Good Morning All,
I did a search for this but didn't come up with anything specific so apologies in advance if it does exist somewhere. After a long time owning an S7 under Verizon service I finally took the plunge and Rooted him. Works Beautifully so Hat off to the Warriors. I see that Flashfire can Perform backups and restores without having to utilize a custom recovery.
My Question is has anyone tested Backing up and restoring on a Verizon S7? If so can you provide Experiences, results, what paritions/items listed in flashfire backup was performed on, Workarounds if needed and of course Failures. If it is more advantageous to flash a custom recovery instead of using flashfire. Which one is preferable i/e TWRP/Clockwork Mod. Please excuse me as the last time I had rooted and romed an android fully was my Moto Droid. (LOCKED BOOT LOADER ON THAT ONE "Safe Strap used" )
Just to be clear again this is for my Rooted Verizon Galaxy S7 Debloted and Lag fix applied.
Gratsi me Android Familia.
FlashFire is the ONLY recovery that can be used other than stock, but not as a replacement to the stock recovery. The backup and restore feature is amazing on the S7, but you need to have it installed/operating first. I mean that if you do a backup and wipe the phone, you will need to re-root and install FlashFire before being able to restore.
CVertigo1 said:
FlashFire is the ONLY recovery that can be used other than stock, but not as a replacement to the stock recovery. The backup and restore feature is amazing on the S7, but you need to have it installed/operating first. I mean that if you do a backup and wipe the phone, you will need to re-root and install FlashFire before being able to restore.
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That makes sense. Really so Clockwork and TWRP cannot be used? Prob because the bootloader is still locked right? Like I said is been a minute since I've been through the entire Process.
If flash fire is the only viable method other than stock, obviously that will be my Choice I may try the Stock too.
Additional Question about items to backup. The items/partitions marked below that are marked protected. will the restore perform without errors since they are marked as protected? Or are there specific Items only that should be backed up besides system and data?
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I just use normal and have restored with no problems.
I was curious about this as well... Thanks for answering.
ok i see some of you are using the backup restore feature in flashfire but when i do a normal backup i deselect internal storage but the problem is that it keeps repeating over and over again listing the partitions see screenshot i know my explanation isnt very clear so is this normal or am i doing somethinv wrong. and this is on a rooted galaxy s7 verizon on nougat firmware
Edit: restarted phone and it works now
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long story short i had to restore from my nand backup. But the phone stays stuck at the black samsung screen. It makes the startup chime sound but doesnt load. What could the problem be? I really need this backup. For some reason not even mybackup pro backed up like it should have because when i restored it restored an old back up.
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Why is this on this section? Please post in q and a.
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Here is what you do. Go back into clockwork and flash a different nandroid or the same one again. if non of your nandroid works. you will have to odin and then reroot and whatever.
What are you developing?
most likely this means you made a nandroid backup from an RFS rom and you are using EXT4 or vice versa. my suggestion is to do a nandroid restore, then flash the ext4/rfs dual kernel. see if that boots you. if not, nandroid, oneclick root/nand unlock and restore. if that doesnt work, you are officially boned. i suggest using titanium backup in the future. nand backups are nice, but i have had way too many problems with Clockwork recovery's restore. either not working or not restoring properly.
You most likely have the wrong kernel for your ROM. If the poster above me is correct, go find a dual-support kernel and flash that. Most versions of CWM Recovery right now don't back-up the kernel block for some reason.
If you can, go find the ROM you're trying to restore from, pull the kernel out of the zip, and make your own update.zip for the kernel. Should clear your problem right up.
nandroid does not restore the kernel on our phone (maybe others, too?). Flash a kernel after your restore.
The way I usually restore now is to flash the rom that the backup came from, then advanced restore->restore data to get my apps and settings back.
DiGi760 said:
The way I usually restore now is to flash the rom that the backup came from, then advanced restore->restore data to get my apps and settings back.
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+1 to that.
