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,
I'm somewhat of a noob here but I'm having a problem. I've been using this rom on my G2x with no problems (more than the normal ones) for a few months. All of a sudden today, it restored all my preferences to default, made me go through the initial android set up screen, and I no longer have a data connection at all. It also deleted all my accounts (google, Facebook, etc). Upon restart each time, it keeps doing the same thing- deleting everything and resetting to default. All of my apps are still there and nothing seems wrong with them.
Also, I regularly make backups of my roms, but they are nowhere to be found (either with ROM manager or in recovery mode).
I haven't downloaded anything new recently and I don't think I did anything out of the ordinary.
Please help!! If I can't figure it out tonight or tomorrow I guess I'll have to reinstall the rom---which is fine, but I wonder if I'll get my data connection back...Do you guys think it'll work or should I figure out how to unroot my phone so I can send it back (don't really want to do this because I had problems rooting it originally).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance.
First, go to setting then privacy and disable the backup and restore settings. Then use a file manager to explore your internal and external SD cards to find the clockworkmod folder and see if there are any backups there. You might need to move them to the external SD card in order for the recovery to find them
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Also, which guide did u follow to root and flash recovery?
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Please bare with me since I am still learning about android and so my question is, how can I recover my applications from my tablet after I have rooted it.
I flashed cyanogen 9 to my SGT2.10.1 and it was successful, although I am stuck on trying to recover my applications from the partition internal memory. Of course I have done a variety of steps to recover them and some of the steps I took are:
1. I tried using the spk tool - I really do not know how to use it and I am having a hard time figuring it out
2. Trying to delete and reformat the internal memory - was not successful since it only erased of what I currently had on the rooted and partitioned memory, thus my original/stock application are still within the internal memory.
3. I tried using applications such PC36IMG-AmonRA-3.07-gnm.zip - I changed the name to PC36IMG but flashing it lead to installation fail/aborted
4. I tried recovering them with titanium back up - but the application couldn't see my original/stock applications
5. Also tried using Astro File manager - Same results as TBU
6. Deleting the files from my pc via usb- it does not give me an option to reformat it
Any suggestions? this is the final step that I need to complete to finally enjoy my retarded galaxy tab 2
Hi. I always use titanium backup and never had problems with it - what do you mean by "couldn't see my original applications"? Did you make a backup of the applications prior to flashing CM? If you did so and you didn't format the sdcard (the "TitaniumBackup" folder" resides by default on the internal sdcard), you should still have all your backups there, and you should be able to restore them.
Are you trying to get the same apps you had on stock prior to flashing CM9? If so, did you back up prior to flashing?
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it is recommended that you dont use titanium back up to restore your apps. you will have to reinstall from scratch. that is on the cm9 instructions.
just for future reference, you will need to download tbu from the market, install it then try to use the back up to reinstall your apps. or you can create a zip file from within tbu which you can install using cwm but do it after your rom is working
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Hi. I always use titanium backup and never had problems with it - what do you mean by "couldn't see my original applications"? Did you make a backup of the applications prior to flashing CM? If you did so and you didn't format the sdcard (the "TitaniumBackup" folder" resides by default on the internal sdcard), you should still have all your backups there, and you should be able to restore them.
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I did not back it, I also did not delete them before flashing CM which i truly regret. Since my stock applications/original applications take up 8 gigs of my internal memory out of 13. The 8 gigs of memory/apps, I have no access or whatsoever.... I succesfully rooted and flashed CM and GAAP the only thing is left for me is to restore this applications or delete them so I can finally utilize my tablet.
Please help me
any suggestions are all welcome as long as my tablet not end being brick.
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Are you trying to get the same apps you had on stock prior to flashing CM9? If so, did you back up prior to flashing?
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yes sir that is exactly what i am trying to do. Although I did not back up prior to flashing...i really really wish i did. I miss that part since it did not mentioned on the instructions that I read it from on flashing CM9.
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yes sir that is exactly what i am trying to do. Although I did not back up prior to flashing...i really really wish i did. I miss that part since it did not mentioned on the instructions that I read it from on flashing CM9.
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Hmm... Well I hate to say this but I think they're gone... You sure those 8 gigs aren't something else?
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Hmm... Well I hate to say this but I think they're gone... You sure those 8 gigs aren't something else?
