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[Recovery] [official] Clockworkmod Touch 6.0.1.0 flash able zip

I put the latest touch recovery from clockworkmod into a flashable zip.
It works with ICS. It is the same recovery as the one you would have to pay for to install with ROM manager.
TO INSTALL CWM TOUCH RECOVERY........
Flash this in recovery as you would any ROM or mod.
Here is the link:
http://db.tt/Ud9qVq7V
I found the recovery http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
**** This is different than sk8tr's version btw. His has a custom ui and this is CWM official. ****
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If anyone is wondering this doesn't look like its a disaster just as 5.8.4.3 was. I flashed miui and it booted up fine but if anyone has any issues please share.
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Working good on my Hercules just flashed aokp jb and aint need any superwipe scripts either

thank you, works great!

Updated op to avoid confusion.
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Thanks for the info!
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Okay, so I ran a backup and restore test on cm9 and cm10. I thought it was sk8t's version causing me problems restoring backups but the issue is similar on this build.
The backup file that gets created doesn't contain all the data for a full restore -- much of it gets stored in the "blobs" folder in cwm (someone more knowledgeable than me can probably explain better). Also, it takes a REALLY long time to create a backup.
Using the standard restore doesn't work on (on this or on sk8t's version). I keep getting "error restoring system" message and it won't restore. I tried to do an advanced restore doing each part individually but that didn't work either.
Restoring an old rom from before they changed the backup method works fine though. I haven't tried restoring using ROM Manager yet but I may try that next--I'm thinking that's what the new system is designed for...
EDIT: Rom manager fails too. Same error restoring system message.
Please post here if you can successfuly backup and restore cm9 or cm10 (or any other roms) so we can figure out if its just me

skrambled said:
Okay, so I ran a backup and restore test on cm9 and cm10. I thought it was sk8t's version causing me problems restoring backups but the issue is similar on this build.
The backup file that gets created doesn't contain all the data for a full restore -- much of it gets stored in the "blobs" folder in cwm (someone more knowledgeable than me can probably explain better). Also, it takes a REALLY long time to create a backup.
Using the standard restore doesn't work on (on this or on sk8t's version). I keep getting "error restoring system" message and it won't restore. I tried to do an advanced restore doing each part individually but that didn't work either.
Restoring an old rom from before they changed the backup method works fine though. I haven't tried restoring using ROM Manager yet but I may try that next--I'm thinking that's what the new system is designed for...
EDIT: Rom manager fails too. Same error restoring system message.
Please post here if you can successfuly backup and restore cm9 or cm10 (or any other roms) so we can figure out if its just me
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Did a backup on CM10 Alpha 1. It took awhile but didn't seem to take any longer than a CM 5.x backup. Modified a few things, updated a couple apps, and then did another backup - went a bit quicker. Doing a restore now but it's past the restoring system portion so I'm assuming it'll all be good. I'll edit this if it craps out at some point.
As for the blobs, this is new to CM6.x and from what I understand is supposed to make backups a little quicker and use less space as it will only backup what's been changed since a previous backup instead of the entire thing like CM5.x. Not sure at all on all the technical details but I'd suspect the blobs contain what's been changed at the point of backup and each backup "container" file indicate which blobs to restore...
EDIT: Restore completed just fine.

so you're saying that if I have a backup stored and create a new back up it only backs up the changes since the last one? If so, that sucks. I always like to keep a solid backup and then after numerous changes back up again and delete the old one. Looks like it's back to old faithful 5.8.1.3 for me.
(UPDATE) confirmed. My new backup was 20MB.

