Hello,
While attempting to flash my very first ROM, I got the following message at the completion off doing a Nandroid backup:
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache…
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Backup complete!
I do have an external SD card. The ROM I was attempting to flash is on my eternal memory card.
I used ROM Manager to do this. Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated!!
Bruce
That's normal, it's looking for a separate partition called sd-ext which would be on the internal phone storage. You haven't created partitions within your internal sd card so it will say that every time. Mine states the same thing right before it completes Nandroid backups. The entire line that you quoted, ignore it and flash a rom. Your backup completed successfully correct?
"Sd-ext" does not mean external sd card.
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I done a backup with CMW, and on the sd i see a couple of folders and dir, and in one of them there is something like nandroidsomethingelse.....
It's This?
edit:
Files are:
.android_secure.img 2.06k
nandroid.md5 0,13k
cache.img
data.img
system.img
Yes. That is your nandroid backup
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Hi,
Tried to do the nandroid back-up but only the system, data, cache and md5 got generated.
Here is what is shown during the nandroid backup:
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
The thing is - there is a sd card. Tried several times, but still the same.
Any idea? I'm holding back trying out the different ROMs till I'm very sure that my nandroid backup is done correctly.
Appreciate any help that I can get. Thx!
/sdcard is not an sdcard on the TF. MicroSD cards and USB devices get mounted under /Removable. /mnt/sdcard and its symbolic link at /sdcard are just a way of accessing /data/media in the way that is expected by apps. The Galaxy Nexus does something similar about it.
So arguably if your /data has been backed up then your /sdcard is as well, with regards to the TF101 anyway. The other stuff AFAIK knows how to deal with e.g. the fuse mount on /mnt/sdcard.
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Guilin28 said:
Hi,
Tried to do the nandroid back-up but only the system, data, cache and md5 got generated.
Here is what is shown during the nandroid backup:
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
The thing is - there is a sd card. Tried several times, but still the same.
Any idea? I'm holding back trying out the different ROMs till I'm very sure that my nandroid backup is done correctly.
Appreciate any help that I can get. Thx!
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As Spidey01 said, /mnt/sdcard is the internal storage of the TF. If it is just a symlink to /data/media then it will be backed up with it in data.img. The script output looks OK. What are you missing? SD-ext is a partition on the physical SD card that is used e.g. by Apps2SD script (not sure if someone ever uses it for the TF) to store apps (allows more capacity for apps that do not enable transfer to SD card). If you're not using such a thing and did not format your sd card that way, the nandroid backup naturally won't back it up.
Thanks for the info. I didn't format anything special for my SD card.
OP has the following
.android_secure.img 2.06k
nandroid.md5 0,13k
cache.img
data.img
system.img
In my case, I do not have the ".android_secure.img 2.06k".
So, is my nandroid complete as well?
TIA.
Guilin28 said:
Thanks for the info. I didn't format anything special for my SD card.
OP has the following
.android_secure.img 2.06k
nandroid.md5 0,13k
cache.img
data.img
system.img
In my case, I do not have the ".android_secure.img".
So, is my nandroid complete as well?
TIA.
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Anybody?
After you do your back-up, do you have this file (without the quotes) - ".android_secure.img 2.06k"
Thx.
I don't know what it is and assume you already Googled it. I also don;t have a large enough MicroSD to back up everything yet.
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Guilin28 said:
Anybody?
After you do your back-up, do you have this file (without the quotes) - ".android_secure.img 2.06k"
Thx.
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My nandroid does not have the ".android_secure.img 2.06k".
It work just fine, I have done a few nandroid restore and never a problems.
baseballfanz said:
My nandroid does not have the ".android_secure.img 2.06k".
It work just fine, I have done a few nandroid restore and never a problems.
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Thank You. Very assuring - did several back-ups earlier and still the same. So why some have, and some don't have. Mystery.
Anyway, time to get dangerous - going for Revolver ROM first.
Thx Spidey01 - noticed you are on Prime ROM - so, you didn't do any backup? You're taking some risk there.
Eh, well that is kind of how I ended up with Prime. When I tried to root with nvflash my display went funky, so in search into how to unbrick my one day old, I ended up flashing Prime v1.4 and kept it, since it was close to stock+optimizztions and that's what I want. In the process of roach's Prime saving my bacon, I gained CWM for backing up; so I didn't have one back then. Can't say that I care much for the ICS style tweaks of later 2.x.y but the tiamat quick controls are good.
It is also very stable and reasonably well maintained (so far), so I'm happy.
When I can get around to getting like an 8gb or 16gb MicroSD, i'll probably do a monthly backup in CWM. I already do use Titanium Backup fwiw. Being my *main* computer, I consider it important, but all the important stuff resides in the cloud or in git repo's.
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Hmm, if I'm not mistaken (correct me if I'm wrong), the 'android_secure.img' is the backup of the area, where you can store applications on the sd card (the move-app-to-sd feature that was introduced in Froyo), so if you do not have any apps on sd this way, there would be no backup.
