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Rename backup files - CWM

On my old Magic, I was running CM6 and I thought CWM - but I don't remember now, I'm thinking possibly it was another recovery, because I had the ability then to name my backup files before starting the backup, so I could give them more meaningful names than just the date.
Can I rename my backup files on my SD card? Just use Astro for this, or what?
Or will this cause CWM to no longer see the files as valid backup files?
Additionally, I had been rooted prior on GB - now that I'm on ICS, I'm not sure I want those on my SD card in the (hopefully) unlikely event that I accidentally pick one of those nandroids to restore when I meant to restore back to a prior ICS version. Seems like there could be risk of bricking my phone, so can I copy and delete these off my phone?
Is it as simple as knowing where to look on the SD card and using Astro to rename them, or Kies (or Windows) to move them/delete them?

I dont think you can do that because then it will give you an MD5 mismatch. I think in the new version of TWRP recovery coming out, you can name and rename backups though.

slick_rick said:
I dont think you can do that because then it will give you an MD5 mismatch. I think in the new version of TWRP recovery coming out, you can name and rename backups though.
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You can rename them as long as you don't put any spaces when you rename it. For example - blazer 4.1 gb- would not work you would have to us blazer.4.1.gb and it would work fine.

albertouresti said:
You can rename them as long as you don't put any spaces when you rename it. For example - blazer 4.1 gb- would not work you would have to us blazer.4.1.gb and it would work fine.
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There's your answer then.

Step 6 of HTC Vision unlocking guide

From http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
6. Backup and cleanup
During the process gfree created backups of the partitions that it changed on your sdcard in /sdcard/
The files are called /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin, part18backup-<time>.bin (if you installed hboot) and part21backup-<time>.bin. It is highly recommended that you copy these files to a save location on your PC and keep them!
You can delete the files in /data/local/tmp they are not needed anymore.
I have no idea how to do the above. I've done everything else before it. My SDcard is in my phone, how do I do the things that are mentioned above? Thanks :good: I'd like to complete this final step before installing a ROM.
Also, do I have to wipe or anything before my first ROM? I was thinking either QuadraSense or Mimicry. :good:

Akifuddin said:
From http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
6. Backup and cleanup
During the process gfree created backups of the partitions that it changed on your sdcard in /sdcard/
The files are called /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin, part18backup-<time>.bin (if you installed hboot) and part21backup-<time>.bin. It is highly recommended that you copy these files to a save location on your PC and keep them!
You can delete the files in /data/local/tmp they are not needed anymore.
I have no idea how to do the above. I've done everything else before it. My SDcard is in my phone, how do I do the things that are mentioned above? Thanks :good: I'd like to complete this final step before installing a ROM.
Also, do I have to wipe or anything before my first ROM? I was thinking either QuadraSense or Mimicry. :good:
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The bin files would simply be on the root of your SD card, you can simply put toggle USB storage to copy them off if you so wish.
Far as /data/local/tmp, I think that only applies if you plan on keeping the currently installed rom. In which case while booted up you would just go into adb shell, and cd /data/local/tmp/ , and ls the file output there and decide what you wish to rm.
PS: You can do a full nandroid backup once you've rebooted into recovery if you wish to keep your stock rom the way it is, and be able to restore it to that point.

[Q] Another "sdcard\0" thread..

Soo, I know there's a lot of these threads around, but I can't find the answer I'm looking for. I'm wondering: After I flashed 4.2 I got this extra "0" folder on my internal sdcarrd. Can I just cut/paste the content of the "0" folder back to the original sdcard root? or will this have a negative effect on the storage?
Regards.

olfyboy said:
Soo, I know there's a lot of these threads around, but I can't find the answer I'm looking for. I'm wondering: After I flashed 4.2 I got this extra "0" folder on my internal sdcarrd. Can I just cut/paste the content of the "0" folder back to the original sdcard root? or will this have a negative effect on the storage?
Regards.
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I had this issue earlier so i moved everything back to the root folder and deleted "0". If you are planning on flashing a few 4.2 roms i suggest you use the latest TWRP recovery or wait for the updated clockwork recovery because everytime you flash 4.2 roms they automatically create a 0 partition so you will end up with 0/0/0 etc depending on how many you flash

K, thanks!
I think I'll just copy the content of the "\0" folder back to the root, and stick with the ROM I'm on now. Then I'll update CWM when an update is released.

