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Restoring apps failing ERROR!!

Hi all,
When i reflash a new rom, all my apps which are supposed to just re download on their own get to a point and then about 30 + of them just fail.
Sometimes it says that there isn't enough space on the SD card, even though i've got plenty (16GB)
It's a real ballache to have to re download them one at a time and if i have to reboot then i lose the collection and that means i have to remember them and i always seem to forget some.
I only use titanium for a couple of apps because i don't see the point seeing as the android market usually does a good enough job of restoring my apps on it's own.
Rom's which this has happened with:
Coredroid
Insertcoin
P3D Sense
Android Revolution.
I always do a full wipe regardless of whether i'm instructed to or not, i format my card after every other flash of a rom and everything is usually tip top.
I'm about to re install a rom now and i'm betting that the same thing happens again.
Any help with this would be a great help.
Many thanks.

dladz said:
Hi all,
When i reflash a new rom, all my apps which are supposed to just re download on their own get to a point and then about 30 + of them just fail.
Sometimes it says that there isn't enough space on the SD card, even though i've got plenty (16GB)
It's a real ballache to have to re download them one at a time and if i have to reboot then i lose the collection and that means i have to remember them and i always seem to forget some.
I only use titanium for a couple of apps because i don't see the point seeing as the android market usually does a good enough job of restoring my apps on it's own.
Rom's which this has happened with:
Coredroid
Insertcoin
P3D Sense
Android Revolution.
I always do a full wipe regardless of whether i'm instructed to or not, i format my card after every other flash of a rom and everything is usually tip top.
I'm about to re install a rom now and i'm betting that the same thing happens again.
Any help with this would be a great help.
Many thanks.
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Your /cache partition is filling up while performing all the simultaneous downloads during the restore process. Android then aborts the download. You need to delete the orphaned apk files in that folder to clear the cache.
I think Google needs to improve the smarts in the restore process to prevent the cache from filling up

nvm Rumball beat me.

Rumball said:
Your /cache partition is filling up while performing all the simultaneous downloads during the restore process. Android then aborts the download. You need to delete the orphaned apk files in that folder to clear the cache.
I think Google needs to improve the smarts in the restore process to prevent the cache from filling up
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Nice one for that, but wouldn't i be clearing it by wiping the cache just before i flash the rom?
Would a second wipe help?
EDIT: Sonofabiiiatch it happened again, this is a pain in the ass man.

No, because its filling up because of your downloads, all the downloads at once have to store the files in the cache before installing it and with 30+ downloads it fills up quick, because of this i only ever use titanium to restore app.

kevinliu2336 said:
No, because its filling up because of your downloads, all the downloads at once have to store the files in the cache before installing it and with 30+ downloads it fills up quick, because of this i only ever use titanium to restore app.
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Ah i see, but what if titanium restores apps which the market is already restoring? Won't you end up with two sets of everything?
Sounds silly but it's partly the reason why i don't use titanium so much.
EDIT: Shame on google for having such a **** part to their system.

just after you wipe , go to the market app and cancel all the downloads then dl titanium and restore, problem solved, and if your using the newer market, then it should just be a simple cancel all button on the top. Titanium also has the option of only restoring the apps you are missing.

kevinliu2336 said:
just after you wipe , go to the market app and cancel all the downloads then dl titanium and restore, problem solved, and if your using the newer market, then it should just be a simple cancel all button on the top. Titanium also has the option of only restoring the apps you are missing.
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Ahh i've not seen that option, i'll look into it next time i'm going to flash a new rom which won't be long Thanks for all your help m8. I appreciate it.

Just an FYI , the option is found by opening the menu and then selecting batch, it will bring up a bunch of option for restoring, wiping and backing up.

[Q] Using ROM: "JVU[2.3.6] SAUROM", but Apps go away after Reboot

Hi All,
I seriously read all 17 pages of SAUROM's Dev page and only found 1 other use having this issue but post has no response:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20344195&postcount=31
I also searched and most people have somewhat similar issues but not like mine where it works first time fine then upon reboot Apps disappear.
I've rooted my Infuse a long time ago and have been ROM'ing it for several months now. I've changed several ROMs and some have lots of pieces I love but has issues with something I really need (like bluetooth).
So I gave SAUROM 'One rom to rule em all' a shot. I actually really am impressed upon initial Flash. I made lots of changes, and then lost root/SU, then found SU-fix and applied. It worked for about one day then when I reboot my Apps (including Market) were dimmed-out. So I tried to search but no decent threads.
I thought perhaps another Flash of the ROM would fix, but same issue, then thought perhaps a kernel change so I did that too.
But I just did it again and during first boot everything looks good, I make changes add my gmail acct, use some Apps (actually last time I used Supercharger and installed busybox) but even prior to this it was doing the same thing. Then thinking perhaps it might have fixed it, rebooted and still same thing.
Is there any *.zip or setting that perhaps I can check to fix this? Some script that may help to check where this issue lies? How about fstab file that I can check and edit to fix this??
This happens every time I reboot! I installed apps last night and actually held off posting this, then this morning I rebooted and Apps disappear again (even Play Store).

