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[Q] Using TitaniumBackup on ICS

So I'm planning on ditching honeycomb and switching to an Ics rom... I backed up all my apps using TitaniumBackup but the rom requires a full wipe and cache wipes, question is, would performing the required wipes before flashing the rom also wipe the backups TitaniumBackup made on the internal storage?

No. All that is stored on a different partition...so you're safe. Just don't use the SuperWipeFULL version zip. THAT...will wipe all downloaded stuff on the internal SD storage.
Infact...to make it easy for you...just download and use the SuperWipe Lite script from the Revolution HD thread. That's what I do...when I need to wipe.

Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card

baseballfanz said:
Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card
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Don't forget to change it back after you wipe and reinstall titanium, or it will just look like you lost all your backups since it defaults to internal storage.

After reinstalling TB, you can have it do a quick scan to pick up any folder that tb uses.

Also remember that TB stores its own settings on removable card if available on /Removable/MicroSD/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/

[Q] clockworkmod looking in wrong file to flash from

Hi, I have clockwork mod 4.0.0.4 and I was trying to flash a rom from it. I went to install zip from SD card and then it brought me to the SD card directory, but for some reason my internal memory is renamed to SD card and my external SD card is named external 1, so instead of bringing me to the directory with all of the files that are on the sd card it brings me to the directory with all of the internal memory files. How to I flash a rom if I can't get to the right directory from clockwork mod?

Hi,
With CWM, it will only allow you to flash from your Internal SDcard only. Option 1, move your files that you would like to flash - to the Internal SDcard Directory, or If you would like the option to flash from either the External or Internal you can use the CWM Rogue Recovery.
CWM Rogue Recovery: http://www.android.net/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=122
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235170

Mjamocha said:
Hi,
With CWM, it will only allow you to flash from your Internal SDcard only. Option 1, move your files that you would like to flash - to the Internal SDcard Directory, or If you would like the option to flash from either the External or Internal you can use the CWM Rogue Recovery.
CWM Rogue Recovery: http://www.android.net/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=122
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235170
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Thanks. Its weird because I thought I flashed zips from the external SD card before. I thought that you should put all of the fies that you are going to flash on the external SD card just in case something happens to the internal memory. Or if you do a factory data reset then it will get erased and you won't have the file to flash.

steineronie said:
Thanks. Its weird because I thought I flashed zips from the external SD card before. I thought that you should put all of the fies that you are going to flash on the external SD card just in case something happens to the internal memory. Or if you do a factory data reset then it will get erased and you won't have the file to flash.
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LOL, it is good practice to copy the files to your external (if you have the space). I keep a copy of my needed .zips in a folder on my PC. Rooted - If you do a Factory Data Reset from CWM, all of your files will remain in tact.
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Mjamocha said:
Hi,
With CWM, it will only allow you to flash from your Internal SDcard only. Option 1, move your files that you would like to flash - to the Internal SDcard Directory, or If you would like the option to flash from either the External or Internal you can use the CWM Rogue Recovery.
CWM Rogue Recovery: http://www.android.net/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=122
Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235170
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Actually, it depends on the version you have installed. Solarnz' R4c v 3.2.0.0 custom recovery flashes from the external sdcard. Version 4.0.0.4 from Rom Manager only flashes from the internal "sdcard " and rogue recovery can flash from either.

okantomi said:
Actually, it depends on the version you have installed. Solarnz' R4c v 3.2.0.0 custom recovery flashes from the external sdcard. Version 4.0.0.4 from Rom Manager only flashes from the internal "sdcard " and rogue recovery can flash from either.
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True, there are other options; however he and I were referring to his current version 4.0.0.4.
and wanting the ability to flash from both the External and Internal
SDcards.

