I have made several nandroid backups using clockworkrecovery mod and Rom manager. It places them on my sd card. There are a few files under each backup folder. cache.img data.img datadata.img system.img
What kind of files are these? I tried changing the extention to .zip, .rar, .tar to see what was in each one of them but each time I couldnt open it on my computer. What can I use to look in each one of the "image" files?
You could try looking at some .iso mounting programs, I would imagine that it is a disc image file which can/should be able to be mounted... Not sure what os you're using but there actually is a microsoft unofficial app that allows direct mounting of .iso and .img files in xp, should be able to find it with google search...
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I have a Samsung Captivate and I accidentally deleted the sd (at least that is what i think it was called) folder. How do I get it back? If I just create a new folder that says 'sd' will it still save things onto my internal sd card?
my /sd/ folder is empty at least looking at it from the OI file manager on the phone
I think mine was as well but I want to put music on my phone and i want it to go on the internal sd. I tried seeing if the files would go directly on the sd so i put a few music files in a folder i created but when i checked my task manager the internal memory storage changed, not the internal sd storage.
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It depends what OS you are running.
2.1 used /sdcard for internal and /sdcard/sd for external
2.2 moved these directories under /mnt but left the old directories empty
beaufosheau said:
I have a Samsung Captivate and I accidentally deleted the sd (at least that is what i think it was called) folder. How do I get it back? If I just create a new folder that says 'sd' will it still save things onto my internal sd card?
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Does anybody know what to do if the sd folder is deleted?
I noticed I had an 'sd' folder and an 'external_sd' folder. The sd folder was blank, so I deleted it after I viewed it on my pc - there was nothing in it. It didn't seem to be needed. But now I can't view certain files on my phone only. I can view them on my laptop via USB connection using Windows Explorer.
To attempt to find this folder on my phone, that I CAN see on my laptop using Windows Explorer, I created a txt file in that folder (that I can't find on my phone), naming it 'sdmissing.txt'. I searched everywhere on my phone, even from root directory, trying to find this file and couldn't. Yet after connecting to my laptop via USB, I can see it. What can I do??
Thanks in advance for any help!
bshend said:
Does anybody know what to do if the sd folder is deleted?
I noticed I had an 'sd' folder and an 'external_sd' folder. The sd folder was blank, so I deleted it after I viewed it on my pc - there was nothing in it. It didn't seem to be needed. But now I can't view certain files on my phone only. I can view them on my laptop via USB connection using Windows Explorer.
To attempt to find this folder on my phone, that I CAN see on my laptop using Windows Explorer, I created a txt file in that folder (that I can't find on my phone), naming it 'sdmissing.txt'. I searched everywhere on my phone, even from root directory, trying to find this file and couldn't. Yet after connecting to my laptop via USB, I can see it. What can I do??
Thanks in advance for any help!
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backup important data and apps with tibu or any other apps in the market and perform factory reset with your phone it should bring you back to where you are.
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Does anybody know what to do if the sd folder is deleted?...
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Turn off and on ur phone to see if it works for you or not. I found that sd is a hidden folder and its blank. When I flash custom roms, I do it without going to stock. But, I do delete Android, data, sd and some other folders, that I know will be automatically created after the reboot/flash. When I go to cwm recovery to install rom from zip, I do see the Android folder and sd folder showing up there. Don't panic. Just do normal shutdown and restart. If that doesn't fix, reflash the custom rom if you are using one.
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I have all of the files for the flashable ROM root process: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
Although, when I attempt to extract the 8GB CWM SD card image from the ZIP inside the TAR file, I get a WinZip error. I've only found a couple other reports of this error, and no solution. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any suggestions?
Download 7zip. It should do the trick.
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Thanks...that did the trick.
How many backup files do you keep in your nandroid folder? I am thinking delete some but not sure how many should I keep, thanks.
Six
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I've got:
System
Boot
Recocery
Data
Cache
Sd-EXT
They're img files. Then I got an fsinfo file and nandroid.md5 file.
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I only bu the entire rom and keep one bu of each rom I currently use 2-3 max
others I put to pc
of course depends on your sd size
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So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?
Look for clockwork mod folder sometimes these bootleg roms run in a file called 0 (virtual sd card)on your internal sd card, try looking there as well.
QUOTE=AtomicFli;42605822]So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
noobsaibot34 said:
Look for clockwork mod folder sometimes these bootleg roms run in a file called 0 (virtual sd card)on your internal sd card, try looking there as well.
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You wouldn't mind putting what you have to say under the quoted text? Just makes it difficult to read posts where you quote people cause the flow reverses for a second... also reminds me of Jeopardy -- Answer followed by the Question .
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So I've been able to backup and restore nandroids using CWM but when i'm looking for the actual backups using a file explorer (es file explorer) as well as mounting usb storage on Windows, i can't seem to find the backups to delete them. These backups are taking up memory! to my understanding, they should be under clockworkmod/backups but the folder is empty. Any ideas?
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What noobsaibot34 said
You can always backup what's important on your internal sd and format it...that'll do the trick.
CWM Hides the Backups... Try Rom Manager
Rom Manager Premium is a big help for this issue. I had the same problem, not being able to find the backup. According to Rom Manager Premium (same developer as CWM backup):
"In Android 4.2 backups are placed in secure directory, inaccessible to other apps. Backups can be pulled with adb or by using the Rom Manager Backup Download Server."
The download server is a feature you can only get through Rom Manager. I haven't figured out how to make it work yet, so the plan is to simply reboot into CWM recovery and choose to backup directly to the external SD card. After that, I'm going to upload to Dropbox and erase the local file on the SD card.
Rom Manager is also good for deleting backups that you've made, and which take up space, but which you can't find on your internal SD card.
Hey all,
Yesterday I began having a weird problem. I tried to move an mp3 from a computer to my phone, and it kept failing. I didn't think much of it.
Today, I downloaded a picture from Google Images and tried to move it from my Download folder to my Pictures folder on the internal memory. It failed when I tried to move it, copy it, anything.
Now I noticed that anything I try and change, file-wise, will fail. No matter what ROM.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Restart you computer?
Can you create new files in the DCIM folder using a file manager? What about otehr folders or just root of /sdcard?
If you've ever put files back on /sdcard using Recovery (adb OR MTP) then usuaslly you'll find that the permissions of the card are screwed. I can point you to a flashable zip if that is the case. DO NOT fix permissions using the recovery option
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Can you create new files in the DCIM folder using a file manager? What about otehr folders or just root of /sdcard?
If you've ever put files back on /sdcard using Recovery (adb OR MTP) then usuaslly you'll find that the permissions of the card are screwed. I can point you to a flashable zip if that is the case. DO NOT fix permissions using the recovery option
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I ended up wiping my internal through twrp. That fixed it.
greydelta38 said:
I ended up wiping my internal through twrp. That fixed it.
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Ah OK. I'm confident the zip would have fixed it too.