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Nandroid Backup Location

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.

scottspa74 said:
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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[Q] CWM Backup/Restore Question

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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qbking77 said:
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
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1
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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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Top Nurse said:
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

Okay so after i flash a new rom, and make a backup. Am i able to delete the zip file?

Okay so after i flash a new rom, and make a backup. Am i able to delete the zip file? Say ive been using jugs rom. After each update i create an backup in rom manager just in case. Then i delete the old jugs zips. Am i able to just restore an older rom from manager without the actual zip file saved? If anyone knows what i am trying to say.
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rawsx said:
Okay so after i flash a new rom, and make a backup. Am i able to delete the zip file? Say ive been using jugs rom. After each update i create an backup in rom manager just in case. Then i delete the old jugs zips. Am i able to just restore an older rom from manager without the actual zip file saved? If anyone knows what i am trying to say.
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It's better to keep the .zip file handy in case you gotta do a full flash

rawsx said:
Okay so after i flash a new rom, and make a backup. Am i able to delete the zip file? Say ive been using jugs rom. After each update i create an backup in rom manager just in case. Then i delete the old jugs zips. Am i able to just restore an older rom from manager without the actual zip file saved? If anyone knows what i am trying to say.
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KillaHurtz said:
It's better to keep the .zip file handy in case you gotta do a full flash
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In other/shorter words rawsx, yes you can lol

i wouldnt if ur backup fails then u will need something to fall back on always leave at least one zip on hand!!

Help please!!!! MD5 mismatch

hi.
will someone help me with that?? i flashed Pacman rom...and before flashing i was running darthstalker rom...ive done backup and today i wanted to go back to darth stalker rom..when i try to run restore ive got md5 mismatch..i try everything what i found on this forum but still getting error...
here is my log from cwm recovery
please help

Are you using CWM? Did you rename the backup folder? If you used spaces while renaming it will give an md5 mismatch.

meekrawb said:
Are you using CWM? Did you rename the backup folder? If you used spaces while renaming it will give an md5 mismatch.
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i didnt rename

Create a blank text and rename it to nandroid.md5, the recovery will skip it and everything will be fine
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or change anything

cysiek said:
i didnt rename
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andhikafajarms said:
Create a blank text and rename it to nandroid.md5, the recovery will skip it and everything will be fine
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nope...nnot working

cysiek said:
nope...nnot working
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Try Nandroid Manager, it has a feature to Generate MD5, It's on Google Play
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i made a new backup and i figured out that i maybe missing a file cache.ext4.tar
still getting md5 mismatch

cysiek said:
i made a new backup and i figured out that i maybe missing a file cache.ext4.tar
still getting md5 mismatch
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If nandroid manager doesn't work, the only thing I can think of is to try upgrading to CWM 6 and see if it helps. Probably won't work if the backup is hosed though.

meekrawb said:
If nandroid manager doesn't work, the only thing I can think of is to try upgrading to CWM 6 and see if it helps. Probably won't work if the backup is hosed though.
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when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img

cysiek said:
when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img
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This is only a wild shot in the dark but have you tried renaming your nandroid.md5 to nandroid.md5.bak and then creating a new, blank nandroid.md5 like andhikafajarms said a few posts up? Other than that, I think your best bet is just to reinstall the ROM you are trying to restore. It sucks but it may be easier.

cysiek said:
when i open nandroid.md5 file there is only 2 md5 sums...and i have 5 files in backup:/ i only have boot.img and recovery.img
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that's the problem the rest are missing

can somebody tell me which file from backup is responsible for backed up apk's and is there any chance to convert it to TB backup??
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Rename recoveries safely?

When creating a recovery on cwm, an I safely name them something other than the date that is given as default?
I ask because the last time I did this, after trying to restore the ROM it came up with an md5 mismatch error and as told the renaming may have causes this?
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razormccabe said:
When creating a recovery on cwm, an I safely name them something other than the date that is given as default?
I ask because the last time I did this, after trying to restore the ROM it came up with an md5 mismatch error and as told the renaming may have causes this?
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I have successfully renamed recoveries from the default, and it has always worked.
What might have happened is that you renamed the EXTENSION, make sure you don't rename the .md5 at the end of the file.

Lionex1 said:
I have successfully renamed recoveries from the default, and it has always worked.
What might have happened is that you renamed the EXTENSION, make sure you don't rename the .md5 at the end of the file.
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Maybe, though I don't see how I could have. Well I'll rename them anyway, I can't re,ember the ROMs simply by what date I saved them! Cheers.

razormccabe said:
Maybe, though I don't see how I could have. Well I'll rename them anyway, I can't re,ember the ROMs simply by what date I saved them! Cheers.
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Don't use any spaces when you rename the folder. Eg. RenameBackup instead of Rename Backup.