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How to delete Nandroid backups?

How i delete them? I cant seem to find them...

jackdonogy said:
How i delete them? I cant seem to find them...
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the answer to you question is in an hour old topic already asked in this section. cwm backup storage.

jackdonogy said:
How i delete them? I cant seem to find them...
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they're in sdcard/data/media

eep2378 said:
they're in sdcard/data/media
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I cant find the /data folder using ES File explorer...

jackdonogy said:
I cant find the /data folder using ES File explorer...
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They are in /data/media but you can only view that folder with superuser priviledge. If ES File Explorer has an option of getting superuser permission in settings then you can view them or you can use Root Explorer App.
If you have adb then you can view them in adb shell and then become superuser and then view that location.

as i said. the fix for this is one or two posts below this one. why is it so hard for people to understand engrish?

go to android /mnt/shell/emulate and you will see your nandroid their I had same problem until I found it:thumbup:
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phermey said:
as i said. the fix for this is one or two posts below this one. why is it so hard for people to understand engrish?
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probably because 1 or 2 post below is not helpful at all. Im not sure if you are aware but threads are in order of the most recent comment. So, by posting a reply you are now changing that from 1 or 2 posts below to some other number.

whooda said:
probably because 1 or 2 post below is not helpful at all. Im not sure if you are aware but threads are in order of the most recent comment. So, by posting a reply you are now changing that from 1 or 2 posts below to some other number.
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heard. the point is its on the same page. it isnt pages deep where you would need a search. the op can get away with not caring about a search. but to read this thread and see that the fix is only a couple of clicks away... why would you take the time to post that you are having the same issue.

gauravsri said:
They are in /data/media but you can only view that folder with superuser priviledge. If ES File Explorer has an option of getting superuser permission in settings then you can view them or you can use Root Explorer App.
If you have adb then you can view them in adb shell and then become superuser and then view that location.
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I see the nandroid backup in /data/media/clockkworkmod/backup and in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup. I am using root browser lite.
When I try to delete the nandroid it doesn't work with this app. How can I delete?

Use Solid Explorer, browse files and delete. I do this since forever with CWM and now TWRP

calanizzle said:
Use Solid Explorer, browse files and delete. I do this since forever with CWM and now TWRP
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I hadn't heard of that browser before. Worked llike a charm. Thank you

ok, so - say i want to copy these nandroids to my computer before i delete them from my nexus 4 / and vice-versa. how would i find it using windows explorer or finder?
i understand that the nandroids for CWM are stored in:
/data/media/clockworkmod
and when you plug your phone into the computer, it shows an emulated sdcard, but whats a quick and easy way of getting to the root of the device for copying from the computer?
apologies if this has been covered before, but i just stumbled upon this thread when looking for it, and this had the latest activity.
thanks

Normally I don't recommend tool kits as people should learn, but I would give one a shot as there is a feature to just pull backup and save to PC.
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aimetti said:
Normally I don't recommend tool kits as people should learn, but I would give one a shot as there is a feature to just pull backup and save to PC.
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Just to clarify:
Nandroid is stored in the phone's internal storage not the internal sdcard.
When you connect to the computer, windows explorer shows the internal sdcard only.
A file browser app that allows manipulation of the internal storage will show the nandroid. You could copy it to your sdcard and move it to your computer with windows explorer, airdroid, etc. Or you can us the tool kit.
Hope this helps

AW: How to delete Nandroid backups?
In CWM itself you have the possibility to delete them, too. I think this is worth mentioning. To my mind this is the easiest way.
Copying them to your PC is also possible via ADB (if present and activated)
Code:
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod/
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fkrone said:
In CWM itself you have the possibility to delete them, too. I think this is worth mentioning. To my mind this is the easiest way.
Copying them to your PC is also possible via ADB (if present and activated)
Code:
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod/
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Awesome thanks, so i'm assuming that will copy the data to whatever directory i am currently in in the Terminal. we'll just assume we are in C:\?
Then also i would assume the command to put that nandroid from my PC to the phone would be
Code:
adb push C:/clockworkmod/ /data/media/clockworkmod/
??
thanks

Need to get CWM Nandroid off of my phone. Can't find in mnt, data, backups... WTF!?

