Impossible to find my backup from Nandroid and Super Backup on PC - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I tried so much alternative for make a backup of my cell and to transfer it on my PC, but i dont see it when i browse from my PC. Nandroid, super backup and titanium are all configured to save backup to storage/emulated/0 but i can only find titatium save from my PC. Nandroid and super backup files cant be find
Im seriously out of idea
Thx

Check /data/media/0

I dont have this path when i browse from my PC
The only way for see my backup is when i did it from Recovery(philz recovery). I can find it in: /clockworkmod/backup
But the backup have a wrong date and time name

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Mini Franki said:
Hi,
I tried so much alternative for make a backup of my cell and to transfer it on my PC, but i dont see it when i browse from my PC. Nandroid, super backup and titanium are all configured to save backup to storage/emulated/0 but i can only find titatium save from my PC. Nandroid and super backup files cant be find
Im seriously out of idea
Thx
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rootSU said:
Check /data/media/0
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Read what maestro write. You have to use root explorer. It is in your phone's root directory.

I know where is my backup on my cell with file explorer. This is not my problem. The problem is i dont find it from my pc. I want to take my nandroid backup and to put it on my computer.

Adb push it to your pc
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ldubs said:
Adb push it to your pc
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Ummm that's adb pull actually. You push to the phone and pull from it.
OP: Just use a root explorer and make a copy of the file someplace your comp sees. Copy it over to your comp with MTP then delete it.

Thx that work great when i move it to an other folder. But i dont understand why i dont see it from my computer in clockworkmod/backup when i see it in file explorer
EDIT: Now i can see it in clockworkmod/backup after i moved back it.... Very strange

Mini Franki said:
Thx that work great when i move it to an other folder. But i dont understand why i dont see it from my computer in clockworkmod/backup when i see it in file explorer
EDIT: Now i can see it in clockworkmod/backup after i moved back it.... Very strange
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Internal Storage on the Nexus 5 is /data/media/0, also what /sdcard is symlinked to. This is what is accessed via MTP.
CWM is outdated and uses the legacy location of /data/media/clockworkmod (note the lack of /0).
Therefore you cannot see it while connected to a PC, because you're viewing /data/media/0, not /data/media. It's also why it shows up on your PC when you copy it to another folder, its moved from /data/media/clockworkmod to /data/media/0/clockworkmod (but then CWM won't see it).

With nandroid app, you can decide where you want to make your backup. I tried /data/media/0 and storage/emulated/0 but i dont see it on my PC. Only in my file explorer from my phone. I can only see it on my pc when i move it to an other folder and when i move it back in /data/media/0(i move it with file explorer)
That what a found strange. Anyway, that workaround work so ill use it in the futur
thx guys

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Back Up

Is there a way to back up everything from my phone to my Mac
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yes, Titanium backup
mount the internal SD
then copy and paste the folder to your MAC-Apple
AllGamer said:
yes, Titanium backup
mount the internal SD
then copy and paste the folder to your MAC-Apple
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Alternatively, download ROM manager and use it to do a NANDroid backup of all of your data. Titanium is nice but NANDroid back ups will save every single setting where as titanium cannot save widgets etc. If you chose to go the NANDroid backup method to get the backups on your comp, plug it in and mount it as USB storage, open the drive and copy the files in the clockwork recovery backup folder to your comp. I also suggest you name them something that will let you know what the backup is in (I use a simple method: ROMThemeKernelapps, eg: CM7Trin15apps for CyanogenMod 7 with the Trinity 1.5GHz kernel and of course all of my apps).

Backup EFS?

I have tried to backup my efs folder with various tools, resulting in permission denied. So I decided to manually copy and backup my /efs folder with ES File Explorer (with root permission). Is that enough, or do I need to use some fancy tool?
ololizoz said:
I have tried to backup my rfs folder with various tools, resulting in permission denied. So I decided to manually copy and backup my /efs folder with ES File Explorer (with root permission). Is that enough, or do I need to use some fancy tool?
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"rfs"?? As long as you have a backup of your original efs folder on your sd-card & maybe another on your pc, then you're good to go! No fancy tools required!!
CrackDaddy said:
"rfs"?? As long as you have a backup of your original efs folder on your sd-card & maybe another on your pc, then you're good to go!
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Oh, of course I mean efs So it's enough to copy the /efs folder?
ololizoz said:
Oh, of course I mean efs So it's enough to copy the /efs folder?
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It is yes! But in theory, whenever you have a problem with efs, then your bak files in that folder record those changes so you can recover using that particular file! But yes, it's always wise to have a backup of that folder either on your phone (sd-card!) or your pc, because if that gets screwed then you could be in a whole lot of bother!
CrackDaddy said:
It is yes! But in theory, whenever you have a problem with efs, then your bak files in that folder record those changes so you can recover using that particular file! But yes, it's always wise to have a backup of that folder either on your phone (sd-card!) or your pc, because if that gets screwed then you could be in a whole lot of bother!
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Yeah, thanks! So I can finally flash that kernel I have one on my phone, one on my desktop, one on my laptop, one on my external harddrive and one on my dropbox. Should be enough xD
ololizoz said:
Yeah, thanks! So I can finally flash that kernel I have one on my phone, one on my desktop, one on my laptop, one on my external harddrive and one on my dropbox. Should be enough xD
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More than enough & don't forget to wipe dalvik cache also before flashing any kernels!!
CrackDaddy said:
More than enough & don't forget to wipe dalvik cache also before flashing any kernels!!
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Okay, thanks for the heads up!
Are you sure that's enough, since simply copying does not preserve the file permissions ?
ehknaton said:
Are you sure that's enough, since simply copying does not preserve the file permissions ?
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Well the best way is
Code:
Cat /dev/block/mtdblock6 >> /mnt/sdcard/efs_backup.img
Then just revert it to restore
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CWM Backup Location!

