Hey guys,
I have a little problem I can't find a solution to by searching.
I have a GS3 i9300 rooted with CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.
When rooting, a version of CWM was installed (5.something).
Later, when installing af custom rom, I followed instructions and updated to a newer CWM (6.0.1.2):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719744
Later, I was thinking about restoring my original system backup, which I had made with the older CWM version right after rooting.
The new CWM can't restore my older backup. It can't recognize the file, not even when I copy it manually to the new CWM folder.
How can I solve this problem?
Do I need to install an older CWM again?
If yes, then one more question: As I said, my original CWM was installed when rooting. Can someone give me a download just for the CWM tar file included in the mentioned CF-Root?
Thanks a lot in advanced,
Agoston
Replace with older CWM root .
From Original Development section .
jje
still not recognizing + weird directory tree
After trying out three custom ROMs and after updating CWM, my system directory is rather weird. Besides the usual system folders, there is a "0" folder, that contains another set of system folders, and another "0" folder, containing the same. Also, my free internal storage as good as disappeared, from 8 GB to 1 GB. So, it looks like I have several systems on each other?!
How can I reduce this weird directory tree to just one? Do I need to wipe the SD-card?!
And by the way, I rooted the device again through Odin, and the old CWM is now installed again. Still though, it can't recognize the old backup.
As you probably imagine, I am hesitating to format SD-card, especially if CWM can't restore my factory ROM.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
szaboagoston said:
Still though, it can't recognize the old backup.
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I copied the backup directory manually to the "most superficial" CWM folder, and now trying system restore. I'ts not easy with four (!) different CWM directories.
Unfortunately I got an "error restoring data" message, and the phone is stuck in Samsung logo when booting.
Also, when trying to do a factory reset, I get the message: "error mounting /sd-card/.android_secure!"
Could this be because there is not enough space or something?!
If someone could help me with how to proceed, I would appreciate it!
Thanks.
Okay, the issue is solved. I admit, I might have been a little inpatient. Despite the "error restoring data" message, the stock factory system booted after a few tries - I might not have waited long enough. It seems that these "Folder 0"s were all just security copies of the old systems, and of course consumed a lot of hard disc space, so I just deleted them. Haven't met any negative consequences so far. I just got scared because of the error message and the too long boot time. Also this phenomenon with "Folder 0"s is not something I met before on other devices.
Hi guys,
I just installed the Cyanogenmod 11 (Kit Kat) in my YP-G1 (US) and now the home button doesn't work. I have read that this problem could be solved with a "wipe data". Is that true?
The installation was made from the stock rom (rooted), then TerraSilent, then the preflash and finally the cm-11.zip (and obviously the gapps).
Thank you so much!
SourCinnamon said:
Hi guys,
I just installed the Cyanogenmod 11 (Kit Kat) in my YP-G1 (US) and now the home button doesn't work. I have read that this problem could be solved with a "wipe data". Is that true?
The installation was made from the stock rom (rooted), then TerraSilent, then the preflash and finally the cm-11.zip (and obviously the gapps).
Thank you so much!
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you are most likely missing parts of your efs. as the install instructions said, make sure you have a backup so you can restore it. just put the needed files in your efs folder and you should be set
goldflame09 said:
you are most likely missing parts of your efs. as the install instructions said, make sure you have a backup so you can restore it. just put the needed files in your efs folder and you should be set
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I did not have this issue on CM 10.2, so flashing to CM 11 caused my EFS to disappear? At the moment, I am back at stock and trying to restore my EFS with zaclimon's dummy EFS, but I don't seem to be making too much progress, as I still am missing my lockscreen and power options.
kusanou said:
I did not have this issue on CM 10.2, so flashing to CM 11 caused my EFS to disappear? At the moment, I am back at stock and trying to restore my EFS with zaclimon's dummy EFS, but I don't seem to be making too much progress, as I still am missing my lockscreen and power options.
