does any one know how to fully restore apks that were deleted from root of sd card ? i used an app to clean junk files from sd card but it deleted apk files that were not installed on phone just on sd card. i have recovered them but can not install them due to parse error. i cant get these apks again because they were from getjar when they did the gold free app of the day or whatever it was. is there anyway of getting full apk recovery from sd card or any way to resurrect them. i had made a back up on computer but they have been deleted.(just to reiterate these were not installed apks they were just on sd card).
If you're getting a parse error then chances are some data from the apk files has been deleted/corrupted. Probably your best bet is an app like undelete.
Cheers for that but have tried that and it recovers absolutely nothing tried hexamob as well which recovers files but u can not find them on sd card after. I used recuva from piriform to get the apk files but there not working. Have tried other recovery sortware like panda and another one meant for android for pc but just the same parse errors when I recovered apks.
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Iam just going to take it that there gone and there's no getting them back properly then? Craaaap!
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Are you using titanium backup pro?
No these apps were on root of sd not being used at the time. They've been recovered just not fully getting parse error. Just excepting there gone.
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I installed USA Traffic and then when I go to start it, it's not there. Weird, I don't see it in my Titanium Backup either (I had it backed up previously).
I go back to App Brain and it says it's installed. When I try to open from App Brain it says it's not an executable. How do I fix this?
Its because its installed on your sd card you need to move it to your phone. I had the same prob. Most apps won't run off the sd card.
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That was it, I restored the app from backup and it's working now.
Thanks!
Need help backing up apks since I've begun installing from non-market sources. Where are they stored in system and sd card directories? A game I just installed automatically put itself on the card and so I can't find it. MyBackupRoot doesn't seem to find them either when doing its nightly scheduled run. Thanks.
Some apps make their own directory for data and app storage but maintain a link on the phone as well usually in \data\data. Try Titanium Full version. It is mostly the link you need to backup since it tells the system where to find the rest of it. If most of the app is on the sd card and your backup goes to your sd card, you are essentially using double the space on your sd card if you backed that up too.
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Is there a simple tool or way to find the .apk location? I have 3 different file explorers but that's not the easiest way always.
The best is Root Explorer. It will search sub directories. Then just search for part of the apps name and all files will pop up.
In miui.us file exlorer sorts everything .apk .zip misc don't know if you can port this apk over or just flash miui.us cause it is amazing
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When I download nonmarket apps I put all the apks in an "app" category on my SD card to reinstall if I switch ROMs. I also backup the data with titanium.
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Well, it turns out that I'm happily wrong about two things:
-MyBackupRoot does snag those apks even if they aren't from the market, and...
-I found that out by reacquainting myself with AntTek App Mgr. Root, which shows every apk on the SD card and has install features too! So that's a nice way to find them, free of charge. And so they're backed up and safe
quick question... i have about 8 nandroid backups on my phone.. problem is they are all named by date and i have no idea what is what... what i want to do is just delete them all and make 1 main nandroid back up of stock el29..blah blah... but i cant see where i can delete all the other backups... anyone know of a app or dir. where i should look and delete!?
thanks in advance!... muchas gracias por todo!
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Mine were on the SD card in the Clockwork folder or something very close to that.
Just use es file explorere and delete
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should be external sd card / Clockworkmod / backups. in that folder is all the back ups you have created. you can also rename them as well.
i usually rename mine then copy them to my laptop, then cannot get myself to delete them, i am up to 50.1 gb of nandriods right now
As stated above they should be on your external sd, under clock work mod folder.
I love the 50 gigs worth of nandroids. Lol, it's like once you start chronically flashing roms, you get especially careful of not losing things. I had about 10 before I wiped useless nandroids. I'll be on the Hoarding show eventually.
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the only reason i haven't had to delete any is because its a work laptop, no porn on it so plenty of room
Mine where in clockwork mod on sd. I have about 7 backups. I recommend that next time you nandroid, go to the folder and rename the backup so you know exactly what it Is. If you go into cw rom manager, you can designate where they are save. Don't recommend using rom manager for anything else but that
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ill go search.. i didnt recall seeing the clockworkmod directory any place.. i used to see it when i would make backups using rom manager. but i made these in recorvery...
let me look.. thank you all for responding
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FOUND IT!!!
Cool, and keep making them in recovery... Rom manager is not your friend lol
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Make sure you look on the external SD
chris-allen said:
quick question... i have about 8 nandroid backups on my phone.. problem is they are all named by date and i have no idea what is what... what i want to do is just delete them all and make 1 main nandroid back up of stock el29..blah blah... but i cant see where i can delete all the other backups... anyone know of a app or dir. where i should look and delete!?
thanks in advance!... muchas gracias por todo!
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Just came across this and thought I'd add some things, some of which were already stated too I guess.
Backups will usually be on the external SD card/clockworkmod/backup then in folders named by international date and time (GMT by the way usually)
OR depending on your recovery it could put it in to a folder 'sdcard' on your external SD card (I've seen that too).
IF you are going to rename your backup folders you should rename 'to the back of the file folder name(s) with no spaces or special characters.
AND if you don't already you should verify you nandroids too. I use the freeware app Android File Verifier from the Play store [ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sa.afv&hl=en ].
Few things are more fustratiing that starting a restore and having it fail - at the end. I too am an image freak on all my machines and always check my backup images.
Oh, and I can't re-iterate this enough DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER!! You will surely end up with an expensive paperweight.
Do some searching and loads of reading and put on a 'safe recovery' for the Android version you are on - GB or ICS and you'll be OK
Good luck.
Hello,
So I connected my Note 2 to my pc, and noticed that there was a lot of space being taken up by Titanium Backup, so I cut/pasted the files somewhere else, but my computer did not show that any space had been freed up. So then I navigated to the CWM folder, and cut and paste the only backup I have from the phone to my pc, and now on my computer shows it taking up 0 space. But when I look at the folder in the phone itself, it says CWM is taking up 3.15gb. Any help is much appreciated. I've already changed the destination of Titanium back up to my SD card. Below is a link to the screen shot of the space CWM is taking up on my phone.
http://db.tt/0Vc78M8T
Are you taking the entire cwm folder or just the backup folder? Because the is a folder labeled blobs inside the cwm fold er. That's where all the space is taken up.
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Weird, when I right click the whole cwm folder, it says it's taking up no space. Do you know for a way for the backup to go to my sd card instead of the phone drive?
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Weird, when I right click the whole cwm folder, it says it's taking up no space. Do you know for a way for the backup to go to my sd card instead of the phone drive?
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I'm sure under the backup section on cwm there is an option for external. I would check but I use twrp
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I'm sure under the backup section on cwm there is an option for external. I would check but I use twrp
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I think I'm going to flash twrp and then just delete the CWM folder all together from my phone. Thanks for your help!
I had the same exact problem and ended up uninstalling Titanium Backup and Rom Manager and now I'm using Rom Toolbox with TWRP. I was kind of attached to TB and RM (and CWM) since I've been using them for so many years, but RM got wonky and annoying, and I don't even want to talk about when I tried to upgrade to the touch version.
I am relatively new to this phone but not new to flashing. I was wondering if anyone knows why the phone doesn't find backed up Roms on my internal memory? When I search for the backup (restore from internal storage in clockwork mod) it says directory not found. I can see it (nandroids cm folder) when I go in as if to install a new ROM. When I want to restore a Nandroid there is no directory on the internal storage. Any help would be appreciated
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Well because your on CM which is a 4.2 rom I'm sure and all your internal gets moved to the 0 folder. Your complete root directory was moved there when you went to a 4.2 rom. You have to re direct your app to the correct folder now.
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What app? I tried to use to use ROM manage only to chance location or backup and there was no option. You are absolutely right. That's exactly what it moved to (0 folder). Tried to move folder it back to the internal SD but it didn't work that way. A little help please
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You can't move it as long as you want to stay on that type of rom. If you go back to 4.1.2 rom you can copy everything back and delete the new 0 folder. When I said app I'm referring to whatever your using Titanium backup, or Rom Manager... They have to have a way to redirect where to search for the files.
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Yeah ROM manager has no option for that. I have titanium but I was looking along the lines or when I go into custom recovery and it says directory not found. As if my internal is blank. If I act like in want to install a ROM its all there again. So I'm in liquidsmooth and want to head back to WicSen. Should I install the WicSen rom move the Nandroid (to where) and then try to recover the backup? By the way thanks for all your help on this. Never had this problem before with the s2
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Easiest thing would be to try and copy not move it to the directory that custom recovery is looking for it. The only problem with this is that sometimes the nandroid get corrupted when copying over. In that case you will have to do a fresh flash.
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Yes I have had files go corrupt on previous phones by doing that. Unfortunately, the file the phone does recognize Nandroids in is on my ext SD card and it doesnt have enough room. I guess I will have to just figure something else out. Thanks again
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