Furosh said:
Hi All,
I seriously read all 17 pages of SAUROM's Dev page and only found 1 other use having this issue but post has no response:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20344195&postcount=31
I also searched and most people have somewhat similar issues but not like mine where it works first time fine then upon reboot Apps disappear.
I've rooted my Infuse a long time ago and have been ROM'ing it for several months now. I've changed several ROMs and some have lots of pieces I love but has issues with something I really need (like bluetooth).
So I gave SAUROM 'One rom to rule em all' a shot. I actually really am impressed upon initial Flash. I made lots of changes, and then lost root/SU, then found SU-fix and applied. It worked for about one day then when I reboot my Apps (including Market) were dimmed-out. So I tried to search but no decent threads.
I thought perhaps another Flash of the ROM would fix, but same issue, then thought perhaps a kernel change so I did that too.
But I just did it again and during first boot everything looks good, I make changes add my gmail acct, use some Apps (actually last time I used Supercharger and installed busybox) but even prior to this it was doing the same thing. Then thinking perhaps it might have fixed it, rebooted and still same thing.
Is there any *.zip or setting that perhaps I can check to fix this? Some script that may help to check where this issue lies? How about fstab file that I can check and edit to fix this??
This happens every time I reboot! I installed apps last night and actually held off posting this, then this morning I rebooted and Apps disappear again (even Play Store).
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Move your apps to phone.
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bigfau said:
Move your apps to phone.
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First thanks for the response bigfau!
I have checked this to see if this option would be a good way to resolve my issue but weird thing is that these dimmed-out apps that appear to be on my sdcard actually go away. If they were truly installed on sdcard like SS above says, then I should be able to:
Go to Settings > Applications > Manage applications > On SD Card >
Select App > "Move to phone" but they're not there, only XDA Premium . (attached SS)
After a reboot, I have to go to My Files, App_Manager > App_Backup > user_apps > Re-install My Apps again. But any reboot puts me back at square one.

1. Uninstall and install your launcher app (don't restore)
2. Wipe your dalvik cache (if rooted)
Try this and let me know if that helps.

diablo009 said:
1. Uninstall and install your launcher app (don't restore)
2. Wipe your dalvik cache (if rooted)
Try this and let me know if that helps.
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*Thanks, your response makes sense as I remember TWLauncher errors with this ROM and think yes my Launcher is the culprit.
Ive been trying to Uninstall and install a launcher (which I thought would be relatively simple).
1. I downloaded/installed 2 different Launchers (Launcher Pro & Go Launcher Ex) from Play Store.
2. Downloaded TW4Manager.apk, tw4key.zip, and ShareApp.apk (for TWLauncer 4.5).
3. Moved TouchWiz30Launcher.apk out of system/apps/ and backed up *just in case*, then rebooted into Recovery and Wiped Dalvik Cache.
When it was booting, it stayed on the Galaxy S boot animation screen for the longest and never booted.
I decided to attempt to Flash Saurom again, (wipe user data, which cache, wipe Dalvik Cache, install ROM zip) and I'm trying again.
But seems like I got some weird chicken/egg thing going on. I can only install apps while booted or phone is on.
Did i do something incorrect?

Furosh said:
I can only install apps while booted or phone is on.
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Isn't this how it works? I am not sure how you would install apps when the phone is turned off? Or do you mean screen on?

diablo009 said:
Isn't this how it works? I am not sure how you would install apps when the phone is turned off? Or do you mean screen on?
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Hi diablo009,
Sorry what I was referring to was that it seems yes I can install Apps while phone is on, but they're only available during that time (after installed). Its like they are in RAM and lose them if I shutdown or reboot.
I'm sure it's not the ROM I used as stated in the Title because I've recently done lots of testing on my phone. I again Re-flashed the ROM again doing:
1. Wipe user data/wipe cache/wipe dalvik cache, install ROM .zip.
2. Run Su-fix su-3.0.5-efgh-signed.zip
*Ive tried this with and without reboot in between 1 & 2.
Still same symptoms, loads first time fine. Runs setup, is rooted, can install Apps, then upon reboot they're gone.
So I said okay let's test out another ROM to see if same results, and so yesterday I changed to GamerzRom v8.1, then upped to 9.0 and same results with Apps.
I've used different kernel's (DD_03042012.zip & kernel-2011-11-27.12-40.zip), used diff ROMs, and have also attempted to get back to Stock either by using:
-SGH-I997_UCLB3_INFUSE.zip (I guess this is Stock with Root & couple more things)
-Get back to Stock ROM by using Download-Mode and SGH-i997-UCKJ4-One-Click.jar
After either of these, attempt to re-flash and see if problems go away but they haven't.
Weird thing is sometimes I lose SU/Root sometimes I don't. I'm sure it's something I've done to my phone or the filesystem which is why I'd like to be able to check it out, like fstab, mtab (if there's one), permissions or something else but I'm not sure what to look for =/
Thoughts or other areas I can check?
A checklist would be awesome right now if I could find one....

Backup the data you have on your internal/external SD cards, and format them please. And try to install an app, reboot, and let me know if the issue is still present.

