yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software Development] jlmancuso:
OK tried recovery flash and big no no. Maybe we need to ask for su?

Edit:

Forgot the goodies

Evo 4g

Twrp 2.3.3

Black bean 4.1.2

MazWoz SBC kernel
[Android Software Development] H3R3T1C:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm going to add device specific support for your devices. I'll PM both of you with a new build to try with device specific support.

If anyone else is having trouble with flashing recovery not working please reply in this thread or send me a pm with info about your device!
[Android Software Development] buddahj:
Looking good!
[Android Software Development] rahditzz:
Can you please add support for 4ext recovery?

:)
[Android Software Development] Crocodile1973:
Working OK so far on xperia S. Will you be supporting it more, boot into recovery etc?
[Android Software Development] meduza:
...it still shows "recovery not identified"...

Reboot into recovery works.

m.
[Android Software Development] tiboric:
nice work! really well made app.

Thank You
[Android Software Development] H3R3T1C:
The app has been updated! New version in first post.

Whats new:

Alpha 11

* Tones of new devices supported for flashing recovery. (If you get a failed with error: -1 when flahsing recovery let me know so I can add support for your device.)

* Flashing recovery UI has been improved. The user is now shown the command that will be executed before flashing. (See screenshot)

What recovery are you using?
[Android Software Development] meduza:
Thor toch recovery 1.7.3 .

I restored some apps it worked :)

m.
[Android Software Development] H3R3T1C:
The app has been updated. Download in first post.

Whats new:

Alpha 12

* Added ability to download recoveries for your device. To download a new recovery for your device go to Recovery and click 'Flash New Recovery' then select 'Download New Recovery'.

Currenly the only download source I've added is http://goo.im/. If anyone knows of any file hosting sites that host recovery images and has a public api to access the site please let me know an ill added it to the app!

I'm going to work on improving recovery detection in the next few bulids. I'll send you a PM when I'm ready to start improving recovery detection so I can get your help in detecting Thor toch recovery.
[Android Software Development] meduza:
I have a request, if I am allowed to,

it will be nice if we could choose either to restor apps only or apps and data.

m.
[Android Software Development] H3R3T1C:
You already can.
[Android Software Development] meduza:
Thank you, this is exactly what I ment :)

When I first pressed restore apps & data and processing started, I thought restauration just started and I interrupted it quickly. Now I understand :)

m.
[Android Software Development] hadi_rena:
I also think that after tap restore app and data the process is already started and I cancelled it. Then It's better than Titanium Backup IMO :good:
[Android Software Development] meduza:
Absolutely :)

m.
[Android Software Development] mulsifer:
I'm trying to use this app to get some data from a previous TWRP backup which was encrypted and it says that the restore was successful, however, I'm not able to restore the data for any apps. Is there a place I need to enter the password for the TWRP encryption? I have tried NM version 2.4 from the play store and 2.4.1 from this thread but neither seems to make a difference. Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Android Software Development] Cyclu:
Try reinstalling your recovery, I hope it will solve your issue. What recovery you have?
[Android Software Development] buddahj:
I'm running twrp 2.4.something. This was a fresh install after having to wipe my phone completely and start over.
[Android Software Development] thetakerfan:
Can't restore data

On version 2.4.1, TWRP 2.6.3.2, Android 4.4.2, samsung galaxy nexus (toro). Currently on AOKP but tried on a couple other Roms, same issue.

The apps are restoring, but data is not. It says restore is successful but when trying to launch a restored app no data was restored. It also seems to hang on restore quite often and have to try more than once. No errors, checked the option to enable logging in settings but nothing seems to get logged either.
[Android Software Development] Cyclu:
I think you must reinstall (you never know;)) your recovery because without these files, it will not work for you. I have TWRP 2.3.3.0 recovery.
[Android Software Development] Px80:
Will u support 4ext recovery?

