Hey all. I wanted to know if it was ok to change the name(s) of my backups in my CWM file from my PC. I'm not a fan of ROM manager and usually do my backups via CWM but it names it by date/time and when I get home I'd like to rename it so I can remember which darn backup it was.
If you rename nandroid backup that was created by CWM, you might get some MD5 errors when restoring that backup.
What you need to do is use ROM Manager for backup, and when you select "Backup Current ROM" you can name your backup and it will be fine.
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I found the answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623348
ofek said:
If you rename nandroid backup that was created by CWM, you might get some MD5 errors when restoring that backup.
What you need to do is use ROM Manager for backup, and when you select "Backup Current ROM" you can name your backup and it will be fine.
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I found the answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623348
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Sorry, but I did search and the only problem I read about was you couldn't put a space in the new file name. I just renamed my 2 backups and restored with no MD5 errors. I just wasn't sure with the newer CWM version.... Thanks for the reply though.
Phoneguy589 said:
Sorry, but I did search and the only problem I read about was you couldn't put a space in the new file name. I just renamed my 2 backups and restored with no MD5 errors. I just wasn't sure with the newer CWM version.... Thanks for the reply though.
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I have been renaming my backups with spaces with no problem. i think its a little weird that you might have an issue if you were to rename them with a space
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ok here is a noob question... i want to restore my nadroid backup but whenever i select restore from recovery it says "no file found".. i really dnt knw wht is wrong.. all the image files are in the sdcard than why it cant restore?
The files should be in the 'nandroid' folder
mihir287 said:
The files should be in the 'nandroid' folder
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Yes, if he's using AmonRA
If he's using Clockworkmod the recovery is in /clockworkmod/creation date
I think it's best to restore the nand backup with the recovery that it was backed up with..
wpyh said:
I think it's best to restore the nand backup with the recovery that it was backed up with..
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It's not best. It's a must.
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i put the nandroid image in the folder "nandroid/creation folder with date that was create at tht time/thn image file inside it... i used Clockworkmod recovery 3.01 .. guess i shouldn't had created the nandroid folder thn put the creation folder inside where nandroid image is located... i also created my backup with the clockworkmod recovery's nandroid....
deadcode00 said:
i put the nandroid image in the folder "nandroid/creation folder with date that was create at tht time/thn image file inside it... i used Clockworkmod recovery 3.01 .. guess i shouldn't had created the nandroid folder thn put the creation folder inside where nandroid image is located... i also created my backup with the clockworkmod recovery's nandroid....
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Stop trying to restore backups made with CWM via AmonRA and vice versa and you will not have any issues. Moving the files will not do any good, simply flash the recovery you have used for backup you want to restore.
Yeah I knw I used clockworkmod for backup nd I'm also using the same for restore.. actually I moved my backup image to my PC to Save space on SD card now I moved it back to restore but it wasn't working.. now I knw wht i did wrong . I put them inside nandroid folder.. but I should have used clockworkmod. Thanks for everybody's Help I will try again later with my backup.
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File must be in there :sdcard/clockworkmod (something like that) /date of creation. It as to be same folder as clockworkmod made when you did your backup. Happended to me at my first restore. copy my date of creation file in a clockworkmod folder on the root of sdcard and it works fine
Hi guys,
I know there are several threads on this topic, but no solution worked for me.
Yesterday I made a nandroid backup and everything went fine. Than I installed MiniCMSandwich, which works very great. But then I wanted to restore my old backup and got a md5 mismatch.
I tried this and this method, but they didn't work.
In my backup folder are only these files:
data.yassf2.img
system.yassf2.img
.android_secure.vfat.tar
There is no nandroid.md5 or any other file
What have I got to do to fix my nandroid backup?
By the way, I didn't rename it!
Please help
Michi
Ok Terminal Emulator method worked after trying a bit, but now I've got another problem! I created a new thread for that
You could have made new backup and replace the data and system stuff...? Or it might not work?
OK could you explain that pls? What exactley have I got to do.
I tried to take system and cache out of another backup before and put it in the (bricked) backup folder instead of the system and cache of bricked up. Then I tried the terminal method again, but theres md5 mismatch!
What have I got to do?
But... if you have an older backup, couldn't you just restore that one? Just saying.......
Feanor88 said:
But... if you have an older backup, couldn't you just restore that one? Just saying.......
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Yes I restored it and it works fine, but that was a backup immediatly after the ics update and all apps installed. There are no settings from apps, etc. Can I restore Data and Apps out of my old Backup? Is there an App?
What I can say for sure is that you cannot "mix" files from different nandroid, and that's because of the md5 checksum itself. If you mix the files, you'll always get an error.
I'm sorry, but I don't know if there's a way to "extrapolate" your apps and settings from another nandroid. Think you'll have to reinstall all your apps
Titanium Backup Pro can extract apps with data from Nandroid backup.
