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big problem need help

So I got a phone with cryogen7 or whatever from my friend. I want to make it completely stock again. I dont have his sd card. so I just have mine from another phone. I downloaded the stock g2x gingerbread file, but when I try to restore it, i get a md5 mismatch or something. I saw a thread on that but I dont know how to write code. just hoping someone could help me out. thank you.

Download it again, also try another browsee
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Download the V21E nandroid from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196019
Then use your computer to extract the folder from the zip file you download. Copy that folder to the sdcard on your phone, and place it in the ./clockworkmod/backup directory. Then boot into clockworkmod recovery and select backup/restore > restore and then choose the backup folder you just copied to your sdcard. Make sure to do a full wipe/factory reset from within clockworkmod before you reboot or you might get a bootloop.
If you want stock recovery then use tga gunmanns one click app in the development section to restore stock recovery. Then you'll be 100% unrooted stock again.

IF the name of the zip has spaces in it it wont flash

Mister Hat said:
IF the name of the zip has spaces in it it wont flash
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Nandroid backups aren't flashable zips. With the files from the thread i linked to, you have to extract the backup folder from the zip before you restore it. But yes, you are correct that spaces in the name of the backup create issues.

Did you figure it out yet?
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it freezes on "checking md5 sums"... don't know what to do

Are you using your computer to extract the V21E folder from the zip file? Ive used my phone before to extract it before and gotten the md5 mismatch error, and then used my computer to do it and it worked fine.

are you sure the rom your using is for your phone?

[Q] Can you restore a nandroid backup on a different device?

I shattered my screen and have a replacement phone on the way. Can I do a nandroid backup on my current device and restore it on my new one?

ohtanya said:
I shattered my screen and have a replacement phone on the way. Can I do a nandroid backup on my current device and restore it on my new one?
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Provided they are the exact same model phone, yes you can just transfer the nandroid backup file from your old phone to your new phone once you get it. For the time being you can just transfer the nandroid backup to your computer and store it there until your new phone comes then just transfer it to your new phone, boot into CWM restore the backup and you should be all set .

If it's a previous ROM you backed up on your gs3, then yes you can. Make sure you root, unlock bootloader, flash recovery once replacement comes of course
Samsung Galaxy S3

I just did this over the weekend. I was able to restore a nandroid to my warranty replacement with no problem at all. I expected there to be some issues with some apps giving me a hard time, but everything worked great. The only things I lost were on the internal sdcard (my phone was hard bricked, so I couldn't back that up).
Like was already said, I had to root the new phone, unlock the bootloader, and install a custom recovery before I could restore the nandroid.

If using TWRP after root make a backup to establish a new backup folder with corresponding serial number to match new phone. Open old backup folder and serial # folder to get to actual backup files. Transfer these files to to new serial# folder.

prdog1 said:
If using TWRP after root make a backup to establish a new backup folder with corresponding serial number to match new phone. Open old backup folder and serial # folder to get to actual backup files. Transfer these files to to new serial# folder.
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Well, I guess this is good reason to get my gf the same phone.

prdog1 said:
If using TWRP after root make a backup to establish a new backup folder with corresponding serial number to match new phone. Open old backup folder and serial # folder to get to actual backup files. Transfer these files to to new serial# folder.
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This worked great, here's what I did.
1. Made a quick backup to generate the proper folder structure and the correct directory name needed for my new phone.
2. Copied the folder that contained the backup I intended to use from my old Hercules S2 to my replacement Hercules S2's TWRP backup directory.
3.Copied the name of the folder of the backup I made in step 1 to the clipboard.
4. deleted the folder I created in step 1.
5. renamed the folder I imported by pasting the name from the clipboard.
6. restored the backup.
Done.
Sweet.
Thanks.

nandroid backups are awesome

Hello,
Can you please help me here. i have a system which got screwed while playing and I am on a screen with no os installed. I just got a nandroid backp file from one of the friendly users on the forums. However on going into TWRP recovery, it does not recognize the backup. it is the same model and service provider as mine.

comeonamit said:
Hello,
Can you please help me here. i have a system which got screwed while playing and I am on a screen with no os installed. I just got a nandroid backp file from one of the friendly users on the forums. However on going into TWRP recovery, it does not recognize the backup. it is the same model and service provider as mine.
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Because the folder containing the backup is named with the serial number of the old phone. The fasters way to set things up is to make a nandroid backup of the new phone, then move the old backup to the new folder and it will be recognized. Just as a user said previously in this thread.
P.S. Sorry for being so late.

