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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noamparn:
I'm hoping someone here can help me out of a jam.

I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5, and I've been successfully using FF to backup and restore my data with each OS update. This latest time, however, the restore process is failing somewhere.

I upgraded by phone from Lollipop (PB1 build) to Marshmallow (PD1 build), and tried to restore the backup I'd made of the Data partition. The restore seems to work with no errors, but then the phone gets stuck booting up on the Verizon logo (I tried a few times, I even left it there for an hour), but I've had no luck. If I wipe the data partition, it boots up fine.

There are a few very important files that I need to get off the backup.

Is there any way to figure out why the restore is failing?

Is there any way to extract the tlz4 files on my PC (in Windows), so that I can manually copy of the files I need to rescue?

Is there any way to restore that data partition to another location (a folder on my SD card, perhaps?), so I can manually locate what I need?

Thanks.

--Noam
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] petbede:
Howdy. You can restore back the complete backup you made earlier and than use titanium backup to back up and the upgrade to marshmallow and then use titanium backup to restore what you need.

PEACE!!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noamparn:
But the phone won't boot after I restore the backup. I didn't take a full system/kernel/boot backup - only the data partition.

I guess I could roll back to Lollipop, restore the backup, then manually grab the files I need (and/or use Titanium to back up those app settings I'm missing), and then roll forward again. I'm just trying to avoid the rollback/forward if I can.

Is there any other way to explore the data that was backed up on a PC?

Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] shanky887614:
make a full nandroid next time, best to use the recovery partition.

use a usb otg adapter and a memory stick if you dont want to backup to phone/micro sd (128gb cards are cheap now)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noamparn:
Thanks for the advice for next time - but do you have any advice for *this* time?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] shanky887614:
YOU FAILED the right firmware restore your data.

dont restore data for system apps or you will have issues
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dreinulldrei:
On my Moto X Play with 6.0.1 I don't see any partitions at all and can't do any backups. Is there anything I can test or send (logs)?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
Before my phone was put back to stock I was running Moar on my sprint n5. My question since I dont have access to custom recovery can I flash a rom that has the aroma installer with it. I remembered when I flash more it takes me throuth several options and I pick and choose what I want and then it installs. Will FF allow this
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
[MENTION=5072928]mash4077fan[/MENTION] Flashfire works with aroma installer.

Haven't used it for a rom flash, but works with kernel flash.

Edit: Make sure to include a wipe function before flashing the rom.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
Thank you, have you ever tried to flash the viper themed hangouts with FF. It also has a similar thing where you pick things out before it actually installs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
Hey I have another question, lets say I do a back up of my current stock rooted rom and I save it. Then something happens and I have to odin back to stock, can I root then install flashfire then flash backup so i dont have to do whole process over again. Does the back work like regular custom recovery, puts the phone exactly the way it was.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
If you reinstall the stock and make root, you will be able to restore your backup with FlashFire, or restore with TWRP. And already in Chainfire list create installable backups by Odin
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
thank you right now twrp is not an option for me.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
You don't want to trip Knox, I understand. But as I said, if Android is starting and is able to root, you will always be able to restore your backup with FlashFire
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
I dont care if i trip knox my phone wont let me install custom recovery, i tried like 7 or more times, had to odin back to stock each time. that is what i get everytime i try to install twrp via odin. there is an error message in the upper left hand corner of phone. once i hit that screen the only thing the phone will let me do is go to dl mode
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sjoller:
Root not aquired

I just tried Flashfire on my rooted (CM rommed) Xperia Z2 tablet (castor_windy). It says root not acquired, but CMs root access option is set, and I further confirmed it with one of the root checkers in the Play store. It's like the root access pop-up is missing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
From FF web page:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sjoller:
Yes, I read that, and as I stated CM root option is set to allow, and I've confirmed that root is accessible by a root checker.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
But the question is, is your Selinux set to permissive?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sjoller:
That was it, thanks. Never messed around with SElinux modes before, so I had to do some Googling.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noooooo:
Getting this log, any help?

