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CWM error: can't mount /system/

okay, i've searched the forums and couldnt find anything on this, so don't flame me for posting this. I just tried to backup a ROM in CWM Recovery on my permrooted and S-off G2. it got to "Backing up system" and then said "Can't mount /system/!" and stopped the backup. is there something i'm not doing right here? Any help would be appreciated.

Mardenator said:
okay, i've searched the forums and couldnt find anything on this, so don't flame me for posting this. I just tried to backup a ROM in CWM Recovery on my permrooted and S-off G2. it got to "Backing up system" and then said "Can't mount /system/!" and stopped the backup. is there something i'm not doing right here? Any help would be appreciated.
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Which ROM are you using?

i was using a Gingerbread ROM, and i booted into recovery to make a backup so i could try a MoDaCo ROM. i tried doing the backup and it said "can't mount /system/!".. but i havent been able to reproduce the issue. maybe it was a one-time thing.

I have been experiencing this problem for over a week now. Same error I receive when I try to flash a file using Rom manager.
This problem happened to me after running fix permissions in Rom manager. I've had no luck on this good thing I have my phone stable.
Thanks for any help on this.
I'm runninng ROM CM 6.1.1

Mardenator said:
i was using a Gingerbread ROM, and i booted into recovery to make a backup so i could try a MoDaCo ROM. i tried doing the backup and it said "can't mount /system/!".. but i havent been able to reproduce the issue. maybe it was a one-time thing.
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Your problem is that the Gingerbread ROM uses EXT as its format instead of yaffs. CWM was written with yaffs in mind. I had the same problem with the Gingerbread ROM, but I was able to get the Froyo ROM back on and CWM worked again.
ThuggishSouljah said:
I have been experiencing this problem for over a week now. Same error I receive when I try to flash a file using Rom manager.
This problem happened to me after running fix permissions in Rom manager. I've had no luck on this good thing I have my phone stable.
Thanks for any help on this.
I'm runninng ROM CM 6.1.1
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Try flashing it through recovery. I only use ROM Manager to download the ROMs in question.

I am having the exact same problem. Gingervillian 1.5. So the solution is to go back to the froyo rom and this will fix itself? Forgive me I am a noobie.

you need to flash CWM3.0 or above. flashing ginerbread formats system into ext4. earlier versions of CWM on read up to ext3.
thanks button at the bottom.

I want to tap the thanks button -- i really do -- but I am running version 3.0.0.7, I am not sure if that is the answer. Thanks for the fast response by the way.
Now the recovery is listed as clockworkmod 2.5.1.3 -- but I cant find any later versions.

ncmish said:
I want to tap the thanks button -- i really do -- but I am running version 3.0.0.7, I am not sure if that is the answer. Thanks for the fast response by the way.
Now the recovery is listed as clockworkmod 2.5.1.3 -- but I cant find any later versions.
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No that is not the awnser, you are running Rom Manager 3.0.0.7, you need to install ClockWorkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 they are two diffrent things, you will know if you have flashed ClockWorkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 by booting into recovery and if the letters are green you do not have the right recovery for GingerBread, the letters will be orange if you have CWM recovery 3.0.0.5(GingerBread Recovery) installed.
Here is a LINK to the CWM recovery for Gingerbread 3.0.0.5
You need to flash the new recovery (CWM 3.0.0.5) in Fastboot mode or use the Flash_image method(this will work for any of the Gingerbread Roms CM7, GingerVillian, etc.).
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This is CLockWorkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5 for Gingerbread 2.3 Roms.
This is ClockWrokMod recovery 2.5.1.3 for Froyo 2.2 Roms.

You are a $%^# animal! Damn that worked like a champ. This android stuff is like greek to me but I am amazed at what many in these forums know.
Thanks again and here is your thanks!

I tried the flash_image method but it did't work (got stuck at white screen with htc logo when rebooted). I was lucky to be able to reflash 2.5.1.3 from Rom manager. I'm running a gingerbread rom (which I love) but I dont have the guts to try out the fastboot method (eng hboot is scary stuff..).

