believe it failed somewhere along the way, but no errors are reported. Has anybody had this issue or have any advice on what may be going on? I've tried doing:
Adb backup -all
Adb backup -all C:\Users\Wyth\Desktop
Adb backup -all G:\ (external HDD)
Adb backup -all G:\xtzbackup (in case adb backup had some sort of bug saving to the root of the drive)
If anybody has any help or alternative solutions to creating a full system backup I'd appreciate it! Thanks in advance!
If you are going to supply a path and file name, don't forget the -f switch
dph3055 said:
If you are going to supply a path and file name, don't forget the -f switch
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Thanks, that was absolutely the issue. I guess I did that the first time around but forgot the second. I ended up making the backup and then unlocking the bootloader. Unfortunately I forgot that it would completely wipe the internal storage rather than just a factory reset, so I lost my titanium backups. Tried to do the adb restore, and every time after the first app it would just reboot the device. After trying it many times I ended up using the adb extractor tool to create a tar from the backup. Apparently however the backup was no good because when extracting the tar after getting to a certain part every time it came up with unexpected end of archive. But I at least got most of the titanium backup folder out. Tried copying that to internal storage and it was permission denied. Copied it to external sd, and then on the tablet transferred it to internal storage. Then every time I restored any of the data, when I rebooted the tablet it would go into bootloops. After many ftf flashes and time wasted copying things back and forth all over the place I finally am basically just resigning to starting over. Boot into CWM and made a backup, and find that it makes the clockwork mod backup folder in data/media rather than the proper place in data/media/0 or even data/media/legacy. The option to backup to external sdcard also doesn't work, as it refuses to mount sdcard or external-sdcard. Needless to say the last 24 hours or so has been massive headaches. Is there a newer version of CWM for the tablet than 6.0.3.2? It seems pretty buggy and hard to believe that it is what everyone has been using as the button combination to reboot to recovery doesn't even work.
Btw, I'm trying to do this on the stock sony 4.2.2 firmware for sgp312.
Using kernel and recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433466
with ftf from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2424550
As we all know titanium backup is not working in Lollipop on the Galaxy S5
I sent an email to titanium backup support.
this is what they sent me back.
Hi,
Thank you for the report. Unfortunately we don't have a Galaxy S5 at hand, so some help would be much appreciated, if you don't mind.
Could you please try these commands in a shell (after restoring these apps) and let us know whether it fixes the force closes?
su
/system/bin/restorecon -R /data/data/com.herman.ringtone
/system/bin/restorecon -R /data/data/com.firstsight.cointoss3d
/system/bin/restorecon -R /data/data/com.mobilityware.solitaire
/system/bin/restorecon -R /data/data/eu.thedarken.sdm
Also, can you check that this option is enabled in Titanium Backup?
Troubleshooting settings => Add basic perms on data restore
And finally, if the problem persists, could you please send us the output of:
su
/data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox ls -aln /data/app/*com.mobilityware.solitaire*
/data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox ls -aln /data/data/com.mobilityware.solitaire
please replace com.mobilityware.solitaire with the package name of one app that you're trying to restore...
Thanks for helping,
Regards,
Titanium Track / Android support team
anyone wants to try this? i reverted back to kitkat
I'm a complete beginner when it comes to rooting, flashing and so on. I've been using my Nexus 4 since the day it came out, and have always had it completely stock, never even rooted it or anything. I'm normally not too bad at stuff like this, but I've been googling how to do all of this and been reading some guides on here, and I'm just getting more and more confused.
My goal is to go from Stock Android 5.1.1 to the newest Cyanogenmod nightly, and to keep all my data. Now, how do i go about this?
I'm already stuck at the first step (or at least I think, that's the first step): Creating a backup of my current Stock phone. Apparently I need to create a NANDROID backup first, but I can't do it with a locked bootloader? And if i unlock the bootloader, my data will be wiped? This alone seems completely illogical to me, because how am I going to backup my device then? Is there no simple step by step guide for Nexus devices, that includes EVERYTHING, from backup to the final flashing of the ROM?
This is a good guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
I've seen it and it doesn't answer my question. How do I unlock the bootloader to create a backup, without wiping my device?
jb91 said:
I've seen it and it doesn't answer my question. How do I unlock the bootloader to create a backup, without wiping my device?
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You can't unlock the bootloader without wiping the device. The only backup you will be able to make without an unlocked bootloader is copying your sdcard to your pc and use an app like helium to backup your apps and data. Just remember to copy that backup to your pc as well, otherwise it will be wiped.
theminikiller said:
You can't unlock the bootloader without wiping the device. The only backup you will be able to make without an unlocked bootloader is copying your sdcard to your pc and use an app like helium to backup your apps and data. Just remember to copy that backup to your pc as well, otherwise it will be wiped.
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Thanks. Do you know this "Nexus Root Toolkit" program? I was able to create a backup file containing all apps with it, as well as extract a file with my contacts data from my Nexus 4. I'm guessing this should also include my SMS / WhatsApp messages and so on?
jb91 said:
Thanks. Do you know this "Nexus Root Toolkit" program? I was able to create a backup file containing all apps with it, as well as extract a file with my contacts data from my Nexus 4. I'm guessing this should also include my SMS / WhatsApp messages and so on?
