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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Wotzit:
Hmm can't be compatible with LG P716. Menus all look lovely but doesn't actually seem to do what you select :rolleyes:

After I click the tick I'm dropped back at the Actions page where there doesn't seem to be a GO button :confused:

Oh - Hang on, looks like the flash a zip file bit works (Reboot, lots of writing whizzing by, black screen... black screen... black screen... OK getting worried now.... )

OK Backup does not add task to list. Other stuff seems to work but never returns from the black screen (had to hold power button and wait for reset)

Sadly, a bit too flaky for the LG at the moment it seems, but looking promising :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sharp87:
must be some unrelated contents still left in ur devices /system partition .. I did flash ota from same link with no issues thru flashfire .

u can restore the unmodified /system /boot /recovery /vendors partitions from ur backups and try flashing the ota

Sent from my G➿gle Ne❌us 6P
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] incognitonk:
I cant seem to figure out what's been modified in the system partition. Guess I'll just flash the full 900MB OTA zip.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sharp87:
open flashfire.. flash the whole rom with no other stuffs like xposed etc., then make a full backup using the flashfire... And use this backup to restore for next ota.. make sure u exclude userdata.img from app or else you will wipe ur internal memory

Sent from my G➿gle Ne❌us 6P
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zasumar:
OTA Flash Error: system, vendor or oem has been modified?

Hi guys,

Nexus 5X running stock w/ root.

Not using any custom recovery or xposed etc.

I used Wugfresh's NRT to root originally.

Was on the 6.0.1 March OTA and used FlashFire to update to the 6.0.1 April OTA. This worked perfectly with no errors etc.

However, when I'm trying to update to the most recent 6.0.1 May OTA via FlashFire I get the error:

I've attempted to ignore the message and try flashing anyway, but of course, it fails.

Seeing as I haven't used anything other than FlashFire to update or make modifications, what's causing this issue? Is there a workaround?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
Download factory image, flash only parts which you want (probably not data) via FlashFire. Let FlashFire root your device, or also flash SUperSU via FF. And next time you should be able to flash only OTA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] carpe07:
Hi,

I have a Galaxy S6 (920F) running stock 5.02 (rooted), KNOX is still 0x0. Now I would like to install a custom 6.0.1 ROM (preferred is currently XtreStoLite 3.3), but I like to find a way, that KNOX will not be tripped. My idea is to install XtreStoLite 3.3 with FF (running on 5.02), directly after the flash go to download mode and flash modem and bootloader with ODIN from my PC.

Any ideas if with could work? or are there other ways to get XtreStoLite 3.3 without tripping KNOX?

Many thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rohan164:
is there any way or steps or video to backup & restore via adb using flashfire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] leonardojt:
can't try this on my devices because it has android 4.1, please dev can you add support for android 4.1?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] samccfl99:
WOW, what is that? Somewhere between Gingerbread and Jelly Bean? Does it really still work? I think you need to update or get a new phone...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] matze19999:
ADB Backup doesnt work with OnePlus Two Oxygen os 3.0 Beta.

My pc cant find the phone via wifi
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Vaira:
If the boot.img of the ROM is in any way modified it'll trip KNOX. (root method of MM)

Some ROM cookers say 'original stock Samsung kernel' but have a modified initramfs though.

I assume the rom is rooted via systemless root so yes it'll trip KNOX.

Ask the ROM cooker if the provided boot.img is modified highly probably he’ll answer this with yes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] the function to backup using adb is amazing, I've lost a lot of data by not backing up before installing something and end up giving **** just do not have space, and now it is over. I tested the backup function a few times and realized that the active app USB debugging byself and that's good, but when I left the usb mode "Charging only" active before the backup, the PC did not recognize the phone, so you can configure to FF activate mtp before? And about how to restore a backup made by ADB, I did not understand anything. Already I clicked on "Restore" with both disconnected USB / connected / connected + active USB debugging but the FF always returns "No backups found." I need to send some command in adb before?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Did you try USB ? That would be the first step in diagnosing the issue.

Regarding adb: which device are you using again, and which exact firmware? It seems to work fine for me even when the port was set to charging...

