[Q] Deleting Nandroid Backup - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance

VinhFTW said:
I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance
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you can delete it with a file browser like Astro or plug your phone into the computer and browse the sd card that way. If you used Ra's recovery, it's under a folder called nandroid, and if you used clockwork, it might be under a folder called backup, and then under nandroid, or something like that. the files will be ~200mb each and be named after the date and military time you ran the backup- e.g. "BCDS-20100906-1707" or "2010-08-23-10.51.12"

VinhFTW said:
I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance
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RA Amon backups are on your card in /sdcard/nandroid/
Inside that folder should be a folder with a coded name (serial number?), and inside that folder, there should be more folders..each of those is a nandroid backup
Clockwork nand backups are on the card in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
and inside that folder, there should be more folders..each of those is a nandroid backup
edit - lol xeren, you beat me to it

most helpful thread in a while for me, this just freed up a load of room on my sdcard, lol, so that's why there wasn't much space left, lol.
thank you.

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Nandroid backups

How can I delete past backups that are stored in the Nandroid Restore utility? I have like 6 and I dont wanna waste that space!
Thanks for the feedback!
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Diamond777 said:
How can I delete past backups that are stored in the Nandroid Restore utility? I have like 6 and I dont wanna waste that space!
Thanks for the feedback!
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They are on your SD card in the Nandroid folder, view the details of the folder and delete the oldest one, I tend to copy them over to my PC to stop space clogging up on the phone.
When I try different ROM's I get them set up how I want them and then do a Nandroid backup, saves having to keep starting from fresh, especially if there is only a small update to be done.
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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123belly said:
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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It doesnt mess it up as long as you do the following:
Example:
CBDMRS12-20100128-1509 Original Hero ROM
(just add an explanation of the back up on the end of the ID number, when you want to restore just remove the bit you added and stick it on your SD card.
I have done this a few times, I now have backups of most of the ROMS on here but the difference being that they are all set up with account details etc, i just got sick of inputting the same stuff every time I tried a ROM.
123belly said:
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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I can say I changed the name completely and it would not restore. Luckily I had backed it up on my computer. I changed the name back to the original name and it restored no problem.
ljmeli said:
I can say I changed the name completely and it would not restore. Luckily I had backed it up on my computer. I changed the name back to the original name and it restored no problem.
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When unsure, dont use spaces.
claudefrog said:
They are on your SD card in the Nandroid folder, view the details of the folder and delete the oldest one, I tend to copy them over to my PC to stop space clogging up on the phone.
When I try different ROM's I get them set up how I want them and then do a Nandroid backup, saves having to keep starting from fresh, especially if there is only a small update to be done.
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I have root explorer on my samsung epic, I do not see Nandroid backup folder - where is it?
Thanks
It's depending on what recovery-rom you have been using..
AmonRA usually saves them at /sdcard/nandroid/ while clockworkmod saves them in /sdcard/clockworkmod/nandroid I think..
mljjlm said:
It's depending on what recovery-rom you have been using..
AmonRA usually saves them at /sdcard/nandroid/ while clockworkmod saves them in /sdcard/clockworkmod/nandroid I think..
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Found it - it is under my Clockworkmod directory I was looking for nandroid directory
OH YEAH
This has nothing to do with what you guys are talking about but i found this nifty app that is good for looking around in your nandroid back ups..not just too look around but go inside them as you would in a .zip folder (if you get what i mean)
click here >>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.goddchen.android.nandroidbrowser&hl=en

NAND Backup identification?

