hello guys..sorry for my terrible English..I desperately need your help and maybe only you can help me..Yesterday i tried to install an app from googleplay to my p500 and all started going wrong..i couldnt start it..it was looping on cyanogen boot screen..i have read an internet solution that suggested me to flash rom via adb shell..but it couldnt work(luckily because i think that it would wipe my data forever)somehow i thought to connect it via usb to my pc..and it did start..but all of my sms messages(threads had gone).all the other files and settings where ok..but now threads...from that time i tried to recover them somehow..the problem is that now i m again on the boot screen and it will not startup...is there any way to recover files via clockworkmod?or anything else?please help me...
If you didn't make a backup, there is no way to restore them.
Theonew said:
If you didn't make a backup, there is no way to restore them.
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are we sure that it deleted them?no way then to just recover files as i do to sdcard?i may have a data.yaffs2.img file but i m not sure how to open it to check..and when i try to restore it it gives me a md5 error...
no way to just restore my sms?even if i pay?anything?
thrylosthyra7 said:
are we sure that it deleted them?no way then to just recover files as i do to sdcard?i may have a data.yaffs2.img file but i m not sure how to open it to check..and when i try to restore it it gives me a md5 error...
no way to just restore my sms?even if i pay?anything?
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If that is the data containing them, then you have a chance. Try factory resetting and formatting all partitions, reflash your rom and restore that data img. Make sure the rom you flash is the same one were on.
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If that is the data containing them, then you have a chance. Try factory resetting and formatting all partitions, reflash your rom and restore that data img. Make sure the rom you flash is the same one were on.
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how can i view and edit on my pc the file?just to see..and then i ll probably find the md5 error...
thrylosthyra7 said:
how can i view and edit on my pc the file?just to see..and then i ll probably find the md5 error...
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The data is to be restored through recovery.
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The data is to be restored through recovery.
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so to be crystal clear..there isnt any way,even a paid solution to recover them...right?i have to create a custom rom install?oh,God i have no idea...
why all the other settings AND files keep as i had them?phone contacts,images,themes..only this sms threads...
and another thing..how can i restore them without reflash the rom?to keep apps..
also clockworkmod recovery gives me a bad boot message "recovery" any ideas what does that mean?
thrylosthyra7 said:
so to be crystal clear..there isnt any way,even a paid solution to recover them...right?i have to create a custom rom install?oh,God i have no idea...
why all the other settings AND files keep as i had them?phone contacts,images,themes..only this sms threads...
and another thing..how can i restore them without reflash the rom?to keep apps..
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If the backup was done at the time you had the messages, they should be in the data img. Reflashing the rom and restoring the data will bring them back (if they are in it). Your apps, settings, etc. will also be brought back.
i m wondering if the img is incomplete though...because it had stopped not in data.img but i think in system or something else....anyway to solve md5 mismatch?
what are my steps from now on(except from praying messages to be in there..)
thrylosthyra7 said:
i m wondering if the img is incomplete though...because it had stopped not in data.img but i think in system or something else....anyway to solve md5 mismatch?
what are my steps from now on(except from praying messages to be in there..)
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Was the backup renamed (with spaces)? Are you trying to restore it to the same rom you were on?
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Was the backup renamed (with spaces)? Are you trying to restore it to the same rom you were on?
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the name of the backup is data.yaffs2.img
with no spaces...i think i was trying to restore it to the same rom...i only have 1 rom....
thrylosthyra7 said:
the name of the backup is data.yaffs2.img
with no spaces...i think i was trying to restore it to the same rom...i only have 1 rom....
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Try formatting your data partition then use "Advanced Restore" to restore it. I was referring to the folder - Did you rename the folder which the file is in?
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Try formatting your data partition then use "Advanced Restore" to restore it. I was referring to the folder - Did you rename the folder which the file is in?
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nope,i didnt..i tried advance restore...i m just praying i ll find a solution....thanks for the help you are providing....
thrylosthyra7 said:
nope,i didnt..i tried advance restore...i m just praying i ll find a solution....thanks for the help you are providing....
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No need to say "thanks", just press it (It's kind of the rules :good. Do you still get the error?
yes unfortunatelly i do...i m trying everything but with no success....i ve managed to open it and to restore the data file but i only see a black screen when i m in.....nothing else...not even my theme...although my wifi password and some apps were restored...
thrylosthyra7 said:
yes unfortunatelly i do...i m trying everything but with no success....i ve managed to open it and to restore the data file but i only see a black screen when i m in.....nothing else...not even my theme...although my wifi password and some apps were restored...
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Did you have the messages at the time you made the backup? This is the only way.
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Did you have the messages at the time you made the backup? This is the only way.
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i think i did...my only question is if this is corrupted...
thrylosthyra7 said:
i think i did...my only question is if this is corrupted...
