So my phone broke and I got sent a new one from Sprint, and I had all my TWRP backups on the external sd card. I have TWRP now on the new phone, but it won't read the backups from the external sd card and when I moved the backups into the TWRP folder on the internal sd, it still won't find it in recovery. How can I get it to read and restore a nandroid from the other phone? Any help is really appreciated
Are you sure the backups weren't made in an older, not compatible version of twrp?
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Are you sure the backups weren't made in an older, not compatible version of twrp?
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Yes, they were made with v2.3.1.0 and that's the version I'm also currently using, only thing I can think of was that originally I got TWRP from Goo.im app and I installed it via Odin this time.
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imaconeheadXD said:
Yes, they were made with v2.3.1.0 and that's the version I'm also currently using, only thing I can think of was that originally I got TWRP from Goo.im app and I installed it via Odin this time.
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They're not corrupted at all? No backups named with invalid characters, like spaces?
teh roxxorz said:
They're not corrupted at all? No backups named with invalid characters, like spaces?
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Not corrupted, but they do all have spaces and dashes... I'll try removing them and seeing if that does it
Edit: It didn't work
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imaconeheadXD said:
Not corrupted, but they do all have spaces and dashes... I'll try removing them and seeing if that does it
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if you run a nandroid backup on the new phone, compare the numbers for that backup with the numbers for the old backup you want to restore. they will be different numbers. i had this issue before and changing the numbers from the old backup to the same numbers of the new backup fixed the problem. then TWRP will see the nandroid for you to restore. the folder inside "TWRP" then the folder inside "BACKUPS" that is the folder you want to rename. it will be a number like.....mine is 9202f5d1. thats the number specific to that exact phone. good luck.
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if you run a nandroid backup on the new phone, compare the numbers for that backup with the numbers for the old backup you want to restore. they will be different numbers. i had this issue before and changing the numbers from the old backup to the same numbers of the new backup fixed the problem. then TWRP will see the nandroid for you to restore. the folder inside "TWRP" then the folder inside "BACKUPS" that is the folder you want to rename. it will be a number like.....mine is 9202f5d1. thats the number specific to that exact phone. good luck.
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This worked! Thank you
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This worked! Thank you
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Lol, that's what happens when I assume. Though yes, that's how you restore backups between phones. Also you'd have to do this on any recovery, should you ever switch recoveries and need to transfer between phones. Though I wouldn't restore the system, personally.
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Hi,
I installed CWM on my Rogers S3 using the ODIN method that doesn't trip the counter, and everything is going great, except for my nandroid backups all having the wrong date/time (the year shows as 1970). Does anyone know of a fix for this?
Thanks!
the only fix is to flash a new cwm. Not I.would STRONGLY suggest against it. I did that and I lost my imei. So I had to get a new phone. Wait
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MacTheRipperr said:
the only fix is to flash a new cwm. Not I.would STRONGLY suggest against it. I did that and I lost my imei. So I had to get a new phone. Wait
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Oh damn, that sucks. :\ Well it's not a huge issue, I can deal with it for now. Thanks for the info!
I know on my epic if I take out the battery and boot straight into cwm to do a backup it would always show the wrong date.
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Currently, this is a known issue... I would also stay away from 5.8.4.9...you lose sd card function. V. 7 works ok for now other than the date issues.
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I am having the same date issue as well. Also my CWM is not seeing my ext SD card. Any clue how to fix that.
Format your card as fat 32
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Format your card as fat 32
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I did that. CWM still not seeing the ext SD for backups or installing ZIP. However if you go into mounts and storage you can mount or unmount
either the sd or ext sd and you can format both. This is very odd. any idea. My phone is on AT&T, not that should matter.
I have CWM and it can see my exSD card fine... It does show the wrong date for the backup though... Question: Will the wrong time/date mess up the ability to restore? Has anyone ever tried to restore from the incorrectly-dated backup? Was it a :good: or did it result in :crying:?!
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I have CWM and it can see my exSD card fine... It does show the wrong date for the backup though... Question: Will the wrong time/date mess up the ability to restore? Has anyone ever tried to restore from the incorrectly-dated backup? Was it a :good: or did it result in :crying:?!