Gesendet von meinem Desire S mit Tapatalk
[Android Software Development] Tubra:
I am completely unable to restore any data... It just says "running" and will spin and hang endlessly with no restore. I'm on a VZW GNex. I tried clearing the app's data+cache, tried installing the apps from Play and then restoring data, all of it and nothing works to restore any apps data. What gives?
[Android Software Development] dstruct2k:
This is the million-dollar question with this app... I've never had a full restore work. Ever.
[Android Software Development] curwiler:
One thing I'd share that might help people having trouble getting this to work: fix permissions. I was always able to restore apps, text messages, call logs, but the data for my apps wouldn't work. Then I tried fix permissions after the restore of data, and voila! So my app data was restored but permissions seemed to be preventing me from using it

This was required for me for some reason through my current set up and ROM: Hyperdrive RL 14 on AT&T Galaxy S4 with SafeStrap 3.71. Never had any issues on my old S2 :)
[Android Software Development] dstruct2k:
I can confirm that this has no effect on "restoring data..." sitting there for hours and hours and never restoring anything. It was one of the first things I tried.
[Android Software Development] demlv:
Unfortunately, my experience has been the same, if not worse. I can't even get to the point where I select the apps/data to restore. The app briefly acts like it is reading the nandroid backup, but it never populates the list so that I can tell it what I want to restore, even if I let it sit and run for 15-20 minutes. This is true of both nandroids created by CWM recovery directly, and those created by Online Nandroid. Fixing permissions doesn't seem to fix this particular problem. Restoring the full nandroids in the recovery does work, thank goodness. So the trouble must be with this app. Also, I use CWM incremental backups, in case that matters.

I'm happy to provide logs if it will help track down the source of this problem, but I would need a little instruction on just how to do that. :confused:
[Android Software Development] dstruct2k:
Incremental backups will take a long time to parse (and a lot of RAM, maybe more than your device has) for an app that works like this, especially if your "base" backup is very old and there's lots of incremental patches. Also, Online Nandroid Backup (in my experience) creates garbage backups that can't be restored by any app or recovery.
[Android Software Development] demlv:
Thanks for your explanation, which makes perfect sense. So I guess that restoring data from incremental backups may not be feasible.

Luckily, my experience with Online Nandroid Backup has been much better than yours. Since the second and later incremental backups take up only about 25-30 mb each, I generally hang onto 2-3 nandroids made directly by CWM recovery, and an equal number of backups made by Online Nandroid Backup--none more than about 3 weeks old. I have successfully restored both types of backups on a number of occasions.
[Android Software Development] cyril279:
great app, but is unable to restore the nandroid.

It finds and reads all of the backups without issue, but when I prompt the app to restore one of the nandroids:

once it reboots to recovery and runs the OpenRecoveryScript file, it is unable to find the backup, and leaves me in recovery, where I am able to manually flash the nandroid. Am I missing something?

-recovery screenshots attached-

sgh-i777

Omni (&stock kernel)

TWRP 2.7.0.0

internal sd > exfat
[Android Software Development] meduza:
I always use NM to restore parts of a backup, it does this without booting in to recovery. To restore a whole backup, I use the recovery it self....

m.
[Android Software Development] dstruct2k:
The CyanogenMod updater had similar issues for a while, I believe it's because of the ".../emulated/0/..." folder structure making the app see one path in Android, then the recovery sees a completely different folder structure and is unable to find ".../emulated/0/...".
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
Testing
[Android Software Development] cyril279:
That makes sense, and IIRC, there was a brief issue for Omni's Open Delta update system on a couple devices for a similar reason. I sincerely hope it can be resolved, this is a stellar app.

I have noticed that from "restore apps and data"

Nandroid manager highlights apps whose installed version is newer than the backup version.

Nandroid manager does NOT highlight apps when the backup version is NEWER than the installed version

This seems backwards to me; If I'm involved in a restore-operation, then I really want to know when the backup is newer than the installed version.