SD
I had the same issue. I blamed it on a bad SD card. I removed the SD card all together and never had the problem since. I only had the stock 2gb card in there so it was not worth the hassle.

icecreamwhat said:
I had the same issue. I blamed it on a bad SD card. I removed the SD card all together and never had the problem since. I only had the stock 2gb card in there so it was not worth the hassle.
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This is what even I am suspecting now. So only wanted him to format both internal and external. And this one reason I recommend no less than class 6 cards for phones, preferably class 10.
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1. Clean wipe and ROM install
2. Clean wipe with a different ROM
3. Clear dalvik cache and cache
4. Wipe data for launcher
5. Fresh install of launcher
6. Fresh install of apps and no restoring with TiBu
7. Formatting internal and external memory
8. Take out external memory
9. Change external SD card
There's your checklist, as far as I can think of. And I have marked in green the options you said you have tried.

Hi, you just have to replace the file vold. Fstab and place it on /system /etc
Pm with your mail and I will send to you b/c I have it with me but don't know how to upload here
The file is suppose to say that the apps must stay on the sdcard..
Qkster explain that to me very well, if I were you, I look in his roms thread..
Let me see
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22723345
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diablo009 said:
Backup the data you have on your internal/external SD cards, and format them please. And try to install an app, reboot, and let me know if the issue is still present.
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Okay glad to report this has helped me! Not sure if the scard (internal/external) was bad or getting full or what but here's what I did:
1. Copied all my data (sdcard [int/ext]) to PC.
2. Format scard: Settings > SD Card/Storage > Unmount SD Card > Format
*Did this for both SDCard & USB Storage
Result in "Lady voice on partioning boot mesg, (basically inoperable phone).
*My fault because I didn't need to do USB storage? Should I have done both SDCard & USB Storage? Either way I think i wanted to restart from scratch with factory type reset/stock ROM.
3. Boot Download-Mode and ROM using: SGH-i997-UCKJ4-One-Click.jar
4. Root phone and tried to Re-flash with custom ROM (Saurom) but need CWM recovery. CWM was in blue-mode, needed Green or Red to flash ROM.
5. Downloading SGS Kernel flasher and flashing it with Entropy's DD
For this I used: DD_03042012.zip, but for me I noticed Market and Maps were "dimmed" out and thought I'm back to square one!
Dunno if this was coincidence or something I did to cause this or what but I think it's important to note because issue seemed to reappear.
I changed the kernel to: kernel-2011-11-27.12-40.zip and dimmed Market/Maps went away.
6. Booted in Recovery, wipe user data/wipe cache/ wipe Dalvik cache, Flash ROM: JVU[2.3.6] SAUROM
7. Booted up, went through SetupWizard, then realized lost Root.
8. Run Su-fix su-3.0.5-efgh-signed.zip
9. Boot phone, verified Root, installed some Apps, and rebooted & Power-Off over 10 times.
All looks good now!
So far its looking like my issue went away!

@OP: This happens many times when the android data files on the external SD get corrupted. And happy to know your issue is resolved

{TIP] Restoring TWRP backup after complete data wipe

Ok so I had a problem recently and found a solution which might help. I googled, looked in this and a bunch of other android forums and didn't find the solution I had, so maybe my way is not the best way to do it - but it solved my problem maybe it might help you.
When I flash a new rom with a different framework to the rom I'm currently on I take care to make a full TWRP back-up of my current system move that across to my PC, then proceed to wipe everything on my phone, data, system, factory reset and numerous cache and dalvik wipes. (I use the Awesome scripts superwipe and kernel cleaners which do the trick really well).
Anyway recently I installed a rom which really didn't work for me, so i wanted to get back to where I was before I installed it. I booted into TWRP cleaned the data, system factory reset wiped the caches. I mount my PC move my nandroid across to my SDcard and go to restore. But of course TWRP looks in the restore folder for the backup and I have wiped this so the file structure does not exist.
So after telling myself what an idiot I was for not remembering what the file system was, here's what I did:
1 - Stopped panicking!
2 - Ran the back-up utility in TWRP - this recreates the file structure for the back-ups and places a back-up of your empty system in the folder
3 - Move the original full back-up I placed in the empty SDcard into the file system next to the empty back-up I'd just created
4 - Go to restore and the full back-up is there. Swiped to restore it and my One S is back to it's old self
Lessons learnt: Don't panic - there is an answer. Just think about it.
Good luck!

Or you could just copy the whole twrp folder to your hdd. thats what I do anyway and restore without a problem.

