I was unlocking on the go today. Got home and proceeded to do a flash while forgetting to backup the esf folder which has some sort of valuable numbers in it I was supposed to save
should I b worried?
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did you wipe your SD card? they should be saved on it.
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After installing a custom ROM, I discovered I should have repartitioned my internal sd card, and fix permissions.
So, I carefully backed-up my data and started the process.
Everything was going as expected. Right up to rebooting the system. BEFORE REBOOTING THE SYSTEM RESTORE THE DATA. I didn't, and lost everything.
This is the best website I've found for newbie like me. Use it, study it, and don't make the mistake I made.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/repartition.htm
Have fun and be careful out there.
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Or use a program like Titanium Backup to back your data up onto an external SD card rather than the internal one?
Or am I missing something here?
Titanim can save your apps and data but not what you have saved on your SD. With a repartition it is a clean wipe of your SD so all is lost, even the backup you have made through cwm that you might have forgotten to move to your PC pre format. Keep a nand backup on your PC at all times, I do a weakly backup and toss it on my PC. That way if I have a bad flash and need to repartition I'm not loosing much. Also I have a starting point other than a stock rom to work with after a full restore.luck favors the prepared ;-)
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This is the best website I've found for newbie like me. Use it, study it, and don't make the mistake I made.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/repartition.htm
Have fun and be careful out there.
Don't forget to donate too.
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I wanted to switch to a ROM with a 1.2 Bootloader, but I was weary of all the steps involved. I went to this site, and he saved me a lot of time. After fighting to get my tablet to connect to my PC, it only took a few minutes to get to 1.2BL with a new ClockWorkMod version.
I was deleting crap on my sd card to free up some space. I cant remember everything i deleted but now i can not get the card to read in the phone. It says it it not mounted. I have tried to remount it in settings but nothing happens it just says i can remove the sd card. I can not plug it in to the computer because the phone will not enter disk drive mode. I tried a nandroid back up but it says something about md5 sums mismatch.
I am running ARHD xd 3.6 with the kernal that comes with it as well as the preferred radio.
Htc said to do a factory reset of the phone. Which i would rather not do. Is there a way to reformat the SD card there is little on there that i really care about. Reformatting would be my last resort but if that is the only fix then sure. Thanks guys!
I would not reformat it unless you take the files to your computer. See if you can get a hold of an as card adaptor for your pc and transfer your files so you can transfer them back. Reformatting will completely erase everything and I don't know how your device will react to you having your custom Rom removed.
It won't have anything to go off of I would think. I've never had this problem but I'm giving you my heat advice. But reformat before you factory reset.
First you can try and use an sd card reader and reformat the sd card. If you dont have that you can do nandroid backup through recovery to save your system data and apps. Then do a factory restore, maybe even a EXT4 reformat. after that you can reflash your rom and restore your backups.
PS If you dont want to use recovery backups for any reason you can always use titanium backup for apps (I wouldnt recommend backing up system data), make sure your accounts are synced, and even use an sms backup app for your text messages.
I was scared the actual phone was not reading the sd card or that the ROM had stopped it from reading correctly so i grabbed my wifes 2gig card threw it in there and the phone read it no problem at all. I just put my card back in and did a wipe of it was clear of any errors and worked perfectly. Immediately after i made a nandroid backup.
I could restore a nandroid backup because they are stored on the SD card and since it was connected i was getting a md5 checksum error. I looked up the error and tried to push the back up through adb shell but once again with out the sd card reading correctly no restore could be done. All my contacts are saved through gmail, photos are all uploaded the gogole+ as soon as they are taken so really the only stuff i lost was my nandroid backup from the stock rom.
thanks for the help guys.
Ya it happens some times it sounds like your weren't too attached to anything on the card so that's good.
I've said it before make a back up of your back ups. Put em ib a safe folder on your pc if you can. Hope. You can get back to normal good luck.
Hey all,
I used CWM to make a nandroid backup. I am trying to extract data from it specifically the sdcard/DCIM where all my pictures are. I tried to just perform a restore of the nandroid backup but it fails the md5 checksum. Been there done that, got the t-shirt and I just can't fix the md5 checksum. So my next option is to just extract the sdcard/DCIM from the nandroid backup. I looked in system.ext4.tar and its not in there. Also checked data.ext4.tar and its not in there. Only other place it could be is in boot.img or recovery.img. Let me know if I am wrong about this! Anyways, I tried using unyaffs.exe and the command code "unyaffs.exe recovery.img" to extract and I get a "bad image file" error. I tried with all my backups even the ones I know work and they all give me the error so all my backups can't be bad so something either I am doing wrong or unyaffs.exe does not support newer versions of .img?
As of right now I am out of options. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can extract/recover my sdcard/DCIM folder from my CWM nandroid backup?
Thanks!
