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[Q] Unable to see the Clockworkmod folder in windows or on the phone

Hey guys.
First of all, sorry if this has been asked before. I googled a lot and searched here and couldn't find this particular problem.
My Nexus 4 is running stock 4.2. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and running ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9. Everything worked perfectly. My only problem right now is, after making a nandroid backup, I cannot see the clockworkmod folder anywhere on the phone when browsing either in windows or with ES File Explorer. I think by now I looked everywhere. Everything else in this regard seems to work fine, I can copy files, the other folders are all correct etc. I can also see and delete/restore the backup in CWM recovery. All I want is to see the folder to get it off the phone. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

You can find it in mnt/shell/emulated it is protected so you will need a file explorer that can give you root access. I use ES File Explorer.

Found it. Thank you very much.

Its also in /data/media/clockworkmod for whatever reason, hope this gets fixed soon.

Is there any way to copy those CWM backup folders to your computer? I tried to use Root Explorer to move the backup folders to the main sdcard/0 folder but I still cannot see it when I move the file Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to move it to the sdcard/0?

Yeah I'm also still not too sure how to get it off the phone easily.

Chill4xed said:
Yeah I'm also still not too sure how to get it off the phone easily.
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easiest way would probably be to just use the toolkit, unless you're opposed to such things.

Is this why ROM manager can't delte my backups? It seems them but I get an error saying "there was an error deleting your backup"
Edit: new update fixes this issue with ROM manager

man we need to get it move to a pc. i'd like to save some space since its our phone have maximum 12.9gb at our disposal.
btw, i tried Root Browser Lite to move it on sdcard area... operation failed

I had the same problem. My internal SD card just kept getting fuller and fuller with ClockwordMod. And, when I tried to copy the files from /mnt/shell/emulated/clockwork to my comp, and copy them back to the SD card to try and Restore, I ended up with corrupted files.
So, rather than fight it, I decided to wait until Clockwordmod recovery got its storage/mount point issues straightened out, and moved to the TWRP side of things. That has been seamless (once I got used to it).
I hope that they soon figure out the Clockwordmod issues; I liked having ROM Manager installed on past phones.
Btw, as an aside that is a little related, why, pray tell, are there so many mount points for the SD card? It's just weird.

just navigate the clockwordmod folder in your phone and copy it to the root of the internal memory.. connect the phone via usb into the computer and copy it

BY FAR, the easiest way is:
Chill4xed said:
My Nexus 4 is running stock 4.2. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and running ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9. Everything worked perfectly. My only problem right now is, after making a nandroid backup, I cannot see the clockworkmod folder anywhere on the phone when browsing either in windows or with ES File Explorer. I think by now I looked everywhere. Everything else in this regard seems to work fine, I can copy files, the other folders are all correct etc. I can also see and delete/restore the backup in CWM recovery. All I want is to see the folder to get it off the phone. Any ideas?
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BY FAR the easiest way: in ROM Manager, Manage and Restore Backups>Download Backups>Open your desktop browser on the address informed by ROM Manager to download your backup.

Thanks to everyone, going to the directories works and the rom manager app is aware of the new cwm backup folder.

Location of CWM back up in PC?

Since we have limited amount of storage, i would like to know where is the CWM back up stored so that i can simply move it to my desktop and move back when needed.
this way i saved a few hundred MBs and is able to have multiple backups.
I tried connecting via USB and searching thru the directory but couldnt find it (even enable hidden files)
i know the path is sd/CWM/backup
but i cant seem to find CWM either...
It use to work on my sg2 when i save it on my external sd
any idea?
Thanks,

ugotproblemz said:
Since we have limited amount of storage, i would like to know where is the CWM back up stored so that i can simply move it to my desktop and move back when needed.
this way i saved a few hundred MBs and is able to have multiple backups.
I tried connecting via USB and searching thru the directory but couldnt find it (even enable hidden files)
i know the path is sd/CWM/backup
but i cant seem to find CWM either...
It use to work on my sg2 when i save it on my external sd
any idea?
Thanks,
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It's in root folder "/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod" for me.

not there either for me....shell folder is empty

/data/media

On my 8gb it is in the shell folder. Some root browsers won't see anything in that folder for some reason. Esfile explorer with root privileges wouldn't see it but root explorer would. I used the nexus 4 tool kit to adb pull the backup from the shell folder and onto my PC. Again using the toolkit to push it back onto the phone
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Thanks @ tohg2
Does anyone know how to get to root directory from the comp?

a. Try this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999214
b Simply use a root explorer and cut the clockworkmod folder from "/data/media" into "/data/media/0", then the PC will see it. You will need to cut it back to /data/media if you want to Clockworkmod Recovery to see it though.
c. Copy it using ADB by typing: adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod "C:\clockworkmod"

ugotproblemz said:
Thanks @ tohg2
Does anyone know how to get to root directory from the comp?
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You can't - you'll need to move it from the CWM folder to somewhere a PC can see it and then copy it off from there...ball ache, I know, but it's the only way I've done it since moving to 4.2

damn, it was so much easier on my sg2. internal sd, such a pain in the....

