How do you do a restore of a TWRP Backup of a ROM or the original Asus JB OS? I tried to restore the backup I did before flashing the CROMi-X ROM. When I try to do a restore in TWRP and goto the Micro SD Memory card I have the backup on it does not show any files. Do you have to use the same version of TWRP that you backed up in order to restore or can you use the same version or higher?
Thanks
TWRP can only read fat32. Are you sure your microSD is formatted correctly?
Unless the TWRP version you used to make the nandroid and your current one are miles apart, it should work. Hard to tell since you didn't post any versions.
I have TWRP 2.6.3 and it is able to read the memory card and see the Flash ZIP file. I used TWRP 2.6.1 to back up The Asus Stock ROM before flashing the custom ROM. When TWRP does a backup does it backup the Data and how my screens are set up or only the operating system?
berndblb said:
TWRP can only read fat32. Are you sure your microSD is formatted correctly?
Unless the TWRP version you used to make the nandroid and your current one are miles apart, it should work. Hard to tell since you didn't post any versions.
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daldude786 said:
I have TWRP 2.6.3 and it is able to read the memory card and see the Flash ZIP file. I used TWRP 2.6.1 to back up The Asus Stock ROM before flashing the custom ROM. When TWRP does a backup does it backup the Data and how my screens are set up or only the operating system?
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It depends what options you checked when you made the nandroid. If you left the default selection, TWRP backed up both system and data.
If TWRP can read your microSD, what's your problem? I don't understand - since you wrote earlier that TWRP doesn't see any files??
2.6.3 and 2.6.1 are compatible. You shouldn't have a problem restoring the nandroid.
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Let me Rephrase that I meant when I do a restore funtion it does not see any files but if I do a Flah funtion or use the file manager it does see files.
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It depends what options you checked when you made the nandroid. If you left the default selection, TWRP backed up both system and data.
If TWRP can read your microSD, what's your problem? I don't understand - since you wrote earlier that TWRP doesn't see any files??
2.6.3 and 2.6.1 are compatible. You shouldn't have a problem restoring the nandroid.
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Let me Rephrase that I meant when I do a restore funtion it does not see any files but if I do a Flah funtion or use the file manager it does see files.
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Did you manually copy the nandroid to the card?
It has to be nested exactly like TWRP created the folder or TWRP will not recognize it.
Something like TWRP/Backups/your-serial-number/date of backup/
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I can't see my serial number because I'm in a bootloop, how can I see it inside twrp?
While in recovery run this command frog your PC:
Code:
adb get-serialno
There's also a Terminal cmd that you could run in TWRP's terminal. Not certain but I think it's just
Code:
id
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Hello all,
Coming from a Thunderbolt I was very comfortable with ClockworkMod Recovery, I backed up and flashed often through recovery.
On this VZW S3 upon rooting and installing CWMR standard version 5.8.something my backups were only going to the internal SD card and the dates were never right, always saying 1970. The file size seemed about right (1.5 gb) and there were the normal dozen of so in the backup directory.
Out of desire to backup to my external I card I tried the new EZ Recovery app which installed CWMR 6.0.1.0 I believe, the non touch version. This version would backup to the external SD card, but still had the wrong date name for the backup folder. When I browsed that folder it was only 30mb but there was another folder called blobs that was about 1.5 to 2gb.
Is this how version 6 works? I don't have much confidence that this is a good nandroid backup and that I could restore off of it.
Looking for confirmation that this is how it is to work with version 6 and/or any tips or alternatives you can offer. I want to be able to backup and restore off of my external SD card.
Thanks in advance!
wonderrx said:
Hello all,
Coming from a Thunderbolt I was very comfortable with ClockworkMod Recovery, I backed up and flashed often through recovery.
On this VZW S3 upon rooting and installing CWMR standard version 5.8.something my backups were only going to the internal SD card and the dates were never right, always saying 1970. The file size seemed about right (1.5 gb) and there were the normal dozen of so in the backup directory.