Regarding restore: this is actually a bug in the app. The screen doesn't show up if you have 0 backups on the device itself. So just create an ID backup or a boot image backup on internal storage first. After that, in the restore dialog, tap the USB button at the top-right. This will be fixed in the next update.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
I searched but could not find a definitive answer, say I make a backup in flashfire and something happens and my phone won't boot, if I move that backup to the TWRP folder can I restore it? I mean I did that and chose restore, but the thing that worries me is that the flashfire backup does not show the available partitions to restore like a regular TWRP backup. Thanks for any answers! Just want to make sure before buying pro, that the app backups and stuff are compatible with TRWP fully!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
You probably do not know my device but it was based on a foreign version, then the first link is him and the second version it was based:

http://www.meuquantum.com.br/smartphone-quantum-go-4g-32gb

http://infinixmobility.com/smartphone/zero-2-lte/

And I'm running 5.1 Lollipop, no proprietary interface, follows the Nexus line except it's not a Nexus
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
The backups use a different format from TWRP, as FlashFire can backup and restore things that TWRP cannot, and uses different compression options.

However, each FlashFire backup comes with a 'twrp.zip' file in its folder, that you can 'Install' in TWRP. This will restore any kernel, /system, /vendor, /oem, /data (but not internal storage) and /cache present in the backup.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
Basically I only backup data, system, and boot, so if u use that twrp.zip file how do I "install" that through twrp if need be? Just use that twrp.zip and restore that?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
In TWRP, instead of the 'restore' button use the 'install' button, navigate to FlashFire's backup folder, and select the twrp.zip file.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
Oh wow! That's a cool implementation and usage of twrp. So with installing that zip like a ROM file or whatever that will still restore my data and all of that correct? I know not internal storage, but the ROM will be installed exactly how I left it just as if I did make a nandroid in twrp. And thank you very much for the response!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] it seems my bug report may have been overlooked. See post #3318 (unrelated to my previous 'counter' report)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
Here is an updated in trouble with logs:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1uvONk-jlRiMW44Um83YmtQUTA

With USB already connected while Android was running, even in charging only it was possible to backup where FF activated mtp and USB debugging. But with the USB connected after FlashMode start and the last USB mode was charging only, the PC not recognize the phone to backup
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
Also, I noticed the twrp.zip file is only 5.13KB, does it pull the info from the actual backup made by flashfire when I install it becasue obviously that it not a large enough file to put my ROM back the way it was using install as a normal rom zip is usually 300 to 600MB
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
The file "twrp.zip" only gives the information to the TWRP than restore and how to restore. The backup itself are the other files in the same folder, so try not to remove any
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alfer:
This tool is long overdue, thanks a lot Chainfire! I was wondering if its possible to take a snapshot of the /system partition as a diff, rather than a full backup? For instance in my case I add one line to my build.prop, thats the only modification I make to the partition at all. But to continue receiving OTA's, I have to backup the clean system image, then when I get an OTA I restore it, flash OTA, and backup the new system for next time all with FlashFire (which makes it much easier than before!). But these backups take up a lot of space and then you still have to manage removing old backups etc. I dont know the ins and outs of the /system partition but it would be nice if there was a type of differential backup you could do, seems like that would be much smaller in size.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] biustech:
Package created. Now which slot should I use the file in Odin? AP? CP? BL?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
That's what I said, that twrp.zip pulls the info from elsewhere, but chainfire stated if I need to use twrp like if my device does not boot then I have to use install, not restore in twrp with the twrp.zip file, I just wanted to make sure if I installed that zip, that all info would be pulled and I would be back on the ROM as I left it for whatever reason, correct?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
If the problem occurs in any of the partitions which he quoted, and you have backup of them, yes if you install TWRP.zip you will return to how it was before, as a traditional backup of TWRP
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yung40oz84:
Thanks, that's what I was wondering, cause obviously if you installed a mod or anything and it won't boot I can only use TWRP.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Diffs are difficult to manage due to their dependencies. You delete a backup in the chain, and all of the newer backups become useless as they don't no longer have a valid base and thus cannot be restored - users of this *will* lose data, I guarantee it. Unless you want the new backup to replace the old backup? In that case just removing the old one and making a new one should suffice.

Note that the only possible thing you could gain is a bit of disk space. Creating a diff would not be significantly faster - possibly even slower - than a normal backup.

Interesting. So USB has to be connected before tapping 'Flash'. This could certainly be something I overlooked during development, I'll put this on my list of things to check.

It was not overlooked, it is referenced in my dev notes. I just haven't reproduced it yet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Good, then it'll get fixed eventually. Though you'd overlooked it as there hadn't been a response to the report :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
AP. But if you're flashing a complete firmware, be sure to flash the FlashFire parts and then reboot into download mode to flash the ODIN part afterwards, not the other way around!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Testing ADB backup and restore.

Device Nexus 9 - N-DP2 .

Was successfully able to create a backup of ID + Boot over wifi ADB.

