What should I backup using TWRP for the Axon 7 ? - ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers

Hey guys and gals!
After a few weeks of using the phone, I now feel comfortable doing a Nandroid Backup (TWRP).
I used to do it all the time on my OPO Kitkat, but now with Android Marshmallow, it's quite different.
Here is my situation:
A2017U (us version)
TWRP 3.0.2.2 Installed
Bootloaded Unlocked
Rooted
Xposed Framework v87 installed
Update B29 installed
Inside TWRP>Backup I have many options:
1- Boot (64MB)
2- Cache (2MB)
3- Data(6969MB)
4- Recovery (64MB)
5- System (3723MB)
6- System Image (6144MB)
7- EFS (4MB)
By default, the "Boot", "Data" and "System" are selected, but after some reading I could also backup "System Image" for a near-perfect restore.
Also, some said to backup the EFS in-case it gets corrupted/damage, but some say it can brick your device.
Could anyone tell me what should I backup in case I get stuck somewhere in the future.
Thank you !!
P.S: I have removed any fingerprints and set the lock screen to "Swipe" (no pattern).

First, make sure to flash the official twrp. Do not keep the one we use to unlock bootloader.
There is no harm in backing up efs, in fact it is a good idea to do so. Just do not select it during a restore unless something has wiped your current efs and its the only way to fix.
I don't see a need to back up a full system image but couldn't hurt to at least have one for safe keeping.
Boutchoo said:
Hey guys and gals!
After a few weeks of using the phone, I now feel comfortable doing a Nandroid Backup (TWRP).
I used to do it all the time on my OPO Kitkat, but now with Android Marshmallow, it's quite different.
Here is my situation:
A2017U (us version)
TWRP 3.0.2.2 Installed
Bootloaded Unlocked
Rooted
Xposed Framework v87 installed
Update B29 installed
Inside TWRP>Backup I have many options:
1- Boot (64MB)
2- Cache (2MB)
3- Data(6969MB)
4- Recovery (64MB)
5- System (3723MB)
6- System Image (6144MB)
7- EFS (4MB)
By default, the "Boot", "Data" and "System" are selected, but after some reading I could also backup "System Image" for a near-perfect restore.
Also, some said to backup the EFS in-case it gets corrupted/damage, but some say it can brick your device.
Could anyone tell me what should I backup in case I get stuck somewhere in the future.
Thank you !!
P.S: I have removed any fingerprints and set the lock screen to "Swipe" (no pattern).
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lafester said:
First, make sure to flash the official twrp. Do not keep the one we use to unlock bootloader.
There is no harm in backing up efs, in fact it is a good idea to do so. Just do not select it during a restore unless something has wiped your current efs and its the only way to fix.
I don't see a need to back up a full system image but couldn't hurt to at least have one for safe keeping.
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How do I know which TWRP I installed ?
Do you have a link for the official TWRP for the Axon 7 ?

Its in the dev forum titled official twrp.

lafester said:
Its in the dev forum titled official twrp.
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This? :
https://twrp.me/devices/zteaxon7.html
https://dl.twrp.me/ailsa_ii/
Edit: Looks like there's twrp-3.0.3-0-ailsa_ii Out for the Axon 7
But the official XDA Forum Page it's twrp-3.0.2-0-a2017u
After flashing the 3.0.2-0-a2017u, I now have in the backup sections: Modem (NON-HLOS) (95MB), I don't know if I should back it up.

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TWRP sayd system not mounted, then rebooted during restore, phone is softbricked

