yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
Yes, the official latest version; 3.1.1, I believe.

The tar files were malformed and/or truncated in others. For example, tar: Malformed extended header: missing equal sign was one of the errors I got, but there were others.

I've posted a fair bit about the experience over in the TWRP thread for the S8+ (G955F). Some people said they have seen this or a very similar problem before.

One chap had experienced the same problem with a back-up, but found that if he moved the back-up files from the SD card to internal storage, TWRP was then able to restore from them. Frankly, I don't see how that's possible, but that's what he claims.

Another chap blamed the problem on trying to restore to a different firmware version than the one I had created the back-up on, but that's a typical use case scenario. If TWRP couldn't handle that, it would be absolutely useless to me. Besides, TWRP doesn't do a block-level back-up of /data, so the firmware version shouldn't make a blind bit of difference. It's not as if partition boundaries moving around would make any difference to an untar.

This was the first time I've ever needed to use a back-up made by TWRP, so I was very disappointed to discover that it had let me down so badly.

I usually make back-ups with FlashFire, but I've never needed to restore one of those before, either. The TWRP experience has made me very wary of entrusting my data to an app that I can't be sure will work as expected when the moment of truth arises, hence my questions about FlashFire and how easy it would be to manually access the contents of the back-up files if I can't simply restore them via FlashFire for whatever reason.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
Thanks for the feedback. Really don't know what happened in your case. All I know is I've successfully restored countless TWRP backups. I also tend to keep backups 2 versions back, just in case the most recent one doesn't work, but I can't recall ever needing it due to TWRP error

Did the md5 verify successfully as well?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
On creation, you mean? I think that's off by default and I didn't turn it on.

Whatever checks are performed by default, those passed without error. I had no reason to suspect anything was wrong until it came time to restore.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fndpena:
Can we already install Android O dp OTAs with flashfire?

I guess it's possible, right?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Probably, but you will need to flash the new bootloader with ADB or WUG's NRT. You may want to just have Google do the update for you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fndpena:
I'm in Android O already... Even so?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Check your boorloader version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fndpena:
angler-03.69

Since nougat is 3.68, I guess I have the latest version...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gaby90:
Hi guys!

I just have a quick question to make sure that I understood correctly: if I have a rooted phone(one plus 3) with android v6, I must use the original image to flash it (to android 7)?

Sorry if it's a dumb question :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
In have a N6 so take these comments with a bit of a grain of salt. But I think the one plus behaves more like a nexus device than a Samsung [emoji4] I think your asking if you have to go stock then to a custom ROM from MM to nougat.

The only thing I would worry about on a nexus device is the version of the bootloader going to the next full release. I would fastboot the new bootloader then flash an update to a custom ROM. I would expect the initial v7 release post for the ROM to outline the requirements to go from 6 to 7.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] robgee789:
Hey guys has anyone got this app to work with the 5.2 update for the shield K1 update that just got released? When I try 8t it just boots backup and I'm still on 5.1?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] huntz:
The same with my K1.

On the logs I can see some errors about the missing /etc/recovery.fstab...

:confused:

Here some debug messages from the lastlog file
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] salahnajjari:
I need kingroot
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dahawthorne:
Do you? That's very interesting.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
If you do, you're in the wrong thread. This is for flashfire.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 6P met Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] vishalsharma9411:
Samsung j7 prime SM-G610F Mera phone rooted hain and 3.1.0 twrp flash hai maine twrp se otg main backup banane ki kosis ki tho faild ho gaya kafi baar try kiya 3.0 twrp bhi flash kiya fir bhi nahi huaa and tab maine flashfire install kiya... but isse bhi nahi ban raha backup maine otg main bhi try kiya or internal main bhi backup par click koya normal backup par click kiya fir flash par click kar diya phone automatically off hokar kuch words upper ki or jaane lage 5 sec tak upper gaye fir on ho gaya ....backups option main jakar dekha tho koi backup nahi tha internal bhi cheq kar li bahan bhi nahi hai ....... OEM unlock hai and usb debugging bhi or unknown sorcess bhi on hai ... phone rooted bhi hai supersu install bhi hai twrp bhi hai 3.1.0 kya karu help me fast please......
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Help you, we'd love to but your post makes 0 sense.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 6P met Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] vishalsharma9411:
I cant make backup using flashfire ....

1st i have rooted phone and also flashed twrp

I have click to full backup in my internal storage and also try otg but the problem is ..... phone is going into flashfire mode(like worlds going uper side 5 and 6 sec) now phone is on and i have try to get my backup file there is no backup file in internal and otg and also there is no file in flashfire backup folder
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Look at the log and see what's happening.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] vishalsharma9411:
Its not workin.....

