Help Nandroid S5 - Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am trying to restore a safestrap nandroid from me old Verizon S5 running Stock rooted NCG to a new one running NE9.
When I try to do the restore on the new S5, safestrap doesn't show the file as an option to restore from.
It's in the TWRP backup folder and I can see it with the safestrap file manager.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any help is extremely appreciated.

I may be wrong, but im pretty sure you cant restore a backup from a different kernel. Things tend to mess up.

warpedmind0u812 said:
I may be wrong, but im pretty sure you cant restore a backup from a different kernel. Things tend to mess up.
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So do i need to update my old phone to NE9 first?
If so can i do that without loosing root or any of my data?

If Im understanding the way you wrote in th op, you would need to downgrade the kernel on your new phone from NE9 to NCG to restore the backup.

warpedmind0u812 said:
If Im understanding the way you wrote in th op, you would need to downgrade the kernel on your new phone from NE9 to NCG to restore the backup.
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Now I've made both NE9 and NCG backups and neither show up on the new phone.

Copy your old backups to your PC and delete them from your phone, folder and all. Make a new backup and delete the files, not the directories and then copy your old backup to the new backup folder then restore the old one. SS makes a differen named folder for each different device. This is why it dosen't show up.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Misterxtc said:
Copy your old backups to your PC and delete them from your phone, folder and all. Make a new backup and delete the files, not the directories and then copy your old backup to the new backup folder then restore the old one. SS makes a differen named folder for each different device. This is why it dosen't show up.
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Thank you VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New phone is exactly like my old now.
You're help is so very appreciated.

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moved my nandroid files can't restore?

I moved my nandroid files onto my PC and moved back to the phone and now I can't restore my nandroid backup flashing from the recovery screen, what the heck am I doing wrong
can I just adb push the backup?
Chad
make sure the path to your backup is correct then try re flashing the recovery image. either that or your backup got corrupted when you copied it. this has happened to me a few times..
thedudejdog said:
make sure the path to your backup is correct then try re flashing the recovery image. either that or your backup got corrupted when you copied it. this has happened to me a few times..
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yeah...definitely not doing that again (removing the backups from phone)
oh well starting off again w/ an untouched 2.2 MoDaCo...and now taskiller for w/e reason is killing my 3g/mobile connection every time I use the widget, never had that issue before.
Chad
Did you copy the Nandroid folder into the SD root? I've copied the Nandroid folder to the computer plenty of times and transfered back over to the phone with no problems.

Restoring Nandroid Backup on a New Phone

Hello,
My MT3G phone stopped working so Tmo replaced it for another MT3G (same, not 1.2 or anything) which is of course not rooted and has 1.6 firmware so it is harder to root.
I do have a Nandroid backup of the old rooted MT3G. Can I just restore that to the new phone to get it rooted (and get all the apps back) or would that brick it and I have to root the new phone from scratch?
TIA!
sapiro said:
Hello,
My MT3G phone stopped working so Tmo replaced it for another MT3G (same, not 1.2 or anything) which is of course not rooted and has 1.6 firmware so it is harder to root.
I do have a Nandroid backup of the old rooted MT3G. Can I just restore that to the new phone to get it rooted (and get all the apps back) or would that brick it and I have to root the new phone from scratch?
TIA!
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After you root the new device and flash the exact same recovery then all you need to do is copy the old devices nandroid directory to your desktop. Open the Nandroid folder on your desktop and you should see a folder that starts with H******.
Do a nandroid backup of your CURRENT settings on the new phone.
You should do this for two reasons.
1) So that you have a backup in cashis doesn't work for you... but it should.
2) So you can get your new device name. (H*******) You can also obtain this by fastboot devices or adb shell devices
Rename the old devices H****** folder with the new one and do your restore.
It would be wise to backup both nandroid backups to your computer just in case. Make sure not to confuse either of them.
Rename the nandroid
so that means that I have to root the new phone before restoring the nandroid backup from the old phone?
Restoring the nandroid backup from the old phone will not root the new phone?
sapiro said:
so that means that I have to root the new phone before restoring the nandroid backup from the old phone?
Restoring the nandroid backup from the old phone will not root the new phone?
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How else can you nandroid restore?
You MUST have root already.
silly me

[Q] Backups not restoring...

