Can't backup with cwm (1.0.2) - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Says it can't find a backup handler. Any ideas?
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Neonfire said:
Says it can't find a backup handler. Any ideas?
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Yup, easy... flash TWRP
Install GooManager from the Play Store, within the app tap menu>Install OpenRecoveryScript and it'll install on it's own. Go into recovery and do the back up with it. You can uninstall Goomanager afterwards.
CWM has know issues reading the extSdCard and naming of the backups...

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Strange root problem

So, I was fully rooted (4.0.4 Stock) I just went in to try to remove another system app, using "System App remover" and it tells me that it cannot mount system R/W, so I go into root explorer, and go to system, and click the R/W button, and nothing.
System app remover was working fine before, as I have removed apps.
Any ideas?
**UPDATE**
I just restored back to when I KNOW I had root, and it is doing the same thing.
idbl_fanatic said:
So, I was fully rooted (4.0.4 Stock) I just went in to try to remove another system app, using "System App remover" and it tells me that it cannot mount system R/W, so I go into root explorer, and go to system, and click the R/W button, and nothing.
System app remover was working fine before, as I have removed apps.
Any ideas?
**UPDATE**
I just restored back to when I KNOW I had root, and it is doing the same thing.
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Maybe this time you denied SuperUser permissions?
Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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RTFOP said:
Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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What about Fix permissions? would that fix it?
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Interesting..............fix perms will fix it, but you can only go in once (system app remover), if you go out, and back in, it gives the same error
RTFOP said:
Restoring nandroid backups has been nuking permissions for months now. You'll have to wipe and fresh install.
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When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?
idbl_fanatic said:
When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?
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You don't need to fresh install. Grab the superuser flashable zip from androidsu's website (get the ARM one)
http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Boot to recovery and flash it. Fixed it for me.
dankoman said:
You don't need to fresh install. Grab the superuser flashable zip from androidsu's website (get the ARM one)
http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
Boot to recovery and flash it. Fixed it for me.
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Giving that a try, will report back.
Nope........no go there.........
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Try supersu
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idbl_fanatic said:
When you say wipe and fresh install, how would I do that with Stock 4.0.4?
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If your recovery isn't stock, you should be fine. If it is, you'll probably have to Odin a custom one on your phone and go from there.
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RTFOP said:
If your recovery isn't stock, you should be fine. If it is, you'll probably have to Odin a custom one on your phone and go from there.
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But I was wondering what was meant by fresh install? the whole ROM?
I am using CWM
idbl_fanatic said:
But I was wondering what was meant by fresh install? the whole ROM?
I am using CWM
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Wiping everything and then installing. Darkside super and cache wipes first, then the ROM. Factory reset before you install can't hurt either.
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Need Advice/Help...

