I was backing up the Rom I'm using. Jedi X11 (I back up every 4 weeks) when during the process it says "back up failed".
Something to do with the MD5.
Now in the back ups folder I got this weird folder that I can't delete. I activated the necessary permissions and it says delete failed.
The contents also can't be deleted.
Any idea on how I can delete them?
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I see your using root explorer.
Select the file you want to delete with a long press, not a tap.
Press and hold down the selected file until another Window pops up and gives you the option to delete it.
Yeah I got through to that but it just says "delete failed".
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Thugnificent69 said:
Yeah I got through to that but it just says "delete failed".
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Your ext sdcard might be failing. Same thing happened to me. Get your stuff off the card just in case. Go back in recovery and go to settings or advanced and select use internal sdcard for now.
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Try mounting it on a laptop and delete
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RonnieRuff said:
Try mounting it on a laptop and delete
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I'll try that right now.
If that fails, formatting wouldn't be a bad idea right?
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See attached pic for help
This method never fails, if it fails in an app.
Boot to twrp and use the terminal in there
Also because there is a funky character in the name. You may need to just delete the backup folder. .. Since I don't see any other files in there if shouldn't be an issue
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See attached pic for help
This method never fails, if it fails in an app.
Boot to twrp and use the terminal in there
Also because there is a funky character in the name. You may need to just delete the backup folder. .. Since I don't see any other files in there if shouldn't be an issue
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I'll give that a try.
I also wasn't able to delete the back up folder or the main TWRP folder.
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Did a search and this was the closest thread I could find..
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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Download goo.im from the play store. It will DL and flash it.
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RonnieRuff said:
Download goo.im from the play store. It will DL and flash it.
Carbon Nightly | Kroz Hue Theme | Crack Flasher
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tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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Disregard that. Thought I was in the vzw note 2 thread
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tb21666 said:
I'm already rooted on my SGH-T889, How do I go about find TWRP & its install instruction? A point in the right direction or better yet a link would be greatly appreciated for this new to Note 2 user. Just got it Today! Thanks in advance!!
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UPDATE: did the GooManager install method, but when i reboot to recovery the TWRP touch interface isn't there, just a basic push button recovery with no backup or restore options? do I try again? do I need to remove the initial install first & if so, how? would CWM be a better option on 4.1.2?
UPDATE: after messing with it, and discovering I can't use CWM, I basically just need help on how to completely remove all traces of & the app itself from my phone so I can do a fresh install, just uninstalling it doesn't help. When i reinstall the program it doesn't give me the chance to reinstall the script, like its already there but messed up somehow. phone is still rooted & functions fine. go figure
FIXED!!
tb21666 said:
UPDATE: did the GooManager install method, but when i reboot to recovery the TWRP touch interface isn't there, just a basic push button recovery with no backup or restore options? do I try again? do I need to remove the initial install first & if so, how? would CWM be a better option on 4.1.2?
UPDATE: after messing with it, and discovering I can't use CWM, I basically just need help on how to completely remove all traces of & the app itself from my phone so I can do a fresh install, just uninstalling it doesn't help. When i reinstall the program it doesn't give me the chance to reinstall the script, like its already there but messed up somehow. phone is still rooted & functions fine. go figure
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Figured out that all I had to do was reflash the .tar file of TWRP 2.4.4.0 manually with ODIN & it worked. Didn't reset my device at all. :victory:
Thanks to anyone & everyone who helped & put up with my NOOB to Samsung, ODIN, etc.. Hopefully day 2 with this phone goes a bit more smoothly.
Don't know what I'd do without this site!
As this topic came up top on Google for 'TWRP backup can't be deleted' I thought I would add that I managed to delete the backup by changing to the non touch CWM. I did this with the play store Rom Manager so I did not have to flash from download or Odin :good:
Use Data/Media insted of sdcard/ solved
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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THANK YOU!!!
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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Well done Nitrous828, thank you.
