Not able to restore my nandroids properly anymore - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So here's my problem guys (bear with me here ! , it takes a lil explanation ) :
i've had my arc for almost a year now, i'm using link2sd with a 2nd partition on my sdcard for linking my apps to help free up some internal memory , i also use CWM "back and restore" frequently and this is how i do it :
as a full nandroid backup would take nearly 1Gb of storage , i instead backup only the system and data files(less than 400Mb), manually calculate the md5sum for it, and then resore it when i need , and it has worked for me till recently , now when i restore the backup, i only get the system settings and the apps on my internal storage, no sdcard apps and no linked apps (previously it restored everything properly) , so my question is :
is it a Rom or kernel related issue ??. is there a way to fix it ?? or do i have to do a full backup from now on ??
btw i'm currently using JJ'Hybrid and arknight kernel 3.3 RC.
i know it's a long one guys , so thanx in advance .

You'll need to backup data from sd or sd-ext, which would need a full nandroid backup. I found the best compromise to save space is to backup, rename the backup to id it(eg aokp4),copy it to my pc, and only keep the newest one on my sd card.

sinkster said:
You'll need to backup data from sd or sd-ext, which would need a full nandroid backup. I found the best compromise to save space is to backup, rename the backup to id it(eg aokp4),copy it to my pc, and only keep the newest one on my sd card.
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yeah i know, but that doesn't answer my question , why was it working before and now it's not , thanx anyway

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Newly rooted I have a few questions....

I have just rooted my desire and flashed it with the VillainRom....
My questions are: I have enabled app2SD on most apps and thats great, but when I look at my internal memory through DiskUsage, It says I only have 157mb (Data) of space and thats taken up by the apps + system data that wont budge (adobe air etc)... Would taking off Stock apps increase this 157mb or would they too be stored in applications?
And why is there only 157mb available internal when you get 500mb?
Do widgets need to be kept on internal to stop them disappearing?
Sorry if my questions are obvious but I literally only looked into rooting a week ago so I am a proper noob!!
I also have the updating icon on virtually constantly.... is it a prob with the Rom or can this be fixed ?!
first of all do you have an ext partition? apps2sd wont work without one? also apps2sd only puts /data/app/ and the dalvik cache on your sd card, the /data/data directory remains on the device, thats why adobe air ect takes up so much space, removing stock apps wont free up any space as they are stored on the system partition, the desire dosent have 500mb of internal storage who told you that it might have 500mb of rom but thats a diff question.
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first of all do you have an ext partition? apps2sd wont work without one? also apps2sd only puts /data/app/ and the dalvik cache on your sd card, the /data/data directory remains on the device, thats why adobe air ect takes up so much space, removing stock apps wont free up any space as they are stored on the system partition, the desire dosent have 500mb of internal storage who told you that it might have 500mb of rom but thats a diff question.
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Ok ignore the 500mb i don't know where i got that from lol!!! The rom has apps2sd enabled I thought thats all I needed? I am still having trouble fitting on all my apps !!
If I was to put a new rom on there can I just delete the zip after and delete the folder containing the old rom? Is titanium sufficient to use as back up if I was to put on a new rom ?! ---- Forget that just done nandroid backup just to be safe! Is the back up stored in clockworkmod?
ali_smooth said:
Ok ignore the 500mb i don't know where i got that from lol!!! The rom has apps2sd enabled I thought thats all I needed? I am still having trouble fitting on all my apps !!
If I was to put a new rom on there can I just delete the zip after and delete the folder containing the old rom? Is titanium sufficient to use as back up if I was to put on a new rom ?! ---- Forget that just done nandroid backup just to be safe! Is the back up stored in clockworkmod?
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if you pressing the move to sd option, in manage applications, thats not apps2sd , thats just the crappy move to sd option on froyo..... you need to partition your sd card with an ext 2/3/4 partition to enjoy apps2sd+ i assume the nandroid backup image is stored on you sd card .....
Nandroid backup stored on SD?? Is it under backup in the rom file or is it actually called nandroid?? I backed up through recovery ...
Man i need to do some reading lol.. thanks for helping... ill partition through rom manager once i know if I've backed up properly!!
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ali_smooth said:
Nandroid backup stored on SD?? Is it under backup in the rom file or is it actually called nandroid?? I backed up through recovery ...
Man i need to do some reading lol.. thanks for helping... ill partition through rom manager once i know if I've backed up properly!!
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ive never used a nandroid or any other kind of backup in my life lol i really should learn tho because its a pain setting up my rom everytime i flash
Your backups are stored under sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
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[Q] less MB after restoring a CWM backup

