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.
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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You are correct. The messages are not errors and are normal.
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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.
Hi,
I met with a small issue regarding apps not storing correctly in ext3 partition.
I flashed with DeFrost 6.0d yesterday night and used Titanium Backup to only backup apps.
After which, I used TB again to 'Move user apps to SDcard'. Which I think breaks it, and move to SD card as I took a look at my sdcard storage, it left with 0byte. Before that I still have around few hundred mb.
My question is, right now, how do I move those apps back to the ext3? My internal memory after flashed is 144mb, but after using TB to restore apps, it shot down to 30+mb.
As a result, I am now unable to also update the apps through Market. All it says was installed unsuccessfully. I tried to move one apps back to internal memory, and update and it was successful.
How do I also know whether apps is installed using A2SD+ or Froyo appstoSD?
Thanks!
If you have a nandroid backup, you can restore from it. However it looks llike ur sd card might have got corrupted (either ext3 partition or fat32 or both). If it does not work, format and re-partition the sd card, wipe and reflash the rom and install the apps again.
If you have the latest nandroid, just format and re-partition (after backing up) the sd and restore it.
Edit: if the froyo a2sd is being used, then the apps will be in the .android_secure folder in the root of ur sd card (fat32) (in an encrypted format)
Thanks for the reply.
I found out that if I move the apps back to Phone, I will be able to update the apps and also, my internal memory will not decrease (only by .xxmb).
Does that mean that while pushing back to phone, a2sd+ actually is working on the background and the apps is actually stored in ext3 instead of phone memory?
My .android_secure folder is emptied btw.
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.
bp328i said:
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.
Two quick questions about backups:
What happens when you perform a Nandroid backup (via recovery) and your device is configured with Link2SD. In particular, what happens if you restore the Nandroid? What happens if you restore the Nandroid, but the partition for Link2SD is removed/changed.
When you have a device with many apps on Link2SD, what happens when you backup using Titanium Backup? As an example, suppose I wish to backup my scores for a certain game linked to the (second partition of the) SD card. The device is then wiped. Can Titanium restore the program without access to the second partition?
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Two quick questions about backups:
What happens when you perform a Nandroid backup (via recovery) and your device is configured with Link2SD. In particular, what happens if you restore the Nandroid? What happens if you restore the Nandroid, but the partition for Link2SD is removed/changed.
When you have a device with many apps on Link2SD, what happens when you backup using Titanium Backup? As an example, suppose I wish to backup my scores for a certain game linked to the (second partition of the) SD card. The device is then wiped. Can Titanium restore the program without access to the second partition?
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1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
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1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
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Diggin up an old thread, because somehow I do have the same questions and came across the same scenarios of restoring apps which were linked to the external partition.
To be more specific, as guided for Link2SD, the external partition is the second primary partition (first partition needs to be primary Fat32) on the MicroSD card (SanDisk 16GB UHSC in my case) and can be ext2/3/4.
For my Galaxy S-IV running WanamLite 4.2 ROM, it gets mounted to the root folder /data/sdext2 , so in that case :
1. A nandroid backup supposedly should backup the /data/sdext2 as a normal folder, even though it is a linked mount directory and all the contents in /data/sdext2 actually reside on the 2nd partition on the MicroSD card.
2. Not sure about it, a titanium backup. It does not uses the APK , as in it does not execute the APK, it simply backups the apk file as contents. So they Link2SD is described to work is that it moves the actual APK file from the "internal" memory to the /data/sdext2 (which is actually on the MicroSD card), and leaves a symbolic link in the actual program folder. Guess I cant say that when titanium backup reaches to backup a certain app, does it or would it simply backup the symbolic link present in the original app folder or would it follow the symbolic link to find the actual APK in /data/sdext2 and then back it up.
The whole process with apps linked to /data/sdext2 in extrenal microSD card using Link2SD and trying to create a backup using Titanium backup works or should work fine , the real pain and trick comes when restoring such a mixed backup of apps (internal, SD, and external MicroSD) during a system upgrade or complete system wipe , installing a new ROM (with or without wiping the 2nd partition on MicroSD). To date i havent found a problem free solution to it and always have to make my way through to ensure apps are available.
Thanks.
csoulr666 said:
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
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Diggin up an old thread, because somehow I do have the same questions and came across the same scenarios of restoring apps which were linked to the external partition.
To be more specific, as guided for Link2SD, the external partition is the second primary partition (first partition needs to be primary Fat32) on the MicroSD card (SanDisk 16GB UHSC in my case) and can be ext2/3/4.
For my Galaxy S-IV running WanamLite 4.2 ROM, it gets mounted to the root folder /data/sdext2 , so in that case :
1. A nandroid backup supposedly should backup the /data/sdext2 as a normal folder, even though it is a linked mount directory and all the contents in /data/sdext2 actually reside on the 2nd partition on the MicroSD card.
2. Not sure about it, a titanium backup. It does not uses the APK , as in it does not execute the APK, it simply backups the apk file as contents. So they Link2SD is described to work is that it moves the actual APK file from the "internal" memory to the /data/sdext2 (which is actually on the MicroSD card), and leaves a symbolic link in the actual program folder. Guess I cant say that when titanium backup reaches to backup a certain app, does it or would it simply backup the symbolic link present in the original app folder or would it follow the symbolic link to find the actual APK in /data/sdext2 and then back it up.
The whole process with apps linked to /data/sdext2 in extrenal microSD card and using Link2SD is still tricky to me.
csoulr666 said:
1-If you restore the nandroid......it restores the EXT parition(the link2sd partition) as well.....The nandroid restores your phone to the EXACT state as it was before
2-Link2sd makes symbolic links to the apks that direct to the EXT partition......if any program has the need to use an Apk or data,it reaches the link which directs the program to the EXT partition
And titanium backup will restore the program even without access to the second partition
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I was backup nandroid on lin2sd system but i cant restore it coz i was reformat ext4 patition..so i think backup nandroid cant backup link2sd partition
Link2sd partition not seen by cwm
My cwm doesn't seem to see the link2sd partition. My cwm backup is around 3 go, and my link2sd partition is 7 go, so I assume that I need to manually backup the last one. Can't find an android tool to backup the hole partition in one (split) file.
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..
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