So i just back up my stock rom via cwm in extsdcard and the folder come around 7gb. After flash new rom i went to back up the new rom using rom manager. but i found the folder cwm in extsdcard is missing after the back up and i can find the new backup in emulate folder but my old file is missing. anyone could help me pls?
Dont use Rom Manager use recovery .
anakbengal said:
So i just back up my stock rom via cwm in extsdcard and the folder come around 7gb. After flash new rom i went to back up the new rom using rom manager. but i found the folder cwm in extsdcard is missing after the back up and i can find the new backup in emulate folder but my old file is missing. anyone could help me pls?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Always store your backup file in a computer right after backing up, never just assume that you won't lose it after installing a new ROM.
Like JJEgan said, always backup using recovery.
I would just keep looking in your files (maybe you moved the file...?) or just plain leave it for dead.
A fresh start is sometimes the way to go
Related
edit: regarding below, I did another flash and this time it did create a backup in clockworkmod/backups.
maybe I did something wrong ... nah, that would never happen.
I just flashed a rom with rom manager and selected BACKUP CURRENT ROM while doing so.
Where the heck is the backed up ROM? I can't find it anywhere on sd card.
edit:
I should have said that I know to look in clockworkmod/backups, I have ton of bups in there that I did with BACKUP CURRENT ROM (just backing up, not flashing).
I am referring to when you are flashing rom and the popup with 2 choices comes up (wipe,backup). I checked backup and it seemed to do it, but there is no file in clockword any newer than the last bup I did with the BACKUP CURRENT ROM function.
on your sd card look for the clockwork mod folder, in there are two folders, "backup" and "download". it's in backup
I should have said that I knew to look there, I have ton of bups in there that I did with BACKUP CURRENT ROM.
I am referring to when you are flashing rom and the popup with 2 choices comes up (wipe,backup). I checked backup and it seemed to do it, but there is no file in clockword any newer than the last bup I did with the BACKUP CURRENT ROM function.
Finaly i get everything to work!Now i want to do backup to whole system and how to do thet?and where is save location thet file.I want to save that file on my pc.What is procedure?
Megasp said:
Finaly i get everything to work!Now i want to do backup to whole system and how to do thet?and where is save location thet file.I want to save that file on my pc.What is procedure?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If You have installed Clockwork recovery.
Then u can backup ur entire rom.
For this boot into recovery then go to Backup and restore and select back up.
after completing all procedure reboot ur device.
Connect your device in PC through USB (Storage)
Go to clockworkmod folder\backup
u can see the file with the date name....copy it to ur PC folder and you r done.
Press help if I helped you....
Ok ihave cwd.Just if later something go wrong,i must install cwd again copy cotest of backup folder and restore?What this chieftec 450w backup?complate rom,os,settings?Example if i have another rom can i with this metod restore to this rom what i backuo it?
a nandroid back up takes an exact image of the whole phone. system, data, apps, contacts, everything. its then placed in the clockworkmod folder on the sd card.
when you restore the backup it will bring the phone back to the exact state it was in when you did the back up.
and as far as i know you cant just select parts of it. its all or none. also i think if you rename it it might mess up the m5d sum but dont quote me on it
I did it from boot menu.Turn on + volume down backup and restore,backup and thet is it,i just go to look where is file and save to my PC.
I use rom manager to rename the backups, and never had a problem.
Also you can extract things from nandroids, apps, data, sms settings etc with an app called app extractor, it's in the market and there's a thread on xda for it somewhere.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
Lol,I happened to test the naming of nandroid last night and I used es file manager to name my nandroid "test(with original date name) and it worked perfect. I need to have little reminders of which backup is which nowadays.
" once its gone,its GONE."
Me too, I currently have 5 nandroids and 4 bootable roms in my boot manager folder, so glad I bought that 16gb card!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
ive got 8gb and still got 6.5 free. Mmmmm bit of a memory junkie i think.
I have about 4gb left lol, 6gb music and another 6gb of roms, backups, themes, apps, icons, mods etc etc
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
Megasp said:
Finaly i get everything to work!Now i want to do backup to whole system and how to do thet?and where is save location thet file.I want to save that file on my pc.What is procedure?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use Titanium Backup When u are done with the backup all files are located in A folder in your system. Than just copy that folder to your computer and your done
hello everyone,
i got a lot of backups made with CWM. but i dont know which one is which android version, so i want to name them now, but is there anyway to find that out without flashing all of them?
thanks in advance.
i think you will have to flash them all and dont rename them cause you will have md5 missmatch
Sent from my LG-GT540 using XDA
You can extract system.img one by one and chack build.prop, and about renaming, rom manager can rename cwm backup.
i cant rename them? well thats annoying.... guess ill have to keep track of which is which android version on my pc
Heres a tip. Dont directly rename the folders. However just create a folder like "Swiftdroid asis" and then put the clockworkmod backup folder thingy into it so it looks like
C:\Users\Jun Hui\Desktop\CWM backups\Swiftdroid Asis\2012-03-08.00.59.44
Red shows that its on my desktop
Green shows that this folder contains CWM backups
Blue shows that its a Swiftdroid Asis backup
Black finally shows that this backup was from this date (dont change this date and times as they will have errors later!)
and i can use the same system when i just leave them on my sd card?
