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[Q] nandroid backup stuck

After 6 times I tried to do a backup with NANDROID - every time he stuck on system: Dumping...
i want to install a new ROM but i want to do backup first :\
help ?

delete something in your sd card , do the check disk too.

i can't delete everything on my SD card... i have a lot of important thing inside him

if you have more than 3 backups, move 2 in a different folder.
i had the same problem. mine got stuck at dumping data. the only sollution was to format the sd card.

daria55 said:
if you have more than 3 backups, move 2 in a different folder.
i had the same problem. mine got stuck at dumping data. the only sollution was to format the sd card.
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if i will format my sd card... will it fix my problem ?

liadatz said:
if i will format my sd card... will it fix my problem ?
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Some people fixed nandroid backup's problems by this way, try it yourself and tell us if it's work. Remember to backup your sdcard first.
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thanks guys ... i format my SD and the problem solved

[Q] how to view internal memory on windows?

I have a program on windows that can recover deleted pictures from any drive. I think I had some pictures on my internal memory that I want to try to recover. How can I mount the internal memory as a drive on windows? I am s-off and have clockwork mod.

It would be easier to backup 'User data ' , re flash the rom you lost data from and restore user data, than to recover some lost data from internal memory unless u have a pre existing backup IMO ...
EDIT: everything you download form the net, take pics from cam etc etc are stored on external memory... ie SD card ... just fyi

nayak.aj said:
It would be easier to backup 'User data ' , re flash the rom you lost data from and restore user data, than to recover some lost data from internal memory unless u have a pre existing backup IMO ...
EDIT: everything you download form the net, take pics from cam etc etc are stored on external memory... ie SD card ... just fyi
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not sure what you mean about user data. I had pics on a memory card I wanted to move to another memory card, so i saved it to internal memory card.

Ic .. okay .. could you specify how exactly u moved it to internal memory and the location ?

nayak.aj said:
Ic .. okay .. could you specify how exactly u moved it to internal memory and the location ?
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i used ez file explorer with root permission. I moved it to /data or /.data not sure. Then I deleted it thinking I had moved it back to another sd card.

still looking for an answer to this :/
I see that clockworkmod lets you mount usb storage and you can see it on the pc. it also lets you mount /data..but you can't see it on the PC. Anyone know how I can contact the clokworkmod developer? I want to ask him if its possible to add the functionality i want.

sdxda said:
still looking for an answer to this :/
I see that clockworkmod lets you mount usb storage and you can see it on the pc. it also lets you mount /data..but you can't see it on the PC. Anyone know how I can contact the clokworkmod developer? I want to ask him if its possible to add the functionality i want.
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Hi, if I understood you right, you can use MyphoneExplorer program to view the phone memory on Windows machine. Hope it helps you.

I guess My Phone Explorer can do the job for you.

Hello,
You can also try with Droid Explorer. It works for me.

[Q] How to backup my data before formatting my SD card?

Hey Guys. I have a rooted Nexus One running CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0-N1-KANG. Sometime back I had my SD card connected to my PC via a memory card reader. I was deleting a video file but while the file was being deleted, my SD card got unmounted. I have no idea as to what happened but now it looks like I have considerable part of that space lost.
I did scan my SD card using Windows disk check but it found no errors. Now I am thinking of formatting my SD card. I have a 1 GB EXT3 partitioned 16 GB Sandisk SD card. Most of my apps are installed on the SD card. Which is the best way to format my SD card? Also I do have Rom Manager & Titanium Backup installed. How can I ensure that I back up all my data and do an easy restore? Alternately is there any way I can recover the lost space without formatting?
Any help will be greatly appreciated

there are some programs out there to retrieve lost disk data--i have not used any but a search may help
i bu all sdcard to pc then reformat with sdformatter with full erase and size adj ON, then repartition inside phone--0 swap
nandroid first

Thanks for replying rugmankc. Do you have a direct link to sdformatter? Also do you use rom manager for the partitioning? In case if I do backup my entire rom and then format my sd card, can I simply restore everything by loading up the backup? Can you give me some simple step by step procedure of backup & format? Thanks again for your help.

