My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
Tinyguy said:
My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
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If you can't get back into TWRP through normal process, sounds like you will have to go into download mode and Odin it using a stock ROM.
Tinyguy said:
My I337 is stuck on the samsung logo. I was running PAC-Man ROM, and attempted to go back to AOKP using Nandroid restore, and now it won't boot up.
I wiped Data/Cache/D. Cache/System, then tried to flash AOKP, but this did not work. When I attempt to restore using nandroid it says "Restoring Data..." then it stops and says "Restore Complete Failed".
Is there any method to get back to stock using TWRP, I have a Stock Nandroid backup, but it won't restore.
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Did you make sure to 'factory reset' in TWRP before flashing or restoring?
You could try putting another ROM on your microSD card, boot to TWRP, factory reset, flash the new ROM, wipe dalvik/cache and reboot.
You remembered to flash lokidoki when required?
I was about to ODIN to get back to stock, but I wiped /data and /system on TWRP then REBOOTED (I didn't to that last time and the restore failed because it couldn't access /data). Then I restored to stock using nandroid successfully.
I will try to flash AOKP and see if it works..
Thanks
yeah thats the ticket.
For future reference, in twrp you can dl a rom into your pc and mount your sd card while in your phone in twrp and push the file to it. It has saved my butt a cpl of times after trying to do a restore that I had moved to the external sd card.
Hope this helps for future issues.
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So I decided to try and flash Ubuntu last night... I booted into recovery made a backup 15min and 2.5 GB later it was done... wiped flashed no go would not boot... so back to recovery I choose my restore file... system says it was successful but when restoring the data it fails... I'm on twrp 2.5 ...then I tried to just restore the system when booting up I get that static image you see on cm flash every 5 sec but never boot nor goes inyo the boot animation...is there anyway to use this restore file... I just need the data part.. I have messages that i need to show my lawyer and numbers that I need... TiB won't restore my messages either....
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You will need TWRP 2.6.3 / PhilZ / or a newer CWM that supports adb in recovery (not sure is 2.5 does)
First off, all of your pictures and other stuff are stored at "/data/media" or "/data/media/0" and are not "wiped" unless picked. These are both accessible in recovery, and you could do an "adb pull ....." to get those files to a PC. At this point you should have your pictures.
Sounds like Ubuntu messed some things up, and when you restored "/system" only it won't boot because of missing data. I once had a problem like this bouncing back and forth between 4.3 and 4.2. Assuming you were on a custom ROM, maybe try wiping completely including "/data/media" DO NOT WIPE "/DATA/MEDIA" IF YOU HAVEN"T BEEN ABLE TO PULL THE FILES VIA ADB IN RECOVERY!!! YOUR PHOTOS WILL BE GONE!!! Sorry for the bold caps, I just didn't want you to miss it. Next install your custom ROM, boot, and do enough setup to get to the home screen. Now go back to recovery and your backup should restore. From here you could "adb push ..." your files back.
Updating TWRP is one way to solve this in the future, like JB already posted. However, to remedy on 2.5, do a clean wipe prior to restore, mounting system prior. Then, restore only the boot.img from the ROM you want and then restore the full ROM you want. This is how I was able resolve this same issue. Hopefully, it will work for you.
I was on stock deodexed debloated prior to all this... after a few tries at the restore I just flashed that same ROM and used TiB to restore what I had on last back up... tonight I'll try and restore that twrp backup ... but either way I guess I'll be updating my recovery... I'm not worried about all my pics n what not I keep all that on the external SD card now...
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I made a nandroid backup of the stock rom I was using. I backed up everything, data, system, etc. I installed a new rom and then rebooted and installed a kernel. The device got stuck on the boot logo. So I factory wiped and tried to restore my backup. No luck. So I did a full wipe and the tried to restore. Still no luck. Stuck at logo. Then I tried to install the rom again, and that worked (no kernel this time)
Why didn't my nandroid restore? What did I do wrong?
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I was using Rom switcher with Paranoid android and Touchwiz.
Then I deleted paranoid android and replace the recovery with philz touch recovery.
I wiped data and went to mount format system and format boot.
Then i put my phone in download mode and used stock rom.
Odin showed success, but the phone is unable to boot. I plays the samsung music and stops at halfway.
I tried waiting for long, odin again, I did wipe data/factory reset after odin too.
Now i am getting unable to mount /efs error too.
Please help me.
You will have to restore the backup of your EFS for recover ur phone. Then reflash the STOCK ROM through ODIN.
Joku1981 said:
You will have to restore the backup of your EFS for recover ur phone. Then reflash the STOCK ROM through ODIN.
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how can i do that?
My Nexsus 4 was at 5.0.1 updated OTA, I rooted and installed recovery and created a nandriod backup on the internal SD card. The phone was working fine for the most part except it was having issues with the screen going black when making a call and would not come out of that state. I wanted to revert back prior backup so I did a nandriod restore with CWM v6.0.4.7 and now my phone is in a bootloop. I've tried wipe data/factory reset, also tried wipe cache partition, but still stuck in bootloop. I'm not sure what else I can do to get out of this bootloop state/ Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Fixed it by using Nexus Root Tool Kit to flash stock image. Not sure what happened but I'm switching to TWRP. First time using CWM and things didn't work out well for me using it.
Guys,
I have an S5 running Cyanogen Lollipop and Philz Touch 6.26.2 as the recovery. I was experimenting with flashing a new camera .ZIP earlier today but BEFORE doing so I used Philz to create a backup. The flash of the .zip for the camera went wrong and ended up prompting the phone to hang on boot.
I booted into Recovery and restored my backup...restarted the phone and it then booted as normal BUT as soon as Android had booted, it was unusable as I just kept getting the "##### has stopped" error messages, one after the next - the launcher doesn't appear and the phone is completely unusable.
I have tried a 'Factory Reset' and wiping the Dalvik cache, on boot it optimises all apps but then does precisely the same.
Please help as I'm travelling tomorrow and need to sort this tonight!!
Cheers
sergeantash said:
Guys,
I have an S5 running Cyanogen Lollipop and Philz Touch 6.26.2 as the recovery. I was experimenting with flashing a new camera .ZIP earlier today but BEFORE doing so I used Philz to create a backup. The flash of the .zip for the camera went wrong and ended up prompting the phone to hang on boot.
I booted into Recovery and restored my backup...restarted the phone and it then booted as normal BUT as soon as Android had booted, it was unusable as I just kept getting the "##### has stopped" error messages, one after the next - the launcher doesn't appear and the phone is completely unusable.
I have tried a 'Factory Reset' and wiping the Dalvik cache, on boot it optimises all apps but then does precisely the same.
Please help as I'm travelling tomorrow and need to sort this tonight!!
Cheers
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Backup restore also system apps and sometimes there are problems. I think you must flash the rom without backup.
davyleggend said:
Backup restore also system apps and sometimes there are problems. I think you must flash the rom without backup.
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Ok, this has given me an idea - I have flashed fresh Cyanogen and now I'm attempting to restore just the 'data' and 'cache' elements of my backup by using the Philz 'Custom Restore' feature...fingers crossed!
So, my idea worked...my phone is now back up and running, what a relief!