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TWRP data restore not working

Hi,
I have flashed a new rom and i wanted to restore my data via twrp.
It was successfull, but my N7 was not able to reboot, because just booting and it havent done anything.
I made a wipe cache and dalvik cache but they couldn't help.
Any idea how can i solve this issue?
im using twrp 2.4.4.0
thx your help!

szabadgy said:
Hi,
I have flashed a new rom and i wanted to restore my data via twrp.
It was successfull, but my N7 was not able to reboot, because just booting and it havent done anything.
I made a wipe cache and dalvik cache but they couldn't help.
Any idea how can i solve this issue?
im using twrp 2.4.4.0
thx your help!
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You're confounding variables here... you're trying to use TWRP like Titanium (apps/data).
TWRP (like CWM) is a MONOLITHIC backup system, pretty much everything gets restored. Titanium is GRANULAR... and selected apps/data are restored WITHIN the ROM you've just flashed... not OVER THE TOP of the ROM, as you've just attempted to do... which will cause no end of problems.
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Here's what I would do.... restore your NANDROID backup as normal (factory reset, etc.)... Get TITANIUM from PlayStore. Backup your apps/data using that.
Flash your ROM... restore your apps/data using TITANIUM.
Rgrds,
Ged.

So this just happened...

So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?

Kochoa940 said:
So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?
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Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528

Vaseag said:
Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528
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I tried flashing the factory image via command prompt but still bootlooping. data partition has not been modified it is still same as stock.

Kochoa940 said:
I tried flashing the factory image via command prompt but still bootlooping. data partition has not been modified it is still same as stock.
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Did you try to flash the OTA image or full factory image? I think there is a known problem with the latest build of Pure nexus where some people can't boot past the Google logo. If that's your issue there are workarounds. You should check the Pure nexus thread.

Try a full wipe(without internal) and restore your nandroid without the data partition and let me know how it went.

If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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Kochoa940 said:
So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?
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If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.

Vaseag said:
Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528
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Eric214 said:
If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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Ok I am gonna try and revert to 3.0.0 and restore the EFS and then the backup. Would that be the correct resolution?

Ok so I fixed it!!!!! Btw thank you guys for all your responses!!!
Even though my version of TWRP was 3.0.2-2 this still worked for me following these commands. I randomly found this page and said what the hell I have nothing to lose so I did it and it freakin' worked! anyways here's the link in case anyone else has this issue of not booting past google splash screen
http://www.droidorigin.com/warning-nexus-6p-users-twrp-3-0-2-1/
Again thanks to those who responded and tried to help!

twrp restore bootloop

Hi i tried to restore my Dirty unicorns backup and now i am stuck at the google screen. I booted to twrp and tried to erase the efs but it didn't work, still stuck at google screen. Also if I recollect i did not backup and restore the efs partition so i don't know what else it could be i did backup the vendor and the rest. Using twrp 3.1.0.0

Solved, flashed the vendor the the phone booted up. can somebody please write what you can backup up in twrp so i know to not bootloop again, thank you.

AndrewM3 said:
Solved, flashed the vendor the the phone booted up. can somebody please write what you can backup up in twrp so i know to not bootloop again, thank you.
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To backup your current setup:
Boot
System
Data
Vendor
Is enough
Just in case: https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html
If you switch to another ROM, wipe the above + dalvik/ART cache, data and cache partitions.
Then flash whatever you want with matching vendor. Redo the complete wipe above and restore your backup if you want to switch back. Backup your EFS at least once and keep it in a safe place...
Hopefully you won't end up bootlooping anymore​! :good:

I have never succussfully restored a nandroid backup on this phone with any version of TWRP. I don't even try anymore because it's just a waste of disc space and time.

jhs39 said:
I have never succussfully restored a nandroid backup on this phone with any version of TWRP. I don't even try anymore because it's just a waste of disc space and time.
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I'd be glad to help you if you wish..!

[Help] Stuck in fast boot- boot loader after restoring twrp backup?

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so, hopfully this is in the right place.
Following the procedure I've done on my nexus 6p many times over; I created a TWRP backup on my 6t then tried restoring the backup I made with twrp and when it finished I pressed reboot to system. The device then only booted into twrp. I saw it was on the "a" partition and I knew I was previously on the b partition so I manually switch partitions and now I'm stuck in fastboot boatloader I have tried flashing a temp twrp.img but im getting an error "FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')" in fastboot
After that I switched active partition in fast boot and got into twrp but my data appears to be encrypted and after restoring sys,data,efs,vendor (skipping boot as it holds the recovery now) I only have fast boot in both a/b partitions. I'm going to try to fast boot twerp then install twerp permanently and see if i can get a wotking twrp if not then ill have to get a factory image to get back to stock but was hoping to get some data off but whatever..
I'm kind of new to this a/b partition setup. any help is appreciated.
Edit: for future reference All I was doing was trying to restore a backup? how do I restore a backup on an a/b partition system? As far as I know I did it right...
1) remove lockscreen pin ect..
2) backup boot,sys,ven,data
When restoring
1) mount partitions
2) select restore backup and restore all .....
What am I missing?
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Solved:
twrp for 6t is borked when it comes to backing up/ restoring...
The version in question: twrp-installer-fajita-3.2.3-1.zip
I restored my 6t to stock with msmdownloadtool and reinstalled twrp then made a test backup. After restoring it I was left in a twrp bootloap and encrypted data partition.