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Not necessarily. See here if you want to try to fix the error: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-nandroid-md5-mismatch-woes/.
i did it a second ago..my phone stucks to cyanogen boot screen...and to load i have to plug usb cable..then it loads and it goes to "enable external transfer"(or whatever is called) when i unplug it,the same black screen...i can get a call,but i dont see menu,or anything else....i m getting crazy...
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I did nandroid on coredroid 1.2 so i could test another rom restored the nandroid i got after boot
UID's on the system are inconsistent
PLease Help me!!
Can I restore my apps manually that's all I care for with the data
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Do a full wipe as described here and try another nandroid Restore.
I will have a go of the full wipe but I tried to restore another nandroid and it worked and I want to get the apps and data back so I was thinking if I done advanced restore only data would it work?
Edit : tried my idea no luck that means theres something to do with the data If I can extract the image and find the source of the problem and delete it, it might work??
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I don't think it will work as I think you have a corruption somewhere, but if you really need the data have a go anyway. Let me know how you get on.
InfernalByte said:
I don't think it will work as I think you have a corruption somewhere, but if you really need the data have a go anyway. Let me know how you get on.
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will do but if i can extract the image i could extract all the apps with the data and restore them manually which would take a lot of time
faddys123 said:
will do but if i can extract the image i could extract all the apps with the data and restore them manually which would take a lot of time
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I don't think its possible.
faddys123 said:
will do but if i can extract the image i could extract all the apps with the data and restore them manually which would take a lot of time
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You can try to extract from the .img with this: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/ext2explore.shtml
I got a replacement GS3 from Verizon because my current one had a charge port issue. I rooted and am using CWM 6.0.2.3 and get "error while restoring /system" when I try tp restore the nandroid of my old phone to the new one. How do I fix this?
Did you change the name of the nandroid at all? It's also possible that the backup you made contained individual phone information specific to your old phone...I seem to remember a thread before that mentioned it wasn't a good idea to move a nandroid to a new Samsung phone.
Edit: I found the thread shortly after hitting submit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795031
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Did you change the name of the nandroid at all? It's also possible that the backup you made contained individual phone information specific to your old phone...I seem to remember a thread before that mentioned it wasn't a good idea to move a nandroid to a new Samsung phone.
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No I didnt't change anything. Anyway I can fix this?
laurasaurisrex said:
Did you change the name of the nandroid at all? It's also possible that the backup you made contained individual phone information specific to your old phone...I seem to remember a thread before that mentioned it wasn't a good idea to move a nandroid to a new Samsung phone.
Edit: I found the thread shortly after hitting submit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795031
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If anyone has a way I can workaround that, please help! I don't want to setup my phone all over again!
droxide said:
If anyone has a way I can workaround that, please help! I don't want to setup my phone all over again!
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there are a couple of apps where you can just extract the nandroid apps on the play store, but if you want the full restore, the file is probably corrupted.
dragon1357 said:
there are a couple of apps where you can just extract the nandroid apps on the play store, but if you want the full restore, the file is probably corrupted.
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Yeah I used to use titanium backup but my phone is very customized, CM10, diff kernel, and a very highly customized home screen so I'd rather restore the nandroid if there is some kind of workaround. I also want all my data, texts, etc. without using titanium backup. When I used ti backup in the past, I had a bunch of different issues restoring apps and data, force closes, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949020
I followed the directions in the last post of that thread.. I made a backup of the new phone, moved the old nandroid from old phone to the twrp back up folder in my new phone. I copied the new backup name and deleted the new backup. i pasted the name into the old back up, I tried to restore and i get an error "no partitions selected for restore. Is it because Im using twrp and I made the old backup with CWM?
Someone help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949020
I followed the directions in the last post of that thread.. I made a backup of the new phone, moved the old nandroid from old phone to the twrp back up folder in my new phone. I copied the new backup name and deleted the new backup. i pasted the name into the old back up, I tried to restore and i get an error "no partitions selected for restore. Is it because Im using twrp and I made the old backup with CWM?
Someone help!
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That could be it. They back up with different formats. Cwm uses the blob folder twrp does not.
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kintwofan said:
That could be it. They back up with different formats. Cwm uses the blob folder twrp does not.
Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
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Ok so how can I switch from TWRP to CWM without resetting everything?
droxide said:
Ok so how can I switch from TWRP to CWM without resetting everything?
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Ya, you should be able to flash it through odin no problem
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droxide said:
Ok so how can I switch from TWRP to CWM without resetting everything?
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You can just use ez recovery from the play store
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Today I was trying to back everything up because I needed to do a clean install. I used to have CMW, and it would work perfectly. Few days ago I switch to TWRP because of its friendly UI. Everytime I try to make a backup, I get this "Failed to make backup folder". When I go to the mount tab, or explorer, it shows my sd card and the folder named TWRP...is there any solution to this? Or should I switch back to cmw?