Nitrous828 said:
I just had the same problem, wanted to delete 2 failed TWRP backups from my internal memory, had a good backup on my external, all delete attempts failed.
No need to flash or install anything... I used ES file Explorer.. (any root file Explorer should work).
Changed the path on top to (Data/Media) and browse to your backup, delete successful
Had to reboot to see the new free space back.
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I know this is an old-ish thread - but thank you! Feeling like an idiot.
Related
Is there a safe way to rename the backups we make in CWM ? It currently labels them as "2011-05-22.17.55.36" depending on date/time .... I wanna be able to rename it so I know what is actually on that particular backup ; such as "SRF-1.1.1" "UrbanFury" , etc. When I renamed them before and then tried to restore , it wouldn't work. Anyone find a solution to this ?
use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
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use rom manager to rename, or just rename the directory in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
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That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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qbking77 said:
I haven't done it before... but try changing to the 2 in 2011 to a letter. Sfr = s urban fury = u... see if it works.
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Sounds Good = I hadn't tried that option yet.....now I gotta make another backup before I try renaming my last backup....LOL
the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
Code:
md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
Censura_Umbra said:
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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So - is it OK to just rename as "SRF " "UrbanFury" "Frankenstein" "SuperNova" etc ? Do I need to have date/time in there or anything else ?
chris41g said:
the directory name doesnt matter at all... just dont leave any space, you may need to regenerate nandroid.md5 i dont know.. but if so its easy enough
in a shell goto your new backup directory
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md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
BTW i have a script to make and restore nandroid backups.. not using the builtin cwm functions, useful for installs and i guess maybe your situation of naming it whatever you want..
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This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
Censura_Umbra said:
If you back it up in CWM and then boot up and open Rom Manager you can click manage, hold down the backup you want to edit and choose rename. It works just fine, this is how I keep track of my backups.
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Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
kobby2k6 said:
Ok I'm currently made a nandroid backup with cwn 3.0.0.6 and I'm trying to edit the name of my nandroid backup...in Rom manager, it wants me to flash clockwork recovery again...should I flash it or is that an error...I'm on srf 1.1.1 rite now
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It won't actually flash it, choose flash and epic, and choose 3.x
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kennyglass123 said:
This sounds great Chris, does it still require root?
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Yea, its meant to be run from recovery in install scripts, but could be run from a shell... it has to be in recovery to do the system partition.. suppose the backup can be run from a shell regardless though...
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TexasEpic4G said:
That's what I have already done in the past , and when I tried to restore my back-up it wouldn't work ...was wondering if anyone else had actually renamed their backups and then successfully restored them. Maybe the way I was renaming them was wrong ? I need to leave spaces between words ? I need to include date/time format ?
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I don't believe there should be any spaces. Try underscores: __ .
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It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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Top Nurse said:
It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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can I rename like you are suggesting (Bonsai411.6.1.2011) by connecting to my PC or will this only work via ROM Manager ?
I use es file explore and I just rename it to what ever the rom name is. For example I backup bonsai 4.1.1 and I named it bonsai. I was able to restore it with no problem. I also backed up marcusant rom and just renamed it gingerbread and I was able to restore with no issues. Hope this helps
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Top Nurse said:
It has to be a DOS name like: Bonsai411.6.1.2011
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OK - I tried your suggestion to rename but I did it on the computer ( don't have much experience with ROM Manager since I've always been told it don't really work on our Epic phone ) .... IT WORKED !!! I just changed the 2011 to UrbanFury and SRF and did restore with No Problemas ( I musta left spaces the first times I tried renaming ) ... so the moral of the lesson is - NO SPACES
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
OrygunGal said:
I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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I have an additional CWM backup/restore question. Does this back up apps installed on the SD card too, as well as their data? I don't don't know whether or not it matters, but I have CWM 3.0.2.5 and the Swiss Cheese ROM.
