Can someone clue me in as to where the nandroid back up files are located on the sd card? I've got a pile of them that are just taking up a lot of space.
Thanks!
if u r using clockworkmod then they will be in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder
Rob the plumber said:
Can someone clue me in as to where the nandroid back up files are located on the sd card? I've got a pile of them that are just taking up a lot of space.
Thanks!
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I was actually going to make a thread about this as I was wondering myself. I have too many of them too and need to get rid of some old ones.
for internal...sd card/clockwork/backup. for externel...external sd card/clockwork/ backup...
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How can I delete past backups that are stored in the Nandroid Restore utility? I have like 6 and I dont wanna waste that space!
Thanks for the feedback!
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Diamond777 said:
How can I delete past backups that are stored in the Nandroid Restore utility? I have like 6 and I dont wanna waste that space!
Thanks for the feedback!
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They are on your SD card in the Nandroid folder, view the details of the folder and delete the oldest one, I tend to copy them over to my PC to stop space clogging up on the phone.
When I try different ROM's I get them set up how I want them and then do a Nandroid backup, saves having to keep starting from fresh, especially if there is only a small update to be done.
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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123belly said:
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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It doesnt mess it up as long as you do the following:
Example:
CBDMRS12-20100128-1509 Original Hero ROM
(just add an explanation of the back up on the end of the ID number, when you want to restore just remove the bit you added and stick it on your SD card.
I have done this a few times, I now have backups of most of the ROMS on here but the difference being that they are all set up with account details etc, i just got sick of inputting the same stuff every time I tried a ROM.
123belly said:
Does renaming the folders messing this up.
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I can say I changed the name completely and it would not restore. Luckily I had backed it up on my computer. I changed the name back to the original name and it restored no problem.
ljmeli said:
I can say I changed the name completely and it would not restore. Luckily I had backed it up on my computer. I changed the name back to the original name and it restored no problem.
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When unsure, dont use spaces.
claudefrog said:
They are on your SD card in the Nandroid folder, view the details of the folder and delete the oldest one, I tend to copy them over to my PC to stop space clogging up on the phone.
When I try different ROM's I get them set up how I want them and then do a Nandroid backup, saves having to keep starting from fresh, especially if there is only a small update to be done.
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I have root explorer on my samsung epic, I do not see Nandroid backup folder - where is it?
Thanks
It's depending on what recovery-rom you have been using..
AmonRA usually saves them at /sdcard/nandroid/ while clockworkmod saves them in /sdcard/clockworkmod/nandroid I think..
mljjlm said:
It's depending on what recovery-rom you have been using..
AmonRA usually saves them at /sdcard/nandroid/ while clockworkmod saves them in /sdcard/clockworkmod/nandroid I think..
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Found it - it is under my Clockworkmod directory I was looking for nandroid directory
OH YEAH
This has nothing to do with what you guys are talking about but i found this nifty app that is good for looking around in your nandroid back ups..not just too look around but go inside them as you would in a .zip folder (if you get what i mean)
click here >>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.goddchen.android.nandroidbrowser&hl=en
I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance
VinhFTW said:
I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance
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you can delete it with a file browser like Astro or plug your phone into the computer and browse the sd card that way. If you used Ra's recovery, it's under a folder called nandroid, and if you used clockwork, it might be under a folder called backup, and then under nandroid, or something like that. the files will be ~200mb each and be named after the date and military time you ran the backup- e.g. "BCDS-20100906-1707" or "2010-08-23-10.51.12"
VinhFTW said:
I accidentally made another backup right after I had already made one. Does anyone know how to delete it? I tried searching but there are so many threads regarding nandroid. Thanks in advance
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RA Amon backups are on your card in /sdcard/nandroid/
Inside that folder should be a folder with a coded name (serial number?), and inside that folder, there should be more folders..each of those is a nandroid backup
Clockwork nand backups are on the card in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
and inside that folder, there should be more folders..each of those is a nandroid backup
edit - lol xeren, you beat me to it
most helpful thread in a while for me, this just freed up a load of room on my sdcard, lol, so that's why there wasn't much space left, lol.
thank you.
Just looking at my sd card files and notice all these files:
part13backup-1303683662.bin
part13backup-1304173545.bin
part13backup-1304179821.bin
part13backup-1304266739.bin
also
part14backup-1303683662.bin
part14backup-1304173545.bin
part14backup-1304179821.bin
part14backup-1304266739.bin
I have no idea what these are. I know what the part7backup is from but, not any of these files.
Can someone enlighten me on what these are for?
Do I need them?
