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Keep on getting run nandroid via adb?

I don't have any partitions and I'm not even sure that would be a reason to not let me backup. I can run Nandroid backup fine but I can't run Nandroid backup +ext.....Can Someone please help!
Thanks
Robotnoize
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I've had this problem before when I rename the nandroid file.
I usually power off, go back into recovery, and it works.

Not restore but backup.

robotnoize said:
I don't have any partitions and I'm not even sure that would be a reason to not let me backup. I can run Nandroid backup fine but I can't run Nandroid backup +ext.....Can Someone please help!
Thanks
Robotnoize
tweet me @robotnoize1 if possible...thanks!
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You have no partitions so backup + ext does not apply to you. That is the default error when the script doesn't detect an extX partition to backup.

okay.
Exactly, an ext partition is for the apps to sd technique which you are not using, so there is no need for an ext backup, a normal nandroid is just fine

And my apps messages etc. will all be backed up?
well it's time to try it now I guesss!
Thanks for the help guys very much appreciated!

I do believe you messages will be, however your apps will not! but a simple visit to the android market and then to your download tab will bring up your list again Otherwise just create an ext partition and do a nandroid+ext backup and that will save your apps.
Correct me please if im wrong, but hasnt the RA recovery been having issues with ext backups on cyangen?

sassyness77 said:
I do believe you messages will be, however your apps will not! but a simple visit to the android market and then to your download tab will bring up your list again Otherwise just create an ext partition and do a nandroid+ext backup and that will save your apps.
Correct me please if im wrong, but hasnt the RA recovery been having issues with ext backups on cyangen?
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You are wrong.
Nandroid does backup the whole phone, everything under "/". By everything I do mean everything on the phone storage.

also, make sure it is fully charged before trying to restore.

2.2 rom install and titanium/astro backups

Going to 2.2 roms how to keep titanium/astro backups?
As 2.2 roms apparantly dont support ext partitions, and think we need to format SD card to get apps2sd to work, what titanium/astro files would we need to be copied to PC?

Can you please, please, please post this kind of threads in Q&A ?

blueflash said:
Going to 2.2 roms how to keep titanium/astro backups?
As 2.2 roms apparantly dont support ext partitions, and think we need to format SD card to get apps2sd to work, what titanium/astro files would we need to be copied to PC?
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Yes they would need to be moved to the pc,
Best to do a nandroid back up then just copy the files from sd card to pc,
But as shokkapic said please keep questions to the Q&A section of the forums,
This section is only for rom issues and your question is more of a generic question.
Regards
Steven

For Titanium Backup there is folder on your SD Card called Titanium Backup... You just have to copy this folder on your computer and you have a back up ok Titanium Backup

thanks
sorry only posted it here as none of the intros to any of 2.2 roms mention SD ext/apps2sd or backups.
be nice if they did as lack of sd ext is bit of a change from past..

nandroid help

im having trouble locating the nandroid folder i searched around and it said its in the root directory but i dont see it can anyone help me? i already partition my sd card thanks

It's just called 'nandroid' in the root of your sd (fat patition), and contains several sub folders. If it's not there, it ain't there. If you partitioned after making a backup all files on your sd will be gone because they were formatted during the process.

the nandroid folder isnt in the root directory and im able to see it in the recovery screen and use it to restore
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solved if other people are using clockwork for backup its under clockworkmod then backup

[Q] Format internal SD Card XT912 SafeStrap?

Hey Guys,
I have always used CWM Rom Manager but now it only bricks the phone when installed. "Encryption Error - Factory Reset", but that does not work, have to use AP Fastboot and reinstall JellyBean. Now that I have it up again, I want a recovery solution besides Titanium Backup that will backup the entire phone, like CWM did. So, I installed SafeStrap. (Rooted with Android 4.1.2)
Now I would like to format the internal SD Card to start fresh, but when I boot to recovery in SafeStrap, Wipe does not format the internal card. The terminal window in the Wipe action shows that it cannot find block device. But, the File Manager in recovery works just fine and the backup seemed successful. When I go to Advanced, Settings, there is one setting that cannot be unchecked. "Use rm -rf instead of Format?" No, I do not want to wipe the existing partition, I want to format the entire internal SD partition, so I do indeed want Format like CWM would do. Is there a way to uncheck this box and how do you do it?
SafeStrap does have a Terminal, use at your own risk. So do I need to Format the internal SD Card by command line? Command line Syntax, please? Since this is a deadly serious operation, I would hope to get an answer and someone to confirm it, if possible. Familiar with Linux so that might help.
Anyone can help, please?

You probably want to post this in the Razr subforum, not the Razr M subforum. You'll probably get more help there.

RikRong said:
You probably want to post this in the Razr subforum, not the Razr M subforum. You'll probably get more help there.
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Oh, thanks dude. I wish a moderator would move this for me. Will copy there, thanks matey!
Post copied to the Razr Forum Here. Moderator, please update this link, thank you!

