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[Q]WhatsApp not sending/receiving media

Hello everyone. I've tried really hard to DO NOT create this thread. As it happens I have used all I know (which isnt much) to try to fix this problem but got no success.
So I've got a S4 GT-I9505. I've recently decided to root it mainly because I wanted full External SD-card access to some apps. Here are some facts about my rooting:
- I used TWRP;
- I used SuperSU;
- I kept the stock ROM. I personally dont have anything to complain about it so I didnt install any custom ROMs.
- I had a problem with Knox afterwards, the phone was rebooting and freezing. I made a backup on Titanium and then uninstalled every Knox-related app.
- The system worked nicely for days.
Then I decided to clean some garbage that I knew was present in my device, like ghost folders and foster files and such.
- I installed SD-Maid and Clean Master.
- On the same day, I switched my SIM card because of some personal issues. I'm brazilian but now living in Deutschland. The change of SIM cards (if it matters) was as follows: bought the phone > inserted brazilian SIM > inserted deutsch SIM > inserted brazilian SIM (due to a personal problem) > back to deutsch SIM. I'm telling you this because I'm not sure of how relevant it is. Just trying to give as much info as possible.
- I cleaned some **** with SD-Maid AND Clean Master.
What happened next:
- WhatsApp was broken. I couldnt receive any media (voice recordings, videos, images, nothing at all).
- I tried re-installing the App
- I tried to restore my WhatsApp backup from Titanium. No success*.
- I tried to restore my backup from TWRD. No success.
- I tried to change WhatsApp folder (on data/media) permissions to r-r-r---- and then back to 00775. No success.
- I tried re-registering my phone to whatsapp network. No success.
- I tried deleting whatsapp folder on data/media (WhatsApp FAQ recomendation). Thats when WhatsApp stopped also SENDING media. I couldnt simply send or receive through the app.
- I tried re-creating the WhatsApp media folder on data. No success.
- I tried a factory reset followed by a TWRD backup restoration. WhatsApp was once again SENDING, but NOT RECEIVING media. When my phone finished booting and the launcher loaded, I was immediately prompted by a WhatsApp message saying something like "Conection failed! Please verify your phone number. WhatsApp can only be installed in one device per phone-number" even though everything else internet-related was working just fine.
(* when I say NO SUCCESS, I refer to the fact that WhatsApp still not receiving/sending media, not that I failed to implement that given fix)
Now, when I wiped my phone to factory defaults, I noticed that in TWRD prompt it said something like "Wiping Data, EXCEPT data/media". My knowledge of the subject isnt great but I think it might be something with this folder.
Any thoughts?
Thank you very much in advance!

Do nothing. Delete your account from whatsapp and recreate it with the number you wish to use
My whatsapp works fine with a different no. And has a diff sim for calling.
Maybe to much of backup.. restore...bla bla..made it crash.
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Venorian said:
- I tried re-registering my phone to whatsapp network. No success.
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DeepankarS said:
Do nothing. Delete your account from whatsapp and recreate it with the number you wish to use
My whatsapp works fine with a different no. And has a diff sim for calling.
Maybe to much of backup.. restore...bla bla..made it crash.
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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It was not very clear in my post, indeed, but yes I have tried that as well. Thanks for trying!

I would just take the shortcut.
- Backup the apps you want to backup with Titanium.
- Make a backup of Whatsapp from within the app.
- Wipe from TWRP recovery (I assume that's what you mean by TWRD). Use the option prepare for rom flash (don't know the excact words, but you understand when you see the option).
- Reflash the rom you are currently on with Odin (or flash a custom rom).
You can also just skip the wiping part and just flash the rom with Odin again. I always like to start from scratch if something goes wrong, but it should probably work without the wipe.
Then restore the apps you want to restore. Whatsapp should probably be working now.
You can spend many more hours finding a solution, but my guess is that SD-maid or Clean Master deleted something it should not have. Always be carefull with those kind of apps. I don't really like those apps because the benefit you get from them is limited.