Hi, Been doing nandroid backups religiously of my Stock S4 i9505 - MK8 using both ClockworkMod Recovery and also Online Nandroid Backup Pro as well over last few days...
Anyway, I decided to restore my last backup and that's when the problems started... The restore 'seems' to complete correctly and the phone boots up but immediately but there are lots of pop-up's:
Unfortunately, Google Play service has stopped.
Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped.
Unfortunately, process com.google.process.gapps has stopped.
Unfortunately, Picasa Uploader has stopped.
Unfortunately, Gmail has stopped. etc,etc
So, I tried some of the other nandroid backups in case that one was corrupt but got the same problem, tried clearing dalvik cache, same result...
Basically for some very strange reason none of the backups result in a stable system..? Any ideas how I get out of this one..?
Appreciated.
Are you trying to restore an online backup with cwm? That's probably the problem
jd1639 said:
Are you trying to restore an online backup with cwm? That's probably the problem
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I did try that but also restored the backup done in recovery by CWM as well, same result...
topcat888 said:
I did try that but also restored the backup done in recovery by CWM as well, same result...
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Try wiping data, and the caches and then restore the nandroid
jd1639 said:
Try wiping data, and the caches and then restore the nandroid
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ok, wiped all caches plus data/reset and then restored a backup done by CWM I think (unfortunately both types of backups are named using the same naming format, look the same and are in the same folder, yes a mistake)... Anyway re-booted, exactly the same problem.
One thing I did notice this time was that the restores don't complete properly and 'finish early' i.e the screen goes black before it's finished and the phone immediately reboots..?
ITry to make sure you use a nandroid created in cwm. Cwm creates an md5 and checks it so if you use a nandroid not createdby it it'll fail.
jd1639 said:
ITry to make sure you use a nandroid created in cwm. Cwm creates an md5 and checks it so if you use a nandroid not createdby it it'll fail.
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Nope mate tried them all now, all the backups have their respective MD5... Also CWM checks the MD5's of each backup before starting the restore anyway...
I guess I'm a bit stuck on the nandroid restore front and all that's left is to flash a clean stock..? or any other ideas..?
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Ok, an update - Somehow I managed to restore one of the backups but straight away, whilst still in recovery, cleaned and reset it before starting it up and that worked, it got me back to clean working stock, amazingly.!
So that means I can now start again fresh, this time making sure the backups are not corrupt & work, before I need them..!
Cheers
Hi again,
The problem goes on and I don't understand... After restoring the backup and cleaning cache/data reset all was ok in that it loaded no problems... However I keep getting a notification that Storage Space Running Out (Some system functions may not work)...
If you then go into Storage Settings, it reports Total Space as 9.25GB but available space as 355MB... But there are no files stored there, nothing... I used File Manger as well to try to find the files that are taking up all the space but it too reports that there is nothing there taking up the space...? I'm confused..? and worried that if the 345MB gets used by the system, it will then stop working..??
I have installed Root Explorer and list /sdcard it states that 8.91GB used, 329MB free. I think it is old CWM backups that are stored in the int/sd but are hidden that are causing the problem..? CWM can't see them though... I can't find the files that are taking up the space on the int/SD..??
I have also viewed the int/sd files listed when it is connected to pc in MTP mode and again there are no backup files to delete, nothing...yet it reports 329MB free of 9.22 GB...?
Plus I have noticed some of the files/folders have the '01 Jan 1970' date that CWM put on the backup.. MESS..!
I don't get it, where ever I look (using Root Explorer) there are no large files, where are they hidden..??
Basically I just want to completely clear the phone storage of any user data including CWM data (I'll use the ext sd from now on)... Trouble is I'm not sure what I can and can't delete safely..??
Help as always appreciated...
Hi,
quick question is your KNOX showing 0x0 or 0x1
Mizpah said:
Hi,
quick question is your KNOX showing 0x0 or 0x1
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Hi, It's 0x1
topcat888 said:
Hi, I assume it's Knox 0x1 as I have rooted and custom recovery'ed it, how do you tell..??
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Ok, after going through every single folder, I have now found a folder under Data/Media/clockworkmod/ which contains amongst other things another folder called backup, that had 3 backups in it, amounting to 8.27GB data..!
Now I have deleted those (as I have other CWM backups on the ext/sd) and I have some room to move again but my question is now, can I somehow reset the phone (not ext/sd) and all of it's contents completely back to stock, CWM has messed things up a bit with 1970 folder/file dates all over the place..??
topcat888 said:
Ok, after going through every single folder, I have now found a folder under Data/Media/clockworkmod/ which contains amongst other things another folder called backup, that had 3 backups in it, amounting to 8.27GB data..!
Now I have deleted those (as I have other CWM backups on the ext/sd) and I have some room to move again but my question is now, can I somehow reset the phone (not ext/sd) and all of it's contents completely back to stock, CWM has messed things up a bit with 1970 folder/file dates all over the place..??
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That's the main reason I don't like cwm, too many blob folders to make manually cleaning then up easy.
I don't know the i9505 that well but if there is an odin flashable tar file of your current firmware I'd flash that. Then do a factory reset in the stock recovery. That will return your device to like new. You will lose all your apps and data so backup anything you want to keep before you do this
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That's the main reason I don't like cwm, too many blob folders to make manually cleaning then up easy.
I don't know the i9505 that well but if there is an odin flashable tar file of your current firmware I'd flash that. Then do a factory reset in the stock recovery. That will return your device to like new. You will lose all your apps and data so backup anything you want to keep before you do this
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yes, that's exactly what I was thinking I might have to do... Any ideas/directions as to where the 'odin flashable file of XXUEMK8' would be, I've looked in the i9505 forum but can't find it..?
topcat888 said:
yes, that's exactly what I was thinking I might have to do... Any ideas/directions as to where the 'odin flashable file of XXUEMK8' would be, I've looked in the i9505 forum but can't find it..?
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Check on sammobile.com. you'll have to register but it's free. You'll down load a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin
jd1639 said:
Check on sammobile.com. you'll have to register but it's free. You'll down load a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin
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Thanks, I searched for i9505 but there is a firmware for every country except the UK or MK8 listed ..?
topcat888 said:
Thanks, I searched for i9505 but there is a firmware for every country except the UK or MK8 listed ..?
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Looks like there is an mk8 for UK btu. Not sure what carrier you're on
You have to enable selinux enforcing to make nandroid backups. Philz recovery can do that.
Enviado desde mi GT-I9505
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Looks like there is an mk8 for UK btu. Not sure what carrier you're on
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Oh, I couldn't see it..? The phone is unbranded but I use O2...
Conito11 said:
You have to enable selinux enforcing to make nandroid backups. Philz recovery can do that.
Enviado desde mi GT-I9505
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Where can I read more about that..?
Don't know. .. Flash Philz recovery and enable that setting, then make nandroid.
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[HELP] Screwd up nandroid