I've read all of the similar threads, can't find it in mtn/shell, data/ only has starbucks and titanium, backups folder. Between Storage, SD, 0/, emulated, and legacy folders, something's gotta be hiding.
When I boot into recovery I'll find it in the restore options, but I need it off of the phone to flash to a replacement device. Any help?

I'm going through the exact situation /;
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theedon323 said:
I'm going through the exact situation /;
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You can use Root Explorer to go to /data/media or use adb shell and then run "su" to get root privileges and then the directory will be visible.
The directory is not visible as a normal user and need superuser permissions.

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gauravsri said:
You can use Root Explorer to go to /data/media or use adb shell and then run "su" to get root privileges and then the directory will be visible.
The directory is not visible as a normal user and need superuser permissions.
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Do I need the blobs? Never seen em before...
FishFan319 said:
I LOVE THIS MAN/WOMAN. I'd like to give you a present. A hard written card. A bumper. A piece of chocolate.
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FishFan319 said:
Do I need the blobs? Never seen em before...
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Yes, you need to copy the blobs as well as backup directory.
From what I understand, Backup directory is now very small in size and backups are done incrementally by pointing to blobs (which are the actual data).

How can I access & write to my /data partition

Hi,
My tablet was having some issues yesterday and wouldn't turn on, so I managed to do a factory reset, planning on restoring everything from Titanium Backup (from my TWRP backup), however, when I look at my TWRP Backup in TiBu, there doesn't seem to be anything there?
However, when I copy the data.win file to my computer and extract it, I can see all the files and I would like to try and copy some of the saves back to my data partition, however, I can't seem to find a way to find it or write to it?
Any ideas?
Stewart

There are many possibilities, on of them:
- boot Nexus 7 into recovery mode
- connect the Nexus 7 with USB to you PC
- mount /data in recovery
- adb push the files / directories you want to restore to the /data partition
- ...
There is only one problem: as you have done a factory reset / wipe the corresponding apps are no longer installed and even if you install them again,they will get a different uid so that the restored data is no longer accessible to them. Probably fix_permissions can help in that situations, but I didn't try yet.

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There are many possibilities, on of them:
- boot Nexus 7 into recovery mode
- connect the Nexus 7 with USB to you PC
- mount /data in recovery
- adb push the files / directories you want to restore to the /data partition
- ...
There is only one problem: as you have done a factory reset / wipe the corresponding apps are no longer installed and even if you install them again,they will get a different uid so that the restored data is no longer accessible to them. Probably fix_permissions can help in that situations, but I didn't try yet.
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Ah ok, that sucks!
Is there not anyway I can use an Android based GUI tool to copy the files from my SDCard to /data.
I am not the best with adb, but I imagine the command would be "./adb push <insert file name here> /data/com.bigideas.swys/files", would that work?
Cheers
Stewart

Yes, that should work. Unfortunately I don't know any tool providing the functionality you are looking for.
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Ummm... how about you restore it in TWRP like you're supposed to?
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TWRP should work, too, but if I remember well, the USB id is different, so you might get problems with adb if you do not have the correct driver installed.
To push a file to the device:
- unzip/untar data.win on your PC
- boot device to recovery
- on PC cmd-line:
- adb shell mount /data
- adb push <file_or_dir_to_push> /data/
But as I said, most likely it's not enough ...
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korockinout13 said:
Ummm... how about you restore it in TWRP like you're supposed to?
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Because that caused it to stop booting like it did when it first powered off!
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StuMcBill said:
Because that caused it to stop booting like it did when it first powered off!
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The data.win file is just a tar archive. You can extract whatever you want, although there are a couple caveats:
- the .tar archives seem to be absolutely rooted (e.g. /foo/bar instead of ./foo/bar) so you might need to fool with -C or other tar command line options to get the result you are after.
- while you certainly could use 7-zip or similar to unpack the archive and cherry pick whatever you want on a Windoze box, you probably ought to do offline unpacking using Linux so you don't lose file permission settings. An alternative would be to unpack on the device itself to someplace such as /data/local/tmp using your preferred terminal emulator (or adb command line) and busybox combination. Then you can adjust ownership via "chmod -r" as needed and "mv" to move your cherry picks into place. Note you also need to pay attention to /data/app-lib/* in addition to /data/data/* and /data/app/* cherry picks.
- To reiterate about file ownership, probably what you should do is install only the .apks you want first, and then after rebooting, note the assigned user/group IDs chosen for each app install, and change the restored /data/data/* and /data/app-lib/* files to that uid.
Confused? Well, you asked. Look up a decent Linux administration guide for clarification.
good luck

I can't delete any files on my nexus 7?

