So I have been using Rom Manager/Clockwork recovery since I got the S3 (sprint),
I have all my backups on the sd card (external). It asked me to update Rom Manager/new clockwork mod for Sprint,
so I did. Now I can not see any of my sd card contents and backups. In Clockwork recovery I go to backups and see none,
I go to install zip from sd card and it shows all the files in the phones INTERNAL system memory, not my external sd card,
I maybe I am a noob (not really), but I can not find out how to get clockwork recovery to see the external sd card instead of the
internal, so I can get at my files/backups. Maybe it is a problem since I have the 32gb S3 instead of the 16gb standard?
hotstocks said:
So I have been using Rom Manager/Clockwork recovery since I got the S3 (sprint),
I have all my backups on the sd card (external). It asked me to update Rom Manager/new clockwork mod for Sprint,
so I did. Now I can not see any of my sd card contents and backups. In Clockwork recovery I go to backups and see none,
I go to install zip from sd card and it shows all the files in the phones INTERNAL system memory, not my external sd card,
I maybe I am a noob (not really), but I can not find out how to get clockwork recovery to see the external sd card instead of the
internal, so I can get at my files/backups. Maybe it is a problem since I have the 32gb S3 instead of the 16gb standard?
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Go to the bottom of the menu in ROM Manager and choose the all versions (or something like that). You should have the option to flash an earlier version of CWM. Choose the earliest version, flash it, reboot into recovery, and you should be fine. I would give you version numbers, but I have moved to TWRP for recovery.
Just use twrp its better in every way
Well thanks, kinda. Going back to the earliest version of clockwork DOES allow me to see the files on the SD card (external),
but now under ext sd/clockworkmod/backup/ ALL my backups say the name with / after it such as 2012-08-16-Stock/
when I chose one, it says no files found, Like it is looking at a directory instead of the backup file which should NOT have a / after it.
Any ideas?
Yeah, but you can't use your old clockwork/nandroid backups with twrp,
so I would lose everything!
Ok, I got it to work using the oldest clockwork recovery and not being an idiot.
Once I was able to see the external sd card, I was trying to install my backup from zip.
When I went to backup and restore and restored it from there, it allowed me to chose the
correct file and it worked. And yes, twrp looks slick and allows choosing internal or ext sd,
if I had a new phone without a bunch of stock and cyano backups already in clockwork,
I would go with twrp. But twrp SHOULD make the clockwork mod backups compatible, or offer
a converter program, because who can really switch if they can't use any of their old backups?
hotstocks said:
Ok, I got it to work using the oldest clockwork recovery and not being an idiot.
Once I was able to see the external sd card, I was trying to install my backup from zip.
When I went to backup and restore and restored it from there, it allowed me to chose the
correct file and it worked. And yes, twrp looks slick and allows choosing internal or ext sd,
if I had a new phone without a bunch of stock and cyano backups already in clockwork,
I would go with twrp. But twrp SHOULD make the clockwork mod backups compatible, or offer
a converter program, because who can really switch if they can't use any of their old backups?
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Copy those CWM backups over to your computer (rename them as needed to be able to remember what they are). Install TWRP and start using it for your backups. If you ever need/want to go back to one of those earlier backups you can always go flash CWM over TWRP and re-install them. If you want to, you could even do a restore in CWM then flash TWRP, then back it up in TWRP, back to CWM, back to TWRP, etc., until you have them all in both formats. Depending upon how many backups you have that may or may not be all that time consuming.
Neil Fruit said:
Copy those CWM backups over to your computer (rename them as needed to be able to remember what they are). Install TWRP and start using it for your backups. If you ever need/want to go back to one of those earlier backups you can always go flash CWM over TWRP and re-install them. If you want to, you could even do a restore in CWM then flash TWRP, then back it up in TWRP, back to CWM, back to TWRP, etc., until you have them all in both formats. Depending upon how many backups you have that may or may not be all that time consuming.
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Nice idea, but CWM has been the standard and reliable for so long. I don't know if I would trust my
backups to TWRP yet. But maybe I could start using it and just save a couple old backups one of Cyano and one stock.
I don't want any black screens, bricks, or problems because I don't know ADB and am not great with problems/odin.
Will TWRP give me more or less headaches than Clockwork witch I am used to? And can you run it from a phone app like
Rom Manager runs clockwork?
Thanks guys
Gotta admit, I'm fairly new to TWRP myself, but I am not aware of an integrated app like ROM Manager and CWM. As far a reliability, I know TWRP has been around a while and while it may not be as widespread as CWM I trust most of the people who I checked with who say that TWRP is not only as good as CWM, but even better. I know it takes a while to get used to a new UI and program, but with time I am sure I will feel as comfortable with TWRP as I was with CWM.
no sdcard (microsd)
same issue, have tried a variety of different rom manager versions. Want to do a full wipe/clean flash but need the card working for the rom and gapps after the wipe.
Any suggestions?
Had to get card formatted fat32.. All good!
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The recovery is mounting the external SD, but my internal isn't showing anything. I updated twrp via goo, however since I'm using jellybam I think it flashed att's recovery image. I've tried to flash the tmo image back but it still doesn't Mount even after checking it in the options. What can be done to fix?