Can anyone tell me i have try to use dunkyguard but after install and activate using xpose ..... ther error is unfortunately dunkyguard has stoped
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] r.a.y.8:
what i need to do with my pc when i want to make backup through adb !! how i can select the path of save the backup
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Start reading at post 4092 - assuming your on Windows.

---------- Post added at 15:26 ---------- Previous post was at 15:14 ----------

I assume that means donkeyguard. Can't imagine where you're getting help from and that was the answer. In 2 posts, you have provided no information for others to help you. The log is a great place to start. Your device, OS, root method are all important. You can find the log location by reading Chainfire's online documentation. It's accessible from the first post in this thread or by hitting the top most block in the app and choosing website.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cmstlist:
So I have a Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 still on Kitkat which has in the past worked just fine with FlashFire but I haven't tried it in over a year.

Today I decided to give it a spin to test out the ADB backup functionality. I set up a backup and configured it to go via ADB. I plugged it into my computer and verified it shows up in "adb devices". Then I hit the button.

I got as far as FlashFire filling up the screen with all its usual boot test, and then the tab rebooted. It has now been stuck on the Samsung screen for more than 5 minutes and nothing is happening.

Am I screwed? What should I attempt?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] wedmiston:
Went to do a backup to Ext Card with almost 57GB on it. Chose NORMAL and left only boot, system, data and internal storage (default) checked. Specified Ext card as location. Process appears to start correctly (fast scrolling f files, but I never get the next screen with Flashfire band across the top showing the actual backing up - screen just goes dark except for blue light in upper left corner. It stops at that stage. Never reboots. I have to remove battery to restart, and when I look for the backup there's nothing except a popup that states "no backups found" and "restore from ADB."

Don't want to attempt flashing a new ROM (e.g., Stang5litre) if I can't get it to even backup.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
That's one way, or use an OTG drive.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cmstlist:
Having another interesting issue on my Xperia X Compact. Set it up to do a backup of /data in gzip format, use all cores, on external SD, go.

The backup starts, and reaches about 200-300 MB before the screen blacks out. A forced reboot goes fine and I'm back in the usual OS. But I wanted to debug, so I plugged it into USB and ran adb logcat during the backup. Here's what I noticed:

So a few hundred MB into the backup the OS decides to "tear down" a "stale mount" to the external SD, which immediately kills FlashFire because it has a file open on there.

Retried with the "half available cores" option. Similar outcome (it says failed to kill, but it would seem it succeeded anyway cause the screen went black again):

Incidentally this does not happen when backing up to USB-OTG, nor when backing up to internal storage. Is this something that can be fixed? Anything else I can help do to debug this?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] darkdragone:
Not flashing

I've used flashfire before to maintain root on this Nvidia shield tablet the K1 version. It seems like it's going through the process but it not showing I'm on the 5.2 Nvidia update and the ota notification is still there. I finally found the log in \media\0\flashfire\lastlog instead of \sdcard\flashfire\lastlog idk why that was that way when \sdcard\ is a directory in my device... Anyway here is the pastebin, anyone have an idea what's happening?

https://pastebin.com/Z2tMJcym
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] aniksha:
Dear KaMyKaSii,

I have flashed latest SU.zip with TWRP 3.1.01 (G900F), but that did not give me full root (Lineage says only ADB).

What went wrong?

I don't have any experience with Magisk on Lineage.

I flashed Lineage again and so it is original armSU again, but how I set SELinux to Permissive in Lineage 14.1 ???

Thank you for reply.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] aniksha:
I installed SuperSu 2.82 (Chainfire) on the latest Build of Lineage by TWRP 3.1.01 and get the message (just when the phone G900F) is switched on: KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING in red letters at the upper left corner. The original armSU works fine (full root), but FlashFire does not function with the original armSU of Lineage. Most likely due to that message above, FlashFire 0.57 does also not function with SuperSU 2.82 either. When it comes to execute (Flash) it reboots the phone (like normal), but immediately boots again (without any action). Does anyone know a solution?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cmstlist:
Bumping post 5684. Still hoping for a solution to the "Tearing down stale mount" problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] shamarshall:
Trying to use Flashfire to install the DP3 OTA on my N5X. It detects that there is an update, and sets up the flash, but after i hit flash, the screen goes blank, and the phone appears to turn off. I have SuperSU, and TWRP installed. Any suggestions

Tried to download and flash manually, but I keep getting the same result. I see the loading screen, then it goes blank
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fndpena:
The same happens to me. Looks like Android o is not supported by flashfire yet...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Use flashfire to install unroofed 7.1.2 stock, then use the stock recovery to upgrade to ODP3 stock. You can then install custom recovery and root at that time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hoosemaster:
I may be pretty boned here.

