Hey guys!
Maybe this is a silly question, but is there any chance to rename the backups in clockworkmod? I've already tried it a couple of times and when I go to parent folder and then again in the backup folder the names of the backups are the same as before and also when I reboot the names haven't changed.
Works for me using root explorer
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I'm using Root Explorer too.
Probably a stupid question, but are you adding the file extension to the name?
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Probably a stupid question, but are you adding the file extension to the name?
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NO. Then you break your backup img.
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taaviu said:
NO. Then you break your backup img.
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Question answered.
No, I'm trying just to rename the folders in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
I mean I've a *.txt file where I've described which backup it is, but it would be very nice, when I boot in recovery and go to the backups, there were short descriptions.
Just tried and renaming the backup folders worked for me with root explorer.
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Okay, I've just installed my Root Explorer again and now it's working for me too.
Thank you guys.
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I'm looking to delete some of my old nandroid backups that I won't use, however I can't seem to locate them on my SD card, anyone know where I can find these backups at for purging? Thanks!
Edit: clockwork puts backups in /sdcard/clockwork/backup/<date> other recovery imgs put it in the nandroid folder on sdcard root.
Should have searched first. However I do have a follow up question,
what does the last set of numbers after the date mean,
2010-08-05.01.42.54
01.42.54? I'm not following the reasoning, thanks!
Yup. Here's my question. How do you APPLY one of your nand backups, since it's not a zip file that recovery will find. Thanks in advance.
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Yup. Here's my question. How do you APPLY one of your nand backups, since it's not a zip file that recovery will find. Thanks in advance.
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Instead of installing from zip card, go into nandroid>restore and that should give you the choce of backups to restore to.
Eeeeek, those numbers represent the time that you made the backup.
Scott, in Rom Manager you can choose restore and find the folder you want to revert to
Hairongreenfire, thanks. I'm guessing the same is possible thru amonRA recovery? (I trust that recovery more than clockwork)
Thanks.
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Rename?
If the backup files are renamed can this cause any problems with the restore process?
I use AmonRA Recovery
4WildJokers said:
If the backup files are renamed can this cause any problems with the restore process?
I use AmonRA Recovery
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If you rename them don't add spaces: so mikg-311-03-29-12 is OK but mik g 3.11 03-29-12 will result in md5 sum mismatch
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I was just wondering if after you do a backup if its ok to rename or will it maybe mess it up when going to restore it?
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i changed the name
and it failed the CRC check
you sure can i name mine by date rom and version/theme so for example my nands say this
2010.12.15.WARM.RLS4.V1
works like a charm
Ruki_Uki said:
I was just wondering if after you do a backup if its ok to rename or will it maybe mess it up when going to restore it?
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Yes you can change the name, but you gave to do it thru Rom Manager. If you do it thru a file explorer it will fail the MD5 check. The way I do it is: open Rom Manager, click manage and restore backup, click the one you want to rename, then just click rename. Hope that helps.
Do not include spaces and only use letters, numbers, and periods. That's what I've always done and I've never had a problem.
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Everyone here using clockwork i assume?
I didnt think you could rename ra backups and still restore with them
you sure can, you can either do it with file explorer on your phone or USB hard drive mode and navigating to the Nandroid folder. 100% you can rename them, you just need to make sure you use the guidelines posted above
Cy_n_ic said:
Everyone here using clockwork i assume?
I didnt think you could rename ra backups and still restore with them
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Clay333 said:
Yes you can change the name, but you gave to do it thru Rom Manager. If you do it thru a file explorer it will fail the MD5 check. The way I do it is: open Rom Manager, click manage and restore backup, click the one you want to rename, then just click rename. Hope that helps.
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Clay333 said:
Yes you can change the name, but you gave to do it thru Rom Manager. If you do it thru a file explorer it will fail the MD5 check. The way I do it is: open Rom Manager, click manage and restore backup, click the one you want to rename, then just click rename. Hope that helps.
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So basically create the backup, then boot up the phone, go into Rom manager, then rename it.