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Have restored from a few nandroids without issue even though the date is wrong.
Can we just rename the folders to the correct date? Or will that screw something up?
Renaming folders is fine. Just don't rename any files inside.
kthung said:
Can we just rename the folders to the correct date? Or will that screw something up?
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I renamed the folder, and later had to restore using that folder, and it worked beautifully... that date, as it turns out, is just a label. You can change it to whatever date you want...
Rom Manager
Actually if you do a backup using Rom manager the dates come out right
Hi,
I went into CWM by pressing Vol up + Home + Power.
I selected back-up.
It backed up my stuff...but the file is ONLY 18mb??
Why? I thought it would be so much larger....like the stock image (1gb).
Did I do it correctly?
pappaellio said:
Hi,
I went into CWM by pressing Vol up + Home + Power.
I selected back-up.
It backed up my stuff...but the file is ONLY 18mb??
Why? I thought it would be so much larger....like the stock image (1gb).
Did I do it correctly?
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my backup is about 2.5 gb...i have like 50-60 apps installed..takes about 7-8 mins
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my backup is about 2.5 gb...i have like 50-60 apps installed..takes about 7-8 mins
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did i do it correctly?
pappaellio said:
did i do it correctly?
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cwm -> back & restore -> back up
you should see it scrolling through all the files and making a backup...minimum of a few mins (longer with the more apps and data you have)
Are you looking at the right memory card? The way you back up would seem like you back up on the internal memory.
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jdiddy_ub said:
cwm -> back & restore -> back up
you should see it scrolling through all the files and making a backup...minimum of a few mins (longer with the more apps and data you have)
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cwm -> back & restore -> back up
I did that already, but it ONLY takes ~30 sec to back-up.
I found the the Clockworkmod folder in my INTERNAL sd. (I don't have an external sd).
There are 2 folder in the Clockworkmod folder:
1. Blobs (1.8gb)
2. Backup (18mb)
The backup file is only 18mb??
I must be doing something wrong??
pappaellio said:
cwm -> back & restore -> back up
I did that already, but it ONLY takes ~30 sec to back-up.
I found the the Clockworkmod folder in my INTERNAL sd. (I don't have an external sd).
There are 2 folder in the Clockworkmod folder:
1. Blobs (1.8gb)
2. Backup (18mb)
The backup file is only 18mb??
I must be doing something wrong??
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apparently one of the new things that the updated cwm does is that it backs up incrementally...so you dont have to backup the entire system every time you backup
the "blobs" folder is the chunk of the backup...the other "backup" folder is the new/incremental back up...so a backup is now comprised of blob + backup file (i havent seen it so im assuming it has the date of the backup written somewhere)
at least thats what i gather from the article
if you want to read http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-all-things-root/597441-changes-cwm-backup-scared-hell-out-me.html
i guess im using an older version which creates a new folder and just backups everything up...which is fine with me...i generally keep 1 or 2 backups at most and with my new 64gb card its not an issue...i'll stick with the old method
jdiddy_ub said:
apparently one of the new things that the updated cwm does is that it backs up incrementally...so you dont have to backup the entire system every time you backup
the "blobs" folder is the chunk of the backup...the other "backup" folder is the new/incremental back up...so a backup is now comprised of blob + backup file (i havent seen it so im assuming it has the date of the backup written somewhere)
at least thats what i gather from the article
if you want to read http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-all-things-root/597441-changes-cwm-backup-scared-hell-out-me.html
i guess im using an older version which creates a new folder and just backups everything up...which is fine with me...i generally keep 1 or 2 backups at most and with my new 64gb card its not an issue...i'll stick with the old method
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You're right - There's a date on the 18mb file in the "backup" folder.
Thank you and everyone else for the support.
pappaellio said:
You're right - There's a date on the 18mb file in the "backup" folder.
Thank you and everyone else for the support.