OR, If the highlighting occured whenever the versions are NOT the same, then the user could decide how they want to proceed.

edit: I'd probably vote to highlight both, but each a different color so that they can be visually identified without reading the version numbers at all.
[Android Software Development] molitar:
I have never had a problem with Nandroid Manager for backups or restores so those having problems are you making a true nandroid backup or you using the (unreliable) Online Nandroid. That Online Nandroid has never worked for me once it always just resets my phone.. I did a straight TWRP backup and it was just over 3GB in size.. I did an Online Nandroid and it was just over 5.5GB in size but when I tried to use Titanium to restore from that backup OR Nandroid Manager there was no apps to restore it was 5.5GB of NOTHING.

So make sure you do your testing with a TRUE Nandroid Backup and not Online Nandroid because it does not work for many ROMS.
[Android Software Development] cyril279:
^^for sure;

-when the device is booted, the TWRP-nandroid-backups are located at /sdcard/twrp/backups/etc...

-when the device is in recovery, the same TWRP-nandroid-backups are located at /emmc/twrp/backups/etc...

-the script, which is created while the device is booted, misdirects the recovery.
[Android Software Development] pela_pmcba:
I get FC when I want to restore applications and user data. Any idea?
[Android Software Development] eTaurus:
Rebooting the phone solved a similar issue for me.

And be sure to have the latest version of BusyBox installed. I had an old version integrated in a custom kernel, had to uninstall it and install the newest version.
[Android Software Development] Ganster41:
All restored apps are force closing :(

CyanogenMod 11, CWM 6.0.1.2 backup of 4.1 stock ROM. tar format.
[Android Software Development] cdzo72:
That's very likely to happen if the restored apps are from a 10.x ROM
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
[MENTION=4535362]H3R3T1C[/MENTION]

Today I deleted a file by mistake.

I explored a recent Nandroid backup with Nandroid Manager, extracted the file and replaced to the location where I mistakenly deleted from. Worked like a charm. Thanks!!!
[Android Software Development] sfld:
two quick questions. i just purchased pro and it seems like it takes long to restore apps + data but thats no problem.

how can i restore my email settings / system settings ? i saw settings under system data but not sure if thats it.
[Android Software Development] meduza:
Email settings are the data of the Email app...

m.
[Android Software Development] sfld:
How about system settings like display brightness and stuff like that?
[Android Software Development] meduza:
...don`t know about that m8..., to restore some system sttings I use sometimes TB.

m.
[Android Software Development] pedroj111:
error at start

I get following message

Any help will very much appreciated

Pedro
[Android Software Development] prabs99:
Error during MMS restore

I get "The following error occured: Unable to find or allocate a thread ID. Nothing was restored." Is there a fix to this?

I am coming from CM11 to PA 4.2.2.
[Android Software Development] amathophobia:
[MENTION=4535362]H3R3T1C[/MENTION]

Do you know if something changed with SMS between 4.4.2 and 4.4.3? I tried to restore my SMS and MMS after upgrading and it kept saying 0 of 0 restored. Though restoring app data worked as usual. Thanks for the app, works great, this is the only time I've had an issue.
[Android Software Development] geokuttan:
I bought the pro version expecting that this would work better than titanium. This is super slow. takes 30 minutes to restore 1 app.:(
[Android Software Development] daoodshah:
I didnt see ubifs file system here..
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
[MENTION=2082256]geokuttan[/MENTION]

It's not fair to compare the two.

TiB will always be crazy fast because it creates and restores it's own "app" backups in its own format etc.

Whereas, NM is an after thought, allowing you to poke through and explore an image file that was not originally intended to be used this way. It's a BONUS type app. I don't know the code, but I can understand that it is much more difficult to do. On my S3, it's actually faster to restore an entire 4gb rom backup, than it is to explore, extract and restore an app within the backup. That's not a complaint. That just goes to show you how backups are faster when they are simply fully restored rather than explored.

Make sense?

I still use TiB day to day.

But if I need to go back to an old app, then I will explore A Nandroid, or even one that I saved on my Pc.
[Android Software Development] geokuttan:
I am not a great programmer either. but how about if the app takes more than this many minutes to restore and move on to the next app. this way if it takes that long I will just do those restores overnight :)
[Android Software Development] nihilista:
I tried to restore apps with this app some time, that works good for me and not much slower than with tb. Sometimes one app restore hangs and never gets to end, but with titanium i have that too, sometimes and if restoring 100+ apps....
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
Busybox -- more recent, less recent ?