Huh... if u of clock work u should download a rom then mount ur sdcard put the rom in ur sdcard and flash the new rom with clockwork.
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lainvalenajr said:
Huh... if u of clock work u should download a rom then mount ur sdcard put the rom in ur sdcard and flash the new rom with clockwork.
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It doesn't matter now. ROM Manager is flashing 3.0.0.5, which now works with Gingerbread and Froyo ROMs.

Ok, maybe a stupid question, but I'm running 2.5.1.3 and I clearly need to update my Rom Manager. I've tried redownloading it, but it always launches as 2.5.1.3. I notice that there is an option when I launch it which says Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Is that what I need to choose to update to the latest version? I don't want to click it and find out it reformats to phone or something.
EDIT: I figured I might as well click it and find out what happens. Turns out that is the solution. I'm now able to back up CM 7.0.3. Whew!!

[Q] Nandroid back up issue

I am trying to run a nandroid back up and install 2.3 gingerbread.
I keep going to the recovery link and this is what I get....
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I have searched and I can't find anything talking about this icon.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advanced.

Put the file I attached on your sdcard and boot into the bootloader, select update, reboot, then reboot into recovery and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3. That image is that you tried to boot into recovery, but there is no recovery.

oefootball_70 said:
I am trying to run a nandroid back up and install 2.3 gingerbread.
I keep going to the recovery link and this is what I get....
I have searched and I can't find anything talking about this icon.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advanced.
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That means that you don't have a custom recovery installed. Did you have a recovery prior to this? If you're still rooted, and your bootloader shows S-off, all you need to do is flash a custom recovery. Power your phone off. Boot to the bootloader, confirm that it shows S off. If so, cool, you just need recovery. I would use Amon Ra 2.3, it's the most reliable recovery in my opinion. I'll attatch a PC36IMG of Amon Ra 2.3. You need to download it, confirm that it's named exactly PC36IMG, and put it on the main directory of your sd card. Power your phone off, and boot to the bootloader. It will scan, and then ask you to update. Select volume up for yes. It will flash the recovery, then when it's finished, select recovery from the bootloader. You should no longer have the triangle, and now it should be a black screen, green letters, and say amon ra supersonic 2.3 or something like that, at the bottom. Make your nandroids, do your wiping and flashing from there. Good luck.
EDIT: I was beaten! Teh Roxx is too fast!

k2buckley said:
I was beaten! Teh Roxx is too fast!
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Yeah, too damn fast. I've been beaten a lot by him. He knows what he's talking about about so I don't mind
Sent from my Evo using mikfroyo 4.5

agentphantom said:
Yeah, too damn fast. I've been beaten a lot by him. He knows what he's talking about about so I don't mind
Sent from my Evo using mikfroyo 4.5
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Well thank you, but you and kbuckley also know what you're talking about.

teh roxxorz said:
Well thank you, but you and kbuckley also know what you're talking about.
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Thanx dude. Its an android team bombardment of info. Helping others with their Evo's
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k2buckley said:
Thanx dude. Its an android team bombardment of info. Helping others with their Evo's
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No problem, its all about helping others.

