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I was wondering if you can rename a nandroid without causing any problems. The reason I ask is I have a lot of backups and sometimes I flash a backup for the wrong rom so naming it after the rom would be very helpful. Thank you.
jimisdad said:
I was wondering if you can rename a nandroid without causing any problems. The reason I ask is I have a lot of backups and sometimes I flash a backup for the wrong rom so naming it after the rom would be very helpful. Thank you.
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Yes you can, just make sure to not put any space in between characters.
Sweet. Thank you very much for the fast reply. I will hit the thanks button as soon as I'm on my computer.
jimisdad said:
Sweet. Thank you very much for the fast reply. I will hit the thanks button as soon as I'm on my computer.
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No problem, learned myself from trial and error. If you put in spaces you won't be able to use the nandroid.
Ok. You saved me the error part LOL
Yep, I add the setup to the end of mine, for example the ones i did last night: 0619-mikg_1_03_pre_2_1 then ......0619-Mikg_2_0_stock, meaning that I made the nandroid before I restored all my apps/data after flashing the 2.0 beta, then after I did my whole setup and verified that it would reboot, I made another nandroid ...0619-mikG_2_0_full_setup
That's a great idea hipkat
jimisdad said:
That's a great idea hipkat
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Thanks to my Organizational OCD.....
I have to go into the sprint store to fix my headphone jack. I know I have to unroot my phone. But if I backup my phone using nandroid before I unroot it, can I root my phone after I get my problem solved and restore that backup? A fast answer will really be appreciated. I'm in a hurry to fix this.
kkc6196 said:
I have to go into the sprint store to fix my headphone jack. I know I have to unroot my phone. But if I backup my phone using nandroid before I unroot it, can I root my phone after I get my problem solved and restore that backup? A fast answer will really be appreciated. I'm in a hurry to fix this.
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Sure you can. Either just leave it on your sd card, or copy it to your HD on your computer. Then restore as you normally would.
go into your files folder and click on cwm recovery, see if you see the nandroid backup. and at the top, it should say "/sdcard/. that means the nandroid is on your sdcard
Thank you.
I know this sounds like a dumb question, but can I have multiple Nandroid backups in my CWM folder? In other words my current Nandroid is of my stock, rooted EL30 ODEX backup. Now I'm running FC09 DEODEX ROM, stock, but I would like to have a backup of it too...
Yes you can.
rando991 said:
I know this sounds like a dumb question, but can I have multiple Nandroid backups in my CWM folder? In other words my current Nandroid is of my stock, rooted EL30 ODEX backup. Now I'm running FC09 DEODEX ROM, stock, but I would like to have a backup of it too...
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Each nandroid is automatically named according to date so you should be able to differentiate pretty quickly what is what. Just learned about this over the weekend when I did my first restore.
i am also on FC09 deodex, but im having problems with rom manager creating a recovery? is there anything i need to do specifically instead of rom manager?
While we're on this topic, I noticed I'd been losing a good bit of space on my sdcard after all this rooting and whatnot (finally took the leap last week). I now have CM9 RC1 and 2 on the card, as well as a few nightlies. Is it cool to delete some of these and keep the current and/or second to last file?
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While we're on this topic, I noticed I'd been losing a good bit of space on my sdcard after all this rooting and whatnot (finally took the leap last week). I now have CM9 RC1 and 2 on the card, as well as a few nightlies. Is it cool to delete some of these and keep the current and/or second to last file?
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That's exactly what I do.
That s what I do usually
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I am getting a force close when I try to get into 3G hotspot settings, this is most likely related to the fact that I can no longer use my phone as a hotspot with ease.
Okay.....
What ROM are you using? Are you rooted?
Need more information.
Jizzylax said:
Okay.....
What ROM are you using? Are you rooted?
Need more information.
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Rooted, running andi bones.
it use to work fine, now I restore some backups but none cure the problem.
I have tried factory reset, and every backup I have and the problem is still there.
OK, I ended up going back to stock and installing the original rom I was running, now it's working, I think this got messed up when I tried UKB rom, and all my backups newer than stock would not take care of the problem.
Now I want to delete some of the backups and save a new backup, but I have not found the location of the backup files.
Lino. said:
OK, I ended up going back to stock and installing the original rom I was running, now it's working, I think this got messed up when I tried UKB rom, and all my backups newer than stock would not take care of the problem.
Now I want to delete some of the backups and save a new backup, but I have not found the location of the backup files.
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If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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Thanks I got it.
gtdtm said:
If you want help you've got to give us info. What recovery are you using? For twrp there is a folder on your sd card called twrp. I don't remember the name for the cwm folder because I haven't used it for a long time. I've never used 4ext, so if you are on that you'll have to wait for someone else's input.
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4ext backups to cwm folder
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...
Lino. said:
Thanks I got it.
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Do you mind posting your solution in case someone else has the same question?