Yep that would have prevented me ending up in that predicament for sure.
So would not flashing roms. The point of the post is really about what to do if you find yourself in that situation and the value of keeping a cool head and thinking through a solution rationally, using your own resources.
The way I see it is: it's my mess I got into it, how am I going to solve it....
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Lost my Backup
Good advice which I'm trying to follow but my TWRP Recovery cannot see the TWRP ROM Backups that I created with ROM Customizer which ROM Customizer has placed in the folder
/data/media/0/TWRP/Backups/4df1bd936aae7f4b
but when my Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 is in Recovery Mode it is obviously looking somewhere else........I just can't figure out where because then I can just move the backup to where ?Recovery Mode is looking.
Anyone any ideas please?

matrixmainframe said:
Good advice which I'm trying to follow but my TWRP Recovery cannot see the TWRP ROM Backups that I created with ROM Customizer which ROM Customizer has placed in the folder
/data/media/0/TWRP/Backups/4df1bd936aae7f4b
but when my Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 is in Recovery Mode it is obviously looking somewhere else........I just can't figure out where because then I can just move the backup to where ?Recovery Mode is looking.
Anyone any ideas please?
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Do what the op says and do a backup and you will know where to put it.
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Plz HELP!!!
ACtually im in deep deep trouble please i would be really grateful to the person who helps me. OK so last night i flashed cyanogen mod10 on my htc one x and when i did everything booted the boot.img and all i factory reseted from cm10 because it gave me the error that unfortunately android.process.phone has stopped nevertheless now everythings gone and no supersu root file is gone which is obvious that i dont have root now. Plz tell me how to go back to my factory settings with htc sense on it now i just want my phone back, i did another factory reset wiping off the rom but it says no OS installed and it gets stuck on htc quitly brilliant screen plz plz plz plz help me any one plz.

abdullah.imran2158 said:
ACtually im in deep deep trouble please i would be really grateful to the person who helps me. OK so last night i flashed cyanogen mod10 on my htc one x and when i did everything booted the boot.img and all i factory reseted from cm10 because it gave me the error that unfortunately android.process.phone has stopped nevertheless now everythings gone and no supersu root file is gone which is obvious that i dont have root now. Plz tell me how to go back to my factory settings with htc sense on it now i just want my phone back, i did another factory reset wiping off the rom but it says no OS installed and it gets stuck on htc quitly brilliant screen plz plz plz plz help me any one plz.
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1. wrong forum, if you have a one x device
2. calm down
3. relock your bootloader (fastboot oem lock)
4. download and run latest ruu for your phone (search for a suitable one for your cid and carrier if you are branded)
5. you also can flash a custom sense based rom, which gives you sense back (viper one s or trickdroid or android revolution hd)
6. if you want to flash one of these,dont forget to flash the boot.img too
7. before flashing a rom, wipe system, data and cache 3xtimes to be sure you do a clean install

Thanks Man
ATSPerson said:
Ok so I had a problem recently and found a solution which might help. I googled, looked in this and a bunch of other android forums and didn't find the solution I had, so maybe my way is not the best way to do it - but it solved my problem maybe it might help you.
When I flash a new rom with a different framework to the rom I'm currently on I take care to make a full TWRP back-up of my current system move that across to my PC, then proceed to wipe everything on my phone, data, system, factory reset and numerous cache and dalvik wipes. (I use the Awesome scripts superwipe and kernel cleaners which do the trick really well).
Anyway recently I installed a rom which really didn't work for me, so i wanted to get back to where I was before I installed it. I booted into TWRP cleaned the data, system factory reset wiped the caches. I mount my PC move my nandroid across to my SDcard and go to restore. But of course TWRP looks in the restore folder for the backup and I have wiped this so the file structure does not exist.
So after telling myself what an idiot I was for not remembering what the file system was, here's what I did:
1 - Stopped panicking!
2 - Ran the back-up utility in TWRP - this recreates the file structure for the back-ups and places a back-up of your empty system in the folder
3 - Move the original full back-up I placed in the empty SDcard into the file system next to the empty back-up I'd just created
4 - Go to restore and the full back-up is there. Swiped to restore it and my One S is back to it's old self
Lessons learnt: Don't panic - there is an answer. Just think about it.
Good luck!
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Thanks Man, been stuck in TWRP for about two hours now, thought I soft bricked my Droid Dna forever. I had a backup, and adb pushed it to the /sdcard directory, but it wouldn't show up in the restore section. This empty-backup method worked fine. Thanks, you saved me $400.:good:

Saved my HTC One!
ATSPerson said:
Ok so I had a problem recently and found a solution which might help. I googled, looked in this and a bunch of other android forums and didn't find the solution I had, so maybe my way is not the best way to do it - but it solved my problem maybe it might help you.
When I flash a new rom with a different framework to the rom I'm currently on I take care to make a full TWRP back-up of my current system move that across to my PC, then proceed to wipe everything on my phone, data, system, factory reset and numerous cache and dalvik wipes. (I use the Awesome scripts superwipe and kernel cleaners which do the trick really well).
Anyway recently I installed a rom which really didn't work for me, so i wanted to get back to where I was before I installed it. I booted into TWRP cleaned the data, system factory reset wiped the caches. I mount my PC move my nandroid across to my SDcard and go to restore. But of course TWRP looks in the restore folder for the backup and I have wiped this so the file structure does not exist.
So after telling myself what an idiot I was for not remembering what the file system was, here's what I did:
1 - Stopped panicking!
2 - Ran the back-up utility in TWRP - this recreates the file structure for the back-ups and places a back-up of your empty system in the folder
3 - Move the original full back-up I placed in the empty SDcard into the file system next to the empty back-up I'd just created
4 - Go to restore and the full back-up is there. Swiped to restore it and my One S is back to it's old self
Lessons learnt: Don't panic - there is an answer. Just think about it.
Good luck!
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I'd just like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for this post! I had a major issue and thought I'd lost my 1-day old HTC One (M7). I wasn't so much panicking as I knew i'd find a way, but a cold sweat had started to break!
The biggest lesson I can take from this is simply this... MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL ROM BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING! It's such an obvious thing, but without this simple step, I'd be in trouble right now as HTC haven't an RUU for my specific device yet (plus I'm on a Mac, making running .exe files more painful still)
What had happened was that as a result of a corporate email policy, I had to encrypt my device. I did this after flashing to a new ROM. Unfortunately after I had done so, the new ROM wasn't playing nicely with Exchange (using native HTC Mail app). Of course the issue here is that when you so into TWRP, you can't see the files to restore (because TWRP is opened before the device asks you for the passcode to decrypt... another learning!). To remove the encryption, I had no choice but to do a full format of the device, so I was basically left with a brick
Anyway, once again, thank you for this post, you just saved me AU$700!