teh roxxorz said:
Put the file I attached on your sdcard and boot into the bootloader, select update, reboot, then reboot into recovery and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3. That image is that you tried to boot into recovery, but there is no recovery.
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k2buckley said:
That means that you don't have a custom recovery installed. Did you have a recovery prior to this? If you're still rooted, and your bootloader shows S-off, all you need to do is flash a custom recovery. Power your phone off. Boot to the bootloader, confirm that it shows S off. If so, cool, you just need recovery. I would use Amon Ra 2.3, it's the most reliable recovery in my opinion. I'll attatch a PC36IMG of Amon Ra 2.3. You need to download it, confirm that it's named exactly PC36IMG, and put it on the main directory of your sd card. Power your phone off, and boot to the bootloader. It will scan, and then ask you to update. Select volume up for yes. It will flash the recovery, then when it's finished, select recovery from the bootloader. You should no longer have the triangle, and now it should be a black screen, green letters, and say amon ra supersonic 2.3 or something like that, at the bottom. Make your nandroids, do your wiping and flashing from there. Good luck.
EDIT: I was beaten! Teh Roxx is too fast!
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Very cool guys, thanks a bunch.
So I need to download a separate app to do back ups?
Sorry I am confused, the Hero was a little bit easier for me to figure out. IDK why this phone is giving me a hard time.
If there isa video on how to do a back up.
(EDIT) I guess I am not making myself clear. I need to know how to perform a proper back up so that once I download the new rom I have a back up incase I mess up some how.
Thanks in advanced.

Well, on amon_ra 2.3 First make a separate backup of your wimax, and then copy it to your pc for safe keeping. Then make another with everything, except the wimax...you need the first 3 options, but everything after that is at your discretion.
Edit: Well you need titanium backup [personally] recommend to backup your apps.

k2buckley said:
.....Make your nandroids.....
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Okay, how do you do a nandroid on the phone. I am really sorry guys. I am just missing something here, it is obviously going right over my head.

oh, and by the way I hate that I have to use my brothers PC every time I want to mess around with this phone. ( I have a mac...)

oefootball_70 said:
Okay, how do you do a nandroid on the phone. I am really sorry guys. I am just missing something here, it is obviously going right over my head.
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You boot into recovery and select backup/restore and backup if on clockwork, nandroid if on amon_ra

Im not on either? I guess. I used z4 to root. Is that my problem. I decided to start messing around with my phone again today and it got stuck on that screen of the photo I posted again. So I unhooked my battery and now it continues to boot into that screen. Any help for this? Thanks in advanced guys/gals.

Nevermind, I figured out that is I held down my volume button when I powered up it allowed me to go into that menu and then I unhooked the battery and it was able to boot up that way. Still need a link or explanation on what Amon RA is.
http://noobgui.de/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_nandroid_backup_with_Amon_RA

So what don't you understand?

I do the steps on the wiki and this comes up
So I guess I dont have amonRA, and I don't know how to get it.

oefootball_70 said:
I do the steps on the wiki and this comes up
So I guess I dont have amonRA, and I don't know how to get it.
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Ah, no recovery. Flash the PC36IMG in the bootloader, apply update, reboot, then reboot into recovery and you'll be on amon_ra 2.3
You can also flash it from rom manager, but rom manager is only on version 2.2 of amon_ra.

Okay, wow thank you. I totally missed that earlier.

Never a problem man.

I am running my virtual window to download the file (I hate macs and androids dont like each other)
And my virtual box wont find my phone so I am having to email it to my self.

[Q] syndicateROM Frozen 1.1.0 MISTAKE

Hi Im running ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 and I tried to flash syndicateROM Frozen 1.1.0 to my Epic 4g. I wiped the data three times as well as the cache and dalvik cahe. What the phone does is it loads to the "SAMSUNG" screen and stays there. Ive tried to connect it to my pc in download mode to use odin and it tells me the device is malfunctioning and the device drivers didnt properly install. So now I feel stuck because i cant find any other ways around this issue...can some PLEASE HELP?? Also in CLockwork mode it says at the bottom "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log"
Thanks in advanced and I apologize if this thread has been made already.

