I got into bootloop after installing some apps and I am just wondering if I can access my nandroid backup folder on my PC....coz apparently I need to change the folder name in order to get rid of "MD5 mismatch" during restoration in clockwork mod recovery.
Thanks in advance.
By default, the backup folder is on the sd card. If your device has a removable card, you can just put it into your pc & access it. You can also access it through USB by using adb commands, but you must have previously turned on debugging mode in the settings.
It's also handy to have AROMA Filemanager on your sd card. You flash it in recovery like any other zip (it doesn't make any changes, just launches the file manager). It also comes with a terminal emulator. It's quite powerful, and extremely handy when you can't get your system to boot up.
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I had an Atrix and used it for three months, then the internal memory (SD area) seemed to corrupt - I could not format or unmount it or access anything in there apart from copying files with Astro or ES File Manager. Even a full factory restore of the phone did not delete any of the data on the Internal SD (or Media Area). Ended up getting rid and getting an Optimus 3D.
Now, had the 3D for a month and can't believe I am having a similar problem. Android market apps kept disappearing on boot up (this is what started before), and randomly they would be there or not on each reboot. I moved some files using file manager from the internal to the external SD to create some room and my phone got stuck in a boot loop so I had to remove the battery and external SD for it to work again. Then, all of the apps on the internal sd instead of their icons had the android sd symbol and when clicked on say 'application not installed on phone'. When I look at the Sd and memory storage, the internal SD is nearly full still! I can't access it, can't factory reset it, or delete data. Surely there is some way of sorting this without yet another handset - it's gotta be a fixable glitch? In desperation rooted phone with Superoneclick which was really easy but doesn't help me because I can download from the market, etc, but can't actually install - I am stuck in the install 'candybar' for ages and it just won't work. I thought of manually deleting all of this stuff but I can't get a file manager onto the phone and the factory reset wiped out ES and Astro, I can't get them back on in the usual way.
Because I have root access now, I presume I may be able to use ADB through my PC to sort this problem - but of course would need exact commands etc, on how to do this through the command prompt? I am not an expert but think I just need to get rid of the carp on my internal SD which must have a corrupt file somewhere. Please help urgently, it is frustrating beyond belief and I almost feel like going back to Apple!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273416
This is a GUI for ADB a graphical front end. You can use it to push/pull some apk to your phone if ya need to. Hope this helps in some way.
I just has my USCC Galaxy S3 replaced under warranty. To save my internal SD files, I used an ADB pull /storage/sdcard0 in recovery. When I got the new phone rooted and CM10 installed, I booted to recovery and used an ADB push to restore the files. The files all ended back on the SD card, but now my apps cannot write to the folders on the SD card. The permissions are set to 644, and I cannot change them. I have tried with chmod and through file managers to change to 777, and although they claim success, the permissions stay 644. I'm unsure where to go from here, but I really would like to keep these files on my device. Any ideas on how to fix these permissions? Thanks!
Try copying/moving files around using the phone's file manager, & see if the changes stick. Also try "adb shell" -> "su", and change permissions that way, & see if it sticks.
Make sure you have an updated busybox.
Well, I tried moving them with file manager, su and updated busybox, changing permissions, and then I finally decided to go into recovery, pull, and format /sdcard. Once I did that, my apps were able to use the card again. I then was able to copy over the files via usb mount to windows. This seems to be working so far.
Thanks!
These are my current problems:
1) I lost my Galaxy S3 overboard!
2) I had not made a backup because I detest Kies. Kies crippled my PC performance and hid my backed up (*.sbu) files from the PC file system.
3) I want to avoid the use of all proprietary software on my PC in order to manage my backups (including OS backups).
Proposed solution:
1) Buy a replacement Smartphone (a Galaxy S4?) which has an external SD Card slot.
2) Flash a custom bootloader with complete Backup / Restore functionality.
3) Backup Function: A complete phone Backup, (i.e. OS, Apps, Data and MyFiles), is made to a new folder in the root of the external SD Card. I can give this folder any name, e.g. “OriginalPhone” or “2013-04-21” etc.
4) A single file in the root of the external SD Card called “current.txt” contains a single folder name - that of the default folder for booting, e.g. “2013-04-21”.
5) Normal Booting uses the files originating from the folder specified in “current.txt”.
6) If there is no change detected in the boot files of the “current” boot folder, the phone boots “normally” from the OS copy in NAND flash if this results in a quicker boot than booting directly from the external SD card.
7) Booting with a combination of keys enables the Bootloader Restore function which allows the user to choose the boot folder to restore from.
8) I can use my PC file manager to manage all OS and data files for archive, backup and restore purposes. I will not need to use any proprietary software!
9) If I lose my phone again, I simply buy the same model as a replacement, change the bootloader, copy my most recent backup folder from my PC to a new SD card, insert the new SD card into the phone, and restore my "complete phone".
Can anyone help me to create a custom bootloader with complete Backup / Restore functionality that can boot any Smartphone from the external SD Card? Thanks in advance!
how to boot my smartphone from external SD card
Menumaster1 said:
These are my current problems:
Hello
It is the second time, I buy a Smartphone and after the garanty time (1 month after it due to software error my smartphone doesn't work anymore.)
I have bougth a honor 7 premium. During installation process may be due to obsolesence programmed or battery low during loading, it stucked I think in boatloader /EMUI (emui install failed error). the honor image stays and also after wipe cash partition and wipe to factory reset, it doesn't start.
I would like to start and if possible flash a new android SW on the honor 7 to be able to connect to it.
Actually I can not connect it with the PC. It is not visible.
Is it possible? Do you have any boot SW I can put on SD card. It would be very helpful.
My wife needs his mobile before leaving for 3 weeks on monday.
Feedback would be very greatfull
thanks in advance
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I followed the folder tree properly, i think. its on my external under clockworkmod/backup/<folder with date>
I did find the option to write new backups onto the external, but that has "mnt" in the folder tree... its under "mnt/sdcard/external_sd/clockworkmod/backup"
So i think i did it right??
I was hoping to keep the backups only on the external, freeing up some of the internal space. I did delete the oldest one off of the phones internal memory and went into recovery and it could only see the newest one - the one still on the internal. *but* i did check this before finding and changing the setting for the program to write new backups to external. would that make a difference??
Also, using rom manager and saying reboot into recovery used to work. But i had something weird happen where my phone randomly said it was not installed anymore. so i redownloaded it, and since then, when i click on reboot into recovery, it does nothing. i push ok and it will just freeze on that screen, giving me the ability to press home and it returns to the main screen as though no command has been made.
help??
I had that uninstall itself thing also happen with "gasbuddy"... not sure what caused that either.
anyone?
I've got 12S, rooted and all things seem to work well. I have a singular SD card question:
When I boot into system, I can read and write to the SD card just fine. There is one exception, I am unable to copy/see/read my TWRP backups with any app, and when I plug in my phone, which is booted into system/desktop, Android File Transfer sees all things on my SD card just fine, except TWRP backups. Root explorer is the same, it sees all files, etc on the SD card, except for the TWRP backups.
I can boot into recovery and Android File Transfer will see the backups fine, and I can copy from there. I'd like to be able to work with them while booted into system. I have used the TWRP SD fix, which does not change anything.
I am using Selinux to soften permissions. When I try and use Root Explorer or the like, to fully open up the permission of the TWRP directory or backups, I get a "Permissions Change Failed".
Any help is appreciated.