J3:16 said:
Because the folder containing the backup is named with the serial number of the old phone. The fasters way to set things up is to make a nandroid backup of the new phone, then move the old backup to the new folder and it will be recognized. Just as a user said previously in this thread.
P.S. Sorry for being so late.
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Hey guys,
Here are silly but important questions:
1. Can I use the nandroid backup from PhilZ touch recovery and restore it with TWRP?
2. To which folder do I have to put the nandroid backup file?

Help The Peace said:
Hey guys,
Here are silly but important questions:
1. Can I use the nandroid backup from PhilZ touch recovery and restore it with TWRP?
2. To which folder do I have to put the nandroid backup file?
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I doubt that it will work. I have seen several reports that restoring a CWM recovery using TWRP doesn't work, and since Philz is based on CWM I am making the presumption that it will likewise fail. ( I seem to recall that nandroids from older TWRP versions won't reload from newer versions; along the lines of a 2.4.x.x TWRP nandroid using 2.8.x.x TWRP. )

dawgdoc said:
I doubt that it will work. I have seen several reports that restoring a CWM recovery using TWRP doesn't work, and since Philz is based on CWM I am making the presumption that it will likewise fail. ( I seem to recall that nandroids from older TWRP versions won't reload from newer versions; along the lines of a 2.4.x.x TWRP nandroid using 2.8.x.x TWRP. )
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It's clear now. You cannot recover a PhilZ touch recovery from TWRP. :/
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Panamon said:
This worked great, here's what I did.
1. Made a quick backup to generate the proper folder structure and the correct directory name needed for my new phone.
2. Copied the folder that contained the backup I intended to use from my old Hercules S2 to my replacement Hercules S2's TWRP backup directory.
3.Copied the name of the folder of the backup I made in step 1 to the clipboard.
4. deleted the folder I created in step 1.
5. renamed the folder I imported by pasting the name from the clipboard.
6. restored the backup.
Done.
Sweet.
Thanks.
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sweet as!!

prdog1 said:
If using TWRP after root make a backup to establish a new backup folder with corresponding serial number to match new phone. Open old backup folder and serial # folder to get to actual backup files. Transfer these files to to new serial# folder.
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I messed up my phone lg g3 sprint ls990 vbc and i have another one same thing thats all stock can we do it in reverse. I made a nandroid but did not know wht i was doing and it says cant back it up because its read only :/ so can i root this one and make a nandroid then some how load it into the other phone ? And when i did make the backup on the messed up one i could of sworn the name of it was like the time n date i thought something like 2001604031117 i just made that up but i thought i seen 20016 on the name.... Well i do have both boxes with serial numbers if anything if its posible slightly point me in the right direction thank u

Please help me Guys!
I have made an nandroid backup from LG G4 H815 with Android 5.1
Now i've got a new LG G4 H815 with Android 20g
Questions:
1. If i restore backup with Lollipop, to phone with Marshmallow - will 20G be overwritten and i will end with Lollipop on new G4?
2. what will happen with IMEI; will it be changed?
Or should i use only some of partions from the old G4?
Should the TWRP installed on new G4 be the same version as on old G4 (2.8.07)? Or i can install the latest 3.02 on the new one
I have following partitions:
boot, system, system image, Data, Cache, Recovery, EFS

nixuspix said:
Please help me Guys!
I have made an nandroid backup from LG G4 H815 with Android 5.1
Now i've got a new LG G4 H815 with Android 20g
Questions:
1. If i restore backup with Lollipop, to phone with Marshmallow - will 20G be overwritten and i will end with Lollipop on new G4?
2. what will happen with IMEI; will it be changed?
Or should i use only some of partions from the old G4?
Should the TWRP installed on new G4 be the same version as on old G4 (2.8.07)? Or i can install the latest 3.02 on the new one
I have following partitions:
boot, system, system image, Data, Cache, Recovery, EFS
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You're in the wrong forum, post your question in the G4 forum, this is Verizon S3.
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This is great news!!!
I've been having constant issues with my SIM card connection lately, even though I've replaced the tray. So it must be a MotherBoard issue.
Already got my Nandroid backup sorted which I update every now and again, so now I just have to search for how to root it again, since it was years ago when I last did.

