Backed up through recovery...is it supposed to be 4 gigs large? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

Hey guys
I backed up my phone with TWRP and the file itself was 4 gigs! Is it supposed to be this large? It took up a large chunk of my space on my phone that I am now trying to flash a rom with..any idea?

jookskidd said:
Hey guys
I backed up my phone with TWRP and the file itself was 4 gigs! Is it supposed to be this large? It took up a large chunk of my space on my phone that I am now trying to flash a rom with..any idea?
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Yes they are that large for a touchwiz. AOSP backups are about 1.2 GBs
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daniel4653 said:
Yes they are that large for a touchwiz. AOSP backups are about 1.2 GBs
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what's the difference and how can I get that? I am about to back it up and just save it on the computer and delete the back up itself to save space.
Also, how can i tell if i am de odexed or odexed?
I am rooted, however.

jookskidd said:
what's the difference and how can I get that? I am about to back it up and just save it on the computer and delete the back up itself to save space.
Also, how can i tell if i am de odexed or odexed?
I am rooted, however.
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Aosp is pure Android. Like you get on the nexus devices. And touchwiz is Samsung's bloatware that is thrown on.
Use root explorer and go into system/app and if some APKs have an .odex file following it by the same name then you are on an odexes ROM.
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Also next time you do a backup, make sure you back up to the external card, otherwise it uses all that space on your phone's internal memory.

Delete cache and dalvik before backing up. The size will go down significantly
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Enable compression also.
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Also make sure when you go to run your backup, make sure that system, boot, and data are the only options checked off. I've boot into recovery and noticed more than 3 were checked off for some odd reason
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reverepats said:
Also make sure when you go to run your backup, make sure that system, boot, and data are the only options checked off. I've boot into recovery and noticed more than 3 were checked off for some odd reason
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Because they are necessary for a full backup.
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YES or NO Question about flashing kernel and backups

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a great day today!
The question I'm asking is really simple and can be answered just by yes or no, but explanation will be appreciated.
The question is that when I backup in the recovery (TWRP) to flash a custom KERNEL, do I have to backup the whole system and data and boot.img?
I'm asking this because not only backing only boot.img is faster, but saves a lot of space on my phone, which is important to me.
Thanks
Boot.img is the kernel, no need to backup the whole system.
peachpuff said:
Boot.img is the kernel, no need to backup the whole system.
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Thanks. I just wanted to make sure.
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I always do a clean backup, that is, after unlocking the bootloader and root.
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What do you mean that you don't have to flash the whole system??
How would you restore the ROM
If the system apps aren't backed up?
Not flaming you,
But I would like to know if that's possible b/c
A whole ROM backup with 78 user apps
Takes up a lot of space on my phone
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I have one backup of my whole system. Then I go from there flashing other roms and such
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peachpuff said:
Boot.img is the kernel, no need to backup the whole system.
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Boot.IMG is the kernel + ramdisk. Just wanted to clarify that.
estallings15 said:
Boot.IMG is the kernel + ramdisk. Just wanted to clarify that.
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Yeah I know that but I want that since the kernel I want to flash (Franco) had its own ramdisk. Thanks though
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jaestreetss said:
What do you mean that you don't have to flash the whole system??
How would you restore the ROM
If the system apps aren't backed up?
Not flaming you,
But I would like to know if that's possible b/c
A whole ROM backup with 78 user apps
Takes up a lot of space on my phone
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What I was saying is that if I wanted to ONLY change the kernel, if I can backup the boot.IMG only which is basically kernel +ramdisk.
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I am also trying to understand the backups before installing ROMs and kernels. What if I don't have enough space on my nexus 4 (16gb) to create an entire backup (with user apps, stock rom, ect.)? Say I used all of the space installing my apps and there isn't enough space left for a copy of it (the backup)?
lazer155 said:
I am also trying to understand the backups before installing ROMs and kernels. What if I don't have enough space on my nexus 4 (16gb) to create an entire backup (with user apps, stock rom, ect.)? Say I used all of the space installing my apps and there isn't enough space left for a copy of it (the backup)?
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I think the backup will fail in that case...
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kyokeun1234 said:
I think the backup will fail in that case...
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Is there anyway to back it up directly to a computer rather than onto the N4's internal memory? Maybe keep the boot.IMG backup in the internal memory. That way it could be installed easily if something went wrong. All the user data/apps and stock rom would then be stored on the computer. Can that be done?
Edit:
I found out how to backup the user data to the computer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34744848&postcount=4
One last question - Is it possible to delete previous backups that were stored directly on the device?