Cannot find clockworkmod folder. Read all XDA threads already.

Hello guys,
I want to flash a custom ROM and I have made a Nandroid Backup using the latest clockworkmod.
I cannot seem to find the clockworkmod folder on my phone. Funny thing is that when I use restore option in the CWM, it shows the path of the backup as sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
Already tried checking data/media, but my data folder doesnt have a media subfolder.
Any suggestions?
PS: I use ES File Explorer and I did check the 'Hidden Files' option in it. Using CWM 6.0.2.3
PPS: I had flashed CWM 6.0.2.3 on 6.0.1.9
-Thanks!

try /mnt/shell/emulated/

croques said:
try /mnt/shell/emulated/
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emulated doesn't exist in /mnt/shell/
Should I try reflashing the CWM?
I have storage/emulated/. Even that doesn't contain cwm folder though.
So weird.

w1ndhawk said:
emulated doesn't exist in /mnt/shell/
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it does on mine? And clockworkmod is there as a directory.
w1ndhawk said:
Should I try reflashing the CWM?
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No; it'll be there somewhere. Poke around.
Are you sure ES file Explorer is set to allow / (root) exploration?

croques said:
it does on mine? And clockworkmod is there as a directory.
No; it'll be there somewhere. Poke around.
Are you sure ES file Explorer is set to allow / (root) exploration?
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Root Explorer wasn't enabled x_x. Sorry, first android ever! Haha!
Yes, now I can see clockworkmod/backups in the mnt/shell/emulated. Thanks a million.
Emulated folder contains almost all the folders/files that are present on my SD Card. Could you explain what is emulated folder though and why isn't the cwm folder just stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backups? I have a nexus 4.
And off topic but: after I take a nandroid backup, I should probably save it on my computer right? And of course, that begs another question. How can I find this file through windows explorer?
Further, how do I manually explore paths (by typing it in) on the android. Or do I have to keep changing home directory in settings?
Sorry for so many question. I know what its like to having to answer to noobs

w1ndhawk said:
Could you explain what is emulated folder though and why isn't the cwm folder just stored in sdcard/clockworkmod/backups? I have a nexus 4.
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Someone more knowledgeable will be along in a minute.
w1ndhawk said:
And off topic but: after I take a nandroid backup, I should probably save it on my computer right? And of course, that begs another question. How can I find this file through windows explorer?
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You can't use Windoze explorer AFAIK.
I use adb. Since you've rooted your phone... adb must be set up. Open a command window in Windows (run cmd -w) (I don't use Windoze so you're on your own a bit here) and type
Code:
adb shell
You then can use 'ls' and 'cd <directory>' to see what's there and move around.
You'll probably want to use 'adb pull <foldername>' at some time to get the backup onto your PC. Google around for adb commands. I've spoon fed you enough to be getting on with.
w1ndhawk said:
Further, how do I manually explore paths (by typing it in) on the android. Or do I have to keep changing home directory in settings?
Sorry for so many question. I know what its like to having to answer to noobs
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Sorry; I don't understand the question. And knowledge it like a mosaic floor covered in sand... you've spent your time clearing sand and finding whats beneath a different part from me. No noob should need to apologize in a nice forum.

Get rid of CWM and use TWRP. It's much better and stores backups in the proper location (virtual SD) which you can browse with Windows

Your clockworkmod backups will be in /data/media/clockworkmod

Yep, time for me to research on my own. Enough spoon feeding.
Instead of using commands, I just copy pasted the backup created by CWM to my sdcard using ES Root Explorer so that I could see it using Windows Explorer.
Will give TWRP a try in the future though.
The question about ES file explorer was, how can I explore the file system by typing in the path manually. For example, in windows you can manually type in the path in windows explorer and it will take you there.
EDIT:
The copying thing doesn't work. I think I will have to flash TWRP.
EDIT 2:
Tried again and it DID WORK!!! (the copying thing) Using TWRP is obviously easier though.

