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Keeping titanium backup files when flashing a new ROM

Hey, I have the galaxy nexus and I was wondering how to go about keeping titanium backup files on NY phone for when I flash more Roms . Other phones have an SD card to keep these files that does not get deleted when wiping data. Since the gnex does not have an SD card, is there anyway to have these files on my phone all the time ? Thanks!
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Steve-37 said:
Hey, I have the galaxy nexus and I was wondering how to go about keeping titanium backup files on NY phone for when I flash more Roms . Other phones have an SD card to keep these files that does not get deleted when wiping data. Since the gnex does not have an SD card, is there anyway to have these files on my phone all the time ? Thanks!
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If you are using a custom recovery like CWM, it will NOT wipe /sdcard when you wipe data.

Right, when you do a factory reset before flashing a new ROM, the internal (virtual) SD is left intact. Same goes for NAND backups made with CWM. Also, your music, pictures, etc.
Also, you can always transfer files to your computer for a second backup.

OK, so it just tells the phone this portion of memory is the SD card and to keep it. Okay thanks !
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Delete the 0 folder on SD card

Hi sorry I am still new to all this stuff, but how do I get rid of O folder takes up 3 GB of memory. I was running aokp 4.2 and now I switched to touch wiz ROM. Can I just delete folder or is there a step by step guide of what to do. Thanks in advance!
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phonetechkid said:
Hi sorry I am still new to all this stuff, but how do I get rid of O folder takes up 3 GB of memory. I was running aokp 4.2 and now I switched to touch wiz ROM. Can I just delete folder or is there a step by step guide of what to do. Thanks in advance!
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You may have important files in there. You may want to check before deleting it.
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Look in that folder. Its everything that was on your internal sd before flashing a 4.2 based ROM. I used adb to pull everything out of that folder, then reformatted the internal, then used adb to push my files back to the properly formatted (i.e. Not a 4.2 based ROM) internal sd.

K thank you for help I think I know what to do
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Android 4.2.x File Structure Thread