I've been finding the same things on my sdcard and have no idea how they are getting there. I have just been deleting them. But now my curiosity has been sparked. Going to see if I can figure it out.
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It's the efs partition backups made by guhl's fix, used in superwipe etc..
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It's the efs partition backups made by guhl's fix, used in superwipe etc..
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So, do we keep them or delete them?
ever since I updated to 4.2.1 I cannot locate my nandroid backups in the folder where it's supposed to be.. I heard that 4.2 puts the old nandroids to a folder named 0, but theres nothing in there. I have old backups made to internal storage and i want to delete these to clear space. only backing up on my sd card will work. However, when in recovery mode, I can see the old file if i press restore. can anyone help me find those folders to delete?
x10user2011 said:
ever since I updated to 4.2.1 I cannot locate my nandroid backups in the folder where it's supposed to be.. I heard that 4.2 puts the old nandroids to a folder named 0, but theres nothing in there. I have old backups made to internal storage and i want to delete these to clear space. only backing up on my sd card will work. However, when in recovery mode, I can see the old file if i press restore. can anyone help me find those folders to delete?
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When looking at your nandroid, does it give you the path?
BWolf56 said:
When looking at your nandroid, does it give you the path?
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Noo, but do you know where those files may be? what folder directory? cause isn't it supposed to be the cwm folder
x10user2011 said:
Noo, but do you know where those files may be? what folder directory? cause isn't it supposed to be the cwm folder
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depends on your recovery version. I'd suggest to go make sure you have the latest one.
BWolf56 said:
depends on your recovery version. I'd suggest to go make sure you have the latest one.
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I just realized that I deleted all the stuff within my 0 folder before realizing that my backups were there... This was a long time ago but what can I do now that I dont have those files in the 0 folder? I really need to delete the backups because they are taking up my space on the internal storage
x10user2011 said:
I just realized that I deleted all the stuff within my 0 folder before realizing that my backups were there... This was a long time ago but what can I do now that I dont have those files in the 0 folder? I really need to delete the backups because they are taking up my space on the internal storage
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Update your cwm recovery (on clockwordmod website).
PS.: Can't you delete old nandroids in recovery?
BWolf56 said:
Update your cwm recovery (on clockwordmod website).
PS.: Can't you delete old nandroids in recovery?
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can you please link it? I dont know where to find it on the site sorry :\
x10user2011 said:
can you please link it? I dont know where to find it on the site sorry :\
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Or use ROM Manager to update to the latest CWR. That's the easiest way instead of flashing the .img file.
Or if you've even bothered to use the search you'd know that rom manager just causes issues and download goo manger from play store and use twrp recovery. Problem solved
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My phone is pretty much maxed on space internally and externally.
I delete things I dont want anymore and replace with the new.
I was thinking to myself... "what would happen if I deleted everything off the internal card?"
My first guess is the phone wouldnt boot because it needs files to load the os.
Is there a program or a special way to delete everything that is NOT needed to start fresh?
I think it will be tedious and time consuming going through each folder and deleting things you dont need.
What should stay? What should go?
Anybody have any insight to this? I would appreciate it.
Thanks!!!
Formatting the SD card doesn't delete your partitions silly
I've done it before
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Nice! So I made a backup of the whole drive. When I format, will I be able to replace certain folders to get apps to work again or just restore what I want from titanium backup and that should do the trick? Whats the best way to format? Through recovery or straight from computer?
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Ahhh I could go under storage and format that way too... that the way to go?
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Yea, you can restore whatever you want from titanium and formating the SD card through recovery is the best way to do it
Just make sure that your titanium backup is somewhere else
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deviouskind said:
My phone is pretty much maxed on space internally and externally.
I delete things I dont want anymore and replace with the new.
I was thinking to myself... "what would happen if I deleted everything off the internal card?"
My first guess is the phone wouldnt boot because it needs files to load the os.
Is there a program or a special way to delete everything that is NOT needed to start fresh?
I think it will be tedious and time consuming going through each folder and deleting things you dont need.
What should stay? What should go?
Anybody have any insight to this? I would appreciate it.
Thanks!!!
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While the post above mine is true, let me give you a fair warning. Formatting will delete EVERYTHING, pics, music, etc... Make sure you have anything you want to keep backed up prior to formatting, same for external sd card. Also, if you're looking to get back to a "fresh" phone, you can always run a One Click Restore file linked in the stickied threads in development or at www.rwilco12.com
Just be sure to follow the links to get the appropriate file for this device, and read any and all instructions for anything you flash, now and in the future.
Edit- Ninja'd by the both of you
Got it! Thanks! I have all files internal and external on computer. I will format, copy over TB files and restore some things. I will format through recovery.