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Don't understand where my backups are located

I'm trying to understand where my nandroid backups are located. With both updated recoveries (TWRP and CWM) I make successful backups but when I open file manager I am unable to find my backups in their correlating folder. Ive already been burned with TWRP when I factory reset to install a new ROM. I went to revert to my backup and it was not recognized by TWRP. I'm having same issue with CWM.

cubarican84 said:
I'm trying to understand where my nandroid backups are located. With both updated recoveries (TWRP and CWM) I make successful backups but when I open file manager I am unable to find my backups in their correlating folder. Ive already been burned with TWRP when I factory reset to install a new ROM. I went to revert to my backup and it was not recognized by TWRP. I'm having same issue with CWM.
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with a root file explorer, or in your recovery, look in /data/media/0/

Never mind. With the help of TWRP website I found the answer. Here is the link to their explanation of what happens on 4.2 ROMs. http://teamw.in/androidmultiuser

simms22 said:
with a root file explorer, or in your recovery, look in /data/media/0/
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Yup. Got it. Thanks
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[Q] Online nandroid restore. how?

When I enter into CMW recovery, and click restore, it only shows the backups i have created in recovery mode, well before flashing a new rom I made a backup with Online Nandroid, but I can't seem to restore it because it doesn't show up in the restore recovery screen. Also, I can't seem to find the path for the restore files from the recovery backups.

Brendan12695 said:
When I enter into CMW recovery, and click restore, it only shows the backups i have created in recovery mode, well before flashing a new rom I made a backup with Online Nandroid, but I can't seem to restore it because it doesn't show up in the restore recovery screen. Also, I can't seem to find the path for the restore files from the recovery backups.
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Not familiar online nandroids at all, but I'm guessing it stores it somewhere other than /data/media/clockworkmod. You'll have to move the nandroid to the default CWM folder most likely.

CMNein said:
Not familiar online nandroids at all, but I'm guessing it stores it somewhere other than /data/media/clockworkmod. You'll have to move the nandroid to the default CWM folder most likely.
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Sadly that did not work, it backups with .tar files that CMW isn't capable of reading.. So, I have to use a previous restore.

Brendan12695 said:
Sadly that did not work, it backups with .tar files that CMW isn't capable of reading.. So, I have to use a previous restore.
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Bummer. As a last resort you don't happen to have CWM set to back up as "dup" under backup type do you?

CMNein said:
Bummer. As a last resort you don't happen to have CWM set to back up as "dup" under backup type do you?
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Nope, I did check to make sure and it was set to default.

Can you post the log file at /data/local/tmp/onandroid.log

delete. posted in wrong thread.

From 4.3 to 4.4 boot looped....

Hello all,
I learned this by trial and error and cost me data lost.
I received an ota to update to 4.4, my bad was that i was rooted and with custom recovery twrp 2.6.0.0. So, i pressed the update file from task bar and came into boot loop, to try to save my data, went to recovery and i created a backup to try to save my pictures, pdf, videos, etc. But it seems that it doesnt restore my files.
I have a big file of 3 gb and when i restore it, on camscanner, gallery, camera, there are not files in the system.
Anyone have had this issue before or can help me to recover my supposed data?
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Hi,
First of all, what did you do after you made your backup? Did you flashed it stock again? Please answer in a clear and detailed way what you did and I may try helping you .
~Lord

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48378855&postcount=7
Follow these to help restore if can reboot to recovery you can follow these and be able to re-apply the patches and be off and running.