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I doubt that your efs got erased with the flash of cm11, have you checked it to see if everything was in order? If so are you able to restore your efs from the backup made into /sdcard/backup/efs?
zaclimon said:
I doubt that your efs got erased with the flash of cm11, have you checked it to see if everything was in order? If so are you able to restore your efs from the backup made into /sdcard/backup/efs?
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I actually was unable to find any backups by the time I was able to access data again. Admittedly, I had wiped data in order to get everything up and running onto kit Kat, and even after that, I was not able to find a backup, which led me to resort to the dummy efs.
Wiping system after replacing the EFS with the dummy, and flashing factoryfs worked wonders. I am now back up and running, home button works fine, however, i still cannot seem to charge my device on CM10.2, something that I forgot to check while I was on CM11, so I will check that out now.
^ Same problem, can you help me with replacing using the dummy EFS? I'm assuming you follow Zaclimon's recovery method (using Heimdall because mine is US) but I don't know how to incorporate the EFS dummy file in there. I've reformatted to stock before but can't figure out what to do with the EFS.
I have no EFS backup though I did notice there were a couple files in a folder called system/firmware/efs
Although I fixed the EFS issue, my battery doesn't seem to want to charge. When it is plugged in, the battery indicator in the status bar shows charging, but battery stats in settings says it is not charging.
For the dummy EFS, just edit the files that Zaclimon says to edit in his post. Check your MAC address in phone information in settings, and copy that into your bt.txt. The buyer_code.dat can be opened up in wordpad, and I changed it to XAA. Lastly, serial.info should be your serial number, which you can find in the battery compartment on a sticker. After all of that is done, copy everything in the dummy efs to your efs folder on your device, wipe system, and reboot. That's all I have done to get it working. Once everything is working just fine, save that edited dummy efs somewhere, in my case, I have it saved in a Google drive folder, as the reason why I lost my EFS in the first place was because my computer was wiped along with all of my backups.
I've gotten and changed the three files but now can't find how to paste the EFS folder over the one in the system. I can't do it with file manager and permission is denied when I try doing it in ES File Explorer (even though it's granted root acces).
Also, there are two EFS folders on the system, on in /efs and one which is /sys/firmware/efs.....not sure which one to copy over.
Sportfreunde said:
I've gotten and changed the three files but now can't find how to paste the EFS folder over the one in the system. I can't do it with file manager and permission is denied when I try doing it in ES File Explorer (even though it's granted root acces).
Also, there are two EFS folders on the system, on in /efs and one which is /sys/firmware/efs.....not sure which one to copy over.
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Do you have supersu installed from the play store? I had a similar issue once before, just install super su and then reinstall es file explorer, then grant access through super su. Also, just copy over to /efs, make sure you transfer everything from the dummy efs, including the modified files.
I have re-rooted by re-flashing CM11 but the problem I'm having now is that ES File explorer says no space available on /device when I try and copy/paste the EFS folder there over the old one. The other file managers like Astro don't seem to work either when doing it.
Question...after you copy/paste the backup folder in /system, do you close and then format /system or wipe data/factory reset?
Ok, this is a very strange device. After copying/pasting another backup up efs withotu doing any factory or system reset stuff and just restarting....home button is working.
What I'm curious about is why some people can install CM11 without this issue and others have to restore the efs....there must be a way to install CM11 without having to worry about efs problems.
Home Button Not Working.
May I get instructions on how to fix the home button issue on the cm11? I am on Carbon. :laugh:
Found a partial fix
Home button fix (without messing with /efs) worked for my wifes phone.
Still, quick settings doesn't work (can't switch to panel by pressing button from drawer)
Tested, incoming calls/texts work fine.
Run terminal
su
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
“update global set value=1 where name=’device_provisioned’;”
Reboot your tablet/phone
You might want to "select * from global where name=’device_provisioned’;" before the update query, to be certain what you're changing from in case you need to change it back.
Hello,
I have a curios problem with my Smasung Galaxy S2 9100 ( German Model without Branding and 4.1.2 Stock ROM!) 2 days ago I had to charge the battery... As this was finished I plugged the cable off and switched the phone off. Next morning I tried to start the phone but it hangs up on boot. The flashing Samsung Logo stay on screen and the phone becomes hot.