Sd formatter: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/eula_windows
Nandroid backup
Backup to pc
Format sd card
Create partition (either wid pc or in recovery)
Copyback to sd card
PS: hv read ppl complaining abt rom manager aka cwm creating bad partitions.
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Hey n1newbie. Thanks a lot for your reply. Sorry for being noobish but which is the best way to make a Nandroid backup and how can I partition with PC and recovery? Also once I copy back the backup on to my sd card, how do I restore the backup?

sorry for my late reply--nite here
i use this one--but shouldn't matter--just make sure you use full erase on and size adj on--you want complete format, not partial as phone does
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28338566/SDFormatter 2.0.mht
the steps n1newbie gave you are good ones
i use amonra so don't know cwr steps
the partition steps are done inside phone for me, as i mentioned, thru recovery and should be straight forward, including steps to bu and restore
there is no best way to nandroid an that term/folder won't be seen in cwr, just cw backups. the options should all be there in cw or rom mgr, including restore
i bu sdcard regularly and titanium too

Hi y2jamit, its a pleasure to help u
Choosing recovery is ur preference (clockworkmod,amonra,4ext)
As rugmankc said, Making a nandroid backup and restoring is done via recovery mode and is jus straight forward. Remember to use the same recovery for safer side
To format in PC try any partition tools (mini tool parition wizard )
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rugmankc & n1newbie, I really appreciate your help guys. Thank for making this so much more easier. I guess I now have the confidence to take the plunge

good luck
just read a lot on whatever you do so you have a good idea on it and then you can ask specific questions on the process--
ICS is still alpha so fairly unstable for a lot

[Q] Help with EXT partition and recovering data

I'll try to make the story short:
Had CM 7.2, Used S2E and by accident also transfered all data to SD-EXT3.
After a week or so, Problems finding apps, missing widgets and eventually nothing... the phone is like after a wipe.
I used miniTool and it finds the ext but I can't browse it.
There are very important files and pic in that EXT partition.
Question:
Is there any way I will be able to browse the folders that used to be on the EXT partition and copy some of the content?
Thanks a lot, it's realy important to me.

mackstein said:
I'll try to make the story short:
Had CM 7.2, Used S2E and by accident also transfered all data to SD-EXT3.
After a week or so, Problems finding apps, missing widgets and eventually nothing... the phone is like after a wipe.
I used miniTool and it finds the ext but I can't browse it.
There are very important files and pic in that EXT partition.
Question:
Is there any way I will be able to browse the folders that used to be on the EXT partition and copy some of the content?
Thanks a lot, it's realy important to me.
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I had used the S2E before but didn't like it. I think there is an option in S2E that you can check to have the data transfer back to internal. Or uninstall the S2E app and reboot, the data will be back to where it was.

Thanks but it's not working...
I tried that before I posted the thread.
First - S2E didn't let me to transfer back.
2nd - The app was uninstalled but it didn't help.
Now I'm only trying to find a way to see the content of the EXT3 partition on my computer in order to save important files.
Any ideas...?
Thank in advance,
MG.

hi, i think u'll get the info that u need in this page
http://www.howtoforge.com/access-linux-partitions-from-windows
gud luck
edit: i checked this software " DISK INTERNALS - LINUX READER" http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ and was able to access and copy ext files to pc
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRftHZTWnWA&feature=watch_response

Well...
I tried "DiskInternals" but when I click the Ext-SD I don't see any files and the window says:
"There are no recoverable files in this folder".
Does it mean that my Ext3 partition is damaged?

mackstein said:
I tried "DiskInternals" but when I click the Ext-SD I don't see any files and the window says:
"There are no recoverable files in this folder".
Does it mean that my Ext3 partition is damaged?
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Thats strange. i can see the folders and copy the files without any issue. are you sure you didnt delete the files or format ur ext???
On the Top pane, there is an option called "Deleted Files", check it and see if that can help. gud luck

There is a file on my internal memory I cannot delete. How do I get rid of it???

