Ok, so I have made a number of nandroid backups and after doing some ROM flashing I decided to restore to one of them. I am using TWRP2.6.0.0 and when I clicked on restore it went through all the normal processors for boot, system and recovery but when it reached the data section it took the usual time to restore data (300 secs or so) but then an error message appeared.OK I thought to myself, this backup must just be corrupt so I tried a previous one but the exact same thing occurred. I decided to reboot anyway and it booted up fine but strangely it seemed like the data had already been restored, Google account was logged in, alarms were set ect, but when I launched an app all the data had been erased. I have tried restoring backups using TWRP 2.5.0.0 and 2.6.0.0, backups both with and without compression and restoring each part indevidualy but still I got the same results. As I had no titanium backup data for most of my apps I used an app called nandroid manager root. This let me access the app data from by nandroid backups and restore them and that worked fine. For a while everything worked fine until I noticed a few of my apps had been uninstalled, exposed installer, too manager, 3d mark and few more, I tried redownloading from the play store but I keep getting "app not installed errors" I have also tried installing the apk and using root apps to install it but I keep getting errors. this makes me think some files must'be restored from the nandroid and are not letting the app be installed. I'm not sure and I'm quite a noob but I am wondering if their's anyway to fix this without factory reseeting and if theirs any way to get future nandroid backups to work. Thank you.
First off I'm new here and I rarely ever use forums or ask for help so I apologize. I was in IT for a year and plan on going into a computer related field so I don't want to be treated like I'm stupid, I'm just ignorant. That being said I NEED HELP
I have a Motorola Droid Razr M running the dreaded Android 4.1.2 OTA update. I recently rooted it and tried to use App2SD because I was running out of space and that was a nightmare because you need 4.2.2 Froyo and I'm ignorant, but anyways I rooted my phone just fine and was trying to unlock the bootloader but appearantly you can't on 4.1.2. So I decided to use Safestrap and I didn't have enough space to download anymore apps so I deleted a bunch and it still said (insufficient storage available) and wouldn't let me download it. I said fine and factory reset my phone after using titanium backup to back everything up. Everything was wiped and as I tried restoring using my titanium backup from the SD card it said insufficient storage for some of the apps even though I had plenty of space. (it lets me download like titanium backup and a few other apps, but mostly none of my paid ones or important ones which is even weirder) I've looked at other forums and can't download lucky patcher, titanium backup gives me a message when I open it that asks to restore my old android user id because of the factory reset and I figured that could be the issue but you need the paid version of titanium backup for that and it gives me the insufficient storage error message when I try to install the paid version idk what to do? maybe I can completely wipe it somehow and just start all over? or there's a special way to change the android user id back? or maybe I should unroot the phone because it's rooted but superuser isn't downloaded anymore and won't install. I have no idea what to do. I apologize for the inconvenience but I need some help. Any educated information on the subject or help would be SOOO appreciated. Thank you!
What I Have: Samsung Note 4
Rooted
Model SM-910C
Android Version 6.0.1
Baseband Version N910CXXU1DPE4
Kernel Version3.10.9-7633655, [email protected] #1
Build Number MMB29K.N910CXXU2DPF4
I have Titanium Backup Pro with backups done twice a week
Disabled Knox
using Nova Launcher
My Issues: The following process errors are constantly flashing on screen, android Process acore, contacts stopped, tui service, unified damon, wi-fi direct share.
I have cleared cache partition. When I go into recovery mode the green android man comes up with updating message then it displays recovery mode options. At the bottom of the screen it says
"Supported API: 3
dm-verify verification failed..."
I have tried restoring backup from Titanium Backup Pro with no change in errors. I cannot get to contacts, messages and calander. I can get into settings to clear Apps Cache. I am at my wits end in trying to figure out what
is going on. This all started last Tuesday when I had several MMS with images fail. Please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Like everyone else, I don't want to loose anything. I don't want to do a Hard Reset. Many thanks will be given for assistance in bringing my Galaxy Note 4 back to life. Without it I am a lost pupply.
Marie.
I'd recommend reinstalling the stock firmware back onto your device but don't root it this time. I think something went wrong durinh the rooting process and that is the source of your problem.
un root
DarkGuyver said:
I'd recommend reinstalling the stock firmware back onto your device but don't root it this time. I think something went wrong durinh the rooting process and that is the source of your problem.
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can I un root using titanium backup pro?
If I return to stock firmware will I loose any contacts, pics, mms .... I know I will have to reinstall app
Noob with Boobs said:
can I un root using titanium backup pro?
If I return to stock firmware will I loose any contacts, pics, mms .... I know I will have to reinstall app
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Nope, you can't unroot using Titanium backup.
If you have linked your contact data to your Google Account then you should be able to restore as soon as you sign in again.
I got a refurbished Nexus 6P from the Nexus Protect program. Now I'm trying to restore the new Nexus 6P from my old one. I go through the prompts on the screen and everything looks good until the final screen when it's actually restoring the device and I see the progress bar moving back and forth. After a short while, I just get an error message saying "couldn't finish restoring the backup". I tried it about 4 times now and I even tried restoring from the cloud to see if that would work.
Anybody know why it's not restoring?
Both my Nexus 6P's were updated to Nouget 7.1.1 but I was still getting the "couldn't finish restoring the backup" error message.
I finally got it FIXED, but I selected the option to restore back up from the cloud instead of restoring from nearby device. This is what I did:
On my old device, I went to settings>Back & reset>Backup my data and turned it off. You will get a warning message telling you that your backups will get deleted. Proceed.
