My Nexus 6P is not rooted, bootloader is also locked. As the BLOD is imminent threat, i want to unlock my Bootloader. But i'm unable to find any app to backup my entire phone. Personally i like nandroid backup from TWRP, but without root, it's not possible, and in order to root i need to unlock BL which inturn will wipe my /data partition. See my dilemma here?
So, if therer is any software that can backup my phone while i unlock BL and restore my data?
badbd09 said:
My Nexus 6P is not rooted, bootloader is also locked. As the BLOD is imminent threat, i want to unlock my Bootloader. But i'm unable to find any app to backup my entire phone. Personally i like nandroid backup from TWRP, but without root, it's not possible, and in order to root i need to unlock BL which inturn will wipe my /data partition. See my dilemma here?
So, if therer is any software that can backup my phone while i unlock BL and restore my data?
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Just backup and sync with google it's decent now. Can't remember if internal gets touched maybe backup to computer or thumb drive to be safe.
Exodusche said:
Just backup and sync with google it's decent now. Can't remember if internal gets touched maybe backup to computer or thumb drive to be safe.
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Thanks. I decide to bite the bullet and go for bootloader unlock. You are right, google backup is now amazing, i've even got back my call log and sms. App data is also restored, but no internal Memory is backed up. luckily i did copy my Internal memory.
So, TL,DR: Copy all my internal, did google backup. Unlocked bootloader, Got TWRP then root using magisk immediately (otherwise TWRP dosent stay), restore backup. Got old phone back
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Hello guys!
I was updating from 4.4.4 to lollypop via OTA, then I realized that even if I run the stock ROM, I am still unlocked + root, meaning that the OTA won't run.
I did a complete nandroid backup via Wugs Nexus Toolkit, including data.
Then I wiped and flashed the new 5.0 via Nexus Toolkit, but when I tried to restore only the data it didn't work.
I decided to go back to 4.4.4. and do things properly, but now I'm not able to restore anything.
I am not bothered with the apps and stuff, but I had plenty of pictures which I forgot to backup, and I want to restore them. I even tried to access the nandroid backup files, but no success!
I was accustomed with the old CMW, where you had the .img files, but I got no clue on what to do here!
I add the picture of the nandroid backup folder on my PC ( I think the data files are splitted, but I cannot open them in any case, not even with 7zip).
The nandroid was executed via Nexus Toolkit, but I guess it has been done through TRWP.
Long story short:
1) how can I access the pictures inside the nandroid backup?
2) how can I restore a nandroid backup that keeps failing?
theraizen said:
1) how can I access the pictures inside the nandroid backup?
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Maybe CWM does things differently, I don't know, but with TWRP, a Nandoid backup doesn't back up your SD card partition, so if you wiped everything, all your pics are gone. Sorry.
Yeah, I guess so.. Managed to recover something with DISK DIGGER (its an app, free on the store). Just wanted to write it here, so if anyone has the same issue can recover this way!
I dropped my 6p and now have no screen and no touch.
The device is rooted on stock 7.1.1 with unlocked boot loader. and fingerprint scanner is working. I can answer the phone and make phone calls with Bluetooth and hear notification sounds but dark display and no touch.
I want to backup my data before sending it to repair. So far I was only able to adb pull the SD card. I cannot use adb backup because it requires the confirmation on the phone. any suggestion how I can backup the data without any touch access on the phone?
Also, if I go to bootlaoder and flash the entire stock there, all my data is erased right? what happens to fingerprint data stored on the device? If I relock the bootloader, will it do a factory reset? in another word what is the best way to do a factory reset and erase everything without access to phone screen and touch?
Any help is really appreciated.
mnlv said:
I dropped my 6p and now have no screen and no touch.
The device is rooted on stock 7.1.1 with unlocked boot loader. and fingerprint scanner is working. I can answer the phone and make phone calls with Bluetooth and hear notification sounds but dark display and no touch.