Hello guys!
I was updating from 4.4.4 to lollypop via OTA, then I realized that even if I run the stock ROM, I am still unlocked + root, meaning that the OTA won't run.
I did a complete nandroid backup via Wugs Nexus Toolkit, including data.
Then I wiped and flashed the new 5.0 via Nexus Toolkit, but when I tried to restore only the data it didn't work.
I decided to go back to 4.4.4. and do things properly, but now I'm not able to restore anything.
I am not bothered with the apps and stuff, but I had plenty of pictures which I forgot to backup, and I want to restore them. I even tried to access the nandroid backup files, but no success!
I was accustomed with the old CMW, where you had the .img files, but I got no clue on what to do here!
I add the picture of the nandroid backup folder on my PC ( I think the data files are splitted, but I cannot open them in any case, not even with 7zip).
The nandroid was executed via Nexus Toolkit, but I guess it has been done through TRWP.
Long story short:
1) how can I access the pictures inside the nandroid backup?
2) how can I restore a nandroid backup that keeps failing?
theraizen said:
1) how can I access the pictures inside the nandroid backup?
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Maybe CWM does things differently, I don't know, but with TWRP, a Nandoid backup doesn't back up your SD card partition, so if you wiped everything, all your pics are gone. Sorry.
Yeah, I guess so.. Managed to recover something with DISK DIGGER (its an app, free on the store). Just wanted to write it here, so if anyone has the same issue can recover this way!

Quick restore question

Hello everyone. I now have the TWRP Nougat back up on my computer and want to restore it on my phone but how do I do it? I replaced the BACKUPS folder with the downloaded one and it can't find anything to restore..
Edit: I now realized that I need to flash the restore point, right?
oliake said:
Hello everyone. I now have the TWRP Nougat back up on my computer and want to restore it on my phone but how do I do it? I replaced the BACKUPS folder with the downloaded one and it can't find anything to restore..
Edit: I now realized that I need to flash the restore point, right?
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Go to twrp, do any small backup(boot), connect to pc, copy from pc your old backup.
F.e.:
Sdcard/twrp/backups/serialNo/2017...... name of backup/here shuld be files.
dzidexx said:
Go to twrp, do any small backup(boot), connect to pc, copy from pc your old backup.
F.e.:
Sdcard/twrp/backups/serialNo/2017...... name of backup/here shuld be files.
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Thank you!!

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