I always used CWM on my other phones and now installed TWRP 2.6.3.3 and have following issue:
Like CWM, TWRP creates its own folder on SD-partition (internal storage on Mini). But the backups are stored in "root/data/media/TWRP/...", not in "SD/TWRP/...", so when backuping my files from phone I have to copy the TWRP-backup first to SD (I don't want to use adb etc. for that).
Why is TWRP not using the standard-folder on SD and can I change the location?
Also mounting internal storage doesn't work in TWRP. Any ideas?
...ok, solved (expect mounting)!
Solution (if you have the same issue): I moved the TWRP-folder from root to sd and now TRWP backups/restores onto/from SD.
Why not use "es file explorer" grant root privileges in settings and then copy to sd. That works for me
Just spotted that you have solved this.
Yes, always copied with ES before, but now it works like it should.
BTW I think TWRP used the root-location because I superwiped the phone a few days ago and there was no SD-partition. And as long the TWRP-folder exists on root it seems that it doesn't use the one on SD.
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I know this question has been answered in previous threads, but the solution doesn't work for my device...
I made a backup using CWM recovery in my Galaxy S5, but it is stored within the internal memory (don't remember if I placed it there myself or just agreed to it), which sucks because it takes 5 out of 16 GB of space and now I can't delete it...
I've tried connecting it to the PC but the folder is protected and I can't install CWM ROM manager to delete it either because my device is not supported yet. ROM manager asks me to install CWM Recovery, even though it is already installed, and there is no Galaxy S5 within the list of supported devices
What should I do? Do I have to wait till the S5 is supported by ROM manager in order to delete this backup?
Thank you
PD. This is my first thread, so be gentle
Try deleting the folder using a file manager app such as ES file manager.
You can also delete backups directly with CWM.
If you can't perform any of the above you can always backup you're important data and format the internal storage.
Good luck!
jamesokbo said:
I know this question has been answered in previous threads, but the solution doesn't work for my device...
I made a backup using CWM recovery in my Galaxy S5, but it is stored within the internal memory (don't remember if I placed it there myself or just agreed to it), which sucks because it takes 5 out of 16 GB of space and now I can't delete it...
I've tried connecting it to the PC but the folder is protected and I can't install CWM ROM manager to delete it either because my device is not supported yet. ROM manager asks me to install CWM Recovery, even though it is already installed, and there is no Galaxy S5 within the list of supported devices
What should I do? Do I have to wait till the S5 is supported by ROM manager in order to delete this backup?
Thank you
PD. This is my first thread, so be gentle
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As mentioned by @ido100, you should use ES File Explorer. However, you're going to need Root Explorer turned on, as well as Show Hidden Files turned on. See my posts here and here for instructions on how to do that.
Solved...
Well, the file manager didn't work either... I turned Root Explorer on and show hidden files as well, but everytime I deleted the clockworkmod folder and refreshed it was there again... I got pretty sick and wiped my internal sd card, now I'm affraid that I didn't back up my Link to the Past progress
But the stupid 5GB folder is finally gone...
cant delete cwm backup
jamesokbo said:
Well, the file manager didn't work either... I turned Root Explorer on and show hidden files as well, but everytime I deleted the clockworkmod folder and refreshed it was there again... I got pretty sick and wiped my internal sd card, now I'm affraid that I didn't back up my Link to the Past progress
But the stupid 5GB folder is finally gone...
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how did you ''wipe your internal storage''? i need help, i have the same problem as you! :crying:
Hello Guys,
i rooted and flashed cwm successfuly...i started Backup to sdcard..
But Where is My Backup...in cwm is present on system or pc i can't find it.
Thanks
If you have selected the first entry for backup in CWM, then on the internal, the second on the SD. Respectively in the folder ClockworkMod / backup.
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If you have selected the first entry for backup in CWM, then on the internal, the second on the SD. Respectively in the folder ClockworkMod / backup.
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i don't have a sd card yet so it must be on internal...i cant found there...
If you use an SD, then the folder is also created there. So always consider ws you choose, so you can find it.
I have run into a problem, I was trying to install CM12 and besides factory reset I did format data in TWRP and and now internal memory was formated. I am not able to see any zip files of nandroid backup now. I had copied the nandroid backup to pc but phone's storage is neither shown in PC. What to do now.