I want to backup my data before sending it to repair. So far I was only able to adb pull the SD card. I cannot use adb backup because it requires the confirmation on the phone. any suggestion how I can backup the data without any touch access on the phone?
Also, if I go to bootlaoder and flash the entire stock there, all my data is erased right? what happens to fingerprint data stored on the device? If I relock the bootloader, will it do a factory reset? in another word what is the best way to do a factory reset and erase everything without access to phone screen and touch?
Any help is really appreciated.
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If you do a clean flash of the factory image all of your data is erased including your fingerprints. You shouldn't lock the bootloader before flashing the factory image. If you aren't fully stock including recovery and lock the bootloader you could brick the phone. There isn't really a need to lock the bootloader before sending it for repair.
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If you do a clean flash of the factory image all of your data is erased including your fingerprints. You shouldn't lock the bootloader before flashing the factory image. If you aren't fully stock including recovery and lock the bootloader you could brick the phone. There isn't really a need to lock the bootloader before sending it for repair.
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Thanks. I just did a backup in TWRP using adb.
If I receive another refurb 6p instead of what I send, Can I restore this backup to a new phone or something will not work because the data partition is encrypted?
Should I do a wipe data and system in TWRP before going to bootloader and flashing the factory image?
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Thanks. I just did a backup in TWRP using adb.
If I receive another refurb 6p instead of what I send, Can I restore this backup to a new phone or something will not work because the data partition is encrypted?
Should I do a wipe data and system in TWRP before going to bootloader and flashing the factory image?
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I'm pretty sure you can't restore the backup from one phone to a different phone even if it's the same model. Maybe somebody knows a way to do it. You don't really need to wipe anything in TWRP if you are going to do a clean install of the factory image. The install will wipe everything.
If you have Usb debugging enabled you could also use Hisuite by Huawei. Do a google search for it as I can't post a link due to new account.
Just bought an galaxy 7 edge, I'm running stock Android 7.0
Best way to make working TWRP NANDROID BACKUP?
I want to install TWRP, make a working NANDROID of the system, and also want device to boot and work with just TWRP and stock Android 7 from my operator that I'm using right now, that's including all apps installed.
Thanks anyone that can help me with this.
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best and fastest way to rooted SU stock ROM preferable my carriers one, and how to do it
smaberg said:
Just bought an galaxy 7 edge, I'm running stock Android 7.0
Best way to make working TWRP NANDROID BACKUP?
I want to install TWRP, make a working NANDROID of the system, and also want device to boot and work with just TWRP and stock Android 7 from my operator that I'm using right now, that's including all apps installed.
Thanks anyone that can help me with this.
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Snapdragon or Exynos?
Sorry Exynos is the one I got. 935F
smaberg said:
Sorry Exynos is the one I got. 935F
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First of all, you know that will trigger Knox and you will lose your warranty. There are some other implications of that, are you sure you've read them all? If you have no problems with those things, things are pretty much the same as on every other phone and twrp.
I know it will trigger Knox, and that's ok. This is a temporary device until Galaxy 8.
I put TWRP on the phone, now it won't boot, and got lots of words when trying to backup in TWRP.
That's why I asked.
what does it say when you try to back up.
You may have your phone encrypted that why the back up is not working.
You may need to remove the encryption to get it working properly.
You can also use smart switch to make a back up to be used in case of issues.
smaberg said:
I put TWRP on the phone, now it won't boot, and got lots of words when trying to backup in TWRP.
That's why I asked.
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You must've missed some steps.
http://www.droidviews.com/install-twrp-root-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-on-nougat-g935fxxu1dplt/
Do you need SU before no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.0.zip?
If I format data partition I can backup etc.
But I want to backup apps to!
So basically I want to install TWRP(and what's needed) and backup ROM with all apps. And then boot the ROM and run device as before.
smaberg said:
Do you need SU before no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.0.zip?
If I format data partition I can backup etc.
