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Question about Nandroid and Apps2sd...

I've been running Apps2sd for quite a while, and have made a lot of nandroid +ext backups while I was using it. I've decided that I actually don't need apps2sd, so I repartitioned my SD card. What will happen if I try to restore one of my nand +ext backups now that I don't have that ext partition on my sd card???

good question... probably an error code.

bump...anyone?
I'm in the process of re-flashing and re-configuring my phone now so I can't try it yet

Just try it and find out. It shouldn't hurt anything.

mrcharlesiv said:
Just try it and find out. It shouldn't hurt anything.
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I'm going to once I finish configuring and make a nand backup of what I'm running now. Just wasn't sure if anyone had experienced this and knew what would happen.

Looks like it restores just fine, but locks up at boot screen...
Oh well, guess I can't use any of my nand backups

Have u tried deleting the ext2.tar file in your nandroid backups? Try that and see if it boots all the way.
All I can think of is, download titanium backup or something, backup all your apps using it. and then try doing a nand restore with the .tar file removed. See if that fixes the boot problem.
Edit: Save the .tar file because you can always open it with a program like 7-zip and pull out the "app" and "app-private" folders, then push them onto your phone with adb

[Q] Nandroid Backup not working! plz help!

when i try to back up my phone using nandroid it would get stuck when backing up "system" and i am forced to do a battery pull!
its really annoying as i really want to try out other roms without re installing apps
Thanks in advance

How long do u wait until restart the phone?
Try looking a new version of your openrecovery, I use androidiani

At least 40 mins and thanks I'll try the link
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Instead of start two identical threads on development and general topics, just do a search.
Here is my answer for an identical question a few days ago:
parads said:
This has happened to me some times. I've read in some place that it's a common error if you have more than 3 or 4 bakcups on the nandroid folder (it doesn't matter how much free space you have).
Since I keep 2 or 3 nandroid backups on SD, I haven't any problem with this.
I hope this work for you.
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Thanks and sorry I won't post the same thing on two sections again
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The same problem for me with Androidiani OR 3.3 and I have no backup on nandroid folder.
Nandroid backup stuck at "Dumping.." system or data till the battery's empty, and there no data backed up, so I have to use Titanium Backup for backing up data

Sometimes it works if you format your card and download a fresh copy of AOR. Make sure you backup your sdcard before formatting it.
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thanks will do

sileshn said:
Sometimes it works if you format your card and download a fresh copy of AOR. Make sure you backup your sdcard before formatting it.
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thanks alot.
it works.

I had the same problem a few days ago. just replace the current openrecovery with the FuFu one found in the dev section. And then copy the nandroid backups from the old recovery and paste them in the new one. The problem should be solved....

uptheironsrafi said:
I had the same problem a few days ago. just replace the current openrecovery with the FuFu one found in the dev section. And then copy the nandroid backups from the old recovery and paste them in the new one. The problem should be solved....
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Can you send me a link plz
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qaz2453 said:
Can you send me a link plz
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Here you are http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091787

Update: still not working
Reformatted my sd card, using fufu OR but still not backing up
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on androiid-hilfe.de there are also some people who have this problem too, but no solution at this time...
for some people it works when they have format the sdcard over the milestone settingsmenu and redownload the OR...
i don't have any problems with nandroids, but sometimes the OR just freeze and i can't do anythink, i think its an main problem, but don't know how to solve...
if you have a second sdcard, test if it work with it, may your sdcard is damaged...

qaz2453 said:
Update: still not working
Reformatted my sd card, using fufu OR but still not backing up
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Here's what I do.
First, download mini partition tool for formatting the SD card (http://download.cnet.com/Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html), don't forget back up the sdcard before doing format.
after formatting complete, copy your back up to your sdcard, and then copy the fresh OR (I'm using the androidiani OR 3.3 (http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/download/list) to your sdcard.
Go to openrecovery and do the nandroid.
On my case the nandroid backup is success.
Hope it works on you too.

