yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Meh. Better safe than sorry. I always wipe /system.

I trust twrp, but not roms. Maybe i just like to play it safe :)

IMHO it would be cool for there to be a single command in twrp for a wipe of /system, cache and dalvik.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abhishek93:
no need to do factory reset.. factory reset will wipe ur data too.. just format the system ( dnt forget to mount it :D) and flash the zip file.. than wipe dalvik cache and thn reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AbhishekS:
I had to do a factory reset as I was switching custom ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kurre:
Yes, factory reset or at least formatting /system is recommended when switching from rom to another. This way many odd things can be prevented.

Sent from my slimbeaned GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
wrong.. you need to do a factory reset when switching roms unless you want to get unnecessary issues.. i always do a factory reset before flashing a rom, even if its a update..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zzz73:
sorry if this has been covered in this thread, i'm not able to find an answer in the Sprint TWRP thread. has anyone else got USB OTG to work? i have tried 3 different cables and several different thumb drives and it will not mount the storage to see the files on the thumb drive. recovery log says "unable to mount USB OTG" i've also tried this on a couple different kernels. i am on the latest version of TWRP as supplied by GooManager. TIA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
its a hit or miss... works for some and doesnt for others
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zzz73:
thanks for the quick reply. i guess i can count myself as one of the others... wasnt the answer i was hoping for, but i can stop banging my head against the wall trying to get it to work now.. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
yeah i am also one of the others lol... couldnt get it to work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Langduscher:
Well tried updating AOKP (4.2. to 4.2.1) but got an error... Now I can't even find these zips anymore...

Then trying to restore a Nandroid, but keep getting "no os"

Went into file manager, copied the /twrp/backups...etc folder from /data/media/0 to /data/media/... still gives me "no os" when trying to restore...

Tried to reboot recovery.. "no os"

What's going on here?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Langduscher:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Langduscher:
Okay. This is the 2nd time on this board that I'll have to admit -although on someone else's behalf- that I AM AN IDIOT :good:

Part of my email to one other (less experienced) users: Full wipe: wipe chache, wipe dalvik, wipe data/ factory reset, wipe system (rom)

How should I have known he'd wiped his sd cards + data partition as well... :rolleyes:

After adb pulling /sdcard (or /sdcard/0) I knew enough - and after asking, he admitted to have done "all the wipes available" in the menu... including sd card :eek:

fastboot factory images and recovery we had 4.2.1 aokp running as it should be soon enough :cyclops:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
Next time, tell him just wipe data/factory reset only and he should also know what wipes what before starting this business of flashing rom/kernel/etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dees_Troy:
Updated!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dratif:
Just a couple of questions since I've never used twrp...

1)is this recovery for every galaxy nexus?maguro,toro etc?(I have maguro)

2) is it safe like cwm?I mean I've flashed thousand of roms and mods using cwm having no problem(someone told me that m gonna love twrp and cwm is crap)

And a request that it would be really nice if recoveries work as file manager..I mean moving files here and there and deleting other coz my solid explorer sucks sometimes and a lot of space is occupied by some data I can never find...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abhishek93:
Cant answer your 1st question but i think it is fr every GNEX.. yes it is safe like CWM.. Fr me its better than CWM yes that someone is correct you are gonna love it.. Nd yup it works as a file manager... Install it and see the difference ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eng.stk:
As usual, here's the flashable zip.

Enjoy, hit thanks xD
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Looks like a minor update. What is the blkid flag?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Thanks! Best recovery ever!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dees_Troy:
Yeah, it is a minor update especially for the Nexus devices. It was too close to Thanksgiving in the USA and the birth of my son for me to roll out 2.3.2.x updates for all devices and so I'm just now getting around to pushing out the changes needed for Android 4.2 to other non-Nexus devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dratif:
Now that I've flashed twrp,I have come to know that what I've been ki missing :) a great recovery and I'll never go back to my previous one..thank u all for the guidance nd help.an thumbs up team win :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dratif:
Sorry for bothering u guys again.I just flashed xylon 19-12-12 update and what I followed was wiping system,cache and delvik.the system rebooted and I was exactly with everything that I had before wiping.nothing got deleted.didnt have to run ssetup wizard.

Is this the standard procedure of flashing new rom in twrp?coz I don't have any problem restoring data if I have to.

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And wiping data would do what?erase my photos and all the files?

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Did some search on xda..found all answers :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haxor:
Best recovery :thumbup: friendly to use as well :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Cool. CGS on your son.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sk8oldschool74:
How can i update to this recovery and get rid of my nest of 0/0/0 /0/0 problem???? Help please...:(:(:(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gparmar76:
If you already have them, they won't go away...with the latest twrp or cwm, you just won't get more 0 folders...if you flash to a 4.1.2 ROM, you can delete them through any file manager and then flash back to 4.2.1 without worrying anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
use the guide thats in my sig
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sk8oldschool74:
Would you be so kind as to post a link thank you... And what about twrp2.3.3.1???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peikojose:
Can someone explainme the all the wipes?

