sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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What cw version are you using?
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5.5.0.2
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trilogee said:
sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .
drawde40599 said:
Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .
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Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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trilogee said:
Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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drawde40599 said:
I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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Can u flash roms?
Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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trilogee said:
Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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drawde40599 said:
Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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If was my phone I'd
Fastboot recovery. see if worked , didn't work I'd backup with titanium backup, backup to computer then factory reset, that don't work I'd start over flash stock Google 4.03 image and reroot start fresh . THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO. I'm not a dev just a guy with a **** load of android phones
thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.
If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.
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thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.
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R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?
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R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?
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flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well
trilogee said:
flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well
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ya, if u don't wanna do a full wipe I got nothing, fix permissions?? I dont see it fixing anything but guess worth a try . Unless u can find a dev to walk u threw the dev side of it ( if even an option ) I don't no anything else . Good luck
yea thanks for trying. I tried fixing permissions as well...just sent an email to koush so hoping for a reply from him
same issue/similar error...
I'm actually getting a similar message whenever I try to make a backup as well on my Sprint Epic 4G Touch (Samsung Galaxy S2). Have you had any response from the developer yet?
Here's a bit of my error log:
parse returned 0; 0 errors encountered
ROM Manager Version 5.0.0.6
March 8, 2012
SD Card space free: 3694MB
mkdir: can't create directory '/emmc/': Read-only file system
Backing up boot image...
Error while backing up boot image!result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/emmc/clockworkmod/backup/2012-03-08-stockbackup")
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
heo_con184 said:
If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.
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Does the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can backup the whole background? Including the widgets, position of icons something like that.
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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/
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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
Code:
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 ?
chris41g said:
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
Code:
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
kobby2k6 said:
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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Top Nurse said:
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.
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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kennyglass123 said:
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
Long story short I was messing with my recovery & I tried flashing the genocide2.0_voodoosnd10.zip and when I rebooted my Phone it was stuck on samsung. The genocide stuff didn't Pop up at the bottom of the screen! Help please! I tried restoring but that didn't work either.
clear data and cache. If that doesn't work, look in development on how to restore semi-bricked epic.
Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0
PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0
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You can try a factory data reset if your last resort is going to be to odin from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
And here is the Genocide 2.0 thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614
PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately I cant reach my comouter so I'll wait. But can you link me to the genocide 2.0
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614
Beat you by a couple of minutes U...lol.
Okay so my epic Is back to the brink but on the thread they say check all 3 and your really suppose to check one which is the auto reboot.
My question is when I download the clockword mod will my backups be there?
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PhreshGunz said:
Okay so my epic Is back to the brink but on the thread they say check all 3 and your really suppose to check one which is the auto reboot.
My question is when I download the clockword mod will my backups be there?
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Yes, your backups are stored on your sdcard under clockworkmod\backups. This why you can swap your sd card with a new Epic and restore everything from a recent backup. Glad you got it back up.
Unfortunately the backups have some type of error.
Everytime i try and backup it says ''MD5 mismatch''
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PhreshGunz said:
Unfortunately the backups have some type of error.
Everytime i try and backup it says ''MD5 mismatch''
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That happens when you manually rename them. You can try ROM Manager in the market, then try renaming them to something else, if you still get a mismatch, I'll link you to a thread where I fixed it manually.
Ok here it is, You'll need to be rooted and terminal emulator of course, and you'll have to rename the backup to something simple without spaces. I'll just copy and paste what i said on my other post from another thread.
Shinydude100 said:
I, for a change, do know exactly what my backups are, as i renamed them to things such as 2.1eclair, 2.2ec05 froyo, so on and so forth.
I have come to a solution to the problem, it seems we'll have to create a new MD5, so it can match again. (for now at least until clockworkmod is modified/updated.)
I reccommend you leave no spaces in between of your renamed backup, command doesn't do well with spaces, not even if you try putting _.
This can also be done from Terminal Emulator on your phone while its on without the use of a pc. just be sure you add 'su' first for root permission.
# su
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/whatyourenamedyourbackupto
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
disregard the '#' it just means it belongs on the next line.
I hope this helps, and gets stickied, it's very important for anyone who gets MD5 mismatches on Clockworkmod for whatever reason.
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To make this easy as pie, copy the commands on the stock memo app,and paste into terminal emulator.
Syndicate Problem
Evertime i try & flash srf-1.2-final.zip this appears:
E: Cant open /sdcard/srf-1.2-final.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
This also happens when i try and install the genocide!
Shinydude100 said:
That happens when you manually rename them. You can try ROM Manager in the market, then try renaming them to something else, if you still get a mismatch, I'll link you to a thread where I fixed it manually.
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I Renamed it and still it doesnt work
Can you link me please
PhreshGunz said:
I Renamed it and still it doesnt work
Can you link me please
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Edit: I Found the link & did everything, but it still didnt work.