Thanks
elias.acab said:
Today I was trying to back everything up because I needed to do a clean install. I used to have CMW, and it would work perfectly. Few days ago I switch to TWRP because of its friendly UI. Everytime I try to make a backup, I get this "Failed to make backup folder". When I go to the mount tab, or explorer, it shows my sd card and the folder named TWRP...is there any solution to this? Or should I switch back to cmw?
Thanks
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If you're using the version of TWRP modified to work with SELinux (needed for KitKat 4.4.x ROMs) you may need to shorten the name of the target file before starting the backup.
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If you're using the version of TWRP modified to work with SELinux (needed for KitKat 4.4.x ROMs) you may need to shorten the name of the target file before starting the backup.
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Thanks a lot!! that fixed my problem. One more question: TWRP backups dont have the boot.img file in their folders. I read that it automatically flashes the boot.img when Im restoring the backup. Will it still flash it even though Im s-on?
Thanks
elias.acab said:
Thanks a lot!! that fixed my problem. One more question: TWRP backups dont have the boot.img file in their folders. I read that it automatically flashes the boot.img when Im restoring the backup. Will it still flash it even though Im s-on?
Thanks
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TWRP should backup your /boot partition to the boot.emmc.win file. As far as I know it should also be able to restore this, even if you are S-On. However, I am not positive about that
Hi, I'm restoring from a nandroid backup but once it starts restoring data it fails with error 255. I have no 999 files, and ran the steps here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/255-error-twrp-backup-restore-999-t3801632 to remove 999 folders (it didn't work but I looked in those folders and saw no 999 folders) and have NEVER used Paralell Apps.
Is the backup salvageable?
NateDev said:
Hi, I'm restoring from a nandroid backup but once it starts restoring data it fails with error 255. I have no 999 files, and ran the steps here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/how-to/255-error-twrp-backup-restore-999-t3801632 to remove 999 folders (it didn't work but I looked in those folders and saw no 999 folders) and have NEVER used Paralell Apps.
Is the backup salvageable?
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Can you still boot into your OS?
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Can you still boot into your OS?
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No, because I was on the P beta, but wiped everything including system. I tested a restore with everything else except data and it worked, just data failes, and recovery.log says "==> extracting: //data/reserve-lib/com.oneplus.soundrecorder/ (mode 40755, directory)
tar_extract_file(): failed to extract //data/reserve-lib/com.oneplus.soundrecorder/ !!!" so I'm assuming that's the issue, but I don't think there's any way to edit nandroid backup files like a filesystem, is there?
Edit: So I made the data backup into a .tar file and I can see the offending folder, but can't delete it from within WinRar, but I can make it a folder and delete it. Once I have that, how do I make it back into a .win000 file?
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No, because I was on the P beta, but wiped everything including system. I tested a restore with everything else except data and it worked, just data failes, and recovery.log says "==> extracting: //data/reserve-lib/com.oneplus.soundrecorder/ (mode 40755, directory)
tar_extract_file(): failed to extract //data/reserve-lib/com.oneplus.soundrecorder/ !!!" so I'm assuming that's the issue, but I don't think there's any way to edit nandroid backup files like a filesystem, is there?
Edit: So I made the data backup into a .tar file and I can see the offending folder, but can't delete it from within WinRar, but I can make it a folder and delete it. Once I have that, how do I make it back into a .win000 file?
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I think you may be able to just rename .tar to .win000, try it and see.
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I think you may be able to just rename .tar to .win000, try it and see.
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Yea I editited it saying I did that, but can't figure out how to make it back into .win000. I guess I will just transfer it onto the phone, backup that and then restore (as just transfering will probably mess something up)
i'm having hte same problem , i never used parallel apps and i'm getting the same error on a restore for no freaking reason!
I need to restore so badly, i can get into OS just fine now but i didn't backup my apps prior to doing the wipe after the backup.. any ideas please?
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Yea I editited it saying I did that, but can't figure out how to make it back into .win000. I guess I will just transfer it onto the phone, backup that and then restore (as just transfering will probably mess something up)
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Did you get this working? I'm not very good with TWRP yet so I don't know all the lingo, but I too made a backup and receive the error 255 when trying to restore using TWRP. When I restored the backup and unchecked data like you mentioned, it finishes without error but get this error "Your device is corrupt. It can’t be trusted and may not work properly" when I try to boot it. Restoring the backup without the data box checked still doesn't restore everything obviously. I'd like to restore the data too. Did you get it all working to where you can restore all?