Hey could you check if the Nandroid backup is created? in my case, the process stopped at the System Backup. But when I did a battery pull and booted to recovery, I found that the Nandroid was indeed created...

Ye it did make a back up after a pull but the only thing that was missing was the system file
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I had this problem last week. The nandroid would fail when it hit my Ext2 partition, and I'd have to do a battery pull.
I put the card in my laptop using an SD adapter and ran a chkdisk on it in windows 7. Sure enough there were errors on the card that needed repairing. After that, nandroid worked perfectly.
I've had the error as well once before, and that required a bit more work. My milestone came with a 16gb card, but I upgraded to a 32gb card...still have the 16gb in reserve 'just in case'. And it's a lucky thing I do. I deleted my music off the 32gb card to make room, and then used the previously mentioned minitool partition wizard to clone my 32gb card to the 16gb card.
nandroid worked on the 16gb card without any problems.
So i wiped the 32gb card (deleted all partitions from it) and then cloned the 16gb card back to the 32gb card...
nandroid started working again.
Since most people probably don't have spare cards like that lying around, you SHOULD be able to replicate what I did by using a regular SD card or even a USB stick.
Hope any of that helps.

Nandroid never works for me also....
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Fixed.... it was my dodgy 16 gb micro sd so I'm now using the 8gb supplied and is now working
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ROM Restore[Back-up]

Ok, so I have been attempting to Flash ROM to Doomed Froyo. I keep hearing to Nandroid Back up.
So I go into ROM Manager and then Back up current ROM being ClockworkMod.
When I visit Manage & Restore Back ups there's no Back up files. I'm beginning to concern myself that it's not backing up! If I go to my File Manager and rummage through ClockworkMod there's no Backup folder or such of that sort.
Am I doing something wrong here? Or is the back up ROM pulled in CWM?

CWM is not a ROM
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So my main issue is when I Back up Current ROM it only takes 3 minutes at least to go through rebooting the issue.
I go into ClockworkMod on my SD card and there's no Backup folder containing my 'Backup'
I need small bits of help, what am I doing wrong?
-Should I manually make the 'backup' folder?

Thrill3d said:
CWM is not a ROM
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I never claimed CWM was a ROM -__________-
I proposed asking if I could find my backup via the CWM Reboot?
I can't seem to find a backup folder in Clockwork Mod. I am not understanding this Nandroid and backing up a current ROM.

Saia- said:
So my main issue is when I Back up Current ROM it only takes 3 minutes at least to go through rebooting the issue.
I go into ClockworkMod on my SD card and there's no Backup folder containing my 'Backup'
I need small bits of help, what am I doing wrong?
-Should I manually make the 'backup' folder?
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Are you looking on the external sdcard? That's where it all gets stored. It also be that you need to manually boot into cwm and do your business that way. Our port may not be fully compatible with rom manager yet.
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[UPDATE][RECOVERY] AGAT Recovery tRec_v0.3.6 05/05/13

My thanks and credits to:
Shabbypenguin, Garwynn, inteloper and Talustus from dream team for all the help I've got and for making this possible.
I know we have fully working recoveries already and I made this just to learn the process and for the future if I'm not that lucky any more and don't have amazing devs like Shabbypenguin on the same device.
I still have a lot to learn but this is first step I made in that direction.
Here is my recovery tRec_v0.3.6 that has been used for quite some time on E4GT.
It has been compiled with great help from devs mentioned above with CM10.1 for our phones.
The mount points have been fixed thanks to Dees_Troy from TWRP team.
Now back ups are saved in correct location and can be accessed with apps like stock "My Files".
AGAT_Recovery_tRec_v0.3.6.tar
AGAT_Recovery_tRec_v0.3.6.zip
So far I was able to back up, restore, flash zips etc.
It looks like I'm a good student and it works.
I have tried zip file and it works.
Tar should work fine with ODIN but I didn't test it.
I'm using heimdall to flash recovery.img.

Neat! Post some screenshots if you can.

Unknownforce said:
Neat! Post some screenshots if you can.
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Screen shots of recovery?