How can I restore my nandroid backup after flashing android 4.2 via cwm? Because now my nandroid backup is located in sdcare/0/0/0/0/0/clockworkmod, so cwm can,t find it and can't restore.
any fix thx a lot
arhung said:
How can I restore my nandroid backup after flashing android 4.2 via cwm? Because now my nandroid backup is located in sdcare/0/0/0/0/0/clockworkmod, so cwm can,t find it and can't restore.
any fix thx a lot
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im having the same issue, what im doing is downloading a 4.1.2 ROM and flashing that then seeing if the SDcard is back to normal. will report back when finished
Push your clockworkmod folder to /data/media.
All you need is working ADB and to make things even more simple QtADB.
Alternatively a root explorer *should* work...
use a file explorer or pc to transfer files to sdcard0
I can't locat the file...
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Don't restore when switching major versions, just reinstall - would be my advice. Especially on this one, at least until custom recoveries take care of that (if it hasn't happened already).
same thing here.
tried out the new 4.2, and then the recovery doesn't find the data anymore
i'm trying to flash other rom, and if it won't work, i'll try to go back to the stock rom...but i don't think it would help.
Connecting the device via usb doesn't show all the folders :S
hello, sorry for bumping a semi-old thread, but came across it while searching. I was wondering if you found a solution to your issue. I'm having the same problem after updating my S3 and CWM doesnt read my backups. Thanks for any help.
pudge12 said:
hello, sorry for bumping a semi-old thread, but came across it while searching. I was wondering if you found a solution to your issue. I'm having the same problem after updating my S3 and CWM doesnt read my backups. Thanks for any help.
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Wrong forum dude! But if it's anything like the Nexus the CWM backups on the SD card need to be moved to /media/data to be read by CWM
EddyOS said:
Wrong forum dude! But if it's anything like the Nexus the CWM backups on the SD card need to be moved to /media/data to be read by CWM
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I know its a nexus thread, thats why I mentioned that I had an S3. Thank you for the suggestion, I'll give it a try.
its all about the sdcard/0/ *.*
to move the file back sdcard/ *.* would help but how ?
Hi,
I'm new to both the forums and to rooting, which should be obvious when I say I soft-bricked my phone tonight. After about 3 hours of pouring over these forums and trying numerous things, I was finally able to factory reset my phone. It sucks, but I'm glad to have it at least working again!
Before I went messing around, I created a Nandroid backup using the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit v7.0, but now, since all the files on my droid are gone, that backup only exists on my PC. So, the question is, how do I restore my phone to this backup?
I have an S3 1747M 4.1.1
The files in my backups folder are:
\backup
-\2013-03-23.05.11
--boot.img
efs.tar
efs.img
system.ext4.201303230727.tar
I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it and I'm going crosseyed after spending so much time here tonight :silly:
Thank you!
If the back up was created from a recovery just put it on a SD card a restore from recover
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Pbwizkid said:
If the back up was created from a recovery just put it on a SD card a restore from recover
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Erm... I don't have an external. Is it possible to move it to my internal to accomplish the same thing? I appreciate the help
GerPronouncedGrr said:
Hi,
I'm new to both the forums and to rooting, which should be obvious when I say I soft-bricked my phone tonight. After about 3 hours of pouring over these forums and trying numerous things, I was finally able to factory reset my phone. It sucks, but I'm glad to have it at least working again!
Before I went messing around, I created a Nandroid backup using the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit v7.0, but now, since all the files on my droid are gone, that backup only exists on my PC. So, the question is, how do I restore my phone to this backup?
I have an S3 1747M 4.1.1
The files in my backups folder are:
\backup
-\2013-03-23.05.11
--boot.img
efs.tar
efs.img
system.ext4.201303230727.tar
I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it and I'm going crosseyed after spending so much time here tonight :silly:
Thank you!
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This is not a system backup. The files in your folder do not match the files that you should be seeing in a nandroid folder. You made this in recovery?
xBeerdroiDx said:
This is not a system backup. The files in your folder do not match the files that you should be seeing in a nandroid folder. You made this in recovery?
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This is, I *believe* what was output by the toolkit when I ran the nandroid backup option. Am I looking in the wrong spot? I also did an EFS backup, which could explain erroneous files.
GerPronouncedGrr said:
This is, I *believe* what was output by the toolkit when I ran the nandroid backup option. Am I looking in the wrong spot? I also did an EFS backup, which could explain erroneous files.
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That's what this is: an efs backup, not a nandroid.
xBeerdroiDx said:
That's what this is: an efs backup, not a nandroid.
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OK, thanks for the info, that clears it up a little. However, just for crystal clarity sake, are you saying that the boot.img is EFS related also?
When I ran the Nandroid backup it gave me the option to save either externally or internally, IIRC. I saved internally because, as mentioned, I don't have an external. If this boot.img isn't what I need, then does that mean I lost my backup when I factory reset? :crying:
Whats the file size of system.ext4.201303230727.tar?
Quasimodem said:
Whats the file size of system.ext4.201303230727.tar?
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I was wondering that too but at the same time, there's still a data & cache tar plus several other standard files I've always seen in a backup that aren't here
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This is, I *believe* what was output by the toolkit when I ran the nandroid backup option. Am I looking in the wrong spot? I also did an EFS backup, which could explain erroneous files.
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That's what this is: an efs backup, not a nandroid.