[Q] app get copied to external SD Card rather than internal SD Card

hi, im Geoff.
recently after flashing the stock 4.0.3 ICS firmware, flashing a old bootloader and using my own USB Jig and resetting
the flash counter for kernels, i finally flashed JellyBean 4.1.2 Original Firmware from Samsung. my mobile is Galaxy S2 i9100.
my problem is i recently bought a 16GB micro sd card and inserted it into my phone before i could install any app onto my phone.
then i installed few apps and games from the Google Play Store. then i noticed the external sd card have about 120 mb of used
memory. but i only had about 20 mb of data that i copied onto it that were certain zip files and nothing else. i noticed that when i install
any app, then go to applications and move to SD Card option [which previously copied apps to the internal SD Card/USB storage],
is now actually moving the apps to the External SD Card. So if I unmount the external SD Card or remove it, none of my installed apps appear.
My external SD Card is meant for songs and movies. I want my internal SD Card to store all my apps so that i can remove my External
SD Card when ever i want to and swap it or not use it at all.
I also removed the external SD Card and then installed a new app, then use the move app to SD Card option. I got a error message,
saying something like insufficient memory/space.
my doubt is, apps are trying to be moved to the internal sd card but because they cannot be moved, they are being copied to the
external sd card.
any help is appretiated. btw i have rooted my phone by doing the temporary update of CWM from the stock recovery using the update from
external card method. then i also installed SuperSU. so its rooted and i didn't have to flash a kernel to root.
[update] im gonna provide some new info here:
I have a Android folder in my Internal SD Card [sdcard0]
and ".android_secure" in my External SD Card [extSdCard]
/mnt contains
asec [software files stored on the internal memory/ not internal SD Card or sdcard0]
obb [empty]
secure/asec [software moved using move to sdcard option. these files get copied to the extSdCard and not the sdcard0]
.lfs
and the sdcard and extSdCard links.
If I remove my External SD Card and try to move apps to the Internal SD Card using the move to sdcard button in application settings,
I get the insufficient memory error.
Also when I use the move to SD Card button in Application Settings, it shows the file being moved to the USB Storage [which is supposed to be
the internal sd card or sdcard0], yet it actually is being copied into my external SD Card or extSdCard.

What apps/games?
A lot of app data is stored on SD card, whether the core files and executable are on the internal or not, so that may just be cache stuff etc... One way to check is to remove the SD card then try to run whichever apps, I am willing to bet they still run.

orangekid said:
What apps/games?
A lot of app data is stored on SD card, whether the core files and executable are on the internal or not, so that may just be cache stuff etc... One way to check is to remove the SD card then try to run whichever apps, I am willing to bet they still run.
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i use the move to sd card for most apps/games. apart from 1-2 apps that dont have that option, about 10 apps+games have the option to be moved to the SD Card. And i used that option. But I am positive they got copied to the External SD Card because after I remove the
External SD Card, all the apps disappear.
Also when i then try installing new apps to the phone and then try to move them again [without the external sd card in its slot],
i get the error message of insufficient space/memory.[i have 8GB+ empty space in the internal SD Card]
its really annoying me

TitanHack said:
i use the move to sd card for most apps/games. apart from 1-2 apps that dont have that option, about 10 apps+games have the option to be moved to the SD Card. And i used that option. But I am positive they got copied to the External SD Card because after I remove the
External SD Card, all the apps disappear.
Also when i then try installing new apps to the phone and then try to move them again [without the external sd card in its slot],
i get the error message of insufficient space/memory.[i have 8GB+ empty space in the internal SD Card]
its really annoying me
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Sounds like you have an option enabled in app settings to install all to SD, check your app settings in system settings.

orangekid said:
Sounds like you have an option enabled in app settings to install all to SD, check your app settings in system settings.
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I have gone through everything in settings. I cant find any option where I can actually select weather to install all to SD.
I appretiate you trying to help me out. I hope i find a solution to this problem.
Initailly I felt that it cound be some code causing the apps to move to the external sd card instead of the internal one. But after I got
the error message that I have insufficient space [with the external sd card removed ], even tho I have plenty of space, about 8GB+,
on the internal sd card...so I dont think this is due to any code somewhere pointing to install into the external SD card.
I read somewhere that when the internal sd card is full and no more apps can be installed, the new apps go to the external sd card by default.
Something like that is happening to me, except my internal sd card is fine.
I updated my first post with more info to help diagnose and solve the problem. ty to all trying to help me.

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I would back up the stuff you want from SD and from your ROM (to your computer), then go to recovery, full wipe + cache + dalvik, then format external SD, then reboot into system, then restore what you want.

orangekid said:
I would back up the stuff you want from SD and from your ROM (to your computer), then go to recovery, full wipe + cache + dalvik, then format external SD, then reboot into system, then restore what you want.
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hey man ty for not giving up on me ive not been well and then got so busy recently....
i did what you asked. i even accidently wiped the system folder from cwm recovery. it went into a boot loop or whatever it is called.
i re-flashed the official samsung jellybean firmware 4.1.2 on my i9100. then again cleant delvic + cache +used data. yet the problem
persists.
i noticed that the android folder is being created in the internal sd card. but that android folder has very small amount of the app
files stored on it. the major chunk is in android_secure which is only being stord on the external sdcard.
when i go to mnt folder in root i see two folders named asec and secure.
1."asec" contains apps stored on internal memory [not internal sd card]
and 2. "secure" contains a "asec" folder which stores app stored on the external sdcard.
i believe somewhere the code which should point the android_secure folder to the internal sdcard is pointing to store apps on the
external sd card. perhaps you guys can show me how i can change the folder path of android secure. then it will behave like
default, the way is was meant to behave.