Thanks in advance
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Hmm so when I flashed the newest version of twrp, my internal SD was moved to my data/media folder. Now my backups aren't visible to restore if I wanted. How can I retrieve them?
can't seem to backup
ok so ive been looking at these forums for years and somehow always found the answer until now. I am completely stuck and can't figure out why my twrp recovery won't backup at all either and is not recognized whatsoever. I am going to try and flash cwm and see if it will work.
I after searching and searching I finally found an answer. I flashed the cm 10.1 rom in the att forum to check out 4.2.1 first hand. In the thread there's a file you can flash to revert your storage to the way twrp reads it now since 4.2 has multi user support, but it didn't work on my end. My backups are still on my internal SD but unrecognizable in twrp. I ordered a new micro SD to throw my backups on so i can retry. We'll see if it works...
Here's the twrp article explaining it all in full
http://teamw.in/DataMedia
Hi all. I am a serious noob to certain rooting stuff so sorry if this post sounds weird. I have a HTC one M8 rooted with Cyanogenmod. Its a great phone, but one thing i noticed after making a nandroid backup of my CM rom was that apparently in recovery mode my TWRP install, and restore does not see zip files. I later found out that TWRP is defaulting on the install and recover screens to my root folder which has none of my backups. Essentially, I can't get into the traditional internal storage folder which has all my zip files and downloads. Is there any way I can get around it and access my traditional internal storage again? I should note that there is nothing really wrong with the phone, I can boot into it and it works fine. I simply cannot access my traditional storage though in recovery.
ElloM8 said:
Hi all. I am a serious noob to certain rooting stuff so sorry if this post sounds weird. I have a HTC one M8 rooted with Cyanogenmod. Its a great phone, but one thing i noticed after making a nandroid backup of my CM rom was that apparently in recovery mode my TWRP install, and restore does not see zip files. I later found out that TWRP is defaulting on the install and recover screens to my root folder which has none of my backups. Essentially, I can't get into the traditional internal storage folder which has all my zip files and downloads. Is there any way I can get around it and access my traditional internal storage again? I should note that there is nothing really wrong with the phone, I can boot into it and it works fi
ne. I simply cannot access my traditional storage though in recovery.
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Wait. Are you using TWRP to try to restore a CWM backup? You can't do that. They are non-compatible.
EDIT: sorry I misread what you posted. You can direct TWRP to either internal or external sd by cliucking wher it says "storage: internal/external" at the top when you are in recovery.
thanks but..
thanks but the issue is twrp says my internal storage is 0mb. I will double check, but i should note that i am not having a deleted OS issue that other people with 0mb storage problems have. My phone is fine its just the storage that acts works ok TWRP recovery
ElloM8 said:
thanks but the issue is twrp says my internal storage is 0mb. I will double check, but i should note that i am not having a deleted OS issue that other people with 0mb storage problems have. My phone is fine its just the storage that acts works ok TWRP recovery
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TWRP has some bug where it can't mount internal storage. Try to re-install TWRP, and the latest version, and see if that helps.
Its seems your right about TWRP having a bug as I just went into recovery and I could freely access all the internal storage files and see all my backups.
Hi XDA colleagues,
I am writing this post because I have installed Marshmallow GPE ROM on my M8 and I would like to install the Sense 7 HTC A9 Camera and gallery.
As I have selected my sdcard as Internal Memory, I can't find anymore it under TWRP (2.8.7.0).
And I have see that the /system partition is only 22MB free.
Previously I had a Sense ROM and I don't have used the GPE RUU so my /system partition should not have been resized?
Someone is knowing how is the behavior of TWRP with MM? or maybe a new version is needed?
Many thanks in advance!
Seriously? No reply? Well I'm in the same boat as you, except I have a Moto X pure 2015
Hello,
I have found more details here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3oz7eu/guidelines_for_marshmallow_users_formatting/
So, formatting SDCard as Internal Memory will crypt it and TWRP will not be able to read it anymore.
You have to rollback to External Memory to gain access again (do a backup of the content before).
Starting with version 3.0.0-0, TWRP has gained the ability to decrypt and mount SD cards that have been migrated to Internal storage under Marshmallow. Of course, the SD card has to be inserted in the device where it was originally encrypted, and I strongly suspect that you would lose the decryption keys if you ever wipe the device.
Your mileage may vary, because there may be some individual devices for which the feature doesn't work perfectly yet. But I can confirm that it appears to work as expected with TWRP 3.0.2-0 on my Galaxy S4.
As the title, I'm going to install a custom ROM on my Redmi Note 5 for the first time using TWRP.
My question is, to make a fresh install can I also wipe the internal storage?
I have the ROM, Magisk etc in My SD card
If you don't have anything important on the internal storage then sure go ahead. I wiped my internal storage too when i came from miui to a custom rom.
I have one doubt when i backup a rom in my old phone i tick mark system,data,boot..now in whyred there is another option called Vendor is it necessary to backup..??
Tell me clearly which options i have to choose