This doesn't belong in development.
You can't flash an EXT4 ROM on rfs clockwormod. Either flash an old nand backup then reroot with the newest one click root or use a prerooted tar in odin.
Texted while driving

Root with Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5 or greater sir. You need to be on EXT4 for SRF if i'm not mistaken. ClockworkMod 2.5.1.0 is RFS still i believe. Also, inb4 this belongs in Q & A section.
timo2387 said:
Hi Im running ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 and I tried to flash syndicateROM Frozen 1.1.0 to my Epic 4g. I wiped the data three times as well as the cache and dalvik cahe. What the phone does is it loads to the "SAMSUNG" screen and stays there. Ive tried to connect it to my pc in download mode to use odin and it tells me the device is malfunctioning and the device drivers didnt properly install. So now I feel stuck because i cant find any other ways around this issue...can some PLEASE HELP?? Also in CLockwork mode it says at the bottom "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log"
Thanks in advanced and I apologize if this thread has been made already.
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063_XOBX, you are a fast one while driving even lol /shakesfist

p3dr0maz said:
Root with Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.5 or greater sir. You need to be on EXT4 for SRF if i'm not mistaken. ClockworkMod 2.5.1.0 is RFS still i believe. Also, inb4 this belongs in Q & A section.
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Thank you, im going to attempt to flash an older rom. would you suggest one? im looking at DK28 hopefully it will work with my clockmod so ill be able to flash it and then reroot it and install the new clockmod.

Can't people read directions. Best thing to do is odin back to stock then root with the one click for eb13 then boot into recovery. Once its done converting to ext4 you have to flash a compatiabke ext4 kernel or it wont boot
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musclehead84 said:
Can't people read directions. Best thing to do is odin back to stock then root with the one click for eb13 then boot into recovery. Once its done converting to ext4 you have to flash a compatiabke ext4 kernel or it wont boot
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Did you read that Odin wasnt working for me??

No did u read this was development section
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timo2387 said:
Thank you, im going to attempt to flash an older rom. would you suggest one? im looking at DK28 hopefully it will work with my clockmod so ill be able to flash it and then reroot it and install the new clockmod.
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I was in the EXACT same situation as you yesterday.
Just use Odin, it is super easy and fast.
Follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
Except in step 5 where it wants you to get the "Stock DI18" rom, you instead want the newest EC05 rom (found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PXBJ2JNH )
Once your all up and running with that restored rom, run this CWM3 one click: http://k0nane.info/rom/cwm3.zip
Then, finally, now that you are running CWM3 you can flash Syndicate 1.1.0
-Ash-

Moved to Q&A.

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timo2387 said:
Did you read that Odin wasnt working for me??
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Lets not get snippy. everyone is tying to help. sounds like you might want to reinstall the samsung drivers. before you do, you might want to try to purging power from your phone. With battery out hold down your power button for 15 seconds a few times. then reinsert battery try to go into download mode for Odin.
If that doesn't work, reinstall samsung drivers and start over FOLLOWING directions in one of the many threads on stock recovery.

AshsToAshs said:
I was in the EXACT same situation as you yesterday.
Just use Odin, it is super easy and fast.
Follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
Except in step 5 where it wants you to get the "Stock DI18" rom, you instead want the newest EC05 rom (found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PXBJ2JNH )
Once your all up and running with that restored rom, run this CWM3 one click: http://k0nane.info/rom/cwm3.zip
Then, finally, now that you are running CWM3 you can flash Syndicate 1.1.0
-Ash-
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My Odin isnt recognizing my phone neither is my PC ...are there steps to take to correct this issue?

zenvita said:
Lets not get snippy. everyone is tying to help. sounds like you might want to reinstall the samsung drivers. before you do, you might want to try to purging power from your phone. With battery out hold down your power button for 15 seconds a few times. then reinsert battery try to go into download mode for Odin.
If that doesn't work, reinstall samsung drivers and start over FOLLOWING directions in one of the many threads on stock recovery.
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Ok thanks I will try that

timo2387 said:
My Odin isnt recognizing my phone neither is my PC ...are there steps to take to correct this issue?
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These steps mention the Samsung Drivers you need. If youve already tried some drivers for your phone that are not working, then i would uninstall those and use the Samsung drivers listed in those steps.
-Ash-

