My phone (S3,CM11) randomly crashed and started bootlooping. Typically I just remove the battery, put it back in, and I'm good to go. This time however it didn't work. I'm able to get into recovery, after about 10 or so battery removals, but its clear CWM isn't how it used to be. I think it may be corrupt. The big give away is that the power button is no longer listed, or serves, as the 'enter' function. I can flash zips, and I tried re-installing the ROM, but the boot loops continue. I tried reinstalling my backup, but the MD5 sums didnt match. All solutions to fix that issue requires that I connect my phone to a computer and delete the MD5 sums, which I can't do since the phone wont boot. All my backups are poorly stored on the internal sdcard.
I'm hoping if I can re-install CWM in CWM, that I would be able to reinstall my ROM to a state I can turn the phone on. Is there another way to repair the boot file?
What are my options? Thanks!
Stump909 said:
My phone (S3,CM11) randomly crashed and started bootlooping. Typically I just remove the battery, put it back in, and I'm good to go. This time however it didn't work. I'm able to get into recovery, after about 10 or so battery removals, but its clear CWM isn't how it used to be. I think it may be corrupt. The big give away is that the power button is no longer listed, or serves, as the 'enter' function. I can flash zips, and I tried re-installing the ROM, but the boot loops continue. I tried reinstalling my backup, but the MD5 sums didnt match. All solutions to fix that issue requires that I connect my phone to a computer and delete the MD5 sums, which I can't do since the phone wont boot. All my backups are poorly stored on the internal sdcard.
I'm hoping if I can re-install CWM in CWM, that I would be able to reinstall my ROM to a state I can turn the phone on. Is there another way to repair the boot file?
What are my options? Thanks!
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Did you rename the backups after you made them?
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Did you rename the backups after you made them?
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Nope. Still the default name.
Stump909 said:
Nope. Still the default name.
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OK.
Go look for philz touch recovery in the development section. Click on his main thread link and scroll down to the unified s3 builds, download and flash the latest one in recovery, or Odin flash the .tar file if you can't get into recovery.
Setup is almost the exact same as cwm just a few more features. Try to restore the backup as normal. If it still doesn't work, go into factory reset and select the "wipe before new rom option", then flash your rom immediately afterwards.
If that still doesn't work, dig around the settings until you find the option for ignoring md5 sum check, then it will definitely let you install the backup. Just understand that there's a risk associated with doing that. If something is corrupted it could theoretically hard brick your phone, but if everything is still OK and all your backups are giving you the same issue then everything is probably fine.
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OK.
Go look for philz touch recovery in the development section. Click on his main thread link and scroll down to the unified s3 builds, download and flash the latest one in recovery, or Odin flash the .tar file if you can't get into recovery.
Setup is almost the exact same as cwm just a few more features. Try to restore the backup as normal. If it still doesn't work, go into factory reset and select the "wipe before new rom option", then flash your rom immediately afterwards.
If that still doesn't work, dig around the settings until you find the option for ignoring md5 sum check, then it will definitely let you install the backup. Just understand that there's a risk associated with doing that. If something is corrupted it could theoretically hard brick your phone, but if everything is still OK and all your backups are giving you the same issue then everything is probably fine.
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I appreciate the help, and the solution seemed like a homerun, but sadly things are worse. After successfully flashing the zip, the phone is now in a permanent bootloop trying to reach recovery. Now if I could only find a way to recover the data on the internal storage card.
Stump909 said:
I appreciate the help, and the solution seemed like a homerun, but sadly things are worse. After successfully flashing the zip, the phone is now in a permanent bootloop trying to reach recovery. Now if I could only find a way to recover the data on the internal storage card.
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Last thing I can think of is you have a stuck power button that's giving you issues, look at YouTube videos to try to fix it then try it again.
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Last thing I can think of is you have a stuck power button that's giving you issues, look at YouTube videos to try to fix it then try it again.
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Wow, after reading up on the symptoms, that sounds like my problem. It also explains why I couldn't use that button to execute commands in recovery. Unfortunately this puts me in a bad situation. Since I tried to factory reset, and it crashed, I'm worried my install is corrupt now. I do have a backup from before the reset, but its labeled 01-01-1970. Surely that can't be good.
