I am running RR 7.1.2 and i went into TWRP made a backup and saved it on my comp(the whole TWRP file) and wiped the phone. No rom, nothing but TWRP. i then tranfered the same rom, RR 7.1.2 gapps and magisk. From TWRP i flashed the ROM, then gapps, then magisk. I then went into the phone downloaded rootchecker and made sure we were all good. I went back onto my computer and then replaced my phones TWRP folder, with the TWRP folder i saved earlier that contained the backup. Evrey single time i go into TWRP and retore onto that backup, it gets to about 65% and the phone restarts back into TWRP. cant get it to work at all. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Hi experts,
I would very much appreciate some help regarding the following:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F with factory installed stock rom G900FXXU1BPA2 (Android 5.0). I used the SkipSoft Unified Android Toolkit 1.4.5 to root the phone and install TWRP recovery (2.7.1.0-klte as recommended by Unified Android Toolkit). I made a first Nandroid Backup and was able to successfully restore this backup (I restored boot, system and data to verify that Nandroid restore works). I then used Titanium Backup to restore my apps from another phone, and all was well.
A week or so later I wanted to modify something I wasn't sure I wanted to keep (using apktool). I therefore made a second Nandroid backup and then proceeded to make modifications to the phone. After I saw the result, I didn't like it, and therefore restored the second Nandroid backup. After rebooting, the phone gave a flurry of forced stops ("Unfortunately XXX has stopped"). It is not a bootloop but I can't do anything meaningful with the phone other than restart it.
To try and resolve this, I used TWRP to wipe cache and dalvik cache and rebooted. The phone went through the lengthy "Android is upgrading" process but the result was the same: all my apps force stop.
I then decided to try and restore the original first Nandroid backup (which I had been able to restore successfully earlier), and this resulted in the same issue. Since I have several backups of this first backup I was able to verify that the files were good. Also did MD5 checksum verification in TWRP and it all checked out.
Using Odin, I was able to restore a stock ROM from SamMobile (G900FXXU1BOL1_G900FOJK1BOL1_ILO) and after restart, the phone works as usual, but of course all my apps and data were gone.
I was then able to use TWRP to restore only boot and system from the second backup, so I would be back on the exact same ROM that my phone came with, and this worked just fine; the phone started as if factory restored.
I then used TWRP to restore only data, and this resulted again in the same problem: all apps force close. Note that this is a restore of data only to the same phone running the exact same ROM that the Nandroid backup was made on, and it still did not work.
I have been thinking about this issue and searching through the various forums but I did not find anyone having this same exact issue. Here are some questions I came up with:
1. Is TWRP 2.7.1.0 completely compatible with this phone and with Android 5.0? Would it help if I installed a newer version of TWRP? Would I be able to restore Nandroid backups made with TWRP 2.7.1.0 with TWRP 3.X?
2. Assuming my second Nandroid backup is not corrupt, is there a better (less intrusive) restore I can do of the apps? Can Titanium Backup read TWRP 2.7.1.0 backups and restore them, including SMS?
3. What could be the reason for TWRP 2.7.1.0 restore not to be working properly? I did activate the fingerprint reader after the first Nandroid Backup, but if that is the issue I would have expected that first backup (in which fingerprints were not yet enabled) to restore properly and it doesn't.
Would appreciate any help!
Thanks,
AH
That version of TWRP is pretty old, possible it doesn't fully support 5.0
Grab 3.0.0.0 from here (newer versions are not fully bug free yet)
https://dl.twrp.me/klte/
Flash .tar version with ODIN 3.10.7
TiBu can read Nandroid backups and restore apps yes
Not sure about SMS
The method you used to root and flash TWRP is not a usual method used here, most of us use ODIN to flash TWRP and then flash SuperSU from recovery
or use CF Auto Root to root, and then flash TWRP with ODIN
I'd flash stock again, factory reset, and then flash TWRP and SuperSU, then try restoring your apps with TiBu
*Detection* said:
That version of TWRP is pretty old, possible it doesn't fully support 5.0
Grab 3.0.0.0 from here (newer versions are not fully bug free yet)
dl.twrp.me/klte
Flash .tar version with ODIN 3.10.7
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Thanks *Detection*! I installed TWRP 3.0.0.0 as per your instructions and restored just data. Same result as before.