And thanks everyone for all the help. Sorry I can't tell you the recovery I use, I just know its the one I've always used on my moment, hero, and now EVO.
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Can you rename a ra recovery nandroid?
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Yes, check my earlier posts
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Can you rename a ra recovery nandroid?
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Is there a safe way to rename the backups we make in CWM ? It currently labels them as "2011-05-22.17.55.36" depending on date/time .... I wanna be able to rename it so I know what is actually on that particular backup ; such as "SRF-1.1.1" "UrbanFury" , etc. When I renamed them before and then tried to restore , it wouldn't work. Anyone find a solution to this ?
use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
chris41g said:
use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
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That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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Sounds Good = I hadn't tried that option yet.....now I gotta make another backup before I try renaming my last backup....LOL
the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
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md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
Censura_Umbra said:
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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So - is it OK to just rename as "SRF " "UrbanFury" "Frankenstein" "SuperNova" etc ? Do I need to have date/time in there or anything else ?
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the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
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md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
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This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
Censura_Umbra said:
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
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Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
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It won't actually flash it, choose flash and epic, and choose 3.x
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kennyglass123 said:
This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
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Yea, its meant to be run from recovery in install scripts, but could be run from a shell... it has to be in recovery to do the system partition.. suppose the backup can be run from a shell regardless though...
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TexasEpic4G said:
That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
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I don't believe there should be any spaces. Try underscores: __ .
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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can I rename like you are suggesting (Bonsai411.6.1.2011) by connecting to my PC or will this only work via ROM Manager ?
I use es file explore and I just rename it to what ever the rom name is. For example I backup bonsai 4.1.1 and I named it bonsai. I was able to restore it with no problem. I also backed up marcusant rom and just renamed it gingerbread and I was able to restore with no issues. Hope this helps
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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OK - I tried your suggestion to rename but I did it on the computer ( don't have much experience with ROM Manager since I've always been told it don't really work on our Epic phone ) .... IT WORKED !!! I just changed the 2011 to UrbanFury and SRF and did restore with No Problemas ( I musta left spaces the first times I tried renaming ) ... so the moral of the lesson is - NO SPACES
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
OrygunGal said:
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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It doesn't back up the actuall apps, you would need another app for that
like File expert or titanium back up or any other of the multitude of apps out there that do that
I was wondering if you can change your nandriod back up name "IE" in es file explorer. my current back up file name is 1970-01-03.01.51.11, es file lets you change the file name, will that effect the nandroid in any way. it would be easyer to remember, stock, cm9, cm10, blue,ect.
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I was wondering if you can change your nandriod back up name "IE" in es file explorer. my current back up file name is 1970-01-03.01.51.11, es file lets you change the file name, will that effect the nandroid in any way. it would be easyer to remember, stock, cm9, cm10, blue,ect.
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Yes, you can.. Just remember no spaces in the name though
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Yes, you can.. Just remember no spaces in the name though
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I've had md5 issues changing babes. Use Rom manager to create your backup and it lets you name it. Or if your using twrp, twrp gives a rename function
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xtrezpasor said:
I've had md5 issues changing babes. Use Rom manager to create your backup and it lets you name it. Or if your using twrp, twrp gives a rename function
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Huh I never have... But yep... That way too...
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Yes, you can.. Just remember no spaces in the name though
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Thanks, i wasnt to sure, this is my stock rom and dont want to loose it. i have erased them in the past because i read the numbers wrong.
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I was wondering if you can change your nandriod back up name "IE" in es file explorer. my current back up file name is 1970-01-03.01.51.11, es file lets you change the file name, will that effect the nandroid in any way. it would be easyer to remember, stock, cm9, cm10, blue,ect.
