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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Hydromea:
Hi, just have a quick question that's been bugging me for a while now. If I have made a full backup using TWRP and I want to restore it, should I:

Fully wipe system and caches and then restore; or just restore right over my current ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] oddfuturejoey:
****, good question
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Restore takes care of wiping for you.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] lt54stud:
Piggybacking off the OP, sometimes when I try to restore my TWRP backup it fails, and then the only way I've found to get it working again is to do a boot loader factory reset, and then essentially start from scratch or load an older working backup. No problem, just a minor annoyance. Is there something I'm doing wrong or any advice someone can give me?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] danny39:
I always wipe everything before a restore, just in case

Better safe than sorry
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Androidaholic:
Restoring a back up !

When restoring a back up from any recovery wipe everything just as if you were installing a new rom. Factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, system just to be safe. Factory reset wipes data and all cache but not system and if you do a factory reset and then try to wipe I think dalvik again you get an error but no harm done it just will not do it again. I usually do them all and then do the superwipe zip and that willl give you a good piece of mind that it is properly wiped. Also, I have noticed that using the external sd card seems to work best for installing roms or backing up and restoring back ups or anything else like mods or themes. Here is the superwipe zip in case anyone needs it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NoobDude:
I've done both, but I like not having reinstall all my apps, and reset all my ringtone, and that goes with a full wipe. so when ever i can i flash over. Just make sure your slashing the same rom over the old one.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] XNine:
You shouldn't worry about losing ANYTHING on a backup when you do a factory reset, because the backup houses all of the data and settings anyway.

All you do is Factory Reset, Nandroid>Restore, and your old backup will flash everything the way it was when you did a backup in the first place. Factory Reset is always wise, especially when you're fiddling with different ROM's based on different kernels or systems (AOSP/Sense).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NoobDude:
Ahh, this is true I recant my statement. I was mistakenly thinking about flashing a new ROM over an older version, not a buck-up. I feel stupid. :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
when restoring a nandroid if you've got the new HBoot I think you have to restore boot.img separately via fastboot. Is that right?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] XNine:
Nope. I just flashed a bunch of roms yesterday and did restores with no issue. I think if your using the stock rooted 2.2 you are correct, but any other rom a restore works fine.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ruffdogtechy:
Not Restoring = Bad Idea

I have made the mistake of not wiping everything (excluding sd card) when changing ROMs or when restoring from a backup. This may be a little different because it was when I was switching to a new ROM on my brother's phone, but I tried to take the lazy way out and not restore everything. I really didn't feel like redownloading everything. I soon learned that this was a mistake, and his "phone" app suddenly disappeared. He was also unable to send or receive texts. This soon made the process even longer than I wished it to be because I needed to go back and restore everything again and get it back to normal.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] noddy6123:
Error While Restoring using twrp

I took a back up of everything using TWRP and then when i tried to restored its giving me error while restoring system E:Unable to extract tar archive . Please help
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Are you trying to restore a backup from a different version of TWRP? For example, currently running 2.7.0.8 but backup was originally made using 2.3.3.1?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] debmikeshan:
error on backup restore twrp

hi i have a nexus 4 running 6.0.1 reserection remix, however when i do a backup on twrp then transfer

it to my pc its fine, but when i restore it it not going as a zip and its giving me this error, could not find meta-inf/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file. error installing zip file/sdcard/twrp/backups/01c237769c62991c.zip please help, thanks

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Pottertons:
WOW! After a good 3/4 days of frustration, thinking I had ruined my device, I finally got my TWRP backup to restore.

It's my first time using this software and the restoration process is truly amazing. I mean, my test messages were still there, even my browser history and last page loaded up in chrome were still there. I'm blown away.

The strange thing is that It didn't work when all 3 partitions were selected. When I tried it this way (as per the many step by step instructions that I read) my phone would load up a black screen with just the notification bar visible. I'd see my voicemail, sms, wifi and battery icons at the top, but absolutely nothing else except for a myriad of pop ups that read 'Unfortunately [app name] has stopped working'.

So I bit the bullet and did some trial and error with the partitions.

Turns out that when I only selected 2 of the 3 (I believe they were 'Boot', 'Data' and deselected 'System') everything loaded up just as it was before the backup, except there were only the stock apps available and no google services at all. .....Very odd.

So I did the boot to recovery method before turning the phone off (vol. up - Home - Power) which restarted the phone and strangely brought back EVERYTHING as mentioned at the start of this post.

You can probably understand my confusion here and while I'm VERY happy that it all worked out, I don't understand why it worked with only 2 of the partitions but not with the recommended 3 of them?

Can anyone shed any light on this?

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Hmmm. I'm definitely no pro at this stuff, in fact i'm very new when it comes to using TWRP, but this is what happened with me.