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your welcome..
upon reading ive noticed that from v6 on it creates back ups with the blob folder
i am using cwm v6.0.1.5 and i still get the 1 folder (with date) backup method..which i prefer...no blobs
just wondering why it didnt affect me? i know you can set the method in CWM but i never changed any settings
also is the old format considered the .tar method?
It's because you are using a note 2. It seems to affects the galaxy s3. I know cause I am using both devices.
Edit: i just notice my gs3 have cm 6.0.1.2 and my note 2 uses cm 6.0.1.5. I'll try to test different version to see any difference.
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whatsitsnamenow said:
It's because you are using a note 2. It seems to affects the galaxy s3. I know cause I am using both devices.
Edit: i just notice my gs3 have cm 6.0.1.2 and my note 2 uses cm 6.0.1.5. I'll try to test different version to see any difference.
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isnt the OP also using a note 2? hes posting in the note 2 forum
Only thing is i don't what version of cwm he is using. I am using the same cwm as you on my note 2 and it backs up to a single file (my prefer choice). My GS3 with cwm 6.0.1.2 spits out 2 folders, one being that blog file.
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whatsitsnamenow said:
Only thing is i don't what version of cwm he is using. I am using the same cwm as you on my note 2 and it backs up to a single file (my prefer choice). My GS3 with cwm 6.0.1.2 spits out 2 folders, one being that blog file.
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yeah...lets see if he responds...although from what i read v6+ has blobs...but ours doesnt
jdiddy_ub said:
yeah...lets see if he responds...although from what i read v6+ has blobs...but ours doesnt
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I'm using CWM version 6.0.1.4-jb
Modify by xiaulu
Btw I have the stock Tmobile OS.
I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
Thanks!
slicetwo said:
I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
Thanks!
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It should backup everything. I would suggest remaking a backup.
BWolf56 said:
It should backup everything. I would suggest remaking a backup.
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still only 21mb.
CWM backups show as very small on the inital folder but I believe if you drill down further all the information is stored in what is called a blob IIRC and that will be larger folder.
I would suggest TWRP instead as it is easier to store your backups in a safe place just in case you have a srcew up.
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CWM backups show as very small on the inital folder but I believe if you drill down further all the information is stored in what is called a blob IIRC and that will be larger folder.
I would suggest TWRP instead as it is easier to store your backups in a safe place just in case you have a srcew up.
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YES. i see that now. 2.1gb for the whole folder.
thanks!
slicetwo said:
I just made a backup via nandroid and CWM of my phone in possible anticipation of trying out a new rom. However, the backup is only 21mb. How is that possible? Does it not back up my apps? What exactly gets backed up?
Thanks!
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Check to see of you also have a folder in the cwm folder called blobs. Your info would be there and it should be a considerable size.
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This probably could be different depending on which version of cwm you have installed so take a look first.
Go I to recovery, choose backup and restore, scroll down to CHOOSE BACKUP FORMAT, then you will see .DUP or .tar
What you have right now that saves them as blobs is the .DUP format and has a separate folder that your looking at. If you change it to .tar format it saves the whole nandroid backup in one file.
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flipping the device with a root explorer, I can not find it.
Where it is located?
sorry for my english
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flipping the device with a root explorer, I can not find it.
Where it is located?
sorry for my english
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I have it in both root of SD and the "0" folder. EFS_BACKUPS if done in TWRP. If you did it with FreeGee then in root freegee.
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engine95 said:
I have it in both root of SD and the "0" folder. EFS_BACKUPS if done in TWRP. If you did it with FreeGee then in root freegee.
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ok folder present, thanks to freegee " EFS_BACKUPS "
but I can not display the root folder efs, which is why I ask if compared to the samsung has a different path
reking71 said:
ok folder present, thanks to freegee " EFS_BACKUPS "
but I can not display the root folder efs, which is why I ask if compared to the samsung has a different path
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The root folder efs? I believe it is different from Samsung. Searching for mk9efs from system root led me here - /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/ . Searching for efs from the system root doesn't supply much, the location I just posted and a few other folders like efs-bridge. Now I may be wrong on this, @engine95 knows more than I, but I am under the impression that our efs are on 3 separate partitions and may not be accessible from a root file explorer. I don't think we have a root efs "folder". Again, I am NOT 100% on this and could be completely wrong.......
