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Hi Guys,
I'm a little new to all this so please bear with me..
Just rooted my MT4g and want to make a nandroid backup before i do anything. However i see that i need to use CWM to flash a custom recovery image in order to make the backup.
Is there anyway to reverse that recovery image back to stock? Incase i need to revert the phone completely back to stock...
Thanks.
Sorry, i think i found it!
I'm guessing this is it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843289
Please close this thread if that's it.. sorry for spamming.
If you completed the root process then you already have CwM recovery. Just use Rom Manager to make a backup. If you have to revert back to stock the process will reinstall the stock recovery img for you.
shortskoolbus said:
Hi Guys,
I'm a little new to all this so please bear with me..
Just rooted my MT4g and want to make a nandroid backup before i do anything. However i see that i need to use CWM to flash a custom recovery image in order to make the backup.
Is there anyway to reverse that recovery image back to stock? Incase i need to revert the phone completely back to stock...
Thanks.
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Hmm okay. I did successfully root the device and I was following this write up to backup the phone using nandroid which says i need to flash a custom recovery ROM.
I just tried to backup current ROM and it gives me a message saying i must flash CwM recovery first and gives me an option to install it. But i'm guessing it's possible to restore that from the link in my second post?
You can use clockwork to restore your factory rom, but if you want to revert your recovery back to stock you will need to fastboot flash the stock recovery back on. This is assuming you have first flashed the stock rom which will leave you without clockwork rom manager installed. There's a few unroot guides that will help you if you need to send your phone back to tmo. I would suggest becoming familiar with ADB and Fastboot. That knowledge will give you more options in a pinch.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G
Thanks much!
Yes i am doing a lot of reading right now, but wanted to make sure all the files i needed were out there for the MT4G already. Looks like the factory recovery is out there and it can be flashed back so i'm not to worried.
shortskoolbus said:
Thanks much!
Yes i am doing a lot of reading right now, but wanted to make sure all the files i needed were out there for the MT4G already. Looks like the factory recovery is out there and it can be flashed back so i'm not to worried.
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Yes all the files are out there that you would need to pretty much do whatever needed. Check out the links in my sig for some good things.
Hi guys,
I had a very strange problem, my Titanium Backup on android KitKat backed up all apps, but I could not restore them on Lollipop. When I verified the backups, TB said they were corrupted (using AOSP Lollipop). Switching back to KK and verifying the apps again confirmed my backups were okay. The only thing working on LP in TB was restoring app's data (only). So, how do you install apps from your backup created with KitKat on Lollipop?
Install android KitKat ROM
If you are already on KK, skip this step.
If you are on LP, take a nandroid backup, wipe your phone, and install any KK ROM. Install Titanium Backup on that ROM.
Make an "update.zip" package
Open TB, open batch menu and verify your backups (while the backups were "corrupted" on LP, they worked for me on KK).
Open batch menu, and find "Recovery mode" in the list. There's just one option (Create "update.zip" from app+data backups). Pick the backups you want to restore on LP and run it.
It will create a recovery script, with all the apps (including their data). You're done on KitKat, back to LP!
Install/restore Android Lollipop
Wipe your phone again, install or restore any LP ROM you want to use.
Boot your phone to LP, set your Google account and other things you want to.
Install Titanium Backup on your phone. Do NOT restore anything yet.
Reboot to recovery & install your apps from the file you created with Titanium Backup (usually "update.zip" in the sdcard folder)
Reboot (system), your phone will update android and setup all your application's. Do not open those apps yet.
Restoring application's data with TB
If the TB did not begin the data restoring process yet (you would see that as a notification), reboot your phone again (system).
Your phone should start restoring data to the application's you installed via recovery earlier. Let it finish.
That's it, you're done! Your backups from KitKat, that could not be installed on Lollipop via Titanium Backup are now installed and working!
WARNING: Even if you have to wait/reboot more times, do it! If you setup your apps manually, and TB won't restore any data, there's a huge chance it will start restoring them on the next reboot and it will replace the data you already setup!
Cool!
Just one point I confuse, step 4, "Reboot to recovery & install your apps"
What apps? and how do you install it/them from recovery?
Honestly, I've never done it that way b4. I install all .apk files when the system is up and running.
votinh said:
Cool!
Just one point I confuse, step 4, "Reboot to recovery & install your apps"
What apps? and how do you install it/them from recovery?
Honestly, I've never done it that way b4. I install all .apk files when the system is up and running.
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in the point 2. he said that you have to create an "update.zip" package that contains all of your apps & backup data...
then in step 4. you flash that update.zip through recovery
votinh said:
Cool!
Just one point I confuse, step 4, "Reboot to recovery & install your apps"
What apps? and how do you install it/them from recovery?
Honestly, I've never done it that way b4. I install all .apk files when the system is up and running.
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60nine said:
in the point 2. he said that you have to create an "update.zip" package that contains all of your apps & backup data...
then in step 4. you flash that update.zip through recovery
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Exactly like he said, I'll edit it a bit to make things more clear.
4. Reboot to recovery & install your apps from the file you created with Titanium Backup
Get back to recovery and install the *.zip file you created earlier with TB in recovery.