AshsToAshs said:
These steps mention the Samsung Drivers you need. If youve already tried some drivers for your phone that are not working, then i would uninstall those and use the Samsung drivers listed in those steps.
-Ash-
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Its probably your cable. Do you have a better micro USB cable if you don't get one.
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Musclehead makes a perfect name for someone who wants to be a d!ck.
musclehead84 said:
No did u read this was development section
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socos25 said:
Musclehead makes a perfect name for someone who wants to be a d!ck.
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MuscleHead Is very active in these forums and is a very helping guy...
He didn't start it the OP did please do not start that BS around here thanks.

iSaint said:
MuscleHead Is very active in these forums and is a very helping guy...
He didn't start it the OP did please do not start that BS around here thanks.
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Thanks isaint I appreciate that. Let em talk bro.....
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can't flash anon ra recovery

I'm running SS final Rom and I'm trying to flash amon ra recovery and I rename file to PC36IMG.ZIP place in sdcard root and when I try to fast boot it it gets stuck on parsing. If I try to flash the file in recovery it says installation aborted. I'm running clockwork mod recovery at the moment any help?

InSaNeO1488 said:
I'm running SS final Rom and I'm trying to flash amon ra recovery and I rename file to PC36IMG.ZIP place in sdcard root and when I try to fast boot it it gets stuck on parsing. If I try to flash the file in recovery it says installation aborted. I'm running clockwork mod recovery at the moment any help?
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Go here and download,these are themed recoveries,just download the one you want and make sure it says PC36IMG.ZIP,put it on your sd card root and boot into bootloader and flash,this wont give you any problems.

doesn't work I rename the file to PC36IMG.ZIP goto bootloader and it still gets stuck at parsing

InSaNeO1488 said:
doesn't work I rename the file to PC36IMG.ZIP goto bootloader and it still gets stuck at parsing
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May want to try a diffrent sd card if you got one. As this may be the issue. Or reformat your current one, But copy anything you want saved to your pc before doing so. As this will delete everthing.

Evilone69tmg said:
May want to try a diffrent sd card if you got one. As this may be the issue. Or reformat your current one, But copy anything you want saved to your pc before doing so. As this will delete everthing.
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1+

so I should reformat and 're partition the sd card? should I also wipe everything and reinstall Rom as well? using SS ultra final

Before doing that, are you s on, or s off?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

s was off before I flashed sensuASOP 2.55 I didn't like that Rom so I flashed ss ultra and now it's S ON what should I do

InSaNeO1488 said:
s was off before I flashed sensuASOP 2.55 I didn't like that Rom so I flashed ss ultra and now it's S ON what should I do
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Download,flash image GUI, from the play store(it's like a dollar) then download the image file of the recovery you want to flash(should be posted in smelkus's thread) and use the app to flash. Otherwise you will need to get s off again, before flashing.
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He's the link to smelkus's threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...D][1-June-2012] RA-supersonic-v4.3-smelkusMOD
Make sure you download the image file, not the pc36img.zip
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How does flashing a ROM make you go from S-Off to S-on?

HipKat said:
How does flashing a ROM make you go from S-Off to S-on?
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From what I have gathered he did not flash a rom but he flashed the PC36IMG.zip style ruu. To his bad luck it happened to be on with a newer HBOOT inside it which leaded to losing s-off.

HipKat said:
How does flashing a ROM make you go from S-Off to S-on?
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That's what I was wondering. Lol
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HipKat said:
How does flashing a ROM make you go from S-Off to S-on?
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That's what I was wondering. Lol
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I was going to ask the same thing.

jlmancuso said:
From what I have gathered he did not flash a rom but he flashed the PC36IMG.zip style ruu. To his bad luck it happened to be on with a newer HBOOT inside it which leaded to losing s-off.
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Yeah, looking back, that's what I get, too

Flash image gui worked like a charm thanks for your help guys, any good roms that you guys would recommend to try out?

InSaNeO1488 said:
Flash image gui worked like a charm thanks for your help guys, any good roms that you guys would recommend to try out?
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If I were you, I'd go with one of the GB Hybrid ROMs. Try the one in my signature. It's a good one to start with and read my Evo Guide (Also in my signature).