What is considered to be a 'recent' or 'the latest' version of busybox?

I'm troubleshooting a non-functional installation of Nandroid Manager, so I went into terminal on the phone, typed 'busybox' and saw v1.17.1 (2010-08-28). Then I searched the 'net on 'recent busybox version' and saw 1.13.1, which seems to be older that what came with my ROM.

This makes no sense to me, as I've had the phone for almost a year

Is anyone able to tell me what's considered a suitably-recent busybox version to run Nandroid Manager, by making reference to its version number?
[Android Software Development] Deadly:
install "BusyBox Free" from play store. its around 10 MB app. and update your busy box. yours is old. I don't remember. but there was 1.21.* something already 6 months ago. so update from that app. its easy method.
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
Can't find anything in the Play Store with this exact name, but a search brings up only Stericson's 'BusyBox,' v12, size 2.5MB.

I have now found the official BusyBox web site, and see the most recent stable is v1_21_0, from Denys Vlasenko, released 5 weeks ago. Stericson's app is dated April 15 ... if what the posters here say is correct, "the 'latest'' BusyBox version is required' -- then I don't think it could be in this app.

? Does anyone know the minimum BusyBox version required to successfully run this current version of Nandroid Manager?

Then, perhaps I could find something 'lighter' (in memory requirements) that would still be within 'version limits' for compatibility with Nandroid Manager.

:confused:Any other suggestions, for an installer for a BB version that's both 'recent enough' and a bit 'lighter' on the phone's resources? Maybe, under 1MB?
[Android Software Development] Deadly:
yup that's the one. I gave name from my backup. so name didn't match file name& size/app name & size in playstore I guess.

here is link to it

You can uninstall app after updating busy box from it.
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
:D:D Perfect, thanks. You read my mind. I didn't realize I could do that. I was concerned about using up my phone's limited resources, but not worried if I can do it this way!
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
For anyone following this thread, Deadly's advice was 'right-on': with the full BusyBox app installed, the Android low-memory warning came up, and the phone became very sluggish. I uninstalled the app as suggested, the warning disappeared, and normal phone operation returned.

Running the command BusyBox in terminal shows that v1.22.1 remains, as Deadly said it would. :good:
[Android Software Development] ratelutz:
f2fs support

Hi H3R3T1C,

my device is formated with f2fs. Nandroid Manger is not able to browse the content of the backed up partitions.

is there anything i can do to browse the backups, or does your app need an update?
[Android Software Development] meduza:
...I`m using f2fs since a while on my tab and never had such a problem...

m.
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
'Restore Nandroid Backup' option seems to 'hang' - on v_2.4.2

I searched this entire thread for the word 'triangle' and there are no 'hits' -- so it seems this question has never before been asked, or answered.

I've made a system image with Online Nandroid Backup, then installed and opened Nandroid Manager. I have selected the backup I want to restore, I can see it on the 'Info' screen, then I have moved to the 'Restore Data' Screen.

Scrolling all the way to the bottom, the last selection is 'Restore Nandroid Backup'.

I click on that, then I have to 'Select Recovery', or it won't proceed. Because I configured Online Nandroid to make a CWM-type recovery, I click on that, the first choice on the Menu.

However, this phone does not have CWM installed, because ... no one has ever built it for my phone. That's why I'm using the apps, Online Nandroid Backup and Nandroid Manager!

Then I click 'Restore', then 'Continue'.

The screen goes black, then the 'ANDROID' logo disappears, then this image appears -- and then the system 'hangs' and nothing happens, no matter how long I wait:

No, my phone is not a Samsung -- it's the second one in my signature -- but yes, this image is identical to what's on my phone's screen.

I think the phone is expecting something to come down to it through the USB cable, because I can hear my desktop system making the usual 'sounds' it makes, when the phone connects to it.

However the phone isn't expecting an adb connection. If adb was connected, it terminates when the screen shown above appears. After a few moments, the desktop system makes another 'sound' to indicate the phone has reconnected through the drivers, but entering adb devices indicates the phone cannot be recognized, in this way.

