What data does TWRP backup?
System , Data , Boot are selected by default which includes your ROM , Apps , Appdata , Kernel and you can choose to backup Recovery , Cache , efs which bundles things on your internal SD card like your contacts and photos and videos. TWRP also provides compression which is pretty handy if your backup becomes large.
How do I fix error code 255?
Usually, the exit code 255 is a frequent error that happens due to the problem in SSH access. The following reasons are the common cause of this error. If the remote server to which we are trying to connect is unavailable or down, then the connection via sftp has not been established, and so we received this error.
Why is there an error 255 in TWRP?
TWRP Backup : Error 255 in createTarFork () process. Hello ! I wanted to do a TWRP backup prior to dirty flashing the latest beta version of MIUI.eu, but bump into this error in TWRP. Basically the backup process exits with an error 255.
Why did I get the error 255 in createtarfork?
I had this error (ERROR: 255) when trying to restore the data partition from a TWRP backup. After trying it several times, the data partition got corrupted: TWRP couldn’t decrypt it anymore. This meant that the internal storage was gone and the backup was gone because TWRP stores it on the internal storage.
Why does TWRP not back up data with multiple users?
The error message is [createTarFork () process ended with ERROR: 255]. The device is encrypted. This error is not related to OxygenOS because it is not possible to backup the data from custom ROMs with multiple users, too. With one user TWRP backs up data flawlessly on both custom ROMs and the official OxygenOS.
What to do if createtarfork process ended with error?
You need to look at /tmp/recovery.log while in recovery (adb pull it). Look in it for the last file that it tried to read before it gave the error. Your options are either delete that file or pull it then delete it. However, the file is corrupt in some way and the backup will never finish.
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