GOT A FIX!
After 2 days of hitting my head on the wall with this, I came up with a solution.
My girlfriend has the exact same phone as me (though I think any rooted android with WhatsApp installed would do).
I entered her data/media/whatsapp folder and created all the folders that were missing on my own folder (deleted by CleanMaster just for being empty). Then I gave all the folders the exact same permissions (rwxrwx--x or 0775) as my girlfriend's device and voila! It's working perfectly!
Now just for future reference and to feed my curiosity: why does factory reset through TWRP do not also wipe data/media? If this folder were wiped, I would get a fresh WhatsApp install and the problem would have been gone sooner. I kinda dont understand the folders' structure in my phone. Sometimes it looks like I can get to the same very place using diferent paths (like /data/ OR /emulated/ OR /0/ OR /sdcard/).
Anyway, thanks people! Though I figured it all by myself, this forum still rocks!

Venorian said:
GOT A FIX!
After 2 days of hitting my head on the wall with this, I came up with a solution.
My girlfriend has the exact same phone as me (though I think any rooted android with WhatsApp installed would do).
I entered her data/media/whatsapp folder and created all the folders that were missing on my own folder (deleted by CleanMaster just for being empty). Then I gave all the folders the exact same permissions (rwxrwx--x or 0775) as my girlfriend's device and voila! It's working perfectly!
Now just for future reference and to feed my curiosity: why does factory reset through TWRP do not also wipe data/media? If this folder were wiped, I would get a fresh WhatsApp install and the problem would have been gone sooner. I kinda dont understand the folders' structure in my phone. Sometimes it looks like I can get to the same very place using diferent paths (like /data/ OR /emulated/ OR /0/ OR /sdcard/).
Anyway, thanks people! Though I figured it all by myself, this forum still rocks!
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Good that you found a solution.
It would be bad thing if the custom recovery would standard wipe data/media because that would wipe your entire internal sd. People that flash roms don't want that to happen. You can still wipe it from the recovery, it's just in a different place then the standard wiping.

Lennyz1988 said:
Good that you found a solution.
It would be bad thing if the custom recovery would standard wipe data/media because that would wipe your entire internal sd. People that flash roms don't want that to happen. You can still wipe it from the recovery, it's just in a different place then the standard wiping.
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So basically its just a matter of keeping your apps and app data? Not something system-damaging or system-related at all?
And thanks for your answer!

Venorian said:
So basically its just a matter of keeping your apps and app data? Not something system-damaging or system-related at all?
And thanks for your answer!
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No your apps and data will be wiped. Basically every part that could interfere with a new rom is wiped. It's only the data on your internal storage that is kept. So apps (like Whatsapp) also write data to your internal storage and that won't get wiped.
/system
/data (excluded /data/media)
/cache
and a few more will be wiped.
(There are more parts that don't get wiped, but that are parts that neither an app or you will ever touch.)

Now the problem is back. I can't really understand what happened.
I rebooted my phone just to check if everything was OK and then to do a new backup in TWRP.
Checked WhatsApp and the problem was back. Then I went to see the files and some folders that I've just copied were gone! The WhatsApp main folder on data/media was still there, but some subfolders were simply missing. I also noticed that my copy of that folder on my External SD-card was also gone! Like WTH?!
Any help will be much appreciated.
P.S.: and to my happiness, copying the files once again (as I've done before) simply doesnt work. This is driving me crazy, seriously.

this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin

-Ric- said:
this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin
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Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!

Venorian said:
Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!
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Do as I suggested. Start from a blank sheet and stay away from those rom cleaners for now.
You could just take a clean custom rom, then you don't have to worry about deleting those knox stuff and rerooting again.