Hi guys,
I noticed something when restoring a Nandroid Backup with CWM 2.5.1.3:
1. I have 870MB left on the internal memory
2. I make a Nandroid backup and flash something else
3. then I make a full wipe and restore the Nandroid Backup
4. I have 820MB left on the internal memory
Did anyone else noticed this problem??
Does anyone know if this problem is gone with CWM 3.0.0.6/3.0.2.5 ????
Thank you very much
Hi lilil
The CWM 2.51.3 and 3.0.0.6 has nothing to do with "consuming" memory.
After you restore back the back-up, do you delete the back-up? Cause the back-up will obviously eat space.
Unless you delete that back-up, it will definitely takes up memories. You can check whether you have any back-ups left in ROM Manager itself.
Tap ROM Manager >> Manage and Restore Back-ups >> Hold the Back-up(if any) and tap delete
Cheers =)
But aren't the backups on the SD card ????
Backups are indeed on the sdcard. Would kinda defeat the point otherwise.

factory reset questions

I want to reset my device and restore all apps from TB. The reason is that 1 app is not working for me and I know it used to work before, and nothing I tried worked
Now the questions...
* when I do factory reset, will I loose root? (i suppose not)
* will the data on internal SD be erased? (need to backup, that would be pain)
now, I want to do nandroid backup just in case I don't like something/forget to backup something . The question is
* is there a way to tell how much space the nandroid backup will need? I have a whole lot of apps, my titanium backup folder is like 3gb and I have like ~3gb on ExtSD card so I wonder whether it will be enough
* what does this backup, only system partition/internal memory (where apps are installed)? Or it backups the internal SD card too? (i suppose not)
thanx
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dalanik said:
I want to reset my device and restore all apps from TB. The reason is that 1 app is not working for me and I know it used to work before, and nothing I tried worked
Now the questions...
* when I do factory reset, will I loose root? (i suppose not)
* will the data on internal SD be erased? (need to backup, that would be pain)
now, I want to do nandroid backup just in case I don't like something/forget to backup something . The question is
* is there a way to tell how much space the nandroid backup will need? I have a whole lot of apps, my titanium backup folder is like 3gb and I have like ~3gb on ExtSD card so I wonder whether it will be enough
* what does this backup, only system partition/internal memory (where apps are installed)? Or it backups the internal SD card too? (i suppose not)
thanx
D>
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I cant answer all...
But these are what i know...
-When you have a stock ROM and you do a factory reset...you will loose root. But if you will install a rooted ROM, it will be rooted again.
-If its stock ROM, i think it will erase even the internal memory. But if it is aosp and your sd card is linked to mnt/shell/emulated/0, it wont.(well...this works for me, ProBam Rom)
-mine is like 1.2 gb because i only have a 300 mb TB backup. (do the math xD)
-it backups system, apps and all...but not the internal memory.
Hope this helps...even a bit. XD
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Damn, so it's another couple of hours to do the backup....
erljayp said:
I cant answer all...
But these are what i know...
-When you have a stock ROM and you do a factory reset...you will loose root. But if you will install a rooted ROM, it will be rooted again.
-If its stock ROM, i think it will erase even the internal memory. But if it is aosp and your sd card is linked to mnt/shell/emulated/0, it wont.(well...this works for me, ProBam Rom)
-mine is like 1.2 gb because i only have a 300 mb TB backup. (do the math xD)
-it backups system, apps and all...but not the internal memory.
Hope this helps...even a bit. XD
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
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Where you find this??
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dalanik said:
I want to reset my device and restore all apps from TB. The reason is that 1 app is not working for me and I know it used to work before, and nothing I tried worked
Now the questions...
thanx
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1.when I do factory reset, will I loose root? (i suppose not) - No
2.will the data on internal SD be erased? (need to backup, that would be pain) - Yes
you can use CWM to reset, that won't erase data on SD card. (I know about philz at least, it have option to factory reset with choice)
now, I want to do nandroid backup just in case I don't like something/forget to backup something . The question is
3. is there a way to tell how much space the nandroid backup will need? I have a whole lot of apps, my titanium backup folder is like 3gb and I have like ~3gb on ExtSD card so I wonder whether it will be enough
* what does this backup, only system partition/internal memory (where apps are installed)? Or it backups the internal SD card too? (i suppose not)
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This will backup SystemROM + Applications you have used, not data on int SD
card
to calculate space needed for nandroid
open file explorer (provided you are not using memory bind/ext-intSd like sw)
select all and check size , say it is -A GB
Open Titanium backup - overview and check free space on int memory , say it's B GB
then total it AGB + BGB = C GB
11GB - C GB = D GB
now add 700 MB to D
that is at least you should have free for nandroid.

