Hi all,
Can't seem to find an exact answer to my question in the forums. I want to start flashing CM nightlies or at least the latest stable version as I am currently running M2. My device is a VZW SGS3. My problem is that I am almost out of internal storage after backing up touchwiz and my CM10 M2. The clockworkmod folder is taking up almost 5 gigs of memory. Is it safe to move this folder to an external sd card? If I do move it over, would I have to move it back every time I want to restore a backup or access my backups/blobs in Rom Manager? Also, when moving files in Root Explorer is there a way to move them without pasting them? Or is it best to just paste then delete the original file and repeat as needed?
Thanks a ton!
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I use the tmo sgs2 and i have experience flashing roms. i know how to backup, flash and restore roms. its not rocket science. today i flashed the ics beta for my dad on his sprint epic 4g(sgs1). his sd card only had like 100mb free so i used my 32gb sd card with more than 15gb free so that i could download the zips needed and backup his current rom. i flashed his ics beta flawlessly without any problems at all. i backed up his og rom and everything was dandy. the problem started when i got home and decided to transfer his rom backup to my laptop's hard drive so that i wouldnt have that 1gig+ filling my sd card. when i mounted my phone storage and went into my cwm folder and into backups however i dont see any folders with today's date on it. so im not sure if its a backup from my sgs2 or my dads sgs.
My question is... is there a way that i can go into the file and maybe see which device the folder is from? like if theres a sgs2 specific SOMETHING that'll help me identify which one is which?
i tried being thorough so you guys know exactly what happened so you can help me with this.
thanks in advance
Can't you just go by the file date on the contents in the backup folders?
Archer said:
Can't you just go by the file date on the contents in the backup folders?
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that was actually what i did originally to see which one it was. i also went into the folder info and none of them had today's date.
is there any possibility that it'll be on the phone's internal storage?
anyone?
So i just moved from Jelly Beans build 14 to Liquidsmooth 2.2, which totally wrecked the way my sd card is set up. I didn't like what was happening on smooth, so I tried going back to my CM backup, which could not be found. I then noticed that I had new folders, which I assume were created due to the multi user thing on 4.2.
Now I cannot restore my backup, nor do my titanium backups show up when i try to restore all my apps. Is there a fix or this or am I **** out of luck?
Just cut everything from you farthest /0 folder and paste in on the root directory. You nandroids and titanium backups will return. If u want to get rid of the /0 folders all together you'll have to wipe the internal memory. Beware to back up anything not on your external SD. I recommend to make future backups to external SD if u use 4.2x roms.. Or use twrp
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If you flash a 4.2.2 ROM, TWRP only reads the files on sdcard/0/ so if you have files on sdcard/ it will not be able to see them as it only accesses the emulated storage.
Use a root file browser to get to the area you want to change.
Hi, noob here, recently rooted my tab and tonight I decided to make a backup in rom manager. Everything went fine, backup made, saved to computer, went into rom manager and deleted the backup, problem is the space for this backup (1.2GB) still seems to be taking up space in internal storage leaving me with hardly any space left. Anyone had this issue before or got any tips on freeing up this space? Thanks.
edingal said:
Hi, noob here, recently rooted my tab and tonight I decided to make a backup in rom manager. Everything went fine, backup made, saved to computer, went into rom manager and deleted the backup, problem is the space for this backup (1.2GB) still seems to be taking up space in internal storage leaving me with hardly any space left. Anyone had this issue before or got any tips on freeing up this space? Thanks.
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It should be in a directory named clockworkmod/backups/date(where date is an actual date), if i remember correctly, but i haven't used it in awhile .
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edingal said:
Hi, noob here, recently rooted my tab and tonight I decided to make a backup in rom manager. Everything went fine, backup made, saved to computer, went into rom manager and deleted the backup, problem is the space for this backup (1.2GB) still seems to be taking up space in internal storage leaving me with hardly any space left. Anyone had this issue before or got any tips on freeing up this space? Thanks.
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need more information about device You are using and os.
Using galaxy tab p3110, running 4.2.2, cyanogen mod 10.1.
Tried checking the clockworkmod directory but there's nothing there.
In the end I just flashed a new rom and formatted internal memory so issue closed
Well, just to answer your question. Since you are running cyanogenmod 10.1 with its multi user function you have to access it in a different way.
Grab a file explorer and go to /data/media and then go to the clockworkmod folder and this delete the backup.
Thanks for the reply, will keep that in mind for the future
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Luigi2012SM64DS said:
Well, just to answer your question. Since you are running cyanogenmod 10.1 with its multi user function you have to access it in a different way.
Grab a file explorer and go to /data/media and then go to the clockworkmod folder and this delete the backup.
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Thanks buddy!:good::good:
Hello, I am fairly new to rooting and everything that has to do with it. Long story short, I have only about 2gb left of internal storage on my GS3 yet I have installed CM 10.1 (nightly) and then went back to the normal 'stock' root but obviously backed everything up with Titanium Backup, but then later on I ALSO installed CM 10.1 (Stable), but now my problem is, how may I delete or REMOVE those roms to free up my internal storage? & MOST importantly, is there a way I can do it and STILL keep ALL my backed up apps/app data and what not with titanium? I basically just want to get rid of the roms and stay with just one (CM nightly, the one with 4.2.2) but also keep all my apps/saved backup data from titanium? some please please help! :l
There is only one ROM that is boot able at a time (unless we are talking about multiboot bootloaders but I doubt it) just move all your backups to PC or to the cloud and delete them from internal storage
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In which fild folder(s) should I check to find the roms and delete them?
The root of SD or internal memory unless you installed them elsewhere. If your not sure why don't you connect phone to PC, pull all files to PC, erase all on SD, then just put back what you need for now. Then dig through PC to see what else is there
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Hey guys, today hasn't been going well. After flashing a ROM and it saying my paid apps are pirated (they are not) and making a 0 folder and then putting the default folder in the SD card (internal) I decided that I wanted to start clean, I was going to copy the titanium Backup folder to my PC and then delete everything on my note (all folders, everything) flash a new ROm and copy the folder back to my tablet and enjoy the smoothness.
However,
My device is not recognized by my PC and I have no idea how to fix it. I'm currently on CM 10.1 4.3.1 =.
Can anyone help me?