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HELP!!!! No apps in titanium backup to restore.

Hi everyone, I recently installed cyanogen 10.1 for my note 10.1 N8010. It wouldn't install through CWM so I tried to install twrp through goo manager. It couldn't find a custom recover for my device so I flashed it through Odin. I was running android freedom at the time and had a nandroid of it. I wiped data in twrp, it said it would wipe data and cache only so I went ahead. After cyanogen flashed successfully I tried it out and downloaded titanium backup to restore my apps, they weren't there!!! Every restore option had a zero beside it, I checked the titanium backup folder to no avail. I decided to restore to android revolution as I had a backup. When I went to restore there were no files. No backup. I checked the clockworkmod folder and found the file but when I click properties it says - where size should be. Please help me as this is not my fault and I have a lot of important data in the backup. :crying:

TechMitchell said:
Hi everyone, I recently installed cyanogen 10.1 for my note 10.1 N8010. It wouldn't install through CWM so I tried to install twrp through goo manager. It couldn't find a custom recover for my device so I flashed it through Odin. I was running android freedom at the time and had a nandroid of it. I wiped data in twrp, it said it would wipe data and cache only so I went ahead. After cyanogen flashed successfully I tried it out and downloaded titanium backup to restore my apps, they weren't there!!! Every restore option had a zero beside it, I checked the titanium backup folder to no avail. I decided to restore to android revolution as I had a backup. When I went to restore there were no files. No backup. I checked the clockworkmod folder and found the file but when I click properties it says - where size should be. Please help me as this is not my fault and I have a lot of important data in the backup. :crying:
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Just check on your internal memory , there should be a folder named "0" , if you have this you will find all your titanium backup & CWM folder inside.

lsherif said:
Just check on your internal memory , there should be a folder named "0" , if you have this you will find all your titanium backup & CWM folder inside.
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There's no "0" folder, would it be insidea folder itself or just on the SD card because I checked the SD card and is not there. :'(

TechMitchell said:
There's no "0" folder, would it be insidea folder itself or just on the SD card because I checked the SD card and is not there. :'(
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It`s inside the internal not the SD card.

ok
lsherif said:
It`s inside the internal not the SD card.
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I don't mean the external SD card I mean the internal, it shows all the folders like titanium backup and clockwordmod but there isn't any file in titanium backup and there are backups and blobs in CWM but the backup have a size of like 10mb and I don't know if blobs help. Please help.

TechMitchell said:
I don't mean the external SD card I mean the internal, it shows all the folders like titanium backup and clockwordmod but there isn't any file in titanium backup and there are backups and blobs in CWM but the backup have a size of like 10mb and I don't know if blobs help. Please help.
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Just move this to the root of the internal memory, get into CWM & you can restore your rom from there.

ok
lsherif said:
Just move this to the root of the internal memory, get into CWM & you can restore your rom from there.
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OK, I'll try but I don't think it's going to work.

nope
I tried to restore in twrp and when it said to select files to restore nothing appeared, if the backup was made in CWM do I have to flash CWM recovery to restore it?

TechMitchell said:
I tried to restore in twrp and when it said to select files to restore nothing appeared, if the backup was made in CWM do I have to flash CWM recovery to restore it?
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Yes as long as you backed up with cwm you should restore with cwm

ok
lsherif said:
Yes as long as you backed up with cwm you should restore with cwm
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OK, going to try that, if it works you'll get a cyber hug, if not I'll transfer the titanium backup from my phone as I had all the same applications except some games like nova 3, but they just took up space anyway.

nope
Nope, didn't work, I'll just move my phone apps to the tablet and down load the rest. Thanks anyway

Wait
Wait, in my storage it says clockworkmod is taking up 3.01GB, that cant be empty space, It might all be blobs, ca someone explain this to me?

TechMitchell said:
Wait, in my storage it says clockworkmod is taking up 3.01GB, that cant be empty space, It might all be blobs, ca someone explain this to me?
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I just answered thi in another thread a few minutes ago.. I had a problem like this awhile back..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37278902&postcount=14

nope
txtmikhail said:
I just answered thi in another thread a few minutes ago.. I had a problem like this awhile back..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37278902&postcount=14
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No go, in es file manager when I go to root is an empty folder?

Then its empty start over flash stock rom and download the apps again .
This two posts on the same subject is stupid and confusing .
jje

not a chance
JJEgan said:
Then its empty start over flash stock rom and download the apps again .
This two posts on the same subject is stupid and confusing .
jje
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Not a chance, stock? Are you serious? Thank the lord I had most of the data synced and I can transfer the apps from my phone and they actually work except chrome, thanks born the advice anyway, Lol stock.