Also created the same on my device, so I could access restore functions.

However when I went to see if I could restore over ADB.

Flashfire never prompted an ADB command for the restore and just rebooted. (Tried also with the device attached).

No errors reported in lastlog so no point posting it. (/proc/last_kmsg was not created).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Assuming you know how to do all of these:

Please try again, but *after* the ADB restore action, add another ADB backup action, so FlashFire will remain in Flashing mode.

At the adb restore prompt, try to pull the files in /dev/.flashfire and ZIP them up and attach the ZIP. Then just use adb reboot to reboot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Any attempt to pull the directory using

adb pull "/dev/.flashfire"

Errors out with :-

adb: error: failed to copy '/dev/.flashfire/drop_caches' to ...... : open failed: Permission denied

I have administrator command prompt under windows 10, latest adb and issued "adb root" before the command.

Edit: - the only file pulled is bu_mount containing

#!/system/bin/sh/dev/.flashfire/bu_java "$@"

Edit 2: - Not been granted root access with "adb root" because "adb remount" is reporting no access.

Also tried disabling enforcing with no luck.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zasumar:
Thanks!

Flashed the full factory image via FlashFire successfully.

Going to wait until the June OTA and try that and see what happens.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Try:

Ok, before using 'Flash', adb shell into your phone and run su, to make sure shell can get root access. Then at the right time:

adb shell
su
rm -rf /data/local/tmp/*
cp /dev/.flashfire/* /data/local/tmp/.
chmod 0644 /data/local/tmp/*
exit
exit
adb pull /data/local/tmp

I will take a look at this for next update (should only be a few days). Might be something 4.2 specific, my oldest test device by now is 4.3
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] magic_man185:
Duplicate post
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Requested Pulled Files.

[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]

Please find attached the requested pulled files.

Edit: - Wondering why there is 10 views of the attached file. Don't understand why people would want it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] magic_man185:
I am trying to use Flashfire to restore a backup, and I am having some issues. I had a backup that I recovered from an SD card that accidentally got overwritten. I tried to flash the system, data, and internal storage backups, and after checking the md5 it said that system was invalid because the MD5 didn't match. I tried without checking the hash and it was bad, it said invalid block size. Ok. I tried just flashing the data partition, and it said that it worked okay, but when the phone rebooted it gets stuck on the Verizon screen forever. I tried wiping cache in factory recovery, the only thing that works is a factory reset. I tried a wipe cache and delvik cache action after the restore, but it still doesn't work. If it matters, this backup could be from NCG or from PB1 with BOD5 bootloader, I don't know which since when I recovered it, it lost the folder name. Does that matter to the data partition and getting my apps to show up?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dilsoair:
Please friends , I can not download the app !!!! Something wrong with the link !!! They could provide !!! ?? Please!!!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Everything you need to know is in the first post. It helps to read it entirely.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Lacrocious:
ADB Restore Issues

[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] - I am having the same issue corkiejp is having trying to do an ADB restore. I did what you suggested corkiejp do, adding a ADB backup after the restore, then pull files. They are zipped up with the lastlog and attached.

I am working through pulling the files from the ZIP and restoring them from a local FlashFire\Backups folder. That seems to be working.

Let me know if you need any additional info.

- L
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bjf189:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] - i have uploaded my logs about flashfire failing an install. it restarts during install so here is my logs to help you further improve your sweet app

http://pastebin.com/XbPicZYF
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] OpenSourceCS:
I installed flashfire app on Samsung galaxy grand gt i9082 running cm13. The installation was indeed successful but when starting the app, the app says "enumerating partitions" message forever. I have no SD card inserted into my phone. Restarting, wiping cache did not help
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djranoia:
Hey everybody finally getting on the flashfire train and wanting to use my usb less.... just trying to do adb wifi backups but every backup i do i cant seem to find it. it reboots and my cmd doesnt say anything and i dont see any zips what am i doing wrong and or should i be searching for, maybe im not searching my .zip in the right place
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Where you prompted to issue an adb command before the reboot?

They should be in the folder you started CMD from.

Try changing the directory to something easy to find for example: -

cd \Users\<edit to your user name>\Documents

Or shift+right click in a folder where you want it, + click open CMD here.

Edit: Of course for the above to work, adb has to be added to the path in windows.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djranoia:
That was it thank you

I was just opening minimal ADB program and it wasn't saving in the program folder copied ADB over to a folder on my desktop ran it and it saved there thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Flashfire needs systemless supersu to update by OTA, which I don't think was possible on 5.1.1. Also requires an unmodified/untouched system partition.

