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So I would like to transfer my nexus 7 nandroid backups to my PC. Since I only have an 8GB N7, I dont want to waste alot of space with nandroid backups. My question is, when connecting my N7 to my PC via USB cable, which folders do I need to transfer? The reason I'd like to do this is because I need to do a factory restore on my device, but after I get the factory restore done, I want to be able to reflash CWM and then use the files on my computer to restore my N7 (after transferring the files back to my N7 of course) Any help would be much appreciated!
Just cut the clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Then if you Need to restore just drop it back
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I have had to do this as well. I keep my nandroid and TiBu files on my PC between ROM updates.
bagofcrap24 said:
Just cut the clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Then if you Need to restore just drop it back
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Sorry, but I never thought about this before. If I delete the CWM folder from my tablet, it will remain in my tablet folder on my PC? Then, if I need to do a restore, I can just connect to the PC and add it back to my tablet and restore? Is this correct?
No. Plug your tablet in
Open Nexus 7
Internal storage
Copy the folder clockworkmod to a place on your pc
Once complete delete it from internal storage
If you need to restore
Plug in
Open Nexus 7
Internal storage
Copy clockworkmod folder back from pc to internal storage
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I realize this thread is a bit old, but I have been searching and I cant find the answer. My problem is simple. The clockworkmod folder simply does not show up on my PC. The directories that show are the ones for my apps etc, and I can't seem to dig deeper than that. On my Nexus 7 I can browse right to the backups, but I cannot access them from the PC. I have no clue why. I successfully rooted 4.2.2 yesterday and everything else I've done has worked fine, but I can only access the clockworkmod folder from the Nexus 7 itself or from the adb shell on the PC (but I have no idea if I can use the shell to move the backup file to the PC or not).
So in short, I have no idea what to do. I recognize that I am a noob here, but I have done my homework searching for this particular issue and I haven't been able to find anything resembling a solution.
Mjolniir said:
I realize this thread is a bit old, but I have been searching and I cant find the answer. My problem is simple. The clockworkmod folder simply does not show up on my PC. The directories that show are the ones for my apps etc, and I can't seem to dig deeper than that. On my Nexus 7 I can browse right to the backups, but I cannot access them from the PC. I have no clue why. I successfully rooted 4.2.2 yesterday and everything else I've done has worked fine, but I can only access the clockworkmod folder from the Nexus 7 itself or from the adb shell on the PC (but I have no idea if I can use the shell to move the backup file to the PC or not).
So in short, I have no idea what to do. I recognize that I am a noob here, but I have done my homework searching for this particular issue and I haven't been able to find anything resembling a solution.
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The pathway for nandroid backup is not /storage/emulated/0 or /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard
It's somewhere else, but I'm not sure exactly where. Download a root file manager like root explorer then search.
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stfudude said:
The pathway for nandroid backup is not /storage/emulated/0 or /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard
It's somewhere else, but I'm not sure exactly where. Download a root file manager like root explorer then search.
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Thanks, I have been using the one that comes with ROM Toolbox. The path is data/media/clockworkmod but the problem is I can't access that from the PC. When I try to copy or move the backup file to a directory that I can reach from the PC, It fails. I just get a message saying copy failed or move failed and thats it. That happens with both ES file Explorer and the ROM Toolbox root file explorer. I can see the files just fine and they also appear to have read, write and execute permissions.
Perhaps I am doing something wrong as a user with these apps that I am not being allowed to copy or move these files.
Mjolniir said:
Thanks, I have been using the one that comes with ROM Toolbox. The path is data/media/clockworkmod but the problem is I can't access that from the PC. When I try to copy or move the backup file to a directory that I can reach from the PC, It fails. I just get a message saying copy failed or move failed and thats it. That happens with both ES file Explorer and the ROM Toolbox root file explorer. I can see the files just fine and they also appear to have read, write and execute permissions.
Perhaps I am doing something wrong as a user with these apps that I am not being allowed to copy or move these files.
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OK, something occurred to me right after writing that reply. I have been trying to copy the whole folder containing the backup files instead of just copying the files themselves. So I went in one level deeper and selected all the individual backup files and was able to copy/paste them into a directory my PC can see and was able to copy them from there onto my PC hard drive. So problem solved I guess.
Difficult to transfer Nandroid to Win8 PC
I have spent the morning trying to find a certain way to transfer my TWRP folders/files to a Windows 8 PC, without luck:
If anyone knows of a simple way to do this please chip in.
Luckily I have an iMac which allows easy transfer from a Nexus device, so I was able to copy TWRP to the iMac and from there to a 32GB Flash drive, then carry that to the Win8 for copying. Not exactly what one would hope for in 2013.. but it works.
I looked at pulling TWRP using WUGfresh and a Nexus Toolkit and think myself lucky not to have ended up with a brick.
Any links to Howto for Windows 8 much appreciated
Mvh
Its as simple as
adb pull /data
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Pirateghost said:
Its as simple as
adb pull /data
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Can't get much simpler than that I guess
Thanks
So it's okay to just copy the backup itself to the computer desktop, then when I need it, transfer it back? I've been just going in to the CWM folder and copying the folder directly to my desktop. So if I need to I can just copy it back provided I put in the same folder?
nicholi2789 said:
So it's okay to just copy the backup itself to the computer desktop, then when I need it, transfer it back? I've been just going in to the CWM folder and copying the folder directly to my desktop. So if I need to I can just copy it back provided I put in the same folder?
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of course....why would it NOT be ok?
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of course....why would it NOT be ok?
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Well, I just wasn't sure if in the process of being transferred that windows might alter it somehow. I just transferred my Nandroid to my computer, deleted it off my phone, then transferred it back and booted into CWM. I went to restore just to see if it would show up and it did just fine.
I just wasn't 100% sure about it. It just seems too easy... lol. I have Nandroids of quite a few different Rom setups on my computer, I just never had to restore them yet. So hypothetically, if you had the storage space, you could take a Nandroid of every Rom setup you've had and be able to revert to them anytime?
I saw some video guides of people using Adb to transfer to their computers and wondered why they didn't just copy and paste it. I thought there must be a reason. I'm still relatively new to this (only been a few months since my first flash), so I'm still learning.
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Pirateghost said:
Its as simple as
adb pull /data
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And what would the advantage of doing it through adb pull command instead of just simply copying it to the desktop? Is it safer or what? That's why I wonder if doing it this way is safe, when everyone else does adb commands...
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nicholi2789 said:
Well, I just wasn't sure if in the process of being transferred that windows might alter it somehow. I just transferred my Nandroid to my computer, deleted it off my phone, then transferred it back and booted into CWM. I went to restore just to see if it would show up and it did just fine.
I just wasn't 100% sure about it. It just seems too easy... lol. I have Nandroids of quite a few different Rom setups on my computer, I just never had to restore them yet. So hypothetically, if you had the storage space, you could take a Nandroid of every Rom setup you've had and be able to revert to them anytime?
I saw some video guides of people using Adb to transfer to their computers and wondered why they didn't just copy and paste it. I thought there must be a reason. I'm still relatively new to this (only been a few months since my first flash), so I'm still learning.
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And what would the advantage of doing it through adb pull command instead of just simply copying it to the desktop? Is it safer or what? That's why I wonder if doing it this way is safe, when everyone else does adb commands...
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If you are using cwm, the backups are not user accessible and do not show up under /sdcard, and the only way of accessing them is with ROM manager or with a root explorer... Which makes it hard to transfer back and forth from a computer. If you use adb you will be able to pull everything available under /data/media
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That's weird... The backups show up on my computer.... I just plug in and open my phone through my computer, then I go to the CWM folder and drag and drop it to the desktop. Usually takes about ten minutes to transfer because my nandroids are huge (2.2 gb). That easy. I now have transferred it to the computer and then transferred it back to my ext SD card and used it to successfully restore. Did it yesterday.
That's weird. I wonder why it would show up on my computer and not everyone else's?
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That's weird... The backups show up on my computer.... I just plug in and open my phone through my computer, then I go to the CWM folder and drag and drop it to the desktop. Usually takes about ten minutes to transfer because my nandroids are huge (2.2 gb). That easy. I now have transferred it to the computer and then transferred it back to my ext SD card and used it to successfully restore. Did it yesterday.
That's weird. I wonder why it would show up on my computer and not everyone else's?
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Depends on what version you are on
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Depends on what version you are on
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Well i guess on windows 7/Beams build 15 it's visible.... But even when I still had the stock Jellybean Rom I was able to transfer my backups no problem...
In any event, I should probably get more familiar with adb so i am able to transfer that way or restore if I get bricked somehow... Adb is just so complicated to me though. I've read countless threads and other how tos, but i'm still hesitant to try anything serious. It's friggen intimidating. I have the toolkit installed and the path all set up on my computer and everything, I just haven't done much with it yet.
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not your version of windows OR ROM.
are you on 4.2.2 with latest CWM?
Flashed a rooted stock Android 4.2 ROM, root appeared to be broken so i figured rather than be late for work i'd flash my nandroid backup i did beforehand. Now recovery can't find the backup location, and under any file explorer it appears as '0' which i have to select first to view the files. Because of this CWM can't see the backup folder. HELP
That's because of the 4.2 multi-user feature, it needs to separate files of multiple users somehow, so it just moves all your files to "0" subdirectory. If you add another users, they will have their own folders.
It should be okay to just move /data/media/0/TWRP to /data/media/TWRP, either via TWRP's file manager or via adb shell while in recovery:
Code:
mv /data/media/0/TWRP /data/media/
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That's because of the 4.2 multi-user feature, it needs to separate files of multiple users somehow, so it just moves all your files to "0" subdirectory. If you add another users, they will have their own folders.
It should be okay to just move /data/media/0/TWRP to /data/media/TWRP, either via TWRP's file manager or via adb shell while in recovery:
Code:
mv /data/media/0/TWRP /data/media/
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Thank you for your help but I'm using clockworkmod recovery. What do i need to change in that command to suit CWM?
Matty Matt said:
Flashed a rooted stock Android 4.2 ROM, root appeared to be broken so i figured rather than be late for work i'd flash my nandroid backup i did beforehand. Now recovery can't find the backup location, and under any file explorer it appears as '0' which i have to select first to view the files. Because of this CWM can't see the backup folder. HELP
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Haha, I thought I was the only one! I thought I had partitioned my card somehow. I basically did the same thing as you. I also am running CWM. Its making Rom flashing almost impossible for me, I can only select & flash files from the SD "O". All my nandroids are on the regular SD selection. Did you ever find you answer Matt.?
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I used ROM Manager to 'Backup Current ROM'. It seems like I saved a couple nandroid backups successfully but I can't find where they saved so I can transfer them to my computer. I checked internalstorage/clockworkmod/ but there is no "backup" folder present, only 3 small files called .nomedia, .salted_hash, and .settings.
When I go in ROM Manager and go to "Manager and Restore Backups" I can see three dated backups listed, where are those?
I just want to successfully perform a nandroid backup and move it to my computer. I have tinkered with this device twice and lost data both times because of unsuccessful backups to my computer (totally my fault). Still getting used to Android.
right under the "Backup Current ROM" option in ROM Manager you can see it says mnt/shell/clockwordmod/backup
It's where CWM stores backups, you cannot see the folder from computer. But you can pull it via adb or copy it to sdcard using a root explorer then move to computer
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KyraOfFire said:
right under the "Backup Current ROM" option in ROM Manager you can see it says mnt/shell/clockwordmod/backup
It's where CWM stores backups, you cannot see the folder from computer. But you can pull it via adb or copy it to sdcard using a root explorer then move to computer
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How exactly do I pull via adb?
provided you know how to use adb
adb pull "mnt/shell/emulated/clockwordmod" "C:/CWMbackups"
if you're not familiar with adb, well... go to the general section then read
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I'm having the same problem but I'm using TWRP. Is it possible to make TWRP store my backups in /data/media/0/TWRP instead? This is quite a mess to go through just to be able to make a copy of the backup on my PC...
Like the other guy said, just use root Explorer and copy the back ups, then past them in the faux sd card. This is the simplest way to do it. ADB can be challenging for the novice.
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Don't know why...but my nandroid backups are in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
GretaLewd said:
Don't know why...but my nandroid backups are in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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Out of interest does anyone know why my backups are put there, I backed up using TWRP and it puts the backups there, but in recovery it looks to the sdcard/twrp folder so doesnt find the backups
same here. i've already browsed everything using file explorer but still cant find my cwm nandroid backup
Hi, i done the adb pull..
Later on if i wish to copy back to phone, do i need
to use adb push ? Thanks.
KyraOfFire said:
right under the "Backup Current ROM" option in ROM Manager you can see it says mnt/shell/clockwordmod/backup
It's where CWM stores backups, you cannot see the folder from computer. But you can pull it via adb or copy it to sdcard using a root explorer then move to computer
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thanks man
nsg86 said:
Hi, i done the adb pull..
Later on if i wish to copy back to phone, do i need
to use adb push ? Thanks.
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You should be able to just drag and drop anywhere on the sdcard folder.
On another note why do I have to do an image verification every time I leave a comment?
Last night I flashed a kernel and it caused a bootloop. No problem I have a backup from a few days ago. I will wipe data and flash cm and then restore tomorrow. So I flashed CM. When I went to restore via the nexus toolkit it wouldn't connect to my device. It was the new adb signing thing. So I updated the toolkit into a different folder to make sure I didn't lose the backup.
The thing is I cant find how to make the backup visible to the toolkit. I've tried putting it in the same folder as the previous version but it doesn't show on the toolkit. I've tried using NANDROID in CWM but it can't find a directory or something. What is the best way to get this backup restored? Can I get it into the toolkit?
Thank you for the help. I am at a loss of what to do here.
No one?
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One more try and I'll give up.
I'm not to familiar with the tool kit but you can push it to cwr directory
mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
You can use adb to push or use a file explorer to move it over .(transfer to SD then use file explorer move to new directory)
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Thank you so much. I just couldn't find the folder. This is my first device without a real SD
I want to take my TWRP backup and move it off site, however I have explored /data/media/TWRP and i have pulled the backups from there but I seem to only have the boot, and recovery.emmc.win and all the MD5 hashes I have generated when i made the backup. But I don't seem to have the actually data and system backup (the most important). I know I have made the backup because it's still there in TWRP as a recovery option, and I have used it to revert from a broken 4.4 update to my old 4.3.
I checked data/media/TWRP which contains files none of which are my system and data backup
and I checked the data/media/0/TWRP and it contains nothing.
Any ideas where a huge 2.4 gig file could hide and where I could find it?
Thanks.
Bubblewhip said:
I want to take my TWRP backup and move it off site, however I have explored /data/media/TWRP and i have pulled the backups from there but I seem to only have the boot, and recovery.emmc.win and all the MD5 hashes I have generated when i made the backup. But I don't seem to have the actually data and system backup (the most important). I know I have made the backup because it's still there in TWRP as a recovery option, and I have used it to revert from a broken 4.4 update to my old 4.3.
I checked data/media/TWRP which contains files none of which are my system and data backup
and I checked the data/media/0/TWRP and it contains nothing.
Any ideas where a huge 2.4 gig file could hide and where I could find it?
Thanks.
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/storage/emulated/0/TWRP
Try there.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
/storage/emulated/0/TWRP
Try there.
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isn't /storage/emulated/0 a link towards sdcard/twrp? Eitherway the TWRP folder in there is empty.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Bubblewhip said:
isn't /storage/emulated/0 a link towards sdcard/twrp? Eitherway the TWRP folder in there is empty.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Yes it is. The same location on both device, Nexus 4 and 7.
Berrydroidcafe said:
Yes it is. The same location on both device, Nexus 4 and 7.
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Found it, it was in the Data/Media/TWRP although hid itself once I did the Chmod for some reason. It showed back up again if I booted into TWRP recovery mode and retreived it from there using USB debugging.
Bubblewhip said:
Found it, it was in the Data/Media/TWRP although hid itself once I did the Chmod for some reason. It showed back up again if I booted into TWRP recovery mode and retreived it from there using USB debugging.
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Great! :thumbup:
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