First of all, the backup that I did was simply a folder of files, not zip.

Transferred that do my PC, wiped my phone with TWRP and replaced the backup folder back into the TWRP/Backup folder. However, after reading up on how to restore on about 10 different android sites/forums, only 1 post shared the most vital piece of information.

You folder has to be in the 'serial' number folder that's located in the 'Backup' folder for TWRP.

When I put my backup folder just into the TWRP/Backup folder, the Restore section would only see the folder itself but the partitions were not available/listed for selection.

Once I placed my Backup folder into the TWRP/Backup/e1oog75 (that alphanumeric name is just a random example made for visual clarity) folder, my partitions were visible and available for selection right away.

Hopefully this helps somewhat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] apostlewon:
Hi guys,

I'm using Samsung galaxy 2 skyrocket (originally from att) with a different carrier.

I want to use the internet with t-mobile radio but right now, it's getting only edge speed internet (with the carrier I got 'simple mobile'.) - sooo slow!

I searched and found out that I can flash the radio with blaze 4g lb 7 radio file, so I downloaded and got it as zip file.

The problem is it's not compatible with odin.

I need to find .tar file to run it with odin because I don't want to root the phone.

Because the person said that I can just flash radio with the file through odin.

So my questions are

1. Is it possible to do this way?

2. If so, can you send me .tar file for this? (or tell me how to make one, or how to convert the .zip file to .tar file)

3. Can you tell me how to flash radio with this method more specifically?

Thanks so much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mhstoller:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1507825 this thread has radio downloads compatible with tmobile, you will need to root and install the zip file you want in rom manager. Here you can find arguably the most user friendly way to root your phone http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677092
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
Flash a custom recovery, ANY recovery. The easiest way that comes to mind is go to the all in one root thread and only do the first part. Use Odin and flash the cwm 5.0.2.6 recovery. Then simply download the blaze radio to ur sim card and flash it from there. Please note that blaze requires ics, it won't work on stock gb, or gb period, so make sure u at the very least Odin ics stock

Hit thanks if i helped :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
imo stay away from cwm 5.0.2.6, use one of the recoveries in the 1st link in my sig
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bobby915:
I rooted using the guide in the development section and ever since I have had edge speed! I Still have my imei number and 4g icon but only getting 60-70 kbps. I am not throttled either. Any help / solution?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Lakeshow423:
If you look in the general forum, there seems to be outages in the EastCoast. They maybe sharing towers, which generally means slower speeds. My speeds are normal here in social. Try calling 611 and asking them if there's an outage in your area or ask about the slow speeds. If you have your IMEI it might be a T-Mobile issue and not cause you rooted.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
exactly. no need to assume root causes these issues, especially if you've backed up your NV data. remember, they're constantly working on and upgrading the HSPA+ network, outages will happen, sometimes
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tauschemo:
I'm glad someone else posted about this. I was starting to panic.. I knew I remembered getting more than Edge speeds after rooting :cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bobby915:
Oh okay thanks. I read somewhere else about slow speeds due to flashing cwm. I will call t mobile
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bobby915:
I've had edge speed for a whole month.the 3 other 4g devices in my home work perfectly
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tauschemo:
I talked to T-mobile today and there haven't been any reports of outages.

I did check my IMEI and it was 0 so I went through and fixed that via http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804123&page=3 but I'm only getting Edge icon and edge speeds no matter what I do.

I'll keep trying to find a solution.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Faryaab:
This thread is only for those who has a Galaxy Note 10.1! I need you guys to post your firmware details by dialing *#1234# in the dialer and providing a screenshot of that. It will help us in getting the firmwares from Samsung servers.

It doesn't matter from which country or on which carrier the device is.

Thank You,

Faryaab
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] akxak:
Ap n8000xxalga

cp n8000xxlga

csc n8000oxaalga
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zehlek:
I accidentally swiped the weather samplecard off the screen and now I can't get it back. I tried rebooting and closing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Options>Refresh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zehlek:
It didn't work. Do you know what system apk it is? I can try clearing data. I don't see a googlenow.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
It'll come back.

Be patient.

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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zehlek:
I was finally able to find an answer. I had to turn off Google Now and reboot the turn back on
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atifsh:
just ask again what's the weather! Next time :p

On serious note. When you Swype it away it says weather card will come back again after a weather refresh automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eqjunkie829:
The apk is named velvet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Yup.. had same problem few days ago.. turning off Google now and back on fixed it! :)
[Captivate Accessories] texasman420:
I have a captivate I got about four mths ago 4 sale any offers
[Captivate Accessories] TheSoaresan:
$10 CAD
[Captivate Accessories] leezrd:
Wrong section this goes in market place not in captivate forum
[Captivate Accessories] reinbeau:
Thread closed

As stated, take this to the Marketplace.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FormeriPhoney:
Not sure about you guys but the most recent version of google music is almost unusable as far as scrolling goes.