UI] [OUT] Archive: /data/media/0/Download/Kylo.R21.angler.UBER6.x.zip [OUT] creating: META-INF/com/google/android/ [OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script [OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary [UI] -Checking Model ID [OUT] ui_print [ERR] script aborted: assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "angler" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "angler" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "angler" [UI] assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "angler" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "angler" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "angler" [OUT] ui_print [UI] [UI] Rebooting...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
It looks as if you're trying to flash something not built for your device.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noooooo:
As I thought, that's strange, because it is a kernel created for my devixe
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
Just so we can rule that out as the issue, what is your device?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
Going by the log " "angler" for Nexus 6P " is his device.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noooooo:
Nexus 6p, kernel is Kylo/ubermallow, I'm on Android n dp3
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
No, the log seems to show that a Nexus is expected, but not found.

---------- Post added at 21:28 ---------- Previous post was at 21:26 ----------

Perhaps it's related to Android N, then. I have no experience there, so I wouldn't know what to suggest.

Have you tried any other custom kernels? Do they work?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] noooooo:
Well, it seems to be the only kernel updated for dp3, so I haven't other kernel to try on
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
If you are sure that this zip is for your rom/device, you can extract the updater-script, remove the initial lines related to getprop and recompile the zip with the new updater-script. But do so at your own risk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
On the Nexus 9 the ElementalX kernel for DP2 works fine for DP3.

You could try it on your device to test flashing of a kernel
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] winnph:
Appears to have broken ES File Explorer root

I just used Flashfire to install the latest stock images for my Nexus 6P, and it appears everything went well with one exception: when I try to use ES File Explorer's Root Explorer tool, it says the test failed and this feature is unavailable. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app, same result. I checked in SuperSU and it shows the app has root permission.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
[MENTION=7467832]winnph[/MENTION] See here for compatibility mode.

As on going discussion in SuperSU Thread. Use an alternative file explorer for root access.

Reports of ES containing adware/spyware.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Kelderic:
First off, thanks for creating this! I'm trying to use it on my Galaxy S4, but I can't seem to get the download link working. I've signed up for the G+ community, and but when I follow specified link, I get an authentication error:

[IMG="Google Error"]http://h.andymercer.net/screenshots/flashfire-download-error.png[/IMG]

The link I am trying is:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.chainfire.flash

I've read that I need to wait a half hour for it to start working, so I've waited for about 3 hours now, and am wondering if there is something that I'm doing wrong.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
[MENTION=7499865]Kelderic[/MENTION] The beta program was closed by chainfire, so people could review the app in the playstore.

Get it here : - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] drewski_1:
Get rid of ES. It has Spyware embedded in it
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Signor Rossi:
I skipped through a few pages, but couldn't find anything...

I bought Pro via the App. How is this saved? In Play or on my device?

I just wonder if I need to backup anything to preserve pro after a brick or so.

Gesendet von meinem Amazon Fire Pad mit Tapatalk @ Cyanogenmod 12.1
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
It's a Play Store in-app purchase, so it will be remembered by Google. Just make sure you use the same account that purchased the app when you are reinstalling it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Kelderic:
Gotcha, thanks! I'll leave a comment on the thread that where i was instructed to use the Beta, to update his walkthrough. Much appreciated!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] winnph:
I just wish the interface for Ghost Commander were a little cleaner, or that Amaze supported network shares (Samba). Is there any other good file manager with a root explorer that will work after this SuperSU update?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
Solid Explorer.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] baudi11:
How do you know that?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rakuu:
Has adware in it, reported here on XDA even, a recent update made it replace your lockscreen, your choice to continue to support it or not.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] baudi11:
Link to source for this?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rakuu:
http://www.xda-developers.com/psa-l...le-explorer-brings-adware-to-your-lockscreen/
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
For God sake, not again. This is NOT the topic to discuss root file managers.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
So I made a backup of my stock rooted phone so if I try and flash something and for whatever reason it does not work and I cant boot back up, as long as I have a back up and I can get into download mode I can flash back to stock then root then install flashfire and then flash my back up as long as i have it on an external storage somewhere
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] baudi11:
Many (if not most) of us are here because FlashFire allows us to flash new OS releases and maintain root. So an assertion that the most popular

root

file manager (~2.5 million users) has adware is certainly of interest to many people on this thread. Thanks to [MENTION=5906506]Rakuu[/MENTION] for posting a link to the source for that assertion.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
No it's not. Just because flashfire let's you keep root doesn't make it automatically linked to root manager discussions. The 2 aren't even remotely connected. The only place there adware discussion belongs is in the es explorer topic. Not flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] baudi11:
In your opinion. Everybody's got one. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
[Android 4.2+][ROOT][2016.06.01] FlashFire v0.50

