Hey guys,
I bought a 8gig n4 in November and got my new 16gig one this morning. I tried restoring the backup on the 16 gig and it was saying checksum mismatch which is what I expected. How do I edit or replace the checksum to make the new phone recognise and install the backup?
Thanks in advance.
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Do you have TWRP or CWM? On TWRP you can turn off the MD5 check. I think you can find this in the settings menue
I was using CWM. I will give this a go. Thanks for the idea.
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AW: Restore backup on a different device.
Gotta tell you that cwm backups are not compatible with twrp . Hope someone else has an idea for your Problem . But a fresh flash wouldnt be bad too, almost everything is replacable, else you could try pulling stuff out oft your backup.
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Hello,
I've have also changed my 8Gb for a 16Gb. When i had transferred the TWRP backup between the 8 and the 16, I couldn't see it in the 16's TWRP.
My solution is to use Nexus root toolkit 1.6.2 and:
- make a backup (check system apps+data and shared data).
- backup virtual sdcard.
- backup sms call logs contacts.
Finally restore it to the 16Gb.
Maybe you could find another easy method to transfer ^^
FarF.
So TWRP worked for me. This is what I did.
1. Install TWRP on both devices.
2. On the device you want to backup go to the menu and select backup and remove the option for making an MD5. Also select a name you will remember, I chose nexus.
3. Boot back into the phone and copy the folder TWRP from your sdcard onto your desktop somewhere.
4. On the new device make a backup of any one partition, I used boot.
5. Connect your new device to computer and copy the contents of the TWRP folder into the /sdcard/TWRP/Backups/[your phones serial] so the full path will look like /sdcard/TWRP/Backups/[xxxxxxxxxxx]/nexus
6. Boot into recovery and select restore and navigate to the backup name you selected in my case [nexus]
7. Boot into system as per normal.
8. Enjoy the exact same stuff just on a bigger capacity phone.
9. If you so choose, copy all the contents from the sdcard onto your computer and then copy them to the new device
10. ???
11. Profit
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Using SD maid if found where the heck all my storage was going. Under /storage/emulated the folders /legacy and /0 are exactly the same with all the same stuff in it. Is there 2 of everything in my internal SD? Can I delete one of these folders? I attached a screenshot
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For giggles I deleted one. The folder was still there but empty and the other folder is also empty. I'm thinking they are the same just shown twice with different names. Not actually duplicate.
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Hmm okay damn. Trying to figure out where this space is going because all I really have is a couple things in the downloads folder and thats it. Another screenshot of my storage in settings kinda further backs my idea
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Have you done any nandroid backups?
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jpeterson066 said:
Using SD maid if found where the heck all my storage was going. Under /storage/emulated the folders /legacy and /0 are exactly the same with all the same stuff in it. Is there 2 of everything in my internal SD? Can I delete one of these folders? I attached a screenshot
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They are not duplicate files... The files are only stored in one location, but each folder has a "link" to them...
Sorta like your computer and creating "shortcuts"
That's all well and good, but...
UberSlackr said:
They are not duplicate files... The files are only stored in one location, but each folder has a "link" to them...
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...even Android's storage manager can't get it right:
Phone:
mako 16GB
rev_11
MAKOZ10o
M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.48
Secure Boot - enabled
Lock State - unlocked
Rooted with (an otherwise) stock ROM (4.2.2 OTA) and Clockwork Mod Touch 6.0.2.3.
I have found four places seeming to be my SD storage:
/sdcard
/storage/sdcard0
/storage/emulated/0
/storage/emulated/legacy
I've attached other screenshots showing how File Expert HD and DiskView treat my storage. CWM 6.0.2.3 also "misinterprets" my storage situation so I can't make more than 2 backups, and if I have 2 then I struggle for space for downloads and apps. I really wouldn't care about this if apps understood it - it makes you wonder how it managed to get released when not only do no apps support it, but Android's own system gets confused!
I've seen posts talk about merging all SD data with /data/media/0 but on my phone (using both File Expert and the new File Expert HD) that's showing up as a file not a folder. Seriously, how do I sort this out? Which is the real folder, why are the other three there, how do I disable this silly "shortcut" thing that's destroying my phone's storage?
Did you guys make any nandroid backup on the SD cards?
andyli1985 said:
Did you guys make any nandroid backup on the SD cards?
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Yeah, what originally alerted me to the space issue was when I went to make my second nandroid since installing the 4.2.2 OTA. I made one before and one after the update, then went to make a third in order to have a recent backup before trying to flash the Ubuntu Touch Dev preview but the nandroid failed due to insufficient storage space.
Ultrabenosaurus said:
Yeah, what originally alerted me to the space issue was when I went to make my second nandroid since installing the 4.2.2 OTA. I made one before and one after the update, then went to make a third in order to have a recent backup before trying to flash the Ubuntu Touch Dev preview but the nandroid failed due to insufficient storage space.
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This should explain the "missing" storage. Since you made two nandroid backups and you have quite a lot of apps installed (2.89GB), this will take at least 6 GB of space.
