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[Q] Recovery and Time/date issues

Is this a known thing? Does this model not have an internal clock, thus can only set current time when network connected? Any idea why? Can't find any info on this...

gomisensei said:
Is this a known thing? Does this model not have an internal clock, thus can only set current time when network connected? Any idea why? Can't find any info on this...
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Its known...nothing to worry about. Rename the back up with any file explorer or in Rom manager.
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Artimus009 said:
Its known...nothing to worry about. Rename the back up with any file explorer or in Rom manager.
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Rom manager will not use my external sd card for backups anymore.
By known, what do you mean? Will i never be able to reboot my phone out of a service area and have the right time?
Will renaming nandroids still work with the new blob-style system new cwm uses?

Yeah, you can use Rom Manager to rename one after its been created, or to create and name one using "Backup Current ROM", even with the new type of backups it makes.

Artimus009 said:
Its known...nothing to worry about. Rename the back up with any file explorer or in Rom manager.
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Opps, edited when I should have posted again
Rom manager will not use my external sd card for backups anymore (since a few updated ago, I guess).
By known, what do you mean? Will i never be able to reboot my phone out of a service area and have the right time?

Try twrp, the dates are still wrong but there is a keyboard within the recovery for renaming backups.
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where did my sdcard go?

so something weird happened to my phone, i somehow have 3 sd partions lol. first is the normal /sdcard but all my stuff is not there only like 3 of my recent downloads, then there is /storage/sdcard0 where there is yet again nothing but my last three downloads plus when i connect via usb whatever i transfer seems to go there. and lastly is /mnt/sdcard which has nothing yet again. now when i use twrp to install something it shows all my old downloads which i cant find in any of these three locations.
ok so as i was typing i found where all my crap is. it is in each sdcard under a folder named 0 for some reason. any way to go back to having just one sd card and having everything in there instead of this 0 folder?

javskies said:
so something weird happened to my phone, i somehow have 3 sd partions lol. first is the normal /sdcard but all my stuff is not there only like 3 of my recent downloads, then there is /storage/sdcard0 where there is yet again nothing but my last three downloads plus when i connect via usb whatever i transfer seems to go there. and lastly is /mnt/sdcard which has nothing yet again. now when i use twrp to install something it shows all my old downloads which i cant find in any of these three locations.
ok so as i was typing i found where all my crap is. it is in each sdcard under a folder named 0 for some reason. any way to go back to having just one sd card and having everything in there instead of this 0 folder?
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This happened to me as well.
Just connect to a laptop and copy everything from the ) folder to the parent folder and it'll eventually merge everything. Delete the extraneous folders after wards.

AdriVelazquez said:
This happened to me as well.
Just connect to a laptop and copy everything from the ) folder to the parent folder and it'll eventually merge everything. Delete the extraneous folders after wards.
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This happened to me too, and apparently between all of my gmail accounts they only saved 1 contact. Strangest thing I've seen yet.
Anyway, I was going to get all down n' nirty tonight.. and dig around in some of my recent backups to see if I can pull the files I need. However, I'm glad I read this, as there's always a much clearer solution. Thank you.
Also, I hate to do this here, but I have a post quota, apparently. Is there a way to test other options from aroma other than reinstalling? I couldn't find that other thread to ask there, or verify whether my question is relevant.
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Illionaire said:
This happened to me too, and apparently between all of my gmail accounts they only saved 1 contact. Strangest thing I've seen yet.
Anyway, I was going to get all down n' nirty tonight.. and dig around in some of my recent backups to see if I can pull the files I need. However, I'm glad I read this, as there's always a much clearer solution. Thank you.
Also, I hate to do this here, but I have a post quota, apparently. Is there a way to test other options from aroma other than reinstalling? I couldn't find that other thread to ask there, or verify whether my question is relevant.
Thanks,
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Of course you can test other options without reinstalling. For example, if you're on v14, which you should be since its stable, just flash the ROM again, choose the last option for wipe options so it doesn't wipe your data, and pick the additional changes you want. It'll install ontop of your current setup and not effect data.
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The whole 0 thing is a4.2 jellybean thing.
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I had the same problem, and though it had to do with TWRP because I noticed while trying to flash stuff. This just helped me out a ton!!