Out of desire to backup to my external I card I tried the new EZ Recovery app which installed CWMR 6.0.1.0 I believe, the non touch version. This version would backup to the external SD card, but still had the wrong date name for the backup folder. When I browsed that folder it was only 30mb but there was another folder called blobs that was about 1.5 to 2gb.
Is this how version 6 works? I don't have much confidence that this is a good nandroid backup and that I could restore off of it.
Looking for confirmation that this is how it is to work with version 6 and/or any tips or alternatives you can offer. I want to be able to backup and restore off of my external SD card.
Thanks in advance!
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That is indeed how version 6 works. As for the dats, those are sadly messed up in general I haven't seen a fix for that, but i also haven't searched for one because i know which ones are my latest and don't keep many of them anyways. As for it not backing up on 5.8 its because you have to have your SD formatted as FAT32 and exFAT (again not sure if 6.0.1.0 changes that because i formatted mine) But i did successfully backup and restore on version 6 and it worked perfectly.
Neverendingxsin said:
That is indeed how version 6 works. As for the dats, those are sadly messed up in general I haven't seen a fix for that, but i also haven't searched for one because i know which ones are my latest and don't keep many of them anyways. As for it not backing up on 5.8 its because you have to have your SD formatted as FAT32 and exFAT (again not sure if 6.0.1.0 changes that because i formatted mine) But i did successfully backup and restore on version 6 and it worked perfectly.
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Thanks Never,
I wiped the card when I first had issues backing up on 5.8. Formatted it with the phone but it still wouldn't give me the backup options. How can you check the formatting?
Wonder how multiple backups work in version 6, does it dump it together in the blobs? Or is is some more intelligent non duplication way of storing multiple backups?
Thanks again!
wonderrx said:
Thanks Never,
I wiped the card when I first had issues backing up on 5.8. Formatted it with the phone but it still wouldn't give me the backup options. How can you check the formatting?
Wonder how multiple backups work in version 6, does it dump it together in the blobs? Or is is some more intelligent non duplication way of storing multiple backups?
Thanks again!
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I formatted mine on the computer just to make sure it worked. So no idea how to check it from the phone sorry.
As for multiple backups, i've got a few backups and it always restores fine, so im assuming its got a way of knowing what goes with what.
And your welcome
Are you trying too back up through rom manager? I've given up on that. I do not have an external card, am rooted, using the latest non touch cwr. I usually boot into recovery manually or through rom manager and backup from there. Have the same issues with dates and large size. But happy to report that I go back and forth between cm10, stock, and synergy rom regularly with no problems. Also remember kexec boots 3 times, it's not a bootloop.
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loveubuntu said:
Are you trying too back up through rom manager? I've given up on that. I do not have an external card, am rooted, using the latest non touch cwr. I usually boot into recovery manually or through rom manager and backup from there. Have the same issues with dates and large size. But happy to report that I go back and forth between cm10, stock, and synergy rom regularly with no problems. Also remember kexec boots 3 times, it's not a bootloop.
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I boot into recovery and backup there, if I do it through Rom Manager I get no choice to backup to external SD at all, but I can in version 6 thru recovery.
Glad to hear it works OK.
What flavor of CM10 are you running and can you give me a link to the one you are using? Does Google Now with the cool voice search work well on CM10? Been dragging my feet! Might be ready to take the plunge.
I can't stand the Touchwiz crappy so cm10 was the only choice for me. Apparently the sms/mms not working but it does not effect me since I use Google voice. Very smooth. Google DROID hive forum and look for it there. It's by dhacker.
Google now working great.
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loveubuntu said:
I can't stand the Touchwiz crappy so cm10 was the only choice for me. Apparently the sms/mms not working but it does not effect me since I use Google voice. Very smooth. Google DROID hive forum and look for it there. It's by dhacker.
Google now working great.
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Cool, I'll keep watching the development, sms bugs are a deal breaker for me and I have a tab open watching the Droid Hive forum already!
wonderrx said:
Hello all,
Coming from a Thunderbolt I was very comfortable with ClockworkMod Recovery, I backed up and flashed often through recovery.