I have a rooted Nexus 7 running the ROM aokp_grouper_jb_build-5. If I backed up this ROM in Clockworkmod recovery, then installed a new ROM, would I be able to restore back to my AOKP ROM if I didn't like the new ROM I installed?
Yep
It's not a problem. You can back up your new ROM too. Be sure to put something in the name of your backups to let you know which ROM it is. I usually leave the date & then put the ROM name in, such as 2012-10-28-AOKP.
No problem at all
Sent From My Nexus 7- Corrupted by Trinity
strongergravity said:
It's not a problem. You can back up your new ROM too. Be sure to put something in the name of your backups to let you know which ROM it is. I usually leave the date & then put the ROM name in, such as 2012-10-28-AOKP.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When I back up my ROM it doesn't let me choose a name for the backup. How can I change the name of the backup?
I use TWRP and you have to set the name of the backup before you start the backup process
215alexdx said:
When I back up my ROM it doesn't let me choose a name for the backup. How can I change the name of the backup?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just use your file explorer to find the file & rename it. If you are using Clockwork, there will be a folder on your sdcard called clockwork, and in that is a folder called backups. your backup file is in there, named something like 2012-10-28.12.10.3242, which is the date & time of the backup.
Hey guys.
First of all, sorry if this has been asked before. I googled a lot and searched here and couldn't find this particular problem.
My Nexus 4 is running stock 4.2. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and running ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9. Everything worked perfectly. My only problem right now is, after making a nandroid backup, I cannot see the clockworkmod folder anywhere on the phone when browsing either in windows or with ES File Explorer. I think by now I looked everywhere. Everything else in this regard seems to work fine, I can copy files, the other folders are all correct etc. I can also see and delete/restore the backup in CWM recovery. All I want is to see the folder to get it off the phone. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
You can find it in mnt/shell/emulated it is protected so you will need a file explorer that can give you root access. I use ES File Explorer.
Found it. Thank you very much.
Its also in /data/media/clockworkmod for whatever reason, hope this gets fixed soon.
Is there any way to copy those CWM backup folders to your computer? I tried to use Root Explorer to move the backup folders to the main sdcard/0 folder but I still cannot see it when I move the file Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to move it to the sdcard/0?
Yeah I'm also still not too sure how to get it off the phone easily.
Chill4xed said:
Yeah I'm also still not too sure how to get it off the phone easily.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
easiest way would probably be to just use the toolkit, unless you're opposed to such things.
Is this why ROM manager can't delte my backups? It seems them but I get an error saying "there was an error deleting your backup"
Edit: new update fixes this issue with ROM manager
man we need to get it move to a pc. i'd like to save some space since its our phone have maximum 12.9gb at our disposal.
btw, i tried Root Browser Lite to move it on sdcard area... operation failed
I had the same problem. My internal SD card just kept getting fuller and fuller with ClockwordMod. And, when I tried to copy the files from /mnt/shell/emulated/clockwork to my comp, and copy them back to the SD card to try and Restore, I ended up with corrupted files.
So, rather than fight it, I decided to wait until Clockwordmod recovery got its storage/mount point issues straightened out, and moved to the TWRP side of things. That has been seamless (once I got used to it).
I hope that they soon figure out the Clockwordmod issues; I liked having ROM Manager installed on past phones.
Btw, as an aside that is a little related, why, pray tell, are there so many mount points for the SD card? It's just weird.
just navigate the clockwordmod folder in your phone and copy it to the root of the internal memory.. connect the phone via usb into the computer and copy it
BY FAR, the easiest way is:
Chill4xed said:
My Nexus 4 is running stock 4.2. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and running ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9. Everything worked perfectly. My only problem right now is, after making a nandroid backup, I cannot see the clockworkmod folder anywhere on the phone when browsing either in windows or with ES File Explorer. I think by now I looked everywhere. Everything else in this regard seems to work fine, I can copy files, the other folders are all correct etc. I can also see and delete/restore the backup in CWM recovery. All I want is to see the folder to get it off the phone. Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BY FAR the easiest way: in ROM Manager, Manage and Restore Backups>Download Backups>Open your desktop browser on the address informed by ROM Manager to download your backup.
Thanks to everyone, going to the directories works and the rom manager app is aware of the new cwm backup folder.