[Q] Internal Memory wiped clean!!!!!!

Dear All,
I was on stock ROM on my optimus G -e975, installed AOSP, installed philz touch and houston's kitkat, then moved to CM11. While moving to kitkat, i modified philz touch to look into \data\media folder, so that i find's the ROM zip files from there... Now, i had an issue in CM11, which forced me to restore my stock nandroid backup... during the restore process, i forgot that i have changed the default path, so I did a clean install wiping everything in the following order:
Recovery--> advanced--> wipe system\data\cache --> back format\factory reset-->wipe data...
After than I restored the nandroid backup of stock rom. Now, I don't have anything in my internal SD card.. Free space is 24 GB out of 25 GB... I had around 24 GB of data in my internal memory card befor the restore...
So, Is there any way to restore the wiped data???? Any help willl be very greatfull for me.. since I have lost everything from my phone.....:crying:
U formatted ur sd card...i dont know if it still recoverable.. There's an app on playstore which could retrieve files try it
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Dave,
I tried some apps from playstore, but they don't have the capability to restore the recovered data to the same internal memory... also, since our device doesn't support otg, i'm unable to point the app to external memory devices...can you pls suggest any apps which has capability to restore to internal memory???

[Q] [Solved] Unable to write on internal memory card (not a joke please really help)

Hi all,
I have a big problem, i promised i searched before nut i didn't find anything useful about it.
I installed the Ditto Note 3 v5 on my device, and everything was fine, but after I installed agni kernel, the system went crazy, i did follow the exact procedure, or if i made a mistake i didn't on purpose.
Whatever i had a nandroid backup before installing agni kernel, but now i found my device impossible to write on internal storage, meanwhile the external is fine I can do anything i wish, but the the internal storage no way to create even a folder or a simple file.
I have done that with TWRP 2.7.0.2 as a recovery, and I am really in deeply **** (sorry for the word), because I heavily use my device in my work, I am a "soccorritore", that means like paramedic in USA in ambulance, so it is really the truth i am in deeply ****, because I have all my documents in the internal storage in the nandroid backup, but i don't know how to restore them.
The nandroid backup is 4.58GB, but when i install the nandroid backup the internal storage is 7.5GB left, before with all the data was 5.8GB left in internale storage, so it is missing 1.7GB of data.
PLEASE!
I really need help and as soon as possible, I do not care about myself but documents and people schedules
Hi there, I've also restored one time my Rom through TWRP and couldn't write on the internal Storage anymore. TWRP has a problem with that, use Philz Recovery in future.
So, do you have your documents etc. in some Apps saved or in your internal Storage?
Yes, i do have documents in backup data. The problem is not the rom, in worst cases I reinstall again a new one, but what about the documents?
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Well like I said/asked, if your documents are in some Apps, backup them using Titanium Backup on your SD Card. If your files are on the internal storage, you can simply flash a Firmware through Odin and nothing should happen to your data. Or just connect your device to your PC and copy all your files over to your PC.
Eric-Mod said:
Well like I said/asked, if your documents are in some Apps, backup them using Titanium Backup on your SD Card. If your files are on the internal storage, you can simply flash a Firmware through Odin and nothing should happen to your data. Or just connect your device to your PC and copy all your files over to your PC.
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The problem are not the backup applications, but the documents as I said, they are not in an application, they are in the nandroid backup created from TWRP recovery and the nandroid backup is an md5 format.
You are telling me that titanium backup can restore nandroid backups?
I even thought to use odin, if it can be useful.
No Titanium Backup can't restore backups, it just backups all your apps + data.
A Recovery doesn't backup your whole Internal Storage, it just backups your System Partition etc.
So my thought were, just flash a Firmware through Odin and everything should be alright I guess.
Oh man! I love you
I still like women but I think you know what I mean, I used odin and I restored the entire backup to the device, but still not able to write on the internal storage, but who cares I reflash e new rom, the most important is i can transfer the documents and the data to the external storage and to a computer. I learned a lesson today, I can't describe how do I feel now, and there are no words to describe how much I thank you

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