I'm curious how renaming them works. I know i have to put it a certain way or it won't restore. So let's say I take my backup called
BDESW-20120204-2244 can I just rename it to Express by itself or no?
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If you rename the folder, the md5's wont match, therefore it wont restore. I found this out the hard way before.
You can however just add text AFTER the folder name to indicate what rom backup it is. That way, when you want to restore it, just remove that text, leaving the original name. Just be sure the leave the original folder name intact.
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If you rename the folder, the md5's wont match, therefore it wont restore. I found this out the hard way before.
You can however just add text AFTER the folder name to indicate what rom backup it is. That way, when you want to restore it, just remove that text, leaving the original name. Just be sure the leave the original folder name intact.
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well i found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131784 so i added -express to the end of the name and about to see if it tries to restore
I rename mine all the time and no issues. Just do not add spaces that seems to screw it up.
What I do evo I just change 20120204-2222 to a rom that i am running, like cm7 ill put CM720204-2222. Never had any issues.
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you can rename it to "turdburgler" if you want
I leave the letters, they tell what's backed up, and replace the numbers with a description.
I rename them so I know which backup it is.And before I started using firerat and was partitioned I made sure I put Sdext at the end.
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i just guess then its a surprise oh hey im back on warm 2.2 lol
jk i usually dont keep that many back ups so im not much help other than for smartass comments
Renamed them and they restored fine
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I leave the date portion so I know that it's the lastest backup I've done and just rename the number at the end for example nandroid backup BDESW-20120206-1274 I'll just rename it to let's say according to the Rom I'm using BDESW-20120206-MIUI
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Renamed them and they restored fine
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I actually never rename, but thanks for asking the question, now I know too.
i didn't think that it would have any issues, since (at least with amon ra) the MD5 is inside the backup folder, with the *whatever*.img backup image
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Tried to name a backup with specific data pointing to type of rom, and kernal so I could easily identify it to be able to go back to it later, but it kicked my name out. Is it posssible to name a backup that way? And how do you do it? Thanks
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archie53 said:
Tried to name a backup with specific data pointing to type of rom, and kernal so I could easily identify it to be able to go back to it later, but it kicked my name out. Is it posssible to name a backup that way? And how do you do it? Thanks
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Not sure here but I don't think you can have any spaces in the title
For fun, you can try to rename the backups after it's done. ON the SD card go to clockwork and then backup (or some such) and all the back ups are saved there. I think you can just edit the folder name...
Spaces will probably break something. Android is linux so it and spaces are likely not best friends...
I will give that a shot. I have been trying different ROMS and was trying to name the backups in a way that I would know which is which so I could switch easier.
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I was actually wondering the same thing a while back. So I renamed one of my backups in the clockwork folder on my sd card. Then I resored it and it worked fine. I would suggest not putting any spaces in the name. Not sure if it makes a difference or not.
Does anyone know exactly what it is that breaks the backups. When I say "break" you try to restore and get the message to use ADB. I had backups that I know worked because I had used them, I flashed the beta of Warm 2.2 RLS 3, tried to restore and every single one was broken after that. Just trying to figure out what is causes this. Or I may be the only one, who knows.
I've had md5 mismatches which won't let me restore a nand backup. Don't know why.
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Does anyone know exactly what it is that breaks the backups. When I say "break" you try to restore and get the message to use ADB. I had backups that I know worked because I had used them, I flashed the beta of Warm 2.2 RLS 3, tried to restore and every single one was broken after that. Just trying to figure out what is causes this. Or I may be the only one, who knows.
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Are you using ClockWorkMod or AmonRA?
AmonRa. 10 char
cornelious1212 said:
AmonRa. 10 char
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Did you use rom manager to flash back clockwork at any point using amon ra?
i get errors when backing up and restoring when the battery or storage space on the sd card is low.
i've also seen nand restores fail when trying to restore using a different hboot than the one used to make the backup.
hope that helps.