XxLordxX said:
Hi,
First of all, what did you do after you made your backup? Did you flashed it stock again? Please answer in a clear and detailed way what you did and I may try helping you .
~Lord
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Lord, after i created a backup with twrp 2.6.0.0 and it was looped at that time, i used wugs root kit to unsoft brick and flash the stock 4.4, i added a newer version of twrp and used my usb flash to restore the data and it restored applications but no pictures, media files even the important data, it shows on camscanner like it had my files there,,but when i click, there are not pdf, just broken images replaced with a puzzle icon on each image, i am very frustated because i thought that i made a proper data backup and it really did not
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planet_x69 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48378855&postcount=7
Follow these to help restore if can reboot to recovery you can follow these and be able to re-apply the patches and be off and running.
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Planet 69,
Crossing my fingers to recover my impotant data files, let me read your link
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rayosx said:
Lord, after i created a backup with twrp 2.6.0.0 and it was looped at that time, i used wugs root kit to unsoft brick and flash the stock 4.4, i added a newer version of twrp and used my usb flash to restore the data and it restored applications but no pictures, media files even the important data, it shows on camscanner like it had my files there,,but when i click, there are not pdf, just broken images replaced with a puzzle icon on each image, i am very frustated because i thought that i made a proper data backup and it really did not
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Hi,
I already understand what happened there, you made a TWRP backup of your data and put it in a USB flash, then you installed the Stock ROM with a toolkit right? If so, I have bad news... TWRP makes a backup of /data partition without the /data/media, which makes sense in a sort of way, as you're talking about using its Factory Reset, but when you install a Factory ROM, if you flash userdata.img (which is what the toolkit does too) it formats your whole internal data, including the /data/media. Which means that it deleted all your data there, if you check the storage in settings you'll probably see that there's much more free space than you had before.
I believe you misunderstood what a Recovery Backup is... Sorry... Next time I recommend performing a backup in your PC, which is more assured (remember that you get access to /data/media/ on PC, for /data/ you still need a recovery or an app like Titanium Backup).
~Lord
"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)
Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10

For future reference if you select Advanced under Create Recovery for TWIRP you can select and deselect partitions.

Lord and all crew thanks for all answers, I will be very careful next time. Thanks again.
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[Q] Backups not restoring...

Hi, Been doing nandroid backups religiously of my Stock S4 i9505 - MK8 using both ClockworkMod Recovery and also Online Nandroid Backup Pro as well over last few days...
Anyway, I decided to restore my last backup and that's when the problems started... The restore 'seems' to complete correctly and the phone boots up but immediately but there are lots of pop-up's:
Unfortunately, Google Play service has stopped.
Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped.
Unfortunately, process com.google.process.gapps has stopped.
Unfortunately, Picasa Uploader has stopped.
Unfortunately, Gmail has stopped. etc,etc
So, I tried some of the other nandroid backups in case that one was corrupt but got the same problem, tried clearing dalvik cache, same result...
Basically for some very strange reason none of the backups result in a stable system..? Any ideas how I get out of this one..?
Appreciated.

Are you trying to restore an online backup with cwm? That's probably the problem

jd1639 said:
Are you trying to restore an online backup with cwm? That's probably the problem
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I did try that but also restored the backup done in recovery by CWM as well, same result...

topcat888 said:
I did try that but also restored the backup done in recovery by CWM as well, same result...
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Try wiping data, and the caches and then restore the nandroid

jd1639 said:
Try wiping data, and the caches and then restore the nandroid
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ok, wiped all caches plus data/reset and then restored a backup done by CWM I think (unfortunately both types of backups are named using the same naming format, look the same and are in the same folder, yes a mistake)... Anyway re-booted, exactly the same problem.
One thing I did notice this time was that the restores don't complete properly and 'finish early' i.e the screen goes black before it's finished and the phone immediately reboots..?

ITry to make sure you use a nandroid created in cwm. Cwm creates an md5 and checks it so if you use a nandroid not createdby it it'll fail.

jd1639 said:
ITry to make sure you use a nandroid created in cwm. Cwm creates an md5 and checks it so if you use a nandroid not createdby it it'll fail.
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Nope mate tried them all now, all the backups have their respective MD5... Also CWM checks the MD5's of each backup before starting the restore anyway...
I guess I'm a bit stuck on the nandroid restore front and all that's left is to flash a clean stock..? or any other ideas..?
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Ok, an update - Somehow I managed to restore one of the backups but straight away, whilst still in recovery, cleaned and reset it before starting it up and that worked, it got me back to clean working stock, amazingly.!
So that means I can now start again fresh, this time making sure the backups are not corrupt & work, before I need them..!
Cheers