Venorian said:
Not even a factory reset will do?
How do I find a stock ROM from Samsung (with 4.4.2) compatible with my S4 GT-I9505? Also: should I also wipe everything or simply flash the rom without doing anything else?
Now that you said, I also noticed that one of my favorite games (Mushroom Wars) has also stopped working. Might be that you're right!
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i honestly didn't attempt a factory reset because i wanted to keep all my stuff, so i just flashed the stock rom on odin and everything worked out fine, was the only way i was able to fix it

-Ric- said:
i honestly didn't attempt a factory reset because i wanted to keep all my stuff, so i just flashed the stock rom on odin and everything worked out fine, was the only way i was able to fix it
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By doing this I'll have to reroot, right? Do you think it is a problem if I recover my backup from TWRP after flashing the stock rom?
Dont wanna go through the configs and app installing all over again.

Venorian said:
By doing this I'll have to reroot, right? Do you think it is a problem if I recover my backup from TWRP after flashing the stock rom?
Dont wanna go through the configs and app installing all over again.
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you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.

-Ric- said:
you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.
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Here is your stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33568

Tkkg1994 said:
Here is your stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33568
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This is for switzerland, isnt it? A Brazilian version would be most welcome! I'm currently downloading one from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
-Ric- said:
you don't need to re-configure or recover a backup, if you flash the same stock on odin as you already had running, without wiping, it should work right away, without any issues and without any need for a wipe or a restore, you will have to re-root though, yes.
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Sure! Thank you for your help!
Just a side note: while downloading the stock rom, I found this and installed the given app (Folder Mount) just to check. As soon as I opened it, it pop'd a message saying that he identified a crucial problem with my /bin/sdcardwhatever file. So yes, I'm confident that your solution will be the one to fix my problem. Let's see...
Also thanks for Lennyz1988 for your suggestion. Your fix seems a little bit... harder?... for me, but if this one doesnt work I'll try yours and post the results. BTW, where do I find a clean custom ROM? Thank you!

Venorian said:
This is for switzerland, isnt it? A Brazilian version would be most welcome! I'm currently downloading one from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Sure! Thank you for your help!
Just a side note: while downloading the stock rom, I found this and installed the given app (Folder Mount) just to check. As soon as I opened it, it pop'd a message saying that he identified a crucial problem with my /bin/sdcardwhatever file. So yes, I'm confident that your solution will be the one to fix my problem. Let's see...
Also thanks for Lennyz1988 for your suggestion. Your fix seems a little bit... harder?... for me, but if this one doesnt work I'll try yours and post the results. BTW, where do I find a clean custom ROM? Thank you!
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Cause you want a Brazil version, here you go : http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31097

Lennyz1988 said:
I would just take the shortcut.
- Backup the apps you want to backup with Titanium.
- Make a backup of Whatsapp from within the app.
- Wipe from TWRP recovery (I assume that's what you mean by TWRD). Use the option prepare for rom flash (don't know the excact words, but you understand when you see the option).
- Reflash the rom you are currently on with Odin (or flash a custom rom).
You can also just skip the wiping part and just flash the rom with Odin again. I always like to start from scratch if something goes wrong, but it should probably work without the wipe.
Then restore the apps you want to restore. Whatsapp should probably be working now.
You can spend many more hours finding a solution, but my guess is that SD-maid or Clean Master deleted something it should not have. Always be carefull with those kind of apps. I don't really like those apps because the benefit you get from them is limited.
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-Ric- said:
this happened to me once, and wasn't whatsapp only, the reason whatsapp wasn't being able to receive/send media files was because it somehow could not access the internal storage.. same with all my other apps, it happened when restoring a full rom backup with CWM.. and the only way i managed to fix it was to re-flash the stock rom with odin
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I just realized both solutions are the same, LOL.
ODIN just finished flashing the stock rom. Will update soon with the preliminary results.

Apparently it did NOT work. Not completely at least.
WhatsApp is now once again making voice recordings and receiving them as well, but is not handling any other kind of media. Mushroom Wars (the game I talked about earlier) is also not loading.
The system looks just it was before, only without root (I know that was expected).
Don't know what to do now.
Just one more question: how much of a problem is it restoring a backup using TWRP? I mean, in a scenario in which I get this problem fixed, I couldnt simply restore any backup due to the possibility of screwing my internal storage thing all over again?