prdog1 said:
If using TWRP after root make a backup to establish a new backup folder with corresponding serial number to match new phone. Open old backup folder and serial # folder to get to actual backup files. Transfer these files to to new serial# folder.
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thx works

Help please! phone won't boot

So I think I made a stupid mistake.
I was trying to reset google wallet and It hung at 97% and wasn't able to reset. I used the google wallet installer to basically change my build prop to the nexus build prop. I figured it would just overwrite my original wallet app anyway, and once my build prop was changed to the nexus build prop I could simply reset the app from there.
Anyways, phone rebooted and it's stuck in a bootloop and isn't getting passed the boot animation screen. I can get into recovery mode and download mode just fine. I tried restoring a backup I had with CWM and it says "md5 mismatch error". I really have no idea what to do at this point, and would rather not go completely to stock since I know my data is still there. Also I'm concerned to even restore a backup because i'm pretty sure my build prop was changed. I'm also wondering if it would be possible to simply factory reset and flash a new rom on top of it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

which rom are you using?
extract its build.prop and flash manually (if you know how to create a flashable zip)
if you are using a cm based rom, just reflash the rom without deleting anything..
and avoid using space while renaming backups... it gives md5 mismatch error

Khizar Amin said:
which rom are you using?
extract its build.prop and flash manually (if you know how to create a flashable zip)
if you are using a cm based rom, just reflash the rom without deleting anything..
and avoid using space while renaming backups... it gives md5 mismatch error
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No idea how to create the flashable zip. However I did notice a tutorial, I guess now would be a good time to learn.
I'm using darthstalker X1, it's a touchwiz based rom so I can't simply flash the rom again.
I saved all of my backups on my external SD card, can I just simply hook it up to my computer and change the backup names? And is my build.prop included in the backup I made?
Thank you for responding.

BadUsername said:
No idea how to create the flashable zip. However I did notice a tutorial, I guess now would be a good time to learn.
I'm using darthstalker X1, it's a touchwiz based rom so I can't simply flash the rom again.
I saved all of my backups on my external SD card, can I just simply hook it up to my computer and change the backup names? And is my build.prop included in the backup I made?
Thank you for responding.
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renaming the backups again might not fix
i believe to have seen a script for sgy which fixes md5 mismatch error. but you need to give commands from terminal emulator.
if you have more than one backup of the rom, try to restore system only
if any one of them works your phone will boot up again
Edit: your backups contain the build.prop file in system.(partition type).tar
just extract this
and partition type may be rfs or ext4

Khizar Amin said:
renaming the backups again might not fix
i believe to have seen a script for sgy which fixes md5 mismatch error. but you need to give commands from terminal emulator.
if you have more than one backup of the rom, try to restore system only
if any one of them works your phone will boot up again
Edit: your backups contain the build.prop file in system.(partition type).tar
just extract this
and partition type may be rfs or ext4
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No idea how that is even done. I think I need windows and ADB in order to extract the build.prop, I have a mac.
I found a restore that worked, I just forgot to rename it and it wasn't too old thankfully.
I really appreciate you helping. And now I know of this mismatch error so I can name my backups correctly.