Pictures, whatever... Just curious on how it differs visually from the other recoveries. Or if it has features like TWRP that I can wipe partitions as I want or whatever...

Unknownforce said:
Pictures, whatever... Just curious on how it differs visually from the other recoveries. Or if it has features like TWRP that I can wipe partitions as I want or whatever...
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It based on CWM recovery.
Have did some changes and edits long ago to make it work with GS2.
Small updates and edits and we got new OS dropping.
So it's somewhat modified and edited CWM.

Been using your recovery and kernel on wife's E4GT for quite some time. Excited for your stuff here.
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WOW, new recovery.....GOnna try it now. Thanks agat!!

Question. My backup failed. My phone is telling me I'm low on storage space. I have under a gig left on the device which I don't understand and 16 on my sd card. . My sd card doesn't appear to be showing up and in my storage settings where it says mount sd card ..I can't. What do I do?
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On more..doesn't make sense
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primo523 said:
On more..doesn't make sense
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Honestly I don't understand what are you trying to say.

primo523 said:
On more..doesn't make sense
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So after you flashed the recovery, tried to make a backup and restore it failed? then u booted up and you memory is all jacked up? is that right? im trying to understand myself!!!

reverepats said:
So after you flashed the recovery, tried to make a backup and restore it failed? then u booted up and you memory is all jacked up? is that right? im trying to understand myself!!!
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Yes. Sorry for the unclear statement. My device memory says it's low and I don't understand how that can be. Backup failed.. My sd card is fine. Can I back up to my sd card?
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I havent flashed it yet, but if its based off of CWM there should be an option to "create backup to external memory" right before you execute the backup. But im kinda puzzled on why that would mess with your internal memroy. Are u currently running a TW ROM? or are u on one of the Alpha builds of CM/AOKP?

primo523 said:
Yes. Sorry for the unclear statement. My device memory says it's low and I don't understand how that can be. Backup failed.. My sd card is fine. Can I back up to my sd card?
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Look in /data/media/clockworkmod
You will find your backups. You can move them to the sdcard or delete them and start fresh.
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reverepats said:
I havent flashed it yet, but if its based off of CWM there should be an option to "create backup to external memory" right before you execute the backup. But im kinda puzzled on why that would mess with your internal memroy. Are u currently running a TW ROM? or are u on one of the Alpha builds of CM/AOKP?
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I made 3 back ups.
2 on external and one on internal memory.
Didn't have any problems. Everything works.
Attached are screenshots from my phone.

primo523 said:
Yes. Sorry for the unclear statement. My device memory says it's low and I don't understand how that can be. Backup failed.. My sd card is fine. Can I back up to my sd card?
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You device shows 0.92 GB free space
and back up of this phone is about 3.5-3.6 GB.
So you have 1/3rd of needed space for back up.

primo523 said:
Yes. Sorry for the unclear statement. My device memory says it's low and I don't understand how that can be. Backup failed.. My sd card is fine. Can I back up to my sd card?
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According to you first screen shot, externalsd isn't mounting.. So there's an issue right there. I'll flash it over and test.
Also, even if your backup failed, you need to use an explorer and check from root /data/media and see if you have a clockworkmod folder with a partial backup. Just delete it since you know it failed. (partials will still be written on a fail)
@agat - I ran a few lines for @shabbypenguin earlier and you may want to get with him on the mount points.
ls -l /storage/emulated/legacy - gives - /mnt/shell/emulated/0, which isn't read properly. So users won't see the files under /data/media without an explorer. Seems to be common with CWM and the S4. It thinks the sdcard is /storage/emulated/legacy.
Shabby can explain it a lot better than I can.
:edit: Just saw your reply Agat. I know Garwynn's recovery is resolved and if you've been working with him and Shabby, I'm sure yours is as well. Only open issue I'm aware of is exfat.