Actually I also do not do a backup with every ROM change or update, but I always have an earlier backup ready to revert to if needed. As Spidey01, I keep most important stuff in the cloud and mostly copy any new documents to my desktop within a few days after I create them. But it is nevertheless a good habit to backup, even more if you also flash using CWM - it's just a few clicks away.
I made a previous clean backup prior to rooting the phone using the Odin method posted by Copperhed. Still running the stock at&t rom.
All was well. I moved the backup file over to my computer hd to free up space on my external sd card. I was tinkering around with different sd cards last night and accidentally formatted my main sd card that I usually use on my phone. No big deal.
I decided to try out some new roms and kernels so I wanted to make a nandroid backup. Instead of using the odin method to install cwm, I downloaded rom manager and flashed clockworkmod recovery.
I formatted the sd card to make sure space wasnt an issue. I clicked on Backup Current ROM, it was given superuser access and the phone rebooted into CWM. I thought this part was automated but it wasnt. Once the phone booted into CWM, it just sat there at the menu system.
No problems, I navigated down to backup and restore, then hit backup. I did some google searching and people have said this version (5.0.2.7) of CWM does not show a progress bar while backing up.
After clicking backup, I get the usual screen of it mounting the card and displaying how much space is free, then saying it is backing up boot image, recovery image, and system.
Takes a long while then just gives me this:
Error while making a backup image of /system!
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Any idea of why this would be happening? I searched around but did not find any solutions. The only core things I have installed on my phone currently is Titanium Backup Pro and SetCPU. The rest are just day to day apps, todolists, camera, games.
I've attached what it looked like below. In case the attachment doesnt work (http://i.imgur.com/2ZIPM.jpg)
Forgot to mention, after rebooting the phone when I get that error, I check the external sd card and see a backup folder, but there are only about 3 files in there, so it makes sense because it failed making a full backup.
I just now tried "back up to internal sd card" and it started working right away.. showing files and progress bar moving.
I guess this works too, I can still move the backup file over to my pc.. but this kind of worries me.. is CWM not seeing my sd card correctly?
Another update..
At the end of the backup run (to internal sd card) I get:
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
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When I mentioned formatting the card earlier, I used the phone itself to format it.
I think it has something to do with the variance between the T-Mobile version of CWM we are using on our Skyrockets and what should actually be on the CWM version for the Skyrocket (which still doesn't exist--wtf?! )
Disregard the error message, it's looking for a folder on the T-Mobile version that isn't on the Skyrocket.
If you used the "Backup to Internal SD Card" from CWM you should be fine. I've backed up this way and restored backups without incident.
so if your phone went through a soft brick or something bad happened messing with different roms and such, youre still able to boot into cwm and restore from the backup file that is stored on your internal sd?
i just want to make sure, in the case that we cannot boot from cwm / access internal sd, that we will be able to do so from the external sd.
I don't have a whole lot of faith in our CWM (which was built for a T Mobile variant). I've had a ton of weird messages any time using it and I'm surprised there isn't more talk about it here. I've seen a lot people casually mention the error messages so I know it isn't just me.
I don't know you'd lose the backup if restoring from a soft brick where you'd have to go back to stock first to fix it (never tried it). But I can tell you that if you flash a rom you don't like or doesn't work right you should be able to successfuly restore a backup made in CWM (after wiping data, etc., of course).
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All you have to do is install the rom you had when you made the backup for the data going to the advanced options in backup recovery and restore data only and ready
understood. but in the case that the phone does mess up and for some reason it doesnt read the external sd card, would i still be able to access the internal sd card for my backup with cwm?
Just got my G2SR from ATT. Going through the motion of rooting it following instruction here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526
I also tried to do a backup to external SD and get the same "Error while making a backup image of /system"
I searched around and I tried the instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472954 by adding clockworkmod/.hidenandroidprogress in both /sdcard and /sdcard/external_sd/
It's still stuck in "backing up system". I have tried reformatting the SD card and perform error checkin on Windows, but that doesn't fix it.
Has anybody back up to the external SD card with CWM successfully?
And how exactly do we back up to the internal "/sdcard". When I go backup, it would complain I don't have an sdcard if I don't have the external SD card.
[update] I am on ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.6 and I don't see any "backup to internal SD' option. Do I need to update my CWM and how do we do that?
Thanks in advance.
I am useing CWM 6.0.1 Recovery because it is kexec enabled . I am trying to do a full nandroid backup including the sd card (internal). I have tried the mount /sdcard option and i click backup and i always get. no /sdcard/.android_secure found skipping backup
My apps go on the internal sd card right?
I just restored a nandroid backup from beans rom to Stock and everything seemed right execept the boot logo still has the unlocked logo on it! Factory reset and its still there as well?
Is there anyway to back up internal SD with any recovery?
Why does it feel like nandroid isnt backing it all up and everything isnt the same on restores?
where are the programs installed to if the nandroid backup doesnt include the internal SD? the system
partiton? If so do we have 32gb for apps or just the stem partition?