evodev said:
I had the same problem, and though it had to do with TWRP because I noticed while trying to flash stuff. This just helped me out a ton!!
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Same thing happened on my gnex when I went from 1.2 to 2.2
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lost internal memory

so my wife's gs3 was stock rooted...made backups of everything including a nandroid. everything was on the internal memory. i've flashed carbon rom and now cannot seem to find anything. internal appears to be what was on her sdcard. yet when i go into settings-storage sdcard is greyed out without an option to mount. connecting to a pc only gives me one option to connect to. i can't even restore the nandroid. it's been a while since i've been off of a nexus personally so i'm hoping this is something easy i've overlooked and any help is appreciated, thank you

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damngood98 said:
so my wife's gs3 was stock rooted...made backups of everything including a nandroid. everything was on the internal memory. i've flashed carbon rom and now cannot seem to find anything. internal appears to be what was on her sdcard. yet when i go into settings-storage sdcard is greyed out without an option to mount. connecting to a pc only gives me one option to connect to. i can't even restore the nandroid. it's been a while since i've been off of a nexus personally so i'm hoping this is something easy i've overlooked and any help is appreciated, thank you
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All your files are intact, they have just been moved around since you flashed the carbon rom.
If you had any nandroid backups they are intact too.
Read the following article and you will see exactly where they are using a file manager like root explorer.
Here is the link: http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/top...-cm101-is-available-on-rootzwiki-from-noobnl/
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Misterjunky said:
All your files are intact, they have just been moved around since you flashed the carbon rom.
If you had any nandroid backups they are intact too.
Read the following article and you will see exactly where they are using a file manager like root explorer.
Here is the link: http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/top...-cm101-is-available-on-rootzwiki-from-noobnl/
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thanks...i'm aware of the recovery issues going into 4.2....and i've been using a root file manager. yet i'm still unable to find any other storage. i didn't wipe it but this was probably the first time i didn't save everything to the pc before flashing. i have so much crap backed up from her previous phones that i will never need. f+cking murphy's law...and while i could be mistaken, this shouldn't have an effect on the sdcard not being able to mount, no?

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thanks...i'm aware of the recovery issues going into 4.2....and i've been using a root file manager. yet i'm still unable to find any other storage. i didn't wipe it but this was probably the first time i didn't save everything to the pc before flashing. i have so much crap backed up from her previous phones that i will never need. f+cking murphy's law...and while i could be mistaken, this shouldn't have an effect on the sdcard not being able to mount, no?
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Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?

Misterjunky said:
Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?
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This information should be accurate enough for OP to find his files.
The SD cards have a lot of symlinks in Android. The one true path for your internal SD is /data/media. Your files are there.

Misterjunky said:
Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?
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hmm....this always confused me now...i do have the sdcard0 available but not sdcard1 (completely empty)...is 1 the actual sdcard? bottom line, there are other pictures of hers i'm not seeing now and rom toolbox is telling me there is nothing backed up as far as text messages. where ever they're located be it sdcard or internal i just need to find them.

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Aerowinder said:
This information should be accurate enough for OP to find his files.
The SD cards have a lot of symlinks in Android. The one true path for your internal SD is /data/media. Your files are there.
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That's for sure, I don't thing the guy is paying much attention at all to what I am trying to tell him,
judging by his replies he just keeps rambling on about things that don't pertain to anything which
I have suggested to him to try.

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That's for sure, I don't thing the guy is paying much attention at all to what I am trying to tell him,
judging by his replies he just keeps rambling on about things that don't pertain to anything which
I have suggested to him to try.
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/sdcard/
/mnt/sdcard
mnt/shell/0/
storage/emuluted/0
storage/sdcard0
data/media/0
all of the above are paths to my internal....none of these are my sdcard
in any case, i believe my card is corrupted. i appreciate the help everyone has tried to give though...thanks to you all

/data/media/ is honestly all you really need to know.. Every single folder/file that exists within your internal storage lie within that directory. Once you find what you're looking for you can take it from there.
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LuigiBull23 said:
/data/media/ is honestly all you really need to know.. Every single folder/file that exists within your internal storage lie within that directory. Once you find what you're looking for you can take it from there.
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i have a almost similar problem. On my pc can see that my internal storage is almost full but when i open it i don't show the files. i can't install apps on my to view the files on my because of the low storage.