All I want to save at this point are my photos (some of which are more recent than my August backup). Would it be safe to restore my August backup and advanced restore the data from my most recent backup (01-01-1970)? Even if it's buggy, as long as I can transfer my photos to my external card I'd be happy. Thanks!
Stump909 said:
Wow, after reading up on the symptoms, that sounds like my problem. It also explains why I couldn't use that button to execute commands in recovery. Unfortunately this puts me in a bad situation. Since I tried to factory reset, and it crashed, I'm worried my install is corrupt now. I do have a backup from before the reset, but its labeled 01-01-1970. Surely that can't be good.
All I want to save at this point are my photos (some of which are more recent than my August backup). Would it be safe to restore my August backup and advanced restore the data from my most recent backup (01-01-1970)? Even if it's buggy, as long as I can transfer my photos to my external card I'd be happy. Thanks!
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CWM doesn't input the proper date when you make backups. It has always defaulted to 1970 on the S3. TWRP does and I believe PhilZ recovery does as well allow you to post the proper date. Just make sure you have a total of 1+ GB file in your CWM folder. If you can pull that folder onto your computer (if its on an sd card) just right click the folder and check the date when it was created.
Edit: and as @BadUsername wrote, youtube videos may help out. I had a stuck power button and this clip helped me. It has been almost 11 months since I did this and I have been fine.
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CWM doesn't input the proper date when you make backups. It has always defaulted to 1970 on the S3. TWRP does and I believe PhilZ recovery does as well allow you to post the proper date. Just make sure you have a total of 1+ GB file in your CWM folder. If you can pull that folder onto your computer (if its on an sd card) just right click the folder and check the date when it was created.
Edit: and as @BadUsername wrote, youtube videos may help out. I had a stuck power button and this clip helped me. It has been almost 11 months since I did this and I have been fine.
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Thanks for the input. While I don't doubt you, every backup I've made has had the proper date as it's title (except for this one). Thanks for the video link!
Stump909 said:
Thanks for the input. While I don't doubt you, every backup I've made has had the proper date as it's title (except for this one). Thanks for the video link!
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Oh, they have the dates now? Hmm, wasn't like that for the first year on the S3.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Oh, they have the dates now? Hmm, wasn't like that for the first year on the S3.
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Yeah I didn't get the phone util the S4 was out and they've all had dates. Should I be worried in that case?
Stump909 said:
Yeah I didn't get the phone util the S4 was out and they've all had dates. Should I be worried in that case?
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Idk if you want to try since none of the other backups worked. How many total CWM backups do you have? Is there an accompanying "BLOBS" folder as well? Or did they get rid of that too or are CWM backups now self contained? Over a year ago, there was a Blobs folder and folder of your backups.
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Oh, they have the dates now? Hmm, wasn't like that for the first year on the S3.
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Idk if you want to try since none of the other backups worked. How many total CWM backups do you have? Is there an accompanying "BLOBS" folder as well? Or did they get rid of that too or are CWM backups now self contained? Over a year ago, there was a Blobs folder and folder of your backups.
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I have two. One marked 8-8-2014 and one 1-1-1970 (newest). I haven't looked at how they are stored in a while, but I remember it was multiple folders within folders taking up almost 2 gigs of space. As I stated, at this point if I could salvage my photos that would be enough.
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I have two. One marked 8-8-2014 and one 1-1-1970 (newest). I haven't looked at how they are stored in a while, but I remember it was multiple folders within folders taking up almost 2 gigs of space. As I stated, at this point if I could salvage my photos that would be enough.
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I think the backup is still good, you can probably salvage photos pretty easily with ADB if you have USB debugging enabled. I still think that fixing your power button will fix your problems and you'll be able to restore a backup.
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Idk if you want to try since none of the other backups worked. How many total CWM backups do you have? Is there an accompanying "BLOBS" folder as well? Or did they get rid of that too or are CWM backups now self contained? Over a year ago, there was a Blobs folder and folder of your backups.
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I actually just checked my backups, I'm using philz latest but my backup has the correct date and I didn't have to manually input the date from within philz settings. There is also no more blobs folder. I think recently cwm redid their entire backup system, it's definitely different than it used to be. Has to be a fairly recent change though.