Morning,
Loving the site, tons of stuff..Almost to much lol Anyway, so just getting into rooting. I used option 2 of simple lifes rooting guide. Now I want to run the jedi13 rom, but I cant figure out how to flash the rom because of the way the phone boots... pretty easy rooting process, but now I can't figure out how to flash the rom or re root due to the new initial boot directory when I vol+ home pwr up the phone... I've looked through tons of guides, but still no luck :banghead:
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Steve Lazarus said:
Morning,
Loving the site, tons of stuff..Almost to much lol Anyway, so just getting into rooting. I used option 2 of simple lifes rooting guide. Now I want to run the jedi13 rom, but I cant figure out how to flash the rom because of the way the phone boots... pretty easy rooting process, but now I can't figure out how to flash the rom or re root due to the new initial boot directory when I vol+ home pwr up the phone... I've looked through tons of guides, but still no luck :banghead:
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After rooting the device, did you install a custom recovery? you can download goo manager in the play store and install TWRP recovery and reboot to it. If you already have the recovery installed and cant boot to the recovery then use adb to reboot it. Or another way is download terminal emulator and reboot using command lines from you for...only if you have root.
are you on stock or non stock recovery .. And to get into download mode . As far as i know from a off state hold down vol down and power button . to get into down load mode and its vol up to recovery ..
Not tried on my note but its how it goes on the note 10.1 tablet and other samsung devices i have had
dungtran88 said:
After rooting the device, did you install a custom recovery? you can download goo manager in the play store and install TWRP recovery and reboot to it. If you already have the recovery installed and cant boot to the recovery then use adb to reboot it. Or another way is download terminal emulator and reboot using command lines from you for...only if you have root.
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Negative, only stuff I installed after the root was superSU and titanium backup.. both of the paid versions. .. When I power up holding vol+ Home Power instead of any upload option I just get the following
Reboot sys now
Apply update from ADB
Apply update from external storage
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Apply update from cache
Tried wipe data/factory reset to clear the root mod (multi-csc), but basically just wiped my phone of everything else except the root, lol, so at that point I figured I should ask for help..
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that is the stock recovery. You need to get root again since u factory reset it. Once u get superSU go to play store and download goo manager to install TWRP or if you prefer CWR then install rom manager.
dungtran88 said:
that is the stock recovery. You need to get root again since u factory reset it. Once u get superSU go to play store and download goo manager to install TWRP or if you prefer CWR then install rom manager.
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You don't have to reroot after a factory reset, these aren't iphones (unless you just mean download supersu again) But everything else is correct
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kintwofan said:
You don't have to reroot after a factory reset, these aren't iphones (unless you just mean download supersu again) But everything else is correct
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Yes that is what I mean. Thanks for correcting.
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Yes that is what I mean. Thanks for correcting.
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Just helping the op get it straight
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Downloaded SuperSu again last night (good there), just downloaded goo manager. As for TWRP, don't see it on the play store. .
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Steve Lazarus said:
Downloaded SuperSu again last night (good there), just downloaded goo manager. As for TWRP, don't see it on the play store. .
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goo manager is to install TWRP recover. Open it up and and press the menu button and you see the option to install TWRP recovery.
dungtran88 said:
goo manager is to install TWRP recover. Open it up and and press the menu button and you see the option to install TWRP recovery.
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Negative, no mention of TWRP in the menu.. There is a "Boot Recovery" option. .
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Got
Reboot Recovery
Install Open Recovery Script
Either of those sound right? Other than that, seems to be rom flashing choices..
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Steve Lazarus said:
Got
Reboot Recovery
Install Open Recovery Script
Either of those sound right? Other than that, seems to be rom flashing choices..
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Install open recovery script
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Install open recovery script
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Roger that....
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Install open recovery script
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Done, said it might reboot, nothing happened though. So from here what should I expect or encounter? Is there more I need to do....or should I be able to follow all the standard go by's to rom flashing? Appreciate all the help by the way from you folks..:thumbup:
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Steve Lazarus said:
Done, said it might reboot, nothing happened though. So from here what should I expect or encounter? Is there more I need to do....or should I be able to follow all the standard go by's to rom flashing? Appreciate all the help by the way from you folks..:thumbup:
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copy your desired rom to the SDcard or internal storage and the open goo manager up again and choose reboot to recovery.
Steve Lazarus said:
Done, said it might reboot, nothing happened though. So from here what should I expect or encounter? Is there more I need to do....or should I be able to follow all the standard go by's to rom flashing? Appreciate all the help by the way from you folks..:thumbup:
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reboot again and hold vol up home and power until samsung appears then let go of power, but still hold home and vol up until recovery comes up. from there you can select to install zip ,which would be your rom. make sure to do a clean install (factory data wipe, wipe cache) Then use the instructions the op has up from where you downloaded the rom. should be good to go.
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copy your desired rom to the SDcard or internal storage and the open goo manager up again and choose reboot to recovery.
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I'll tackle that when I get home from work in an hour and have a computer to post on, just in case. Xda is blocked here at work ...damn government firewalls:thumbdown: Do I still keep the rom zipped when I transfer it to the phone if I'm using goo manager as compared to Odin. ..?
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Steve Lazarus said:
I'll tackle that when I get home from work in an hour and have a computer to post on, just in case. Xda is blocked here at work ...damn government firewalls:thumbdown: Do I still keep the rom zipped when I transfer it to the phone if I'm using goo manager as compared to Odin. ..?
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Just leave it exactly how it was when u download it. Follow the OP instruction thoroughly.
dungtran88 said:
Just leave it exactly how it was when u download it. Follow the OP instruction thoroughly.
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Will do, so should I download roms to my desktop and transfer them using Kies, or is it better to download directly to the phone. .. just looking for advice..
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Upgrading recovery

I'm currently on cwm non touch recovery an want to upgrade. I'm not sure which one I should upgrade but I see a lot of devs suggest twrp touch recovery so I guess that one. Do I just download the recovery an flash it on cwm? An when I do have it installed how do I flash ROMs do I just select the ROM an the recovery will clear caches? Or do I have to flash another zip before like with cwm I flashed the super wipes?
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To flash TWRP you to get Goo Manager from the play store.
Open it up and click on "flash rom"... it will ask you if you want it to find you one. Select that option.
It will then say it will DL TWRP. Once it is done with the DL it will flash TWRP to your phone.
And bam....your in the latest TWRP
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alloycowboy said:
To flash TWRP you to get Goo Manager from the play store.
Open it up and click on "flash rom"... it will ask you if you want it to find you one. Select that option.
It will then say it will DL TWRP. Once it is done with the DL it will flash TWRP to your phone.
And bam....your in the latest TWRP
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Thanks!!!!! I did it already. When I'm going to flash a new ROM what do I have to do? On cwm der was the superwipe zip I had to flash before is it the same on twrp?
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Dont use super wipe. Not good with TWRP.
Do a full backup first of your current rom. Do a complete wipe. When you hit the wipe option it will tell you all that it will wipe.
Next hit install from the main menu...choose you zip for your rom. Let it do its thing then reboot system.
All done
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Installing twrp now, but would it conflict with my old cwm? Or does it get deleted?
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Goliath27 said:
Installing twrp now, but would it conflict with my old cwm? Or does it get deleted?
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you will lose cwm an gain twrp any backups you did will still be there in the cwm folder but you won't be able to use them cause twrp isn't compatible with cwm I have my stock rom backup in cwm folder for safe keeping just incase
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rush420 said:
you will lose cwm an gain twrp any backups you did will still be there in the cwm folder but you won't be able to use them cause twrp isn't compatible with cwm I have my stock rom backup in cwm folder for safe keeping just incase
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Ok so I don't need to remove it, and recovery mode is now controlled by twrp? I'm making a fresh backup now anyway, better safe than sorry.
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[Q] CWM Warning No File_Contexts

Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
a103 said:
Hi,
I have the Google Play Edition rom installed on T-Mobile Galaxy S4. I have accidentaly deleted the Clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Now I can reboot in CWM recovery however on the main CMW screen I see a "Warning: No File_Contexts".
Should I be worried about this? Will I able able to flash a different rom, do and restore a nandroid back up with this warning?
If not what should I do to make the warning disappear?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
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You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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jslim38 said:
You need to reflash cwm I did the same thing by mistake .however reflashing cwm fixed that problem.
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Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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a103 said:
Thanks for the response, do I have to reflash it using Odin then?
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Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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jslim38 said:
Are you using the original cwm? If so you can download Rom manager from the market .and if your using another version of cwm that was developed by one of xda developer then yes you would need to use Odin to reflash.
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Thanks, I'm using original CWM. I was able to do nandroid back up without issues and then successfully flashed a ROM as well as mods.
I did see in one of the thread that quite a few people encountered that issue but they just ignored it, which is what I did.
Thanks again for your help
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I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
MasterBrush said:
I also get this no file_contexts error.
I updatet from CMW 6.0.3.3. to CMW 6.0.3.6 via ROM Manager. Than I reinstalled 6.0.3.6 again to see if error goes away, but this error is still there.
But it seems that error does not have an effect.
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Even I feel the same after researching in different forums.
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Yeah I just got my phone yesterday, and I've had this problem every time I've booted into CWM Recovery. I updated, tried different versions - didn't matter, still get the "no file_contexts" error.
I even tried TWRP and OUDHS Recovery, and had the same issue. I don't know what exactly is causing it, but it hasn't really negatively affected anything that I can see.
Just ignore it. Everything works fine.
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i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
Adam0524 said:
Don't worry about it. Just about every current cwr for every phone has this "error". Just a harmless bug
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Yep that's what I think too, as I mentioned before I was able to do a nandroid back up and a clean flash too. So just ignore it
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yep, I get the same thing too, tho I've never seen a problem in the functionality of CWM
but has anyone found out what the error message means?
jtdc said:
i can't make a nandroid, so i just mounted whatever can be mounted and retried it. the same error still appears, but was able to make a nandroid backup successfully already.
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I have the same error message and I have no problem making nandroid backups. I always check the option bank up to external sd card. It works perfectly fine. Also flashes go just fine too. Don't worry about the error message. Not sure but I think saying no files are backed up to INTERNAL storage which is fine because you generally want them stored on your EXTERNAL sd storage anyway. If they went to internal you would loose most of your phones memory with a few backups. So don't worry. All is well. Just store your nandroid to external sd card. When its time to restore simply choose backup from EXTE R NAL sd card. So don't worry about that message. Hope this helps
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
MasterBrush said:
the error message is gone in CWM 6.0.4.4.
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Yes it's gone now
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a103 said:
Yes it's gone now
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Hi i am new at the forum, actually i am running cwm 6.0.1.9 touch version, how can i install that version you are talking about wich is "more updated", thanks and excuse me for my poor english.

[Q] CWM backups...

When I go to any file manager on my phone the backups do not show up anywhere... They show up when I want to restore a backup when I am booted into recovery. But I would like to delete unwanted backups and I can not do so because they are not showing up when booted into android.
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stebomurkn420 said:
When I go to any file manager on my phone the backups do not show up anywhere... They show up when I want to restore a backup when I am booted into recovery. But I would like to delete unwanted backups and I can not do so because they are not showing up when booted into android.
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You can delete them in recovery. Or use root browser they appear there for me.
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stebomurkn420 said:
When I go to any file manager on my phone the backups do not show up anywhere... They show up when I want to restore a backup when I am booted into recovery. But I would like to delete unwanted backups and I can not do so because they are not showing up when booted into android.
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They should be in data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
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They should be in data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
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ThNks man... I was looking in the wrong path... Found them... gotta love xda and its members.
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