I was using stock ROM and tried to install CyanogenMOD 10.1, so I wiped system, wiped cache and dalviks cache. Installed from zip cyaogenmod and gapps, cleared dalviks cache again and rebooted..

And it doesn't boot, it's stuck at CyanogenMod boot screen... What did I do wrong?

I tried with another ROM (Purity) with the same procedure, and it was stuck at the boot screen too... So, it's not CyanogenMod...

Right know I'm restoring my last nandroid backup...

Heeelp!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999214
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
lol the link is posted in my sig but..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999214

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do a factory reset > wipe system > wipe cache > wipe dalvik

flash rom > flash gapps > reboot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peikojose:
Let me try that way... I used my nandroid backup and at least now I know it works fine lol...

I don't wanna lose pictures and music, is it ok to "factory reset"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
doing a factory reset doesnt wipe data/media so your sdcard will not be wiped...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Taptalk and XDA apps on the phone do not show signatures.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
Tap on a post >> More >> Open in browser
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
You are only the second person I have seen who knows how to do that. So there are three of us out of how many xda readers???? :D

I know, I know. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Why would we be on a forum app if we actually wanted to use the browser?

In other news, no issues present in this latest build of twrp. Hats off to team win and deestroy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peikojose:
Hi,

What should I do if I want to delete my backups and save them in the PC? Do I have to copy the folder? Nothing else?

And if I want use the backup do I just paste it on my phone?

Let me know please, because two backups are around 5 gb.

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dpgetz:
Just tried this recovery a few weeks ago, and I really love it! Intuitiv, fully featured and great to use for your everyday rooting needs :)

Sendt from my Gnex - Xylon v12 with Franco v355 on XDA premium.

Free mirrors for devs at droid.dpg.no - pm me for more information.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peikojose:
Anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Savant:
Yes you can do that and just make sure it goes back in the appropriate folder. Apologize about the delayed response.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrsmiles:
i want to restore a backup i made with trwp, but for some reason it shows nothing.

use internal storage is selected but no files or folders show up in the list, i know the backup is on the phone.

i can go in the file manager and browse just fine i can also go to install and lets me browse just fine.

any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sendhiloo7:
I am had issue. I believe you have backup in JB 4.1.x version right ?

If yes browse the internal memory and create a folder "0" and move/copy the twrp from /sdcard to /sdcard/0.

It should work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrsmiles:
that didn't do anything but i managed to fix my problem, i was able to get the backup recognized and was able to do the restore so currently back up and running.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
post what you did to fix it.. might help others with the same issue
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrsmiles:
Whenever i tried to put the TWRP backup in the folder located in sdcard, after booting into recovery it would not be seen also tried in /data/media/twrp that also failed to get it recognized.

i finally did a wipe of everything including internal memory and just did a quick backup of the recovery and w/e was left.

located the folder in which it was saved in and moved over my back to that folder, rebooted into recovery and went to restore both folders were there.

i think the main reason it wasn't working was because i was trying to copy the entire TWRP backup folder instead of just copying the folder where the backup files are, the folder usually being named by date of the backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luculuc:
Guys maybe a silly question : I have a 16gb galaxy nexus, I have 700mo free, and when I want to back up twrp says I have 2500mo or so of data...

So my question, how can I possibly back up my phone without having to delete data and apps? Thanks if you have suggestion! That d be helpful to make clean flash of custom roms

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dees_Troy:
Use USB OTG or free up some space.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
Try using compression option when making backups if OTG isn't an option for you. But I think you still need more free space to backup successfully.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luculuc:
Thanks, but how do you use usb otg once in recovery? It does automatically recognize the usb device? I ll give it a shot!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
I never got it to work, but the instruction is to connect the thumb drive and OTG cable first then enter recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyTurboII:
I just boot into recovery with it already plugged in, then choose external storage in whatever menu youre using.

I know the phone can be extremely picky when it comes to the USB OTG dongles....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
TWRP is also quite picky with the USB flash drive you have. For me the OTG cable and USB flash drive worked in Android, but not in TWRP. People have mentioned that not every USB flash drive works in TWRP, so its all a hit or miss thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sergini:
Maybe this has already been answered...

I'm trying twrp for the first time and I made a backup, where do I find the files with root explorer?

twrp folder only has .twrps and .version files.