So after 2 days of playing around with factory reset, adb shell and clockworkmod ( Installed after the crash (jeboo_kernel_i9100_v1-2a) ) I find out that the problem must be a App or similar. When I wipe the /data Folder with CWM Menu the Phone start up normal and comes with the Welcome Assistent. But then all my personal data is lost -> Not good
( I have made a nandroid backup with cwm so I can restore the defective state again and again)
So now my question : How can I find out what is the root cause ? I need a bootlog or dmesg logfile to find which component hang up the system on boot. I want to find out why it happend and how I can prevent it next time.
How can I debug this issue ?
Thanks and Greetings for your help.
Carsten
You are right there is a problem with app or system data
one of those partitions in your backup are fail.
I suggest you to find out witch partition is it may be it is
system partition so you can save your apps and settings
I dont know about Joboo Kernel but Siyah kernel got
something like Advanced Restore. So you will be able
to restore just system partition or just data or whatever.
Or there is a different method to recover your files from
/data partition. Plug your phone to PC navigate to your
sdcard there is folder with your beckup find data.tar
or zip or whatever compression is that. Unpack all files
it will take a long time. And then you will see all folders
what you normally have in your data. Copy what you need
hey there,
i used towelroot to root my nexus 5 along with su, busybox and bootunlocker from playstore. i used flashify to flash cwm.
(i know i should have used fasstboot to do all this. an i would have, if it didnt wipe my userdata)
after that i created a nandroid using cwm recovery. but it doesnt show in my filesystem (nothing in sdcard/clockworkmod) (neither in root explorer nor on my pc when i usb-connect my phone). but i can restore or delete it in cwm, there i see it.
do you guys have any explanation for this?
an one second question: every time when i enter cwm and want to boot the system again it says, root had been compromised. and lets me fix it. but doesnt seem to make any problems. is this normal?
tyvm!!
kws
i found it myself: root/data/media/clockworkmod/backup
any idea why?
any way to change this location?
tyvm!
kws
Hello there im new to the android scene, i have rooted my lg g5 and have twrp on my phone. However i stumbled across a problem with the recovery
while on twrp.
I did a wipe before trying to restore my previous backup from micro sd (format ex2). when the phone boots i get a white screen saying (encryping on the top) and (reset phone button in the middle of the screen).
Cant seem to get out of it, would appreciate it if someone can help me?
Also a Popup screen shows : "Warning! Current version is not available for user. cant find matched cust for Nt-code mcc/mnc[FFFFFF],subset[11]"
s2929 said:
Hello there im new to the android scene, i have rooted my lg g5 and have twrp on my phone. However i stumbled across a problem with the recovery
while on twrp.
I did a wipe before trying to restore my previous backup from micro sd (format ex2). when the phone boots i get a white screen saying (encryping on the top) and (reset phone button in the middle of the screen).
Cant seem to get out of it, would appreciate it if someone can help me?
Also a Popup screen shows : "Warning! Current version is not available for user. cant find matched cust for Nt-code mcc/mnc[FFFFFF],subset[11]"
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1. flash SuperSU package http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable with TWRP to get out of encrypt issue
2. after rooted and booted, navigate to root/cust and delete all files and folders from that folder so you won't get that popup at startup
dont work
still no fix man, i navigated to root from twrp, there wasnt any "cust" folder or file, so i deleted root instead thinking it will delete those folders you suggested, since it was hidden.
s2929 said:
still no fix man, i navigated to root from twrp, there wasnt any "cust" folder or file, so i deleted root instead thinking it will delete those folders you suggested, since it was hidden.
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I wonder how could have you deleted root since that is a system folder
you might be in some issues deleting it
anyway, I recommend flashing back V10d with LGUP and try to install TWRP and what you need after
I had the same issue, wiping data, cache & dalvik in twrp fixed it for me.