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Rooted my N5 yesterday and it was working fine. Then today, I was trying to flash the Camera app from Jinshu when I got stuck on the dancing circles screen... went back into TWRP recovery and, I think, accidentally flashed the entire internal storage...
I can still get into TWRP, but when I click reboot > system , I get a warning message "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" :crying:
I am using a Mac and have the SDK etc. installed, but I don't even see the device as a USB device in order to try and figure out how to get the system files back on the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
A
You've got a few options...forgive me if you've tried any of these already...I'm just offering ideas for you to find one that works for you...
1) restore a nandroid backup if you have one
or
2) ADB sideload a zip for one of the roms in the development sections
or
3) ADB push then flash a zip from the development sections
or
4) Flash the factory images using fastboot
DaMonster said:
Rooted my N5 yesterday and it was working fine. Then today, I was trying to flash the Camera app from Jinshu when I got stuck on the dancing circles screen... went back into TWRP recovery and, I think, accidentally flashed the entire internal storage...
I can still get into TWRP, but when I click reboot > system , I get a warning message "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?" :crying:
I am using a Mac and have the SDK etc. installed, but I don't even see the device as a USB device in order to try and figure out how to get the system files back on the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
A
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Download this ROM (Odex)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507861
Boot in TWRP, and either use adb sideload:
./adb sideload path_to_hammerhead_KRT16M_odex_signed.zip
or use adb push
./adb push path_to_hammerhead_KRT16M_odex_signed.zip /data/media/0
Then proceed with flashing it from recovery.
Yep, you have plenty of options so don't panic. Personally, I'd use this as an opportunity to teach yourself how to setup and use ADB and Fastboot commands to flash factory images. Once you teach yourself how to do this properly you will no longer get overly concerned when another situation like this inevitably occurs. This will be a learning experience that you will benefit from later on.
If you are on a Mac, follow THIS GUIDE to properly setup ADB/Fastboot for use. Then use THIS GUIDE to learn how to properly flash a factory image.
Thanks for your quick responses guys...
While I was searching, I found this site: liciousroms dot com slash nexus5_restore.html (sorry, cannot post URLs just yet!)
I was able to get the stock .img files from the download package for system, recovery and boot, and as you guys pointed out, learned the utility of fastboot to get the images onto the device
Recovered, booted, and just getting back in business.
Thanks so much !!!
- A
For other folks that will run into this problem, note that TWRP 2.6.3.1 supports USB OTG. You can load a ROM into an sd card, plug it into the USB OTG cable and then into the phone and TWRP will mount it.
DaMonster said:
Thanks for your quick responses guys...
While I was searching, I found this site: liciousroms dot com slash nexus5_restore.html (sorry, cannot post URLs just yet!)
I was able to get the stock .img files from the download package for system, recovery and boot, and as you guys pointed out, learned the utility of fastboot to get the images onto the device
Recovered, booted, and just getting back in business.
Thanks so much !!!
- A
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A few things:
1) I wouldn't download stock images from any websites other than official. People could bake in all kinds of stuff. There's no need for other sites to re-host official stock images, so there's usually a reason why they would.
2) I mean no offense by this, but if you're unsure enough in what you're doing to accidentally format the entire internal storage then you should do a lot more research before attempting this stuff. This is reversible, your next accident might not be. I don't ordinarily assume, but judging by your username and the accident you've committed I'd assume you're fairly young...so blowing another $400 on a new device because you bricked this one from a mistake is probably a big deal. Take some time and understand, completely, what you're doing.
3) That being said, Nexus devices are made to be open. They're made for people to modify and have fun with. Explore and experiment all you want, just make sure to have a good NANDROID backup before you do.
hotleadsingerguy said:
1) I wouldn't download stock images from any websites other than official. People could bake in all kinds of stuff. There's no need for other sites to re-host official stock images, so there's usually a reason why they would.
3) That being said, Nexus devices are made to be open. They're made for people to modify and have fun with. Explore and experiment all you want, just make sure to have a good NANDROID backup before you do.