I Guess i'll just start over.
And can you please stick to one thread? Making more threads with the same problem will only confuse you. It sounds like your sd card is going bad. You should pop it into a computer, copy everything off of it, format it in the phone, then put everything back on it.
Yeah my appologies for making many posts.
I Just figured if i did i would get a reply quicker.
And i did that but still no progress =/
I Wonder if theres another solution..
PhreshGunz said:
Edit: I Found the link & did everything, but it still didnt work.
I Guess i'll just start over.
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If you found my other link, then its something you did wrong, even if your backup is corrupt, it will match a new md5. I'll look for my thread and link you, with exact instructions, gimme a sec.
Hi guys.
I flashed over the new cm 10.1 and made a nandroid backup of my old cm10.0
but then when restoring i get the error that /system could not be restored.
I have searched over many threads on xda and androidcentral for people who experienced similiar problems but to no avail
Changing cwm recovery version doesn't seem to help at all.
Any one have any suggestions please help me out.. I'm pretty lost now spending the last 3 hours trying to recover it..
Thanks in advance!
thunderskain said:
Hi guys.
I flashed over the new cm 10.1 and made a nandroid backup of my old cm10.0
but then when restoring i get the error that /system could not be restored.
I have searched over many threads on xda and androidcentral for people who experienced similiar problems but to no avail
Changing cwm recovery version doesn't seem to help at all.
Any one have any suggestions please help me out.. I'm pretty lost now spending the last 3 hours trying to recover it..
Thanks in advance!
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Use version 5 working
When you upgrade to 4.2 all of the sdcard content is moved from /data/media to /data/media/0
So, the location of your clockworkmod backup is now /data/media/0/clockworkmod
If, you are using an older version of clockworkmod recovery, it will not automatically find the new backup location.
There are two solutions:
1. Flash the latest clockworkmod recovery
2. Manually copy content from /data/media/0 to /data/media using adb
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thunderskain said:
Hi guys.
I flashed over the new cm 10.1 and made a nandroid backup of my old cm10.0
but then when restoring i get the error that /system could not be restored.
I have searched over many threads on xda and androidcentral for people who experienced similiar problems but to no avail
Changing cwm recovery version doesn't seem to help at all.
Any one have any suggestions please help me out.. I'm pretty lost now spending the last 3 hours trying to recover it..
Thanks in advance!
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Hi thanks for the help guys but here's my situation:
mikrotik said:
Use version 5 working
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Which version 5 you mean? CWM version 5? I tried that and it said that system.img is not found. The backup folder doesnt have the system.img file at all so i guess it woudnt work...
DZYR said:
When you upgrade to 4.2 all of the sdcard content is moved from /data/media to /data/media/0
So, the location of your clockworkmod backup is now /data/media/0/clockworkmod
If, you are using an older version of clockworkmod recovery, it will not automatically find the new backup location.
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I searched the previous threads and did move it to the /data/media and it could find the backup. However halfway during the restoring, the error came out saying "error while restoring /system"
Any hope?... or is my backup ruined?... Thanks...
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Hi thanks for the help guys but here's my situation:
Which version 5 you mean? CWM version 5? I tried that and it said that system.img is not found. The backup folder doesnt have the system.img file at all so i guess it woudnt work...
I searched the previous threads and did move it to the /data/media and it could find the backup. However halfway during the restoring, the error came out saying "error while restoring /system"
Any hope?... or is my backup ruined?... Thanks...
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Yeah use cwm version 5
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Yeah use cwm version 5
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Which version 5? I tried 5.8 but then it said the system.img is not found?
Which version should i use?
Thanks!
Hi, use this clockworkmod ... http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.3-maguro.img
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Hi, use this clockworkmod ... http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.3-maguro.img
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Hi, tried this but the /system error is still there any possibilities?
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I'm having the same problem. I made a nandroid with CM10.0 and then did a clean wipe, updated the rom to CM10.1, and I've been annoyed by certain things ever since, such as the new file structure.
So I've tried to restore my nandroid of CM10.0 only to find that CWM Recovery can't find it, so I managed to find the backup myself and move it to where CWM stores new nandroid backups, and then I get the same message: "Error while restoring /system!". I updated CWM to 6.0.2.3, the current version, and I still get the same error.
Does anyone know the best way to restore my phone to CM10.0 with my data in the nandroid backup?
MY situation is similar but not quite the same. i did the nandroid backup in clockworkmod. i flashed 10.1. i noticed it moved it to the "zero" folder. so i moved it back. i go back to restore, and here is where things are different. it says its not there. says it can't find a backup.
so i do a backup on 10.1. it creates the backup properly. i check in ES Explorer, both files are there. i go into recovery, it only finds the new one i just created. not the old one.