Where does it say file manager ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] drewski_1:
It's been pretty well publicized that it has Baidu tracking hooks incorporated

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/tech...-data-to-china-u-of-t-report/article28865055/
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mash4077fan:
Well I can confirm that flashing xposed with FF works good on the Sprint Note 5 running MM.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
Thank you for bringing us back on track. [emoji4]

ff works well on all my devices. (Save for current fire 8 and 10. No one seems to have good luck with these.)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Remix22:
Here's the log of one of the failed installation, I tried changing the busybox install directory but it didn't fix the problem http://pastebin.com/wJapTgxR Cheers
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Foxzor:
I just tried flash the below zip to my device but I received the "mount: can't find /system in /proc/mounts"

xposed-v75-sdk22-arm64.zip

Device : LG G4 with root Bootloader locked

Android device 5.1.

Please help me
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
June factory image with SuperSU and systemless Xposed flashed w/o any issue on my N7 II

;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Vorsprung:
I'm using this very nice piece of software on my S7: the internal storage is encrypted, the external SD is not. Now I would like to make a "normal" backup and place it on the external SD. The problem is, this backup wouldn't be encrypted and if someone would have access to the phone, they could get all the data from the backup on the external SD.

Is such a feature planned for the future (encrypted backups) or is there already a good solution for this use case?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stokholm:
A question about Nexus security updates.

How would you go about updating a Nexus device with the factory image¹ and FlashFire, if the bootloader or radio changed?

Does FlashFire warn about this (since it can't flash either of those)? Or does it just flash the rest of the partitions and leave it to the user to figure out the rest?

¹) I'm talking about this method: [youtube]ED6N4DJTaU4[/youtube]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] danieldmm:
Use TWRP and make a backup password protected...

Enviado do meu A0001 através de Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Vorsprung:
Yes, that is the TWRP feature I was thinking about. TWRP for the S7 does not support encryption, so that is how I came across FlashFire in the first place. Seems I have to manually encrypt the backup files every time or backup to my PC instead...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zgauthier8286:
Working on LG MS330 K7 for metro pcs

Confirmed working on this device. Running stock unlocked bootloader.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
This is not currently possible, but high on the to-do list.

FlashFire can flash both bootloaders and modems on most Nexus devices. However, I would only flash the modem and not the bootloaders, to be on the safe side. Or, use the full size OTAs available from Google rather than the Fastboot package, and circumvent the issue (those flash both bootloader and modem if necessary, with less risk when doing the bootloaders).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] foosion:
Why doesn't FlashFire flash the modem by default (i.e., pre-check the modem box on the list)?

Trying to flash the OTA from the google developer's cite resulted in a warning about block level OTAs if the system wasn't stock. My only change from stock is Flashfire's systemless root (I had used Adaway to change the hosts file, but reverted to stock hosts before trying to flash). Nexus 5, FlashFire 0.5, trying to flash June OTA. Due to the warning, I flashed a factory image rather than the OTA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
[MENTION=4693971]foosion[/MENTION] You would have got that warning if Flashfire detected changes to system, Mounting System Partition R/W is enough to cause OTA's to fail.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] foosion:
[MENTION=4868912]corkiejp[/MENTION] Would Flashfire have mounted the system partition r/w when I used it to flash the May factory image and installed systemless root? Would using Adaway to modify (and then revert) the hosts file?

I can't think of anything else that might have modified the system.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] corkiejp:
[MENTION=4693971]foosion[/MENTION] Adaway would have modified the systems hosts file unless you used/flashed the "AdAway_systemless_hosts_v2.zip".

Changing a system file and reverting it would still mark the system image as been modified.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stokholm:
Neat. But how close to stock would you have to be, to flash the full size OTA? Does it work with modified system/recovery.

In any case, would it be possible to have FlashFire give a warning, when flashing a factory image, if the bootloader and/or modem needs to be updated? Right now, the only way for me to find out (that I can think of) is extracting the factory image myself and comparing version numbers. A tedious task. :eek:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Because flashing modems isn't possible on all devices, and even if it were, pre-selected are only the default Android-related partitions, not device-specific ones.

If it's the full size OTA (100s of MBs) rather than the incremental OTA (usually only a few MBs) you can ignore that warning. The full size OTAs are very new, FlashFire is not aware of them yet.