BadUsername said:
No idea how that is even done. I think I need windows and ADB in order to extract the build.prop, I have a mac.
I found a restore that worked, I just forgot to rename it and it wasn't too old thankfully.
I really appreciate you helping. And now I know of this mismatch error so I can name my backups correctly.
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to extract backups u need a tar extractor
if the backup format is something like .tar.a or .tar.md5 rename it to .tar first
and restoring the system only of your working backup would have booted your phone (in advance restore in recovery)
anyway this was an experience too for you.. so you would be carefull next time

Khizar Amin said:
to extract backups u need a tar extractor
if the backup format is something like .tar.a or .tar.md5 rename it to .tar first
and restoring the system only of your working backup would have booted your phone (in advance restore in recovery)
anyway this was an experience too for you.. so you would be carefull next time
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Restoring my system partition only from advanced restore worked perfectly. All my apps stayed how they were and I didn't have to update all of my apps after I restored. Way better than doing a full restore in this case.
Thank you for this advice, this will be a very helpful method to me if I make any mistakes while messing with anything in my system folder. And yes, it was certainly an experience for me.
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Help needed asap to reinstall orignal stock rom on my htc one sv

HI Im a noob. I was able to root my phone successfully and everything I was downloading rooted apps so I download pimp my beats and Dolby mobile well some how it messed up all my audio I couldn't hear a thing so I tried factory reset and then tired uninstalling them and that didn't work so then I went online and downloaded the original boot and recovery.img I tired flashing the but then when I do it comes to the clockworksmod like if it needs a rom or something then when I try installing a ROM it ends up aborting. it ends up getting stuck on the start up with red lettered warning I need someone to help me please get it back to the original state like when first get it out of the box. I want to install the original kernel the original rom and get my sound back on. Or at least so I can fix it to get my warranty valid again so I can get a new one. I need help asap if additional info is needed let me know. do you have any idea why I cant hear phone calls coming in or outgoing, my music or youtube all sounds i can't hear. I am on K2_PLC_CL I am LTE on CricketWireless Thanks

Hi. You just need to restore your cwm backup, that's it.

I know but it won't work
Matlevo12 said:
Hi. You just need to restore your cwm backup, that's it.
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I know that. I moved the backup on the computer and when I put it on my sd so I could restore it. It didn't work it says no file found do you know where I can download the Original Stock Rom and when i try starting it up it go's to a black screen with a green arrow pointing towards the found then it goes to the phone with a red triangle with a red exclamation point. What is that?

If your backup is not recognised you have put it in the wrong folder i think. So tell us, where the files are on your sd card.

old.splatterhand said:
If your backup is not recognised you have put it in the wrong folder i think. So tell us, where the files are on your sd card.
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+1 on that, if you have one it'll be recognized as long as it is in the right folder, and made with the same recovery.

what do i do
Matlevo12 said:
+1 on that, if you have one it'll be recognized as long as it is in the right folder, and made with the same recovery.
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So i put the backup in the CWM folder but it tells me no file found so what do I do? Can I go to some website to download the original stock Rom and kernel I need to fix my phone asap so can you please tell me exactly what I need to do. Plus what are those symbols i describe in my last reply. Thanks so much for assisting me I appreciate it.

The files must be in folder: clockworkmod/backup/2013-04-01.18.46.58
The last folder is the date it was created.
The symbols mean, your flash has failed.

What if that doesn't work
old.splatterhand said:
The files must be in folder: clockworkmod/backup/2013-04-01.18.46.58
The last folder is the date it was created.
The symbols mean, your flash has failed.
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So as long as I put it in that file on my SD and open it up in CWM then it should work right?
I already did that once and it didn't work so what do I do then?
what are my other options I really need help thanks for everything you've done so far.

If your backup don't work, i know there is a Stock cricket jb back here in One SV Forum. Others flashed this successfully.
Otherwise i'm running out of ideas.

old.splatterhand said:
If your backup don't work, i know there is a Stock cricket jb back here in One SV Forum. Others flashed this successfully.
Otherwise i'm running out of ideas.
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Okay well can you do me a favor and locate it for me please I'll probably do something wrong like not knowing where to find it. And
Will it work with my phone? And then when you find it can you give me the exact commands I need in order to flash that Stock properly so I know that I didn't mess up I know im asking for a lot but can you please do that. I'd appreciate it thanks.