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kennyglass123 said:
No your SD card is seperate storage and can be backed up on a computer.
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It doesn't back up the actuall apps, you would need another app for that
like File expert or titanium back up or any other of the multitude of apps out there that do that
sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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What cw version are you using?
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5.5.0.2
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trilogee said:
sorry for the repeat thread but I can't seem to find an answer on any existing ones. I'm trying to make a backup in clockwork but keep getting the unable to backup data image error:
tar: can't open '/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29/data.ext4.tar': Read-only file system
Error while making a backup image of /data!
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-02-26-22.28.29")
I:using /data/media, no /sdcard found.
cp: can't create '/sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log': Read-only file system
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
I made sure that the system was mounted as writeable in es explorer. I also have over 11gb of free space on storage.
I've tried backing up with both clockwork and rom manager with no luck. Suggestions on how I can resolve this? Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .
drawde40599 said:
Start with simple question first, u tried reinstall recovery in rom manager? ? U did what in esexplorer? U don't need do anything to make a backup u hit backup and that's it don't mess with anything .
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Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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trilogee said:
Thanks, I know that but I was getting an sd card error so I tried mounting as writeable in es. I also did try reflashing cwm in rom manager which completed succefully but backup still failed.
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I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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drawde40599 said:
I no u don't want to and hole point of backup, but have u tried factory reset? I guess before that if u haven't I would try flash recovery .img threw fastboot and see what happens
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Can u flash roms?
Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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Yea I'd really like to avoid a full wipe if possible ...regarding fastboot I'm afraid of playing with it until I have a backup in place. Which leaves me in a bit of a conundrum.
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Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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drawde40599 said:
Well factory reset u.won't loose ANY pictures and if u use titanium backup u can save all ur apps, . And fast boot recovery u won't loose anything at all . Can u flash roms
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If was my phone I'd
Fastboot recovery. see if worked , didn't work I'd backup with titanium backup, backup to computer then factory reset, that don't work I'd start over flash stock Google 4.03 image and reroot start fresh . THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO. I'm not a dev just a guy with a **** load of android phones
thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.
If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.
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thanks for your tips. Im gonna wait a few more days and see if anyone has any more straight forward answers or solutions they know will work. If not I'll give your ideas a go.
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R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?
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R u serious? there really is no other ways out there but good luck .fastboot a recovery img dose not erase ANYTHING!! u have uninstalled Rom manager and reinstalled right?
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flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well
trilogee said:
flashing recovery was a no go (completed successfully but backups still not workign). Also after uninstalling reinstalling rom manager the app now crashed whenever I try to flash recovery in app. Also tried purchasing CWM touch and flashing, which crashed app as well
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ya, if u don't wanna do a full wipe I got nothing, fix permissions?? I dont see it fixing anything but guess worth a try . Unless u can find a dev to walk u threw the dev side of it ( if even an option ) I don't no anything else . Good luck
yea thanks for trying. I tried fixing permissions as well...just sent an email to koush so hoping for a reply from him
same issue/similar error...
I'm actually getting a similar message whenever I try to make a backup as well on my Sprint Epic 4G Touch (Samsung Galaxy S2). Have you had any response from the developer yet?
Here's a bit of my error log:
parse returned 0; 0 errors encountered
ROM Manager Version 5.0.0.6
March 8, 2012
SD Card space free: 3694MB
mkdir: can't create directory '/emmc/': Read-only file system
Backing up boot image...
Error while backing up boot image!result was NULL, message is: assert failed: backup_rom("/emmc/clockworkmod/backup/2012-03-08-stockbackup")
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue.
heo_con184 said:
If you just want to backup apps and settings, you can use Galaxy Nexus Toolkit from mskip. That's way you have a "sure" backup in case of everything goes wrong.
I guess doing a factory reset after backing up with this toolkit is a good option to try.
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Does the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can backup the whole background? Including the widgets, position of icons something like that.
