I just rooted my phone yesterday and have been experimenting with different roms but it seems like every time I install a new rom my SD card has one less gig of free space. I am following the instructions every time I flash (clearing data, etc) but there is still less and less free space. Before I rooted I had around 8 GB free. Now I'm down to 1.5. I would really appreciate some help and I'm sorry if this is a repeat question. I searched the forums but had no luck.
Are you making nandroid backups? Each backup usually runs gig so that's probably what's happening. There should be a nandroid fodder on your sd card that they are all saved to.
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No that's not it. I have only been using titanium to back up my apps.
Is it possible that the backups that I make in clockworkmod are the reason all the space is gone? If that's the case then how do I delete the backups made there after flashing?
thebigd01 said:
No that's not it. I have only been using titanium to back up my apps.
Is it possible that the backups that I make in clockworkmod are the reason all the space is gone? If that's the case then how do I delete the backups made there after flashing?
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Yes. Your backups made with clockwork are a big space hog. You can back then up to your computer to save SD card space then remove them from you SD card. They are located on SD card in clockwork/backups
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Yup those are nandroid backups. When you make a backup with cwm in the recovery that's what's happening. Sorry, i quoted the wrong folder in previous msg. There is a clockwork folder on your sd card that contains the backup folder where they are all stored.
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Hi i have a rom runnymede aio 6.0.4 to be exact and im wondering if i change sd cards what will happen and what would i have to do.
Please note i have ext 4 partition 1gb
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Nandroid backup.
Copy all fat32 to pc (including hidden files)
partition new card.
Copy from pc back to fat32,
nandroid restore.
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Titanium Backup
A great way to do this is to use titanium backup. You'll need root to use it though. Look for it in the market.
Install;
Backup to sd card.
copy everything to a computer including hidden files.
copy again just in case.
put the old sd card in a safe place.
copy everything to the new card.
insert the card into the phone
turn the phone on.
if anything is missing,
batch restore in titanium backup.
cduru336 said:
A great way to do this is to use titanium backup. You'll need root to use it though. Look for it in the market.
Install;
Backup to sd card.
copy everything to a computer including hidden files.
copy again just in case.
put the old sd card in a safe place.
copy everything to the new card.
insert the card into the phone
turn the phone on.
if anything is missing,
batch restore in titanium backup.
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Everything will be missing as the ext that symlinks all the apps will be empty. With some a2sd+ scripts, the.phone won't even boot if this is the case.
Then you get these huge sense roms that shift part of system to ext. There is no way titanium could fix that
The method I mentioned is tried and tested as the best, most consistent and completest way to do this with an ext partition
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Since you obviously don't know how to, I suggest opening a new thread on it, like the op here did.
No seriously, create new thread button should be disabled for n00ns.
how i can move the apps that on the Old microSD to the new one ?
kingston951 said:
how i can move the apps that on the Old microSD to the new one ?
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The easiest n safest way for me..
1. Backup your old apps using titanium backups
2. Copy titanium backups folder from your old SD card to the new one..
3. Insert your new SD card to your phone, restore it using titanium back up.
4. done.
thnx
kingston951 said:
how i can move the apps that on the Old microSD to the new one ?
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Another good method is to create a backup folder on your PC and copy your old sdcard there. Then copy it back to the new card. This has the advantage of giving you a backup in case of failure of the sdcard or the Titanium Backup not restoring properly.
Of course, if you're really OCD like I am, you could do both!
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netizenmt said:
Another good method is to create a backup folder on your PC and copy your old sdcard there. Then copy it back to the new card. This has the advantage of giving you a backup in case of failure of the sdcard or the Titanium Backup not restoring properly.
Of course, if you're really OCD like I am, you could do both!
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first, i already backed up on my PC
second, i dont have titanuim backup (i cant install it)
kingston951 said:
first, i already backed up on my PC
second, i dont have titanuim backup (i cant install it)
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First, don't be a douchebag.
Second, delete useless apps.
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if i backup all my files on the new micro, its will save the apps on it ?
No, it will save the data on it (if present). You will have to reinstall your apps, or restore them using Titanium Backup, as mentioned before. You will need root access for the last one.
someone have "titanuimback" zip for cwm ?
I don't know if there's titanium backup .zip..
why u can't install titanium backup...?
Is your device already rooted..?
yes, but i cant install it, its says that i dont have enough memory.
but i have 90Mb free.
OMG
I just move the apps on SDcard to phone (by link2SD)
and then i tried to install titanuim backup and it worked.
i guess that its installing on SDcard.
bb, thnx for the helpers
I would use my external memory card reader that I use for my Mac and plug it into my eePC and the built in sd card reader. Then all I do is copy the files straight over to my new card no problem. If I didn't have that option then I might make a disk image of my current sd card and have my new card be restored from that image. That way I could be sure that the new card is EXACTLY the same as my old one. I've burned disk images like this so I can install Linux onto a computer and I don't see why it won't work for an sd card.
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has anyone tried using titanium backup to restore there apps off there old phone?