Have you changed the filename? Also check storage space. I got an error only once and that was when I changed file names. I usually change the end of name to whichever rom it was but I accidentally put a space.
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Have you changed the filename? Also check storage space. I got an error only once and that was when I changed file names. I usually change the end of name to whichever rom it was but I accidentally put a space.
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I had changed the file name, but I had used that backup many times before. Not really sure what the deal is.
Changing the file name most of the time hurts the nandroid backup because both folders together are in sync in the checksums. That's why it creates two folders. This is what I was told. That's why they are brokem
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Have changed your hboot to try cm since you made those backups?
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Changing hboot wont do anything.....well it well, but I went throught the same thing and I never changed hboot. If you tried to boot pc36.Img, then ya, it messed them up. But even changing the file names, messes the checksum up
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Changing hboot wont do anything.....well it well, but I went throught the same thing and I never changed hboot. If you tried to boot pc36.Img, then ya, it messed them up. But even changing the file names, messes the checksum up
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What I meant was that if he made his backups, then changed his hboot for any reason (like to try cm), then he won't be able to restore those backups until he goes back to the hboot version he had when he made the backups.
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Right right. These no doubt there that if he changes the version, it wont work. But if then, reverting back may not even solve it. But lets say he didn't downgrade or even upgrade hboot, then what's left?
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You're right, but you and the other posters already seemed to be addressing the other options pretty well. Just wanted to throw it out there
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I also had this issue where I was able to sucessfully backup and restore, however the restored rom was missing a lot of files and apps and didn't look right. I wasn't able to backup anything for quite a while, and then I updated the recovery image to the latest Amonra version. This seemed to correct it, as I just did a sucessful backup and restore. Hope it helps.
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
mainstang said:
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
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go head sir!
As far as I know, spaces get converted to _ , so you should be fine either way.
your all set, here is what i name all my NAND's and everyone has showed up in Amon's
YYYY.MM.DD.ROMNAME.VERSION.THEME(if installed).Version(if different versions of themes/captured)
2011.02.14.WARM.RLS5.MB
today's date Warm RLS5 with matte blues theme
mainstang said:
I have read around on the forums. I use Amon-ra and would like to rename some of my nand backups. I think the general advice is it will be fine as long as there is not any spaces in the name. If there is anything im missing before I do this.
Thanks.
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Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
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Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
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Did you use an incorrect character, because I completely change mine, and no errors. A typical backup name for me might look like: CM7 build# xFeb
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Not sure about amon, but i have clockwork, and I renamed my backups with the rom name after the date/time. When I went to restore them, I got a md5 mismatch error. I had to rename them back to what clockwork created to restore the backup. So just make sure you keep the date/time so if you need to, you can revert back to that.
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Only rename the folder, don't rename the files inside the folder.
Dude, just add a couple letters after the file. For example: if its a Fresh Rom you can just add xxxxxxFR at the end.
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The last time I renamed my backups using Amon-ra, I was unable to restore in recovery. So, I just use a note app(ColorNote) to label my backups using the last 4 digits from the backup number. That way I know I won't have any issues.
I rename mine to what ever the date is and the ROM. Thats it. I use the dash symbol instead of the underscore cause for some reason it wouldnt recognize the underscores when I tried to restore. I also tried using dots instead of underscores and they wouldnt work for me either. I have found the only one that would work for me was the dash and Im on Amon Ra...
I rename my nands they look like this--> cm6wimaxalpha3 <-- or like -->cm7wimaxstockkernel <--
Without the arrows or dashes.
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First off, Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i dont think that the Q&A section would be a better place to put this.
So i flashed a bunch of different roms and set them all up exactly the way i want them and did a nandroid backup. Then i went on to the sdcard and (stupid move, i know) changed the names of the folders from the default nandroid name to the name of the rom without backing up the file. Now when i try to do a restore, it says md5 mismatch. I went back into the sdcard to try and go throguh the nandroid md5 file to find what to change the name back to, but there is nothing there (Itried it with a restore that i did not change the name of so i would be able to match some numbers, but couldnt find any that matched) I know that the name is probably the date and time, but i cant remember the time that i did the restore.