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The root folder efs? I believe it is different from Samsung. Searching for mk9efs from system root led me here - /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/ . Searching for efs from the system root doesn't supply much, the location I just posted and a few other folders like efs-bridge. Now I may be wrong on this, @engine95 knows more than I, but I am under the impression that our efs are on 3 separate partitions and may not be accessible from a root file explorer. I don't think we have a root efs "folder". Again, I am NOT 100% on this and could be completely wrong.......
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I'm not quite sure what he's asking.
The EFS backup with TWRP creates an "EFS folder with 3 files in it.
And if I remember right... @HPTesla is right. EFS is in 3 partitions. One of them is actually empty, but is still needed.
You can see the mk9efs files in the folder but that's it. Im guessing FreeGee and TWRP are basically just taking a picture of the partitions.
So to the OP, are you trying to make sure the files are there? Or are you trying to access the files in there?
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/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/ .
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this is what I wondering.
where he was physically the folder efs
Thanks
How do you restore the efs backups made with twrp?
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ThatKawaiiGuy said:
How do you restore the efs backups made with twrp?
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? You should be able to do it from within TWRP. It depends on the version of TWRP you are using, 2.5.0.0 has been the most stable for this phone in my experience. It's an option in my backup and restore that I can check/uncheck. However, TWRP 2.6.3.0+ is needed to flash almost all 4.4 based roms and the options are different.
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? You should be able to do it from within TWRP. It depends on the version of TWRP you are using, 2.5.0.0 has been the most stable for this phone in my experience. It's an option in my backup and restore that I can check/uncheck. However, TWRP 2.6.3.0+ is needed to flash almost all 4.4 based roms and the options are different.
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My efs got jacked up and twrp didn't wanna detect my backup
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ThatKawaiiGuy said:
My efs got jacked up and twrp didn't wanna detect my backup
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If you are still using the same TWRP version you used to make the backup but switched to an AOSP based rom it appears as if the backup disappeared. The backup is located in /data/media/TWRP but TWRP will look in /data/media/0/TWRP. You can copy the old backup to the 0/TWRP folder and reboot recovery.
If you are using a different version of TWRP than the one you used to make the backup, your backup may also not show up. You should use the version you used to make the back up to restore it back. I hope this helps.
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If you are still using the same TWRP version you used to make the backup but switched to an AOSP based rom it appears as if the backup disappeared. The backup is located in /data/media/TWRP but TWRP will look in /data/media/0/TWRP. You can copy the old backup to the 0/TWRP folder and reboot recovery. I hope this helps.
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It was part of an OpTimuS backup, it was in the actual thing, like there were efs1.win, efs2.win, etc. But I select restore and it.doesn't show up, when it did yesterday
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It was part of an OpTimuS backup, it was in the actual thing, like there were efs1.win, efs2.win, etc. But I select restore and it.doesn't show up, when it did yesterday
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It was on a stock based? And since it was there yesterday I doubt you are using a different TWRP. Ok I'm at a loss honestly....
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It was on a stock based? And since it was there yesterday I doubt you are using a different TWRP. Ok I'm at a loss honestly....
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I'm not having a problem anymore though. Stock works, so I just backed it up with freegee and restored
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Hey, I got a new sgs4 (metropcs) and wanted to restore my twrp backup from my old one on it.
I installed identical recoveries (latest twrp) and made a backup to external sd card.
I made sure the files are on the sd by wiping and restoring the old phone (flawless victory)
When I boot twrp on the new phone the backup doesnt show despite the fact that I can find it using es file explorer (epic fail)
Any ideas as to how I can restore my old phones backup to the new device?
Make a back up with twrp on your new phone, then replace everything from the old back up folder to the new folder it created
Are you sure you have sdcard changed to external card at the top where you are restoring from?
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mrbmg said:
Are you sure you have sdcard changed to external card at the top where you are restoring from?
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Positive
serio22 said:
Make a back up with twrp on your new phone, then replace everything from the old back up folder to the new folder it created
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I'll try that later today