Trying to restore full recovery and get a very nice shade of red text saying error 44 unrecognized header cannot restore. I did an auto search that turned up nothing in the thread. Forgive me but I really didn't want to read through 500 pages so if this is a repost I will accept my public shaming.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Nope, don't think that one has popped up before. I think that is an error decompressing the lz4 format. Was the backup done on a different (older) version of FF? I don't know if that matters but... has the backup been manipulated somehow?

There should be a series of data.tlz4, data.0002.tlz4, data.0003.tlz4 act in the backup directory. They are 1024MiB chunks that are recombined then decompressed.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hoosemaster:
I'm not sure what version the backup was done with. I'll see if I can find out. I didn't manipulate the data.....other than moving the file around ......which I guess in rare cases could cause it to have an issue. Everything sees like it's all set ready to go. I'll keep digging around see what I can find but I'm starting to think might just have to take one on the chin this time around.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
If you're interested, you can recombine these on a PC. It might give you some insight. Here's an earlier post where I outlined steps. It's for a Linux PC though.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] CyberCodeDroid:
Can I ask for more detailed instructions on how to do that? Of course, I do not lose the existing data :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MKRashka:
Hi there,

I've just installed Flashfire on my Xperia XZ (Android 7.1.1 with Advanced Kernel [DM-V & RIC off], TWRP3.0.2) and told him to make a backup (FTF).

After I hit the "Flash" button to create the backup, my screen turns black.

30 Minutes later, the screen was still black so I did a hard Power off (Power+Vol+ until it vibrates 3 Times)

Now my device doesn't boot... starts up the Sony logo, and stuck for 20 Minutes now on xperia screen...

After a new hard power off, the device boots up, asked for the pin and had to check my sd card for another 15 Minutes before starting Android.

The app should "just" make a backup, nothing else.... looks like it stuck on "show ui"...

But I don't understand why I had to reboot twice to get my system back.

you'll find the FlashFire log attached (it's to large for a code box and more than 512kb, so I zip'ed it).

Best regards

Rashka
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jc1266:
Hi .. I am using Nexus 6 Shamu rooted. I would like to update June security patch but I do not want to lose my apps and root also the pixel mod and twrp.

Question..Do I need to uncheck data and also twrp.??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dahawthorne:
Which ROM are you using? A major ROM update (e.g. MM to Nougat) needs a full wipe, so back up your data first. If it's a minor upgrade (7.0 to 7.1) you may get away with a dirty flash - wipe only Cache & Dalvik after flashing the ROM, and you keep everything apart from root.

Installing a new ROM automaticaly loses root, but it's simple to restore by flashing SuperSU again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jc1266:
I am running stock rom 7.1.1 N6F26Y TO N6F27E
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dahawthorne:
In that case a dirty flash, minimal wiping, should work fine.

Perhaps I shouldn't be commenting on Flashfire, since I've used it only a few times, but the principles should be the same. Flashing the ROM only will have no effect apart from loss of root, and Chainfire may even have programmed that into Flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
[MENTION=8084168]jc1266[/MENTION]

Just check the box for EverRoot. Usually FF is behind in root versions. If that matters to you, or you want a differing root solution, then you can just add a root zip to the queue. I've often had to reboot, then flash root for success (N6). YMMV
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jc1266:
Hi ..I am using Nexus current stock rom 7.1.1 rooted and with custom kernel. can someone help me to flash June image..thanks u in advance and sorry for my bad english.what I mean is step by step guide pls ?? Thank in advance.??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jc1266:
Current stock rom
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] huntz:
Hi,

have you found a solution?

I have not updated the K1, because re-rooting after the update and losing all the customization to the device is a pain...

Let me know, thanks! [emoji1]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ItzBluestone:
Does This Work On AT&T Galaxy S4? Running 5.0.1 Stock Rom. I Just Wanna Flash A S8 Rom.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
A search of this thread shows several people indicating it doesn't work.

Although, Chainfire's website says "If you run the app on a Samsung device, a card will be present on the actions page which will provide you with detailed usage instructions when tapped. Failure to follow those instructions may lead to (soft-)bricks."

If you try, do a simple backup first to ensure there are no errors.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ItzBluestone:
Alright. But Does This Support KingRoot Though?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
I'd be surprised if it did. But then I'd expect the failure should just be, it'll get stuck trying to get root.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Valkyrie146:
hey guys, I am currently running AICP 12.1 on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I've run in to an issue where the PDA is set to modem mode and not usb mode. this causes my device to not be recognised on my pc. I've been using a script that forces the phone to be detectable when its on but I still cant access it when it is in recovery. because of this, I want to flash stock firmware but because my phone cant connect to my pc, ODIN doesn't detect it anymore as well. is it safe if I flash stock firmware from here? is there anything I should know before doing so?

