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nand restore trouble

tried restoring a backup and it says md5 or whatever mismatch... is there anything i can do so i can flash that?

I think there is a way to bypass the security in the advandced options in CWM as long as you are certain the restore is valid. there should be no problems? but I'm no expert
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What version of clockworkmod are u on and what version of clockworkmod is the back up from?
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Esteway.619 said:
What version of clockworkmod are u on and what version of clockworkmod is the back up from?
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both from the new one 3.0.25

steviee7 said:
both from the new one 3.0.25
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Huh that's strange. U might have to just reflash the rom and really do everything. Never heard of that problem
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Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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shortyboy said:
Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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i am both EXT4

If you change the file name of a backup, it will give you that error. Did you do that?

maybe file corruption on the sd card ??
you could try making a backup of the sd card on your pc, then formatting the SD card, then restoring what's necessary to do the nandroid restore .. just another suggestion.

Just shell into your phone goto the backups dir and do
Md5sum -t *.img > nandroid.md5
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i n00b teh pwns said:
If you change the file name of a backup, it will give you that error. Did you do that?
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I did! it was hard to find the exact one

Making a new nandroid.md5 file like I described above will fix the issue
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shortyboy said:
Make sure ur on the proper format (rfs or ext4) of that nandroid backup image
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This will not make a difference backups are made into a yaffs image. You can backup a rfs system and restore it to an ext4 system.
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skeeterslint said:
This will not make a difference backups are made into a yaffs image. You can backup a rfs system and restore it to an ext4 system.
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But yet a lot of people seem to go into boot loops restoring a backup of an RFS system on a newly formatted EXT4 system.
Do you BONSAI?

kennyglass123 said:
But yet a lot of people seem to go into boot loops restoring a backup of an RFS system on a newly formatted EXT4 system.
Do you BONSAI?
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From my experience with nand backups is that its like the whole /data partition gets backed up/restored which brings in things that can cuase conflicts, things in dalvik cache and such.I have only ever had luck restore a nand to the same rom that the backup was made from I have always had issues going from one rom to another.IMO backing up your apps with Titanium Backup and restoring them without restoring system data has always been a win for me, nand backups have always been hit or miss.

skeeterslint said:
From my experience with nand backups is that its like the whole /data partition gets backed up/restored which brings in things that can cuase conflicts, things in dalvik cache and such.I have only ever had luck restore a nand to the same rom that the backup was made from I have always had issues going from one rom to another.IMO backing up your apps with Titanium Backup and restoring them without restoring system data has always been a win for me, nand backups have always been hit or miss.
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Best to clear cache dalvik and tombstone at the very least after a nandroid restore
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chris41g said:
Best to clear cache dalvik and tombstone at the very least after a nandroid restore
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Yeah good call on that.

[Q] Question about nexus 10 factory reset and virtual SD card.

I was wondering... If you do a factory reset in cwm, will it remove the contents of the virtual SD card? I would hope it wouldn't, but want to make sure.
Also wondering if it would erase the contents of the cwm backup folder, since that's been separated out now.
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hinxman said:
I was wondering... If you do a factory reset in cwm, will it remove the contents of the virtual SD card? I would hope it wouldn't, but want to make sure.
Also wondering if it would erase the contents of the cwm backup folder, since that's been separated out now.
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No if you do a factory reset in cwm it wipes only the /data and cache partitions so you can then flash a rom which overwrites /system, so everything but /sdcard gets wiped.
And what about the cwm folder? I haven't heard of it changing.
It's always been /sdcard/clockworkmod/
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With the nexus 10, the clockwork mod backup folder is in /mint/shell/emulated/clockworkmod
Thanks for the heads up, I appreciate it.
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hinxman said:
With the nexus 10, the clockwork mod backup folder is in /mint/shell/emulated/clockworkmod
Thanks for the heads up, I appreciate it.
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weird, I went to find my clockworkmod folder and it's not in my sdcard. =O
I also can't find "/mint/" maybe you meant /mnt? but even then it's still not there. I did a nandroid backup, but I cannot find the folder.

Mistype, /mnt/
I know that alot of apps can't see that directory, thats "by design" from what i've seen... i'm using ES File Manager, have it set to root permissions, and have it set to up to root, and i'm able to see it there.
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Ah you're right..root browser shows them.
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[Q] how to Clean up Storage ?

I wanna Clean up my Storage i even Tried RESTORE FACTORY setting
but still Low on Storage
Plz tell me the method in which i dont loose the Mods/Root

Plug it into your computer and manually delete stuff on your sd. Factory wipe doesn't wipe your sd.
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Check out this little gem, for a nice graphical overview of how your storage is being used...
DiskUsage - http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en.
It can be used in conjunction with a good file manager, to identify and delete extraneous and unneeded content.
Rgrds,
Ged.

PATRICKismyHERO said:
Plug it into your computer and manually delete stuff on your sd. Factory wipe doesn't wipe your sd.
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Well I dunno what to delete what not to ,
Is there chances of messing up system. Files while plugged in PC?

[Q] Questions about backing up and restoring

So I made a backup using CWM (I am running Paranoid Android 3). If I flash a different ROM, can I use this to restore all of my data? And were are the backup files located? Thanks.

Use titanium backup to restore apps and app data but do not restore system apps or data.
Your cwm nandroids are stored in /data/media/clockworkmod
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So does that restore the internal sd card as well?
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So does that restore the internal sd card as well?
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No. The ONLY way to backup your sdcard is to copy it elsewhere. PC USB otg or something. NONE of the backup utilities actually backup your sdcard
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Ok that helped a ton. Thanks!
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[Help] All files lost, or not?? (UPDATE: they are in LOST+FOUND, how to restore?)

Hi all,
I tried to switch from cm10.2 to crDroid today.
What I did:
- Switched to TWRP recovery
- Installed crDroid
- Cleared data, cache
When I rebooted, the sdcard seems to be reformatted.
However when I checked the partition using "df" command,
it shows that "/mnt/shell/emulated" uses up 9GB out of 12
i.e. my original sdcard usage.
Can anyone help me identify what happened?
Or how can I recover all those files from the sdcard?
Thanks a lot!!!
UPDATE:
I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THEY ARE IN \data\lost+found
ARE THERE ANY WAYS TO RESTORE THEM?

Doplgangr said:
Hi all,
I tried to switch from cm10.2 to crDroid today.
What I did:
- Switched to TWRP recovery
- Installed crDroid
- Cleared data, cache
When I rebooted, the sdcard seems to be reformatted.
However when I checked the partition using "df" command,
it shows that "/mnt/shell/emulated" uses up 9GB out of 12
i.e. my original sdcard usage.
Can anyone help me identify what happened?
Or how can I recover all those files from the sdcard?
Thanks a lot!!!
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With a root explorer, go to /data/media/0. What do you find there?

it goes to the new formatted sdcard...
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Sdmaid indicates more than 2 GB
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As shown in disk usage those data is labelled as system data...
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Did you have encryption enabled before you flashed?

Dungeon47 said:
Did you have encryption enabled before you flashed?
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I was using a pattern lock before flashing. It requires pin/pw to encrypt the phone right?

Doplgangr said:
I was using a pattern lock before flashing. It requires pin/pw to encrypt the phone right?
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It does, but just pattern lock doesn't mean encryption. Can you copy the data to a PC?

Yes when I connect to the PC I am able to copy the present data existing in the "new SD" (~200 MB of data)
But the disk info still tells me there is ~10GB data

Thanks To solid broWser, I discovered that all of my files are in lost+found folder.
Are there any ways to return all those files to their original form?
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