Does anyone have any previous versions before they changed the UI? Much appreciated
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] stormfinder:
Hey Everyone, not sure where to put this, but here goes, My Inc 2 Has always worked perfectly, however since i flashed CM 7.2 3 weeks ago, i have had a dead spot.

It was spotty at first but is now ever persistent. It really sucks because on sense roms i cant use the number row on the KB in portrait mode, or some text in landscape (all roms)

Phone has never been dropped or exposed to water of any sort.

The location of this dead spot is across the whole width of the screen, is 1/2" tall and is centered at Where the word Interface is on settings menu of CM9/CM10, or about 2/5s the way up from the bottom.

I Have replaced the digitizer, and even disassembled my gf's DINC2 and used her screen assembly on my board, but still i have a dead spot, my question to you all is, is there any way software caused this, or is it a hardware issue, and if it is hardware, any ideas on a fix?

My warranty ran out long ago so im more then willing to dig in.

Thanks Beforehand to anyone who may can help.

SF
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
Possibly an issue with the screen itself, if different ROMs still have the problem it's probably hardware, but if you want to cover all the bases, check if it's there in recovery and try flashing an RUU.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] joefrog1996:
You wiped your phone right?

But its probably hardware.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] stormfinder:
It is there in recovery, evn un rooted and istalled stock vzw with latest radio. Still having the problem. Must be a chip in the phone...
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
Updated 8/23/2012

This new kernel is based upon what I believe is the best overclocking speed (1.5 ghz) and a cpu nominal voltage of 1.150mv and a core of 1.175 mv (core default is 1.2) while lowering the lowest voltage of 750mv and 900mv respectively. This kernel hits the max speeds of the GPU at 600 while utilizing the lower voltages to insure better battery life and less heat. Also pixclock has been decreased to minimize pink issues on the screen :) Again, this might not run on all Nexus 7 due to aggressive lowering of voltages. HAVE FUN!!

Also make sure you have a backup and familiar with restoring your device.

BTW, if you like my work. Don't hesitate to DONATE and help me buy some diapers :) Thanks

Finally got the issue why most devices where not working right. Also was able to undervolt MORE because of this finding. Here are the changes

1. Vcore undervolted to 1.15 mv :) (default at 1.2) cpu mv at 1.15 mv running 1.5ghz

2. pll_c decrease from maximum (this was what was causing all the issue)

3. This kernel is set to 1.5ghz automatically. However if your ramdisk is programed to 1.3, then it boots to 1.3 intially. After pressing the power button once (or letting it sleep), it automatically resumes to 1.5 ghz without any CPU program.

I highly recommend that these settings be used for better battery life, LESS HEAT and power usage... Good for daily use :)

Here is the link

https://rapidshare.com/files/1026092132/Clemsyn1.5extremeUndervoltedFINAL.zip

BTW, if you like my work please show your appreciation and click on the Donations link under my signature. Thanks.

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Update: 8/17/2012

OK, updated this version of the kernel to increase CPU Core to 1.2mv for some stability for some users...Here is the link

link deleted for latest version above

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This new kernel is based upon what I believe is the best overclocking speed (1.5 ghz) and a cpu nominal voltage of 1.150mv and a core of 1.175 mv (core default is 1.2) while lowering the lowest voltage of 750mv and 900mv respectively. This kernel hits the max speeds of the GPU at 600 while utilizing the lower voltages to insure better battery life and less heat. Also pixclock has been decreased to minimize pink issues on the screen :) Again, this might not run on all Nexus 7 due to aggressive lowering of voltages. HAVE FUN!!

Also make sure you have a backup and familiar with restoring your device.

BTW, if you like my work. Don't hesitate to DONATE and help me buy some diapers :) Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] evonc:
Downloading now. Will reply with results asap

Edit*

Booted up fine but didn't last too long, saw temps hit 72C and then it rebooted.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rafase282:
Now I guess I could give this a try and report on smoke or injuries if anything. :p
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
LOL, doubt about the smoke because of the Thermal control at 68 but if you would be willing to test my 1.8ghz kernel with 700 GPU LMK (kidding).
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rafase282:
I had to clearn and uninstall system tuner and reinstall to be able to set thing right.

1. I noticed it goes from 1.5 to 1.5, then 1.54 then 1.54 then 1.7

Is it supposed to be like that?

2. What tools do you want me to use for testing? Any recommended way for testing like turn off wifi or something?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] scarygood536:
You can have my first born. This thing flies!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] boynamedstacy:
Holy smokes! This sh!t sounds dangerous! I am all over it :p

Sent from my Glazed-over Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] demandarin:
Very interesting. Thanks for making this. I already downloaded. Ill give this a go shortly. Ill make sure to delete data from system tuner to make sure no default voltages are saved from motleykernel.