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Good point. I'll reflash to the openrecovery-twrp-xxx version shortly anyway, but the point is valid and I'll make sure to have an official image and regular NANDROID backups handy for future experiments
hotleadsingerguy said:
2) I mean no offense by this, but if you're unsure enough in what you're doing to accidentally format the entire internal storage then you should do a lot more research before attempting this stuff. This is reversible, your next accident might not be. I don't ordinarily assume, but judging by your username and the accident you've committed I'd assume you're fairly young...so blowing another $400 on a new device because you bricked this one from a mistake is probably a big deal. Take some time and understand, completely, what you're doing.
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None taken. I'm not really young, just new to Android/ tinkering. In any case, blowing $400 on a device is still a big deal and I want to avoid that like a plague Alas, youth has no monopoly on stupid.
zerogun said:
For other folks that will run into this problem, note that TWRP 2.6.3.1 supports USB OTG. You can load a ROM into an sd card, plug it into the USB OTG cable and then into the phone and TWRP will mount it.
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Thanks for the info. I have a USB-OTG cable on order (for a different purpose), and this is good for future reference.
DaMonster said:
Thanks for the info. I have a USB-OTG cable on order (for a different purpose), and this is good for future reference.
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Okay guys, im in serious trouble too. ADB sideload does not seem to work for me.
ADB devices is resulting into finding my device but sideload is not working... What to do now?
J_Dutch said:
Okay guys, im in serious trouble too. ADB sideload does not seem to work for me.
ADB devices is resulting into finding my device but sideload is not working... What to do now?
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Use "adb push" to copy a zip from your PC to your phone.
The command would be like this:
adb push path/to/zip data/media/0
same issue
I am in the same boat as this guy. tried to load the sideloader via twrp but i get a...
E: unable to mount ;/usb-otg'
then it attempts to load it but it has been doing so for the last 15mins
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I am in the same boat as this guy. tried to load the sideloader via twrp but i get a...
E: unable to mount ;/usb-otg'
then it attempts to load it but it has been doing so for the last 15mins
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Just restore a nandroid in twrp
still a noob
jd1639 said:
Just restore a nandroid in twrp
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Excuse my ignorance: but should I back all the partitions? Also, if the system has been wiped, what's the point?
minerva330 said:
Excuse my ignorance: but should I back all the partitions? Also, if the system has been wiped, what's the point?
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I wouldn't worry about backing up at this point
still a noob
jd1639 said:
I wouldn't worry about backing up at this point
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Sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement.
I have no back-up to restore (don't even get me started, I am quite ashamed)
minerva330 said:
Sorry, I misunderstood your previous statement.
I have no back-up to restore (don't even get me started, I am quite ashamed)
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Dude, your kidding me. You have a custom recovery and no backup. It would have made your life so easy. Now you'll have to flash the factory image
truly ashamed
jd1639 said:
Dude, your kidding me. You have a custom recovery and no backup. It would have made your life so easy. Now you'll have to flash the factory image
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I know...that one time I don't (not one of my better moments). It's a new phone. I have done this a hundred times before
I have the factory image on my computer but I can't get it to push to my phone. My ADB driver are installed but my phone wont mount from the USB in TWRP.
minerva330 said:
I know...that one time I don't (not one of my better moments). It's a new phone. I have done this a hundred times before
I have the factory image on my computer but I can't get it to push to my phone. My ADB driver are installed but my phone wont mount from the USB in TWRP.
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Boot into boot loader and use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Unzip it using 7-zip. You'll see it in there. Boot into bootloader, plug your usb cable in and run the bat file
Edit, you'll lose everything on your phone
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Boot into boot loader and use the flash-all.bat that's inside the factory image. Unzip it using 7-zip. You'll see it in there. Boot into bootloader, plug your usb cable in and run the bat file
Edit, you'll lose everything on your phone
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How can I unzip a file from the factory image on my phone if it is on desktop? Am I missing something (thanks for tolerating this)?
At this point I could care less about loosing any apps, data, or pics,
So I cracked my N5 and got a new one today. Did a Nadroid via CWM on the old phone and was looking to transfer to the new and then restore. I see that it's located in /mnt/etc/etc/ but I can't tell if I'm transferring it correctly or not.
I'm doing adb push (file) to /mnt/etc/ but since it's almost a 2gb file, I can't tell if it's working or if it's crashed out.
Is what I'm doing correct? I'm hoping once the transfer is done, I can just restore in RomManager.