Well, I have made a few NAND backups here and there whilst using different ROMs for my Evo. I only have one issue: how do I tell which setup was which ROM? Is there a way I can tell, without NAND restoring each individual one, which NAND backup is which ROM? Like maybe previewing it?
Also, I once read that you can take them off of your Evo and put them on a desktop so it doesn't take up space. Well I was wondering can I rename the folders and files to the setup they are or even to anything? Will it mess up if I try to restore to it after changing the name?
Thanks you
DRatJr said:
Well, I have made a few NAND backups here and there whilst using different ROMs for my Evo. I only have one issue: how do I tell which setup was which ROM? Is there a way I can tell, without NAND restoring each individual one, which NAND backup is which ROM? Like maybe previewing it?
Also, I once read that you can take them off of your Evo and put them on a desktop so it doesn't take up space. Well I was wondering can I rename the folders and files to the setup they are or even to anything? Will it mess up if I try to restore to it after changing the name?
Thanks you
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You can remove them to your desktop to free up some space on your SD card and YES you can rename your Nandroid folders not the files.
So for example if your Nandroid folder is setup like this...../Nandroid/HT0CMHL08312/BCDEARS-20110622-0404......THEN you can rename the BCDEARS-20110622-0404 into whatever you want as long as you don't have any spaces and if you do have spaces then replace them with either _ or - to avoid any errors during restore
Oh and this is all assuming you're running amon ra recovery not clockworkmod which the folders will be setup differently which in that case you would just rename the last folder before you see all the files such as recovery.img and things like that.......
Okay thanks. Do you know how I could identify them without restoring to each individual one?
DRatJr said:
Okay thanks. Do you know how I could identify them without restoring to each individual one?
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The only way I know aside from restoring them and to be honest, this way is kind of long but not longer then restoring the files one by one IS......
download an app from the market called unyaffs2
Make a folder on the SD card "whatever you want to call it"
once you download that app, copy over the system.img to that folder you just created from whatever restore folder you're trying to ID
Run unyaffs2
Hit Browse for input (find the system.img)
Hit Start Unyaffs
Once is finish doing it's thing, navigate to the folder you created and you should find a file called build.prop, go ahead and open it up with a text editor.....if you're using Root Explorer then is one of the options in that app
Once you're inside that app, navigate to the very bottom until you see "ro.modversion" and that should tell you what the ROM is whether is Cyanogenmod 7 or Sprint Lovers or whatever......
Kinda lengthy haha. I wish they would just have an emulator for PC or something to where you could just have it "virtually restore" from the NAND and see what it was.
DRatJr said:
Kinda lengthy haha. I wish they would just have an emulator for PC or something to where you could just have it "virtually restore" from the NAND and see what it was.
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Yeah is long but not as long as rebooting into recovery, wiping caches and factory settings, restoring......getting an ID on the rom and doing it all over again time after time after time...hahahaha

TWRP not finding NANDroid backup?

So I'm trying to restore a nandroid back up with TWRP but it says it can't find one. I've found the backup folder so I'm thinking that it's just placed in the wrong folder for the phone to read. Can someone help me by letting me know where it should be so that I can place it in the right folder and do the restore? Thanks a bunch!
Was the backup created with TWRP or CWM? If CWM, TWRP will not be able to restore.
Rod3 said:
Was the backup created with TWRP or CWM? If CWM, TWRP will not be able to restore.
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It was created with TWRP, i must have moved the folder location but i don't remember from where. I'm just trying to find the right folder path for twrp to find that backup.
root_galaxy said:
It was created with TWRP, i must have moved the folder location but i don't remember from where. I'm just trying to find the right folder path for twrp to find that backup.
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You should have a folder named exactly "TWRP". This folder should have all your backups inside. Depending on the setting inside the twrp recovery, it will either look at the root of your internal memory or the root of your external memory. I forget where the setting is (i'm back on cwm) But poke around inside the recovery and see which location you checked. Alternatively, just place the folder at the root of your internal and see if twrp finds it. If it doesn't, move it to the root of your external and try again.
root_galaxy said:
It was created with TWRP, i must have moved the folder location but i don't remember from where. I'm just trying to find the right folder path for twrp to find that backup.
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In twrp it tells you where the backup will be...just make another backup and then move the old one into that folder
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yoft1 said:
You should have a folder named exactly "TWRP". This folder should have all your backups inside. Depending on the setting inside the twrp recovery, it will either look at the root of your internal memory or the root of your external memory. I forget where the setting is (i'm back on cwm) But poke around inside the recovery and see which location you checked. Alternatively, just place the folder at the root of your internal and see if twrp finds it. If it doesn't, move it to the root of your external and try again.
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I forgot about this step, external/internal, thanks! that was it!!!
For anyone else having this problem, I was experiencing the same issue, and I scoured the internet looking for solutions and some how came across this fix just by luck while messing around in TWRP. From what I read, I believe it happens when one updates from 4.1.x to 4.2.x., but maybe this problem occurs in other instances as well (I did upgrade my rom).
There is no reason or need to move files around. While in TWRP recovery, click on "Restore" and while on the Restore screen, click on the words towards the top of the screen, "Storage: Internal Storage (xxxxxx);" right below time and battery percentage There's an option to select two different storage solutions, "Internal Storage" or "USB-OTG." Just click on Internal Storage and then Ok and your problem should be fixed. TWRP will once again see your original/past backups.
At least by doing the above, my original backup is once again seen by TWRP Recovery, without actually moving any files around.
root_galaxy said:
So I'm trying to restore a nandroid back up with TWRP but it says it can't find one. I've found the backup folder so I'm thinking that it's just placed in the wrong folder for the phone to read. Can someone help me by letting me know where it should be so that I can place it in the right folder and do the restore? Thanks a bunch!
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even if your backup is in external, move it to internal. worked for me
aninstinctkiller said:
even if your backup is in external, move it to internal. worked for me
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You don't have to move it. Just tap restore and select from external sd card.
I just did a nandroid back up to my SD card but it doesn't show up in there? Any ideas?