I hope my device can handle the 1.7ghz, since you increased the top end voltages. With 1.7ghz and 600mhz gpu oc, I'm not expecting this to e old on battery. It's more like you said, pushing the limits of what we capable of. Wish me luck! Lol. Anxious to see how this benches. Did you add the I/o tweak and disable fysnc in this build? Or will running commands from motley thread do the trick? I'm notbsure if tkt app will allow fsync on faster if the file path tnot the same on this kernel.

Ill report back letting you know how it went ;)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
Temp is actually 62, secret says that System Tuner reading is +10.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
It's based from _motley, using his defconfig to build it (aside from the GPU overclock and JRCU) so his commands should work.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
Thanks for trying it :) I already have four kids and they take a lot of my time :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rafase282:
I get reboots when running CF-Bench with interactive and sio at 1.7 stock voltages.

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Sell the 5th for body parts. Organs are not easy to find. :cool:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] boynamedstacy:
Dude.... WTF!? 106 FPS!!?! That can't be right, can it?

Sent from my Glazed-over Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
Skipped 1.6 since _motley kernel has that so next stepping is 1.54

Try benchmarking it or undervolting it using system tuner but I suggest keeping 1.7 at 1240 mv.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
Yup its right, GPU at 600 with max timings in the table :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] clemsyn:
LOL, sorry didn't work for you, Timings on this kernel is pretty aggressive. If it works, you are lucky to have an elite device. Try 1.54 with GPU at 600 and see how it goes.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rafase282:
I wont give up :mad:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] demandarin:
Mines booted up. Got scared for a moment..lol. seemed stuck on Google screen. Bit it eventually booted up. Running default speed. I haven't cranked it up yet to test top speeds.

As for your fps scores, I'm not surprised with this being 600mhz gpu. Bit the crazy thing is our displays can't handle or really display more than 60fps.

Please report CPU temps running at 1.7ghz. Especially while benchmarking, gaming, and normal use.

Battery life would be interesting also.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jarjar124:
106 fps?! what trickery is this?!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brando56894:
This kernel runs great at 1.8 GHz! My question is how are you guys getting into the 7000s? I have the same setup as Simms and the highest I've ever gotten is 57xx, what rom are you guys running? Also how do I disable fsync?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] RegnierD:
I wanna know what rom Simms is running. Lol

I got up to around 12000 on Antutu with the newest Elite and PA together, but nothing that baller. I haven't run a quadrant yet, but I suppose it's time to download the app and see how it turns out.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] simms22:
i used the tkt app to disable fsync and to force enable the non booting cpu. are you benching 1800 high/1800 low? if not then the cpu scales up/down and you dont know what actual cpu speed its actually benching.

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to turn off fsync manually via terminal emulator..

echo "0" > /sys/devices/virtual/misc/fsynccontrol/fsync_enabled

0 turns it off, 1 turns it on
[Nexus 7 Original Development] TheChaoticLlama:
Somewhat off topic: This Kernel is very good, not a daily driver because of the heat, but it makes the Nintendo DS emulator Dsoid nearly playable. Check it out. :) Nice Kernel thought, good luck with development.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] brando56894:
What is this tkt app that you speak of? Yes I had the high and low set to 1800, i also tested it with the performance governor.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] t_007_v2:
The weird thing is that the 1.8 is more stable than any kernel I have used. Even did nena 2 at 1.8 on performance and it didn't freeze. Just have to test it on some games to see if it can take it. Heat doesn't seem to be a big issue either. Strange but I like it
[Nexus 7 Original Development] simms22:
also guys, if your cpu temperature goes above the heat throttle temperature while benchmarking, your scores could and will drop, maybe even drastically. since the device drops tbe cpu speed down to cool off the cpu. even though you set 1800/1800mhz, after a heat throttle it could be at 1300mhz potentially. so, find a cool room or a way to cool down the device while benchmarking.

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trinity kernel toolbox available in the play store. its made to control trinity kernel, but works for other kernels too. anyways, ive found that performance governor doesnt give me the best scores, i use ondemand/deadline.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] aludal:
GLBenchmark?

Amazing work by Clemsyn & all brave testers, thank you for all your care. In all the benchmarking accomplished so far, I don't see GLBenchmark scores. Could anyone get these for stock N7, then Clemsyn's 1.8/650, and post the results here, to see how N7 stack up against iPad 3?

Thank you in advance,

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[Nexus 7 Original Development] veeman:
I should test this kernel in the winter. Lol. It gets cold here in the winter so overheating shouldn't be an issue. :D