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So I got a phone with cryogen7 or whatever from my friend. I want to make it completely stock again. I dont have his sd card. so I just have mine from another phone. I downloaded the stock g2x gingerbread file, but when I try to restore it, i get a md5 mismatch or something. I saw a thread on that but I dont know how to write code. just hoping someone could help me out. thank you.

Download it again, also try another browsee
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Download the V21E nandroid from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196019
Then use your computer to extract the folder from the zip file you download. Copy that folder to the sdcard on your phone, and place it in the ./clockworkmod/backup directory. Then boot into clockworkmod recovery and select backup/restore > restore and then choose the backup folder you just copied to your sdcard. Make sure to do a full wipe/factory reset from within clockworkmod before you reboot or you might get a bootloop.
If you want stock recovery then use tga gunmanns one click app in the development section to restore stock recovery. Then you'll be 100% unrooted stock again.

IF the name of the zip has spaces in it it wont flash

Mister Hat said:
IF the name of the zip has spaces in it it wont flash
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Nandroid backups aren't flashable zips. With the files from the thread i linked to, you have to extract the backup folder from the zip before you restore it. But yes, you are correct that spaces in the name of the backup create issues.

Did you figure it out yet?
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it freezes on "checking md5 sums"... don't know what to do

Are you using your computer to extract the V21E folder from the zip file? Ive used my phone before to extract it before and gotten the md5 mismatch error, and then used my computer to do it and it worked fine.

are you sure the rom your using is for your phone?

[Q] Modify Clockwork mod backup?

I softbricked my Skyrocket... but before I reflashed it back to stock , I was able to backup my phone with clockwork mod. I was messing around with the
framework-res.apk file so I put a .bak suffix on the original.(right before I bricked it)
When I extract the system.ext4.tar file in the CWM backup I can see the files
framework-res.apk
and
framework-res.apk.bak
I am hoping there is a way to delete the bad file and rename the good file, then recompress to a .tar file, then restore from that.
Any suggestions??

Don't actually unzip the file. Just double click on it and see it you can remove bad file. Again do not unzip the file. Can you get into CWM?
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yes i can get into CWM. I also have a copy of the backup on my pc

Fix the copy on your PC. Then flash it
Or just load a new rom and flash it. Do not unzip the file. Just double click it and remove what you need. Then move zip back to SD. Lemme know how it goes
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I cant see the files I need to delete and rename unless I use winrar. Is there a different program that works better with .tar files?

If it were me. Id just flash a new rom. Start from scratch. Try 7zip
LOL I may be confused
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OMG! wasted my whole day trying this with WinRAR! Never worked! Tried it with 7zip and it worked. Thanks! Now I still have to get that file to work now that I've edited it.

a little lost

ok i am trying to put the aeon rom on my infuse, it is rooted with cwm installed. i downloaded the rom from this site , went thru the whole google drive thing and all.ok it downloaded in winrar format , so i created a folder and renamed it zip and put on desktop and then transfered to internal memory on phone. ok i rebooted to cwm , did the wipes like it said then went to install zip from sd, it found the zip and when i selected it it showed all the files in the folder, data,meta-inf,scripts sd card,system ,updates and install busybox. now i am lost as to what to do . do i select these 1 by 1 or did i screw up somewhere before hand.

The file you downloaded should be a zip. Not sure about all the shuffling you did, but you should be able to place the zip you downloaded on your internal sd and flash from recovery. You should not have to do a single thing to the ROM when downloaded other than flash.
Edit...sounds like you were unable to flash the ROM because it was a folder, as opposed to a zip file. Don't pull stuff out of the package, just try changing it from..rar to .zip..then flash.
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**** , it keeps downloading as a winrar file , anyway to fix that

ok i did away with my winrar and now have winzip, is that what your talking about or is zip file different, ok looks like i got it now thx alot for the help

Glad you got it. For future flashing, the package you download should be all you need to flash in recovery. No need to pull out files or recreate zips. The devs try to make it easy as possible.
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I think your winrar/winzip is just the program.associated with he .zip...i think it was always a .zip...as winzip is not a file...winrar is not a file either...they are just two different programs...
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mg2195 said:
I think your winrar/winzip is just the program.associated with he .zip...i think it was always a .zip...as winzip is not a file...winrar is not a file either...they are just two different programs...
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Yes sir i pm him on that...but your correct...

Yes both are programs, however, you need either one if you want to unzip any file or folder!!!

Extracting/Browsing a TWRP Backup?

So, I just flashed CleanROM 4.5. Everything went smoothly, except I've lost all my sms/mms messages from both Go SMS and the default Messaging app.
I have a TWRP backup here on the computer, as well as a TiBu backup of all user apps.
I can't seem to find the SMS database in the TiBu backup at all, and I can't figure out how to browse the TWRP backup to find it.
Nandroid Explorer doesn't read TWRP backups either...
Anyone have a solution?

silentecho13 said:
So, I just flashed CleanROM 4.5. Everything went smoothly, except I've lost all my sms/mms messages from both Go SMS and the default Messaging app.
I have a TWRP backup here on the computer, as well as a TiBu backup of all user apps.
I can't seem to find the SMS database in the TiBu backup at all, and I can't figure out how to browse the TWRP backup to find it.
Nandroid Explorer doesn't read TWRP backups either...
Anyone have a solution?
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Not sure if it's available in the Free Version but Titanium Backup allows you to extract from a Nandroid backup.
I just checked and it gave me a listing of all the apps I have installed and there was one listed as Messages, I can only assume that it's my texts.