Basically, I have a 1gb backup somewhere and I can't even restore it... I just wanna know where to find it and delete
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luculuc:
Well it seemed to work until the very last step md5sum which apparently failed. Does it make the backup unusable?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jebise101:
Just went threw some hell trying to restore a backup of 4.2 and not bring able to locate it. The restore path is located in /data/media/0/twrp/backups. TWRP 2.3.3.0 saved the backup in /data/media/twrp/backups which is why it was unable to locate it.

So for anyone wanting to restore a backup make sure twrp is backing up to the twrp folder inside the "0" folder and the actual nandroid folder MUST go in the "backups" folder.

i.e. /data/media/0/twrp/backups/12-31-blah-blah

EDIT:

It seems the first backup I did was saved to the wrong location for whatever reason, coz now its saving the nandroid to the correct location within the the 0 folder.

EDIT2:

After doing a format data in the wipe options of TWRP, now backups are storing again to /data/media/twrp/backups but this time around they show up in restore.

Running full stock and just flashed twrp for rooting, it seems if the internal card is formatted with stock recovery it messes up the restore paths and if you do a Format data in TWRP it changes the location again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thunderownz:
im using right now in CWM for 4.1 i want move to TWRP for 4.2 how can i do that?

10x for the help!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davall:
There's a cwm flashable zip for TWRP in the development forum. Install it. That's it.

You can find the details in op.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thunderownz:
just right now i download the zip that someone post here, i get into the recovery and install that? dont need to delete the CWM or something else?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bl4ck3urn:
Don't need to delete CWM before flashing TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djinob:
HELP!!!

I had cynagenmod 10 on my GSM Galaxy Nexus with CWM. I installed GooManager and flashed TWRP. From within GooManager, I downloaded the latest AOKP Rom (jb 4.2.1 build). I got GooManager to create a backup, wipe data and flash the AOKP Rom.

It rebooted and successfully did all the above in one sweep.

I am having some problems with Titanium backup batch restore freezing. And at this point, I just want to go back to my Cynagenmod setup for now.

So I reboot back into recovery and it loads TWRP. I click the restore button, but nothing is displayed under "SELECT PACKAGE TO RESTORE"

:( :( :( Where is the nandroid that TWRP created? HELP!!!!!

djino
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
CRITICAL BUG! After typing *#*#wipecache#*#* my phone is completely dead. It is stuck on the team win boot logo and can't be booted even from bootloader in any mode. How to bring it back to life?

PS. Confirmed by another user on 2.3.2.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kurre:
Well, I assume from your post that your are able to boot to the fastboot (or would be very strange if you couldn't). So, you could just flash recovery, boot, rom back to phone.. Just use "fastboot flash" command like "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img". But it seems weird that wiping cache could do that :confused:

Sent from my slimbeaned GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Yes, I was able to boot only after I flashed CWM via fastboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
The option to select the backup filename would be nice! Its really hard to know what backup is for what rom if i only see the date in the backupfilename.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
I just changed the names yesterday (added abbreviations) in the twrp folder through root explorer and it works fine?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
Yeah that works, but you cant restore the changed folders with twrp.

You have to rename it to the original name and then you can restore it. But thats too much work everytime ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
No, that's what I mean, I restored a renamed one. That's how I renamed it: 2012-05-17aokp--12-37-53

Maybe that makes a difference, how it's renamed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
Why don't you guys just use Goomanager to create backups? It let's you choose the name.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
My backup is called 01498F8E13019005 if i write rascream to the end of the file TWRP dont recognize the file anymore and i cant select it. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
Try putting it right after the date, like mine? Maybe at the end it messes up the file abbreviation or something.

Edit: just saw it now. Try clicking on that folder you mentioned above.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dropback:
Have u already tried to restore a renamed backup?

I renamed mine yesterday, similar to yours. But restore failed, i was only able to restore system, no data.

Recovery just stopped without errors and returned to main menu.

I then booted into android, installed a file manager and renamed the backup as it was before.

Then rebooted into revovery again and then i was able to restore the complete backup (including data).

Weird...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
3 or 4 times since lichti mentioned it. :)

You're renaming the back up folders inside that first one you see after you click on backups, right..?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dropback:
I renamed it similar to yours.

You: 2012-05-17aokp--12-37-53

Mine: 2012-05-17-aokp-12-37-53
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
No, you don't have to rename it as I did. :)

I think you're renaming the wrong folder.. Go to:

sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/166458DH595 (or whatever it's called on your side).

In there you see your backups, those you can rename.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dropback:
That was what i did;)

Maybe i just had bad luck yesterday...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elheini:
Bootloop

Hi Guys,

after installation the TWRP I have bootloops. My Nexus boots into system and after PIN-Code input the system reboots.

What´s wrong and how to solve this?