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Impossible, im pretty sure those 8 gigs can only be my stock applications? what else can it be? I mean you do not actually think cyanogen 9 is worth 9 gigs? I have nothing in my current OS.
They cannot be good since I can fully see the memory being occupied, I am just having a difficult time accessing and recovering those stock applications.
I can't believe no one knows how to do this in this thread....
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:
Hi guys, I'm using a Xperia S and I've been trying to flash different stuff into my phone these days
to keep it safe, I usually do back up in recovery mode incase if things goes wrong
but seems that i cant find the button to delete those back ups
(since some of them are useless now and i'd like to remove them to get more storage space)
is it possible for me to remove them?
( I cant find those backups in the ROM manager app)
thank you
Your recovery should have saved those backups onto your external SD card, or the internal equivalent, so you should be able to plug in your phone to your computer and remove them that way.
for cwm, a clockworkmod folder is created in sd card
it has the backup files
by checking the date you can delete the backup file you want to
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Hi all, I have a few questions regarding where you store your backup Roms, I am fairly new to this ( duh) , I am running CM on my GS3 ( 10.1.2).
I have a 16gb with another 16gb external storage. I have one backup of stock 4.1.2 JB on my phone and another backup of the Rom I am running.
Do you all usually keep several backups on your phone? And if so where do you usually keep them, on the internal storage or external? Mine are on the internal storage and take up almost 6 gb. I would love to free up space there, just not sure if it's ok to store backups elsewhere, and how I would go about it if there is. Hope this makes sense, I always keep backups but didn't realize just how much room they take up! Once a backup has already been made, can I move it via TWRP to external storage or is this not recommended? Hope this all makes sense...
I used Rom manager and I keep only one Rom backup on my internal storage and everything else is on my external sd card. I also keep a folder in Dropbox with backups.
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Also use ROM Manager, I keep 6-10 Nandroid backups on my external SD card & always backup to my PC also. I'm constantly creating & destroying nandroids as I backup before I flash anything new whether a full ROM, new nightly, different kernel or a simple MOD.
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I use Dropbox for backups and keep my most recent rom in the internal SD card
Speaking of backups, I just did a nandroid backup via TWRP and forgot to choose compression, so now I have a 4+ gb backup file eating up space on my internal storage. If I transfer it to PC, use windows to zip the folder, and transfer it back, I should then still be able to flash it in recovery just like if I chose compression in the first place, right?
Would be nice to have more than 3gb free space...
I do nightly backups with Titanium Backup, then I use FolderSync to copy everything to my computer before I wake.
I do periodic nandroid backups as image.zip files, rename them to include the date, and sync them with my computer using FolderSync.
I save apks separate from data, and never delete them. I only keep the last few ROM images (probably not more than five copies).
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I do nightly backups with Titanium Backup, then I use FolderSync to copy everything to my computer before I wake.
I do periodic nandroid backups as image.zip files, rename them to include the date, and sync them with my computer using FolderSync.
I save apks separate from data, and never delete them. I only keep the last few ROM images (probably not more than five copies).
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If you just did the backup, delete the backup, enable compression, and re-do it. You'll save time and uncertainty over copying to a computer and back.
That's just what I'd do.
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Argh, I unfortunately already flashed to cm10.1 or I would have just done a new backup. I've already configured everything and so I'd hate to have to flash stock, make a new backup, then flash back to cm... Would the method I described still work as an alternative?
If you have enough storage, you could backup your current CM ROM, restore the other one, back it up with compression, delete the uncompressed ROM and restore your new CM backup.
Now that you've loaded a different ROM, just move it off the phone, zip it in windows, and leave it on your computer.
If you ever want to restore, unzip it and move it back to your phone.
It'll either work or it won't. You're not going to mess anything up with a bad zip. Just don't use any WinZip proprietary options when you zip.
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If you have enough storage, you could backup your current CM ROM, restore the other one, back it up with compression, delete the uncompressed ROM and restore your new CM backup.
Now that you've loaded a different ROM, just move it off the phone, zip it in windows, and leave it on your computer.
If you ever want to restore, unzip it and move it back to your phone.
It'll either work or it won't. You're not going to mess anything up with a bad zip. Just don't use any WinZip proprietary options when you zip.
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Got it, thanks
Thanks for the responses ...got everything backed up on PC /Dropbox. Thanks!