:confused: Is there anywhere from within Nandroid Manager, where I would be able to restore the backed-up Nandroid system image?? Or, is there any other way to do it, without having CWM installed??
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
[MENTION=5421158]Belamigo[/MENTION]

It's been a while since I have thought of this type of scenario.

If memory serves me right, you must do the unfortunate obvious and install the appropriate custom recovery in order to be able to restore your backup. Quite a few apps I know, can create backups, but are not responsible for the actual recovery or restoration code. Hope that helps.
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
Time to get a new phone?

Given that, so far as I know, no one has ported a custom recovery to my phone, then we're saying there's no way to restore a CWM-format nandroid image to to it. I was beginning to suspect that ... and, there's no work-around, either.

I think, when that screen is displayed, the phone is waiting to synchronize with Research Download.

Is there any way to convert the CWM image (from Online Nandroid Backup) into a .pac file? Then, it would be like flashing the ROM with Research Download ...
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
[MENTION=5421158]Belamigo[/MENTION]

Don't give up if restoring the image is important.

Maybe there exists a new way.

A workaround, might be to save your backup to ext-sd, reset your device to factory, and use Nandroid Manager to restore bits and pieces of your backup.
[Android Software Development] Belamigo:
[SOLVED}

Do you mean ... going to Explore Backup and then, Extract Directory contents?I

OK ... I see. This is a good idea. The files in selected directory will reappear by using the Extract Directory function. So maybe, the full image restore isn't necessary.

I do have a stock ROM image, but don't expect things will very often get so bad that I have to return to that.

This will put it to rest, so I can begin using the phone!
[Android Software Development] themadproducer:
I think you understood.

You may not be able to do a full image restore, but you should be able to restore apps and data as needed etc.

Also, I mentioned resetting your device to stock or factory if your having core system issues etc. Do you even need an image for that? You should be able to reset it like any smart device through through the settings menu somewhere or during reboot.
[Android Software Development] [w]:
i'm trying to do a restore of whatsapp data, but its not working well.

i get all the whatsapp groups i'm part of, but nothing else

the groups don't have any chat content and only show each of the people leaving the group.

:crying:

is anyone able to shed some light on what I might be doing wrong?

thanks
[Android Software Development] Starky09:
I just bought the Pro version a few minutes ago and tried to restory my bluetooth pairings. The app suggested to restart my N5, I did, but still there are none of my previous pairings. Am I missing something?
[Android Software Development] rodin95:
I just purchased the pro version, awesome app! I had lost some very important text messages when I sold my HTC ONE X+, but had made a nandroid, and never knew how to retrieve those texts till I found this app.. I also decided I'd restore the MMS, however, I'm guessing something may be different, as when I restore the MMS messages, it just puts a blank "bubble" in its place, showing an image size of 0kb. This was moving from a HOX+ to Galaxy S4. The pictures are there if I do the "Extract MMS". Any thoughts?
[Android Software Development] Ateisti:
Great app, been looking for something like this.

Suggestion for the app & data restore screen: if possible, display how much space restoring an app and its data takes.

Without really thinking about it, I started to restore Spotify and its data, and now its taking forever (I'm assuming its restoring all the cached music as well). Canceling the action doesn't seem to be possible once its started.

Edit: Killed it after 15 minutes of waiting...

Edit 2: Yeah there's definitely something wrong with data restoring. Could only restore a few apps, for others it just gets stuck while "Running" (phone is Galaxy S3 i9300 if it helps, app version 2.4.2).
[Android Software Development] Iceman_jkh:
Is this app still being developed?

Where is the best place to get developer feedback/comment? Here or on G+?

I posted a few questions on the App's G+ page but have not heard anything from the dev :(

I'm keen to purchase/support, but only if there is continued dev support too.:)
[Android Software Development] SavedByGrace:
Not sure if you've had time to look into the freezing during restoring apps, but it would be greatly appreciated when you are able to get to it! =]

Thanks!