Aaargh.. I'm getting kinda pissed now..
When I try to copy the sd-content back to the root, it says that the device has stopped responding, or isn't connected. Can you tell me what is the standard root folder for the sd-content?

After installing a previous backup the was still a 0 folder so I copied all of the files to the root folder however it made the pictures unable to view
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I've tried several methods to move my clockworkmod folder out of the "0" folder to the sdcard "root" to no avail.
I'm currently backing up everything from "0" to my desktop. Once that's done, how can I push the clockworkmod folder to the sdcard "root"?

daewond3r said:
I've tried several methods to move my clockworkmod folder out of the "0" folder to the sdcard "root" to no avail.
I'm currently backing up everything from "0" to my desktop. Once that's done, how can I push the clockworkmod folder to the sdcard "root"?
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Seems like there are some problems copying big folders over to the root. Try to first copy the CWM folder from your PC into some folder on the sd-root. Then, from your phone, open up a file explorer and copy the CWM folder to the root. Pretty weird, but it looks like it's working for me..
Edit: Yupp! worked for me. Hope you'll sort it out aswell.

olfyboy said:
Seems like there are some problems copying big folders over to the root. Try to first copy the CWM folder from your PC into some folder on the sd-root. Then, from your phone, open up a file explorer and copy the CWM folder to the root. Pretty weird, but it looks like it's working for me..
Edit: Yupp! worked for me. Hope you'll sort it out aswell.
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Thanks for the help!
What file explorer did you use? Every one that I've used takes me directly to the "0" folder when I hit "sdcard" thus I can't seem to paste the clockworkmod folder into sdcard root.

daewond3r said:
Thanks for the help!
What file explorer did you use? Every one that I've used takes me directly to the "0" folder when I hit "sdcard" thus I can't seem to paste the clockworkmod folder into sdcard root.
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move it to /data/media
---------- Post added at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 AM ----------
here's how it works
before the virtual link to /sdcard was /data/media
cwm was writing under /data/media so cwm folder would show up under /sdcard as well
now the virtual link to /sdcard is /data/media/0
that's because of multiuser (even if multiuser is not working on phones)
cwm is still wriyinb to /data/media so cwm golder eoll mot show up under /sdcard
solutions
1. to copy cwm foldrr on pc: move cwm folder from /data/media to /data/media/0 that is to /sdcard then attach phone to pc and copy folder from sdcard
2. to restore from a backup on your vomputer: attach phone to pc, create cwm folder on sdcard andcopy h erebackup folis, copy cwm foldef from /data/media/0 into /dara/media
it is normal to have a /data/media/0 which means /sdcsrd
it is not normal to have /data/media/0/0 which means /sdcard/0
the latter happens on your second installation etc.

daewond3r said:
Thanks for the help!
What file explorer did you use? Every one that I've used takes me directly to the "0" folder when I hit "sdcard" thus I can't seem to paste the clockworkmod folder into sdcard root.
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I used solid explorer beta2. You'll find it on google play
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I haven't updated to 4.2 yet because of this sdcard/0 issue I'm reading about
I don't care much about what's on my SD card besides my Nandroid backups so the only thing for me is: can I restore a backup from CWM if I move the "clockworkmod" folder from sdcard/0 back to the root of the SD card?
I assume there's no other adverse effects of all our files and stuff being on sdcard/0 instead of just sdcard root?