[Q] HELP- Nexus 4 Storage Capacity

I have a 16gb nexus 4. I rooted my phone a few weeks ago and decided to DL flash cm 10.1 to my phone yesterday. But, it got stuck in a boot loop and I restored to the android backup I had.
The problem is, now my storage says only 435 mb free, but I had around 6gb free before. I have no idea what caused this or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Nandroid backups?
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I don't think it's that. I only have one backup and it says it's only a few megabytes.
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Hopefully this answers your question;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
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So, of I do the fast boot and recover my data, it should clear up the storage space?
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This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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Fazleee said:
This of screen shot of my storage capacity.
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Oh I misunderstood you, it is showing that you have 16gb its just that a lot of it is missing.
I would try deleting unneeded nandroids, especially if they are CWM as they don't get saved somewhere you can use a simple file manager to get to I don't think.
Also try clearing cache and davlik cache, if this doesn't work, I think you'll have to back up apps and factory reset through recovery.
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But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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Here's a screen shot of what android tuner tells me about my system space.
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Fazleee said:
But the nandroids are only 7.38 mbs. I don't think they are the cause of the problem. I was researching the problem online and I think it might be the lost.dir folder, but I can't find it.
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there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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exb0 said:
there's something wrong then. a nandroid will NEVER be 7.38mb
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Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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Fazleee said:
Wait, I think you're right. The nandroid back up I made on my computer says 5gb. But, which system folder is it in on my phone?
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which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
I think...
exb0 said:
which recovery did you use?
CWM goes to /data/media/clockworkmod
TWRP goes to /sdcard/TWRP/backup
I think...
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Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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Fazleee said:
Thank you so much.
I found it, deleted it, and got my space back.
But that leads me to another question. If I don't have a backup on my phone, how will I restore? Because yesterday, I was in a boot loop, and the ADB connection wouldn't work. The only reason I could restore was because I had the nandroid back up on my phone already.
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If you were in a bootloop, get into recovery and choose sideload. Then you can push a rom file and flash it. Or you could just not remove the recovery. TWRP nandroid take less space.
I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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Fazleee said:
I see. I just used CWM because I read that they were better. I'm still new at all of this. Thank you. You've been very helpful.
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No problem. It's not really.. accurate to say which is better.to each his own.

[Q] TWRP says back up is...

So i just went in to back up my rom but it says that my data backup will be 1,009,312mb Why is it so huge (thats what she said)??.. ive tried searching but i havent found any solution.. can someone please help!
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GS4 TW backups are massive. That's the correct size, they could even be bigger lol.
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Well, technically that is EASILY going to be the incorrect size unless you meant to type Kb and not Mb. If so, yes, that would be correct.
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So your saying its almost 1 terabyte?
That doesn't sound right
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No 1 Gigabyte is a typical backup size. If you start loading up with apps it can get much bigger.
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No 1 Gigabyte is a typical backup size. If you start loading up with apps it can get much bigger.
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Do you not see thr commas? Its almost 1tb
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Anybody?
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I had this same thing happen to me over the weekend. I think what worked for me is doing a factory reset through twrp, then rebooted twrp to get the partition sizes to sync. I had all my data backed up to my sd card so I was able to restore the apps. I also did a full system wipe and flashed a Rom I had on my SD card. I hope one of those two things work. Let me know if it does.
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Twrp rom backup Q