Then I used TWRP 3.0.0.0 to restore the entire backup including system, boot, recovery, and data. Same result (of course I lost TWRP 3.0.0.0 and was back on TWRP 2.7.1.0).
This exercise was useful for one reason: I now know that TWRP 3.0.0.0 is able to read Nandroid backups from TWRP 2.7.1.0.
This is quite crazy but I seem to be unable to restore a full Nandroid backup and get a working system.
Am going to try Titanium Backup.
Thanks again!
AH
My phone died last night, and so I went to charge it. I hadn't installed anything in a very long time. When I went to charge it, it would boot to Lineage, but it took an extremely long time to boot. Then at the end it failed, shut down, and then only rebooted to TWRP afterwards.
Following the advice of threads I've read, I have...
Re-installed my TWRP (Latest Version)
Re-Installed LineageOS 15.1 (Unofficial)
Re-Installed Magisk
Cleared dalvik/cache
The only thing I haven't done is flash the stock recovery / OS because I REALLY don't want to lose any of my data. I still have it, is there a way to back up the data and not the OS through TWRP? And then migrate that to a new installation?
Flash raw oreo firmware using Asus flash tool.
.31 oreo firmware preferred.
If you want to save the data
Backup data partition via twrp.
Flash raw oreo to get the phone to boot
Flash whatever firmware you were on, then restore the data you did backup of.
It should work.
So I was on stock rom that was unlocked plus rooted,I was also on a different kernel. Before flashing that kernel, I had taken a full backup(It had magisk installed) through TWRP. Full means I didn't leave any of the boxes unchecked,it was a 11GB+ backup. Then it was all well and fine until I found that these kernels weren't liking my 64gb sd card(I created a thread earlier). So I went back to TWRP to restore my backup, I did so, well and smooth no issues. Now when I booted my phone, my phone would just turn off after showing the Asus LOGO, I tried multiple times to no success. It would just turn off after showing ASUS logo. To get out of this mess, I flashed Stock rom through TWRP.
Now I'm clean and fresh, I want to take a good backup and then flash AEX rom! What partitions should I backup??
Backup
Deeptesh Basak said:
What partitions should I backup??
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Backup:
Data
Boot img
System
You may have to flash magisk/SU again after restoring in some cases...
Deeptesh Basak said:
So I was on stock rom that was unlocked plus rooted,I was also on a different kernel. Before flashing that kernel, I had taken a full backup(It had magisk installed) through TWRP. Full means I didn't leave any of the boxes unchecked,it was a 11GB+ backup. Then it was all well and fine until I found that these kernels weren't liking my 64gb sd card(I created a thread earlier). So I went back to TWRP to restore my backup, I did so, well and smooth no issues. Now when I booted my phone, my phone would just turn off after showing the Asus LOGO, I tried multiple times to no success. It would just turn off after showing ASUS logo. To get out of this mess, I flashed Stock rom through TWRP.
Now I'm clean and fresh, I want to take a good backup and then flash AEX rom! What partitions should I backup??
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Backup everything for your first backup.
For incremental backups - boot, system, vendor & data should suffice.
While restoring only select the above four i mentioned. For cross rom restore functionality vendor partition is required.
For restoring stock rom from stock - only boot, system and data should be enough.
hello,
I was on stable 9 (latest) and downloaded A10 thru Oxygen app. I had magisk and xxx rom installed. rebooted to TWRP. backup everything. I uninstall magisk and install A10 upgrade file. since than I am NOT able to boot. I tried to recover backup. stuck at loading screen. I tried to do data wipe and install A10. no luck. ANy idea what I can do here pleasE?
fixed. unencrypted storage. i had to wipe it thanks for backup.
I've been running rooted CRDroid 9.0 (with Magisk and No_Verity) for years and wanted to go back to Oxygen, so I downloaded OnePlus5Oxygen_23_OTA_068_all_2006012224_c7a6016 and updated my TWRP to 3.4.0.0. I followed the instructions - took a TWRP backup, flashed the Magisk uninstaller, did a full wipe (dalvik-cache, cache, system, vendor and data) and then tried to flash the ROM. I got an error due to the compatibility file. So, I tried to restore my TWRP backup and am now getting bootloops.
The instructions say I have to remove the compatibility file on my device, but I can't because of the bootloops.
Can anyone please help me to either get my TWRP backup successfully running or successfully flash Oxygen 10?
Thank you for any help!