Honestly i prefer twrp recovery.. just wanted to provide this for those that needed it.
But, since TWRP does an UNCOMPRESSED backup i can have a nandroid backup done in a little over 2 minutes. Same for restore.. very fast.
TWRP can be set to compress the backup.. but i prefer speed over less space.
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copene said:
so you're saying that if I have a backup stored and create a new back up it only backs up the changes since the last one? If so, that sucks. I always like to keep a solid backup and then after numerous changes back up again and delete the old one. Looks like it's back to old faithful 5.8.1.3 for me.
(UPDATE) confirmed. My new backup was 20MB.
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Here's the explanation of how it works:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg

pixelens said:
Here's the explanation of how it works:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
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Thanks. There should be a "FULL backup" and "BLOB backup" option. I'm rolling with 5.8.1.3 cause it's never fu**ed me over (yet).

copene said:
Thanks. There should be a "FULL backup" and "BLOB backup" option. I'm rolling with 5.8.1.3 cause it's never fu**ed me over (yet).
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I'm not sure if I follow what the point would be? I thought the same, but after reading that and doing a few tests, I'm confident this will do just as well - if not better.
Might be worth mentioning/requesting from Koushik Dutta depending on your reasoning or need.

I think I figured out what the problem was for me in not getting backups to restore (but someone please post if you disagree). I was getting an "Error while restoring /system!" message every time.
Every time I make a backup I go into Root Explorer and change the backup name so that I know which rom it is. Today I did a backup and didn't change the backup name and I was able to restore it successfully.
Changing the name of yesterday's backup to it's original name, however, did not fix the problem. Those backups still won't restore.

skrambled said:
I think I figured out what the problem was for me in not getting backups to restore (but someone please post if you disagree). I was getting an "Error while restoring /system!" message every time.
Every time I make a backup I go into Root Explorer and change the backup name so that I know which rom it is. Today I did a backup and didn't change the backup name and I was able to restore it successfully.
Changing the name of yesterday's backup to it's original name, however, did not fix the problem. Those backups still won't restore.
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I've always changed the name of my backup folder to make it more descriptive. One thing I read along time ago was that it only works if you don't include any spaces in the changed folder name. And I've never had any problems with restoring any of them. However, if you indeed did not include any spaces, then maybe it's been changed in CWM 6.
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plwalsh88 said:
I've always changed the name of my backup folder to make it more descriptive. One thing I read along time ago was that it only works if you don't include any spaces in the changed folder name. And I've never had any problems with restoring any of them. However, if you indeed did not include any spaces, then maybe it's been changed in CWM 6.
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Didn't add any spaces. I only added cm9 or cm10 to the end of the file name (that's how I know I changed it back to the original names when I tried to restore yesterday's backups).

skrambled said:
Didn't add any spaces. I only added cm9 or cm10 to the end of the file name (that's how I know I changed it back to the original names when I tried to restore yesterday's backups).
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Gotcha. That's interesting then; don't know what it could be.
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Hey majic I got a suggestion to cut down on confusion. Put official in the title. At first I thought sk8 had to threads. I thank you kind sir for zipping and uploading this official version. You da man....
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skrambled said:
Didn't add any spaces. I only added cm9 or cm10 to the end of the file name (that's how I know I changed it back to the original names when I tried to restore yesterday's backups).
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never had issues changing names of back up folders, what did you use to change the folder name , you could have a space at the end of the file name and dont even know it, use backspace to delete it, if u know dos try its naming conventions

sorry but how is this recovery different from sk8's recovery? That one's also CWM Touch 6.0.1.0 and also flashable zip ... ?
Thanks!

[Q] TWRP vs CWM

Im curious as to which recovery is working the best with the Galaxy Note 10.1. Im not asking which is the best, but I see darkman has come out with a touch version of cwm and I have the latest TWRP...Only issue i have is that it doesnt see my cwm backups....I havent had any issues with it yet though...Im just curious thats all

I always preferred cwm.. it is more stable.. use to love with twrp when I had asus tf101 but sometimes I couldnt see my internal sd card and sometimes I couldnt mount system.. but just use what works for you..
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txtmikhail said:
I always preferred cwm.. it is more stable.. use to love with twrp when I had asus tf101 but sometimes I couldnt see my internal sd card and sometimes I couldnt mount system.. but just use what works for you..
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Thanks for the input.... I do have to constantly tap the external sd option because it takes me back to the main screen. Im assuming its a sensitivity issue

txtmikhail said:
I always preferred cwm.. it is more stable.. use to love with twrp when I had asus tf101 but sometimes I couldnt see my internal sd card and sometimes I couldnt mount system.. but just use what works for you..
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Agreed. I've found CWM to be very stable. I loved to move to the touch version, though you have to be careful sometimes about accidentally touching an unwanted option. But since a confirmation menu comes up for each option that makes changes, you can easily correct it.