Unable to save to Note 3 after restoring backup rooted rom

Hey Guys
On my SM-N900W8 Note 3, I've had it running a rooted stock rom.
Yesterday I decided to try out Gummy Rom....did a backup in TWRP.....I also backed up all my apps with Titanium just to be safe.. wiped data....installed Gummy Rom....it just wasn't for me.
Wiped data again......restored my stock rooted rom that I've been using this whole time........phone booted up without a problem...SUCCESS! At least I thought success....started to notice some errors with some of the apps I have...
Wasn't able to get any of my snapchats....swiftkey was giving me errors.....then I tired to save a picture and saw that it had failed....strange
I Have several gigs available on my internal and external SD card....
Opening up Titanium....I can see that all folders, internal AND external say "This folder is not writable."
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Update: I've installed SDFix, and I can now save to my external SD card.....however I still can't save to my internal memory.

Try to rewipe all the system and data then reflash the backup again , just give it a chance good luck

alii91 said:
Try to rewipe all the system and data then reflash the backup again , just give it a chance good luck
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Wiping system/delvik/cache/data......and restoring my rom didn't fix it

HulkSmash316 said:
Wiping system/delvik/cache/data......and restoring my rom didn't fix it
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I am afraid to tell it's probably a bad backup caused by twrp try to install the latest version of it and then restore ,if didn't work the backup is bad and nothing to do further as I know

alii91 said:
I am afraid to tell it's probably a bad backup caused by twrp try to install the latest version of it and then restore ,if didn't work the backup is bad and nothing to do further as I know
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I'm going to try and unroot my phone......reroot it, and restore......
If that doesn't help it, then I guess my backup is bad......I don't know what else it could be :\

Rerooting do nothing it's not about root permission it's what inside the backup , anyway last thing to do is to flash the stock rom not the backup and losing the data unfortunately

alii91 said:
Rerooting do nothing it's not about root permission it's what inside the backup , anyway last thing to do is to flash the stock rom not the backup and losing the data unfortunately
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What I find weird though is after I ran SDFix, I'm able to save to my sd card again
It seems like some sort of permission problem

HulkSmash316 said:
Hey Guys
On my SM-N900W8 Note 3, I've had it running a rooted stock rom.
Yesterday I decided to try out Gummy Rom....did a backup in TWRP.....I also backed up all my apps with Titanium just to be safe.. wiped data....installed Gummy Rom....it just wasn't for me.
Wiped data again......restored my stock rooted rom that I've been using this whole time........phone booted up without a problem...SUCCESS! At least I thought success....started to notice some errors with some of the apps I have...
Wasn't able to get any of my snapchats....swiftkey was giving me errors.....then I tired to save a picture and saw that it had failed....strange
I Have several gigs available on my internal and external SD card....
Opening up Titanium....I can see that all folders, internal AND external say "This folder is not writable."
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684384

Rosli59564 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684384
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It worked
Thank you so much Rosli59564

Data encryption issue after cm13

Hi folks, first off English is not my main modus operandi so bear with me thx.
I tried out every room there is for the VNS-L31, CM13 from here, Revolution RC3 from a Spanish forum, Beanstalk and a few others what where more glorified reskins ... anyway before installing CM13 I made a full dump on TWRP but wile forgetting I wasn't on stock but on Revolution RC3, so I ended up with the wrong encryption key for the DATA folder, pardon me internal memory SD ... RRC3 is based on the European Stock B150 with a lot of tweaks, also a not perfect encryption of the internal SD similarly to CM13 problem with the SD.
Here is the main beef I am having, after getting of CM I tried to restore my dump and ended up ****ing up the encryption of the internal memory card. Now I can't got back to say the 161 internalional version and I am kinda bound to the European L31900B versions of the stock rom if I install anything else the accounts like Google or Facebook are not working and anything not installed already on the phone is FC.
I can't format data because of the encryption. Not under fastboot or any of the trwps, tried 3 different ones, I checkted the phone is not frp. I did lock frp and bootloader again and unlocked them so to double make sure I was right on that one. I tried going back to stock with the dload method but no dice data still locked. Delete accounts with root explorer and went back to vnsl31900b130 what seams to be the firmware that I am stuck on now with the ****ed up encryption ....
I am used to flashing stuff left and right but this is new land for me any help would be greatly appreciate ... And my warning DONT SCREW WITH TGE ENCRYPTION ON YOUR PHONE ... ITS A *****!!!!

