if i back up my rom and format my sd card partitions will it destroy my back up
Yes, backups are stored on the sdcard. Copy your backup to your computer first
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Could someone please confirm the process to me for changing an SD card when you current one already has an ext app2sd partition?
This is my guess but would like confirmation before I go at it.
Go to recovery console
Nandroid + ext backup
Copy nandroid backup to PC
Partition new SD
Copy nandroid to new SD
Nandroid restore from console
Thanks
Never mind, found the answer in the CDMA forums
FYI - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585349&page=6
Howdy,
I searched but couldn't find the answer. I have a 32 gb sd card which I inserted, formatted and mounted into my phone. I can copy and paste files from the phone storage and files to it, and vice versa, but when I backup and restore using clockwork mod, it never gives me a choice to backup to external sd card, or to restore from external sd card.
I've tried everything, but can't get clockwork mod to recognize the external sd card. Any suggestions?
Also, if I try to install a zip file from SD card, Clockwork mod does see the card and the files on it, but it just won't list it as a choice to restore from or to backup to.
AFter a bit thinking about it, I guess my question is whether I can backup and restore directly to and from external sd card, or whether I backup and restore to internal card, and then just copy the file to and from my sd card using file manager or explorer?
backup and restore should by default go to external sd. Which version of cwm do you have?
icenight89 said:
backup and restore should by default go to external sd. Which version of cwm do you have?
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Yep, thats how it is on mine too
I've got 5.5.0.4..
Hi
I want to format the internal SD card, (phone memory), as I feel my phone is getting a little slow while copying files from PC to phone.
What precautions should I take? I hav made a nandroid backup, and Titanium app + system backup. Should I manually make a copy of the folders on the internal SD card on my PC, and restore them to internal SD after format?
yes copy to computer
then reboot into recovery, choose wipe data / factory reset
Hi,
Having CWM installed on the recovery partition, I tried to perform a Nandroid backup to the microSD card.
As I cannot find any valid partition system on the SDCard after the backup, I have the following questions :
1) Should the microSD card be formatted before making the Nandroid backup, and should it be in FAT16 or FAT32 ?
2) Which is the nature of a Nandroid backup : an ".img" file containing all partitions as well as the folders and files in them ?
The backup does not seem cloning the partitions but copying files from a mounted filesystem.
Is the backup some kind of archive of the copied files ?
3) At the beginning of the backup process, CWM tells "SD Card space free 6301 MB", whilst the microSD card is only 1 GB.
Does this mean that I need a 8 GB sd card to perform the full backup ?
4) To extract files from the backup using Windows or Linux, should I then use the "unyaffs" utitity ?
Thanks.
Hello everyone,
Can I copy the backup file created by twrp to my pc then format my sd card and transfer that file back to the sd card and restore my rom,data at any time? does such backup file work after being moved to pc and back?