I have used CWM on all my devices and have worked without an itch so prefer CWM
Tried install TWRP on my device once it refused to install contacted the developers did not get the response so ditched it.

Twerp don't seem to get on with note .
But i would say their is very little difference between using TWRP or CWM for most users .
I use TWRP on SGS3 and CWM on Note .
jje

I moved to TWRP awhile ago for my phones and currently use it on my Note. As far as stability goes CWM is much more stable, though I have it tried the touch version(thinking of checking it out though.) TWRP is a little wonky sometimes,but I think that's a sensitivity issue.
As another poster already said, there's no real big difference between the two and they both get the job done.

My big problem with CWM is the backups. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it or missed an option somewhere. But since they moved to the BLOB model for backups I found it impossible to delete an old backup. I like to do backups often, but I usually only want to keep 2 iterations due to the space they take up. With TWRP it's easy, each backup has it's own folder. Want to delete one, just delete the whole folder.
If someone can tell me how to manage backups properly in CWM I'd be glad to switch back.

midas69 said:
My big problem with CWM is the backups. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it or missed an option somewhere. But since they moved to the BLOB model for backups I found it impossible to delete an old backup. I like to do backups often, but I usually only want to keep 2 iterations due to the space they take up. With TWRP it's easy, each backup has it's own folder. Want to delete one, just delete the whole folder.
If someone can tell me how to manage backups properly in CWM I'd be glad to switch back.
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That's one of the reasons I stay with TWRP on my Note despite the super sensitive touch. In all it's wonkiness I've just become more of a fan due to the ease of the touch UI and the ability to just delete the backup folder.

insanecrane said:
That's one of the reasons I stay with TWRP on my Note despite the super sensitive touch. In all it's wonkiness I've just become more of a fan due to the ease of the touch UI and the ability to just delete the backup folder.
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same thinking for me too..

midas69 said:
My big problem with CWM is the backups. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it or missed an option somewhere. But since they moved to the BLOB model for backups I found it impossible to delete an old backup. I like to do backups often, but I usually only want to keep 2 iterations due to the space they take up. With TWRP it's easy, each backup has it's own folder. Want to delete one, just delete the whole folder.
If someone can tell me how to manage backups properly in CWM I'd be glad to switch back.
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Easiest way I've found to manage backups with CWM is to use ROM Manager. It's integrated with CWM such that in the app you ask it to do a backup, you name the backup anything you want, then it automatically reboots into recovery and does it. ROM Manager also allows you to download your backups to you computer via WiFi, and has an easy option to delete backups. Further, CWM has the option to restore data only from a backup for easily getting settings back when doing a ROM upgrade. Geez I'm more sold on CWM than I thought. I almost sound likes a salesperson haha.

glopact said:
Geez I'm more sold on CWM than I thought. I almost sound likes a salesperson haha.
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Don't apologize, you provided good information. On my HP Touchpad I used TWRP exclusively because it integrated with Goo Manager. But I really don't plan to use anything other than Mobile Odin to flash anything so not much reason to keep it. I may switch back to CWM and try the ROM Manager interface for the backups.
EDIT:
Well that didn't work well at all. Installed and tried to do a backup. Told me (obviously) that I needed CWM installed. Said there wasn't an official version for it so it then asked me if I already had one installed. I answered yes. It then asked if I had version 2 or version 3. But what I have installed has a version number of 6 something. Oh well, back to TWRP I guess.