Thanks guys!
Minker17 said:
So I cracked my N5 and got a new one today. Did a Nadroid via CWM on the old phone and was looking to transfer to the new and then restore. I see that it's located in /mnt/etc/etc/ but I can't tell if I'm transferring it correctly or not.
I'm doing adb push (file) to /mnt/etc/ but since it's almost a 2gb file, I can't tell if it's working or if it's crashed out.
Is what I'm doing correct? I'm hoping once the transfer is done, I can just restore in RomManager.
Thanks guys!
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First of all do not use Rom Manager as it is a buggy, unstable and crappy app. Uninstall it immediately and never use it again Flash CWM or Philz Touch CWM to make or restore a backup. Just place the nandroid you made via usb in the /clockworkmod/backup/ file and see if you can restore it in recovery.
- Edit- as @rootSU said don`t restore EFS or it will mess up you`re phone. Can you restore apps with Tit. Backup or Helium or adb?
Do NOT restore efs
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rootSU said:
Do NOT restore efs
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S**t you`re right, made a booboo here
do i need to backup/restore cache?
Minker17 said:
do i need to backup/restore cache?
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I wouldn`t restore the backup cause the EFS files of your former and current phone are different. You will mess up your phone severely. Its best to restore your apps by other means.
So what's the best way to "clone" my broken device to the new one?
If you're using philz, you wont be backing up efs by default so restoring nandroid is fine. Can't talk for TWRP though
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Minker17 said:
So what's the best way to "clone" my broken device to the new one?
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Unless you we`re able to isolate and delete your old EFS files from the backup and replace them with your current one i wouldn`t do it. Don`t know if thats possible and i wouldn`t know how to do that myself anyway. I`d just restore the apps and its data and set it up as you want to. Maybe someone else can give you better advice but thats what i can tell you.
Backed up and restored and everything appears to be going great! Thanks guys!
Is there a main thread for Philz so I can familiarize myself?
Minker17 said:
Backed up and restored and everything appears to be going great! Thanks guys!
Is there a main thread for Philz so I can familiarize myself?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ouch-custom-gui-gesture-t2565174/post51634791, next time use the search function please Top right corner.
gee2012 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...ouch-custom-gui-gesture-t2565174/post51634791, next time use the search function please Top right corner.
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Thanks for that.
I didn't know about Philz Touch.
I am glad I can finally get the right date and time on my backups plus it adds the ROM name and version +1. :good:
dechronic said:
Thanks for that.
I didn't know about Philz Touch.
I am glad I can finally get the right date and time on my backups plus it adds the ROM name and version +1. :good:
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Oooh that reminds me I needed to update recommended time settings. Done
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rootSU said:
Oooh that reminds me I needed to update recommended time settings. Done
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In the Time settings, I set the Time Zone for my region and Time Zone offset to +0 min and used the Qualcom Time Daemon to get the current date and time.
That is what worked for me.
There is another recommended way?
dechronic said:
In the Time settings, I set the Time Zone for my region and Time Zone offset to +0 min and used the Qualcom Time Daemon to get the current date and time.
That is what worked for me.
There is another recommended way?
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No, that is recommended way but my thread had an older,outdated way
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Hey guys. I just got my second OnePlus after mine fell and got a new one.
I was wondering if I can flash my other oneplus' TWRP backup on this so i dont have to configure all over again.
Thank you!
badjoras said:
Hey guys. I just got my second OnePlus after mine fell and got a new one.
I was wondering if I can flash my other oneplus' TWRP backup on this so i dont have to configure all over again.
Thank you!
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I would say no. I just remember some people doing this would and it replaced IMEI information from previous phone and could potentially screw up your new phone. What is so important that you need to restore for TWRP anyways. A fresh flash on a new phone is the best route to take my friend
We make too much of simply taken the time to restore and reset things on a new flash.
playya said:
I would say no. I just remember some people doing this would and it replaced IMEI information from previous phone and could potentially screw up your new phone. What is so important that you need to restore for TWRP anyways. A fresh flash on a new phone is the best route to take my friend
We make too much of simply taken the time to restore and reset things on a new flash.