I put my sd card in and even copied the back up to the internal memory and still cant get titanium to recognize the apps...
Any ideas why, or any sucess?
liv4evr said:
has anyone tried using titanium backup to restore there apps off there old phone?
I put my sd card in and even copied the back up to the internal memory and still cant get titanium to recognize the apps...
Any ideas why, or any sucess?
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Restored many apps with no issues at all. Just set titanium to work off the external sd and was on my way.
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Answered in your other thread you made on this exact topic
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I have a 16gb SD and its almost full by 14gb.. i dont know why..
It says i used 2gb for apps & pitures,vidoes.
is this right?
arcsuser said:
I have a 16gb SD and its almost full by 14gb.. i dont know why..
It says i used 2gb for apps & pitures,vidoes.
is this right?
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well if you r having any doubts you can back up ur SD card's contents & Format it .....
If you're like me and you always make backups in cwm when flashing new roms etc, then check the the backups folder under clockworkmod on your sd card. Those backup imgs are huge and can add up. I freed up a few gig by deleting the ones I didn't need.
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ajgftw said:
If you're like me and you always make backups in cwm when flashing new roms etc, then check the the backups folder under clockworkmod on your sd card. Those backup imgs are huge and can add up. I freed up a few gig by deleting the ones I didn't need.
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I did every thing except this one.. didnt cross it to my mind.. ill givve thanks if it helps.
Hello everyone, I am new to rooting and accidentally installed a nandroid to my internal sd card while trying to put it on my external sd card. I plugged my phone into my computer and deleted the backup files from the Clockwork folder. For some reason though, it keeps showing on my phone in Miscellaneous files that Clockwork mod recovery is taking up a little less than 2gb. Can someone help me fix this?
Thanks in advance!
logammo said:
Hello everyone, I am new to rooting and accidentally installed a nandroid to my internal sd card while trying to put it on my external sd card. I plugged my phone into my computer and deleted the backup files from the Clockwork folder. For some reason though, it keeps showing on my phone in Miscellaneous files that Clockwork mod recovery is taking up a little less than 2gb. Can someone help me fix this?
Thanks in advance!
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When you plug into the computer you will see:
Phone (This is really the internal sdcard)
Sdcard (This is the external sdcard)
If you want to get them off the internal sdcard you need to delete them from the phone folder and leave them in the sdcard folder.
logammo said:
Hello everyone, I am new to rooting and accidentally installed a nandroid to my internal sd card while trying to put it on my external sd card. I plugged my phone into my computer and deleted the backup files from the Clockwork folder. For some reason though, it keeps showing on my phone in Miscellaneous files that Clockwork mod recovery is taking up a little less than 2gb. Can someone help me fix this?
Thanks in advance!
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I'd familiarize yourself with a file explorer like esfile explorer (best one imo) and you can delete these backups on your phone from your phone, doesn't matter if it's on the internal sd or external sd.
epic4GEE said:
I'd familiarize yourself with a file explorer like esfile explorer (best one imo) and you can delete these backups on your phone from your phone, doesn't matter if it's on the internal sd or external sd.
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I downloaded root browser lite and I cant seem to find CWM in the internal SD folders.
epic4GEE said:
I'd familiarize yourself with a file explorer like esfile explorer (best one imo) and you can delete these backups on your phone from your phone, doesn't matter if it's on the internal sd or external sd.
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I agree, except that my favorite is Total Commander.
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logammo said:
I downloaded root browser lite and I cant seem to find CWM in the internal SD folders.
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I use twrp but I still have my stock rooted rom saved with cwm, unless you deleted the folder it should be in the clockworkmod folder
Ok everyone so it seems that I deleted the backup but CWM is still taking up 1.6gb of internal storage. Is this normal, or is this the nandroid I deleted that is still showing?
Newer versions of cwm also store other data (cont remember the name of the folder) to support incremental backups. Maybe that is still there?
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Ok everyone so it seems that I deleted the backup but CWM is still taking up 1.6gb of internal storage. Is this normal, or is this the nandroid I deleted that is still showing?
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That's too much data to be residual, I'd say your backup is in a folder some place in the internal sd
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That's too much data to be residual, I'd say your backup is in a folder some place in the internal sd
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Where should I check?
Idk where it would be if not in the cwm folder, did you try rebooting your phone just to be sure it didn't go tard on you after you deleted it and is now giving you a false reading?
Something I was thinking about is just wiping my internal and external sd card to start fresh. What effect would this have on my root and unlocked bootloader?
OK so I found the problem. I never deleted the blobs files. This is what is taking up so much space. Is it safe to delete these files?
EDIT: I went into CWM recovery and selected free nandroid space and it deleted the blobs not associated with a backup.
logammo said:
OK so I found the problem. I never deleted the blobs files. This is what is taking up so much space. Is it safe to delete these files?
EDIT: I went into CWM recovery and selected free nandroid space and it deleted the blobs not associated with a backup.
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Ahh good a happy ending
Yup. The blobs. That is the incremental data that I was talking about before. That is what the new version of cwm uses to avoid duplicating data in successive backups.
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