On this VZW S3 upon rooting and installing CWMR standard version 5.8.something my backups were only going to the internal SD card and the dates were never right, always saying 1970. The file size seemed about right (1.5 gb) and there were the normal dozen of so in the backup directory.
Out of desire to backup to my external I card I tried the new EZ Recovery app which installed CWMR 6.0.1.0 I believe, the non touch version. This version would backup to the external SD card, but still had the wrong date name for the backup folder. When I browsed that folder it was only 30mb but there was another folder called blobs that was about 1.5 to 2gb.
Is this how version 6 works? I don't have much confidence that this is a good nandroid backup and that I could restore off of it.
Looking for confirmation that this is how it is to work with version 6 and/or any tips or alternatives you can offer. I want to be able to backup and restore off of my external SD card.
Thanks in advance!
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I was wondering if there is somewhere or someone here in the forums that can clarify how these new back-up files work. I like to back-up my back-ups on drop-box, but now that it is creating all these files do I need to move all of these created files together or just the file with the date and time stamp? I want to flash a new rom but want to make sure my current is backed up correctly on my dropbox before doing so.
Any direction is appreciated Thanks
Phone formats to sd card to extFat. Fat32 must be done on PC. No recovery supports extFat. Kexec no longer supported by anyone once bootloader was unlocked. Haven't used Clockwork since TBolt days so don't know how Blob files affect Dropbox backup.
There is an option in CWM to turn off the blobs. I prefer to have backups that are stand-alone, so I personally turn this off.
In CWM Recovery 6.0.1.2:
backup and restore > choose backup format > tar
The two options are "dup (default)" and "tar". The "dup" option gives you the blobs folder. The idea is that it saves space when you have multiple backups. The "tar" option seems to work just like you are used to - one folder per backup.
Where does the sms folder goes?? I forgot to back up my sms using smsbackup and restore but then i was able to make a backup on cwm i like to restore my back up but when i hit restore it says md5 mismatch.. but since i was able to make a backup on cwm where i can find the right folder for sms.. cause i would like to copy it on my current rom folder so i can restore it
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Hi all,
I have a Droid MAXX with 4.22 (jellybean) installed, unlocked bootloader, rooted, with TWRP 2.6.3.1 installed.
I use Android File Verifier to verify backup and keep getting Java read errors on the backups. If I open the backups in Titanium Backup, several files are missing, so the backup if definitely bad. I've made several backups, all with the same error. I backed everything up on my Internal SD and used TWRP to wipe the internal SD, thinking the partition was corrupt. No difference.
I installed TWRP 2.7 thinking that might help. The files seem to verify through a little further but then fail with the same message. I've attached a screen shot of the error message.
Any thoughts? I'm freaking out not having a good backup and I'm scared that maybe the internal SD in bad? I hope not, I like my unlocked MAXX! Is there a way to format or sector check the internal SD? I don't think the wipe in TWRP actually does a format, just an erase.
Anyone else having similar problems? Things to check?
Thanks!
Mike
Have a look at and/or post your log from twrp. You can find this under advanced options then copy log or use the command adb pull /tmp/recovery.log.
Also, I know in the past titanium backup hasn't been great at extracting nandroids. Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore and see if it makes a difference.
runner1717 said:
Hi all,
I have a Droid MAXX with 4.22 (jellybean) installed, unlocked bootloader, rooted, with TWRP 2.6.3.1 installed.
I use Android File Verifier to verify backup and keep getting Java read errors on the backups. If I open the backups in Titanium Backup, several files are missing, so the backup if definitely bad. I've made several backups, all with the same error. I backed everything up on my Internal SD and used TWRP to wipe the internal SD, thinking the partition was corrupt. No difference.
I installed TWRP 2.7 thinking that might help. The files seem to verify through a little further but then fail with the same message. I've attached a screen shot of the error message.
Any thoughts? I'm freaking out not having a good backup and I'm scared that maybe the internal SD in bad? I hope not, I like my unlocked MAXX! Is there a way to format or sector check the internal SD? I don't think the wipe in TWRP actually does a format, just an erase.