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HMMMMMMMM... The OPO only backs up: boot, data, system and cache. It does not backup EFS nor would i check it on the restore menu,
I guess i will give it a go, and see how it goes. already got it backed up
badjoras said:
HMMMMMMMM... The OPO only backs up: boot, data, system and cache. It does not backup EFS nor would i check it on the restore menu,
I guess i will give it a go, and see how it goes. already got it backed up
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Its your OPO I just don't see why you would risk it but go ahead if it don't work can only be mad at yourself. Lol
Still don't see the big deal in flashing ROM and using TB to restore apps from nandroid
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playya said:
Its your OPO I just don't see why you would risk it but go ahead if it don't work can only be mad at yourself. Lol
Still don't see the big deal in flashing ROM and using TB to restore apps from nandroid
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Done it, it's all good, as expected.
Like I mentioned to you, that whole EFS problem does not exist if it does not back it up from another phone and restore it onto a new one.
Props and thanks
badjoras said:
Done it, it's all good, as expected.
Like I mentioned to you, that whole EFS problem does not exist if it does not back it up from another phone and restore it onto a new one.
Props and thanks
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cool and yeah I know that but I just dont see the reason to take the risk at all. I see so many take shortcuts and then we have a million how do I fix this that and the third threads. Glad it worked for you
I was going to say yes even if I never tried it as nand only backs up system, boot and data which should be no problem to copy and paste to a same model phone...you tried it first by yourself so good move
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Shouldn't be a problem part of restoring to stock on some other phones is flashing a twrp backup and stock recovery. It shouldn't be a problem atall
As long as your not restoring EFS your fine. I have done this many times on many different phones.
I get the following error:
Unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped
The error just keeps repeating if I press OK.
What I did to get this error was:
Backup current ROM using TWRP
Flash a Lollipop ROM (that didn't work)
Restore my backup
and now I'm screwed
I've read somewhere about Italians having this issue and that it had to do with low battery level. I have now recharged my phone to 95% but still no dice And my phone is running US English (though I'm in Denmark).
I'm running CM11 M11.
Can anyone help?
Clean flash.
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timmaaa said:
Clean flash
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And how would I do that if I cannot transfer zip files to my phone?
And would I be able to restore my backup afterwards?
You didn't say anything about not being able to transfer zips to your phone, but I'm assuming you mean while booted into Android because of the persistent error. TWRP 2.8.x has MTP enabled so if you connect your phone to your PC while booted into that recovery you can copy a zip across to flash. And no, you can't restore your backup afterwards, the whole point of a clean flash is that it's a clean flash, completely fresh. Plus, restoring a backup after flashing a ROM would overwrite the ROM you just flashed, making it a pointless exercise. Plus, the backup that you have is obviously corrupt and that's what's causing your problem.
In short: download a ROM zip (and gapps), flash the latest TWRP to your phone (if you don't already have it), copy the zips to your phone, perform a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik cache), flash the ROM + gapps, reboot and start fresh.
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The only backup you should be restoring using TiBu after flashing a ROM are user apps, and certainly not system apps. Restoring system apps will cause problems in 99.9% of all cases.
I'm kind of thinking that it's my TWRP that has some issue. I've tried restoring 3 or 4 different backups and they all come up with the same error.
I'll update my TWRP when I get home and hopefully get a bit further...
Gamm86 said:
The only backup you should be restoring using TiBu after flashing a ROM are user apps, and certainly not system apps. Restoring system apps will cause problems in 99.9% of all cases.
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He's talking about a nandroid backup, not a TiBu backup.
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He's talking about a nandroid backup, not a TiBu backup
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I know, just talking about restoring backups in general after flashing a ROM.
Hence why I said "The only backup you should be restoring..."
EDIT* misread the OP. My posts were indeed a bit out of context...
Did a clean install - no dice
Then did an install without gapps and then I get to the initial setup where I have to choose language. And then it reboots - over and over. It completely bypasses any indication that there is a SIM card in the phone.
When trying to restore my previous backups I also go straight to my home screen bypassing SIM unlock and phone unlock.
Any other suggestions?
Have you tried step 8 from the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
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Have you tried step 8 from the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
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Either that or this automated tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2970390
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Have you tried step 8 from the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
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Nope. But I'm going to now Stay tuned...