Thanks guys. Backup on sd card complete. Just can't figure out how I used up all my device storage space.
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MoHoGalore said:
According to you first screen shot, externalsd isn't mounting.. So there's an issue right there. I'll flash it over and test.
Also, even if your backup failed, you need to use an explorer and check from root /data/media and see if you have a clockworkmod folder with a partial backup. Just delete it since you know it failed. (partials will still be written on a fail)
@agat - I ran a few lines for @shabbypenguin earlier and you may want to get with him on the mount points.
ls -l /storage/emulated/legacy - gives - /mnt/shell/emulated/0, which isn't read properly. So users won't see the files under /data/media without an explorer. Seems to be common with CWM and the S4. It thinks the sdcard is /storage/emulated/legacy.
Shabby can explain it a lot better than I can.
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Just used stock "My Files" app and was able to navigate to both internal and external /clockworkmod/backup folders.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean it's read properly an I need explorer.
I can see and access both folders on my PC and with "My Files" app on phone.

[Q] How to Remove CWM Old Backups

I have a rooted HTC One and when I rooted it I used to have CWM Recovery as my custom recovery. When I updated my ROM to 4.4 KitKat, CWM at the time didnt support KitKat so I switched to TWRP 2.6.3.3 which did. Thing is after doing a disk analysis of my phone, I found that the CWM backups are still on my phone and seeing as they're not compatible with TWRP plus their taking over 2GB in storage capacity, how do I get rid of them ?! I frequently make a nandroid backup of my phone in case of a worst case scenario but I would like back the storage capacity these CWM backups are taking !
P.S Using the app I used it said the CWM folder was in excess of 2.6GB so I clicked on delete but it said the folder doesnt exist ?! I'm assuming when I flashed TWRP that while CWM was uninstalled or whatnot, its backups still remained. Were are the backups located so I can manually via a PC delete them ?!
Can anyone please provide some assistance, Thanks

Go with ES File Explorer to "/" = device/mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups and delete from there.
To see those backups on your computer when the One is connected, you need to move the CWM backups from above path to "/" device/data/media/0
You might want to keep them!
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I use CWM ROM Manager from the Play store to manage my backups.
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or you can just plug your phone into your PC and from there you can access the storage and delete from there....easier with a mouse i think.

hardstuffmuc said:
Go with ES File Explorer to "/" = device/mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backups and delete from there.
To see those backups on your computer when the One is connected, you need to move the CWM backups from above path to "/" device/data/media/0
You might want to keep them!
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Thing is I downloaded it and CWM folder was empty, I then downloaded a root file explorer, I located it in the root section of the phone (i.e not the SD card) and it was over 2GB in size, I deleted it but the extra storage capacity was added to the phone stats

FaisalH1991 said:
Thing is I downloaded it and CWM folder was empty, I then downloaded a root file explorer, I located it in the root section of the phone (i.e not the SD card) and it was over 2GB in size, I deleted it but the extra storage capacity was added to the phone stats
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Was or was not? Sentence sounds like you meant was not because of the use of the word 'but'. Clarify please.
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bbinder said:
Was or was not? Sentence sounds like you meant was not because of the use of the word 'but'. Clarify please.
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My apologies ! Before deleting the folder my phone had 17.01 GB (32GB Model) of free storage, after deleting the folder it was still the same. I even rebooted the phone so the phone stats could be refreshed but it was still the same

Weird. I did the same thing as you when installing ARHD 51.0 and I don't have that folder with anything in it. Prolly cuz I wasn't making backups of that in specific though. I never found something I couldn't delete...
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bbinder said:
Weird. I did the same thing as you when installing ARHD 51.0 and I don't have that folder with anything in it. Prolly cuz I wasn't making backups of that in specific though. I never found something I couldn't delete...
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Im also quite confused, I know I made CWM backups time to time but I was surprised the folder was empty when I checked in it

FaisalH1991 said:
Im also quite confused, I know I made CWM backups time to time but I was surprised the folder was empty when I checked in it
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use a root-enabled file explorer (if you want ES, but root enabled), and go to /data/media/clockworkmod
not /data/media/0 or /sdcard, etc. just /data/media/