I don't think you should ever need to manually switch slots.
If you are on slot A, and flash an update, it will install to slot B. When you restart your phone, it will automatically switch to B for you.
Also, you shouldn't be flashing the TWRP.img, but booting it instead.
You could try starting fresh with the msmdownloadtool which is found in these forums.

fireeyeeian said:
[Solved (look at bottom of post)]
so, hopfully this is in the right place.
Following the procedure I've done on my nexus 6p many times over; I created a TWRP backup on my 6t then tried restoring the backup I made with twrp and when it finished I pressed reboot to system. The device then only booted into twrp. I saw it was on the "a" partition and I knew I was previously on the b partition so I manually switch partitions and now I'm stuck in fastboot boatloader I have tried flashing a temp twrp.img but im getting an error "FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')" in fastboot
After that I switched active partition in fast boot and got into twrp but my data appears to be encrypted and after restoring sys,data,efs,vendor (skipping boot as it holds the recovery now) I only have fast boot in both a/b partitions. I'm going to try to fast boot twerp then install twerp permanently and see if i can get a wotking twrp if not then ill have to get a factory image to get back to stock but was hoping to get some data off but whatever..
I'm kind of new to this a/b partition setup. any help is appreciated.
Edit: for future reference All I was doing was trying to restore a backup? how do I restore a backup on an a/b partition system? As far as I know I did it right...
1) remove lockscreen pin ect..
2) backup boot,sys,ven,data
When restoring
1) mount partitions
2) select restore backup and restore all .....
What am I missing?
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Solved:
twrp for 6t is borked when it comes to backing up/ restoring...
The version in question: twrp-installer-fajita-3.2.3-1.zip
I restored my 6t to stock with msmdownloadtool and reinstalled twrp then made a test backup. After restoring it I was left in a twrp bootloap and encrypted data partition.
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I'm currently stuck in TWRP with encrypted data after restoring a backup. I didn't know you couldn't restore backups on this phones. That sucks. I guess I'm going to have to start over now. That really really sucks.

imucarmen said:
I'm currently stuck in TWRP with encrypted data after restoring a backup. I didn't know you couldn't restore backups on this phones. That sucks. I guess I'm going to have to start over now. That really really sucks.
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Yup, I felt the same.. it's a huge bummer especially when you get it all set up and perfect. Use msm to fix it if you can't use twrp. Hopefully twrp gets fixed soon (I'm really surprised I can't find more people who have noticed this or even twrp team talking about it) for now Im waiting for proof it works on the op6t. I even tried to use Chainfire's flashfire to make a backup and.. no it doesn't work.

fireeyeeian said:
Yup, I felt the same.. it's a huge bummer especially when you get it all set up and perfect. Use msm to fix it if you can't use twrp. Hopefully twrp gets fixed soon (I'm really surprised I can't find more people who have noticed this or even twrp team talking about it) for now Im waiting for proof it works on the op6t. I even tried to use Chainfire's flashfire to make a backup and.. no it doesn't work.
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I think I just hard bricked my phone. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/bricked-phone-t3914413

imucarmen said:
I think I just hard bricked my phone. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/bricked-phone-t3914413
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Use Msm download tool:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....-msmdownloadtool-v4-0-oos-9-0-5-t3867448/amp/
I think that's the right post but make sure it matches your device. I used msmdownloadtool around 6 time just testing twrp and only had one hiccup where Msm wasn't detecting my one plus 6t but I eventually got it working.

use the other twrp unofficial but problem you had with would be fixed with big file system fat32 can't do it right

ecompton59 said:
use the other twrp unofficial but problem you had with would be fixed with big file system fat32 can't do it right
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Could you post a link to it and are you sure? I used the unofficial version so which one are you talking about? I'd really not like to have to re-setup my daily driver from scratch.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-unofficial-twrp-touch-recovery-t3861482 your using early version of twrp the black one is made by same guy download unofficial twrp.zip not twrp.img reboot recovery flash twrp.zip then magisk it may work if not then format data (erases phone) then twrp,magisk reboot recovery to see if it stuck I flash magisk again when it starts up go to magisk thread get the manager 18.1 don't insall it

ecompton59 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...overy-unofficial-twrp-touch-recovery-t3861482 your using early version of twrp the black one is made by same guy download unofficial twrp.zip not twrp.img reboot recovery flash twrp.zip then magisk it may work if not then format data (erases phone) then twrp,magisk reboot recovery to see if it stuck I flash magisk again when it starts up go to magisk thread get the manager 18.1 don't insall it
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Which one? I've tried the 3.2.3.28 last and restoring didn't work. Should I try the most recent installer in the list? And can you confirm that backup&restoring works on the one plus 6t? Also is there anyway to backup my phone without twrp before I try this? I'd really would not like to have to use msm again?