So, I rooted and then made a nandroid backup - then I flashed CM10 and set that all up, no issues. Then I rebooted into restore to check on my backup and CWM doesn't see the backup. I can browse to my backup using a file explorer and I can see it but my CWM doesn't see it.
As if thats not bad enough, I convince my buddy to try flashing CM10 on his Sprint GS3. First thing he says to me after is that his CWM doesn't see his back up. Now he's pissed because he can't restore to stock - same boat I'm in.
Has anyone else experienced this yet??
Thanks
jackryan57 said:
So, I rooted and then made a nandroid backup - then I flashed CM10 and set that all up, no issues. Then I rebooted into restore to check on my backup and CWM doesn't see the backup. I can browse to my backup using a file explorer and I can see it but my CWM doesn't see it.
As if thats not bad enough, I convince my buddy to try flashing CM10 on his Sprint GS3. First thing he says to me after is that his CWM doesn't see his back up. Now he's pissed because he can't restore to stock - same boat I'm in.
Has anyone else experienced this yet??
Thanks
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Do you still have the CWM image (recovery.img)? If so, download Android Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, have the recovery image on the internal memory, run:
Once in the terminal type: su (press enter)
Then type: dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (press enter)
I think it flashed a newer version of CWM and it doesn't see the old backup you made.
BWolf56 said:
Do you still have the CWM image (recovery.img)? If so, download Android Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, have the recovery image on the internal memory, run:
Once in the terminal type: su (press enter)
Then type: dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (press enter)
I think it flashed a newer version of CWM and it doesn't see the old backup you made.
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I get this "/sdcard/recovery.img: cannot open for read: no such file or directory"
but I do see that file in the CWM folder on the sd card it's called recovery.img
jackryan57 said:
I get this "cannot open for read: no such file or directory
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Umm, you might have to push it with ADB then. I'm not sure what the command is but I suggest you look it up. I'll try to look for it myself.
BWolf56 said:
Umm, you might have to push it with ADB then. I'm not sure what the command is but I suggest you look it up. I'll try to look for it myself.
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Please excuse my noobness - but I have no idea what you just said
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Please excuse my noobness - but I have no idea what you just said
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Does is matter that the recovery.img isn't in the root of the SD card - but its in a folder called clockworkmod? so the path would be /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.img
jackryan57 said:
Does is matter that the recovery.img isn't in the root of the SD card - but its in a folder called clockworkmod? so the path would be /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.img
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That's your current recovery. We need your older one. Well that's my guess anyway. Which recovery did you first install? If you can refind it, that would be best.
BWolf56 said:
That's your current recovery. We need your older one. Well that's my guess anyway. Which recovery did you first install? If you can refind it, that would be best.
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Thats the recovery I made while I was still stock, I made that backup just before flashing CM10. Once I was on CM10 I didn't make any backups.
jackryan57 said:
Thats the recovery I made while I was still stock, I made that backup just before flashing CM10. Once I was on CM10 I didn't make any backups.
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I was just browsing my file structure and something looks weird since flashing CM10. It looks like it took all my folders that used to be in the root directory of my SD card and put them all in a folder called "0" so the path would be sdcard/0/ and that "0" folder has all the contents of my phone. If I browse to sdcard/ I see most of my folders also but not all of them and most of them are empty. My buddy is reporting the same scenario on his phone after flashing CM10
jackryan57 said:
I was just browsing my file structure and something looks weird since flashing CM10. It looks like it took all my folders that used to be in the root directory of my SD card and put them all in a folder called "0" so the path would be sdcard/0/ and that "0" folder has all the contents of my phone. If I browse to sdcard/ I see most of my folders also but not all of them and most of them are empty. My buddy is reporting the same scenario on his phone after flashing CM10
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Well that explains it. You're coming from ICS aren't you? In JB, they divided it by users (0, 1, 2..). Copy your backup to your new emplacement and it should be fine.