TechMitchell said:
No go, in es file manager when I go to root is an empty folder?
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Use a different file manager .. i forgot which one i used.. but if its empty in more than 2 different managers than its empty..
try hd file manager..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yaG1zb2Z0LmZtLmhkIl0.

[Q] Clockworkmod not restoring backup

Searched all over before making this thread but I couldn't seem to find an answer. Rooted my phone to install PAC-man mod. When I finished I made a backup of my original system with CWM. I flashed PAC-man but I'm havign issues and I wanted to go back but CWM can't seem to restore the backup. I checked, and it's still there but when I try to restore I get:
Couldn't open directory.
No files found.
Any ideas?

Is your backup stored on the phone storage or an external card?
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Shaftamle said:
Is your backup stored on the phone storage or an external card?
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phone storage

SuperBrother said:
phone storage
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Edit: before you go about following the steps I wrote below there is one other options. If you are using an app to try to restore the backup then this way should work. Manually boot into recovery mode click on backup and restore then restore from SD card and under the file labeled 0 there should be a folder listed as clockworkmod. From there you should be able to restore your backup if that doesn't work then follow the steps that I wrote about moving the file to the external card. Either way in the future I would recommend always backing up to the external card.
Assuming you're coming from a 4.1 build when you install a 4.2 ROM it changes the file structure of the internal drive. This is due to the fact that 4.2 roms support multi user functions. So most likely when you try to restore your backup it's located in a different path then it was originally.probly something like sdcard/0/clockworkmod instead of sdcard/clockworkmod. My advice would be move your back up to the external card manually reboot your phone into recovery and restore your backup from the external card. If you use DUP you have to move the backup and the blob folder. If you used a tar backup, just move the backup. When in recovery mode select restore from external SD card and navigate to the folder you put it in.
From here on out if you do your backups from recovery make sure you back up to the external card. If you use ROM Manager make sure before you do your next backup that you select under the settings panel to use external storage. The newest update of ROM Manager allows you to do so.
One other thing, once you restore your backup and your back to a 4.1 build it's going to look like your internal storage is wiped. It's definitely not use a file manager to browse the internal storage there will be a folder labeled 0. That's all of you data. Open that folder up highlight and cut all of the contents go back to the root of your internal storage(the folder you just came from) and paste it there. It will ask if you want to overwrite certain files just click Yes the only files that will be overwritten are the ones that were just made when you rebooted on the 4.1 system you will not lose anything.
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What's the size of the back up? Are all the required files in there? Try updating your su app, then try making another back up and make sure it works. What version of cwm are you using? Is your system r/w?

Surge1223 said:
What's the size of the back up? Are all the required files in there? Try updating your su app, then try making another back up and make sure it works. What version of cwm are you using? Is your system r/w?
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the SU binary and the clockworkmod version should have little to nothing to do with restoring a backup especially when it says the file cannot be found. Thus far is the size of the backup goes unless you opened up the file and started jacking around with stuff that was backed up there's no chance that he's missing information. When it says the file cannot be located it's because rom manager/ ROM toolbox is looking for the file that was originally placed in a specific area and is no longer there hence the 4.2 file structure I spoke of.
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You're assuming you know why I was asking those questions, and as a result that you're more knowledgeable than I am in this subject area. Besides human error, there are still numerous ways cwm, su, and the back up size can contribute to a failed recovery. We're both just trying to help.

Surge1223 said:
You're assuming you know why I was asking those questions, and as a result that you're more knowledgeable than I am in this subject area. Besides human error, there are still numerous ways cwm, su, and the back up size can contribute to a failed recovery. We're both just trying to help.
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I agree everybody just tries to help everybody that's what makes this website great. The only reason I said what I did is because I ran into this exact problem about 4 months ago so I know exactly what he's talking about. Sorry if I came off as a ass, I didn't mean to.
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Is alright ,thanks for explaining though. No room for hate in a cwm debate.

