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[Q] Pull single files from a rom manager backup

I did a backup with rom manager recovery mode and need to pull 2 pics from it but don't want to restore my old rom. Is there any way to mount the backup to pull the files.
I have a mac running 10.6.4 I am familiar with adb and the unix terminal.

Those files are iso files so I'm not so sure you can easily extract files from them. I haven't tried yet so ymmv.
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I gave a brief description of how to pull files from nandroid backups here:
Pulling your android_id from datadata.img
Basically you just want to compile/use unyaffs on the nandroid backup to extract all the files to grab your image.
unyaffs will extract all the files to the current working directory so it's useful to make a new directory, cd into it, and run the extraction from there.

Explore img files created by cwm backup?

Can i copy 1 single file apk from data.img created by cwm backup?
I need the highscores/saves from my angry birds and i don't want to do all my backup!

Apk is an installation package, not a application database. You can use a programm called 'unyaff.exe' to extract data and put it back in root mode.
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thanks for your help.

sorry i forgot to thanks your message and respond so late...

Clockworkmod Backup

Is there any way to change clockworkmod backup to flashable zip. The backup use a lot of space when I move it to my pc and decide to restore back, the md5 checksum doesnt match,

Haven't heard such a feature of flashable zip for CWM backup files. Besides, it's already compressed, so if it's quite large then maybe you do have a lot of files and data in your device.
Regarding checksum not matched; please do not rename or delete any folder / files from CWM backup folder contents when you do backup to PC.
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I faced the same problem few days ago, and this solution worked for me.
geekdevs.com/2011/10/solved-md5-mismatch-error-on-clockworkmod/

Can I rename my backup file?

Is it possible to rename my backup file? Instead of 2013-30-7.zip change to something.zip? Thanks!

elbos2k said:
Is it possible to rename my backup file? Instead of 2013-30-7.zip change to something.zip? Thanks!
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If you're using TWRP you can rename it right in recovery.
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redbull123 said:
If you're using TWRP you can rename it right in recovery.
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Cool, thanks!

Your Nandroid can be named anything, at least with TWRP (I don't use CWM) but if you want to restore it it has to be in the right folders or TWRP won't even see it ...
TWRP/BACKUPS/HT357W900873/Your Backup ... (The "HT357W900873" folder may differ as that's what it's named on my device, I don't know if it's the same for everybody)
Are you using CWM? because my backups are not zips. If you are using TWRP btw you can create a series of folders on a flash drive, named like above and use OTG to restore if you prefer, being that the current situation doesn't allow for copying backups from the phone, to a PC but backing up to a flash drive works fine when copying them from there to a PC.

[Q] CWM Recovery

Hi,
So I have placed a nandroid backup file in '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ yet when I reboot in to recovery, I can only see the backup file I created earlier, not the one copied across.
Does the file have to be named something particular ?

akuma24 said:
Hi,
So I have placed a nandroid backup file in '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ yet when I reboot in to recovery, I can only see the backup file I created earlier, not the one copied across.
Does the file have to be named something particular ?
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anyone ?

akuma24 said:
Hi,
So I have placed a nandroid backup file in '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ yet when I reboot in to recovery, I can only see the backup file I created earlier, not the one copied across.
Does the file have to be named something particular ?
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What do you mean by "backup FILE"? it should be a whole directory (ie folder) named something "yyyy-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss" (unless you rename it).
Are you sure it's in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ and not in /data/media/0/clockworkmod/backup/?

nkk71 said:
What do you mean by "backup FILE"? it should be a whole directory (ie folder) named something "yyyy-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss" (unless you rename it).
Are you sure it's in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/ and not in /data/media/0/clockworkmod/backup/?
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Thanks for your response,
Its in the following folder: /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
the name is not in the format you suggested or similar to a previous backup. The backup file itself I have received from another forum member which I am attempting to use to restore to stock

akuma24 said:
Thanks for your response,
Its in the following folder: /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
the name is not in the format you suggested or similar to a previous backup. The backup file itself I have received from another forum member which I am attempting to use to restore to stock
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You probably have to unzip the file you received on your PC, and then copy the folder to your phone.
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nkk71 said:
You probably have to unzip the file you received on your PC, and then copy the folder to your phone.
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Thanks, had a blonde moment