Ok so, in not so many words, ur saying " to restore a nanBU":
1. Wipe: data factory reset/cache/ delvic
Wipe system (but not sure which one(s) cause I was used to cwm and it looks diff in twrp
2. Flash the Rom that the nanbu is based from
3. Flash the nanbu
4 reboot
It's this the correct way to restore a nanbu from a diff or upgraded rom?

So I had to do a complete restore of my default Samsung Note 2 Sprint L900 firmware after an unsuccessful Rom flash of Goodness Noteworthy 1.8.1 (numerous flashes and it wouldn't boot up past opening war video, just went to black screen and hung endlessly)
-OK so I then got back to root and installed TWRP 2.6 and I had already had several backup ROMS I saved to my computer. So I placed Goodness Noteworthy 1.7 in my backup folder in TWRP on my sdcard. I then reboot into TWRP recovery and go to restore and I can't see anything there. I have the sdcard mounted and checked and after clicking the restore button I'm not seeing anything. ? When I click install it see's everything on my sdcard ? I don't get it. What am I doing wrong.
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cheyennemtn said:
So I had to do a complete restore of my default Samsung Note 2 Sprint L900 firmware after an unsuccessful Rom flash of Goodness Noteworthy 1.8.1 (numerous flashes and it wouldn't boot up past opening war video, just went to black screen and hung endlessly)
-OK so I then got back to root and installed TWRP 2.6 and I had already had several backup ROMS I saved to my computer. So I placed Goodness Noteworthy 1.7 in my backup folder in TWRP on my sdcard. I then reboot into TWRP recovery and go to restore and I can't see anything there. I have the sdcard mounted and checked and after clicking the restore button I'm not seeing anything. ? When I click install it see's everything on my sdcard ? I don't get it. What am I doing wrong.
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Solved.. Copied my backup stock ROM from the TWRP folder on the phone and placed it on the SDcard, then I placed my Goodness Noteworthy 1.7 backup rom I had that I had on my computer and copied and placed that on the SDcard in the TWRP folder next to the Stock Rom backup I made. Booted back into recovery and clicked RESTORE and I was able to see both the backup rom and the Goodness Noteworthy ROM. I then wiped and did a restore and I'm back in business.

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cheyennemtn said:
So I had to do a complete restore of my default Samsung Note 2 Sprint L900 firmware after an unsuccessful Rom flash of Goodness Noteworthy 1.8.1 (numerous flashes and it wouldn't boot up past opening war video, just went to black screen and hung endlessly)
-OK so I then got back to root and installed TWRP 2.6 and I had already had several backup ROMS I saved to my computer. So I placed Goodness Noteworthy 1.7 in my backup folder in TWRP on my sdcard. I then reboot into TWRP recovery and go to restore and I can't see anything there. I have the sdcard mounted and checked and after clicking the restore button I'm not seeing anything. ? When I click install it see's everything on my sdcard ? I don't get it. What am I doing wrong.
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Solved.. Copied my backup stock ROM from the TWRP folder on the phone and placed it on the SDcard, then I placed my Goodness Noteworthy 1.7 backup rom I had that I had on my computer and copied and placed that on the SDcard in the TWRP folder next to the Stock Rom backup I made. Booted back into recovery and clicked RESTORE and I was able to see both the backup rom and the Goodness Noteworthy ROM. I then wiped and did a restore and I'm back in business.
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Hei guys,
Please help!!!! I tried to install MaximusHD 10.0.0 | JB 4.2.2 | Sense 5.0 on my HTC One s,i got storage issue. Now my sd card is just 48MB. I have installed TWRP v2.6.3.0 and i did backup before flashing room. I decided to do factory restore by TWRP and wiped OS from MY device.Now when i do backup i get failed error: not enough free space on storage. Total size of all data 203MB, available space 48 MB.I see my sd card on pc through TWRP, but i cannot make backup and even put any new rom into my sd card to flash it because of 48MB...Is it any chance to get back any OS on my HTC One s....?

