Hello everyone
There has been so much development on our Xperia c and one of the important ones is the CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY.
It is very useful in making nandroid bacjups and restoring them when required
This is also for those who feel that md5 checking takes lots of time.Follow this tutorial to disable the md5 check.
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But what will happen if you try to restore a backup and you get an error the Md5 Mismatch error.
It happened to me also and after a little tries I was able to sort it out.
I am sharing to help other fellow users of this device.
Here is the process..
1-)Go to sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/[your backup name]/here
2-)Copy the nandroid.md5 file and keep it somewhere safe.
3-)Open the nandroid.md5 in the backup folder file with any text editor and DELETE all the inside contents.
4-)Now save the file and try restoring your backup again.
5-)This will OVERIDE the md5 checks and the restore will begin.
All done enjoy nandroiding...LOL..
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ok i deleted my PIM backup file on accident. i did however recover these files using a data recovery software that i found. here are the files [names] that I recovered:
appts_20071027.pba
contacts_20071027.pbc
custom_20070903.pbx (i assume this one is old and i dont care about it)
custom_20071027.pbx
msgs_20071027.pbm
PIMBackup_20071027.pib
speeddials_20071027.pbd
tasks_20071027.pbt
i could NOT recover
clogs_20071027.pbt
so my dilemma lies in that when i try to run PIMBackup file or contacts backup file i get this message after "Analysing file structure...":
"invalid contacts backup file type, Nothing done." or if i try and select the PIMBackup file it just gives an error and wont even let me attempt the backup. the error is entitled "PIM restore error" and contains "The format of the file "\My Documents\recovered\PIMBackup_20071027.pib" is invalid."
is the main backup file invalid because i am unable to extract the clogs file? can i delete that entry or section of the file? why cant i just restore my contacts only? this is driving me insane i REALLY need my contacts this is VERY important. please anyone i will be indebted to you for life if you can help me i am desperate here...
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oh and fyi i can provide teh files if needed theres nothing copywrighted or proprietary, if you think you could help i would be more than willing to present them. thanks in advance for any help.
Check out this PIMbackup thread you might get solution to your problem or someone might give you better suggestion :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
Cheers
First, let me say that I am new at this (which will become very apparent). I renamed my clockwork backups so they could be easier to decipher (I kept the date but deleted the numbers at the end which I assume is the time) and when I tried to recover I received an error message saying MD5sum do not match. Is there a way to go in to that particular back-up file to find the original name so I can match it back and do a proper restore? Thanks in advance.
I'm afraid recovering the original name from the file itself won't be an option. You however can check if there is any logging from your backup software that contains the original name of the backupimage. Also you can rehash md5 and paste the checksum (hex) over the existing hash, is there some sort of recover file that calls the checksum ? If so, you need to overwrite the checksum there.
After reading the post above it looks like your f-ed.
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There is a way around it that "sometimes" works. Its a long shot but better then no shot!
* Create a new backup (doesn't matter what off just do it)
* One you have created a new backup open to view the files in windows
* copy & replace the old backup files with the new ones
* Boot back into clockwork & try restoring with the new backup you just created.
Basicly what your doing is after making a new backup is replacing the files in the backup folder with the old files. This has worked a few times for me when I first started making back-ups & never realised that renaming it would be a bad idea.
Hope this helps you get your back-up back!
Hello,
I'm trying to modify a couple of roms to remove some APKs and add anothers, (Supercharged and Lithium) but I keep getting md5 mismatch, even though I modified the MD5 files with the new MD5 values (using md5sums for windows)
Can you tell me what am I doing wrong / how to force CWM Recovery to ignore the MD5 files?
Thanks
The easiest thing to do is to bypass md5sum checks by leaving the md5 file empty.
cogeary said:
The easiest thing to do is to bypass md5sum checks by leaving the md5 file empty.
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It didn't work with an empty file, neither did it without an md5 file
Deivid_ said:
It didn't work with an empty file, neither did it without an md5 file
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I've had problems with if having bad checks even with an empty md5 file. formatting my sdcard fixed it. Just backup your stuff first. hopefully yo don't have 28 GB of music like me
Ok guys, say you are completely locked out of your phone and all you have on your PC are the nandroid backups, but they wont restore because there's an MD5 mismatch from renaming them.
What utility can you use within windows to regenerate the MD5 file so you can then flash it back onto your phone?
So I had the md5 mismatch error and the easiest solution was to use a text editor and delete the contents of the nandroid.md5 file under Clockworkmod/Backup/(NameofBackup).
Well I did that but now when I try to restore I get the md5 mismatch error INSTANTLY, so I'm assuming that just made things worse. How can I fix this?
elite_newb said:
So I had the md5 mismatch error and the easiest solution was to use a text editor and delete the contents of the nandroid.md5 file under Clockworkmod/Backup/(NameofBackup).
Well I did that but now when I try to restore I get the md5 mismatch error INSTANTLY, so I'm assuming that just made things worse. How can I fix this?
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What were you attempting to do when you received the error message? Flashing from CWM recovery?