Cant you just delete the system in TWRP?

Thijs van Hal said:
Cant you just delete the system in TWRP?
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Nope I deleted everything in TWRP, System, Cust, that is not a problem, the data partition on the other hand I can't format not I twrp, or by fastboot erase/format/-w commands ... Really annoying, never had an issue like this ... Funny that I can delete things with an root explorer under Android and that saving data works fine but the moment I leave the os it just closes up. Even the dump I made can't replace the data partition outside of the os

markus2811 said:
Nope I deleted everything in TWRP, System, Cust, that is not a problem, the data partition on the other hand I can't format not I twrp, or by fastboot erase/format/-w commands ... Really annoying, never had an issue like this ... Funny that I can delete things with an root explorer under Android and that saving data works fine but the moment I leave the os it just closes up. Even the dump I made can't replace the data partition outside of the os
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Ive never seen that before to, weird man...

I have the same issue. Any fix?

Nemeroz said:
I have the same issue. Any fix?
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No, but I am starting from scratch, also I am trying to manually corrupt the data partition so to be able to format it ... Just a pain, at the moment I am stuck, maybe if I can get someone else's firmware dump for my phone might do the trick its big so I am not sure anyone would upload something that big ... We see

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No, but I am starting from scratch, also I am trying to manually corrupt the data partition so to be able to format it ... Just a pain, at the moment I am stuck, maybe if I can get someone else's firmware dump for my phone might do the trick its big so I am not sure anyone would upload something that big ... We see
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Did you try to Flash stock recovery and do a factory reset?
Or via fastboot do this command :
fastboot format userdata
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simo255 said:
Did you try to Flash stock recovery and do a factory reset?
Or via fastboot do this command :
fastboot format userdata
Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using XDA Labs
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I tried all of them. Nothing worked :crying:

Nemeroz said:
I tried all of them. Nothing worked :crying:
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So I fixed my problems with BadWolfs help he got me back to stock by flashing a special zip that allowed me to install the firmware from dload on the external sdcard
Thx again for your help

markus2811 said:
So I fixed my problems with BadWolfs help he got me back to stock by flashing a special zip that allowed me to install the firmware from dload on the external sdcard
Thx again for your help
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Forgot here us the link http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1261335
Everything you need to go back to stock from cm13 (if you screw up like me) or nougat beta is in here. Is in spanish but google translate is doing a pretty good job all bloody credit is going to badwolf and his friends
Thx and good night

markus2811 said:
Forgot here us the link http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1261335
Everything you need to go back to stock from cm13 (if you screw up like me) or nougat beta is in here. Is in spanish but google translate is doing a pretty good job all bloody credit is going to badwolf and his friends
Thx and good night
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when you flash the oem info didnt it say unable to mount data? like before?

