Running TWRP V 2.8.6.2 on a Samsung SM-T700.
Before I flashed the PAC-ROM, I did a backup, which (correctly) ended up on the external card. I verified this be starting a restore, which did list the backup
As I had a problem with PAC-ROM, I removed and reinserted the external card.
Booting into PAC-ROM all works so there is no problem with the card.
I did another backup, and this time the backup ended up in local storage. When going through the restore screen, only the latest backup (in internal storage) is visible and I cannot get to the backups on the external card.
The backups are still there as I can list them using the extended functions in TWRP
I'd appreciate any help on how to get access to the external card during a restore
Hello,
I made a backup of my phone using TWRP. When I try to restore from the backup I created, I get a "E:extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255" error message when it tries to restore the data.
Anyone know the fix for this?
Not much information there to even begin.
Did you back up to SD or internal storage? Did you back up everything except SD card? Is the phone set to use system storage as default install and storage space?
IMO, it works best when you don't allow the phone to use the SD card as install/storage, then a backup to SD, including all partitions is easy to restore. Also allow it to write an md5 checksum.
Most likely, you can't fix it now and will have to start again.
Hi All,
I have N910C and using LineageOS 14.1 and TWRP 3.2.3.0.. Yesterday i saved full backup and selected:
System
System Image
Data (excl. storage)
Cache
Preload
Boot
Recovery
Modem
EFS
Then wiped everything and tried another ROM. I didn't like it and restored this backup and i can't see Internal Storage. I guess it didn't take them.
How can i backup "all" the things in my phone with TWRP? If i can't, can you advise me a stable app for this job?
P.S: I don't want to use an app for this. I want to do with TWRP but i don't know how can i backup Internal Storage with that.
Thank you.
This has been answered before and can be made known by searching this anywhere on XDA, for example "backup internal storage TWRP".
You selected Data (excluding storage). Note the 'excluding'.
In order to backup your internal storage as well, you need to select 'Internal Storage' from the list of partitions in TWRP.
Depending how much you have filling up your phone, this can make TWRP backups quite large.
One explanation can be found here
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I made a newbie mistake today and restored a TWRP backup from an earlier security patch. Now, my interal storage is inaccessible and the filenames are gibberish, as expected.
Is there ANY way possible to recover my internal storage? I never backed it up to another location, and I would really like to get it back.
MaxRabbit said:
I made a newbie mistake today and restored a TWRP backup from an earlier security patch. Now, my interal storage is inaccessible and the filenames are gibberish, as expected.
Is there ANY way possible to recover my internal storage? I never backed it up to another location, and I would really like to get it back.
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Yes, remember the version you had installed during the backup and flash that without wiping data, sometimes it's still on your second boot slot. In that case:
Go to twrp, change boot slot, flash twrp.zip (don't wipe data) and reboot
Hello,
I have a Redmi Note 5 with TWRP and AOSP Extended, the charging circuits of which have died, so the phone cannot be charged or even take power from a charger, otherwise entirely functional. I now have my "last charge", the phone is charged to 100% and turned off, but as soon as the battery reaches 0% it is dead, probably forever, as it is not possible to charge it.
Now, I would like to somehow make a backup of the entire phone, in case there is some data that I might find out I need in the future. Is it possible to create a backup that I will be able to fully access after the phone dies? Is it possible to make such an image of the phone, that I could import it into a virtual machine and run on my computer?
Thank you very much.
Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internal storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones. TWRP only backs up /data NOT internal storage
Android emulators run on x86/x86-64 CPU based machines whereas Android OS - all it installed apps included - runs on 32-bit/64-bit ARM-CPU based devices. Hence it doesn't make any sense trying to clone an existing Android device in order to run this clone in an Android emulator. It simply doesn't work.
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Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internal storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones. TWRP only backs up /data NOT internal storage
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You are wrong. The /data partition - also called /userdata - is located on device's internal storage memory. To keep you updated: The /data partition has subfolder /data/media where user's data like pictures, musics, videos, etc.pp are stored.
The /data partition what also holds all apps and their data ( obb excluded ) installed by user in subfolder /data/apps always - using the right tool - can completely get backed up.
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Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internet storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps
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Using TWRP file manager you can backup your pictures, video, documents etc. To your SD card,, otg or pc. But you can't backup you /data. Data and internet storage are different. Data doesn't include pictures or videos. It just includes your apps and apps data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backup of a perticular device from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones
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data. To backup this /data you have to use migrate or titanium backup. A /data backupof a perticular from TWRP, might not boot on another device. So use migrate. You can select the apps you want to backup and you can put that in your SD card or drive. That apps can easily be flashed on other phones
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You are wrong. The /data partition - also called /userdata - is located on device's internal storage menory. The /data partition has subfolder /data/media where user's data like pictures, musics, videos, etc.pp are stored. The /data partition what also holds all apps and their data ( obb excluded ) installed by user always - using the right tool - can completely get backed up.
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Thanks for informing
Thank you everyone for clarifying, I ended up just making a backup of the internal storage manually and then all the other partitions using TWRP backup.