If you can still boot in twrp use the adb sideload. Just seaech on youtube how to copy files by that.
Hello everyone I have been trying for some time now to get twrp (2.8.7.0) and cm (10.2.1) on my Samsung Verizon galaxy S3 about phone . I really don't want to brick my phone considering I'm trying to upgrade my computer and move at the same time so I have very limited cash. I am rooted via towelroot (confirmed via root checker basic) have SuperSU installed, twrp manager installed, Titanium backup installed, Explorer installed, and Busybox free installed. So I installed Titanium backup first to safely backup all of my data to my external sd card, and when I moved the backup destination folder to the external sd card and tried to backup all user apps titanium told me that there was insufficient space . Considering It has 15Gb free and there is altogether 14Gb on my internal I was curious. So upon further research I stumbled upon this and so when I tried to edit my platform.xml in my permissions folder it said it was set to read only. I noticed that my Explorer app isn't in the supersu list (could this be all it is, and if so how do I add it). So I proceeded to open up TWRP manager and it told me it can't write to sd card so it will reboot and patch the platform.xml file. I did that and it reboots and nothing has changed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
UPDATE: after posting this I tried the twrp platform.xml patch again and when the phone rebooted I checked via Explorer and it had created a back up in the permissions folder named platform.xml.bak and had edited the the write permissions. but TiBU still does not work with same error.
See this post in the other thread in which you posted this kind of question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61957710&postcount=4
hello guys,
i have a problem with restoring my nandroid backup.
so the digitzer of my s3 mini is broken and does not work partially. e.g. i cant enter my pin to unlock screen lock and i cant use twrp. so i used cwm (i guess it was 6.0.2.8.) to backup everything to my ext sd card. i dont know exactly if the backup was successfull but i cant remember any error messages and my backup is about 3,5gb big and there r following files:
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
cache.ext4.tar.a
data.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar.a
data.ext4.tar.b
data.ext4.tar.c
data.ext4.tar.d
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
system.ext4.tar.a
now i wanted to restore only data on a new device: moto g peregrine via cwm. i installed cm12.1 on my moto, the backup comes from cm12.1 too.
error: md5 checksum mismatch -> i cutted nandroid.md5 and created an empty file named nandroid.md5 and copied it into the backup folder. then cwm restored. well... it says it was restored. but when i start android no data is restored.
so i tried to restore it via tatanium backup. this app finds my backup, but only system apps r listed. no user apps. (i just tried it again, no apps at all)
then i tried to open/browse the tar archives with a shell extension in windows. they are empty.
then i wanted to extract them with appextractor but it doesnt find a backup to extract.
then i tried nandroid manager. it finds the backup, it says, its 3,44gb big. when i browse the data.ext4.tar its empty. then i click on restore nandroid backup. it boots into recovery but then it says:
sd card marker not found
.....
E: unknown volume for path [/mnt/sdcard1/clockworkmod/backup/2012-01-01.00.00.35]
cant mount backup path
im using cwm 6.0.4.8
so can sum1 plz help how to restore it? or is it broken? is everything gone?
and another question: twrp has adb sideload-support. i could make a twrp backup via the openrecovery adb script but my internal storage has not enough space. if i could tell twrp to backup on the ext sd card perhaps it works
greetz
daemonicvs said:
hello guys,
i have a problem with restoring my nandroid backup.
so the digitzer of my s3 mini is broken and does not work partially. e.g. i cant enter my pin to unlock screen lock and i cant use twrp. so i used cwm (i guess it was 6.0.2.8.) to backup everything to my ext sd card. i dont know exactly if the backup was successfull but i cant remember any error messages and my backup is about 3,5gb big and there r following files:
boot.img
cache.ext4.tar
cache.ext4.tar.a
data.ext4.tar
data.ext4.tar.a
data.ext4.tar.b
data.ext4.tar.c
data.ext4.tar.d
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.tar
system.ext4.tar.a
now i wanted to restore only data on a new device: moto g peregrine via cwm. i installed cm12.1 on my moto, the backup comes from cm12.1 too.
error: md5 checksum mismatch -> i cutted nandroid.md5 and created an empty file named nandroid.md5 and copied it into the backup folder. then cwm restored. well... it says it was restored. but when i start android no data is restored.
so i tried to restore it via tatanium backup. this app finds my backup, but only system apps r listed. no user apps. (i just tried it again, no apps at all)
then i tried to open/browse the tar archives with a shell extension in windows. they are empty.
then i wanted to extract them with appextractor but it doesnt find a backup to extract.
then i tried nandroid manager. it finds the backup, it says, its 3,44gb big. when i browse the data.ext4.tar its empty. then i click on restore nandroid backup. it boots into recovery but then it says:
sd card marker not found
.....