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Titanium Backup Pro can extract apps with data from Nandroid backup.
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Yeah, I just found out... while updating TB I was reading the notes, and there it was, written in front of my eyes!
i have renamed my CWM backup without using ROM MANAGER and when i tried to restore it says
md5 mismatch
i dont remember the actual name of backup. Is there anyway i can rename my backup to its actual name?
Hi all, i've been trying to restore my sms-es from a nandroid backup. Apps like appextractor do not work as my backup was made using the new method introduced in CWM 6. The data files are store in a file called data.ext4. is there anyway to extract my data? Thanks!
Use the app called NANDROID browser to find the SMS files (something.db I think, google "where are texts stored in android"), extract them to the sd card, and paste them into the correct system location.
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Tried that but it only shows boot and recovery
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Not sure about sms
but i guess titanium backup has that option
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Not sure about sms
but i guess titanium backup has that option
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cant find the restore from nandroid option in titanium...
Do you have any luck? I need to extract a file from CWM6 nandroid
Most of the time , nandroid backup do NOT save SMS , most of the time ... :/
Germain67 said:
Most of the time , nandroid backup do NOT save SMS , most of the time ... :/
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Well AFAIK, CWM nandroid backup is backing up every single file what's in the phone's flash chip. System, boot, recovery and data (which contains database for SMS's too) so if other files are there, so should be SMS database also. Can't tell how to extract it from there since its using this new blobs structure now, but maybe there's a way..
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I was wondering why appextractor wasn't restoring sms backups on nandroid.
I tried the TiBk and it works but when showing conversation list when opening mms app, the time of when the last message was received is the time when it was restored. all the sms's time/date are good though when viewing the thread.
EDIT: Nevermind, it works perfectly, date/time is all good in conversation view, just when it was restoring that it was messed up.
I can't find a program that can "explore" nandroid's made with CWM 6+ based recoveries, due to the change in format. Nandroid Browser and Titanium Backup no longer work for this purpose. Anyone find one?
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I can't find a program that can "explore" nandroid's made with CWM 6+ based recoveries, due to the change in format. Nandroid Browser and Titanium Backup no longer work for this purpose. Anyone find one?
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Try to open with ext2explore
Almost a month ago now so I'm not sure if you're still looking for a solution, but I've found that the beta version of AppExtractor v2.0 from AppsByAndy is able to read and extract apps and data from nandroid backups created with CWM6.
I went and bought a couple of his apps even though I didn't need them. Just for appreciation.
Oh and specifically I used the app to restore SMSes. Worked so well I'm going to use it for clean installs in the future.
Titanium Backup Pro allows you to Extract Messages from CWM.
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Titanium Backup Pro allows you to Extract Messages from CWM.
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As discussed in this thread, Titanium is unable to read from backups created with CWM6.
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As discussed in this thread, Titanium is unable to read from backups created with CWM6.
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Have you tried hooking up to a PC via USB. Then explore the CWM backup that way ?
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Have you tried hooking up to a PC via USB. Then explore the CWM backup that way ?
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Even that is difficult. I've tried using unyaffs but CWM6 no longer produces a data.img to explore / extract.
I can't post links yet (10 post miminum before I can link). If you can be bothered, do a Google search for "Koushik Dutta New ClockworkMod Backup Format" and the first link should be a Google+ post giving an overview of the new backup format from ClockworkMod 6.
Edit: seems I can link.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
Thanks for the Info.
Hi.
So i decided to create the nandroid backup through ROM MANAGER. Before proceeding i selected the external SD as the backup storage from settings. I proceeded with creating backup which seems perfect and i went ahead and wiped my phone to install another custom ROM. Now i wanted to restore my nandroid backup and i tried to do that with ROM MANAGEr. Unfortunately rom manager gave "Md5 checksum mismatch" error. I checked my external SD and found out that the backup i created with ROM MANAGER for some reason was created in backupdate \ 01 \ 13 subfolder and this is the reason i cannot restore. I tried moving the subfolder "13" to the backup root but still get same error.
Now what can i do to restore my backup? I do have titanium backup of my apps thats not an issue, i just forgot to make contacts backup. Plus this will be helpful in the future if anyone knows the answer. I have no idea why the backup was created in second sub folder, this is not usually the case when done through CWM.
Any help is appreciated.
yusufjee said:
the backup i created with ROM MANAGER for some reason was created in backupdate \ 01 \ 13 subfolder and this is the reason i cannot restore..
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How do you know that?
I'm sorry what? Do you use CWM 6 (like any CWM 6 version before 6.0.2.x?). If so, you've probably backed up with the blobs method instead of the previous default one (tar method). The tar backup method was once again made default in 6.0.2.x because the blobs thing was too much of a headache for most people.
I solved the problem by moving the contents of the subfolder to the main DATE folder.
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