If you want everything to work (front camera, netflix, Wimax, hdmi out) then you can only use gingerbread. If you don't use most of those the list of roms is limitless. They are all pretty good.
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[Q] File dates are set to 1970 rather than current date

My S3 is setting backup recovery file dates that show as 1970, yet the system date/time seems to be correct. I found some older backup files stored on my laptop (moved from the phone long ago) that had correct dates--so this is something that apparently changed somewhere along the way (OS upgrade?).
Does anyone know of this problem cause and a fix?

If you're using TWRP 2.6.x then it is a known issue. From what I hear updating TWRP fixes that but a lot of people have said problems arise with creating or restoring backups with it. Probably the problems with KitKat and the storage changes. I just amend the date when I make backups.

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If you're using TWRP 2.6.x then it is a known issue. From what I hear updating TWRP fixes that but a lot of people have said problems arise with creating or restoring backups with it. Probably the problems with KitKat and the storage changes. I just amend the date when I make backups.
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I am on CWM 6.0.4.7. I hadn't thought about it being an issue with the recovery, but that makes sense; since the backup is done in recovery with the OS not running, and the only time in the phone comes from the network, then there may not even be a software call that can access current time when recovery is trying to make a backup.
But I did have some older ones that had a then-current date on them. ????
Now very puzzled.

Yeah that happened to me too. It got to a point where I couldn't even name them via ROM manager. I had to do the backup in recovery, reboot, then name it myself. Otherwise I never knew which were which.

ZehelSitchel said:
Yeah that happened to me too. It got to a point where I couldn't even name them via ROM manager. I had to do the backup in recovery, reboot, then name it myself. Otherwise I never knew which were which.
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I *BELIEVE* it is because a time is not available to the backup code while in recovery (OS not running), but I don't see why, when the backup is commanded from within ROM Manager (OS is running), that the date/time could not be stored in a file to be used in the filename by the recovery code running the backup.

1970-01-01 is time 0 in the POSIX time system on linux. Its presence suggests that either the recovery app didn't define the system clock to make it available, or didn't give the file system commands permissions to use it.
The system clock can be available in recovery. I use Philz custom with CWM. Both the backup folders and files have correct dates and times.
You can choose to use TWRP format under Philz and the files are supposed to be available to TWRP, in the default folder. I don't know if that will fix the date issue. I'll try on my S3 and report back.
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Proper date when using TWRP format under Philz - It's open source, so the TWRP team should look at what he does.
Here's a screen shot from xplore, looking at the backup folder,
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Philz thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39433458
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Thank you for that reply--very helpful!
Quick question: does Philz recovery put boot-to-recovery entry in the long-press-power menu?
LATER:
Drilled through things starting at the link you provided. Apparently I am supposed to use the d2lte version for my ATT S3. But when I get to the (appropriate, I think) download page, there are 'tons' of files listed...
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte
????
Also, for completeness, I am running rooted, but standard ATT ROM at 4.1.2; the 4.3 OTA update always fails to install.

Yes, you want d2lte version. Should work on any JB rom, including 4.1.2.
If you have option to boot to recovery from long press power button, then it will still be there and should work. That's how I do it, avoiding power down and button combo. Philz doesn't add that reboot to recovery option. It's an option on some roms, like cyanogen, or you can find a free app on Google play to do it.
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laughingT said:
Yes, you want d2lte version. Should work on any JB rom, including 4.1.2.
If you have option to boot to recovery from long press power button, then it will still be there and should work. That's how I do it, avoiding power down and button combo. Philz doesn't add that reboot to recovery option. It's an option on some roms, like cyanogen, or you can find a free app on Google play to do it.
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I do not have it now--I thought the Recovery added it. I always enter recovery from within ROM Manager--don't even remember the key technique. Will doing it from ROM Manager still work if I go to Philz?

I don't know. You could check the thread in the link I posted above. If you search the thread, I expect you find the answer.
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