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BWolf56 said:
Well that explains it. You're coming from ICS aren't you? In JB, they divided it by users (0, 1, 2..). Copy your backup to your new emplacement and it should be fine.
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No, I had JB not ICS - I tried moving it to the root as well and still not working. My buddy also noticed the change in his file structure upon flashing CM10 as well - he was also on JB - ugh!!!!!
jackryan57 said:
No, I had JB not ICS - I tried moving it to the root as well and still not working. My buddy also noticed the change in his file structure upon flashing CM10 as well - he was also on JB - ugh!!!!!
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Mind if I ask why you need that backup? Anything went wrong in the flash?
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Mind if I ask why you need that backup? Anything went wrong in the flash?
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Haha - no everything went ok, but if I want to go back to stock and the way my phone was set up before - I can't. I'm so anal that just knowing I can't restore to the way I was is enough to keep me up at night haha. I love CM10 but just knowing I can't restore is enough to make me blow out my phone and install stock rom and start over - it's not easy being me
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Haha - no everything went ok, but if I want to go back to stock and the way my phone was set up before - I can't. I'm so anal that just knowing I can't restore to the way I was is enough to keep me up at night haha. I love CM10 but just knowing I can't restore is enough to make me blow out my phone and install stock rom and start over - it's not easy being me
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If you never need to go back to stock, just use Odin
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Yeah but then all my screens and folders aren't set up the way I like
jackryan57 said:
Yeah but then all my screens and folders aren't set up the way I like
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Get Titanium Backup and all will be well again
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Get Titanium Backup and all will be well again
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UGH!!!! Not if I cant restore!!!!!!!
jackryan57 said:
UGH!!!! Not if I cant restore!!!!!!!
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lol That old restore is no good to you. Tibu is independant so as long as you don't wipe you SD, you can restore, whatever you flash. So here's my suggestion, make it the way you like it (I'm sure you'll spend all the time in the world doing it I'm the same way lol) and make one good backup. Keep it up to date when you make changes (especially your launcher) and w/e you decide to flash afterwards, you'll only have to restore your TiBu backup.
VERY IMPORTANT!!
I recently FTF'd up to 4.2.2, rooted, and installed CWM.
The first thing I ALWAYS do when I first root and install CWM is make a backup of stock, to have incase I need it.
Now I always name the backup according to the date I created it, and usually use my favorite file explorer (es file explorer) to find the backup and rename it.
When I attempted to do this, I could not find my backup ANYWHERE!!! I thought maybe It didn't get created properly or something, yet, I saw and big ding on my storage capacity, presumably due to the backup I made, but couldn't find.
I just happened to stumble across a message in ROM Manager that gave me the answer I was looking for.
In ROM Manager it states:
"In Android 4.2, backups are placed in a secure directory, INACCESSIBLE to other apps.
Backups can be pulled with ADB or by using the ROM Manager Backup Download Server."
Basically you HAVE to use ROM Manager to find and rename your backups if your using CWM on Android 4.2
Figured I would post this and save people the headache I went through trying to locate the backup I made.
Check the attached picture of the message that's in ROM Manager.
Thanks and happy flashing!
ATRIXXIRTA said:
VERY IMPORTANT!!
I recently FTF'd up to 4.2.2, rooted, and installed CWM.
The first thing I ALWAYS do when I first root and install CWM is make a backup of stock, to have incase I need it.
Now I always name the backup according to the date I created it, and usually use my favorite file explorer (es file explorer) to find the backup and rename it.
When I attempted to do this, I could not find my backup ANYWHERE!!! I thought maybe It didn't get created properly or something, yet, I saw and big ding on my storage capacity, presumably due to the backup I made, but couldn't find.
I just happened to stumble across a message in ROM Manager that gave me the answer I was looking for.
In ROM Manager it states:
"In Android 4.2, backups are placed in a secure directory, INACCESSIBLE to other apps.