i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx
ali.sbi said:
i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx
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/data/media/clockworkmod
Learn to use the search.
There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod
ali.sbi said:
i'm not able to find my cwm backup file to transfer it to my pc.please some one tell me where is the location for cwm backup.tnx
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There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod
deej_roamer said:
There is a folder straight away in your SD card Named clockworkmod
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yeah i know but there is not any back up file in that.only 28 byts.
Then you are screwed
ali.sbi said:
yeah i know but there is not any back up file in that.only 28 byts.
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Try installing disk analyzer and try to locate a folder which can be in scales of a rom size, if you can find it great, otherwise something went wrong during backup
If you can take another backup then great otherwise its something you can't do anything about.
deej_roamer said:
Try installing disk analyzer and try to locate a folder which can be in scales of a rom size, if you can find it great, otherwise something went wrong during backup
If you can take another backup then great otherwise its something you can't do anything about.
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i can access my backup in cmw i can even delete it or take a new back up and restore it. the thing is when i connect the phone i can't find the back up in internal memory. and surf it with ES file manager too but nothing really found.
Does Access mean restore as well?
ali.sbi said:
i can access my backup in cmw i can even delete it or take a new back up and restore it. the thing is when i connect the phone i can't find the back up in internal memory. and surf it with ES file manager too but nothing really found.
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Can you restore the backup as well?
And what you are saying is that there is content in clockworkmod folder but of negligible size? Can you post a screenshots of clockworkmod folder?
Trust me use disk analyzer it can find some unknown things
check #2
there i found my backup
(be careful: i tried to flash a custom (so also formatted system+data) and when i wanted to return to my backup i discovered it was erased )
dreezz said:
check #2
there i found my backup
(be careful: i tried to flash a custom (so also formatted system+data) and when i wanted to return to my backup i discovered it was erased )
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yeah that right i have same issue too. that's why now i want to find my back up to transfer it into my pc.
deej_roamer said:
Can you restore the backup as well?
And what you are saying is that there is content in clockworkmod folder but of negligible size? Can you post a screenshots of clockworkmod folder?
Trust me use disk analyzer it can find some unknown things
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yeah sure i can restore it and it's fine.ok i will try this dist analyzer thing ASAP and get u back.
Device/data/media/clockworkmod
Edit: you can also make nandroid backups directly to your pen drive via a otg cable and avoid this confusion in future...
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ali.sbi said:
yeah sure i can restore it and it's fine.ok i will try this dist analyzer thing ASAP and get u back.
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Use adb to pull it to PC.
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod

took the plunge BUT

I backed up all the data I wanted to carry over on my PC EXCEPT of course my titanium backup apps.
Is there any way to explore a nandroid backup to find the SD (if it even backs up SD) so I can find my TB folder and paste it to my phone?
My phone did not push my apps from Google when booted and I hate having to manually reinstall them even though I dont have many
tevil said:
I backed up all the data I wanted to carry over on my PC EXCEPT of course my titanium backup apps.
Is there any way to explore a nandroid backup to find the SD (if it even backs up SD) so I can find my TB folder and paste it to my phone?
My phone did not push my apps from Google when booted and I hate having to manually reinstall them even though I dont have many
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You can use TB to extract the apps and data directly from the nandroid.
Copy the nandroid back to your phone's backup location (/TWRP/backups/ or /clockworkmod/backup/)
In TB, press menu then it's near the bottom.
+1 works!
Menu > Extract from Nandroid backup...
thanks one more question
Its upgraded and rooted yet when I go into my folder structure I dont see TWRP folder. I Know twrp works cause its there and I ran a backup but the folder isnt there for me to put my old backup in there.
any tips?
thanks
Try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2938749
thanks but none of those are it. I can see a file called twrp but its not a folder. Maybe ill just try to create the folder myself and run another backup, wonder where the first one went.
can see see my sd fine and access everything else normally.
thanks
You'll need to wipe your storage probably. Read the thread. People have reported that issue.
rootSU said:
You'll need to wipe your storage probably. Read the thread. People have reported that issue.
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Got it, luckily I never delte folders when creating new ones so oddly when I renamed the TWRP file that was supposedly a folder to "twrp2" it returned it to a folder status. I just renamed it back to "TWRP" and it works.
Alls good.
Hopefully maybe that might help someone else.
tevil said:
Got it, luckily I never delte folders when creating new ones so oddly when I renamed the TWRP file that was supposedly a folder to "twrp2" it returned it to a folder status. I just renamed it back to "TWRP" and it works.
Alls good.
Hopefully maybe that might help someone else.
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Ha. Crazy
rootSU said:
Ha. Crazy
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Update
You have to first run the
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
command THEN rename the folder. Just did this on my nexus 7

[Q] Help with TWRP

Flashed a ROM and the ROM moved the all files in the root of my storage to a folder within a series of subfolders.
This is bad because my TWRP folder containing my backups was in the root of my storage.
But of course things can't just work how you'd expect, so my computer and phone refuse to copy the TWRP folder back to where it belongs.
My computer refuses to copy the files "data.ext4.win000"
There seems to be nothing I can do about this. My phone wont copy it and my computer won't either.
However, I am wondering if there is a way to make TWRP restore from a backup that is not where it belongs.
Whenever I go to restore, it doesn't give me an option to search elsewhere for my backups. Yet for some reason I am allowed to install a .zip from wherever I want.
Is there some sort of terminal command I can do within TWRP to make this work? Thank you.

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