Why do you need to say or add this step: "Reboot to recovery & install your apps from the file you created with Titanium Backup"
Why can't you just say
4. Reboot to recovery & install the *.zip file you created earlier with TB in recovery.
Why need to install apps in one step then get back to recovery and install the .zip file?
That's the confused part.
votinh said:
4. Reboot to recovery & install your apps from the file you created with Titanium Backup
Get back to recovery and install the *.zip file you created earlier with TB in recovery.
Why do you need to say or add this step: "Reboot to recovery & install your apps from the file you created with Titanium Backup"
Why can't you just say
4. Reboot to recovery & install the *.zip file you created earlier with TB in recovery.
Why need to install apps in one step then get back to recovery and install the .zip file?
That's the confused part.
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You have to restore them just one time, of course. I'm sorry i messed up with the description. Sorry to confuse you.
I fixed it now.
That's much better, my man.
G'day, m8
Thanks.
so i have to go back to KK and make an update.zip file thru TB, and then back to LP and install zip file via recovery...? do i understand this rite? is there no way stayin on LP and restore apps somehow? my verification says 0 errors, but still when i try to restore it gets stuck at 0% of restoring...
Yes, you do understand it right. There may be a way, but the only one working for me was this one.
Thank you
Big thanks for this!
You are welcome! Glad I helped!
How do you downgrade from Lollipop to KK?
Well that depends. If you are running LG's stock LP, then I am not sure. You better ask somewhere else. However, if you are running custom LP ROM, and you have custom recovery and rooted, then all you have to do is pick one custom KK ROM, flash it, and you are done. Use Pardus ROM, or CloudyG2, or CyanogenMod, whatever you like. It does not matter.
danek731 said:
Well that depends. If you are running LG's stock LP, then I am not sure. You better ask somewhere else. However, if you are running custom LP ROM, and you have custom recovery and rooted, then all you have to do is pick one custom KK ROM, flash it, and you are done. Use Pardus ROM, or CloudyG2, or CyanogenMod, whatever you like. It does not matter.
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So, its working for cusrom LP only? Not for stock LP ?
aboutmath said:
So, its working for cusrom LP only? Not for stock LP ?
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No. It works for stock LP as well. I was trying to say that I am not sure how to downgrade.
danek731 said:
No. It works for stock LP as well. I was trying to say that I am not sure how to downgrade.
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Okay. Now, i see. Thanks
Hi,
thanks for that great instruction. It worked very good on my Nexus 4 from Kitkat to Lollipop.
But one little failure.
Several app notifications (for example Quizduell, Tapatalk) don't come up after the update. Is there any chance to get them back, or do I have to reinstall that apps?
Try to open the apps. When you open the app, the notifications should start working properly. If they don't, just reinstall the app.
Will this work vice versa also?
Will this method work if you switch from lollipop to kitkat as well?
I managed to root the Note 3 with CF- Root. Currently on 4.4.2 EE. That was easy. I then installed CWM and it advised I needed to update the app which I do. If I then ask it to make a back up it reboots in to recovery but does not appear to do anything? If I then reboot the device the App's all crash one at a time. The only way to resolve is to wipe/Factory reset.
I am not sure what I have done wrong here? This is not a boot loop....It just bombs the current rom.
Nothing? No advice? As this is not a boot loop searching has not really helped.
o0wiz0o said:
I managed...(
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Who do you ask to make a backup ? Which app have you installed ? Cwm Rom manager ? Did you even install cwm recovery within the app ? If you updated the app, with that you didn't install the recovery.
You must power off your phone and reboot to recovery with the 3 button combo. Then, when in recovery, make a backup (if you have a custom recovery installed ?). Don't use any "boot to recovery and make a backup" apps or such, it can screw things up.
But my advice, install the latest twrp recovery. Definitely better.
Thankyou for taking the time to answer.
Yes I installed clockwork Mod. It said it was installing Cwm and offered the option to reboot and make a current backup. Which it then seems to fail. I see no manual option to make a back either when in the boot menu.
I'll try twerp and see what happens. I used to use Cwm a long time ago on a first gen galaxy and it was great. Something is just amiss this time.
Yeah, it didn't install cwm recovery, otherwise you would have the option to backup. Stock recovery doesn't have that option.
Last time i checked, this cwm manager wasn't the best option to manage your backups and restores. The 3 button combo to boot into recovery and then make a backup or restore is the way to go.
I too had problems with cwm in the past, but then i went for twrp and all is good. Plus, imo, it has a nicer touch interface.
Hy,
I have two i9505, I read a lot and installed CWM using Heimdall, I flashed SuperSU to gain root, and made a backup. It labeled the backup with an outdated 1970 name...
I took the SD card out to copy the SD backup, but could find it even when searching for hidden folder.
I put back the SD card in my device, and booted to CWM, the backup was available for a restore process. So before trying any flash I tried out a restore process, but ended up with a stuck in boot. Boot to CWM and bootloader being still available, I managed to flash a workable ROM, but I can't restore to my initial ROM.