Full size OTAs are as far as I know always flashable.

There is no generic way to do this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] foosion:
It was the full size. If there's a problem, would anything bad happen other than the update failing?

The full size OTA is about the same size as the factory image. Is there any reason to prefer flashing one or the other? I suppose the OTA can update the bootloader, while the factory image can't safely be used to update it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Doubtful.

https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/settings/#flash_bootloaders
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dreinulldrei:
Any ideas why I don't see any partitions on a Moto X Play 2015 with 6.0.1 installed?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] peterxmac:
I searched the entire thread and wasn't able to find a response regarding the availability of any methods to stay unencrypted. Is this result possible using FlashFire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] baudi11:
Does setting compatibility mode using

echo "BINDSYSTEMXBIN=true" >> /data/.supersu​

break the ability of FlashFire to flash a full-size OTA?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] griffineyes:
I didn't quote this reply in my original question. What rom are you flashing, I have the same tablet?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oak:
I did a normal backup and restore on my N6 using v0.15. It was flawless and quick. The backup was approximately half the size of a TWRP backup.

Awesome! This app is a big deal.

Bought the app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exile1975:
Not flashing a ROM yet, only trying to make a backup. As soon as I get the firmware downloaded I'm going to try flashing that to see what happens.

On a side note, this has a bright future, so I bought it.

Oh, another report [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]. I also have a Samsung Galaxy Avant which does the same as my galaxy tab 4. Backups work fine but after the loading screen it's black until it finishes and reboots.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] demlv:
So I could use this app in conjunction with a custom recovery and then always have two different options for restoring a backup. Is that right? New option for those of us who like to wear a belt and suspenders.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SeraphSephiroth:
So I have done a logcat of my environment before during and a few seconds after the failed operations. I shall also include my firmware information again (SweetRom based)

View attachment 3264977

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcvu68k4ileopbn/logcatff.txt?dl=0
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] 2ndcarpenter:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION],

I see that it's already been reported a few times. First off, backups and package flashes work great with the SM-G900K S5, and the SHV-E300K S4. Black screens are a little longer than before even had me worried for a second. With v0.15 the issue the S4 was having of not seeing the loading process and only seeing the top red line of Flashfire are both fixed. I haven't tried on the S4, but on the S5 as soon as I select the folder where an OTA .zip file is, Ff crashes. I can't seem to attach the last log file here so, I threw it in my Dropbox. Last log
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SUNUN:
Dear [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] is it posible to make backup in online mod, when phone is avilable for use? like online nandroid backup?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exile1975:
Forgot a some details, the galaxy avant is 4.4.2, rooted, busybox, and twrp. Do you need a last log?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] abdyasar:
I tried backup and restore many times and success. This morning i try to flash a custom rom called AryaMod v5.3 to my n9005 note 3. Everything is ok guys. N9005 is fully compatible with the FlashFire. Thx a lot [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] ..

Plus + Plus + Plus

When i flashing the rom had stock lollipop recovery. And rom zip created from aroma installer.

Plus + Plus + Plus

I try almost everything with FF and success for example crossflash, from 4.4.2 to 5.0 and from 5.0 to 4.4.2. I love this app. Only bad thing that i can't flash or restore modem and bootloader(i know thats protected) never mind[in Turkish Sağlık Olsun]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Magic_Knight:
Biggest issue IMHO is the modem issue (not flashed), with Mobile Odin it was fine. I hope Chainfire will fix it soon.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] XDA-Sez:
Well, You do contradict yourself. Is it now 'fully compatible' or does flashing of some partitions not work?

Ever tried to flash a stock Samsung fota update.zip, did this work?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] abdyasar:
I did't use fota so i dont know. Modem flashing is not an issue it is restricted. I want to say "nearly compatible"..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] damnick:
Hi, great work. Has anyone tested Flashfire with Xperia Z (yuga)? Maybe with CM 12.1? Is it safe?

Thanks..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hllywd:
I have a Oneplus One running Slimkat v9, (4.4.4). So far all the backups work on the phone. One USB drive was recognized but it wouldn't backup. Tried another drive and that worked. On to the next step. Restoring. Was wondering if there was a limitation on drive size and that's why the one didn't work? Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msj91:
Great work from Chainfire once again.I have one question.Does FlashFire have the ability to flash zip files that require custom recovery (cwm)?For example De-Samsungnizer script?