sorry that didn't help format data then flash twrp then magisk should boot without msm
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i had to use extfat format on htc 8gb backup to get it to work maybe devs will fix that

Has there been an improvement on twrp for the 6t yet? Just curious if I can rely on a backup is there any updates?

OnePlus 6T Bootloop Help!

So I was using a certain root app and it told me to enable Magisk Core mode and reboot. I did that, and my phone was in a bootloop. So I wen't to TWRP and flashed stock ROM zip. Rebooted and it was still bootlooping.
So I took a TWRP Backup of all partitions, and then wiped system fully and flashed stock ROM. Still bootlooping. So I did a factory reset and wiped system as well, keeping internal storage. Then I flashed stock ROM zip and rebooted - it fixed it, but was factory reset. So I went back into TWRP and restored the data partition. Unfortunately, I got the TarFork Error 255 when restoring. I saw on google that you need to setup Android first to restore. Rebooted to go into Android but it took me to TWRP, and this time didn't ask for decryption password. I went to internal storage and everything was encrypted. I don't remember exactly what I did next but now I'm in fastboot with no TWRP recovery, and when I do fastboot boot twrp.img I get this error: "FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')"
Can anyone help me recovery from this and possibly get my internal storage back, or at least installed apps. I can provide TWRP restore log as well: https://del.dog/ivugupemeq

NateDev said:
So I was using a certain root app and it told me to enable Magisk Core mode and reboot. I did that, and my phone was in a bootloop. So I wen't to TWRP and flashed stock ROM zip. Rebooted and it was still bootlooping.
So I took a TWRP Backup of all partitions, and then wiped system fully and flashed stock ROM. Still bootlooping. So I did a factory reset and wiped system as well, keeping internal storage. Then I flashed stock ROM zip and rebooted - it fixed it, but was factory reset. So I went back into TWRP and restored the data partition. Unfortunately, I got the TarFork Error 255 when restoring. I saw on google that you need to setup Android first to restore. Rebooted to go into Android but it took me to TWRP, and this time didn't ask for decryption password. I went to internal storage and everything was encrypted. I don't remember exactly what I did next but now I'm in fastboot with no TWRP recovery, and when I do fastboot boot twrp.img I get this error: "FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')"
Can anyone help me recovery from this and possibly get my internal storage back, or at least installed apps. I can provide TWRP restore log as well: https://del.dog/ivugupemeq
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Have you tried the MSM Download Tool to restore the device yet? I'm leaning towards that honestly.
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NateDev said:
So I was using a certain root app and it told me to enable Magisk Core mode and reboot. I did that, and my phone was in a bootloop. So I wen't to TWRP and flashed stock ROM zip. Rebooted and it was still bootlooping.
So I took a TWRP Backup of all partitions, and then wiped system fully and flashed stock ROM. Still bootlooping. So I did a factory reset and wiped system as well, keeping internal storage. Then I flashed stock ROM zip and rebooted - it fixed it, but was factory reset. So I went back into TWRP and restored the data partition. Unfortunately, I got the TarFork Error 255 when restoring. I saw on google that you need to setup Android first to restore. Rebooted to go into Android but it took me to TWRP, and this time didn't ask for decryption password. I went to internal storage and everything was encrypted. I don't remember exactly what I did next but now I'm in fastboot with no TWRP recovery, and when I do fastboot boot twrp.img I get this error: "FAILED (remote: 'Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error')"
Can anyone help me recovery from this and possibly get my internal storage back, or at least installed apps. I can provide TWRP restore log as well: https://del.dog/ivugupemeq
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Got it fixed by flashing full stock ROM in fastboot without wiping, so userdata was recovered, and then restored app data from the TWRP nandroid backup in Titanium backup

NateDev said:
Got it fixed by flashing full stock ROM in fastboot without wiping, so userdata was recovered, and then restored app data from the TWRP nandroid backup in Titanium backup
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mind sharing exactly how you did that? As i'm in pretty much the same boat

FullyCustom2 said:
mind sharing exactly how you did that? As i'm in pretty much the same boat
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Damn don't even have this phone anymore lol
I think I used the fastboot ROMs from an xda post but when it asks you to wipe or not I clicked no, and then I booted to Android and apps data can be restored from a nandroid backup in titanium backup, just search to find that feature, instead of restoring the data backup in twrp