My nexus 7 had slowed down recently. So I was advised by someone here to reinstall the stock rom. So I backed everything up that was on it and installed the latest version of android (4.2.2). It worked. It's not slow anymore. But there's one problem. I can't delete any files on it using es file manager. I get a message saying "cannot delete some files. Please make sure that your storage is not mounted as read-only". I don't know what that means. Can someone help me?
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You can delete unwanted files straight from TWRP Recovery. TWRP > Advanced > File Manager >SD Card > Select Items > Delete.

Well that worked. But it's too much trouble to have to go into TWRP just to delete a file. Why can't I delete it with ES file explorer like I could before I reinstalled the stock rom?
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You don't state if you're rooted....

Yes it's been rooted.
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And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?

Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.

danvee said:
And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?
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Yes. I have SuperSU. It's active with root permissions granted.
TheAltruistic said:
Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.
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Hmm I'm not sure I understand. I already put it in rw mode in the es file explorer app under tools/root explorer. But it still won't let me delete things.
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Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?

Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Hm weird. Under the assumption that you are doing everything correctly, it should work as superuser permissions supersedes all and any limitation unless the file is open preventing it from being written to. If that's the case you will have to go through recovery as Username invalid suggested to edit the file.

Username invalid said:
Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?
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I just tried that. Unfortunately it didn't work. And it gets worse. It seems like I can't do anything to the file system at all. Meaning I can't create a new file or folder. And I can't edit or delete what's already there. I haven't tried to download anything yet. But that probably won't work either. This is terrible.
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Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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Bryon15 said:
Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied
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I read it. It says to fix it I have to remove and recreate the virtual device and change the size. But I have no idea what that means or how to do it. Why is everything so hard?
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If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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ezas said:
If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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Bryon15 said:
I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
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Thank you. I'm going to attempt to fix it now. Wish me luck.
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Do I have to download ADB tool for my PC to use with this?
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[Q] Please some one help, No Os and failing with ADB

Hi
I was changing Roms and like a fool wiped everything, all data etc so now I have no OS.
I can get into recovery just fine and have used the Nexus tool kit to push the PA rom and Omni Rom so that using TWRP file explorer can see them however it just keeps failing when I try to install.
after it skips the md5 it says
warning no file_contexts
then
error executing updater binary in zip and more texts which i can copy if important.
What can i do to get my phone backup and running please.
DESPERATE!

foxguard said:
Hi
I was changing Roms and like a fool wiped everything, all data etc so now I have no OS.
I can get into recovery just fine and have used the Nexus tool kit to push the PA rom and Omni Rom so that using TWRP file explorer can see them however it just keeps failing when I try to install.
after it skips the md5 it says
warning no file_contexts
then
error executing updater binary in zip and more texts which i can copy if important.
What can i do to get my phone backup and running please.
DESPERATE!
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In TWRP go to Advanced and then click ADB sideload and swipe when it tells you to. Go to the folder on your computer your ROM is in and open a command prompt/ terminal. Lastly type adb sideload "filenamehere.zip" After you type this wait and you will see Success. There you go buddy.
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In TWRP go to Advanced and then click ADB sideload and swipe when it tells you to. Go to the folder on your computer your ROM is in and open a command prompt/ terminal. Lastly type adb sideload "filenamehere.zip" After you type this wait and you will see Success. There you go buddy.
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Hello mate,
thanks for your quick response although im not 100% sure i get it.
What will this acheive? Getting the rom.zip on my phone? if so I have done with using the tookit and it is when i go to install the rom i get all the errors.
If that is not what we are doing then ok... but im still lost.if i open ADB sideload and swipe the phone just sits saying 'starting adb sideload' What do i do next?

Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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Ok that makes more sense and i get it, although im not sure how to open a command promt in the folder where i have the rom saved. I know if i type cmd in run that opens command but thats just in the local folder, what command prompt do you mean. Sorry mate i know some stuff just cant get my head around this!

Command prompt is cmd. To open a folder in command prompt you type cd path/to/directory. The easiest way to find what directory is right click on the file and click on properties, from there copy where it says location (may say something else but its where it is located.) It will be like path/to/directory. Separated by /. Copy that and then in the cmd type cd and then paste what you copied. Then you will be in that location and will be able to do the adb sideload
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Under the general tab in properties is where you will find the location btw
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Connect phone to your PC. Then start sideload. After you swipe and it says Starting ADB Sideload open a command prompt in the folder your ROM is in and type adb sideload filename.zip. Put the file name of the Zip where I have filename.zip. This will sideload the ROM. Which means it will flash the ROM. After you do this reboot your phone and all will be good.
All sideloading does is flash a ROM that is on your PC instead of phone. It does the same as flashing one, only this way it doesn't have to be in your storage.
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ok getting closer, but not CMD say adb is not recognised as an internal or external command? what have i done wrong?
im typing
adb sideload pa.zip

Have you installed adb? If not go to this link, install this, and then it will work perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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I thought you had adb already installed. Once you do this I recommend you to learn how to use adb and fastboot, not toolkits. Toolkits get people in trouble like this right here and because you don't know how the toolkit does what it does or how to do it yourself you're stuck. Everyone needs to know those two thingd if they're doing anything to an Android phone so they can fix it if something happens. It's easy to learn and takes less than an hour to understand.
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Be sure to go to the op in that link as well. I thought I linked the op but guess not
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Have you installed adb? If not go to this link, install this, and then it will work perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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I thought you had adb already installed. Once you do this I recommend you to learn how to use adb and fastboot, not toolkits. Toolkits get people in trouble like this right here and because you don't know how the toolkit does what it does or how to do it yourself you're stuck. Everyone needs to know those two thingd if they're doing anything to an Android phone so they can fix it if something happens. It's easy to learn and takes less than an hour to understand.
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Be sure to go to the op in that link as well. I thought I linked the op but guess not
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No, i thought The toolkit was the best way but will definatly look into this adb once im sorted, although it has failed again.
It transfers the file over and starts to flash but i then get error.
warning no file contexts
error_metadata+recursice: some changes failed
E:Error executing updater binary in zip 'data/media/sidelaod.zip
What does this mean?

You can also flash the full frimware via Fastboot Get it here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

LightingZ said:
You can also flash the full frimware via Fastboot Get it here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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Thanks, thought Nexus 4 was Mako? I dont see that there.

Download a different ROM, that's a bad download
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DREWHAMM974 said:
Download a different ROM, that's a bad download
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Im using the same zip's that i have used before to flash the phone and all worked fine, have now tried 3 different roms and getting the same error?

I'm not sure try flashing the firmware. Also the Nexus 4 is also known as the Occam. Try the firmware.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
I'm not sure try flashing the firmware. Also the Nexus 4 is also known as the Occam. Try the firmware.
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Downloading now and will try, thank you so much for all your help so far mate, proper fooked!!

foxguard said:
Im using the same zip's that i have used before to flash the phone and all worked fine, have now tried 3 different roms and getting the same error?
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If you don't want to do the firmware try downloading a stock rom and side loading it. Maybe that will help. I've never had a sideload not work.
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DREWHAMM974 said:
If you don't want to do the firmware try downloading a stock rom and side loading it. Maybe that will help. I've never had a sideload not work.
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ok just downloaded the occam file from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamkot49h
does it matter if i rename it but leave as a tgz?
assume in cmd i have to change .zip to .tgz
I have done this and now i get error file is corrupt, will try another one.

ok download another version of the factory and didnt rename it this time and still getting E:zip file is corrupt
please help me im so stuck!

foxguard said:
ok download another version of the factory and didnt rename it this time and still getting E:zip file is corrupt
please help me im so stuck!
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What are you using to extract it? Use 7-zip
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jd1639 said:
What are you using to extract it? Use 7-zip
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Do i need extract it? thought i was told to just add the zip file path?