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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Currently, I am saving the ROMS I download into a folder on my SD card named "ROMS". Within that folder I have "Froyo", "Gingerbread" and "add-ons".
Once I finish flashing a ROM (ie. reset apps, contacts, get screens set the way I want, make sure all works..etc.) I create a back-up for that ROM and name it. If I ever add new apps or anything, I reback-up..overwrite the orginal back-up..and so on..
I leave the "ROM" folder alone. Is there any reason for me to keep the orginal ROM zips when I keep updating the "back-up" folder?
I think I am just using extra space on the card that is not needed by keeping BOTH the "back-up" folder and the orgianl ROM downloaded zip file??
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Currently, I am saving the ROMS I download into a folder on my SD card named "ROMS". Within that folder I have "Froyo", "Gingerbread" and "add-ons".
Once I finish flashing a ROM (ie. reset apps, contacts, get screens set the way I want, make sure all works..etc.) I create a back-up for that ROM and name it. If I ever add new apps or anything, I reback-up..overwrite the orginal back-up..and so on..
I leave the "ROM" folder alone. Is there any reason for me to keep the orginal ROM zips when I keep updating the "back-up" folder?
I think I am just using extra space on the card that is not needed by keeping BOTH the "back-up" folder and the orgianl ROM downloaded zip file??
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Best thing to do is backup all your stuff on your computer then you can delete whatever you want but leave your backups alone just invade you need them In a hurry
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I do kind of the same thing....I have a folder on my SD card named ROMS and folders inside of that. After I install the ROM I delete the zip from the SD card. When I download a new ROM (Warm Z TwoPointTwo Nightlies) I backup using Recovery in CWM and I also backup my apps using TitaniumBackup.
Then I flash the new ROM and restore my apps. If anything goes wrong (so far it has not) I can always restore from the Recover backup.
Hope this helps
I keep a text file in the directory where I backup my Nandroid backups which is a legend of the backups (which ROM's, mods, etc.). I tend to delete earlier backups where a subsequent backup is of the same setup only updated. I also note which backups are still on my SD card. Since I have a 32gb card, I tend to keep the stock ROM, my last good backup, and the last backup of any prior ROM (i.e. 3 backups) on the card, in case I can't get to my computer and need a quick restore.
I use either Rom Manager or CWR to create my back-ups. I have seen alot of references to Titanium. I recently flashed a CM7 ROM where Titanium is pre-installed. What is the benefit (if any) to using Titanium instead of RM or CWR?
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I keep a text file in the directory where I backup my Nandroid backups which is a legend of the backups (which ROM's, mods, etc.). I tend to delete earlier backups where a subsequent backup is of the same setup only updated. I also note which backups are still on my SD card. Since I have a 32gb card, I tend to keep the stock ROM, my last good backup, and the last backup of any prior ROM (i.e. 3 backups) on the card, in case I can't get to my computer and need a quick restore.
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A text file? Sorry..new to most of this..but is storing as a text file less storage space used? Also, is it a simple matter of going into root explorer..changing the file type to .zip to access it again if needed?
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I think he means making a legend as a text file and leaving the zips as is. Plus you wouldn't see much size difference by changing the extension to .txt and you'd be screwed if you got a bootloop since you'd have to change it back somehow.
I'm running Calkulins rom with rom manager installed and I cannot see and recovery images under the manage section. Also, I can't delete the recovery images through Rogue recovery neither. I'm running out of storage! Please help...
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Open your file explorer...go to clockwork mod/backups and delete from there
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And get rid of Rom Manager. It's crap.
I don't have any images in the directory you specified. I use rogue to make the images. Is there another way I can delete the images?
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Are you looking in both the internal storage and on the actual sdcard? (Internal is mounted at sdcard, external mounts at sdcard/external_sd by default -- kinda confusing until you get used to it.)
Get rid of Rom manager ...no real use on our phones. It works well for others just doesn't seem to play nice with the sg2...download a like manager from the market...I like file expert...go to sd card( might say internal sd). Find the clockwork folder...open it....find backups..open it....these r ur backups.
If u put ur backups on ur sdcard it Will be under external sd....then clockwork. Help it helps
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Durrrr! It was in external sd! Thanks so much for the help guys!
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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
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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.
hi,
I have galaxy nexus phone and clockwork recovery mod . I am taking the backup / or the nandroid backup . When I click on the restore backup I can see the the backups . But using ES Explorer , i cannot see the backups in any of the locations.
1.clockword/backup - dont have the folder
2. /EMMC/BMMC/ - I cant find this folder at all
3./data/media - its empty
4. /mnt/shell/emulated/ - its empty
What am I missing ?? Are the folders possibly hidden . Nothing worked in the soultions which was already posted. Please let me know where I am not looking
Because of android 4.2.2 they have to put the backups in some weird place but to manage them you have to use the actual ROM manager app and hit manage backups then you can manage/delete backups
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ok Now I do cleen wipe of disk from clockwork mod , will my backups also wipe of ?? If so how to copy them to sd card?
No they should be untouched by a factory reset if that's what you mean
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No i was tallking about clockworkmod recovery full wipe
Its never touched my backups when I've done it so you should be good
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adithyavr said:
3./data/media - its empty
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If /data/media is empty, then you've wiped your internal storage ("SDCard") at some point. I haven't used CWR in a while, but it does store its backups on the "SDCard"?
cwm backups should be at /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
If it's not there, try looking for a clockworkmod folder on your sdcard.
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.