Anyone know what to do (besides flash the rom again, restore all my apps, put widgets back into place, change settings, and etc, etc)????
I change the name of the file but I leave it in the same folder. Never had a problem with the md5 at restoring.
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Sigh.....knows hes posting in the wrong section. Doesn't search. Where are the XDA memes lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309703
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114
I can't even nandroid for some reason lol
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Sigh.....knows hes posting in the wrong section. Doesn't search. Where are the XDA memes lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309703
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114
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LOL sorry about that. I tried the links and i can now get to the restore thing, but it gets stuck at checking md5 sum...
Are you backing up with rom manager? You shouldn't because that apparently doesn't work for some
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Rename folder back to numbers only such as 2012.02.19
That should work
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tq745 said:
Rename folder back to numbers only such as 2012.02.19
That should work
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Ill try when I get home. Sounds like it might work.
Thanks
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kkg720 said:
First off, Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i dont think that the Q&A section would be a better place to put this.
So i flashed a bunch of different roms and set them all up exactly the way i want them and did a nandroid backup. Then i went on to the sdcard and (stupid move, i know) changed the names of the folders from the default nandroid name to the name of the rom without backing up the file. Now when i try to do a restore, it says md5 mismatch. I went back into the sdcard to try and go throguh the nandroid md5 file to find what to change the name back to, but there is nothing there (Itried it with a restore that i did not change the name of so i would be able to match some numbers, but couldnt find any that matched) I know that the name is probably the date and time, but i cant remember the time that i did the restore.
Anyone know what to do (besides flash the rom again, restore all my apps, put widgets back into place, change settings, and etc, etc)????
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I had this issue too. The problem comes when you rename a file and include spaces in the name. Nandroid backups don't work if there are any spaces in the name, dashes or underscores only. The suggestion above should solve the issue but if you want to keep the labels so you know which backup is your juggernaut ROM and which backup is your darkside ROM, you can rename them, just no spaces and use dashes instead.
I have a few Nandroid backups and I was wondering if there was a way to see what ROM it's from without actually restoring from it.
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I have a few Nandroid backups and I was wondering if there was a way to see what ROM it's from without actually restoring from it.
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Unfortunately there's not that I know of, I always label nandroid as soon as I make them to keep from forgetting. If you do start renaming them, make sure there are no spaces in the name otherwise you will get an md5 mismatch error (assuming you are on cwm, TWRP does not have this problem)
You just have to rename your nandroid backups on your computer. It's in your sd folder when you connect your phone under clockworkmod. I have 3 backups, and I name them after the rom /theme that they are.
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Unfortunately there's not that I know of, I always label nandroid as soon as I make them to keep from forgetting. If you do start renaming them, make sure there are no spaces in the name otherwise you will get an md5 mismatch error (assuming you are on cwm, TWRP does not have this problem)
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I am starting to do that, but like the ones from when I began flashing (about a month ago) I have like 5 nandroid right now. I think thats a bit excessive considering that I only used AOKP, Jugg and Stock. And thanks for the heads up about the md5 thingy. I don't rename them on my computer, I upload to box.net and add it in the description. That way I can keep my cluttered computer a bit cleaner. And I have 50GB so it doesn't really matter.
Use ROM Manager for backups as it gives you the option of naming the backup before hand. Personally I'm very specific on the names. I include the ROM, date, and other things like any mods or stuff like that
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Use ROM Manager for backups as it gives you the option of naming the backup before hand. Personally I'm very specific on the names. I include the ROM, date, and other things like any mods or stuff like that
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I use rom manager also... So it's safe when backing up to add the name of the rom at the end of the date that it automatically designates for us? Thanks
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I use rom manager also... So it's safe when backing up to add the name of the rom at the end of the date that it automatically designates for us? Thanks
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Yep. Name it whatever you wish
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