Hi again,
The problem goes on and I don't understand... After restoring the backup and cleaning cache/data reset all was ok in that it loaded no problems... However I keep getting a notification that Storage Space Running Out (Some system functions may not work)...
If you then go into Storage Settings, it reports Total Space as 9.25GB but available space as 355MB... But there are no files stored there, nothing... I used File Manger as well to try to find the files that are taking up all the space but it too reports that there is nothing there taking up the space...? I'm confused..? and worried that if the 345MB gets used by the system, it will then stop working..??
I have installed Root Explorer and list /sdcard it states that 8.91GB used, 329MB free. I think it is old CWM backups that are stored in the int/sd but are hidden that are causing the problem..? CWM can't see them though... I can't find the files that are taking up the space on the int/SD..??
I have also viewed the int/sd files listed when it is connected to pc in MTP mode and again there are no backup files to delete, nothing...yet it reports 329MB free of 9.22 GB...?
Plus I have noticed some of the files/folders have the '01 Jan 1970' date that CWM put on the backup.. MESS..!
I don't get it, where ever I look (using Root Explorer) there are no large files, where are they hidden..??
Basically I just want to completely clear the phone storage of any user data including CWM data (I'll use the ext sd from now on)... Trouble is I'm not sure what I can and can't delete safely..??
Help as always appreciated...

Hi,
quick question is your KNOX showing 0x0 or 0x1

Mizpah said:
Hi,
quick question is your KNOX showing 0x0 or 0x1
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Hi, It's 0x1

topcat888 said:
Hi, I assume it's Knox 0x1 as I have rooted and custom recovery'ed it, how do you tell..??
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Ok, after going through every single folder, I have now found a folder under Data/Media/clockworkmod/ which contains amongst other things another folder called backup, that had 3 backups in it, amounting to 8.27GB data..!
Now I have deleted those (as I have other CWM backups on the ext/sd) and I have some room to move again but my question is now, can I somehow reset the phone (not ext/sd) and all of it's contents completely back to stock, CWM has messed things up a bit with 1970 folder/file dates all over the place..??

topcat888 said:
Ok, after going through every single folder, I have now found a folder under Data/Media/clockworkmod/ which contains amongst other things another folder called backup, that had 3 backups in it, amounting to 8.27GB data..!
Now I have deleted those (as I have other CWM backups on the ext/sd) and I have some room to move again but my question is now, can I somehow reset the phone (not ext/sd) and all of it's contents completely back to stock, CWM has messed things up a bit with 1970 folder/file dates all over the place..??
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That's the main reason I don't like cwm, too many blob folders to make manually cleaning then up easy.
I don't know the i9505 that well but if there is an odin flashable tar file of your current firmware I'd flash that. Then do a factory reset in the stock recovery. That will return your device to like new. You will lose all your apps and data so backup anything you want to keep before you do this

jd1639 said:
That's the main reason I don't like cwm, too many blob folders to make manually cleaning then up easy.
I don't know the i9505 that well but if there is an odin flashable tar file of your current firmware I'd flash that. Then do a factory reset in the stock recovery. That will return your device to like new. You will lose all your apps and data so backup anything you want to keep before you do this
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yes, that's exactly what I was thinking I might have to do... Any ideas/directions as to where the 'odin flashable file of XXUEMK8' would be, I've looked in the i9505 forum but can't find it..?

topcat888 said:
yes, that's exactly what I was thinking I might have to do... Any ideas/directions as to where the 'odin flashable file of XXUEMK8' would be, I've looked in the i9505 forum but can't find it..?
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Check on sammobile.com. you'll have to register but it's free. You'll down load a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin

jd1639 said:
Check on sammobile.com. you'll have to register but it's free. You'll down load a zip file. Use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that in Odin
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Thanks, I searched for i9505 but there is a firmware for every country except the UK or MK8 listed ..?

topcat888 said:
Thanks, I searched for i9505 but there is a firmware for every country except the UK or MK8 listed ..?
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Looks like there is an mk8 for UK btu. Not sure what carrier you're on

You have to enable selinux enforcing to make nandroid backups. Philz recovery can do that.
Enviado desde mi GT-I9505

jd1639 said:
Looks like there is an mk8 for UK btu. Not sure what carrier you're on
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Oh, I couldn't see it..? The phone is unbranded but I use O2...

