How to restore Samsung Galaxy S2 with ClockworkMod Recovery? (Video)

thank you. very good video.
one more Q.
cwm will work when i uprade from current rom (tgy,2.3.3) to XXG5 ?

hi there. just want to check while doing nandroid backup to sd card …do u mean to external sd card or internal phone memory??

hi jayce…some more doubts.
1. the stock rom which i back up using nandroid will be stored in the internal memory right? if yes when i install the new custom rom, will that backed up will be erased?
2. when i restore back the original stock rom in any case will that rom will still be rooted?
3. in any unfortunate incident if my phone refuses to start up after installing a custom rom how should i restore the original rom…i mean can i still load the clockworkmod even if the phone is bricked?
4. in such case should i place my stock rom backup in internal memory or the external sd card.

im a newbie..thanks a lot for your patience in answering my queries. im learning a lot form u. thank u once again 🙂

hi jayce,
i dont have a external sd card. is it compulsory? when i open my file manager on sgs2 i can see my internal memory named as sd_card. i tried backing up using mybackup pro and it backup everything to my internal memory..
and any custom rom which u would suggest which is by far the most stable without any issues :)..

thanks so much..u are doing a great job with this website..

Hi Jayce! Can you tell me if this makes a total restore? or if after stock rom backup may i do my updates threw kies again?

through KIES lol sorry my bad

hi jayce~ am a bit confuse here~
if i restore the backup-system after flashing a new different rom (not upgrading) does it mean i go back to the previous rom? or does it restore the data;apps;setting?

i have flashed my gs2 with the lite ning 6.1 custom rom after i felt that there is a battery drain more than usual “previous rom is the arabic one 2.3.3 kh1 i guess” i did a net search and find that lite-ning 6.1 is the most stable and less battery usage, but the problem persisted .. any suggestion , thank you

Hi Jayce,
I rooted my samsung galaxy s2 using CF root..
after that i loaded into CWM recovery mode but it shows E:failed to verify whole-life signature. E:signature verification failed..
FYI before this i installed ROM MANAGER and realised it wasnt compatible with CWM MANAGER so i uninstalled it..
My phone did load into clockwork mod recovery before but now no longer..it just enters into android recovery system 3e whenever i trying to get into recovery mode..
for now i cant restore my previous backup using Clockwork mod recovery and of course not to flash a new rom…
hope that you can help..thank you very much..

warmest regards,
May

NEw to this, I’m trying to recover my stock rooted rom at first i was receiving a mismatch md5 error then i ran shell command now I’m I’m getting a system error while restoring system

Hi, i have a doubt (it may sound stupid). While backing up ‘data’, the CWM also seems to be backing up the internal sd contents. It it true? So if I restore the backup, will it also restore the internal SD contents to the previous state?

hi, can u help me please. i want to know how to unroot my galaxy s2 with the lightning rom 6.1 installed on it. and i also want to know how to reverse it to the original stock kernel without any data being deleated

Hello Jayce, i’m using cwm to regular backup my sgs2. the last 2 times i have backedup tmy phone, while i restore the backup i receive “unable to restore /system” and restore process is interrupted so i can only partially restore my previous backup, loosing time each time.
i have also tried backing up on internal and external sd, and also format /system before restore…no difference, same “problem”

Hi jayce!

I can’t seem to restore my initial back-up when I just rooted my phone and not yet installed a custom ROM. My CWM Manager is v3.0 and my ClockworkMod Recovery is v5.5.0.4 . My back-up file is located in the external_sd should I transfer it in the /sdcard? I’m running in Redpill Kernel 1.3 and also I tried the Siyah Kernel 2.6.12 but still I can’t restore my initial back-up.

Hi jayce!

I moved the back up file to the internal sd card and tried to restore it using CWM v5 and CWM Manager v3.0 but still won’t work. I also tried the advanced restore for boot, system, data, cache, sd-ext but all results shows “MD5 mismatch” in both Redpill kernel 1.3 and siyah kernel 2.6.12.

Do you think I have messed up the back up file before? Or have not backed it up properly? I checked the initial backed up file (when it was first rooted without custom rom installed) and what I noticed is that all are in “disk image file” not like the other custom rom back ups which have “TAR archive file”.

Thanks!

Hey Jayce …….do i need to do any wipes before restoring???…….. Thnx
man

ive done a back up on kies not restoring back onto samsung gal s2 can i use cwm

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Hi, my s2 is spoilt and i’m sending it for repair. But i want to back up my contacts and my apps, and my calendar which is linked to gmail, but i’m kind of a IT noob. Do i have to back up using this clockworkmod thing or is it in play store when everything resets? I seriously have no idea, i just connect the phone to my computer and transfer everything to my computer. Do you have any idea what i should do? I don’t want all my apps and data to be gone 🙁

can you restore from CWM contacts as well as messages only? is it included in data only??? thanks in advance

Hi.
My gs2 had entered password lots of time.then i cant open it throug gmail account.i gave it to repair.but they do something and now it enters recovery screen and nothing.what can i do?

hi jayce

once restored …..would i have to back up my system again or it will remain backed up..?

the link you gave for galaxy note 2 gallery…well i installed it through cwm but nothing happened….should i try the link you gave for sgs 3 ?? any ideas ( sorry for asking this question here ).

i have backed up on ext sd card….still back up was in the folder clockworkmode in int sd…is it ok ?