Jared
not developing . just trying to over clock and find a rom i like.
i nand backupd on stock rooted. and im trying to restore on stock rooted.. stock rom and kernel
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i tried an older nand backup and it restored. but thats not the one i need. im going to the the one i need again and see what happends. So how do you know if your properly nandbackuped? i guess you dont?
I think the problem is with CWM3...
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what is cmw3?
It worked! I got my old backup restored!!!
i just restored my rogers s4 to complete stock and now i see this, is this normal? possibly an update?
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i thought it was suppose to look like this instead?
i rooted it, used triangle away and then restored to stock with odin restarted in recovery reset to factory and then updated everything
Have you tried a factory reset within Android?
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i just restored my rogers s4 to complete stock and now i see this, is this normal? possibly an update?
i thought it was suppose to look like this instead?
i rooted it, used triangle away and then restored to stock with odin restarted in recovery reset to factory and then updated everything
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nah its fine. After the update its just showing how much wasted space touchwiz from samsung really takes up. The only thing i had a problem with is after my update it lost my games. So it said i had 3gb usable space but didnt recognize my games were still there. Root your phone and get titanium backup. I delete some stock apps and I now have 9.5gb available
the reason behind this was to make my phone back to 100% stock in case of warranty needs, after factory odin install i did a factory reset as well
i am not concerned about my space, just the fact that it says 16gb of total space, while most other phones only show 8.8, is this something that will void warranty?
Mine shows this
So I also show a loss of the 8GB. But I knew this all along and is why I bought the 32GB version. So why yours shows the full 16GB is a guess for me. Maybe it was something with the newest update. You on MF3?
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My att s4 did the same thing, showed I think it was 9.8gb free then I flashed the stock software back via Odin and it changed to 16gb, not sure why.
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My att s4 did the same thing, showed I think it was 9.8gb free then I flashed the stock software back via Odin and it changed to 16gb, not sure why.
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My is the opposite I install custom rom went back to the orginal now I only have 2GB of space left with no apps install. Did a full system wipe and then restore.... not sure what happen......
I have just got my G2, yay!
LG G2, 32GB
D802 20d-EUR-XX
Android 4.4.2 Kitkat
It's still stock with stock recovery, but I have rooted it successfully with Towelroot. Everything works fine. Now I would like to flash a custom recovery and eventually a custom ROM.
(The thing that scares me, as a former Galaxy Nexus owner, is that I can boot neither into the bootloader nor into recovery by using hardware keys. This is apparently normal, but it means I will be stuck if I ever can't get the phone into a state where ADB works. I can boot into (stock) recovery using ADB, and I can boot into Download Mode using the hardware key.)
- What is the safest way to flash a custom recovery on stock Kitkat 4.4.2? Auto Rec? Is there anything in particular I should be careful about? I read about all kinds of horror stories with malfunctioning touch screens...
- Will I be able to boot into a custom recovery using the hardware keys then?
Thanks!
I used Auto Rec to install TWRP, and it worked! Now I can also boot into recovery using the hardware buttons.
I removed the back cover to make sure I actually had a D802. Some people buy D800's on Ebay or Amazon with D802 back covers, and often the settings in Android say it is a D802 even though it's not. Only what's underneath the battery cover is completely reliable, and only if there is no sticker over the real type number. This is what it should look like:
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The easiest way to remove the back cover is by removing the SIM tray first, then using a pry tool and your thumbnails in the direction of the seam (once the nail is in between the cover and the body).
Many thanks to Bender_007 and Iowabowtech, who were patient enough to guide me. I have seen them patiently help so many other people too in various threads like "help, I'm bricked!".
I read through the similar thread from yesterday, but this is a different issue...
I had unlocked, installed TWRP, and had been running a custom ROM (BadBoyz 1.2). This morning I re-locked so I could flash the updated firmware (v1.80) and now I am unable to re-unlock.
When I issue the command fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin, it works without errors, and the phone goes to the "Are you sure you want to unlock your bootloader?" screen.
