So this morning I backed up my phone then proceeded to hard reset my device with the intention of restoring from said backup. When I got to the Live ID login the device said "searching backups" in the top left then skipped directly to the "use OneDrive?" screen. I can see my backup in OneDrive on my computer but for some reason my device refuses to recognize it. I've also tried recovering with the device recovery tool but I have the same problem. help?
I have had similar problems recently with backup restore on the 950XL. Probably best to raise the issue with Microsoft via webchat at https://support.b2x.com/
maybe is backup from lower version and not recommended for current OS version?
but from my 14 month experience with 950XL and many HR and WDRT flash, i not recommend to use restore backups... device works much faster and better after clean install
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I've had the MARY ROM running on my Orange M700 for 2/3 months now but I expect this problem isn't ROM-related. It's been fairly stable, but occassionally crashes.
It crashed yesterday morning so I turned it off (should have soft rest really but brain was still asleep). When i turned it back on it has done a factory reset!!! Fortunately I have contacts backed up but not everything.
Long shot: is there any way to get it back to how it was?
How can I make sure this never happens again?
Really grateful for any help.
first: you have to setup it manually, but you could buy additional backup software. i recommend spb backup. it has the feature to make backups of the entire internal storage to sd card. i have it configured to make a full backup every night at 4:00 am and it makes backup for the past 7 days. all older backups will be deleted automatically. i test it with hard reset and restoring the backup. you can make .exe for backup, so you don't need install the app for restore. after restore, everything is like before. give it a shot.
second: never trust an electronic device. in short: you can't make sure, that this will never happens again, so use backups for your important data.
OK, thanks for your advice. I had my contacts backed up fortunately but that all-in-one backup sounds really good. I'll look into it...
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.
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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.
boostin91tsi01 said:
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.
Hello guys,
I need some help with my Lenovo K4 Note Vibe (3GB RAM version). The thing is it started popping up random "Unfortunately xxxx stopped working" a couple of weeks ago. That specific app would just crash and restart itself. It can be a system app or game or any random thing (GUI, Contacts, Messaging, Angry Bird and other games etc.). It would usually gets solved on by restarting the phone or stopping the app from setting or on it's own.
Now the problem I have is, I gave it a restart and now it just shows "Unfortunately Notification Center Has Stopped". I have two option "Okay" and "Try To Resolve" none of them does anything except the error goes away for a second or two and pops back up. I can not even see the usual "Enter you PIN" screen. Yes I was using Fingerprint so I had to enter the PIN every time I restart the phone. So now basically I'm stuck at startup screen without any options. The phone is alive I can tell, I can feel it vibrate when I call, hear messaging tones (whatsapp/text). If connect it with PC when turned on, I can see a Lenovo Folder option to browse but its empty since it requires the phone to be unlocked first with pin.
The mobile belongs to my sister and she is dentist by profession and have lots of important data including some research she did (photos) for journal she publishes in national magazines.
How do I get past this error ? I do not have root, I tried the recovery but it is a Chinese recovery and does not have an option to wipe catch partition. The phone was on latest version (Marshmallow) and there is nothing I can do to start it up. Tried booting in safe mode but still the same error.
There is an option to see basic details in Chinese recovery, it shows
Model No. A7010a48
Build Time : 2016 12 27 14:35:36 CST
Kernel Ver. 3.18.19+
Android Ver.: 6.0
along with various other details.
How do I save my data ? Can I recover it anyhow ?
1. Try wipe data and factory reset
if not solve
2. Use SP Flash tools to flash stock rom.
If you have unlocked bootloader, then you can try to flash/hotboot into twrp recovery as it shows all files and folders in pc while connected in recovery mode.
Even if the bootloader is locked, there is no harm in trying.
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If you have unlocked bootloader, then you can try to flash/hotboot into twrp recovery as it shows all files and folders in pc while connected in recovery mode.
Even if the bootloader is locked, there is no harm in trying.
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Bootloader is locked. And there was no custom recovery flashed, every recovery flashing method I searched required for data to be wiped and bootloader unlocked so I`m stuck on that front.
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1. Try wipe data and factory reset
if not solve
2. Use SP Flash tools to flash stock rom.
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Like I mentioned in post, the data is important, I could throw away the hardware I just need data.
I`m looking for a method to wipe catch partition without getting my data erased or to extract data any other way. Please do let me know if anyone have any solution at all, this is really really important.
Enable usb debugging
Use adb pull command to get the data.
Edit: nevermind, saw you can't unlock the phone.
Pretty sure if you flash twrp it will wipe data data partition as soon as you reboot. So I wouldn't do that.
Other option is do a full nandroid backup using adb but the only way you are gonna get that working is if you flash twrp and like I mentioned it's probably not a good idea but I'm not certain.
Another option is mtktools/spflashtool and do a full firmware backup from that, reset the phone and then restore from the backup, but I have no experience in that but it should work in theory.
Do you see the error even when there is incoming call? If not try from InCallUi i.e. when you answer the phone, try to navigate from that such as opening contacts, if there is a chance pull down notification bar and enter into settings. If any of these happen, it will ask to enter your pin and then you can unlock your phone. Now connect your phone to your pc and backup the data you need
If the data you seek are images, google photos should already backup your images to your google photos cloud account. Check this by signing in from your pc.
If they are media from whatsapp, don't worry, it will be backedup daily to your google drive account and all your messages along with your media will be restored after you install whatsapp again.
If they are Docs, then probably they are in gmail account (PROBABLY) you can always search for required ones in gmail.
Any other files from these cannot be restored if they are inaccessiblefrom your phone.
Suggestion: Maintain a cloud account which you feel safe and backup to that account so that you have no need to worry about the important files. **** like these happen every now and then.
Edit : These are gonna work if you checked the online backup or sync in respective app.
I have a V20 with Lineage 18.1 and am looking for something that can backup and restore the whole phone. The other day I tried to update Lineage and it downloads it, but when I hit Update, it restart and just display and android icon, and "No Command". Any ideas why this happens? So I download it to a folder and go into TWRP manually and tried to update, but the zip check failed and I was left with no option but to reset. Which means I have to spend hours reloading everything and going over every system setting. I really need a faster way to load an image to the phone, both for situations like that, and in case the phone is lost, so I can load the image to a backup V20.
I have tried everything I can find:
TWRP: may work for restoring to same phone, but not for a different one, even the same model.
CloneIT: Have tried a dozen times, but the receiver never sees the sender hot spot
Titanium Back Pro: Have tried it a few times, but have never succeeded in getting the whole phone back. I'm using Magisk 22 to root, then I put on Titanium, then I try to restore, but it doesn't work.
Google 1 (Google Drive built-in Backup): I tell it to restore a backup and it says it's doing it, and to complete setup of my phone, so I do. When done, I see it is restoring my applications.
I have a Mi A2 with Lineage 18.1 and I have the same question. Did you ever figure out a solution? With my LG G7 I can make partition image backups with the QFIL tool but for this device, I haven’t found a way to make images of full partitions for a real backup that can be reflashed. I think the most viable option is TWRP which I think is still installed on my device.