Cwm backup ? - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

I have just done one and it took me no longer then 2 minutes is this normal ??
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Yeah that's normal. Write speeds to internal memory are quite fast. Last backup I made took 130 seconds. 300+mb system, 650+mb data. Its all normal
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JBakey said:
Yeah that's normal. Write speeds to internal memory are quite fast. Last backup I made took 130 seconds. 300+mb system, 650+mb data. Its all normal
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Thing is when i go to my cwm folder and long press "system" or "data" they are just like 20/30 mb files each so kinda worried ..
And then there is a file called blobs and file size is 1.7gb am i safe ?
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shahkam said:
Thing is when i go to my cwm folder and long press "system" or "data" they are just like 20/30 mb files each so kinda worried ..
And then there is a file called blobs and file size is 1.7gb am i safe ?
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I have done backups that were around 2 minutes as well.
Don't worry about the size of the actual backup, mine are only about 23mb and every time I restore it works perfectly fine.
I can understand where you're coming from, the backups on my HP Touchpad take 10-12 minutes each and are about 1 gig.

khoikn said:
I have done backups that were around 2 minutes as well.
Don't worry about the size of the actual backup, mine are only about 23mb and every time I restore it works perfectly fine.
I can understand where you're coming from, the backups on my HP Touchpad take 10-12 minutes each and are about 1 gig.
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Yeah it was about 5-7 minutes on my sensation just dont want a brick im doing anything i can to not make that happen..
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You need to use tar mode. backup and restore > backup method > tar.

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You need to use tar mode. backup and restore > backup method > tar.
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And if i dont will i still be able to restore my backups normally ?
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The default backup method is "incremental" as opposed to "full", or dup and tar respectively. I don't know what was going through the mind of the mad genius who wrote it - but it was a bad call. I never have, and never will trust incremental backups.

Whether it's "incremental" or " full" it always works fine for me. I switched to twrp so idk how this backup is made...
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chrisram88 said:
Whether it's "incremental" or " full" it always works fine for me. I switched to twrp so idk how this backup is made...
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Now im even more confused... all i want is safely restore my nandroid lol..
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chrisram88 said:
Whether it's "incremental" or " full" it always works fine for me. I switched to twrp so idk how this backup is made...
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TWRP runs full backups. v6 still does it, but not by default.

So if I backup a rom and switch to a different rom but then do a full wipe and restore backup from original rom it'll still be okay even if it's the "incremental" backup?
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If I restore a nandroid backup, what will I lose

I installed a mod that I now know want to remove. Not sure what I lose though in terms of personal data like texts and app settings etc
I could just reinstall the jb update as well to get rid of the mod?
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andy_d0 said:
I installed a mod that I now know want to remove. Not sure what I lose though in terms of personal data like texts and app settings etc
I could just reinstall the jb update as well to get rid of the mod?
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When you created your backup, that that point in time of the phone everything was backup, meaning system data, apps , etc.
so whatever you have installed or changed after wont be on that backup, so when you restore to that backup, only everything from that time state will be reverted too, nothing else.
Does that mean then I lose any pictures I've taken or texts?
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andy_d0 said:
Does that mean then I lose any pictures I've taken or texts?
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no you wont lose anything of that nature, unless you do a full wipe, and format you SD card.
As far as text, I believe they are saved for a few days somewhere on the phone but everything will be as you left it from that state when you made that backup.
I could just install jelly bean over my current install no? That way I keep my apps and data but just lose the mod?
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andy_d0 said:
I could just install jelly bean over my current install no? That way I keep my apps and data but just lose the mod?
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what are you currently using .. is your phone rooted? did you flash roms?