Backups can be pulled with ADB or by using the ROM Manager Backup Download Server."
Basically you HAVE to use ROM Manager to find and rename your backups if your using CWM on Android 4.2
Figured I would post this and save people the headache I went through trying to locate the backup I made.
Check the attached picture of the message that's in ROM Manager.
Thanks and happy flashing!
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Ah yes! I had forgotten about that from the Nexus 4! That explains why I was missing some space, and of course this means I lost the backup I had. Luckily I have a Titanium Backup of my apps and settings, and the pictures were not that important.
havanahjoe said:
Ah yes! I had forgotten about that from the Nexus 4! That explains why I was missing some space, and of course this means I lost the backup I had. Luckily I have a Titanium Backup of my apps and settings, and the pictures were not that important.
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You may have your backups still. Just look for them in Rom manager.
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You may have your backups still. Just look for them in Rom manager.
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No, I wiped the /data partition when installing a clean version of the .423 FTF. I was missing about 7 GB of space when on RomAur, and I bet some of that space was used by at least one backup. I don't think I had more than one though.
Wiping data doesn't erase your backups. Our anything on your sd cards. Formatting your storage or manually deleting them is the only way to erase them.
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I save my CWM backups on the external SD card so it doesn't disappear even when I upgraded to 4.2
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Ya that's for sure the way to do it.
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the solutions posted seem outdated or didn't work. backing up files worked great until today. I have over 10gb free space. tried also clearing and reinstalling. any help would be appreciated. I'm on paranoid android an this just started when I tried to backup additional apps today
I wonder if TiBU isn't updated to 4.3 or not fully compatible.
unobtainiumdroid said:
I wonder if TiBU isn't updated to 4.3 or not fully compatible.
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it worked great until today so that isn't it. i had installed 3 apps today wanted to update my backup as i usually do here and there and am getting that error. it had been great until that point. nothing that would change to cause the error as best as i can tell
For me it hasn't worked since day 1 of my nexus 7 it works on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 so im guessing its a 4.3 issue.
unobtainiumdroid said:
For me it hasn't worked since day 1 of my nexus 7 it works on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 so im guessing its a 4.3 issue.
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maybe but it has worked on mine. gonna try mybackup pro for now
you can also use Helium i would actually recommend it over TiBU.
unobtainiumdroid said:
you can also use Helium i would actually recommend it over TiBU.
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Helium seems to work great. thanks for the tip
You just have to go into TiBu preferences and back up a few places on where you store your backups. Worked for me this morning. Let me know if that doesn't make sense.
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bckrupps said:
Helium seems to work great. thanks for the tip
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Np brother just helping =D
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bckrupps said:
Helium seems to work great. thanks for the tip
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helium seems to get stuck about 3/4 of the way through. no luck at all with these backup programs
Here is how I fixed it go into TB preferences > Backup Folder Location
1. Next hit Back button till you are in the root folder of your device "/" ( this at the top)
2. Next click sdcard
3. Then click on the "Titanium Backup" folder. Top should say "/sdcard/ Titanium Backup"
4 . Then click use this folder
I have had the problem before as well. I suspect it is related to an old restore, but not sure. This always fixes it for me:
1. Unistall the app
2. Using Root Explorer go to System/Data/app-lib
3. Find and delete all references to the app you deleted
4. Open the Play store and re-install.
This can be done without uninstalling. When you navigate to app-lib you'll find multiple versions of the app mentioned. You keep only one (delete any duplicates), then go to System/ Data /Dalvik-cache and delete the same duplicates (if you kept -2 in app-lib, keep -2 in Dalvik). Wiping dalvik in recovery won't work. It regenerates at re-boot with the dups at least it did for me).
I have had success with both methods, but find the 1st method always works & the 2nd method does not, as it is easy to miss a copy in dalvik. The Dalvik versions are deleted for you with the uninstall so I find it simpler.
I spent weeks looking for this solution a while back for my GNex so I hope I've saved you a headache or two.