This post might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47744972.
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StifflerServices said:
Ok so, in not so many words, ur saying " to restore a nanBU":
1. Wipe: data factory reset/cache/ delvic
Wipe system (but not sure which one(s) cause I was used to cwm and it looks diff in twrp
2. Flash the Rom that the nanbu is based from
3. Flash the nanbu
4 reboot
It's this the correct way to restore a nanbu from a diff or upgraded rom?
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EDIT: oops, somehow thought this was a recent post. Never mind
Not really.
If you are S-off,
Restore Backup,
Wipe Caches
S-On
Restore Backup
Wipe Caches
(if the rom you were previously on had a different Boot.img you will need to fastboot your boot.img) In the backup
Assumes you are not trying to restore a backup to 2.15 if you were just on 2.16. You will need to RUU + factory reset/clear storage for that.

I'm sry not sure what "RUU" means... Probably will remember once u tell me I'm sure. But Ya I kinda just winged it, didn't flash the Rom to do the NanBU and all went fine, which is odd cause on my S2 w cwm it out me in a boot loop and had to start over, but I think TWRP may be a diff setup when restoring nanbu's. But either way it's always nice to know and find a "step by step" guide to restoring NanBU's from previous / updated / or different ROMs. For noobs that was one of the confusing things to do due to lack of that info in threads or utube vids out there.

Got a question. I've made my backup files but restore shows nothing but storage... No files to chose, no more options to restore. Is it normal?
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brilliant!
ATSPerson said:
So after telling myself what an idiot I was for not remembering what the file system was, here's what I did:
1 - Stopped panicking!
2 - Ran the back-up utility in TWRP - this recreates the file structure for the back-ups and places a back-up of your empty system in the folder
3 - Move the original full back-up I placed in the empty SDcard into the file system next to the empty back-up I'd just created
4 - Go to restore and the full back-up is there. Swiped to restore it and my One S is back to it's old self
Lessons learnt: Don't panic - there is an answer. Just think about it.
Good luck!
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you my friend, are a genius! I have been so screwed trying all kind of crazy stuff the last few days.
Brilliant! May I suggest you run for Pres of the Colonies.

metropical said:
you my friend, are a genius! I have been so screwed trying all kind of crazy stuff the last few days.
Brilliant! May I suggest you run for Pres of the Colonies.
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From one Clash fan to another, thanks for the thanks ☺
¡La lucha continua!

P3110 - Multiple ROMS, Same issue... (Slowness)

Hey,
I am on my last ditch attempt of a fix here, I have installed multiple roms to my P3110 and whenever I play on specific games the device slows them down, the sound and the game play around 50% slower than normal.
I have tried CM12, Candy5, SlimLP, Slimkat and the only fix I have is to go to Stock 4.4.2 Jellybean and lose move to SD Card functionality.
Any assistance would be appreciated as I was using this tablet for my sons xmas present and would love more app space.
Thanks.
*EDIT* It seems any other jellybean rom works, it just has trouble with KitKat and Lollipop...

Hello, and Merry Christmas.
I am going to have this thread moved to the Galaxy Tab 2 help forum, where there will be experts with your device that can help you resolve your issue.
Best of luck!

OxtailNightmare said:
Hey,
I am on my last ditch attempt of a fix here, I have installed multiple roms to my P3110 and whenever I play on specific games the device slows them down, the sound and the game play around 50% slower than normal.
I have tried CM12, Candy5, SlimLP, Slimkat and the only fix I have is to go to Stock 4.4.2 Jellybean and lose move to SD Card functionality.
Any assistance would be appreciated as I was using this tablet for my sons xmas present and would love more app space.
Thanks.
*EDIT* It seems any other jellybean rom works, it just has trouble with KitKat and Lollipop...
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The thing is you need not need a custom rom. Stock roms is better, As there is this app called XPOSED which have a lots of facilities like moving obb files to sd card by just copying it to sd card, changing the navigation bar to the lolipop nav bar etc...it is a useful app. Here is the link install this app and install the framework and reboot once. Then search for obb 2 sd In modules., install that and reboot. Now once u have dwnloaded a game with obb open it once and then close it. Now you can move thae obb file to sd card in folder android» obb.
Here is the link for xposed.http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer.

Zte blade l said:
The thing is you need not need a custom rom. Stock roms is better, As there is this app called XPOSED which have a lots of facilities like moving obb files to sd card by just copying it to sd card, changing the navigation bar to the lolipop nav bar etc...it is a useful app. Here is the link install this app and install the framework and reboot once. Then search for obb 2 sd In modules., install that and reboot. Now once u have dwnloaded a game with obb open it once and then close it. Now you can move thae obb file to sd card in folder android» obb.
Here is the link for xposed.
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I've tried Xposed but it isn't working correctly, and I was having an issue with the device being slow beforehand so I thought I'd use a lighter rom and everything ran perfect bar gaming apps...