Yes I do have the paid version. I tried restoring both Go SMS and the Messages app from TiBu using my TWRP backup, but they basically just reinstall the app. I still have no messages in either app :/

I didn't realise TiBu was Titanium - how retarded of me... haha
Any chance of backing this one up restoring the other nandroid and then backing up the txt's from within the stock messaging app then restoring?
Unless someone else knows how open .win files

I did think of that, but I don't want to run the risk of a corrupted restore. I've had it happen s bunch of times, unfortunately.
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silentecho13 said:
So, I just flashed CleanROM 4.5. Everything went smoothly, except I've lost all my sms/mms messages from both Go SMS and the default Messaging app.
I have a TWRP backup here on the computer, as well as a TiBu backup of all user apps.
I can't seem to find the SMS database in the TiBu backup at all, and I can't figure out how to browse the TWRP backup to find it.
Nandroid Explorer doesn't read TWRP backups either...
Anyone have a solution?
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Yep, it's fully possible. Just get the nandroid backup file, and make a copy and change the extension to .zip After that just unzip, and volia. A bit of searching (should be in the apps file, I forgot the details).
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TheNightHawk223 said:
Yep, it's fully possible. Just get the nandroid backup file, and make a copy and change the extension to .zip After that just unzip, and volia. A bit of searching (should be in the apps file, I forgot the details).
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....so I saw this too late.
I went and restored my backup, grabbed the files, and restored the new backup hoping that neither were corrupted.
It all went smoothly, but I'll definitely remember this for the next time I mess up...haha.
Thanks!

silentecho13 said:
....so I saw this too late.
I went and restored my backup, grabbed the files, and restored the new backup hoping that neither were corrupted.
It all went smoothly, but I'll definitely remember this for the next time I mess up...haha.
Thanks!
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Glad I could help, almost everything that uses the term "compressed" seems to be able to be turned into a .zip
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Sorry I'm not following this. I made a twrp backup using 2.5.0.0 and I got a bunch of .WIM files.
7-Zip recognizes those and opens them to have a .ext4 file. However every ext browser and mounter (in windows) I've tried can't seem to browse them. I tried renaming them zip, but I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong.
With old CWM releases, my backups were tars which were easily browsable.
Am I missing something?
Thanks!

eldamobo said:
Sorry I'm not following this. I made a twrp backup using 2.5.0.0 and I got a bunch of .WIM files.
7-Zip recognizes those and opens them to have a .ext4 file. However every ext browser and mounter (in windows) I've tried can't seem to browse them. I tried renaming them zip, but I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong.
With old CWM releases, my backups were tars which were easily browsable.
Am I missing something?
Thanks!
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I know this is an old post, but it's the first Google result.
What you want to do is rename the .wim file to .tar.gz, then extract the file (command line is tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz). If you look at the TWRP logs it indicates that it uses tar to create the archive file.

uberamd said:
I know this is an old post, but it's the first Google result.
What you want to do is rename the .wim file to .tar.gz, then extract the file (command line is tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz). If you look at the TWRP logs it indicates that it uses tar to create the archive file.
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Thanks uberamd. I'll give this a shot. I guess I should have checked the logs. Tar would be great!

hi there.. i made backup too.. now i want to bring back the boot.img and recovery.img..
most of guys said to me the " boot.emmc.win " is the stock boot.img.. but this one is 16 MB and other boot.img i saw till now are 6 MB..
and how can i restore the stock recovery? does the backup contain the recovery?
any idea?

N5 TWRP Backups
I made a backup with TWRP, and copied the .WIN files to my PC. Tried renaming those to .ZIP or .tar.gz, but 7zip could not open either of those!?
Are you guys sure the backups are actual zip or tar/gz files?
EDIT: Nevermind, I renamed to .tar and it opened. I suppose compression is not enabled by default
Except the data.ext4 is splitted in two files: data.ext4.win000 and data.ext4.win001 and renaming either of those to .tar, .zip or .tar.gz doesn't help

Just a guess here but what if you concatenated the files together?
If you can post the details from the twrp log that would also probably help.

eldamobo said:
Just a guess here but what if you concatenated the files together?
If you can post the details from the twrp log that would also probably help.
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Yes concatenating can help however all those .WIN files are either .tar files or .tar.gz (if compression is enabled). That's quite simple in the end, except that 7zip doesn't always recognize the format properly. If I open the system.win file, it only shows about 60MB of files, whereas the whole .win file is 600MB uncompressed, hence I was confused about the format.
I've been able to update my app to read those .tar, .tar.gz and extract any file from it now Pretty cool!