I was bootloader unlocked, latest TWRP installed, systemless root with SuperSU 2.6, cataclysm rom, ex kernel, layers, xposed. I had made a ton of backups and even kept some of them backed up in another locations. I needed to restore a backup in TWRP. At first it wouldn't let me, kept saying that phone system was mounted as read only.
this is my question #1 - How do you mount system for read in TWRP? I see there's an option called "mount," I go in there, i see settings I can select, but I don't see any option to "execute" or "apply" settings (like TWRP has on other screens - swipe to backup, swipe to restore, etc). There's no "clicke here to mount option." what do you do here?
#2 - it finally mounted rw, i think, but after picking my latest backup, it started and then when it got to 19% it reboot the phone. Phone is softbricked.
#3 - I'm very confused about all the checkboxes to restore, and all the checkboxes to wipe.
What should I be wiping and what should I be restoring? When making backups I checked all the boxes.
I had the galaxy nexus before and I knew that phone and clockworck mod inside out. TWRP is confusing and glitchy to me. I'm stuck and work with a phone without an OS and I'm starting to freak out, and don't have A to C cables with me.
Please explain where I went wrong here and how to do things correctly. I want to understand what I'm doing better, not just follow steps.
When you restored, with all the check boxes did you click "system image" for restore?
You should wipe then restore only system, data, and boot.
dontbeweakvato said:
When you restored, with all the check boxes did you click "system image" for restore?
You should wipe then restore only system, data, and boot.
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Yes, I selected all the boxes, including system image I believe.
I did a wipe. I selected all the boxes. Went back into TWRP and now all my backups are gone. I said reboot, and TWRP said there's no OS installed. I think I deleted everything. I should not have wiped. I do have a backup saved on a computer, it's a folder with lots of .img files inside. How can I get that onto my phone with only having fastboot and TWRP modes available? I mean how can I place it on the phone in a way that TWRP would recognize it and restore from it.
I ended up just flashing the stock google image and that at least gave me a working phone back.
Yes. You beat me to it, that's what I was going to say. You have to reflash. Just remember for future references you only need to backup boot, system, and data( and efs etc). But Not "system image" that'll Bork your stuff up.
dontbeweakvato said:
Yes. You beat me to it, that's what I was going to say. You have to reflash. Just remember for future references you only need to backup boot, system, and data( and efs etc). But Not "system image" that'll Bork your stuff up.
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I'd like to really understand this better. Do you know why system image borks the phone? Also, when you say efs etc., do you mean "absolutely everything except system image"? (I actually didn't see EFS listed there)
Well boot system and data. But you also need efs cause thats your imei. So just look around and familiarize with what youve found so far. Right now Im trying to flash 6.0.1 with a systemless root. Its kinda goin ridiculous right now because there aren't any directions or suggestions.
If you get to "no OS installed" restoring system image, then system will get you back
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zgroten said:
If you get to "no OS installed" restoring system image, then system will get you back
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After it said no OS installed, I tried to restore system image from my TWRP backup, and the restore failed and the phone reboot itself at 19% restored. I had to ADB flash the factory system image from google. This brings me back to the original question.
Why was the restore in TWRP failing?
Did you mount system in TWRP before attempting to restore?
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mistermojorizin said:
After it said no OS installed, I tried to restore system image from my TWRP backup, and the restore failed and the phone reboot itself at 19% restored. I had to ADB flash the factory system image from google. This brings me back to the original question.
Why was the restore in TWRP failing?
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actually in twrp you could of wiped, then restored boot, system , data and it would of restored everything