Noob17_Me said:
Okay well can you do me a favor and locate it for me please I'll probably do something wrong like not knowing where to find it. And
Will it work with my phone? And then when you find it can you give me the exact commands I need in order to flash that Stock properly so I know that I didn't mess up I know im asking for a lot but can you please do that. I'd appreciate it thanks.
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There are no commands, this is a cwm backup:
Clean Cricket Htc One SV Nandroid (2.04.1050.3)

Thanks
old.splatterhand said:
There are no commands, this is a cwm backup:
Clean Cricket Htc One SV Nandroid (2.04.1050.3)
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Okay so what do I do. Do i just move the Nanadroid file and where on my Sd. I leave it in zip form right ?
Then using fastboot I go ahead and open up CWM? Will it work on any version of CWD? Thanks so much for getting that file for me and what do I do after its flashed? Like as from being to end what are the steps sorry for all the questions but thanks for everything.

Unzip it. Go into Clean JB Crkt 2.04.1050.3 folder and copy the clockworkmod to your external sd.
Then boot into cwm and choose restore and choose the backup.

old.splatterhand said:
Unzip it. Go into Clean JB Crkt 2.04.1050.3 folder and copy the clockworkmod to your external sd.
Then boot into cwm and choose restore and choose the backup.
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Thanks I'll try that and will let you know what happens.

error
Noob17_Me said:
Thanks I'll try that and will let you know what happens.
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Hey man I download that file but its not in zip its in Rar. so I just move the file on to my external sd out in the open not in a folder and I opened up my CWM from the install zip from sd card and that didn't work then I went to restore and it could find the file both times so how do I install it? Do I have to put it in a certain folder or something? It keeps saying no file found. Thanks

Don't copy the zip directly.
What you could do is make a backup, see where it is on your sd, replace it with the one from the zip and then restore that one.

So Noob17_Me, flash this rom from here.

old.splatterhand said:
So Noob17_Me, flash this rom from here.
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Thanks for that. But I have a question is it exactly like the original one because I want it to be with the original stock so that i can re-lock my Bootloader and stuff? Is there some way to get that Rar. file to install on my phone? Sorry if im getting you angry or upset. Thanks for all your help

Yea but...
Matlevo12 said:
Don't copy the zip directly.
What you could do is make a backup, see where it is on your sd, replace it with the one from the zip and then restore that one.
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Yea but what im trying to say is that the file I downloaded isn't in zip form. So how am I supposed to install it on CWM?

Sorry but what is so difficult to understand? The rar is not for flashing, its a cwm backup and if you unrar it you have a folder Clean JB Crkt 2.04.1050.3, inside you find a folder clockworkmod.
This clockworkmod folder you have to copy to SD, like it is and and boot into recovery and choose "restore".
And my zip is made from this backup, so it are the same files!

Restoring twrp backup

Using a rooted nexus 5 running stock 4.4.4. And twrp 2.8.x.x
(I searched for a twrp support thread but could not find one).
I want to restore an old twrp backup I had made some time ago (with an earlier version of twrp) and moved to my pc. So I copied that backup from my pc to the twrp folder in the nexus 5. But when I reboot into TWRP, twrp lists other backups, but not the one I just copied back into its folder.
How can I get twrp to see and restore that nandroid backup?
Thank you.

My first thought is - is it the same device? I had a similar problem when I got a replacement phone, and the solution was simply to rename the old backup with the new device's id.

Yes, the same device, but different versions of twrp.

SOLVED.
Entirely my fault. I needed to move the backup file down to the next subfolder. Once I got it into the correct subfolder TWRP found it fine.

can u tell the correct folder name to place the old backup file. thnks in advance....
maybeme2 said:
SOLVED.
Entirely my fault. I needed to move the backup file down to the next subfolder. Once I got it into the correct subfolder TWRP found it fine.
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can u tell the correct folder name to place the old backup file. thnks in advance....

The path is:
sdcard
...> TWRP
........> BACKUPS
............> ZG16775GGD5 (your device id)
................> backup file(s)

device id
dahawthorne said:
The path is:
sdcard
...> TWRP
........> BACKUPS
............> ZG16775GGD5 (your device id)
................> backup file(s)
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thkss for hlp, can u tell how to get device id... thnks in advnc

Settings/About phone/Status/Serial number