just tried and this does not work, so I assume you never tried it with TWRP backup files, cygwin does work
Extracting/Browsing a TWRP Backup?
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just tried and this does not work, so I assume you never tried it with TWRP backup files, cygwin does work
Quite the contrary, I just did. Assuming that TWRP backup is a multi-volume tar packed additionally with gzip, I've unpacked all parts feom gzip by 7zip, then extracted resultin multi-volume tar by that Windows tar binary.
Of course , there might be a problem with symlinks supported by tar, but unsupported by windows file systems.
Hi everyone,
please i need your help i am ****ed up
Display was broken or in the process of dieing really quick. So i copied all folders via Windows explorer as long i could do something with the phone.
I dont now why but the folder where the app colornote makes regular backups is empty??? it is/was located (via windows explorer) under internal storage\data\colornote\backup
I do have an older twrp backup left here, but i cant find the missing folder/files via 7-zip or twrp browser on an other phone :crying: The folder structure and files looks different, not like in the root of internal storage via windows explorer, why is that?
I think this are the files to look at, arent they? I tried them because they are the biggest ones, the rest is just a few kb...
data.ext4.win000
data.ext4.win001
system.ext4
These files are so important for me, please help me! :crying:
please i need your help i am ****ed up
Display was broken or in the process of dieing really quick. So i copied all folders via Windows explorer as long i could do something with the phone.
I dont now why but the folder where the app colornote makes regular backups is empty??? it is/was located (via windows explorer) under internal storage\data\colornote\backup
I do have an older twrp backup left here, but i cant find the missing folder/files via 7-zip or twrp browser on an other phone :crying: The folder structure and files looks different, not like in the root of internal storage via windows explorer, why is that?
I think this are the files to look at, arent they? I tried them because they are the biggest ones, the rest is just a few kb...
data.ext4.win000
data.ext4.win001
system.ext4
These files are so important for me, please help me! :crying:
Hi guys.. Does someone knows why "tar -xvzf xxx.tar.gz" don't work with "boot.emmc.win"? (On Ubuntu 16.10)
With "xxx.ext4.win" files works properly.
Some suggestion to do same thing on "xxx.emmc.win" files on Ubuntu?
Thanx!
With "xxx.ext4.win" files works properly.
Some suggestion to do same thing on "xxx.emmc.win" files on Ubuntu?
Thanx!
I would make a installer zip, install to your phone and let TWRP back it up, or if your time is plenty the head to TWRP thread and see how TWRP packs it, it would be around the place where they talk about compiling. another choice maybe is to search the tar function and try to do that in CYGWIN command screen . I do not have much time to invest as I am rather busy with work and home projects and do not do any phone work any more
CYGWIN console
carl@carl-PC ~/untar
$ tar
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
CYGWIN console
carl@carl-PC ~/untar
$ tar
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
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Hi guys
after updating the htc screenlock app via playstore today my phone won't boot into sense. I just see the wallpaperscreen going on and off and i can't do anything.
I have a twrp backup, which is including the faulty app. I renamed the files extension to .zip and can extract them.
My question is... can i remove the app from the back up and just restore the backup (md5 comes into mind...) or will i have to install fresh and copy all the files manually to the phone?
Any suggestions?
after updating the htc screenlock app via playstore today my phone won't boot into sense. I just see the wallpaperscreen going on and off and i can't do anything.
I have a twrp backup, which is including the faulty app. I renamed the files extension to .zip and can extract them.
My question is... can i remove the app from the back up and just restore the backup (md5 comes into mind...) or will i have to install fresh and copy all the files manually to the phone?
Any suggestions?
Thanks @carl1961 Worked!
I followed these instructions and it worked. I had two data files instead of one though. The second data file ended in win001, so I had an extra step to do, which was to extract the second data file using the same convention outlined for the other files.
I followed these instructions and it worked. I had two data files instead of one though. The second data file ended in win001, so I had an extra step to do, which was to extract the second data file using the same convention outlined for the other files.
I'm sure somebody is already aware of this;just sharing coz this awed me![emoji33]
You need to ..extract/restore individual data files from nandroid backup?
Restore data to an app when switching between ROMs or OS versions?
Well TWRP IS THE ONLY THING YOU NEED! And a PC of course.
Bless the Devs[emoji7][emoji28]
Forget Nan managers, tar.extractors & the insanely complex Bash terminal commands
1. Go to File manager on TWRP recovery, it can read the system data i.e. data/data/ file (while your other file managers can,only data files on SD or ext.SD)
2.Go to data/data and locate the data folder of the app you wish to extract; will be in the format 'com.app name'
3.Push 'Select folder' tab on the screen; it gives you option to COPY the file
4.Move up & paste the data/data file on your readable memmory: sd/ext.SD
And that's it!! Just connect to the PC & pull the file & there u have: your APP DATA FILE!
I was tired using zip extractors, changing file names & struggling with command prompts; then found this[emoji4]
Hope it helps[emoji106]
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The best software you can edit TWRP files is an old version of 7-zip.
Download Version 2016-10-04 from here:
For win32: https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1604.exe
For win64: https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1604-x64.exe
Ref: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Good luck.
I always used Nandroid Manager for browsing the backups on-device, too bad it got removed from the Play Store but you can download the apk from the xda thread.
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39CYGWIN Unpacking TWRP Backup Files
Thanks @Optikmike for CYGWIN tip
here's what I did..
CYGWIN Unpacking TWRP Backup Files
rename:
data.ext4.win to data.ext4.win.tar
system.ext4.win000 system.ext4.win000.tar
system.ext4.win001 to system.ext4.win001.tar
Make a directory in your CYGWIN Home [Username]folder
Example: untar
Use Windows File Explorer go to your CYGWING Home
C:\cygwin\home\carl (your user name will be here)
make any folder you choose
Example:
C:\cygwin\home\carl\untar
and C:\cygwin\home\carl\untar\data ( for data files)
put your renamed data files in a folder named data
C:\cygwin\home\carl\untar\data (this is to keep files separate when unpacked)
While in Explorer put your renamed system files in untar folder
start CYGWIN ( Use the Cygwin Terminal and then you can copy and paste these commands)
cd to untar folder
example:
cd\untar
do these commands one at a time, it will extract to a folder named system
tar -xvf system.ext4.win000.tar
tar -xvf system.ext4.win001.tar
cd to data
do this command
tar -xvf data.ext4.win.tar
all your data files will extract20
I know this is an old post, but it's the first Google result.
What you want to do is rename the .wim file to .tar.gz, then extract the file (command line is tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz). If you look at the TWRP logs it indicates that it uses tar to create the archive file.5What are WIN files?
Along with win and md5 files TWRP creates recovery.log file. If you look inside this file, you can see the full log of what TWRP has done. There you can notice that win file with the boot partition is in fact a result of the dd command, so that's a bit-to-bit copy of the boot partition, sometimes named as .img file.
Other partition win files are tar files. If you used compression, you got .tar.gz files.
So .win files are raw partition data, .tar, or .tar.gz files. See recovery.log3
Yep, it's fully possible. Just get the nandroid backup file, and make a copy and change the extension to .zip After that just unzip, and volia. A bit of searching (should be in the apps file, I forgot the details).
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