Help needed! Firmeware CAN-L11 EU Version

Hello,
i need help. I messed up my phone while trying to repair my only read mode system partition after boot.
Current state:
Phone CAN-L11 with EU Firmeware and working TWRP Recovery.
I did a full wipe, but have no data partition to restore, because this couldn´t be saved with twrp while i made my first nand backups during no read access to data partition.
My phone always shows 2 times the huawei logo and then boot in erecovery from huawei where i tried to restore, but it shows always "fail to get data" (wifi works).
When i restore all partitions backups that i own via twrp i miss the data partition (is the cause why it wont boot - isn´t it?)
Now i searched for any img that i can use to get my phone working again - anyone has a tip what img i could use (i have a huawei update extractor) - through twrp or fastboot.
Could anyone help me with a twrp backup or a img file of data partition - or has another tip how to get my phone working again?
Thanks for tips!
merlin21 said:
Hello,
i need help. I messed up my phone while trying to repair my only read mode system partition after boot.
Current state:
Phone CAN-L11 with EU Firmeware and working TWRP Recovery.
I did a full wipe, but have no data partition to restore, because this couldn´t be saved with twrp while i made my first nand backups during no read access to data partition.
My phone always shows 2 times the huawei logo and then boot in erecovery from huawei where i tried to restore, but it shows always "fail to get data" (wifi works).
When i restore all partitions backups that i own via twrp i miss the data partition (is the cause why it wont boot - isn´t it?)
Now i searched for any img that i can use to get my phone working again - anyone has a tip what img i could use (i have a huawei update extractor) - through twrp or fastboot.
Could anyone help me with a twrp backup or a img file of data partition - or has another tip how to get my phone working again?
Thanks for tips!
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I think that you need a system.img, so you can flash. This system imagem would write everything you need, so you can boot normally.
Have you tried to dowload @bluesmoothie backup from dropbox from the Root and Recovery post?
Here is the link, in case you don't find it https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrk0fbpn5rnukxn/AAAmhFwBTNoqq0sWfCH-VMHLa?dl=0
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Here the full Backup for the CAN-L11:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B134drJ4-Ed0R3VSY3A5NGpjVWc
Format /data, reboot recovery and than restore from backup. After the restore is complete make a wipe.
I restored my system from twrp (original first save). But that did not help.
After that i loaded the can-L11c432 update.zip from huawei and extracted with others the system.img - that also did not help to boot.
Tomorrow i flashed the orignal recovery.img from c432 but i did not find an update.zip wich works to manually flash in stock recovery.
@Vinnom the link you shared leads to twrp.img (no system.img).
@-=MoRpH=- thanks, i will try and report back. Is this anyway a chinese version in there? I think i have the same struggle you had days back. Is your phone completely working again?
So sick that my phone did not work. Now working with my "old" LG G2...
I report back later - first family dinner
merlin21 said:
I restored my system from twrp (original first save). But that did not help.
After that i loaded the can-L11c432 update.zip from huawei and extracted with others the system.img - that also did not help to boot.
Tomorrow i flashed the orignal recovery.img from c432 but i did not find an update.zip wich works to manually flash in stock recovery.
@Vinnom the link you shared leads to twrp.img (no system.img).
@-=MoRpH=- thanks, i will try and report back. Is this anyway a chinese version in there? I think i have the same struggle you had days back. Is your phone completely working again?
So sick that my phone did not work. Now working with my "old" LG G2...
I report back later - first family dinner
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Inside the folder twrp and its subfolders there it is system.img. I'm downloading it myself.
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Share if you have another workarounds for me
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@merlin21 yes it sounds like my problem after I tried to flash the emui5 beta.
My phone is fully working again with the backup I posted.
This is not the Chinese version, if nothing works, you can try the caz ROM. But there are massive problems with the gapps, they are not included in the rom.
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@ -=MoRpH=-
i just flashed the twrp.img with fastboot from xelfmade v22.12. and then rebooted twrp.
Then formated data and confirmed with yes - rebooted recovery and tried to restore your twrp. It did not restore and aborted instantly with the error message
during restoreing cust...
extractTarFork() proecess ended with ERROR: 255
what could that be?
IT WORKS! Thanks @murph... I had to use the cust from my backup, but with your data partition it successfully booted again. Locking forward if i now have still the problem with read only system partition. I am away setting up phone again (and of course rooting, modifying etc.. but FIRST do a full backup after basic setup and safe in PC !!!)
Thanks!
P.S. how did you manage to back up data partition in recovery? I thought this wouldn't be possible?! What is the cost for having this full working twrp?
PPS. Somehow knock on screen for screenshot does not work - could be, that i have to log in with huawei id... does it work for you morp?
Somehow knock on screen for screenshot does not work - could be, that i have to log in with huawei id... does it work for you morp?
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That only work if the is not rooted... Idk whats up with that, but for now i use the quicksetting screenshot function.
Somehow it worked with my rooted device before. Must be the decrypted data partition?
With the recovery of your backup I could not access data or change memory from data to sd. What version do you use?
I flashed xelfmades v22 and now have rw access and could backup all partitions and restore. Root and xposed modules everything works, just the knock on screen to capture don't...
merlin21 said:
IT WORKS! Thanks @murph... I had to use the cust from my backup, but with your data partition it successfully booted again. Locking forward if i now have still the problem with read only system partition. I am away setting up phone again (and of course rooting, modifying etc.. but FIRST do a full backup after basic setup and safe in PC !!!)