[Q] Help a (desperate) newbie (how to back-up rom)

Hello all,
Firstly, please bear with me if my question seems simple... I have flashed a couple of roms without problems, have recovered a bricked mobile and have generally messed around without too many disasters - unless you count the many hours spent setting-up my mobile after re-flashing... and this is the point... I will give a background and then questions will follow...
background:
I have finally found the rom for me (Albe 95 v2 btw - highly recommended, the guy did a truly grand job) and since I reckon that sooner or later I will become "restless" again and want to re-flash or mess around, I would like to make a back-up of my complete system... not app-by-app but do the backup in such a way that I get a single .zip file at the end of it all, and no matter how badly I might mess things up further down the road I can always return to my current status with in a flash (sorry for the poor pun)...
should be easy, right? well I've tried following some simple steps with clockwork mod (basically trying some of the functions in the backup directory, where there is an option that says something that amounts to "make a zip") and just now for the second time I've had a failure... after seemingly working and copying files for some 5-10 minutes it suddenly stops, says there was an error, and that's it... time to exit cwm and reboot... and that's when the real problems begin...
upon exiting CWM, i get a weird message (something about maybe losing root, and having to fix it before exiting)... after exiting (I selected the option to "fix it" btw) upon reboot the mobile works fine (rooted and all) except one detail - the sim card doesn't receive signal anymore... this happened just the same way first time round and I want to know what I´m doing wrong.. I did read some guides about making a backup and they seem easy enough when I read them, but then this happens...
so question #1 - can somebody point me to a newbie-friendly, step-by-step, idiot-proof guide for how to reach my holy grail in the form of a zip file?
...all this brings me to question #2:
after installing the new rom, there is some 3Gb left of memory... after a day or so of using, theres about 700mb left... I formatted the SD card and wanted clockworkmod to backup directly onto the sd_card... is there an option for this? there is simply no way I will ever be able to free up space on the internal memory alone...
question #3 - where does all that space disappear??? and speaking of space disappearing, after clockworkmod did its partial backup, the internal storage was reduced from some 700mb to under 300... now even if the phone is strictly speaking working, I cannot so much as update an application, or download a new one... unfortunately this is where my ignorance shows, as I understand that the internal storage is split in two sections, but I have no idea how (if?) I can access the "main" one, where CWM is presumably writing its files and which I guess by now is chock-full... what can I do here? where does CWM hide its backups (and yes, I´ve searched around and read somewhere that its supposed to be in a directory such as Data/Media/clockworckmod, but I cannot find it... and I can see the hidden files...
in fact, out of 9Gb of internal storage, the directories & fiels I can see amount to a pitiful 1,3Gb, and yet if I check space available in system settings I get 300 Gb!!! that means I have a good 7,4 Gb of storage unaccounted for! that's not even considering that total space of internal card is 9gb, not the 16gb that it should be... in other words, I can account for almost exactly 10% of my internal storage... what the hell????? either my internal memory is made of dark matter or I need a charitable colleague on this board to explain to me what is going on... or maybe suggest a link that you learned from back in the day when you were a newbie...
that's it... for now... sorry for the extremely long post, but I am frustrated, as I have to flash this bugger, again...
Thank you in advance for any help, info, and advice...
P.

1. Not in a zip file. The backup feature in ClockworkMod and all other custom recoveries is what we call a nandroid backup. They generally are backed up and restored using the appropriate functions, and not via a flashable zip file.
2. On the Galaxy S4, the internal storage is labeled "sdcard0". Thus ClockworkMod apparently thinks it's a MicroSD card. Looking at another device running a current version of CWM, it doesn't appear that you can select the location. If you want to be sure the backup is made on the MicroSD card, change your recovery to TWRP 2.8.4.0. You can select where the backup goes on that recovery.
3. You likely made multiple backups with ClockworkMod. An odd thing, at least the the copy of ClockworkMod on my tablet, is that if you delete backups, the space itself is still allocated to the backups that no longer exist. To free up this space, in the backup and restore menu is an option to "free unused backup data". Horribly misnamed, if you select this option you should see your space return. In addition, keep in mind that Android stores hidden files and folders on the internal storage. If you download large games, you may find yourself running out of space as the game stores parts of itself on the internal storage in a hidden directory.
Once you get your space back, switch your recovery to TWRP so you can select the MicroSD card.

Thanks for your answer strephon.... but now i need to understand the next steps and to avoid a re-re-reinstall, i would like to ask what version of TWRP should i use?
I have Rashr to help me get this recovery app but i have a list of options to choos from and none seems correct...
if i run Phone Info, it tells me the following:
- device type: jflte
- Product name: kltexx
...but on rashr none of the TWRP versions seem applicable... the closest would be jfltexx (ver 2.8.5.0 )... there is also a ver 2.8.4.0 but also in this case only for jfltexx... is this what i'm after?
Please note that CWM and Philz both have jflte versions... maybe i should try Philz? Does it let me do nandroid backup on my Sd card?
Again, thanks in advance

You probably will have better luck using the TWRP Manager app, but the version you want is 2.8.4.0, for jfltexx. Philz is a derivative of ClockworkMod, but I don't know if it has the same limitations.

Thank you man... got twrp and ran the backup. Looks like just what i was after...
Much obliged ?

...now that i've managed to get the backup done i would like to make sure about one point :
This will work if i mess install a new rom and for whatever reason i want to revert to my backed up rom... but what if i brick my mobile?
Thats happened to me before and i downloaded a rom which I flashed using Odin and with the phone in download mode... is there a way i can merge these files in a zip (or whatever format )that i can then flash with Odin?

If you brick and need Odin, you won't be able to use these files in it. However, if you have to install a ROM via Odin, you can afterward install the recovery and restore from the nandroid backup. The backup would then restore the S4 back to the state it was in when the backup was made.

...but is there no way of doing that in one step only? I mean just as someone prepared that rom to be flashed via odin can i not create one myself? There's gotta be a way. ...

platypus78 said:
...but is there no way of doing that in one step only? I mean just as someone prepared that rom to be flashed via odin can i not create one myself? There's gotta be a way. ...
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What you want is not possible.
You won't brick your phone, it's almost impossible.
If a situation like you describe emerges, then just flash a custom recovery trough Odin and restore the backup.

Damn that sucks ?
But at least its cleared so thanks for that...