Be advised though, for some reason when I rename the backup to .tar or .tar.gz for twrp 2.6.3.1, it doesn't want to open or extract. I don't know if it's only happening only for t-mobile sgs3 or the developer removed the ability for us to do it. But I did revert it back 2.6.3.0 and it's working fine for me. Thought I want to just throw it out there.
-VIPLightning

VIPLightning said:
Be advised though, for some reason when I rename the backup to .tar or .tar.gz for twrp 2.6.3.1, it doesn't want to open or extract. I don't know if it's only happening only for t-mobile sgs3 or the developer removed the ability for us to do it. But I did revert it back 2.6.3.0 and it's working fine for me. Thought I want to just throw it out there.
-VIPLightning
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That's interesting. Which app are you using to open those TWRP backups? Asking because I found out that many extractor are unable to open those in the first place! 7zip for example showed me a 80MB content while the file was 600MB! And I'm using a very old 2.6.0.0 TWRP, so I got to try this last version out
Would you mind trying Android Tuner Free, last update allows opening those .tar and .tar.gz files, but got to rename the TWRP backup to either of those first. It won't open the tar inside the gz file, but you should be able to extract it and then open it If you don't have the time, I can understand, but hopefully you still have a 2.6.3.1 backup file around?

3c said:
That's interesting. Which app are you using to open those TWRP backups? Asking because I found out that many extractor are unable to open those in the first place! 7zip for example showed me a 80MB content while the file was 600MB! And I'm using a very old 2.6.0.0 TWRP, so I got to try this last version out
Would you mind trying Android Tuner Free, last update allows opening those .tar and .tar.gz files, but got to rename the TWRP backup to either of those first. It won't open the tar inside the gz file, but you should be able to extract it and then open it If you don't have the time, I can understand, but hopefully you still have a 2.6.3.1 backup file around?
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I should have no problem giving it a try. Yeah I deleted my backup. I'll go ahead and update the recovery when I get a chance to later on. Then I'll make another backup And the program I used for extracting and opening was WinRAR. Everytime I tried to, the 2.6.3.1 backup would always come up as corrupted or damaged.
EDIT: So I tried out your app. Indeed the explorer does work. Thanks so much. Even though first it took some time, I was able to get to my stuff. But it was worth it. I've never seen an app that can actually do so much. Thanks again.
-VIPLightning

What are WIN files?
Along with win and md5 files TWRP creates recovery.log file. If you look inside this file, you can see the full log of what TWRP has done. There you can notice that win file with the boot partition is in fact a result of the dd command, so that's a bit-to-bit copy of the boot partition, sometimes named as .img file.
Other partition win files are tar files. If you used compression, you got .tar.gz files.
So .win files are raw partition data, .tar, or .tar.gz files. See recovery.log

If you use compression in TWRP, just rename the .win to .tar.gz
i.e data.ext4.win to data.ext4.tar.gz , then use tar -xvzf , extracts perfectly fine.
I used this to extract my apps from a TWRP backup just now.

Go back to Stock

Hey I've installed superman rom a few days ago but I want to go back to Stock now. Ive downloaded The New Stock files from sammobile.com.
Should I wipe something in TWRP ("format data" "yes") before I go to the download mode? Or will Odin do this itself?
Should I use The csc_ or home_csc file? And which ticks should I Set in Odin (Autoreboot, Re-partition, f. Reset time)?

Feeeliks said:
Hey I've installed superman rom a few days ago but I want to go back to Stock now. Ive downloaded The New Stock files from sammobile.com.
Should I wipe something in TWRP ("format data" "yes") before I go to the download mode? Or will Odin do this itself?
Should I use The csc_ or home_csc file? And which ticks should I Set in Odin (Autoreboot, Re-partition, f. Reset time)?
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Odin should format itself, just choose the rom file in the AP section, then just flash it. Done.

Mufrad said:
Odin should format itself, just choose the rom file in the AP section, then just flash it. Done.
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When I unzip the downloaded file, there are 4 files for each section in Odin. Shouldnt I flash the others too?

Feeeliks said:
When I unzip the downloaded file, there are 4 files for each section in Odin. Shouldnt I flash the others too?
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You did download a tar file didn't you? I am pretty sure you dont need to flash the rest, bootloader, modem etc, unless you had problems loading the rom or bootloops, or if you had network problems when using the rom you want to discard. Unless it's inside the tar file, then there is no need to unzip, just put the tar file in the AP section.

Mufrad said:
You did download a tar file didn't you? I am pretty sure you dont need to flash the rest, bootloader, modem etc, unless you had problems loading the rom or bootloops, or if you had network problems when using the rom you want to discard. Unless it's inside the tar file, then there is no need to unzip, just put the tar file in the AP section.
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I downloaded a zip folder which contains 5 .tar.md5-files, I attached a screenshot.

Feeeliks said:
I downloaded a zip folder which contains 5 .tar.md5-files, I attached a screenshot.
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Just take the ap file and flash it, everything will be fine, if you have any complications then let me know, but I am pretty sure you won't.