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Hey guys,
I've broken my Nexus 4, it felt out of my table and the front glass is cracked and the touchscreen unresponsive. However, I can see everything on it and can power the phone normally and such.
The phone is unlocked and rooted, running the stock Android 4.2.1.
I'll send the phone back to the repair center so they can give it a new screen and, obviously, wipe out the phone.
I've already used adb to copy my /sdcard into my computer, but I would like to backup everything that could make the process of using the phone after the repair less painful. I'm unable to run the adb backup utility since I can't unlock the phone as it requests.
I'm right now trying to copy /data into my computer. Is it of any use?
Is there anything else that I can backup before sending the phone out?
Ideally I would like to be able to, after getting the phone back, unlock it, maybe install the Paranoid Android ROM, root it, and then put back applications, settings, pictures, etc etc
Thanks in advance!
igorsantos07 said:
Hey guys,
I've broken my Nexus 4, it felt out of my table and the front glass is cracked and the touchscreen unresponsive. However, I can see everything on it and can power the phone normally and such.
The phone is unlocked and rooted, running the stock Android 4.2.1.
I'll send the phone back to the repair center so they can give it a new screen and, obviously, wipe out the phone.
I've already used adb to copy my /sdcard into my computer, but I would like to backup everything that could make the process of using the phone after the repair less painful. I'm unable to run the adb backup utility since I can't unlock the phone as it requests.
I'm right now trying to copy /data into my computer. Is it of any use?
Is there anything else that I can backup before sending the phone out?
Ideally I would like to be able to, after getting the phone back, unlock it, maybe install the Paranoid Android ROM, root it, and then put back applications, settings, pictures, etc etc
Thanks in advance!
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since the phone itself still works, and the unresponsive screen is the only issue, you might be able to make a nandroid backup (complete backup of everything on phone-apps, settings, etc.)
I assume you probably have a touch based recovery on your phone like twrp or cwm touch. This is obviously an issue.
To counter this you could try using fastboot to flash clockworkmod non touch recovery. This allows you to use the volume rockers and power button to navigate.
To flash the recovery install all the correct drivers, and download the non touch cwm and place it your fastboot directory. Then boot the phone into the bootloader, and use this command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery "name of recovery file.img"
Then from there you can boot into recovery, go to backup and restore, and finally make a nandroid backup. From there you could copy the backup using adb onto your computer. (the backups are stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backups)
Thanks! I'll try that.
I think I tried before but it didn't work because I had little free space, and for some reason I gave up (thinking I was doing something wrong or going to try something else, I tried a lot of things during those days).
And then to restore that backup into the fixed phone I'll flash CWM again and use it's restore function, right?
Would there be any issue to install a custom mod (such as Paranoid Android) and then restoring this backup?
On a sidenote: on my Nexus 4 (without real sdcard) the clockworkmod folder is located at /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod.
igorsantos07 said:
Thanks! I'll try that.
I think I tried before but it didn't work because I had little free space, and for some reason I gave up (thinking I was doing something wrong or going to try something else, I tried a lot of things during those days).
And then to restore that backup into the fixed phone I'll flash CWM again and use it's restore function, right?
Would there be any issue to install a custom mod (such as Paranoid Android) and then restoring this backup?
On a sidenote: on my Nexus 4 (without real sdcard) the clockworkmod folder is located at /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod.
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Yep once you get the phone fixed/replaced, you may need to reflash cwm and copy the backup back onto the phone (if they wiped it)
Then just use the restore option in cwm.
If you install paranoid android, then restore the backup, it will restore to whatever rom you had when you took the backup.
chromium96 said:
If you install paranoid android, then restore the backup, it will restore to whatever rom you had when you took the backup.
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Boo =(
Ok, let me try another idea: I could get the phone back, restore it normally as we said with CWM, and then use TitaniumBackup to backup apps and settings, then save that to my computer, install Paranoid and then use TB to restore the useful stuff back into the new ROM?
I should just take care on not backing up system stuff, right?
igorsantos07 said:
Boo =(
Ok, let me try another idea: I could get the phone back, restore it normally as we said with CWM, and then use TitaniumBackup to backup apps and settings, then save that to my computer, install Paranoid and then use TB to restore the useful stuff back into the new ROM?
I should just take care on not backing up system stuff, right?
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Yep thats probably your best bet. Although I would avoid backing up/restoring system stuff with TB as it causes lots of bugs.
Just use TB to backup apps+app data, and you can restore them after installing PA. There shouldnt be any problems
I was mucking around with Titanium Backup and froze (*not uninstalled) Blinkfeed. Unfortunately, this caused my phone to crash. Now it will not boot. I am able to get it into CWM recovery, but I never made a .zip to recover from and now I just feel stupid. Is there any way to recover this?
Am I able to do a factory reset in order to get the phone working again? (And also, will this remove my root) The data I'm not terribly concerned about. All important pictures have been backed up already and there are no documents that are dire. I just need a working phone.