JurrienXR said:
i have a almost similar problem. On my pc can see that my internal storage is almost full but when i open it i don't show the files. i can't install apps on my to view the files on my because of the low storage.
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Well go to your phone and try any of the methods mentioned above for locating all your files.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Well go to your phone and try any of the methods mentioned above for locating all your files.
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the thing is i installed a different rom but it doesn't come with a file manager and i can't install one because of the low storage

JurrienXR said:
the thing is i installed a different rom but it doesn't come with a file manager and i can't install one because of the low storage
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Do you have TWRP? You can navigate the same directories using the file manager there or you can simply go into Settings > Storage and look through the categories in which are taking up the most space and remove what you can to then download a root browser and go from there.
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[Q] Two Internal Memory Slots???

For some strange reason i have the normal internal memory but also another one under the 0 folder inside of the internal memory. So now i have excessive memory lost because i have two of everything plus some other files/folders inside each memory unit. This is real confusing for me but i noticed it started after i installed JellyBeer, i switch back and forth between JellyBeer and stock and Vectus. Vectus and stock both use the same memory but jellyBeer has its own little thing goin on. TWRP also uses the second 0 folder as its main instead of the actual main one, ES Explorer uses the main one, SMS Backup And Restore uses the second one, MyBackup Root uses the main one after i set it to, and on and on with apps that deal with files. Only one that works right no matter what is music, even download folder is wrong. Any suggestions???, if u understand what im trying to say. Also theres another copy of everything in the data/media folder. So in total i have 3x as much space token from me.

Very well documented, you should search it.
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Surprisingly I had the same issue. It was reading from two different spots but when I plugged into a computer it only read from one, I couldn't save all my stuff cause I couldn't get to it. The only way fix it is unroot back to stock and reroot the device. That's what I did anyway, and it fixed it. I think its from flashing ROMs cause it never happened before I gave cm a try. I hope this helps in any way.
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Also same issue. What to do? Need the space. Thanks
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Same Here
I get the same thing!! Is there a fix for it.
NexusS4gFreak said:
For some strange reason i have the normal internal memory but also another one under the 0 folder inside of the internal memory. So now i have excessive memory lost because i have two of everything plus some other files/folders inside each memory unit. This is real confusing for me but i noticed it started after i installed JellyBeer, i switch back and forth between JellyBeer and stock and Vectus. Vectus and stock both use the same memory but jellyBeer has its own little thing goin on. TWRP also uses the second 0 folder as its main instead of the actual main one, ES Explorer uses the main one, SMS Backup And Restore uses the second one, MyBackup Root uses the main one after i set it to, and on and on with apps that deal with files. Only one that works right no matter what is music, even download folder is wrong. Any suggestions???, if u understand what im trying to say. Also theres another copy of everything in the data/media folder. So in total i have 3x as much space token from me.
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AVATAR PRIME said:
I get the same thing!! Is there a fix for it.
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The 0 folder is a feature of AOSP ROMs. It has something to do with the multiple user support of JB. When you flash an AOSP rom, it will create a "0" folder for that specific ROM. Even with an app like Root Explorer, getting into the standard SDCard folder will be basically impossible. I personally have not found a way to do this, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I could. Interestingly, the reverse is not true. If you flash a Stock ROM, a la Lifeless 14, you can go into any and all "0" folders. If you take the time, you can go into each and every one and delete it without any harm to your phone without having to do a factory reset.

Xiutehcuhtli said:
The 0 folder is a feature of AOSP ROMs. It has something to do with the multiple user support of JB. When you flash an AOSP rom, it will create a "0" folder for that specific ROM. Even with an app like Root Explorer, getting into the standard SDCard folder will be basically impossible. I personally have not found a way to do this, but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I could. Interestingly, the reverse is not true. If you flash a Stock ROM, a la Lifeless 14, you can go into any and all "0" folders. If you take the time, you can go into each and every one and delete it without any harm to your phone without having to do a factory reset.
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just to throw it out there flash the original stock rom before going to lifeless... if you dont its not gonna work out well and u just have to be rooted all in all to see the "0" folder...