Shaftamle said:
Edit: before you go about following the steps I wrote below there is one other options. If you are using an app to try to restore the backup then this way should work. Manually boot into recovery mode click on backup and restore then restore from SD card and under the file labeled 0 there should be a folder listed as clockworkmod. From there you should be able to restore your backup if that doesn't work then follow the steps that I wrote about moving the file to the external card. Either way in the future I would recommend always backing up to the external card.
Assuming you're coming from a 4.1 build when you install a 4.2 ROM it changes the file structure of the internal drive. This is due to the fact that 4.2 roms support multi user functions. So most likely when you try to restore your backup it's located in a different path then it was originally.probly something like sdcard/0/clockworkmod instead of sdcard/clockworkmod. My advice would be move your back up to the external card manually reboot your phone into recovery and restore your backup from the external card. If you use DUP you have to move the backup and the blob folder. If you used a tar backup, just move the backup. When in recovery mode select restore from external SD card and navigate to the folder you put it in.
From here on out if you do your backups from recovery make sure you back up to the external card. If you use ROM Manager make sure before you do your next backup that you select under the settings panel to use external storage. The newest update of ROM Manager allows you to do so.
One other thing, once you restore your backup and your back to a 4.1 build it's going to look like your internal storage is wiped. It's definitely not use a file manager to browse the internal storage there will be a folder labeled 0. That's all of you data. Open that folder up highlight and cut all of the contents go back to the root of your internal storage(the folder you just came from) and paste it there. It will ask if you want to overwrite certain files just click Yes the only files that will be overwritten are the ones that were just made when you rebooted on the 4.1 system you will not lose anything.
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This would make a lot of sense! That's my situation exactly. I don't want to try it just yet because I'm still trying to get a ROM working properly on my phone (PAC-man, having issues but that's for another thread). If I end up throwing in the towel and this checks out, I'll be sure say thanks.

[Q] Lost CWM Backups

Everytime I make a backup in CWM it disappears. I back up and then try new rom and when I got Quickboot loaded again, I go look and restore says no files found. Not even when I look with root explorer they are gone...please help!! TIA!!

moonsbabe said:
Everytime I make a backup in CWM it disappears. I back up and then try new rom and when I got Quickboot loaded again, I go look and restore says no files found. Not even when I look with root explorer they are gone...please help!! TIA!!
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Check in /mnt/sdcard/0 for your CWM folder.

mentose457 said:
Check in /mnt/sdcard/0 for your CWM folder.
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And how do I find them in CWM? When I go into recovery it says no files found. Would I be better off flashing TWRP? And by the way they are there!!!

moonsbabe said:
And how do I find them in CWM? When I go into recovery it says no files found. Would I be better off flashing TWRP? And by the way they are there!!!
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In Root Explorer (or whatever root explorer you use) you can simply copy the CWM folder from /mnt/sdcard/0 to mnt/sdcard. After moving all the data you wish to keep from the 0 folder to the sdcard folder you could delete the 0 folder.

what is /0? I found the files but don't know what this means? I am still such a noob after all these years!

moonsbabe said:
what is /0? I found the files but don't know what this means? I am still such a noob after all these years!
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That is the 0 folder in your sdcard folder. It is created when you flash a 4.2 ROM.

mentose457 said:
That is the 0 folder in your sdcard folder. It is created when you flash a 4.2 ROM.
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Sorry I go to bed early and go to work early. I still don't find a folder with /0. I can go into mnt/sdcard and clockwork is in there. But doesn't show at all in recovery. Am about to give up! Driving me crazy~~

Still not showing restore files in recovery. I can do a backup and can see it as a restore but after a while (less than a day) it is gone. So tired of this. Still wondering if TWRP would be better?????????

moonsbabe said:
Still not showing restore files in recovery. I can do a backup and can see it as a restore but after a while (less than a day) it is gone. So tired of this. Still wondering if TWRP would be better?????????
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Have you tried the "restore from SD card option in CWM to see if your backups are there?

Harley_Rider said:
Have you tried the "restore from SD card option in CWM to see if your backups are there?
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Nothing there. Tells me 'no files found'. I would love to restore to the last one cuz my battery sucks right now. What about CWM from the market? Could downloading that help???? Thinking out loud here!!!

Ok I did a backup to the external sd card and found it. Then went into root manager and copied one of the backups that I couldn't access and moved it into the new backup folder on the external sd card. Renamed it to just the date like the new one....in other words took the word 'copy' out of the name. And I got to restore to my previous back up!!!!!! Yes Yes Yes!!!! Thanks for ya'll's help!! I guess I had to get mad to figure it out with help!!! Thanks again!!!!

Now flash twrp and see if you have the same problems.
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I think I will leave it the way it is for right now. And I found the /0 when I had phone connected to puter. I was getting rid of roms on the sd that I didn't like and was searching around on the internal sd and found it. Thank you so very much for your help! I will probably flash twrp next weekend. I really need my phone for work! So I only try to brick it on the weekends!

CWM Backup Location!

i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx

ali.sbi said:
i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx
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/data/media/clockworkmod
Learn to use the search.