But I want to backup apps to!
So basically I want to install TWRP(and what's needed) and backup ROM with all apps. And then boot the ROM and run device as before.
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First no verity and supersu after, according to the article. By formatting data you won't lose your apps, just data on sd card (internal memory). The rest is on system partition
On, last time, did I get this right, from stock rom, do this
Install TWRP, then SU (I don't want SU) backup, should this work? It's says lots of error in data...
So once again from clean, what do I have to do?
Install TWRP, then what? Want to backup all apps I mean a full NANDROID backup.
Still no, after TWRP it won't boot.
Directly after TWRP it's says something bad "/data"
Then tried to run run the decrypt, still no no
Please anyone, help, it won't boot after TWRP...
smaberg said:
Still no, after TWRP it won't boot.
Directly after TWRP it's says something bad "/data"
Then tried to run run the decrypt, still no no
Please anyone, help, it won't boot after TWRP...
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Can you try fastboot format data and fastboot format cache commands and see what's happening?
i can format data partition no problem, even in twrp, but all apps dissapear as i tought. and then i even didnt bother to try and boot as i want to do a full nandroid.
smaberg said:
i can format data partition no problem, even in twrp, but all apps dissapear as i tought. and then i even didnt bother to try and boot as i want to do a full nandroid.
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If you thought you could install twrp and do a backup of the stock phone you were wrong, twrp can't read the data partition since its encrypted, you have to format data and then you can do a backup, but since there's nothing there then there's no point.
Get a stock image for your phone from http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=g935f
Thank you, finally an answer
then another quesstion....
best and fastest way to rooted SU stock ROM preferable my carriers one, and how to do it?????
Hi, a while back I managed to flash the Open Beta 3 for the OP5 but I ended up losing my files because of encryption.
Anyways, I'm not able to OTA or dirty flash any updates. I've tried both stable OOS 5.0.2 and the Open Beta 5 updates.
This is the message I get: https://i.imgur.com/wigXV3f.png
unless you relock your bootloader you won't be able to update. i tried everything. make sure you backup your data before you relock bootloader beacause this process will wipe everything.
cmd code to lock bootloader - fastboot oem lock
patel lav said:
unless you relock your bootloader you won't be able to update. i tried everything. make sure you backup your data before you relock bootloader beacause this process will wipe everything.
cmd code to lock bootloader - fastboot oem lock
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Yeah that's really annoying, that's what happened the first time when I lost all my data.
What steps do you recommend for backing up? I have Titanium pro. So I would basically have to backup, relock, wipe, flash, root and restore?
erak606 said:
Yeah that's really annoying, that's what happened the first time when I lost all my data.
What steps do you recommend for backing up? I have Titanium pro. So I would basically have to backup, relock, wipe, flash, root and restore?
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i backed up apks and copied all the data to my pc. my app data was gone.
I recently rooted my Moto G5 plus and would like to check out a a few custom ROMs. However, from reading the instructions on a few custom ROM threads it isn't clear to me what to backup in TWRP to be able to recover or go back to the stock ROM if I want to later.
I've read that I should backup Data, logo, and boot, and internal storage, plus all apps and data with Titanium Backup, but what about System, System Image, Recovery, OEM, and EFS? What about persist?
Can someone give me a quick summary of what I need to backup to go back to my current state if I want to experiment with some other ROMs?
Thanks.
Splice_9 said:
I recently rooted my Moto G5 plus and would like to check out a a few custom ROMs. However, from reading the instructions on a few custom ROM threads it isn't clear to me what to backup in TWRP to be able to recover or go back to the stock ROM if I want to later.
I've read that I should backup Data, logo, and boot, and internal storage, plus all apps and data with Titanium Backup, but what about System, System Image, Recovery, OEM, and EFS? What about persist?
Can someone give me a quick summary of what I need to backup to go back to my current state if I want to experiment with some other ROMs?
Thanks.