However, at that screen, the volume buttons do nothing. I can't select yes OR no, it just sits there. Eventually it times out and just shows the battery charging on a black screen.
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When I flashed the firmware, it removed TWRP, and with a locked bootloader, I can't re-flash it.
I was able to get a fully stock rom up and running, so I'm not in brickville anymore (had a few hours of panic earlier today), and I've been able to confirm that the OEM Unlock option is checked. I've even unchecked and re-checked to be sure. Everything works except the ability to confirm my choice and move on. I'm kind of afraid that it's a glitch in the new firmware, at this point...
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks!!
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So, it removed TWRP and replaced the stock recovery? And now you can't reinstall TWRP because bootloader is locked? Is that where you're at?
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have you tried running RUU.exe? i took that route and was able to unlock my bootloader again, flash twrp and upgrade to bb 2.0 with no problems
I had the same problem and had to flash a stock rom back on the phone before the unlocker would work.
I figured it out! I can't explain WHY it worked, but it worked...
I had re-flashed several times using the official RUU, and the results never changed...
Then yesterday I went through a mental checklist of what was different when I unlocked the first time... and the only thing, was that I hadn't put my SD Card in the phone yet when I unlocked the first time. So I went through the motions again to verify that it still didn't work, and it didn't. Then I ejected the SD Card and tried it - and BOOM, I was able to unlock!
The only thing I can think of is that the SD Card did have the Firmware .zip on it, which the phone auto-detected and asked if I wanted to install... even though I said no. As soon as I tried it without the card, it worked like it always had, I'm back to unlocked, and back to the custom ROM I had been enjoying so much...
Thanks for the tips, everyone, and I hope this thread helps someone else who finds themselves in the same boat!
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So, it removed TWRP and replaced the stock recovery? And now you can't reinstall TWRP because bootloader is locked? Is that where you're at?
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Yes, that is EXACTLY where I was at. However, finally found the way out of the mess.. (see above post)
i just bought samsung a8 (sm-a8000) and i just check its device status its say custom so i reflash it with smart switch samsung but still it say custom...so my question is can i change its firmware to my country version Malaysia (XME) like sm-a800f?? Here is my phone screenshot...
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no one can help me yet?? i already root this phone with cf-auto root... but the superSU still a user app not system app and if hard reset the phone the root also loose,....
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no one can help me yet?? i already root this phone with cf-auto root... but the superSU still a user app not system app and if hard reset the phone the root also loose,....
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Systemless root puts nothing on the system partition. That's why it's called systemless and why it's in data.
Factory reset shouldn't affect it either. All you lose is the superuser apk not root.
You just need to reinstall the apk.
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Systemless root puts nothing on the system partition. That's why it's called systemless and why it's in data.
Factory reset shouldn't affect it either. All you lose is the superuser apk not root.
You just need to reinstall the apk.
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in the cf auto root its version for LMY47X.A8000ZCU2AOK6 but mine as above post in the pic...in my phone recovery version same as above post but after root it changes recovery version to LMY47X.A8000ZCU2AOK6......is it okay??
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in the cf auto root its version for LMY47X.A8000ZCU2AOK6 but mine as above post in the pic...in my phone recovery version same as above post but after root it changes recovery version to LMY47X.A8000ZCU2AOK6......is it okay??
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It changes the recovery version because that is the version stored in CFautoroot. Nothing to worry about.
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It changes the recovery version because that is the version stored in CFautoroot. Nothing to worry about.
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ok thats a good news...i want tell you about this phone and lucky patcher...
as you know that this phone already rooted and i want to patch to android the first two option but after apply it immediately reboot and after that i checked back its still not patched..and in the red circle already ticked by default before i apply the patch.....after that nothing happen..so i let it be like that..then after 1 hour i notice that my phone started to pop out like unfortunately clock has stopped...so i decide to restart the phone but it become worst..so i end up flash the phone back to official again.. my question is why it happen like that and is there a way to make the LP patch work on my phone?