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Yep. Definitely an efs backup.
xBeerdroiDx said:
I was wondering that too but at the same time, there's still a data & cache tar plus several other standard files I've always seen in a backup that aren't here
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There are major files missing here.
TO OP: Do not attempt to flash any of this unless you are trying to restore your efs (which you should do ONLY IF you lost your imei). The tar file MAY be your system files and the boot.img just that, but that is it. You have none of the rest that is standard and if you are on a custom ROM things could go very wrong. If possible make your nandroids through TWRP or CWM. These will store nandroids properly. I believe both give you the option to store the nandroids on the internal or external (if you have one) memory. Make backups of these regularly if you really like the ROM.
I would HIGHLY recommend an external card...and for various reasons. It can be only a 2gig and that will be fine. This covers you in the event that your data/charging port should quit working for any reason (rare but it can happen). It also gives you a convenient way to backup those important things to you (pictures, music, etc.) and convenience to restore nandroids or revert to stock.
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TO OP: Do not attempt to flash any of this unless you are trying to restore your efs (which you should do ONLY IF you lost your imei). The tar file MAY be your system files and the boot.img just that, but that is it. You have none of the rest that is standard and if you are on a custom ROM things could go very wrong. If possible make your nandroids through TWRP or CWM. These will store nandroids properly. I believe both give you the option to store the nandroids on the internal or external (if you have one) memory. Make backups of these regularly if you really like the ROM.
I would HIGHLY recommend an external card...and for various reasons. It can be only a 2gig and that will be fine. This covers you in the event that your data/charging port should quit working for any reason (rare but it can happen). It also gives you a convenient way to backup those important things to you (pictures, music, etc.) and convenience to restore nandroids or revert to stock.
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+1 for the micro sd card. At $10 for a 16g, you can't go wrong. I keep a backup or 2 on mine, plus my current rom/gapps/recovery zips. Very handy.
Aybarrap1, that rom settling in well for you?
OK, well now that it's been pointed out to me I feel like an idiot. Size of .tar file in question is 0kb... So obviously backup failed and I just never noticed, because I didn't know what to look for. I saw the operation complete and assumed it was fine. I guess I just have to accept that I'm starting over from square one. Lesson learned from all this: Read more, ask first.
Thanks go out to everyone who helped me figure this out.
GerPronouncedGrr said:
OK, well now that it's been pointed out to me I feel like an idiot. Size of .tar file in question is 0kb... So obviously backup failed and I just never noticed, because I didn't know what to look for. I saw the operation complete and assumed it was fine. I guess I just have to accept that I'm starting over from square one. Lesson learned from all this: Read more, ask first.
Thanks go out to everyone who helped me figure this out.
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That's what we're here for, buddy.
Go back into recovery and make another backup so you'll have one. What's good is that you actually do have an efs backup. That's a very smart thing to do and something I keep on my micro sd card. Cheers
By the way, while we're on the topic of me not knowing what's going on, is it possible that through all of this, factory reset, stock boot, that my phone is still rooted? I started re-installing apps and one of them was the ROM Toolbox that caused my issue in the first place. I didn't do anything with it yet, but I didn't notice that it behaves as though I have SU access.
GerPronouncedGrr said:
By the way, while we're on the topic of me not knowing what's going on, is it possible that through all of this, factory reset, stock boot, that my phone is still rooted? I started re-installing apps and one of them was the ROM Toolbox that caused my issue in the first place. I didn't do anything with it yet, but I didn't notice that it behaves as though I have SU access.
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I don't know exactly what steps you took to recover your device so I can't say specifically. However, you can download apps like rom manager and titanium Backup that require root to see if they work. Do you still have a custom recovery (cwm or twrp)?
xBeerdroiDx said:
+1 for the micro sd card. At $10 for a 16g, you can't go wrong. I keep a backup or 2 on mine, plus my current rom/gapps/recovery zips. Very handy.
Aybarrap1, that rom settling in well for you?
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So far. Of course, as with all ROMS, I can't say for sure until I have given it a couple of days. Thanks for asking. And regarding the micro sd...you are right. They are super cheap now so there is really not much of an excuse to not have one. For the cost of a couple of beers or eating out you can buy one that has ample memory.
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GerPronouncedGrr said:
By the way, while we're on the topic of me not knowing what's going on, is it possible that through all of this, factory reset, stock boot, that my phone is still rooted? I started re-installing apps and one of them was the ROM Toolbox that caused my issue in the first place. I didn't do anything with it yet, but I didn't notice that it behaves as though I have SU access.
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If you are unsure, look for SuperSU or SuperUser in your app drawer. Or download TiBu and run it. If you have SU access it will prompt you (or open up if already installed). If you do not have root, try these methods here if you have a windows pc. You sound new to this so this would be easier than the learning all the steps you took to gain root. The toolbox is great but take your time to learn about each component before jumping in. Remember toolbox is more or less a roll up of multiple things root and otherwise. Take your time to learn one thing at a time. This will save you a lot of headache.
Yes, I have SuperSU, and I was successfully able to change my system font using the toolkit, so it seems I still have root access. I will definitely be moving more slowly with this stuff in the future! Thanks again for all the help, everyone!
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