There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod
ali.sbi said:
i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx
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There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod

deej_roamer said:
There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod
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yeah i know but there is not any back up file in that.only 28 byts.

Then you are screwed
ali.sbi said:
yeah i know but there is not any back up file in that.only 28 byts.
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Try installing disk analyzer and try to locate a folder which can be in scales of a rom size, if you can find it great, otherwise something went wrong during backup
If you can take another backup then great otherwise its something you can't do anything about.

deej_roamer said:
Try installing disk analyzer and try to locate a folder which can be in scales of a rom size, if you can find it great, otherwise something went wrong during backup
If you can take another backup then great otherwise its something you can't do anything about.
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i can access my backup in cmw i can even delete it or take a new back up and restore it. the thing is when i connect the phone i can't find the back up in internal memory. and surf it with ES file manager too but nothing really found.

Does Access mean restore as well?
ali.sbi said:
i can access my backup in cmw i can even delete it or take a new back up and restore it. the thing is when i connect the phone i can't find the back up in internal memory. and surf it with ES file manager too but nothing really found.
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Can you restore the backup as well?
And what you are saying is that there is content in clockworkmod folder but of negligible size? Can you post a screenshots of clockworkmod folder?
Trust me use disk analyzer it can find some unknown things

check #2
there i found my backup
(be careful: i tried to flash a custom (so also formatted system+data) and when i wanted to return to my backup i discovered it was erased )

dreezz said:
check #2
there i found my backup
(be careful: i tried to flash a custom (so also formatted system+data) and when i wanted to return to my backup i discovered it was erased )
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yeah that right i have same issue too. that's why now i want to find my back up to transfer it into my pc.

deej_roamer said:
Can you restore the backup as well?
And what you are saying is that there is content in clockworkmod folder but of negligible size? Can you post a screenshots of clockworkmod folder?
Trust me use disk analyzer it can find some unknown things
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yeah sure i can restore it and it's fine.ok i will try this dist analyzer thing ASAP and get u back.

Device/data/media/clockworkmod
Edit: you can also make nandroid backups directly to your pen drive via a otg cable and avoid this confusion in future...
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ali.sbi said:
yeah sure i can restore it and it's fine.ok i will try this dist analyzer thing ASAP and get u back.
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Use adb to pull it to PC.
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod

took the plunge BUT

I backed up all the data I wanted to carry over on my PC EXCEPT of course my titanium backup apps.
Is there any way to explore a nandroid backup to find the SD (if it even backs up SD) so I can find my TB folder and paste it to my phone?
My phone did not push my apps from Google when booted and I hate having to manually reinstall them even though I dont have many

tevil said:
I backed up all the data I wanted to carry over on my PC EXCEPT of course my titanium backup apps.
Is there any way to explore a nandroid backup to find the SD (if it even backs up SD) so I can find my TB folder and paste it to my phone?
My phone did not push my apps from Google when booted and I hate having to manually reinstall them even though I dont have many
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You can use TB to extract the apps and data directly from the nandroid.
Copy the nandroid back to your phone's backup location (/TWRP/backups/ or /clockworkmod/backup/)
In TB, press menu then it's near the bottom.

+1 works!
Menu > Extract from Nandroid backup...

thanks one more question
Its upgraded and rooted yet when I go into my folder structure I dont see TWRP folder. I Know twrp works cause its there and I ran a backup but the folder isnt there for me to put my old backup in there.
any tips?
thanks

Try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2938749

thanks but none of those are it. I can see a file called twrp but its not a folder. Maybe ill just try to create the folder myself and run another backup, wonder where the first one went.
can see see my sd fine and access everything else normally.
thanks

You'll need to wipe your storage probably. Read the thread. People have reported that issue.

rootSU said:
You'll need to wipe your storage probably. Read the thread. People have reported that issue.
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Got it, luckily I never delte folders when creating new ones so oddly when I renamed the TWRP file that was supposedly a folder to "twrp2" it returned it to a folder status. I just renamed it back to "TWRP" and it works.
Alls good.
Hopefully maybe that might help someone else.

tevil said:
Got it, luckily I never delte folders when creating new ones so oddly when I renamed the TWRP file that was supposedly a folder to "twrp2" it returned it to a folder status. I just renamed it back to "TWRP" and it works.
Alls good.
Hopefully maybe that might help someone else.
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Ha. Crazy

rootSU said:
Ha. Crazy
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Update
You have to first run the
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
command THEN rename the folder. Just did this on my nexus 7