I use Twrp and I have 2 back ups so far. One being the stock TW rom and another being my customized debloated TW rom. I went to create a back up and it failed due to lack of space. I have it set to back up to the 16gb SD card which has plenty of space but then I saw it was going to back up the data(okay that's fine) but it states theres 18635mb of data. Where is all that data!? And where can I remove whatever is taking up that much space. I'm assuming it's from my 2 backups but I can't seem to find it (due to I swear they are on the SD card already) so I'm confused to how it's trying to backup that much data . Thanks in advance!
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Get away from twrp its garbage for this device. I've always loved twrp on other devices but not this one. My advice would be restore you stock stable ROM. Format your internal & external SD card. Flash cwm touch 6.2 or philz custom cwm . backup with cwm . then that should fix your issues. Make sure your on the stock ROM before deleting any files though.
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I'm confused when you say format the internal and external SD. Wouldn't that delete everything off of both? Not sure if maybe I misunderstand what it means to format
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godschildren said:
I'm confused when you say format the internal and external SD. Wouldn't that delete everything off of both? Not sure if maybe I misunderstand what it means to format
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Yes that is what he means so back up your files
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Okay thank you romantic and thank you for your reply on the wicked thread
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TWRP. WORKS just fine. Use the 2.5.0.2 version cause the other versions do have many issues. Been using 2.5.0.2,since the very beginning, snd have had no issues what so ever. So I wouldn't call it garbage.
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mattie_49 said:
Get away from twrp its garbage for this device. I've always loved twrp on other devices but not this one. My advice would be restore you stock stable ROM. Format your internal & external SD card. Flash cwm touch 6.2 or philz custom cwm . backup with cwm . then that should fix your issues. Make sure your on the stock ROM before deleting any files though.
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TWRP 2.5.0.2 is rock solid. Just avoid 2.6.0.0 and you'll be fine.
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Maybe that was my problem then I used the latest that goo-im installs and it was 2.6 . Don't get it twisted like my post says I love twrp. Above and beyond any cwm or custom recovery its quick and does the job perfect. Does anyone have a flashable 2.5.0.2 handy?
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Updated twrp to 2.6.1.0.. Very nice so far no more staying on blue welcome screen for 20 min.
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mattie_49 said:
Updated twrp to 2.6.1.0.. Very nice so far no more staying on blue welcome screen for 20 min.
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The blue screen Lol scared me the first time downloading a nightly then I'll update ..fingers crossed
Backup and restore works as you would expect it to work fast. Gonna try and see if the format data still makes data unmountable. As it did before . Gonna wait till I get home near PC with Odin first just in case .
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mattie_49 said:
Backup and restore works as you would expect it to work fast. Gonna try and see if the format data still makes data unmountable. As it did before . Gonna wait till I get home near PC with Odin first just in case .
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Well back up and restore work awesome for me, so glad to have that team win screen go away after a couple seconds! Haven't formatted data once yet, I'm glad I haven't, all my old back ups are on my PC
Just got back up and running after formatting data and having to odin back shhheessshhh. Damn I wish they would get this running correctly. To do a clean wipe and install in my book is formatting data. Doing even with newest 2.6.1.0 bonks data partion. Thank god cwm touch is stable ( slow as molases to back up and restore) but stable.
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Phone can't write to internal storage

So I rooted my phone to get rid of crappy apps and wire after it was rooted I made a back up. While I was at it I installed cm11 to check it out. Didn't like it much so I rolled back to stock. But now my phone won't read my internal storage. It does but it doesn't.
For example, Asphalt 8 won't download because it can't connect to storage but other apps can. I can't save images from the internet but I can take pictures and view them. If I try to download a file it says no sd.
Phone is rooted with SU.
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Check this out.
Did you manage to resolve this problem. I am having same issue with my Note 3. I rooted it, didn't like the custom ROMs and rolled back. Now I cannot save any file on the internal SD card - I can take pictures, notes or transfer files from PC but cannot save the email attachments, images or anything else on the SD card. Will appreciate if you can share how you fixed your issue. Thanks.
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So I rooted my phone to get rid of crappy apps and wire after it was rooted I made a back up. While I was at it I installed cm11 to check it out. Didn't like it much so I rolled back to stock. But now my phone won't read my internal storage. It does but it doesn't.
For example, Asphalt 8 won't download because it can't connect to storage but other apps can. I can't save images from the internet but I can take pictures and view them. If I try to download a file it says no sd.
Phone is rooted with SU.
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dragonkid6 said:
So I rooted my phone to get rid of crappy apps and wire after it was rooted I made a back up. While I was at it I installed cm11 to check it out. Didn't like it much so I rolled back to stock. But now my phone won't read my internal storage. It does but it doesn't.
For example, Asphalt 8 won't download because it can't connect to storage but other apps can. I can't save images from the internet but I can take pictures and view them. If I try to download a file it says no sd.
Phone is rooted with SU.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684384[emoji51]
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You Rock !!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684384[emoji51]
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dhariwal57 said:
You Rock !!
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This thread didn't work for me, and it's closed...
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This thread didn't work for me, and it's closed...
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The solution is above dude. Use the terminal emulator, works for me.

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