Well honestly that seems to be a lot of work for something simple if you have to partions and can only see the 0 folder simply use any root explorer and go to root>data>media and you will find the rest of you files there
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customz123 said:
Well honestly that seems to be a lot of work for something simple if you have to partions and can only see the 0 folder simply use any root explorer and go to root>data>media and you will find the rest of you files there
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I tried this and it did not work for me. Maybe an error in the flash?
Anyway, the way I detailed is the only way I have been able to access all data after having a "0" folder created.

Xiutehcuhtli said:
I tried this and it did not work for me. Maybe an error in the flash?
Anyway, the way I detailed is the only way I have been able to access all data after having a "0" folder created.
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What file explorer you using?
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What file explorer you using?
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Root Explorer

[Q] Android file transfer roms to internal sd card(MAC)

When i first rooted my phone I was able to get aokp mr1 and google apps to the root of the internal sd card, but I dont remember how. Using android file transfer I am unable to put any files into the internal memory of the phone. It allows me to put into folders, but upon rebooting into recovery the file is not visible.
On a side note i just flashed cm10.2 by putting the .zip into the download folder, and flashing the custom rom using rom manager app on the phone without rebooting into recovery. I however dont like this because in recovery you can delete all user data and such. When flashing it directly through the app you dont have that option.
My question is how do I add files to the root of the internal sd card using a Mac. Also how can i delete the older roms of the internal sd card.
I've been using the search and google for the past hour and kind find specifically what I need. Everything i've seen is for PC.

ADB
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Make sure you're using latest recovery version.
a manta wrote this.

There's an app from Google you install on your Mac... called Android File Transfer, let's you do exactly what you want, drag and drop.
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ed-flip said:
Using android file transfer I am unable to put any files into the internal memory of the phone. It allows me to put into folders, but upon rebooting into recovery the file is not visible.
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a maguro wrote this.

Ooohhhhhhh.....
Use adb, yes, and root explorer or the like to find the ROMs already there.
I usually use Android File Transfer just fine, though, it's under 0 in recovery.
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jimmyco2008 said:
Ooohhhhhhh.....
Use adb, yes, and root explorer or the like to find the ROMs already there.
I usually use Android File Transfer just fine, though, it's under 0 in recovery.
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Thanks for all the replies. I gave up with android file transfer since it wont let you drag and drop to anything but a folder which wont work.... I'm using rom manager for my boot into recovery. I ended up using an app called FTP server on the phone, and a software called Transmit on the Mac, that allowed me to drag and drop into the actual sd card instead of a folder. I rebooted into recovery and was able to flash the rom from there.

Glad you figured it out... But If you drag to just the right spot, it won't make you put it in a folder, I managed to get several ROMs and APKs on the root of sdcard0.

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Glad you figured it out... But If you drag to just the right spot, it won't make you put it in a folder, I managed to get several ROMs and APKs on the root of sdcard0.
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Where do you drag it? I couldnt get it to drop anywhere.
on a side note do I have to do an image captcha for every post I make

The CAPCHA's are courtesy of your new membership, eventually they'll go away, I think it's after... 10 posts? Don't quote me.
Here's a screenshot, drag to where the yellow is, if you put it over other FILES in the root, it'll go in the root, too. If you drag it over FOLDERS, it'll go in a folder you hovered over.
http://jatsby.com/yeah.png

Ok thanks, the screenshot isn't working for me but I will check to see if that your technique works for me. What rom are you running? I got aokp milestone 2, I like it but my battery life really sucks. I dunno if its related to the rom or not, because I know the nexus doesnt have a very good battery to begin with.

Yeah the site is and will be down for... I'd say another 10 hours from this post... I was hoping you'd see it before maintainence.
I just got a fresh (new) OEM 2100mAh extended battery, world of difference, it's better than most phones' battery lives.
I'm on CM10.2, and I usually don't have to charge every day, rather every other with low-moderate usage.
People ***** day and night about this ROM's battery life and this kernel's "vast improvement".... Whatever, none of that **** worked out for me (okay, maybe I got 5 more minutes out of my battery), the extended battery did.
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