THANKS
VERY NEW
Paul
I used the tutorial to root and unlock my S3 and I do have SU. I have been flashing ROMs on my Thuderbolt with never an issue. So I thought I knew what I was doing.
After creating a nadroid backup. I wiped my data and cache in CWM 6.0.1.0 I tried to install a Liquid S3 Rom but couldn't find. I then mounted my ext. SD and then I was able to locate it. I then installed the zip and it Soft Bricked my phone. So I followed the procedure to restore it and that worked.
I then tried to find my backup and nothing was there.
I then tried to create a new backup. It said it worked but then when I went right back to restore there was no backup. I then mounted my ext. sd and tired to create a back up. It ran the procedure and then said it couldn't find my card.
I am completely lost... I just want a new rom. Any help is greatly appreciated.
need help with loading Rom w/out bricking
strawnj said:
I used the tutorial to root and unlock my S3 and I do have SU. I have been flashing ROMs on my Thuderbolt with never an issue. So I thought I knew what I was doing.
After creating a nadroid backup. I wiped my data and cache in CWM 6.0.1.0 I tried to install a Liquid S3 Rom but couldn't find. I then mounted my ext. SD and then I was able to locate it. I then installed the zip and it Soft Bricked my phone. So I followed the procedure to restore it and that worked.
I then tried to find my backup and nothing was there.
I then tried to create a new backup. It said it worked but then when I went right back to restore there was no backup. I then mounted my ext. sd and tired to create a back up. It ran the procedure and then said it couldn't find my card.
I am completely lost... I just want a new rom. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Edit....How can I clarify my post to get some help?
So you oden back to stock then right?
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Definitely going to need to Odin to be safe.
What type of SD card is it? 32 or 64 GB? If it is and the default format for the card is ExFat, like most that size are, CWM and TWRP cannot read them. Your card needs to be formatted FAT32 or use the internal SD to flash like I do. ExFat is not supported by any recoveries but the stock.
I just copy backups to SD through a file manager or pc. I never bothered to reformat my card.
If not that. Then make sure to check your md5sum as a mismatch means it won't flash well. Usin GooManager is great as it checks by default for you when the download completes. And if it fails it deletes the failure so you don't use it by mistake
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Yes, I used Odin to get back to stock using PureMotive's guide.
Its a 32GB card. I did reformat the card using through the settings menu. Not sure if that will put it in FAT32 format?
I was just able to backup on my ext SD and it shows a 1970-02-27 date. If I can find my backup does that mean CWM is reading the ext SD now?
I am scared to try and flash again because I haven't been able to find my restore. Last time I backed up to my internal SD and then after going through the PureMotive guide the backup was no longer there. What steps should I take?
Thanks again!
I just did a nandroid backup to the internal and this is what is says:
Card Space Free: 10847MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Freeing up space.
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
strawnj said:
I just did a nandroid backup to the internal and this is what is says:
Card Space Free: 10847MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Freeing up space.
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
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Need to format card to fat32 or change CWM to point backup to internal card.
strawnj said:
I just did a nandroid backup to the internal and this is what is says:
Card Space Free: 10847MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Freeing up space.
Backing up data...
No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext
Generating md5 sum...
Backup complete!
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That's normal. The no sd-ext happens on this device for some reason, but your backup was made correctly and us on your internal. There is a forum on how to get them on your external here somewhere. Rom manager will not allow it to happen. I've just been using internal and making a copy on my cpu just in case.
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prdog1 said:
Need to format card to fat32 or change CWM to point backup to internal card.
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If you mount the ext-card I am backup there. Otherwise the default location is the internal card. Seems to be working on both.
First off - You have to format your card to FAT32, you cannot do this on the phone using the settings menu. Use these directions to format your card: How to format card to FAT32
If you would like to know why you are having issues with the SD card backups read this: CWM does not support the exFAT filesystem
Also, in CWM you can specify where to save your backup: Options are internal or ext. SD card.
ricky babalu said:
First off - You have to format your card to FAT32, you cannot do this on the phone using the settings menu. Use these directions to format your card: How to format card to FAT32
If you would like to know why you are having issues with the SD card backups read this: CWM does not support the exFAT filesystem
Also, in CWM you can specify where to save your backup: Options are internal or ext. SD card.
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this! everytime you odin back to stock via puremotive's guide or mine it will wipe the internal sd...so yea thats why your backups are lost. as mentioned above, format your sd to fat 32, then when you navigate to backup/restore in cwm, you will see the option "backup to external sd" . i will notate this in my guide when i get chance!
Hello,
I made a backup of my phone using TWRP. When I try to restore from the backup I created, I get a "E:extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255" error message when it tries to restore the data.
Anyone know the fix for this?
Not much information there to even begin.
Did you back up to SD or internal storage? Did you back up everything except SD card? Is the phone set to use system storage as default install and storage space?
IMO, it works best when you don't allow the phone to use the SD card as install/storage, then a backup to SD, including all partitions is easy to restore. Also allow it to write an md5 checksum.
Most likely, you can't fix it now and will have to start again.