Hey guys. I have done numerous nandroid backups in the past with problem but now I seem to be having issues doing backups.
Im running clockwork 2.5.0.1. I got to a backup and it sits there for a time and then spits out:
"No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Backup Complete!"
Any ideas wtf is going on?
I think it all refers to Apps on your SD card. If you don't have any installed there, there obviously won't be anything to backup, & i believe the sd card has to have an ext partition, so as long as you don't have apps on your card, looks normal to me.
If i'm wrong, someone feel free to correct me.
I concur. If you don't have apps2sd going you won't have any ext partition on your SD card to worry about.
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I partitioned my sd while in recovery, I did 32mb swap 1024mb ext 2 and the rest fat 32. I then did the ext2 to ext3, then did ext3 to ext4 in the hopes of getting app2sd to work. but now all my nandroid backups are gone as well as everything I had on the card. when I boot into recovery and do msusb it has nothing in it and if i try to do a restore I get an error that says "E:couldn't open directory /sdcard/nandroid." I can still boot into roms if I put it on the root of the sd card, and i can still use root apps and if i use a file explorer in android the stuff on the phones internal rom is still there, so i guess what im trying to ask is what the heck did i do by partitioning the sdcard?
It's weird that you weren't notified, but partitioning the sdcard for app2sd is SUPPOSED to wipe the sdcard. But it IS a bug if it didn't warn you all data was going to be erased.
I had the same issue last night, luckily I figured partitioning "might" lose my data so I backed it up on my comp first.
Well I was right, it totally wiped the card. Glad I made a backup.
Rooted my phone and ran Nandroid and Titanium backups. I just went to put a copy of the backups on my laptop and could not find any Nandroid files on my sd card.
Went back into recovery and ran Nandroid again. Noticed that even though I got the "Backup Complete" there were error messages above:
No sdcard/ .android_secure found. skipping backup of applications on external storage.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
The card is a 2gig formatted fat32. Everything else seems to be fine with it. What am I missing?
Thanks
Turn off your phone, pull the sd card and re-insert. Restart. Sometimes that helps.
I got the same two messages both times that I ran nandroid (10 days apart). Although I did have all the image files backed up, such as:
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
datadata.img
recovery.img
system.img
Do I have to physically remove the card and reinstall as a refresh?
Also what is the importance of said file paths:
No sdcard/ .android_secure found. skipping backup of applications on external storage.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
I tried formatting the card again and it I got the same messages. Then I noticed a clockmod directory was on the card. Looks like the Nandroid backups are in that directory in the backup sub-directory.
From I came up with the above noted messages are normal. They simply mean that there is no ext partition and no applications on the card.
marcmarshall said:
I tried formatting the card again and it I got the same messages. Then I noticed a clockmod directory was on the card. Looks like the Nandroid backups are in that directory in the backup sub-directory.
From I came up with the above noted messages are normal. They simply mean that there is no ext partition and no applications on the card.
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Cool Thanks!
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If you make a .android_secure folder on sdcard it will fix that issue. Im still researching sd-ext issue. I tried to create the folder but it didnt work because thats what im getting. hopefully that helps.
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I tried formatting the card again and it I got the same messages. Then I noticed a clockmod directory was on the card. Looks like the Nandroid backups are in that directory in the backup sub-directory.
From I came up with the above noted messages are normal. They simply mean that there is no ext partition and no applications on the card.
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You are correct. The messages are not errors and are normal.
so, i put a partition on my sd card for the specific purpose of apps2sd. I went from cm6 to slidemeroot5r1. how do I access the apps that i had saved on my sd card? they don't show up on the phone after i flashed the new rom.
I'm probably overlooking something simple, but any help would be appreciated
Umm, you can't. At least I don't think so since your phone can't see that partition unless you tell it to. I would just restore from a nandroid backup and use titanium backup to backup the apps then when you install the rom you want just restore the apps with titanium.
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so, i put a partition on my sd card for the specific purpose of apps2sd. I went from cm6 to slidemeroot5r1. how do I access the apps that i had saved on my sd card? they don't show up on the phone after i flashed the new rom.
I'm probably overlooking something simple, but any help would be appreciated
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Assuming you wiped when you went from CM6 to SLIDEMEROOT5r1, all your apps would have been wiped as well including, if you have it, your ext partition on your sdcard. That's why you should always use a backup app like Titanium.
This only happens during the creation of Nandroid backup and so far it's only given me an error message. I DO NOT know if it's a serious problem or not? The message states: " No /sddcard/ .android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete"
What is it telling me and do I need to be concerned? Will all my data be able to be restored?
I'm running CWR v5.8.4.7 because it's the newest version that recognises the internal sd card? It seems to me I ran a nandroid with no problems right after I installed that version of recovery, so I dont see a problem tied to that?
Any/all help appreciated..Thanks!
I receive that same message on every CWM backup I make, on every phone I own. Not an issue at all.
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I receive that same message on every CWM backup I make, on every phone I own. Not an issue at all.
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Well, that's strange because I wasn't getting the message (or any error message of any kind?) until just recently and I've made quite a few backups?
yahknow1 said:
This only happens during the creation of Nandroid backup and so far it's only given me an error message. I DO NOT know if it's a serious problem or not? The message states: " No /sddcard/ .android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete"
What is it telling me and do I need to be concerned? Will all my data be able to be restored?
I'm running CWR v5.8.4.7 because it's the newest version that recognises the internal sd card? It seems to me I ran a nandroid with no problems right after I installed that version of recovery, so I dont see a problem tied to that?
Any/all help appreciated..Thanks!
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No concern. Don't know why you didn't see it before. It just means you don't have an ext partition on the card. You almost always see it.
I have a question if someone would be so kind to help me with.
Whenever I do a nandroid backup to my external SD Card I get the following message:
No /sdcard/ .android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache ...
Backup of cache completed.
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum ...
Backup complete!
When I check the external sd card, the back is there. Its probably a dumb question as my backup is working, but I'm interested to know why it says what its saying, and maybe its a problem even though its still backing up?
Cheers.
You mean "no /sdcard/ .android_secure found." ??
If yes then that's a file sometimes you'll have it.. Not too important.
If you mean "No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext"
Simply that's not your external sdcard.. That's like a external memory attached using USB and your phone isn't connected to a memory card/hard disk/ etc.. So it will obviously say its not found ..
Hope that what you're looking for..
Sent from my GT-N7100