I have a sprint s4 and i will be getting a new s4 next week. is there anyway to create like an image of all data and apps, and move them to new phone?
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Would a nandroid back work if it s same phone model?
dimaxzouze said:
Would a nandroid back work if it s same phone model?
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Use titanium backup? Move files to external sd.
Never tried the nandroid approach.
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I am receiving a replacement N4 shortly, because the rubber band/border on mine somehow started bending or bowing out away from the phone. I am wondering what the best and fastest way to get my current setup to the new phone. Im assuming Nandroid should be best, but I would like to hear what the community has to say!
Carbon Backup
El Daddy said:
Carbon Backup
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Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to be able to restore my apps, data, and CM10.1 ROM with settings all at once, that is why I was thinking nandroid. This carbon app is definitely nice but still seems like it would take too long. I want to root my new device, install CWM recovery, and get right back to where I am. If nandroid doesnt work i will use this.
How can I grab my nandroids off of my device?
crackmulah said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to be able to restore my apps, data, and CM10.1 ROM with settings all at once, that is why I was thinking nandroid. This carbon app is definitely nice but still seems like it would take too long. I want to root my new device, install CWM recovery, and get right back to where I am. If nandroid doesnt work i will use this.
How can I grab my nandroids off of my device?
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Yeah in your case a nandroid would be the way to go. However I would recommend getting the new radio and bootloader from 4.2.2 on your new phone first.
Your nandroid will be located in /data/media/ then whichever folder correlates with your recovery. Clockworkmod or twrp.
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El Daddy said:
Yeah in your case a nandroid would be the way to go. However I would recommend getting the new radio and bootloader from 4.2.2 on your new phone first.
Your nandroid will be located in /data/media/ then whichever folder correlates with your recovery. Clockworkmod or twrp.
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so would you suggest that I restore from my nandroid then upgrade my radio and bootloader? I should probably be able to find them on xda somewhere right? (instead of having to pull them off phone)
also , what would be the best way to get to the /data/media part of my phone since it isnt supported with Android File Transfer (im on mac)?
and it has been such a long time since i have needed to do a nandroid, does it include what is on my External Storage part of phone (the part that you can access with AFT)? Or will I have to save that stuff to my comp seperately, and then transfer to new phone?
I recently rooted my phone and tried a few different roms. I'm currently on cyanogen mod 10.2. I used cwm to backup my original ROM. I copied the backup file to my computer and uploaded it to my dropbox. I formatted my SD card since it had a lot of junk on it. I copies them back and now they aren't being recognized. This is my original stock ROM and since this is my first time rooting I really want to keep a stock ROM on hand for easy access incase I mess something up and need my phone to work properly. Thanks for any help. Its also a Samsung s4 i337m from fido.
can you see the backup and it's just not letting you restore it or can you not see the backup at all?
i'll tell you to keep researching and troubleshooting but if all else fails, odin back to stock, reroot, install cwm and make a new stock backup again.
Its not appearing in cwm at all unless i have a restore that was on it post format and not copied off the computer. Like if I make a backup of my current ROM the stock one will appear and just hang in checking md5. If there are no backups other than the original stock one it isn't being recognized. Also it worked before I formatteebthe SD card.
when you formatted the card and then replaced the cwm backup, where did you place the backup?
for example: 0/clockworkmod/backup, /clockworkmod/backup, etc.
if you make a backup now, where does it save the new one?
i'm just running through the bases here.
Sorry I don't know the exact locatiotion but I just dragged and dropped the "Clockworkmod" That cwm created when I made my first restore to my PC. Formatted the SD card and just dragged and dropped it back to the SD card. The new restore saves in the same folder also.
i'm assuming they're both in something like sdcard1, extSdCard or external_sd /clockworkmod/backup.
if so, and you didnt change cwm versions (i.e. from 6.0.3.6 to 6.0.4.4), then something may have been corrupted when moving the backup folder back and forth.
Yes that seems about right. I didn't change anything on cwm, unless my ROMs did. If it is corrupted will it just hang indefinitely or is there a chance it can work? And is there any other way to do a restore?
i'm no recovery expert but if your backup is corrupt than i dont imagine there's a fix for it.
i accidentally deleted my stock backup a couple phones ago. in order to have a fully stock backup on the sd card again (in the event i needed/wanted to restore to the original factory setup), i had to odin back to the stock firmware and start over.
Do you know any good guides on how to do that?
michael74195 said:
Do you know any good guides on how to do that?
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Try to re-downloading from drop box. Could have gotten corrupted during the download process.
Download it straight from dropbox to the SD card through the phone?
michael74195 said:
Download it straight from dropbox to the SD card through the phone?
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yup
Alright I will try it when I get home so I don't kill my data.
michael74195 said:
Alright I will try it when I get home so I don't kill my data.
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true story.
report back. cheers
Nope, no luck. It just hangs at checking MD5 Sums. I tried the backup i made for foxhound 2.0 and it did the same thing.
edit: It worked it was just hanging for a good 15 minutes though.
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Nope, no luck. It just hangs at checking MD5 Sums. I tried the backup i made for foxhound 2.0 and it did the same thing.
