When I create backups with Clockwork and Amon, where are they saving on my SD card? I would like to get rid of some old backups that I do not need.
Amon_RA saves to /sdcard/nandroid
Clockwork saves to /sdcard/Clockwork
I can't be 100% positive on clockworks since I use Amon_RA mainly but if I remember correctly, that's right.
lehalter said:
When I create backups with Clockwork and Amon, where are they saving on my SD card? I would like to get rid of some old backups that I do not need.
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Good question!
I just rooted my EVO 4G with Unrevoked 3.21, and expected to find a backup on the sdcard.
But after mounting the sdcard from my SUSE install, and also browsing the sdcard from my EVO,
I am unable to find anything that appears to be a backup.
Anyone know for sure?
--Chris
One way to find it is to install windirstat on windows and scan your card, the directories above 500 megs may contain the backup. Nandroid backups also contain these files:
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
system.img
wimax.img
They are in a directories with the date of the backup, that entire folder is the "backup file" so move the whole thing as a whole, you may also rename the folder to your liking.
It is also possible that the backup was failed somehow and ended up as a non-readable file (to me anyway) in LOST.DIR
the locations xnotta provided are the correct ones, but RA also nests the backup folders under a larger folder according to the device ID that you see in fastboot when you do fastboot devices in adb or terminal.
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I realized recently that my nandroid backups were not completing correctly (see pic). I noticed this because I have done numerous nandroid backups and there is only one backup showing in the nandroid folder. It always says "backup complete" but above that it looks like it might not be completing correctly? Is there a way to reinstall nandroid backup?
this is normal...
I've experienced problems with backups in Amon Ra as well. I've had a lot more success backing up via Rom Manager through Clockwork. Just an FYI for the future.
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
ryan2202 said:
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
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*sigh*
clockwork is a recovery just like amon is a recovery -
THEY BOTH have nandroid backup feature... its just as easy if not easier in clockwork and yes it is a complete nandroid backup
ryan2202 said:
tyrnight, what is normal? and how come when I just ran this Nand backup, I have no new backups in the nandroid folder?
MSmith1, I thought Clockwork isnt a complete backup like Nandroid?
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Clockwork & Nandroid are two different things. Amon RA & Clockwork are two different recoveries, & the nandroid backups can be performed by both of them.
I'm personally using Amon RA's recovery because i heard Clockwork doesn't wipe data as it's supposed to.
In the image you posted you are using clockworkmod backup/recovery. Therefore your back up images are in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup, not nandroid.
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In the image you posted you are using clockworkmod backup/recovery. Therefore your back up images are in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup, not nandroid.
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exactly...
OK I think I got it now. I thought Nandroid backed up differently than the Clockwork or Amon tools. I didnt realize the Clockwork (which I have been using) is a COMPLETE back up of the phone. I thought it was only backing up the ROM and not the data and apps, etc.
So since I have Clockwork/Amon through ROM Manager I can just use that to run my complete backups instead of going into Nandroid through recovery mode?
You can only use Clockwork to backup via ROM Manager. If you use Amon RA you'll have to manually boot into Recovery & backup from there.
Clockwork is not working properly. It is not backing up sdcard's and is not wiping all data. I recommend just using nand and quickboot however the new clockwork flashed over nand had to reinstall Nand Recovery via adb etc..
I'm new to this all myself but I think the reason it won't back up the SD card is because it would have to backup the entire card and where would it put the file? I'm guessing your SD card would have to be large enough and partitioned for it to write the backup to. That is total speculation of course...
First of all, according to the pic, your sdcard is pretty critically low on space so a nand backup probably won't complete fully. Second, the message about android.secure is a directory reference that occurs if you have transferred your apps to your sdcard. Since it can't find the directory, I'm assuming you aren't using apps2sd. The second message about the sd-ext directory only applies if you've actually created a secondary partition on your sdcard. So just because it skips those two areas doesn't mean that the remainder of your data has not been backed up.
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I was wiping my phone with RA Recovery when I accidentally wiped my SD card clean. I have a Nandroid backup on my laptop which I was able to get my SD Card but it was backed up using clockworkmod. I flashed the updated RA Recovery 3.07 which should allow me to restore a clockworkmod backup but when I got to restore, I get "E: No clockworkmod nandroid-backup files found." When I go into "Nand Restore" it shows the nandroid backup which is labeled "2011-10-29.15.59.35". After I select it, it shows me all the files inside that folder. Can anyone help me figure out how to get this restore working?
I have a feeling the folder isn't labeled correctly for the RA Recovery to notice the Clockworkmod nandroid. I have it located in a folder titled, "nandroid" which is what RA puts them in.
Its either that, or perhaps that version of clockworkmod isn't compatible, because I know that they started saving as .tgz in CWM and older backups weren't compatible...so you may have to revert to that old version of CWM, restore, update to the lastest CWM and then back it up again.
I just figured it out. I needed to put a folder titled "Clockworkmod" and a folder inside that labeled "backup" so that ra would see that backup. Phone is fixed and running again.
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Hi,
I have been using revolutionary-0.4pre4 Backup and Restore and it works fine. But every backup takes a lot of space in my SD. How can I deleted one backup without affecting the others?
Best regards and thanks!
they are saved in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
each backup will be contained in its own folder, listed by date if it's the same recovery flashed when you used revolutionary.
to save even more space on your sd, i would recommend moving the entire folders and saving the last few somewhere safe on your PC. if you're even more paranoid you could even back them up online to dropbox/box/google drive. it's much safer to have a few recent nandroid backups just in case
to restore, simple copy the entire folders back into /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
(a minor point if you rename your nandroid folders, don't put any spaces in them otherwise i don't think they restore)
Is it possible to rename ClockworkMod Recovery backups to help better identify what specifically they are without corrupting the backup itself? Does anyone have any experience at doing this successfully?
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Is it possible to rename ClockworkMod Recovery backups to help better identify what specifically they are without corrupting the backup itself? Does anyone have any experience at doing this successfully?
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yes it is possible by using a file explorer and going into the folder of clockwork and going in to back and changing the name of it. i do it all the time to help me
I havent used clockwork in quite some time but I know you can use ROM Manager to backup and name them whatever you want. You could also rename them after backing up manually and then doing this to get rid of the md5 error http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
I believe that things have changed in clockwork though so Im not sure if the above method still works.
yea im on the latest 6.0.1.2 cwm and i've renamed the backup folder (the timestamped one in backup/) and restored from it successfully. just don't use spaces, im not sure if cwm supports folders with spaces
i have 4ext and have noticed when i look clockworkmod there is only one backup, does 4ext not save as many backups as i wish or
is it that it will only save one nand of the rom your presently on, and just over writes the same nand etc
bluefender said:
i have 4ext and have noticed when i look clockworkmod there is only one backup, does 4ext not save as many backups as i wish or
is it that it will only save one nand of the rom your presently on, and just over writes the same nand etc
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Nope, it is inside /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.. The naming system for the backup folder is <name of your ROM><date and time of your backup>.. Even you backup the same ROM, the date will be different, and even the date is the same, the time will be different. So, it is supposed not to overwrite your previous backup..