E: unknown volume for path [/mnt/sdcard1/clockworkmod/backup/2012-01-01.00.00.35]
cant mount backup path
im using cwm 6.0.4.8
so can sum1 plz help how to restore it? or is it broken? is everything gone?
and another question: twrp has adb sideload-support. i could make a twrp backup via the openrecovery adb script but my internal storage has not enough space. if i could tell twrp to backup on the ext sd card perhaps it works
greetz
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You can connect a USB mouse and keyboard to navigate and select whatever you need to select or do in CWM or TWRP, it will work with either recovery.
As for transferring user installed apps and their data, you can try backing them up to your google account and then restoring them from google on the new device. Or use the USB mouse/keyboard along with ES File Explorer to go to your /data/app folder and create copies of your installed apps, the backups will be in your backup/app folder on internal, copy them to PC then go your Android folder on the device and copy the app data for those apps to PC, then transfer the app copies to the internal on the new device and install them or use adb to sideload each of those apk files to the new device, then transfer the copied app data for those apps to the Android folder on the new device, then boot to recovery and wipe only cache, do not factory reset in recovery then reboot.
I DO NOT GIVE HELP IN PM, KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
hi,
You can connect a USB mouse and keyboard to navigate and select whatever you need to select or do in CWM or TWRP, it will work with either recovery.
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but for this i need a special otg adapter cause the s3 mini doesnt support otg originally. and dont i need to install an app or something on my device and confirm a message on my screen? like u wanna do an adb backup. havent tried it yet. i will do i i guess.
As for transferring user installed apps and their data, you can try backing them up to your google account and then restoring them from google on the new device. Or use the USB mouse/keyboard along with ES File Explorer to go to your /data/app folder and create copies of your installed apps, the backups will be in your backup/app folder on internal, copy them to PC then go your Android folder on the device and copy the app data for those apps to PC, then transfer the app copies to the internal on the new device and install them or use adb to sideload each of those apk files to the new device, then transfer the copied app data for those apps to the Android folder on the new device, then boot to recovery and wipe only cache, do not factory reset in recovery then reboot.
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this presumes that i can unlock my lockscreen. doesnt it?
i will try to backup my data with cwm again. perhaps the backup is corrupted. and i will try to do an adb backup and control the phone via keyboard and mouse if i can unlock the screen and/or confirm a popup message.
can anyone say if i can make a twrp backup to my ext sd oder pc via adb shell? i know the command "twrp backup <options> <foldername>" but can i change the path where the backup will be stored?
thx for your reply
daemonicvs said:
hi,
but for this i need a special otg adapter cause the s3 mini doesnt support otg originally. and dont i need to install an app or something on my device and confirm a message on my screen? like u wanna do an adb backup. havent tried it yet. i will do i i guess.
this presumes that i can unlock my lockscreen. doesnt it?
i will try to backup my data with cwm again. perhaps the backup is corrupted. and i will try to do an adb backup and control the phone via keyboard and mouse if i can unlock the screen and/or confirm a popup message.
can anyone say if i can make a twrp backup to my ext sd oder pc via adb shell? i know the command "twrp backup " but can i change the path where the backup will be stored?
thx for your reply
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You can use adb to remove lockscreen. There's a couple different ways using adb, research them.
As for OTG capability, you can try adb side loading an app called Stickmount by Chainfire if you can find a way to enable it after installing it.
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ok thx.
i wanna use the openrecovery script with "adb shell twrp backup DO" but it says not enough space. so i want to store the backup on my ext sd. but how can i change the backup location to my ext sd? i only can specify a foldername within the backup path. but noch path :/
like here
http://www.pocketables.com/2014/10/using-twrps-new-adb-interface.html
hope sum1 can help me