Conito11 said:
You have to enable selinux enforcing to make nandroid backups. Philz recovery can do that.
Enviado desde mi GT-I9505
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Where can I read more about that..?

Don't know. .. Flash Philz recovery and enable that setting, then make nandroid.
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What is a nandroid backup and how does it differ from titanium backup?

I am new to this rooting world....I rooted my nexus 4 a week back using Nexus root toolkit v1.8.
I then flashed cm11 onto my phone.
I have TWRP recovery on my phone.
I want a full backup of my apps+data+ROM. How's this possible?? Which of these backups allow this..... And how to do these backups.
Also can anyone explain what a kernel is??

Titanium backup can only backup part of your data. Simply because apps can't access everything.
If you want a full backup, you should make a nandroid backup. Which is simply the name for a backup you do through your recovery. (TWRP in your case)
And the explanation of a kernel is really easy to find. So you'll have to use Google for that (I can't really think of a good explanation atm)
Sent from my Nexus 4, want to know my current project? Check http://team-fun.eu

How to perform a full nandroid backup using TWRP recovery??
Also can I do the nandroid backup directly to my PC
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sPaMFouR said:
How to perform a full nandroid backup using TWRP recovery??
Also can I do the nandroid backup directly to my PC
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Just use the backup toggle in twrp. And no, you can't backup direct to your pc. But afterwards you can copy the backup to your pc. It's good practice to have at least one recent backup there just in case something happens where you'll need it.

jd1639 said:
Just use the backup toggle in twrp. And no, you can't backup direct to your pc. But afterwards you can copy the backup to your pc. It's good practice to have at least one recent backup there just in case something happens where you'll need it.
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Some More Question Regarding Backups :-
Backing Up Using The ROM Manager (By Clockwork Mod) also performs the Nandroid Backup ???
Also when I Restore My Nandroid Backup (Of ROM1) while i am using some other ROM(ROM 2) .....flash the device into the ROM 1 settings and all the systems settings+apps.???

sPaMFouR said:
Some More Question Regarding Backups :-
Backing Up Using The ROM Manager (By Clockwork Mod) also performs the Nandroid Backup ???
Also when I Restore My Nandroid Backup (Of ROM1) while i am using some other ROM(ROM 2) .....flash the device into the ROM 1 settings and all the systems settings+apps.???
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First, don't use rom manager. You don't need it
A nandroid is like a copy of the entire os and all your apps and user settings. If your running rom2 and you restore rom1 all your settings of rom 2 will be forgotten and the ones you had in rom 1 when you backed it up will be restored.

sPaMFouR said:
Some More Question Regarding Backups :-
Backing Up Using The ROM Manager (By Clockwork Mod) also performs the Nandroid Backup ???
Also when I Restore My Nandroid Backup (Of ROM1) while i am using some other ROM(ROM 2) .....flash the device into the ROM 1 settings and all the systems settings+apps.???
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yeah rom manager perform nandroid backup

sPaMFouR said:
I am new to this rooting world....I rooted my nexus 4 a week back using Nexus root toolkit v1.8.
I then flashed cm11 onto my phone.
I have TWRP recovery on my phone.
I want a full backup of my apps+data+ROM. How's this possible?? Which of these backups allow this..... And how to do these backups.
Also can anyone explain what a kernel is??
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Although this is not really accurate, but this is as close as I can get to. Think of a phone like a car. The engine part which is essential to make your car runs is your kernel while the body, doors, sidemirrors and everything else are part of a rom. Kernel is in the deeper layer of the system.