Zte blade l said:
The thing is you need not need a custom rom. Stock roms is better, As there is this app called XPOSED which have a lots of facilities like moving obb files to sd card by just copying it to sd card, changing the navigation bar to the lolipop nav bar etc...it is a useful app. Here is the link install this app and install the framework and reboot once. Then search for obb 2 sd In modules., install that and reboot. Now once u have dwnloaded a game with obb open it once and then close it. Now you can move thae obb file to sd card in folder android» obb.
Here is the link for xposed.http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer.
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OxtailNightmare said:
Hey,
I am on my last ditch attempt of a fix here, I have installed multiple roms to my P3110 and whenever I play on specific games the device slows them down, the sound and the game play around 50% slower than normal.
I have tried CM12, Candy5, SlimLP, Slimkat and the only fix I have is to go to Stock 4.4.2 Jellybean and lose move to SD Card functionality.
Any assistance would be appreciated as I was using this tablet for my sons xmas present and would love more app space.
Thanks.
*EDIT* It seems any other jellybean rom works, it just has trouble with KitKat and Lollipop...
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Greetings;
Stock ROM's are the Safer (Less Bugs) but have tons of garbage (Bloatware). Wich Consumes quite some Battery and Memmory.
Custom ROM's on the other Hand can have tons of Bugs, Perform Faster, Consume More Battery if they are Cyanogen Mods, and sometimes Brick your Device.
In any case fear not. As it is most likely to be solved quite easily.
I'm not Expert on This Specific Device (actually just got this tablet), but the solutions are very similar for each Samsung Android Device, ROM Version or Other Brand.
1) Download your p3110 ROM (Stock ROM) (You can get it from Sammobile Website)
2) Perform a Clean Flash (You can check my Thread for i9003-SL in order to know how to perform a Clean Flash)
Thread for i9003-SL Flashing Tutorial (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-sl/general/rgxhost-ddlf2-complete-tutorial-t2837212)
[IMPORTANT REMINDER]
- The Thread Link i Mention Above is Just for Reference on how to Perform a Clean Install;
- The Files in that Thread ARE NOT for your Galaxy Tab S2;
... The Thread serves for Reference so you can Learn on how to do things Properly.
3) When your Device Starts on it's 1st System Load, interrupt it and boot it under "Recovery Mode"
4) Under Recovery Mode; Clean Dalvik, Cache, and then Perform a Factory Reset. (Don't worry if you don't have the Wipe Cache or Dalvik Options; you can skip these and direclty go for the "Factory Reset" option)
Note: Personally i prefer to clean both 1st, and only then perform the "Factory Reset". But that means you have to Flash ClockWork Mod Recovery in first place.
You system should now be like it came from Factory.
Also: I'm not entirely aware or "Triangle issue".
I mean, this device comes with Flash Counter. Therefore if the Triangle comes up, i really can't help you. At least not yet. As i've never had such problem.
If you happen to get this issue: Search for p3110 thread: "Triangle Away"
Let me know how it went for you.
Best Regards;
Richard

rgxHost said:
Greetings;
Stock ROM's are the Safer (Less Bugs) but have tons of garbage (Bloatware). Wich Consumes quite some Battery and Memmory.
Custom ROM's on the other Hand can have tons of Bugs, Perform Faster, Consume More Battery if they are Cyanogen Mods, and sometimes Brick your Device.
In any case fear not. As it is most likely to be solved quite easily.
I'm not Expert on This Specific Device (actually just got this tablet), but the solutions are very similar for each Samsung Android Device, ROM Version or Other Brand.
1) Download your p3110 ROM (Stock ROM) (You can get it from Sammobile Website)
2) Perform a Clean Flash (You can check my Thread for i9003-SL in order to know how to perform a Clean Flash)
Thread for i9003-SL Flashing Tutorial (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-sl/general/rgxhost-ddlf2-complete-tutorial-t2837212)
[IMPORTANT REMINDER]
- The Thread Link i Mention Above is Just for Reference on how to Perform a Clean Install;
- The Files in that Thread ARE NOT for your Galaxy Tab S2;
... The Thread serves for Reference so you can Learn on how to do things Properly.
3) When your Device Starts on it's 1st System Load, interrupt it and boot it under "Recovery Mode"
4) Under Recovery Mode; Clean Dalvik, Cache, and then Perform a Factory Reset. (Don't worry if you don't have the Wipe Cache or Dalvik Options; you can skip these and direclty go for the "Factory Reset" option)
Note: Personally i prefer to clean both 1st, and only then perform the "Factory Reset". But that means you have to Flash ClockWork Mod Recovery in first place.
You system should now be like it came from Factory.
Also: I'm not entirely aware or "Triangle issue".
I mean, this device comes with Flash Counter. Therefore if the Triangle comes up, i really can't help you. At least not yet. As i've never had such problem.
If you happen to get this issue: Search for p3110 thread: "Triangle Away"
Let me know how it went for you.
Best Regards;
Richard
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If u get that triangle problem just connect your device to pc and start flashing using odin like you did before.
I have the same device I had the same issue.
But remember this thing, if u get stuck in boot loop after flashing firmware using odin just try going to the recovery and then perform a factory reset. Then you are all set to go..

