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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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Sorry for the noob question have searched but not happy with results, so,
Have backed up via cwm and want to back up the backup to pc, can i just copy and paste the backup to windows 7 pc ?, will this alter the backup in anyway ? preventing correct restore ?.:silly::silly:
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Yes you can.
Just put them back in the backup folder in cwm on sd-card to restore them.
It shouldn't matter that you copy and paste.
They are just files with names and must be readable.
Just don't rename them, not even the folders name.
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Yes. without doing anything with the folder
Take a look at my screenshot, if you add up all my usage + free space, it comes out to about 11.42GB. Subtract that from Total space of 12.92GB and you have about 1.5GB of space that's not being reported.
Now what made me notice this was, the other day I made a backup in TWRP, which according to TWRP, will use 1.4+GB of storage. Today I wanted to restore this backup, but TWRP shows that I don't have any backups. I booted back into Android and used file explorer to browse the TWRP folder, and it was empty. I made another backup in TWRP just now to make sure it was backing up properly, and everything seems fine.
Does this look normal? How much unreported spaced is being used on your device?
Edit: So it turns out to be an issue with TWRP. For some reason, the first backup ends up in /data/media/TWRP.
You should try a free app in the app store called storage analyser. It gives you a clear picture of where all you data is being stored. I found a few gb of data that where being used up by things I had installed previously and then left data behind when un installed.
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nelomen said:
You should try a free app in the app store called storage analyser. It gives you a clear picture of where all you data is being stored. I found a few gb of data that where being used up by things I had installed previously and then left data behind when un installed.
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Interesting. Storage Analyzer is reporting 7.97GB of free space, while Android is reporting 5.33GB.
shilent said:
Interesting. Storage Analyzer is reporting 7.97GB of free space, while Android is reporting 5.33GB.
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TWRP save backups to the wrong location occasionally.
Using a root explorer. check your mnt/shell/emulated folder. you should find a TWRP folder either in shell or in emulated.
Move it to mnt/shell/emulated/0, or delete it if you need to.
Edit: when the backup folder not in these folder, android system will think it to be "system data"
/sdcard
/data/media/0
mnt/shell/emulated/0
/storage/emulated/0
KyraOfFire said:
TWRP save backups to the wrong location occasionally.
Using a root explorer. check your mnt/shell/emulated folder. you should find a TWRP folder either in shell or in emulated.
Move it to mnt/shell/emulated/0, or delete it if you need to.
Edit: when the backup folder not in these folder, android system will think it to be "system data"
/sdcard
/data/media/0
mnt/shell/emulated/0
/storage/emulated/0
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I don't see a TWRP folder in /mnt/shell, and /mnt/shell/emulated does not exist. Anywhere else I should be looking?
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Interesting. Storage Analyzer is reporting 7.97GB of free space, while Android is reporting 5.33GB.
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Difference in mine also
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It never showed correct for me, especially cuz it wouldnt read a lot of files that i just dragged into my phone like a usb storage...
You would think the android team would get these kind of small things fixed...
long shot but If you use linux and delete a file, some put it into a hidden folder .Trash-1000 rather than actually deleting it.
Alright, the same exact thing just happened on my girlfriends phone. She saw my phone and liked how my colors looked, so I flash Franco's kernel onto hers. Before I flashed, I created a back up in TWRP. Again, this backup is no where to be found, and her phone just lost 1.6GB of free space.
Maybe I'll post in the TWRP thread.
So it turns out to be an issue with TWRP. For some reason, the first backup ends up in /data/media/TWRP.
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So it turns out to be an issue with TWRP. For some reason, the first backup ends up in /data/media/TWRP.
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Omg thank u so so much I just got back almost 1gb of storage back. You are da man seriously.
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Where should we move the backups to? I'm afraid if I move them, they won't show up in recovery.
I'm using CWM and it looks like backups are saved in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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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I made a backup in CWM. When I connect my N7 to a PC, I see every other folder except my backup folder. (I am showing hidden files/folders). Is it not possible to move CWM backups off of the N7?
Great now the backup isn't there and I have no space left. (Have the 8GB N7)
They should be stored in /clockworkmod/backup
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They should be stored in /clockworkmod/backup
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It is stored in /data/media/0/clockworkmod now. I think it ran out of room while backing up and didn't tell me. I couldn't find out what was eating up the space so I just had to wipe it.
You run out of space quickly with 8 GB. I've had an iPod touch 4g before I chose android. It was the 8 GB model. When ordering my nexus 7 I directly chose the 32 GB one..
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So I have heard... Even after a fresh SlimBean install I still have 2.3GB eaten up by who knows what...
Koush is working on a version which enables you to store / restore the backup files directly on your PC.
Otherwise you can use backup tools like my A.R.T. which enables you to do the same either in recovery mode or while the system is running.
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I have no idea what I did wrong, but I installed CWM Recovery on my i9505, then made a backup, and it all went fine. Now I'm trying to access the backup file to move it to my computer but even though I can enter the clockworkmod folder in the phone's internal memory, the file is not there, I can't even see it from ES File Explorer or any other way. The space was used though, because I had around 4Gb free before, and now I have only a few Mbs.
What happened?
I think I solved it, but there's definitely something wrong here.
The backup folder was in /data/media/, what's up with that? That can't be right.
I had this problem before I couldn't locate my backups because I wanted to transfer them over to my computer so I use a app call "rom manager" it locates ur backups, and u can delete ur old backups with this app also to save memory. So I deteted my backup and did it over again but to my external card and it works.
I hope I help in some way
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