Well... it's a different bootanim than CM11 - first indication that something has happened
But then Reboot from the language selection screen
I guess I'm coming to an end in terms of my phones life
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Nope. But I'm going to now Stay tuned...
Well... it's a different bootanim than CM11 - first indication that something has happened
But then Reboot from the language selection screen
I guess I'm coming to an end in terms of my phones life
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Not necessarily. Do you have any signal whatsoever? Can you navigate to Settings/About Phone and see your IMEI? Don't post it here but let me know if it's still showing up.
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Hmm, sounds like a hardware issue to me if you can't even get passed the welcome setup without your phone rebooting... Especially after a FULL factory reset.
Does the reboot start as soon as you touch the screen? This might indicate some kind of malfunction between hardware and drivers.
Raise a ticket on the OnePlus website and request for an RMA. You might also want to file a Paypal claim to speed things up.
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Not necessarily. Do you have any signal whatsoever? Can you navigate to Settings/About Phone and see your IMEI? Don't post it here but let me know if it's still showing up.
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I can't navigate as I'm blocked by the error message. I do know my IMEI from my Google dashboard though.
I'm still puzzled by the fact that it doesn't recognize my SIM card at all.
Okay - breakthrough: I downloaded the package from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/tool-oneplus-one-return-to-stock-t2970390
Ran all 3 ONEPLUS ONE - x.bat and now it has prompted me to unlock my sim card. Got through to wifi so I have higher hopes this time around Will see how it goes...
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I can't navigate as I'm blocked by the error message. I do know my IMEI from my Google dashboard though.
I'm still puzzled by the fact that it doesn't recognize my SIM card at all.
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Whether you know your IMEI or not isn't the point, it's whether it's still present on your device that matters. There have been cases where the IMEI simply disappears (along with your baseband) and having no signal is a consequence of that. I hope you made a backup of your EFS at some point because it's looking like this is what's happened.
Have you tried the automated tool I linked to a few posts back?
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Have you tried the automated tool I linked to a few posts back?
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Se my updated previous post
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Se my updated previous post
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Ok, so you're all good now? You have mobile signal? You can see your baseband version and IMEI in the settings menu?
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timmaaa said:
Ok, so you're all good now? You have mobile signal? You can see your baseband version and IMEI in the settings menu?
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Yes I see it and I can send and receive text messages.
Now I'm going to try to restore one of my previous backups again
Thanks a ton for all the help to the both of you. If I could I'd /dcc you a cold one.
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Yes I see it and I can send and receive text messages.
Now I'm going to try to restore one of my previous backups again
Thanks a ton for all the help to the both of you. If I could I'd /dcc you a cold one.
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Be careful, I firmly believe it's a backup that caused this problem, and you might not be so lucky next time. I'd seriously suggest just clean flashing now or you could be inviting the devil to your doorstep.
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Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
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Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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He's got the SD data. We're working on the /data/ partition now. I think it's mainly notes and pics if I'm not mistaken. I'm really hoping that he's rooted and just forgot or something.
We can make it into odin mode.
You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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I'm thinking of trying to flash stock via Odin to see if that will make it boot. Otherwise, it may have to go jtag route.
I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
Also that file you posted first is the newest one, assuming it's legit it would work. That would for sure wipe everything.
Bottom one is old, probably won't work. Odin should just fail and not let you flash it. If it did work, it would fail at the bootloader stage and brick your phone anyway.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
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That's what I was afraid of. I have no idea how updated he kept the device. And since I can only get into stock recovery and download mode I can't learn much about the device. I wish I could just adb in and grab the data partition off of it. Verizon is hounding him to send the device back or they will charge him $500 or something absurd. Which seems extra crazy since he has had that device since it was released. I thought for sure he would own it by now. Verizon has never asked me for a device back.
Have you found any helpful odin stuff out?
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
@BadUsername Do you know if there is a list of odin files anywhere? This sub seems so disorganized imo. I can't find a helpful sticky or anything.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
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You can still pull nearly everything off the phone with adb from download mode if USB debugging was enabled, you can literally pull every partition and extract what you need.
You can load a very old version of cwm recovery through Odin and flash aroma file manager if you are rooted, if you can get into recovery. Then you can move whatever you want to an external SD card.
Other than that you're likely stuck.