Then I turned the Backup my data back on. I waited overnight to make sure that my new data was backed up again. (If you know of a way to verify that your data was backed up so that you can proceed with these steps then do it)
Then I factory reset my new device and proceeded with the restore procedure.
I took the steps to restore a backup from the cloud again and it worked!
It restored the location of all my app icons and my widgets on my home screens so I was very please.
I guess the backup was old or was backed up with an older version (before Nouget 7.1.1) so there were problems restoring it, but after deleting the old cloud backup and making your phone upload a new one it works! Hope this helps anyone running into the issues I was facing.
Hello All!
Before you tell me to search or check threads, I already have. This problem does not have anything to do with forgetting to disable the pins and fingerprints before backing up. My problem has do do with I have already disabled/removed security before backing up my nandroid. I check/select everything that I can to backup and it successfully completes. When I go to restore, everything looks to be properly restored, but alas, there is a problem. When I reboot, it asks me for a password to get into TWRP (apparently "default_password). But when I get in and go to file explorer to find anything, my entire storage is wiped. Like no OS or any files. The only other issue I've had besides this is when restoring a nandroid, it doesn't complete and reboots to a bootloop.
I am on the newest version of TWRP, 3.0.3-0. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I, and anyone who has had to redo the complete phone setup/customization, do not enjoy taking over an hour to get things back up and running. Cruddy thing is I did a Titanium Backup for my apps and settings, but they got wiped.
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Hello All!
Before you tell me to search or check threads, I already have. This problem does not have anything to do with forgetting to disable the pins and fingerprints before backing up. My problem has do do with I have already disabled/removed security before backing up my nandroid. I check/select everything that I can to backup and it successfully completes. When I go to restore, everything looks to be properly restored, but alas, there is a problem. When I reboot, it asks me for a password to get into TWRP (apparently "default_password). But when I get in and go to file explorer to find anything, my entire storage is wiped. Like no OS or any files. The only other issue I've had besides this is when restoring a nandroid, it doesn't complete and reboots to a bootloop.
I am on the newest version of TWRP, 3.0.3-0. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I, and anyone who has had to redo the complete phone setup/customization, do not enjoy taking over an hour to get things back up and running. Cruddy thing is I did a Titanium Backup for my apps and settings, but they got wiped.
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I am genuinely interested in this because I back up on a regular basis after each security update but I have never had to restore. Now it is my understanding that even if security is disable the data is still encrypted. Perhaps I'm wrong about that but if you ever did have a password or pin to log into the phone with have you tried to enter that into TWRP?
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You only need to back up the defaults... system, data, and boot.
What should I back up in TWRP?
https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html
redduc900 said:
You only need to back up the defaults... system, data, and boot.
What should I back up in TWRP?
https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html
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I understand the web is full of opinions, but I've read somewhere to backup EFS? I have also read somewhere before that what you said to backup, while is plenty sufficient, if you have space, to backup everything. I followed that and it lead me to an hour plus of restoring back to how it was. I will give it a go, hoping that I never have to use it, but it will work when the situation arises.
I've only ever backed up those three partitions, and never had an issue with restoring backups. You can certainly create a backup of the EFS/IMEI, but keep it stored in a safe place like on your computer or a thumb drive. One thing I should note is when restoring a backup, make sure to also flash the correct vendor.img if necessary.
I usually backup vendor with it but as earlier indicated I don't believe it's completely necessary. As far as EFS is concerned yes I would agree with backing that up however what I do is back it up to a separate backup folder and only write it if something were to ever happen to it otherwise leave it alone. That way you don't take a chance I'm corrupting something in that partition.
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I've never successfully restored a backup on the Nexus 6P regardless of what version of TWRP I used. Different builds of TWRP give me different problems but none has ever worked. I've completely given up doing nandroid backups on this phone because it's a waste of time and disc space. I never had a similar issue on any other phone that I have ever owned and am not a newbie when it comes to rooting and custom roms. What I always ended up doing after a problem restoring a backup is flash the complete factory image using the flash-all.bat command and start over with everything I want to flash.
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I've never successfully restored a backup on the Nexus 6P regardless of what version of TWRP I used. Different builds of TWRP give me different problems but none has ever worked. I've completely given up doing nandroid backups on this phone because it's a waste of time and disc space. I never had a similar issue on any other phone that I have ever owned and am not a newbie when it comes to rooting and custom roms. What I always ended up doing after a problem restoring a backup is flash the complete factory image using the flash-all.bat command and start over with everything I want to flash.
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I have the same problem, so now I've started doing a TiBU and Verizon Messages backup, after all those are completed, transfer and save it to my PC. If I have any problems, I transfer from the PC to phone and it's less headache... kinda sorta.
Restore never worked to the fullest. I tried different versions of TWRP, same problem. Restore starts a red error line in beginning of the restore process an at the end it shows ‘Restore complete’. When I restart, everything looks restored but with bugs like:
-network or sim itself is not shown
-Bluetooth, wifi wont connect
-Quicksetting tiles not responding etc…
The idea of backing up via TWRP is to get every bit RESTORED properly, but it doesn’t work.
I take a full back up before moving to update the firmware version (example MIUI 10), if I do not like the firmware then I want to go back to the previous firmware version (example MIUI 9) and TWRP RESTORE feature never works. I have to again flash the rom and then restore everything via Titanium backup.
I always take a TWRP backup of all the items available:
System
Data
Cache
Cust
Recovery
Boot
EFS
Persist
Still it never restores properly. It’s a mere time waste or the restore option to be removed from TWRP as it never worked across of its versions.
Can anyone explain me in a line, what is Cust, EFS and Persist?
I really appreciate if anyone help me understand where I’m going wrong.