Thanks!
P.S. how did you manage to back up data partition in recovery? I thought this wouldn't be possible?! What is the cost for having this full working twrp?
PPS. Somehow knock on screen for screenshot does not work - could be, that i have to log in with huawei id... does it work for you morp?
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I have the same problem! What do you mean by "I had to use the cust from my backup" ? Sadly i dont have any data from my own backup..
can you tell me what to do to get the backup from @murph to work without error?
--solved.
P1xl said:
--solved.
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May I ask how?
I'm kinda stuck personnaly. I have tried both Nand backups but no cigar. Still can't boot. I had the Data issue which I managed to get rid of.
I still end up with a ExtTarFork 255 kind of error. I tried to change the files attributes via adb shell, but it failed so I've got an OS-Less phone...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
rak500 said:
May I ask how?
I'm kinda stuck personnaly. I have tried both Nand backups but no cigar. Still can't boot. I had the Data issue which I managed to get rid of.
I still end up with a ExtTarFork 255 kind of error. I tried to change the files attributes via adb shell, but it failed so I've got an OS-Less phone...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I copied the backup, which is linked somewhere in this thread, to my sdcard and restored it on my Nova using twrp. The extractfork issue showed up while restoring '/cust' so i disselected cust in the restoring menu. After that the restoring worked and my nova was able to boot.
Hope this is any help to you.
P1xl said:
I copied the backup, which is linked somewhere in this thread, to my sdcard and restored it on my Nova using twrp. The extractfork issue showed up while restoring '/cust' so i disselected cust in the restoring menu. After that the restoring worked and my nova was able to boot.
Hope this is any help to you.
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That didn't do the trick for a while, or I might have forgotten a step, but deselecting CUST did the trick.
Thanks for the tip!
Although, maybe flashing the Cust partition I found in one of the two upgrade zips via fastboot might have helped? I dunno...
But in short, for those who haven't followed through, here's what I did, but I'm not sure this is why it worked:
1. Bricked my device : be sad;
2. DLed all the posted Nandroid backup on this thread and others;
3. With fastboot, reflashed TWRP from Xelfmade using "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img";
4. Flashed the CUST.img I found in the UPDATE.APP of the update_data_full_CAN-L11_hw_eu.zip; or maybe the other, only one of the two seem to have it; I extracted it using Huawei Firmware Extractor; using "fastboot flash cust cust.img";
5. Created a "fake" backup to create the right folder structure on my SD (TWRP Couldn't see the backups) and put the Nandroid Backups I DLed earlier in it;
6. Reboot in TWRP and Restore all partitions except CUST;
7. Reboot, sweat, wait, cry, roll on the floor in fear, heard the huawei startup sound, cried as if it was my first born child;
8. Setup the fone and profit; then enjoy Nova goodness;
92.324. and probably most important, TWRP BAAAACKUUUUP!!!!!
All done!
Thanks for your help my phone is saved with your method!!!
i downgraded my MLA-L03 variant with this, but now im stuck in french language with no other languages to choose from
Vinnom said:
I think that you need a system.img, so you can flash. This system imagem would write everything you need, so you can boot normally.
Have you tried to dowload @bluesmoothie backup from dropbox from the Root and Recovery post?
Here is the link, in case you don't find it https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrk0fbpn5rnukxn/AAAmhFwBTNoqq0sWfCH-VMHLa?dl=0
Sent from my victara using XDA Labs
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someone please make this thread sticky!!!!!!!
there are some guides in internet how to get nougat for nova and that is were I broke my phone. I was searching solutions for a week, DLed Flahsed tons of things nothing worked. this one fully worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rak500 said:
That didn't do the trick for a while, or I might have forgotten a step, but deselecting CUST did the trick.
Thanks for the tip!
Although, maybe flashing the Cust partition I found in one of the two upgrade zips via fastboot might have helped? I dunno...
But in short, for those who haven't followed through, here's what I did, but I'm not sure this is why it worked:
1. Bricked my device : be sad;
2. DLed all the posted Nandroid backup on this thread and others;
3. With fastboot, reflashed TWRP from Xelfmade using "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img";
4. Flashed the CUST.img I found in the UPDATE.APP of the update_data_full_CAN-L11_hw_eu.zip; or maybe the other, only one of the two seem to have it; I extracted it using Huawei Firmware Extractor; using "fastboot flash cust cust.img";
5. Created a "fake" backup to create the right folder structure on my SD (TWRP Couldn't see the backups) and put the Nandroid Backups I DLed earlier in it;
6. Reboot in TWRP and Restore all partitions except CUST;
7. Reboot, sweat, wait, cry, roll on the floor in fear, heard the huawei startup sound, cried as if it was my first born child;
8. Setup the fone and profit; then enjoy Nova goodness;
92.324. and probably most important, TWRP BAAAACKUUUUP!!!!!
All done!
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Hi. First of all, thanks for the tutorial. I've tried it but I have one problem. My /data particion is ext4. Should be f2fs. The thing is I can't convert coz my /data particion is unvisible
Can any help, please?
Bunkier said:
Hi. First of all, thanks for the tutorial. I've tried it but I have one problem. My /data particion is ext4. Should be f2fs. The thing is I can't convert coz my /data particion is unvisible
Can any help, please?
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Frankly, I don't know. I had not modified the partitions prior to bricking my phone, so I think the partitioning was OK. However, I think one of the TWRP availble in this forum can format Data partition properly, which would utlimately allow you to select which File Format you want. I haven't tried it myself, and I haven't been able to do much with TWRP since I flashed Lineage unfortunately. Most of my Mods were just upgrading and I had to ADB Sideload pretty much everything since I flashed Lineage...
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful than that!