The name of the file in question is:
í/à=√f+ⁿ.bí£
Yes, that filename has a forward slash in it!!!!!!!!
How do I get rid of this file??
It is preventing me from running NanDroid backups, and I cannot format the partition (bizarrely).
I suspect the filename is corrupted.
If I run ls -il I do not get an inode number, just a series of question marks ?????

Have you tried renaming it and then deleting? Try also a different file manager if that doesn't work (Solid Explorer Trial shouldn't have any problem)

It can't be renamed unfortunately.
I have used a variety of android file managers with no success.
I'm rooted on CM10.1 and have tried CWM tools also.
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Connect device as mass storage and delete from PC
still you can't delete it then install unlocker (attached here) to PC and delete with that
This should work otherwise
Last option copy data to PC and format internal memory.

dr.ketan said:
Connect device as mass storage and delete from PC
still you can't delete it then install unlocker (attached here) to PC and delete with that
This should work otherwise
Last option copy data to PC and format internal memory.
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Thanks Dr. Ketan
I can't delete from Windows or Linux on a PC.
The forward slash confuses both O/Ss.
I'll give the UnLocker a go, thanks very much for that :thumbup:
I've tried formatting through CWM and Android, it fails for some reason.
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The unlocker tool didn't do the job I'm afraid.
And Windows would not format the partition.
I found a Windows tool for formatting FAT32 on large memory sticks.
Copied all the files from my internal memory, apart from the dodgy file.
Used the FAT32 tool to format the partition.
Copied all my files back.
NanDroid now works
Awesome
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Answer to Question found - please close this thread
Hi moderators.
I have an answer to the question I posed, so happy for this thread to be closed.
Thanks.

FabreFaction said:
The unlocker tool didn't do the job I'm afraid.
And Windows would not format the partition.
I found a Windows tool for formatting FAT32 on large memory sticks.
Copied all the files from my internal memory, apart from the dodgy file.
Used the FAT32 tool to format the partition.
Copied all my files back.
NanDroid now works
Awesome
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Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.

diripirate said:
Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.
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I had the same issue with multiple files not deleting. The solution I found was the following. I have Chasmodo's Asylym ROM installed, and its kernel has the TWRP recovery, and in advanced settings of that recovery mode you have the option to pick what you want to mount. I connected Note to my PC and picked Mount USB storage in TWRP, and the phone's internal storage was now accessible on my computer. After that, I just formatted it on my PC using the usual method: right click on the drive, Format, picked FAT32 and quick format. It cleaned the entire thing and the freakin files were finally gone. Do keep in mind that this wipes your entire internal storage.
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diripirate said:
Hello.
I have exactly the same problem as you. Could you explain the way you format the partition? I tried with 3 different usb format tools but I cant find the way to format it from my computer, they dont detect my internal memory as a usb drive and I dont know how to do it
Thank you very much.
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Hi
So sorry I haven't replied earlier, I removed the subscription from the thread once I nailed the problem.
Basically you have to connect to the N7000 as a mass storage device.
There are different ways of doing this depending upon the Rom you are using.
This mounts the internal and external drive on the N7000 as drives in Windows.
Then using a FAT32 formatter you can format the internal drive.
It's that simple.
Take it easy.........FF
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FabreFaction said:
Hi
So sorry I haven't replied earlier, I removed the subscription from the thread once I nailed the problem.
Basically you have to connect to the N7000 as a mass storage device.
There are different ways of doing this depending upon the Rom you are using.
This mounts the internal and external drive on the N7000 as drives in Windows.
Then using a FAT32 formatter you can format the internal drive.
It's that simple.
Take it easy.........FF
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When I face these problems on Linux, usually I use " rm -i * ".
That is the interactive mode of "rm".
So basically the system will ask you to delete each file it founds on the directory. You'll answer "no" for each file except the one you want to delete.
The system should be able to pass the right info to the rm command (I think it will not pass the name but the inode) to delete it.