Hey Guys,
So After all of the recent questions and concerns I have seen and answered, I have decided to make a thread to help users understand the new file structure of android 4.2.x. I hope this will help those of you with questions and concerns and make for a smoother transition from 4.1.x and touch wiz roms.
I will break this into three categories........
First I will explain what the file system is and why it is present and how it affects you......
Second is if you haven't yet but are planning on making the jump to 4.2.x.
Third will be if you have already made the jump without doing your homework. (For those of you wondering where your files are, wondering why your sd card was formatted, or cant find your recovery backups..... This section is for you!!)
Section 1.)
What is the new file system and what the hell is this /0 folder?
With Android 4.2, Google introduced multiple users as a new feature. In order to accommodate multiple users, Google is now giving each user their own folder for storage. What happens is 4.2 uses an emulator to make different users and uses the /0 folder as the default users storage on the sd card. It doesn't recognize anything on the root of the sd card only whats in /0. To support multi-user capabilities this will be the norm... for each user, there will be a sequentially numbered folder in /data/media (/data/media/0, /data/media/1)...
And for each user, within Android, this will be symlinked to /sdcard & /storage/sdcard0... for user 1, /sdcard = /storage/sdcard0 = /data/media/0... for user 2, /sdcard = /storage/sdcard0 = /data/media/0...
These are emulated storage points... /data/media/0 = /storage/emulated/0, /data/media/1 = /storage/emulated/1
Without root access, each user will just see /sdcard/ and will not be able to access the other emulated storage points...
In the recovery mode, however, /sdcard is mapped to /data/media which is why you need to navigate to the "0" folder to see your files!
So in order to access your internal storage files they will be in data/media/0. So for example to access the backup location In titanium backup after you flash navigate to data/media/0/TitaniumBackup. (Thanks to ktetreault)
That being said, If you already flashed a 4.2 rom without preparation, your files aren't lost they are just inaccessible they are just not in the proper place for 4.2 to see them.
So now that we have all the technical stuff out of the way...... Lets get into how to either prevent or fix this issue.
Section 2.)
Preparing to flash a 4.2 rom from a touch wiz rom or an aosp 4.1.x based rom.
Okay, so you have touch wiz or aosp 4.1.x of some sort and your ready to try out the goodness of 4.2?
First backup your ext sd card to your pc or if a pc is unavailable (and your willing to take a risk) use a file explorer on your phone such as Es file explorer from the market to transfer the contents of the ext sd card to your internal sd card. I highly suggest avoiding using the phone as some hiccups can occur. I have done it successfully myself but have heard others who have lost their files during transfer because they left the app while it was transferring. If you do use this method DO NOT LEAVE THE APP UNTIL THE FILE TRANSFER IS COMPLETE.
Second Format your ext sd card so we have a clean slate to work with as this will help tremendously to avoid any headaches.
Third Install the latest recovery of your choice. The reason for this is that the older recoveries are not updated for 4.2 and will continuously create a new /0 folder every time you flash a new rom. Follow the instructions to install in the applicable thread.
Thanks to naddict for posting the links.... These are all flashable zips thru recovery
TWRP 2.4.1.0 - http://d-h.st/9cL
CWM 6.0.2.3 - http://d-h.st/jbT
CWM Touch 6.0.2.3 - http://d-h.st/8A9
Fourth Flash the 4.2 rom of your choosing per the instructions of the developers OP in their thread.
Set your phone up as usual and then restore the files from your backup on your pc or move them back from the internal sd card using es file explorer again. Keep in mind that the /0 folder is your new sd card storage. Now you are good to go and enjoy the new features and benefits of 4.2 and not have to search for your files :good:
Section 3.)
Okay so you got overly excited and flashed a 4.2 rom........ OMG!!! All my files are gone!!!! I can't restore any backups and all my precious files have disappeared!! Why was my sd card formatted?????
Relax.... Your files didn't go any where they are exactly how you left them you just can't see them.....
I will walk you thru 4 easy steps to get your files back and put you back on track.
First Make sure you have the latest recovery of your choice. If needed refer to the links posted in section 1. If you don't do this you will see a duplicate /0 folder created every time you flash a new 4.2 rom.
Second You won't be able to find your backups thru recovery. The easiest method I found is to download any touch wiz rom. Wipe your phone completely and then flash the touch wiz rom you downloaded. Reboot and go thru the setup and what not.
Third Now install es file explorer or the app of your choice. Next copy everything from the root of the sd card into the /0 folder that 4.2 had created oh so nicely for you.
Fourth Reboot into recovery and re-flash the 4.2 rom you began with. After going thru the initial rom setup you will see that are of your files are back intact and ready for you to access.
Hopefully this has helped those of you with questions and concerns about upgrading to 4.2.x. If i missed anything please feel free to let me know and ill include it here or address any further questions.
Thanks to:
Sundawg of TBD
Koush Of CWM
Team Win
And All of the devs on xda
Hope I have helped if so feel free to press thanks!!

Thank you for taking the time to write this. This should help a lot of people.
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WhoWhere said:
Thank you for taking the time to write this. This should help a lot of people.
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No problem. I was answering this a few times recently and I know I was baffled at first. As well I didn't see any other threads regarding this so I figured it may help.
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If i am currently on a 4.1 ROM and don't have an external sd(i only have the internal storage), will the new 4.2 file system affect me when i flash a 4.2 ROM?
So far i have backed up apps+data with titanium backup, and im ready to flash liquid smooth ROM using twrp. I just want to know if after flashing my internal storage contents will still be there and i will be able to restore apps with tb.