restoring from TWRP

hello all
i have ZTE AXON 7 U model.
i did bootloader unloock and instaled TWRP 3041 and did this "Once you booted to TWRP , Tap Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
now im on the A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.zip. all works great.
in twrp when i do backup and want to restore it i get this massage: " cannot restore system--mounted read only".
how can i backup and restore in the wright way?
ty all
le011 said:
hello all
i have ZTE AXON 7 U model.
i did bootloader unloock and instaled TWRP 3041 and did this "Once you booted to TWRP , Tap Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
now im on the A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.zip. all works great.
in twrp when i do backup and want to restore it i get this massage: " cannot restore system--mounted read only".
how can i backup and restore in the wright way?
ty all
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"Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
What you have quoted is only to complete the installation Flash. Go ahead and uncheck 'Mount System Read-Only' for normal operation and you are ready to go!
amphi66 said:
"Mount and Check "Mount, System as Read-only", this is very important".
What you have quoted is only to complete the installation Flash. Go ahead and uncheck 'Mount System Read-Only' for normal operation and you are ready to go!
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To for your replay.
When I unchecked the System read only and trying to restore the phone from the backup I made in Twrp the phone stucks after reboot on the screen that says the bootloader is unlocked and that's it.
le011 said:
To for your replay.
When I unchecked the System read only and trying to restore the phone from the backup I made in Twrp the phone stucks after reboot on the screen that says the bootloader is unlocked and that's it.
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You should see that screen and the phone should continue to boot after 5 seconds.
To recap:
1. You stated all was fine in B15 after following the upgrade steps.
2. You made a TWRP backup (system, data & boot) of your new B15
3. When attempting to TWRP restore the B15 backup it could not as system was still mounted "read only"
4. You unchecked "read only" and then did the restore
5. Now system does not boot (hangs on bootloader unlocked warning screen)
If that is correct it sounds as if you have a bad or incomplete B15 backup or you are attempting to restore a B29 backup to a B15 bootstack.
amphi66 said:
You should see that screen and the phone should continue to boot after 5 seconds.
To recap:
1. You stated all was fine in B15 after following the upgrade steps.
2. You made a TWRP backup (system, data & boot) of your new B15
3. When attempting to TWRP restore the B15 backup it could not as system was still mounted "read only"
4. You unchecked "read only" and then did the restore
5. Now system does not boot (hangs on bootloader unlocked warning screen)
If that is correct it sounds as if you have a bad or incomplete B15 backup or you are attempting to restore a B29 backup to a B15 bootstack.
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All correct.
After Im making backup, I'm wiping, and trying to restore the backup I just did.
No luck.
le011 said:
All correct.
After Im making backup, I'm wiping, and trying to restore the backup I just did.
No luck.
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Confusing to me. How are you using phone after a bad restore?
What revision TWRP did you flash? Did you flash SU 2.79 after flashing ROM?
Perhaps someone w/ more knowledge can chime in, but sounds as if you are a candidate to begin again following the steps carefully
Goodluck
amphi66 said:
Confusing to me. How are you using phone after a bad restore?
What revision TWRP did you flash? Did you flash SU 2.79 after flashing ROM?
Perhaps someone w/ more knowledge can chime in, but sounds as if you are a candidate to begin again following the steps carefully
Goodluck
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hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.
le011 said:
hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.
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Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.
amphi66 said:
Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.
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How i check in TWRP how the data partition formated?
I trayid the new version of TWRP 3100 and same thing.
after restoring the phone stuck on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen -last time i waited for 5 min before i
shut down whit power button.
le011 said:
hi
i have TWRP version 3041.
after i'm trying to restore and wont succeeded , i flash the rom again. the rom im flashing is : A2017UV1.1.0B15_systemstock_by_DrakenFX.
then the phone boot up and work great.
im not flashing supersu because i dont want root.
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amphi66 said:
Interesting. How long are you waiting on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen?
Next time in TWRP look at the data partition and verify it is formatted as ext4 not f2fs. I might also download a different version of TWRP and reflash the IMG file from within TWRP. I reference @DrakenFX here as he may have the easy solution.
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Easy fix, go back to TWRP,
* Wipe Data (if you are in different ROM a or version) - Dalvik- Cache
* Check MOUNT SYSTEM AS READ-ONLY
* Reflash B15 system
Happy reboot
If you Previously were using B15 , you may restore data only, other wise is a no go.
DrakenFX said:
Easy fix, go back to TWRP,
* Wipe Data - Dalvik- Cache
* Check MOUNT SYSTEM AS READ-ONLY
* Reflash B15 system
Happy rebokt
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hi
i did that for 3 tomes ending whit the same result :
the rom working great after clean instal...restoring from TWRP....ending whit stuck phone.
le011 said:
How i check in TWRP how the data partition formated?
I trayid the new version of TWRP 3100 and same thing.
after restoring the phone stuck on the Bootloader unlocked warning screen -last time i waited for 5 min before i
shut down whit power button.
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You may not have seen this on another thread with a similar issue:
"did find something else out. Under [TWRP] settings, if I enabled the "Use rm -rf instead of formatting", then I can restore successfully."
Goodluck
amphi66 said:
You may not have seen this on another thread with a similar issue:
"did find something else out. Under [TWRP] settings, if I enabled the "Use rm -rf instead of formatting", then I can restore successfully."
Goodluck
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OK ty
i will try that and post if sucssed.