Storage question

Hey guys so when in my storage options it does not adequately reflect my storage availability I'm wondering if this is normal. This only represents about 4-5 gigs being used but only 700mb available. Is this normal? I honestly don't have that much on my internal but it is running low faster than it should be. Just wanted to know if this is normal.
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I would venture to say that's not normal... Try an app called "Disk Usage" and see what exactly is taking up the space.
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I would venture to say that's not normal... Try an app called "Disk Usage" and see what exactly is taking up the space.
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Im having the same problem and I used that app and its saying for me that system data is 7.2gb is that normal?
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Julianmgn said:
Im having the same problem and I used that app and its saying for me that system data is 7.2gb is that normal?
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No thats not normal. mine is at 523mb
C.Sweat said:
No thats not normal. mine is at 523mb
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Any suggestions?
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Julianmgn said:
Any suggestions?
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No, I really dont have any. Sorry. Are you sure that is the amount of storage that the system data folder is using?
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No, I really dont have any. Sorry. Are you sure that is the amount of storage that the system data folder is using?
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Well I guess im not really sure. Thats what the app said.
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Julianmgn said:
Well I guess im not really sure. Thats what the app said.
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Yeah, seems correct. Do you have a Galaxy S4 or are you on a different device?
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Yeah, seems correct. Do you have a Galaxy S4 or are you on a different device?
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Yeah I have galaxy s4 from tmobile.
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Now what exactly could cause the system data to soar to 7GB? Have you tried exploring around the directories to see exactly what files or directories are abnormally large?
Op-is your device rooted
Backups may be the issue then.
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Thanks for all the responses I just got a chance to look at this I'll take a look at that app and see what I get. What kinda backups are we talking? Because I haven't intentionally backed anything up. And I am rooted yes
Edit: currently running wicked v4 but have had a few before that with same circumstances. I always factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache.
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lorddart said:
Thanks for all the responses I just got a chance to look at this I'll take a look at that app and see what I get. What kinda backups are we talking? Because I haven't intentionally backed anything up. And I am rooted yes
Edit: currently running wicked v4 but have had a few before that with same circumstances. I always factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache.
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I havent looked through my directory but I will today.
And im also running wicked v4 and have also had this problem before.
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I've looked through everything, and using the disk space app, showed about 5.7 gigs to system. Went through system couldn't find specifics as the culprit or what I could remove to make space. Is there any type of reset that'd clean it up, like a Odin flash? I'm usually better with these things but this is just odd and outta character for me.
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I think I found the problem I was wondering wtf was going on... Everything has been different folder setup in cwm than before when I go to flash from SD card I get 0, legacy, and one other folder. Well... I found a folder in my system called emulated... It's basically two extra copies of my entire internal system. Anyone know where this came from? And how to prevent it from reoccurring? It shows updated today. Please correct me if this is not the issue... Gonna try deleting it will post after
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Well... That only deleted everything on my internal SD... Wtf so strange. My internal SDcard showed like 2.7 gigs taken up the 'emulated: legacy and 0' folders were exactly 2.7 gigs each... Leading to the theory these were copies of the internal SD but when deleted they took the internal with them, now it shows I have 3.3 gigs avail and one being used... Outta 9+ gigs... Wtf ha
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Ok so I figured out that its was my nandroid backups that where taking up all the space. Especially my nandroid of stock.
Its under data/media/clockwork
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Julianmgn said:
Ok so I figured out that its was my nandroid backups that where taking up all the space. Especially my nandroid of stock.
Its under data/media/clockwork
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Idk if it's my es file explorer but there's nothing in the data folder, I checked the 'show hidden files' too let me know if any other jnfo
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Idk if it's my es file explorer but there's nothing in the data folder, I checked the 'show hidden files' too let me know if any other jnfo
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I used root explorer, I got the paid version
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Figured it out... Wish I'd have waited 5 min before deleting all my internal storage haha I wonder if there's an easy way to restore that crap...
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fresh install 5.4gb used!?!?!?!

So I did a fresh install of a tw rom and its saying I have used 5.4 gb Ive factory rest like 3 times already ... whats the deal thanks.
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Your system and recovery partitions use a portion of the 16gb that the phone has. Kind of like if you do a fresh install of Windows on you PC, the system files take up part of the hard drive. There's no real way around that.
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What's on your internal sd card?
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nothing. This is a fresh install and I deleted everything and I'm using 5.4 GB....
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nothing. This is a fresh install and I deleted everything and I'm using 5.4 GB....
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Are you saying the device shows total available internal memory to be ~9GB? If that is the case, that's the way it is with the way it's partitioned. If you mean there's 5.4GB missing out of the ~9GB it's supposed to have, then there's a problem.
your backup is in the external, can't see it unless you're in recovery. I figured out the hard way.
lordcheeto03 said:
Are you saying the device shows total available internal memory to be ~9GB? If that is the case, that's the way it is with the way it's partitioned. If you mean there's 5.4GB missing out of the ~9GB it's supposed to have, then there's a problem.
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OK it says I have 9.62 GB then out of those I have 3.95 GB left to use but under what I'm using I'm only using about 1gb or less 900mb why is it saying I'm using about 5.4 GB I connect it to my PC I look under all the folders nothing in them plus fresh install factory rest 2 times. ....
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OK it says I have 9.62 GB then out of those I have 3.95 GB left to use but under what I'm using I'm only using about 1gb or less 900mb why is it saying I'm using about 5.4 GB I connect it to my PC I look under all the folders nothing in them plus fresh install factory rest 2 times. ....
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If you are using CWM and have made a backup (or two) check /data/media/clockwork. It's the root of the phone, not of the internal memory partition or SD card.
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If you are using CWM and have made a backup (or two) check data/media/clockwork.
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I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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Good to know! Glad you got that resolved!
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I have but on my SD card let me go check .... Sorry guy might even be my own fault thanks though.
EDIT: so I deleted 2 back ups in cwm smh had no idea they were saved in internal but thank you guys !
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Thought you said there was nothing on your internal sd card?
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Minion Rush