Enhanced said:
I haven't updated to 4.2 yet because of this sdcard/0 issue I'm reading about
I don't care much about what's on my SD card besides my Nandroid backups so the only thing for me is: can I restore a backup from CWM if I move the "clockworkmod" folder from sdcard/0 back to the root of the SD card?
I assume there's no other adverse effects of all our files and stuff being on sdcard/0 instead of just sdcard root?
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read my commeny above: yes, although cumbersone, yes

I'm thinking this is the appropriate thread to post this so here I go. I flashed the newly released 4.2 rooted stock image and there were a few problems :
1. I forgot to delete the cache/dalvik cache, which created a bootloop and completely messed up my device, and I had to wipe/factory data reset from the recovery to fix it (in which case I had to lose almost all of my data)
2. I accidently overwrote an existing nandroid backup of the previous (CM 10 stable) ROM I had made to restore just in case anything happens, so I was out of options to restore my nexus to a working state. I finally had to use the crashed ROM's nandroid backup using an advanced recovery so I had my photos, videos etc intact. I got it finally working but anyways,
3. I restored my apps+data using titanium backup. I wanted to go back to my CM10 backup which I had made using ROM manager and it was still present with the rest of my data. But when I selected the backup which made, the device restarted and gave me an error stating "SD CARD MARKER NOT FOUND" :crying:
Now I'm unable to restore or even make a new backup with ROM manager. And to add, I have like three folders for storage using up too much space on my sdcard :
1. root/sdcard - I have no idea where this came from but it sure has an awful lot of my files copied there
2. root/storage/sdcard0
3. root/storage/emulated - has two subfolders : 0, legacy
All of the above locations contain the same exact files and I just want my nexus back the way it was. I know I can flash CM10 right away but I just wanna get some help on how to delete and make changes to these added folders by properly moving the files without crashing the os.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am having this issue as well and am very very annoyed. Please help. Thanks. I cannot get into recovery manually or otherwise. Keep getting Andy with the red exclamation mark in his chest and must remove battery to reboot.

Fu#k rom manager and CWM use TWRP an rom toolbox pro an you will be fine on 4.2 JB.
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Update: got it working.. had to flash back cm10 stable, move files around and get back the old ROM manager backup and restore it. Its fine now. Not to mention the 4.2 ROM was pretty unstable on my nexus, causing several reboots and sometimes it froze (especially when I connected it to my desktop) and I had to remove the battery and put it back in to get it working. Moreover the 4.2 rom screwed up the file system, making my nexus' SD card unreadable on any desktop. It just wouldn't install the drivers whatsoever. I'd wait for cm10.1 than try any other custom 4.2 from now on.
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daewond3r said:
Thanks for the help!
What file explorer did you use? Every one that I've used takes me directly to the "0" folder when I hit "sdcard" thus I can't seem to paste the clockworkmod folder into sdcard root.
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You can download Root Browser Lite from play store, which gives you complete access to the root of your phone and internal files such as system/.

[Q] TWRP not reading current files in storage.

So as of recently TWRP will not read the current files in my storage on my OG. I download new files and reboot recovery to flash, IE kernel, and TWRP still shows old files and not new ones. I've gone through and deleted old files and left only the new ones in the sdcard directory but TWRP still reads only old files. I'm using root explorer to delete/ move files, i have flashed the recovery about five times through GooManager, and have even flashed an older TWRP in fastboot. I'm stuck... any input??

What ROM are you on?
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I had this same issue after flashing CM. Had to erase internal storage.
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janob09 said:
So as of recently TWRP will not read the current files in my storage on my OG. I download new files and reboot recovery to flash, IE kernel, and TWRP still shows old files and not new ones. I've gone through and deleted old files and left only the new ones in the sdcard directory but TWRP still reads only old files. I'm using root explorer to delete/ move files, i have flashed the recovery about five times through GooManager, and have even flashed an older TWRP in fastboot. I'm stuck... any input??
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It will recognize the 0 folder as your SD card. You can either move all the files out of 0 copy to sdcard and delete 0, or just move stuff that you want to flash into the 0 folder. I did the latter because every time I flash aosp the 0 folder returns.

I looked for the 0 folder, but found nothing. But it did seem to happen shortly after flashed cm. Must be it I guess I'll have to format storage.