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Back up everything available in TWRP, including efs and persist. Then store it all on the cloud. You can never have too much backed up.
Too many people have screwed their devices in this forum by not backing up persist and then applying bad modifications. It is unique to your device and you can't use someone else's to guarantee full functionality.
I backed up all 53 partitions and stored in my harddisk. It's less than 5GB.
I left out only the data partition because for that I use Titanium Backup and RSync.
Yet I haven't backed up the partition table, also this is important...
NZedPred said:
Back up everything available in TWRP, including efs and persist. Then store it all on the cloud. You can never have too much backed up.
Too many people have screwed their devices in this forum by not backing up persist and then applying bad modifications. It is unique to your device and you can't use someone else's to guarantee full functionality.
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if i backup my efs and persist in a custom rom 64 bits that backup won't work in stock right? it is intact
Backup everything... although it may be too late already, but any working backup is better than nothing.
What you should REALLY do is unlock the bootloader, then before you do anything at all one-time boot TWRP, NOT install it, and backup everything and move it off the device and to the cloud. Once you have rooted or modified your device, even installing TWRP, you are not getting a clean backup.
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Yet I haven't backed up the partition table, also this is important...
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acejavelin said:
What you should REALLY do is unlock the bootloader, then before you do anything at all one-time boot TWRP, NOT install it, and backup everything and move it off the device and to the cloud. Once you have rooted or modified your device, even installing TWRP, you are not getting a clean backup.
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Have anyone backed up and successfully restored a full partition backup before? I mean running dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p* of=/sdcard/*.img for all partitions before installing TWRP. Would restoring it later (after flashing roms and such) return your phone to 100% stock state, being able to re-lock BL, take updates and everything?
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Have anyone backed up and successfully restored a full partition backup before? I mean running dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p* of=/sdcard/*.img for all partitions before installing TWRP. Would restoring it later (after flashing roms and such) return your phone to 100% stock state, being able to re-lock BL, take updates and everything?
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No... there are some things you cannot write to, period, but the OS can (has to do with encrypted files/partitions I believe), bootloader unlock is one of these things. Many of the mmcblk0 partitions cannot be written to, you can really one write to about 8 or 10 of them via software without having an external writer (for the life of me I can't remember what it's called).
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No... there are some things you cannot write to, period, but the OS can (has to do with encrypted files/partitions I believe), bootloader unlock is one of these things. Many of the mmcblk0 partitions cannot be written to, you can really one write to about 8 or 10 of them via software without having an external writer (for the life of me I can't remember what it's called).
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I see. Wasn't expecting to be able to return the bootloader status to untampered, but what matters most is being able to return to a fully working stock rom and take OTAs without bricking the device. There's also all the issues people keep getting in this forum - such as losing their IMEI, 4G, VoLTE - can be those be avoided (and even fixed) by restoring the right backed up mmcblk0 partitions?
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I see. Wasn't expecting to be able to return the bootloader status to untampered, but what matters most is being able to return to a fully working stock rom and take OTAs without bricking the device. There's also all the issues people keep getting in this forum - such as losing their IMEI, 4G, VoLTE - can be those be avoided (and even fixed) by restoring the right backed up mmcblk0 partitions?
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Yes, you can restore your efi folder to correct this most of the time, if you have a clean backup. Otherwise you need to get it JTAG programmed
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I see. Wasn't expecting to be able to return the bootloader status to untampered, but what matters most is being able to return to a fully working stock rom and take OTAs without bricking the device.
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Just to clarify that you understand, you can't return your bootloader status to untampered but you can lock it again. However it really isn't necessary to do that just to get OTAs. All you need to do is return to your stock with stock recovery and no-root (fastboot method not TWRP flashable.) OTAs work fine once you have done so. I have restored a TWRP backup just by booting into TWRP but it seems like I had some issue unrelated to OTA, although I don't recall what they were and is was on my previous phone (Moto G4).