"Error: Write failed" during recovery

[RedAlf0815]

At restoring with Open Android Backup I always get this error "Error: failed to write; splice failed: EINVAL (Invalid argument)"
When I try "adb install -r any.apk", I get the same error message.
If I try "adb install --no-streaming -r any.apk", the app installs.

thanks all

[cookesan]

That points to an adb streaming install issue, not necessarily a bad backup. Since adb install --no-streaming -r any.apk works on the same device, the restore path needs to avoid streaming installs too.

The restore script currently uses plain adb install / adb install-multiple. As a local workaround, add --no-streaming to those install calls, including the split APK path if your platform-tools version supports:

adb install --no-streaming -r app.apk
adb install-multiple --no-streaming -r split1.apk split2.apk

If install-multiple --no-streaming is not accepted, update Android platform-tools first. This should let you test the restore without changing the backup contents.