Edit: Nandroid backups don't show on the android storage view.
andyli1985 said:
This should explain the "missing" storage. Since you made two nandroid backups and you have quite a lot of apps installed (2.89GB), this will take at least 6 GB of space.
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At the time of taking the screenshots in my first post, I only have one nandroid in order to keep a decent amount of free space. The fact that CWM is also misinterpreting the storage makes me think it's backing up all 4 locations, which means that my nandroid is stupidly big. That coupled with all apps mistaking the 3 mirror locations as actual files results in a huge loss of potential storage space as apps think the device is full when it really isn't.
I should probably also mention that Windows reports the same free/used space numbers as File Expert HD.
All your internal data lies within /data/media/
The contents within that is usually what is visible to the user on a TW ROM. Once you switch to an AOSP ROM a second partition is created in /storage/emulated/0. This is your actual internal memory. Any previous downloads or backups made before installing an AOSP ROM will be located in /data/media/ since that was it's original directory. You can still view the "0" folder in /data/media/ but all your downloads, backups, etc, will be directed to /storage/emulated/0/ by default.
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All your internal data lies within /data/media/
The contents within that is usually what is visible to the user on a TW ROM. Once you switch to an AOSP ROM a second partition is created in /storage/emulated/0. This is your actual internal memory. Any previous downloads or backups made before installing an AOSP ROM will be located in /data/media/ since that was it's original directory. You can still view the "0" folder in /data/media/ but all your downloads, backups, etc, will be directed to /storage/emulated/0/ by default.
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I don't understand what you mean by a "TW ROM" but I haven't changed ROM. I unlocked the bootloader and rooted, but other than a few quick plays with Ubuntu Touch I'm still using the stock ROM (which I return to from Ubuntu via restoring a CWM nandroid). I haven't flashed any Android ROMs at all.
I didn't have the phone long before I got the 4.2.2 OTA update and I didn't check the folder structure before then, but I didn't notice any suspiciously fast drops in free space until after said update.
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At the time of taking the screenshots in my first post, I only have one nandroid in order to keep a decent amount of free space. The fact that CWM is also misinterpreting the storage makes me think it's backing up all 4 locations, which means that my nandroid is stupidly big. That coupled with all apps mistaking the 3 mirror locations as actual files results in a huge loss of potential storage space as apps think the device is full when it really isn't.
I should probably also mention that Windows reports the same free/used space numbers as File Expert HD.
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Can you use a file explorer with root access and check how big is this folder? /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
File Expert and File Expert HD both see it as a file... What app should I use?
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Install ES File Explorer, then follow the instructions on this post
Going to have to count up the folder size manually, will do it later and report back because I need to get ready for work now.
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you know that the "Real" folders are in "mnt/shell/emulated"?^^
There you also see the clockworkmod folder and check it's size.
I don't like to backup on the sdcard because the16 Gb available on N4.....I don't like to use dropbox or whatever else neither....is it possible to backup on external ssd using titanium or rom toolbar?
thanks
You can back up to internal, transfer to SSD and delete from internal.
Use Carbon Backup (made by the same guys as CWM) - awesome app if you are just looking for a simple backup and restore function.
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I use titanium and then just hook up to my pc and download the back up..
Then I delete out from the phone. I do the same thing with the recovery console backups.
Titanium is awesome though and you can upload backups to drop box, Google drive, etc but I always use my pc. It only takes a few minutes when using usb.
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Hello,
I was going to install a new ROM with CWM (6.0.3.6) when I got this error message "Cant mount external_SD".
Since my zip file was on my SDCARD, I had to restore my just made backup so I could move the .zip file (the ROM) on the internal memory.
The only things I made at that time were a backup and a "wipe + factory reset".
So I restore my backup and reboot and first thing I see is the lost 5 Gig of space on my internal memory and of course, I cant find the files/directory of what ever take all that space.
Any idea ?
Thanks.
Check how much space your cwm backups are taking. Each one probably runs about 1.5 GB. It's not the 5 you're seeing but a big chunk of it.
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jd1639 said:
Check how much space your cwm backups are taking. Each one probably runs about 1.5 GB. It's not the 5 you're seeing but a big chunk of it.
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only made 1 backup, but Ill check anyway
the stock TW ROM is, uh, not small when backed up with CWM. like 2.5-3.5 gb big.
I hope I'm posting in the right section.
So I did a backup yesterday, installed diskusage app and noticed that the backup file has around 1.5 GB.
I kinda need some free space on my phone so I was thinking if is there any way to keep the backup file in my PC and use it with some sort of a program to push it into my phone if it goes into a bootloop or anything happens to it.
If you do a nandroid backup or a backup via adb, you get a backup file. This backup file has several GBs of size depending on your used storage. This file can be copied to your computer and restored anytime.
I know that.What I asked is this: let's say I make a backup file. I copy it in my PC, then delete it from phone.Next day my phone goes into a bootloop or.. I don't know, something happens to it and I need that backup file.What do I do?
What does the diskusage app backup? Most likely your going to have to get past the bootloop first. Then you can copy and paste it back to your device.
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So I guess there is no point in keeping the backup file in my phone as long as I need the free space for something else.
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