w1ndhawk said:
Yep, time for me to research on my own. Enough spoon feeding.
Instead of using commands, I just copy pasted the backup created by CWM to my sdcard using ES Root Explorer so that I could see it using Windows Explorer.
Will give TWRP a try in the future though.
The question about ES file explorer was, how can I explore the file system by typing in the path manually. For example, in windows you can manually type in the path in windows explorer and it will take you there.
EDIT:
The copying thing doesn't work. I think I will have to flash TWRP.
EDIT 2:
Tried again and it DID WORK!!! (the copying thing) Using TWRP is obviously easier though.
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Oops. Missed the part about you already checking /data/.

w1ndhawk said:
The copying thing doesn't work. I think I will have to flash TWRP.
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With Nexus 4, Google have seen fit not to implement a USB browsable file system.
It seems to be the trend for Android. I don't think TWRP will help much.
The only way to 'easily' get stuff is to master adb. Although in linux there's this.
Perhaps someone else has a Windoze alternative.

croques said:
With Nexus 4, Google have seen fit not to implement a USB browsable file system.
It seems to be the trend for Android. I don't think TWRP will help much.
The only way to 'easily' get stuff is to master adb. Although in linux there's this.
Perhaps someone else has a Windoze alternative.
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The SD partition is perfectly accessible through MTP

Michealtbh said:
The SD partition is perfectly accessible through MTP
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And MTP is perfectly accessible through nothing.
(I swear, I just want to back hand smack the person who thought their creation called "MTP" was a good thing. MTP = Massive Trauma Protocol)

CWM Recovery Issue

I have been reading about how people (including myself) are having issues mounting the SD card with CWM Recovery 6.x.xx and I was wondering where (if it exists) I can find an earlier version for my Nexus 4. The problem I am having is when my phone is connected to my computer, I cant find the Clockwork Mod file to remove the backup from the device. I have the 8GB N4, so I really want to remove it, put it somewhere safe and not have it take up precious space.
If anyone has any thoughts or other solutions, please let me know. I am also having the same issue with TWRP2 (cant mount while in recovery).

toonhead85 said:
I have been reading about how people (including myself) are having issues mounting the SD card with CWM Recovery 6.x.xx and I was wondering where (if it exists) I can find an earlier version for my Nexus 4. The problem I am having is when my phone is connected to my computer, I cant find the Clockwork Mod file to remove the backup from the device. I have the 8GB N4, so I really want to remove it, put it somewhere safe and not have it take up precious space.
If anyone has any thoughts or other solutions, please let me know. I am also having the same issue with TWRP2 (cant mount while in recovery).
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Just download Astro file manager from the Play Store and find the backup and delete it. You can also delete the backup from in recovery as well.
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scream4cheese said:
Just download Astro file manager from the Play Store and find the backup and delete it. You can also delete the backup from in recovery as well.
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I have Root Explorer and can't find the folder on my /sdcard. If I could, I could take the backup and move it, but it doesn't seem to be visible.
I have been thinking, do I need to be rooted to be able to access the folder, or see it for that matter?
And as a side note, I tried TWRP2 and I can see the folder with backups made.

toonhead85 said:
I have Root Explorer and can't find the folder on my /sdcard. If I could, I could take the backup and move it, but it doesn't seem to be visible.
I have been thinking, do I need to be rooted to be able to access the folder, or see it for that matter?
And as a side note, I tried TWRP2 and I can see the folder with backups made.
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I had this same issue as I'm using CWM 6.0.2.0. For whatever reason, they changed the saved backups location to /data/media/clockworkmod now so you can't access it by plugging in your phone because the backups aren't on the sdcard. That's also the reason you can't find it. To my knowledge, you can do two things to get them to your computer:
1. Use ADB to pull the clockworkmod folder to your computer. I still haven't completely figured out how to do that yet as I don't screw around in ADB shell too much and I'm not sure if you have to mount the filesystem before doing it. I'm sure if you search around, you could find the ADB solution.
2. (This solution sucks but it works...) If you have a file manager (like X-plore) and root access, you can copy the contents of /data/media/clockworkmod folder to the sdcard location on your phone. Once it's there, THEN you can access that copy when it's plugged into your computer. Then just get rid of the .nomedia file in the folder and move it from your sdcard to your PC. Simple but takes forever for the files to copy depending on how many backups your moving and how big your blobs folder is.
If someone knows a better way, I'm definitely all ears. Really don't like how they changed CWM to this new style. Makes it a pain to offload backups from your phone to your PC.

