Renamed nandroid, now it won't restore. - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I renamed my nandroid folder to the date of the rom it was backing up so I could organize it better. Today, i tried to restore and got a md5 mismatch error. I'm using cm10.1 4/8 nightly. I'm trying to go back to my 3/17 nightly. Thoughts?

slicetwo said:
I renamed my nandroid folder to the date of the rom it was backing up so I could organize it better. Today, i tried to restore and got a md5 mismatch error. I'm using cm10.1 4/8 nightly. I'm trying to go back to my 3/17 nightly. Thoughts?
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You should be able to rename it so long as there are no spaces in the name.
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Re naming it shouldn't be an issue. Gotta be something else going wrong with it.
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enewman17 said:
You should be able to rename it so long as there are no spaces in the name.
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This was it. Thanks!

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Hey guys, I rooted my phone and immediately made a nand back up. I was on stock ek02 and now I'm on Unnamed 2.01 but for some reason when I try to restore to stock it says md5 mismatch...any ideas?
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Did u mess with the file at all? I don't remember how to but there is a way u can give the file a new md5. Your gonna have to search cause I don't remember how.
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You can get MD5 fixer from Root Tool Box Pro...Only the pro version though...I hope this helps...
Thanks guys
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ahhlix said:
Hey guys, I rooted my phone and immediately made a nand back up. I was on stock ek02 and now I'm on Unnamed 2.01 but for some reason when I try to restore to stock it says md5 mismatch...any ideas?
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Did you rename the nandroid? If you did and there are any spaces in your new name, that is the issue. Rename the backup again replacing any spaces with "-" or "_" and you should be good to go.

[Q] nandroid backup

Each time I do a nandroid backup the last step always fails and I'm forced to create an md5 to restore it. Is this a known issue? I'm tired of having to go to a computer to restore from a new backup
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nbeebe24 said:
Each time I do a nandroid backup the last step always fails and I'm forced to create an md5 to restore it. Is this a known issue? I'm tired of having to go to a computer to restore from a new backup
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did you tweak anything you weren't supposed to? and i assume you are using clockworkmod recovery, try to install bootmanager from the "Play store" and try backing up through that app.
nbeebe24 said:
Each time I do a nandroid backup the last step always fails and I'm forced to create an md5 to restore it. Is this a known issue? I'm tired of having to go to a computer to restore from a new backup
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Take a read of this thread.
efrant said:
Take a read of this thread.
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That's funny you'd link me to that thread, as I responded to it on the first or second page. So if you do a nandroid are you able to restore from it right away?
Edit: thank you for re-linking me to that thread. Deleting that one empty folder solved my issue. I appreciate all the replies. Thanks guys
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MD5 mismatch

I tried out a different ROM last night, decided to revert to CM9 via my nandroid backup, but when I select the backup I get a message "MD5 mismatch" and the restore fails. Anyone have an explanation for this?
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brunswick000 said:
I tried out a different ROM last night, decided to revert to CM9 via my nandroid backup, but when I select the backup I get a message "MD5 mismatch" and the restore fails. Anyone have an explanation for this?
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For the MD5 to match, the folder (and path) has to have EXACTLY the same name as when you created it.
If you can't remember what it was, just redo the MD5.
Thank you. I had changed the folder name and added spaces. Never would have thought that would mess it up. Thanks again.
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brunswick000 said:
Thank you. I had changed the folder name and added spaces. Never would have thought that would mess it up. Thanks again.
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Pretty much ANYTHING will cause an MD5 mismatch to be thrown. Learned that yesterday
If you have multiple backups and need to rename them you can edit the names with Rom Manager. Its the only way I know of that won't cause MD5 mistmatches. Also some people have success just renaming but without any spaces.
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TWRP backup

Just wondering if TWRP will recognize my nan backup if I rename it. Thanks
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There in an option in twrp that allows you to name the backup whatever you'd like to before backing up
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jon3sh said:
Just wondering if TWRP will recognize my nan backup if I rename it. Thanks
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He CLEARLY stated in the TWRP thread that if you have a nandroid back up with CWM you will NEED to redo your back ups. so i would think that if he made a point to ask people to do that, that the current CWM back ups you have most likely will not work<<<
unless you simple talking about renaming a TWRP back up
the2rrell said:
He CLEARLY stated in the TWRP thread that if you have a nandroid back up with CWM you will NEED to redo your back ups. so i would think that if he made a point to ask people to do that, that the current CWM back ups you have most likely will not work<<<
unless you simple talking about renaming a TWRP back up
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No never use cwm its back up using TWRP also yeah I saw the option of renaming it when during back up just curious if it will restore with diff name.
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jon3sh said:
No never use cwm its back up using TWRP also yeah I saw the option of renaming it when during back up just curious if it will restore with diff name.
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only one way to make sure, but i think as long as there are no spaces you should be able to do that......i have never tried though, i have not actually needed to use one of my back ups in SOOO long.
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No never use cwm its back up using TWRP also yeah I saw the option of renaming it when during back up just curious if it will restore with diff name.
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I always rename my back ups. So I know what I'm using when, I need to restore it. Haven't had any problems ever!
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Can I delete CWM backup blobs?

Is it possible to delete the backup blobs in CWM? Thanks in advance.
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Sv: Can I delete CWM backup blobs?
Yeah, in the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard there is a folder called blobs, erase it and you will get alot of free memory
Cheers
RomWiz said:
Yeah, in the clockworkmod folder on the sdcard there is a folder called blobs, erase it and you will get alot of free memory
Cheers
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Thanks
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Will that do anything bad though or mess something up
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Sv: Can I delete CWM backup blobs?
No
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You won't be able to restore to the backups that those blobs pertained to.
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Ahhh! Wait. Deleting the /blobs folder would be very bad, if you wanted to restore backups! See this post by CWM's developer:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
Some of you may be thinking "well, how do I delete a backup?".
First, never delete the blobs directory. This would actually delete all your backups by rendering them unusable.
Simply delete the usual backup directory, and the next time you run a backup, all the unused hash files will be automatically delete (a process known as garbage collection). The recovery will show "Freeing space..." while this is happening.
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ikjadoon said:
Ahhh! Wait. Deleting the /blobs folder would be very bad, if you wanted to restore backups! See this post by CWM's developer:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
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If i deleted the file and now I make backups with twrp will they work or no. Thanks
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No. TWRP only works with TWRP and cwm only works with cwm.
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No. TWRP only works with TWRP and cwm only works with cwm.
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No I mean will the backups that I make with twrp still work when I restore them on twrp. Even though I deleted cwm blobs backuo
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I don't think the TWRP backups should have anything to do with the blobs folder. (i could be wrong but i don't think i am) And i love your galaxy S3 rom reviews.
y0yerrj0sh said:
I don't think the TWRP backups should have anything to do with the blobs folder. (i could be wrong but i don't think i am) And i love your galaxy S3 rom reviews.
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Thanks!
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