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swest6602 said:
I have had the problem before as well. I suspect it is related to an old restore, but not sure. This always fixes it for me:
1. Unistall the app
2. Using Root Explorer go to System/Data/app-lib
3. Find and delete all references to the app you deleted
4. Open the Play store and re-install.
This can be done without uninstalling. When you navigate to app-lib you'll find multiple versions of the app mentioned. You keep only one (delete any duplicates), then go to System/ Data /Dalvik-cache and delete the same duplicates (if you kept -2 in app-lib, keep -2 in Dalvik). Wiping dalvik in recovery won't work. It regenerates at re-boot with the dups at least it did for me).
I have had success with both methods, but find the 1st method always works & the 2nd method does not, as it is easy to miss a copy in dalvik. The Dalvik versions are deleted for you with the uninstall so I find it simpler.
I spent weeks looking for this solution a while back for my GNex so I hope I've saved you a headache or two.
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thank you. finally good to go
TiBu wants a new file path for backup.
yojoe600 said:
Here is how I fixed it go into TB preferences > Backup Folder Location
1. Next hit Back button till you are in the root folder of your device "/" ( this at the top)
2. Next click sdcard
3. Then click on the "Titanium Backup" folder. Top should say "/sdcard/ Titanium Backup"
4 . Then click use this folder
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This is basically how I fixed the problem on my N4 and N10 as well. Basically, you're backing up to the same location, it's just that TiBu doesn't like the old file path (for me, it was: /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup) and wants you to use a different one (for me, it is: /storage/sdcard0/TitaniumBackup).
scuttlefield said:
This is basically how I fixed the problem on my N4 and N10 as well. Basically, you're backing up to the same location, it's just that TiBu doesn't like the old file path (for me, it was: /storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup) and wants you to use a different one (for me, it is: /storage/sdcard0/TitaniumBackup).
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This was the ticket for me. After deleting cache and data, looking for odex files, reinstalling from play store. I had tried changing path to start but I still chose emulated to a different location so it still didnt work lol.
Wish I had seen this thread 1st, thank-you for posting, backups working again I can get on with life.
yojoe600 said:
Here is how I fixed it go into TB preferences > Backup Folder Location
1. Next hit Back button till you are in the root folder of your device "/" ( this at the top)
2. Next click sdcard
3. Then click on the "Titanium Backup" folder. Top should say "/sdcard/ Titanium Backup"
4 . Then click use this folder
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+1 to this solution. I had the same problem using TiBu when I tried to backup my apps to prep for a switch from CM10.2 to Paranoid Android.
Thank goodness for TiBu's update.zip feature, makes jumping between ROMs much less of a pain.
yojoe600 said:
Here is how I fixed it go into TB preferences > Backup Folder Location
1. Next hit Back button till you are in the root folder of your device "/" ( this at the top)
2. Next click sdcard
3. Then click on the "Titanium Backup" folder. Top should say "/sdcard/ Titanium Backup"
4 . Then click use this folder
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So glad I found this thread, it works! Thank you
I have had the same problem since moving from CM 10.1 to CM 10.2. Seems my super su also wants to update binaries after every nightly flash. Can't update binaries normal way so I flash them in TWRP. After the supersu flash, my titanium backup works perfectly.
I've tried everything except re flashing the phone. Nothing at all works, and I'm at the end of my rope. EDIT: Here's the only thing that fixed it! Downloaded SuperSU, allowed it to boot into recovery to update the binary, and now TIBU works fine! That was the ONLY solution that worked.
mrsubway said:
I've tried everything except re flashing the phone. Nothing at all works, and I'm at the end of my rope. EDIT: Here's the only thing that fixed it! Downloaded SuperSU, allowed it to boot into recovery to update the binary, and now TIBU works fine! That was the ONLY solution that worked.
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That was also what I ultimately need to do to run a back up. Thanks! :good: