I made a backup with CWM and I want to access it on my computer to back it up. However, I can't find it either on the phone itself or the PC. I've enabled hidden files to show and that didn't make a difference. I have no nandroid or clockworkmod folders on the phone either :/
I tried to mount the "sdcard" in CWM (since on my previous phone that was the only way to view the backup files) but that didn't work either. Mounting through CWM doesn't seem to work, is there a way to do that?
How do I access the backup and how do I mount through CWM.
Thank you!
EDIT: Use a root explorer, go to mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/ and there it is.
Thanks, I've been trying to figure this out forever...
i usually do data/media/clockworkmod/backup and there is it
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Hi I need help, I want to copy a TWRP nandroid I have from my PC into my nexus tablet data sdcard to restore a backup. Accidently messed up my build.prop file. So want to restore nandroid but my backups are on my PC. How do I copy them over while in TWRP recovery? Thanks!
Syk69 said:
Hi I need help, I want to copy a TWRP nandroid I have from my PC into my nexus tablet data sdcard to restore a backup. Accidently messed up my build.prop file. So want to restore nandroid but my backups are on my PC. How do I copy them over while in TWRP recovery? Thanks!
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If you have a microOTG cable and an SD key/reader. TWRP supports reading storage from a "usb-otg" source. If I can remember you need to turn that option on in the TWRP file mananger settings. It was not too hard to find.
Try copying the TWRP backup from the PC to the SD. Then attaching the microOTG cable, SD key/reader to the N10. Boot into TWRP recovery and do a restore from the "usb-otg" directory. Scroll down to the bottom of the directory list and you should see "usb-otg". Select it and select your backup.
Under mounts and storage there should be a Mount SD card and you can connect you tablet to the computer Mount it and copy them over
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So I have rooted and installed cwm recovery, and when I go into recovery mode and try to mount /external_sd nothing happens.
Recovery acts like it is mounted, but my computer detects nothing.
I have tried different cwm recovery versions and I'm getting the same result.
Is this because of the way the Razr itself mounts storage, ie. one device with multiple drives inside and no driver letter, or am I doing something wrong?
Also, when I make a backup, I cannot find it with either Windows Explorer or with a file manager on the device. Recovery can find it and restore from it, but I cannot move this folder around in case I need to wipe it, or just save space.
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I flashed twrp and the mounting issue persists. I am, however, able to find the backups it makes, I think I will just stick with twrp. Now I just need to find that 1.5gb of backups somewhere on the internal memory and delete them for space
I cannot figure out how to get Nandroid Manager to work or ROM Manager for that matter to get a snapshot of my phone. I used the SD card method of rooting my Galaxy S4 (AT&T/I337) so all is good there. I am using Titanium Backup for my app data/settings/SMS logs, etc., but if I have to do another wipe/factory reset, I don't want to have to rebuild my phone again from scratch with all of my app settings, my launcher settings, and so on. I had thought I was backing up all the while using DropSync and I couldn't restore anything from that app or the external SD card for some reason.
I do not think I have either ClockWorkMod installed but I do have TWRP which I found out was automatically installed when I rooted (?). I realized too late of course (after reading these forums) that I shouldn't have even tried flashing the CWM but quite honestly I was trying to do 2 things - use the S4 as a USB Mass Storage device and backup my phone using Nandroid Manager or ROM Manager. I read that I needed to have CWM installed in order to do either. Is this misinformation?
The biggest problem I have with Nandroid Manager is that it seems to be backing up to nowhere. It's default backup location is /mnt/. When I tried to change the path to my ClockWorkMod folder (that I have on the internal SD), it said "This is not a valid ClockWork Mod folder." It also asks me to find the TWRP folder but I can't find that one either using ES File Explorer search.
I just want a snapshot of my phone so that if it goes squirrely, I hit a button and it's all back. Is this unrealistic with the MF3?
And btw, I can't use the SafeStrap method because my phone has to be encrypted since I use it for work email. It's one of the requirements by the company. I read that I should avoid SS for now.
Hi People of XDA,
Is there any way for me to directly make a Nandroid backup to a PC?
Because my phone has no space left for a full Nandroid backup and I want to try some custom ROMs.
Thanks in advance.
You might be better off mounting your storage in recovery to the USB interface and moving all the backups off to return them as needed.
Alternatively, move all but one for on the go repairs.
Wait, I do what? Can you explain a little better? I mount my storage on a PC you mean?
What recover do you use? You should be able to mount your storage to your PC and pull your old backups off for preservation.
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What recover do you use? You should be able to mount your storage to your PC and pull your old backups off for preservation.
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I use Clockworkmod Touch Recovery 6.0.4.7.
What I want to do is I want to be able to either copy the userdata partition to my computer or do a file level copy of everything in /data to a folder on my computer. I've already rooted my phone, so preferably I'd be able to make the root file system available over usb. Does anyone know how I'd be able to do something like this? I know I could plug in a usb device to my phone and probably copy /data to it, but that wouldn't be my preferred method. Let me know if I missed any methods that I could use.
I want to mention that I'm into doing this because recently my phone died and I had to send it out to have some of the data recovered and I don't want to have to spend that kind of money if I can frequently make full backups myself.
EDIT: I found a solution but I'm leaving this up in case anyone else wants to know how to do it.
I'm using FTPDroid to run an ftp server on my phone which I'm then mounting on my computer and then using rsync to backup the data. I'd recommend paying the $1.99 for SSL/TLS support for FTPDroid and setting up a dynamic dns for your phone to allow for automation of backups.
Just install TWRP custom recovery and do a full backup. You can transfer or copy the backup to your computer if you wish. If your storage is full you can backup straight to SD card or computer I believe.
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Just install TWRP custom recovery and do a full backup. You can transfer or copy the backup to your computer if you wish. If your storage is full you can backup straight to SD card or computer I believe.
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The only problem with that is that I don't have an SD card slot on my phone for an sdcard.