TWRP 2.1.2

Stock Rom 4.0.4

Rooted

Unlocked

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shockem:
Wipe all your data (factory reset) and dalvik. Might work after that. Take note you'll lose apps and settings and some data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stewartk:
Just installed this . It looks great. Which button do u press when your installing a new rom . Is it wipe system or factory settings. Hope u understand me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stewartk:
Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dsmforlife92:
Any more development going on for this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Looking forward to any updates to TWRP. Loving this recovery so far. Great job goes out to the development team. :thumbup::cool:

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dsmforlife92:
Are you having any issues with this recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djinob:
Anyone?? :( :( :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Backups must be in /sdcard/TWRP. Find a folder called TWRP on your phone and move it to /sdcard (or /storage/emulated/0).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djinob:
I see several folders called TWRP.

1) /sdcard/TWRP

2) /storage/emulated/0//TWRP

3) /storage/legacy/TWRP

4) /sdcard0/TWRP

In each of the above folders, I only see the following files:

.twrps (this is 1.1KB)

.version (this is 7 bytes)

:(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Are you sure these files were present? Sometimes TWRP refuses to create backups.

PS. Try to search *.win on your phone with Total Commander.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djinob:
No, I am not sure the files are present. All am I sure of is seeing TWRP complete the backup successfully before wiping data and installing AOKP (I had GooManager create the script to tell it to do all that at once). Where the backup files were saved too, I have no clue since I have never seen them.

I just installed Total Commander. Went into "File System Root". Performed a search for *.win and 0 files were found :( :( :(

Does this mean the nandroid was never created or was created then deleted for some reason??

djino

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FOUND IT!. The backup was saved in /data/media/twrp.

I think TWRP Recovery RESTORE section is pointed too /data/media/0/twrp. So I am copying my backup from /data/media/twrp OVER TO /data/media/0/twrp

djino
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Don't copy it, just move, it's much faster.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djinob:
I wanted to make a copy just in case. Copying finished And NOW IT SHOWS UNDER RESTORE!! Success.

Back to Cynagenmod 10 I go. Thanks for your help though! :)

djino
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
I like TWRP much more then cwmr but i miss the wipe battery stats.

Never used it until now but i got a new battery and android is saying <5% and TWRP like 60% something is wrong there.

Which number is right now? Will a wipe battery stats fix this?

regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kurre:
Just charge it full (leave phone to charger for 4-5h). Stats are automatically reset when charge level goes beyond certain level (90% iirc). Wiping those manually is just useless feature and battery calibrating is just a myth (but this wasn't the case here :) )

Sent from my slimbeaned GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
Thought it could help because i already charged it to full health!

The battery arrived last saturday.

Factory lvl --> 100% --> discharge to about 10% and again --> 100% --> (Sunday) --> 60% --> till monday morning 100%.

Battery life, screen on time was good for zero/one charging cycles.

At Monday the first strange thing happend. Over the day the discharge was ok at 20% the battery dropt within 30min <5%. Ok got it on charger the rest of the day.

Today it was on 27% 5min later 22% --> screen flashing and phone turned off. No change got it back on not even fastboot for a second.

I arrived at home pluged it in and rebooted. Android said 0%. At 5% i went into twr. 58% according to twr oO. Backup --> reboot and also android was on 58%.

No idea what i can believe.

regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andQlimax:
battery stats does not contain the % level of ur battery

its only contains the stats of how much an app has used ur phone, the stats that u see in settings->battery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
ok.... then i understood that wrong the whole time.... nc on that ;)

But any thoughts about the diffrence between TWRP and Android.

Android turned off at 20%. Reboot 0%. Backup and Reboot TWR 58% and android 58%.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Your battery controller chip is not compatible with your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
same original battery for the Galaxy Nexus as it was before.

will stick it on the charger till 05:00 tomorrow and will have a look on this again.

kind regards and thanks for your fast respond!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Charge to 100%, fullwipe and reflash your ROM. Then discharge until phone turns off and charge too 100% again. If the problem persists, replace the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
sry for the stupid question.

full wipe = factory reset

Wipe System is the complete rom? So after reboot i will stuck on google logo?

regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Full wipe is wipe data and system. But it looks like a bad controller chip. Discharge the battery until the phone turns off and check its voltage. It must be 3.5..3.55 V.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tankshell:
Im unable to Mount my sd through twrp
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
It tries to mount /usb-otg instead of /data/media...

PS. The similar issue in Nexus 4 is a limitation of Android 4.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Miniqpa:
Just did a wipe --> Factory Reset and installed rom (Paranoid). Charged it to 100% until 05:00 o'clock when i woke up.

Now it is 16:18. Screen on time was 1h 30min. Battery said 32% left. For like one second it turned off. Charger--> 0%.....

I really have no idea why either the android system get the battery status % wrong or the battery it self is broken....

regards
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] siealex:
Discharge the battery almost until it turns off, dial *#*#4636#*#*, select battery info and make a screenshot.