I thought we could manager the CWM backup from a file manager I have been doing that on my optimus 2x never did it on note though

samir_a said:
I thought we could manager the CWM backup from a file manager I have been doing that on my optimus 2x never did it on note though
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With older versions I was able to do that. But this newer version I have installed doesn't really work that way. It creates 2 folders for a backup. One has the backup name with just a small file inside. The other folder is called BLOBS. In that fold are multiple other folders that are alphabetical, I assume by file name. The problem is, when you create a 2nd backup, it used the same BLOBS folder. So there is no way to just delete one folder to delete a complete backup.

yes I remember that when I was trying to delete CWM backup files and did not find them. Thanks for the update
---------- Post added at 09:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:59 PM ----------
A noob method try to sort by date/time should tell you which files were updated during your last backup and will give you an idea how the update works. Let me do some R&D on it

I just don't want to have to manually delete files from 20+ directories when, with TWRP, I can just delete one folder.

samir_a said:
I thought we could manage the CWM backup from a file manager ...?
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midas69 said:
With older versions I was able to do that. But this newer version I have installed doesn't really work that way. It creates 2 folders for a backup. One has the backup name with just a small file inside. The other folder is called BLOBS ...
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Change the backup format to "tar" and you'll get the old directory structure back.

Restore Nandroid to New Device [TWRP] Fails

Had to replace my M8 and was hoping I could just nandroid from a prior backup on the previous (identical).
I created the folder structure, and TWRP will run the restore process, but it fails at system each time.
Any suggestions? Looks like I can restore data fine. Using CleanROM.
Thanks!
[Update] Flashing CleanROM over seems to retain most apps/settings as long as I don't wipe first (assume this is the same as wiping/flashing CleanROM then restoring data only).

Malaclypse5 said:
Had to replace my M8 and was hoping I could just nandroid from a prior backup on the previous (identical).
I created the folder structure, and TWRP will run the restore process, but it fails at system each time.
Any suggestions? Looks like I can restore data fine. Using CleanROM.
Thanks!
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I did it but it was a while ago. I'm pretty sure you need to be on the same version of TWRP that you created the Nandroid with.

Duckman_UF said:
I did it but it was a while ago. I'm pretty sure you need to be on the same version of TWRP that you created the Nandroid with.
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Thanks, good to know it's possible. I'm pretty sure I'm on the same version (when I installed recovery this time I just fastbooted the same image from the same adb directories I had setup last time).

Malaclypse5 said:
Thanks, good to know it's possible. I'm pretty sure I'm on the same version (when I installed recovery this time I just fastbooted the same image from the same adb directories I had setup last time).
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That will work!

Duckman_UF said:
That will work!
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I still fail at restoring system, but restoring data got me most of the way there (hopefully its stable! seems just fine so far).
Any suggestions I'd love to hear em (always thought this should be seamless but first time trying) and thanks for your feedback!

Malaclypse5 said:
I still fail at restoring system, but restoring data got me most of the way there (hopefully its stable! seems just fine so far).
Any suggestions I'd love to hear em (always thought this should be seamless but first time trying) and thanks for your feedback!
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I don't quite understand why you would want to restore system. Flashing the rom is just as easy and much cleaner. There may be a problem with device ID from the old phone - really have no idea.
But going from one device to another I would flash the rom, restore data - done. You should have an identical phone.

berndblb said:
I don't quite understand why you would want to restore system. Flashing the rom is just as easy and much cleaner. There may be a problem with device ID from the old phone - really have no idea.
But going from one device to another I would flash the rom, restore data - done. You should have an identical phone.
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Thanks! The only thing I lost by not restoring system are zip's/mods I flashed in twrp seperately, also Xposed framework settings (some didn't carry over). Thanks for the support!

OP, do you have Titanium Backup? It can extract from a Nandroid. Menu>Extract from Nandroid Backup. It takes a while, even if your backup isn't compressed, but it works just fine.
If you DON'T have Titanium, skip Google Play and just Google it. Buy it from his website. Costs you less, developer makes more money (Google doesn't get a cut) and you get a text file for a license. This is much easier than dealing with the license app. Just download the latest version whenever there's an update and stick it on your SD card/internal, and install it upon flashing a new ROM. Text license goes in the root of either. App will pick it up on first run. Real easy. And it can do a ton of other things, too.

I'm done it twice now on two separate Verizon refurbs to find the M8. It has always worked wonderfully for me. Saves a lot of time in setting back up. You do have to create a new TWRP folder though by doing in a quick backup on the new phone, the moving the backup into the new TWRP folder otherwise it won't see it. TWRP will create a new folder with a different set of numbers In your original TWRP folder. You just move it to that. I did it successfully with Viper one Rom twice now.

