Hi Everyone,
I have an P5110 running stock Samsung 4.04 ICS firmware it's rooted and has cwm touch recovery installed and titanium backup pro (root) installed.
My question is this how do i verify a Nanodroid backup ?
I have read it checks the backups before a restore.
However, When running version 5.xx of CWM recovery it failed twice to restore data and since i couldn't i find a way to check the data before i restored it.
Data was overwritten, however cwm reported a fail to write to data, and sure enough no data had been written but /data had been formatted.
Is their a way to verify a backup before i choose to restore it ?
i am now using ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.1.0
thanks
Col
I currently have JB MJE rooted with Kingo on my Note 3. I am constantly getting a software update notice popup that will most certainly update my phone to KK with NC4 bootloader. When I first got the message, I accepted the OTA update, but the update failed because the phone is rooted; which I am glad it failed. After spending the past few days reading up on several threads in this forum, I would prefer to do my own update to KK so I can restrict the update of the bootloader to NC2, rather than NC4, so I can keep the option of going back to JB.
In the main thread that I've been reading, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627, bigzilla recommended to people who were having trouble updating to KK that they should follow the instructions for updating by Odin the MJE tar, then use Kingo to root the phone (which would put a person into the same state that I have). Then, go through the MJE to NC2 KK update described in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726558
I would have (and might still) followed those instructions except for one thing... I would prefer not to completely wipe data factory reset my phone. I have a number of apps & games that I would prefer to not lose all the data (e.g., high scores, levels completed, badges earned, etc..).
So, my question is two-fold. Is there a way for me to update to KK with NC2 bootloader without having to wipe data factory reset the phone and without tripping KNOX? And, if not, is there a way to back up my apps & data and then restore them after the factory reset? For example, use Titanium Backup to make full backup to extSD beforehand. And then, afterwards, reinstall Titanium and use the earlier backup from extSD to reinstall the apps & data. In theory, the latter seems like it should work, but I've not tried it myself so would rather ask the experts here before I do anything rash.
donkyflip said:
I currently have JB MJE rooted with Kingo on my Note 3. I am constantly getting a software update notice popup that will most certainly update my phone to KK with NC4 bootloader. When I first got the message, I accepted the OTA update, but the update failed because the phone is rooted; which I am glad it failed. After spending the past few days reading up on several threads in this forum, I would prefer to do my own update to KK so I can restrict the update of the bootloader to NC2, rather than NC4, so I can keep the option of going back to JB.
In the main thread that I've been reading, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627, bigzilla recommended to people who were having trouble updating to KK that they should follow the instructions for updating by Odin the MJE tar, then use Kingo to root the phone (which would put a person into the same state that I have). Then, go through the MJE to NC2 KK update described in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726558
I would have (and might still) followed those instructions except for one thing... I would prefer not to completely wipe data factory reset my phone. I have a number of apps & games that I would prefer to not lose all the data (e.g., high scores, levels completed, badges earned, etc..).
So, my question is two-fold. Is there a way for me to update to KK with NC2 bootloader without having to wipe data factory reset the phone and without tripping KNOX? And, if not, is there a way to back up my apps & data and then restore them after the factory reset? For example, use Titanium Backup to make full backup to extSD beforehand. And then, afterwards, reinstall Titanium and use the earlier backup from extSD to reinstall the apps & data. In theory, the latter seems like it should work, but I've not tried it myself so would rather ask the experts here before I do anything rash.
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Get Tibu paid. Backup your apps. Use Tibu batch to make a flashable zip of your backup. Move that to your external sd and flash after your done... ��. I'm at the gym right now, I'll give the post with instructions when I get home.
Edit : Here you go,
1) Get Titanium Backup paid version. If you're going to be flashing roms it's a no brainer.
1.5) Change titanium backup location to external sd card. I mistakenly wiped my internal once and lost everything.
2) I use batch backup of user apps only. I don't do system apps.
3) Go through Tibu and make sure things you want are backed up, for example Chrome bookmarks don't backup in batch mode you have to do it manually. Check for any games you have, etc.
4) Go to Batch mode> Recovery mode> Run create an update zip+data backup
5) Check and make sure what you want is there before zip is made.
6) Make zip, once it's done you will have an update.zip on your internal storage. I rename the zip and move to my external sd card. Depending on how many apps it should be over 1gb to say the least but it depends on how many apps it is.
7) Once you're done you can do your NC2 upgrade, it won't trip knox so just take your time, follow the instructions and find any youtube videos on it. There are some in the thread on how to do it.
8) Once you're done with that and you're on the custom rom of your choice install Tibu from market. Change default location to your external sd card tibu location.
9) Reboot rom into safe strap, wipe cache & dalvik cache, flash your backup zip(whatever you named it or it will be update.zip)
10 Once it's flashed restart phone...:victory::victory::victory:
I can't take any credit for this. I learned it in the Baja rom now Alliance thread. I do this with Tibu before I flash any new rom now.
EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING RETAIL NOTE 3 KK UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE A RETAIL NOTE 3 AND DEVELOPER STEPS FOR DEVELOPER NOTE 3 OR YOU WILL POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
I'm not yelling at you but I want to make sure you don't brick your phone.
Sent by Darkseid from Apokolips
thegamerdarkseid said:
Get Tibu paid. Backup your apps. Use Tibu batch to make a flashable zip of your backup. Move that to your external sd and flash after your done... ��. I'm at the gym right now, I'll give the post with instructions when I get home.
Edit : Here you go,
1) Get Titanium Backup paid version. If you're going to be flashing roms it's a no brainer.
1.5) Change titanium backup location to external sd card. I mistakenly wiped my internal once and lost everything.
