Can't find folders in CWM Recovery. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just flashed cwm touch and when I was about to root. I put my zip file in the phone but when I booted to recovery, it doesn't see the zip file and the other folders that I have in my phone. Anyone who can help me on this? Because of this issue I am not able to flash a ROM. You're help will be greatly appreacited. Thanks!
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Open the folder called 0. It should be in there
Cwm uses the true root for storage and not the directory that android sees.
Cwm default directory - /sdcard/
Android default sdcard directory - /sdcard/0/
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no CWM after reboot

hi
Ive rooted my nexus s & unlocked the boot-loader
installed superuser
Ive tried installing CWM a couple of times
it installs
but after reboot no recovery or CWM
checked the following posts but no luck
it says install aborted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317524
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098168
Read : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
as far as i remember, CWM will be removed each time you restart your phone,unles you have a custom kernel/rom.
but its been long time ago when i did that x3
If stock there is a file that needs to be removed or renamed,
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Try to flash again.... Works for me...
ghost010 said:
Read : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
as far as i remember, CWM will be removed each time you restart your phone,unles you have a custom kernel/rom.
but its been long time ago when i did that x3
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No. You merely need to rename / remove the install-recovery.sh script in /etc to prevent the stock recovery from writing at boot.
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krohnjw said:
No. You merely need to rename / remove the install-recovery.sh script in /etc to prevent the stock recovery from writing at boot.
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Thanks I to was having the same issue. I assume that to revert you just rename the aformentioned file back to original?
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spaz2k7 said:
Thanks I to was having the same issue. I assume that to revert you just rename the aformentioned file back to original?
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Yeah, restoring the file will then cause the stock recovery to be written upon reboot (if you want to go back to the stock recovery for some reason).
same but i solved it
clockworkmodrecovery rom manager find and install
open it and touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)
select reboot into recovery manual
mount and storage select
mount USB storage
unmount
++++ go back +++++
install from zip sdcard
find
'' super user.zip'' flash
reboot
es file explorer select setting mark root explorer and mount file system after
select phone in file explorer find etc folder select and find ''install-recovery.sh'' file and rename file for example ''install-recovery.sheski'' and
open rom manager again touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)
check it...

Can't Delete nandroid backup

Ok, never seen this before and suspect SD card corruption.
I did a nandroid backup today before I flashed a custom kernel. Everything went well. Now I am getting low space alerts (got the 8GB model). I want to delete the backup which comes in at 1.8GB. Problem is, the permissions are wacky - the folder perms are rwsrwsr-t (775 with set uid, set gid and sticky).
I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!
Has anyone seen this before, or have a solution ?
timekillerj said:
Ok, never seen this before and suspect SD card corruption.
I did a nandroid backup today before I flashed a custom kernel. Everything went well. Now I am getting low space alerts (got the 8GB model). I want to delete the backup which comes in at 1.8GB. Problem is, the permissions are wacky - the folder perms are rwsrwsr-t (775 with set uid, set gid and sticky).
I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!
Has anyone seen this before, or have a solution ?
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Same here. No clue how to get rid of it.
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Its a common issue with some versions of CWM, but Koush has released a (radically) new version
fix is as Wiithepeng said
wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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"I can't delete or change permissions with either root explorer or from the shell as root!"
If I delete with root explorer I get "delete failed". If I adb shell in and `busybox rm -fR` I get "Operation not permitted"
With those steps?
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When I tried deleting from /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard or /storage/sdcard0 it would not work until I tried /data/media
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Phonic posted a script in the "[RECOVERY] r3 (6.0.0.4) - Interim ClockworkMod recovery for Nexus 7" thread in the Android Dev forum,
when executed thru CWM will delete undeleteable backups
didnt use it myself, I used Solid Explorer to delete /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/......
Ok, I rebooted into recovery and was able to delete the files with adb shell.
wiithepeng: Sorry, didn't see the /data/media path at first glance, I was going straight to /sdcard - so it might have worked your way.
Thanks for the help.
No problem. Glad you delete those backups
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Try THIS. Common problem and fixed in the newest version of the Recovery from that thread AND apparently the newest CWM directly from Koush.
wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thank Bro, this was bugging the crap out of me. I had no idea to navigate through data/media etc. Good fix!
wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thanks! I was about to tear my hair out! I used ES File Explorer though.
wiithepeng said:
This is what I did when I switched from CWM to TWRP
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Navigate to /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
3. Delete whatever backups
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Thanks bro... Root Explorer is premium so even ES File Explorer works as long as you are rooted and grant it SU access, which would be anyway as you have CWM.
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wiithepeng said:
When I tried deleting from /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard or /storage/sdcard0 it would not work until I tried /data/media
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This worked for me :good:
Wahay, Fix ed
I was going to make a zip and flash as i thought all was lost but then I just fixed this via adb using the following commands, I didn't get any errors and it was successful, here is what I did,
# cd /data/media/clockworkmod/
# chmod 777 backup
# cd backup
# rm -rf <backupfilename>
Hope this helps others,

CWMR not backing up after 4.2 update

I've been trying to do a backup of my 4.2 stock rom and its not working. It goes through the motions like it successfully completed but it doesn't save. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Check in /data/media/ for a clockworkmod or CWMR folder (not sure what it names it's folder, I use TWRP)
Pretty sure it's due to 4.2 changing the file structure
devilsmack said:
I've been trying to do a backup of my 4.2 stock rom and its not working. It goes through the motions like it successfully completed but it doesn't save. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Most likely it's backing up but it's backing up to /data/media which you do not have access to once you are in Android. Can you see it when you tap "Restore" in CWM but not in ROM Manager? If this is the case I wrote up a solution for this that solved this issue for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991657.
I know it not backing up because I have the same amount of storage that I had before the backup.
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[Q] .zip no longer visible in Recovery

I've tried CWM touch and standard as well as TWRP, and zip's are no longer visible to any of them? I'm on CM10.1 nightly.
Any thoughts on a fix?
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Ate you pointing the recovery to the correct directory? Also, did you update your recovery to the latest version?
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najaboy said:
Ate you pointing the recovery to the correct directory? Also, did you update your recovery to the latest version?
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Yes and Yes, and i've tried other directories. Oddly if using TWRP's file manager I can see the files, but not when I choose install from .zip Unless there is a directory to the files that i'm not aware of. I've tried 0 and legacy
I feel like there is probably something really obvious, but it's very frustrating.
FIXED
I backed up the content of my "SD" Card and deleted all files, I deleted both 0 folder and legacy folder and then put a zip back in to see if it was viewable, and sure enough it was.
Doesn't make any sense, but it worked so good to go

Error during cwm backup

I keep getting this error when I try to do a backup from the ROM manager app.
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/1.2014-06-15-22.24.53]
Using the app to make a backup used to work. Trying to save to external.
How do I specify the destination?
I can the backup manually, which I've done via rebooting into recovery and choosing the option to install to sdcard1.
Idk what to do to have the app select the correct path.
Any help appreciated.
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You don't say what operating system you are using and what version of CWM.
Edit: Your other post says you are now running CM11 and CWM v6048. That is why it is different, you just installed a new CWM. v6048 uses a different path for backup. I don't know how to fix it for you with ROM Manager.
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Cwm 6048. Cm11
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