Regards
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Siranious:
Hey there, i am on android O, pixel XL. Rooted with latest SU script. I bought flashfire pro it isn't working. I can't make backups; flash button doesn't show. Fill me in please? On another note, should I bother with recovery software such as twrp or cwm? What distinguishes those, flashfire, and titanium? Also, thank you guys so much, without your advice, i wouldn't have made it here. Albeit two full days and not sleep later :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] droideronline:
Bro it's awesome

Chainfire bro the thing which you posted is just awesome and immortal thank for your help.?????
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
This may be a simple minded question but can I flash the July OTA for pixel using flashfire and keep root? I also have twrp installed. In the note on ota's, it states "many otas can only be flashed if your /system, /vendor and /oem partitions are completely unmodified". Other than root and twrp, I am on stock NJH47B. In flashfire I do not find any option to keep root or not but descriptions of the app mention that root can be maintained.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Root (via supersu) is handled through EverRoot. That option shows up when you choose to flash something. It's disabled by default. The root injected is a few versions behind. I'm guessing (haven't used it) that it's 2.79.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Actually it's 2.82 at this point.[emoji3]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
Thanks, I see, I didn't go as far as checking to go forward with flash - abundance of caution. I see the option now. Also I'm wondering if I need to "restore boot and recovery images" given my setup. It's checked by default for OTA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] A San:
Do anyone here already tested Flashfire with HTC U11 backup and restore succesfully?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
Since I have TWRP installed I'm guessing I should not restore boot and recovery images if this refers to stock images. If anyone can confirm it would be appreciated.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] phamine:
I just used flashfire to update from June to July. It works and I maintained root.

FYI - I used 2.82 SR1 systemless so I had stock recovery (No TWRP)

Note: SuperSU app downgraded from 2.82 SR1 to 2.82. Anyone know why?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Quoting from Chainfire's online documentation:

As described in the linked documentation, some OTAs will fail unless the stock boot image is in place. SuperSu makes a back up prior to rooting. That's what it will attempt to restore.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
If you used everroot then that makes sense. Flashfire currently injects 2.82 (you lose root during the flash and flashfire reroots. It's currently using 2.82
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
Just tried twice with option checked and did not work, no change to phone. Flashfire began process, restoring boot.img, injecting SuperSU, rebooted twice but in the end no changes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
Tried unchecking that option as well with same result. Maybe this isn't going to work with twrp installed on pixel.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Or maybe you boot and/or system are modified (mounted r/w just once would do it) and you need to restore them to stock before trying to flash as described in the online documentation.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
I don't think boot is an issue (since SuperSU modifies boot). Another option is to download the full ota from Google and use that instead.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Which is why FlashFire has an option to restore boot image. But that didn't work, probably because the backup boot image FlashFire tried to restore was also already modified.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
Is there any way to see in FlashFire where exactly it's grabbing the OTA update.zip file from? I'd really like to know its location.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] scootley:
Flash failure

I have a flash failure that shows these entries in the log when trying to install an incremental OTA:

[ERR] mount: can't find /cache in /etc/fstab
[ERR] sh: /dev/.flashfire/update_engine_sideload: not found
[ERR] umount: can't umount /dev/graphics/fb0: Invalid argument

Before this step, it seems to have successfully restored my stock boot image

I am using a Pixel XL running 7.1.2 N2G47O with SuperSU 2.79-SR3 but otherwise stock and using FlashFire 0.57 to update to NKG47L via the official OTA from here.

I noticed that [MENTION=4457691]cswithxda[/MENTION] also had this issue back in February but didn't seem to get any solution.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Abdulaziz6p:
i know that this app let me Go (i.e.) From Marshmallow to Nougat without losing Root.

put the point is...

Can i do the same but from 7.1.1 to Marshmallow without losing Root? and data
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] me_droid:
If it will help diagnose my issue, I've attached the FlashFire log from my last attempt. I am using the ota downloaded from developers.google.com. Haven't received notification of the update on my phone yet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] scootley:
[MENTION=3250945]me_droid[/MENTION] you have the same error in your log as I do. Yours is:

[UI] Installing [/data/media/0/sailfish-ota-njh47d-5eecdbc1.zip]...
[UI]
[ERR] mount: can't find /cache in /etc/fstab
[ERR] sh: /dev/.flashfire/update_engine_sideload: not found
[ERR] umount: can't umount /dev/graphics/fb0: Invalid argument

My post is above