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Unfortunately I don't know much about that. You could skim through some of the thread or search to find out if someone else has asked that question and if not ask it there. That would probably be the easiest way to find out.
This is extremely confusing, I have no idea how people can say it is simple to put a custom ROM on a Nexus device. I am absolutely lost trying to back up everything. Is a NANDROID backup just a full backup of the phone? Am I not completely screwed if I can't create this? I have some random app files, extracted from a Root Toolkit, and a contacts file. I don't think that's enough to save my device in case anything goes wrong during flashing?
One of the sticky threads here mentions this right at the beginning:
Before you do anything EVER, you'll always have to backup your stuff, even if you don't feel like it, or your dog died (in which case I'm truly sorry), but, no matter what you're about to do, always have a recent backup sitting around.
There are many ways and things you can and will probably have to backup.
1. Backup your entire phone, by creating a Nandroid Backup.
As you saw in the 'Custom Recovery" picture above, you have a "Backup and Restore" option.
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But it doesn't make any sense. "Before I do anything", I can't even create the NANDROID backup to begin with, because the bootloader is not unlocked by default, and unlocking it will wipe everything on the device. So I don't get how the first step to put a ROM on a phone is to create a NANDROID backup, because from my understanding, it is not possible to do. Also, my Nexus 4 did not come with a "custom recovery" installed and I have no idea how to put this on there (do i do this before or after the NANDROID backup?). I'm really starting to wonder how anyone actually understands these guides.
jb91 said:
This is extremely confusing, I have no idea how people can say it is simple to put a custom ROM on a Nexus device. I am absolutely lost trying to back up everything. Is a NANDROID backup just a full backup of the phone? Am I not completely screwed if I can't create this? I have some random app files, extracted from a Root Toolkit, and a contacts file. I don't think that's enough to save my device in case anything goes wrong during flashing?
One of the sticky threads here mentions this right at the beginning:
But it doesn't make any sense. "Before I do anything", I can't even create the NANDROID backup to begin with, because the bootloader is not unlocked by default, and unlocking it will wipe everything on the device. So I don't get how the first step to put a ROM on a phone is to create a NANDROID backup, because from my understanding, it is not possible to do. Also, my Nexus 4 did not come with a "custom recovery" installed and I have no idea how to put this on there (do i do this before or after the NANDROID backup?). I'm really starting to wonder how anyone actually understands these guides.
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Following the link to the guide, I see this:
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Unlocking the Bootloader:
***NOTE***
This will perform a factory reset on your device. You will lose all applications. Even the data on your SD Card! I'd recommend making a Backup to your computer BEFORE performing this. There is a method for backing your data up, detailed HERE.
For the time being, there is a method available that will allow you to unlock your device (and root it) without losing your data.
For instructions, click HERE. Please note: this is a hack and isn't the "conventional" and "accepted" way of unlocking your bootloader on a nexus device. The wipe requirement is there for your safety, really, and I'm certain this will be patched in the upcoming releases.
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But you can always use adb directly from your pc to backup your entire device. How? adb --help
adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]
- write an archive of the device's data to <file>.
If no -f option is supplied then the data is written
to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
(-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves
in the archive; the default is noapk.)
(-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion
(aka .obb) files associated with each application; the default
is noobb.)
(-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the device's
shared storage / SD card contents; the default is noshared.)
(-all means to back up all installed applications)
(-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes
system applications; the default is to include system apps)
(<packages...> is the list of applications to be backed up. If
the -all or -shared flags are passed, then the package
list is optional. Applications explicitly given on the
command line will be included even if -nosystem would
ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)
greg17477 said:
But you can always use adb directly from your pc to backup your entire device. How? adb --help
adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]
- write an archive of the device's data to <file>.
If no -f option is supplied then the data is written
to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
(-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves
in the archive; the default is noapk.)
(-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion
(aka .obb) files associated with each application; the default
is noobb.)
(-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the device's
shared storage / SD card contents; the default is noshared.)
(-all means to back up all installed applications)
(-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes
system applications; the default is to include system apps)
(<packages...> is the list of applications to be backed up. If
the -all or -shared flags are passed, then the package
list is optional. Applications explicitly given on the
command line will be included even if -nosystem would
ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)
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Is ADB this "Android Studio" that I had to install in the first step of this guide (Android SDK)? If so, I opened it but I have no clue how to get anywhere where i could enter code like this. This is what it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/zhujSKR.png
jb91 said:
Is ADB this "Android Studio" that I had to install in the first step of this guide (Android SDK)? If so, I opened it but I have no clue how to get anywhere where i could enter code like this. This is what it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/zhujSKR.png
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Sorry, i can not help you , if you do not know the basic of basics Lots to read up for you.
cheers
Well ok, lets try it another way: i don't understand how to create a full backup, but i did backup some single apps to my PC using Nexus Root Toolkit (they're .ab files), for which i want to keep my data. I also manually backed up my mp3s and pictures / videos. Would i be fine just starting with the actual process (unlocking bootloader, install custom recovery and so on)?
After all, i should have the possibility to revert anything back for these apps at least, and the official Nexus 4 Stock Android files are available at Google. So, there's no real risk, even without a FULL backup of everything, correct?