After I make a nandroid backup and just accept the stock file name say
2010-10-03-15.36.02, can I go into Astor File Manager and Rename the backup to Fresh EVO 3.3.0.1 with Netarchy Kernel or by having the EVO plugged into the computer? Is that acceptable for a name or will it not work if i go and run the nandroid backup? Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Noob at some of this.
I heard that you can but its not a good idea to put spaces in the name. I usually pull the nand backups off my phone and place them in separate folders that i have named with descriptions, on my computer. Like i said though, ive HEARD thay renaming backups is fine.
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the name doesn't really matter. i have done it both ways and it works
Ok thanks fellas. I am planning on doing the folder on the computer that I can name however I want, only thing is that almost every backup is almost 700mb. Looks like I need to invest in a new portable HD.
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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!
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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?
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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
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"
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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.
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?
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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.
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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
I have been a long term lurcker, and have learned a lot from you guys, and appreciate all the wealth of knowledge. My problem is, I have like 8 nandroid backups and they are close to a gig each. My SD card is at 85% and I want to delete the backups I have no use for. Anyone have step by step instructions as I am scared to do a total wipe and end up with stock, or something stupid like that. (noob as u can see). Thanks in advance.
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Look for a folder called clockworkmod on ur sd, inside u should find one called backup, inside that each folder is a backup, they are named with their date in something like yyyymmddhhmmss
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LOL... I am sooooo dumb!! That was easy as pie!! I'm down to 50% on my SD card in a matter of seconds!! Thanks!!
So I've been doing a lot of experimenting over the weekend, and dutifully making Nandroids before trying a new kernel/rom combo. Problem is - I don't remember which is which now.
If I open the clockworksmod folder on my PC and examine each of the folders within, is there anything in there that might give me a clue?
Thanks!
When you boot into clockwork mod, if you click "backup and restore", then "restore", your most recent backup will be at the bottom
Its just a matter of remembering your Nandroid backup order after that. I just keep them written down now.
However, I've always been curious as to whether you can rename the backup in Root Explorer or Astro and still be able to restore it successfully. I dont have a spare phone to test it on though. I suppose as long as the file extension is the same it should still work
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You can rename the folder, so long as there are no spaces in the name. I would suggest, if you do a lot of nandroids, to go ahead and rename each one right after making it. Otherwise, you have to depend on the timestamps. Each nandroid is named based on the date and time, though I doubt the timestamp actually directly coincides with your current time. Mine always seem to be off.
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You can rename the folder, so long as there are no spaces in the name. I would suggest, if you do a lot of nandroids, to go ahead and rename each one right after making it. Otherwise, you have to depend on the timestamps. Each nandroid is named based on the date and time, though I doubt the timestamp actually directly coincides with your current time. Mine always seem to be off.
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The time is based on Greenwich Mean Time, I think. Mine is always off as well.
I also do the renames, but in this case I was a little remiss and couldn't recall which I had done when, LOL! It's all good now though.
You can rename the backups in ROM Manager or by renaming the folders in the /clockworkmod/backup directory.
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Go to where your nandroid backup is saved and sort it by time/last modified. Also, it is save in a time/date naming convention by default yyyy/mm/dd - time something like that
Also this app Nandroid Browser comes in really handy if you're working with a lot of nandroids on the device
Atarii said:
Also this app Nandroid Browser comes in really handy if you're working with a lot of nandroids on the device
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Nice app! Thanks for the suggestion!
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I keep a seperate .txt file in the same folder as fastboot, and write down which backup is which rom etc.