I'm looking to delete some of my old nandroid backups that I won't use, however I can't seem to locate them on my SD card, anyone know where I can find these backups at for purging? Thanks!
Edit: clockwork puts backups in /sdcard/clockwork/backup/<date> other recovery imgs put it in the nandroid folder on sdcard root.
Should have searched first. However I do have a follow up question,
what does the last set of numbers after the date mean,
2010-08-05.01.42.54
01.42.54? I'm not following the reasoning, thanks!
Yup. Here's my question. How do you APPLY one of your nand backups, since it's not a zip file that recovery will find. Thanks in advance.
scottspa74 said:
Yup. Here's my question. How do you APPLY one of your nand backups, since it's not a zip file that recovery will find. Thanks in advance.
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Instead of installing from zip card, go into nandroid>restore and that should give you the choce of backups to restore to.
Eeeeek, those numbers represent the time that you made the backup.
Scott, in Rom Manager you can choose restore and find the folder you want to revert to
Hairongreenfire, thanks. I'm guessing the same is possible thru amonRA recovery? (I trust that recovery more than clockwork)
Thanks.
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Rename?
If the backup files are renamed can this cause any problems with the restore process?
I use AmonRA Recovery
4WildJokers said:
If the backup files are renamed can this cause any problems with the restore process?
I use AmonRA Recovery
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If you rename them don't add spaces: so mikg-311-03-29-12 is OK but mik g 3.11 03-29-12 will result in md5 sum mismatch
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Can you delete a rom off your sd card after youve installed said rom and done a nandroid backup? will that backup still bootup and run correctly
If you talking about the actual ROM zip file then yes you can delete it. If you are talking about deleting other Nandroid backups yes you can. Just make sure you don't delete the most recent nand backup.
thank you sir
I usually like to keep my ROM on my SD card so if something goes wrong, at least I have it. The only time this practice has ever been useful was when I flashed Amon Ra and tried to flash a new ROM. Went into bootloops and found out the hard way that Clockwork nand backups don't work with Amon Ra. Because I had my ROM, I fixed it easily.
Just my two cents. Nandroids usually do the trick, though.
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I usually keep 2 nand backups on my SD card 1 stock sense and 1 of my current rom. If I have any other roms Ill just save them to my pc to keep room in the sd card clear.
finding this out now flashed amon ra 1.8 and doesnt see any downloaded roms on sd card, rebooted phone and i have no service. working off wifi only, rom manager is gone and I cant access the market to download ,any ideas
"the process com.android.phone has stopped"
Do you have Rom Manager? If so you can try flashing ClockworkMod...
Sorry, just reread your post...
cbrewington75 said:
finding this out now flashed amon ra 1.8 and doesnt see any downloaded roms on sd card, rebooted phone and i have no service. working off wifi only, rom manager is gone and I cant access the market to download ,any ideas
"the process com.android.phone has stopped"
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Place the ROM on the root of your SD card. It must not be in your download folder.
I learned my lesson today and will always keep a zip of a rom on my card. The latest version of clockwork was a bust. I couldn't use my phone for almost 2 days. Thank god I fixed it.
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gqstatus0685 said:
I learned my lesson today and will always keep a zip of a rom on my card. The latest version of clockwork was a bust. I couldn't use my phone for almost 2 days. Thank god I fixed it.
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This is why I keep my ROM on my SD card. Glad you fixed it, man.
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OK. so what happens if you are running beliEVO and then flash Cyanogen. Can you restore a backup from a previous ROM without bricking the device? And if you can will app data be there?
Pacothebandit said:
OK. so what happens if you are running beliEVO and then flash Cyanogen. Can you restore a backup from a previous ROM without bricking the device? And if you can will app data be there?
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If you had done a nandroid backup of the beliEVO rom before flashingCyanogen rom, then yes, your can restore the backup and all the apps will be there.
But it's always a good thing to backup the apps before flashing a new rom.
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If you had done a nandroid backup of the beliEVO rom before flashingCyanogen rom, then yes, your can restore the backup and all the apps will be there.
But it's always a good thing to backup the apps before flashing a new rom.
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Awesome. Same rules apply if it was not specifically a Nandroid? I used ROM manager prior to flashing Cyanogen.
This is a helpful thread, i was also wondering this...
I have a question, can I rename my nandroid backups on my SD card so I know which backups are which?
Also, sorry to sorta hijack your thread, but I backup my apps with mybackup, and data with titanium, but how do I restore that info if/when I flash a new rom? I'm using cm6 and loving it but would like to try more... thanks!
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yes, you can rename backups for both RA and CWM backups, I've has issues with putting spaces in the names though so use _ or -
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
mainstang said:
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
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go head sir!
As far as I know, spaces get converted to _ , so you should be fine either way.
your all set, here is what i name all my NAND's and everyone has showed up in Amon's
YYYY.MM.DD.ROMNAME.VERSION.THEME(if installed).Version(if different versions of themes/captured)
2011.02.14.WARM.RLS5.MB
today's date Warm RLS5 with matte blues theme
mainstang said:
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
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Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
sitlet said:
Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
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Did you use an incorrect character, because I completely change mine, and no errors. A typical backup name for me might look like: CM7 build# xFeb
sitlet said:
Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
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Only rename the folder, don't rename the files inside the folder.