I installed Minion Rush and i spent a lot of time in it and then my phone messed up so i made a back up of everything and then i restored my phone and i am wondering because i can explorer my backups would i be able to restore my save for it. cause i've been trying to like taking the folder from data/data and using my old one no luck so i'm wondering is this possible? not sure if this right thread but it's on this device.
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I installed Minion Rush and i spent a lot of time in it and then my phone messed up so i made a back up of everything and then i restored my phone and i am wondering because i can explorer my backups would i be able to restore my save for it. cause i've been trying to like taking the folder from data/data and using my old one no luck so i'm wondering is this possible? not sure if this right thread but it's on this device.
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i use titanium and it restores my app data. ie game scores and stuff
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I only have a full back up would it be possible to restore? Its data?
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I only have a full back up would it be possible to restore? Its data?
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In theory yes but unless u know what ur doing it'll never happen, as its more than just moving files around, u need to know how to decompile and recompile because the data ur looking for can't just be moved around
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In theory yes but unless u know what ur doing it'll never happen, as its more than just moving files around, u need to know how to decompile and recompile because the data ur looking for can't just be moved around
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That would explain why using my old files caused the game to crash
Last I looked titanium backup will restore from cwm and twrp backups.
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[Q] Phone Storage

SO I s-offed with Rumrunner today and did a TWRP backup. Now I didn't notice before, but now my storage is showing 17.96 GB Used. Apps are 1.15GB, Music 15mb, Photos 15mb, downloads 8.78mb, with Other being 16.77GB. My backup is only 2GB, is other the OS?? I am still stock rooted.
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SO I s-offed with Rumrunner today and did a TWRP backup. Now I didn't notice before, but now my storage is showing 17.96 GB Used. Apps are 1.15GB, Music 15mb, Photos 15mb, downloads 8.78mb, with Other being 16.77GB. My backup is only 2GB, is other the OS?? I am still stock rooted.
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Check your entire SD card with a file manager. You've got something big on there.
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Check your entire SD card with a file manager. You've got something big on there.
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I have Astro installed, would that do the trick? Or browse thru the PC connection?
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I have Astro installed, would that do the trick? Or browse thru the PC connection?
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Yea that would work. Either way you're more comfortable with. Check all the files. Sounds really off.
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Looks like the same thing for me. I'm on Bonestock.
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Looks like the same thing for me. I'm on Bonestock.
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Mine is way lower. Dont have much on here yet though I admit
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Mine is way lower. Dont have much on here yet though I admit
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What ROM are you running? It could be space used up by stock system stuff. OP is stock and I'm running Bonestock, which is essentially stock.
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What ROM are you running? It could be space used up by stock system stuff. OP is stock and I'm running Bonestock, which is essentially stock.
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Nos. I don't remember ever having that much though...
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I cant link my screen shot, but my TWRP is only 2.89GB, Still doesn't add up to the 10.53GB used...
I Think I see an issue. on my system folder I have two files in the storage folder named "Emulated" and "sdcard0" . They have the same thing in each one, about 3.40GB. Is this a normal file format for android?
From what I've gathered it's not actually there twice, it's just a reflection, so to speak, of your user data. It's a feature implemented for muti-user setups.
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I Think I see an issue. on my system folder I have two files in the storage folder named "Emulated" and "sdcard0" . They have the same thing in each one, about 3.40GB. Is this a normal file format for android?
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Yea that's normal. Its just a system link.
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Already posted a thread about this........
The HTC One is formatted different than a typical external sd card (FAT). Because it is formatted differently, USB mass storage does not show up on our computers. Use adb to push files. Check your storage space on the phone.
I have 10.08GB used in other with no backups. Just the way the phone came.
Thanks Guy's, just wanted to be sure it wasn't something I did while running Rumrunner or doing my first recovery.
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at one point my other storage was gigantic as well. It was at the point where I didn't have enough room to backup in recovery.
after I uninstalled play music and magazines my other storage dropped to below 10GB and gave me 17 GB free.
lol I can't believe I didn't realize this phone came with no microsd slot. Not being able to put all my media on one is bumming me out.
Its still a great phone but now I'm missing my thunderbolt a little bit.
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This is def a bug, and I might have a fix... Here's how I came to this...
On soff day one I soffed, immediately I installed cwm recovery, and first thing I did was do a backup... Restarted my phone, and immediately got the less than 10 GB left...right after that I wiped and i installed mokee, and still had storage issues... Then I deleted the factory backup and did a nother fresh backup from recovery... Poof all my space is back... Check the size of your factory backup, bet its huge... Take it off your phone and stash it on your PC if you wanna save it...
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Im pure stock on verizon and my other memory is lower..

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