Anyone else having similar problems? Things to check?
Thanks!
Mike
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Have you actually tried using the backup to restore? You sure the app you are using to check isn't the issue?
runner1717 said:
Hi all,
I have a Droid MAXX with 4.22 (jellybean) installed, unlocked bootloader, rooted, with TWRP 2.6.3.1 installed.
I use Android File Verifier to verify backup and keep getting Java read errors on the backups. If I open the backups in Titanium Backup, several files are missing, so the backup if definitely bad. I've made several backups, all with the same error. I backed everything up on my Internal SD and used TWRP to wipe the internal SD, thinking the partition was corrupt. No difference.
I installed TWRP 2.7 thinking that might help. The files seem to verify through a little further but then fail with the same message. I've attached a screen shot of the error message.
Any thoughts? I'm freaking out not having a good backup and I'm scared that maybe the internal SD in bad? I hope not, I like my unlocked MAXX! Is there a way to format or sector check the internal SD? I don't think the wipe in TWRP actually does a format, just an erase.
Anyone else having similar problems? Things to check?
Thanks!
Mike
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Switch to Philz it will handle twrp bu's too. You can watch the md5 check going on before you command the restore to take place. At least on 624.
Thanks for the help and suggestions. Here's what I found:
Tried TWRP 2.6.3.1, 2.6.3.0 and 2.7, all with the same result. Corrupt files. I verified this using Android File Verifier (great utility, used for years). When running Calc MD5 checksums on the individual backup files, some would verify and others would not.
Running multiple backups with each version resulted in failed backups. On a weird note, I could not remove the TWRP directory using either Root Explorer or ES file explorer. Both would cause the phone to reboot. The only way I could remove the directory was using file manager in TWRP.
Switched to Philz recovery and ALL backups verified just fine! Although it doesn't have the fancy interface or some of the features of TWRP, it gets the job done!
My conclusion is that there's some sort of issue with TWRP writing to the internal SD as proven with the incomplete backups and the directory problem it caused on the SD. I would recommend others use the Android File Verifier to make sure they are getting complete backups!
Mike
I just installed twrp and completed my first nand, the adv program said everything was fine. So I should be safe finally
Flashed the 5.1 update, and then flashed the CWM recovery (Philz Touch). I proceeded to do a backup, when I went to my folder afterwards with root explorer, I do not see the backups, however going into the CWM shows the backups. I like to copy my backups over to a flash drive. Any ideas why root explorer is not seeing them but CWM shows all my backups even older ones prior to updating to 5.1? Thank you in advance.
ozzmanj1 said:
Flashed the 5.1 update, and then flashed the CWM recovery (Philz Touch). I proceeded to do a backup, when I went to my folder afterwards with root explorer, I do not see the backups, however going into the CWM shows the backups. I like to copy my backups over to a flash drive. Any ideas why root explorer is not seeing them but CWM shows all my backups even older ones prior to updating to 5.1? Thank you in advance.
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Pretty sure I answered your same question previously lol.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/cwm-backup-folder-cwm-backups-t3001498
Elluel said:
Pretty sure I answered your same question previously lol.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/cwm-backup-folder-cwm-backups-t3001498
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Yes you have, and I appreciate your assistance, however I had problems with TWRP so I moved back to CWM. Yes I am aware it is old and outdated. Going to media/data/ I can see the backup. I did the restorecon, so I thought, but even with TWRP if I try to restore an old backup and I move it to the TWRP backup folder it does not see it, even when it is under data/media/ folder. Any ideas? Am I just not understanding or missing something?
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Yes you have, and I appreciate your assistance, however I had problems with TWRP so I moved back to CWM. Yes I am aware it is old and outdated. Going to media/data/ I can see the backup. I did the restorecon, so I thought, but even with TWRP if I try to restore an old backup and I move it to the TWRP backup folder it does not see it, even when it is under data/media/ folder. Any ideas? Am I just not understanding or missing something?