Lost IMEI, EFS Folder, really messed up

Hi guys, im in a very deep trouble since yesterday, i was testing trying to flash Renovate Rom on my S8 Plus SM-955F, unbranded exynos version, Ive test before almost 5 o 6 roms without any trouble, but suddenly I got a bootloop, so i decide to restore the backup I made before i was start to flashing any rom, along tow days ago. The backup apparently restores well, but it last only about 15 or 20 seconds, I rebooted and doesnt get pass from galaxy s8 logo at startup; so Ive restarted again , got to thw twrp and tried to flash again another rom, BatStock in this case, phones starts without a problema, but now network doesnt work, and Ive lost my IMEI , baseband, and i guess all EFS folder.
Apparently the backup on the sd is corrupt , and I tought when i tried to restore the backup, It get all erased and messed up.
Does anybody have some idea to solve the problem, Ive tried to restore the efs backup from the backup alone, apparently it restores, but i continue without imei.
Please someone help me, Im getting crazy aboyt that, ive buy the phone trough and Internet page, so I dont have warranty in my country Argentina.
Thanks in advance.

Any idea?
Please Help me folks

Try this way via Smart Switch

Hi, search in S7 edge forum, you have a guide to recover the IMEI. Are you using an external SD for nand backup?

bluheart said:
Try this way via Smart Switch
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I will try it as soon i came from working,do you think it will restore the efs missing folder?

sekelink said:
Hi, search in S7 edge forum, you have a guide to recover the IMEI. Are you using an external SD for nand backup?
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Ive tried the guide,but i dont have binary combination.
Yea ive used a external sd for backup,but i suspect the card is damaged or corrupt. When i restore im getting this message.

Twrp restoring
Twrp when restoring the backup:

check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516

sekelink said:
check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516
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Ive tried,but the problem is i cant find any factory binary firmware for my smg955f

dannytgt said:
Twrp when restoring the backup:
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If you are sure that your backup was properly created, you can omit the md5 check.
There's an option in the TWRP settings.

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Paradoxxx said:
If you are sure that your backup was properly created, you can omit the md5 check.
There's an option in the TWRP settings.
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I think that was the beggining of the problem ,when i tried to restore without md5 check,twrp restores thebackup,but im sure its corrupt ,because it only takes 15 seconds,but phone get stuck at startup galaxy s8 screen.
Im getting this screen when restoring with twrp.

dannytgt said:
I think that was the beggining of the problem ,when i tried to restore without md5 check,twrp restores thebackup,but im sure its corrupt ,because it only takes 15 seconds,but phone get stuck at startup galaxy s8 screen.
Im getting this screen when restoring with twrp.
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From the screenshot it looks like you are trying to restore the cache.
Can you try without it, and restore /efs ?

Paradoxxx said:
From the screenshot it looks like you are trying to restore the cache.
Can you try without it, and restore /efs ?
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Ive tried right now Paradoxxx, and im still having this succesfull restore message , but nothing happen, right now when i was downloading Phone info from playstore, I ve noticed another weird thing : I CANT INSTALL ANY APP trough play store.
I upload the images Ive said before, about twrp restoring.

Phone info
Right now I'm checking phone info and I've that stats

Just wipe the cache part. Then it should boot

MrSteelX said:
Just wipe the cache part. Then it should boot
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Restore the backup and then wipe the cache?

Always whenevr we restore, we should wipe cache/dalvik cache then reboot.
Or try smart switch after putting phone into download mode and it does it's job well.
Some files have gone corrupt but majority Looks fine. Wipe cache n reboot n let us know

bluheart said:
Always whenevr we restore, we should wipe cache/dalvik cache then reboot.
Or try smart switch after putting phone into download mode and it does it's job well.
Some files have gone corrupt but majority Looks fine. Wipe cache n reboot n let us know
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I've tested wiping cache / dalvik previously and right now. Same result

Guys, do you know If it's possible to extract the efs partition or efs folder from the twrp backup, it's maybe posible?
And how I can check if the backup is allright or if it's damaged.?