JDubbed said:
Hey all,
I used CWM to make a nandroid backup. I am trying to extract data from it specifically the sdcard/DCIM where all my pictures are. I tried to just perform a restore of the nandroid backup but it fails the md5 checksum. Been there done that, got the t-shirt and I just can't fix the md5 checksum. So my next option is to just extract the sdcard/DCIM from the nandroid backup. I looked in system.ext4.tar and its not in there. Also checked data.ext4.tar and its not in there. Only other place it could be is in boot.img or recovery.img. Let me know if I am wrong about this! Anyways, I tried using unyaffs.exe and the command code "unyaffs.exe recovery.img" to extract and I get a "bad image file" error. I tried with all my backups even the ones I know work and they all give me the error so all my backups can't be bad so something either I am doing wrong or unyaffs.exe does not support newer versions of .img?
As of right now I am out of options. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can extract/recover my sdcard/DCIM folder from my CWM nandroid backup?
Thanks!
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A nandroid backup will never have your internal data backed up in it. It backs up your system and the data incorperated with apps and and all that stuff. Pictures, music, video, etc. does NOT get backed up every time you do a backup (thank God!). That stuff is ALWAYS still there unless you do a wipe data/factory reset on the phone. I'm sure someone else will chime in here but I'm almost 100% positive I'm right. If you are looking for your pictures just boot your phone and hook it up USB to your computer. Open up the drive on your computer and look in the DCIM folder, your pics will all be there.
copene said:
A nandroid backup will never have your internal data backed up in it. It backs up your system and the data incorperated with apps and and all that stuff. Pictures, music, video, etc. does NOT get backed up every time you do a backup (thank God!). That stuff is ALWAYS still there unless you do a wipe data/factory reset on the phone. I'm sure someone else will chime in here but I'm almost 100% positive I'm right. If you are looking for your pictures just boot your phone and hook it up USB to your computer. Open up the drive on your computer and look in the DCIM folder, your pics will all be there.
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Thanks for that. Unfortunately my phone came back from Samsung after a storm fried my phone and they wiped my phone crystal clean. I thought that was one of the points of a nandroid backup was that it also backed up or at least gave you the option of backing up your personal files like music, pictures and so forth. I was under the impression this whole time that my files were safe in my nandroid backups now I cannot believe all my irreplaceable pictures are gone. Years of pictures lost. Maybe a recovery software could bring it back?
Nope they gone bro let it go if it fried the phone and SD card
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From here on out... I would install Google+ and instant upload that stuff or PicasaTool or something... That is what I do... I have them set as private unless I want to share it. It's the best form of picture backup, unless you plug your phone into your computer on a daily basis and transfer them...
I would go for the instant upload method in the future... does pics and videos....
Sorry man... they are gone...Factory doesn't mess with that stuff... If your phone got fried, its a different board inside and the internal SD is on the "motherboard" of the phone...
It also doesnt hurt to just backup your memory card(s) files to your pc every so often, via good 'ol fashioned drag and drop.
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From here on out... I would install Google+ and instant upload that stuff or PicasaTool or something... That is what I do... I have them set as private unless I want to share it. It's the best form of picture backup, unless you plug your phone into your computer on a daily basis and transfer them...
I would go for the instant upload method in the future... does pics and videos....
Sorry man... they are gone...Factory doesn't mess with that stuff... If your phone got fried, its a different board inside and the internal SD is on the "motherboard" of the phone...
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Yes. Another option is Dropbox, which you can also set to automatically upload pictures. Then, they sync with the Dropbox folder on your desktop.
If nanbackup backed up your SD card every time, people would run out of space in no time. Especially if you keep more than one backup handy. This is why I would encourage OP to use an external SD and be sure to physically take it out of the phone before wiping, flashing, anything like that. Multiple redundant backups, bro.
Thanks for the replies. Yeah I am just going to let it go. Probably a new internal SD card anyways like suggested. I still think there should at least be an OPTION in CWM to backup full internal SD card and make it default no. I have a 32GB card and having 1 to 2 concurrent FULL SD and nandroid backups wouldn't dent it. But it is what it is.
Since I want everything backed up not just pictures and videos I think the infamous old fashion drag and drop method is the best option. I'll store the data on my PC HDD or something for safe keeping.
If anyone discovers an app that not only backs up nandroid but complete internal SD or selectable internal SD folders as well please post it here. Between Titanium Backup and CWM it still does not backup everything. Maybe a 3rd app is needed to cover my ass with internal SD data or an all-in-one backup tool is yet to be created.
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If you ask sk8tr I am sure he would try to integrate it....
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Alright, so I was dumb and encrypted my SD Card, and did not make a backup. I didn't like that I couldn't access it with Titanium Backup so I pulled the files off of it, and wiped the card (didn't think that I could have just decrypted them at that point in time, I thought I had to wipe it to decrypt it, turns out that's if you encrypt your phone.) is there any way to decrypt them with Wndows, or somehow with my phone? I have a lot of pictures on there. Thanks, any recommendation would be great! :fingers-crossed:
Help! I know I ran a titanium backup on my phone before resetting it to factory settings but now I can't find the file on my SD card. I swear I backed them up on the SD card but I guess there could be a chance they were only backed up on my phone. Is there a way to recover this file? I just need this one file and some of the data recovery programs that I've seen are $50 or so.