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Can you have cwm not check for the md5? It's been awhile since I've used cwm. I use twrp.
Edit, doesn't look like you can. I just flashed cwm to see. Was the foxhound nandroid one you just made and it still doesn't restore?
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Was the foxhound nandroid one you just made and it still doesn't restore?
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yeah, thats what i was gonna ask: if you've made one just now and tried restoring it.
Ok thanks for the help but the problem resolved itself after letting ti hang until it did something. It worked after about 15 minutes.
edit: I just rooted the phone a few days ago and I'm all new to this, so i figured after it not doing anything for 5 mins with the dead android on the screen was bad. Thanks for the help.
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Ok thanks for the help but the problem resolved itself after letting ti hang until it did something. It worked after about 15 minutes.
edit: I just rooted the phone a few days ago and I'm all new to this, so i figured after it not doing anything for 5 mins with the dead android on the screen was bad. Thanks for the help.
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Good, yea a restore and reboot can take longer than you think. And waiting seems like forever when you're expecting it to boot. You'll get used to it.
I broke my phones screen, I have the best buy replacement plan, its also rooted, what's the easiest way to dump my phone and restore it to the new one?
I backed up with twrp, does it work to just restore data on the new phone?
Kitteh298 said:
I backed up with twrp, does it work to just restore data on the new phone?
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As long as it's the same phone you are getting and same recovery too. I've done it before on the s3.
If that doesn't work you could use a app like titanium backup or rom toolbox to back up your apps then restore them on the new phone.
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I actually think I tried it and it ended up having numerous force closes and crap like that. I think I'll try titanium.
I've got my internal storage backed up to the SD card, a titanium backup, and a twrp backup. I'll probably just use titanium.
Hello,
Need some help with a Nandroid restore. When I did the backup everything went fine, and now when I am trying to restore it, when it gets to /data it is taking forever.
I am using philz touch CWM recovery. Samsung Galaxy S5.
I started it yesterday and it is still going, it says 800/5575 mb, so it has a lot more to go... is this normal? is it really going to take a week to do a restore?
Darth said:
Hi,
Since you're stuck now anyway, I'd restart the phone in recovery, wipe system, data and cache and try restoring again. But it may just be corrupt. If you have another nandroid, try to restore it.
Other options are use another device with a micro SD card and put a rom, and gapps if needed on it and install the rom on your device.
Last option is to Odin flash stock firmware again.
If you want other ideas or need further help, please ask in this dedicated help thread for your device,
> Samsung Galaxy S 5 > Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [SUPPORT THREAD] The Galaxy ~S5~ All in one support thread!**NOOB FRIENDLY**
Good luck!
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holyninja3 said:
Thanks for the help! Do you know if wiping the system will get rid of the clockworkmod folder? that is where the nandroid backup is saved...
I may just flash a new rom again, with titanium I should be able to recover everything.
Copying to the other thread too. Thanks!
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Any ideas? should I stop it where it is at and flash a new rom? I wanted to after there was a stock 5.0 version out, but I could do it early.
I did take the backup and put in on my computer, and then put it on my phone again. Would that affect it? the SD card wont mount on my phone, so I only have the internal to work with.
holyninja3 said:
Hello,
Need some help with a Nandroid restore. When I did the backup everything went fine, and now when I am trying to restore it, when it gets to /data it is taking forever.
I am using philz touch CWM recovery. Samsung Galaxy S5.
I started it yesterday and it is still going, it says 800/5575 mb, so it has a lot more to go... is this normal? is it really going to take a week to do a restore?
Any ideas? should I stop it where it is at and flash a new rom? I wanted to after there was a stock 5.0 version out, but I could do it early.
I did take the backup and put in on my computer, and then put it on my phone again. Would that affect it? the SD card wont mount on my phone, so I only have the internal to work with.
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Ok, so I decided to stop the restore and I am trying to now load a stock rom. I am running into a problem though, how do I transfer a file to my device? I have nothing to boot into, and the SD card does not work. Can I flash it with odin?
Solved?
holyninja3 said:
Ok, so I decided to stop the restore and I am trying to now load a stock rom. I am running into a problem though, how do I transfer a file to my device? I have nothing to boot into, and the SD card does not work. Can I flash it with odin?
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I think I have "fixed" it. Finaly was able to sideload a rom. I am waiting for the stock rooted one to download still, but if it does and I can load in all my titanium backup stuff, all should be good. :fingers-crossed:
Hello!! I need a help….
I have the game installed on my S4 Mini and it works fine. I have installed on my S4 with the same data and come down buttons do not leave me . It seems as if the image had elongated and can not push any buttons below.t
I leave a part of pictures ...
With the same data meaning you restored a backup or what?
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With the same data meaning you restored a backup or what?
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Yes, I connected my S4 Mini to my PC and I have spent the same data to my S4. And it seems they are not compatible.
Thanks for responding.
Try with titanium backup.
Backup the game and then restore it on your S4.
GDReaper said:
Try with titanium backup.
Backup the game and then restore it on your S4.
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I miss the copy with Titanium Backup and still the same problem. There are some version to go with Samsung Galaxy S4 ?
Why don't you download it directly from play?