Quick restore question - X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone. I now have the TWRP Nougat back up on my computer and want to restore it on my phone but how do I do it? I replaced the BACKUPS folder with the downloaded one and it can't find anything to restore..
Edit: I now realized that I need to flash the restore point, right?

oliake said:
Hello everyone. I now have the TWRP Nougat back up on my computer and want to restore it on my phone but how do I do it? I replaced the BACKUPS folder with the downloaded one and it can't find anything to restore..
Edit: I now realized that I need to flash the restore point, right?
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Go to twrp, do any small backup(boot), connect to pc, copy from pc your old backup.
F.e.:
Sdcard/twrp/backups/serialNo/2017...... name of backup/here shuld be files.

dzidexx said:
Go to twrp, do any small backup(boot), connect to pc, copy from pc your old backup.
F.e.:
Sdcard/twrp/backups/serialNo/2017...... name of backup/here shuld be files.
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Thank you!!

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[Q] Recovery question

hey this a very stupid question but id appreciate it if someone helped me out. so ive made nandroid back ups of all the roms ive flashed till now, and ive kept them on my computer. my question is, what is the correct procedure to shift these nandroid back ups from my computer to my phone and restore them properly?
i use twrp 2.6.3.4
LG G2 D802 Black 32 GB International
With twrp, simple copy folder on pc to store.
then, copy back from pc to same folder on phone,
reboot to recovery and restore works fine
id3210 said:
With twrp, simple copy folder on pc to store.
then, copy back from pc to same folder on phone,
reboot to recovery and restore works fine
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sorry i didnt understand the first part?
and do we not need to worry about md5 sum?
ok, how you copy it to PC first? (or nandroid do this automatically?)
i think, that nandroid backup to sd, and you copy it to pc...
just copy back, go get to recovery, press restore, and you will see your backup.
do you have recovery installed, like twrp or cwm ?
i copy whole folder, maybe it have md5, maybe not..
i have twrp installed.
i made the nandroid back up via recovery. after it was done i used root browser, went to sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/02f44b000ed16413/
then i just copied the back up inside the last folder to my computer via usb and then i deleted the back up on the phone. the path above is still intact.
just copy this folder back to phone, reboot phone into recovery (twrp), and hit restore button.
id3210 said:
just copy this folder back to phone, reboot phone into recovery (twrp), and hit restore button.
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alrite thanks bro

Help Nandroid S5

I am trying to restore a safestrap nandroid from me old Verizon S5 running Stock rooted NCG to a new one running NE9.
When I try to do the restore on the new S5, safestrap doesn't show the file as an option to restore from.
It's in the TWRP backup folder and I can see it with the safestrap file manager.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any help is extremely appreciated.
I may be wrong, but im pretty sure you cant restore a backup from a different kernel. Things tend to mess up.
warpedmind0u812 said:
I may be wrong, but im pretty sure you cant restore a backup from a different kernel. Things tend to mess up.
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So do i need to update my old phone to NE9 first?
If so can i do that without loosing root or any of my data?
If Im understanding the way you wrote in th op, you would need to downgrade the kernel on your new phone from NE9 to NCG to restore the backup.
warpedmind0u812 said:
If Im understanding the way you wrote in th op, you would need to downgrade the kernel on your new phone from NE9 to NCG to restore the backup.
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Now I've made both NE9 and NCG backups and neither show up on the new phone.
Copy your old backups to your PC and delete them from your phone, folder and all. Make a new backup and delete the files, not the directories and then copy your old backup to the new backup folder then restore the old one. SS makes a differen named folder for each different device. This is why it dosen't show up.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Misterxtc said:
Copy your old backups to your PC and delete them from your phone, folder and all. Make a new backup and delete the files, not the directories and then copy your old backup to the new backup folder then restore the old one. SS makes a differen named folder for each different device. This is why it dosen't show up.
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Thank you VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New phone is exactly like my old now.
You're help is so very appreciated.

TWRP doesn't see my backup and I don't know how to access my storage!

I did a full wipe through TWRP to restore a backup and now TWRP is not seeing my backup. I am not sure how to make it so it can see my backup! My computer can also no longer detect my phone's file storage. I have a copy of the backup on my computer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Cheesejam said:
I did a full wipe through TWRP to restore a backup and now TWRP is not seeing my backup. I am not sure how to make it so it can see my backup! My computer can also no longer detect my phone's file storage. I have a copy of the backup on my computer. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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if thats the case, the only way forward is to flash stock kdz file for your variant.. happen to me last time, lost everything on the phone