I have this problem and I can't restore or flash a rom since I can't find the files. When you say delete internal storage what does that actually do? I don't want to lose everything including my backups (which I did save on my laptop) and not be able to restore my phone. I am currently just rooted stock but did flash CM10 to play a little bit.
Put my zip files in the 0 folder and my TWRP theme in the TWRP folder inside the 0 file and it see them and works. This zero file thing is weird. I'm hoping I can get rid of it eventually.

bruiserman said:
I have this problem and I can't restore or flash a rom since I can't find the files. When you say delete internal storage what does that actually do? I don't want to lose everything including my backups (which I did save on my laptop) and not be able to restore my phone. I am currently just rooted stock but did flash CM10 to play a little bit.
Put my zip files in the 0 folder and my TWRP theme in the TWRP folder inside the 0 file and it see them and works. This zero file thing is weird. I'm hoping I can get rid of it eventually.
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You could try and sideload a rom with ADB to the directory that TWRP is reading from.

If you use Root Explorer and go to root(mount R/W), you can access your 'new' backups under data/media/TWRP. This is where I found all of my back ups after flashing a new ROM. This seems to be default storage for back ups, at least for me, so I copied my original stock back up form my 'sdcard' partition and brought it to the new location. That way I have an original configuration in both places; cover all the bases that way. Hopes this helps others......:good:
BTW - I am running EOS right now; not sure if this will be the case for every ROM flashed.......

Screwed up my M8, trying to remove the Carrier IQ. HELP!!

Tried to remove the tmobile Carrier IQ from my device, last week. I used Solid explorer, to do it. This is the list:
/system/app
QXDM2SD.apk
QXDM2SD.odex
HtcResetNotify.apk
HtcResetNotify.odex
Htcloglevel.apk
Htcloglevel.odex
Smith.apk
Smith.odex
Udove.apk
Udove.odex
/system/priv-app
IQ-tmobile-release-signed.apk ???????
IQ-tmobile-release-signed.odex ???????
IQToggle.signed.apk
IQToggle.signed.odex
MyBreeze.apk
MyBreeze.odex
/system/lib
system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so
/data/data
com.carrieriq.tmobile
com.carrieriq.tmobile.IQToggle
The two questionable files above were slightly different, on my device. They read:
IQ-tmobile-release-unsigned.signed.apk
IQ-tmobile-release-unsigned.signed.odex
Against my better judgment, I continued to delete all of those files. Now, I can't even get past the banner on the home screen. It says, "Unfortunately, System Manager Application has stopped." I went to my bootloader and did a factory reset. Then, went to TWRP and did another factory reset and wiped the cache, dalvik & data. I used Firewater to unlock, root & S-OFF from KitKat Stock 4.4.2 and would prefer to keep it if possible. I had absolutely no problems with that version. The pictures are below.
As you can see, everything seems to be perfectly unaffected. I get calls, texts, voicemails, and every notification. It won't let me go beyond the home screen. If anyone can find KitKat 4.4.2 Stock Rom for Tmobile USA, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I am guessing you didn't do a backup before hand?

bradley_e_smith said:
I am guessing you didn't do a backup before hand?
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Actually, I did a Titanium & NAND backup. But I didn't keep a copy of the NAND, in the internal storage. I just got an OTG Adapter. Gonna see if I can push the NAND onto the internal storage. Hopefully, it'll work. If not, I could definitely use your expertise.

Well then, all you need to do is to unpack the nand backup on your PC, and find the missing files and using TRWP mount / as rw and push the files back to your phone.

bradley_e_smith said:
Well then, all you need to do is to unpack the nand backup on your PC, and find the missing files and using TRWP mount / as rw and push the files back to your phone.
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So, how do I do that?

Take your backup. the files that end in .win000, win001, win002, etc are tar files. So the easiest way would be to get a 'tar' program (cygwin has one built into it), and looking at each file look (tar -vtf [filename] -> will list the contents of the archive) for your missing files. By using -xvf option you can extract the file(s) you need.
BTW: On my lollipop backup of my M8 phone I didn't see any file that "IQ" in the filename, so kitkat must be different than lollipop.
-brad