Dude, just add a couple letters after the file. For example: if its a Fresh Rom you can just add xxxxxxFR at the end.
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The last time I renamed my backups using Amon-ra, I was unable to restore in recovery. So, I just use a note app(ColorNote) to label my backups using the last 4 digits from the backup number. That way I know I won't have any issues.
I rename mine to what ever the date is and the ROM. Thats it. I use the dash symbol instead of the underscore cause for some reason it wouldnt recognize the underscores when I tried to restore. I also tried using dots instead of underscores and they wouldnt work for me either. I have found the only one that would work for me was the dash and Im on Amon Ra...
I rename my nands they look like this--> cm6wimaxalpha3 <-- or like -->cm7wimaxstockkernel <--
Without the arrows or dashes.
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Is there a safe way to rename the backups we make in CWM ? It currently labels them as "2011-05-22.17.55.36" depending on date/time .... I wanna be able to rename it so I know what is actually on that particular backup ; such as "SRF-1.1.1" "UrbanFury" , etc. When I renamed them before and then tried to restore , it wouldn't work. Anyone find a solution to this ?
use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
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use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
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That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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Sounds Good = I hadn't tried that option yet.....now I gotta make another backup before I try renaming my last backup....LOL
the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
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md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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So - is it OK to just rename as "SRF " "UrbanFury" "Frankenstein" "SuperNova" etc ? Do I need to have date/time in there or anything else ?
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the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
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md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
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This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
Censura_Umbra said:
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
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Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
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It won't actually flash it, choose flash and epic, and choose 3.x
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kennyglass123 said:
This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
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Yea, its meant to be run from recovery in install scripts, but could be run from a shell... it has to be in recovery to do the system partition.. suppose the backup can be run from a shell regardless though...
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TexasEpic4G said:
That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
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I don't believe there should be any spaces. Try underscores: __ .
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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can I rename like you are suggesting (Bonsai411.6.1.2011) by connecting to my PC or will this only work via ROM Manager ?
I use es file explore and I just rename it to what ever the rom name is. For example I backup bonsai 4.1.1 and I named it bonsai. I was able to restore it with no problem. I also backed up marcusant rom and just renamed it gingerbread and I was able to restore with no issues. Hope this helps
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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OK - I tried your suggestion to rename but I did it on the computer ( don't have much experience with ROM Manager since I've always been told it don't really work on our Epic phone ) .... IT WORKED !!! I just changed the 2011 to UrbanFury and SRF and did restore with No Problemas ( I musta left spaces the first times I tried renaming ) ... so the moral of the lesson is - NO SPACES
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
OrygunGal said:
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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It doesn't back up the actuall apps, you would need another app for that
like File expert or titanium back up or any other of the multitude of apps out there that do that
I have looked in cwm and it finds a partition but no image file. Any ideas? Thanks
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sugewhite said:
I have looked in cwm and it finds a partition but no image file. Any ideas? Thanks
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Hopefully you had a backup. Just restore it.
I went to the last nandroid I did from 8/10 and its not there.
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go through your nandroid backups, and find one with the rsa keys. once you find the rsa keys, back it up on that rom and reflash your current rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887900
You can actually remove all of the ".img" files except for the WiMax.img file from any backup folder and then restore that backup, making it only restore the WiMax key and not whatever ROM you backed up.
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You can actually remove all of the ".img" files except for the WiMax.img file from any backup folder and then restore that backup, making it only restore the WiMax key and not whatever ROM you backed up.
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It cant find any wimax img on my sd card at all. Am I stuck and I need to replace the phone now?
sugewhite said:
It cant find any wimax img on my sd card at all. Am I stuck and I need to replace the phone now?
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Unless there's some method I don't know about, yes. Hopefully you're still in your first year with it. Tell them 4G doesn't work (and unroot it of course). You'll have to bring it to a Sprint store.
I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
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slicetwo said:
I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
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It should backup everything. I would suggest remaking a backup.
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It should backup everything. I would suggest remaking a backup.
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still only 21mb.
CWM backups show as very small on the inital folder but I believe if you drill down further all the information is stored in what is called a blob IIRC and that will be larger folder.
I would suggest TWRP instead as it is easier to store your backups in a safe place just in case you have a srcew up.
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CWM backups show as very small on the inital folder but I believe if you drill down further all the information is stored in what is called a blob IIRC and that will be larger folder.
I would suggest TWRP instead as it is easier to store your backups in a safe place just in case you have a srcew up.
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YES. i see that now. 2.1gb for the whole folder.
thanks!
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I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
Thanks!
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Check to see of you also have a folder in the cwm folder called blobs. Your info would be there and it should be a considerable size.
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This probably could be different depending on which version of cwm you have installed so take a look first.
Go I to recovery, choose backup and restore, scroll down to CHOOSE BACKUP FORMAT, then you will see .DUP or .tar
What you have right now that saves them as blobs is the .DUP format and has a separate folder that your looking at. If you change it to .tar format it saves the whole nandroid backup in one file.
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