[Q] CWM - Deleting Blob directory?

I tried to Google and couldn't find the correct answer I was looking for.
In the ClockworkMod directory, There's 2 folders: Backup and Blobs
The blobs folder has now grown to 1.33GB and contains 6233 files.
Can I clear out this folder?
I had 4 backups in the backups folder and deleted 2 older ones, to help free up 600MB.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
No, you can't. Or your back-ups will no longer work. The blobs are most of the back-up. Storing it this way means you can make incremental back-ups rather than all of them being stand-alone. Certain back-ups will share blobs, saving you space.
It's annoying, and it would be great if you could choose the stand-alone method or the blobs-method. But you can't.
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Thanks EvilAlex,
But if I am happy with my current phone state, I could then delete them all the files in the blob folder plus the files in the "backup" folder and just create a new backup in CWM correct? [basically starting fresh]
Yes, you could do that. I did so just a few days ago. The back-ups I still had were obsolete. Still, just to be sure, I moved the back-ups to my SD card, just in case. Might be a good precaution for you, as well.
as i use CMWR backups before i use to install new ROM only (and one after successful stable phone) what i use to do is move the "gonna be" obsolete to my backup hdd in my pc and then create new backup. if everything is good and i want to backup again i do the same. so i only left with one backup in hand. the apps i backup via titanium backup, so i need the CWMR backup only for really ****ed up situations.
Evil Alex said:
Yes, you could do that. I did so just a few days ago. The back-ups I still had were obsolete. Still, just to be sure, I moved the back-ups to my SD card, just in case. Might be a good precaution for you, as well.
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My back-ups were old and obsolete, I do not need them more.
There is a folder 'd41' inside 'blobs'(clockworkdmod/blobs/d41), I cannot delete them, even blobs folder(deleted failed).
Even from PC, it says
"Cannot delete b41:The storage is write-protected.
Remove write-protection and try again."
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Please help, sir.
Thanks..

Where are my CWM backups now? (4.2)

ever since I updated to 4.2.1 I cannot locate my nandroid backups in the folder where it's supposed to be.. I heard that 4.2 puts the old nandroids to a folder named 0, but theres nothing in there. I have old backups made to internal storage and i want to delete these to clear space. only backing up on my sd card will work. However, when in recovery mode, I can see the old file if i press restore. can anyone help me find those folders to delete?
x10user2011 said:
ever since I updated to 4.2.1 I cannot locate my nandroid backups in the folder where it's supposed to be.. I heard that 4.2 puts the old nandroids to a folder named 0, but theres nothing in there. I have old backups made to internal storage and i want to delete these to clear space. only backing up on my sd card will work. However, when in recovery mode, I can see the old file if i press restore. can anyone help me find those folders to delete?
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When looking at your nandroid, does it give you the path?
BWolf56 said:
When looking at your nandroid, does it give you the path?
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Noo, but do you know where those files may be? what folder directory? cause isn't it supposed to be the cwm folder
x10user2011 said:
Noo, but do you know where those files may be? what folder directory? cause isn't it supposed to be the cwm folder
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depends on your recovery version. I'd suggest to go make sure you have the latest one.
BWolf56 said:
depends on your recovery version. I'd suggest to go make sure you have the latest one.
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I just realized that I deleted all the stuff within my 0 folder before realizing that my backups were there... This was a long time ago but what can I do now that I dont have those files in the 0 folder? I really need to delete the backups because they are taking up my space on the internal storage
x10user2011 said:
I just realized that I deleted all the stuff within my 0 folder before realizing that my backups were there... This was a long time ago but what can I do now that I dont have those files in the 0 folder? I really need to delete the backups because they are taking up my space on the internal storage
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Update your cwm recovery (on clockwordmod website).
PS.: Can't you delete old nandroids in recovery?
BWolf56 said:
Update your cwm recovery (on clockwordmod website).
PS.: Can't you delete old nandroids in recovery?
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can you please link it? I dont know where to find it on the site sorry :\
x10user2011 said:
can you please link it? I dont know where to find it on the site sorry :\
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Or use ROM Manager to update to the latest CWR. That's the easiest way instead of flashing the .img file.
Or if you've even bothered to use the search you'd know that rom manager just causes issues and download goo manger from play store and use twrp recovery. Problem solved
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