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[Q] Backup

Can I do a backup of the stock rom and then restore it?

moliverac8 said:
Can I do a backup of the stock rom and then restore it?
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Yes.
Tou have to be rooted and have ClockworkMod recovery installed.
1) Access the recovery mode menu by pressing and holding the Volume Down key and Power button.
2) Go to backup and restore > backup (to save in external SD) OR backup to internal sdcard (to save in internal SD)
3) Wait for the process to finish.
An app is available on the play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5oM3IzdDFjLm9ubmFuZGJ1cCJd) that can perform a nandroid backup without switching to recovery mode.
In either case, it is mandatory to have a rooted device.
Be aware that the latter method CAN do bakups, but CANNOT perform restores, therefore having a CWM enabled recovery is mandatory, as well.

Will I lose cwm and root if I restore?
Because when you flash something througt odin you lose cwm and root

No, you don't loose anything when you restore with CWM. You loose root and CWM when you flash a firmware with Odin.
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Thanks for all

[Q] App Restore Issue

Quick background:
I was running stock Android 4.2.1 with a custom kernel & recovery (TWRP) and decided to install CM's latest rom. I forgot to make a backup before installing the new rom and, because I didn't want to lose all of my app data, I did not do a factory reset after installing the CM rom. This caused me to end up in a broken state with Android being stuck at the boot animation. To prevent myself from breaking anything else, I made a backup of this broken state using TWRP. I then proceeded to factory reset which got Android working again.
Question:
I have some app data (read: game saves) in the broken TWRP backup that I would like to recover. Is there a way to pull app data from the TWRP backup that I can use to restore the app using Titanium, TWRP, or something else?
Thanks in advance!

Titanium Backup > Menu > Extract apps/data from Nandroid Backup.

Username invalid said:
Titanium Backup > Menu > Extract apps/data from Nandroid Backup.
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Thanks for the reply! I just tried doing that and the backup is detected, but no apps/app data show up. The list is blank.
Is there anything else I should try or is my data just gone?

eurasianboy1112 said:
Thanks for the reply! I just tried doing that and the backup is detected, but no apps/app data show up. The list is blank.
Is there anything else I should try or is my data just gone?
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Was the backup compressed?

Bootloop and Nandroid Backup

Hey guys, so I'm in a bootloop and can't boot into my phone. I had a Nandroid backup on my Nexus 4 but I recently deleted it because I was running out of storage, so I moved it to my PC. So my question is, is there a way to use that Nandroid backup on my PC to restore my phone?

absoluterebirth said:
Hey guys, so I'm in a bootloop and can't boot into my phone. I had a Nandroid backup on my Nexus 4 but I recently deleted it because I was running out of storage, so I moved it to my PC. So my question is, is there a way to use that Nandroid backup on my PC to restore my phone?
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Yes. You boot in recovery, and use "adb push" to push the nandroid backup to your storage. Are you using TWRP or CWM?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Yes. You boot in recovery, and use "adb push" to push the nandroid backup to your storage. Are you using TWRP or CWM?
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I'm using CWM.

absoluterebirth said:
I'm using CWM.
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Then you have to push your backup to this location:
mnt/shell/emulated/clockwordmod/backup

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Then you have to push your backup to this location:
mnt/shell/emulated/clockwordmod/backup
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location for TWRP using ROM MANAGER is same ??

Twrp doesnt backup

Hi,
I try to make a backup using twrp on my external sd card......
It beginns but after a few minutes i become this error:
http://www.abload.de/img/bvqg5.jpg

I have the same problem, did not find a solution.

memory card or internal storage? try backup the internal storage

I have the same issue i read the log of twrp and found that one specific app give this error , uninstalled it ,but after that it gave me the same error for another app.
This error has to do with permissions.
Search on net and the only solution that i found it's to full wipe the phone.
I didn't do it because i'm to lazy to install all apps and settings again

lost3 said:
I didn't do it because i'm to lazy to install all apps and settings again
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You won't have to, just use Titanium Backup

TWRP if this goes well
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1210532
a greeting

Twrp for honor 5c works on our phone too flashed it and works fine just download the .img and flash with flashify app try at your own risk my model is L31
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Noel.89 said:
Twrp for honor 5c works on our phone too flashed it and works fine just download the .img and flash with flashify app try at your own risk my model is L31
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you mean that you had the error 255 with p9 lite twrp and now with honors 5c twrp you dodn't ?

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Just use the TWRP app and go backup tabs.
This trick lunch backup in TWRP recovery and backup work fine!

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Evas0r said:
Yeah it could work but only Internal Memory is supported and I haven't enough space
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Please setup TWRP recovery before use TWRP app.
Chose external memory in recovery, on backup tab, reboot device and go backup with TWRP app.
It's work, tested by me

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lost3 said:
you mean that you had the error 255 with p9 lite twrp and now with honors 5c twrp you dodn't ?
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Yeah exactly
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Evas0r said:
Not worked for me.
Gave the same error as if I didn't use the app (always on Data partition).
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Do not make the backup from the recovery!
Use it just to store your backup preference (set "external SD" on the selected storage pop-up).
After, use the app to backup data, system and boot partitions.. The recovery will launch automatically and the backup will be done and save on your external SD.
EDIT: even easier... Just select your external SD path on setting tab (TWRP app)...

Im not having a hard time creating a back up using twrp at all

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Evas0r said:
That's what I did.
As I said it gave me the same error while backing up data
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Your SElinux set in permisive mode?
App work for me hum....
Backup with app give me not error, just stop before action compled (just graphical bug) but backup is good for restoring your device. (Restored choice is only see "data" but all other partition work).
Backup on recovery doesn't work for me too, fail a data step.
If doesn't work i not any idea sorry :/

Noel.89 said:
Yeah exactly
Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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still not working for me , same error 255

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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!