I'm running CWM recovery 6.0.4.3 and it works fine. Only problem I have is I'm not sure to what location my Nandroids are saving? It should be sdcard, but my 'clockworkmod' folder in sdcard only has a .recovery_version file. Where are my backups being saved? Concerned about storage issues, and I'd like to delete my old backups. Thanks.
In /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
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Ok, so my rom got corrupted and didn't have any backup of the data so I made a nandroid backup and flashed a new rom.
Now I have the nandroid backup in hand and I need to extract the apps and data from there. I used app extractor and it was able to extract and restore apps stored on internal memory (sd-ext since I use amarrullz script).
Here are some issues that I am still facing:
1. Appextractor wasn't able to restore my old sms. Any idea where they might be located? and guide/app to restore?
2. My apps which were located on the external sd card arn't there yet. I guess it has something to do with android_secure? I have most(or all?) of the apps which were installed in the external card in ".asec" format and I have no idea what to do with them. Can anyone guide me where the apps and thier data is located and how to restore them? I tried advanced restoring "data" from nandriod but that leads to bootloop.
Update : Sms issue was solved
The apps on sd end up in asec partition:
Data and lib files go in mnt/asec/[app name directory]
Dalvik cache goes to internal on data/dalvik-cache
Data goes on internal data/data
You can extract the contents of the nandroid backup to your pc and then use adb to push the files where they belong.
Good luck.
dxppxd said:
The apps on sd end up in asec partition:
Data and lib files go in mnt/asec/[app name directory]
Dalvik cache goes to internal on data/dalvik-cache
Data goes on internal data/data
You can extract the contents of the nandroid backup to your pc and then use adb to push the files where they belong.
Good luck.
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1. I only have asec files which i have placed in mnt/secure/asec
2. Is dalvik-cache necessary?
3. data is copied
4. the libs and data of mnt/asec are not present in nandroid backup (atlest i couldn't find).
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I can't seem to restore my backup back to my phone...
My backup files are inside both the internal and the external SD cards. In both cards there's a folder named clockworkmod, which has a folder named backup inside, which has a folder named with the timestamp (Apr-19-Fri.19.44 for me). In the timestamp folder there are the backup files.
But, it says that no backup files are found when I tried to recover using ROM Manager, the S3 Mini Toolkit, and from the TWRP recovery.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
donjar said:
I can't seem to restore my backup back to my phone...
My backup files are inside both the internal and the external SD cards. In both cards there's a folder named clockworkmod, which has a folder named backup inside, which has a folder named with the timestamp (Apr-19-Fri.19.44 for me). In the timestamp folder there are the backup files.
But, it says that no backup files are found when I tried to recover using ROM Manager, the S3 Mini Toolkit, and from the TWRP recovery.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!
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with what recovery you made your backup??
donjar said:
In both cards there's a folder named clockworkmod
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You are obviously using CWM to make that backup. TWRP will never restore it. Just re-flash CWM and you are good to go
I made it with the toolkit... So I'll just flash the CWM 6.x.x.x recovery to my phone and restore from my phone's recovery mode?
I did a nandroid backup.
Copied it to pc.
Did a full wipe of phone.
Messed about with new rom but didn't like it.
Hooked phone to pc and copied the nandroid to sdcard/clockworkmod/backup (manually creating the backup folder)
Booted into recovery - no restore available.
I did a backup from recovery as a test.
Booted up, hooked phone to pc and cannot see the newest backup location from internal storage.
Back into recovery and I can see the test backup but not my actual backup.
I've done nandroid backup and restores dozens of times and have never come across this.
What am I doing wrong?
did you put the backup in the same file that the test backup is in. i dont think you can manually make a backup folder as the recovery makes it when you make a backup. i could be wrong because i always leave my backups on my phone
Did you just copy the files, or did you put the files into it's own folder within the backup folder?
skinsfanbdh said:
did you put the backup in the same file that the test backup is in. i dont think you can manually make a backup folder as the recovery makes it when you make a backup. i could be wrong because i always leave my backups on my phone
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I wondered if manually creating the backup folder was the issue so I deleted it and then created a backup in recovery. The issue is that the backups creating inr ecovery are not visible on the pc when I look.
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Did you just copy the files, or did you put the files into it's own folder within the backup folder?
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I copied the file so it was placed like so:
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2013-05-29.15.31.41
I can see the backup files using Root Explorer from the ROM I was testing.
They're in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup which should be the same as sdcard/clockworkmod/backup on the pc, right?
I'll try copying the backup to sdcard/Download on pc then move it to the mnt/shell etc folder in root explorer.
ok, copying to download folder from pc to phone then copying from download folder to the backup location on phone worked.
no idea why sdcard/clockworkmod/backup is not recognised in CWM recovery anymore.
I did update to the 6.0.3.1 version recently so maybe that's why.
I made a twrp backup and was able to drag and drop it to my PC for later use. Now the big question is...where do I move this backup to? I've simply moved it back into the backups folder located in my twrp folder in my internal storage. If I go to restore, I can see the backup folder along with another backup I named Stock. Will this work if I just restore the backup from here? It seems too simple. I have read about pushing the file using adb to internal storage and then installing it as a zip file. Problem is the backup is not a zip file. Any help will do. Thanks.
I just noticed that my nandroid backups made from CM recovery (v6.0.4.7) end up in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup...
This is eating up my /data partition and finally the backup stops with an error. After booting, I see the partition is full and I get a lot of error messages. I can recover from that by deleting the partial backup files with ES Filemanager in root mode from /data/media/clockworkmod/backup.
In the recovery menu I see /sdcard as the destination. Looking with ES Filemanager at /sdcard, I find the correct location for the backup files in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/... So it seems to me that there is no problem with /sdcard. At least not visible by ES Filemanager.
What happened here? Wrong link? Bug in CM-based Recovery v6.0.4.7 or in the last tenderloin nightly I have installed?
This is an HP Touchpad with 10.2-20140412-UNOFFICIAL-tenderloin. I usually do weekly backups before I install a new nightly. So, with 10.2-20140405-UNOFFICIAL-tenderloin the backup still worked fine. Unfortunately I deleted that older version, so I can't go back and check.
I am not sure where the problem is. I can do online nandroid backup and point my backup to the right location. But with CM-based Recovery v6.0.4.7 I can't change the backup destination.
Any pointer is much appreciated.
Dan