can't extract apps from nandroid made otg with twrp

My phone was stuck in a bootloop where it could only get to recovery. Using the recovery I created a nandroid backup to the a USB stick using an OTG cable. I flashed the stock firmware and got things setup but I can't restore individuals apps from the nandroid. I copied the nandroid from the usb to sd card but it still doesn't work. I tried restoring apps using Nandroid Manager but when the app is launched it gives the error "app has stopped, close app". For some reasons sms succesfully restored but no user apps. I tried restoring with AppExtractor but it gives the error "unable to generate apk listing"
I also have titanium backup pro but couldn't get it to find the location of the nandroid to try extracting with it.
Any ideas? I really just want my messages back from Whatsapp.
My phone had stock Nougat with busybox installed and elementalx kernel. It should be the same environment now as when the backups were made.
@twoplustwo can you tell us why your phone went into bootloop ? If you know then you can restore /data from TWRP and revert the cause of bootloop..
Also can you confirm it's in capital letters as you have mentioned in small letters in another thread that twrp/backups rename them to TWRP/BACKUPS or move them to internal storage.. (in stock ROM if i am not wrong, TWRP folder is not accessible, so try to install custom ROM for temporary purpose, then move backup to internal and then try with titanium backup..)
____Mdd said:
@twoplustwo can you tell us why your phone went into bootloop ? If you know then you can restore /data from TWRP and revert the cause of bootloop..
Also can you confirm it's in capital letters as you have mentioned in small letters in another thread that twrp/backups rename them to TWRP/BACKUPS or move them to internal storage.. (in stock ROM if i am not wrong, TWRP folder is not accessible, so try to install custom ROM for temporary purpose, then move backup to internal and then try with titanium backup..)
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yes it was in capital letters
the problem in the first place that sent the phone into a bootloop was I installed the OTA security update. I'm running stock rom but I guess because it was rooted and had busybox, that made it incompatible with the update?
twoplustwo said:
yes it was in capital letters
the problem in the first place that sent the phone into a bootloop was I installed the OTA security update. I'm running stock rom but I guess because it was rooted and had busybox, that made it incompatible with the update?
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If you have TWRP and take update, it don't cause bootloop, but it cause your device to boot into recovery when you turn on your device.. can you confirm if it was bootloop or problem of booting to TWRP ?
I am unable to copy the nandroid to internal storage. I tried using usb to computer and it just does nothing. I tried root explorer and it says 'copy failed' and file manager says 'cannot load'. This only happens with the TWRP folder inside the internal memory specifically.
____Mdd said:
@twoplustwo can you tell us why your phone went into bootloop ? If you know then you can restore /data from TWRP and revert the cause of bootloop..
Also can you confirm it's in capital letters as you have mentioned in small letters in another thread that twrp/backups rename them to TWRP/BACKUPS or move them to internal storage.. (in stock ROM if i am not wrong, TWRP folder is not accessible, so try to install custom ROM for temporary purpose, then move backup to internal and then try with titanium backup..)
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____Mdd said:
If you have TWRP and take update, it don't cause bootloop, but it cause your device to boot into recovery when you turn on your device.. can you confirm if it was bootloop or problem of booting to TWRP ?
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I can confirm it was only booting TWRP. So even when I tried to boot to system it just booted to TWRP again.
twoplustwo said:
I can confirm it was only booting TWRP. So even when I tried to boot to system it just booted to TWRP again.
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You don't need to worry,
Do you have any important data for any app currently ?
Take backup of new important data with titanium.. (and then again take backup from TWRP, for safety )
And then simply restore /data from TWRP backup, it will give you older data back without any bootloop but you will loose new data/messages that you got after flashing/ on current running ROM..
____Mdd said:
You don't need to worry,
Do you have any important data for any app currently ?
Take backup of new important data with titanium.. (and then again take backup from TWRP, for safety )
And then simply restore /data from TWRP backup, it will give you older data back without any bootloop but you will loose new data/messages that you got after flashing/ on current running ROM..
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Thank you sir! To confirm, when backing up to USB stick with OTG, does the format of the USB matter? Is fat32 safe?
twoplustwo said:
Thank you sir! To confirm, when backing up to USB stick with OTG, does the format of the USB matter? Is fat32 safe?
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Not familiar with different formats, it should work.. bu t
You can backup to internal storage too, since you don't have to flash fastboot ROM again..
____Mdd said:
Not familiar with different formats, it should work.. bu t
You can backup to internal storage too, since you don't have to flash fastboot ROM again..
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Just want to confirm everything is working perfect now. Thank you again!

IMEI=0

i installed a firmware and had a command to delete all. but I have a backup made with TWRP. is there any way to restore the IMEI?
You will have to flash your stock firmware.
dedq said:
You will have to flash your stock firmware.
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sorry I'm new. I have to search again for a firmware? my backup doesn't work?
If you have a backup in TWRP, IMEI is in "Efs" part.
If you don't have that, flash the stock ROM again and that is how we were going to get your code back.
dedq said:
If you have a backup in TWRP, IMEI is in "Efs" part.
If you don't have that, flash the stock ROM again and that is how we were going to get your code back.
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right. I have 2 separate backups from 2 different years. but neither has a folder or file named efs
JulianCox said:
right. I have 2 separate backups from 2 different years. but neither has a folder or file named efs
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It doesn't need to have a folder which is under that name. You have to select the backup from your TWRP recovery and there you will find the folder. You cannot find it using file manager.
If you cannot find it even in TWRP recovery when restoring backup, you need to flash your original ROM and your IMEI number will be back.

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