Does anyone know if you can rename your nandroid backups, so you have a idea of what they are.
Didn't know if it would corrupt the file or if clockwork mod would choke on it.
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Yes as long as you don't have any spaces in the name .... ie cm-7 would work but cm 7 would not
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Trying to free up some space on my external card and realizing I have no idea what folder the backups are stored in, running clockworkmod based recover v5.5.0.4
never mind, found it, but for some reason every time i back it up, the date is all wrong, just backed up and it is 1970-01-04.06.58.12?
In had this same question, where did you find it?
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MikeWjF said:
In had this same question, where did you find it?
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Check clockwork folder and inside there should be a folder that says backup
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Backups on this phone will always have the incorrect date. The recoveries do do not have access to the time.
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masaidjet said:
Check clockwork folder and inside there should be a folder that says backup
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That's weird, I made a backup with CWM before switching to TWRP and there's nothing in that folder.
Another question, where are the backups stored from TWRP? I can see them while in recovery, but not in any file explorer.
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Is it possible to delete the backup blobs in CWM? Thanks in advance.
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Sv: Can I delete CWM backup blobs?
Yeah, in the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard there is a folder called blobs, erase it and you will get alot of free memory
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RomWiz said:
Yeah, in the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard there is a folder called blobs, erase it and you will get alot of free memory
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Will that do anything bad though or mess something up
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Sv: Can I delete CWM backup blobs?
No
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You won't be able to restore to the backups that those blobs pertained to.
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Ahhh! Wait. Deleting the /blobs folder would be very bad, if you wanted to restore backups! See this post by CWM's developer:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
Some of you may be thinking "well, how do I delete a backup?".
First, never delete the blobs directory. This would actually delete all your backups by rendering them unusable.
Simply delete the usual backup directory, and the next time you run a backup, all the unused hash files will be automatically delete (a process known as garbage collection). The recovery will show "Freeing space..." while this is happening.
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ikjadoon said:
Ahhh! Wait. Deleting the /blobs folder would be very bad, if you wanted to restore backups! See this post by CWM's developer:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
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If i deleted the file and now I make backups with twrp will they work or no. Thanks
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No. TWRP only works with TWRP and cwm only works with cwm.
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No. TWRP only works with TWRP and cwm only works with cwm.
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No I mean will the backups that I make with twrp still work when I restore them on twrp. Even though I deleted cwm blobs backuo
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I don't think the TWRP backups should have anything to do with the blobs folder. (i could be wrong but i don't think i am) And i love your galaxy S3 rom reviews.
y0yerrj0sh said:
I don't think the TWRP backups should have anything to do with the blobs folder. (i could be wrong but i don't think i am) And i love your galaxy S3 rom reviews.
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Thanks!
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I noticed in cwm I have a bunch of folders in blobs but its not the recovery I'm using anymore. I have a feeling it would free up more space. Thanks
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It's the backup files from your recovery. If you are not using the recovery anymore it's safe to delete. It will free up around 2 gbs easily depending on how big your backups are. Mine are always over 2gbs.
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If you go into advanced options in recovery and change the format from dup to tar (I am pretty sure, but I haven't looked in a while) then you will no longer have blob files. I have found that tar backups are more reliable. May not be true though, you decide
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vroomr said:
If you go into advanced options in recovery and change the format from dup to tar (I am pretty sure, but I haven't looked in a while) then you will no longer have blob files. I have found that tar backups are more reliable. May not be true though, you decide
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Thats correct tar backups are usually bigger though than dup. I agree that tar can be more reliable since it copies every file not just one out of a string like dup does but tar takes more space. So it's all about what you prefer as you said.
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The blobs folders are for recovery. Go ahead and delete them but don't expect to restore.
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I have a bunch of space being taken up by CWM blobs. I can't tell what files are what though. I have my original backup under the backup folder.
Is it safe to delete files off the blobs folder?
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No
Ok. 5 gigs are being taken up by CWM. Is there anyway to free up some of this space?
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Those files are critical to your backups
What you can do is delete some old backups, I only keep my factory original, the most up to date of the rom I'm using, and any other roms that I happen to be experimenting with. If you have umteen backups they will take up many gigs.
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Can you extract a rom zip from a twrp backup? If so how thanks.
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Not that im aware of. Wheres evil?
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You can extract the system image from the backup and then convert it into a zip file. I haven't done it in a long time so I'll have to look up the precise steps required sometime this weekend if someone else doesn't chime in.
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I got what I needed trying my hand in theming and was looking for the zip for a rom that's no longer posted. But figured out apk manager can extract framework.res apk and systemui apk as long as your phone is hooked up to computer. Thank you
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I've done it with no problems by using nandriod backups as my original source with dsxida's Kitchen.
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