Thank you for any help you can provide!
I would just put a rom zip onto a microSD and flash that.
Although I wouldn't have thought that freezing BlinkFeed would crash your phone and get it stuck in a bootloop, so what do I know?
Performed a factory reset and that doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
I'm going to look into flashing a rom but that is something I haven't done before and I'm not too comfortable with it.
Do you have any suggestions? I just want to keep the standard stuff (what it was shipped with). I was mainly rooting to get rid of bloatware and have a bit more freedom.
EDIT: Rebooted a second time and the factory reset seems to have taken hold. I'm back at square one but it is far better than nothing.
EDIT2: Not quite back at square one as my backup through Titanium Backup still existed and I was able to utilize that. Lost some contacts, call history, and texts. That's all!
Glad to hear that you were able to fix it. If you ever need a stock Sense rom, I would recommend CleanRom. Watch out though, its really easy to become a flashaholic
i did the same thing : )
Dwight Caffery said:
Glad to hear that you were able to fix it. If you ever need a stock Sense rom, I would recommend CleanRom. Watch out though, its really easy to become a flashaholic
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, but i actually did delete blinkfeed on the m8 verizon using titanium. screen went black. i can get into recovery mode, but no backup made yet because i havent decided on which rom i like best. i did a factory reset with no change after reboot. can i install a rom on my sd then use it to reboot my phone? please help. thanks in advance
S.Hash said:
, but i actually did delete blinkfeed on the m8 verizon using titanium. screen went black. i can get into recovery mode, but no backup made yet because i havent decided on which rom i like best. i did a factory reset with no change after reboot. can i install a rom on my sd then use it to reboot my phone? please help. thanks in advance
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Or run the stock s-on ruu which doesn't wipe.
Hi there! I have a Stock kitkat d80020y, made root with stumproot but without custom recovery, it's running stock right now.
First of all let me tell that I have in my computer nandroid backup of it (TWRP & CWM) made with OnlineNandroid and one LGBackup made with system restore menu.
Here's the trouble:
I am about to sell my phone so i was backing up some stuff yesterday when i realized it was not syncing contacts with google, after researching a bit I deleted the "com.android.providers.settings" folder which it was situated into "data\data" and rebooted device.
Then, sync problems gone but some another problems came up, couldn't get into some settings just as language, swipe down settings didn't work neither, home button didn't work at all, etc; when tried to use that things, phone just did nothing or stayed one second and got back to home screen. Read something that factory reset would definitely solve my issue, well it did solved it at a glance, home button was functional again but, things like language submenus were still not working.
So then, I try to install an LG Backup using the system app, could restore settings and appeared to be solved, but after another factory reset, remember I'm about to sell it, the whole issues came up again.
As I have nandroid backup I've recently checked the clockworkmod folder and find the deleted folder.
Considering that i could manage to get that LGBackup installed again, could it be possible to paste "com.android.providers.settings" back into "\data\data" folder then?
Should that be the definitely fix? Or I'll have to reflash all nandroid even though I don't wanna take that risk because is just those problems, apparently related to that specific deleted folder, the other things of the phone are intact and work great.
In case of need reflashing, could you tell me about any easy tutorial on how to do it, including custom recovery installation for my stumprooted device?
I don't actually know how to ADB any android device, if you could also help me with the right tutorial and drivers for this phone so i have everything ready just in case of needing CMD to fix this device it would be great.
Hope I get some answers soon so i can quickly fix the device, any ideas are welcomed and will be utterly appreciated.
Sorry for the long text but i wanted to be as clear as i could.
Regards!
lautta10 said:
Hi there! I have a Stock kitkat d80020y, made root with stumproot but without custom recovery, it's running stock right now.
First of all let me tell that I have in my computer nandroid backup of it (TWRP & CWM) made with OnlineNandroid and one LGBackup made with system restore menu.
Here's the trouble:
I am about to sell my phone so i was backing up some stuff yesterday when i realized it was not syncing contacts with google, after researching a bit I deleted the "com.android.providers.settings" folder which it was situated into "data\data" and rebooted device.
Then, sync problems gone but some another problems came up, couldn't get into some settings just as language, swipe down settings didn't work neither, home button didn't work at all, etc; when tried to use that things, phone just did nothing or stayed one second and got back to home screen. Read something that factory reset would definitely solve my issue, well it did solved it at a glance, home button was functional again but, things like language submenus were still not working.
So then, I try to install an LG Backup using the system app, could restore settings and appeared to be solved, but after another factory reset, remember I'm about to sell it, the whole issues came up again.
As I have nandroid backup I've recently checked the clockworkmod folder and find the deleted folder.
Considering that i could manage to get that LGBackup installed again, could it be possible to paste "com.android.providers.settings" back into "\data\data" folder then?
Should that be the definitely fix? Or I'll have to reflash all nandroid even though I don't wanna take that risk because is just those problems, apparently related to that specific deleted folder, the other things of the phone are intact and work great.