Hatzy said:
I had this same issue as I'm using CWM 6.0.2.0. For whatever reason, they changed the saved backups location to /data/media/clockworkmod now so you can't access it by plugging in your phone because the backups aren't on the sdcard. That's also the reason you can't find it. To my knowledge, you can do two things to get them to your computer:
1. Use ADB to pull the clockworkmod folder to your computer. I still haven't completely figured out how to do that yet as I don't screw around in ADB shell too much and I'm not sure if you have to mount the filesystem before doing it. I'm sure if you search around, you could find the ADB solution.
2. (This solution sucks but it works...) If you have a file manager (like X-plore) and root access, you can copy the contents of /data/media/clockworkmod folder to the sdcard location on your phone. Once it's there, THEN you can access that copy when it's plugged into your computer. Then just get rid of the .nomedia file in the folder and move it from your sdcard to your PC. Simple but takes forever for the files to copy depending on how many backups your moving and how big your blobs folder is.
If someone knows a better way, I'm definitely all ears. Really don't like how they changed CWM to this new style. Makes it a pain to offload backups from your phone to your PC.
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I use ROM manager to connect to the server and download my nand directly to my PC.
Sent From a Freaked out Nexus 4

You have an option in cwm uder the backup menu to remove the backups or unused data. It works for me.
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strapped365 said:
I use ROM manager to connect to the server and download my nand directly to my PC.
Sent From a Freaked out Nexus 4
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Didn't even know you could do that. I always just boot to CWM, never use the ROM manager app. That sounds like a paid feature or is it on the free version?
Edit: Yeah, it's a paid feature but I'm seriously considering going this route since it's so damn handy. If I can't figure out how to ADB it, I may just buy the premium version. Thanks bro.
webdo said:
You have an option in cwm uder the backup menu to remove the backups or unused data. It works for me.
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He wants a copy of the backups on his PC before he removes them.

Sorry for my incomplete answer than. I found mine using a root explorer
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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Thanks for all the great tips/answers/comments. I will see what I can do in terms of finding where the backup is stored on my phone now (since it seems there could be two places).
Cheers!!

Hatzy, you can pull the backups using insecure adbd by chainfire [app]. Otherwise, you can only pull sdcard. Or, i believe you can pull via the path /mnt/shell/emulated..

So, after doing some looking... I thiink my best bet is to use Rom Manager's new Download Server feature. I'll give it a try and let everyone know how it works out!!

Unable to copy Nandroid backups from phone to PC

What I usually do is make a backup of my phone and then I copy it over to my windows 7 PC for safe keeping. This has been working perfectly fine the last month and then suddenly a few days ago it has been unable to copy the entire backup. I've tried different cables, different computers, different files, so I think the problem is with my phone and the file formats that are used in backups. When I try copying the file the "boot.emmc.win" and "recovery.log" copy just fine but the problem is with the other files. The "data.ext4.win000" and "data.ext4.win001" and "system.ext4.win" files are all unable to copy. I right-click and copy them, then when I try and paste them on my desktop nothing happens. There's no loading symbol or anything. If anybody has any ideas what might be wrong, I have no idea and this problem just recently started happening. Thanks.
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out of curiousity, have you tried copying the whole folder over instead of the individual files?

Your using twrp if its .win files right? Maybe try another version of twrp or a different recovery. Otherwise I believe there is an option to turn your backups into .tar or maybe even yaffs2
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Flash the zip in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43556554 it will fix the permissions so that you can transfer the backup
From my BLACKED OUT N4

Have you tried copy-pasting other files such as MP3 files, from your phone to the PC? It might be a little hard but you can try using adb pull command.
Edit: or you can use Airdroid if you're connected to the same WiFi as your PC.
Sent from my blazing fast Nexus 4

uchihakurtz said:
Have you tried copy-pasting other files such as MP3 files, from your phone to the PC? It might be a little hard but you can try using adb pull command.
Edit: or you can use Airdroid if you're connected to the same WiFi as your PC.
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Yes other files copy just fine. Nothing unusual just the normal loading-like screen shows up, fills the bar with green and then goes away and the file appears on my desktop.
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Flash the zip in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43556554 it will fix the permissions so that you can transfer the backup
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I will try this and I'll get back to you, thanks!
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Your using twrp if its .win files right? Maybe try another version of twrp or a different recovery. Otherwise I believe there is an option to turn your backups into .tar or maybe even yaffs2
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I'm gonna try a fix that another comment suggested, but if that doesnt work then I will definetly try and use a different file format. Thank you!
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out of curiousity, have you tried copying the whole folder over instead of the individual files?
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yes I have and what happens is the little loading screen pops up that shows you how far along the copying process is just stops after copying the first file in the folder. It gets a little green and then just disappears without no error messages or anything.