Now, I'd like to be able to restore my device to it's initial ROM.
I believe that somehow, the backup I made is corrupted.
As I have another identical i9505 I haven't tempered with yet, I guess I could install CWM (or other custom recovery) to make a backup of the ROM, extract the backup of the ROM from the SD and use it to 'clone' my second device ROM to this one.
But I don't wan't to make any mistake here, so I'd apreciate some help, first to understand where CWM put the backup .tar.
Another solution is to get some stock ROM I can flash. As anyway I don't have any warranty on the device I don't care to restore to exact initial state, I just want to be able to get back to some stock ROM.
sammobile.com/firmwares is the place to go if you want a stock ROM. Download whichever ROM you want, then use Heimdall to flash it, and you should then be returned to stock. For best results, the ROM you download should have no carrier branding, but any of them should work.
I though I would have to do something like that from reading the unroot guide. Also, as I use Heimdall to flash (I have a linuxBox), I will use this guide in french as a guideline.
I noticed that the command line they recommend don't flash sbl1. I don't know if it is required.
Thank you anyway for confirming that.
After a long research for finding a full backup method for an unrooted OnePlus 5 android, I'm now asking if anybody can help.
I have tried using ADB.
Code:
adb backup -apk -shared -all -obb -system -f "C:\backup.ab"
adb restore "C:\backup.ab"
Here I have to
But it does not restore everything. So I don't fully trust ADB.
Then I thought, what about backup the partitions to image files, and later be able to restore them via fastboot or something.
So my question is,
can you make a backup using "fastboot", to an image just like a rom with personal data.
Or if this is not possible, then can you use linux tool dd to make image backup of my Phone?.
If there is nothing left, but to root? Then I have seen a lot of tools, apps and windows utilities to make a backup.
But what do you recommend I use?
Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.
chrismast said:
Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.
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yes but you still need to have unlocked the phone
B0unze said:
yes but you still need to have unlocked the phone
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Also any custom recovery requires you to root (SuperSU or Magisk) because as soon as you boot to the system the custom recovery will be automatically be replaced with the stock recovery. So in effect to create a nandroid backup means being unlocked, having a custom recovery and flashing a root solution. You don't need to alter the ROM any more than that though.
egominus said:
After a long research for finding a full backup method for an unrooted OnePlus 5 android, I'm now asking if anybody can help.
I have tried using ADB.
Here I have to
But it does not restore everything. So I don't fully trust ADB.
Then I thought, what about backup the partitions to image files, and later be able to restore them via fastboot or something.
So my question is,
can you make a backup using "fastboot", to an image just like a rom with personal data.
Or if this is not possible, then can you use linux tool dd to make image backup of my Phone?.
If there is nothing left, but to root? Then I have seen a lot of tools, apps and windows utilities to make a backup.
But what do you recommend I use?
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What do you mean by it does not restore everything? I'm planning to root my phone but want to create a nandroid backup first
BenSow said:
What do you mean by it does not restore everything? I'm planning to root my phone but want to create a nandroid backup first
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I have trouble backup with ADB, sometimes it hangs. And according to this link https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-phone-backup-unlock-root-t1420351 it does not backup everything like SMS and Call Logs. And pictures can have problems.
I also have problems with ADB hangs, and does not finish.
chrismast said:
Easiest and safest would be to just do a nandroid from a custom recovery. If I am not wrong, this works also unrooted if you flash the recovery via usb.
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So now I'm a little confused? Because you say I can boot into nandroid from a custom recovery.
What do I need to boot into custom recovery?
Do I need to unlock phone? Because this will wipe my phone, and would rather not.
Can I boot into custom recovery directly from image, without flash anything?
If I need to flash custom recovery, then do I need to root my phone?
egominus said:
Do I need to unlock phone? Because this will wipe my phone, and would rather not.
Can I boot into custom recovery directly from image, without flash anything?
If I need to flash custom recovery, then do I need to root my phone?
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I think I have the answer my own questions. But please correct me or tell me if it's the right direction.
According to this link https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/android-tip-boot-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/ I can boot into custom recovery. But I need to Unlock my phone first. But the question remains, can I make nandroid backup without root, because here http://trendblog.net/android-guide-make-nandroid-backup-android-phone/ it says I need root?
egominus said:
I think I have the answer my own questions. But please correct me or tell me if it's the right direction.
According to this link https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013...t-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/ I can boot into custom recovery. But I need to Unlock my phone first. But the question remains, can I make nandroid backup without root, because here http://trendblog.net/android-guide-make-nandroid-backup-android-phone/ it says I need root?
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Yes, you will need an unlocked phone.
To my understanding you can then flash a custom recovery via usb whereas after reboot of phone it will be reset. This allows you though to boot into custom recovery and do a quick nandroid. Again I might be wrong, I thought you do not need root for this process but maybe someone can correct me.
Ur probably just going to need to hook it up to a computer and take everything off then just spend some free time logging back into each app. The only way i know without doing this is an app called Huawei Backup. It keeps all settings and logins for each app. If you can somehow find a way to install it on a one plus device you would be okay. Try an older version or inject it somehow.