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CWM backup and restore

Has anyone successfully tried backing up their device and restoring with CWM on the tab 2 7?
When I backup I get an error in the data partition. I haven't tried restoring because I can't get an error free backup.
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Yes
I've used CWM to backup/restore my P3113.
Make sure you've got an external SD card in the slot, and that the SD card is large enough (anything over 1Gb is fine).

Yes it worked fine for me. Also worked fine using twrp recovery.

I used cwm to restore after a bad flash, no problem, an external .sd card is a must because when you b/u it is stored on the external sd card.
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Transmitted from another galaxy with an Infected P-5113.

I have successfully backed up and restored stock rom and custom rom with CWM and TWRP
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Maybe it's my sdcard....I only had 2 gb left. I'll try again with an empty card.
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That could very well be it. My backups clocked in around 2gb (and I was doing this on a stock tablet without anything installed).

Did you resolve this one? I have the exact same issue, data partition error when backing up, and I have tried on as large as a 16 gb card. I don't know what to do.

Have you gone to the advanced item and read the error log? On mine it was that I had so many videos on the internal storage and the tar file was to big. What does the log day?
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rom question

i am on cm9 and im about to flash liquid smoothn. so after i flash can i just delete cm9 on my sd card so i can have more room on my sd card

yes you can delete the rom you are not using dude no different then any other file

But you might think about making a nandroid backup and maybe keeping that either on the SD card or on your computer.

aycockonxion said:
But you might think about making a nandroid backup and maybe keeping that either on the SD card or on your computer.
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I agree. Having something to flash can save you -should something major go wrong while you're out. Keep the backup on SD.

dac1227 said:
I agree. Having something to flash can save you -should something major go wrong while you're out. Keep the backup on SD.
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+1 on keeping a nandroid. It can save you more than you'll ever dream at some point.
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Cwm help

Trying to do a back up on my p3110 8gb, and don't really have enough space to do it,
For some reason it is also saving it before the SD card folder in data/media/something/backup/date
When I try to move it it tells me cannot move files after it attempts and moves a few I'm guessing this is due to file size and running out of space....
Is there a way to get cwm to save the backup to external SD, or at least to SD card directory instead of root? So I can copy the files onto my computer?
Or do I need to go on a deleting spree and potentially lose some gaming data....
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Yeah, just pick backup to external. Its like the forth or fifth option down in cwms backup and restore menu
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Help restoring backup! Clockworkmod and recovery

Hello! I need help!
I flashed a rom yesterday and I backed up my rom before flashing. Today I was trying to restore my backup and the system did not find it. I can see it using Astro file manager under clockworkmod and backups. But on recovery it won't show. And the recovery shows three backups that I don't remember doing but two out of the three are not accesible. Please, if you can tell me how to make clockworkmod see my backup. I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!

Did you backup to the internal drive or external sd card. Try going to your backup and restore then click the restore from external sd card to see if it is possibly there.
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bbqsfire said:
Did you backup to the internal drive or external sd card. Try going to your backup and restore then click the restore from external sd card to see if it is possibly there.
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I don't have an SD card. It was saved on my internal drive. I tried to but it says I can't because there is no Sd card.

Did you format your internal drive before you tried restoring the backup. Usually my cwm just populates the ones I have done or if I want to pull one of the ones on my sd card I can. I will try moving my backup and see if I can replicate the problem.
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bbqsfire said:
Did you format your internal drive before you tried restoring the backup. Usually my cwm just populates the ones I have done or if I want to pull one of the ones on my sd card I can. I will try moving my backup and see if I can replicate the problem.
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no I didn't I'll try to move it to an sd card and see what happens

I moved my backup to another folder and cwm did not find it. I'm not sure if you possibly moved it from the clockwork folder or not. I hope you figure it out.
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If you are still having problems try going into rom manager app. Should have a manage and restore option. From there it should have a list of your backups and will let you restore from one of those.
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sergioosvaldo1 said:
Hello! I need help!
I flashed a rom yesterday and I backed up my rom before flashing. Today I was trying to restore my backup and the system did not find it. I can see it using Astro file manager under clockworkmod and backups. But on recovery it won't show. And the recovery shows three backups that I don't remember doing but two out of the three are not accesible. Please, if you can tell me how to make clockworkmod see my backup. I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!
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Another thing to try is to make sure your recovery is current and up to date. That same thing happened to me (with TWRP) and it turned out it was due to me flashing a 4.2 rom (which changes the file structure of your sd) and having an older recovery that didn't support it.
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Format SD deletes Nandroid backup???

Hello, if I created a Nandroid backup and I then format my internal SD card, why it also deleted something in my Nandroud backup?
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buddy formatting will delete entire data... i wont selectively leave the cwm backup...
erase command is not to so intelligent to leave behind nandroid

Make you backup in external and then format your internal.
This will prevent your nandroid backup to be saved
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Dan Law 001 said:
Hello, if I created a Nandroid backup and I then format my internal SD card, why it also deleted something in my Nandroud backup?
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It depends where you stored your backup. If you have stored the backup in the same location that you format then it's going to get deleted.
Once you have made your backup in NANDroid I highly recommend you move this backup to another location where you can always access it incase the worst happens. I usually place a copy of my backup locally on my network and in a cloud storage. This covers all bases.

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Never leave anything you value in a phone or tablet; back it up, frequently, elsewhere.
Many have learned the hard way.
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Definitely become a huge fan of backing up everything! I just flashed a new ROM and last back up was a week ago.....nothing like learning through trials! :silly:

Move the backup elsewhere before formating
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I always put my backups on my external sd card. Then if i mess something up on my internal memory and screw up my tablet i can restore no matter what happens
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