2) I use batch backup of user apps only. I don't do system apps.
3) Go through Tibu and make sure things you want are backed up, for example Chrome bookmarks don't backup in batch mode you have to do it manually. Check for any games you have, etc.
4) Go to Batch mode> Recovery mode> Run create an update zip+data backup
5) Check and make sure what you want is there before zip is made.
6) Make zip, once it's done you will have an update.zip on your internal storage. I rename the zip and move to my external sd card. Depending on how many apps it should be over 1gb to say the least but it depends on how many apps it is.
7) Once you're done you can do your NC2 upgrade, it won't trip knox so just take your time, follow the instructions and find any youtube videos on it. There are some in the thread on how to do it.
8) Once you're done with that and you're on the custom rom of your choice install Tibu from market. Change default location to your external sd card tibu location.
9) Reboot rom into safe strap, wipe cache & dalvik cache, flash your backup zip(whatever you named it or it will be update.zip)
10 Once it's flashed restart phone...:victory::victory::victory:
I can't take any credit for this. I learned it in the Baja rom now Alliance thread. I do this with Tibu before I flash any new rom now.
EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING RETAIL NOTE 3 KK UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE A RETAIL NOTE 3 AND DEVELOPER STEPS FOR DEVELOPER NOTE 3 OR YOU WILL POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
I'm not yelling at you but I want to make sure you don't brick your phone.
Sent by Darkseid from Apokolips
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Thank you so much for confirming that restoring with TiBU will bring back all my apps & games with their data. I would not have thought to use Safe Strap to flash the backup zip. I'll give it a go this evening.
Also, to answer another part of your question. No, it will not trip knox.
donkyflip said:
Thank you so much for confirming that restoring with TiBU will bring back all my apps & games with their data. I would not have thought to use Safe Strap to flash the backup zip. I'll give it a go this evening.
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Me neither, I've done something similar in trwp on my s3 but I never knew Tibu did it. There are some awesome guys on here.
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Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
donkyflip said:
Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
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You would go to "Install" in SafeStrap, locate the update.zip file that you made with TiBu and flash. Depending on the location of the folder where your TiBu would have put the file, you can navigate thru the folder directories to locate the zip file in SafeStrap. I would locate the folder first, or move it to the External SD card for quick access. That way, when you do go to flash, you can just locate the ExtSD card directory in SafeStrap and flash it.
shaggy_kobain said:
You would go to "Install" in SafeStrap, locate the update.zip file that you made with TiBu and flash. Depending on the location of the folder where your TiBu would have put the file, you can navigate thru the folder directories to locate the zip file in SafeStrap. I would locate the folder first, or move it to the External SD card for quick access. That way, when you do go to flash, you can just locate the ExtSD card directory in SafeStrap and flash it.
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Thanks Shaggy...:good::highfive::good:
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donkyflip said:
Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
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Glad that worked out for you, that's what's up!!...
Hello.
I had my Note 3 with 4.3 firmware working properly but it's starting to give me problems so i guess it's time to upgrade to Kitkat with a fresh install.
I have the phone rooted and i have a lot of pictures, apps and tweaks i did (like un install bloatware...).
What's the best way to do a fresh update with latest rom and install back my pictured and apps?
Thank you
If you have a phone with unlocked bootloader then just download the KitKat ROM of your choice (I recommend same region ROM as your living location, like if you are in UK download the UK KitKat ROM) from www.sammobile.com, and flash with Odin in desktop. Before doing that take a system wide backup with Titanium Backup Pro and send the backup to your PC. Then go to recovery, and wipe everything (master wipe) and then flash the KitKat ROM as I said at beginning.
The restore process via Titanium is different than taking backup though, you can't restore by using the option system wide restore, that will create problems, you will need to use restore missing applications with data option.
Ok thank you for the info.
I will do as you suggest.
Wish me luck with the restore specially.
Hi Guys,
I think I pressed advanced wipe on TWRP and it deleted my operating system.
How can I get my phone back to stock Lollipop if possible ?
Thank you
Flash stock rom via Odin or restore your Nandroid backup via TWRP .
bassi12 said:
Hi Guys,
I think I pressed advanced wipe on TWRP and it deleted my operating system.
How can I get my phone back to stock Lollipop if possible ?
Thank you
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TWRP is still there, so you can install a custom ROM from in there (if you don't have a full backup (nandroid) to use) The Advanced Wipe comes up with all options unticked - which ones did you tick? All of them? If it was only system your data is still on the Internal SD and Data sections so you may want to do a backup of at least Data to your extSDCard from TWRP before anything else.
Firstly, I have to admit that I'm quite out of sync with the latest development.
I have a Nexus 7 2012 16gb Wifi model and has rooted and installed a custom ROM from the start.
The recovery is cwm 6.0.1.0
Due to previous system hang (forcing me to factory reset), I have left the tablet for simple usage.
During this holiday period, I have managed to recover my data before the factory reset from the nandroid backup.
However, I realized that there is a significant storage size discrepancies due to a recursive "0" folder in the data which I read was a 4.2.x problem.
I have thus plan to format the sdcard so that it can start from a clean state with either the current ROM or a higher version.
To flash a new ROM (xenonHD lollipop), I tried the following
1) nandroid + titanium backup the current ROM with recovered data (done)
2) clean wipe the /system, /boot, factory reset (done)
3) install a lollipop rom (xenonHD) (failed as stuck in a "patching system image unconditionally")
Can anyone advice on whether I can either cleanup my sdcard on the current ROM 4.2.1 or which are the readings I should do to flash the higher version ROM?
I read of suggestions to use 4ext recovery or using adb fastboot, but I really kind of out of touch with the latest tools.
Thanks in advance.