i thought you could rename the folder of each nandroid backup, but after searching i read that now they might not restore anymore. is this true? i havent tried to restore any of them.
i used the time stamp of each folder to rename them based on the order of first to last because i didnt pay attention that the folder name was actually the date. so i dont know if i named them correctly, i.e. stock rom, cyan #1, etc.
are my restore files now trashed? also i havent done a restore yet cause i wasnt sure how much re-installing i would have to do. what exactly does nandroid restore, is it just the OS and all settings, but no apps? thanks!
Nandroid is basically an image or 'Snapshot' of your phone i.e. everything from your applications to your settings to the bootloader animation. As for renaming them, I think you need to keep the same folder structure but you can rename the 'BDES-20100430-1259' part to something more user-friendly.
nDrg said:
Nandroid is basically an image or 'Snapshot' of your phone i.e. everything from your applications to your settings to the bootloader animation. As for renaming them, I think you need to keep the same folder structure but you can rename the 'BDES-20100430-1259' part to something more user-friendly.
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Wait it grabs everything including apps, OS settings, even my desire black notification bar, etc?
I'm totally noob so I wanna do my first restore but don't know what if anything I'll lose and if its worth it to even restore. I'm wondering how feasible it is to bounce around between nanDroid backups and I always hear about titanium backup but don't understand the difference and why to use that or just the recovery. Thanks
I rename my nandroid backup folders on a regular basis, so I can quickly find a backup for any stage of modification I'd like to go back to. ORIGINAL, CYAN-506-BARE, CYAN-506-LOADED, FROYO-BARE, FROYO-LOADED, etc....
And it SHOULD backup everything (well, except for the radio image), and it generally does. I have done a few restores where it misses an app or setting or two but the majority of everything is there.
mine works restoring when renaming folders. i label mine using the rom versions (kang/cyan/etc)
And you don't lose root if you flash back to stock ROM, the one I made right after I first rooted?
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And you don't lose root if you flash back to stock ROM, the one I made right after I first rooted?
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If the backup was created while you had root access, then you should still have root access. Those permissions will be copied as a part of the backup.
crap my restore just failed. It said:
Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore ' via adb
Are my backups lost forever? I tried all of them and all gave that error.
That's beyond me. The only time I've had an issue with nandroid backups was when my SD card was close to full. My troubleshooting skills on that are limited, I'm afraid.
I rename all mine according to ROM/kernel...etc and yes nandroid backsup everything to the "T" the way it was when u aplly the backup. You should always keep more than one nandroid on ur card or save them on ur computer. They are known to sometimes not work. It has happened to me.
Ok I'm really having some problems. I just now created another brand new nand backup and didn't rename itand tried to restore it and get the same error. Google has tons of info on this with a million different answers. I tried removing all spaces in my backup name with no luck.
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I rename my nandroid backup folders ... ORIGINAL, CYAN-506-BARE, CYAN-506-LOADED, FROYO-BARE, FROYO-LOADED, etc ...
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hahaha, ****t codesplice, you and I do it the exact same way!!!
Since I've been playing with different kernels for Froyo, I now have to include the kernel name in my backups.
crap my restore just failed. It said:
Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore ' via adb
Are my backups lost forever? I tried all of them and all gave that error.
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Hi,
I'm running Android 4.2.2. on my HTC One with Clockwork 6.0.3.1.
When I'm doing nandroid backups, they are finished without any problems. I can find them in CWM and restore if I want to. My problem is that I cannot find them on my OS browser. I can neither find them when browsing my phone on my PC. The folders appear to be empty and so I cannot backup them on my pc...
Anyone having this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
had same issue yesterday while flashing ARHD 10.2
i'm still searching. it must be somewhere
See in data/media or in sdcard/0 and the cwm folder...
I found it, got help in another topic!
You need to use a root explorer on your phone.
/data/media/clockworkmod/backup seems to be the location
you made my day
I switched from twrp to cwm two days ago... Using a root explorer (actually i tried more than one), hidden files are shown but all i see in the cwm folder is a file called '.recovery version'
The recovery itself can see and restore my two nandroids... :what:
All,
I created a nandroid backup using TWRP. I would like to delete that backup, but can't find where it is located. I'm running Viper 2.1 on android 4.2.2.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
It's located into TWRP folder into "sd".
Boot into recovery, select restore and then select the Nandroid you'd like to delete and you should see an option that says delete.
Today i ended up installing a new rom on kindle fire, everything worked very well, but i have a little issue now.
Just to be safe i decided to do a backup with TWRP after the installation of CyanogenMod. Previously i did a backup of the stock rom.
Now if i TWRP -> Restore I'm able to see only the last backup done, and if i use a file browser i'm only able to see the old stock backup.
What is happening? I wish i could delete the old backup to get back the 2.1 GB it occupies
Edit:The issue is not related to the device, but to the different android version of the rom. Previously my backups were in /TWRP/BACKUP, now in mnt/shell/emulated/TWRP/BACKUP
That path should be a symlink to the exact same place. If you updated twrp recently then its possible it might be part of the fact that twrp reads serial numbers now and started only showing backups in the same folder as the serial numbered folder rather than the 0000000000 folder.
Code:
you need to use root browser for this to work
Good morning all.
I'm currently trying to restore a backup I had made in TWRP 3.0. I have the backup files in my TWRP backup folder but when I hit the restore button, I don't get any options to select a file at all and no folders or files are visible... any and all help appreciated.
No worries, found the answer..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208833