so... was wondering if it was possible to download a nandroid backup to a computer for storage, in case i want to go back to a rom after a while?
goldsmitht said:
so... was wondering if it was possible to download a nandroid backup to a computer for storage, in case i want to go back to a rom after a while?
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Are you having trouble just copying the entire respective custom recovery folder onto your computer? I do monthly TWRP backups and just copy the entire folder onto my computer and delete older ones as I do so. Just did that last night actually.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Are you having trouble just copying the entire respective custom recovery folder onto your computer? I do monthly TWRP backups and just copy the entire folder onto my computer and delete older ones as I do so. Just did that last night actually.
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So if I decide that I want to go back, just copy the backup off my computer back to my fone, I not the backups folder (using twrp) and alls well? Thanks!
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goldsmitht said:
So if I decide that I want to go back, just copy the backup off my computer back to my fone, I not the backups folder (using twrp) and alls well? Thanks!
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Yea, I've been doing this for a solid 2.5 years going back to my last device. With TWRP, all I transfer over is the actual backup file since the file path does not change. With CWM, I used to copy over the entire CWM folder as it contained the blogs and backups in different folders. Best of luck my friend!
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So I'm wondering how to do this since cwm uses blobs now and RM doesn't read nandroids on external SD card, only internal storage.
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tu3218 said:
So I'm wondering how to do this since cwm uses blobs now and RM doesn't read nandroids on external SD card, only internal storage.
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Use a file browser, navigate to /mnt/extSdCard(or sdcard1)/clockworkmod and delete them...
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Use a file browser, navigate to /mnt/extSdCard(or sdcard1)/clockworkmod and delete them...
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to my knowledge you don't want to touch the blob files as they may be linked to multiple Nandroids. Rather if you delete the backups from the /backup folder (the ones with the dates) the next time CWM boots to make a recovery or such it'll automatically delete the blob files it no longer needs.
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to my knowledge you don't want to touch the blob files as they may be linked to multiple Nandroids. Rather if you delete the backups from the /backup folder (the ones with the dates) the next time CWM boots to make a recovery or such it'll automatically delete the blob files it no longer needs.
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Under /clockworkmod there's only ever been the /backup folder to my knowledge... I assumed he would be able to figure that part out once he browsed to that location and saw /backup
Edit:I take that back. I hadn't done a backup with the latest cwm. But still he should be able top figure out to delete the /backup folder contents and not the blob
Just delete the backups you don't want from CWM.
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Do it from recovery.
Only way to properly delete the corresponding blobs.
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1ManWolfePack said:
Do it from recovery.
Only way to properly delete the corresponding blobs.
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what version are you using? Every time I try that, it doesn't delete it.
Guys
I've made backups of two roms using cwm 6....it makes backup in 2 folders... One backup and one blobs folder... The backup folder is only 13 mb while max data is there in blobs folder which is common to both the backups.... So how can i separate the two coz i want to transfer one of them to my pc...
Thanks in advance
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ashish.kmc08 said:
Guys
I've made backups of two roms using cwm 6....it makes backup in 2 folders... One backup and one blobs folder... The backup folder is only 13 mb while max data is there in blobs folder which is common to both the backups.... So how can i separate the two coz i want to transfer one of them to my pc...
Thanks in advance
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Blobs are folders with different applications and files. So better to take backup with both of folder. Be careful, If any file would be missing, you would lost whole backup. BTW, if you want then Just restore your that backup & select format in CWM backup in recovery. i.e. .Tar format.
Then delete blobs Using CWM & take backup. Save it..simple.:angel:
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Blobs are folders with different applications and files. So better to take backup with both of folder. Be careful, If any file would be missing, you would lost whole backup. BTW, if you want then Just restore your that backup & select format in CWM backup in recovery. i.e. .Tar format.
Then delete blobs Using CWM & take backup. Save it..simple.:angel:
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Will use cwm 4 from now.... Its simpler
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ashish.kmc08 said:
Will use cwm 4 from now.... Its simpler
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Yes you can..But V6 has lots of options then V4
You can create tar backups in CWMv6. It's much simpler.
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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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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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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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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!
Here is a screen shot of my cwm folder : /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
can anyone tell me what they are for and why the dates are from 1970? can I delete them? the 4 files are taking up over 6.5gb of my internal storage.
thanks
Those are nandroid backups that you do in recovery. I use TWRP recovery which supports custom naming of backups. Thanks helps easily distinguish one backup from another. What I know about CWM is that it does not record dates when you backup. Unless there is an option to name backups like there is in TWRP, that's the way it is. Six GB looks about right for the four backups. You can delete any that you want but just know you're essentially deleting whatever "safe" rom you have backed up.
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Those are nandroid backups that you do in recovery. I use TWRP recovery which supports custom naming of backups. Thanks helps easily distinguish one backup from another. What I know about CWM is that it does not record dates when you backup. Unless there is an option to name backups like there is in TWRP, that's the way it is. Six GB looks about right for the four backups. You can delete any that you want but just know you're essentially deleting whatever "safe" rom you have backed up.
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ok. but how do i know which is the oldest/newest?
cmegalodon said:
ok. but how do i know which is the oldest/newest?
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Using your file manager (es explorer right?) there should be a Properties tab if you long press any of those folders. I'm willing to guess it's already in order from oldest to newest going left to right based on the naming scheme: "year-month-day" and the second part looks like "hour-minutes." However, you can tell via your file manager.