In case of need reflashing, could you tell me about any easy tutorial on how to do it, including custom recovery installation for my stumprooted device?
I don't actually know how to ADB any android device, if you could also help me with the right tutorial and drivers for this phone so i have everything ready just in case of needing CMD to fix this device it would be great.
Hope I get some answers soon so i can quickly fix the device, any ideas are welcomed and will be utterly appreciated.
Sorry for the long text but i wanted to be as clear as i could.
Regards!
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Finally solved flashing stock again with a guide on htcmania forum, this guide is really great for spanish speaking guys like me and many others,(xda doesn't allow me put the link); theres also an english guide here on xda.
I used autorec to install recovery just in case you wanna know
See you!
hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it
online22naveen said:
hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it
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AFAIK you can't. A rooted phone can't accept the OTA. You would need to Odin the stock firmware, update and then root again.
ggrant3876 said:
AFAIK you can't. A rooted phone can't accept the OTA. You would need to Odin the stock firmware, update and then root again.
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its a long process:crying:
online22naveen said:
hi, i am new to the samsung phones, i rooted my device. is there any way to update the firmware without losing any data and apps ?? currently i am at G955FXXU1AQDG indian rom and a new update G955FXXU1AQE5 is available. i downloaded that rom from sam-mobile. can someone tell me how to do it
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If you want to stick with the rooted stock ROM, my suggestion would be to backup your phone to the Samsung Cloud, then Odin the new ROM, then restore from the Samsung Cloud. You will get most of your stuff back, including screen layouts, widgets and apps.
If you use one of the fine ROMs by one of the XDA developers - they eventually usually come up with new versions that include the lastest bases, and many times, not every time, you can dirty flash it over your existing ROM and not have to restore much if anything. Of course, your experience may be different so make a nanroid backup via TWRP first.
Flame Red said:
If you want to stick with the rooted stock ROM, my suggestion would be to backup your phone to the Samsung Cloud, then Odin the new ROM, then restore from the Samsung Cloud. You will get most of your stuff back, including screen layouts, widgets and apps.
If you use one of the fine ROMs by one of the XDA developers - they eventually usually come up with new versions that include the lastest bases, and many times, not every time, you can dirty flash it over your existing ROM and not have to restore much if anything. Of course, your experience may be different so make a nanroid backup via TWRP first.
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thanks for the help, i will stick to the stock rom and restore apps from titanium would be better i guess.
I updated my rooted S8+ by making a nandroid backup with TWRP first and then flashing the updated ROM (which will totally wipe your device and remove root).
After that I flashed the TWRP recovery again, formatted through TWRP, and then flashed no verity/Magisk etc. I booted into the system normally once just to be on the safe side and check that everything was looking good.
Lastly, I went back to TWRP and used my nandroid backup and the restore function to bring back just the Data partition and my phone was completely restored. All apps, settings, wallpapers, text messages etc etc where restored with 0 issues exactly how I left them.
Keep in mind that the data partition will not back up user data on the internal memory like pictures, videos and some downloads. You'll want to copy the contents of your internal memory to a PC or external memory and then copy them back and merge them with the new folders at the end. :good:
xeathpk said:
I updated my rooted S8+ by making a nandroid backup with TWRP first and then flashing the updated ROM (which will totally wipe your device and remove root).
After that I flashed the TWRP recovery again, formatted through TWRP, and then flashed no verity/Magisk etc. I booted into the system normally once just to be on the safe side and check that everything was looking good.
Lastly, I went back to TWRP and used my nandroid backup and the restore function to bring back just the Data partition and my phone was completely restored. All apps, settings, wallpapers, text messages etc etc where restored with 0 issues exactly how I left them.
Keep in mind that the data partition will not back up user data on the internal memory like pictures, videos and some downloads. You'll want to copy the contents of your internal memory to a PC or external memory and then copy them back and merge them with the new folders at the end. :good:
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thanks for help...i will do the same.
Hello, I have been struggling with an issue in my moto e5. I unlocked bootloader & installed custom roms. Then I thought I should go back to the stock rom & I did so. But after booting up, mobile data doesn’t work (No service). Auto rotation doesn’t work. Also it can't detect when I pick up my phone. But in custom roms, there is no issue like this! I flashed stock rom using rescue and smart assistant tool. I also did flash using fastboot commands batch file. But the issue persists.
Next I found that imei is lost in stock rom. So I installed custom rom, backed up "efs" from twrp, installed stock rom & restored the efs. I got my imei numbers back! But no service and auto rotation issue is still there along with other disabled sensors.
What else should I backup and restore? Or what should be my next steps?
One always backs up the whole Stock Andoid before flashing anything. Only blue-eyed people do not.
jwoegerbauer said:
One always backs up the whole Stock Andoid before flashing anything. Only blue-eyed people do not.
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Yeah,, my bad..