Soft-Bricked Nova / No system

Hello,
Today I tried to root my Nova and somehow I managed to delete the system while doing that. I don't know how or when, I did wipe the phone at some point, but left system unchecked. So now it is stuck in an endless boot, I just see the orange "Your phone is unlocked and not safe etc" message, nothing more. I can access TWRP and fastboot, and tried to use the LineageOS 13. But it failed, it told me I need a CAN-model, and mine is "generic_a53". So I figured I'll just put EMUI back on it, but I can't seem to find a working version for my phone. The huawei-website is pretty useless in that regard, they don't offer it. And the HiSuite-recovery just said that my model is not supported anymore.
So.. help? I know I screwed up and should have made a full backup, but I never figured I'd screw this up so spectacularly.
EDIT: Okay, I just clicked on "Backup" in TWRP, out of curiosity, and it said that "System" is 2516mb, but "Data" is 0mb, so maybe that's what's lacking?
Seems you are using the wrong TWRP. Use the one made for lineage. Also, what is your exact model number, you should be able to recover that way. My guess is you wiped data, factory reset, or formatted data. You could try using the backup made by bluesmoothie to restore data. You will have to search around this forum as I can't remember exactly which thread it is in.
fragee said:
Hello,
Today I tried to root my Nova and somehow I managed to delete the system while doing that. I don't know how or when, I did wipe the phone at some point, but left system unchecked. So now it is stuck in an endless boot, I just see the orange "Your phone is unlocked and not safe etc" message, nothing more. I can access TWRP and fastboot, and tried to use the LineageOS 13. But it failed, it told me I need a CAN-model, and mine is "generic_a53". So I figured I'll just put EMUI back on it, but I can't seem to find a working version for my phone. The huawei-website is pretty useless in that regard, they don't offer it. And the HiSuite-recovery just said that my model is not supported anymore.
So.. help? I know I screwed up and should have made a full backup, but I never figured I'd screw this up so spectacularly.
EDIT: Okay, I just clicked on "Backup" in TWRP, out of curiosity, and it said that "System" is 2516mb, but "Data" is 0mb, so maybe that's what's lacking?
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Just like @wangdaning said, you're using wrong TWRP.
If you wanna flash LOS13, you gotta flash the TWRP mentioned at requirements.
It told you that your model is "generic_a53" because you're using "twrp_huawei_generic_a53.img".
To restore your phone, try to restore the backup made by bluesmoothie.
1) Download the TWRP backup (emui 4.1) made by @bluesmoothie from here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qrk0fbpn...ffYdia7raa/TWRP/BACKUPS/FPFDU16930014596?dl=0 . I had to download the files one by one, as I couldn't download the whole folder because dropbox was telling me that it's too big. After you've downloaded all the files from backup, put them in a folder named 1970-03-18--16-40-58_CANC432B100.
2) Download this recovery: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120713827 , which is made by @Grarak.
3) Make a backup of boot.img so a folder will be created at TWRP > BACKUPS (e.g. FPFDU16A20001907).
4) Place the TWRP backup folder into the folder created at step 3). So, it'll be like this: TWRP > BACKUPS > FPFDU16A20001907 > 1970-03-18--16-40-58_CANC432B100.
5) Restore the backup.
Okay, it was the wrong TWRP, now that I flashed the recommended one, I was able to install LOS13, and now everything is working again. Thank you very much guys!