*sigh*
Since the move to 4.2.x all user data has been moved to /0/data instead of just being in /data
Now, backups shouldn't be any different UNLESS you had the one you want on your SD card before updating. CWM is looking on the original position of the backup but it's probably in the /0/ folder. Move it back to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/<date of backup> and it should find it when you go back to CWM
EddyOS said:
*sigh*
Since the move to 4.2.x all user data has been moved to /0/data instead of just being in /data
Now, backups shouldn't be any different UNLESS you had the one you want on your SD card before updating. CWM is looking on the original position of the backup but it's probably in the /0/ folder. Move it back to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/<date of backup> and it should find it when you go back to CWM
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I tried placing it in the /sdcard/clockworkmod but then cwm wouldn't find the backup, it would just say backup not found. Only after moving it to /data/media then the backup can be seen, but it still gives the error that I'm currently having.
Thanks
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thunderskain said:
I tried placing it in the /sdcard/clockworkmod but then cwm wouldn't find the backup, it would just say backup not found. Only after moving it to /data/media then the backup can be seen, but it still gives the error that I'm currently having.
Thanks
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I have the same problem.
CWM 6.0.2.3
saves new backups to data/media/clockworkmod but you cant see it when connected to a computer.
move the backup in the above directory to data/media/0/clockworkmod, this is the new sd card directory.
"Im guessing" that if you want to restore an old nandroid, you will have to adb push it to data/media/clockworkmod/backup.
"also guessing" you have to push the blobs folder as well or it wont restore.
you will see other 0 folders and emulated folders in the root directory,I tried to delete these but it deletes folders in the data/media/0 folder.
these other 0 and emulated folders do not seem to contain actual data files, but are more of a link to the actual data files, the new system type i beleive.
I was backing up the Rom I'm using. Jedi X11 (I back up every 4 weeks) when during the process it says "back up failed".
Something to do with the MD5.
Now in the back ups folder I got this weird folder that I can't delete. I activated the necessary permissions and it says delete failed.
The contents also can't be deleted.
Any idea on how I can delete them?
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I see your using root explorer.
Select the file you want to delete with a long press, not a tap.
Press and hold down the selected file until another Window pops up and gives you the option to delete it.
Yeah I got through to that but it just says "delete failed".
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Thugnificent69 said:
Yeah I got through to that but it just says "delete failed".
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Your ext sdcard might be failing. Same thing happened to me. Get your stuff off the card just in case. Go back in recovery and go to settings or advanced and select use internal sdcard for now.
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Try mounting it on a laptop and delete
Carbon 1.5 | Kroz Hue Brown Theme | Crack Flasher
RonnieRuff said:
Try mounting it on a laptop and delete
Carbon 1.5 | Kroz Hue Brown Theme | Crack Flasher
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I'll try that right now.
If that fails, formatting wouldn't be a bad idea right?
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See attached pic for help
This method never fails, if it fails in an app.
Boot to twrp and use the terminal in there
Also because there is a funky character in the name. You may need to just delete the backup folder. .. Since I don't see any other files in there if shouldn't be an issue
runandhide05 said:
See attached pic for help
This method never fails, if it fails in an app.
Boot to twrp and use the terminal in there
Also because there is a funky character in the name. You may need to just delete the backup folder. .. Since I don't see any other files in there if shouldn't be an issue
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I'll give that a try.
I also wasn't able to delete the back up folder or the main TWRP folder.
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Did a search and this was the closest thread I could find..
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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Download goo.im from the play store. It will DL and flash it.
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RonnieRuff said:
Download goo.im from the play store. It will DL and flash it.
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tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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Disregard that. Thought I was in the vzw note 2 thread
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tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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UPDATE: did the GooManager install method, but when i reboot to recovery the TWRP touch interface isn't there, just a basic push button recovery with no backup or restore options? do I try again? do I need to remove the initial install first & if so, how? would CWM be a better option on 4.1.2?
UPDATE: after messing with it, and discovering I can't use CWM, I basically just need help on how to completely remove all traces of & the app itself from my phone so I can do a fresh install, just uninstalling it doesn't help. When i reinstall the program it doesn't give me the chance to reinstall the script, like its already there but messed up somehow. phone is still rooted & functions fine. go figure
FIXED!!
tb21666 said:
UPDATE: did the GooManager install method, but when i reboot to recovery the TWRP touch interface isn't there, just a basic push button recovery with no backup or restore options? do I try again? do I need to remove the initial install first & if so, how? would CWM be a better option on 4.1.2?
UPDATE: after messing with it, and discovering I can't use CWM, I basically just need help on how to completely remove all traces of & the app itself from my phone so I can do a fresh install, just uninstalling it doesn't help. When i reinstall the program it doesn't give me the chance to reinstall the script, like its already there but messed up somehow. phone is still rooted & functions fine. go figure
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Figured out that all I had to do was reflash the .tar file of TWRP 2.4.4.0 manually with ODIN & it worked. Didn't reset my device at all. :victory:
Thanks to anyone & everyone who helped & put up with my NOOB to Samsung, ODIN, etc.. Hopefully day 2 with this phone goes a bit more smoothly.