Outstanding guide, good work!
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This should help a lot of people, nice work! I will add this to the FAQ.

chromium96 said:
If i am currently on a 4.1 ROM and don't have an external sd(i only have the internal storage), will the new 4.2 file system affect me when i flash a 4.2 ROM?
So far i have backed up apps+data with titanium backup, and im ready to flash liquid smooth ROM using twrp. I just want to know if after flashing my internal storage contents will still be there and i will be able to restore apps with tb.
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No you shouldn't be affected bud I would only suggest getting an sd card just to backup anything important in case of a freak error during flashing or accidental wiping of internal sd.
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Towle said:
This should help a lot of people, nice work! I will add this to the FAQ.
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Thanks i appreciate you including it in your thread.
Thetenthdr said:
Outstanding guide, good work!
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Thanks a lot took me a little while to get it all together.
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chromium96 said:
If i am currently on a 4.1 ROM and don't have an external sd(i only have the internal storage), will the new 4.2 file system affect me when i flash a 4.2 ROM?
So far i have backed up apps+data with titanium backup, and im ready to flash liquid smooth ROM using twrp. I just want to know if after flashing my internal storage contents will still be there and i will be able to restore apps with tb.
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Yes, but you will have to set the backup location In titanium backup after you flash to data/media/0/TitaniumBackup
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ktetreault14 said:
Yes, but you will have to set the backup location In titanium backup after you flash to data/media/0/TitaniumBackup
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Thanks for informing I'll add that to the op as well.
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this was of great help
When I went to 4.2.1 I did not understand the file system change. I had to use my backup phone for 5 days before I finally got my SMSand MMS and Launcher Pro restored.
Then I wiped and flashed again and it created a new "0" directory. I have been afraid to do anything but dirty flash since.
This finally explains it all and I feel confident in wiping again.
Thank you so much.

GeneLM said:
When I went to 4.2.1 I did not understand the file system change. I had to use my backup phone for 5 days before I finally got my SMSand MMS and Launcher Pro restored.
Then I wiped and flashed again and it created a new "0" directory. I have been afraid to do anything but dirty flash since.
This finally explains it all and I feel confident in wiping again.
Thank you so much.
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No problem bud that's why I created the thread to help everyone understand and to give you guys a place to ask.
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You rock, thx for the info, looks like it was a lot of work but good idea after so many posts asking about the same thing

lordazoroth said:
You rock, thx for the info, looks like it was a lot of work but good idea after so many posts asking about the same thing
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No problem it was my pleasure. Hopefully will cut the redundancy lol
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If you are missing your /sdcard/download/ file:
Go to: /mnt/shell/emulated/download/
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Valhalla_ said:
If you are missing your /sdcard/download/ file:
Go to: /mnt/shell/emulated/download/
+Bound for Valhalla!
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Yup that will work but quite an annoying work around Lol that's why I showed you guys how to prevent this or fix it so this won't be needed every time you need a file
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Great work, very informative and easy to read...
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unk2009 said:
Great work, very informative and easy to read...
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Hey, quick question, I bounced off another ROM onto liquidsmooth without updating my recovery and ended up with an extra '0' folder, can I move my files out of there and delete it safely?

lordazoroth said:
Hey, quick question, I bounced off another ROM onto liquidsmooth without updating my recovery and ended up with an extra '0' folder, can I move my files out of there and delete it safely?
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Yup no problem just delete the innermost one without your files and you will be good to go.
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rawdaddymagraden said:
Yup no problem just delete the innermost one without your files and you will be good to go.
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Pimp, thx a bunch!

S3 internal storage bug?

Hey everyone my internal storage is pretty low but I can't find out what's causing it. Can anyone help? The only thing that I can think that's doing this is a nandroid backup but I can't find that anywhere on the phone.
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Nandroid Backups take up a lot of room. Depending on which Recovery you are using. They are either going to be in a Folder called CWM, or TWRP . What you can do if you do not want to get rid of them all, is to create a folder on your PC /Laptop. Then copy them over. I always keep at least one Nandroid on the Device, one on the Laptop, and one in Cloud Storage. You may also want to review your Internal SD Storage. Clean up old folders, if they are not being used.