OTA Installation fails after restoring STOCK TWRP backup

Hi. I have a Moto G Plus US variant XT1644. I did a clean backup (stock ROM) when I was on NPJS25.93-14.7-3 (boot, system and data).
After that I installed many custom ROMs, all of which caused my phone to drain battery and heat up so I decided to go back to stock by restoring my backup.
After I restored my backup I instantly received a new update via OTA (build NPJS25.93-14.7-5). So in order to install it "officially" I grabbed a stock recovery.img (in this forum) and flashed it before tapping on INSTALL so that everything keeps unmodified before applying the update. But when it reboots and tries to install the update I get a message "Error!".
Please any help would be much appreciated.
1)When you took the TWRP backup, do you remember if swipe to allow modifications was allowed in TWRP? If so, then the system partition in your backup might be flagged as read write, which would prevent the OTA from flashing.
2)Is the recovery from the same build as NPJ25.93-14.7-3?
3)Do you have a custom logo.bin to hide the bootloader warning?
echo92 said:
1)When you took the TWRP backup, do you remember if swipe to allow modifications was allowed in TWRP? If so, then the system partition in your backup might be flagged as read write, which would prevent the OTA from flashing.
2)Is the recovery from the same build as NPJ25.93-14.7-3?
3)Do you have a custom logo.bin to hide the bootloader warning?
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I think he can flash the 14.7 US Retail without deleting the Data Partition to get back to Stock and then do the OTA updates.
He can check this thread out:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...e-security-patch-usa-february-t3745147/page15
echo92 said:
1)When you took the TWRP backup, do you remember if swipe to allow modifications was allowed in TWRP? If so, then the system partition in your backup might be flagged as read write, which would prevent the OTA from flashing.
2)Is the recovery from the same build as NPJ25.93-14.7-3?
3)Do you have a custom logo.bin to hide the bootloader warning?
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1) I definitely took the backup after allowing modifications so this is probably why.
2) yes
3) no
Danny1976 said:
I think he can flash the 14.7 US Retail without deleting the Data Partition to get back to Stock and then do the OTA updates.
He can check this thread out:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...e-security-patch-usa-february-t3745147/page15
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Yeah, I´ve been following that thread. I will try to do that and try to make clean backups (without allowing modifications). BTW how should I make a backup of the recovery and bootloader with TWRP ? Thanks.
hernaner28 said:
1) I definitely took the backup after allowing modifications so this is probably why.
2) yes
3) no
Yeah, I´ve been following that thread. I will try to do that and try to make clean backups (without allowing modifications). BTW how should I make a backup of the recovery and bootloader with TWRP ? Thanks.
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You don't have to flash TWRP, just boot to it. Use the command fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1.0-athene.img and keep it read only. Make a backup of the system and boot. Root with ElementalX and Magisk. Then use Flashify to backup recovery, if you have not flashed TWRP.

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