Don't know what I'd do without this site!
As this topic came up top on Google for 'TWRP backup can't be deleted' I thought I would add that I managed to delete the backup by changing to the non touch CWM. I did this with the play store Rom Manager so I did not have to flash from download or Odin :good:
Use Data/Media insted of sdcard/ solved
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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THANK YOU!!!
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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Well done Nitrous828, thank you.
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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I know this is an old-ish thread - but thank you! Feeling like an idiot.
IM DESPERATE!!!!! I'm trying to factory reset my phone through TWRP to restore one of my backups. Every time I try though I keep on getting the error message 'unable to mount /data' and then even more 'unable to mount /data/*random*' I tried to go to the 'mount' setting but it wouldn't let me Mount data! Is there any way I can fix this or just use adb commands to restore my backup? PLEASE I'M GOING TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!
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IM DESPERATE!!!!! I'm trying to factory reset my phone through TWRP to restore one of my backups. Every time I try though I keep on getting the error message 'unable to mount /data' and then even more 'unable to mount /data/*random*' I tried to go to the 'mount' setting but it wouldn't let me Mount data! Is there any way I can fix this or just use adb commands to restore my backup? PLEASE I'M GOING TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!
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What have you done prior to this? GPE conversion? Changed partition sizes?
Someone had the exact same problem yesterday...The /data partition was corrupted or something along those lines....Let me try to find the thread, there were instructions there.
ILIVE4HEAD said:
IM DESPERATE!!!!! I'm trying to factory reset my phone through TWRP to restore one of my backups. Every time I try though I keep on getting the error message 'unable to mount /data' and then even more 'unable to mount /data/*random*' I tried to go to the 'mount' setting but it wouldn't let me Mount data! Is there any way I can fix this or just use adb commands to restore my backup? PLEASE I'M GOING TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!
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Please stop creating a new thread every time you think of another question.
You duplicate threads have been deleted so stick to this thread from now on.
OK, If everything else you have tried fails check this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/recovery-help-please-t2850470
You will need a file which the poster of the solution couldn't post because of his low post count, so maybe you can contact him directly.
But of course, this might not be the same problem with what you have, even though it seems pretty similar.
Did you attempt to do a factory reset in bootloader? Because this will corrupt the internal memory on modded devices (don't do it, if you didn't already).
Didn't change anything
Didn't do that Because I knew that it most likely wouldn't fix my problem
Is there any way though to skip going into recovery and just restore my backup through adb?
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Didn't change anything
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You either need to quote a post, or state what you are referring to, otherwise we don't know what you are talking about.
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ILIVE4HEAD said:
Is there any way though to skip going into recovery and just restore my backup through adb?
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Yes, you can boot recovery by adb. But I don't think this will help. Your issue is not recovery, its /data is not mounting.
Try connecting to your computer and formatting the internal memory (in Device Manager on a Windows PC).
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You either need to quote a post, or state what you are referring to, otherwise we don't know what you are talking about.
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Oh sorry I just was saying that I didn't factory reset out of bootloader because I knew it wouldn't fix my problem
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ILIVE4HEAD said:
Oh sorry I just was saying that I didn't factory reset out of bootloader because I knew it wouldn't fix my problem
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Ok, good (that you knew, at least).
Trying to eliminate that as the cause, although its curious this seems to be a fairly common issue on this phone. Another post just today, and there have been others. http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/twrp-unable-to-mount-data-t2852616
redpoint73 said:
You either need to quote a post, or state what you are referring to, otherwise we don't know what you are talking about.
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Yes, you can boot recovery by adb. But I don't think this will help. Your issue is not recovery, its /data is not mounting.
Try connecting to your computer and formatting the internal memory (in Device Manager on a Windows PC).
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YESSSSSS!!! Thank you soooo much! I did what you suggested and now there is no problem mounting /data. Thanks again I'm so relieved that I don't have to be stuck on this ROM forever.
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ILIVE4HEAD said:
YESSSSSS!!! Thank you soooo much! I did what you suggested and now there is no problem mounting /data. Thanks again I'm so relieved that I don't have to be stuck on this ROM forever.
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Nice! Glad it worked, and you aren't going to die!
Cant mount storage
please how do i format from Device manager on my PC? I have the same problem.
with twrp go to the folder with the file manager and remove the folder that gives you the error and then restart and install the new rom it will install normaly
Format using windows PC,
redpoint73 said:
Nice! Glad it worked, and you aren't going to die!
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How did you do it on device manager man,I'm unable to do it..please help me out..i'm the one whose going to die..???