[Q] Restore nandroid backup

Hello Guys,
Since I totally bricked my old Nexus 5 16GB(KTU84P) I am going to get a new one. But I am thinking of getting the 32GB version this time.
Now before it got bricked I made a full nandroid back-up with the help of the Nexus Root Toolkit and TWRP.
Now here are a few (stupid) questions:
~Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from one phone to another and even in this case a "different" version of the phone?
(I've skipped over this thread real fast http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728266 which says it is possible for phones of the same model)
~If it is possible how should it be done?
~And well if the first question isn't possible, is there a way to read out out the created back-up files which TWRP created and manually restore them(preferable the data partition)
I hope you guys can help me out
Kind regards

Yes, you can do it. Just make sure you're not restoring the efs partition or you'll have another brick on your hands.
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Also don't use toolkits next time. Please use the manual methods which are better, safer and teach you the basis you need to recover.
All guides and info threads can be found in general > sticky roll-up thread
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When you run into issues, as many do after nandroid restoring from one device to another... Wiping and Flashing stock with fastboot is the Fix.
Thought I'd cover that up front. ?

jd1639 said:
Yes, you can do it. Just make sure you're not restoring the efs partition or you'll have another brick on your hands.
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rootSU said:
Also don't use toolkits next time. Please use the manual methods which are better, safer and teach you the basis you need to recover.
All guides and info threads can be found in general > sticky roll-up thread
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Hey guys sorry I didn't answer immediately, but after I saw the posts I immediately ordered a new Nexus 5 (32GB this time). I got it delivered today and like you said I've done the unlocking, custom recovery and rooting manually this time instead of using a toolkit. Which was to be honest way easier than I thought but also way faster than using a toolkit.
But now I've kinda run into a other 'problem'
When I restore my previous made backup (the one from the bricked phone) I first of all only get the options to restore the 'system' partition and the 'data' partition (which is totally fine cause those are the only ones I actually need).
But when I restore the system partition a lot of apps crash on default(It is basically bricked then), and even when I just restore the data partition the same thing happens. (To be completely fair this problem might come from the fact that I used the MD5 verification option when I made the backup but I can't really remember that. but some of my backup files end with the .MD5 extension) Saying this I also used the restore option with check MD5 verification, but needless to say I get the message that they verifications don't match.
So here are a few questions again.
~Like I said before I only really care about the 'data' partition, Is there an option that I still can use TWRP to restore it properly?
~If the above is not possible is there a manual way to read out the made backup file using a program like 'Ext2Explore'(This crashes though when I open the file)
Or did I just completely screw up by checking the MD5 verification?
Once again kind regards
p.s. If the problem isn't clear tell me and and I'll try to explain it in a different way

You missed quote from post #4. ?
I believe that with a new device.... It should be a clean start. And I read post after post in different device sections of issues from restoring from other devices.
And so I never recommend it. It can, possibly, bring lots of issues.
But to each their own.
Good luck. ?

KJ said:
You missed quote from post #4. ?
I believe that with a new device.... It should be a clean start. And I read post after post in different device sections of issues from restoring from other devices.
And so I never recommend it. It can, possibly, bring lots of issues.
But to each their own.
Good luck. ?
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Ohh right, sorry I completely read over your post my bad. But then again If I have to wipe the device wouldn't that totally remove the point of restoring the data partition ? or is the wipe command just for the system partition?

sambo940 said:
Ohh right, sorry I completely read over your post my bad. But then again If I have to wipe the device wouldn't that totally remove the point of restoring the data partition ? or is the wipe command just for the system partition?
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What I'm getting at, is don't restore the data partition. You can try, but I often read of lots of issues doing it.
Yes, I implied wipe the device clean. Flash stock. Start fresh.
Now if you had a titanium backup of user apps on your pc... I'd say you'd have a much easier time restoring that to the new phone.
Just my 2 cents of course.

KJ said:
What I'm getting at, is don't restore the data partition. You can try, but I often read of lots of issues doing it.
Yes, I implied wipe the device clean. Flash stock. Start fresh.
Now if you had a titanium backup of user apps on your pc... I'd say you'd have a much easier time restoring that to the new phone.
Just my 2 cents of course.
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I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.

sambo940 said:
I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.
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The pictures are gone. A nandroid doesn't back those up or anything on the internal sdcard
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jd1639 said:
The pictures are gone. A nandroid doesn't back those up or anything on the internal sdcard
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Well that certainly is a bummer, and also very misleading from the nexus toolkit. From now on I shall back-up my phone more properly and well stop using those darn toolkits,
Thank you for your time.

sambo940 said:
Well that certainly is a bummer, and also very misleading from the nexus toolkit. From now on I shall back-up my phone more properly and well stop using those darn toolkits,
Thank you for your time.
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Did you make an adb backup in the tool kit? That would have your pics. But a flashable nandroid you flash in recovery would not.
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sambo940 said:
I made a clean start yes. Unfortunately I don't have a titanium backup and I get that storing the data partition to a other device isn't a good idea. But well I never had the intention of making a back up and restoring it to another device but unfortunately my other phone got completely bricked. And yes in hindsight I should have made backups in multiple ways.
But like I said I don't really care about the system(including the apps and app settings) it is literally all about the actual data (pictures and stuff), that is also the reason why I asked if there is a way to manually read/open the back-up files.
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Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.

jd1639 said:
Did you make an adb backup in the tool kit? That would have your pics. But a flashable nandroid you flash in recovery would not.
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Nope, I did not. And the ignorant person that I am just assumed that the nandroid backup would back up everything since the toolkit says "Make full Backups"
So well I guess I just have to accept the fact that I lost those things
eddiehk6 said:
Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.
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Not exactly what I was looking but I'll keep it in the back of my head in case something similar might happen in the future(lets hope not) Thanks.

Install Foldersync and set your sdcard to sync to a computer wirelessly
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eddiehk6 said:
Would Nandroid Manager be what you're looking for? EDIT: as above, it won't find and restore any of your pictures/music, as a nandroid backup does not include any of these. There is a chance you find and restore your apps and settings if you so wish. I've used that app before.
Incidentally, I successfully transferred all of my data and ROM from one Nexus 5 to another (had to RMA)
The process I used is:
- Unlock bootloader, install custom recovery on new N5
- Nandroid backup on old N5
- Copy whole /sdcard partition from old to new N5. Basically, all files and folders on the 'root' of the drive when connected to PC. This included all photos, music and the nandroid backup itself.
- Restore nandroid backup on new N5 (only /system, /data and boot.img / kernel), as if you were restoring any nandroid backup really. Though do not restore efs partition as advised above (it wasn't backed up, but worth mentioning again anyway).
Took a while, but the ROM and settings were carried over successfully.
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I am assuming that you used a tool like Android File Transfer.
So what I'm trying to do is the same thing, backup my entire old N5 32GB as I had also requested an RMA of the device. Is it accurate in stating that you want me to copy every folder that shows up on the AFT window (Note: I am using a MAC) and copy that onto a folder on my computer. Then copy over everything on the new device (bootloader unlocked, rooted, same TWRP version installed) and restore via the Nandroid backup from my old phone (which was also transferred as indicated above).

dcxgod said:
I am assuming that you used a tool like Android File Transfer.
So what I'm trying to do is the same thing, backup my entire old N5 32GB as I had also requested an RMA of the device. Is it accurate in stating that you want me to copy every folder that shows up on the AFT window (Note: I am using a MAC) and copy that onto a folder on my computer. Then copy over everything on the new device (bootloader unlocked, rooted, same TWRP version installed) and restore via the Nandroid backup from my old phone (which was also transferred as indicated above).
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I didn't use AFT, just plugged straight into PC, sorry no experience with Mac
Basically both phones were connected, and I copied the whole "/sdcard" straight from one phone to another, without making an initial copy to the PC
You want to replicate the same file structure