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Did you get this working? I'm not very good with TWRP yet so I don't know all the lingo, but I too made a backup and receive the error 255 when trying to restore using TWRP. When I restored the backup and unchecked data like you mentioned, it finishes without error but get this error "Your device is corrupt. It can’t be trusted and may not work properly" when I try to boot it. Restoring the backup without the data box checked still doesn't restore everything obviously. I'd like to restore the data too. Did you get it all working to where you can restore all?
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So I edited the backup and removed the offending files and then put the file back into the backup but that didn't work because I guess it broke the signature or something but it wouldn't restore data at all once I edited it. Idk.
I just don't bother with backups anymore, too much of a hassle haha, and it makes no sense why it fails, since I have no parallel apps or anything
Thanks very much for the response and info! No backup at all? Bummer. I've tried to backup several times using twrp and keep asking around. In the root directions it's said how to backup and restore. Surely it's been done in this os since instructions are there.
The second time I tried, I was able to backup and restore all partitions "successfully" using the newest bluespark twrp version from a couple days ago... But I get this boot issue saying the device can't be trusted and doesn't boot.
It is just as the title states. I would like to somehow fix my phone instead of just recovering.
I can still access twrp, and the app(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp) is used to create it with has created some backup files that i can still access. Is there still hope?
Mi 8 Pro with lineage os 18 unofficial
PalanixYT said:
It is just as the title states. I would like to somehow fix my phone instead of just recovering.
I can still access twrp, and the app(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp) is used to create it with has created some backup files that i can still access. Is there still hope?
Mi 8 Pro with lineage os 18 unofficial
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If you have some idea which apps you uninstalled then you can put them back in the right directory/folder, the app you used probably created a folder to backup them anyway for the next this app is not recommended to use it blindly; it doesn´t have a good criteria to determine what´s important and what´s not.
Or you can flash only the system image and after that wipe caches, reboot.
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If you have some idea which apps you uninstalled then you can put them back in the right directory/folder, the app you used probably created a folder to backup them anyway for the next this app is not recommended to use it blindly; it doesn´t have a good criteria to determine what´s important and what´s not.
Or you can flash only the system image and after that wipe caches, reboot.
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do you know of a way to find out exactly whats missing? like some log or something like that?
PalanixYT said:
do you know of a way to find out exactly whats missing? like some log or something like that?
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Yes, there are some apps on PlayStore that can do that but you can´t boot right now to use it, probably you can take some logs through adb while in TWRP, check this https://github.com/IzzySoft/Adebar
The app you used creates a folder in the SDCard, probably it keeps the apps there, if you have TWRP you can navigate to it and you´ll find them.
the app has created an xyz.apk.backup can i just use adb install, or should i do something different?
hmm, i think just reflashing the system image would be easier. So should i just reflash the lineageos.zip?
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the app has created an xyz.apk.backup can i just use adb install, or should i do something different?
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Yes, the first is identify the apps and then you can install them using adb through TWRP or copying the app to the folder where it was previosuly.
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hmm, i think just reflashing the system image would be easier. So should i just reflash the lineageos.zip?
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You can flash it just wiping caches.
ok thank you very much, you are a life saver
i'm sorry i messaged you
it didn't work. Maybe also flash gapps?
PalanixYT said:
it didn't work. Maybe also flash gapps?
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What´s inside the LOS zip? And what exactly didn´t work?
it's just the zip i used when installing the custom rom. i can send the file if you wnat.
META-INF/com/android/metadata
system.new.dat.br
system.patch.dat
vendor.new.dat.br
vendor.patch.dat
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
boot.img
install/bin/backuptool.functions
install/bin/backuptool.sh
system.transfer.list
vendor.transfer.list
META-INF/com/android/otacert
i was still inside a boot loop
PalanixYT said:
it's just the zip i used when installing the custom rom. i can send the file if you wnat.
META-INF/com/android/metadata
system.new.dat.br
system.patch.dat
vendor.new.dat.br
vendor.patch.dat
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
boot.img
install/bin/backuptool.functions
install/bin/backuptool.sh
system.transfer.list
vendor.transfer.list
META-INF/com/android/otacert
i was still inside a boot loop
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It could work if you do it correctly:
- Wipe system, caches and data (not format)
- Flash the LOS zip.
- Flash the GApps (if you had previously Google apps on it)
- Reboot.
it worked, thank you very much. Is there a way to restore my phone to its previous state? i made a twrp backup just in case
PalanixYT said:
it worked, thank you very much. Is there a way to restore my phone to its previous state? i made a twrp backup just in case
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Great, you can restore it just at the same time you did take the backup, if at the moment that this happened you didn´t take a backup of course you can´t anyway if you had some apps synchronizing with the cloud then this will be the only way. It works similarly as Windows (or Linux distros) also work if you have some idea from.