Extract twrp backup via 7zip

TWRP Not Restoring All Apps When I Do a Restore from Backup (H910)

Hi everyone.
I'm not sure if this is the right subforum to ask, so I apologize if I should have posted this elsewhere.
This is for the unlocked LG V20 H910.
I flashed TWRP using the Dirty Santa method. I did it a couple of times with version 3.0.2-1, and a couple of times the version from 10-8-2018 (it doesn't show which version it is on the file itself). In both cases, when I've tried to restore backups, many apps disappear and are no longer installed. I've tried it on 10r, 20h, and Super Rom 8.3.18. This happened with apps which I restored with Titanium Backup; ones I've restored from apks; and ones I've downloaded from Google Play. It also happened with and without being rooted. I did it all those different ways on each rom which was installed.
Does anyone know if there is a fix for it?
Thanks for any help

are you sure already check the DATA?
(image attached is just an ilustration, its not screenshot of my twrp)

jeremyn87 said:
Hi everyone.
. This happened with apps which I restored with Titanium Backup; ones I've restored from apks; and ones I've downloaded from Google Play. It also happened with and without being rooted. I did it all those different ways on each rom which was installed.
Does anyone know if there is a fix for it?
Thanks for any help
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try to check where TB put when restoring apk. maybe TB put on ext-sd so it not included when you creating NAND backup from TWRP. as far as i know, making NAND backup from twrp is just backing up the apk that installed or stored on internal storage. CMIIW

gandyprakoso said:
are you sure already check the DATA?
(image attached is just an ilustration, its not screenshot of my twrp)
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Yeah, I checked it. The only thing I didn't check was one option which is in beta mode and requires 50 gigs of free space. But everything else was checked. The 10r backups were around 15 gigs, and the Super Rom ones were around 13 gigs.
gandyprakoso said:
try to check where TB put when restoring apk. maybe TB put on ext-sd so it not included when you creating NAND backup from TWRP. as far as i know, making NAND backup from twrp is just backing up the apk that installed or stored on internal storage. CMIIW
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That's why I tried different ways of installing it. I was worried that some got in my SD card after the first time I noticed apps weren't restored, but I tried reinstalling and backing up without the SD card and the same thing happened.
Im wondering if they're being backed up but not restored for some reason?
Thank you for your responses!

jeremyn87 said:
Yeah, I checked it. The only thing I didn't check was one option which is in beta mode and requires 50 gigs of free space. But everything else was checked. The 10r backups were around 15 gigs, and the Super Rom ones were around 13 gigs.
That's why I tried different ways of installing it. I was worried that some got in my SD card after the first time I noticed apps weren't restored, but I tried reinstalling and backing up without the SD card and the same thing happened.
Im wondering if they're being backed up but not restored for some reason?
Thank you for your responses!
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hmm.. try to update TWRP into latest version, im using ver 3.2.3-4 here. im already using this version for backing up many roms and never meet any problem at all..
you can download it from here (TWRP ver. 3.2.3-4 for H910)
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410932744536982443
that link i copied from this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3720239

I just checked, and that's the version I'm using

Help
Same happened with me, i also restore backup from twrp and some apps are missing

jeremyn87 said:
Hi everyone.
I'm not sure if this is the right subforum to ask, so I apologize if I should have posted this elsewhere.
This is for the unlocked LG V20 H910.
I flashed TWRP using the Dirty Santa method. I did it a couple of times with version 3.0.2-1, and a couple of times the version from 10-8-2018 (it doesn't show which version it is on the file itself). In both cases, when I've tried to restore backups, many apps disappear and are no longer installed. I've tried it on 10r, 20h, and Super Rom 8.3.18. This happened with apps which I restored with Titanium Backup; ones I've restored from apks; and ones I've downloaded from Google Play. It also happened with and without being rooted. I did it all those different ways on each rom which was installed.
Does anyone know if there is a fix for it?
Thanks for any help
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Did you install Zacharee1's Mod Control App or install of Lu**y P****r with certain switches checked? These caused those issues for me before upon restore.

You might want to edit your post as it contains the app whose name can never be spoken on xda
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs

cnjax said:
You might want to edit your post as it contains the app whose name can never be spoken on xda
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs
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There ...I know what one you ment. Was just trying to help.