You could use it flash factory images instead of trying to apply the OTA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GatorsUF:
Hey guys,

My first try with Flashfire and the app keeps crashing instantly. It opens then closes immediately.

I am on a stock Nexus 6P MHC19Q with systemless root and a few root apps. The only one that might be an issue is Adaway? I also use greenify and TiBu.

Any ideas why it keeps crashing? Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Try *not* using the 'Auto-mount' feature when selecting the ZIP file.

Nobody can have an idea why any app is crashing unless you provide a logcat.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tortel.syslog&hl=en
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lvnatic:
Can I use this app to flash an official samsung firmware on my s7 edge like in odin?

I'm mostly interested in keeping twrp. Is this possible?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] I have some questions and maybe suggestions on adb backup. I did three adb backups: one with partitions "boot, recovery and system", and two others with only "boot and recovery." But as you can see in the screenshot is a little confusing because the last three partitions already pre-checked I did not backup, and the first two I did twice but still appears only one of each (not modified from a backup and other) so I want to know if at the time of backup FF creates md5 and on this screen it checks that md5 is the same and if thus shows only one partition, or am I mistaken? My suggestion is that it would be better if he showed separate backups as are local backups. And what I realized (I could be wrong) that when a backup is done by adb, FF writes that on your data, then if FF is reinstalled or have your data cleaned (always like to do this when update) backedups by adb will not be possible to restore? The only way to restore it would make a kludge and turn it into a local backup? So I would suggest that all backups by adb be saved in any folder like "%USER%/.FlashFire". I know that the backup is done in the same folder where adb has started, and no one will start it in the folder that I mentioned, but maybe you can make a .bat that allows this? And maybe a GUI program would be very cool. But everything in your time, you are the developer. And thank you for this wonderful app
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] brchickery:
So this program is amazing. Really enjoying it. For the restore, can I just copy the zip to the device and use TWRP and restore the file?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
You speak the zip made by adb backup? If yes, no. The zip created does not contain META-INF, just was not meant to be installed by custom recovery. Now if you are talking about the zip created in the backups folder made in internal memory / memory card, yes. You can install the zip created in that folder by TWRP to restore the backup
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] CptanPanic:
I see they said this was fixed in a future release. Is that the new version that was released today, or has it already been fixed? I am looking to go from stock marshmallow rooted with FlashFire, to N-beta. Will this work yet?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] brchickery:
Perfect, exactly what I was looking for thanks. Can I push the restore easily without installing Flashfire again? I'm trying to cut out, re-rooting and setting up flashfire before flashing and or in case the os gets hosed and I cant run flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
I did not quite understand what did you mean, but about what I understand there is only the following possibilities to restore backup by FlashFire without FlashFire: restore by TWRP; Fastboot restore if you have made a backup this way; restore your backup in Odin mode (if your device is Samsung and Chainfire is still developing this feature)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] wietse1988:
Is it possible to update to the latest N preview with flashfire? I'm now on the latest stock marshmallow version of Android on my Nexus 6P, I would like to try the N preview without reinstalling everything again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
I'm not sure, maybe yes... But I recommend to wipe data after MM->N update, but you can also flash factory image w/o data loss...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Successfully Updated to N - DP3 - NPD35K ----- But bad news.

Successfully Updated to N - DP3 - NPD35K on my Nexus 9 using flashfire to flash factory images.

Device is successfully rooted.

Bad news is that FlashFire can not flash zips now (ElementalX, Adaway sytemless host).

It just gets to the spinning logo and stays on that screen.

I know that this preview is only out and flashfire will need to be updated to work on it.

Thought I would share the "lastlog" in case it helps.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hsbadr:
On v0.15, I tried to wait for several minutes & it stay on black screen until I press the Power and/or Home keys. I should say that I've to wait for more than 30-60 sec at least before pressing the keys.

On v0.14, it works just fine.

I see. I guess it's kind of "sleep" like if a command is waiting for an action to proceed or you may need to use sync command to synchronize data on disk with memory. Also, it might be related to the graphic library/interface you're using.

Since we've completely opposite results from the last two BETA versions, what're the main differences between v0.14 & v0.15 related to graphics or black screen issue?

No.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] relevant_placeholder:
I'm having LG G3 with locked bootloader and the app works fine flashing zips. Flashing aboot shouldn't really be an issue if boot is flashed too so the trust chain is completed.

Flashing system and then supersu (everroot or whatever is named) further should avoid android part of the issue when flashing.