Zte blade l said:
If u get that triangle problem just connect your device to pc and start flashing using odin like you did before.
I have the same device I had the same issue.
But remember this thing, if u get stuck in boot loop after flashing firmware using odin just try going to the recovery and then perform a factory reset. Then you are all set to go..
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Greetings;
Thumbs Up m8!
The thread i mentioned about the "Triangle Away" (i just made a quick reading so far) felt like it was more difficult to solve than that.
Thanks for the Info. I was kinda worried on what to do when i get that "Triangle".
So, a Clean Flash and / or Factory Reset would Solve the Problem? Just That?

[GUIDE]: To transfer all app data + settings + all user configuration from old os to

TWRP METHOD ONLY
HOW TO TRANSFER ALL APP DATA + SETTINGS + ALL USER CONFIGURATION FROM PREVIOUS ANDROID OS TO NEW ANDROID CUSTOM ROM
Greetings, i have Great info for everyone for RESTORING User App + Data as it was before from TWRP. I used pixel experience 10 official rom for 2 days and after flashing it i restored my app data from titanium backup which after that took time to configure everything which is a bummer hectic to configure phone settings as per our likes and install & configure every app. Official Pixel 10 showed me little lags and slower performance compared to MIUI 11. Caution: TWRP DOES NOT BACKUP users Internal Storage data so make sure you backup your internal storage data like Photos, videos anything in internal flash storage backup somewhere else.
Now here's what i did, i rebooted to TWRP > Backup > Backed-up system image(incase anything goes wrong), boot and specially DATA (All user app + its data + settings stored in this). Make sure you backup data in external storage like memory card or OTG flash drive.
Then i installed EvolutionX Pixel 10 latest version released on 5th Dec after complete format, flashed DFE, Flashed Drunk Kernel, Flashed Magisk and wiped cache & dalvik cache. Then rebooted phone and configured the new os startup> rebooted to TWRP > Restore > selected only DATA and restored it > BOOTED SUCCESSFULLY WITH SAME APP DATA AND SETTINGS including same wallpaper and everything was same.
WARNING: After you boot your fresh backed up data & it asks for password after boot & gets stuck then reboot to TWRP and Install ResetScreenLock.zip (find it in XDA or CLICKHERE and boot successfully.
You can ONLY do this on SAME VERSION OF ANDROID OS. Like i had Pixel Experience 10 Official so it's data can only be transferred to any other Pixel Experience 10 custom Rom. I'm not sure about transferring Data from different versions of Android example android 9 Pie TO android 10 Q let me know if it's possible.
I didnt backup from titanium backup because usually restoring backup from titanium freezes & it cannot restore specific User App data to a new rom and it was a headache restoring apps manually after titanium backup didn't restore half of my apps & its data
You are welcome have blessed day. God Bless:laugh:

This is twrp 101. But mind that every problem and every force close you will encounter (and you most probably will) is going to be because of this.
Phone overheating, battery drain, apps crashing etc.
Developers suggest clean flashing for a reason, old ROM data interference with the new ones.
What you did is called dirty flashing and is the same as wiping system, davlik, cache and flashing ROM and gapps.
Your data backup is very useful when you want to try a new rom, clean flash it and then want to go back to your previous one.

sotosgolf said:
This is twrp 101. But mind that every problem and every force close you will encounter (and you most probably will) is going to be because of this.
Phone overheating, battery drain, apps crashing etc.
Developers suggest clean flashing for a reason, old ROM data interference with the new ones.
What you did is called dirty flashing and is the same as wiping system, davlik, cache and flashing ROM and gapps.
Your data backup is very useful when you want to try a new rom, clean flash it and then want to go back to your previous one.
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Not a single problem till now, No phone heating, no abnormal battery drain, not a single app crashed. Phone is working perfectly smooth and not even a mili second lag. Basically Technically what actually i did is transfer my previous Pixel 10 data to New Pixel 10 data so there are no changes at all in Data.
You can test it if you follow my steps exactly you will successfully transfer Data to any New custom rom, i have tried. Just make sure the data you want to transfer is between same base roms like i transferred from Official Pixel 10 TO EvolutionX Pixel 10, similarly you can transfer to any Custom rom that is based on same base rom which you are using currently.
NOTE: Before you go & do TWRP backup, make sure you do complete system cleanup, app cleanup, corpse cleanup from SD Maid Pro and then do clean backup from TWRP
After you flash new custom rom make sure you boot it and go through its initial startup process then go back to TWRP and restore rom and flash ResetLockScreen.zip
Enjoy

eladamcain said:
Enjoy
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I'm using custom ROMs since 2014, i have certainly enjoyed the issues i'm describing above.
Dirty flashing causes a lot of unwanted stuff.
Anyway, that's my two cents.

sotosgolf said:
I'm using custom ROMs since 2014, i have certainly enjoyed the issues i'm describing above.
Dirty flashing causes a lot of unwanted stuff.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
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If you don't know what you are doing, you will face problem. This method works perfectly IF you are on Stock Rom and it is not bloated and you are transferring your data to custom rom who's made from the same base stock os. Example heavily bloated and transferring its settings to a different setting os is going to create instability its common sense. Backing up non bloated stock rom data to custom rom works

You saved my life... I tried a similiar method but it didn't work. But this... this saved my LIFE
(2FA Problems...)