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Yes, you can.. Just remember no spaces in the name though
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xtrezpasor said:
I've had md5 issues changing babes. Use Rom manager to create your backup and it lets you name it. Or if your using twrp, twrp gives a rename function
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I've had those issues too. But Rom Manager? Ugh. Looks like dude using TWRP. Use the name backup option before you make your backup
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I've had those issues too. Buy Rom Manager? Ugh. Looks like dude using TWRP. Use the name backup option before you make your backup
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There a free version of Rom manager... and I just switched to twrp myself so until I'm comfortable using it I can't suggest it to anyone but it does have an option to have the backups and even a rename option
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xtrezpasor said:
There a free version of Rom manager... and I just switched to twrp myself so until I'm comfortable using it I can't suggest it to anyone but it does have an option to have the backups and even a rename option
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thanks, I have always used rom manager to install roms and updates but never to back up, i usually just go into CW. ill try it. I recently had to use RM to flash CM 5.8.4.9. the CW that was installed in my root did not give the option to back up and restore????
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I was wondering if you can change your nandriod back up name "IE" in es file explorer. my current back up file name is 1970-01-03.01.51.11, es file lets you change the file name, will that effect the nandroid in any way. it would be easyer to remember, stock, cm9, cm10, blue,ect.
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I never change the backup name, too many md5 issues in the past. I just put backups in a named folder
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I was wondering if you can change your nandriod back up name "IE" in es file explorer. my current back up file name is 1970-01-03.01.51.11, es file lets you change the file name, will that effect the nandroid in any way. it would be easyer to remember, stock, cm9, cm10, blue,ect.
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I quit changing the backup names after multiple issues with md5. I just put then in a named folder.
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im on the latest TWRP v2.3.3.0 .. im on a stock rooted phone and was just wondering how to do a nandroid, is that just doing a backup in TWRP? .. was just wondering because the back up was like 2gb .. thats pretty big for a nandroid .. when i was on the og evo nands were mbs only but then again that was on custom roms .. is the jb stock rom that big? . was just wondering before i start flashing roms .. :laugh:
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im on the latest TWRP v2.3.3.0 .. im on a stock rooted phone and was just wondering how to do a nandroid, is that just doing a backup in TWRP? .. was just wondering because the back up was like 2gb .. thats pretty big for a nandroid .. when i was on the og evo nands were mbs only but then again that was on custom roms .. is the jb stock rom that big? . was just wondering before i start flashing roms .. :laugh:
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Yeah, nandroids are huge on S3 don't matter what recovery you have. That if you use TouchWiz roms. AOSP roms are like Evo nands.
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I always check the use compression setting in twrp. It has always worked for me and my first backup was about 1.2gb. I didn't have to many apps installed yet at that point though. I'm not sure how much space it actually saves but it should help.
I have an odd problem,
I create a nandroid backup of my S3 on touchwiz. I want to restore it to check my LTE speeds on it but for some reason I cant seem to get that done.
When I place it in the folder /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/touchwiz (called the folder of the backup touchwiz)
doesnt show up in restore.
I just create a new restore to try and find where it reads it from and cant seem to find those when I go searching on phone in USB mode.
What am I doing wrong here?
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Yes, you can.. Just remember no spaces in the name though
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I use underscores as a substitute for spaces. Ex: "Nandroid_Backup"
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I use underscores as a substitute for spaces. Ex: "Nandroid_Backup"
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Exactly, and never any md5 issues here.(found this out after failing miserably time and time again with spaces.)
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I've done a bit of searching but can't seem to find anything, search on phone isn't great. Is there a way to rename backups? The reason I ask is I have a few backups from different roms but not sure which are which. I'd like to be able to rename according to rom.
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I had renamed the backups from my pc on another phone. But I had a problem while restoring that backup maybe because the name was changed
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I had renamed the backups from my pc on another phone. But I had a problem while restoring that backup maybe because the name was changed
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I've used rom manager in the past on other phones but on this it keeps telling me I need to flash Cwm but I already have touch installed and if I say yes install it flashes normal Cwm but I want to keep touch
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Don't use ROM Manager (it's crap) and flash things manually instead
With regards to backups, copy them to your PC and rename the folders there (something like Desktop/ROM-NAME/CWM file name)
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Don't use ROM Manager (it's crap) and flash things manually instead
With regards to backups, copy them to your PC and rename the folders there (something like Desktop/ROM-NAME/CWM file name)
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Cheers, I'll try when got a spare minute
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