You might need to repartition your system.
I'll see else we can come up with later today, in the mean time, try to maybe use TWRP instead and a different ROM

little more info
orangekid said:
You might need to repartition your system.
I'll see else we can come up with later today, in the mean time, try to maybe use TWRP instead and a different ROM
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when i click move to sdcard in the application settings/menu, it shows USB data filling up.
that USB data is supposed to be my USB drive or my Internal SD Card. And the external sdcard shows up
as 0 KB of data. But actually the files are being copied to the external sdcard and not internal.
now if we think the android system cannot access the internal sdcard, then thats not the matter because
it creates a folder named Android in the internal sdcard and stores the app cache there.
So to me it seems that the android system is confused and actually thinks that the android_secure folder is
mounted on the internal sdcard while it actually is mounted on the external sdcard.
perhaps anyone can link me a guide to move my android_secure folder...

TitanHack said:
perhaps anyone can link me a guide to move my android_secure folder...
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Facing this problem now.
TitanHack, did you found an answer?

Internal sdcard getting full

Curiously wondering why my internal sdcard is now saying I only have 5gb of storage space available.
I have a 32 GB Samsung galaxy s3 I have no music or pictures stored on my internal card. Seems like it all started when I went to a cm10 ROM then back to a touchwiz.
Maybe ther is a method I could use to format the internal storage and start from nothing?

Use DiskUsage to see what is using up your internal memory. You can use cwm or twrp to format internal memory.

I did find a 3gb movie that I had placed on the phone to watch. So based on disk usage. I have 16gb of system data and now 10gb free

Occasionally you might have to format your internal card if you switch flash many different roms as they tend to live "residuals" behind. Then there is the renaming of sd folders when you switched to aosp roms

If I decide to format the internal sdcard is it simple, reformat, reflash ROM backup? Or should I set everything back to stock first?
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Make sure you manually back up all your data(pics, documents, music, files, etc.) that you want to keep. Then format internal memory. I would remove the external sd card to be on the safe side.
I am not sure about restoring rom backup. When I do format my internal card, I usually end up flashing a new rom (with the whole wipe data, cache, and system procedure).
Hopefully someone else can answer that question about restoring rom backup.

Did you backup your system ie nandroid with cwm or something like titanium bu? Hoe many times did you do if you did? Which back up utility are you using?
And download Storage Anlyser from play its the BEST way to find the big files.
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Hyper_Warp said:
(with the whole wipe data, cache, and system procedure
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Always wipe.

I've not formated the internal card yet, when I do new ROMs I only factory reset phone, cache, delvik then install new ROM.
My method of backing up my apps is by using my backup pro, but I do keep backups of my ROMs just by booting into cwm then backing up.
I want to format the internal card, but that's something I've never did. Which makes me worry about losing needed phone drivers.. Etc.
Also I'm not sure if I'll lose root or my recovery.

You will not lose root, recovery, or drivers, It is basically formatting your micro sd card, but instead it is your internal "sd card."
You will definitely need to manually backup the data you want to keep from your internal memory, either by connecting to a computer and copying to your computer or by copying them to the micro sd card.

I now have 25.6gb free space on my internal card

How do people without an SD Card flash ROMs?

Just very curious for those that do not have an sd card, how do you guys flash ROMs? Since everything (pics, app/data, nandroids, flashables, etc.) are all stored on just the internal sd card.

JoeFCaputo113 said:
Just very curious for those that do not have an sd card, how do you guys flash ROMs? Since everything (pics, app/data, nandroids, flashables, etc.) are all stored on just the internal sd card.
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You can flash a ROM without wiping the internal SD card. Just wipe the Dalvik, Cache and Data. The internal SD card contents should be preserved. You may want to backup everything first (just in case). You may also want to delete the Android folder before installing a different ROM.

m20120 said:
You can flash a ROM without wiping the internal SD card. Just wipe the Dalvik, Cache and Data. The internal SD card contents should be preserved. You may want to backup everything first (just in case). You may also want to delete the Android folder before installing a different ROM.
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No that is not the proper way to do a FRESH, CLEAN install.... Which is what I am talking about.

JoeFCaputo113 said:
No that is not the proper way to do a FRESH, CLEAN install.... Which is what I am talking about.
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You do not have to wipe the internal SD to have a clean install. But you can if you want to. Download the ROM to your internal SD. Boot to Recovery, Install it, then wipe everything.
You can also use the recovery to install the ROM from USB Storage.