{help} making a flashable zip of my phone

Like the title says, I'm trying to figure out how to make a flashable zip of my phone with all my installed apps, app data and settings included.
I already have a nandroid backup and I already use titanium to back up my apps and app data, but I want to have a flashable zip as another backup incase all else fails.
I also want to be able to flash the zip on my wife's N5.
Can someone kindly walk me through the process or point me in the direction of a good walk through?
Thanks in advance.
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re: zip file rom backups
tamelion1117 said:
Like the title says, I'm trying to figure out how to make a flashable zip of my phone with all my installed apps, app data and settings included.
I already have a nandroid backup and I already use titanium to back up my apps and app data, but I want to have a flashable zip as another backup incase all else fails.
I also want to be able to flash the zip on my wife's N5.
Can someone kindly walk me through the process or point me in the direction of a good walk through?
Thanks in advance.
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Don't you think that if it was something feasible and worthwhile to do many of the developers would have
created something like that already after all these years?
The developers have already developed an excellent way of backing up and restoring android phones using
TWRP and CWM nandroid backup and restore functions in their custom recovery mode which everyone uses.
If you don't trust nandroid backups why not do a simple test and make some nandroid backups and restore each
of them one at a time to see if you can find any kind of issues, problems or difficulties with your phone after you
have restored each of the backups one at a time.
Have you ever created a nandroid backup which did not restore properly or know of anyone who did?
Also why not do a bit of research here in these xda forums and threads to see if you can find any posts here by
people who are having any problems, issues or difficulties using or restoring their nandroid backups.
Good luck,
Have a great day!

Misterjunky said:
Don't you think that if it was something feasible and worthwhile to do many of the developers would have
created something like that already after all these years?
The developers have already developed an excellent way of backing up and restoring android phones using
TWRP and CWM nandroid backup and restore functions in their custom recovery mode.
If you don't trust nandroid backups why not make two of them as a test and restore each of them one at a time
and see if you can find any kind of issues or problems with your phone after restoring each of the backups.
Have you ever created a nandroid backup which did not restore properly or know of anyone who did?
Also why not do a bit of reading here in these xda forums and threads to see if you can find any people here
who are having any problems or issues with their nandroid backups after they have restored them.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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I trust in my nandroid backups. The main reason I want to create a flashable zip with everything backed up in it is to have the ability to create a duplicate image of my phone and flash it on my wife's.
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tamelion1117 said:
Like the title says, I'm trying to figure out how to make a flashable zip of my phone with all my installed apps, app data and settings included.
I already have a nandroid backup and I already use titanium to back up my apps and app data, but I want to have a flashable zip as another backup incase all else fails.
I also want to be able to flash the zip on my wife's N5.
Can someone kindly walk me through the process or point me in the direction of a good walk through?
Thanks in advance.
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well if you really want to learn
here's a simple example of how you can build yourself a rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/custom-rom-starter-template-honor-5x-t3328809
keep in mind you can't use his updater-script and you need to adjust some of the commands to match the note 5
but for the most part all roms are the same
you need:
META-INF <Folder>
boot.img
system.apps.tar.gz
system.therest.tar.gz
and optionally > data.tar.gz
once you have these you essentially have a rom

There's also an app called "zip me" in the play store that will do exactly what I wanted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zip.me
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re: backups
tamelion1117 said:
I trust in my nandroid backups. The main reason I want to create a flashable zip with everything backed up in it is to have the ability to create a duplicate image of my phone and flash it on my wife's.
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If you want a duplicate image why not create two nandroids and copy one
to your pc then to your wife's phone since you say the phone is identical
which they would have to be in order to use the same backup.
Once the nandroid is on your pc you can simply copy it to your wife's
internal memory then restore using twrp.
I have about 5-6 nandroid backups of different roms for my phone.
Goodluck,

Misterjunky said:
If you want a duplicate image why not create two nandroids and copy one
to your pc then to your wife's phone since you say the phone is identical
which they would have to be in order to use the same backup.
Once the nandroid is on your pc you can simply copy it to your wife's
internal memory then restore using twrp.
I have about 5-6 nandroid backups of different roms for my phone.
Goodluck,
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I don't think I was clear in the op. I know how to create nandroids, and yes, I could easily do it that way, but what I really want to do is compile my rom, settings apps and app settings into a flashable zip instead. To further my knowledge so to speak.
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