You could try something like storage analyzer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile_infographics_tools.mydrive
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prboy1969 said:
Nandroid Backups take up a lot of room. Depending on which Recovery you are using. They are either going to be in a Folder called CWM, or TWRP . What you can do if you do not want to get rid of them all, is to create a folder on your PC /Laptop. Then copy them over. I always keep at least one Nandroid on the Device, one on the Laptop, and one in Cloud Storage. You may also want to review your Internal SD Storage. Clean up old folders, if they are not being used.
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I'm almost pretty sure it's a nandroid backup causing this cause it happened right after I flashed cm. I just can't find the backup anywhere on my phone.
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Did you check all the folders individually with a Root Explorer ?
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MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Questions and help issues go in Q&A and Help section
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FNM

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Did you check all the folders individually with a Root Explorer ?/QUOTE]
Fixed the problem. I had to return to my stock rom because in 4.2 android does something to the internal storage directories
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Ferfax4 said:
prboy1969 said:
Did you check all the folders individually with a Root Explorer ?/QUOTE]
Fixed the problem. I had to return to my stock rom because in 4.2 android does something to the internal storage directories
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4.2 creates emulated folders starting with 0 for multiple users. I see a lot of threads lately, with people having issues with this.
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joeyhdownsouth said:
Ferfax4 said:
4.2 creates emulated folders starting with 0 for multiple users. I see a lot of threads lately, with people having issues with this.
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Yea it pretty annoying. I'm just gonna stick with 4.1
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cannot restore to stock touchwiz

Hey folks,
I recently rooted my note 2 gt n7100 and flashed dr ketans 4.3 rom onto it.
I made a backup using cwm beforehand and I am trying to restore using that backup via cwm but it says cannot open directory and no file found. I have the backup saved on both my sd card and internal memory. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul

Paul043 said:
Hey folks,
I recently rooted my note 2 gt n7100 and flashed dr ketans 4.3 rom onto it.
I made a backup using cwm beforehand and I am trying to restore using that backup via cwm but it says cannot open directory and no file found. I have the backup saved on both my sd card and internal memory. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul
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Where you previously on 4.1.2?
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StarFighter said:
Where you previously on 4.1.2?
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Yes I was. I need the international version of 4.1.2 and not network locked.
Thanks

Paul043 said:
Yes I was. I need the international version of 4.1.2 and not network locked.
Thanks
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Yeah. CWM has screwed you over like it did to me a few days ago even though I am aware of this fault... 4.2.2+ have a different partition layout for reading SD card. You may have noticed you have a new folder called /0 and when you go in it your internal data is there right? This is for multi user and other things. CWM cannot read itself because /0 is in the way. Try moving the folder from /0/ClockworkMod out of the /0 folder...
This is why I use TWRP now... However it should read your external SD back up.
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StarFighter said:
Yeah. CWM has screwed you over like it did to me a few days ago even though I am aware of this fault... 4.2.2+ have a different partition layout for reading SD card. You may have noticed you have a new folder called /0 and when you go in it your internal data is there right? This is for multi user and other things. CWM cannot read itself because /0 is in the way. Try moving the folder from /0/ClockworkMod out of the /0 folder...
This is why I use TWRP now... However it should read your external SD back up.
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You are correct when you talk about the /0 for the internal storage. The external storage however is not under 0 and I have the backup saved there yet it still does not read it. If I install twrp will it read the cwm backup?

Paul043 said:
You are correct when you talk about the /0 for the internal storage. The external storage however is not under 0 and I have the backup saved there yet it still does not read it. If I install twrp will it read the cwm backup?
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No it won't. Try moving the internal on out, I think you may have gotten unlucky and the external back up is actually corrupt.
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StarFighter said:
No it won't. Try moving the internal on out, I think you may have gotten unlucky and the external back up is actually corrupt.
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The internal backup and external backup are one and the same. I just copied the external one into the internal folder to see if it would work. Would you know where I can get a stock touch wiz which is not network locked?

Paul043 said:
The internal backup and external backup are one and the same. I just copied the external one into the internal folder to see if it would work. Would you know where I can get a stock touch wiz which is not network locked?
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All N7100 are unlocked. Use MiniTab or look for older 4.1.2 threads
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