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CWM: uses /data/media/ so you cannot see it's stuff properly from within Android
TWRP: uses /data/media/0 so you should be able to see it properly from within Android
If you cannot see TWRP backups from within Android, you either have an issue with TWRP or you did not put your backup in the correct directory.
If you cannot see CWM backups from within Android, it is normal.
ozzmanj1 said:
Flashed the 5.1 update, and then flashed the CWM recovery (Philz Touch). I proceeded to do a backup, when I went to my folder afterwards with root explorer, I do not see the backups, however going into the CWM shows the backups. I like to copy my backups over to a flash drive. Any ideas why root explorer is not seeing them but CWM shows all my backups even older ones prior to updating to 5.1? Thank you in advance.
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It allready hapenned with TWRP two or three versions back. Wait for new TWRP.
OK, so I originally had CWM recovery on my tablet and I created a nandroid backup through there to my internal tablet memory which used up like 5.5gb of my 11.95gb of usable space. Shortly after making the backup I decided to flash twrp recovery instead...
Now, how can I delete the CWM backup without having to reflash CWM recovery??
Just deleted the file
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Just deleted the file
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Thats just it, there is no file! The folder shows as being empty! I read somewhere that CWM now stores the backups as blobs or something like that and that you cannot see them using file explorers.
Edit: Nevermind. I finally found it! It was not in the normal internal sdcard folder like I expected... It was actually buried in the root of the device at /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
Hello.
I have a BQ Aquaris M5, rooted, unlocked bootloader, TWRP custom recovery 3.0.0-1 flashed, flashed official manufacturer bloatware-free ROM, etc...
I've done a full Nandroid Backup with TWRP recovery, including Boot, System Image, System and Data. I just have a simple question:
If something goes horribly wrong, like my device does not turn on or I can't boot to Android, and I need to restore the backup I've made...
Do I have save the backup in the internal storage of the device in order to make it work?
Or can I just simply cut it from my device to my PC, and whenever I need it, I put it in a microSD and TWRP will read it from the microSD card?
Thank you!
rambomhtri said:
Hello.
I have a BQ Aquaris M5, rooted, unlocked bootloader, TWRP custom recovery 3.0.0-1 flashed, flashed official manufacturer bloatware-free ROM, etc...
I've done a full Nandroid Backup with TWRP recovery, including Boot, System Image, System and Data. I just have a simple question:
If something goes horribly wrong, like my device does not turn on or I can't boot to Android, and I need to restore the backup I've made...
Do I have save the backup in the internal storage of the device in order to make it work?
Or can I just simply cut it from my device to my PC, and whenever I need it, I put it in a microSD and TWRP will read it from the microSD card?
Thank you!
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Hello,
While taking a backup, you can either take it in internal storage/Micro SD Card (if your device supports it).
Whichever you select while taking a backup, you would have a TWRP folder in the storage.
Your backup stays there and can be restored from there without issues.
-Vatsal
OK, but can I move (cut) that TWRP folder to my PC, so it's not in the internal storage neither in the microSD?
So whenever I need it, I copy it from my PC to the microSD and restore the backup. The point is to not occupy space in the smartphone storages.
rambomhtri said:
OK, but can I move (cut) that TWRP folder to my PC, so it's not in the internal storage neither in the microSD?
So whenever I need it, I copy it from my PC to the microSD and restore the backup. The point is to not occupy space in the smartphone storages.
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Hello,
Yes it is possible but don't copy TWRP folder. Copy the subfolder in TWRP folder. (Might be some weird alphabets and number naming)
-Vatsal
Vatsal said:
Hello,
Yes it is possible but don't copy TWRP folder. Copy the subfolder in TWRP folder. (Might be some weird alphabets and number naming)
-Vatsal
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Done, thank you so much for your time.
By the way, what those letters and numbers mean?
rambomhtri said:
Done, thank you so much for your time.
By the way, what those letters and numbers mean?
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Hello,
That isnt significant, It's random. Also in TWRP you can setup a custom name of the backup too.
-Vatsal