[Q] Unable to save CWM Backups on ext Sd card? - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

I'm unable to store my CWM Rom Manager Back-ups on my ext SD Card. The option in settings is greyed out. I've done some research and can't find a resolution.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,

in CWM recovery i just click backup to external sd card works like a charm. I don't use rom manager, but in the recovery if you hit back up there is a menu that asks backup to internal or external storage.

killj0y said:
in CWM recovery i just click backup to external sd card works like a charm. I don't use rom manager, but in the recovery if you hit back up there is a menu that asks backup to internal or external storage.
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yeah while in recovery I can access the ext SD, just not in the GUI Rom Manager. Weird.

Same here.been searchin for a fix for awhile
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Same issue here. Also, in when I back up in recovery, date of recovery folder is set to 01.01.1970. Any fixes?

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Help, is my phone dead or can it be saved?

This is what ive done in the recovery
Wiped the following:
cache, data, system, boot, davlik, SD card, sd card ext
did a factory reset..
installed rom.. but my phone keeps restarting and getting stuck in a boot loop..
Ive tried many roms and doing the same wipes but same problem...
is my phone dead? is that the proper way to do a clean install of a rom?
Saw this video on youtube, will it work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF1CIIJnhAg&feature=related
any no, returning it is not an option as Im not a sprint customer....
fix your phone
Dude the thing you did wrong it that you wiped your sd card,never wipe your sd card everything else but that ,just download a rom on your Pc and drop it on your sd card then go into recovery(Amon recovery 2.3)please tell tell me that's what you use,clockmod dose'nt do a clean wipe,once everything is back up and running and you've installed your apps go back into recovery and do a nandroid backup. ps; hit the thanks button.
daynjahrus1 said:
Dude the thing you did wrong it that you wiped your sd card,never wipe your sd card everything else but that ,just download a rom on your Pc and drop it on your sd card then go into recovery(Amon recovery 2.3)please tell tell me that's what you use,clockmod dose'nt do a clean wipe,once everything is back up and running and you've installed your apps go back into recovery and do a nandroid backup. ps; hit the thanks button.
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Excellent first post! Completely correct about not wiping SD. Also sound advice about making sure you have Amon RA.
@ the op, hit ^^ this guys thanks button!
Actually, wipe sd is not bad if you are able to put stuff back on your sd card... What you should do IS use Amon Ra recovery, and partition the sd card and upgrade it to ext 3.
Pick a ROM, let's try to get that flashed and working! Hit me up on gtalk if you'd like, pm for contact info.
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Try taking out your sd card then do a hard reset.
imheroldman said:
Actually, wipe sd is not bad if you are able to put stuff back on your sd card... What you should do IS use Amon Ra recovery, and partition the sd card and upgrade it to ext 3.
Pick a ROM, let's try to get that flashed and working! Hit me up on gtalk if you'd like, pm for contact info.
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what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
gd6noob said:
what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
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32 for swap is cool and 1024 for ext 2 and yes, upgrade to ext 3.
gd6noob said:
what size should I make the swap and ext? keep it stock using 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 then convert to ext3?
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It really depends on what you are flashing, if you use your sd card. I don't really store anything in my sd card, so I use 64mb for swap and 2048 for ext, and yes upgrade to ext 3. If you are flashing ICS you can use ext 4.
I am curious did you get a ROM working? I remember switching to Amon Ra after a similar situation, nothing would work, though it did with Amon.
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i flashed the CM9 ICS.. but my phone is still rebooting and stuck in the boot loop

Internal memory low

Hi, Im running MIUI v4 and when I go to App Manager It says I have about 54MB left in my internal storage. However, When I try to download Skype (about 25MB) It says that my internal storage is full. I'm not sure if thats a system bug or it's not showing my internal storage correctly? Any ides on this?
srtjko said:
Hi, Im running MIUI v4 and when I go to App Manager It says I have about 54MB left in my internal storage. However, When I try to download Skype (about 25MB) It says that my internal storage is full. I'm not sure if thats a system bug or it's not showing my internal storage correctly? Any ides on this?
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It Does.
In CWM partition your SD card to ext4 and
try ex2int --> put it to init.d folder in rom package and reflash your phone. After restart and reboot you will have a space from sd card on your phone.
lokocool said:
It Does.
In CWM partition your SD card to ext4 and
try ex2int --> put it to init.d folder in rom package and reflash your phone. After restart and reboot you will have a space from sd card on your phone.
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One question. I understand I have to reflash ROM for this but can I use a backup to restore it after wipe so I dont't have to install everything all over again, Or I must reflash NEW ROM?
Use odex version.
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srtjko said:
One question. I understand I have to reflash ROM for this but can I use a backup to restore it after wipe so I dont't have to install everything all over again, Or I must reflash NEW ROM?
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Take a titanium backup...
Check all files are linked.
Integrate davlik into System ROM using titanium backup.
reboot.

[Q] recovery can't mount backup path

I was trying to make a nandroid backup to my external sd card but everytime I try and do it it tells me error cannot mount backup path
Backup of ext sdcard o.0 why not copy ext sdcard to pc. Thats what i do to backup my ext sdcard
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which recovery are you using?
among4239bulan said:
which recovery are you using?
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Clockworkmod I think im a noob so I don't really know anything
jdjawad said:
Clockworkmod I think im a noob so I don't really know anything
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try fix permission in advance setting of cwm. if not working either,try flshing another recovery (philztouch cwm or twrp).. make sure you have enough space.. could also try swapping with another sd card,
ClockworkMod does not support EXFAT formatted cards. ExFAT is the default for 64GB cards.
Use TWRP or get a second card, format to FAT32 and use it just for backups

Formatted SD / Internal Memory

Hey guys , seeking help from the pros here.
I tried to install a new rom yesterday and mistakenly hit the format SD option instead of format System to clean phone before installing a new Rom. Now my problem is my internal memory has no files now, when going in cwm and trying to install rom from internal memory it says there are no files.
So i was wondering if anyone knows a way i can flash files back into the phone, i tried Odin and some of the flash stock rom guides here but i boot loop and it removed my cwm, so when i go into recovery i actually go into androids stock recovery mode. I have tried to flash cwm again and that seems to work but still no files in the phone. Help.
Grim1216 said:
Hey guys , seeking help from the pros here.
I tried to install a new rom yesterday and mistakenly hit the format SD option instead of format System to clean phone before installing a new Rom. Now my problem is my internal memory has no files now, when going in cwm and trying to install rom from internal memory it says there are no files.
So i was wondering if anyone knows a way i can flash files back into the phone, i tried Odin and some of the flash stock rom guides here but i boot loop and it removed my cwm, so when i go into recovery i actually go into androids stock recovery mode. I have tried to flash cwm again and that seems to work but still no files in the phone. Help.
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You should be able to mount sd card from recovery. Choose that option in advanced. I use twrp now and it's a bit easier to use than com. Once you mount the sd card find it on your computer move the rom zip there. Now unmount the sd and flash away.
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210euser said:
You should be able to mount sd card from recovery. Choose that option in advanced. I use twrp now and it's a bit easier to use than com. Once you mount the sd card find it on your computer move the rom zip there. Now unmount the sd and flash away.
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Ill try twrp now , never used it before always on cwm. Wasnt sure it was different like that , thanks.
Grim1216 said:
Ill try twrp now , never used it before always on cwm. Wasnt sure it was different like that , thanks.
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Twrp seems easier to use and it has big buttons with the touch screen.
If you have an external sd put the rom on it from your pc. Then select external sd from twrp by touching it where it says internal and select external. Now flash a custom rom.
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[Q] Galaxy Grand GT-I9082 nandroid backup question using Philz Touch recovery

Phone: Galaxy Grand GT-I9082, stock ROM Jellybean 4.2.2, rooted.
OK. I've searched enough and have a question I couldn't find an answer to.
I know how to, and have sucessfully performed a nandriod backup on this phone, but the location it is deposited is not where I want it. The file is located on my internal sd card, but there isn't much room there.
Using Rom Manager 5.5.3.7, the "Backup current ROM" location is set to "storage/extsdcard/clockworkmod/backup". This is where I want it to go, but it doesn't.
Selecting this re-boots into recovery - Philz Touch 6.58.7 and ClockworkMod v6.0.5.1, which mounts "/storage/sdcard1". This I know is my internal sd card location because of the size noted, but this is not where I want the backup. I want it to go to the location Rom Manager is directing it to go.
Question is how do I set the navigation to this location for the back up in Philz Recovery?
Thanks from the NOOB for any insight.
LunarHound said:
Phone: Galaxy Grand GT-I9082, stock ROM Jellybean 4.2.2, rooted.
OK. I've searched enough and have a question I couldn't find an answer to.
I know how to, and have sucessfully performed a nandriod backup on this phone, but the location it is deposited is not where I want it. The file is located on my internal sd card, but there isn't much room there.
Using Rom Manager 5.5.3.7, the "Backup current ROM" location is set to "storage/extsdcard/clockworkmod/backup". This is where I want it to go, but it doesn't.
Selecting this re-boots into recovery - Philz Touch 6.58.7 and ClockworkMod v6.0.5.1, which mounts "/storage/sdcard1". This I know is my internal sd card location because of the size noted, but this is not where I want the backup. I want it to go to the location Rom Manager is directing it to go.
Question is how do I set the navigation to this location for the back up in Philz Recovery?
Thanks from the NOOB for any insight.
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Did I hear noob?
Have no fear, noob is here!
Sdcard1 is external.
Sdcard0 is internal.
Maybe u have 8gb sdcard?
Also, out of 8gb internal, 4gb is gobbled up by system, rest only 4gb is usable and shows up. So you were seeing external SD, not internal.
NoobInToto said:
Did I hear noob?
Have no fear, noob is here!
Sdcard1 is external.
Sdcard0 is internal.
Maybe u have 8gb sdcard?
Also, out of 8gb internal, 4gb is gobbled up by system, rest only 4gb is usable and shows up. So you were seeing external SD, not internal.
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Thanks for the info Noobin.
Actually I had just installed a new 64GB SanDisk class 10. When either selecting sdcard0 or sdcard1, they were showing the same space available.
I'll try it again selecting sdcard1 and see what happens. What I had to do last time was copy the file over to ext sdcard using file explorer, then deleting it from internal memory, it was almost completely filled up.
At least you cleared up which sdcard was which, thanks for that.
OK this is what I got.
In Philz under backup and restore: I can select two option:
/sdcard - selecting this shows 3135mb free, 2093mb needed. This is located in internal memory.
/storage/sdcard1 - selecting this shows 401mb free, 2093mb needed. This also is internal.
File explorer only shows these available:
/storage/extsdcard. This is located at the external 64gb memory.
/storage/sdcard0 - this is located in internal memory.
In Philz under advanced menu - sdcard target: there are only two option that toggle:
/data/media/0. This is internal memory
/data/media. This is internal memory also.
File explorer shows both to be located in internal memory.
How can I configure Philz to navigate to /storage/extsdcard under backup and restore selection.
Should I just install another recovery over Philz? I have this at the ready - 4.2-THL-CWM-Touch-6.0.3.6-Baffin-Odin (tar file) using Odin.
Thanks,

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